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BAFFLING BOLLYWOOD DEATHS
Moni Sharma
Mumbai: Bollywoodac-
tor Sushant Singh Ra-
jput was found dead un-
der mysterious circum-
stancesathisapartment
on June 14, 2020, a Coop-
er Hospital employee,
Roopkumar Shah - who
was a part of team that
conducted the post-mor-
tem in the high-profile
case - claimed that the
actor did not commit
suicide but was mur-
dered. Reportedly,
postmortem had
stated that cause
of his death was asphyx-
ia due to hanging, and
called it a clear suicide.
Shah said, when Su-
shant passed away, we
had received 5 dead bod-
ies for postmortem. Out
of those, one was a VIP
body
. While postmortem
process of Sushant, we
saw there were several
marks on his body and 2
to3marksonhisneckas
well. Postmortem need-
ed to be recorded but
authorities were asked
to only click pics of the
body
. Hence, we did that
as per their order.
Shah said, “While
performing the
postmortem we
learnt there were
several marks on his
body and 2 to 3
marks on his
neck as
well”
Sushant Singh Rajput was murdered: Autopsy staff
When I first saw the
body of Sushant, I
quickly informed my
seniors that it is not suicide
but a murder and even asked
them they should work as per
the rules. However, my seniors
told me to click pictures as
soon as possible and give the
body to the cops. Hence, we
performed the postmortem in the night only.
—Roopkumar Shah, Autopsy staff
I will not be able to comment on the same
as the sisters have not told me about it. But
I maintain that Sushant Singh Rajput’s death
was not a simple suicide as there was a conspiracy
behind it. And only CBI will be able to unravel the con-
spiracy behind his death. —Vikas Singh, SSR’s lawyer
Tunisha had
recently tried
to commit
suicide a few days before
her death, but at that
time I saved her and told
Tunisha’s mother to take
special care of her.
—Sheezan Khan
SSR
DEATH:
SHOCKING CLAIM
AFTER 2 YEARS
6 MONTHS
SHRADDHA MURDER FORCED BREAKUP
WITH TUNISHA: SHEEZAN TELLS COPS
Mumbai: Amid probe of
Tunisha’s death case, her
ex-boyfriend Sheezan
Khan told police that he
was ‘so disturbed by the
atmosphere in the country’
after the murder of Shrad-
dha Walkar by her live-in
partner Aaftab Poonawala,
that he decided to end his
relationship with the late
actor. The actor reportedly
said that he told Tunisha
that their relationship was
not sustainable due to
their different religions
and age gap. More on P6
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The CBI on
Monday arrested busi-
nessman and promoter
of Videocon Group
Venugopal Dhoot in a
case pertaining to a
loan of Rs 3,250 crore
from ICICI Bank. The
arrest came three days
after federal probe
agency arrested ICICI
Bank’s former Manag-
ing Director and CEO
Chanda Kochhar and
her husband Deepak
Kochhar in this case.
According to sources,
Chanda Kochhar and
Deepak Kochhar had
close relationship and
prior acquaintance
with Venugopal Dhoot
V (Chairman and MD
of Videocon Industries
Limited (VIL) and Pro-
moter of Videocon
Group) and Videocon
Group of Companies.
Chanda Kochhar was
also a shareholder in a
company in which
Dhoot had a substantial
shareholding.
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MINOR STOMACH
INFECTION: FM
SITHA ADMITTED
TO DELHI AIIMS
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman was admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi,
on Monday reportedly due to a minor stomach
infection and for a routine. 63-year-old will be
discharged soon as her condition is stable.
COVID-19 MOCK DRILLS
ACROSS NATION TODAY
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A drill will
be held today across a
number of health facili-
tiesinseveralStatesand
Union territories to en-
sure their readiness to
deal with any eventuali-
ty related to Covid-19,
followinganadvisoryby
the Centre.
Union Health Minis-
terMansukhMandaviya
will visit Safdarjung
Hospital in Delih. The
drill is being conducted
in view of rising Covid
cases in some countries
including China. P6
HIGHLIGHTS
 5 foreigners test posi-
tive in Bodh Gaya, Man-
daviya holds virtual meet
with top IMA doctors
 12 of the passengers
returning from high-
risk countries including
China test positive for
Covid in Bengaluru
 2 Covid positive cases
detected at Kolkata airport
 Hetero’s Covid-19 oral
drug Nirmacom gets
WHO prequalification
 China to scrap Covid
quarantine for overseas
arrivals from January 8
ICICI `3,250 CR LOAN FRAUD CASE
AFTER KOCHHARS, CBI
ARRESTS VIDEOCON CEO
Kochhar couple was close to Dhoot, Chanda was also a shareholder in
a company in which VIL MD had a substantial shareholding
On the first ever Veer Baal Diwas, PM says India needs to break
free from narrow views of past to achieve heights of success
THE TRIO IN
CBI CUSTODY
TILL DEC 28
The CBI officials produce Chanda and Deepak
Kochhar before court in Mumbai on Monday.
The CBI officials produce Venugopal Dhoot
before the CBI court in Mumbai on Monday.
EVIDENCE RECEIVED AGAINST
KOCHHARS AND VENU DHOOT
HOW DID KOCHHARS AND
DHOOT CHEAT ICICI BANK?
Sources have told that Dhoot was arrested based on
the material evidence gathered against him by the CBI
during probe. Bank account statements, books of Dhoot’s
firm indicate that Rs 64 crore loan to Deepak Kochhar’s
firm was nothing but kickbacks in exchange of receiving
loans from ICICI which was then being headed by Chanda.
CBI sources claim that they have evidence to prove that all
three - Chanda, Deepak and Venugopal conspired together.
She allegedly neither disclosed these facts to ICICI nor
recused herself from committees of ICICI Bank, rec-
ommending or sanctioning loans to Videocon. Kochhar
in criminal conspiracy abused her position as MD and
sanctioned loan to VIEL to cheat bank in lieu of illegal
gratification and undue benefit received in firm of her
husband for sanctioning loans firms linked to Dhoot.
 FIR registered by
the CBI also alleges
that loan of Rs 300
crore was sanctioned
to Videocon Inter-
national Electronics
Limited (VIEL) by
ICICI Bank on August
26, 2009 and on Sep-
tember 7, 2009 the
same was disbursed
to the firm VIEL
 Loan of Rs 300
crore, fiver other
high value loans
worth Rs 1,575 crore
were sanctioned and
disbursed by ICICI to
Videocon Group dur-
ing 2009 to 2011
Veer Baal Diwas stands for
‘Shaurya’, ‘Sikh balidan’: PM
PM Narendra Modi attends ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ programme, at Major Dhyanchand Stadium on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves in presence of Hardeep
Singh Puri, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Meenakshi Lekhi and others
during ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ programme in New Delhi on Monday.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
during the programme
organised to mark the
remembrance of the su-
preme sacrifice by the
sons of Guru Gobind
Singh-- Sahibzades, and
Mata Gujri Ji on the oc-
casion of Veer Baal Di-
was on Monday said
that we need to come
out of the narrow per-
spectives of the past if
we want to take our
country to reach newer
heights of success.
‘The day will help us
celebrate the past and
would inspire us to
build the future & en-
courage the youth,’ PM
Modi said this day will
forever remind us of
the contribution of 10
Gurus, sacrifices of
Sikhs for the pride and
glory of the country
. P5
On one hand, there was terrorism, and spiri-
tualism, and communal mayhem while on the
other hand there was liberalism...on one hand
there were forces of lakhs whereas on the other hand
there was Veer Sahibzaade who did not relent at all.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
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‘PRACHANDA’ TAKES OATH AS
NEPAL PM FOR THIRD TIME!
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was on Monday sworn
in as the Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time, a
day after the former guerrilla leader dramatically walked
out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and
joined hands with opposition leader KP Sharma Oli.
Newly appointed Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal poses for
a photo as he takes charge of his office, in Kathmandu.
US WINTER STORM
CLAIMS 32 LIVES
New York: A deadly winter
storm, that swept the
United States on Christmas
week, has so far claimed
32 lives and left over 20
lakh people without power.
Life-threatening chills and
icy winds have lunhed
millions of Americans
into deep freeze with
temperatures dropping as
low as minus 45 degrees
Celsius in some areas.
RAHUL BRAVES DELHI
COLD IN T-SHIRT,
VISITS MEMORIALS
OF FORMER PMs
New Delhi: Wearing a T-shirt
on a chilling December
morning on Monday,
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi visited the memorials
of Mahatma Gandhi and
several former prime
ministers, including Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, and paid
tributes to them in Delhi.
While security, Cong leaders
wore jackets and mufflers.
BSF JAWAN BEATEN
TO DEATH IN GUJARAT
Nadiad: A BSF officer was
lynched to death in Nadiad,
Gujarat, after he protested
against the ciruclation of
an obscene video of his
daughter. Meljibhai Vaghela,
a BSF jawan, went to the
house of a 15-year-old
boy and complained to his
family about his daughter’s
objectionable video being
circulated online by the boy.
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Crucial
BJP’S GUJ WIN TO
HAVE “POSITIVE
IMPACT” ON 2024
ELECTIONS: SHAH
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah
noted that BJP’s massive victory in recent
Gujarat Assembly polls will change “entire
political picture”, while also confiding that it will
have a “positive impact” on 2024 LS elections.
WITH COVID RAISING HEAD AGAIN, CM
GEHLOT ADVOCATES WEARING MASK
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on Monday said
that the general public
should use masks in
public places while be-
ing careful regarding
Covid. “Apart from Cov-
id, the mask is also ben-
eficial in other diseases.
By wearing a mask, a
decline has been regis-
tered in the number of
patients of many seri-
ous diseases including
TB,” Gehlot said while
addressing the Covid re-
view meeting at CMR on
Monday
. He said that the
immunity and vaccina-
tion status is very good
in the state and there is
no need for the common
people to panic.
RUHS Vice Chancel-
lor Dr Sudhir Bhandari
said that 96.4 percent
people in the state have
got the first dose of Cov-
id vaccine and 90 per-
cent people have got the
2nd. “So far, more than
11.53 crore vaccines
have been given in Ra-
jasthan,” Gehlot said.
CM Ashok Gehlot presides Covid review meeting with Parsadi Lal
Meena, Usha Sharma, Akhil Arora, Kuldeep Ranka, Gaurav Goyal,
Dr Sudhir Bhandari, Dr Prithvi and others at the CMR on Monday.
The number of
Covid patients
has increased
recently in many coun-
tries. But there is no such
situation in Rajasthan.
There is no need for the
common man to panic.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
CM also reviews preps
for Scouts and Guides
Jamboree to be held in
Pali from Jan 4 to 10
PREZ ZELENSKYY SPEAKS WITH PM MODI,
THANKS INDIA FOR HUMANITARIAN AID
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought India’s
support on Monday in implementation of his “peace for-
mula” during a telecon with Modi, who strongly reiterated
his call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between
Ukraine and Russia. Modi said both sides should revert to
dialogue and diplomacy to find a solution to their differ-
ences and conveyed India’s support for any peace efforts.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2022
02
Satish Poonia addressing the Jan Aakrosh Yatra at Thanagazi in Alwar on Monday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: IAS Sandeep
Verma, Principal Secre-
tary, on Monday visited
the Bengaluru Zonal
Training Institute (ZTI)
of the National Acade-
my of Customs, Indi-
rect Taxes, and Narcot-
ics (NACIN) to conduct
an orientation work-
shop on budgeting and
procurement aspects of
the Academy’s upcom-
ing new campus at Pala-
samudram in Sri Sath-
ya Sai District of
Andhra Pradesh.
Verma stressed the
need for the adoption of
a mission-mode, fast-
track approach fo-
cussed on ensuring
speed, quality, and flex-
ibility in budgeting and
procurement processes
being adopted for the
construction of the new
campus. He stressed the
need for proactive iden-
tification and constant
monitoring of poten-
tial hindrances and
risks, in order that
such roadblocks are
cleared well ahead of
time, thereby facilitat-
ing rapid project execu-
tion and faster roll-out
within the strict time-
lines set by the Union
Finance Minister.
