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Quenching
Wild Thirst!
On a scorching Saturday afternoon with temperatures soaring to over
38°C, the renowned male leopard “Rana”, affectionately known as the
Heartthrob of Jhalana Leopard Reserve, was spotted quenching his thirst.
Senior Photojournalist of First India Santosh Sharma skillfully captured
this moment, showcasing world’s most photographed leopard in Jaipur.
Jaipur, Sunday | April 28, 2024
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Dudu Collector
on APO after
ACB raids
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur
A team of ACB raided
the house of Dudu Col-
lector Hanuman Mal
Dhaka and Patwari Han-
sraj on Friday night in an
alleged bribery case of
`25 lakh in lieu for land
conversion. ACB seized
mobile phones of Dhaka
and Hansraj. The ACB’s
search operation contin-
ued till 8 am on Satur-
day. Meanwhile, Dudu
Collector Hanuman Mal
Dhaka has been placed
on awaiting posting or-
der (APO) after raids. P3
IN BRIEF
West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee slipped
and fell while getting inside
a helicopter on Saturday.
3 masked men murder
maulana inside mosque
Ajmer: Three masked
men allegedly murdered a
maulana in a mosque in
Ajmer early on Friday.
Maulana Mohammad Ma-
hir (30) lived in Moham-
madi Madina Masjid in
Kanchan Nagar. There
were 6 minors in mosque
when he was killed. P2
Centre ok’s 99.5k tons of
onion exports to 6 nations
New Delhi: The Centre on
Saturday said it has al-
lowed exports of 99,500
tonnes of onions, mainly
sourced from Maharashtra,
to 6 neighbouring coun-
tries of Bangladesh, UAE,
Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauri-
tius and Sri Lanka”, de-
spite ban on shipments. P6
2 Paramilitary soldiers
killed in Manipur attack
Imphal: Two CRPF
soldiers were killed in
action in a bomb attack
by suspected Kuki in-
surgents on Saturday. 2
injured in the attack at a
camp of IRB in Bishnu-
pur district’s Naranseina
village, 45 km from the
state capital Imphal. P6
BJP fields Nikam from
Mumbai N-Central seat
Mumbai: The BJP has
named lawyer Ujjwal
Nikam who was the
public prosecutor in the
Mumbai 26/11 terror at-
tacks as its candidate
from Mumbai North
Central Lok Sabha con-
stituency, officials said
on Saturday. P5
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CM SHARMA’S DUAL RESPONSIBILITIES
CM MASTERING
THE ‘DOUBLE
ROLE’IN LOK
SABHA POLLS
CM BHAJAN LAL SHARMA WORKED
TO HANDLE GOVERNMENT & THE
ORGANISATION. CM HANDLED THE
ORGANISATION AS BJP STATE PREZ
CP JOSHI WAS CONTESTING POLLS
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
hief Minister
Bhajan Lal
Sharma has
played a “double role” in
the Lok Sabha elections.
On Saturday, a senior
BJP leader made a re-
mark on Chief Minister’s
business in the election
and said, “CM Bhajan
Lal Sharma remained in
“double role” throughout
the elections. CM worked
to handle government
and organisation. He
handled the organisation
because BJP State Presi-
dent CP Joshi himself
was contesting the elec-
tions. Hence he worked
keeping in mind the old
skills of the organisation.
CM did not let any party
worker feel the State
President’s absence. In
the elections the organi-
zation ran completely
under the leadership of
Bhajan lal Sharma. He
stayed on election tours
and carried out damage
control work and thus
Sharma played the dou-
ble role meaningfully.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma takes stock of preparations and action plan for Phase 2 of Lok
Sabha polls at BJP State Office in Jaipur. Also seen here are Vijaya Rahatkar and others. FILE
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Nainital Forest Fire
Indian Army’s
bambi bucket
ops fight fire!
First India Bureau
Nainital
The Indian Air Force de-
ployed Mi-17 V5 heli-
copter for undertaking
Bambi Bucket Ops to
control the fast-spreading
forest fires in Uttara-
khand’s Nainital on Sat-
urday. Uttarakhand Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh
Dhami noted that the
state government is col-
laborating with the IAF
to stabilise the situation.
The CM also conducted
an aerial survey of the
damage caused by the
forest fires in Nainital on
Saturday. He has asked
officials to remain on
alert and take all meas-
ures necessary to prevent
the fires by coordinating
with all departments.
View of the fire caught in the
forest in Nainital on Saturday.
The forest fires are
a challenge for us.
This is a big fire.
We are working for all the
essential needs. We have
asked for help from the
Army. We will try to control
the fire as soon as possible.
PUSHKAR SINGH DHAMI,
Uttarakhand Chief Minister
BJP'S TOP BRASS REVS UP EFFORTS FOR PHASE 3 ELECTIONS
Salutingwomen,ModisaysNari
Shaktiismy‘SurakshaKavach’
First India Bureau
Kolhapur
People of Kolhapur ac-
corded PM Narendra
Modi a fabulous wel-
come as he addressed a
political rally in Maha-
rashtra ahead of the Lok
Sabha elections on Satur-
day. Citing the popularity
of football in Kolhapur,
Modi said, “The I.N.D.I
alliance have inflicted 2
self-goals owing to their
politics of hate and anti-
India tendencies.” PM
Modi said that in the re-
cently concluded 2 phas-
es of polling message is
clear ‘Fir Ek Baar Modi
Sarkar.’ Further, empha-
sizing women-led devel-
opment, PM Narendra
Modi said, “Our govern-
ment has prioritized the
empowerment of Nari
Shakti.” PM said, “We
have enabled 10 crore
women as a part of SHGs
and envisage to create 3
crore Lakhpati Didis.”
He said, “India’s Nari
Shakti is my ‘Suraksha
Kavach’& the ‘Shehzada
of Congress’ aims to de-
stroy this, Shakti.” P5
PM Narendra Modi with Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis
during poll rally in support of Sanjay Mandlik and Dhairyasheel
Mane for LS elections, in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur on Saturday.
‘MakeModiPMfor3rd
timetoendterrorism’
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Saturday
said if Narendra Modi
continues to be the
prime minister for the
third consecutive term,
he would end terrorism
and Naxalism from the
country and also make
India the world’s third
largest economy. He was
addressing an election
rally at Porbandar in
Gujarat in support of the
BJP candidate Mansukh
Mandaviya. Shah said
that when Article 370
was scrapped, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi op-
posed the move, saying
it would lead to a river of
blood flowing in Kashmir.
“In the last five years, let
alone river of blood, no-
body even dared to throw
a stone there,”he said. P5
Amit Shah during public rally
in Porbandar on Saturday.

ENHANCING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Faculty development programme: Governor urges
teachers to prepare students for future challenges
Dinesh Arya
Jaipur
overnor Kalraj
Mishra on Sat-
urday empha-
sised that the duty of the
teachers is not limited to
teaching, they must also
prepare students to face
future challenges.
Addressing a Faculty
DevelopmentProgramme
at Mahatma Gandhi Uni-
versity of Medical Sci-
ences and Technology, he
said, that in light of the
new education policy, the
teaching methods must
also be upgraded to keep
up with the latest changes
in medical education.
Theprogramwas head-
ed by Dr Abhijeet Seth,
Chairman of The Nation-
al Board of Examination
in Medical Sciences.
The objective of the
faculty development pro-
gram should not be to
teach the teachers, but to
make teaching interesting
by connecting them with
time and context. Efforts
shouldbemadetoprepare
students to face future
challenges, Mishra
said. “Only a competent
and effective teacher can
provide new directions
for the future to the stu-
dents,” he said.
Governor Kalraj Mishra at Faculty Development Programme at Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical
Sciences and Technology in Jaipur on Saturday. Also seen are Dr M L Swarankar, Dr Achal Gulati, Dr
Abhijat Sheth, Dr Menu Bajpai, Dr Vikas Swarankar & Dr Sudhir Sachdev. MUKESH KIRADOO
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Maulanabeatentodeathby3maskedmiscreants
Shubham Jain
Ajmer
Three masked men alleg-
edly murdered a maulana
in a mosque in Ajmer
early on Friday. Maulana
Mohammad Mahir (30)
lived in Mohammadi
Madina Masjid in Kan-
chan Nagar of Ramganj
police station of the city.
There were six minors in
the mosque when he was
killed.
Ramganj police station
in-charge Ravindra Khe-
gi said that the miscre-
ants had entered the
mosque from behind and
after killing the maulana
fled. They had threatened
the children that if they
screamed, they would
kill them too. After this,
the children were kept
out of the room.
When the children
came out screaming
around 3 am, people got
to know about the murder
and informed the police.
Police said that the
reason for the murder is
yet not known.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A case of threat to a BJP
leader by Lawrence
Bishnoi gang’s hench-
man Rohit Godara has
come to light. Godara
made a WhatsApp call
and demanded extortion
of Rs 5 crore and threat-
ened to kill him if he did
not pay. In this matter,
the BJP leader has regis-
tered a case in Shiv-
daspura police station.
A 36-year-old busi-
nessman and BJP leader,
resident of Shivdaspura,
registered a case on Fri-
day that when he was in
the office on Thursday,
he received a WhatsApp
call from an international
number on his mobile in
the afternoon. The caller
threatened him by calling
himself gangster Rohit
Godara of Lawrence
Gang.
The case has been reg-
istered and the police is
busy investigating the
case.
PTI
Jaipur
Light rain and thunder-
storm were witnessed in
parts of Rajasthan in the
last 24 hours, the local
meteorological centre
said on Saturday.
The maximum rainfall
during this period was
recorded in 21 mm in
Chaksu, Jaipur and 4 mm
in Bikaner’s Dungargarh,
it said. The weather is
likely to remain mainly
dry in most parts of the
next 5-6 days. However,
there is a possibility of
partly cloudy sky and
sporadic rain in Ganga-
nagar, Hanumangarh and
surrounding areas during
the next 48 hours. During
this period, the maximum
temperature is likely to
drop by 2-3 degrees Cel-
sius from today.
Due to the partial im-
pact of another weak
western disturbance,
there is a possibility of
strong surface winds
with a speed of 25-30
kilometers per hour in
some parts of Jodhpur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Congress will prepare re-
port cards of the party
MLAs regarding their
performance in the re-
cently held Lok Sabha
elections.
Pradesh Congress
Committee (PCC) is col-
lecting assembly constit-
uency-wise data through
which the report cards
will be prepared.
The performance of
the MLAs will be re-
vealed after the results
on June 4. The party
sources said that some
legislators were less ac-
tive in the elections.
Reports of such
MLAs will also be sent
to AICC Lok Sabha can-
didates are also sending
feedback to PCC.
Bhawani Singh
Bundi
The CBI on Saturday
started an investigation
in Bundi regarding ille-
gal sand mining and
transportation and con-
ducted questioning at
two places.
Expressing displeas-
ure over the police and
mines department not
taking action in the case
related to illegal sand
mining and transporta-
tion, the High Court or-
dered CBI to conduct
investigation following
which the CBI team
reached Talab village of
Hindoli and at two other
places.
The court has directed
the state to hand over the
investigation of a sand
mining case registered in
Sadar police station of
Bundi to the CBI. In-
structions have also been
given to investigate other
cases regarding illegal
mining and land mafia.
The directions were
given by the court while
hearing the bail petition
of the accused Jabbar.
The court said that the
state government runs a
campaign against the
sand mafia, but no action
is taken.
