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TIGER T-104 DIES DAY
AFTER BEING SHIFTED
AT SAJJANGARH PARK
Sawai Madhopur:
Ranthambore’s dreaded
tiger T-104, which was
shifted from Ranthambore
to Sajjangarh Biological
Park in Udaipur on Tuesday
morning, died within 24
hours after its departure
from Ranthambore on
Wednesday. More on P6
New Delhi: Amid financial
and operational headwinds,
Go First might well be
thanking its stars on
Wednesday as the NCLT
ruling also restrains
taking back of aircraft by
lessors, who have sought
repossession of the airline’s
45 planes in last few days.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
WE FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT,
SOME ON CONTROVERSY: PM
PM Narendra Modi with (L) Devji Patel, Kailash Choudhary, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Rajendra Rathore, Vasundhara Raje, Prasan Mehta, CP Joshi,
Satish Poonia, PP Chaudhary, Rajendra Gehlot and others during the event at Abu Road in Sirohi on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
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Nathdwara: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday
said some people are so
full of negativity that
they don’t want to see
anything good happen
in the country and only
like to create contro-
versy. At a function in
Nathdwara town of Ra-
jasthan, Modi laid
foundation of `5,500
crore. Earlier, Modi of-
fered prayers at the
Shrinathji temple.
“Because of this
thinking, priority was
not given to infrastruc-
ture development in
the country,” he said in
a veiled attack on Op-
position parties.
Before Modi’s ad-
dress, CM Gehlot had
drawn PM’s attention
to pending projects, in-
cluding Dungarpur-
Ratlam via Banswara
rail line, Karauli-Sar-
mathura rail line and
national project status
to ERCP.
“If sufficient num-
ber of medical colleges
had already been built,
then there would have
been no shortage of
doctors. If every house
would have started get-
ting water earlier, then
JJM would not have to
be started,” PM Modi
said. Full Reports on P8
The events were reported by Ravi Sharma, Ashish Choudhary,
Tarun Ameta, Aishwary Pradhan, Tripti Gautam, Kamlesh Prajapat,
Dimple Sharma, Ashok Kumawat and Manoj Chourasiya
Opposition should be respected
in democracy: Gehlot to Modi
Nathdwara: Reacting
tothestatementsof PM
Narendra Modi, CM
Ashok Gehlot on
Wednesday stressed
that the Opposition
should be respected in
democracyandsaidPM
Modi“willalsomovein
this direction”. Gehlot
also reiterated the de-
mand for national pro-
ject status for Eastern
Rajasthan Canal.
“If this is done, the
ruling dispensation
and the Opposition
will be able to serve
the country with more
vigour,” he said in the
presence of Modi at a
function to launch
various projects in
Nathdwara town of
Rajsamand in Raj. He
said that former PM
Indira Gandhi laid
down her life to keep
the country united
and did not allow the
creation of Khalistan.
Rajasthan government is paying special
attention to health and education: Gehlot
Ashish Tiwari
Pune: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Wednesday that the Ra-
jasthan govt is paying
special attention to the
health and education
sector because only
healthy and educated
citizens make an ad-
vanced nation. “The
public welfare schemes
of the state govt in both
these areas are being ap-
preciated across coun-
try
. Right to health and
free treatment up to Rs
25 lakh in CM Chiran-
jeevi Health Insurance
Scheme has strength-
enedstate’shealthinfra-
structure,” Gehlot said.
CM laid the foundation
stone of the extension
building of the Medical
College of the Universi-
ty and the auditorium
of Engineering College.
Turn to P5
CM Ashok Gehlot being felicitated by Dr Vishwajeet Kadam in
presence of Dr Shivajirao Kadam, Dr Vivek Saoji and others at
60th Foundation Day of Bharati Vidyapeeth in Pune on Wednesday.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Indian
laws permit an individ-
ual to adopt a child ir-
respective of marital
status, the SC said on
Wednesday while as-
serting that the law
recognises there
may be situa-
tions apart from
an “ideal fami-
ly” having its own bio-
logical children. In its
submission to the apex
court, which is hearing
pleas seeking legal vali-
dation for same-sex
marriages, child rights
body NCPCR argued
that the concept of
gender may be
“fluid” but not
mother and
motherhood.
Indian laws permit individual to
adopt child, says Supreme Court
RAJASTHAN,ASSAM,
ANDHRA OPPOSING
LEGAL VALIDATION...
Centre told SC it has re-
ceived responses from
seven states on the issue
of same-sex marriage and
the governments of Ra-
jasthan, Andhra Pradesh
and Assam have opposed
the petitioners’ contention
seeking legal validation
for such wedlock.
Plea seeking removal of CJI Chandrachud
from same-sex marriage bench rejected
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
HEARING IN TOP COURT
GO FIRST GETS NCLT
ORDER, LESSORS’
WOES DEEPEN NOW
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State gov-
ernment on Wednesday
presented a special leave
petition in the Supreme
Court in cases related to
2008-Jaipur serial bomb
blast case that had
claimed 71 lives and left
185 others injured. The
SLPchallengesMarch29
order of Rajasthan HC
acquitting5accused.In5
SLPs, govt has sought
quashing of HC’s order.
Modi laid foundation stones, inaugurated infra development projects costing over `5,500 crore
I hope your
(Modi’s)
message
will always keep the
nation together.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Governor Kalraj Mishra, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Dr CP
Joshi, CP Joshi, Bhajan Lal Jatav and Diya Kumari during foundation stone laying ceremony
of infrastructure developmental projects to the nation, in Nathdwara on Wednesday.
Those who measure
everything with
votes are unable to
devise plans
keeping the
country in mind.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
YOU HAVE INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
COUNTRY: MODI TO BRAHMA KUMARIS
PM Modi visited Shantivan complex of Brahma Ku-
maris and laid the foundation stone of a superspecial-
ity charitable global
hospital, second phase
of Shivmani old age
home and extension
of nursing college.
Speaking at Brahma
Kumaris event, PM
Modi appreciates the
efforts and work of Brahma Kumaris for the country;
says, “You have inspired many people in our country.”
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
being felicitated
by Vishal Bawa
ji during his visit
to Shrinathji
Temple to offer
prayers, in
Nathdwara on
Wednesday.
KARNATAKA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
In close Congress-BJP contest,
JDS may play kingmaker again
Moni Sharma
Bengaluru: Voting in
the 224 Assembly seats
of Karnataka was held
on Wednesday with
2,615 candidates in fray
.
CM Basavaraj Bommai,
Finance minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman, actor
Prakash Raj, and Info-
sys founder Narayana
Murthy, Congress lead-
ers like Siddaramaiah,
Shivakumar, Jagadish
Shettar were among the
early voters. Over 5
crore people voted to
elect a new government
in State. Bommai, re-
jected exit polls, assert-
ed that his party will
win with a clear major-
ity. Violence was also
reported including an
incident where a poll of-
ficer was manhandled.
An elderly voter shows her ink-marked finger after casting vote
for the Karnataka Assembly election, on Wednesday.
Pak ACB gets 8-day
custody of Imran
First India Bureau
Islamabad: A judge
ruled Wednesday that
former PM of Pakistan
Imran Khan can be held
foreightdays.Theruling
comes a day after Khan
was arrested in Islama-
bad. His arrest set off
clashes between his sup-
porters and police. An-
gry protesters stormed
and set fire to a building
housing Radio Pakistan
in the northwest on
Wednesday as the death
toll from the violence
rosetofour.Courtindict-
ed Khan in Toshakhana
case in which he alleg-
edly hid proceeds from
sale of state gifts.
Imran told court that
he feared for his life and
was afraid that he will
meet the same fate as
Maqsood Chaprasi, a
key witness in PM She-
hbaz Sharif’s money
laundering case who
died last year.
Supporters of Imran Khan damage a car inside the compound of
the Radio Pakistan as they protest in Peshawar on Wednesday.
SEVERAL FORECASTERS ALSO
PREDICT A HUNG ASSEMBLY
Most exit polls on Wednesday predicted a close contest
between the Congress and the BJP in the high-stakes
Karnataka Assembly polls with many pollsters giving
an edge to the grand old party. Several forecasters also
predicted a hung assembly.
MAY 13
COUNTING OF
THE VOTES ON
72.00%
VOTINGS RECORDED
EXIT POLLS 2023 KARNATAKA
SOURCE BJP CONG+ JDS OTH
ABP News-C Voter 83-95 100-112 21-29 2-6
India TV-CNX 80-90 110-120 20-24 1-3
News Nation-CGS 114 86 21 3
Republic TV 85-100 94-108 24-32 2-6
Suvarna News 94-117 91-106 14-24 0-2
Jpr serial blast
case: State govt
moves SLP in SC

KARTIKEY DEV SINGH
was a visual that is
seldom seen. Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi alighted from
the Air Force heli-
copter at Nathdwara
on Wednesday and was received
by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at
the helipad. To the surprise of
those present, it was a ‘coinci-
dence’ that the duo had donned
almost similar clothes, white kur-
ta and off-white Nehru/Modi jack-
et. The individuals, one — a pre-
mier of a Nation and the other — a
premier of a State, met with ex-
treme warm heartedness and com-
passion. While the duo are custo-
dians and proponents of two sepa-
rate political ideologies, which
has long been at the opposite ends
of the spectrum; yet there ap-
peared no love lost between the
two political bigwigs.
Their journey so far has been
almost similar. Both have been in-
fluenced by ideas of service from
an early age, both started giving
their time to the idea in their
teens, both of them struggled for
that idea and through that strug-
gle, rose to the political heights in
their respective parties.
