The Tata Group has officially taken over Air India from the Government of India. Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the handover. The Tatas had originally founded Air India in 1932 before it was nationalized in 1953. The Tatas acquired Air India through a competitive bidding process in October 2021 for Rs 18,000 crore. The takeover marks the return of Air India to the Tata Group after 69 years.

1. DELIGHTEDTATASBRING
HOME
Air India was officially handed over to the Tata
Group on Thursday shortly after Tata Sons
chairman N Chandrasekaran called on PM Modi
After a competitive bidding process, the
government had on October 8 last year sold
Air India to Talace Private Limited for `18,000 crore
1 2
Be sensitive towards complainants, develop
information network: Gehlot to cops
Naresh Sharma &
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot onThurs-
day chaired a review
meeting of the Police
department wherein
Range IGs and district
SPs gave presentations
about their respective
areas on various as-
pects concerning crime,
law and order. During
the review meeting,
DGP ML Lather also
gave a presentation on
the achievements of the
state police over the
past few months, while
ADG Crime Ravi
Prakash Mehrada gave
a presentation on crime
in state. Turn to P8
CM REVIEWS CRIME, LAW AND ORDER Ex-VP Ansari,US senators wary
of human rights scene in India
Washington: Former
vice-president Hamid
Ansari and four US law-
makers have expressed
concern over the cur-
rent human rights situ-
ation in India. They
were speaking at a vir-
tual panel discussion
organised by the Indian
American Muslim
Council on Wednesday
.
“As the Indian gov-
ernment continues to
target the practices of
minority faiths, it cre-
ates an atmosphere
where discrimination
and violence can take
root,” said Democratic
Senator Ed Markey
.
Former vice presi-
dent Ansari also ex-
pressed his concern.
“In recent years, we
have experienced the
emergence of trends
and practises that dis-
pute the well estab-
lished principle of civic
nationalism, and inter-
poses a new and imagi-
nary practice of cultur-
al nationalism,” Ansari
said, adding that “al-
most 20 per cent of our
people belong to reli-
gious minorities”.
Union Minority Af-
fairs Minister Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi hit out at
Ansari saying the event
attended by Ansari on
the Republic Day was
organised by a group
that had a “link with
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The Arunachal youth who was captured by China’s People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) when he strayed across the border has returned. Union minister and
BJP Arunachal Pradesh leader Kiren Rijiju announced that Miram Taron had
been handed over to the Indian Army. Taron was handed over at the Wacha-
Damai interaction point in the Kibithu sector around 10.30 am.
Sensex had plunged more than 1,000 points in intra-day trading. The losses
in equity markets continued on Thursday as Sensex lost 581 points to finish
trading at 57,276. The broader 50-share NSE Nifty closed at 17,110, down 167
points (0.97%) from the previous closing mark. Amid losses in stock markets
in various countries, Sensex continues to nosedive since last several days.
CHINESE ARMY
RETURNED MISSING
ARUNACHAL YOUTH:
KIREN RIJIJU
FROM DALAL
STREET: SENSEX
FALLS 581 POINTS,
NIFTY AT 17,110
Covishield, Covaxin
to be available now
in hospitals, clinics
New Delhi: Covishield
and Covaxin have been
cleared by India’s
drugs regulator for
sale in the market,
sources have said
However, this doesn’t
mean the two COVID-19
vaccines will be availa-
bleatshopssoonthough
people would be able to
buy them from hospi-
tals and clinics, sources
have said. Key details
are awaited from the
government, they said.
For emergency use,
safety data has to be
given the Drugs Con-
troller General of India,
or DCGI, within 15 days
but for market approval
the data has to be given
to the regulator within
six months.
The market sale of
the two vaccines was
approved under the
New Drugs and Clinical
Trials Rules, 2019 after
nod by expert commit-
tee on January 19.
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CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
9,227
NEW
CASES
2,075
NEW CASES
IN JAIPUR
20
NEW DEATHS
FOREIGN MINISTER
S JAISHANKAR
TESTS COVID +VE
New Delhi: Union
External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar Thursday
said he
has tested
positive
for Cov-
id-19 and
urged all those who have
come in recent contact
with him to take suitable
precautions. Earlier in
the day, Jaishankar had
taken part in a virtual
event — The French
Presidency: EU-India
Partnership in the Indo
Pacific — along with
French Foreign Minister
Jean-Yves Le Drian.
AMIT SHAH’S DOOR-TO-DOOR CAMPAIGN IN KRISHNA BHOOMI
BJP WORKS FOR THE ENTIRE
SOCIETY: SHAH IN MATHURA
Aditi Nagar
Mathura: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah hit
out at the Samajwadi
Party (SP) and the Ba-
hujan Samaj Party
(BSP)inUttarPradesh’s
Mathura during a door-
to-door poll campaign
on Thursday
.
Shah claimed that their
government only
worked for caste, add-
ing that only the BJP
has always worked for
the overall development
of society
.
Addressing a gather-
ing in Mathura, Amit
Shah said, “It is only
after Narendra Modi be-
came the PM and Yogi
Adityanath became the
Chief Minister (of UP)
that we followed ‘sabka
saath, sabka viswas,
sabka vikas’.”
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Tata group
has officially taken over
Air India from the gov-
ernment on Thursday.
“We are totally delight-
ed to have Air India
back at the Tata group
and are committed to
making this a world-
class airline,” Tata Sons
Chairman N Chan-
drasekaran said. Chan-
drasekaran also met
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi ahead of the
official handover.
As a part of the deal,
the Tata group will also
be handed over Air India
Express and a 50 per cent
stakeingroundhandling
arm Air India SATS.
Tatas had set up Tata
Airlines in 1932, which
was in 1946 renamed as
Air India. The govern-
ment had taken control
of theairlinein1953,but
JRD Tata continued to
be its chairman till 1977.
Handover will be home-
coming of Air India to
Tatas after 69 years.
Amritsar/Jalandhar:
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi said the Con-
gress will soon an-
nounce a Chief Minis-
ter candidate in Punjab
and the decision will be
taken by workers.
With a raging Navjot
Sidhu versus Charanjit
Singh Channi rivalry
threatening to hurt the
Congress campaign for
next month’s Punjab
election, Rahul in Ja-
landhar on his daylong
visit to Punjab stressed
that “two people can’t
lead, only one can”.
Gandhi made the
comments with both
Punjab Congress chief
Navjot Sidhu and Chief
Minister Charanjit
Channi on stage; their
swipes at each other
have been getting loud-
er and more embarrass-
ing for the party by the
day
. Punjab, said Rahul,
needs now is peace and
brotherhood.
...slams SP, BSP
over casteist,
dynastic traits
Beginning visit from Golden Temple and Jallianwala Bagh
Rahul in Punjab raises poll pitch, slams BJP over farm laws
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being greeted during door-to-
door campaign in Mathura on Thursday.
Chairman of Tata Sons N Chandrasekaran called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the
official handover of Air India to Tata Group in New Delhi on Thursday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit
Singh Channi and party State chief Navjot Singh Sidhu eats langar
after offering prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday.
A beneficiary receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during a
jab drive with the help of Army amid snowfall in Baramulla.
1 Tata’s winning bid
for Air India was
`18,000 crore, higher
by `2,900 from the bid
made by the other
conglomerate
2 Tata has paid
`2,700 crore in
cash and taken over
debt of `15,300 crore
3 On August 31,
2021, Air India
had a total debt of
`61,562 crore. Of
this, `46,262 crore is
being transferred to a
special purpose vehicle,
or SPV. The balance
debt has been cleared
by Tata
4 Of the total
government debt
in the SPV, `14,718
crore is being serviced
with Air India’s
non-core assets
including buildings
and land
5 Tata will not keep
non-core assets
such as Vasant Vihar
housing colony and Air
India building in Delhi,
and another Air India
building in Mumbai’s
Nariman Point
‘STRATEGIC DISINVESTMENT
COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY’
The strategic disinvestment transaction of Air India
successfully concluded on Thursday with transfer
of 100% shares of Air India to M/s Talace Pvt Ltd along
with management control. A new Board, led by the
Strategic Partner, takes charge of Air India, said Tuhin
Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Department of Investment
and Public Asset Management. ‘’Now, the new owners
(of the airline) are Talace,’’ Pandey noted. The govern-
ment has notified the agreement between Air India and
special purpose vehicle AIAHL for the transfer
of non-core assets, ahead of the national airline’s
takeover by the Tata Group.
The entire nation’s
eyes are on us,
waiting to see what
we will achieve to-
gether. To build the
airline our country
needs, we need to
look to the future
N Chandrasekaran,
Tata Sons Chairman
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Udaipur: In a show of
unity ahead of bypolls
on Rajasthan’s two as-
sembly seats, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot,
his former
deputy
Sachin Pilot, AICC Gen-
eral Secretary Incharge
Ajay Maken and PCC
Chief Govind Singh Do-
tasra travelled together
and addressed rallies in
poll-bound Vallabhna-
gar and Dhariawad con-
stituencies in a helicop-
ter for the campaign.
Bypolls are to be held
onUdaipur’sVallabhna-
gar and Pratapgarh’s
Dhariawad seats for
which the party candi-
dates filed nomination
on Friday
.
They
reached
Vallabhnagar and ad-
dressed a meeting in
support of party candi-
date Preeti Shaktawat,
Turn to P6
Raj Congress leaders put up a show
of unity before Assembly bypolls
RAHUL HANDS OVER GUJARAT
TO AN AGGRESSIVE AND ‘YOUNG
TURK’ RAGHU SHARMA
Anita Hada
Jaipur: After a five
month long vacancy
of Gujarat Congress
Incharge at AICC, which
was created after the de-
mise of a Rahul Gandhi
confidante’ Rajiv Satav,
finally a ‘decisive’ Rahul
Gandhi, after a care-
ful consideration, has
shouldered the respon-
sibility to an old 24/7
Congress worker and
presently Health Minister
of Rajasthan, Dr Raghu
Sharma. Raghu enjoys
the goodwill and reputa-
tion of an aggressive and
young turk leader, who
has old links with the
Gandhi family. Raghu
also doesn’t mince words
while saying that his first
loyalty will always be
with the Gandhis. Only
the last week, Turn to P6
CM Ashok Gehlot, Ajay Maken, Sachin Pilot & GS Dotasra flew together in a chopper to Vallabhnagar.
IN AHMEDABAD TODAY
CRUCIAL READ
INDIAN, CHINESE PATROLS FACE-OFF IN
TAWANG BEFORE CORPS COMMANDER TALKS
JOURNALISTS MARIA RESSA AND DMITRY
MURATOV WIN 2021 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Tawang: Ahead of the next round of Corps Commander
level talks between India and China, which are supposed
to take place in eastern Ladakh, there was a minor
altercation between Indian and Chinese troops in the
eastern sector of the India-China boundary. Sources
mentioned that patrol parties of both the countries came
face-to-face in Arunachal Pradesh, which led to some
jostling before they disengaged. Sources in the defence
establishment said the Chinese had come in “sizeable”
strength near Yangtse in the Tawang sector.
Manila: Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and
Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace
Prize on Friday for their fight for freedom of expres-
sion in countries where reporters have faced persistent
attacks, harassment and even murder. “Free, independ-
ent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against
abuse of power, lies and war propaganda,” said Berit
Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Commit-
tee, explaining why the prize went to two journalists.
