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UPROAR IN ASSEMBLY OVER FAKE POLICE CASES
Dhariwal faces ire of minister Gudha, Oppn
Yogesh Sharma and
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Parliamentary
affairs Minister Shanti
Dhariwal and the mem-
bers of the Opposition
locked horns on Tues-
day over fake police
cases during reply over
the grant demands of
the police. When Dhari-
wal counted the figures
of action taken against
those who filed false
cases, he said that in the
BJP rule, the action un-
der section 182 was not
even known.
Meanwhile, Minister
of State for Military
Welfare, Rajendra Gud-
ha said, “Even I have
been falsely accused
and a false case filed
against me.”
At this Deputy Lead-
er of the Opposition Ra-
jendra Rathore and the
Opposition MLAs stood
up saying that when a
minister is talking
about false case against
himself, what would be
the condition of com-
mon people. BJP MLAs
raised slogans and the
ruckus subsided after
the intervention of
Speaker Dr CP Joshi.
As ruckus subsided,
Gudha again stood up to
speak in the midst of
Dhariwal’s reply, but
the Speaker did not ap-
prove. Sanyam Lodha
also wanted to speak but
the Speaker did not al-
low him at which Lodha
argued with the Speak-
er but faced reprimand.
“I already knew
about conspiracy that
they do not want to lis-
ten. They spoiled time,”
Dhariwal said. More on P2
I already knew
about conspiracy
that they do not
want to listen, says
Shanti Dhariwal
Shanti Dhariwal speaking in the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday.
CHINA’S NEW FOREIGN
MINISTER TO VISIT
DELHI FOR G20 MEET
New Delhi: China on
Tuesday confirmed that its
foreign minister Qin Gang
will be visiting India on
sidelines of G20 Foreign
Ministers’ meet in March,
during a press briefing, Mao
Ning, official in Chinese
foreign ministry said.
TWITTER ACCOUNT OF
TMC ‘COMPROMISED’,
SAYS DEREK O’BRIEN
Kolkata: TMC claimed that
it’s official Twitter handle
had been “compromised”.
TMC national spokesperson
Derek O’Brien said party
is in touch with Twitter to
address issue. TMC’s name
was changed to ‘Yuga
Labs’ in official account.
NEED CONSTITUTIONAL
DISCOURSE: COURT ON
PUNJAB GOVT VS GUV
New Delhi: The latest
stand-off between the AAP
government in Punjab
and Governor Banwarilal
Purohit indicates a need of
constitutional discourse,
the Supreme Court said on
Tuesday, sending a strong
message to both sides.
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HIGHEST Z+ SECURITY
TO AMBANIS IN INDIA,
ABROAD: SC TO CENTRE
New Delhi: Supreme Court
has directed to provide the
highest Z+ security cover to
Reliance Industries Chairman
and MD Mukesh Ambani
and his family members
throughout India and abroad.
Entire cost for it will be borne
by them, the court said.
OTHER TOP
RAJ STORIES
The Gehlot cabinet
meeting is proposed
today at 7 pm in which
various issues of State
will be discussed with the
ministers, said an official
spokesperson on Tuesday.
A plea has been moved
in the Supreme Court
seeking guidelines on the
practical implementation
of the internet shutdown
in wake of the recent
suspension of the internet
services in Jaipur. P3
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has given financial
approval of `147.55 crore
for Rajiv Gandhi Centre
for IT Development and
e-Governance to be
established in Jaipur. P8
Dog kills kid sleeping
with mom in hospital
‘Killers’ of Kashmiri
Pandit killed in J&K
Ashok Kumawat
Sirohi: A month-old kid,
who was sleeping next
to his mother at a gov-
ernment hospital, was
taken away by a stray
dogandmauledtodeath
in Sirohi district of Ra-
jasthan, police said on
Tuesday. The body was
found outside the hospi-
tal ward, they said.
Police said the CCTV
footage showed that two
dogs went inside the TB
ward of the hospital
late Monday night and
one of them returned
with the infant.
Sitaram, SHO, Kot-
wali said Mahendra
Meena, the father of the
child, was admitted in
the hospital for silicosis
treatment. He said the
child’s mother, Rekha,
who was attending to
the patient along with
her 3 kids, dozed off. P3
Pulwama/Srinagar: 2
militants who “shot
dead” a Kashmiri Pan-
dit in Achan village,
Pulwama, on Sunday
were killed in an en-
counter in Padgampora
village on Tuesday, Po-
lice said. An Army sol-
dier was killed and an-
other wounded in the
shootout. J&K ADGP
Vijay Kumar said that 1
of the militants killed
was identified as Aqib
Mustaq Bhat, a resident
of Pulwama (A catego-
ry)whoinitiallyworked
for the Hizbul Mujahi-
deen but was later with
LeT’s offshoot TRF.
`100 CR KICKBACKS,
MONEY VIA HAWALA:
CBI GRILLS SISODIA
KEJRIWAL ACCEPTS
RESIGNATIONS OF
SISODIA AND JAIN
Sisodia was remanded in
5-day CBI custody by the
Rouse Avenue court on
Monday. CBI
wants him
to answer
questions
regarding the
Rs 100 crore
in kickbacks received in the
excise policy case and also
the alleged money received
through hawala channels.
Jailed AAP leaders Man-
ish Sisodia and Satyen-
dar Jain have resigned as
Delhi Deputy CM & Health
Minister resp, and Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal has
accepted their resignations.
If sentenced to 2 years or
more in jail, Sisodia and
Jain may lose their seats
and can’t contest polls for
6 years. Sisodia arrested
by CBI for corruption in
formulation and implemen-
tation of now-scrapped
liquor policy. Jain arrested
by ED for his involvement in
a money laundering case.
‘KNOCK HIGH
COURT DOOR’
No Supreme Court relief
for AAP’s Manish Sisodia
Sisodia and Satyendar
Jain quit as ministers
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day told Delhi Deputy
Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia to go to the high
court if he wants to
challenge his arrest by
the CBI in the Delhi liq-
uor policy case. CJI DY
Chandrachud said, “Go
to the High Court. Our
doors are open, but we
are not ready to hear it
at this stage.”
“This will be a very
bad precedent. You can’t
do this just because
you’re in Delhi,” Justice
PS Narasimha said, re-
ferring to Sisodia’s re-
quest to rule arrest by
CBI “illegal”. More on P6
‘Not me, but you are
target’, Sisodia’s
letter to Kejri states
Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sosodia’s arrest was
illegal as his name was not in CBI chargesheet and the CBI’s
allegation that he was not cooperating in the investigation was
a weak excuse. —Abhishek Singhvi, Manish Sisodia’s lawyer
EARLIER IN THE DAY LATER IN THE EVENING
When the matter came up,
earlier in the day, for hear-
ing in the Supreme Court,
Singhvi cited the court’s
judgment in the Vinod Dua
case as the reason why
Sisodia should be given
relief, after which the court
posted matter to 3.45 pm.
When SC took up Sisodia’s
request again later in the
evening, it said Vinod Dua
case has no relevance
whatsoever with his case
as journalist’s matter was
about freedom of speech,
expression while his case
is about alleged corruption.
AMID KCR’S EARLY POLL BUZZ IN TELANGANA...
Amit Shah’s Telangana goal
is ‘Praja Gosa, BJP Bharosa’
First India Bureau
NewDelhi/Hyderabad:
BJP’s top leaders will
hold high-intensity ral-
lies for next one month
in all 119 assembly con-
stituencies in Telanga-
na, where election is due
later this year. The party
decided on this battle
plan after top leaders
met at BJP chief JP Na-
dda’s home on Tuesday
.
Telangana BJP presi-
dent Bandi Sanjay Ku-
mar besides other party
leaderswerealsopresent.
The BJP is concerned
over reports that their
rival and CM K Chan-
drashekar Rao may pre-
fer an early election
before BJP can prepare
their ground to fight
KCR’s BRS. The BJP
has named its new Tel-
angana campaign “Pra-
ja Gosa, BJP Bharosa”.
 HM Amit Shah
and JP Nadda chair
crucial BJP meeting
 PM Modi to hold
mega rally after a
month in Hyderabad
Army man martyred,
another wounded in
Pulwama shootout
BJP TOP BRASS TO HOLD MAMMOTH RALLIES
BJP’s top leaders will hold massive rallies in all the 119 as-
sembly constituencies. Apart from this, BJP’s senior leaders
including Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Sm-
riti Irani will also hold at least 10 big rallies across Telangana.
30k online child
abusers detected,
4k may be held
Bhopal (FIB): The US-
based National Center
for Missing and Exploit-
ed Children (NCMEC)
has identified more
than 30,000 people in
Madhya Pradesh who
allegedly circulated
suspected child sexual
abuse material (CSAM),
including pornography,
online enticement and
contact offenses. List of
4,000 sent across 10 dis-
tricts for action and
Around 500 to 600 cases
have been reported
from other MP cities.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
BILL GATES, RBI
GUV SHAKTIKANTA
TALK FINANCIAL
INCLUSION & MORE
Singapore: Singapore Airlines’ deal with Tata Sons (Tata) will inject
a further SGD 360 million (USD 267 million) into Air India. It will give
SIA a 25.1 per cent stake in the enlarged Air India group following its
takeover by Tata and merger with Vistara Airlines.
Mumbai: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on
Tuesday met Reserve Bank of India Governor
Shaktikanta Das and discussed various issues
including financial inclusion, payment systems,
microfinance and digital lending among others.
PM MODI’S
YOUNGER BRO
PRAHLAD MODI
HOSPITALISED
Chennai: PM Narendra Modi’s younger brother
Prahlad has been admitted at a private hospital
in Chennai due to a kidney ailment, sources said.
Without providing further details, sources at hosp in
Ayanambakkam told that his condition is stable.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES TO GET 25.1% STAKE IN AI GROUP
Ease of Living using Technology!
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday addressed a
post-Budget webinar on
the subject ‘Ease of Liv-
ing using Technology’,
the fifth of the series of
12webinarsbeingorgan-
ized by the government.
Addressing the gather-
ing, PM said India of
the 21st century is con-
stantly empowering its
citizens with the use of
technology. He under-
lined that every Budget
inlastfewyearsstressed
ease of living for people
with help of technology
.
‘Tech-enabled CoWIN
played a key role during
Covid. Today every citi-
zen is feeling change
that now it is so easy to
speak with govt,’ he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Post Budget Webinar
on ‘Ease of Living using Technology’, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ENHANCED
FACILITIES FOR CITIZENS, SAYS MODI
PM Modi elaborated on the role of technology in this
by giving examples of One Nation One Ration Card and
JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile) trinity, Arogya Setu
and CoWin App, railway reservation and Common
Service Centres. With these decisions, he said that the
govt has enhanced the ease of living of citizens.
Technology was the basis of the ‘One
Nation One Ration Card’ and due
to this many poor started getting
rations. Many departments can use
technology to meet global standards of service.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw & Piyush Goyal and MoS Rajeev
Chandrashekhar & Som Prakash lend ears to PM Modi virtually.
India will become
a developed nation
by 2047: PM Modi

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2023
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The 368th meet-
ing of the Rajasthan
Small Industries Corpo-
ration Board (RAJSI-
CO) was held at Udyog
Bhawan under the
chairmanship of RA-
JSICO President Rajiv
Arora on Tuesday
. Aro-
ra said that the corpora-
tion is making efforts to
increase the logistic ca-
pacity for industrial
progress in the State.
Arora said that the
corporation was going
to achieve stupendous
achievements for the
second consecutive
year, despite limited
manpower and resourc-
es. Soon, new appoint-
ments will start on con-
tract basis in RAJSICO.
Under the budget an-
nouncement made by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, the corporation
proposes to open new
air cargo in Udaipur,
new inland container
depotsinBarmer(Pach-
padra) and Bikaner and
MSME tower in Jaipur.
The budget estimate
for the year 2023-24 and
the revised budget esti-
mate for the year 2022-
23 were passed in the
meeting. Arora said
that in the budget year
2023-24, the total busi-
ness of the corporation
is estimated at Rs 67.04
crore and the total prof-
it is Rs 6.05 crore.