They followed the same line, yet
the relationship between Modi
and Gehlot is an inexplicable puz-
zle! On the one hand, there is a
friendship on a personal level be-
tween the two. When Modi
reached Nathdwara helipad on
Wednesday, Gehlot warmly wel-
comed Modi. Coincidentally, the
dressing sense of both was also
almost identical and after this,
from the stage in Nathdwara,
Modi called Gehlot, his friend. In
fact, in the past, Modi has termed
Gehlot as the senior-most Chief
Minister, while also showering
many accolades on the Congress
leader from time to time.
And this was visible by CM Ge-
hlot’sgestureof receivingPMModi
atNathdwara,anact,notmanyOp-
positionCMsadhereto,andyetCM
Gehlot, displaying a sense of pro-
priety
,wentaheadandreceivedPM
Modi. In turn, the PM too acknowl-
edged Gehlot’ gesture and was all
smiles and visibly happy on seeing
his counterpart!
This ‘respect and honour’ that
both the leaders have for each
other, was visible during Gehlot’s
address at Nathdwara as well. In
fact, the duo even cracked light
jokes among themselves, half a
dozen times, while seated on the
stage. When the CM stood up for
his address, then the slogan of
Modi-Modi echoed among the
common people. In such a situa-
tion, PM Modi himself pacified
the people by pointing from the
stage. Along with this, he also in-
dicated BJP State president CP
Joshi to stop the people from rais-
ing slogans.
But on the other hand, both the
leaders did not hesitate to sur-
round and taunt each other’s par-
ty
. Gehlot took sarcastic jibes from
the stage in front of Modi and said
that ‘whoever may be in the gov-
ernment, but the Opposition
should be respected. We used to
compete with Gujarat in develop-
ment, now Rajasthan is far ahead
of Gujarat’.
Meanwhile, PM Modi too tar-
geted the Congress rule and said
that ‘Some people don’t want to
see good happening in the country
,
they only like to create controver-
sy’. And after this statement of
Modi, Gehlot tweeted his reaction
and said that PM should have
avoided giving political statement
in his (Gehlot’s) presence in the
government program.
Everything said and done, the
‘relationship’ between Modi and
Gehlot is akin to that of mature
individuals where even though
they call out each other before the
public, yet there is a deep admira-
tion between two for each other.
IT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed
by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Nathdwara on
Wednesday. Governor Kalraj Mishra is also present.
WHAT A CHEMISTRY...
THE MEN THAT MATTER,
AND THEIR ‘INTERESTING’
RELATIONSHIP!
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Glad to have met
Foreign Minister
of Israel @elicoh1.
We discussed ways
to further deepen
bilateral cooperation
in priority areas of
agriculture, water,
innovation and
people-to-people
ties.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Excellent interaction
with members of the
Indo Canada Chamber of
Commerce and Canada
India Foundation in
Toronto. With India
working on various fronts
to expand its economy,
invited them to help take
India-Canada ties on a
faster growth trajectory.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal SPIRITUAL SPEAK
So, whether you eat or
drink or whatever you
do, you should do it all
for God’s glory.
—Bible
TOP
TWEETS
ur controversial neighbour Pa-
kistan came in to being in a
hurry and did not have enough
time to scrutinize the fact that a
strong and imbalanced army is
a threat to the development of
the nation as a democratic set-
up. The failing health of Mr Jin-
nah did not provide him with
sufficient time to raise the re-
quired civil institutions that
could control the army
.
Army in Pakistan is ‘SEC-
OND TO NONE’ in the hierar-
chy of power game and has used
its rivalry with India to validate
its control of total power and to
place itself above all admonish-
ments. Even though it never
wonanyof thefourwarsagainst
India, it managed to wage a suc-
cessful war against its own dem-
ocratic system and ruling Paki-
stan directly for over 30 years
and influencing the corridors of
political power for rest of the
other period since its independ-
ence. Yes, the Generals run the
country from behind the façade
of civilian govt face.
In fact, last three Chiefs of
Army Staff, Generals Kayani,
Gen Raheel and Gen Bajwa all
decided not to be the face to take
direct control of the govern-
ment. As the Army had gained
de facto control over nation’s
nuclear and missile programs
in addition to a direct say in
matters of country’s key foreign
relationships, military budget,
and national security decision-
making, Marshal law was not
considered necessary. To be
honest, in my opinion, military
had achieved “coup-less coup.”
For the first time, civil-military
relationship seemed to come off
its turbulent past by agreeing on
the major issues facing Pakistan
i.e.; India, national politics and
the economy. The reasons for
hesitancy in taking over the
reins of Pakistan has not been
very clear. Was it because of the
taming of the Generals in last
two decades by civil masters or,
the instable and falling econo-
my variable?
Though, many onlookers
world over are pondering on the
possible military takeover to
each challenge Pakistan faces
today, we have to realise that
this compulsive speculation is
based upon a deep-rooted expec-
tation of the people in Pakistani
culture that the military will
come to their rescue to rid a cor-
rupt and inefficient govern-
ment, even at the expense of
democracy
.
But, I as an observer of mili-
tary matters believe that those
days seem to be over for now.
With Imran out of power for long
and under arrest, and his sup-
porters creating unprecedented
civil unrest situation in the his-
toryof Pakistan,thereappearno
signs of an imminent hard or
soft coup by the generals. The
army, it seems has digested the
insult of torching of houses of
two important Corps command-
ers and damage to its General
Headquarters by the unruly
crowed on 9th May afternoon.
Indeed, it is for political or
social thinkers to describe this
mystery in its entirety
. I person-
ally feel that though each Paki-
stan military dictator was of a
different brand & style and was
subjected to different circum-
stances while coming to power,
they all helped their adversar-
ies to bounce back to power
with a vengeance. All of them
were possessed with gaining
legitimacy to an illegitimate
take over. The prescription to
make the Supreme Court en-
dorse the military takeover
plagued all of them.
Although, the corrupt and in-
secure environment in the game
was favourable to the military
regime in the beginning, a bit of
arm twisting and the belief that
power flows through the barrel
of the gun helped the fortune
seekers to power. The complica-
tions came to light when the
generals at the helm tried fitting
into the long-established politi-
calmould.EachtimetheKhakhi
came to power in Pakistan, the
people realised that the money-
making greed by those in power
was no different to the earlier
civilian regime.
In current times the Pakistan
military leadership faces a sig-
nificant mess. Though it enjoys
a special reputation in the coun-
try’s political scenario, it is also
aware of its inherent limita-
tions. Therefore, the decision to
be in direct control of the nation
or, influence indirectly from the
side-lines becomes a predica-
ment. In either case, I presume,
itcannotactexceptlikeanArmy
– imperfectly
. This deadlock gets
worsewhencitizensexpectmore
from the army be as it may of its
role and constraints. I recall
meeting a prominent personali-
ty during my service who said
that he was happy with civilian
rule but, should something go
wrong, he would hold the army
responsible. “Damned if you
don’t and Damned if you do” is
the story now.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
O
This deadlock gets
worse when citizens
expect more from the
army be as it may of its
role and constraints.
I recall meeting a
prominent personality
during my service who
said that he was happy
with civilian rule but,
should something go
wrong, he would hold
the army responsible.
“Damned if you don’t
and Damned if you
do” is the story now
IS ARMY LOSING ITS
GRIP IN PAKISTAN?
COL ANUPAM JAITLY (R)
The writer is defence expert,
motivational speaker and corporate trainer
With Imran out of
power for long and
under arrest, and his
supporters creating
unprecedented civil
unrest situation in the
history of Pakistan,
there appear no signs of
an imminent hard or soft
coup by the generals
DIFFERENT PAKISTAN MILITARY DICTATORS...
Ipersonally feel that though each Pakistan military dictator was of a dif-
ferent brand & style and was subjected to different circumstances while
coming to power, they all helped their adversaries to bounce back to power
with a vengeance. All of them were possessed with gaining legitimacy
to an illegitimate take over. The prescription to make the Supreme Court
endorse the military takeover plagued all of them.
(From Left) Lt General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Lt General Mohammed Amir, General
Qamar Javed Bajwa, Lt General Faiz Hamid, Lt General Azhar Abbas.

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RAJASTHAN
05
CM’S APPROVALS
JCTSLgetsstrictertoimprove
qualityofJaipurcitybusservice
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The system of
urban transport in the
state capital Jaipur is
getting worse day by
day and people are al-
ready upset due to the
lack of buses. The ar-
bitrariness of the com-
panies operating and
maintaining the buses
worsens the situation
further. Buses which
are currently running
on the routes are also
not in a very good con-
dition, there is no guar-
antee that when and
where the bus will
break down.
JCTSL, the mainte-
nance company of the
buses, is recovering the
money from the man-
agement in full but is
doing formality in the
name of maintenance,
due to which traveling
in low-floor buses is be-
coming unsafe. Even
the facility of first aid
kit is not available in
the low-floor buses ply-
ing in the city
Till now complaints
were being received
only about the general
category low floor bus-
es, but now complaints
of AC buses are also
coming. In such a situ-
ation, JCTSL manage-
ment has issued sever-
al guidelines for the
smooth operation of
buses and reducing
road accidents. The
guidelines issued by
the JCTSL manage-
ment have focused on
the convenience of
passengers and pre-
venting road acci-
dents.