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RAJASTHAN
INDIA
21,257
new cases
271
new fatalities
05
new cases
00
new fatalities
Aryan Khan, son of movie star Shah Rukh Khan, has been denied bail in the Mumbai
drugs-on-cruise case and will be spending the weekend in prison. He was sent to
judicial custody by the Magistrate’s court yesterday. Aryan Khan was supplied drugs
by one of the other men arrested in the cruise ship drug bust, the anti-drugs agency
said in court yesterday as it argued against the 23-year-old being given bail.
Sensex closed the session at 60,059 levels, up 381 points, while the Nifty50
ended at 17,895 levels, up 105 points. The RBI’s seemingly dovish policy,
with repo and reverse repo rates unchanged at 4 per cent and 3.35 per cent,
respectively, bolstered bull sentiment on Dalal Street on Friday. The central bank
also retained the GDP growth forecast at 9.5 per cent for the on-going fiscal year.
ARYAN KHAN
DENIED BAIL BY
COURT IN DRUGS
ON CRUISE CASE
RBI’S DOVISH
POLICY GIVES
BSE SENSEX
381-POINT BOOST
AS GOVT SAYS TATA TO AIR INDIA
TATA’S PRODIGAL
SON RETURNS!
What’s done not enough:
SC on Lakhimpur violence
Your seriousness is only in words and not in actions: CJI
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
said it was “not satis-
fied” with the steps tak-
en by the Uttar Pradesh
government in the bru-
tal killing of eight peo-
ple in the Lakhimpur
Kheri violence, and
pulled up the state po-
lice asking whether
sending summons and
telling “please come”
was the way the accused
are treated in other
murder cases.
“The proof of the
pudding is in the eating,
a bench headed by
Chief Justice N V Ra-
mana told the UP gov-
ernment, and sharply
questioned why Union
Minister of State for
Home Ajay Mishra’s
son Ashish Mishra, an
accused in the case, has
not been arrested yet.
As the court mulled
transferring the probe
into the violence to an-
other agency, it also
said any investigations
by the CBI “may not be
the solution” because
of the persons who have
been named in the FIR.
Advocate Harish Salve,
while representing UP
government, conceded
that not enough has
been done by the au-
thorities.
1
Air India has been
sold to Tata Sons for
`18,000 crore as the
conglomerate outbid the
consortium led by
SpiceJet’s chief Ajay Singh
as the winning bidder for
the debt-laden state-run
airline by `2,900 crore.
2
TAir India’s total
debt stands at over
`60,000 crore and the
government loses nearly
`20 crore every day.
3
Tata Sons will pay
`2,700 crore in cash
to the government and
take over the remaining
debt of `15,300 crore.
After the deal, the
government will take on
debt worth `46,262 crore
and non-core assets
including land and
building worth `14,718.
All of it will be transferred
to the government’s
holding company AIAHL.
4
There will be no
retrenchment in the
first year and Air India
Afghan mosque blast
kills at least 25 people,
challenges Taliban govt
Kabul: A blast went off
Friday at a mosque
packed with Shiite Mus-
lim worshippers in
northern Afghanistan,
killing at least 25 and
wounding dozens in the
latest security
chal-
lenge to the Taliban as
they transition from in-
surgency to govern-
ance.
The explosion tore
through a mosque in
the city of Kunduz dur-
ing noon prayers, the
highlight of the Muslim
religious week. It blew
out windows, charred
the ceiling and scat-
tered debris and twisted
metal across the floor.
Rescuers carried one
body out on a stretcher
and another in a blan-
ket. Blood stains cov-
ered the front steps.
There was no imme-
diate claim of responsi-
bility for what Kunduz
police said may have
been a suicide attack.
But militants from a lo-
cal Islamic State affili-
ate have a long history
of attacking Afghani-
stan’s ethnic and reli-
gious minorities.
PM Modi has done
what Cong couldn’t
do in 70 years: Shah
If India strides,
the world will
succeed: Birla
Rome:
Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla, ad-
dressed the delegates
duringtheSecondWork-
ing Session of the G20
Parliamentary Speak-
ers’ Summit (P20), on
the theme “Rebooting
Economic Growth in
terms of Social and En-
vironmental Sustaina-
bility’’ held in Rome on
Friday
.Onthwoccasion,
Birla observed that if
India progresses, the
world succeeds.
`18,000 cr bid
Tata Sons wins
control of airlines
once again with
New Delhi: Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan
Tata today expressed delight after the salt-to-
software conglomerate won the bid to acquire
debt-laden Air India. Tata, in a statement that
he tweeted along with an old photo of former
Tata group chairman JRD Tata, said “it will take
considerable effort to rebuild Air India”, which
has a debt of over `60,000 crore and loses
`20 crore every day.
WILL MAKE EFFORT
TO REBUILD AIR
INDIA: RATAN TATA
SON RETURNS!
RETURNS! WILL MAKE EFFORT
INDIA: RATAN TATA
Tata Sons Pvt. was selected as the winning bidder for India’s flag carrier, ending
decades of attempts to privatise a money-losing and debt-laden airline, and
potentially ending years of taxpayer-bailouts that’s kept the company alive
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar:
Ap-
plauding Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
completing 20 years in
office, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
said, “PM Modi has
been serving the society
and nation for the last
20 years and will con-
tinue to do so.”
Shah was in Gujarat on
a 24-hour visit, where
he dedicated various
projects and also at-
tended the aarti of God-
dess Becharji at the Be-
charaji Temple in Man-
sa town of Gandhina-
gar district.
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Mohd Fahad
The blast site.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah & Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel
during inauguration of tea stall at Gandhinagar railway station.
THE DONE DEAL IN 5 POINTS
employees will be
given a voluntary
retirement scheme or
VRS in the second
year. Gratuity and
Provident Funds
benefits will be provid-
ed to all employees.
5
After five years,
Tata Sons can
transfer the brand but
only to an Indian
person.
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Rahul: Cong will announce CM name in Punjab if
“party or Punjab” want, but two people can’t lead
Hamid Ansari
Electoral majority
in guise of religious
majority: Ansari
said on India’s
new nationalism
TAX ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MEET TODAY
Jaipur: Under the chairmanship of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, a meeting of the State Level Tax
Advisory Committee for the budget year 2022-
23 will be organized on January 28 at 4:00 PM.
Chief Commissioner of Commercial Taxes - Ravi
Jain - informed that pre-budget suggestions
will be discussed by all the members of the
Consultative Committee before the Chief Minister
in the meeting. The meeting will be organized from
the Chief Minister’s residence by VC and held at
CMO convention hall and the conference hall of
the Government Secretariat. Committee members
including all concerned officers and business
committee members will participate in the meeting.
 CM directs cops
to formulate
action plan
against organized
crime, asserts he
will be make a law
to aid their cause
 Review meet
to continue on
Friday too

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Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra unfurls the flag at
Raj Bhavan on 73rd Republic Day on Wednesday.
Dharmendra Rathore unfurls the national flag. Jagdeesh Chandra was also present on this occasion at Civil Lines.
CM Ashok Gehlot and Govind Singh Dotasra
during the R-Day celebrations at PCC.
TRICOLOURFLIESATOP
Dr. CP Joshi unfurls
Tricolour at Assembly.
Shanti Kumar Dhariwal during
R-Day celebrations in Kota.
CM Ashok Gehlot unfurls the
national flag at Secretariat.
LoP Gulab Chand Kataria unfurls Tricolour at Badi Chopad.
Justice Maninder Mohan Srivastava salutes after hoisting the
national flag at Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday.
Mamata Bhupesh salutes
marchpast in Jhunjhunu.
JPC Anand Srivastava during
R-Day celebrations.
Dr. Mahesh Joshi took salute of marchpast during the 73rd
Republic Day celebration in Pali on Wednesday.
Dinesh Kumar and Sushma
Arora at Apex Bank.
CS Niranjan Arya unfurls
Tricolour at his residence.
DGP ML Lather unfurls the national flag at the
Police Headquarters.
BD Kalla unfurls national flag during Republic
Day celebrations in Bikaner on Wednesday.
Pratap Khachariyawas unfurls
the Tricolour in Udaipur.
Col Rajyavardhan Rathore pays tribute to over 100 martyrs and
honours their family members of LS constituency Jaipur Rural.
Jagdeesh Chandra unfurls the flag at First India News office.
Sudanshu Mathur, Jinendra, Nitesh and Mukesh are also seen.
Rajendra Yadav during R-Day
celebrations in Nagaur.
Pawan Arora unfurls tricolour at RHB office.
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Jaipur: Rajasthan
Housing Board Com-
missioner Pawan
Arora recited poetry
by Rabindra Nath
Tagore at RHB Head-
quarters on the occa-
sion of Republic Day
and said, “Sandhya
Ravi Ne Kaha, mera
Kaam Lega Kaum?
Reh Gaya Sunkar Ja-
gat sara Niruttar,
Maun....Ek Maati Ke
Diye Ne Kaha Nam-
rata Ke Saath.. Jitna
Ho Sakega Main
Karunga Naath!”
LAYERS OF CORRUPTION
SOGreachesAjmertoprobeREETpaperleak
Shubham Jain
Jaipur: New layers are
opening every day on
the news of rigging in
REET exam. The SOG’s
investigation team
reached Ajmer REIT of-
fice on Thursday, offic-
ers have a discussion
over documents with
the chairman of the
Board of Secondary
Education, Dr. DP Jaro-
li. While giving infor-
mation, board president
Jaroli said that SOG is
doing its work and we
are cooperating with
them. The SOG has so
far arrested 35 people in
connection with the
case. The Government
had suspended one RAS
and two RPS officers, 13
personnel of the educa-
tion department and
three other policemen
for allegedly being in-
volved in suspicious ac-
tivities and irregulari-
ties during the exam
held on September 26
last year.
Rajasthan SOG, on
Wednesday, arrested
the key accused in the
REET paper leak case.
ADG of ATS of Ra-
jasthan SOG Ashok
Rathod said that the
SOG has arrested
Udram Vishnoi and
Ramkripal Meena in
the case.
UUF WANTS CBI PROBE
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Unemployed Unified Federation
(UUF) has demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged
fraud in various recruitment examinations, including in
REET. Upen Yadav, the state president of the federation,
alleged that recruitment exams have become a busi-
ness for the mafia. —Bharat Dixit
Udram Vishnoi Ramkripal Meena
Kirodi Meena reiterates
demand for CBI probe
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Rajya Sabha
MP Kirodi Lal Meena
during a press confer-
ence said that he does
not trust the SOG an-
ymore and demanded
a CBI inquiry into the
REET. He also claimed
that a cabinet minis-
ter and a bureaucrat
are involved in the pa-
per leak.
Meena said that the
SOG has admitted that
the paper leaked from
the education complex
and Ramkripal Meena
and Pradeep Parashar
are hand in glove. “A
private man was made
district coordinator.
Ramkripal has been
caught and the other
two should also be ar-
rested,” he demanded.
Meena also said
that Board president
Jaroli and Pradeep
Parashar were togeth-
er at the complex
from where the paper
allegedly leaked.