Efforts on to increase logistic capacity: Arora
FOR INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS

According to the
revised budget
estimates of the
corporation for
the year 2022-
23, the total
business of the
corporation is
Rs 51.84 crore
and the profit is
Rs 7.91 crore
‘18.4L unemployed registered with Raj Govt’
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Over 18.4 lakh
unemployed candidates
are registered with the
Department of Skill,
Employment and Entre-
preneurship of the Ra-
jasthan government,
out of which 1.9 lakh
eligible candidates are
getting unemployment
allowances.
Replying to a ques-
tion raised by BJP legis-
lator Satish Poonia dur-
ing the Question Hour
in Rajasthan Assembly
on Tuesday, the state
government said there
are 18,40,044 registered
unemployed candi-
dates, including
11,22,090 men, 7,17,555
women and 399 others
as on February 21, 2023.
Chandna said 6,22,043
candidates have benefit-
ed till February 21, 2023
underthescheme,outof
which unemployment
allowance is being given
to 1,90,873 eligible candi-
dates, including 1,07,431
men and 83,442 women.
From January 2019 to
January 2023, a total of
1,062 employment sup-
port camps were organ-
ised and 1,08,890 young-
sters benefitted from
these camps.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Education Min-
ister Dr BD Kalla said in
the Vidhan Sabha on
Tuesday that only 1.05
percentpeoplefromout-
side the State have been
selected in the recruit-
ment of Rajasthan Pub-
lic Service Commission
from the year 2012 to
2022. Similarly
, from the
year2014to2022,only.90
percentpeoplefrom
outside have got
jobs through
the Staff Se-
lection Board.
He informed
that30to40per
cent questions
are asked in the re-
cruitmentexaminations
in the state related to
art, culture, language
and general knowledge
of the state.
Kalla said that the
resolution to in-
clude Rajastha-
niintheEighth
Schedule has
been passed by
the State As-
sembly, but no
decision has been
taken by the Central
Government so far.
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: Agitating advo-
cates demanded imple-
mentation of Advocates
Protection Act after the
murder of a fellow ad-
vocate by organising
Sunderkand path on the
premises of all the Bar
Associations across the
state on Tuesday. Sun-
derkand was also or-
ganized on the Jaipur
bench of Rajasthan
High Court premises
and the Sessions Court
premises. Sadbuddhi
Yagya will be per-
formed on the premises
of the Bar Association
concerned today
.
The lawyers would
submit a report to the
local MLA regarding
their demand. Lawyers
in the subordinate
courts, including the
HighCourthaveboycott-
ed judicial work since
February 20. In most
cases, the judges have
postponed hearings.
Lawyer Jugraj Singh
was murdered in Jodh-
pur on February 18.
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Taking on the
government, Rajya Sab-
ha MP Kirodi Lal Mee-
na sat on a dharna out-
side the Vidhan Sabha
along with the families
of Hemraj and two oth-
ers, who were martyred
in the Pulwama attack.
He said, “More than
four years have passed,
but till now the govern-
ment has not fulfilled
even a single promise.
We will not withdraw
the dharna until Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
meets the martyrs’ fam-
ilies and fulfills their
pending demands.”
Meanwhile, Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas on Tuesday
praised Kirodi Lal Mee-
na for protesting with-
out any fear to raise the
problems of the people.
Deputy Leader of the
Opposition Rajendra
Rathore also raised the
matter in the assembly
.
Jaipur: Dr Kirodi Lal Meena
on Tuesday extended his
support to Kisan Ma-
hapanchayat at Shaheed
Samarak. While addressing
the gathering, Meena said
that we will strongly raise
the voice of the farmers as
the farmer is the food pro-
vider of this country. No-
tably, the farmers reached
Jaipur after walking for five
days under the leadership
of Kisan Mahapanchayat
president Rampal Jat.
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s
Minister of State for
Home Rajendra Yadav has
spoken to BJP MP Kirodi
Lal Meena over the phone
regarding his dharna with
the family members of
three CRPF personnel
who got martyred in Pul-
wama attack. The minister
talked about meeting
Kirodi Lal, but the MP
said that he will not get
up from the dharna until
his demands are met.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: A tanker filled
with adulterated milk
was caught in Alwar
Saras dairy on Tuesday
.
The dairy officials
took samples of the
milk which were found
adulterated. Later,
nearly 6,400 litres of
milk was thrown into a
nullah.
Dairy Chairman
Vishram Gurjar in-
formed that they will
not allow adulteration
of the Saras milk at
any cost.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A container
driver was burnt alive
after the container col-
lided with a trailer on
Gogunda-Pindwada
highway in Udaipur
district on Tuesday
.
The incident oc-
curred near Malwa cho-
ra pulia when the con-
tainer rammed into the
trailer and caught fire.
The container driver
got stuck in the cabin
and burnt alive.
Fire tenders were
rushed to the spot on
information of the ac-
cident. The flames were
doused later. Locals
claimed that there were
two persons in the con-
tainer. However, police
have not given any con-
firmation yet.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: All Rajasthan
Trade and Indus-
tries Association
(ARTIYA) have
protested against
power cuts owing
to the onset of sum-
mers. The trade union
stated that summers
have not yet started, but
power cuts have already
begun leading to loss of
production.
Chief Advisor of
ARTIYA Kamal
Kandoi said that
duetolackof solar
panels in the coun-
try
, it is a big chal-
lenge to achieve the tar-
get of solar for every
household.
“The power crisis
cannot be overcome till
each household installs
a solar panel. Subsidies
should be increased on
roof-top solar projects
and people should be
encouraged to install
solar through cash sub-
sidy, loan arrangement
and other measures,”
said Kamal Kandoi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter’s advisor and in-
dependent MLA from
Sirohi, Sanyam Lod-
ha cornered the State
Government on the
issue of paper leak
and corruption on
Tuesday
.
During the debate
on demands for
grants, Lodha said,
“Paper Peak is a seri-
ous matter. The gov-
ernment should at
least tell from where
the paper of RPSC
was leaked?” Till to-
day, we are not in a
position to tell from
where the original pa-
per was leaked.”
Lodha also raised
questions on corrup-
tion. He asked how
come the RPS officer
Divya Mittal, who was
caught in the bribery
case, made a resort of
Rs 50 crore.
Jaipur: The issue of the Ad-
vocates Protection Act came
up in the State assembly
on Tuesday. Deputy LoP
Rajendra Rathore raised the
matter through adjournment
in Zero Hour saying that the
advocates have
been boycott-
ing work for
the last 9 days
demanding
the security
law. “The work
has come to a standstill in
800 courts in the state due to
the demand for the Advo-
cates Protection Act. About
70,000 lawyers of the state
are on work boycott, lakhs of
parties are getting upset. The
Government had talked about
bringing the act in the public
manifesto,” he said. “The law
department has also prepared
a draft on the suggestions of
BCR,” he added.
Jaipur: MLA Harish Meena
surrounded the State Govern-
ment on paper leak and
internet shutdown. “War is
going on between Ukraine
and Russia despite that the
net is not closed there. But
here place the internet was
closed during the exam. It is
not thought how much loss
is causes to the common
people and business. Nothing
will happen by avoiding eve-
rything. Elections are going
to happen this year,” he said
at which a BJP MLA asked,
“Which party will you contest
from?” Meena, who is former
DGP, went to the officers’ gal-
lery with a newspaper in hand
and discussed something
with DGP Umesh Mishra who
was sitting there. Meena also
raised the issue that salary
and allowances of Rajasthan
police should be received on
the lines of Delhi Police.
Jaipur: Congress MLA
Rafiq Khan raised the
Mewat murder case in the
State Assembly on Tuesday.
He said that the incident
of burning youths to death
is shameful and people of
Bajrang Dal are connected
with the killers. He said that
compensation of Rs 51 lakh
should be given to the fami-
lies of each deceased. Khan
said that Monu Manesar
has photo with Amit Shah
and other big leaders of
BJP. Referring to a case on
him, he said, “If I am guilty,
arrest me when I step out
of the house.” “If a man
like me will not get justice,
how will the common man
get it?. If I am at fault, I will
resign” he added. Rajendra
Rathore objected to Rafiq’s
statement. Deputy leader
of opposition Rajendra
Rathore raised the point
of order and stopped
Rafiq Khan from speaking.
Rathore said, “He is plead-
ing his own case in the
House. This is not right.”
percentpeoplefrom
outside have got
cent questions
Kalla said that the
resolution to in-
sembly, but no
BUDGET
SESSION
‘1.5% outsiders selected
by RPSC from 2012-22’
QUESTION
HOUR
Rathore raises
advocates’
safety issue
1.9 lakh getting unemployment
allowances, Chandna replies to
Satish Poonia at State Assembly
Employment assistance camps are
being organised to provide jobs to
the youth of the State: Chandna
Harish Meena corners govt over internet shutdown
Rafeek Khan raises Mewat
killings issue, Rathore objects
Adulterated milk
tanker caught at
Alwar Saras dairy
Truck catches fire in
collision; driver killed
FREE STITCHED UNIFORMS
BEING PROVIDED TO CLASS
1-8 GOVT STUDENTS: KALLA
MIN SUKHRAM CLUELESS OVER ‘LABOUR MIGRATION’ ISSUE
CADRE FOR SCHEDULED AREA IN 2 MONTHS: MIN HEMARAM
OCTROI RECHARGE AMOUNT
ALLOTMENT TO URBAN
BODIES STILL ON: DHARIWAL
Education Minister Dr BD Kalla
said in the Vidhan Sabha on
Tuesday that uniforms have
been distributed in most of the
State schools under the budget
announcement of giving free
stitched uniforms to the students
of class 1 to 8 in government
schools. He assured that as soon
as the Bill comes, the outstanding
amount of uniform cloth and
stitching will be paid. During the
Question Hour, Dr Kalla said that
the cost of the uniforms distrib-
uted is Rs 363.38 crore, out of
which Rs 66 crore has been paid.
Forest Minister Sukhram Bishnoi was seen stuck in
the last question of the business list during Question
Hour on Tuesday. The last question during the Question
Hour was raised by BJP MLA Govind Prasad on the issue
of labour migration in Manohar Thana constituency. In
response to the question, Sukhram said that the informa-
tion regarding the migration of people for wages from Manohar Thana
assembly constituency has not been received in the Labour Department.
Forest Minister Hemaram Choudhary assured in the
Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that a separate cadre for
the scheduled area will be constituted in the next two
months. He said that after the formation of the cadre,
all the problems related to appointments and promo-
tions in the Scheduled Areas would be resolved. He
said that under the Forest Department, personnel from non-sched-
uled areas are engaged on 94 posts in scheduled areas.
Local Self Government Minister
Shanti Dhariwal assured in
the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday
that the State
Government has
not stopped the
allotment of octroi
recharge amount
to any urban body.
He said that octroi
recharge grant amount is being
allocated to Sumerpur Municipal-
ity every year and in this financial
year till now Rs 1073.74 lakh has
been allocated to this municipality
towards octroi recharge.
For ‘Safety Act’, lawyers
perform Sunderkand
Path on HC premises
Minister Ashok Chandna speaks during the Question Hour at the State Assembly on Tuesday.
Minister Dr BD Kalla speaks
during assembly session.
Lawyers during the Sunderkand Path in High Court on Tuesday.
Dr Kirodi Meena protests outside State Assembly on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Kirodi sits on dharna with Pulwama
martyrs’ kin, seeks CM intervention
KIRODI EXTENDS
SUPPORT TO KISAN
MAHAPANCHAYAT
RAJENDRA YADAV
DIALS MP KIRODI
OVER PROTEST
State trade union protests over
power cuts owing to summers
Lodha slams State Govt over paper leak
issue, demands to reveal ‘source’ of leaks
RAJSICO President Rajiv Arora during the 368th Board meeting
with officials at Udyog Bhawan on Tuesday.