First India Bureau
Barmer
The Gujarat ATS went to
Barmer to arrest the
wanted offender, but he
escaped. Dhorimanna
police arrived at the
scene after getting the in-
formation and detained
four people, including a
woman. Dhorimanna Po-
lice Station Officer
Manakram Vishnoi stat-
ed that the accused is
wanted for excise and
NDPS offenses. Gujarat
ATS received info that
the wanted person had ar-
rived in Rohila East,
Dhorimanna region of
Barmer district. During
this time, the ATM team
and the accused’s family
met face-to-face. When
the police reached the
spot after receiving the
information, an argument
was going on between
the ATS and the wanted
family. The police is in-
vestigating the matter. .
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur
A seminar on ‘Technol-
ogy in ADR-Future In-
novations and Challeng-
es’ was held to com-
memorate the platinum
jubilee celebrations of
the establishment of the
Rajasthan High Court at
Totuka Bhawan in
Narayan Singh Circle.
The seminar was held
under the chief hospital-
ity of Supreme Court
Justice Prashant Kumar
Mishra and was presid-
ed over by High Court
ChiefJustice MMShriv-
astava. Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta said that
AI is helpful but the use
of the human brain is
also necessary.
Justice Mishra said
that in today’s context,
alternative case disposal
systems and technology
are very necessary in de-
livering justice. “Artifi-
cial Intelligence is nec-
essary but justice cannot
be achieved byAI alone,
because many times de-
cisions are given not
only from the mind but
also from the heart,” he
said.
Kunal Trivedi
Banswara
A horrific road accident
occurred late Friday
night on National High-
way 56 in Banswara dis-
trict. In this the car went
out of control and col-
lided with a tree. Three
youths died in the acci-
dent. Two others were
injured. The bodies of the
deceased have been kept
in Bagidaura CHC.
Moin son of Niza-
muddin and Ayush Pan-
dey, resident of Ratlam,
who were injured in the
accident, have been re-
ferred to Udaipur from
Banswara District Hos-
pital. The accident hap-
pened on Bagidaura-
Kalinjara road. On in-
formation, Kalinjara
police station reached
the spot and shifted the
bodies to the mortuary
of Bagidaura CHC.
Among the dead, Ban-
swara resident Kuldeep
Kansara, Tandi Mahuri
resident Ajay Maida and
Abdullah Peer Banswara
resident Shayan son Yu-
suf died on the spot.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner
Usman Ghani, president
of the BJP’s Bikaner City
Minority Morcha Dis-
trict, was dismissed from
the party on Wednesday
after making a statement
against PM Narendra
Modi. Ghani has been ar-
rested for breaching the
peace. Dhirendra Singh,
the officer in charge of the
Muktapras-
ad police sta-
tion in Bi-
kaner, stated
that Usman
Ghani had
arrived at the
station this morning with
a complaint about some-
thing. During this period,
he got into an altercation
with the cops. He began
fighting after refusing to
cooperate despite expla-
nations. On this, the cops
arrested him for disturb-
ing the peace. Ghani told
a TV broadcaster that the
BJP is not just Narendra
Modi’s party.
There was a stir due to the murder of Maulana Mohammad
Mahir in the mosque of Ajmer on Saturday.
CRIME
ROUNDUP
BJP leader
threatened by
Rohit Godara
Wanted offender escapes Gujarat
ATS in Barmer, four detained
UseofAIdiscussedatRajHCplatinumjubileecelebrations
Uncontrollable car collides with
tree, 3 youths killed in Banswara
Ghani expelled
from BJP after
clash with police
RAWATSAR TEACHER ACCUSED OF
MOLESTING 11TH-GRADE STUDENT
Hanumangarh: A case of student
molestation by a teacher was
reported in Rawatsar. Jaiprakash
Degh, a teacher, has been accused of
assaulting an 11th-grade student. This
is the case of the Government Higher
Secondary School Purbasar. Pallu SHO
Bishan Sahay, CBEEO Dulichand, and
ACBEEO Mukesh Soni arrived at the
place. Villagers started protesting in
front of the school, demanding that the
instructor be suspended.
In another incident, a 6-year-old
girl was raped near the Kotwali police
station. A complaint was made against
a young man named Veeru. The of-
fender had brought the girl with him after
tempting her with new shoes. After the
complaint was registered, police immedi-
ately arrested the offender, Veeru.
DISPUTE TURNS DEADLY: MAN
KILLED IN ATTACK BY NEIGHBOURS
Kota: A 45-year-old man was
allegedly beaten to death by his
neighbours in Tathed village in
Rajasthan’s Kota district, police on Sunday
said. The accused allegedly attacked
Ramraj Meghwal (45) with sticks and iron
rods while he was heading to his home
from field in Tathe village at around 9 am
on Saturday, they said. Meghwal sustained
critical injuries in the attack and was rushed
to MBS hospital, where he succumbed to
his injuries during treatment, police said.
The police lodged a case of murder against
Bhagwan Mali, his brother Rakesh and
other family members.
SCHOOL TEACHER BRUTALLY
ATTACKED, ROBBED IN JHALAWAR
Jhalawar: A school teacher was
looted in Jhalawar, and she was
nearly killed. The bike-riding burglar
hit her in the face, and teacher Chandra
Rekha’s teeth
shattered during
the fight. The
robbers fled after
snatching a gold
nose ring and 6-gram gold earrings. This
incident occurred as she was returning
from school. When police learned about the
event, they immediately went to the scene.
The woman’s treatment is continuing at
Jhalrapatan Satellite Hospital.
NEET STUDENT GOES MISSING IN
KOTA, POLICE LAUNCHES PROBE
Kota: A coaching student is
missing in Anantpura area of
Kota. Her missing complaint has
been lodged on 23rd April, on the basis
of which the police is busy searching
for him. Anantpura police station officer
Bhupendra Singh said that the student
is a resident of Kaushambi Nagar, UP.
Who was preparing for NEET while stay-
ing in Kota. She was living in a PG in
a house in Gobariya Bawadi area. She
had gone to take the test in the morn-
ing, but did not return home after that.
The family members called her several
times but got no response. Here, when
she did not reach home, the landlord
also informed her about the coaching.
According to the police, the girl student
is being searched. The student is twenty
years old.
Lightrain,thunderstorm
inpartsofRajasthan,
dryweatherahead
Congress to
issue report
cards for MLAs
post LS polls
CBI launches probe into illegal sand mining in Bundi
CBI team reached Talab village of Hindoli to investigate illegal
gravel mining in Bundi on Saturday.
SC Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, Chief Justice MM Shrivastava,
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta others at the seminar.
Kapil Prakash Mathur greeting HC Justice Pankaj Bhandari,
SC Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, HC Chief Justice MM
Shrivastava Raj HC Bar Assoc Prez Prahlad Sharma at the
seminar held at Totuka Bhawan in Jaipur on Saturday.
A view of the Pink City covered with light clouds during light
shower of rain on Saturday.
Mangled remains of the car on National Highway 56 in
Banswara on Saturday morning.

First India Bureau
Jodhpur/Sirohi
In an interstate joint op-
eration titled ‘Operation
Prayogshala-I’, the NCB,
ATS Gujarat and Ra-
jasthan police busted
clandestine Mephedrone
manufacturing labs oper-
ating from Gujarat and
Rajasthan. The teams
have seized drugs worth
over Rs 300 crore and
nabbed 7 people and
identified the kingpin.
Simultaneous raids
were conducted at 3 lo-
cations, Bhinmal in Ja-
lore, Osian in Jodhpur
and Gandhinagar in Gu-
jarat leading to a total
recovery of 149 kg me-
phedrone (in powder and
liquid form), 50 kg
Ephedrine and 200 litres
Acetone seized in over-
night multistate opera-
tion. To bust these labs, a
joint team of ATS Guja-
rat police and NCB
Headquarters Opera-
tions unit was consti-
tuted. In a special oper-
ation spanning over 3
months, intensive tech-
nical and ground sur-
veillance was mounted.
Ghanasyam Soni,
NCB Zonal Director,
Jodhpur Jaipur said
the team busted labs in
the general area of
Kailash Nagar, Sirohi
and seized drugs worth
Rs 45 crore. Two per-
sons named Raga Ram
and Bajrang Bishnoi
were nabbed in Sirohi.
WEEKENDING IN WILD
Dravid visits Jhalana leopard safari
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
ndian cricket
team coach Ra-
hul Dravid vis-
ited Jhalana Leopard Re-
serve in Jaipur on Satur-
day. He also visited the
Interpretation Centre and
enjoyed the safari. DCF
Jagdish Gupta welcomed
him. During the safari,
Dravid saw Leopards
Rana and Flora.
Dravid and his wife,
Vijeta Pendharkar, were
thrilled to spot the leop-
ards and clicked their
photographs.
Forest Department
ACF Surendra Sharma
said that Dravid’s safari
started at 6 am. “Dravid
said that we have done
tiger safari in many parts
of the country, but this
leopard safari is unique
and thrilling,” Sharma
said, adding that Dravid
got information about
this leopard safari from
Sachin Tendulkar and
his wife, Anjali Ten-
dulkar. Dravid said that
ever since, he was eager
to come here and prom-
ised that he would defi-
nitely visit Jhalana in the
future as well.
Rahul Dravid with his wife Vijeta Pendharkar, during the leopard
safari at Jhalana in Jaipur on Saturday.
Jhalana Leopard Reserve
in Jaipur is attracting a
ton of attention from
tourists. Slowly becoming
the go-to spot for wild
animal sightings, Jhalana
is emerging as a wildlife
tourism hotspot in
Rajasthan. Here are a few
snapshots of majestic
wildlife frolicking at the
animal reserve.
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distcollector,patwari
The ACB took action in a `25 Lakh bribery case
Zero Tolerence
Ghanasyam Soni, NCB Zonal
Director, Jodhpur Jaipur said
the team busted labs in the
general area of Kailash Nagar,
Sirohi and seized drugs worth
Rs 45 crore. A joint team of
ATS Gujarat also joined the
operations.
RCA in acute
financial crisis,
only `2 lakh left
in account
NCBbustsillegaldruglabs,
seizesMDworth`300crore
Interstate Operation ‘Prayogshala-I
BJPMLA‘threatens’BLO,BSF
jawanatJodhpurpollbooth
Ravindra Bhati’s Dharna ends after agreement
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
Rajasthan Cricket Asso-
ciation’s treasury has
only about Rs 2 lakh left
in its account. The RCA
has stopped receiving
money from the BCCI
and has liabilities of
around Rs 40 crore.
Players have not got
DA and employees have
not got their salaries.
Fees of IPL players are
pending. The ad hoc
committee has also failed
to get money from the
BCCI but is making
claims of organizing the
tournament. It has
claimed to organize a
summer camp from
May 1. There is also a
claim of giving Rs 40k
to each district associa-
tion for camp. Mean-
while, hotel owners have
been demanding money
from RCA for last sea-
son’s tournament.
Naveen Sharma
Dudu
A team of Anti Corrup-
tion Bureau (ACB) raid-
ed the house of Dudu
Dhaka and
Patwari (a
village lev-
el revenue
o f f i c e r )
Hansraj on
Friday night in an al-
leged bribery case of Rs
25 lakh in lieu for land
conversion.
ACB seized mobile
phones of Dhaka and
Hansraj. The ACB’s
search operation contin-
ued till 8 am on Saturday.
A team of ACB also
searched a room at Dudu
Tehsil office on Saturday
and seized a computer
and some documents.