He also emphasised
on adoption of a modu-
lar approach for campus
building construction
and operationalisation.
IAS Verma stresses on mission-mode
ORIENTATION WORKSHOP IN BENGALURU ZTI
Intensecold,foghitnormal life;
Fatehpurshiversatminus0.5
InChuru&Pilanimercurysettledat0degreeCelsiusand0.2degreeCelsiusrespectively
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Intense cold
conditions and fog af-
fected normal life in
parts of Rajasthan on
Monday, with sub-zero
temperatures being re-
corded in Sikar’s
Fatehpur.
At a minimum tem-
perature of minus 0.5
degree Celsius,
Fatehpur was recorded
as the coldest place in
the desert state, fol-
lowed by Churu and Pi-
lani (Jhunjhunu) where
the mercury settled at 0
degree Celsius and 0.2
degree Celsius respec-
tively on Sunday night,
according to the mete-
orological department.
Karauli recorded a
minimum temperature
of 0.5 degree Celsius,
Sikar 1 degree Celsius,
Alwar 2 degrees Celsi-
us, Bikaner 2.4 degrees
Celsius, Bhilwara 2.7
degrees Celsius, Na-
gaur 3 degrees Celsius,
Sri Ganganagar, San-
garia and Vanasthali
4.4 degrees Celsius,
Dholpur and Anta 4.5
degrees Celsius, Chit-
torgarh 4.7 degrees
Celsius, Dabok 5 de-
grees Celsius, Phalodi
(Jodhpur) 5.2 degrees
Celsius and Bundi 5.5
degrees Celsius.
People were seen all covered during a cold and foggy Monday
morning in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Sirohi (PTI): The desert state
of Rajasthan is experienc-
ing a record dip in mercury
this year with the hill station
of Mount Abu experiencing
snowfall and the city of Ch-
uru, the gateway to the Thar,
recording zero degree Celsius.
People on the high rocky
Aravalli plateau of Mount Abu
near the Gujarat border woke
up to snow-covered grounds,
and glass sheets on vehicles.
The minimum temperature in
another Rajasthan city Churu,
which is known as the gate-
way to the Thar Desert also
slipped to zero degree Celsius
on Monday. Northern India is
in the grip of severe cold with
many parts experiencing cold
wave conditions.
CHURU ALSO
RECORDS ZERO
DEGREE CELSIUS
Congress only working on
appeasement policy: Poonia
First India Bureau
Alwar: Citing the ex-
ample of Alwar’s Raj-
garh bus stand which is
not functioning, BJP
state president Satish
Poonia on Monday said
that the bus stand re-
flects how the Congress
government works.
Addressing a Jan
Aakrosh meeting at the
bus stand in Rajgarh,
Poonia said that Shiv-
ling was demolished in
the town which gave a
strong message against
the Congress.
Earlier, Poonia was
welcomed by the party
leaders and workers in
Rajgarh.Healsoreached
BJP district general sec-
retary Shivlal Meena’s
residence and expressed
condolence on the de-
mise of his mother.
District in-charge
Vishnu Chetani, former
MLA Ramhet Yadav,
BanwariLalSinghal,ST
Morcha state president
Jitendra Meena district
president Sanjay Naru-
ka & other leaders were
present on the occasion.
Seven judicial officers transferred,
Bansal is registrar admin of HC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Seven judicial
officers were trans-
ferred in the state on
Monday. Suresh Chand
Bansal was made
the Registrar of Admin-
istration in the
High Court Jaipur
while Bharat Bhushan
Gupta will be the Judge
in Family Court-2,
Bharatpur.
Judge Dinesh Tyagi
was transferred to
Commercial Court-1,
Jaipur Metropolitan- II,
and Satishchand Kau-
shik was transferred to
POCSO Court, Merta,
Nagaur as a judge.
Shilpa Sameer will
be the new Special Sec-
retary, Law dept (Draft-
ing and J.T.LR), Jaipur
whereas Pramod Ku-
mar Malik was made
the Special Judge,
NDPS Court-1, Jaipur-
I, and Aarti Mahesh-
wari was transferred
as Deputy Secretary
(Action Planning and
ADR), to Rajasthan
State Legal Services
Authority in Jaipur.
Shivling was demol-
ished in the town which
gave a strong message
against Congress. They
are only working on ap-
peasement policy & dis-
criminating on the basis
of caste & religion.
—Satish Poonia,
BJP State President
Rapevictimclimbswatertankwithson
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A rape victim
climbed onto a water
tank with her 8-year-old
child on Monday and
sat upstairs for about
two hours. Her com-
plaint is registered in
the women’s police sta-
tion in Barmer, and the
investigation should be
done by an honest of-
ficer. On receiving in-
formation, Sadar police
reached the spot after
this Civil Defence team
was also called. The
woman climbed on the
water tank of Loco Col-
ony at around 12.15 am.
The 28-year-old woman
from Barmer said that
she had given a com-
plaint at the women’s
police station, however,
she is very upset as no
action has been taken
on her complaint. She
has also met Barmer’s
senior officer and Bar-
mer Superintendent of
Police several times re-
garding the complaint
but in vain.
Dejected by the police
response, she decided to
climb on the water tank
on Monday
. After this,
the phase of convincing
the woman started and
atlasttheywerebrought
down with the help of a
snorkel ladder machine.
Mother & her son were brought down by snorkel ladder machine
at Loco Colony in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHAMA
Deceased Shabbir
Shabbir murder:
Police arrests 6,
manhunt on for
other accused
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The police have
arrested the main ac-
cused in the Shabbir
murder case in the
Vishwakarma area.
The police have also re-
covered the knife and
other weapons used in
the murder from the
miscreants. According
to the police, there was
a tussle between the de-
ceased Shabbir, and the
main accused Arif over
the loading of goods in
the vehicle of the cou-
rier firm. After a heated
argument between the
two, the management
arranged for a settle-
ment between the two.
The very next day, Arif
called some of his asso-
ciates and severely as-
saulted Shabbir and he
was attacked with a
knife and other sharp
weapons. In an injured
condition, the police ad-
mitted him to Kavatia
Hospital where he died
during treatment.
Ticket is secondary,
party is first: Mathur
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Senior BJP
leader and former Ra-
jya Sabha MP Om
Mathur reacted to the
speculation that the for-
mula of cutting tickets
of many leaders and
giving them to new peo-
ple will be implemented
in Rajasthan like it was
done in Gujarat.
“Getting tickets is
not a big deal. People
should join the party
and new people should
get a chance,” he said in
a special conversation
with First India. Ma-
thur said about the Gu-
jarat ticket formula
that only 44 tickets were
cut in Gujarat and new
people were given op-
portunities. “This is not
a huge number. Tickets
keep changing in Ra-
jasthan too but an at-
mosphere is being cre-
ated by spreading such
rumours. If new people
come to the party then
they should get a
chance,” he said.
Mathur targeted the
Congress for raising
questions on the lack
of crowd gathering in
Jan Aakrosh Yatras as
compared to Bharat
Jodo Yatra.
DGP Mishra meets policemen,
listens to public grievances
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: DGP
Umesh Mishra, who is
on a two-day Bharatpur
tour, held a public hear-
ing in the IG office on
Monday and listened to
the problems of the
public also.
Mishra also attended
the culture night organ-
ized at the Maharaja
Surajmal memorial
and held a meeting with
the policemen in the po-
lice line where the po-
licemen told their prob-
lems to the DGP.
The DGP also held a
crime meeting at the SP
office. On the copying
gang mafia, the DGP
said that they are seek-
ing amendment in the
PASA Act. Education
andsocietyalsosuffered
a huge loss, but the ac-
cused are usually saved
on the fact that this was
their first crime.
Umesh Mishra listening to problems of the public in Bharatpur.
Sandeep Verma conducting orientation at Bengaluru Zonal
Training Institute on Monday.
3 killed, two
injured as car
falls into gorge
in Chittorgarh
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: Three
people were killed and
two others injured when
their car fell into a gorge
after colliding with a di-
viderinChittorgarhdis-
trict on Monday, police
said. The accident oc-
curred early in the
morning near Rati Man-
griwhenthefivepassen-
gers were returning to
Chittorgarh from
Udaipur, they said. The
deceased were ABVP
workers and identified
as Sanwaria Somani
(27), Gaurav Agarwal
(22), and Raghunath
Singh (24), ASI Balwant
Singh of Mangalwad po-
lice station, said.
EXTENDS THANKS
Heavy rush of tourists leads to traffic snarls
and chaos at many places in the Pink City
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Heavy inflow
of tourists in the pink
city led to traffic jams
and chaos at many
places in the city on
Monday
. The rush of
tourists was high at
places like Amber, Na-
gahrgrah fort, and
Kanak Garden which
ledtotrafficcongestion
at most of the places.
Hundreds of vehi-
cles were stuck in the
jam from Jal Mahal to
Amber check post.
There was a jam of
nearly 6 km from Am-
ber to Gandhi Chowk,
check post. The
arrangements made
by the traffic police
were insufficient.
The police blocked
all roads leading from
Delhi highway to Am-
ber due to which the
vehicles had to cover
an extra 20 km to
reach Amber.
Amber Fort saw a huge rush of tourists ahead of New Year
celebrations in Jaipur on Monday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
RTDC STARTS
HELICOPTER
JOYRIDE IN
JAISALMER
Jaipur: To promote the
tourism in Jaisalmer
region, the Helicopter
Joyride is being initi-
ated by Rajasthan Tourism
Development Corporation
(RTDC). Helicopter Joyride
will be started on Tuesday,
December 27, from Sam
Dhani, Sam, and Jais-
almer. CM Ashok Gehlot
and Tourism Minister
Vishvendra Singh will
inaugurate this program
virtually. Dharmendra
Rathore, Chairman of
RTDC said that with the
aim of promoting tourism
in Rajasthan, the helicopter
joyride initiative is being
taken from Jaisalmer under
the aegis of RTDC.

RAJASTHAN
03
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Child Protection
Commission Chairper-
son Sangeeta Beniwal
reachedthecityonMon-
day after the suicide of
three coaching students
in last 12 hours and after
that, a case of suicide of
another coaching stu-
dent came to the fore.
After reaching Kota,
she first reached the
coaching area located at
the landmark where she
interacted with the chil-
dren in coaching insti-
tute. She tried to moti-
vate the students.
After this, she went to
the coaching institute in
Rajiv Gandhi Nagar and
had talks with the stu-
dents. Meanwhile, she
calledabatchtopperstu-
dent on the stage, and
while talking, the stu-
dent became emotional.
However,thereasonsfor
thisweren’tdisclosedby
the student. Beniwal
told the students that if
there is any problem,
they can tell their coach-
ing director and coun-
sellor,butneverthinkof
taking a wrong step. The
result will matter when
you stay with your par-
ents. So think about
your parents before tak-
ing any wrong steps,
Beniwal added.
RSCPCR chief Beniwal meets students
KOTA COACHING SUICIDES
lll
Beniwal said if
there is any
problem they
can tell their
coaching
director and
counsellor, but
never think of
taking a wrong
step like suicide
OPPOSITION PROTESTS, SEEKS CBI PROBE
GRADE-2 TEACHERS’ RECRUITMENT PAPER LEAK
First India Bureau
Ajmer/Jaipur: The
Opposition BJP and
RLP on Monday held
protests across Ra-
jasthan against the 2nd
grade teachers’ recruit-
ment examination pa-
per leak. The BJP and
the RLP held protests
separately in the state
and demanded CBI in-
quiry in the case.
“
ACBIinquiryshould
be ordered into the mat-
ter. It is the 11th paper
that has been leaked in
the state under the Con-
gress rule. This is a be-
trayal with the candi-
dates,” BJP MLA Vas-
udev Devnani told re-
porters in Ajmer. BJP
MP Bhagirath Choud-
hary and other party
leaders participated in
the protests, which were
held in Jaipur, Jodhpur,
Kota and other districts.