Drivers above 60 years
of age will not be sent on
route duty
Periodical training,
refresher course for
accident-free vehicle
operation to drivers
A copy of the medical
fitness of the drivers by
getting them medically
examined
Drivers should have 5
years old heavy license
and minimum 3 years
experience of driving
passenger vehicle
If an accident is caused
by the driver and case
is filed, such driver will
have to be removed and
blacklisted
On receipt of the
complaint of the driver
under the influence of
alcohol, the concerned
driver will have to be
removed from JCTSL
Fine will be imposed if the
driver is found talking on
the mobile while driving
INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED
BY JCTSL
JCTSL management issues guidelines
for smooth operation of buses
Even the facility of first aid kit is not
available in the low-floor buses
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: The Anti
Corruption Bureau ar-
rested the director of
ChildHelpline–Chittor-
garhforallegedlytaking
a bribe of Rs 16,000 in
Chittorgarh district late
on Tuesday night.
The accused, Bhojraj
Singh had demanded a
bribefromthecomplain-
ant in lieu of issuing a
salary against the work
done in the child hel-
pline. After verification
of the complaint, a trap
waslaidandtheaccused
was held while accept-
ing the bribe amount of
Rs 16000. The accused
was placed under arrest
under the Prevention of
corruption act.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The
schemes of the Ra-
jasthan Govt were
started in Bikaner
House in New Delhi on
Wednesday to give fa-
cilities to people be-
longing to Rajasthan
and residing in Delhi.
The schemes were in-
augurated by Chief
Resident Commission-
er Shubhra Singh and
Resident Commission-
er Dhiraj Srivastava.
The CM Free Medicine
Scheme and E-Mitra
Scheme were launched
in Bikaner House. Un-
der the free medicine
scheme, 300 medicines
will be given to people
free of cost while 500
designated services
will be provided by E-
Mitra.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Chairman of
RTDC Dharmendra
Rathore on Thursday
inaugurated Mehangai
Rahat Camp in Nand
vilage of Pushkar town
and addressed a public
gathering. He also dis-
tributed land deeds and
guarantee cards to the
beneficiaries. He said
that these camps are
public support and
common people are get-
ting relief from rising
inflation.
Raj government is…
Addressing the pro-
gram, Gehlot, remem-
bered the founder of
Bharti Vidyapeeth,
Late Patangrao Kadam
and said that his life is
inspirational for the
young generation.
Unprecedented develop-
ment in the field of edu-
cation in the state in 5
years
Gehlot said that the
state government is de-
termined for the all-
round development of
education. “Every pos-
sible effort and innova-
tion is being made for
better education.
National level insti-
tutions like IIT, IIM,
AIIMS, Triple IT, NIFT,
NIA, RUHS, Law, Agri-
culture, Sports and Po-
lice University have
been established in the
state. Also, now the
number of universi-
ties has increased to 92
in the state. In the last
four years only 303
new colleges have been
opened. These include
130 girls colleges,” he
said.
Wishing the teachers
and students of Bharti
Vidyapeeth Institute a
bright future, Gehlot
expressed hope that
the institute will con-
tinue to move forward
on the path of progress
in the future as well.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot will
inaugurate and lay the
foundation stone of
various development
works costing Rs 211
crores.
The development
work in the Jaipur Her-
itage Municipal Corpo-
ration area will be in-
augurated. Mayor
Munesh Gurjar re-
viewed the prepara-
tions for the pro-
gramme.
The CM will also un-
veil a statue of former
Governor of Gujarat
Pandit Naval Kishore
Sharma at Ghat ki
Guni at 11 am. He will
address the public after
unveiling the statue.
Gehlot will lay the
foundation stone of the
government girls’ col-
lege on Darbar school
premises in the even-
ing. He will also inau-
gurate Government
Ayurvedic Hospital in
Lakshminarayanapu-
ri and will address a
public gathering in Ja-
lupura.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Department
of Local Self Govern-
ment has blacklisted 32
Indira Rasoi’s by sus-
pending their licences
and have imposed a pen-
alty of Rs 80 lakh over al-
legations of making fake
bills to get govt grants.
Along with these, fraud
has been found in 300 In-
dira Rasoi’s and small
penalties have been also
imposed on them. The or-
ganisations instead of
providing cheap food to
poor people are busy fill-
ing their pockets.
MBBS graduates
take oath at SMS
Medical College
ACB nabs
director of
Child Helpline
with `16,000
State govt
schemes
launched in
Bikaner house
RTDC Chairman at
Mehangai Rahat
Camp in Pushkar
Sachin Pilot to start
Jan Sangharsh Yatra
from Ajmer today
FROM P2…
JMCH Mayor Munesh Gurjar
reviews preps for CM’s event today
`80L fine imposed on 32 Indira
Rasois for submitting fake bills
Sachin Pilot being greeted by a young supporter at his residence
in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Shubhra Singh and Dhiraj
Srivastava inaugurating the
schemes in New Delhi on
Wednesday.
250 students of the 2017 batch were also given degrees in SMS
Medical College on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot interacting with former President
Pratibha Patil in Pune on Wednesday.
Munesh Gurjar with officials inspecting preparations at MG
Govt School on Wednesday. —
PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The oath-tak-
ing ceremony of MBBS
graduates was held in
SMS Medical College
on Wednesday. On this
occasion, the 250 stu-
dents’ of the 2017 batch
were also given degrees
while the toppers were
honoured with gold
medals. The principal
of SMS Medical Col-
lege Dr Rajeev
Bagarhatta began the
oath-taking ceremony
and distributed de-
grees and medals to the
students. “The MBBS
graduates were admin-
istered an oath and
now they will work in
the hospital. This oath
will make them realise
their responsibility to-
wards the patients,”
said Dr Rajeev
Bagarhatta. Additional
Principal Dr Monica
Jain, Dr BL Kumawat,
Dean Dr ID Gupta, Ad-
ditional Dean De Anita
Singhal, Dr RK Poonia,
and other faculty mem-
bers were also present
during the oath-taking
ceremony.
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: One month af-
ter holding a day-long
fast, former deputy CM
and Tonk MLA Sachin
Pilot will begin his “Jan
Sangharsh Yatra” from
Ajmer on Thursday on
the issue of corruption
and paper leaks.
He will address a
gathering near Ashok
Udyan on Jaipur road
before commencing the
march towards Jaipur.
Pilot will hold a night
stay in Tolamal village
in Kishangarh.
Congress district
president, former may-
or, and several other
leaders and his support-
ers have made the prep-
arations for the event
which is likely to be at-
tended by around 30,000
people and Pilot sup-
porters.
On the other hand,
Congress MLAs Harish
Meena, Indraj Gurjar,
Amar Singh Jatav, GR
Khatana and others met
Pilot at his residence in
Jaipur on Wednesday
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Educational re-
sources are being ex-
panded in technical edu-
cational institutions of
the state. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal for
the construction of
classrooms, library, ICT
lab, seminar hall, and in-
creasing other neces-
sary facilities in the in-
stitutions on which,
about Rs 33.74 cr will be
spent. New classrooms,
expansion of hos-
tels, equipment
for ICT, data
science lab,
new artificial
intelligence,
machinelearn-
ing, etc. will be
purchasedand
installed at the Center
for Electronic Govern-
ance in Jhalana, Jaipur.
Expansion of labs, e-
library will be estab-
lished
Labs will be
expanded and
equipment
will be pur-
chased in
Jaipur, Jodh-
pur, Kota, Al-
war, Ajmer,
and Bikaner
Polytech-
nic col-
leges.
Jaipur: Facilities will be increased in
the court complexes of Khetri, Karauli,
Dholpur, Pratapgarh and Kaman in the
state. In these, various construction
works will be done to strengthen the
infrastructure. For this, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has approved a financial
provision of Rs 52.31 crore. With this
approval, construction of court complex
at Khetri, Dholpur and Kaman, construc-
tion of 10 courts at Karauli headquarters
and installation of lift for five-storey
court complex at Pratapgarh will be
done. With the development of these
construction works and other facilities,
the common man will get speedy justice.
`52 CR FOR COURT COMPLEXES
IN KARAULI OTHER DISTRICTS
` 14 CR FOR INDOOR SHOOTING
RANGE IN RAJ POLICE ACADEMY
Jaipur: State-of-the-art indoor shooting
range will be built at Jaipur’s Rajasthan
Police Academy to increase the firing
capacity of policemen. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has approved a financial
proposal of Rs 14 crore for its estab-
lishment. It will be a composite indoor
shooting range (CISR) of modern
technology, different from sports, with
6 lines of 50 meters each. Trainees will
get opportunities to practice in a better
and more friendly environment of the
Indoor Firing Range. It is noteworthy
that the announcement in this regard
was made by the Chief Minister in the
budget for the year 2023-24.