The complainant has al-
leged that Dhaka and
Hansraj demanded Rs 25
lakh as bribe for not tak-
ing action against him in
a land conversion case,
Deputy Inspector Gen-
eral,Anti Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB), Ravi said in
a statement. He added
that the complainant has
204 bighas of land.
The ACB official said
that during verification, a
recorder was also sent
along with the victim,
which clears that Dudu
Dhaka had asked for a
bribe of around Rs 7.5
lakh at his residence in
Dak Bungalow.
A case has been regis-
tered under Prevention
of Corruption Act
against both the accused
and search operations
are being carried out at
their locations.
Hanuman Mal Dhaka
was promoted to IAS ser-
vice last year. The com-
plainant claimed that
when he cited that he did
not have the amount de-
manded, he was assured
that no action would be
taken if he could pay up
Rs 15 lakh, Ravi said.
Dhaka was an officer
of the State Administra-
tive Service and was pro-
moted as an Indian Ad-
ministrative Service-rank
officer last year.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur
ThevideoofBJPShergarh
MLABabu Singh Rathore
threateningaBSFjawanat
the polling booth of Nath-
rau village in Jodhpur dis-
trict has gone viral on so-
cial media. The video
shows Singh telling the
jawan not to show him the
gun and asking the BLO
how he could stop voters
from voting.
Later, the jawan and
policemen on duty got a
case registered against
Rathore. Later the MLA,
during a press confer-
ence in Balesar, accused
the BSF jawan of harass-
ing voters and said that
the BSF jawan pointed a
gun at him.
Banshi Choudhary
Balotra
Ravindra Singh Bhati,
the independent candi-
date for the Barmer-Jais-
almer Lok Sabha con-
stituency, staged a dharna
outside Balotra SPoffice,
alleging assault with sup-
porters and electoral vio-
lations. Their demand is
that those responsible for
the workers’ assault be
held accountable.
Hundreds of RAC and
police officers were de-
ployed. Ravindra Singh
Bhati stated that yester-
day, people were har-
assed at every booth in
Balotra and administra-
tion sat silently. Many
unfortunate incidences
occurred yesterday, for
which we have recently
filed a FIR at the Balotra
police station. However,
no cases have been regis-
tered as of yet, Bhati Al-
leged.
However, after two
rounds of talks with the
police and the adminis-
tration. an agreement was
reached. Bhati was prom-
ised that FIRs will be
filed in the case of assault
on activists. Those ar-
rested during the protest
will be released. The pro-
test demonstration by
Ravindra Singh Bhati has
now officially ended fol-
lowing the agreement
with the police. Extra po-
lice forces were deployed
across the district during
the protest period.
The ACB team during the search at a room at Dudu Tehsil office
on Saturday.
The video of the incident went
viral on social media.
Transport SI
removed after
3 cops killed
in accident
First India Bureau
Jaipur
After First India re-
ported the death of
three policemen on
Tuesday after an
overloaded dumper
overturned on the
police jeep in Neem
Ka Thana, transport
Sub Inspector Robin
Singh was removed.
The dumper, carry-
ing stone grit, alleg-
edly lost control and
overturned on the
police jeep.
Overloaded vehi-
cles were continu-
ously operating in
the area posing a
risk for people. Now
MVI Pramod
Chaudhary and Ra-
jendra Meena have
been appointed at
Neem Ka Thana.
Action may soon
be taken in Behror
Sub Transport Of-
fice also which
is also accident
prone. Vehicles
coming out of Neem
Ka Thana have to
exit from Behror.
Scores of supporters of Ravindra Singh Bhati protested outside Balotra SP office on Saturday.
Green signal for Waterway Project in State
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
Inland Waterway Au-
thority of India has
given green signal to
Detailed Project Report
for national waterway
covering Rajasthan and
has sought certain de-
tails from the state gov-
ernment which will be
included in DPR.
National Waterways
are developed to pro-
mote environment-
friendly, cost-effective
and location-specific
alternate mode of In-
land Water Transport
(IWT) supplementary
to existing Rail and
Road transport, wher-
ever feasible. It is also
set to boost tourism in
the desert state.
Recently, in the meet-
ing held in Delhi, the
Inland Waterway Au-
thority has sought infor-
mation related to Ra-
jasthan which will be
included in the DPR.
Rajasthan River Basin
Authority commission-
er Neeraj K Pawan has
written a letter to the
Commissioner of In-
dustries Department,
asking for all the infor-
mation related to import
and export from Ra-
jasthan along with the
source so that it can be
sent to Delhi.
After the project is
completed, up to 2.5
million tonnes can be
exported from Ra-
jasthan In the Bhajanlal
government, work in
direction of preparing
DPR has started in the
three meetings held
with the Inland Water-
way Authority regard-
ing the waterway.
The first meeting
was held in Kolkata
and two were in Delhi.
The way for the Inland
Waterway Terminal in
Rajasthan has been
cleared in the meeting.
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Impact

n terms of
GDP rate,
India is un-
doubtedly at
the pinnacle
of its economic develop-
ment right now, and it’s
crucial that it has been able
to sustain this rate for an
extended period of time.
But there are many differ-
ent kinds of arguments that
might arise from this state-
ment, and each interpreta-
tion always offers some
fresh points of contention.
It’s also true that, even
with a steadily strong
growth rate, India contin-
ues to face numerous chal-
lenges, both old and new.
It is also worth noting that
when the Indian economy
is credited with jobless
growth in economic analy-
sis, it surprises the com-
mon man but this also has
many meanings of its own.
For example, the problem
of unemployment or the is-
sue of increasing employ-
ment opportunities has al-
ways been prominent in
Indian society and Indian
economic policies. A re-
cent report of the United
Nations organization ILO
regarding employment in
India in 2024 presents
many such figures which
seem to say that the situa-
tion of employment in the
country was neither under
control in the past nor is it
today. If this continues,
then this situation will be-
come more dire in the fu-
ture. This latest report in-
cludes a detailed discus-
sion on various dimensions
of unemployment in the
Indian economy. For ex-
ample, it has been men-
tioned in this report that
how much the total num-
ber of workers in our soci-
ety increased from the year
2000 till now, how many
got employment and what
was the actual number of
unemployment. Along
with this, how much the
contribution of agriculture
sector, manufacturing and
service sector increased
year after year, how much
did they earn and how
many people did they em-
ploy in the society.
Apart from all this, the
most interesting thing seen
in this report is that the un-
employment rate in India
has been increasing con-
tinuously for some time
now and the reason behind
this is the increasing popu-
lation, but those who are
getting employment in In-
dia now are not getting full
employment opportuni-
ties. That is, the percentage
of underemployment in
India has now become
comparatively much high-
er than the percentage of
unemployment. Due to
this, economic inequality
is continuously going out
of control. From the year
2000 till now, the total
number of workers in India
has increased by 17 crores,
while the number of unem-
ployed has increased from
92 lakhs to about 2.5
crores. That is, the rate of
unemployment in India
has more than doubled in
the last 20 years. If we
analyse deeper into the fig-
ures, then in the year 2000,
the rate of unemployment
in India was 2.32 percent,
in the year 2012, more than
one crore people were un-
employed in India and dur-
ing that time this rate was
2.18 percent and compared
to the last decade, unem-
ployment was compara-
tively less then. During the
year 2019, when Corona
had not entered, the num-
ber of unemployed in India
was around 3 crores and
then it reached 5.9 percent,
which has been the highest
rate of this century so far.
Then in the year 2022, the
total number of unem-
ployed was 2.29 crores and
the unemployment rate
came down to four percent.
All this makes it clear that
unemployment remains an
endless problem in India
despite the fact that India
is continuously achieving
a good economic growth
rate. Considering all this it
would be appropriate to
say that solving the prob-
lem of unemployment in
India does not seem to be
so easy.
Another very important
to note a detailed aspect of
this report and that is that
at present the rate of under-
employment in India is
higher than the rate of un-
employment. The general
explanation of underem-
ployment can be taken in
this way that in India, the
average work per day is
fixed at 8 hours. But at pre-
sent, a large section of the
population of India is get-
ting employment on a dai-
ly basis for much less than
this fixed time. Some peo-
ple are working for five
hours, some for three hours
or some for even less time,
as a result of which the
economic income of such
persons is very low on a
daily basis but they are get-
ting employment. Accord-
ing to the data, the rate of
underemployment was 8.1
percent in men and women
in the year 2012, which in-
creased to 9 and 9.6 per-
cent respectively in the
year 2019. However, this
rate has decreased in the
year 2022 and it is now re-
corded at 7.7 percent for
men and 7.1% for women.
Another aspect which
has been given a lot of im-
portance in this report is
that from the year 2000 till
now, 50 to 55% of the total
labour force in India is de-
pendent on their own ef-
forts for employment,
which has been placed in
the category of self-em-
ployed in this report and
which can also be consid-
ered as self-reliant, which
is much discussed in the
present times. The figures
show that in the year 2000,
there were 52.5% people in
this category, while in the
year 2022, their number
has increased to 55.8%.
The data of this report
also shows that the per-
centage of people under
regular employment in In-
dia has increased continu-
ously till the year 2019, but
after 2019, a decline has
been observed in it. Un-
doubtedly, the main reason
for this is the layoffs of
employees done by every
institution during Corona
for the purpose of cost con-
trol to maintain profitabil-
ity. According to the data,
in the year 2000, 14.2% of
the total workforce in India
was in regular employ-
ment, while in 2012 their
percentage increased to
17.9 and in 2019 it was the
maximum of 23.8%, but in
2022 it registered a sig-
nificant decline and stood
at 21.5%. On other hand,
percentage of temporary
employees in India is con-
tinuously decreasing.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
TOP
TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For as woman came from
man, so also man is born of
woman. But everything comes
from God.
BIBLE
SERVICE SECTOR
DOMINANCE
Aside from all of this,
though, it’s also critical
to remember that India’s
economy has been driven
by the service industry
since the 1990s. But the
primary goal of the 1990s
economic reforms was to
shift the direction of India’s
economic development
away from the agriculture
sector.But this objective
does not seem to have
been implemented on the
ground with a true purpose.
Today, the service sector
contributes around 55 per-
cent to India’s GDP, but its
contribution to employment
is comparatively very low
and on the contrary, even
today a large part of India’s
population is dependent on
agriculture for employment.
Regarding unemployment,
there is also a discussion
these days that if India’s
economy becomes 5 tril-
lion, then unemployment
will be halved. All these
are such thoughts which
seem to be very far
from ground reality.
Now the time has come
when economic policies
need new reforms in view
of employment in agricul-
ture sector, manufacturing
sector and service sector.
Along with this, it is also
necessary that if the GDP
in the economy continues
to grow, then the ac-
countability of economic
policies should be 100%
determined for the growth
of employment and per
capita income. Otherwise,
the growth of GDP will fail
to establish a very positive
aspect towards economic
development.
UNEMPLOYMENTSURGES,
INCOMESEESDOWNTURN
A recent report of the United Nations organization
ILO regarding employment in India in 2024
presents many such figures which seem to say that
the situation of employment in the country was
neither under control in the past nor is it today. If
this continues, then this situation will become more
dire in the future. This latest report includes a
detailed discussion on various dimensions of
unemployment in Indian economy. For example, it
has been mentioned in this report that how much
total number of workers in our society increased
from year 2000 till now, how many got employment
and what was the actual number of unemployment
IN-DEPTH
Voter remains sluggish
in Phase 2 polls also
MAKE THAT CURRY
WITHOUT SPICE
espite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ap-
peal, sustained awareness campaigns by the
Election Commission the voter remained
unenthused. The voting percentage remained low in
the second phase of polling in some states, notable
among them was Kerala, a state where literacy is high
and people are much more conscious of exercising
their right to franchise than in many other states. Vot-
ing for Kerala’s 20 seats fell sharply from 77.84 per-
cent in 2019 to 67.15 percent in 2024. In Manipur,
where ethnic clashes marred the atmosphere before
the polls, the percentage came down from 84.14 per-
cent to 77.95 percent.