Madan Dilawar raised
the issue of MLA Girraj
Malinga and attack on
Energy Department
Engineers saying that
Malinga was held due to
public pressure but was
released soon on bail.
BTP MLA Rajkumar Roat
said that it is unfair to
call the Adivasis as Nax-
als. He said there was
a political conspiracy in
Kankri Dungri episode.
MLA Avinash Gehlot
flashed the photo of
paper leak accused Raju
Upadhyay with minister
Mamta Bhupesh and at-
tacked the government.
MLA Khushveer Singh
Jojawar expressed
anger and demanded
in the House to save
children and youth from
porn movies. He said
that porn movies are be-
ing watched indiscrimi-
nately even in villages.
HIGHLIGHTS
Fire engulfs vehicles at
Gogunda-Pindwada highway in
Udaipur on Tuesday.

RAJASTHAN
03
Jaipur (Agencies): Lt
General Amardeep Sin-
gh Bhinder relin-
quished command of
Jaipur-based South
Western Army Com-
mand, on Tuesday and
proceeded on superan-
nuation. On the occa-
sion, the General Of-
ficer paid tribute to the
bravehearts at the Pre-
rna Sthal, Jaipur Mili-
tary Station.
An alumnus of Rash-
triya Indian Military
College, Dehradun, Na-
tional Defence Acade-
my, Khadakwasla and
Indian Military Acad-
emy, Dehradun, the
General Officer was
commissioned into the
Deccan Horse in June
1983, which he later
commanded. The Gen-
eral Officer is a Gradu-
ate of Defence Services
Staff College, Welling-
ton and also attended
the Higher Command
and National Defence
College courses.
The General Officer
took over the reins of
the South Western
Army Command on
April 1, 2021. For his il-
lustrious career he has
been conferred with
VSM, AVSM, VSM and
many medals. Upon re-
linquishing command,
Lt Gen Amardeep Sin-
gh Bhinder extended
his warmest greetings
to all ranks of the
South Western Army
Command, Veer Naris,
Army veterans, Civil
Defence employees and
their family members.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The festi-
val of Dhulandi
will be organized
at Hotel Khasa
Kothi on March 7
by the Dept of
Tourism. The festi-
val will take place
after three years
whereinmorethan
2000 tourists are
expectedtopartici-
pate. Dy Director
of Tourism, Upen-
dra Shekhawat in-
formed that for-
eign tourists will
be able to partici-
pate in the festival
through tour and
travel operators.
“The dept will
make available a
special Gulal for
the tourists. Ar-
rangements are
alsobeingmadefor
the refreshments.
Udaipur (FIB): The po-
lice on Tuesday arrested
a Patwari in connection
with the RPSC teacher
recruitment paper leak
case. Police informed
that Gamaram Khileri
Vishnoi of Jalore has
been arrested and is be-
inginterrogated.Theac-
cused was produced in
courtonTuesday
,follow-
ing which, he was sent
on police remand till
March 3. The accused
said that he had bought
the paper from Bhupen-
dra Saran for Rs 8 lakh.
Lt General Bhinder relinquishes as
South Western Army Commander
Holi at Khasa
Kothi to be
held after 3
yrs on Mar 7
Patwari held in
RPSC paper leak
FAREWELL AT JAIPUR MILITARY STATION
ARMY ASPIRANTS CAN
ONLY APPLY ANNUALLY
FOR RECRUITMENTS
The Army job aspirants can
apply only once a year
for recruitment rallies with
a common entrance exam
held first, an Army official
said. Briefing reporters about
various stages involved in
the new recruitment scheme,
Brigadier Jagdeep Chauhan
Deputy Director General Re-
cruiting (Rajasthan) said that
the common entrance exam
will be held first and the
physical and medical exam of
the qualified candidates will
be held later. In the earlier
pattern of recruitment, the
entrance exam used to be
held after the physical test.
He emphasized that aspir-
ants should apply between
February 16 and March 15
this year and they apply only
once a year for recruitment
rallies. The new recruitment
system involves two phases.
ADDITIONAL
WATER SUPPLY IN
JPR CITY: PHED
Following the direc-
tions of PHED Min
Dr Mahesh Joshi, the
department has made
preparations for addi-
tional water supply in
Jaipur on the occasion
of Holi. The excessive
water will be supplied
on Dhulandi for one
hour from 1 pm to 2
pm. Officials informed
that additional water
will be supplied on
Dhulandi as most peo-
ple take bath during
the afternoon hours
on this day.
Lt Gen AS Bhinder saluting to the ‘Amar Jawans’ at Jaipur
Military Station after relinquishing on Tuesday.
New Delhi (ANI): A
plea has been moved in
theSupremeCourtseek-
ing guidelines on the
practical implementa-
tionof theinternetshut-
down in wake of the re-
cent suspension of the
internet services in
Jaipur and other places
to conduct Teacher’s Re-
cruitmentExamination.
The Petitioner
Chhaya Rani through
advocates Vishal Ti-
wari and Abhigya
Kushwah apprised the
SC about the suspen-
sion of Internet servic-
es in Jaipur, Bharatpur,
and several other dis-
tricts to conduct the
REET 2023 under the
regulations of RSSB.
The petition said that
such imposition merely
shows the incompe-
tence of the authorities
to conduct such an
exam and such imposi-
tion is not at all neces-
sary and unavoidable.
Hence the petitioner
sought to enforce the
fundamental rights,
particularly the Right
to life, liberty, and Dig-
nity which is enshrined
under Article 21 to
comply with the dic-
tum laid down in Anu-
radha Bhasin vs Union
of India and to further
prevent such apprehen-
sion-based arbitrary,
ultra vires internet
shutdowns.
RAJASTHAN TURNING INTO NET-BAN-STHAN!
PLEA IN SC SEEKING GUIDELINES ON NET
BAN CITING RECENT SUSPENSION IN RAJ
These bans show
incompetence to
conduct exams,
alleges petition
Candidates of teachers’ recruitment exam at MG Goverment School at Gandhi Nagar in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Internet shut in Kaman
over Khatmika incident
SHRC TAKES COGNIZANCE OF DOG
MAULING NEWBORN IN HOSPITAL
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: In a bid to
maintain a law and or-
der situation in Bharat-
pur following the kill-
ing of two Muslim boys,
police and district ad-
ministration have sus-
pended internet servic-
es for 48 hours in
Bharatpur. Police offi-
cials informed that
false and misleading
information is being
shared on social media
regarding the incident
and so internet services
have been suspended
for the next 48 hours.
An order to his effect
has been issued by Divi-
sional Commissioner
Sanwarmal Verma. In-
ternet services were
suspended at 11 am on
Tuesday and will be
continued till 11 am on
March 2.
Meanwhile, CM Ge-
hlot is proposed to
visit Ghatmika in
Bharatpur on March 2
during which he can
meet the family mem-
bers of deceased Nasir
and Junaid. On Tuesday,
Minister Zahida Khan
along with several offic-
ers of the district visited
the village. Notably, two
youths from the village
were charred to death in
Loharu of Haryana.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Human Rights Commission
has taken cognizance of a matter involving a dog
mauling a newborn to death in the district hospital
of Sirohi. The news was telecasted on First India,
following which, the human rights cowmmission
took a suo motu cognizance in the matter. Justice
Gopal Krishna Vyas issued a notice to the Superin-
tendent of Sirohi District Hospital and Sirohi SP and
directed them to submit a report on this matter after
investigation. The matter will be heard on March 14.
Sirohi hospital
staff suspended as
dog mauls infant
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In Sirohi
District Hospital
tragedy case, where
one infant die by dog
bite, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has taken ac-
tion on nursing of-
ficer Suresh Meena
and suspended him
on Tuesday. Along
with this, Ward Boy
Ujjwal Devasi and
Guard Bhavani Sin-
gh have also been
removed from the
hospital service.
Meanwhile, CM
Gehlot’s advisor San-
yam Lodha, who
hails from Sirohi ,
lashed out at his own
govt in the Assembly
on Tuesday over
Sirohi dog incident.
He demanded a com-
pensation of Rs 10
lakh and action
against those respon-
sible. Minister Shan-
ti Dhariwal got an-
gry on this at which
Lodha expressed his
displeasure saying
that Dhariwal would
have felt the pain if
his own child has
gone like this.
“This heart
wrenching incident
is a shame to human-
ity. Whatever offic-
ers are responsible
for this strict action
should be taken
against him and the
victim should be giv-
en a government job
and compensation of
Rs 10 lakh to his
mother,” said Lodha.
On this, Deputy
Leader of Opposi-
tion Rajendra
Rathore also sup-
ported Lodha and
demanded Rs 10 lakh
compensation for
the family.
72-year-old man undergoes
penis reconstruction surgery
ST-14 spotted with 2 cubs
Jaipur (PTI): Doctors
here removed an elderly
patient’s cancerous pe-
nis and replaced it with
one constructed from
skin, blood vessels and
nerves of his hand.
Performed at the
Bhagwan Mahaveer
Cancer Hospital and Re-
search Center (BM-
CHRC) here, the surgery
took around eight hours
and was done by a
11-member medical
team, including five doc-
tors.Thedoctorsclaimed
that this the first such
surgery in Rajasthan us-
ing a hand’s skin, blood
vessels and nerves.
The 72-year-old pa-
tient from Bundi initial-
ly had refused to get
treatmentafterlearning
that his penis would be
removed during the pro-
cedure, Dr. Prashant
Sharma said. However,
later the patient agreed
and the surgery was
done, he said. Plastic
surgeon Dr Saurabh
Rawatinformedthenew
penis was made exactly
like the natural one and
it allows the person to
walk normally
.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The displace-
ment of villages from
Sariska Tiger Reserve
has proved to be a boon
for the wildlife. This
was evident after ti-
gress ST 14 gave birth to
two cubs. Roop Narayan
Meena, Field Director,
Sariska, said that two
newborn cubs, aged
around two months,
were spotted in Dabli-
Sukola forest area of
Sariska Tiger Reserve,
Akbarpur range.
Prima facie the move-
ment of tigress ST-14
and both the cubs has
been found normal.
Monitoring of ST-14
and its cubs was in-
creased and instruc-
tions were given for in-
tensive monitoring. Af-
ter human interference
reduced in dense forest
areas, wild animals
have started moving
freely
.
Jpr airport installs 2D barcode
scanners to enhance security
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Jaipur Interna-
tional Airport has in-
stalled 2D bar code read-
er at entry gate of termi-
nal 2 building for a has-
sle free travel of the pas-
sengers. The Central In-
dustrial Security Force
officials manning the
terminal entry gate will
now scan the barcodes
instead of manually
checking the flight tick-
ets or boarding passes in
the mobiles.
This will help prevent
the congestion at entry
gate during peak hours
and during holiday sea-
sons. It will also save an
averagetimeof 20-25sec-
onds per passengers,
whileenteringthetermi-
nalbuilding.The2Dbar-
code scanner is installed
at departure entry as a
pilot while three more
scanners will be in-
stalled soon to improve
passenger experience.
The 2D scanners also
prevents passengers
from entering the termi-
nal using fake or can-
celled flight tickets thus
enhancing the security
.
Sanyam Lodha met Health
Minister Parsadi Lal Meena
on Tuesday and sought govt
job, `10 lakhs for victim’s
family. Lodha also raised the
issue in the Assembly.
‘GOKASTHA’ FOR HOLIKA DAHAN
To purify the atmosphere on Holi, the practice of burning cow dung cake has increasedr. In
view of this, the JMCG will provide free ‘Gokastha’ (wood made up of cow dung) through
Hingonia Gaushala. Mayor Dr Soumya released the poster of Gokastha Abhiyan on Tuesday.
CCTV grab of ST-14 with a cub in Sariska.
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

ith the exit polls to Tripura,
NagalandandMeghalayaout,
the West Bengal unit of the
BJP has launched a mass out-
reach programme aimed at
the rural population months
ahead of the panchayat elec-
tions in West Bengal. BJP
state president Sukanta Ma-
jumdar launched the “Gram
Samparkha Abhiyan” in the
Purba Medinipur district and
without wasting time, the rul-
ing Trinamool Congress
claimed that the saffron camp
has copied its programme.