Edu resources to be expanded in polytechnic colleges
`33.74 cr to be
spent on technical
edu institutions in
Rajasthan
—FILE PHOTO

कारायालर प्ाधिकृत अधिकारी एवं स्ानीर अधिकारी
नगर पाधलका मण्डल धकशनगढ़-रेनवाल (जरपुर)
क्रमांक/ नपाककरे/23-24/भूकम/639 किनांक: 10.5.2023
प्ारूप-10
(कनयम 6(7) िेकिए)
-ः लोक सूचना ः-
श्री भंवर किंह पुत्र श्री भगवान किंह व श्री नरेन्द्र किंह पुत्र श्री भगवान किंह कनवािरी कक. रेनवाल किला ियपुर राि. ने
इि कायायालय में नरीचे उल्लकित भूकम का कृकि िे गैर-कृकिक आवािरीय प्योिन उपयोग हेतु ऐिरी भूकम के अपने अकभधृकत
अकधकारों के कनवायापन के कलए आवेिन प्सतुत ककया है, अरायात् :-
धजले सधित तिसील का नाम ग्ाम का नाम आवेदक का नाम खसरा नं. क्ेत्रफल वगयामीटर
किला ियपुर, तहिरील कक. रेनवाल कक. रेनवाल श्री भंवर किंह पुत्र श्री भगवान किंह 1747/145 300.00
किला ियपुर, तहिरील कक. रेनवाल कक. रेनवाल श्री नरेन्द्र किंह पुत्र श्री भगवान किंह 1746/145 300.00
इिकलए, इिके द्ारा िमसत िंबंकधत वयल्तयों को िूकचत ककया िाता है कक यकि ककिरी वयल्त को रािसरान भू-रािसव
अकधकनयम 1956 करी धारा 90-क और रािसरान अकभधृकत अकधकनयम 1955 करी धारा 63 के अधरीन पूववो्त प्योिनों के कलए
भूकम के कृकि िे गैर कृकिक आवािरीय उपयोग हेतु अनुज्ा प्िान करने और अकभधृकत अकधकारों के कनवायापन पर कोई आक्ेप है
तो वह इि नोकिि के प्काशन के 15 किन के भरीतर-भरीतर ककिरी कायया किवि पर कायायालय िमय के िौरान अधोहसताक्रकताया
के िमक् िमरयाक िसतावेिों के िार अपने आक्ेप प्सतुत कर िकेगा।
उपयुया्त कनयत िमय के भरीतर-भरीतर ककिरी आक्ेप के अभाव में यह िमझा िायेगा कक ककिरी को आक्ेप नहीं है और
तद्ुिार मामले का कनपिारा ककया िायेगा।
यह िूचना मेरे हसताक्र और मुहर के अधरीन आि 10/5/23 को िाररी करी गयरी।
प्ाधिकृत अधिकारी
नगर पाधलका धक. रेनवाल
In the initial investigation, it has
come to fore that the tiger died of
multiple organ failure. The exact
cause of death would be known after
post-mortem.
—Ajay Chittora,
Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF)
Negligence was done in shifting the tiger
from a closed vehicle about 700 km away
from its location during day time in the
scorching heat. It is also necessary to know
the truth of tranquilising it in excess. In the initial
form, it shows the insensitivity and negligence of the
department and officials concerned. I urge CM Ashok
Gehlot and Forest Minister Hemaram Choudhary to
take cognisance of this very sensitive issue and take
action against the concerned officials.
—Rajiv Arora, RAJSICO Chairman
RAJASTHAN
06
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CongressMLA
Ved Prakash Solanki,
who is considered close
to Sachin Pilot, raised
questions on the role
of Congress in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa.
He accused him of
not being able to coor-
dinate with the party
leaders in Rajasthan.
He told reporters in
Jaipur that Randhawa
was supposed to estab-
lish coordination
among the leaders but
he could not do this.
“Randhawa should
have established coor-
dination. He listened to
us and after this; he
should have resolved
our issues. He heard
our points but nothing
happened after that,”
he said.
Solanki said that it is
very important to es-
tablish coordination
because assembly elec-
tions are coming, and
if there is no coordina-
tion then it will harm
the party
.
Criticising chief
minister Ashok Ge-
hlot for praising BJP
MLA Shobharani
Kushwah for cross vot-
ing in favour of Con-
gress candidate in Ra-
jya Sabha elections
last year, he asked
whether the MLAs
who supported Sachin
Pilot were cowards.
On CM’s allegations
that MLA s had taken
money from BJP to top-
ple his government,
Solanki rejected the al-
legation and said that
CM is the home minis-
ter and if he had evi-
dence then he should
have already taken ac-
tion in the matter.
He said that he was
a supporter of Pilot
and will continue to
stand by him.
PILOT LOYALIST WRITES TO CONG HIGH COMMAND

Solanki has
written a letter
to Congress
Prez Mallikarjun
Kharge and
former Prez
Rahul Gandhi
saying that
Randhawa has
failed to
coordinate
‘Randhawa lacks coordination with leaders’
Advanced 100-bed ward
at SMS Hosp gathers dust
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: In the biggest
hospital of the State, on
the one hand where the
patients are struggling
for the beds, on the oth-
er hand, the 100-bed
ward made with state-
of-the-art technology in
Bangar campus for car-
diac patients is waiting
for the patients for al-
most six months.
The pre-fabricated
ward prepared at the
costof Rs6croreisgath-
ering dust at the SMS
hospital. The then Chief
Medical Education Sec-
retaryhadgiveninstruc-
tions to start the ward
soon, but still the ward
prepared with state-of-
the-art technology is
waiting for the patients.
The most surprising
thing is that even before
the inception of the
ward, flaws also started
coming to the fore. Due
to lack of care, prob-
lems in ceiling falling
in many places in the
ward. In such a situa-
tion, the question is
whether they are re-
sponsible only for
spending the budget.
This ward was almost
ready in August last
year but it has not yet
been started for the pa-
tients. The logic of the
administration was
that the stairs were the
only way to the ward.
Time taken to extend
the existing lift to the
second floor.
SHAURYA
CHAKRA
Assistant Commandant
in CRPF, Satyendra
Singh Yadav, a resident
of Bhikhawas village
near Neemrana, was
awarded a gallantry
medal by President
Droupadi Murmu in
New Delhi on Tuesday.
Yadav was honoured
with Shaurya Chakra
for showing his
outstanding valour
during a faceoff with
terrorists in JK on
June 28. He had
sustained two bullet
injuries and killed two
LeT ultras in Srinagar.
‘SirfEkBandaaKaafiHai’getslegalnoticefromAsaram
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Self-styled god-
man Asaram, sentenced
to life for sexually ex-
ploiting a minor, and the
Sant Shri Asaramji Ash-
ram Charitable Trust
have sent a legal notice
to the makers of “Sirf
EkBandaaKaafiHai”al-
leging that the trailer of
the upcoming film is
“highly objectionable
and defamatory”.
The film, starring
Manoj Bajpayee, follows
thestoryof alawyerwho
goes up against an influ-
ential godman accused
of sexually abusing a
minor girl. The trailer
was released on May 8.
Confirming that he
had received the notice,
producer Asif Sheikh
said late Tuesday that
the film is a biopic on PC
Solanki, prosecution
counsel for the girl.
“Legal notice has
been received from Sant
Shri Asaramji Ashram
Charitable Trust to the
makers Producer Asif
Sheikh Banner Practi-
cal Productions. My
legal team will respond
to the legal notice and
we have acquired
the rights of PC Solanki
and the biopic is based
on him,” Sheikh said
in a statement.
State GST
officials favour
RCA, R Royals
Shivendra Singh Parmar
Jaipur: It seems that
the State GST has
been ‘kind’ to RCA
and Rajasthan Roy-
als. State GST offi-
cials remained mute
spectators even after
the mistakes of the
past and Central GST
conducted action
which State GST
should have taken.
The Central GST
took initiative and
caught tax evasion of
about 22 crore and af-
ter that RCA also de-
posited an amount of
10 crores whereas
SDRI had already giv-
en the information of
about 11 crores tax to
State GST.
State reports four
new deaths due
to coronavirus
Unemployed protest
outside RSMSSB HQ
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Four persons
died of Covid-19 in the
State, the health depart-
ment bulletin reported
on Wednesday
. With this,
thetotaldeathsincreased
to 9,724. The deaths were
reported one each from
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar,
and Barmer.
The number of new
cases, however, dropped
to 50 in the health de-
partment bulletin on
Wednesday. The num-
ber of active patients
was recorded at 721 and
cumulative positive in-
creased to 13,25,997.
Meanwhile, 169 pa-
tients also recovered as
per the bulletin. The
new cases include 16
from Jaipur, 5 from
Ajmer, 8 from Udaipur
among other places.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Unemployed
youths on Wednesday
staged a demonstra-
tion outside RSMSSB
headquarters in Dur-
gapura demanding
announcement of
pending results of
various recruitment
examinations.
Upen Yadav, State
Presidentof Rajasthan
Berozgaar Ekikart
Mahasangh, and other
unemployed youths
raised slogans against
the State Government
and demanded that the
government should is-
sue the calendar of
new recruitments and
declare the pending re-
sults of examinations
already held.
Air Marshal Tiwari
given Guard of
Honour in Jodhpur
Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari inaugurates newly constructed
complex at Air Force Station in Jodhpur on Wednesday.
MLA Ved Prakash Solanki
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Air Marshal
Narmdeshwar Tiwari,
Air Officer Command-
ing-in-Chief, South West-
ern Air Command
(SWAC) visited Air Force
Station Jodhpur on
Wednesday. He was re-
ceived by Air Commo-
dore JPS Bains, Air Of-
ficer Commanding, Air
Force Station Jodhpur.
He was presented
with befitting Guard of
Honour on his first visit
to this air base after tak-
ing over as AOC-in-C,
SWAC.
The Air Marshal ad-
dressed the air warriors
and visited various
combat units to check
their operational pre-
paredness. He inaugu-
rated newly constructed
complex to enhance the
operational capability
of a premium flying
squadron and interact-
ed with personnel of all
combat units.
TOOK CHARGE ON...
Nirmal Tiwari
Sawai Madhopur:
Ranthambore’s dreaded
tiger T-104, which was
shifted from Rantham-
bore to Sajjangarh Bio-
logical Park in Udaipur
on Tuesday morning,
died within 24 hours af-
ter its departure.
The tiger was sent
from Ranthambore to
Sajjangarh at around 8
am and team reached
there between 1.30 and
2 in the afternoon. Af-
ter this, the tiger was
monitored in the cage
for several hours and
was released in the Bio-
logical Park at around 8
in the night.
After this, the tiger
went to a water hole at
around 10 pm and sat in
the water. When the pa-
trolling forest personnel
returned to the spot at
around 11.30 pm, they
found the tiger lying at
the same spot. The per-
sonnel tried to pick up
the tiger by making
noise but the tiger did
not move. On going clos-
er, it was found that the
tiger had died.