The vote percentage for the total 88 seats in the sec-
ond phase was 60.7 percent, down by approximately 9
percent from the 2019 percentage of 69.64.
The low voting percentage has left political parties
wondering about its implications. Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, though, predicted NDA’s victory. “Phase
Two has been too good. Gratitude to the people across
India who have voted today,” he posted on X.
D
ollowing discoveries by Hong Kong’s Cen-
tre for Food Safety and Singapore authori-
ties of carcinogenic substances in four
products of MDH and Everest brands of Indian
spices, both countries imposed bans on select spice
mixes from India.Additionally, the European Union
has raised alarms over contamination in more than
500 food products, including the two spice brands.
Ethylene oxide (ETO) has emerged as the common
culprit, detected in trace amounts. The Food Stand-
ards Authority of India (FSSAI) has to share the
blame for perceived laxity for the recent ban on
spices in the two
countries.
Responding to
these revelations,
the Indian govern-
ment has mandated
testing of export-
bound products for
ETO. The Spices
Board of India has
also made testing
mandatory for con-
signments headed
for Singapore and
Hong Kong.
Previously, Nes-
tle’s Cerelac baby
food was found to
exceed WHO pre-
scribed sugar limits
in India. Regarding
MDH and Everest,
renowned Indian
brands, it remains unclear whether similarly taint-
ed products are circulating in the domestic market.
The situation underscores the urgent need for strin-
gent regulatory measures and monitoring to safe-
guard public health and restore consumer confi-
dence in Indian food products and bring spice back
to the curry. The ban in Singapore and Hong Kong
will erode domestic consumers’ confidence in the
system.
According to a study published in Indian Journal
of Medical Research the number of cancer cases in
India in 2022 was found to be 14, 61, 427 with one
in nine people likely to develop cancer in their life-
time. In 2023 the number increased to 14, 96, 972.
The incidence of disease was found to be growing.
F
According to a study
published in Indian
Journal of Medical
Research the
number of cancer
cases in India in
2022 was found to
be 14, 61, 427 with
one in nine people
likely to develop
cancer in their
lifetime. In 2023 the
number increased to
14, 96, 972
Dr PS
Vohra
The writer is a columnist
and financial thinker
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Do yoga, stay healthy. Did yoga today
after taking a walk with my family
in the National Park at Borivali. It
was heartening to see that on the call of the
Prime Minister @NarendraModi, everyone is
conscious about their health and are making
yoga a part of their daily routine.
Piyush Goyal (मोदी का पिरवार)
@PiyushGoyal
Under the leadership of Honorable
Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi
ji, continuous efforts are being
made to secure the borders of the country by
strengthening infrastructure and technology
with the spirit of nation first. Development of
safe India with Modi ji.
Anurag Thakur (मोदी का पिरवार)
@ianuragthakur
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THAKUR ATTACKS CONGRESS
“Cong manifesto influenced by foreign forces”
ANI
Hamirpur
aunching a
scathing attack
on the Con-
gress, Union Minister
Anurag Thakur alleged
that the party’s manifesto
is influenced by foreign
forces and it strives to di-
vide the nation on the
basis of caste and region.
While campaigning in
Hamirpur, Anurag
Thakur said, “In the Con-
gress manifesto, along
with the hand of the Con-
gress, hands of foreign
forces are also visible
who want to give your
children’s property to
Muslims, finish the na-
tion’s nuclear weapons,
divide the nation on the
basis of caste and region.
The ‘Tukde-tukde’ gang
has surrounded Congress
and has hijacked their
ideology.You have to de-
cide whether you want to
go with Congress’ ‘Tuk-
de-tukde’gang or Naren-
dra Modi who believes in
‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha
Bharat’. You have to de-
cide whether the chil-
dren’s property should
remain with them or
should it go to Muslims.
We gave all rights to
Muslims, equally but we
did not give it based on
religion, we gave it be-
cause it was their right.”
He further claimed
that the Gandhi family
framed laws according
to their convenience.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur takes a selfie with supporters during an election campaign for the
Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh. ANI
L
INDIA 05
CongressspreadliesaboutEVMs,
shouldapologisetocountry:PM
PTI
Vasco (Goa)
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday said
that Congress should
apologise to the country
for making false claims
about the Electronic Vot-
ing Machines after the
Supreme Court held that
EVMs have strengthened
India’s democracy.
Speaking at an election
rally here in the South
Goa Lok Sabha constitu-
ency, he also said that
Goa was a model of his
party’s “saturation ap-
proach” to development
and welfare.
Speaking before an au-
dience of about 50,000,
the Prime Minister noted
that Goa has witnessed
some key developments
in his political life.
“All my turning points
have happened in Goa.
The party’s (BJP’s) deci-
sion to make me PM was
also taken in Goa. My
destiny was written in
Goa,” PM Modi said.
Seizing on the EVM
issue after the Supreme
Court on Friday rejected
pleas for reviving paper
ballots and held that sus-
picions regarding tam-
pering of the voting ma-
chines were unfounded,
the Prime Minister ac-
cused the Congress of
spreading lies.
PM says Goa has witnessed key developments in his political life
“Elect Modi again to make
India3rdlargesteconomy”
PTI
Porbandar
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Saturday
urged the people to make
Narendra Modi the Prime
Minister for the consecu-
tive third term to make
the country the third larg-
est economy in the world.
In the last 10 years,
Modi took several tough
decisions without caring
for the vote bank, he said
as he cited the scrapping
of Article 370 and Ram
temple in Ayodhya.
Addressing a rally for
Union Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya, who is con-
testing from Porbandar
Lok Sabha constituency,
Amit Shah also said that
after two phases of the
Lok Sabha elections, it is
now clear that people
have decided to bring
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi to power for
straight third term.
There are 26 Lok Sab-
ha seats in Gujarat, of
which the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party’s candidate
from Surat has been
elected unopposed.
Shah’s Show in Homeland
LS polls: 2nd phase
has been spectacular
for BJP, says Sarma
ANI
Kamrup
Exuding confidence in
the outcome of the sec-
ond phase of Lok Sabha
polls, Assam CM Him-
anta Biswa Sarma said
on Saturday that the sec-
ond phase has been spec-
tacular for BJPinAssam.
Of the 5 seats that
went to the polls in As-
sam, the BJPwill emerge
victorious on 4 seats
with a significant lead,
Assam CM added.
“My feedback from
yesterday – excellent
turnout in our strong-
holds, 2nd phase has
been spectacular for BJP
in Assam. Of the 5 seats
that went to polls, we
are winning 4 with a
huge lead and in one
seat for obvious reasons,
it is a very very close
contest,” the Assam CM
said in a post on X.
Assam recorded 77.35
per cent voter turnout in
the second phase of
polls on April 26.
According to the Elec-
tion Commission, 77.35
per cent of voters in five
parliamentary constitu-
encies - Silchar, Karim-
ganj, Diphu, Nagaon
and Darrang-Udalguri,
came out to exercise
their franchise in the
second phase of polls.
26/11prosecutorNikamBJP’s
pickforMumbaiNorthCentral
PTI
Mumbai
The BJP on Saturday de-
nied ticket to its Mumbai
NorthCentralMPPoonam
Mahajan and instead
picked prominent lawyer
Ujjwal Nikam, who was
thespecialpublicprosecu-
tor in Mumbai terror at-
tack and 1993 serial blasts
cases, as its nominee. Ni-
kam acquired a celebrity
status when a hundred ac-
cused were convicted in
the Mumbai blasts case
while the 26/11 terror at-
tacktrialculminatedinthe
hanging of Ajmal Kasab,
the lone terrorist captured
alive by the police.
1,500 Sikhs join BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and Punjab
Big Booster Dose for BJP
Agencies
New Delhi
In a significant develop-
ment, 1,500 members
from the Delhi Sikh Gur-
dwara Management
Committee, along with
Singh Sabha and other
Sikh organisations,
joined BJP on Saturday,
just weeks ahead of Lok
Sabha elections in Delhi
and Punjab.
At a grand ceremony
held at the party’s cen-
tral office in New Delhi,
BJP’s National General
Secretary Tarun Chugh,
National Secretary
Manjinder Singh Sirsa,
and Delhi Pradesh Pres-
ident Virendra Sachde-
va conferred party
membership to seven
members of the Delhi
Sikh Gurudwara Man-
agement Committee.
Addressing the event
after the joining of Sikh
members, BJP chief JP
Nadda said that it is a
matter of “pride and hap-
piness” for BJP. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
shares a special bond
with the Sikh community,
and BJP, along with the
Sikh community, will
work for the development
of Delhi and Punjab.
PM did not implement even
one of his promises: Kharge
ANI
Guwahati
Launching an all-round
attack on the BBJP and
PM Modi, Congress Na-
tional President Mall-
ikarjun Kharge said on
Saturday that the Prime
Minister did not imple-
ment even one of his
electoral promises and
still he says that Modi
did a lot of work for the
country. Addressing a
press conference here
today, Kharge said that
the Congress is a party
of those who made In-
dia independent.
UPCMYogiAdityanathattacks
OppositionforquestioningEVM
ANI
Hathras
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi
Adityanath on Saturday
launched a scathing at-
tack at the Opposition
leaders, accusing them of
attempting to shift blame
for their electoral defeats
onto the EVMs.
Addressing the media,
Adityanath asserted,
“The people who are re-
jecting EVMs today are
the same people who
used to loot ballots.”
He targeted Con-
gress, Samajwadi Party,
and other members of
the I.N.D.I.A. block,
accusing them of his-
torically resorting to
fraudulent practices
during elections.
“Whenever Congress,
Samajwadi Party or any
other party associated
with the INDI alliance is
losing elections, they
make every effort to
blame the defeat on
EVMs,” he said.
MODI IN GOA
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath addresses a public meeting
for the Lok Sabha polls, in Auraiya district, on Saturday. PTI
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma being greeted on his arrival for
a rally, in Barpeta district, Assam, on Saturday. PTI
BJP supporters during joining of the party by some new leaders,
in New Delhi, on Saturday. (Inset) JP Nadda, Manjinder Singh
Sirsa and Tarun Chugh with newly joined leaders, PTI
Union HM Amit Shah arrives for a rally in Rajkot, on Saturday.
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is also seen. PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Goa CM Pramod Sawant, state BJP chief Sadanand
Tanavade, party South Goa candidate Pallavi Dempo, North Goa Candidate Shripad Naik greet the
gathering during a rally at Sancoale in South Goa on Saturday. ANI
Ujjwal Nikam ANI Mallikarjun Kharge being
felicitated with Assamese hat, in
Guwahati, on Saturday. PTI
MATTER OF PRIDE FOR
BJP, SAYS JP NADDA
New Delhi: After
several people from
the Sikh community
in Delhi joined the BJP on
Saturday, party chief JP
Nadda said it was a moment
of pride for BJP to welcome
the people from Sikh com-
munity. He said, “We know
how Sikh brothers have
sacrificed their lives for the
country. It is a matter of pride
for us that such members of
the Sikh community join the
BJP. There is only the BJP,
through which we can take
forward the unity, security
and integrity of the country.”