Kirodi Lal Meena during
Press conference. —PHOTO
BY SUNIL SHARMA
ABVP STAGES DEMOSTRATION
Jaipur: Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
demonstrated in Rajasthan University on Thursday in
protest against fraud in REET, JEN and SI recruitment
examinations. A large number of council workers, under
the leadership of Council’s National Minister Hoshiyar
Meena, gathered at the main gate of Rajasthan University
on Thursday and demanded justice for the unemployed,
protesting the alleged fraud in various recruitment ex-
aminations. During this, the police personnel present on
the spot closed the main gate of the university so that the
workers could not go out, when the workers tried to go
out of the varsity campus. —Bharat Dixit
SATISH POONIA,
RATHORE PITCH
FOR FAIR PROBE
Jaipur: After the Spe-
cial Operation Group
disclosed that the
REET-2021 paper was
leaked from the educa-
tion complex, BJP
state president Satish
Poonia and deputy
leader of opposition
Rajendra Rathore have
once again demanded
for a fair investiga-
tion and sought a CBI
inquiry into the case.
Poonia has said that
the state government
will try its best to save
the big fish. During an
interrogation by the
SOG, the 35 arrested
confessed that the
paper was leaked a day
before the exam from
the education complex.

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Jaipur: Ravi has been
included in the Indian
squad for the T20 and
ODI series against the
West Indies. His power
packed performances in
domesticcricketandthe
IPL have been recog-
nised by the selectors.
Ravi,whowashighest
wicket-takerinUnder-19
World Cup, has not
looked back since.
He represented Kings
XI Punjab in IPL for two
years and has earned a
spot at a whopping Rs 4
crores in the Lucknow
SuperGiants,whichwill
be entering IPL this
year. All eyes were on
this young spinner, who
has been performing
consistently for three
years.
Ravi’sfatherMangilal
who is a teacher ex-
pressed his joy at his
son’s selection to the In-
dian team and said that
their greatest dream
that Ravi represented
his country has been
materialised. Ravi got
recognitionfromtheUn-
der-19 World Cup.
HARD WORK PAYS OFF

Rookie Ravi
Bishnoi, the leg
spinner from
Jodhpur, has
now got a call-
up to the Indian
team. He is now
part of Indian
squad for T20
IN THE COURTYARD
Jaipur: Hearing a
petition regarding
non-declaration of the
cut-off mark for the
ST-Widow category
in Rajasthan Judicial
Service Preliminary
(RJS-Pre) examinations, the HC on Thursday served
notice to its own Registrar and asked him to submit
his explanation by February 15. The petitioner
Sunita Meena pleaded before the Division Bench of
Justices MM Srivastava and Virendra Kumar that
while the cut-off mark for the General-Widow cat-
egory was declared, the same was not pronounced
for the ST-Widow category.
RJS-PRE CUT-OFF: NOTICE TO REGISTRAR
FOR HOLDING BACK ST-WINDOW CATEGORY
ADANI CONTEMPT
RAP HEARING
DEFERRED
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has postponed the
hearing of the contempt
of court petition filed
by Adani Power against
Rajasthan government,
which was scheduled to
come up for arguments
on Thursday. The Bench
of Justices Aniruddh Bose
and Vinit Saran has now
posted its next hearing to
Feb 2. The apex court had
ordered the state govern-
ment to refund Rs 5,637
crore to the company in
an earlier case. The gov-
ernment instead had sent
a notice to the company
in this regard.
Jaipur: After 19 long
years of hearing in
different courts, ACB
Court on Thursday
acquitted Rohit Singh,
then Assistant Regis-
trar of Jaipur Dairy, of
all corruption charges
against him. Judge
Upender Sharma also
ordered to prosecute
complainants Jagan-
nath Yadav & his wife
Kamala Devi of Chomu
for giving false evi-
dence. Another witness
Ram Gopal Meena,
orderly in Maharaja
Sanskrit College, too
turned hostile.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Congratulations
to Jodhpur, #Rajasthan’s
#RaviBishnoi for his se-
lection in India’s One Day
International & Twenty20
International squads for
series against
West Indies.
My best
wishes to
him.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Jaipur
Metro Rail Corporation
(JMRC) board has given
approval for the exten-
sion of Jaipur metro
route from Badi Chau-
pad to Transport Nagar.
As per the detailed
project report (DPR), a
2.26 km route will be
underground and 0.59
km will be elevated.
Ramganj metro sta-
tion will be under-
ground and Transport
Nagar station will be
elevated.
On the other hand, a
2 km-long corridor will
be built from Mansaro-
var metro station to
Ajmer Road.
A station will be built
at Ajmer Road intersec-
tion. The board has ap-
proved the expansion
of the first phase- Phase
One-C & Phase One-D.
In phase One-C, a
corridor will be built
from Badi Chaupad to
Transport Nagar and a
corridor will be built
from Mansarovar Met-
ro Station to Ajmer
Road in phase One-D.
Board will now send
the proposal to state
government for approv-
al. Expansion of this
route will cost about
`12,000 cr. According to
official sources, Under
expansion plan, Delhi
road will be connected
with Ajmer Road.
Rs 1200 crore will be
spent for this expan-
sion of 4.85 km. After
this 16.15 km operation.
JPR METRO RAIL CORP TO
LINK AJMER, DELHI ROAD
CM Jan Awas Yojna: Increase in amt
to builders due to material rate hike
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan government
has increased the
amount to be given to
builders under CM Jan
Awas Yojna in view of
the increase in the
rates of building mate-
rials.
Builders construct-
ing houses under the
scheme will now get Rs
1200 sq feet instead of
Rs 1100 sq feet, which
was determined in the
year 2018.
However, the in-
crease of this amount
will not affect the
house price and the al-
lottee will get the
house at the prescribed
price.
The UDH depart-
ment has issued an or-
der in this regard,
which will be applica-
ble on houses con-
structed on govern-
ment land with private
assistance under the
CM Jan Awas Yojna.
G+3 houses are con-
structed under this
provision.
As per the order, the
allottees who will pay
the full amount of
their house will get
possession of house on
priority. A new change
has also been made in
the provision of the
scheme, as per which
priority numbers will
be given instead of
house numbers in the
lottery.
The possession will
be given according to
priority number. All
the houses in block
which are constructed
first will be allotted
first. Till now, lottery
of all the blocks of the
scheme was drawn to-
gether.
PHASE-1 IN BUDGET
Rajreports20deaths,
9,227freshCovidcases
Out of 20,083 samples taken
in 24 hrs, 9,227 positive
The rate of infection in the
state is 46 per cent
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan,
every second sample
is testing positive.
Out of 20,083 sam-
ples taken in the last
24 hours, 9,227 were
found Covid positive.
The rate of infec-
tion in the state is 46
per cent. There were
20 Covid deaths in
the last 24 hours.
Eight patients died
in Jaipur, two in
Jhunjhunu and one
each in Alwar,
Bhilwara, Dungar-
pur, Hanumangarh,
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur,
Karauli, Kota, Na-
gaur and Sikar.
According to the
Medical Health De-
partment’s report re-
leased on Thursday
,
themaximumof 2,075
cases were in Jaipur.
Apart from this,
1,192 cases in Alwar,
Ganganagar 719,
Jodhpur 641,
Bhilwara 437, Dun-
garpur 386, Ajmer
385 and Udaipur had
332. Although cases
are decreasing, the
rate of infection is
worrisome.
Meanwhile, 16,087
patients recovered
across the state on
Thursday. The num-
ber of active patients
has come down to
87,268.
A patient gets swab test at SMS hospital.
11,62,202
TOTAL CASES
9,480 IN A DAY
10,70,465
TOTAL RECOVERED
16,087
TOTAL DEATHS
20 IN A DAY
87,268
ACTIVE CASES
23,473 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
 20 people die of Covid
in 24 hours, 9227 new
cases. 8 people died in
Jaipur alone.
 Two each died in Jhun-
jhunu, Alwar, Bhilwara,
Dungarpur, Hanuman-
garh, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur,
Karauli, Kota.
 Jaipur alone reported
the highest number of
2,075 new cases.
 The number of Covid
active patients in Raj has
reached 87,268.
HIGHLIGHTS
DHODHSAR GRAM PANCHAYAT 100 % VAX
Jaipur: District Collector of Jaipur
Rajan Vishal said on Thursday
that Dhodhsar gram panchayat
of Govindgarh panchayat samiti
here has achieved 100% vaccina-
tion target. He congratulated its
sarpanch Bina Kavar and said that
the gram panchayats who achieve
the target of 100% vaccination will
be honoured at the district level. This would encourage
others to follow suit.
DAIRY OFFICIAL
ACQUITTED OF
GRAFT CHARGE
ACS Mines asks
officials to gear
up for e-auctions
Transfer orders of
2 IPS officers
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Additional CS
Mines Subodh Agarw-
al during a review
meeting of Rajasthan
State Mineral Explora-
tion Trust (RSMET) on
Thursday directed the
officials to expedite the
activities of RSMET
and make better use of
available resources.
By March, geologi-
cal report, revenue re-
cord, super imposition
and digitisation of
composite license
blocks of 4 major min-
eral deposits of Ban-
swara & 3 in Bhilwara
will be completed. E-
auction for composite
license of these blocks
will start.
Deposits of manga-
nese, limestone, iron
ore have been found in
both places. KB Pan-
dya, Neetu Barupal,
Alok Jain & Sunil Ver-
ma attended meeting.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Shyam Singh,
commandant of 14th
battalion of RAC will
now be Bharatpur SP.
Devendra Kumar Bish-
noi, a resident of Bikan-
er, who held the post of
Bharatpur SP, has been
made the commandant
of 3rd battalion of RAC
in Bikaner. Dr Ramesh-
war Singh was about to
join as Bharatpur SP
after transfers of IPS,
but Devendra K Vishnoi
& Rameshwar Singh
were given verbal or-
ders not to be relieved.
After which, IPS
Rameshwar Singh did
not join the post of
Bharatpur SP.
BJP meet to discuss
possible new mayor
Ziyauddin khan
Jaipur: The city BJP
swung into action after
there were reports of
change of mayor of the
Jaipur Municipal Cor-
poration Heritage.
The post of leader of
opposition in the BJP
has been lying vacant
for a year and a half and
now the party is making
efforts to fill it.
In the presence of in-
charge Narayan Panch-
aria, a meeting of BJP
councillors was held at
the city BJP office at the
residence of city presi-
dent Raghav Sharma
where they discussed
names of the possible
leader of the opposition.
Later there was a con-
sensus on three names
-- Ramkishan Sharma,
Subhash Vyas and Re-
khaRathod.Thecouncil-
lors had been demand-
ing a leader of the oppo-
sition for a long time.
The BJP may try to
field its mayor in case of
a rift in the Congress
over choice of mayor as
independent council-
lors are also unhappy
with the Congress for
not making the commit-
tee chairman.
Meanwhile, MLA
Amin Kagzi met Minis-
ter Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas in view
of therisingdispleasure
among the councillors.
They have decided to
call a meeting of coun-
cillors of Heritage today
to decide for a mayor.
More than 35 council-
lors are against mayor
Munesh Gurjar.
‘Kotaites will have smooth
drinking water supply’
Bhanwar S Charan
Jaipur: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal on
Thursday, said that a
larger part of Kota city
will not only get drink-
ing water from the
Chambal river, but wa-
ter will reach the third
floor of the houses
without a pump.
Dhariwal was in
UIT’s Mohanlal
Sukhadia and Rajiv
Awas Yojana in Nanta
area of the city where
the residents of UIT’s
Affordable Houses had
complained the Minis-
ter about the problem
of fluoridated water.