TIGER T-104 FAILS TO SURVIVE POST
RELOCATION TO SAJJANGARH PARK
Second death in one week in State; earlier, a pregnant tigress had died at Mukundra
MORE THAN 30 TIGERS
HAVE DIED IN THE
STATE IN 4 YEARS
THREE TIGRESSES TO
BE SHIFTED TO OTHER
RESERVES IN STATE
In the year when the country
is celebrating the golden
jubilee of Project Tiger, the
serial death of tigers in the
state has shaken the wildlife
world. The death of more than
30 tigers in four years and the
disappearance of the same
number of tigers have raised
serious questions on forest
management. After the death
of MT4 in Mukundra, the
death of T-104 in Udaipur’s
Sajjangarh Biological Park
has angered wildlife lovers
and they are demanding
concrete action. The inves-
tigation report is not made
public and under political
pressure some officers
are constantly involved
in wildlife.
Three tiger reserves of the
State will get one tigress
each from Ranthambore for
which the administration is
preparing. Permission for
tigress shifting has been tak-
en from the NTCA. After the
death of tigress in Mukundra
only one tiger is left there.
In such a situation first of all
tigress is expected to be sent
to Mukundra. A tigress is ex-
pected to be sent to Ramgarh
Vishdhari reserve where there
is also a possibility of having
a couple and two cubs. All
three tigresses will be shifted
from the non-tourism area of
Ranthambore. However, with
just one tiger left at Mukundra
Reserve, its “Tiger reserve”
status is at risk.
RANTHAMBORE: Two cubs poisoned in 2018, Tiger T
119 Veeru-October ‘19, Tiger T 25 Zalim-Jan ‘20, Tiger T-60’s
cub-April ‘21, Tiger T-102’s cub-May ‘21, Tiger T-107’s cub-June
‘21, Tiger T-65-July ‘21, Cub of T-61 T-69 -May ‘22, Tiger T-34
Kumbha-June ‘22, Tiger T-57-Jan ‘23, Tiger T-114 a cub-Jan
‘23, T-19 Krishna-Feb ‘23, A sub-adult tiger-Feb ‘23
SARISKA: Tiger ST 16-June ’19, Tiger ST-6-April ‘22, Tiger
ST-3-June ‘22
MUKUNDRA: 6 tigers/tigresses/cubs-March to Aug ‘20,
Tiger MT-4-May ‘23
SAJJANGARH: Tiger T-24-Dec ‘22, Tiger T-104-May ‘23
BIG CAT DEATHS BETWEEN 2018 2023
Protestors take out
march with 1,111-ft-long
memorandum outside SSC HQ
in Durgapura on Wednesday.

INDIA
07
New Delhi (PTI): Paki-
stani actor Sehar Shin-
wari got an epic re-
sponsefromDelhiPolice
after she took to Twitter
asking for online link to
file a complaint against
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi.
Taking to the micro-
blogging site, Shinwari
on Tuesday tweeted,
“Anyone knows the on-
line link of Delhi Po-
lice? I have to file a com-
plain against Indian
PM and Indian Intelli-
gence Agency RAW who
are spreading chaos
and terrorism in my
country Pakistan. If the
Indian courts are free
(as they claim), then I
am sure Indian Su-
preme Court will pro-
vide me justice.” Delhi
Police was quick and
witty in its response.
“We are afraid we
still do not have juris-
diction in Pakistan.
But, would like to know
how come you are
tweeting when the in-
ternet has been shut
down in your country!,”
it tweeted from its offi-
cial Twitter handle. The
Pakistani actor’s tweet
came after violence that
broke out in many cit-
ies of the neighbouring
country following the
arrest of former prime
minister Imran Khan
for alleged corruption.
Netizens were im-
pressed by Delhi Po-
lice’s uproarious reply
and hailed their sense
of humour. “Haha,
roasted really very bad-
ly @SeharShinwari,
you are having a bad
day, keep entertaining
us,” wrote one user. An-
other user wrote, “The
dream of jurisdiction in
Pakistan will definitely
come true!”
“Brilliant response
by Delhi Police,” tweet-
ed another user.
Delhi Police shuts up Pak actor with witty reply
TWEET AGAINST PM MODI FROM PAKISTAN
Washington (PTI):
President Joe Biden
will host Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi for
an Official State Visit to
theUnitedStates,which
will include a state din-
ner, on June 22, the
White House an-
nounced on Wednesday
.
“The upcoming visit
will affirm the deep and
close partnership be-
tween the United States
and India and the warm
bonds of family and
friendship that link
Americans and Indians
together,” White House
Press Secretary Karine
Jean-Pierre said in a
statement while an-
nouncing the visit.
She said that Prime
Minister Modi’s visit
will strengthen two
countries’ shared com-
mitment to a free, open,
prosperous, and secure
Indo-Pacific and their
shared resolve to ele-
vate strategic technolo-
gy partnership, includ-
ing in defence, clean
energy, and space.
“The leaders will dis-
cuss ways to expand ed-
ucational exchanges
people-to-people ties, as
well as our work togeth-
er to confront common
challenges from climate
change, to workforce de-
velopment health se-
curity
,” she said.
US Prez to host PM Modi for official State visit to US on June 22
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will inaugurate a three-day international tour-
ism exposition in Delhi on May 18 during which
a host of cultural activities will be organised,
Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said on
Wednesday. The event will be held from May 18-
20 and will also commemorate the International
Museum Day that falls on May 18. It will be held
at Pragati Maidan as part of the second phase of
the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Reddy said. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Inter-
national Museum Expo on May 18, he added.
PM TO INAUGURATE 3-DAY INT’L
MUSEUM EXPO IN DELHI ON MAY 18
90% voting in Meghalaya’s Sohiong
IN PUNJAB, JALANDHAR LS SEAT RECORDS 54% VOTER TURNOUT
Rampur/Jalandhar,
(PTI): Bypolls held in
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,
Odisha and Meghalaya
witnessed brisk voting
on Wednesday, with the
northeastern state reg-
istering a polling per-
centage of more than 90.
The bypolls were con-
ductedfortwoAssembly
seats in Uttar Pradesh,
one each in Meghalaya
and Odisha and the Ja-
landhar Lok Sabha con-
stituency in Punjab.
Till 5 pm, a voter
turnout of 54 per cent
was recorded in Jaland-
har. The Jharsuguda
Assembly segment in
Odisha witnessed 68.12
per cent polling while
the Sohiong Assembly
seat in Meghalaya re-
corded a voter turnout
of 91.56 per cent.
Among nine assem-
bly segments of the Ja-
landhar Lok Sabha seat,
the percentage turnout
in Adampur was 54, Ja-
landhar Cantt 48.9, Ja-
landhar Central 49, Ja-
landhar North 54.4, Ja-
landhar West 56.4, Kar-
tarpur 54.7, Nakodar
55.4, Phillaur 55.8 and
Shahkot 57.4, as per fig-
ures available.
The Jalandhar seat fell
vacant following the
death of Congress MP
Santokh Singh Chaud-
hary due to a cardiac
arrest during his par-
ty’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
in January
.
Prominent among
those who exercised
their franchise were
AAP candidate Sushil
Rinku, Congress nomi-
nee Karamjit Kaur
Chaudhary
,MLAPargat
Singh and AAP MP Bal-
bir Singh Seechewal.
Opposition party
leaders accused the
AAP of violating the
Model Code of Conduct
by deploying “outsid-
ers” at several booths, a
charge denied by the
ruling party
. The Con-
gress candidate,
through her election
agent, wrote a letter to
the chief election com-
missioner, alleging that
AAP leaders and work-
ers came from outside
the constituency for
campaigning and were
present in almost every
village and ward.
“The AAP is misus-
ing the government ma-
chinery and no action
is being taken by the
returning officer and
the assistant returning
officers,” she alleged.
The counting of
votes will take
place on May 13.
AAP MLA held
for violating
model code
of conduct
JALANDHAR BYPOLL
Jalandhar (PTI): Aam
Aadmi Party MLA from
Baba Bakala in Amrit-
sar Dalbir Singh Tong
was arrested in Jaland-
har on Wednesday for
allegedly violating the
model code of conduct
but later released on
bail, Punjab Chief Elec-
toral Officer Sibin said.
As per model code of
conduct, no person from
outside the polling con-
stituency can remain in
the area after the cam-
paign period is over
without the permission
of the Election Commis-
sion or a valid reason.
VotingfortheJalandhar
Lok Sabha by-election,
which began at 8 am,
will continue till 6 pm.
The Punjab CEO said
the action against Tong
was taken under IPC
Section 188 (disobedi-
ence to order duly prom-
ulgated by public serv-
ant) and he was later
released on bail.
New Delhi (PTI): The
government will inves-
tigate a claim that
WhatsApp accessed the
microphone of smart-
phone users while the
phone was not in use,
Union Minister Rajeev
Chandrasekhar said on
Wednesday
.
The minister said the
government will exam-
inetheallegedbreachof
privacy even as the new
Digital Personal Data
Protection Bill was be-
ing readied. This fol-
lowedaclaimthatWhat-
sApp accessed a user’s
microphone while he
was sleeping. In a tweet,
the Twitter engineer
said, “WhatsApp has
been using the micro-
phone in background,
while I was asleep and
since I woke up (that’s
just a part of the time-
line!) What’s going on?”
‘Govt to probe privacy
breach of WhatsApp’ New Delhi (PTI): “The
Kerala Story” will be
released in 37 countries
on May 12, the movie’s
lead star Adah Sharma
said on Wednesday
.