SHAH ATTACKS ‘URBAN
NAXALS' IN BHARUCH
Bharuch: Union HM
Amit Shah on Sat-
urday said people
must not make the mistake
of voting for “urban Nax-
als” and asserted that the
Congress and AAP were
“anti-tribals”. At a rally in the
Bharuch Lok Sabha con-
stituency, where the AAP
has fielded a candidate as
part of its alliance with the
Congress, he urged the
people to vote for BJP's sit-
ting MP Mansukh Vasava.
CONG AND ITS ALLIES CREATING NEGATIVITY: MODI
Vasco: “Congress is insulting our Indian Constitu-
tion. Its Goa candidate has made a revelation which
has exposed the reality of Congress and its hidden
agenda that they are not bothered about the Indian Con-
stitution. This is a ploy against the country,” the PM said,
referring to Congress’ South Goa candidate Viriato Fer-
nandes’s statement that the Constitution was imposed on
Goa after it was liberated from Portuguese rule. Congress
never thought about fisherfolk and it was his government
that created a separate ministry for fisheries and allocated
funds for it, the Prime Minister said.
When Article 370 was
scrapped, Rahul
Gandhi opposed the
move saying a river of
blood will flow in
Kashmir after that.
But in the last five
years, let alone the
river of blood, nobody
dared to throw even a
stone there. PM Modi
worked to finish
terrorism and
Naxalism from the
country.
AMIT SHAH,
UNION HOME MINISTER
Poll Ready!
An electoral officer demonstrates functioning of the EVMs and
VVPATs to the polling officials during a training programme for the
Lok Sabha polls, in Gurugram on Saturday. ANI
Bhopal: MP's
longest-serving
CM and BJP
stalwart Shivraj Singh
Chouhan is likely to
play an important role in
national politics with PM
Narendra Modi telling a
poll rally recently that he
wanted to “take him to
Delhi (Centre)”. Chou-
han, who was CM from
2005 to 2023, is contest-
ing the Lok Sabha polls
from his stronghold
Vidisha. He is up against
Pratap Bhanu Sharma, a
Congressman who won
the seat in 1980 and
1984 on the back of the
post-Emergency Indira
Gandhi juggernaut and
later, the sympathy wave
caused by her death.
SHIVRAJ SET FOR
DELHI JOURNEY
AFTER PM’S HINT

PTI
New Delhi
The Centre on Saturday
saidithasallowedexports
of 99,500 tonnes of on-
ions,mainlysourcedfrom
Maharashtra, to six neigh-
bouring countries despite
the ban on shipments.
The Centre also al-
lowed exports of 2,000
tonnes of white onion cul-
tivated,forexportmarkets
in the Middle East and
some European countries.
In a statement, the Min-
istry of ConsumerAffairs,
Food Public Distribu-
tion said the government
has “allowed export of
99,150 tonnes of onion to
six neighbouring coun-
triesofBangladesh,UAE,
Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauri-
tius and Sri Lanka”.
INDIA 06
READY FOR WORLD PREMIERE
Film Heritage Foundation’s hattrick at Cannes
Gopendra Nath Bhatt
New Delhi/Mumbai
ilm Heritage
Foundation re-
turns to the
Cannes Film Festival for a
third year in a row for the
red-carpet world premiere
of the 4k restoration of
Shyam Benegal’s mile-
stone film “Manthan”
(1976) – India’s first
crowdfunded film pro-
ducedby500,000farmers.
OnAmul’s golden jubi-
leethisyear,FilmHeritage
Foundation joins hands
with the Gujarat Milk
Marketing Federation Ltd
to restore “Manthan”.
Film Heritage Founda-
tionannouncedthatthe4k
restoration of the film has
been selected for world
premiere at the Cannes
2024. “Manthan”, a fic-
tionalized version of the
beginnings of the remark-
able dairy cooperative
movement that trans-
formed India from a milk-
deficient nation to the
world’s largest milk pro-
ducerinspiredbyVerghese
Kurien, father of White
Revolution, is also India’s
first crowdfunded film
produced by 500,000
dairy farmers who con-
tributed Rs 2 each for
film’s production.
The film will be pre-
sented by actor Naseerud-
dinShah,familyofthelate
actress Smita Patil, the
daughter of Dr Verghese
Kurien, the producers of
the film and Film Heritage
FoundationDirector,Shiv-
endra Singh Dungarpur.
Renowned filmmakers Shyam Benegal (R) and Govind Nihalani
(L) holding a poster of “Manthan” movie.
People holding umbrellas walk past amid rain at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Saturday. ANI
“Manthan”isIndia’s
firstcrowdfundedfilm
producedby500,000
dairyfarmerswho
contributedRs2each
forfilm’sproduction
F
Not a Mango Man!
Labourers sort mangoes at a wholesale market, in Nagpur, on
Saturday. Otherwise renowned for its oranges, Nagpur — like rest
of the country — is getting a bumper produce of mangoes.
PTI
Agencies
Imphal
TwoCRPFpersonnelwere
killed and four others in-
jured in an attack by sus-
pected Kuki militants in
Manipur’sNaransenaarea,
on Saturday. Militants at-
tacked CRPF personnel at
0045 hrs, reportedly firing
at a village in Narayanse-
na, under Moirang police
station in Bishnupur.
The Kuki militants
dropped bombs, fired to-
wards B/128 Bn CRPF
camp at Narayansena.
The explosion injured
four personnel, including
Insp/Gd Jadav Das, SI/
GD N Sarkar, HC/GD
Arup Saini, and CT/GD
Aftab Hussain, while SI/
GD N Sakar and HC/GD
Arup Saini died. All the
injured were rushed to the
hospital for treatment.
A combined force
rushed into the area and
conducted search opera-
tions. Three suspected
Kuki militants were
rounded up.
Agencies
New Delhi
The Iranian government
said the crew aboard Por-
tuguese-flagged contain-
er ship MSCAries will be
released soon. Iranian
FMAmirAbdollahian in-
formed of this develop-
ment to Portuguese coun-
terpart Paulo Rangel.
“Thehumanissueofthe
freedom of the ship’s crew
is of serious concern to us,
and we have announced
consular access, freedom
andtransfertotheirambas-
sadors in Tehran,” Abdol-
lahian said. Iran, however,
has not announced the
dates for their release.
PTI
New Delhi
Electronic component
manufacturers should en-
sure country’s security
interests while starting
new projects, said Union
IT Secretary S Krishnan
on Saturday. He said the
govt was opening up on
this topic and has been in-
structing companies to
ensure that while design-
ing a project, country’s
security interests should
be taken care of. Main-
taining that supply chain
constraints was witnessed
in India during COV-
ID-19, he said, if you
look at the supply chain
internationally semi-con-
ductor chips are domi-
nated by Taiwan.
ANI
New Delhi
The Supreme Court on
Friday sought responses
from the Centre, Punjab
and Haryana govern-
ments on a plea seeking
to fix the minimum sup-
port price (MSP), includ-
ing the increase of the
same from time to time
for the alternative crops
grown by farmers and
procurement of the same
by the government.
First India Bureau
Srinagar
Light to moderate rain
lashed parts of Kashmir
on Saturday, with the
Meteorological Centre in
Srinagar forecasting
more precipitation for the
next three days.
Till April-end, while
the plains in JK are ex-
pected to receive light to
widespread rains, the up-
per reaches may witness
light snowfall in the com-
ing days. MeT Srinagar
Center’s director,
Mukhtar Ahmad, said
generally cloudy weather
with light to moderate
rain or snow in higher
reaches was expected at
many places on Saturday.
“There is a possibility
of heavy rain, thunder,
lightning, and hail-
storms in isolated plac-
es,” he said.
Fairly widespread,
moderate rainfall or
snowfall with lightning-
laden thunderstorms is
expected over Jammu
and Kashmir on Sunday
and Monday.
“Generally cloudy
with light to moderate
rain and snow (light
snow over higher reach-
es) at most places, with
thunder, lightning, hail-
storms, and gusty winds
at a few places, with the
possibility of heavy rain
over isolated places of
Jammu Kashmir Divi-
sion, particularly on
April 28 29,” the MeT
director said.
Rains lash Kashmir, more rainfall likely till April-end
Jammu received 2.3 mm, Banihal 2.3
mm, Batote 22.8 mm and Bhadarwah
16.4mm of rainfall in last 24 hours
LIGHT RAIN, STRONG WINDS LIKELY IN
DELHI; HEATWAVE IN BIHAR, JHARKHAND
New Delhi: Delhi is expected to receive light
rain with thundershowers on Saturday, ac-
companied by gusty winds, according to the
India Meteorological Department (IMD). “Partly cloudy
sky, possibility of very light rain/thundershowers with
strong surface winds (speed 25-35 kmph) during the
day,” the weather department predicted. Tomorrow’s
maximum and minimum temperatures will be around
39 and 24 degrees Celsius respectively, it added.
HEATWAVEALERTFOR
KERALA,TEMPTO
TOUCH41°CELSIUS
HEATWAVE TO
PERSIST IN SOUTH
INDIA: IMD ALERT
Kochi: The IMD
issued a heat
wave alert for
Kollam, Thrissur, and
Palakkad districts in Ker-
ala on Saturday. These
districts are expected to
experience heat wave
conditions till April 28.
The alert comes after
the region recorded
extreme temperatures in
recent days, with predic-
tions indicating that
Palakkad may reach 41
degrees Celsius.
New Delhi:
East and South
Peninsular India
reeling under severe
heatwave conditions are
unlikely to get any relief
for the next five days, the
latest weather forecast
suggests. As per an IMD
alert, heatwave to severe
heatwave conditions are
likely to prevail in Gan-
getic West Bengal, parts
of Odisha, and isolated
pockets of Sub-Himala-
yan West Bengal.
TwoCRPFpersonnelkilledandfour
injuredinattackbyKukimilitants
Kuki militants have started attacking various villages
MANIPUR TENSE AGAIN
Police personnel are seen on the bridge of the National Highway 2 that was partially damaged due
to an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion, in the Kangpokpi district of Manipur. ANI
A view of the damaged houses in Parnote village of Ramban
district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
The Centre has also allowed exports of 2,000 tonnes of white onion
cultivated, especially, for export markets in the Middle East.
TWO MAOISTS NABBED
IN JHARKHAND’S
PALAMU DISTRICT
Medininagar: Two
Maoists have been
arrested following a
joint operation by the Cen-
tral Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) and Jharkhand
Police in Palamu district,
officials said on Saturday.
Four country-made weap-
ons and explosives were
recovered, police added.
Palamu SP Reeshma
Ramesan said the duo was
arrested on Friday evening
from different villages under
Husainabad police station.
The Maoists were identified
as Rajendra Bhuiyan (34)
and Vishnu Viswakarma
(31), she said.
Agencies
Jammu
Over 350 people in
JK’s Ramban district
abandoned their homes
on Saturday after de-
struction of the houses
due to land subsidence.
Asperreports30houses
werecompleteddestroyed,
20 partially damaged and
10 others developed huge
cracks making them unfit
for occupation in a village
uphill and downhill on the
Ramban-Gool Road.
These families are now
living under the open sky
after taking their house-
hold goods and livestock
out of the inhabitable
residences. Authorities
are providing tents,
drinking water facility,
healthcare, toilets, bed-
ding etc to these people.