In Jaipur, the BJYM
burnt the effigy of CM
Ashok Gehlot by pro-
testing in all the dis-
tricts including the
state capital Jaipur.
During this, slogans
were also raised against
the government over
the paper leak of teach-
ers’ recruitment.
During this, there
was a fierce scuffle be-
tween the BJYM work-
ers and the police.
—with PTI inputs
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP national
spox Rajyavardhan Sin-
gh Rathore surrounded
the State govt on the pa-
per leak issue. “Ra-
jasthan is ruled by
many types of mafia
including gravel mafia,
mining mafia, paper
leak mafia. The law is at
a standstill. Rajasthan
has become a den of
copying mafias and
these mafias are getting
protection from above
somewhere, that’s why
these incidents are hap-
pening,” he told the me-
dia persons here on
Monday
.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: On the in-
structions of the ACB
HQs, the ACB team took
action in Bharatpur and
arrestedSubodhKumar,
Enforcement Inspector,
Logistics Department,
Bayana, Bharatpur and
his broker Bhagwan
Das Garg (ration dealer)
red-handed while ac-
cepting a bribe amount
of Rs 10,000 from com-
plainant.
DG of ACB BL Soni
said a complaint was re-
ceived by the ACB Ka-
rauli unit that Subodh
Kumar Enforcement
Inspector Logistics
Dept Bayana, Bharat-
pur, in return for not al-
lowing problems in the
operation of fair price
(ration) shops, demand-
ing a bribe amount of
Rs 20,000 through his
broker Bhagwan Das
Garg. A trap operation
was carried out, in
which, both caught red-
handed while accepting
the bribe of Rs 10,000.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A deputy jail-
oralongwithhismiddle-
man was arrested by the
anti-corruption bureau
while allegedly taking a
bribe of Rs 3000 in
Udaipurdistrict.Theac-
cused Dharamveer, dep-
uty jailor in Kotda sub
jail of Udaipur, had de-
manded bribe from the
complainant to give ex-
trafacilitiestohisbroth-
er who is lodged in jail.
After verification of
the complaint, a trap
waslaidandtheaccused
was held while taking
the bribe of Rs 3000.
AlongwithDharmaveer,
his middleman Karan
Singh, a private man,
was also arrested for his
involvement in the case,
DG ACB BL Soni said.
First India Bureau
Kota: One more case
has been filed against
Associate Professor
Girish Parmar of the
RTU. The accused, be-
ing the principal of a
private college, tried to
molest a girl student on
the pretext of marriage.
Inthiscasetoo,break-
ing the silence, the vic-
tim has registered a
case at RK Puram police
station. The accused
used to threaten the stu-
dent that he was the
principal of the college
and she had to come
with him. When the stu-
dent did not go to meet
him alone, the accused
had failed her. Then he
tried to rape her on the
pretext of marriage.
SP Kesar Singh Shek-
hawat told that after the
incident of RTU came to
light, the police had ap-
pealed that the people
who is a victim of any
kind of harassment
should also inform the
police.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: To tighten the
noose around smug-
glers, the customs de-
partment has decided
to encourage people to
share information
about gold, drugs smug-
gling or tax evasion in
lieu of which cash re-
ward will be given by
the department.
Under the depart-
ment’s scheme, maxi-
mum 20 percent of the
value of the seized item
will be given to the in-
former. Along with
this, 20 percent of the
penalty amount will
also be given. Rs 1500
per 10 gram of gold, Rs
3000 per kg of silver, Rs
6000 per kg of opium,
Rs 1,20,000 per kg of
heroin, Rs 2,40,000 per
kg of cocaine, Rs 2000
per kg of hashish will
be given.
Online information
can also be given. Four
officers of the depart-
ment including one
deputy commissioner
have been assigned the
responsibility for the
scheme. Contact num-
bers of the officers
have also been released.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Taking a sensi-
tive decision, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has given relief to the
dependents of deceased
ration dealers, in total
61 cases of allotment of
fair price shops on com-
passionate grounds re-
ceived from different
districts of the state.
Due to the relaxation in
these cases, the depend-
ents will now be able to
operate fair price shops.
With this decision tak-
en by Gehlot, the de-
pendent families of the
deceased ration dealers
will get strength.
As per the proposal,
the Chief Minister has
given relaxation in total
61 cases related to mini-
mum and maximum
age, minimum educa-
tional qualification, de-
lay in application peri-
od and other qualifica-
tions for dependents of
deceased ration dealers.
First India Bureau
Sikar: Former Direc-
tor of Enforcement Di-
rectorate Karnal Sin-
gh on Mon-
day said
that blam-
ing the ED
is wrong.
He said
that the ED
does fair investigation
and scope of investiga-
tion increased after the
increase in manpower.
“Govts do not inter-
fere in the work of ED.
If there is any problem
with the investigation
of ED, then the corrupt
can go to the court. No
case has been regis-
tered on ED till date.
ED investigates on the
basis of facts,” he said
on Monday.
He hailed Shekha-
wati as the land of
brave martyrs. He said
that Shekhawati gave
two Vice-Presidents to
the country.
Rajasthanbeing ruledby
exam mafias: Rathore
Enforcementinspector,broker
inACBnetfortaking`10,000
n Section 144 was imposed outside the RPSC
due to the protest by the BJYM in Ajmer
n Fierce scuffle broke out between the BJYM
workers and the police in Civil Lines, Jaipur
BJYM burning the effigy of CM Ashok Gehlot at Civil Lines crossing, Jaipur on Monday while police
officials trying to stop the agitators. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Accused Subodh Kumar and broker Bagwan Das in ACB custody.
Sangeeta Beniwal interacting with students in Kota on Monday.
Accused Dharamveer, middleman
Karan Singh in ACB custody.
Uproar during RU
syndicate meeting
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The Syndi-
cate meeting in Ra-
jasthan University
lasted for about 3:30
hours and ended
without any decision.
Therewasmoreruck-
us in the meeting.
During this there
were several clashes
between the police
and the students,
even mild force was
used by the police.
About 10 proposals
were mainly dis-
cussed in the Syndi-
cate meeting that
started at 11:00 am on
Monday at the Ra-
jasthan University
.
The atmosphere was
also seen when there
was a proposal to
make 6 research asso-
ciates professors,
there was a fierce de-
bate between regis-
trar and 2 members.
Not only this, all
the DRs, including
Rajasthan Universi-
ty’s registrar Nilima
Takshak, left the
meeting. The mem-
bers of NSUI and
ABVP gathered in
large numbers out-
side the VC’s Secre-
tariat for their de-
mands. The contract
workers and teachers
of Rajasthan Univer-
sity also started
shouting slogans for
their demands.
The clashes be-
tween ABVP and
NSUI members also
happened due to
which a student was
hurt.Onbehalf of the
teachers, they were
demandingtheimple-
mentation of the new
regulation of UGC
2018, while the con-
tract workers were
demanding increas-
ing the honorarium.
Deputy jailor, middleman caught
by ACB in Udaipur for taking `3k
Another case of molestation against
RTU prof registered, FIR lodged
To tighten noose on smugglers,
Customs to reward informers
CM approves
compensatory
jobs in fair
price shops
ED probes are
based on facts,
says ex-chief
Karnal Singh
COURTESY CALL
RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot paid a courtesy visit to Governor Kalraj Mishra in Raj Bhavan
on Monday after he was recently re-elected as the head of the cricketing body.
MP Bhagirath Choudhary, MLA Anita Bhadel, MLA Vasudev Devnani,
other BJP leaders in RPSC office,Ajmer on Monday.
RLP workers staging protest at Jaipur Collectorate on Monday.
ACCUSED HANDLED SOCIAL MEDIA OF MINS
RPSC ISSUES ALERT FOR GROUP C EXAM
The alleged mastermind of RPSC paper leak row,
Suresh Dhaka`s pictures with leaders is going viral
on social media, sources revealed that he managed the
social media accounts of several ministers. Dhaka is a
resident of Achalpur village, 20 km from Sanchore in
Jalore. Sources have said that Dhaka handled the Twitter
accounts and Facebook pages of many ministers. All his
own social media accounts are verified. Earlier also Dhaka
went to jail in a money laundering case.
Strict arrangements have been ordered in the Group
C examination, after the question paper of RPSC's
senior teacher recruitment examination was leaked. The
Group C exam will be held on Tuesday. Instructions have
been issued to the administration and the police to make
strict security arrangements for the teacher recruitment
exam. RPSC officials told that there is a need to check
the internal system of question paper distribution and
management in this exam.
Rajya Sabha MP Kirodilal
Meena has revealed
that he has obtained com-
plete information on the GK
exam paper leak case. This
information has come at a
point when the Rajasthan
Police is yet to find any clue
on exactly how the RPSC's
senior teacher recruitment
exam’s GK question paper
was leaked. MP Meena has
clearly said that the secret
branch of the RPSC has
put out the papers, and
very soon he will reveal
everything with proof.
‘I WILL REVEAL
EVERYTHING WITH
PROOF’ DR KIRODI
ON PAPER LEAK
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
People can also
inform the
officials online
NSUI members protest during syndicate meeting in Raj Uni
on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

PERSPECTIVE
04
fter a gap of 9
days the Bharat
Jodo Yatra
(BJY) will en-
ter Uttar
Pradesh on January 3 for
a short journey to three
districts in the western
part of the state. Congress
has invited the Samajwadi
Party leader Akhilesh Ya-
dav and Mayawati of the
Bahujan Samaj Party to
join the rally
. Om Prakash
Rajbhar of Suheldev
Bharatiya Samaj Party
has also been urged to join
the march which is out to
spread the message of love
and brotherhood to coun-
ter the hate being alleged-
ly peddled by the BJP. Will
Akhilesh and Mayawati
accept the invite and send
their representatives to
join the march? The SP’s
alliance partner the Rash-
triya Lok Dal is under-
stood to have confirmed
its participation.
The BJY will traverse
the districts of Baghpat,
Shamli and Kairana. Any
hint of SP and BSP joining
the second-leg of the
march will be of extreme
political significance for
2024. So far Mayawati has
distanced herself from the
SP and the Congress and
chances of their coming
together seem remote. To-
wards the end of 2022 the
possibility which seems
strong is of a three-cor-
nered contest. Those try-
ing to smell the coffee read
much into the BSP MP
from Jaunpur, Shyam Sin-
gh Yadav, joining Rahul
Gandhi’s foot march in
Delhi for about three
hours. On any normal day
Mayawati would have
called for his explanation.
That makes one suspect
that a tripartite arrange-
ment between the three
main players could be in
the offing for 2024. The
RLD, it is believed, will
readily play tango. That
should make the contest
somewhat lip-smacking.
WILL SP, BSP BACK
BHARAT JODO IN UP
Congress has invited
SP leader Akhilesh
and Mayawati of BSP
to join the rally. Om
Prakash Rajbhar of
Suheldev Bharatiya
Samaj Party has also
been urged to join the
march which is out to
spread the message of
love and brotherhood
to counter the hate
being allegedly
peddled by the BJP
A
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Winter, summer, happiness, and pain;
Giving, appearing, disappearing; Non-
permanent, all of them; Just try to tolerate.
— Bhagavad Gita
Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda
I bow down to ‘Veer Bal Diwas’
dedicated to the martyrdom of
Sahibzade Zorawar Singh ji and Fateh
Singh ji of Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji.
Your patriotism and piety will always
inspire every Indian to dedicate
everything for the nation and culture.
Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh
On the martyrdom day of Baba Zorawar
Singh ji and Baba Fateh Singh ji, I bow
down to their martyrdom. He sacrificed
his life, not bowing down against
oppression and tyranny. Celebrated
today #VeerBaalDiwas will continue to
inspire the future generations of the
country with the success story of his bravery.