“In West Bengal, under the
corrupt TMC rule, the poor
people do not have access to
basic services like sanitisa-
tion and housing facilities.
The Gram Sampark Abhiyan
is to assure people and listen
to their problems and ensure
they get the benefits of the
central schemes,” Majumdar
said while launching the pro-
gramme.
The mass outreach pro-
gramme,whichwaslaunched
with an eye on the panchayat
polls likely to be held in April-
May this year, will cover
around more than 2,000 vil-
lages and 100 rural assembly
constituencies of the state.
It may be noted that the
programmecomesnearlytwo
months after the TMC had
launched a mass outreach
campaign, ‘Didir Suraksha
Kavach’ (Didi’s Protective
Shield), to check and ensure
that people received benefits
from the pro-people projects
of the state government.
“
Apart from reaching out to
the people with our policies
and programmes, our mass
outreachprogrammeisaimed
at reaching out to people in
those areas, especially where
the TMC leaders have faced
protests,”saidBJP
.Reactingto
BJP’s programme, the TMC
dubbed the saffron camp as a
“badstudentwhoalwayswish-
es to pass an exam by copying
from the topper in the class.”
“The BJP is just copying
our programme. They don’t
have any ideas, so they must
resort to stealing our ideas.
The BJP is like a bad student
who always wishes to pass an
exam by copying from the top-
per in the class. But despite
copying our programme, it
won’t yield any result in the
rural polls,” he said.
The BJP’s campaign comes
at a time when the party
looks to tone up its organisa-
tional machinery in West
Bengal ahead of the panchay-
at elections, which has seen
internal squabbles and defec-
tions in the party since the
2021 assembly poll results.
Several senior leaders are en-
gaged in feuds off and on so-
cial media, leaving little time
for the actual growth of the
party especially in the state.
The state unit of the BJP
hasbeenfightinghardtokeep
its flock together especially
after former union minister
Babul Supriyo, party MP Ar-
jun Singh and six legislators,
including its national vice
presidentMukulRoy
,switched
totheTMCsincetheassembly
poll results in 2021.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 4 l Issue No. 264
l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
Printed and published by
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Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504.
Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
On this #NationalScienceDay, my
greetings to all the scientists and
innovators of the country. Let us
cherish the achievements of our
scientists & remain guided by the
motto of ‘#AatmanirbharBharat’ for
global well-being and for taking India
to greater heights in the #AmritKaal.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
In 2021, legendary Maj. Bob Khathing
was given due honour by unveiling his
statue and laid a foundation stone to
built a magnificent museum in honour
of the soldier who led the Indian
soldiers to establish formal Indian
administration over Tawang in 1951.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am
your God; I will strengthen
you, I will help you, I will
upholdyouwithmyrighteous
right hand. —Bible
IN-DEPTH
SUICIDES BY
DALIT, TRIBAL
STUDENTS
uicides by Dalit stu-
dents is a worrying
issue even for the
Chief Justice of In-
dia DY Chandrachud
who said he was disturbed by
suicides by students from Dalit
and Adivasi communities and
called for a system of education
that emphasized on empathy not
excellence. Referring to the sui-
cides by a Dalit student of IIT
Mumbai and a tribal student of
NLU Odisha the CJI said that
these “numbers are not just sta-
tistics. These are stories some-
times of centuries of struggles”.
Suicidesbystudentsfrommar-
ginalised sections in top insti-
tutes have not been discussed as
a social problem of caste and
class discrimination. The prob-
lem was eloquently described by
Rohith Vemula in his suicide
note.APhDstudentatHyderabad
Central University
, Vemula’s sui-
cide not read, “My birth is my
fatal accident…I was always
rushing…” He did not take any
benefit as a Scheduled Caste and
was, therefore, declared “not
Dalit” by the probe panel. It is
time to look into humiliation
faced by marginalised students.
TOP TWEETS
S
ussles between
elected govern-
ments of opposi-
tion parties and
BJP-appointed
state governors have become
an almost routine affair.
Therefore there was nothing
new in the spat between Pun-
jab Governor Banwarilal
Purohit and Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann over the
convening of Assembly ses-
sion until the matter reached
the Supreme Court which
gave both a lesson in their
constitutional obligations.
The contention of the gov-
ernment was that the gover-
nor was not heeding its ad-
vice on summoning the ses-
sion. The governor pointed to
the chief minister’s “ex-
tremely derogatory and pa-
tently unconstitutional
tweets” as reason for not con-
vening the Budget session on
March 3. The Punjab govern-
ment moved the Supreme
Court for necessary direc-
tions to the governor who
wanted to seek legal advice
on Mann’s tweets.
Moving a petition under
Article 32 the state govern-
ment appealed to the court to
issue a declaration that the
governor was bound to act on
the aid and advice of the
council of ministers. This is
not something the Supreme
Court should be telling a gov-
ernor as the Constitution is
clear on his role. That is what
the Supreme Court bench
headed by CJI DY Chandra-
chud said, “However inap-
propriate the tweet of the CM
may be, the Assembly session
cannot be delayed.” The gov-
ernor was bound by aid and
advice of the government. At
the same time the court also
pointed to the need for more
civil discourse between con-
stitutional functionaries.
MISSING: CIVILITY
IN DISCOURSE
There was nothing new
in the spat between
Punjab Governor
Banwarilal Purohit &
CM Bhagwant Mann
over the convening of
Assembly session until
the matter reached the
Supreme Court, which
gave both a lesson in
their constitutional
obligations
T
WITH NE EXIT POLLS OUT,
BJP LAUNCHES MASSIVE
OUTREACH DRIVE IN RURAL BENGAL
W
Meanwhile, it may be
recalled that the TMC, led
by Mamata Banerjee, had
stormed to power for
the third consecutive
time riding on the “Bengali
Pride” poll plank and
bagged 213 seats. TMC had
propagated the ‘Bengali
pride’ by coining the poll
slogan, “Bangla Nijer
Meyekei Chai” (Bengal
wants its own daughter),
and had created a poll
narrative to counter and
trounce BJP’s identity
politics in the 2021
Assembly polls
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
TMC’S POLL PROSPECTS IN NE
P
olitical observers see the
Meghalaya elections as
the TMC’s best chance for ex-
panding in the Northeast, a region
it has been eyeing since its incep-
tion in 1998. The party, however,
failed to build on some successes
it had in the beginning.
In 2004, the party, however, got a
breakthrough in Meghalaya when
former Lok Sabha speaker PA
Sangma, who had left the Nation-
alist Congress Party (NCP), won
from Tura Lok Sabha constitu-
ency. This success, was however,
short-lived, as Sangma returned to
the NCP the very next year. It may
be recalled that in 2012, the TMC
emerged as the main opposition
in Manipur, winning seven seats,
with a 17 per cent vote share.
However, all this had turned sour
when all the MLAs subsequently
left the party to join either the
Congress or the BJP.
The party’s Tripura unit opened
in 1999, a year after the party
was initiated in West Bengal, with
former Tripura chief minister,
Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar, heading
the state unit. Though Majumdar
did not win the Lok Sabha in 1999
from Tripura West sear, he over-
took the Congress in terms of the
votes polled. But TMC’s Mission
Tripura, the only Bengali-majority
state in the region, came to a jolt-
ing halt in 2002 when Majumdar
returned to the Congress.
However, its fortunes in Tripura
remain dismal despite its attempts
to revive its campaign in 2016 and
2021. The Left–Congress alliance
and the rise of the TIPRA Motha
in tribal-dominated areas have ef-
fectively turned the election into a
triangular contest between the BJP,
the Left-Congress and the TIPRA
Motha. Despite Mamata Banerjee
and other party leaders having
entered the campaign, the TMC has
not quite made it in big terms.
Meanwhile, political analysts
feel the Left–Congress combine
would be the automatic choice for
anti-BJP voters in areas where the
Motha doesn’t have an impact.
The TMC also could not do much
to build on the local leadership.
All eyes are now on March 2 when
the results will be out and the real
picture will be revealed.

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INDIA
05
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union En-
vironment Minister
Bhupender Yadav said
on Tuesday that the In-
do-Danish Green Stra-
tegic Partnership is an
appropriate forum to
exchange ideas, best
practices, knowledge,
technology, capacity
building for promoting
sustainable lifestyles
including LiFE, not
only in Denmark and
India, but for Europe
and the whole world.
At The India – Den-
mark: Partners for
Green and Sustainable
Progress Conference
here on Tuesday, Yadav
said that since the
launch of the “Green
Strategic Partnership”
during the Virtual Sum-
mit on 28 September
2020betweenPMof Den-
markMetteFrederiksen
and PM Modi, the bilat-
eral cooperation is fo-
cussed on promoting
green and sustainable
development.
He said that during
the visit of PM Modi to
Denmark in May last
year, India and Den-
mark agreed to further
strengthen the Green
Strategic Partnership
with a focus on green
hydrogen, renewable
energy and waste wa-
ter management. He
said that Green Strate-
gic Partnership be-
tween the Denmark
and India opened a
new chapter in the
friendly and coopera-
tive relations between
the countries.
Environment Minister lauds Indo-Danish Green Strategic tie-up
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
Chennai (PTI): Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Tuesday
said he expected the
Members of the Parlia-
ment to perform by par-
ticipating in healthy
discussions and refrain
from disrupting the
House proceedings.
As Chairman of the
Rajya Sabha he has the
onustoensurediscipline
intheHouse,besidescre-
ating an environment
that paves the way for
developmentorientedis-
sues, he noted.
Also, he stressed the
need to maintain deco-
rum in the Rajya Sabha,
the temple of democra-
cy and justified the
breach of privilege
against a member (Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi) for dumping unau-
thenticated informa-
tion in the Parliament.
Speaking after inau-
gurating the Centre for
Innovation at IIT Ma-
dras, he said in a veiled
reference to the opposi-
tion parties, by virtue of
hispositionaschairman
of Rajya Sabha, he was
duty bound to ensure
discipline in the House.
“This is a permanent
structure which can’t
be dissolved. There is a
model for us (on con-
duct),” he said indirect-
ly referring to the re-
cent disruptions during
the Parliament session.
The tax payers’ mon-
ey would go waste if the
Parliament, meant to
hold the executive ac-
countable, remained
disruptedwithouttrans-
acting any business, he
said and appealed to the
young minds to gener-
ate an ecosystem so that
purity and sanctity of
democracy and Parlia-
ment or legislature is
not outraged.
“Make it a mass
movement, make the
representatives ac-
countable. The people
who send the MPs look
up on them to perform
and do not approve dis-
ruption or distur-
bance,” he said.
Odisha (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s Yuva Morcha pro-
test in Bhubaneswar
over former Odisha
minister Naba Kisore
Das’s murder turned
violent on Tuesday af-
ter a section of agita-
tors tried to break the
police barricade in-
tending for a ‘gherao’
of the state assembly,
currently in session.
Some protestors
hurled eggs and water
at police while the po-
lice resorted to lathi-
charge. They were pro-
testing against Chief
Minister Naveen Pat-
naik over ‘deteriorat-
ing’ law and order in
the state.
Naba Kishore Das
was shot at by a police-
man in Brajarajnagar
in the Jharsuguda dis-
trict last month on Jan-
uary 29 and succumbed
to his bullet injuries in
Bhubaneswar hospital
on the same day
.
Thousands of BJP
Yuva Morcha support-
ers led by Odisha BJP
Youth wing’s president
IrasisAcharyamarched
towards Odisha Assem-
bly in order to take out
a mega rally in protest
against the alleged law-
lessness in the state.
A few police person-
nel and some BJP work-
ers sustained injuries
in the face-off.
National General
Secretary of the BJP
Yuva Morcha Rohit
Chahal, while talking to
ANI said that law and
order have totally “dete-
riorated” in the state.