The film on conver-
sion that has polarised
the political discourse
in the country, leading
to bans in some states
and a tax-free status in
others, has earned Rs
56 crore at the box of-
fice since its release
last Friday. Sharma
took to Twitter to thank
the audience for sup-
porting the film.
“Thank you to all the
crores of you who are
going to watch our film,
thank you for making it
trend, thank you for lov-
ing my performance.
This weekend the 12th
#TheKeralaStory re-
leases internationally
in37countries(ormore)
#adahsharma,” the ac-
tor wrote in the post.
Directed by Sudipto
Sen and produced by Vi-
pul Shah, the film de-
picts how women from
Kerala were forced to
convert recruited by
the terror group.
‘Kerala Story’ to release in 37 nations
Delhi Police give ‘epic reply’ to a Pakistani actor Sehar Shinwari
(L)who wanted to file complaint against PM Narendra Modi.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets director Sudipto, actor Adah others
involved in making of ‘The Kerala Story’, in Lucknow, on Wednesday.
Union IT Minister Rajeev
Chandrasekhar, in Bengaluru.
A woman shows her inked finger after casting her vote for the
Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-poll, in Jalandhar on Wednesday.
First time voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their
votes for Sohiong Assembly by-poll in Meghalaya, on Wednesday.
New Delhi (Agencies): Sub-
sequently, in another online
outburst, the actress also
urged the United Nations’
intervention in the case. The
actress accused India of
attempting to escalate the
tension in her home country
and asked the UN to take
‘immediate action’. In an-
other tweet, Sehar said that
she was going to file an FIR
against PM Narendra Modi.
ACTRESS URGES
UN INTERVENTION
New Delhi: Two public
interest litigations (PILs)
have been filed at the
Calcutta HC on Wednes-
day challenging the West
Bengal government’s ban
on the screening of ‘The
Kerala Story’ in the state.
Both the PILs have been
filed before the division
bench of Chief Justice
TS Sivagnanam and Jus-
tice Hiranmay Bhattacha-
rya. The development
comes when the director
Sudipto Sen has already
approached the SC chal-
lenging the decision of
the state government.
TWO PILs FILED IN
HC CHALLENGING
BAN ON SCREENING
Lucknow (PTI): Amidst allegations by the Samajwadi Par-
ty (SP) that police were preventing voters from casting
votes in some booths, the Suar seat recorded 41.78%
polling while Chhanbey recorded 39.51% till 5 pm for the
assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh. The SP said that on
the instructions of party president Akhilesh Yadav, a letter
has been sent to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC),
New Delhi asking it to take cognizance of the complaints
of rigging and intimidation of voters and booth capturing
by the ruling party in the by-election in two assembly
constituencies and take immediate action. Arvind Kumar
Singh, SP’s former member of the Rajya Sabha has sent
all the complaints related to the by-election to the CEC
expecting immediate action on them, the release said.
UP ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS: SUAR RECORDS
OVER 41% POLLING, 39% IN CHHANBEY
New Delhi: The government is yet to accept a report
of the energy transition committee that recommended
banning the use of diesel-pow-
ered four-wheelers in cities with
over 10 lakh population and
switch to electric and gas-fuelled
vehicles by 2027, the oil ministry
said. The report of the com-
mittee headed by former oil secretary Tarun Kapoor had
also suggested phasing out motorcycles, scooters, and
three-wheelers with internal combustion engines by 2035.
New Delhi The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrest-
ed four men, including the kingpin who was inspired by
Bollywood flick ‘Special-26’, for
impersonating as CBI official and
cheating a jeweller to the tune of
Rs 40 lakh in the national capital,
an official said on Wednesday.
The accused were identified as
Sandeep Bhatnagar (54), Pawan Gupta (47), Yogesh Ku-
mar (58) and Himanshu alias Dinesh (35), all residents of
Delhi. During interrogation, it was revealed that Bhatnagar
is the mastermind and kingpin of the gang.
GOVT YET TO ACCEPT REPORT THAT CALLS
FOR BAN ON VEHICLES IN CERTAIN CITIES
FOUR POSING AS CBI OFFICIALS DUPE
JEWELLER OF `40L IN DELHI; ARRESTED
CRUCIAL READ
SP MLA THRASHES
BJP LEADER’S
HUSBAND IN UP
SIX STUDENTS
DIE BY SUICIDE
IN TELANGANA
New Delhi: A BJP leader’s
husband was on Wednes-
day thrashed by a Sama-
jwadi Party legislator and
his aides on the premises
of a police station in Uttar
Pradesh’s Amethi. Dozens
of policemen and bystand-
ers tried to intervene but
failed to stop the attacker.
The recorded video shows
Samajwadi Party legislator
Rakesh Pratap Singh
slapping Deepak Singh,
the husband of Rashmi
Singh, a BJP municipal
election candidate, at a
police station in Amethi.
Hyderabad: Six Interme-
diate students including
three girls, allegedly died
by suicide in separate
incidents in the city and
in Nizamabad district of
Telangana, reportedly
upset over their perfor-
mance in their exams. The
results for the Intermediate
first-year and second-year
examinations were
announced on Tuesday.
A 17-year-old girl, a first-
year Intermediate student,
hanged herself at her
house in Vanasthalipuram
on Wednesday, police said.
New Delhi (ANI):
The Supreme Court
is likely to deliver the
verdict on Thursday
on various petitions
filed by the rival fac-
tions Uddhav Thack-
eray and CM Eknath
Shinde in connection
with the Maharash-
tra political crisis.
The verdict will be
delivered by a 5-judge
Constitution bench
headed by Chief Jus-
tice DY Chandra-
chud. Chandrachud
said that “We are go-
ing to be delivering 2
judgments tomorrow
(Thursday).” The
five-judge Constitu-
tion bench of Chief
Justice DY Chandra-
chud, Justices MR
Shah, Krishna Mura-
ri, Hima Kohli and PS
Narasimha was deal-
ing with the issue re-
lated to Maharashtra
political crisis.
The court had ear-
lier reserved the or-
der after all the par-
ties concluded their
arguments. The law-
yer appearing for the
Uddhav Thackeray
camp had said that
the illegal act of the
Maharashtra Gover-
nor is a prior pending
sub judice challenge
before the trust vote.
SC to pronounce
verdict on pleas by
Thackeray, Shinde
A delegation of Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders comprising Aditya
Thackeray, Arvind Sawant and others meet Governor
Ramesh Bais at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Wednesday.
MAHA POLITICAL CRISIS
US President Joe Biden PM Narendra Modi
—PHOTOS
BY
ANI

Ravi Sharma, Ashish
Choudhary and
Tarun Ameta
Nathdwara: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday,
said that Rajasthan has
also suffered for not
building infrastructure
with foresight.
“You know how diffi-
cult it was to come and
go in this desert due to
lack of connectivity
. Be
it farming or business
activities, everything
was difficult,” he said
while addressing the
programme in Nath-
dwara after laying foun-
dation stones and inau-
gurating infrastructure
development projects
costing over Rs 5,500
crore.
He said his govern-
ment is giving maxi-
mum emphasis to mod-
ern infrastructure.
“Modern infrastruc-
ture increases connec-
tivity in cities and vil-
lages, increases conven-
ience and improves
people’s lives as well as
accelerates develop-
ment. When we talk
about the vision of a
developed India in the
coming 25 years, then
this modern infrastruc-
ture is emerging as a
new force at its core,”
he said.
Raj Governor Kalraj
Mishra, Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi,
BJP State President and
Chittorgarh MP Chan-
dra Prakash Joshi, Ra-
jsamand MP Diya Ku-
mari, Banswara-Dun-
garpur MLA Kanakmal
Katara, PWD Minister
of Raj Bhajan Lal Jatav
were also present.
Abu Road: PM Narendra
Modi showed maximum
affection towards Omprakash
Mathur CP Joshi on
Wednesday while it appeared
that PM’s blessings were
on CP Joshi! PM Modi even
praised CP Joshi. As soon
as CP Joshi completed his
address, PM Modi patted
Joshi’s back showed maxi-
mum love towards CP on the
stage. CP too, in a simple
way, appeared emotional.
On the other hand, when
Omprakash Mathur came to
fix PM’s turban, then PM
was all smiles and displayed
a sense of praise for Mathur
laughingly. Seeing the body
language of Modi, there was
a smile on faces of people on
stage. —Aishwary Pradhan
Life is full of twists and
turns, many a times, we ride
a road into the sunset only to
discover it is the sunrise.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
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Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora re-
solved the doubts of al-
lottees in the ‘Interac-
tion Meet’ organised on
Wednesday at the
Coaching Hub campus.
Welcoming this initia-
tive, the allottees called
the programme, a suc-
cess. First phase of the
Coaching Hub will be
inaugurated by CM
Ashok Gehlot and UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal in June.
Arora said that ar-
rangement of local
transport will start
with operation of
coaching in country’s
first coaching hub be-
ing built at Pratap Na-
gar’s Haldighati Marg
in Jaipur. He said “A
surveillance structure
worth about Rs 3 crore
has been developed in
Coaching Hub for stu-
dents’ safety. Along
with this, police post
surveillance vehicle
will also be deployed for
24 hours. Necessary fa-
cilities are being made
available. 300 studio
apartments are being
constructed nearby for
convenience of stu-
dents. “The allocation
of 3rd phase will be on
lines of open counter
sale,” he said. Coaching
operators appreciated
the interaction meet.