TOP TWEETS
INDIABEATS BANGLADESH,STAYSINHUNTTO
REACHWORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIPFINAL
Despite the hiccups
and headaches, Team
India still has a
strong chance of
qualifying for
the World Test
Championship final
provided they win 3
out of 4 Tests against
Australia who are
currently the table
toppers. If Indian
batsmen can start
firing at their best
and the bowlers can
retain the striking
ability they have
displayed in recent
matches, Team India
could well make it to
the World Test
Championship final
in June 2023
ndia pipped Bangladesh by three
wickets in an exciting 2nd Test to
register a clean sweep in the two-
match series. With this victory,
India retained their second spot
on the World Test Championship
table. But the close shave in the
Mirpur game, which could have
gone either way till the last mo-
ment, reflects that Team India
has had an ordinary year. As the
New Year beckons, there are seri-
ous concerns and challenges that
confront India in test cricket.
India’s batting approach in the
series with Bangladesh was a far
cry from the aggression prom-
ised by KL Rahul and the team
management. Knocking off the
modest target of 145 should have
been an easy task for India. It
was only a superb stand between
Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran
Ashwin that saved India from an
embarrassing first-ever loss to
Bangladesh in Test cricket. In-
dian batting in recent tests has
often left a lot to be desired.
While KL Rahul is going through
a horror patch, even Virat Kohli
has been far from his best in test
cricket despite his recent resur-
gence in white ball format.
The disappointing perfor-
mance of the batting unit and
some tactical mistakes raise lots
of questions just before the up-
coming home series against Aus-
tralia. While Indian batters need
not copy England’s aggressive
batting style, known as ‘Bazball’,
they can take a leaf out of their
book in chasing 145. Just a few
days earlier on a tricky Karachi
pitch, England had chased down
a target of 167 in barely 28.1 overs
for the loss of only two wickets.
The Indian top-order could sure-
ly learn a few valuable lessons
instead of looking like rookies
against the Bangladesh spinners.
The below par show in Bang-
ladeshreflects clearlythatthings
haven’t exactly gone as per plans
in 2022 which has been a bitter-
sweet year for Indian cricket.
The year had begun on a promis-
ing note as India defeated South
Africa in a convincing fashion in
their first test at Centurion. But
these were followed by two suc-
cessive losses as the Proteas ran
away with the series that India
initially seemed set to win.
Defeat in South Africa led to
Virat Kohli suddenly resigning
as the Test captain, clearing the
way for Rohit Sharma to become
the skipper in all three formats.
But with Rohit remaining injury-
prone at 35, the year saw a virtual
musical chairs over captaincy
.
Kohli’s resignation and Rohit’s
injuries have created a situation
whereby six players have led the
team across formats this year.
Rohit Sharma’s injury-in-
duced absence highlights one of
the biggest headaches for the In-
dian team in 2022 – the non-avail-
ability of several key perform-
ers. Perhaps the most notable
absence that has hurt India’s
chances in a big way is that of
ace-pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, who
has hardly played for Team India
since the tour of South Africa in
January
. The other huge loss has
been the injury to Ravindra
Jadeja which has affected the
team’s morale and its balance.
The growing list of injured play-
ers reflects the urgent need for
more effective workload man-
agement and greater emphasis
on fitness regimens.
After the defeat to South Af-
rica in January, the team
thrashed Sri Lanka comprehen-
sively in the two-test series in
March. But in the only test
against England this year, Team
India floundered badly and were
defeated by the Ben Stokes-led
unit by seven wickets.
Despite the mixed bag in
terms of results, India’s under-
rated bowling unit has done
rather well. Even in the Bangla-
desh series, Indian bowlers got
40wicketsinthetwoteststhough
their propensity to let the oppo-
sition tail wag nearly cost them
the second Test. To win in Test
cricket, a side needs to take 20
wickets and Indian bowlers
struck with regularity through-
out the Test series.
This brings us to the ticklish
issue of arbitrary selections. Un-
doubtedly, the worst and most
controversial was the dropping
of left arm spinner Kuldeep Ya-
dav from the second test against
Bangladesh. Despite taking 8
wickets, scoring 40 runs and
winning the Man of The Match
award in the first test, Yadav was
axed to include a trundler like
Jayadev Unadkat – a decision
that defied all cricketing logic.
Despite the hiccups and head-
aches, Team India still has a
strong chance of qualifying for
the World Test Championship
final provided they win 3 out of
4 Tests against Australia who
are currently the table toppers.
If Indian batsmen can start fir-
ing at their best and the bowlers
can retain the striking ability
they have displayed in recent
matches, Team India could well
make it to the World Test Cham-
pionship final in June 2023.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry
India pipped
Bangladesh by three
wickets in an exciting
2nd Test to register a
clean sweep in the two-
match series. With
this victory, India
retained their
second spot on the
World Test
Championship table.
But the close shave in
the Mirpur game, which
could have gone either
way till the last
moment, reflects that
Team India has had an
ordinary year
SUPERB STAND BETWEEN IYER
AND ASHWIN SAVED TEAM INDIA
ndia’s batting approach in the series with Bangladesh was a far cry
from the aggression promised by KL Rahul and the team manage-
ment. Knocking off the modest target of 145 should have been an
easy task for India. It was only a superb stand between Shreyas Iyer
and Ravichandran Ashwin that saved India from an embarrassing first-ever
loss to Bangladesh in Test cricket. Indian batting in recent tests has often
left a lot to be desired. While KL Rahul is going through a horror patch,
even Virat Kohli has been far from his best in test cricket despite his recent
resurgence in white ball format.
I
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INDIA
05
Shah pays tributes to Guru Gobind
Singh, Sahibzades, Mata Gujri
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Monday
paid tributes to Guru
Gobind Singh, his two
sons and Mata Gujri on
‘Veer Bal Diwas’.
Zorawar Singh and
Fateh Singh, Guru Gob-
ind Singh’s sons, laid
down their lives while
defending their faith.
Their martyrdom day is
observed as ‘Veer Baal
Diwas’.
In a tweet in Hindi,
Shah said Guru Gobind
Singh’s sons bravely
facedenemiesatayoung
age to protect the moth-
erland and religion.
The home minister
said their bravery is
the country’s heritage,
remembering which
the Modi government
is observing ‘Veer Bal
Diwas’.
“I pay my respects to
the bravery and sacri-
fices of the Sahibzades,
Mata Gujri and Guru
Gobind Singh,” he said.
On the occasion of
Guru Gobind Singh’s
birth anniversary on
January 9 this year, the
prime minister had an-
nounced that December
26 will be observed as
‘Veer Bal Diwas’.
Says 10th Guru’s
sons bravely faced
enemies at a young
age to protect religion
Amit Shah @AmitShah
I pay my respects to the bravery and sacrifices of
the Sahibzades, Mata Gujri and Guru Gobind Singh.
UTTARAKHAND CM
PAYS TRIBUTES TO
GURU’S SAHIBZADES
Dehradun: Uttarakhand
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
on Monday paid tributes to
10th Guru Gobind Singh’s
four sons who laid down
their lives while defending
their faith, saying such
great sacrifices laid the
“foundation” of India’s
independence. The martyr-
dom day of the 10th Guru’s
sons is observed as ‘Veer
Baal Diwas’. At an event
at Guru Nanak Academy
at Nanakmatta in Udham
Singh Nagar district, Dhami
said by deciding to cel-
ebrate this day as Veer Bal
Diwas, Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi has paid true
tribute to the martyrdom of
Guru Gobind Singh Ji and
his four sons — Baba Ajit
Singh, Baba Jujhar Singh,
Baba Zorawar Singh and
Baba Fateh Singh.
PM Narendra Modi waves at school students participating in a procession commemorating the ‘Veer
Bal Diwas’, at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
RaGa invites Akhilesh, Jayant,
Mayawati to participate in BJY
New Delhi (Agencies):
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi has invited Sa-
majwadi Party (SP)
President Akhilesh Ya-
dav, Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) chief
Mayawati and Jayant
Singh of Rashtriya Lok
Dal (RLD) to participate
in the Bharat Jodo Yatra
(BJY), sources said.
A formal letter has
been written by the
Congress leader but its
not clear that whether
these leaders have giv-
en consent or not, the
sources informed.
The Bharat Jodo
Yatra will resume from
January 3 from Ghazi-
abad in UP and it is said
that Congress wants all
like-minded parties to
participate in the yatra.
Earlier, many non-
Congress leaders and
celebrities including
actor and politician Ka-
mal Haasan joined the
yatra on Saturday
.
As the Bharat Jodo
Yatra entered Delhi on
Saturday, senior Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi attacked BJP and
RSS, saying that their
policies are to spread
hate but the common
people want harmony
.
“The policies of the
BJP and RSS are to
spread fear and hatred,
we will not allow it. I
have opened a shop of
love in the hatred mar-
ket,” he said.
AfterreachingtheRed
Fort on Saturday
, the
yatra has taken a break
till January 3, 2023.
During the nine-day
break,thecontainerswill
berepairedandprepared
for the harsh winter in
the north, according to
Congress General Secre-
tary Jairam Ramesh.
“
Also,manyyatriswill
be able to spend time
with their families after
almost four months. The
journey will resume on
January 3,” he had said
earlier this week.
The yatra will com-
mence from Ghaziabad
on January 3 and then
from Sanoli Khurd at
the Panipat border on
January 6.
CONG APPOINTS OBSERVERS
FOR POLLS IN 3 N-E STATES
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday ap-
pointed observers for upcoming assembly
polls in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland
early next year, with
party MP Mukul Wasnik
named senior observer
for the three states. The
Congress appointed two
observers each for the
states. “The Congress
president has appointed
senior observer and
observers for ensuing assembly elections
2023 for the respective states, with imme-
diate effect,” the party said in an official
communication. Rajya Sabha MP Mukul
Wasnik has been named senior observer
for the elections in the three states.
“RATTLED BY BJY’S SUCCESS,
BJP TRYING TO DERAIL IT”
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday
said that the BJP is so much rattled by the
success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that
it is desperately trying
to derail it and defame
Rahul Gandhi. The Con-
gress also cited several
instances of BJP’s “fake
claims” made with
an attempt to defame
Gandhi and his Yatra,
and demanded that the
ruling party should apologise. Congress
general secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed
that the BJP was sending Intelligence
Bureau sleuths to the Bharat Jodo Yatra
campsite and was “terrorising” those who
met Gandhi during the Yatra.
INDIAN YOUTH CONG TO TAKE MESSAGE
OF BJY TO EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY
New Delhi: The Indian Youth Congress will take the mes-
sage of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by party leader Rahul
Gandhi, to every part of the country, it said on Monday.
The yatra entered Delhi on Saturday morning with scores
of people from Haryana and Delhi joining the march at
the Badarpur border amid slogans of “Bharat jodo” (unite
India) and “Rahul Gandhi zindabad”. With the beating of
drums and playing patriotic songs, the enthusiasm of the
yatris was at its peak. Waving Tricolours, thousands of
party activists walked behind Gandhi. In a statement on
Monday, the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) said it held a
three-day meeting of its national executive, which con-
cluded with the resolution to “take the message of Bharat
Jodo Yatra to every part of the country”.
Shift KPs to safer Jammu
till situation improves: GNA
Srinagar (ANI): Demo-
cratic Azad Party Chief
and former Jammu and
KashmirChief Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azadhas
said that the Kashmiri
Pandit employees of the
Jammu and Kashmir
government should be
temporarily shifted to
Jammu till the situation
improves in Kashmir.
Questioning the safe-
ty of the Kashmiri Pan-
dits, he said that life is
more important than
employment and the
government should
transfer Kashmiri Pan-
dits to Jammu. “The
Government should
transfer Kashmiri Pan-
dit employees to Jammu
and transfer them back
only when the situation
improves,” said Azad.
After Kamal Haasan raising political
tempo, will it be Rajinikath next?
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: Tamil actor
Kamal Haasan had
formed his own party
named Makkal Nidhi
Maiyam i.e. MNM and
contested 2021 assembly
polls in which his party
got 2.52% votes. Howev-
er, this much vote did
not have any effect on
the election results as
the DMK alliance got
more than three-fourth
of the votes. But the
DMK and its allies are
worriedaboutthefuture
politics of Kamal
Haasan’sparty
.Theyfelt
that if they become part
of any other alliance,
the going may get tough
for them. Keep in mind
that Jayalalithaa’s
friend Sasikala’s neph-
ew TTV Dhinakaran
had also formed the par-
ty and got 2.30% votes.