“Law and order have
totally deteriorated in
the state. People are
sick of the lawlessness
in Odisha. We want to
ask why the CM is si-
lent on the Naba Das
murder case. Why is
the investigation not
being done into the
matter? We won’t sit si-
lently,” he said.
He further hit out at
CM Naveen Patnaik and
said, “We want to ask
the CM, who is running
the government be-
cause the assembly is in
the session here and he
is in Mumbai.”
Jammu (PTI): Claim-
ing that there is lack of
communication be-
tween the public and
the bureaucracy in
Jammu and Kashmir,
veteran Congress lead-
er Karan Singh on
Tuesday advocated free
and fair assembly elec-
tions to address the
“missing link” by in-
stalling a popular gov-
ernment. Singh, son of
the last Dogra ruler Ma-
haraja Hari Singh, also
demanded restoration
of the full statehood to
the Union Territory
.
Talking to reporters
here, Singh said there is
no possibility of taking
back Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK) without
a war which only brings
death and destruction.
Responding to a ques-
tion about the policies
of BJP-led Central govt
in J&K, he said “it (the
developments of 2019
when the Centre re-
voked Article 370 and
bifurcated the erstwhile
state into two UT), was
a very drastic step to re-
move the whole special
structure and it has now
been three years that
J&K is under Centre.
“A lot of good things
havehappenedandthere
is no doubt about it, but
what I gather is that
thereisalackof commu-
nication between the
public and the bureau-
cracy
. MLAs, whether
good or bad, play an im-
portant role as they are
intermediaries between
people and the govt.”
Lucknow (ANI): The
Yogi Adityanath-led
government in Uttar
Pradesh has directed its
departments to not use
plastic water bottles in
meetings and also use
soft copies.
Chief Secretary Dur-
ga Shankar Mishra has
conveyed the message
to the government de-
partments. The officials
have also been clearly
directed to ensure strict
compliance with the
government’s instruc-
tions in this regard
with immediate effect.
The Chief Secretary,
“Despite repeated in-
structions, the depart-
ments have been pre-
senting plastic covers
and single-sided print-
ed booklets and that
misuse of paper and
use of plastic is not ap-
propriate considering
its adverse impact on
the environment.”
New Delhi (PTI): India
expects its proposed
free trade agreement
with the European Un-
ion to be a “game-
changer” and is looking
forward to a mutually
advantageous conclu-
sion to the negotiation
process for the pact
within a “short planned
timeline”, EAM S Jais-
hankar said on Tuesday
.
At an event of the
Confederation of Indi-
an Industry
, Jaishankar
also said that Europe
and India can strength-
en each other’s strategic
autonomy by reducing
dependencies, cooperat-
ing on critical technolo-
gies and ensuring sup-
ply-chainrestructuring.
“We expect the India-
EU FTA will be a game-
changer for the India-
EU relationship. We
look forward to a mutu-
ally beneficial, mutual-
ly advantageous conclu-
sion to the negotiation
process within a rea-
sonably short planned
timeline,” he said.
“India-EUFTAtobeagamechanger”
Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik Andre Henrik Christian and
Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth with Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Denmark Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Union Ministers Bhupender
Yadav, Prahlad Singh Patel and others during the ‘India-Denmark:
Partners for Green and Sustainable Progress’ conference, in New
Delhi, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the inauguration of the ‘Centre for Innovation’, at IIT Madras, in
Chennai on Tuesday. His wife Sudesh Dhankhar is also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI
Jaishankar with Czech Foreign
Minister Jan Lipavsky.
20-YEAR JAIL FOR
MAN IN RAPE OF
MINOR GIRL
NO RELIEF TO MAN
WHO MISBEHAVED
WITH DOCTOR
Palakkad: A court on
Tuesday sentenced a man
to serve 20 years in prison
for raping a 14-year-old
girl last year in Ottapalam
area of Palakkad district.
Fast Track Special Court
judge Satish Kumar
handed down the sentence
to the 22-year-old man for
the offence of repeated
aggravated penetrative
sexual assault of the minor
under the POCSO Act. The
court also sentenced him
to three years and one
year for the offences of
sexual assault.
Kochi: The Kerala High
Court on Tuesday denied
anticipatory bail to a man
accused of manhandling a
doctor for allegedly misbe-
having with his wife while
examining her at a hospital.
It would be difficult for a
doctor to pursue his profes-
sion if a patient is aggrieved
by the doctor touching
him or her during clinical
examination, it observed.
At the same time, genuine
cases of misbehaviour by
doctors overstepping their
limits cannot be ignored,
the court added.
Houston(United States): An Indian-or-
igin judge, Shama Hakim Mesiwala,
has been unanimously confirmed as
an associate justice of a district court
of appeal in the US state of California.
Mesiwala’s appointment as an associate
justice of the Third District Court of
Appeal in California’s Sacramento city
was confirmed on February 14 by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of California, Patricia Guerrero, according
to a press release by the Judicial Council of California.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Cen-
tre’s stand on the alleged “blacklisting” of an American jour-
nalist who was earlier denied entry into the country in spite of
being an OCI card holder. Counsel for journalist Angad Singh
told the court that they got to know about the “blacklisting”
only after the Centre filed its response to his plea challeng-
ing the entry refusal. The court allowed the petitioner, who
produces documentaries for Vice News with a focus on Asia,
to also assail his “blacklisting” in ongoing proceedings.
INDIAN-ORIGIN JUDGE NAMED US
DISTRICT COURT’S ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
DELHI HC SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY ON
JOURNALIST ANGAD SINGH’S PLEA
IN THE COURTYARD
MPs SHOULD RAISE ISSUES,
BUT NOT DISRUPT PARL: V-P
DhankharsaysmembersshouldparticipateindiscussionsandrefrainfromdisruptingtheHouse
MURDER OF FORMER ODISHA MINISTER NABA DAS
DELHI EXCISE POLICY
Chennai: Vice-President
Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tues-
day said that students have
now become employment
providers and entrepreneurs
instead of job-seekers. He
was speaking at a function in
Indian Institute of Technolo-
gy-Madras (IIT-M) after in-
augurating a new innovation
facility here. The new centre,
IIT-Madras Centre for Innova-
tion is dedicated to support-
ing and encourage Innovation
and Entrepreneurship (IE)
activities of students and re-
searchers. The Vice-President
in his inaugural speech said
that alumni is the strength
of an institution and that the
alumni of institutions will take
the country towards the path
of growth. Dhankhar said that
India has 80,000 start-ups,
the third largest in the world.
STUDENTS DON’T
SEEK JOBS, THEY
GIVE EMPLOYMENT
NOW: DHANKHAR
BJP:Willraiseawarenesson
‘conspiracy’hatchedbyAAP
New Delhi (PTI): Hit-
ting out at the AAP gov-
ernment over the now-
scrapped excise policy,
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) on Tuesday
said it will raise aware-
ness on the “conspira-
cy” that was hatched to
“toy” with the future of
youths in Delhi by al-
lowing “proliferation”
of liquor vends.
Addressing a press
conference at the BJP
headquarters, the par-
ty’s national spokesper-
son Sudhanshu Trivedi
said the “proponents of
new politics” didn’t
even refrain from tak-
ing steps that would
have drowned Delhi
youths in a state of in-
ebriation.
He said the party has
decided to raise aware-
ness on the issue, as “for
us, it is not just an issue
of corruption”, but is
also about the “future
of youths in Delhi”.
The BJP’s attack
comes a day after Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia was
sent to five-day custody
of the CBI by a special
court here in the Excise
policy scam case.
Trivedi tore into Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia, who
was arrested by the CBI
on Sunday evening in
connection with alleged
corruption in the for-
mulation and imple-
mentation of the now-
scrapped liquor policy
for 2021-22.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi addressing media.
Chandigarh (ANI): Hitting out at Delhi Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Sisodia, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
leader and former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Ma-
jithia on Tuesday demanded that the
ambit of the ongoing CBI probe into
the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam
be extended to neighbouring Punjab,
saying that the former was also the
“architect” of Punjab’s excise policy.
“(The) CBI inquiry into Delhi excise scam should be
extended to Punjab. As in the case of Delhi, Deputy CM
@msisodia was the architect of the Punjab excise policy
also which caused losses of hundreds of crores to the
State exchequer,” the SAD leader tweeted on Tuesday.
“CBI INQUIRY INTO DELHI EXCISE SCAM
SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO PUNJAB”
BJP protest turns violent in Bhubaneswar
BJP supporters protest in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Cong’s Karan Singh calls for assembly
polls to restore popular govt in JK
Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh
UP bans use of plastic
bottles in govt offices

INDIA
06
New Delhi (Agencies):
Reliance Jio has
launched True 5G ser-
vice in 277 cities across
the country and is on
the path to achieve the
declaredgoaltoincrease
the Jio 5G footprint to
covereverytown,taluka
and tehsil across the
country by December
this year, Akash Amba-
ni, Chairman of Reli-
ance Jio Infocomm Ltd,
said on Tuesday
.
Addressing a post-
budget webinar coordi-
nated by the Ministry of
Electronics and IT (Me-
itY) and Department of
Promotion of Industry
andInternalTrade(DPI-
IT), he added that this
will be the world’s fast-
est 5G rollout. Jio has
deployed “more than
40,000 sites and nearly
2,50,000 cells of 5G net-
work in 700 Mhz as well
as in the 3500Mhz band.
We are on the path to
achieve the declared
goal to increase the Jio
5Gfootprintmonthafter
month to other cities,
towns and talukas of
various states/UTs,”
Ambani said.
Jio is leading the 5G
network rollout in the
country with the
world’s largest stand-
alone network architec-
ture that is uniquely
suited to cater to the
requirements of True
5G technology. “Many
novel-use cases are find-
ing their way to the
market across sectors
such as healthcare, edu-
cation, agriculture,
smart cities and infra-
structure, including en-
tertainment and pro-
ductivity,” he stressed.
With 5G-enabled re-
mote consultations, “pa-
tients can easily consult
with doctors without
physically visiting. This
can save time, reduce
the risk of exposure to
infections, and dramati-
cally lower healthcare
costs,” Ambani added.
RelianceJiotobring5GtoeveryIndiancitybyDec2023:AkashAmbani
FASTEST 5G ROLLOUT
lll
Akash said, it will
make our cities
smarter, society
safer, utilities
more stable,
emergency
services more
responsive,
industry more
efficient
IMPACT OF 5G ON INDIA’S GROWING
ECONOMY IS IMMENSE, SAYS AKASH
“The impact on 5G that
will have on India’s
growing economy is
immense. There is no
other technology that
has given us various
growth sectors like
5G has as a rapidly
growing and emerg-
ing economy. India’s
uniquely positioned to
take lead in the use of
5G technology for the
betterment of society
and livelihood of over
140 crore Indians,”
Ambani said adding
that the healthcare
sector is poised to
be among the most
significant beneficiaries
of 5G technology.
‘CONG TO TAKE BJP HEAD-ON IN
ASSEMBLY, LOK SABHA POLLS’
Our victory will set tone for the general elections next year: Party spokesperson Shrinate
Congress on Tuesday
said that the party has
firmly resolved to take
on BJP in the upcoming
state elections and the
Generalelections.While
asserting that it has tak-
en three big moves post
2019 Lok Sabha polls,
including Bharat Jodo
Yatra, the party took
credit for the scrapping
of the farm laws and
non-implementation of
the Citizenship Amend-
ment Act (CAA).
In a press conference,
party spokesperson Su-
priya Shrinate said,
“The third big work the
party has done is elect-
ing a party president
who rose from the block
level to this position.”
Since 2019 Lok Sabha
elections, the party has
consistently and con-
certedly taken a series
of steps to ensure insti-
tutional reforms within
the party to strengthen
ourselves and in turn to
combat a brutal authori-
tarian regime, she said.