However, Dhariwal
directed the officials to
increase the number of
tube-wells in the
schemes as an immedi-
ate solution to the prob-
lem and further in-
structed them to en-
sure smooth function-
ing of road lights and
city bus services in the
area.
Earlier, Dhariwal
also held meetings with
the district administra-
tion and police officers
at his residence. He
also took stock of the
divider work being car-
ried out near the Gov-
ernment College and
also directed the offi-
cials to carry out the
work of beautification
of the divider.
Shanti Dhariwal interacting with residents of UIT’s Affordable
Houses on Thursday.
PLEASANT MEET
MORE TUBEWELLS
Ex Jaipur
Mayor Jyoti
Khandelwal
held a
meeting
with CM
Gehlot
recently
with her
husband
Sharad
Khandelwal
Ravi Bishnoi gets maiden call-up for T20 & ODI
Ravi Bishnoi with his mother.

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Narendra Modi
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Birthday greetings to Meghalaya’s
Chief Minister Shri @SangmaConrad.
Praying that he is blessed with
a long and healthy life.
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@AshwiniVaishnaw
Reviewed various railway
projects of Himachal Pradesh with
Shri @jairamthakurbjp Ji and@
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The peace of God is with
them whose mind and soul
are in harmony, who are
free from desire and wrath,
who know their own soul.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
HERCULEAN
TASK FOR BJP IN
WESTERN UTTAR
PRADESH?
nion Home Minister
Amit Shah visiting
door-to-door in one
of the western UP
districts, makes for a
worrisome picture for BJP in
Western UP. As Shah has taken
on this Herlecuean task, it sug-
gests a feeling of disquietude in
the party. Watching Shah seek-
ing votes for his party in Ma-
thura-Vrindavan and earlier
trying to entice Jayant Chaud-
hary of the Rashtriya Lok Dal
into his party when one cannot
recall seeing such visuals in ei-
ther 2014 or 2019, gives a hint of
the picture. Western UP is cen-
tral to BJP’s election strategy.
Of the 70 seats in 20 districts of
Meerut, Saharanpur and Mo-
radabad, the party had won 51
in 2017. The region goes to vote
in the first two phases on Febru-
ary 10 and 14.
Deaths of about 700 farmers
during their year-long protest
against the controversial farm
laws may make it difficult for
BJP to repeat that performance.
To BJP’s disadvantage, the-Jat-
Muslim communal divide has
apparently been bridged to an
extent. The SP-RLD tie-up may
also queer the pitch for BJP.
U
tudents and job-
seekers vent their
anger over Rail-
way Recruitment
Board’s incompe-
tence by burning trains and
damaging railways property
.
As a double whammy, they
were chased and beaten up by
the police. Those protesting
were students from Bihar
and poll-bound Uttar
Pradesh. The violent protests
began on January 24, after
RRB declared the results of
the first phase of examina-
tions held across the country
on January 10. The RRB fi-
asco is a cruel joke on thou-
sands of unemployed youth.
Around the time of parlia-
mentary elections in 2019,
railways invited applica-
tions for a little over 35000
Non-Technical Popular Cat-
egory (NTPC) posts and re-
ceived about 1.25 crore appli-
cations for the Level 2 to
Level 6 posts. These exams
were held in phases between
December 28, 2020 and July
31, 2021. Violence erupted af-
ter candidates found that
same names were there in
results of different catego-
ries. Some of the applicants
point to the lack of transpar-
ency in the entire recruit-
ment process. The Railways
Ministry has formed a com-
mittee to look into the stu-
dents’ grievances but that
won’t be of much help as by
the time its findings are out,
hundreds of candidates may
lose out on the basis of age
eligibility criteria.
Those vandalising govern-
ment’s property must be pe-
nalised as even the Supreme
Court has been firm on that
view. At the same time the
railways owe an apology to
the candidates, who stand to
lose due to the RRB’s incom-
petence at a time when, as
per CMIE data, India had a
force of 530 lakh jobless peo-
ple as of December 2021.
RRB’S CRUEL
JOKE ON THE
JOBLESS YOUTH
The Railways Ministry
has formed a committee
to look into the students’
grievances but that
won’t be of much help as
by the time its findings
are out, hundreds of
candidates may lose
out on the basis of age
eligibility criteria
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PADMA AWARD:
LET’S NOT
POLITICIZE
BUDDHABABU’S
DECISION
n the chilly evening of Janu-
ary 25, 2022 veteran Left lead-
er and former Chief Minister
of West Bengal, Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee made head-
lines, again through his mod-
est ways!
The former CM had said, “I
don’t know anything about a
Padma Bhushan award. No
one told me anything about
it. If they have given me a
Padma Bhushan award, I am
rejecting it.”
Having said that on Tues-
day evening, Buddhadeb on
Wednesday requested gov-
ernment officials not to call
or visit him regarding the
matter of Padma Bhushan.
West Bengal CPM state sec-
retary Surjya Kanta Misra
issued the statement on Bud-
dha’s behalf and said he can
be reached via post because
of his physical condition.
Explaining the party’s
stand, CPM leadership had
said that, “We, as a party,
don’t support the political
stand and economic policies
of the people who are confer-
ring the award. So, if we take
the award from them, we are
supporting them. Thus, we
refuse such awards. This is
our party’s stand. There is
individual opinion as well.
“Former UP CM Kalyan
Singh has received the Pad-
ma Vibhushan for public af-
fairs while Bhattacharya was
conferred Padma Bhushan.
In a way, Singh had a bad
historical background as,
during his tenure, Babri Mas-
jid was demolished while Bh-
attacharyahadacleanrecord.
Had Bhattacharya accepted
the award, it would have justi-
fied Singh’s award,” a senior
CPM leader was quoted.
According to the 1954 Pad-
ma awards order, a resident
may cancel and annual Pad-
ma Award. For withdrawal
or cancellation of awards,
the request can be examined
by the government.
However, No ‘formal’ con-
sent is required for a person
to be bestowed the Padma
awards but, as per the nor-
mal practice, the “willing-
ness of the person proposed
to be conferred with the title,
is informally ascertained”
before the announcement,
Union home ministry offi-
cials had confirmed.
However, “In accordance
with the normal practice,
willingness of the person pro-
posed to be conferred Padma
Awards is informally ascer-
tained (to the extent possible)
before the announcement of
the Award,” the Government
had told Rajya Sabha in 2015
while answering a question.
Political Grapevine has it
that soon after the announce-
ment, the CPM top leadership
in New Delhi had approached
Bhattacharya’s family and
persuaded them to refuse it
since the party as per the tra-
dition doesn’t accept such
honours. Mishra did appar-
ently discuss the award with
Bhattacharya’s family
.
Meanwhile, unfortunately,
The news of Buddhababu’s
Padma-rejection is creating
ripples in the political cir-
cles.If theLeftcamp“claims”
it is a political stunt of the
Centre, Trinamool Congress,
on the other hand, has (coun-
ter) claimed that the “addi-
tion of left-wingers is clear in
paying homage to Buddha
Babu.”
BJP state president Sukan-
ta Majumder, had said, “Bud-
dhadeb Bhattacharya is the
former chief minister of the
state. Keeping in mind his
social and administrative
contribution, the central gov-
ernment felt that he should
be honoured with the Padma
Bhushan. There is no need
for politics to reject the
award. It’s unwanted.”
BJP’s national vice-presi-
dent, Dilip Ghosh, said, “Bud-
dhababu’s rejection of the
award is his personal matter.
However, the CPM has never
maintainedthattradition.The
communists have always in-
sulted the culture of the coun-
try
. So not taking the award is
also a sign of that insult. ”
The matter was also all
over social media. CPM’s Fa-
cebook handle stated, “The
CPI(M)’s policy is consistent
in rejecting such awards
from the state. Our work is
for the people, not for re-
wards.” Everyone mentions
another former Chief Minis-
ter Jyoti Basu. Bharat Ratna
was rejected by Jyoti Basu.”
Alleging Ram-Bam “nex-
us”, Trinamool Congress
HAD CLAIMED THAT LEFT
VOTERS HAVE BEEN
THANKED NOW FOR HAV-
ING VOTED FOR THE BJP.
APART FROM THIS, TRINA-
MOOL’S MOUTHPIECE
‘JAGO BANGLA’ HAD SAID
ON WEDNESDAY THAT
BUDDHADEB HAS BEEN
RECOGNISED FOR CRUSH-
ING THE LAND ACQUISI-
TION MOVEMENT.
TMC also raised the point
of honouring three former
CMs together. It may be re-
called that Buddhadeb Bhat-
tacharjee from West Bengal,
Ghulam Nabi Azad from
Kashmir and Kalyan Singh
(posthumously) from Uttar
Pradesh were named.
TMC said Kalyan Singh
was accused of helping in
demolition of Babri Masjid,
while former Kashmir Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad,
for some time now… has
been facing opposition from
Congress itself and the party
(TMC) also claimed that the
BJP’s “closeness” was
“CLEARLY EVIDENT” in
the matter. TMC also went on
to say that Buddhadeb was
once close to LK Advani.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
O
In a way, former UP CM
Kalyan Singh had a bad
historical background as,
during his tenure, Babri
Masjid was demolished while
Bhattacharya had a clean
record. Had Bhattacharya
accepted the award, it would
have justified Singh’s
award,” a senior CPM
leader was quoted
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
The former Chief Minister had said, “I don’t know
anything about a Padma Bhushan award. No one told me
anything about it. If they have given me Padma Bhushan
award, I am rejecting it. Buddhadeb on Wednesday
requested government officials not to call or visit
him regarding the matter of Padma Bhushan

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New Delhi: Amid inter-
nal rumblings within
the Congress over Ghu-
lam Nabi Azad being
awarded Padma Bhush-
an, senior Congress
leader Karan Singh on
Thursday said national
awards should not be-
come subject of intra-
partycontroversyandif
“one of our colleagues”
is honoured, he should
be greeted with warm
appreciation rather
than “snide remarks”.
Singh’s comments
come amid a controver-
sy triggered soon after
the announcement of
the Padma awards on
Tuesday evening when
Congress leader Jairam
Ramesh, while com-
menting on CPI (M)
leader Buddhadeb Bh-
attacharya’s refusal to
accept the award, said,
“He wants to be Azad
not Ghulam”. Several
members of the group
of 23 leaders who had
written to Sonia Gan-
dhi demanding an or-
ganisational overhaul
in the Congress con-
gratulated Azad for be-
ing awarded Padma
Bhushan, saying it was
“well-deserved”. Re-
acting to the row, Singh
said he was distressed
at the “unseemly con-
troversy” over the well
deserved Padma Award
to Azad. “These Na-
tional Awards should
not become subject of
inter-party controversy
,
far less of intra-party
ones,” Singh, a former
Union minister and
party stalwart, said in a
statement.
“I have known Ghu-
lam Nabi for half a cen-
tury since he first start-
ed his political career
as an active participant
in my second election
campaign for the Lok
Sabha in 1971 from the
Udhampur constituen-
cy
, to which he belongs,”
he said. Since then,
Singh said, he has seen
Azad rise through sheer
dint of hard work, dedi-
cation and administra-
tive ability to becoming
a Cabinet Minister, both
with PV Narasimha
Rao and Dr Manmohan
Singh. —PTI
If colleague honoured, greet him with appreciation:Karan Singh
PADMA AWARD TO GHULAM NABI AZAD

The award was
well-deserved
and these
National
Awards should
not become
subject of inter-
party
controversy, far
less of intra-
party ones
‘DECISION POLITICAL, NOT ON MERIT’
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The SC on Thursday orally asked the
Punjab govt not to take any coercive step against SAD
leader Bikram Singh Majithia till Jan 31 when it hears
his pre-arrest bail plea in a drugs case. A bench com-
prising CJI NV Ramana Justices AS Bopanna Hima
Kohli took note of the submissions of senior advocate
Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Majithia, that the plea
seeking anticipatory bail plea needed urgent hearing as
the accused has been facing “political vendetta”.