Onlywhenthenewsof
Kamal Haasan joining
Congress’ Bharat Jodo
Yatra came, along with
the Congress, the DMK
also heaved a sigh of sat-
isfaction. He joined the
Congress yatra on De-
cember 24 in Delhi. That
proved on which side he
is, ideologically
. After
this, it is believed that
Haasan will not contest
the election alone. If he
remains in active poli-
tics, he will join the
DMK-Congress alliance
in the state. It is also be-
ing said that now the
pressure may increase
on the second Tamil su-
per star Rajinikanth.
BJPwantshimtoengage
in state politics with the
saffron party
. However,
hehaskepthimself away
from active politics.
Allies cry foul
over CBI
reopening case
against Lalu
Patna (PTI): The rul-
ing ‘Mahagathband-
han’ in Bihar on Mon-
day cried foul over re-
ports of a corruption
case being reopened
against Lalu Prasad,
the founding president
of the RJD which helms
the alliance.
The central agency
which is often accused,
by parties opposed to
the BJP, of having be-
come a political instru-
ment in the hands of
the party ruling the
Centre, has reopened
inquiry into a case
against Prasad which it
had closed last year.
Former state minis-
ter and senior RJD lead-
er Vijay Prakash re-
called the “caged par-
rot” remark of the Su-
preme Court, made long
back while the Con-
gress-led UPA was in
power, to allege “mis-
use” of the agency by
the “government at the
Centre”.
BJP says Rahul‘doing drama’
as he visitsVajpayee’s samadhi
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJPonMondayattacked
the Congress and de-
manded an apology over
unsavoury remarks
madeagainstformerPM
Atal Bihari Vajpayee by
a leader attached to the
Congress chief’s office,
even as the opposition
party distanced itself
from the controversy
.
Gaurav Pandhi, coor-
dinator of Congress
chief Kharge’s office
and handles social me-
dia for him, had put out
a tweet alleging that Va-
jpayee had sided with
the British.
He later deleted it as
the BJP accused Rahul
Gandhi of “doing a dra-
ma” of paying homage
at Vajpayee’s memorial
while party leaders use
“abusive words”
against the former PM.
Rahul on Monday vis-
ited ‘samadhi’ of Mahat-
ma and of several for-
mer PMs, including Vaj-
payee whose birth anni-
versary was on Sunday
.
Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his
memorial Sadaiv Atal, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Mathura Idgah
survey: Owaisi
finds fault with
court order
Hyderabad (Agen-
cies): AIMIM President
Asaduddin Owaisi on
Monday criticised Ma-
thura court order for a
survey of Shahi Idgah
mosquecomplex,saying
a survey in a civil case
should be the last resort.
The Hyderabad MP
said that in his opinion,
thecourtiswrong.“Idisa-
gree with that order. Le-
gal experts know very
well and they have also
told me that a survey is
orderedbyacourtonlyas
a last resort when there
are no papers to prove a
titleoranything,”hesaid.
He said the court used
the survey as a first re-
sort while legal experts
believe that it should be
the last resort. He said
the court violated the
Places of Worship Act,
which is clear that ex-
cept Babri Masjid, the
nature of religious plac-
es that stood on Aug 15,
1947 can’t be altered.
IN THE COURTYARD
TELANGANA MLAs
POACHING CASE
HANDED OVER TO CBI
New Delhi: The Telangana
high court on Monday
handed over the case relat-
ing to the alleged ‘buying’
of four Telangana Rashtra
Samithi MLAs (TRS) by
those who shared links
allegedly with the BJP to
the CBI. Justice Vijayasen
Reddy was hearing a batch
of petitions seeking CBI
inquiry. The high court’s
ruling in effect invalidated
the TRS govt-appointed
special investigation team,
which has been carrying
out the probe thus far. The
development can be seen
as a setback to K Chan-
drashekar Rao’s govern-
ment, which has been
cornering the Narendra
Modi-led BJP at the Centre.
DELHI HC GRANTS PROTECTION TO UNNAO
RAPE SURVIVOR IN FORGERY FIR
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has granted interim
protection from “precipitate action” to the 2017 Unnao
rape survivor in an FIR registered by the UP police for
allegedly forging her date of birth to attract provisions
of the POCSO Act in the case in which the now expelled
BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar was convicted. Sengar has
since been disqualified as an MLA. Justice Anup Jairam
Bhambhani issued notice on the anticipatory bail plea by
the 21-year-old and directed that subject to the petitioner
appearing before the trial court when required.
SC ISSUES NOTICE TO ED ON BAIL PLEA
OF SUSPENDED IAS POOJA SINGHAL
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought the
response of the Enforcement Directorate to a plea filed
by suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal in a money
laundering case seeking interim bail to look after her
daughter who is ill. A bench issued notice to the ED
and others and sought their replies. “Issue notice
returnable in the re-opening miscellaneous week of
January, 2023 both in the SLP as well as on the ap-
plication for interim bail,” the bench said.

INDIA
06
Rourkela (PTI): The
Rourkela hockey sta-
dium, India’s biggest
with a seating capaci-
ty of 21,000, will be in-
augurated early Janu-
ary. (Express photo by
Sujit Bisoyi)
When Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik laid the
foundation stone for a
new hockey stadium at
Rourkela on February
16, 2021 — in the middle
of a pandemic — and
announced that it
would be a second ven-
ue for the Men’s FIH
Hockey World Cup,
many, even within the
government, were
sceptical about its
timely completion. So
much so that the Inter-
national Hockey Fed-
eration had to give the
state a deadline of No-
vember 30 to complete
the main structure and
lay the turf.
For two years since
then, over 1,200 migrant
workers — many of
them from Bihar,
Jharkhand and West
Bengal — worked round
the clock in three shifts
to construct the stadi-
um. And less than three
weeks before the first
match, the grand sau-
cer-shaped steel struc-
ture, with a seating ca-
pacity of around 21,000,
stands tall over 16 acres
of land.
A total of 20 matches
will be played in the
new stadium to be
named after freedom
fighter and tribal icon
Birsa Munda.
The Chief Minister is
expected to inaugurate
the structure, the coun-
try’s biggest hockey sta-
dium, early in January
.
Along with the Kalinga
Stadium in Bhubane-
swar, it will host the
World Cup from Janu-
ary 13 to 29. A total of 20
matches will be played
in the new stadium to
be named after freedom
fighter and tribal icon
Birsa Munda.
At the stadium site,
workers continue to toil
round the clock to put
things together. Though
the stadium work has
already been completed
and the ground was
used for a practice
match between junior
teams of India and
South Korea, large
cranes have been de-
ployed to fix the alu-
minium facades and
glass windows.
1,200 workers, 24×7 shifts; Rourkela all set to host
PREP FOR HOCKEY WORLD CUP
New Delhi (ANI): Tun-
isha Sharma’s mother
Vanita has revealed
new details about the
actor’s relationship
with her co-star
S h e e z a n
Khan. Tuni-
sha alleged-
ly commit-
ted suicide
on the sets
of her serial Alibaba –
Dastaan-e-Kabul on Sat-
urday. A case of abet-
ment to suicide was
registered against
Sheezan under Section
306 of the IPC.
In a statement on
Monday, Vanita, who
had filed a complaint
against Sheezan, said,
“I want to tell you that
Sheezan cheated Tani-
sha. First, he had a rela-
tionship with her say-
ing that he will marry
her and later broke up
with her. He already
was involved with an-
other woman in spite of
which he got involved
with Tunisha and used
her for three to four
months. He should be
punished for that. I
have lost my daughter.”
Police allege the rea-
son behind Tunisha
Sharma’s alleged ex-
treme step could be her
breakup with Sheezan
Khan. Vasai court has
sent Sheezan to police
custody for four days in
connection with death.
TUNISHA’S MOTHER ACCUSES
SHEEZAN OF CHEATING ON ACTOR
Deceased’s
mother accuses
Sheezan Khan of
cheating on actor
TMC BLASTS BJP
FOR LINKING
TUNISHA’S DEATH
TO ‘LOVE JIHAD’
New Delhi: To call the
BJP a ‘sick monster’
would be an understate-
ment, Trinamool Con-
gress (TMC) spokesper-
son Saket
Gokhale said
on Monday,
as he lam-
basted the
party over
claims by
some of its leaders that
the death of TV actor Tun-
isha Sharma, who died by
suicide on Saturday, was
a case of ‘love jihad.’ “The
post mortem on the poor
woman's body isn't even
complete yet let alone her
being laid to rest. And the
BJP has already begun to
user her tragic death for
their own hateful political
agenda. To call the BJP
sick monsters would
be an understatement,”
tweeted Gokhale.
Kurnool (PTI): Presi-
dent Droupadi Murmu
on Monday offered
prayersatSrisailamtem-
ple in Andhra Pradesh's
Kurnool district and laid
foundationstoneforvari-
ous development works.
Arriving at Sun-
nipenta helipad from
Hyderabad, she was re-
ceived by Andhra
Pradesh Endowments
Minister Kottu
Satyanarayana, Fi-
nance Minister Bugga-
na Rajendranath, local
MLA Shilpa Chakrapa-
ni Reddy, and senior of-
ficials.
From there, the Pres-
ident reached Srisailam
temple by road.
Telangana Governor
Tamilisai Soundarara-
jan and Union Tourism
and Culture Minister G.
Kishan Reddy also
reached Srisailam
along with the Presi-
dent from Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh's
Tourism Minister R. K.
Roja, other public rep-
resentatives and senior
officials received Presi-
dent Murmu.
Priests and temple of-
ficials accorded a tradi-
tional welcome to her.
She had darshan at Rat-
nagarbha Ganapathi
Swamy temple.
The President later
performed Rudrab-
hishekam to Srisailam
Mallikarjuna Swamy
and Kumkumarchana
to Bramarambika Devi.
She launched various
projects related to the
development of Srisail-
am Temple.
Works worth Rs 43
crore were launched
under National Mis-
sion of Pilgrimage Re-
juvenational and Spir-
itual Heritage Augmen-
tation Drive (PRA-
SHAD) scheme of the
Union Tourism Minis-
try. She also visited Sri
Shivaji Spoorthy Kend-
ram at Srisailam.
Murmu later re-
turned to Hyderabad
for five-day winter so-
journ.
Earlier, she had ar-
rived at Rajiv Gandhi
International Airport,
Shamshabad, in a spe-
cial aircraft and later
left for Srisailam by a
helicopter. Tight secu-
rity arrangements were
made at Srisailam for
the President's visit.
The temple authori-
ties had suspended dar-
shan for devotees and
diverted traffic as part
of the arrangements.
PRESIDENT OFFERS PRAYERS AT SRISAILAM TEMPLE
Patna (ANI): Five for-
eign nationals, four of
them from Thailand
and one from Myan-
mar, have tested posi-
tive for COVID-19 upon
arrival in Bihar on a
pilgrimage, official
said on Monday.
According to Dr Ran-
jan Kumar Singh, medi-
cal officer in charge of
Gaya district, the for-
eigners were tested at
the international air-
port here in the week-
end as part of a drill
that is being followed
for those visiting Bodh
Gaya to attend the Dalai
Lama's discourses
scheduled this week.
Altogether 33 foreign-
ers were tested during
weekend, out of whom
four of them females,
have tested positive,
said Singh. Their condi-
tion is stable.
5 foreigners test Covid positive in Bodh Gaya
MANDAVIYA HOLDS MEETING WITH IMA
KARNATAKA MAKES MASKS MANDATORY
New Delhi: Union Health and Family Welfare Dr Man-
sukh Mandaviya on Monday interacted with doctors and
representatives from Indian Medical Association (IMA)
regarding the COVID-19 situation and preparedness.