First India Bureau
Nathdwara: CM Ashok
Gehlot responded on
PM Modi’s event at
Nathdwara and tweet-
ed, “PM should have
refrained from criticis-
ing previous govts, By
making a political re-
mark in my presence as
Raj CM. Perhaps Modiji
forgot that he got a well-
groomed country. That
development was
achieved after 67 years
of independence, this
country wasn’t built in
a day,” he tweeted. CM
Gehlot appealed to PM
Modi saying, ‘I would
like to appeal to Shri
Narendra Modi, as a
PM you should thank in
govt programs. Instead
of insulting our prede-
cessors, we should
thank them, because
they handed over such
a country to Modiji,
which he is able to rep-
resent in the world.”
First India Bureau
Kota: The third group
of winners of ‘Samajh
Sansad Ki’ competition
organised on the initia-
tive of LS Speaker Om
Birla, reached Delhi
late on Tuesday night.
This “Rani Jhansi”
group consisted of 127
girls from Kota rural
area.
Along with the Par-
liament, the students
also saw Red Fort. They
visited National Sanita-
tion Centre, where they
got to know about
Swachh Bharat Abhi-
yan. During their visit
to Parliament, the girls
met LS Speaker Om
Birla, who congratulat-
ed the girls students
and said that they
should study a lot and
bring laurels to their
family
, the state and the
country
.
Arora: CM Gehlot, UDH Min Dhariwal
to inaugurate Coaching Hub in June
ALL FOR STUDENTS
PM Modi: Rajasthan suffered for
not building infra with foresight
PM MODI’S VISIT TO NATHDWARA AND MOUNT ABU
Rajsamand (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi waved at the
crowd to be silent as
CM Ashok Gehlot was
unable to speak due to
continuous chants of
“Modi Modi” on
Wednesday. During the
inauguration of devel-
opment projects in
Nathdwara, Gehlot
started speaking, but a
spirited crowd of peo-
ple started raising
continuous ‘Modi-
Modi’ chants. It was
PM Narendra Modi’s
intervention that
stopped people.
Not only did PM Nar-
endra Modi ask people
to stop, but he also
asked CP Joshi to in-
struct people to let Ge-
hlot speak. PM Modi
shared the dais with
former Chief Minister
of Rajasthan Vasund-
hara Raje.
Aishwary Pradhan, Tripti
Gautam, Kamlesh Prajapat
Abu Road: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Wednes-
day, alleged that the
Congress government
in Rajasthan was tak-
ing a soft stand against
terrorists due to its
appeasement politics
and took a dig over in-
fighting in the party,
saying the “CM does
not have faith in his
MLAs” and they also
don’t trust him.
Addressing a rally in
Abu Road, he alleged
that an “ugly form of
political battle” has
been on for the last five
years in Raj and in-
stead of working in
people’s interest, Con-
gress leaders were busy
in “the game of looting
and saving the chair.”
Referring to 2008
Jaipur serial blasts
that claimed 71 lives
and left 185 others in-
jured, the PM alleged
that the Congress govt
didn’t fight the case
strongly, leading to the
acquittal of all the ac-
cused. “The Congress
govt of Rajasthan did
what the Congress is
notorious for. The Con-
gress has always taken
a soft stand on terror-
ists for appeasement. It
doesn’t leave any
chance to stand with
terrorist ideology,” he
alleged.
“What kind of gov-
ernment is this where
the CM does not have
faith in his own MLAs
and they also do not
have faith in their
chief minister. Every-
one is competing to hu-
miliate others,” he
said.
Jaipur: Former CM Vasundhara Raje said
that the truth is also that the development
that took place during the tenure of PM Modi
is unprecedented and as a Chief Minister,
Gehlot should welcome this instead of being
annoyed. “Doesn’t the Chief Minister re-
member that half of the country’s population
was deprived of facilities like toilet for years.
Didn’t the Congress get power many times by
giving the slogan of Garibi Hatao? And pov-
erty was not removed even once. she said.
“Now neither the Gandhi family nor his MLAs
are listening to Gehlot. Pilot is a rebel. Afraid
of his impending defeat, Gehlot is saying any-
thing to get in the eyes of Rahul Gandhi, while
Modi ji has saved the country and the records
of development that have been set were seen
neither in the past nor future.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration and foundation laying ceremony of several projects in Nathdwara on Wednesday. Also seen are Om Prakash
Mathur, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Kailash Choudhary, Rajendra Rathore, Vasundhara Raje, Devji Patel, Vijaya Rahatkar and others. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Pawan Arora interacts with the allottees during an ‘Interaction
Meet’ organised at the Coaching Hub campus in Jaipur on
Wednesday. Also seen are KC Meena, Sanjay Sharma, Amit
Agrrawal and others.
The 3rd group of winners of ‘Samajh Sansad Ki’ competition from
Kota rural meet Om Birla at Parliament House in New Delhi.
Looking at the
matter related
to education
and students, not much
strictness was taken on
illegal coaching opera-
tions conducted in city.
Soon strict action in-
cluding sealing would be
taken against such
coaching institutes.
—Pawan Arora,
RHB Commissioner
Rajasthan govt taking a soft
stand against terrorists: PM
CP JOSHI OM MATHUR GET PM’s SPL ATTENTION
CM GEHLOT TO PM
Modi silences crowd as CM Gehlot begins his speech
Thank the predecessors, not
insult them: CM to PM Modi
127 Kota girls meet
Birla at Parliament
PM’s jibes on Raj are
only political: Dotasra
What kind of
government where
there is no trust
among MLAs: PM
PM Modi waves at crowd to be silent as CM Gehlot gets up to speak.
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses
during the event in Nathdwara.
PM Modi affectionately pats
CPJoshi’s back after latter’s
address in Nathdwara.
Central government is giving maximum
emphasis to modern infra, asserts PM Modi
Modern infra enhances connectivity and
improves peoples’ lives, the PM adds
z Rajasthan roads are better
than that of Gujarat.
z PM should declare ERCP
as a national project.
z CM urges PM to issue
gazette notification regard-
ing declaration of 50 roads
in Rajasthan as National
Highways.
z Gehlot urged PM that Rs
250 crore was also given
by state govt for Dungar-
pur-Ratlam-Banswara rail
line project task should
be completed.
z If we all move together,
the country will remain
one and united and will
also become Vishwa Guru.
PM Narendra Modi being welcomed by BJP leaders by presenting him with a huge floral garland
during the inaugural ceremony of developmental projects in Nathdwara.Also seen are Vasundhara
Raje, Kailash Choudhary,Rajendra Rathore and Devji Patel.
GEHLOT IS SAYING ANYTHING TO GET IN THE EYES OF RAHUL GANDHI: RAJE
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Governor
Kalraj Mishra at Nathdwara Helipad on Wednesday.
Rajsamand MP, Diya Kumari presenting an image of Shrinathji to
PM Narendra Modi at the inauguration of development projects
worth approximately `5,000 crore in the state. On the occasion,
Diya Kumari expressed her gratitude acknowledging PM Modi’s
strong commitment to development.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting
sharply to Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
speech, PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra on
Wednesday said that
Modi has insulted
the former Prime
Ministers by ig-
noring their devel-
opment work and
contribution to
the country
.
He said that during
the Corona pandemic,
the people of the coun-
try were suffering due
to the mismanagement,
shortage of oxygen and
medicines on part of
the Central Govern-
ment.
Dotasra said that law
and order in Rajasthan
is better than other
states. He said that the
serial bomb blasts in
Jaipur took place dur-
ing the regime of the
previous BJP govern-
ment while the crimi-
nals were sentenced to
death in the trial
court during the
rule of the Con-
gress government.
He also added that
the PM’s allega-
tions are only po-
litical. He said that
women wrestlers who
brought laurels to na-
tion are sitting on dhar-
na at Delhi’s Jantar
Mantar demanding ac-
tion against accused of
sexual exploitation but
BJP and Modi govt is
protecting the accused,
who is a BJP MP.

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characterized that
phase for you?
My childhood years
were filled with art,
culture and a con-
stant array of
very colourful
people! I feel
blessed to
have been
brought up
in such an environment.
I did face a lot of difficul-
ties in school on both ac-
counts of having grown
up in a non-traditional
manner, considering I
started to act at a very
young age which kept me
away from studies at
times, and having to deal
with select faculty who
would treat me differ-
ently (not positive) on ac-
count of my family back-
ground.
I did not face any sig-
nificant problems in col-
lege. I was on my own in
Mumbai at the time.
What was it like having
a mother who was an
icon in her own right
but also an incredibly
busy actor
, and a work-
ing professional?
At home, we had guests
over and parties all the
time, practically every
evening. My mother
would travel a lot for her
work and both my sister
and I would miss her ter-
ribly. I would remain
quite distracted from my
school and then my
shoot assignments at a
young age would keep
meawayfrommyfriends
and family for consider-
able periods.
Through any negative
phases, I worked on just
groundingmyfeelingsby
talking to myself
through whatever might
be troubling me and reas-
suring myself that all
situations are just tempo-
rary and that once we are
on the other side of this
negative phase, life is
much better.
What are your views
and perception on, and
of divorce, especially
from the perspective of
children of acrimoni-
ous couples? Some say
children need both par-
ents; others contend it
is better to have at least
one happy parent, than
two miserable ones.
I think that divorce is
much harder on children
than it is for the parents.
Having said that,
parents should split
when a marriage is
very unhappy as
over time their
p r e d i c a m e n t
weighs very
heavily on the
children.
E ve n t u a l l y,
children of di-
vorce fare better
than children
who have to be
subject to
constant
unhappiness and sorrow
at home.
Could you share the pre-
cise circumstances of
your foray into acting?
Was it expected, sus-
pected, premeditated,
or none of the above?
Acting came to me com-
pletely by fluke and my
actual first film was just
at the age of about four
where I played my own
mother`s child! My fami-
ly never expected or put
any pressure on me to
start acting. It somehow
just happened and before
I knew it, I was knee-deep
in it!