SC ASKS PUNJAB GOVT NOT TO ARREST
MAJITHIA IN DRUGS CASE TILL JAN 31
KERALA HC GRANTS
DILEEP RELIEF
FROM ARREST
Kochi: The Kerala High
Court Thursday granted
Malayalam actor Dileep
and four others protec-
tion from arrest till next
Wednesday (February 2)
in the case pertaining to
the alleged conspiracy
to kill the police offic-
ers who had probed the
abduction and sexual
assault case of a woman
actor in which Dileep is
an accused.
New Delhi: The
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Thursday
said it has arrested
Karvy Stock Broking
Limited (KSBL) CMD
C Parthasarathy and
group CFO G Krishna
Hari in connection with
a money laundering
investigation linked to
alleged diversion of
clients’ securities of
over Rs 2,873 crore.
GRAFT: KARVY
STOCK BROKING
CMD, CFO HELD
Mumbai: The SC on Thursday directed Maha Police
not to arrest BJP MLA Nitesh Rane for 10 days in an
attempt-to-murder case registered. Disposing of the
pre-arrest bail plea of Rane, son of Union minister
Narayan Rane, a bench headed by Chief Justice NV
Ramana asked him to surrender before the trial court
in the meanwhile, and seek regular bail in the matter.
SURRENDER AND SEEK BAIL: NITESH
RANE GETS 10-DAY SC ARREST SHIELD STRANDED AFGHAN ARMY OFFICERS IN INDIA STAGE PROTEST
OUTSIDE AFGHAN EMBASSY IN NEW DELHI
CORONAVIRUS: SC ADJOURNS HEARING ON
BOMBAY HC’S REDUCED WORKING HOURS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a
hearing on a plea challenging circular issued by the Bom-
bay HC reducing its working hours to three hours a day in
view of COVID. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandra-
chud listed the matter for Feb 4 for hearing. The plea filed
by activist Ghanshyam Upadhyay stated that due to the
Standard Operating Procedure(SOP), the principal bench
of the High Court has been “functioning only for name-
sake” causing hardships to the litigants and advocates.
NHRC’S OBSERVATION FOR WB JUSTIFIED BY CM’S ACTIONS: GUV
ANTILIA BOMB
CASE: EX-COP
WAZE CHALLENGES
SANCTION ORDER
5G LAWSUIT: DELHI
HC REDUCES
COST IMPOSED
ON JUHI CHAWLA
LEGENDARY INDIAN
HOCKEY PLAYER
CHARANJIT DIES
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has the
territorial jurisdiction to
entertain the petition in
view of Article 226(2) of
the Constitution of India
as impugned order
granting sanction to
prosecute was passed
by an Authority in New
Delhi argued Mumbai’s
former cop Sachin
Waze while challenging
sanction order to pros-
ecute him under Unlaw-
ful Activities Prevention
Act (UAPA).
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Thursday re-
duced the costs imposed
on actor Juhi Chawla
and two other plaintiffs
by a single bench last
year from Rs 20 lakh to
Rs 2 lakh in a 5G-related
suit and expunged the
adverse observations
against her in the verdict.
The court Tuesday had
said that she would have
to voluntarily do some
service for a public cause,
a condition which was
agreed to by Chawla.
Shimla: Captain of
India’s 1964 Tokyo
Olympics gold medal-
winning hockey team,
Charanjit Singh, died
on Thursday at his
home in Una, Himachal
Pradesh after suffering
a cardiac arrest that
followed prolonged
age-related illnesses.
The former mid-fielder
was 90 and would have
turned a year older next
month. He is survived
by two sons and one
daughter.
New Delhi: Around one hundred Afghanistan Army officers stranded in India
after falling of the Government in Kabul, staged protests outside Afghanistan
Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday. Protesters include officers from the Army,
Special Forces and intelligence services. They demanded the intervention of the
embassy in their rehabilitation in other countries as going back to Afghanistan
is no more option for them.
Kolkata: Firing a fresh salvo at the Mamata Banerjee government, West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has accused the Chief Minister of “extreme trans-
gressions” of constitutional prescriptions, claiming that such actions justify the
observation of an NHRC panel on post-poll violence that law of ruler and not rule of
law prevails in the state. “There have been continually and serially extreme trans-
gressions of constitutional prescriptions — justifying NHRC observation that in the
state there is ‘law of the ruler, not rule of law’,” Dhankhar wrote to Banerjee.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: Omicron is
now the dominant vari-
ant of Covid-19 in In-
dia, the government
said on Thursday.
There are also early in-
dications of a plateau
in the number of cases,
with just the top 10
states contributing to
77 per cent of total ac-
tive cases in the coun-
try, the health ministry
told reporters.
The percentage of
the Omicron variant
increased rapidly in
Dec Jan and the prev-
alence of the Omicron
subvariant called BA.2
is increasing in our
community, it added.
The govt credited
wide vaccination cover-
age for low death rate.
“Active case numbers
and corresponding
deaths are much lower
in this wave,” it said.
More than 90 per
cent of cases are in
home isolation with
mild to moderate sever-
ity and there are a low-
er number of cases
needing oxygen and
ICU beds, it said. —PTI
Omicron dominant variant
in country, says Health Min
A special Omicron ward in a hospital.
MARKET NOD TO COVAXIN, COVISHIELD
Lucknow: Amidst con-
tinuing unrest among
railway job aspirants in
Uttar Pradesh and Bi-
har, Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) chief
Mayawati on Thursday
accused the BJP of hav-
ing a narrow mindset
of making the youth
sell “pakoras”.
“There has been a
huge uproar in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar over
UPTNT and now over
Railways’RRB-NTPCre-
sults. This is a proof of
thefailureof thegovern-
ments. Beating up poor
and unemployed youths
for protesting, and play-
ing with their future is
totally unjustified,” she
said in a tweet in Hindi.
“Due to the wrong
policies of the govt, pov-
erty and unemployment
havereachedthepeak.It
is unjust to not have the
examination even for
small government jobs
for years. BJP should
change its narrow mind-
set of making the youth
sell ‘pakoras’ (snacks),”
she added. —PTI
Mayawati’s
‘pakora’ jibe at
BJP post Rlys
exam unrest
Goa Assy polls: Parrikar’s son
files nomination independently New Delhi: Two days
after China held a vir-
tual summit with Cen-
tral Asian countries,
India too stepped in and
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi pitched for
“an integrated ap-
proach for regional con-
nectivity and coopera-
tion for the next 30
years”.
He also flagged Af-
ghanistan as a common
concern and said that
their “mutual coopera-
tion has become even
more important for re-
gional security and sta-
bility”.
“We all have the same
concerns and objectives
for regional security
. We
are all concerned about
the developments in Af-
ghanistan,” Modi said
at the first virtual sum-
mit with the Central
Asian leaders. “In this
context also, our mutual
cooperation has become
even more important
for regional security
and stability
,” he said.
The virtual summit
saw the participation of
the five presidents —
Kazakhstan’s Kassym-
Jomart Tokayev, Uzbek-
istan’s Shavkat Mirzi-
yoyev, Emomali Rah-
mon of Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan’s Gur-
banguly Berdimuhame-
dow and Sadyr Japarov
of Kyrgyz Republic.
—Agencies
BMC polls: 27 corporators
of Congress join NCP
Malegaon: As many as 27 corporators of the Con-
gress party joined the Nationalist Congress Party
on Thursday. All the corporators joined the party
in the presence of party leader and Deputy Chief
Minister Ajit Pawar. Malegaon Mayor Tahira Shaikh
is among the 27 corporators who joined the party.
This development holds importance ahead of the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elec-
tion that is scheduled to held this year. —ANI
Days after China, PM
holds summit with five
Central Asian countries
Panaji: Utpal Parrikar,
the son of former Goa
Chief Minister Mano-
har Parrikar, has joined
the race for his father’s
constituency Panaji as
an independent candi-
date after the BJP de-
nied him a ticket.
Utpal Parrikar of-
fered prayers at a tem-
ple this morning before
filing his nomination
papers from Panaji.
He will take on sit-
ting MLA Atanasio ‘Ba-
bush’ Monserrate, who
was chosen over him by
the BJP for the Panaji
contest.
An upset Utpal Par-
rikar quit the BJP last
week and declared that
he would contest from
his father’s constituen-
cy anyway
.
Manohar Parrikar, a
three-time Chief Minis-
ter, died in 2019. He held
the Panaji seat for 25
years. In the by-election
after Mr Parrikar’s
death, his long-time ri-
val Babush Monserrate,
accused in a rape case,
won as a Congress can-
didate but later
switched to the BJP.
Utpal Parrikar quit
last Friday, and said he
would readily withdraw
from the contest if the
BJP fielded “an honest
candidate with integri-
ty and no criminal re-
cords” from Panaji. He
did not name Mr Mon-
serrate.
Talking to media, Ut-
pal Parrikar, the elder
son of Manohar Parri-
kar, said the decision
to quit the BJP was
“most difficult”. —PTI



POLL SNIPPETS
Utpal addressing a press conference in Panaji. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi: A TMC del-
egation met the Elec-
tion Commission (EC)
in Delhi regarding the
upcoming Goa assem-
bly polls.
“On January 21 a
team from EC raided
the TMC party office in
Goa at around 11 pm
and vandalised hoard-
ings and flexes while
the office staff was kept
on hold. Our meeting
with the Election Com-
mission was regarding
that incident. We spoke
for25minutes”,claimed
TMC leader and MP
Saugata Roy
.
“We told the EC that
despite being aware of
the new TMC office in
Goa, vandalisation on
their part was not
right”, alleged Roy
.
TMC delegation meets
EC regarding Goa polls
Pb: New entrants spice
up contest in Mansa
Chandigarh: Fielding
of new faces by major
political parties in the
semi-rural constituency
of Mansa has spiced up
the contest in this cotton
belt for the next month’s
Punjab assembly polls.
While the ruling Con-
gress has fielded popu-
lar Punjabi singer
Shubhdeep Singh Sid-
hu, better known as
‘Sidhu Moosewala’, the
opposition Aam Aadmi
Party’s candidate is Vi-
jay Singla and Shirom-
ani Akali Dal has field-
ed Prem Arora in Man-
sa. Mansa, where peo-
ple mainly grow cotton,
paddy and vegetables, is
known for electing leg-
islators on many occa-
sions in the past from
opposition parties.
Karan Singh Ghulam Nabi Azad
SNUBBED BY BJP

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Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra laid the
foundation stone for the
construction of Consti-
tution Park and other
works at Raj Bhavan on
Republic Day on
Wednesday. On this oc-
casion, Governor
Mishra, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot and
Speaker of the Legisla-
tive Assembly Dr. CP
Joshi were briefed by
the Architect Anoop
Bartaria about the pro-
posed nature of the
Constitution Park.