During the meeting, Mandaviya urged participants to
refrain from making speculations.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka gov-
ernment on Monday announced
that wearing face masks inside
theatres, schools and colleges
will be mandatory. Fresh guide-
lines were announced.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Health department was concerned
over the development of 12 passengers arriving from high-
risk countries testing positive for Covid at the Kempe Gowda
International Airport Bengaluru, sources confirmed on Mon-
day. According to authorities, a 37-year-old man, who arrived
from China, had tested positive for Covid at Bengaluru. The
other 11 passengers came from high-risk countries. Four of
them have been quarantined in a private hospital and the rest
passengers have been kept in home quarantine. All the sam-
ples have been sent to genomic sequencing to the National
Institute of Virology and results expected by Tuesday.
12 PASSENGERS RETURNING FROM HIGH-RISK
COUNTRIES INCLUDING CHINA TEST POSITIVE
Kolkata: Two persons re-
turning from abroad have
tested positive for the
Coronavirus infection at
the Kolkata Aiport, airport
sources said on Monday.
According to sources, one
of the positive passengers
came from Dubai on Sat-
urday while another came
from Kuala Lumpur.
New Delhi (PTI): Phar-
maceuticals firm Hetero
on Monday said it has
received World Health
Organisation Prequali-
fication of medicines
programme (WHO PQ)
approval for its generic
version of COVID-19 oral
antiviral treatment candi-
date ‘Nirmatrelvir.’
2 COVID POSITIVE
CASES DETECTED AT
KOLKATA AIRPORT
NIRMACOM GETS
PREQUALIFICATION
FROM THE WHO
New Delhi (ANI): As
biting cold conditions
engulfed entire North
India, fog and poor vis-
ibility remained a se-
vere cause of concern
on Monday
.
According to the In-
dia Meteorological De-
partment, visibility
across most of the
northern states re-
mained poor with
Bhatinda in Punjab and
Bikaner in Rajasthan
recording zero visibil-
ity. The visibility in
the national capital
here at just 50 meters.
Not only in Bhatinda,
visibility remained low
throughout Punjab,
with Amritsar record-
ing visibility of 25 me-
tres and Ambala 50.
Haryana too recorded
low visibility
. While
places like Ambala and
Hissar recorded a low of
25m and 50m respective-
ly, visibility in Chandi-
garh was 200 metres.
According to IMD
data,placeslikeSriGan-
ganagar and Churu in
Rajasthan also recorded
low visibility of 25 and
50 meters, respectively
.
Uttar Pradesh, Odi-
sha and West Bengal
also recorded very low
visibility on the day
with number dipping
to 50 metres in Uttar
Pradesh and Odisha,
while North Bengal re-
corded visibility of
200 meters.
Zerovisibilityinmanyplaces
afterfogengulfsNorthIndia
New Delhi: National
Green Tribunal has ex-
tended the stay on a Un-
ion Ministry of Envi-
ronment, Forests and
Climate Change notifi-
cation modifying the
Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) con-
ditions for certain con-
struction projects.
According to the no-
tification dated Nov 14,
2018, the Union govern-
ment delegated the
power to ensure com-
pliance with environ-
mental conditions to
local bodies.
Stay on EIA for
the construction
projects to
continue: NGT
GRENADES’ CACHE
RECOVERED FROM
ASSAM TEA GARDEN
K’TAKA: ILLEGAL
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
RAIDED; BEEF SEIZED
2 AFRICAN CITIZENS
HELD FOR DUPING
GUJARAT WOMAN
DRUG TRAFFICKERS’
PROPERTIES RAZED,
SAYS HARYANA CM
Dibrugarh: A cache of
grenades and ammunition
were recovered from a
tea garden in Assam's
Dibrugarh district, a senior
police official said on
December 26. Two Chinese
grenades, two magazines
of AK-series rifles, 12
bullets and a pistol silencer
were recovered from South
Jalan tea estate. Items were
spotted by garden workers
on Sunday night, Dibrugarh
SP Shwetank Mishra. “We
have interrogated some
people,” Mishra added.
Mangaluru (PTI): An
illegal cattle slaughterhouse
was raided in a village in
Dakshina Kannada district
of Karnataka and around
100 kilograms of beef were
seized from the place, police
said on Monday. A team of
Konaje police station raided
the slaughterhouse at Malar
under Pavoor village in the
district and confiscated the
meat, valued at Rs 25,000 in
market. Police said accused
Jafar Sadiq, a resident of
Malar Badriyanagar, man-
aged to escape the raid.
Ahmedabad: Two African
nationals were arrested for
allegedly duping an elderly
woman from Gujarat's
Ahmedabad of Rs 34 lakh by
befriending her online using
fake identities and asking
her to pay money to get gifts
and foreign currency re-
leased from Customs, police
said on Monday. Some other
gang members involved
in the crime are yet to be
arrested, he said. According
to official, a 63-year-old
woman approached Cyber
Crime Branch on Dec 23.
Chandigarh (Agencies):
Haryana CM Manohar Lal
Khattar on Monday said
legal action has been taken
against those involved in
drug trafficking and illegal
properties of all such people
have also been identified.
Replying to a question by
member Abhay Singh Chau-
tala, regarding demolition of
houses of people involved
in drug peddling, on first
day of Winter session,
Khattar said action of
demolishing properties as
ethically wrong.
CRUCIAL READ
President Droupadi Murmu arrives to offer prayers at Srisailam
temple, in Nandyala district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday.
A healthcare worker takes swab sample of a passenger for
COVID-19 testing at railway station in Jalandhar.
A train runs at slow pace due
to low visibility due to a thick
fog on a cold winter day, in
Gurugram on Monday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
IMD PREDICTS
HEAVY TO VERY
HEAVY RAINS IN 10
TAMIL NADU DISTS
Kanyakumari: The IMD’s
Regional Meteorological
Centre (RMC) has predicted
heavy to very heavy rains in
10 districts of Tamil Nadu
on Monday as the deep de-
pressions that have prevailed
over Sri Lanka are likely to
become a depression over
the Kanyakumari sea and ad-
joining areas. The depression,
according to the India Meteo-
rological Department, is likely
to move further west-north-
westwards and weaken over
the southeast Arabian Sea.
This depression would lead to
heavy to very heavy rains in
many regions of south Tamil
Nadu and in some places of
north Tamil Nadu. Heavy to
very heavy rains are expected
in Theni, Dindigul, Madurai,
Sivaganga, Ramanathapur-
am, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi,
Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli,
and Kanniyakumari districts.
Chennai and its suburbs are
likely to have partly cloudy
conditions in the next 48
hours, and light to moderate
rains is likely to occur.
SHE HAD TRIED
SUICIDE EARLIER
ALSO, SAYS KHAN
New Delhi: Tuni-
sha Sharma tried to
commit suicide even
before she actu-
ally ended her life on
December 24. And her
ex-boyfriend and 'Ali
Baba: Dastaan-e-Ka-
bul' co-star Sheezan
Mohammed Khan had
informed her family
about it. Sheezan is
now in police custody,
having been accused
by Tunisha's mother
of causing her daugh-
ter mental trauma
and driving her to
commit suicide.
Mumbai: TV actor Tunisha Sharma had lunch
with the main accused and co-actor Sheezan
Khan before hanging herself, sources said. The
First Information Report, or FIR, in a case regis-
tered by the police, charging Sheezan Khan for
abetment to suicide, revealed that the duo were
in a relationship and had broken up 15 days
before Tunisha's death.
SHEEZAN KHAN HAD LUNCH WITH
TUNISHA ON THE DAY OF SUICIDE
She launched various
projects related to
development of
Srisailam Temple
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Kolkata (ANI): A court in Kolkata has taken cognisance
of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate
against arrested Trinamool Congress
(TMC) MLA Manik Bhattacharya and
others in connection with the West
Bengal teachers recruitment 'scam'
money laundering case, the agency
said Friday. ED had named six enti-
ties including the legislator, his wife
Satarupa Bhattacharya, their son Souvik Bhattacharya,
Tapas Kumar Mondal (owner of a teacher training
centre), firms like Acuere Consultancy.
TEACHERS' SCAM: NAME OF TRINAMOOL
PANCHAYAT MEMBER'S SON SURFACES

First India Bureau
Jaipur: The four-day
Jaipur Jewelry Show
(JJS) concluded on
Monday. Organized at
JECC, Jaipur spread
over 2.5 lakh square
feet, the show was at-
tended by more than
45,000 visitors and trad-
ers over the four days.
Not only the organizers,
but also the exhibitors
were very excited to see
the positive response re-
ceived at this year’s JJS.
Chairman, Ra-
jasthan Small Indus-
tries Corporation, Ra-
jiv Arora was the chief
guest of the closing cer-
emony
. He said that JJS
which started with 65
booths has now grown
to more than 900 booths
which clearly shows its
success. He said that
networking is the big-
gest earning in the 21st
century and JJS has
played an important
role in increasing it.
Arora further informed
that Jaipur is now
emerging as the fastest
growing centre not only
for colourstones but
also for jewellery man-
ufacturing. In the Cov-
id period, the work of
jewellery manufactur-
ing continued with pro-
tocols, that is why its
market has increased
from Rs 800 crores to Rs
6600 crores. He said that
with design colleges
and institutes, JJS pro-
vides a wide range of
all types of jewellery
.
NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Depart-
ment of Information
and Public Relations
of Rajasthan will be
awarded the “Effec-
tive Government Com-
munication Award”
for the innovations
made in the communi-
cation field to make
the welfare schemes
of the state govern-
ment accessible to the
masses.
The award will be
presented in a nation-
al convention organ-
ized by the Public Re-
lation Society of India
in Bhopal.
Director of the de-
partment Purshottam
Sharma said that near-
ly 20 lakh people have
been connected with
WhatsApp groups at
all gram panchayats
and ward levels across
the state. Publicity
materials are being
sent daily on the What-
sApp groups.
He said that for the
purpose of making the
information of state
schemes available to
the general public, the
department has made
innovations like Infor-
mation e-Bulletin, Su-
jas Video Bulletin and
Sujas Awaaz (Podcast)
through which infor-
mation about daily
news, interviews of
beneficiaries and im-
portant government
decisions was made
available.
Apart from this, a
Sujas Mobile App has
also been launched by
the department in
which all press notes,
special articles, suc-
cess stories, important
photographs, e-bulle-
tin, video bulletin, Su-
jas Awaz and live pro-
grams of schemes are
displayed on mobile.
DIPR bags award for various innovations
‘EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AWARD’
Jaipur emerging as centre of
jewellery manufacturing: Rajiv
l Four-day JJS concludes, more than 45,000
people visit l Next edition to be held from 22 to 25
December 2023 l Gem Bourse to come soon in Jpr
Chairman, Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation Rajiv
Arora with the JJS organizing committee members
at the closing ceremony on Monday (inset) Visitors
examining jewellery at the booths in the event held at
JECC, Jaipur on Monday.
ARORA PRESENTS
BEST INSTITUTE
AWARD TO IIGJ,
SITAPURA
Arora presented
the Best Institute
award to IIGJ, Sitapura
on the occasion. JJS
Secretary, Mr Rajiv Jain
informed about the
4-day journey of JJS.
He said that in view of
the increasing demand
of the exhibitors in JJS,
the number of booths
in JJS may increase
to more than 1000
next year. In the initial
survey, most of the ex-
hibitors have demanded
to increase the size of
the booth and clarify the
nature of B2B and B2C.
Jain said that all the
exhibitors of Pink Club
were very happy and
satisfied with this new
initiative. Next year the
Pink Club will be given
a new look and a wider
scale. The vendors were
given mementoes for
their cooperation.
Kalwar cops solve
44 loots,nab two
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Kalwar police
arrested two accused
and busted the gang in-
volved in many looting
cases. The police have
recovered 25 mobiles
from their possession.
In the police interroga-
tion, the accused have
disclosed 44 incidents
of loot so far.