It said that the Con-
gressiscombativeonthe
street on issues of peo-
ple. “We have repeatedly
taken to streets against
the CAA, we have taken
to streets against anti-
farmers laws, we have
taken to streets against
thealarminglyhighlevel
of unemployment, we
have taken to streets
against back breaking
high prices. And each
timewehavetakentothe
streets–ourleadershave
faced the agencies –
which have become pup-
pets of the government
and the brutal police
force.” Shrinate said,
“The upcoming state
elections in Karnataka,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh, Mizoram, Ra-
jasthan and Telangana –
will be fought with vig-
our and our victory will
set the tone for the gen-
eral elections next year.”
She said the plenary
of the Congress with a
Haath Se Haath Jodoa?
as its central theme has
not just laid the ground
for significant organisa-
tional changes which
ensure a 50% reserva-
tion across all posts for
SC, ST, OBC, Minorities
andwomen,butwillalso
ensure a more young
andagilepartywith50%
of all posts to be filled in
by people under the age
of 50 years.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate. —FILE PHOTO
CONG CONTINUES ATTACK, DIRECTS
3 MORE QUESTIONS TO PM MODI
New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Tuesday
alleged that Gautam
Adani’s elder brother
Vinod Adani has a
“central role” in the
Adani Group and asked
whether India’s “all-
powerful agencies” will
investigate allegations
of “round-tripping and
money-laundering” by
offshore shell compa-
nies connected to their
family. Posing a set of
3 questions to PM Nar-
endra Modi as part of
the party’s “Hum Adani
ke Hain Kaun” series,
Cong gen secretary
Jairam Ramesh said in
its January 29 response
to “serious allegations”
against Gautam Adani’s
elder brother Vinod
Adani, the Adani Group
had tried to distance
itself stating that he
does not hold any
managerial position in
any Adani listed entities
or their subsidiaries
and has no role in their
day-to-day affairs.
STUDENT JUMPS
FROM 7-STOREY
BUILDING, DIES
FOUR HELD FOR
ACCEPTING BETS
ON PSL IN PANAJI
Bidar (Agencies): A
22-year-old MBBS stu-
dent committed suicide
by jumping off a 7-sto-
rey building in Bidar
district of Karnataka on
Tuesday. The deceased
has been identified as
Srirama Kadagi. As per
police, Srirama was
a final-year medicine
student at the Bidar
Institute of Medical Sci-
ences (BRIMS). He was
residing at the BRIMS
hostel and committed
suicide in the morning.
Panaji (Agencies): Goa
police has arrested four
persons all residents
of Delhi for allegedly
accepting bets for
Pakistan Super League
(PSL) cricket match, in
Panaji. North Goa Su-
perintendent of Police
Nidhin Valsan said that
on receiving informa-
tion about the betting
for cricket match, they
conducted raid at one
villa in Anjuna, North
Goa and arrested four
people on February 26.
Chennai (Agencies): Three school students riding
two bicycles on Tuesday were hit by a speeding
SUV at Valaymaptu village near Vaniyambadi in Tir-
upattur district of Tamil Nadu, police said. The three
boys identified as S. Rafiq and two siblings, R. Vijay
and R. Suriya, who were in their bicycles died on
the spot. All the deceased studied in Class 8. While
the brothers, Suriya and Vijay were riding the same
bicycle, Rafiq was in another bicycle.
Bengaluru (Agencies): Karnataka Police said on
Tuesday that it has cracked the murder case of
a 71-year-old man in Bengaluru and arrested his
son and two contract killers in connection to the
crime. Investigations have revealed that the vic-
tim’s son, Manikantha (30), had hired the contract
killers by paying them a sum of Rs 1 crore. The
two other accused were identified as T. Adarsha
(26) and Shivakumar (24).
THREE SCHOOL BOYS DIE AFTER BEING
HIT BY SPEEDING CAR IN TAMIL NADU
SON PAYS `1 CR TO CONTRACT KILLERS
TO GET FATHER KILLED IN BENGALURU
CRUCIAL READ
Mumbai (ANI): Vice
Admiral Dinesh K Tri-
pathi on Tuesday took
over as the new Flag Of-
ficer Commanding-in-
Chief (FOC-in-C) of the
Western Naval Com-
mand in Mumbai.
Vice Admiral Trip-
athi was posted as
Chief of Personnel na-
val headquarters in
Delhi.
An alumnus of
Sainik School Rewa
and National Defence
Academy, Khadakwa-
sla, he was commis-
sioned into the Indian
Navy on July 1, 1985.
A Communication
and Electronic Warfare
specialist, he served on
frontline warships of
the Navy as Signal
Communication Offic-
er and Electronic War-
fare Officer, and later
as the Executive Offic-
er and Principal War-
fare Officer of the
Guided Missile De-
stroyer INS Mumbai.
He commanded Indi-
an Naval Ships Vinash,
Kirch and Trishul.
Vice Admiral
Dinesh K Tripathi
takes over as
Western Naval
Command chief
Lucknow faces crisis as
Gomti water level drops
Lucknow (Agencies):
Early onset of summer
has led to a drop in the
water level of Gomti
river to 1.4 feet below
the normal 346.7 feet
due to the extreme
weather. No winter
rains and unusually
high temperatures in
February are being cit-
ed as reasons.
According to offi-
cials, the normal level
is the “intake point”
below which the Jal
Sansthan pumping sta-
tion at Gaughat water
works cannot draw wa-
ter to supply it to many
areas of the Old city
.
Sources said that the
situation may lead to a
drinking water crisis in
the state capital, if the
river is not provided
fresh supply from Shar-
da canal by the irriga-
tion department in the
next six days.
NCGG holds joint sessions
to facilitate knowledge
Two capacity-building
programmesforthecivil
servants of Bangladesh
and Arunachal Pradesh
commenced at the Na-
tional Centre for Good
Governance (NCGG),
Mussoorie campus.
NCGG organised joint
sessions to facilitate
knowledge and experi-
ence sharing. NCGG is
dedicated to promoting
collaborationlearning
among civil servants in
India and neighbouring
countries, in line with
the ‘Vasudhaiva Kutum-
bakam’ philosophy es-
poused by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
Army personnel
pushed from
moving train
Hoshiarpur (PTI): An
Army personnel was se-
riously injured after he
was pushed from a mov-
ing train by three uni-
dentified people when
he resisted their at-
tempt to snatch his bag,
police said. The inci-
dent took place in the
early hours of Tuesday
when the Shalimar Ex-
press was passing Dara-
pur by-pass Tanda here
on the Jalandhar-Jam-
mu rail track. The army
personnel was travel-
ling to Jammu from
Ambala, police said.
5 children die
of respiratory
infections in
Kolkata
Aizawl to host
2nd B20 event
from March 1-3
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Aizawl will host
the second of four B20
India events scheduled
from from March 1-3,
2023, in the Northeast.
Business 20 (B20) is the
official G20 dialogue fo-
rum for the global busi-
ness community. As
one of the most notice-
able Engagement
Groups of the G20, B20
represents the G20
business community
and mobilises views of
global business leaders
on global economic and
trade governance.
Kolkata (Agencies):
Five children have died
in West Bengal due to
respiratoryinfectionsin
differenthospitalsinthe
city in the last 24 hours
fuellingfearsof growing
incidences of Adenovi-
rus in the state, a health
departmentofficialsaid.
Doctors are, unsure
whetherthedeathswere
due to the infection. In
children, Adenovirus
usually cause infections
in the respiratory and
intestinal tracts.
NPCL takes steps towards
sustainability with EV adoption
Greater Noida (Agen-
cies): NoidaPowerCom-
pany Limited has intro-
duced a new independ-
ent cell called “Sustain-
ability and Clean Ener-
gy” to ensure sustaina-
ble business growth in
an environmentally
friendly manner.
The company has al-
ready identified various
areas for action to ex-
pand its footprint with-
in the ESG framework.
The adoption of elec-
tric vehicles for com-
mercial purposes is
one of the key goals of
the “Sustainability and
Clean Energy” cell in
order to reduce the
company’s carbon foot-
print. Towards this en-
deavour, the company
purchased two electric
vehiclesasreplacements
for older diesel vehicles
that had reached their
useful life.
Mumbai (Agencies):
Central Bureau of
Communication, Goa
has organized a Multi-
media exhibition on
International Year of
Millets at the Kadamba
Transport Corporation
Bus stand in Panaji.
The exhibition was
inaugurated by North
Goa Superintendent of
Police (SP), Nidhin Val-
san today
. Open to pub-
lic till 3rd March, the
exhibition aims to edu-
cate visitors about the
importance of millets
and encourage their in-
clusion in daily diets.
ICAR-Central Coastal
Agricultural Research
Institute have also set
up a stall at the event
where visitors can inter-
act with subject experts
on millets and see live
samples of the same.
Gomti river —FILE PHOTO
North Goa SP, Nidhin Valsan
during the exhibition.
MD P R Kumar during the launch of an electric vehicle on Tuesday.
The company will use
electrical vehicles for
business operations
Multimedia Expo on Int’l
Year of Millets held in Panaji
False and baseless
charges: Sisodia in
resignation letter
New Delhi (PTI):
AAP leader Manish
Sisodia, in his letter
of resignation from
the Delhi Cabinet, al-
leged that a conspira-
cy has been hatched
against him based on
false and baseless
charges and asserted
thattruthwillemerge.
Sisodia asserted
that he worked with
utmost honesty and
has the blessings of
lakhs of children and
love of their parents.
“The biggest thing
isthatIhavethebless-
ings of thousands of
teachers who were in-
volvedinusheringthe
education revolution
in Delhi. The truth re-
garding the allega-
tions levelled against
me will emerge and it
will be proved that
these are false.
“These allegations
are nothing but a con-
spiracy by those who
are scared of Arvind
Kejriwal’s politics of
truth. I am not their
target but their target
is AAP. This is be-
cause not only Delhi
buttheentirecountry
isseeingyouasalead-
er with a vision for
the nation and imple-
mentation of that vi-
sion could bring huge
changes in the peo-
ple’s lives,” he said.
Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
New Delhi: With the
aim of increasing the
participation of over-
seas Rajasthanis and
international buyers in
the Rajasthan Interna-
tional Expo 2023, the
Rajasthan Foundation
is going to organize a
road show in Kolkata.
The objective of the
roadshow is to interact
with the Rajasthanis
living in Kolkata. In the
roadshow on Wednes-
day, a discussion relat-
ed to the expo will be
held.
Dhiraj Srivastava,
Commissioner of the
Rajasthan Foundation,
informed that Rajeev
Arora, Chairman, Ra-
jasthan Export Promo-
tion Council and Rajsi-
co, Mahendra Parakh,
Commissioner, Indus-
tries and Commerce
along will interact with
the Rajasthanis and
will introduce the pro-
grams being carried
out by the Government
of Rajasthan.
He informed that Ra-
jasthani handicrafts,
agro-food products,
stainless steel utensils,
furniture, and textile
products will be spe-
cially displayed in the
expo. He said that the
first edition of Ra-
jasthan International
Expo will be organized
in Jodhpur from March
20 to 22 at the Trade Fa-
cilitation Center in Bo-
ronada.
Roadshow to be held in Kolkata to woo buyers
RAJASTHAN INTERNATIONAL EXPO
College principal, lecturer in
ABC net with `5K in Jhalawar
Accused demanded `10,000 in lieu of marking complete attendance in the college
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: ACB Jhala-
war arrested Dr Gayatri
Khandelwal Principal
and Md. Aziz Lecturer
Hindi of Dr Zakir Hus-
sain MMTT College,
Jhalawar Region while
taking a bribe of Rs
5,000 from the complain-
ant on Tuesday
.
Hemant Priyadarshi,
Additional Director
General, Anti-Corrup-
tion Bureau (Addl.
Charge Director Gener-
al) said that the com-
plainant registered a
complaint with the Jhal-
awar unit that the prin-
cipal and the lecturer
demanded Rs 10,000 in
lieu of marking com-
plete attendance in the
college, sending the
boardexaminationform
to the university and is-
suing the letter of in-
ternship.
Under the supervi-
sion of the SP
, Alok Sriv-
astava and the Jhalawar
unit of ACB verified the
complaint and arrested
the two taking Rs 5,000
from the complainant.