Land subsidence leaves 350
homeless in JK’s Ramban dist
Centre allows 99.5k tons of onion
exports to 6 neighbouring countries
JK: 24X7 KITCHEN OPERATIONAL TO SUPPORT
FAMILIES NEAR RAMBAN LAND SINKING CAMP SITE
Jammu: A day after 50 houses, power infrastructure
and road links were damaged, the government
has set up a 24x7 operational kitchen to support
the families near the subsidence site in Pernote village in
Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. The office of the
Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Baseer-Ul-Haq, posted on
“ongoing rescue and rescue operations are being strength-
ened repair work” on X (formerly Twitter).
SC seeks reply from
GoI, Pb, Hry on MSP
for alternative crops
Crewonseizedcargoshipto
bereleasedsoon:IranMin
Electronic makers told to
ensure nation’s interests
S Jaishankar with Iran’s Foreign
Minister Amir Abdollahian.

‘HOCKEY WALI SARPANCH’ FROM JHUNJHUNU MAKES IT TO NEW YORK
Neeru Yadav to address annual meeting at the UN
First India Bureau
Jaipur
arpanch of
Gram Panchay-
at Lambi Ahir
of Jhunjhunu district of
Rajasthan, Neeru Yadav
will participate in the an-
nual meeting of the Pop-
ulation and Development
Commission of the Unit-
ed Nations to be held in
New York.
NeeruYadav, Sarpanch
of Jhunjhunu district, will
share her experiences on
innovations made to em-
power girls and women at
the Panchayat level in
NewYork. She will share
her views on the topic
“Leadership Experience”
of elected representatives
in the annual conference
“CPD Meet-2024” organ-
ized by the Commission
on Population and Devel-
opment (CDP) of the
United Nations in New
York on 3 May 2024.
Along with Neeru Ya-
dav, Sarpanch of Gram
Panchayat Pikaru of
Andhra Pradesh, Ku-
nuku Hema Kumari and
Chairperson of Sepahi-
jala District Council of
Tripura, Supriya Das
Dutta will also share
their views in New York.
The annual meeting of
the Commission on Pop-
ulation and Development
will be held in New York
from 29 April 2024 to 3
May 2024. The annual
meeting aims to review
the 2030Agenda for Sus-
tainable Development.
The Commission is a
three-tier intergovern-
mental organization of
the United Nations, its
purpose is to provide
support and advice to the
Economic and Social
Council of the United
Nations. It also aims to
monitor, review and
evaluate the implemen-
tation of the program of
the International Confer-
ence on Population and
Development at the na-
tional, regional and in-
ternational levels.
It is noteworthy that
Neeru Yadav has taken
many new initiatives in
her Panchayat. Like pre-
paring the girls’ hockey
team of the Panchayat
and getting them to prac-
tice regularly through
coaches. Along with tak-
ing the initiative to make
Gram Panchayat plastic-
free by opening a Utensil
Bank in his area, she also
empowered rural women
by getting bags made
from old clothes. Simi-
larly, to promote the en-
vironment, a new cam-
paign was started by giv-
ing trees as Kanyadaan
on marriage. Also, the
Mera Ped - Mera Dost
campaign was started un-
der which 21000 trees
were distributed free of
cost to the students of
government schools.
Yadav made the gen-
eral public aware about
their rights by running
the Sarpanch Series and
took the initiative to de-
liver pension to the el-
derly and disabled people
at their homes every
month under the Aapke
Dwar campaign.
Neeru Yadav, Sarpanch of
Gram Panchayat Lambi Ahir,
Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.
S
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07
UnstoppableRRcontinuetheirwinningspree
First India Bureau
Lucknow
Skipper Sanju Samson
led from the front with an
unbeaten 33-ball 71
while Dhruv Jurel made
52 not out off 34 balls to
guide Rajasthan Royals
to a seven-wicket win
over Lucknow Super Gi-
ants, in their IPL match
here on Saturday.
Chasing 197, Samson
and Jurel shared uncon-
quered 121 runs for the
fourth wicket to chase
down the target in 19
overs. Earlier, skipper KL
Rahul hit a 48-ball 76
while Deepak Hooda
made 50 off 31 balls to
guide Lucknow Super Gi-
ants to a decent 196 for 5
against Rajasthan Royals.
LSG rode on 115-run
third-wicket stand be-
tween Rahul and Hooda
to put up a fighting total.
Sandeep Sharma was the
most successful bowler
for RR, returning with
figures of 2/31.
Royals have 8 wins and
a defeat from nine match-
es this season.Their NRR
is +0.694. LSG have five
wins and four defeats
from nine matches (NRR:
+0.059). RR started the
season with four wins be-
fore a defeat.
IPL Match 44
Delhi beat Mumbai Indians in
another high-scoring affair
Jyothi shoots hat-trick of
gold as archers bag 5 medals
Deadly crash in
US kills three
Indian women
Student anti-Israel protests
refuse to back down, 550 held
MDH says products are safe;
rejects pesticide allegations
ANI
New Delhi
Jake Fraser-McGurk’s
powerful knock, fol-
lowed by Rasikh Dar
Salam, Mukesh Kumar
and Khaleel Ahmed’s
supercharged pace at-
tack helped Delhi Cap-
itals (DC) defeat
Mumbai Indians by 10
runs in their Indian
Premier League (IPL)
2024 match here at the
Arun Jaitley Stadium
on Saturday.
Rasikh was the pick
for the home side, he
came on as an impact
sub and picked up 3 for
34 in this high-scoring
affair while Mukesh
also returned with a
three-wicket haul. For
MI, Tilak Varma
scored 63 runs while
skipper Hardik Pandya
scored 46 for Mumbai
Indians.
Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets in an Indian Premier League match in Lucknow
Rajasthan Royals’ Sandeep Sharma celebrates the wicket of Lucknow Super Giants’ Marcus Stoinis during an IPL match between Lucknow
Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow on Saturday. PTI
Delhi Capitals bowler Rasikh Salam celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya during the IPL match between Delhi Capitals and
Mumbai Indians at Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Saturday. PTI
DC’ Rasikh Salam celebrates
the wicket of MI batter Nehal.
Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler plays a shot during an IPL match
between LSG and RR, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow on Saturday. PTI
KL RAHUL SURPASSES
4,500 RUNS IN IPL
New Delhi: Lucknow
Super Giants opener
KL Rahul has
completed 4,500 runs in
the Indian Premier League
(IPL). Rahul unlocked this
achievement in Match 44 of
IPL 2024 against Lucknow
Super Giants on Saturday.
The LSG opener struck 76
from 48 balls. He shared a
crucial 115-run stand along-
side Deepak Hooda. Rahul
attained the milestone in his
127 match (118 innings) as
LSG managed 196/5.
BUTTLER COMPLETES
3,000 RUNS FOR RR
New Delhi: The
dashing Jos Buttler
has completed
3,000 runs for Rajasthan
Royals in the Indian Pre-
mier League (IPL). Buttler
reached this feat in Match
44 of IPL 2024 against Luc-
know Super Giants on Sat-
urday. Buttler, who recently
completed 3,500 runs in the
IPL, became the second RR
batter with 3,000-plus runs
for the franchise. He got to
the mark while chasing a
target of 197.
PTI
Shanghai
Asian Games champion
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
spearheaded India’s
dominance with a rare
hat-trick of gold as com-
pound archers lapped up
five medals at the ongo-
ing Archery World Cup
Stage 1 here on Saturday.
The world No. 3 Jy-
othi fought past tourna-
ment top seed Andrea
Becerra of Mexico in a
tight shoot-off finish
146-146 (9*-9) to be-
come the second Indian
after Deepika Kumari to
secure triple gold medals
in a World Cup.
Three-time Olympian
and former world No. 1
Deepika had achieved
the incredible feat at Par-
is World Cup Stage 3 in
June 2021.
Indian archers Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verm at
the Archery World Cup Stage 1, in Shanghai, Friday. PTI
Agencies
New York
Acause celebre is ringing
out across top US univer-
sities with students de-
manding that the insti-
tutes stop investing in
Israel and weapons that
fuel Gaza war. Protestors
say they are willing to
risk arrest, but won’t stop
until their demand is met.
Nearly 550 arrests have
been made in the last
week across major US
universities, as per Reu-
terstally.Massivedemon-
strations against Israel are
being held on the cam-
puses of Harvard, Colum-
bia,YaleandUCBerkeley
and several other.
University authorities
have said the demonstra-
tions are often unauthor-
ized and called on police
to clear them.
Over the past 2 days,
lawenforcementatthebe-
hestofcollegeadministra-
tors have deployed Tasers
teargasagainststudents
protesters, activists say,
while officers clad in riot
gear and mounted on
horseback have swept
away demonstrations at
the University in Texas.
PTI
New Delhi
MDH, a leading spice
brand, on Saturday as-
sured consumers that its
products are 100 per cent
safe and rejected the al-
legations of the presence
of certain pesticides in
some products by Hong
Kong and Singapore
food regulators.
Earlier this month,
Hong Kong’s Center for
Food Safety (CFS) said
that samples of several
kinds of pre-packaged
spice-mix products of
two Indian brands MDH
and Everest were found
to contain a pesticide eth-
ylene oxide.
The CFS asked con-
sumers not to buy and
traders not to sell MDH’s
Madras Curry Powder
(spice blend for Madras
curry), Everest Fish Cur-
ry Masala, MDH Samb-
har Masala Mixed Masa-
la Powder, and MDH
Curry Powder Mixed
Masala Powder.
In a statement, MDH
said it has not received
any communications
from Hong Kong and
Singapore food safety
regulators.
Beauty Pageant @ 60
A 60-year-old Argentinian lawyer is one step closer to
making history. Alejandra Rodriquez was crowned Miss
Universe Buenos Aires for the right to represent the
province in the nationwide competition in May.
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
 Israeli soldiers kill two
Palestinian gunmen in
West Bank, military says
 Israel Gives Hostage
Deal “Last Chance”
Before Rafah Attack:
Reports
 Yemen’s Houthis claim
responsibility for attacks
on British oil tanker, US
drone
Several people have been arrested after police quelled pro-
Palestine protests at universities across the United States.
Everest has said its spices are
safe for consumption.
PTI
New York
Three women, reportedly
from India, were killed in
a deadly crash in the US
state of South Carolina
when their overspeeding
car veered out of control
before jumping at least
20 feet in the air and
crashing into trees, media
reports said.
The accident occurred
on Friday, according to
the South Carolina High-
way Patrol troopers, Fox
Carolina reported.
The women, who were
reportedly Indians, were
travelling in the SUV
speeding in the north-
bound lanes of Interstate
85, Chief Deputy Coro-
ner Mike Ellis from the
Greenville County Coro-
ner’s Office said.

Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur
A total of 62.10 percent
voter turnout was re-
corded in two phases of
the Lok Sabha polls on
all the 25 seats in Ra-
jasthan, which is about
4.24 per cent less than
the voter turnout of
2019-LS elections.
In the 2014 general
elections, the voter turn-
out was 63.02 per cent.
In the first phase of
polling for 12 Lok Sabha
seats in the state held on
April 19, 58.28 per cent
turnout was registered
while 65.52 per cent turn-
out was recorded in the
second phase of polling
forthe13LokSabhaseats
in the state on Friday.
The voting percentage
has increased in Kota,
Banswara and Barmer
Lok Sabha constituen-
cies as compared to the
2019 polls. The highest
voting percentage of
76.5 was in Barmer-Jais-
almer and the lowest of
50.04 per cent was re-
corded in Karauli-Dhol-
pur lok sabha seats.
In assembly constitu-
encies, highest voting in
Baytu and Ghatol at
82.15 percent and the
lowest turnout was 40.21
percent in Nokha. Chief
Electoral Officer Praveen
Gupta said that there are
8 Lok Sabha constituen-
cies where women have
voted more than men.