The statue of Mahat-
ma Gandhi spinning a
spinning wheel in the
Constitution Park be-
ing built by Jaipur De-
velopment Authority
will be displayed as a
special attraction,
which brought alive the
ideal of Swadeshi in the
freedom movement. In
another gallery the stat-
ue of Maharana Pratap
and his horse Chetak
will be displayed. Stat-
ues of Mahatma Gan-
dhi and Bharat Gaurav
Swami Vivekananda
will also be made here
by the artists.
To commemorate the
Indian Constitution
and the historical
events associated with
it, 45 crafts will be dis-
played in the Constitu-
tion Park. A huge tri-
color pillar will also be
installed.
Important historical
events related to the
constitution of the Con-
stitution Committee,
the making and imple-
mentation of the Con-
stitution and the pro-
ceedings in this regard
in the Parliament will
also be brought to life in
the Constitution Park
through paintings and
sculptures. Information
about the 22 parts of the
constitution will also be
presented here in an in-
teresting way
.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur/Nagaur: The
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) caught a
Patwari red-handed
when he was receiving
a bribe of Rs 1,000 in
Shergarh on Thursday.
The accused Revenue
official Parasram Gur-
jar had demanded bribe
from Chain Singh of
Hanwant Nagar chang-
ing land papers.
Revenue employee
held taking bribe
In Nagaur, the Anti-
Corruption Bureau
(ACB) arrested a Pat-
wari in Sunari village
under Ladnun tehsil in
the district when he
was accepting a bribe
of Rs 8,000 on Thursday
.
The accused Revenue
employee Madanlal Re-
gar, had demanded a
bribe of Rs 10,000 for
chang in land papers.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: A youth
raped a minor girl of
his neighbourhood un-
der the Rudawal police
station area of Bharat-
pur. The family mem-
bers of the girl lodged a
case at Rudawal police
station late on Wednes-
day. At present, the po-
lice have registered a
case and are searching
for the accused.
While registering the
case, a 14-year-old minor
said that she had gone
on the roof of the house
for some work. Then a
young man named
Khushiram, who lived
nearby, came to the mi-
nor’s house from the
roof of the neighbors.
ACB in action mode, traps patwaris in
Jodhpur and Nagaur village taking bribe
Congress is like a movement
in country, says CM Gehlot
Minor girl raped by youth in Bharatpur; FIR lodged, accused flees
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress is a
movement having a his-
tory of 135 years and
some leaders leaving
the party does not make
any difference, Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Wednesday
.
All those leaders who
are leaving or joining
the Congress are wel-
come and there should
not be much discussion
on this, he said while
interacting with re-
porters on the occasion
of 73rd Republic Day.
He also alleged that
there is an atmosphere
of unrest, tension and
mistrust in the country
and all the Central gov-
ernment agencies are
working “under pres-
sure.”
Rs 10k bounty
on head of
Jagan Gurjar
announced
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: A reward
of Rs 10,000 has been
announced on dacoit
Jagan Gurjar by
Bharatpur IG Range
Prasanna Kumar
Khamesra. IG Khames-
ra said that the police is
on the lookout for Jagan
Gurjar who has threat-
ened Bari MLA Girraj
Singh Malinga over
three videos full of
abuses which he made
viral over the net.
IG Khamesra has
contacted IG Chambal
Range of Madhya
Pradesh requesting
him to extend help to
Dholpur Police. IG
Range said that a team
is being formed and
search is on for Jagan
Gurjar. Along with this,
properties in his illegal
possession are being
seized by the police.
Sachin Pilot rubbishes
claims of joining BJP
First India Bureau
Ghaziabad: Congress
leader Sachin Pilot who
was in Ghaziabad on
Thursday to campaign
for the party candidate
dismissed the news of
his joining the BJP. On
the question of RPN
Singh joining the BJP,
Pilot said that Congress
party is a very old party
and leaders have come
and left before elections
but what matters to the
people is its ideology,
history and policy
.
On RPN Singh’s state-
ment that Congress has
changed, Pilot said that
this may be his person-
al opinion.
Addressing a press
conference here, Pilot
said that people of every
stratum of our society
are troubled by the mis-
governance of the BJP
.
Governor Kalraj Mishra lays foundation
stone for Constitution Park at Raj Bhavan
Governor Kalraj Mishra laid the foundation stone of Constitution Park at Raj Bhavan. CM Ashok
Gehlot, Dr CP Joshi, Niranjan Arya, Sheel Dhabai, Anoop Bartaria and other dignitaries were also
present on the occasion.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot salutes to National Flag on the
occasion of Republic Day at Badi Chaupad in Jaipur. Govind Singh
Dotasara also seen.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD
GIRL RAPED
IN ALWAR
Family members force woman
to sleep with black magician
ACB FILES SUPPLEMENTARY
CHARGESHEET IN GRAFT CASE
Alwar: A five-year-old girl
has been raped by a youth
on January 26 under Naray-
anpur police station area
of Alwar. The rape accused
youth is dumb. Police have
arrested him. When girl
returned home, she told the
family members about the
incident. Family members
have lodged an FIR in this
connection. Police reached
the spot on Thursday and
started probe.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: In a shocking
incident, to please a
black magician, family
members have forced a
woman to sleep with
him in Barme.
Not only had this, ac-
cused have forcefully
done abortion many
times.
On the basis of the
complaint, police have
lodged the case and ini-
tiated investigation.
According to the in-
formation, the victim in
her complaint stated
that her mother died
years ago and his father
is very innocent.
She alleged that tak-
ing advantage of it and
to please a black magi-
cian, her uncle and aunt
have forced to sleep
with black magician.
Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) filed
a supplementary chargesheet in the court on
Thursday after completing its 32-month investiga-
tion into the graft charges against then constable
Kanaram Jat. Investigation Officer Sachin Sharma,
however, found SHO Ram Singh Yadav, constable
Rohitash Jat, Mukesh Gurjar and Rakesh Gurjar
not guilty in the case.According to prosecution, the
police had seized a sand-laden truck and a car on
27th May 2019 under Manoharpur police station.
Three days later, home guard Kailash Chand was
caught red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs
25,000 from the businessman who owned the ve-
hicles while Mining Assistant Bhupendra Aharodia
was also arrested for taking Rs 7,000.
73RDREPUBLICDAYCELEBRATED
WITHGAIETYFERVOURINRAJ
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The 73rd Re-
publicDaywascelebrat-
ed amid tight security
arrangements in Ra-
jasthan on Wednesday
where Governor Kalraj
Mishra unfurled the tri-
colour at Sawai Man
Singh stadium here.
The Republic Day
celebrations were held
at all district head-
quarters of the state
with the compliance of
COVID-19 related
guidelines like social
distancing and wear-
ing face masks. In the
state-level function at
the stadium, Governor
Mishra unfurled the
national flag and in-
spected a parade.
“Hearty congratula-
tions to the country
, the
people of the state and
the brave soldiers post-
ed on the border on the
73rd Republic Day. On
this occasion, I call
upon all of you to take
a pledge to participate
in the overall develop-
ment of the country
and the state along
with safeguarding the
unity and integrity of
the nation,” Mishra
said in a tweet.
Folk artists, police
and military bands
performed on the occa-
sion. On arrival at the
stadium, CM Ashok
Gehlot received the
Governor. Earlier, the
Governor unfurled the
flag at Raj Bhavan also.
Governor Kalraj Mishra receives guard of honour during Republic Day parade at SMS stadium.
Folk artists presenting cultural programme at SMS Stadium.
Sachin Pilot campaigning for
party candidate in Ghaziabad.
JALORE BOY AND GIRL LEAD NCC
BATTALION AT RAJPATH IN NEW DELHI
Jaipur: A boy and a girl of Jalore district have brought
pride to the state by leading the Republic Day parade in
Delhi. Pramila Kanwar led the NCC battalion in the parade
at Rajpath. Sergeant Pramila Kanwar, a resident of Devki
village of Ahor, led the NCC-17 Battalion as a Commander
during the parade. Pramila Kanwar salutes President
Ramnath Kovid. At the same time, the 61st Cavalry
(Equestrian Party) parade was led by Major Mrityunjay
Singh Chauhan, resident of Agwari. Apart from this, Ser-
geant Karan Kumar of Bhinmal played Matki in the team
showcasing the folk cultural heritage of Rajasthan.
MINOR KIDNAPPED, GANG-RAPED
IN DUNGARPUR; PROBE UNDERWAY
Dungarpur: A minor was allegedly kidnapped and
gang-raped in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur by the boys
of her own school, the police said on Wednesday.
The survivor is currently under treatment in the
hospital. However, the accused have not been ar-
rested yet. Speaking to ANI, Dy SP Rakesh Kumar
Sharma said, “The incident of gang rape was
registered on Tuesday in the Bichhiwara police
station area. The incident is said to have happened
on Monday when a minor of standard 9th was
kidnapped by two boys of her own school. They
took her to the forest and one of the boys raped
her.” “The survivor is admitted to the hospital and
is under treatment”, he added.
Kalraj Mishra, Styawati Mishra, Ashok Gehlot, Sunita Gehlot,
Vaibhav Gehlot, Himanshi Gehlot, Subir Kumar and other
dignitaries at SMS stadium during Republic Day parade.
Dr CP Joshi and Govind Singh Dotasara at SMS stadium during
Republic Day parade.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra unfurled
National Flag at
SMS stadium
Dacoit Jagan Gurjar.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 25-year-old
doctor filed an FIR with
Pratap Nagar police on
Thursday that another
doctor working with
her tried to outrage her
modesty after intoxicat-
ing her on Wednesday
.
According to the po-
lice, the complainant,
who originally belongs
to Uttar Pradesh, works
in a clinic in Malviya Na-
gar here and also stays
in the area. Dr Jitesh
Jangid and her friend
Ujjwal Rathore also
work in the same clinic.
Doctor accuses
colleague of
rape attempt
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

9. COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,647,735
TOTAL DEATHS
287,953,257
TOTAL RECOVERED
70,232,956
ACTIVE CASES
363,833,948
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
491,729
TOTAL DEATHS
37,677,328
TOTAL RECOVERED
2,202,443
ACTIVE CASES
40,371,500
TOTAL CASES
When life seems to be speeding
by, pause to watch the sunset
and the sparrow take flight!
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2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
W
hether it is the
post of Chief
Secretary of
Rajasthan or the respon-
sibility of Finance Sec-
retary, Home Secretary,
or CAG at the Centre,
retiredIASofficerof the
1978 batch, Rajiv Mehri-
shi has not only proved
his mettle but also has
givennewdimensionsto
his administrative char-
acter.Mehrishi has been
nominated for the pres-
tigious Padma Bhushan
Award. First India’s
Dr. Rituraj Sharma
talks to Mehrishi about
this marvellous feat and
much more...
 First of all, best
wishes to you. How
do you see the
achievement of your
name being an-
nounced in the Pad-
ma Bhushan list?
I accept this honour
veryhumbly
.Ihavedone
mydutyaccordingtomy
ability and capacity
. I
have done my work with
as much honesty and in-
tegrity as I could, but
onlyonepersondoesnot
contribute to such an
achievement. I have got
good guidance from sen-
ior officers and I have
got cooperation from
colleagues. I have
learned a lot from jun-
iors as well. What I did
after that, I tried to do as
best as I could.
 How do you see your
achievements before
and after retirement
as a bureaucrat?