A probe is on and a
case has been registered
under the Prevention of
Corruption Act.
PATWARI
HELD WITH
`15K BRIBE
IN SAMBHAR
ACB ARRESTS GST
SUPERINTENDENT
FOR TAKING BRIBE
Baran: The Anti-Corrup-
tion Bureau on Tuesday
arrested the GST super-
intendent in Baran for
allegedly taking a bribe
of Rs 3,000. The accused
official Kishan Lal had
demanded the bribe for
entering details of a firm
in records. After verifica-
tion of the complaint,
a trap was laid and the
accused was held while
taking the bribe amount,
according to ACB’s ad-
ditional director Hemant
Priyadarshy, who is hold-
ing the additional charge
of DG ACB.
Jaipur: ACB
Special Inves-
tigation Wing
(SIW) unit,
Jaipur arrested
Rahul Swami
Patwari for tak-
ing a bribe of
Rs 15,000 from
the complainant
in Sambhar on
Tuesday.Hemant
Priyadarshi,
Additional
Director General,
Anti-Corruption
Bureau (Addl.
Charge Director
General) in-
formed that SIW
Unit received
a complain-
ant that Swami
demanded Rs
20,000 bribe in
lieu of opening a
nomination.The
patwari is being
interrogated.
—Navin Sharma
Patwari held taking
`6K bribe in Karauli
First India Bureau
Karauli: The Karauli
unit of ACB arrested
patwari Shyam Singh
Mali from Sapotra here
while taking a bribe of
Rs 6,000 from the com-
plainant.
Hemant Priyadarshi,
ADG, ACB (Addl.
Charge Director Gen-
eral) informed that
ACB’s Karauli unit re-
ceived a complaint that
Shyam Singh Mali de-
manded a bribe of Rs
11,000 in lieu of land
transfer.
Under the supervi-
sion of Deputy Inspec-
tor General of Police,
ACB Bharatpur, Kalu-
ram Rawat, the com-
plaint was verified.
Cooperative society fraud cases to
be heard in 313 courts in the State
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cases of fraud
connected to credit co-
operative societies will
now be heard in 313
courts in the state, up
from the earlier 33, a
senior official said
here on Tuesday
.
All 280 additional
district and sessions
courts of the state have
been authorised to
hear and dispose cases
related to fraud in
credit co-operative so-
cieties to ensure swift
justice, Principal Sec-
retary, Cooperative de-
partment, Sreya Guha
said in a statement.
During the meeting,
Sreya Guha directed
officials that com-
plaints received on Raj
Sahkar portal will be
disposed of expedi-
tiously
.
She said that notices
have been issued to
about 20,000 victims
for document verifica-
tion. “So far more than
10,000 court com-
plaints have been filed
by the sub-registrar of-
fices. Due to the elec-
tion process in various
co-operative societies
for the last two years,
there has been delay in
filing of petitions,”
said Sreya Guha.
CS Usha hails Bikaner
collector’s innovations
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Usha Sharma on
Tuesday held meetings
of Industry, MSME,
ARD, TAD departments
onthebudgetworkplan.
She also held a VC re-
garding the innovations
of Bikaner Collector.
She praised the Bi-
kaner collector’s inno-
vation and progress in
developmental works.
The chief secretary
asked the collector
Bhagwati Prasad Kalal
to keep the momentum.
Sharma praised innova-
tions like Pukar, Shakti,
DIQE, Sajag Anganwa-
di, etc.Kalal is a low-pro-
file officer who is doing
excellent work.
ACS Sandeep Verma
gave a Presentation on
technology
. Meetings re-
garding the work plan
of the budget of Petro-
leum, PHED, Ground
Water Department,
UDH, and cooperatives
department were also
planned.
MLA Baljeet wears black clothes,
holds protest run for 14-pt demands
Malpura chairman gets
interim relief from SC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Supremecourt
has given interim re-
lief to the chairperson
of Malpura Nagar Pa-
lika Sonia Soni. Soni
was suspended by the
government of Ra-
jasthaninacaseof cor-
ruption.
Rajasthan High
Court had stayed the
suspension against
which the state govern-
ment had approached
the Supreme court
seeking the apex
court’s intervention.
However, the bench of
Justice Sanjay Kishan
Kaul rejected the peti-
tionbecausethematter
is under consideration
withthedivisionbench
of the high court.
Sanjay Jain
Pratapgarh: Behror
MLA Baljeet Yadav held
a protest run in Pratap-
garh on Wednesday
. Ya-
dav wore black clothes
and protested against
the state government
and demanded to give
reservations to youths
of Rajasthan in govern-
ment jobs, connect ca-
nals for providing irri-
gation waters to farm-
ers, and reduce unem-
ployment among other
things.
He started his protest
marathon from Ambed-
kar Circle in Pratap-
garh and ended at the
court premises. He also
extended his support to
the protesting lawyers
outside court premises
and said that the Advo-
cates Protection Act
should be implemented
in Rajasthan. Yadav is
organising marathon
protests in various as-
sembly constituencies
over his 14 point-de-
mand and protesting
various issues.
Dhiraj Srivastava attended Golden Jubilee year of Rajasthan
Parishad and met Rajasthani diaspora, in Rourkela on Tuesday.
Minister Ramesh
Meena’s mother
passes away
Karauli: Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena’s mother Kesar
Devi passed away on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was
90 years old and breathed last in Jaipur on Tuesday afternoon. Her
final rites were performed in the village Nayagaon Mandrayal where
people from all walks of life paid their last respect.
Accused Dr Gayatri Khandelwal and Md. Aziz in the ACB custody, in Jhalawar on Tuesday.

You hold the power to change whatever you
want in your life, within a year, month, a
day- this very instant- so feel that power
and colour the canvas of your life.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Governor Kalraj
Mishra on Tuesday
chaired the 9th convoca-
tion ceremony of Kota
University
. Founder Di-
rector of Cancer Hospi-
tal and Research Centre
(Gwalior), Prof BR
Srivastava was the
chief guest. While ad-
dressing the gathering,
Kalraj Mishra said that
the students should
strive hard to make In-
dia a leader in scientific
research. “Universities
should introduce such
courses that students
can contribute to devel-
opment of India in fu-
ture. Under the NEP,
Varsities are also ex-
pected to prepare our
youth as job creators,
not job seekers, with
skill development and
employment-oriented
courses,” Guv said,
adding that it was on
this day that renowned
scientist Dr Chan-
drashekhar Venkatara-
man had discovered the
Raman effect. “He was
awarded the 1930 Prize
in Physics as the first
Indian Asian person
for this discovery. Dr
Venkataraman’s role in
science is exemplary
.”
Students should aid in nation’s development: Guv
9TH
CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF KOTA UNIV
lll
Founder
Director of
Cancer Hospital
and Research
Centre
(Gwalior), Prof
BR Srivastava
was the chief
guest of the
ceremony
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State Gov-
ernment will establish
‘Rajiv Gandhi Centre
for IT Development and
E-Governance’ in
Jaipur to promote cy-
ber security and data
security
. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has given
the financial approval
of Rs 147.55 crore for
the proposed centre. A
provision of Rs 100
crore has been made for
the year 2023-24 for this
institute which is pro-
posed to be established
in Khaitan Polytechnic
College, Jaipur.
A digital ecosystem
will be developed at the
institute for block
chain, cyber security,
IFMS and data security
.
Necessary tools and
software will be availa-
ble to develop and im-
plement useful IT prod-
ucts and IT solutions to
strengthen e-govern-
ance. These software,
tools and platforms etc.
will be available as ser-
vice for academic, in-
dustrial, government
and start-up ecosys-
tems. Research and
other related work will
be carried out with lat-
est technology in cyber
range, block chain plat-
form and IT sector. It is
to be noted that in the
budget 2023-24, the
Chief Minister had an-
nounced the establish-
ment of Rajiv Gandhi
Centre for IT Develop-
ment and E-Govern-
ance.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra while
congratulating the peo-
ple on the occasion of
National Science Day
on Tuesday, said that
we all should pledge to
work together for dis-
semination of science
in Indian languages and
work with scientific vi-
sion in all walks of life.
ACS, Science Tech-
nology Dept, Sandeep
Verma met the Gover-
nor at Raj Bhavan and
told the Governor about
various events to be or-
ganised in the context
of science dissemina-
tion in the State on Na-
tional Science Day
.
On the occasion,
Mishra described the
theme of National Sci-
ence Day 2023, ‘Global
Science for Global Wel-
fare’ as important. He
said that the science
and technology ecosys-
tem in the country has
expanded rapidly dur-
ing the last few years.
Verma informed the
Governor about the pro-
grammes to be held on
Science Day across the
State about the events
being held for science
communication.
CM’S NOD TO SET UP RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE
FOR IT DEVP E-GOVERNANCE IN JAIPUR
WILL HELP CURB CYBER CRIMES
z This Centre will be helpful in controlling cyber
crimes in the state and creating awareness
about online frauds, apart from capacity build-
ing of state technical graduates in modern
technology.
z Also, expertise and skills required for the use
of block chain technology will be developed at
this institute.
Governor Kalraj Mishra gets a badge pinned on his attire by ACS,
Science Technology Department, Sandeep Verma at the Raj
Bhavan in Jaipur on Tuesday.
CM Ashok Gehlot Sunita Gehlot with ACS, Science Technology
Dept, Sandeep Verma Project Director, Dr Sadhna Mathur after
getting a badge pinned on the National Science Day at CMR on
Tuesday. Verma apprised CM about Dept’s various schemes.
ACS, Science Technology Department, Sandeep Verma greets
Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi after pinning a badge on his attire
to mark National Science Day on Tuesday at the State Legislative
Assembly in Jaipur.
CS Usha Sharma being pinned a badge by Dr Sadhna Mathur,
Project Director, Department of Science Technology at the
former’s office in State Secretariat in Jaipur on the occasion of
National Science Day on Tuesday.
ACS , Science Technology Department, Sandeep Verma pins
a badge on DGP Umesh Mishra’s attire to mark the National
Science Day at the Police Headquarters in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Governor Mishra
urges masses to work
with scientific vision
NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY
Financial approval
of `147.55 crore
given for the
proposed centre to
be established in
Khaitan Polytechnic
College, Jaipur
A provision of Rs
100 crore has been
made for the year
2023-24
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The entire IAS
lobby of the State is
surprised on handing
over of the post of MD,
Urja Vikas Nigam to
MM Rinwa after being
‘snatched off’ from 1995
batch senior IAS
Bhaskar A. Sawant.
Sawant had been han-
dling the post, quite ef-
fectively, for the past 17
months and the cause
of action of this sud-
den change has not
come to light.
It should be noted
that the reins of this
corporation, which
deals in the sensitive
work of purchase of
power worth crores of
rupees, has been taken
from an IAS and hand-
ed over to a technocrat.
MM Rinwa is a retired
Chief Engineer of
Jodhpur DISCOM. Pri-
or to Sawant, the post
has been handled by all
IAS officials viz Rohit
Gupta, Dinesh Kumar
and Piyush Sharma.
The IAS lobby has
been worried on the is-
sue that it is being ‘sent
out’ of the Vidyut Bha-
wan. There are total six
power companies in the
State - Vidyut Utpadan
Nigam, Prasaran Nig-
am, Jaipur - Jodhpur -
Ajmer Vitran Nigam,
Akshay Urja Nigam
and Urja Vikas Nigam.
There was a time,
when IAS officials
were posted as MD of
these companies and
as of today, Ashutosh
AT Pednekar is the
only IAS posted as MD
of Prasaran Nigam.
But what is more im-
portant is the aspect
that the technocrats
that have been posted
are those, who have
served as engineers of
these companies and
have retired. For exam-
ple RN Kumawat, the
MD of Jaipur Discom,
retired five years back.