This includes 5 Lok Sab-
ha constituencies of the
second phase and 3 Lok
Sabha constituencies of
the first phase.
A total of 5,35,08,010
voters were registered
across the state under the
Lok Sabha general elec-
tions and a total of 266
candidates were in the
fray for all the 25 Lok
Sabha constituencies of
the state.
By Tridib Raman
The author is a journalist and political commentator
and views expressed are his personal
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
Mirch Masala
BJP TRYING TO PACIFY ALLIANCE PARTNERS IN MAHARASHTRA!
hese days, BJP is busy making
its strategy regarding Maha-
rashtra. Sources say that BJP’s
ground surveys in Maharashtra shows
that the position of BJP candidates in the
field is very good, but due to the alliance,
the candidates of Ajit Pawar or Shinde’s
party are facing tough competition. In
many surveys, such claims have been
made on some seats of these candi-
dates. The much-discussed Baramati
parliamentary seat, from where Ajit Pa-
war’s wife Sunetra Pawar is contesting,
is facing a tough challenge from Sharad
Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule. Only
after this, the BJP leadership asked both
Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde to get
some of their candidates to contest the
elections on the lotus symbol. But both
these leaders are not able to accept this
proposal of BJP. The BJP leadership
has clearly told both these leaders that
wherever BJP does not have its own
candidates, the BJP cadre is not able to
come out openly in support of the candi-
dates of its alliance partners.
T
or some time,
JJP leader Du-
shyant Chauta-
la was trying to meet his
grandfather and former
Haryana Chief Minister
Om Prakash Chautala.
Recently, Dushyant got
success in his efforts
and he came to Delhi
with his brother Digvijay
to meet his grandfa-
ther. It is said that in
this meeting, Dushyant
repeatedly urged his
grandfather that ‘now
the time has come that
the Chautala family
should unite and for
this our political party
should also be united.’
It is reported that Om
Prakash Chautala said
on this proposal, “I am
ready to accept JJP as
my party, but I have
only one condition that
the leader of this party
will be Abhay Chautala.”
Obviously Dushyant did
not accept this propos-
al, things did not work
out and he returned
back to Haryana.
F
he real strategy of Sangh Parivar and BJP
is being made regarding UP. Underlining
its chances of victory, BJP has divided the
entire UP into three zones. The first zone is ‘Yellow’
i.e. such seats are part of this ‘zone’ where BJP is
registering a comfortable victory and no other party
is in competition on these seats. Most of the seats
in Uttar Pradesh are falling in this zone. The second
zone is ‘Green’ where BJP is facing competition from
rival candidates. And the third zone is ‘Red’. While
the BJP is facing a tough fight from its rivals, some
of the key seats in the ‘Red Zone’ are - Mainpuri,
Moradabad, Kannauj, Badayun, Muzaffarnagar,
Sambhal, Pilibhit, Rampur, Shravasti, Basti, Ambed-
kar Nagar, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Lalganj, Ghazipur,
Ghosi, Machlishahr, Kaushambi and Barabanki.
n Karnataka, ever since JDS has joined
hands with BJP, the Muslim vote bank there
has been inclined towards Congress. Before
now, Muslim votes were divided between Congress
and JDS, but on the other hand, Hindu votes are
united towards BJP. If sources are to be believed, the
anger of the Muslims of the state towards JDS has in-
creased only after the Danish Ali episode. Danish Ali,
who was considered very close to JDS chief HD Deve
Gowda, was firmly supported by the latter in getting
him a BSP ticket in 2019 for which Deve Gowda him-
self spoke to Mayawati. But when BJP MP Ramesh
Bidhuri in Parliament made some indecent remarks
on Danish Ali regarding his community, no statement
of Deve Gowda came out in defense of Danish. Due
to which the Muslims of Karnataka became very
angry with Deve Gowda. Congress has also attacked
Vokkaliga, the core vote bank of JDS. State Congress
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is a Vokkaliga
of the same caste as Deve Gowda. DK is very vocal
for the Vokkaliga community. Due to this also, division
of Vokkaliga votes has become possible in these elec-
tions. Congress hopes that it will get the votes of the
Vokkaliga community in bulk in these elections.
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BJP'SSTRATEGYREGARDINGUTTARPRADESH!
WHAT ARE THE EQUATIONS IN KARNATAKA?
HOW WILL THE
CHAUTALA FAMILY
UNITE?
BUREAUCRATIC TALE
Will more Raj IAS get a Central deputation call now?
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur
he Union govt
has made seven-
teen new ap-
pointments on Joint Secy
level wherein IAS officers
from1997-2007batchand
other officers from All In-
dia Services have been
included. But what is wor-
rying and disheartening is
the fact that order of Cen-
tral DoPT, issued after a
long time while the MCC
is enforced, does not fea-
ture any IAS from Ra-
jasthan.Thereasonforthis
is that there is no IAS of
JointSecyrankinpipeline
in the state. Notably, al-
though in the previous
Gehlot govt, many senior
IAS went for deputation,
but junior and young of-
ficers did not express in-
terest for deputation and
those who did ask for a
NOC from the state gov-
ernment were not given
and even if someone was
given the NOC, they did
not get a call from Delhi.
According to sources,
tenyoungIASof2007 are
empanelledasoftodayfor
Joint Secy but majority of
these are not interested in
going to Delhi. The DoP
tooktoomuchtimeingiv-
ing NOC to Subir Kumar
(1998 batch). In fact, Sub-
ir’sNOCwasrenewedtoo
but he did not get a call
from Delhi and now he is
not interested in going on
deputation to Centre.
T. Ravikanth (1998
batch) had sought a NOC
in the previous govt and
after a delay, he withdrew
the request. 2002 batch
IAS Ashutosh AT Ped-
nekarwassomehowgiven
the NOC by the previous
govt in October 2023, but
he did not get a call from
the centre and now in
march 2024, the validity
of the NOC expired. Now
he will have to seek NOC
yet again from new govt.
Any young IAS, who is
empanelled for JS as on
today,shouldgoondeputa-
tion to Delhi and officers
who seek a NOC, the DOP
should provide NOC to
suchofficerswithoutdelay
because it is extremely im-
portant to increase our par-
ticipation in the decreasing
numberofRajasthancadre
officers at the centre.As of
now only four young Ra-
jasthan cadre officers -
Mugdha Singh, Pritam B
Yashwant, Sidharth Ma-
hajan and Tina Soni - are
serving as Joint Secretary
while two officers - Mukta
Nand Agrawal and Ab-
himanyuKumar-areserv-
ing as Director. Consider-
ing the IAS cadre strength
of 253 in Rajasthan, this
number on deputation is
extremely low.
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Kashmir - Then Now!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra undertook a day’s trip to the city of Srinagar, accompanied by Ajay Kumar
(Consulting Editor, Bharat24) on Saturday. The Tiranga flying high atop the clock tower at Lal
Chowk - inspires reverence pride, in one and all, at the achievement of the Indian state under
PM Narendra Modi. 22 years of longing to see progressive, developmental peaceful Kashmir
has today become a reality - a feeling long missed by Consulting Editor, Ajay Kumar - who had
to suddenly pack his bags and leave his hotel in the wee morning hours in the year 2001. Ajay
was threatened with dire consequences for his reporting by the swath of militancy prevalent
then. Standing in the midst of rain, with Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Ajay Kumar narrated the horrors of
militant extremism experienced by him as a journalist reporting from Kashmir. And today, how
PM Modi’s stroke of resurgent India has metamorphosed Kashmir into a paradise it was always
remembered as. Though the rain played spoilsport, the duo went around the scenic spots of
Srinagar as they were enthralled by the rain-drenched ethereal beauty of “Jannat-e-Kashmir”.
PCC chief GS Dotasra
questions ECI over no
action on 21 complaints
CM’s Gau
Prem: Cow
enters CMR
before CM
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Raj CM Bhajan Lal
Sharma’s love for
bovines and their
service knows no
bounds. As a result,
CM directed that
firsta cow be shifted
to his official resi-
dence 8 Civil Lines.
The cow even
checked surround-
ingsoftheCMRand
entered house first.
Notably, Bhajan Lal
govt also issued ad-
visory to maintain
cowsheds to protec
cows from heat and
heat waves.
State govt has
given advisory for
variousschemesand
grantsforcowsheds.
Instructions have
been issued for pro-
tectionofcattlefrom
summer season. In
this regrd, the state
govt has also asked
people to take coop-
eration from District
Collector, PHED
and local adminis-
tration while supply
of clean drinking
water to the cows
should be ensured in
the cowsheds oper-
ated in the districts.
Dinesh Dangi
Jaipur
Rajasthan Congress has
lodged 21 complaints
with the Election Com-
mission regarding the
speeches made during
the campaign before the
Lok Sabha elections held
in two phases in Ra-
jasthan. The complaints
are against the BJP lead-
ers including PM Naren-
dra Modi, Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah, UP CM
YogiAdityanath and sev-
eral ministers. PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
said that the party has
lodged 21 complaints but
not even a single notice
has been issued and no
action has been taken till
now. He questioned
whether the Election
Commission was sleep-
ing or had forgotten its
responsibility.
Rajasthan witnesses a slight decline in voter turnout compared to
2019, with 62.10% voting as compared to 66.34% in last LS Polls
DEMOGRAPHIC VOTING PATTERNS
STATESEESDIPINVOTER
TURNOUTIN2024LSPOLLS
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As we go through our daily life, we must reflect if
our actions create harmony and empower others,
that is the only way we will feel the same ourselves.
Dr JAGDEESH CHANDRA, CMD Editor-in-Chief
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
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WOMEN VOTERS AHEAD OF
MEN IN 8 OUT OF 25 SEATS
FIRST PHASE
Women voted
more in Sikar,
Jhunjhunu and
Churu Lok Sabha
SECOND PHASE
Women voted more in
Udaipur, Rajsamand,
Banswara, Jalore, Pali
CHURU
UDAIPUR
PALI
JALORE
RAJSAMAND
BANSWARA
JHUNJHUNU SIKAR
63.71
68.01
57.25
63.35
59.18
75.75
65.36
57.13
62.48
57.63
72.05
54.03
58.92
63.51
51.92
56.26
Female Male * Voting In Percentage
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh
After Lok Sabha elections
got over in Rajasthan, BJP
state president CP Joshi
on Saturday said that the
partyisgoingtodoaclean
sweep in the state. He said
that BJP will score a hat-
trick again.
“Some people tried
their best to change the
direction of the wave but
the party workers and the
public made such tactics a
complete failure,” he said
without naming anyone.
Joshi reached the cen-
tral office of Lok Sabha
elections in Chittorgarh
to meet the party work-
ers. He said that if the
public gives blessings
then all the tricks fail.The
BJP state chief said that
many allegations were
made against him earlier
also. “I have been saying
this before and today I say
it again with a challenge
thatthedayafingerwillbe
raised against me, I will
leave politics,” he said.