According to me, what-
ever responsibility was
given to me, even
though I came to civil
service, it was my duty
to fulfill that responsi-
bility and I did the
same. I could do noth-
ing more than that, and
I never intended to do
less than that. I am for-
tunate to have got posi-
tions of such great re-
sponsibility, wherein, I
tried to do something
good along with my col-
leagues.
 Talking about the
Padma awards, espe-
cially if we look at the
bureaucrats of Ra-
jasthan cadre, then
very few names are se-
lected. In such a situa-
tion, how do you see
your complete service
and this achievement?
Rajasthan has produced
some really brilliant bu-
reaucrats. TN Chatur-
vedi and Naresh Chan-
dra received Padma
Vibhushan, Balwant
Rai and ML Mehta re-
ceived Padma Shri. So
my hope will be that the
future generation
should get inspired to
do their work with ut-
most integrity and hon-
esty, and whether they
get any respect or not,
whether one recognizes
their work or not, it
should be their duty to
discharge the responsi-
bility with full ability
.
 During your jour-
ney as a bureaucrat,
any special mile-
stones, some interest-
ing moments or any
heart-touching
things that you
would like to remem-
ber during this time?
There are many inci-
dents like this. When I
startedmycareerinIAS,
there were Naib Tehsil-
dars or Girdawars, who
were state service offic-
ers, Shrikant etc..., I
learned from them and
thewaytheytaughtus,it
is very difficult to forget.
I remember one name,
Naib Tehsildar Motilal ji
in Ajmer, he explained
the entire revenue work
to me very patiently and
also explained what is
the difference between
honesty and dishonesty
.
Having tea at someone’s
place doesn’t make us ir-
responsible, but if you
expect more from the
person who has offered
the tea, then it comes un-
der the category of irre-
sponsibility and dishon-
esty
. Many such people
contribute a lot. There
are many sweet memo-
ries that have been cre-
atedwhilemystintatthe
Transport Department,
orUnionHomeMinistry
and even in the CAG.
 What will be your
responsibility as the
chairman of IFSC, a
subsidiary of NSE?
International Finance
Service Centre has been
created in Ahmedabad.
International transac-
tions in Euro and Dol-
lar can be done here.
Trading of the business
of the country, such as
the index of Nifty, used
to be in Singapore. Sim-
ilarly, the business of
the institution related
to the risk management
of investors was also
done in Singapore.
Whether the invest-
ment or the Nifty index
is ours and all its opera-
tions or transactions
are in Singapore, that
was not a good thing.
Accordingly, IFSC is an
old initiative that was
started when Narendra
Modi was the Chief
Minister of Gujarat and
I am fortunate that it
was approved by the Fi-
nance Ministry when I
was posted as the Fi-
nance Secretary at the
Centre in 2015. So, in a
way, it is also a home-
coming for me and it
will indirectly benefit
the investment climate
of India a lot. This will
also increase employ-
ment. It was a step to-
wards self-reliance,
which was thought of
long ago, but has been
put into practice now.
 You have played
many administrative
roles including the
Chief Secretary of
the State, Home Sec-
retary at the Centre,
Union Finance Secre-
tary, and CAG. After
retirement, any such
responsibility that
you think you can
fulfill now?
The truth of the coun-
try is that the popula-
tion here is very young
and relatively leader-
ship should come to
young people. People
of our age have done
their work and now
people twenty-five
years younger than us,
should be given a big-
ger responsibility. Re-
cently, the Central Gov-
ernment has also done
this by giving respon-
sibility to the youth on
important posts. In
such a situation, at
this stage of life, I be-
lieve that retired life is
the right option and
more and more youth
should be given impor-
tant posts.
THEFUTUREGENERATIONSHOULDBEINSPIREDTODISCHARGE
THEIR DUTIES WITH UTMOST INTEGRITY, SAYS MEHRISHI
STATE UNIVS SHOULD INSPIRE
OTHERSTOIMPLEMENTNEP:GUV
HE ALSO CALLED UPON TEACHERS TO UPDATE THE CURRICULUM
INCLUDE KNOWLEDGE OF INDIAN CULTURE IN THE SAME
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor and
Chancellor Kalraj
Mishra, while virtually
addressing the 18th con-
vocation of Jai Narain
Vyas University, Jodh-
pur from Raj Bhawan
on Thursday, said that
State Universities
should set an example
for others in implement-
ing the NEP and decid-
ing the curriculum un-
der it. He further said
that phased efforts are
being made to imple-
ment NEP from the up-
coming session.
He called upon teach-
ers to update the cur-
riculum and said that
Indian knowledge and
culture should also be
included in it.
While congratulating
the University on the
completion of 60 years
in the coming July, Gov-
ernor Mishra expressed
happiness that the stu-
dents of University are
contributing to nation-
building by reaching
important positions in
various fields.
He also appreciated
the efforts made by the
University to make
Mogda Kalan and Sala-
was villages as ‘model’
villages. The Governor
further added saying
that work should be
done to develop these
areas as fertile and
green with the help of
IIT, AIIMS, which are
already functional in
Jodhpur and also with
the co-operation of
other research centres
operating in the desert
region.
The Governor also
virtually laid the foun-
dation stone of the Con-
stitution Park to be
built at the University
campus and released a
booklet in this regard
during the ceremony.
Governor Mishra con-
gratulated legendary
singer Lata Man-
geshkar and paid trib-
utes to the father of
Green Revolution in the
country, Dr MS Swami-
nathan for receiving the
honorary degrees, con-
ferred upon them by the
Jai Narayan University
.
Its is to be noted that
eminent playback sing-
er of our country, Lata
Mangeshkar received
D. Lit. degree and scien-
tist Dr MS Swamina-
than received D.Sc. de-
gree for remarkable
work in the field of ag-
ricultural research.
Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot virtually address the 18th Convocation Ceremony of
Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur on Thursday.
Rajiv Mehrishi
Jodhpur has become a
hub for higher edu: CM
I had sought admission in the JNVU
55 years ago in 1967, says Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Virtually ad-
dressing the 18th convo-
cation ceremony of Jai
Narayan Vyas Univer-
sity, CM Ashok Gehlot
said that we are proud
that Jodhpur is the only
big city in the entire
country, where many
national-level higher
educational institu-
tions are established.
He said that when he
became the CM for the
first time, his govern-
ment had opened 18
universities. “In the
last three years, the
state government has
taken several impor-
tant decisions to im-
prove the standard of
higher education. 123
new colleges have been
opened and higher sec-
ondary schools having
more than 500 girl stu-
dents, are being up-
graded into colleges.
Free coaching facility
is being provided to the
students for competi-
tive examinations. 200
meritorious students
are being sent to study
abroad at State Govt’s
expenses,” he said.
I had sought admis-
sion in the University
55 years ago in 1967.
This University is
known after former
CM Sher-e-Rajasthan
Jai Narayan Vyas,
which is a matter of
pride for all.”
CM Gehlot further
described the confer-
ring of honorary de-
grees by the Universi-
ty upon two eminent
personalities of the
country, Bharat Ratna
Lata Mangeshkar
eminent scientist Dr
MS Swaminathan as a
commendable step.
Today Jodhpur has
become a hub for
higher education,
where IIT, AIIMS,
NIFT, FDDA, Na-
tional Law Universi-
ty and Police Univer-
sity have already been
established. Soon, a
digital university will
be set up in the city,
for which the state
government has sanc-
tioned Rs 400 crore
and the process of
land allotment is un-
derway. Rajasthan
once was considered
to be a backward
state, but the situation
has completely
changed now. The
state is progressing
well in every field.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
FORMER JNVU
EMPLOYEES
CREATE RUCKUS
Jodhpur: Ex- staff of
JNVU, led by former
student union leader
Ravindra Singh, kicked
up dust at its 18th
convocation ceremony,
at MBM Engineering
College for not releasing
'due' pension amount.
They argued that when
the varsity didn’t have
funds to pay their pen-
sions, how it’s spend-
ing so much money in
organising extravagant
events like this.
It is necessary to de-
velop the spirit of
self-reliance from the
very beginning for
the youth to become
self-reliant after get-
ting educated. Prac-
tical courses in this
regard need to be
prepared by joining
Raj Skill Develop-
ment University.
—Kalraj Mishra,
Governor
From Pg 1
Notably
, CM Gehlot’s po-
lice review meeting will
continue on Friday as
well. During the meet,
all range IGs were given
a chance to make a pres-
entation. Teams of po-
liceofficerswereformed
under the leadership of
different range IGs
whichgavepresentation
about how organised
crime will be stopped in
Jaipur Range.
Similarly, for Kota
range, presentation was
made on how illegal
weapons and associated
crimes will be handled.
Notably
,inthepresen-
tation given on the pre-
vention of illegal weap-
ons and the crimes
caused by them, Kota
range IG also briefed the
CM about the action
taken against illegal
weapons last year. Dhol-
pur district has been on
top in 2021 in taking ac-
tion on illegal weapons
under the leadership of
the then SP Kesar Singh
Shekhawat.
Thereafterapresenta-
tion was given to CM
regarding liquor smug-
gling wherein Udaipur
IG informed about po-
lice action in last year.
During the presenta-
tion, CM directed to
take more effective ac-
tion to stop illegal liq-
uor smuggling.
A presentation was
also made on the pre-
vention of drugs and its
increasing effect among
the youth by IG Bikaner.
CM Gehlot expressed
concern instructed to
take action against drug
smugglers.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
laid emphasis on stop-
ping crimes against
women and children.
Interestingly, the Gov-
ernment is worried
about increasing cases
of honeytrap it has
been learnt that there
will also be a discussion
about increasing cases
of honeytrap over
which Jaipur Police
Commissioner will give
a presentation to CM
Gehlot along with cyber
crime and online fraud.
Govt is mulling on
strong action plan to
prevent disturbances in
competitive examina-
tions due to incidents
like paper leak, as a re-
sult of which state’s im-
age is tarnished. Now
Rajasthan Police has
prepared a special ac-
tion plan to prevent dis-
turbances in such ex-
aminations and presen-
tation will be given to
CM Gehlot in the review
meeting of Rajasthan
Police today by a team
formed under the lead-
ership of Police Com-
missioner Jodhpur.
Therewillbeapresen-
tation on prevention of
road accidents and role
of other departments in
this regard given by IG
Ajmer to CM. Gehlot
government has made a
lot of efforts in the past
to reduce road accidents
Meanwhile, during
thereview,CMsaid,“Itis
the responsibility of the
Superintendents of Po-
lice to uphold the law. All
district SPs should en-
sureeffectiveprevention
of crimes and enforce
law. Please discharge
your duties towards giv-
ing justice to the victims
at eraliest. All police of-
ficers should work posi-
tively so that Rajasthan
Police reaches the first
position in the country
.”
Gehlot further said,
“Listen with sensitivity
tothecomplaintscoming
to the police stations.
SHOsshouldbeavailable
and meet the complain-
ants. Supervisory police
officers up to circle and
district level should also
do the work of hearing
seriously
. A complainant
should not have to come
to the Chief Minister’s
Officeoranyotherhigher
level. Prepare to bring
laws for effective preven-
tion of organized crimes
in the upcoming assem-
bly session. Organized
crime is a big threat to
futuregenerations.Strict
action should also be tak-
enonthesaleof narcotics
etc.ontheNationalHigh-
way
. Develop proper sys-
tems for accurate report-
ing of incidents. It has
been observed in some
cases that correct infor-
mation was not available
on the occurrence of
crime or incident. There-
fore, officers should de-
velopsuchasystemtothe
lowest level.”