Theaccusedwereac-
tive for one year and
were committing
crimesinadozenareas
of the city
. According
to the police, the ar-
rested accused are
Banwari Lal alias Pan-
chu Ishwar, resident
of Mundota Road,
Kalwar and Kailash
Verma alias Nanchu,
resident of Mohalla
Kalwar.
The police said that
on December 20, the
miscreants had
snatched a bike and
looted money from an
elderly person near
Mundota Ghati in the
Kalwar police station
area. In another loot-
ing incident, they
robbed the purse of a
woman in Radha Resi-
dency Colony, Hathoj
and confessed to the
crime during probe.
STRETCHED WINGS!
A purple heron flies over Ana Sagar lake in Ajmer during cold winter day on Monday.
DIPR has made innovations like Information e-Bulletin, Sujas
Video Bulletin, Sujas Awaaz (Podcast) for publicity of schemes.
LN Dadhich elected head of All
India Dadhich Brahmin body
Mock drill to deal with
Covid eventuality today
Younus Gesawat
Nagaur: Lakshmi
Narayan Dadhich, a
resident of Gaju, was
declared elected in the
election of the nation-
al president of the All
India Dahima Dadhich
Brahmin Mahasabha.
The election of All
India Yearly Dahima
Dadhich Brahmin Ma-
hasabha was held at
Dadhich Chowk of
Goth Manglod Mataji
Temple in Nagaur.
With 1337 votes, Da-
dhich defeated his
nearest rival Jagdish
Prasad by 971 votes,
election officer Shiv-
dayal Sharma said.
Electoral board mem-
bers Durgesh Sharma
Bhilwara Sudhir Joshi
Udaipur, Jitendra Da-
dhich Nagore, Khush-
bu Asopa Jodhpur,
Bharat Vyas Bhilwara,
Kailash Haled, Ab-
hishek Dadhich
Bhilwara, Suresh
Chand Sharma, Bhag-
wati Lal Tiwari, Yog
Guru Suresh Sharma
Chittorgarh, Tapan
Dadhich Deogarh,
Ajay Vyas Nava and
others made the elec-
tion successful.
Lakshmi Narayan Dadhich
being given the certificate.
Dinesh Tiwari
Jaipur: Nawalgarh
MLA and Advisor to CM
Dr Rajkumar Sharma
said that there is enthu-
siasm and excitement
among all the party
workers after the Bharat
Jodo Yatra, while the or-
ganization has also got a
new lease of strength.
Sharma said this during
the public hearing at his
official residence in
Gandhinagar. Moreover,
the visit of Congress
state in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa will boost the or-
ganization's strength
and grassroots workers.
Regarding the remarks
made by former Minis-
ter Harish Chaudhary
about the CM, Sharma
said that now there is no
time left for any kind of
rhetoric. “We all MLAs
have to solve the prob-
lems of the people as
much as possible and
take the govt’s plans to
the public,” he said.
‘Enthusiasm and excitement
among workers about BJY’
—PHOTO
BY
HIMANSHU
SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A mock drill
will be held on Tues-
day across a number
of health facilities in
the states to ensure
their readiness to deal
with any eventuality
related to COVID-19,
following an advisory
by the Centre.
The drill will be held
in district hospitals,
sub-district hospitals,
all government medi-
cal colleges and affili-
ated hospitals. A video
conferencing was held
in this regard in which
Principal Secretary-
Medical Education T.
Ravikanth and Health
Secretary Dr. Prithvi
issued necessary
guidelines to all Medi-
cal College Principals,
CMHOs, Chief Medi-
cal Officers and other
officers.
Ravikanth instruct-
ed to ensure availabil-
ity of ICU beds, oxy-
gen plants, medical
staff, medicines and
smooth operation of
all related equipment
in mock-drill.

Getting up early is a gift - to
your own self-it has the power
to transform your life.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The Finance
Department has com-
pleted its preparations
for budget and the State
Government can pre-
sent the budget any day
in the State Assembly.
Keeping in view the
preparations made by
the Finance Depart-
ment, the bureaucratic
and political spheres
are abuzz that CM
Ashok Gehlot can pre-
sent his last budget of
the tenure sooner than
expected. Moreover, a
political shape is also
being given to the entire
preparation.
Till now, it was only
after the Union Budget
that the State Budget
would be tabled. Hence,
the work related to
budget preparations
would go on till Febru-
ary. But what is more
important is that under
the leadership of Prin-
cipal Secretary Fi-
nance, Akhil Arora, all
these works have been
completed in December.
Budget preparation is a
complicated, long work
that requires extreme
caution responsible ap-
proach.
Initial BFC is held
with all departments
and discussions are
held on budget propos-
als. Detailed examina-
tion is held of the fund
requirement of depart-
ments. After this, the
Principal Secretary
holds a one -to -one
meeting with Secretar-
ies of all the depart-
ments. These high- level
discussions are con-
ducted according to a
calender within a time
frame of 8-10 days.
An important part of
budget preparation is
the Chief Minister’s
meeting of the Tax Ad-
visory Committee. This
meeting, which is held
in four parts, takes sev-
eral days. In this con-
nection, CM’s 4th meet-
ing with women, youth
and professionals took
place on December 23.
According to knowl-
edgeable sources, these
works related to budget
have been happening
till now by January end
or February. Whereas,
considering the people-
centric budget, consid-
ering it to be the cur-
rent government’s last
budget, the process had
to take as much time.
However, energetic,
hard working and
result- oriented officer
Akhil Arora’s work cul-
ture is unique. Complet-
ing the work with ad-
vance preparations and
completing work well in
time is his working
style. He is enriched
with extreme foresight
and hence his planning
also bears result. He is
a ‘team builder’ and he
carries his team with
himself. It is due to Aro-
ra’s these qualities, this
year’s budget has been
completed smoothly
and quietly
.
It has been completed
also because CM Ashok
Gehlot has immense
faith in Akhil Arora,
thus, when Arora
scheduled meetings of
the Tax Advisory Com-
mittee, CM immediate-
ly said yes to give time.
This also ensured close
co-ordination between
CMO and Finance De-
partment.
Officials, who have
retired from the Fi-
nance Department, are
stunned as to how did
Arora complete the
complicated lengthy
work of budget in De-
cember itself and eve-
ryone is now awaiting
for the outcome of this
preparation. Highly
placed sources have
claimed that although
preparations have been
made in advance, but
budget will come on the
same time as always.
Akhil’s focussed approach sets record; In a 1st
, State budget ready in Dec
MAN ON A MISSION
z About 35,0000
scouts and guides
from many countries
including India will
participate in the
mega event.
z About 1,500 scouts
and guides are
likely to visit from
countries other than
India.
z The State Govern-
ment has approved
an amount of Rs
24.70 crore.
z A stadium like arena
is being built by the
PWD at the Jambo-
ree site.
z About 3,500 tents
have been made for
stay.
z Recently a title song
was also released
for the promotion of
Jamboree.
z Preparations are be-
ing done under the
supervision of Chief
Minister’s Advisor
State Chief Commis-
sioner of Rajasthan
State Bharat Scouts
and Guides Niranjan
Arya.
z Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has
sanctioned Rs 24.70
crore for organising
the Jamboree. Also,
approval has been
given to transfer
Rs 10 crore from
the total sanctioned
amount to the Ra-
jasthan State Bharat
Scouts and Guides.
THE NATIONAL JAMBOREE WILL BE
HISTORIC, ASSERTS CM GEHLOT
REVIEW OF THE WORK OF ORGANISING SCOUTS AND GUIDES JAMBOREE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, while re-
viewing the compre-
hensive preparations
for the National Scout
s Guides Jamboree to
be held in Rohat, Pali
from January 4 - 10,
2023, said that this In-
ternational level Jam-
boree will be the biggest
event of Scouts and
Guides in the state so
far. He said that this
jamboree is being or-
ganised in Rajasthan
after 67 years and the
State Government will
leave no stone unturned
to make it historically
successful. He said that
such events spread the
message of mutual
brotherhood and coop-
eration in the society
.
It was informed in
the meeting that along
with concrete arrange-
ments for the arena,
roads, awning, stage
and helipad, electricity,
housing, ration and
transport for state par-
ties were made in Jam-
boree. Works at Vara
Jamboree site have
been completed.
Jodhpur Vidyut Vit-
ran Nigam Limited and
Electricity Department
will ensure uninter-
rupted power supply
during event and 24-
hour emergency medi-
cal facilities will be
made available by Med-
ical Health Dept.
Regular publicity via
various mediums will
be done. Besides, Ra-
jasthani cultural pro-
grammes will also be
organised daily at the
venue. A temporary po-
lice post, traffic ar-
rangements, regular
patrolling and CCTV
monitoring will also be
ensured at the site.
Jaipur: After 67 years,
Rajasthan State Bharat
Scouts and Guides will or-
ganise a mega event, ‘The
National Scouts and Guide
Jamboree’ from January
4 - 10, 2023 at Rohat in
Pali district. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has also sent
invitations to President
Droupadi Murmu and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi for
the event. Many competi-
tions like Integrated Sports,
March Past, Folk Dance,
Physical Demonstration,
State Day Exhibition, Band
Performance, Pioneering
Project, Adventure Valley,
Global Village Develop-
ment, Integration Games,
Rock Climbing, Parasailing
and Water Activities will
also be organised in the
Jamboree.
Niranjan Arya gave
detailed info about
progress of works
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot reviews the preparations for the National Scouts Guides Jamboree at
the Chief Minister’s Residence in Jaipur on Monday. Also seen here are Usha Sharma, Niranjan Arya,
Pawan Kumar Goyal, Kuldeep Ranka, Akhil Arora and others.
The preparations at Rohat
village in Pali district are
going on in full swing
ahead of Nat’l Jamboree.
A huge entrance gate has
been erected, tents have
also been set up at the
venue the jamboree site
is being decked up with
‘Rajasthani Mandanas’
showcasing local culture.
FACT FILE
Jaipur (PTI): The Ra-
jasthan government
has approved a revised
financial proposal of Rs
4,279.70 crore for the
construction of 16 state
highways.
The state govern-
ment is constantly
working to develop a
strong road network in
Rajasthan. In this se-
quence, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved the
revised financial pro-
posal of Rs 4279.70 crore
for construction of 16
state highways (14 state
highways and two MDR
roads), according to an
official statement. Raj
government is develop-
ing SHs with the help of
external aid from World
Bank Asian Develop-
ment Bank.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The 83rd All In-
dia Presiding Officers’
Conference (AIPOC)
will be held in Jaipur
from January 10 to 13.
Presiding officers
from Lok Sabha and
State Legislative As-
semblies will take part
in the conference which
is being held in the state
after 11 years.
A high -level meeting
to review the prepara-
tions was held on Mon-
day. Assembly Speaker
Dr CP Joshi chaired the
meeting. Dr Joshi called
upon the officers to
make the conference
memorable by better ar-
rangements. He said
that the Presiding offic-
ers’ conference will be
held on January 11 and
12 while the conference
of assembly secretaries
will also be held on Jan-
uary 10.
“There will be mean-
ingful discussions on
various points in the
conference,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With caste in-
creasingly becoming a
major factor in politics,
CM Ashok Gehlot, on
Monday, dispelled all
apprehensions about
the ‘factor’ and said
that he did not become
CM because of his
caste, but because the
high command trusted
him as all 36 commu-
nities stand with
him.
“No one be-
comes CM on the
basis of caste.
High Command
trusts me. I am
the only one
MLA from my
community, but 36 com-
munities love me,” Ge-
hlot said in Ucchain. ..
Tweeting on this, Ge-
hlot said, “My efforts
are for the last person,
as explained by Gan-
dhiji. I will wipe the
tears of every poor of
Rajasthan, irrespective
of the community and
religion. It is my duty
to give good govern-
ance in Rajasthan,
which benefits every-
one and Rajasthan de-
velops. I have been
AICC Gen Secy CM
thrice. The High Com-
mand has put so much
faith in me. It is be-
cause of the affection
of people of Rajasthan.