BJP is going to do a clean sweep in
LS Poll results of Raj, says CP Joshi
The party is going to
do a clean sweep in
the state and BJP will
score a hat-trick
again, says CP Joshi

JAIPUR, SUNDAY | APRIL 28, 2024
Glamour | Fashion | Bollywood | Hollywood | Lifestyle
RAJASTHAN’SBIGGEST...
n a bid to cater to the entertainment
needs of its audience, First India
News channel launched its First India
Plus OTT app one month ago on
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he bustling
city of
J a i p u r
p l a y e d
host to the
grand poster launch cer-
emony of two of the
country’s most prestig-
ious events, the Fashion
Connect and Bikaji pre-
sents Food and Hospital-
ity Awards - 2024, pre-
sented by Bharat24- Vi-
sion of New India and
First India Newspaper.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion by
unveiling the captivating
posters alongside Deep-
ak Agarwal, MD of Bi-
kaji Group.Amidst much
anticipation, the dates
and designers for the up-
coming ‘Food and Hos-
pitality Awards’ and
‘Fashion Connect Season
18’were unveiled, prom-
ising an extravaganza of
style and flavour. The
majestic Hotel Fairmont
is set to host the mega
fashion event on the Sep-
tember 25, 2024, promis-
ing a spectacle that will
leave fashion aficionados
spellbound.
Adding a touch of Bol-
lywood glamour to the
event, renowned design-
ers such as Daamann by
Mohit Anjula Falod,
Wrickie Angrish and Ea-
kia x Orab, are set to
grace the ramp in Jaipur
this season. Senior politi-
cian Rajiv Arora, GM
Fairmont Rajat Sethi,
Marketing Head, Fair-
mont, Prisha along with
supermodels Astha
Khandelwal, Mitali Ku-
mawat, Vishakha Khatri
among others were also
present.
The poster launch,
held at the iconic rooftop
lounge, HOP of Jaipur,
saw the presence of
prominent personalities
including Brand Ambas-
sador Rishee Miglani,
whose eloquent gratitude
resonated with the gath-
ered guests for their un-
wavering support. Show-
casing a blend of talent
and vision, the helm of
affairs for both events re-
mains under the seasoned
guidance of Lokesh
Sharma, the
a c c l a i m e d
Show Director.
Dr Chandra’s re-
lentless dedication
to nurturing Indian
talent and foster-
ing the food and
hospitality indus-
try has propelled
Fashion Connect
and First India
Food and Hospi-
tality Awards to
international ac-
claim, drawing at-
tention not just
within Rajasthan but
also beyond borders.
As the countdown
begins, the stage is
set for an unforgetta-
ble showcase of crea-
tivity and culinary
excellence at the Fair-
mont Hotel, Jaipur.
With designers like
Mohit Falod, Wrickie
Angrish, Eakia x
Orab, and a grand fi-
nale by Rohit Gandhi
and Rahul Khanna,
poised to captivate
the audience, and
the culinary maes-
tros gearing up
for a culinary ex-
travaganza at
Sawai Maan Ma-
hal, Rambagh
Hotel on August
21, anticipation
reaches a fever pitch.
Fashion, food and festiv-
ity await as Jaipur pre-
pares to host the crème
de la crème of the indus-
try in a celebration of
style and taste.
Jaipur dazzled as the vibrant backdrop for the poster
launch ceremony of Fashion Connect Season 18 and Bikaji
presents Food and Hospitality Awards - 2024, presented
by Bharat24- Vision of New India and First India News,
promising an unforgettable blend of style and taste.
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Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Mohit Falod,
Rajiv Arora, Lokesh Sharma, Rishee Miglani,
Deepak Agarwal, Rajat Sethi,
Anita Hada Mitali Kumawat
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Deepak Agarwal
Rishee Miglani
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SAVOURING
Shekhawati’s
City
First brings
you a gastronomic
adventure through the
vibrant Shekhawati
region, where every bite
is a melody of
tradition and
taste.
City First
n Shekhawati, the
thali isn’t just a
meal; it’s a cultural
cornerstone, espe-
cially during auspicious occa-
sions. Celebrations are incom-
plete without the symphony of
flavours that this thali brings
to the table. It’s a reflection of
the region’s hospitality and a
gesture of love passed down
through generations.
Let’s take a run through the
food items you will see in this
Thali…
MEETHE MOONG
AND CHAWAL:
SWEET HARMONY
Our journey kicks
off with the delight-
ful Meethe Moong, a
sweetened moong dal
that dances in sweet
harmony with Chawal.
This pairing showcases
Shekhawati’s mastery in
creating a symphony of
flavours that caresses
the taste buds.
This adventure continues with the
elegant simplicity of Sookhe Aloo,
where humble potatoes transform
into a crispy masterpiece, a true
reflection of Shekhawati’s culinary
artistry.
SOOKHE
ALOO:
CRISPY
ELEGANCE
Spicy Mirch Tipore takes centre stage,
bringing a fiery tango to our thali. These
fried green chillies tell a story of bold
flavours and the unique spice profile of
Shekhawati cuisine.
MIRCH
TIPORE: A
SPICY
TANGO
KADHI: A RAJASTHANI LEGACY
Finally, the soul-soothing Kadhi, a Rajasthani legend that
has its roots deeply embedded in the heart of this desert
land. In the vast expanse of Rajasthan, Kadhi is more than
just a dish; it’s a legacy passed down through generations.
Originally crafted with makki atta, the essence of Kadhi in
Shekhawati encapsulates the undying spirit of Rajasthan’s
rich culinary history. The infusion of besan over time has
transformed it into the comfort-laden delight we cherish
today. It’s fascinating to witness the evolution, as each
spoonful connects us to the kitchens of our ancestors.
Beyond the borders of Shekhawati, Kadhi takes on
various forms across India, showcasing the country’s
diverse culinary landscape. Different regions have their
unique twists, be it the spicier versions of North India or
the subtly tangy renditions in the South. Yet, in Shekha-
wati, Kadhi remains an unspoken love language, especially
during festive seasons and auspicious occasions. It’s the
dish that binds families, evoking a sense of warmth and
nostalgia with every spoonful.
I love the Kadhi Ratzz prepares, I am a ‘Kadhi-monster’
when it comes to her Khatto! Yes, another name for Kadhi
in Rajasthan.
As we savour each bite of the deli-
cious Shekhawati thali, we’re
not just indulging in a meal,
but partaking in a culinary
legacy that has withstood
the sands of time. The
Shekhawati Thali isn’t
just food; it’s a cele-
bration of tradition,
a journey through
the ages that con-
tinues to resonate
in every bite. In this
flavorful expedition,
let the Shekhawati
Thali weave its magic on
your taste buds.
PANCH MEL DAL: THE
QUINTESSENTIAL BLEND
Enter the Panch Mel Dal, a quint-
essential blend of five different
lentils that adds a nutritious
medley to our thali. It is of-
ten cooked with a blend of
spices, adding rich flavour
and nutrition comes from
its five main ingredients,
lentil varieties offer a
spectrum of textures
and flavors, elevating any
meal, creating a hearty
and nutritious meal. It’s a
gastronomic masterpiece
that showcases Shekhawati’s
love affair with lentils.
RAJASTHANI FOOD FACTS
Rajasthani cuisine is rich and exotic
in both its taste as well as presen-
tation. The unique and delightful
flavors of Rajsthan cuisine are de-
veloped as a result of the scarcity of
water and food grains in this region
like a desert. Still, the people of this
state did not diminish the tastes if
their dishes, in fact, this drawback
intensified it many folds. The Rajas-
thanis have shaped their appetizing
in such a way that their dishes can
be prolonged for many days served
without heating.
Culinary Heritage:
Riccha
Khetan
Ratika
Khetan
Two Sisters, started Cauldron Sisters in 2015. It
started as an exotic food gift hamper business, but
their love for food encouraged them to start culinary
workshops, food deliveries, and slowly and gradually
it turned huge as restaurants and cafes started
approaching them for consultancy
CAULDRON SISTERS
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GHIYA KE
MUTHIYA: A
DUMPLING DELIGHT
Our culinary odyssey
concludes with
Ghiya ke Muthiya,
a flavorful and
crispy bite that
adds a delightful
dimension to
the thali. These
savoury trea-
sures encapsulate
the ingenuity of
Shekhawati kitch-
ens, turning simple
ingredients into culinary
marvels.

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nabidtocatertothe
entertainmentneeds
of its audience, First
India News channel
launched its First
IndiaPlusOTTapponemonthago
on February 24, 2024. In line with
its commitment to showcasing lo-
cal talent, First India Plus intro-
duced Super Singer+ Rajasthan,
the state’s largest singing talent
hunt show. The grand carnival of
Super Singer+ Rajasthan was or-
ganisednearVeda,Panigrah,Jaipur
on Saturday, April 27. The event
was graced by esteemed personali-
ties from various fields. Pawan
Arora, CEO Managing Editor of
First India News, honoured the oc-
casion as the chief guest, motivat-
ingthecontestantswithhisencour-
aging words. He also praised the
judges for their extraordinary con-
tributions to the music industry. Dr
Somya (Mayor of Nagar Nigam
Greater Jaipur), Mohan Singh
Tada, Dr. RK
Arora (CEO
Vice
Chairman)
and his
wife Dr. Rubilla Arora (Dean, Vo-
cational Development, Nirwan
University, Jaipur, (Hospitality
Partner) were guests of honor, add-
ing to the prestige of the event. The
carnival showcased Rajasthan’s
rich culture with a spectacular rally
featuring elephants, horses, and
Kalbaliadancers.Renownedceleb-
rities and judges of the show, Raja
Hasan, Swaroop Khan, and Shrad-
dha Pandit, also graced the event.
Raja Hasan, a talented singer,
songwriter, and composer, has
contributed some great songs to
the industry, including “Sharabi,”
“Lucky Boy,” and his latest hit
track “Sakal Ban.”
ShraddhaPandit,whogrewupin
Mumbai amidst Bollywood’s glit-
terati, hails from a family of suc-
cessful musicians, singers, and mu-
sic producers. She has sung for
prolific music composers likeA. R.
Rahman, Anu Malik, and Sajid-
Wajid. Shraddha Pandit has
charmed audiences with songs like
“Sweety Tera Drama” and “Pani
Wala Dance.”
Swaroop Khan, a folk singer
fromRajasthan,gainedfameinBol-
lywood after his remarkable perfor-
mance in Indian Idol 2010. He was
amongthefinalistsofthe5thseason
of the reality show. Known for his
folk singing prowess, Swaroop
Khan has sung hits like “Tharki
Chokro” and “Ghoomar,” and in
2010,hesangthetitletrackofEmo-
tionalAtyachar.
The event was made possible
through the generous support of
sponsors including Wonder Ce-
ment (Powered by), AU Small Fi-
nance Bank (Co-Powered by),
Jaipur National University (Asso-
ciate Sponsor), Spring Board
Academy (Associate Sponsor),
Competishun(AssociateSponsor),
JK Masale (Associate Sponsor),
Shri Mahaveer College, Jaipur
(Associate Sponsor), Dr Kamdar
Eye Hospital (Supported By), Ea-
kia X Orab-Couture House (Sup-
ported By), Metta Yoga Music
Centre (Supported By) and
Devranjani Music School (Sup-
ported By), Nirwan University
(Hospitality Partner).
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Pawan Arora greets
Mohan Singh Tada
The stunning artists and jury members (L-R) Shraddha Pandit, Swaroop Khan
and Raja Hasan thrilled the audience with their singing performance
Enthusiastic participants enjoy the
chariot ride during the Pinkcity audition
Raja Hasan and Swaroop Khan
caughtgrooving with host
Manmeet Singh amid crowd
A long queue of participants as they make a grand ‘Rajasthani style’ entry
Pawan Arora addressing the audience.
Also seen are jury members: (L-R) Swaroop Khan,
Raja Hasan and Shraddha Pandit
Elephants and horses, adorned
in Rajasthani grace, lead
a chariot parade, a carnival
of tradition and majesty unfurled
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