STATE BUDGET MEET ON JAN 29 VIA VC
Jaipur: An important virtual meeting will be held on Jan-
uary 29 at 4 pm through VC regarding the preparation of
state budget wherein, CM Ashok Gehlot will interact with
youth, women, professionals talented students. How-
ever, a few ministers will be present at CMR during the
meet. WCD Minister Mamta Bhupesh, Sports Youth
Affairs Minister Ashok Chandana, CS Niranjan Arya,
Economic Advisor to the CM, Advisor, Principal Secretary
Finance Department, Principal Secretary Women and
Child Development Department, Principal Secretary to
CM, Secretary among other officials. Meanwhile, some
officials will also join from the CMO’s convention hall.
SPs RESPONSIBLE FOR
UPHOLDING LAW: GEHLOT

10. he annual cal-
endars of
First India
2022 were
l a u n c h e d
amid fanfare
on Thursday
by Jagdeesh Chandra
in a low-profile func-
tion, as per corona pro-
tocol, at Club Haven,
Jaipur. This year, First
India has launched two
calendars and both of
them are equally beau-
tiful. It was a graceful
merging of the tradi-
tional and modernity,
Indian and Western
cultures, the ethnic
and contemporary,
withbeauty allaround.
The Rajasthani cal-
endar showcases in
great elegance the un-
surpassed allure of
our beloved desert
state with each month
a picturesque state-
ment of pulchritude
and exquisiteness. At
the same time, the
beauties of the glam-
our calendar are so
awesome that one
doesn’t feel like turn-
ing the month.
Gaurav Gaur, Ashok
Singh, Nikhil Anand,
Rishee Miglani,
Shaan, Lokesh Shar-
ma, Yogesh Mishra,
Kapil Raj Akanksha
Bhalla, Mona Gautam,
Swati Jangid, Poonam
Sharma and Mannat
Siwach who recently
won the Miss Teen In-
ternational India 2021
title along with many
of the page 3 celebri-
ties of Jaipur attended
the launch as did the
models whose faces
adorn the calendars.
The concept and
styling is by Shaan and
Elite Miss Rajasthan
Director Gaurav Gaur
while the entire shoot
has been done by
Shaan. The design and
print is by Ashok Sin-
gh of Big Boss Studio.
Prashant of Manda-
kani whose traditional
wear has been show-
cased also attended
the event. Elite
Miss Rajasthan,
Glamanand Miss
India, Faspro
Fashion Acade-
my, Style Skool
and KP Produc-
tions supported
the shoot as did
Manmeet Singh.
Moon Bohra,
Aditi Dabhai,
Sunil Parihar,
Manav Golecha,
Aman Singh and
Kishan who all are
closely associated
with the calendars
sent their best wishes.
The exquisite loca-
tions of the shoot are
Sawai Vilas, Rantham-
bore and Chomu
Palace with a couple
of photographs at
some undisclosed
heritage properties
of Rajasthan.
JAIPUR, FRIDAY
JANUARY 28, 2022
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The Annual Calendar of First India 2022 has a dual avatar this year, one of fashion
and glamour and another which exuberantly celebrates and promotes the tradition,
culture and heritage of Rajasthan. Jagdeesh Chandra launched both the calendars
on Thursday at Club Haven, Jaipur!
UNRIVALLED GLAMOUR!
The traditional calendar will not
only promote the culture and
heritage of Rajasthan across the
national and international audi-
ence in a hitherto unique manner
but will also provide Rajasthani girls with a
chance at employment in the national and
international fashion arena. This calendar
will ensure a place and platform for the
rural and young talent from the districts of
Rajasthan on the runways of international
repute.” —JAGDEESH CHANDRA
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
T
—MORE IN CITY
FIRST TOMORROW
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Muskan Kamdar, Swati Jangid, Poonam Sharma, Tanu Choudhary, Akanksha Bhalla, Neelanjana Jangid, Rewati Upadhyay, Mansi Bachani,
Mannat Siwach, Yogesh Mishra, Lokesh Sharma, Nikhil Anand, Rishee Miglani, Ashok Singh, Prashant Poddar, Shaan, Gaurav Gaur, Saurabh Verma, Anita Hada, Mona Gautam,
Aanchal Ajaipal, Soni Kumari, Himakshi Choudhary, Simran Kashyap, Shubdha Panwar and Megha Shyam Soni during the First India Annual Calender 2022 launch
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA MUKESH KIRADOO
(L-R) Tanu, Soni, Akanksha, Swati, Himakshi, Simran, Neelanjana, Simran, Aanchal, Mannat,
Muskan, Shubdha, Rewati, Megha, Poonam, Riya, Angel and Srishti pose with the calendars
(L-R) Riya Rarh Choudhary, Astha Khandelwal and Poonam Sharma
FIRSTINDIAANNUALCALENDER2022

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FIRST INDIA ANNUAL
CALENDER 2022
A glimpse of the traditional Rajasthani calender with (Standing) L-R: Swati Jangid, Astha Khandelwal,
Himakshi Choudhary, Akanksha Bhalla, Mona Gautam, Shrishti Khatri and Rutvi Tiwari; (Sitting)
L-R: Simran Modi, Radhika Rarh Choudhary, Poonam Sharma, Divisha Paliwal and Muskan Kamdar

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CITY BUZZ
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STAY MASKED
A
rt is the language
of the soul, which
has carved our
most profound in-
tended emotions and de-
sired concepts into a beau-
tiful hieroglyph work of
imaginationwiththetouch
of magic. On the occasion
of 73rd Republic Day vari-
ous artists across the coun-
try paid homage to the im-
mortal martyrs of our
country and farmers
through art.
SAND ART
Sand artist Ajay Rawat
sculpted a colourful sand
art at Ganpati Ground,
Jaipur on the theme of
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Jai
Vigyan and showed the
elixir of independence
prominently through
his sand art.
SCULPTOR ART
Sculptor Artist Ma-
havirBhartifromBhar-
ti Shilp Kala Studio,
Jaipur sculpted a life-
size statue of martyr
CDS Bipin Rawat, the head
of the army of our country
to pay tribute to the legend
ontheoccasionof Republic
day
.
OIL PAINTING
Artist Chandra Prakash
Gupta made portraits of
martyrs and gifted them
as token of respect to their
families. Gupta has made
more than 300 portraits of
martyrs. He was honoured
by the Rajasthan govern-
ment in 2001.
KALA KUMBH
Huge paintings depicting
the stories of unsung he-
roes of India’s freedom
movement will be exhibit-
ed. More than 500 artists
researched prepared
thesepaintingsscrolls.The
Govt of India organised
the Kala Kumbh-Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav to cele-
brate India’s glory
.
SHADES OF PATRIOTISM!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
Art is more than just an aesthetic creation. It’s a
passion, movement and the beautiful thing that
happens when we build a strong connection!
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra unfurled the Tricolour at the First India News channel office on the morning of January 26, Wednesday. Senior Editor Sudhanshu Mathur, Anita Hada and the entire First India
family was present in true patriotic spirit and the entire atmosphere was replete with the fervour of Bharat Mata ki Jai! ——PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
26 JAN CELEBRATIONS!
PATRIOTIC
FERVOUR @ JNU
CITY FIRST
ur Constitu-
tion is not just
a mere set of
fundamental
laws that form
the basis of
gover nance,
but it embodies certain
basic values, philos-
ophies, and objec-
tives,” said Jaipur
National Universi-
ty Chancellor, Dr
Sandeep Bakshi.
The 73rd Republic
Day was celebrated at
the Jaipur National
University (JNU) cam-
pus, following the Cov-
id-19 protocols with
great enthusiasm
and gaiety to com-
memorate the date on
which the Constitution
of India came into ef-
fect, in 1950, and the
country became a re-
public. Dr Sandeep Bak-
shi, the Chief Guest
and JNU Chancellor
unfurled the National
Flag followed by the Na-
tional Anthem.
The Chancellor ex-
horted everyone to
strengthen Indian de-
mocracy by being unit-
ed, fearless and posi-
tive. “JNU has been
continuously playing a
vital role in testing and
treatment of Covid pa-
tients. I credit this ef-
fort to the entire JNU
fraternity, particularly
doctors, nurses, and
paramedical staff,” said
Dr Bakshi.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
O
On Republic Day, the colours of our beloved National
Flag are everywhere and most importantly in
our hearts also. RAYS: Asha ki ek Kiran, an NGO
working for HIV+ children also celebrated January
26 with patriotic fervour and national love with the
children singing patriotic songs, making the tricolour
themselves and enacting scenes from life stories of
freedom fighters. Parents dressed up their tiny tots in
the national colours and youth thronged monuments
waving the Tricolour.
HAR KAAM DESH KE NAAM!
Dr (Brig) SB Mahajan, Dr (Major General) AD Mathur, Prof Anjana Sharma,
Prof RL Raina, Dr Sandeep Bakshi and Prof HN Verma
Dr Sandeep Bakshi
Chandra Prakash Gupta painting Rohitash Lamba
Artwork of Mahavir Bharti
Artwork of Ajay Rawat
Shauryaveer Chauhan
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
T
he 73rd Republic
Day was celebrat-
ed with solemnity
at the Mahatma
Gandhi University of
Medical Sciences and
Technology campus,
Jaipur. Chief Guest Dr
ML Swarnakar, Emeri-
tus Chair Person of the
University hoisted the
flag on the occasion.
Chairperson Dr Vikas
Chandra Swarnakar,
Vice-Chancellor, Dr Su-
dhir Sachdev, Registrar
Dr AK Sharma, Director
Dr Shobhit Swarnakar,
Dean Dr Swati Garg and
Vice Chairperson of In-
dia Education Trust,
Meena Swarnakar and
RR Soni also graced the
occasion. Dr Swarnakar
addressed the gathering
and assured to celebrate
Silver Jubilee of MGH
with a target of making
2500 beds by 2025.
R-DAY CELEBRATIONS @ MGH
HAPPYREPUBLICDAY
After independence
Country need system,
Farmers of constitution
Made law for nation,
Constitution gives rights
To all the citizens,
Now every human being
Can fly like a kite,
Right duty
constitution’s Beauty,
Enjoy your religion
Without any fear
,
Freedom is valuable
No question of trouble,
Shoild live in discipline
Like moon and sun,
Legislature Executive
Answerable to Judiciary,
We can make any law
For public welfare.
Nursery Park Yog Parivar is known for celebrating all festivals with gusto and patriotic
fervour was at its peak on Janaury 26 albeit with a difference. Ravi Kamra, who has
been organising the yoga class in Nursery Park for last 14 years explained,“We have a
passion to honour the Heroes who bring laurels to the Nation and of course the society
through any means and we take pride in inviting them to unfurl the National Flag in
Nursery Park on Republic Independence Day every year. We have invited Olympic
Heroes, Army Officers, Organ Donor Family, a special child from Umang, a Woman Navy
Officer and it is a long list.” This Republic Day they invited two Herbal Juice Vendors who
are spreading health positivity through their business outside the two gates of the park
for at least five years and in recognition to their service and relating it to Yoga also.
CELEBRATIONS WITH A DIFFERENCE
Dr ML Swarankar
RAYS family
PRIYANK BISSA
Student of Class V