Similarly, Rinwa, who
replaces Sawant, has
also retired several
years back. However,
the process of choosing
a retired person, and
what grounds, and mer-
it is open to debate and
speculations. Then, an-
other point of debate
could be the topic -
whether technocrats
can give better results
Bhaskar’s ‘ouster’ a surprise to IAS lobby! Dhariwal to launch
various RHB Housing
schemes today
Birla to flag-off new train from
Kota to Ahmedabad on Mar 3
CAG report
shows increased
illegal mining;
need for reforms
Of meets,discussions,
suspense Pilot’s smile!
Governor Kalraj Mishra awards a degree to a student during the
9th Convocation Ceremony of Kota University in Kota on Tuesday.
Also seen here is V-C of University, Professor Neelima Singh.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The RHB will
launch various housing
schemes of about 4,300
flats and independent
houses today. The
schemes will be
launched by UDH Min-
ister Shanti Dhariwal.
According to the inten-
tion of the Chief Minis-
ter and UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal, the
Housing Board has de-
cided to launch housing
schemes in small towns
and cities of districts of
the state. A total of 1332
flats and independent
houses will be launched
in sectors 22, 23 and 26
of Pratap Nagar area in
Jaipur.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora had re-
cently reviewed final
preps by meeting with
concerned officials and
informed that “All the
preparations related to
the housing schemes
have been completed.
Booklets and publica-
tions and the material
work has also been com-
pleted,” he said.
Kota: LS Speaker Om Birla will flag-off a new
train from Kota to Ahmedabad at 6:45pm on March
3 from Kota Railway Station, officials informed.
The train will run two days a week from Asarwa
railway station and will have two second class AC
coaches, 4 third class AC coaches, 7 sleepers, two
general and one coach for disabled and guard.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An audit con-
ducted by the Comptrol-
ler and Auditor General
(CAG) on illegal mining
in the State has found
that there is a need for
reforms to strengthen
the government ma-
chinery to prevent ille-
gal mining activities.
Rajasthan has the larg-
est number of mining
leases in the country
.
The report for year
ended March 31, 2020,
which was tabled in As-
sembly on Monday,
shows that department
didn’t use freely availa-
ble new technologies
such as remote sensing
data to identify stop
illegal mining activi-
ties. Results showed
that illegal mining was
taking place near 34%
mining leases. Dept in-
spected 14 mining leas-
es pointed out by audit
found illegal mining
of 13.37L metric tonnes
of minerals costing Rs
1 billion 11 cr. Dept also
failed to properly use
application ‘DMGOMS’
meant for monitoring
mining activities.
Yogesh Sharma
Raipur:FormerDeputy
Chief Minister of Ra-
jasthan, Sachin Pilot,
held a discussion before
leaving Raipur and met
with his trusted leaders
- Murari Lal Meena and
GR Khatana. Pilot spoke
to both at Fair Resort.
Notably
, Pilot had met
party’s national leaders
a day before and is be-
lieved to have had a long
conversation with Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra. It
is possible that the out-
put of this conversation
was given to the trusted
leaders. Although the
suspense has not ended
in the mind of the sup-
porters as a pro-pilot
leader from Jhalawar
clearly said, “Now is the
time to take a decision.
Enough of the ‘waiting
politics’. Interestingly,
Pilot listened to his sup-
porter and smiled.
COURTESY MEET
The Governor of Assam, Gulab Chand Kataria calls upon
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the latter’s residence in
New Delhi on Tuesday.
Guv Kalraj Mishra visited
Oxygen City Park on
Jhalawar Road in Kota and
observed the development
and beautification works.
Describing Oxygen City Park
as wonderful, he said that
the park is unique in its kind
not only in Kota but in the
entire state. He said that the
human-nature balance has
been shown creatively and
tourists coming to Kota must
visit the Oxygen City Park at
least once. Architect Anoop
Bartariya, administrative
and UIT Kota officials were
present during the visit.
Senior IAS Nilkamal Darbari retired on Tuesday. The
1987 batch official was on deputation at the Centre.
Notably, 10 more IAS will retire this year. Among these are
Ujjwal Rathore who will retire in March, Vinita Srivastava
in April, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma in June, Yagyamitra
Singh in September, Renu Jaipal, Mahendra Parakh in
October, Jitendra Upadhyay in November, and ACS Veenu
Gupta, Chauthiram Meena and Sohanlal in December.
10 IAS OFFICERS TO RETIRE IN 2023
‘OXYGEN PARK ONE OF A
KIND IN ENTIRE STATE’

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tailers.
These vibrant col-
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paired with a skirt,
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basic for this eye-catch-
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If you want to make a
dramatic statement by
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different bright col-
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Combining green and
pink, pink and orange,
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If you want to experi-
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POWER OF SUPER INDIANS
City First brings to you glimpses from Super Indians event organised by Bharat24 and
First India news channel and newspaper at hotel Radisson on Sunday. The event was
held under the aegis of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra in which erstwhile Sirohi royal family
scion Padma Shri Raghuvir Singh, Jodhpur divisional commissioner KC Meena, IG Jai
Narayan Sher, collector Himanshu Gupta, former MP Badri Ram Jakhar, Chairman of
Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission Justice Gopal Krishna Vyas and
chairperson of the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Sangeeta Beniwal were also present as special guest. During the event,
Film actors Govinda and Manoj Tiwari graced the event with their presence.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Ram Lal Chaudhary and Ram Lal Bishnoi
Jagdeesh Chandra with Shyam Chhugani, Jai Narayan Sher,
Govinda, KC Meena, Gopal Krishna Vyas, Laxmi Chhugani and Neha Chhugani
Jagdeesh Chandra with Himanshu, Badri and Mohini Devi
Jagdeesh Chandra with Himanshu, KC Meena and Jai Narayan Sher
Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena,
Pramod Kumar Tak, Govinda, Sangeeta Beniwal
Jagdeesh Chandra with
Sangeeta Beniwal and Gopal Krishna Vyas
Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher,
KC Meena, Govinda, Mayur Joshi and Sangeeta Beniwal
Jadeesh Chandra with Raghuvir Singh Deora,
Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena and Narayan Singh Manaklaw
Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Senu Sapera and team
Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher,
KC Meena, Govinda, Neeraj Mathur, Sangeeta Beniwal,
Jawed Siddiqui, Gopal Krishna Vyas and Vishal Mathur
Pratiyuksha, Jitesh Jangid and Mona Jangid
Govinda, Gyani Ram Malu, Jawed Siddiqui and a guest
Jagdeesh Chandra with Mohini, Badri,
KC Meena, Narayanram Kali Rana and Govinda
Munni Devi Godara, Govinda, Harshit and Sangeeta Beniwal
Jinendra Shekhawat, Jawed Siddiqui and Sangeeta Beniwal
Jagdeesh Chandra with Rajiv, Jinendra Shekhawat, Manoj Jagyasi,
Raghuvir Singh Deora, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena,
Gyanendra Kumar Jain, Govinda, Sangeeta Beniwal and Gopal Krishna Vyas
Narayanram Kali Rana
Senu Sapera
Jagdeesh Chandra with Rishabh Katta,
Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda and Sangeeta Beniwal
Tripti, Megha, Manoj Tiwari and Govinda
Jagdeesh Chandra with KC Meena,
Govinda, Piyush Doshi and family members
Govinda and Mustak Khan
Jagdeesh Chandra with Raghuvir Singh
Deora and Jai Narayan Sher
Jagdeesh Chandra with Govinda,
Sangeeta Beniwal, Rajiv Mundra and family members Jagdeesh Chandra with KC Meena, Sangeeta Beniwal and Govinda
Jagdeesh Chandra with
Suresh Chandra, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena and Govinda Manoj Tiwari and Manoj Jagyasi
Yogita, Manisha, Jayshree, Vinita, Mohini,
Manoj Tiwari, Govinda, Munni Devi Godara and Ishika Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Tiwari and Govinda
Jagdeesh Chandra with Badri Ram Jakhar
Jagdeesh Chandra with Badri Ram Jakhar
Megha, Govinda, Shyam Chhugani, Piyush Doshi and Rajiv Mundra
Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Kanha Ram and Surendra
Megha, Govinda, Gyanendra Kumar Jain and Suresh Chandra Buntolia
Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Mahendra Pratap Choudhary,
Amit Choudhary and Sangeeta Beniwal
Narayan Singh Manaklaw, Sangeeta Beniwal,
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CITY FIRST
aipur Couture
Show (JCS),
the three-day
extravaganza
was wrapped
up with the
t h i r d - l o o k
launch of the show at
the Zarza, Sahakar
Marg in the city on
Monday. During the
show, models show-
cased glimpses of
garments created
by the three design-
ers including Itisha
Jain from Label Wow
Fashion, Krishna Singh
from Label Kadam and
Deepak Sankit from
Craft Council of Weap-
ons and Artisans.
Music composer and
director Manmeet Sin-
gh graced the occasion
as the chief guest and
praised the local talent
that emerged from
Jaipur’s Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan and Jaipur Cou-
ture Show. The show’s
founder Gaurav Gaur,
directors Ajit Soni and
Ronnie Singh along
with director Ravindra
Pratap Singh of Ananta
Jaipur were present.
Showcasing a
glimpse of her col-
lection, among the
designers, Itisha
Jain said that fabrics
like flat chiffon, satin
base and organza would
showcase gowns and
jackets. Inspired by In-
do-western design,
these cocktail gowns
will be perfect for party-
wear and daily wear. On
the other hand,
Deepak Sankit
shared that the
t r a d i t i o n a l
wear of Ra-
jasthan will
b e a u t i f u l l y
showcase the
Nutri on the
ramp. The in-
spired de-
signs and
c o l o u r s
have been
given a
real shape
by Maha-
raj Devraj Sin-
gh. In which
silver gotta-
patti and aari-
tari work has
been prepared
by the artisans
of Jodhpur.
Along with
this, designer
Krishna Singh
will showcase
sarees made of
M a h e s h w a r i
and Chanderi
silk under the
theme ‘Shring-
ar’. Also, the en-
tire collection
will be embel-
lished with
block printing
and maroon-
gold colours.
GAMEOFROYALFASHION
J
PHOOLON KI HOLI!
CITY FIRST
O
n the second day of the
four-dayHolikotsavbeing
celebrated at the Aarad-
hya Dev Govind Devji
temple, dance and singing per-
formances enthralled the devo-
tees. Temple Mahant Anjan Ku-
mar Goswami worshiped
Thakur ji in Satsang Bhawan.
Program coordinator Gaurav
Dhamani shared bhajan singers
and dancers left no stone un-
turned to make the atmosphere
Falguni with their presence. In
thesinging,therewasafusionof
folk songs with classical, reli-
gious songs, while in the dance,
thedevoteesenjoyedtheshadeof
folk dance including Kalbelia
and Kathak. Padma Shri Gulabo
Sapera enthrallewd the devotees
byhermesmerizingperformane.
The grand wedding ceremony of Chitrit, son of Chandramani
and Sanjay Gupta with Shivangi, daughter of Runu Srivastava
and Jitendra Srivastava was solemnised at the Palace,
Narsinghpura, Jaipur on Monday. Jagdeesh Chandra reached
to bless the newlyweds and wished them a happy married life
ahead. Various dignitaries including State Minister Dr Subhash
Garg, Chief Information Commissioner DB Gupta and Additional
Chief Secretary (Health) Veenu Gupta along with others also
blessed the couple. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Glimpse from the
mesmerizing dance performance
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
Gaurav Gaur with (R-L) Priya, Kalpana,
Neelanjana, Shivangi, Varunavi and Vinita
Sitting: (R-L) Nakul Vijay, Ajit Soni, Gurpreet Singh,
Deepak Sankit, Ishita Jain, Krishna Singh Jadu and Gaurav Gaur
Standing: Vinita, Priya, Shivangi, Neelanjana, Kalpana and Varunavi
Varunavi
Jagdeesh Chandra greets newlyweds Chitrit and Shivangi.
Also seen are Dr BL Jain, VK Dadeech, Sanjay Gupta and DC Jain
Subhash Garg, Gaurav Goyal, DC Jain,Ashok Gupta and Sanjay Gupta
DB Gupta and Veenu Gupta
Gulabo Sapera
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

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