Their blessings are
with me and I have tak-
en a resolution to
serve till my last
breath. Can any-
one be more fortu-
nate than me, to
whom the public
gave so much love,
the high command
trusted,” he said.
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: AICC General
Secy Priyanka Gandhi
will lead a women’s
march in Jaipur under
‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’
campaign starting
from January 26. After
its completion, a wom-
en’s manifesto will also
be released.
Under this 2-month
drive, Congress will
strengthen the hold
among women at state
level. Priyanka Gandhi
will take charge of the
campaign under which
women’s march will be
taken out in the capital
city of every state.
It may be noted that
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat
Jodo Yatra is in its last
leg. In such a situation,
to ensure that the im-
pact of Rahul’s Yatra
doesn’t cool down, Con-
gress will take out a
march to every village
and polling booth un-
der the ‘Hath Se Hath
Jodo’ campaign.
Jaipur (PTI): A con-
vention of the Ra-
jasthan Pradesh Con-
gress Committee will be
held here on Wednes-
day to discuss organisa-
tional and other issues.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot and the
party’s Rajasthan in-
charge Sukhjinder Sin-
gh Randhawa will also
take part in the conven-
tion alongside the Con-
gress’ state unit chief
Govind Singh Dotasra.
The spokesperson
added that organisa-
tional and social issues
would be discussed at
the convention and res-
olutions passed on im-
portant subjects. The
convention is taking
place barely a week af-
ter Rajasthan leg of Ra-
hul’s ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’. Party sources
said some of the sugges-
tions that came up dur-
ing the ‘Yatra’ could
also be discussed.
Leaders to discuss
org issues in Cong
Raj unit convention
The convention will be held at Birla
Auditorium in Jaipur on Dec 28, the
Foundation Day of Congress Party
The conference
will take place in
Raj after 11 years
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
CM Ashok Gehlot
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Govt approves revised proposal
of ` 4,279 cr for building 16 SHs
Dr Joshi to officers: Make
conference memorable
Feel blessed that 36 communities
have voted for me, trust me: CM
Priyanka to lead women’s
march in Jpr on Jan 26
Dr CP Joshi chairs a high-level meet at the State Assembly to
review the upcoming Presiding officers’ Conference to be held
from Jan 10-13 in Jaipur. Also seen here are Usha Sharma,
Mahavir Prasad Sharma, K Subramaniam, Akhil Arora and others.
Akhil Arora
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JAIPUR, TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 27, 2022
hat lies
b e h i n d
us and
what lies
before us
are tiny
matters
compared to
what lies
within us.
If you look
at what you
don’t have in
life, you’ll nev-
erhaveenough.
And I believe
that we only live
once, but if we do it
right, once is
enough. And in
three words I can
sum up everything I
have learned about
life: ‘It goes on’ said
by a ravishing beau-
ty Sneha Chaturve-
di’s, whose inspir-
ing story is a major
source of inspira-
tion for others, who
wants to make their
name shine. When
asked about herself
Sneha said, “One of
the most vital skills
I possess which is
gonna help me to
make it in the mod-
elling world is my
passion which I
hold for modelling.
I am extremely de-
termined in making
my dreams come
true may happen
whatever. The fact
that I used to be a
fat chubby teen and
I worked so hard to
get myself into
shape so as to par-
ticipate in pageants
and start my model-
ling career, speaks
volumes about my
determination.”
When asked
about her journey
the beauty said, “I
always since my
childhood had a pas-
sion for modelling
but due to a lack of
family support, I
couldn’t confess it
to them. But it was
only a few years
back during lock-
down when my sis-
ter and mother saw
a few of my pictures
and persuaded me
to start my career in
modelling, that I
was finally able to
start my career. And
it’s only their sup-
port and blessings
that have kept me
going since then.”
The diva strongly
believes that hard
work teaches us dis-
cipline, dedication
and determination
while sharing her
vision and rookie
mistakes, she said
“If I could go in fu-
ture, and tell my-
self one thing about
my career it would
be becoming a suc-
cessful top model
and the biggest mis-
take I feel I did was
that I undermined
myself and felt that
I was a little less
than others.”
The exquisite
beauty further
said, “I am im-
mensely grateful to
Dr Jagdeesh Chan-
dra and Gaurav
Gaur for providing
us with this won-
derful platform
who made me be-
lieve that I got the
potential to be a su-
permodel and sup-
ported me as well.”
The diva also
shared that her re-
warding moment
was being a finalist
in the reputed
and well-known
pageant Elite
Miss Rajasthan
which literally
changed her life
for good.
W
YOU’RE
IRRESISTIBLE
WHEN YOU
BLUSH
I believe that we only live
once, but if we do it right,
once is enough expressed
Ravishing beauty Sneha
Chaturvedi while sharing her
inspiring journey in a candid
conversation with City First!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

10
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MANALI SHARMA, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Today is a
favourable day
for business.
Listening to
someone’s
advice on the
professional front
will be in your
interest. You are
very generous by nature and also you are
the backbone of your family. Be careful of
the words that come out of your mouth.
Your lover may finally say yes.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Fortunes are set
to rise for those
in trade and
business. You
love to live close
to your family.
You are a child at
heart and never
let this child die.
You have a big heart and you always help
someone if you can. Expected payments
are likely to get released soon. You are a
very grounded person.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You will enjoy
good health by
remaining regular
in your workouts.
It will be in
your interest to
guide a family
youngster on the
academic front.
Scrumptious food is what you are craving
for today. You may start a side business
to earn extra money. You are not a jealous
kind and you feel happy for others.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Family will be
supportive of
your ideas, but
only to an extent.
You give tough
competition
to people. You
will get special
treatment from
your dear ones. Good health is assured
through own efforts. Meeting people you
get along with well may make the day
enjoyable for you.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your spouse
is someone
who can do
anything for
your happiness.
You are happy
spending whole
day at home.
Tensions on the
family front may get sorted out. Help your
mothers at home today and give them a
reason to smile. You are opportunist and
this will make you successful.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You are very
fortunate to have
a great friend
circle. Whatever
you have in mind,
you will manage
to implement it
at work. You may
feel much healthy
and energetic today. Visit a doctor if you
have any doubts about your health. You
want to have your own house and you will
work hard to make your dream come true.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You must create
an environment
of understanding
at home. Your
regular exercise
routine promises
to keep you fit
and energetic.
You will succeed
in any sort of examination if you put your
heart and soul to it. You need a break
from day to tensions and the way to cope
up with stress is to meditate.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You make sure to
make things work
your way. You are
most wanted by
your friends. You
can have romantic
affair in office and
a serious one. You
will invest money
in clothes and accessories today. You are
a God fearing person. Never demotivate
someone even if someone is not capable
of doing something.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Pending
paperwork
concerning a
property will be
completed. Your
spouse may
make you spend
more than you
expected. Admit
your faults in relationship. Fantastic day
for investing money in stock market as
you can make fortune. You miss your
parents and have a fear to loose them.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
This is the
best time try
something new
with life give
yourself a new
purpose. You
will feel amorous
towards your
wife. Work on
your limitations, there can be no better
time than this. You have more opposite
sex friends than the same and you may
be judged sometimes but don’t care.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Don’t make
friends for money
and status rather
make friends who
will stick with you
forever. You care
about you lover
but somehow
hesitate in
expressing that care. On social front, you
may have to spend some extra money
in buying gifts for someone for some
specific occasion.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Some family
issues may need
urgent resolution.
Some of you are
likely to enjoy an
excursion with
friends. You will
feel financially
comfortable.
Your personality will attract many eligible
bachelors. Spend time talking with
likeminded people as it will make you feel
good for now.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
TWO CONTRASTING
TWO CONTRASTING
ASPECTS OF SLEEP
ASPECTS OF SLEEP
leep is a thing
of joy
, so bliss-
ful and so re-
laxing. But
sleep is not a
c o m m o d i t y
which you can
buy
. It is a bliss that na-
ture has provided
within yourself. It is a
gift which should be
preserved for life.
Sleep is also a fascinat-
ing biological process
that its innumerable
users can neither con-
trol nor understand. A
lion sleeps almost 20
hours a day, many
birds sleep while fly-
ing, a horse sleeps
standing with its knees
locked, and seals sleep
differently while in wa-
ter than when on land.
Sleep makes life better
to live and vibrant to
enjoy just like your
mobile performs better
after a switch off and
restart. The brain rests
and recuperates dur-
ing sleep to function
optimally for a longer
period of time. Since
the brain is a master
organ, its optimum
function ensures bet-
ter body performance
and organ optimiza-
tion.
For a body to func-
tion at its best capabili-
ties, it should sleep for
seven to eight hours a
day, mostly during the
night at a single
stretch. Optimum
sleep is not a waste of
time and shouldn’t be
discouraged because
inadequate sleep may
lead to early life heart
attack or even death.
At this point of time,
sleep deprivation has
attained a pandemic
proportion with people
glued to their mobile
with sleep-filled eyes.
This behaviour is anti-
nature and might be
responsible for many
casesof suddendeaths.
This same behaviour
is responsible for so
many cases
of anxiety,
depression
and atten-
tion deficit
issues. Be-
ware of exces-
sive LED light
exposure.
Stress, a
sedentary life-
style and sub-
sequent obesity
have emerged
as a dangerous
triad affecting
the lives of young peo-
ple who are becoming
victims of sleep disor-
ders with a lot of life
complications. Two
major sleep disorders
are being witnessed by
medical professionals
- insomnia and hyper-
somnia.
Insomnia is caused
by poor sleep induc-
tion and then equally
poor maintenance of
sleep. As a result of
this, even the daytime
becomes stressful be-
cause the concerned
person remains appre-
hensive about night
sleep. Sleeping pills,
too, become ineffectual
and even burdensome
in younger people. The
pill-induced sleep is
not significantly rest-
ful and there might be
a hangover the next
morning and a feel-
ing of low self-es-
teem. Children
and very young
adults might
have episodes of
sleepwalking and
sleeptalking, both are
actually signs of sleep
deprivation. All these
disorders are matters
of grave concern.
On the other side of
the sleep spectrum,
there are people who
sleep and sleep. This
condition of excessive
and uncontrollable
sleep is called hyper-
somnia. A person may
sleep continuously for
48 hours yet doest feel
awake and fresh. This
type of sleep is not re-
storative.
Such a person can
doze off during driv-
ing, talking, walking,
working or even when
having meals!
This is a really dan-
gerous and highly em-
barrassing situation.
Both these contrasting
situations have no tai-
lored treatment and
are very complex situ-
ations to manage.
Nothing works defi-
nitely for hypersom-
nia and for managing
insomnia only sleep-
ing pills are pre-
scribed. There are
very few competent
sleep professionals,
and most of the so-
called sleep clinics
are mere farces with
the prime motive of
making money
. Still,
there are some gen-
uine professionals
but one has to find
them. Manage-
ment of sleep in
many people may re-
quire multiple profes-
sionals like cognitive
behaviour therapists,
psychoanalysts, physi-
cians to rule out un-
derlying medical con-
ditions, weight man-
agement experts and
expert sleep thera-
pists.
India needs lots of
such people because of
its rapid urbanization
but most of the bril-
liant students know of
only 7-8 professions
and are wasting their
energies there.
At this juncture,
only a medical practi-
tioner with extra inter-
est in sleep disorders
or a few specialized
clinics is of some help.
S
DR. RAMAVATAR SHARMA
ramawatarf132@gmail.com

ETC
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Christmas is, indeed, a magical
festival that is all about sharing
joy and happiness. The cute
kids wait for the whole year to
receive gifts from their
favourite Santa. People across
the world love to celebrate this
festival in their way. Some like
to decorate their house and tree
with ornaments, gifts etc. Some
people like to dress up in Santa
Claus costumes and distribute
gifts to children and spread joy
all around. City First brings to
you glimpses of the enchanting
festival shared by our avid
readers from all across!
The grand Christmas
celebrations at Sudhir
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Sudhir Mathur celebrated the festival specially abled children of UMANG
along with children of different NGO’s
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Aarudra Modi
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