Careful contemplation
only came after (laughs!).
Speak to some challeng-
es you faced upon de-
buting celluloid. After
all, there was naturally
immense pressure and
scrutiny was there not?
Main challenge was that I
wassoyoungwhenIstart-
ed shooting for music vid-
eos and movies. I`d be sur-
rounded by much older
people on set and I was
extremely shy at the time.
I`dbeverynervousalotof
the time on set due to this.
Also, long periods away
from home and travelling
tosomeverydifficultloca-
tions proved to be very
challenging as I started.
Comparison is part
and parcel of life, argu-
ably more so in the en-
tertainment ‘business’
than in other spheres
of work. Was this fur-
ther compounded by
having your sister also
inhabit the same pro-
fessional realm?
There has been a lot
of comparison be-
tween my sister
and me. We
are two very
dif ferent
p e o p l e
and we never compete
with each other. We acted
together in a few films
and enjoyed ourselves at
the time. Quite often, we
are mistaken for each
other (laughs!).
We have always dealt
with comparison by nev-
er paying much heed to
it. As mentioned, we nev-
er compete and have
carved out a different
niche for ourselves in the
industry
.
Fame and celebrity can
be a painful and erratic
mistress. How have you
coped with the various
peaks and valleys of
stardom?
I`ve certainly gone
through my share of ex-
treme situations due to
how certain movies have
done or just losing op-
portunities at the last
moment.
There is a lot of heart-
ache that is not seen on
screen!
I have always been
very spiritual and prac-
tice yoga regularly. This
has helped me a lot
through tough situa-
tions. I also love to travel
and take the opportunity
to distance myself dur-
ing this period and work
on my hobbies or pas-
sions. This always revi-
talises me and helps me
go after projects that pre-
sent themselves to me
soon after.
It is no secret that so-
cial media can be a
boon or a bane and that
celebrities ostensibly
face a greater share of
brickbats than others.
How do you view social
media?
I go through each com-
ment on my social media
posts and simply block
the users who troll. It is
out of our power to stop
people from spreading
extreme negativity just
because they`re
anonymous and
unaccounta-
ble. Once
they`re blocked,
they`reevenmore
inconsequen-
tial. It does not
affect me any-
more. I am al-
ways ever
grateful to my
followers who
have always
been very
encourag-
ing and
showed me
a lot of love.
Finally
then
Riya, as a
Mental Well-
ness Initia-
tives Platform,
Driveway Devi
would love to
know your views on
Mental Health.
Mental health and phys-
ical health go together. I
think it is extremely im-
portant to keep yourself
fit and exercising, which
has just as positive an
impact on our minds as
it does on our bodies.
Having said that, it is so
important to reach out
to someone to talk to if
you`re feeling depressed
or overwhelmed. We
have to do away with
this stigma wherein
we look at someone
as weak if they`re
not okay mentally
.
This is a grave
mistake. We must
encourage people
through love and
support to reach
out to a profes-
sional for help if
things get very
bad. All situations
are temporary and
it`s never worth
losing oneself
due to the feeling
that no op-
tions are avail-
able to us for
support.
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MEGHA GOVINDARAJU, Blogger
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Financial front remains rosy
and promises to bring in
gains. Good professional
guidance may become the
key to further your career. A family
member may make you proud with an
achievement. Spending time with
friends is possible. Some of you may
decide to take your romance.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You may want things
differently on the domestic
front, but will need to
convince others about your
ideas. A break from the routine is
indicated and will give you time to do
things you were not getting time.
Change of season requires you to
take good care of your health.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Limiting some items from
your diet will have a
positive effect on your
health. There is much to
achieve today and you will find
yourself up to it. Academic front
seems favourable. You are likely to
buy something you have been
longing for.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will succeed in
wriggling out of a tight
financial situation by curbing
wasteful expenditure. An
outing with family promises much fun.
Prepare well for a long journey, if you
want to travel comfortably. Shifting to a
new house or a new city cannot be
ruled out for some.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Family issues that are
leading to disputes are
likely to be resolved
amicably. There is a chance
of somebody taking you along for a
function or a party. Keeping track of
something or someone may prove an
uphill task. Your standing in your
circle is likely to get a boost.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Something being organised
on the social front may get
you totally involved. Expect
immediate returns from the
investments made by you. Workload is
likely to increase on the professional
front. This is a fine day on the financial
front. Good understanding and mutual
respect is likely to enhance.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your bank balance is likely
to swell and make you
financially secure. Buying
something expensive for
the house is indicated.
Responsibilities are likely to increase
manifold. Those feeling lethargic and
unwell may get back on the path to
perfect health.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
This is a positive day that
proves special for some.
Meditate to embark on a
new spiritual journey. You
will be able to regain lost ground on
the academic front to come at par
with the rest. Excellent showing at
work will get you hand-picked for an
important assignment.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Someone’s good advice
will help in making the
right decisions on the
academic front. Things
start looking up on the health front
as you manage to remain regular in
your workouts.Some of you can book
tickets to someplace exotic.Overall
health remains perfect.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Problems faced on the
financial front are likely to
disappear.Something may
keep you from realizing
your full potential on the academic
front. A practical solution may be
found for a complex problem at
work. Those in love will feel much
closer now, than before.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Going the extra mile for
someone will be greatly
appreciated by all.
Someone may not agree to
your terms but that should not affect
your productivity. You will get a
chance to tap your potential on the
professional front and impress those
who matter.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Something new may be
acquired for the home by
homemakers. An initiative
on the health front is likely
to give rich dividends. Those
involved in a project will be able to
give a good account of themselves.
You despise is likely to turn over a
new leaf, so let bygones be bygones.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
APreciousInheritance
TheDrivewayDeviX
RIYA SEN INTERVIEW
A
KARTIK BAJORIA
The author is a Writer-Educator
and Founder of Driveway Devi –
a Mental Wellness Initiatives
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PARINEETI'S
PARINEETI'S
engagement look
engagement look
ccording to the sources, the actress re-
vealed that Parineeti Chopra will be
wearing celebrity designer Manish
Malhotra’s outfit for her engagement
with Raghav Chadha. We had shared
glimpses of the actress getting snapped
outside Manish’s house in Mumbai be-
fore she left for Delhi. It was since then that the
buzz around her wearing a Manish Malhotra
outfit for her big day started doing the rounds.
After multiple visits to Manish Malhotra's stu-
dio and his home, Parineeti has decided to wear
his designed outfit for her big day
. The outfit tri-
als have been done for the engagement day,” re-
vealed the source. The reports further added that
the actress asked the designer to keep it simple
yet elegant as she is not a fan of heavy work. She
wanted to keep the look minimalistic and classy
.
A
Priyanka Opens Up
P
riyanka Chopra was the latest guest on Alex Cooper’s podcast
Call Her Daddy
. During the conversation, Priyanka was asked
about her dating life before meeting Nick Jonas. “Before
meeting your husband, did you find yourself stuck in any
patterns, with your romantic relationships with the partners you
were choosing?” asked the host. Priyanka replied, “Yeah definite-
ly. In fact, I was a serial monogamist. I went from rela-
tionship to relationship to relation-
ship. I did not give myself time at
all between relationships till my
last one.” When asked why,
Priyanka replied, “I think
I worked a lot and I al-
ways ended up dat-
ing the actors
that I worked
with or the peo-
ple that I met on
my set. And I think
I just thought I had an
idea of what a relation-
ship should be like, and I
kept seeking that and trying to
fit the people that came into my life
into my idea of that relationship.”
T
aylor Swift’s song Ronan is undoubtedly
one of the saddest and most heart-
wrenching songs she has ever written
and sung. The track, which was first
released as a single during Taylor’s Red era,
was inspired by a young boy named Ronan,
who passed away just days before his
fourth birthday in 2011, after battling
cancer. Ronan’s mother Maya Thomp-
son will be attending Taylor Swift’s
Eras Tour concert in Philly on May
12. Maya Thompson, who is a na-
tiveof Arizona,tooktoherTwit-
terspacetosharethenewsthat
shewillbeattendingTaylor’s
ErasTourconcertinPhilly
on May 12.
Tribute through
A SONG
S
hraddha Kapoor is one
of the most loved ac-
tresses in town. Shrad-
dha shared the pictures
on Instagram and gave a peek
into her new hairdo. In the pic-
tures, the actress is seen sport-
ing a pink t-shirt paired with
denim jeans and white sneak-
ers. While enjoying the golden
hour at home, Shraddha
flaunted
her short hair look adorably
. Along
with the pictures, she wrote, “Dil
chota mat karo, baal karo.” A fan
wrote, “Ek toh vaise hi anime dekh
dekh kr short hair pasand aane
lage, upr se sabse pasandeeda au-
rat ne bhi short kara liye, earth is
healing.”
‘Dil chota mat karo, baal karo’
Parineeti
Chopra
Spotted
Her post...
Shraddha Kapoor Taylor Swift Priyanka Chopra

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
GREETINGS!
Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Jahnavi Soni, as she
reached the former’s residence to seek blessings for her
latest Bollywood release,Afwaah. Directed by Sudhir Mishra,
produced by Anubhav Sinha and Bhushan Kumar under
their respective banners Benaras production, the film holds
a mirror to our times, helmed by Nawazuddin Sidiqqui,
Bhumi Pednekar, Sumeet Vyas and Sharib Hashmi in critical
roles.The movie was released on May 5. Jahnavi Soni is the
finalist of Miss Rajasthan 2021.Yogesh Mishra, director of
Miss Rajasthan was also present on the occasion.
The final-year students of SKIT College have created
an innovative cloud-based project “Smart Ignition and
Surveillance Device for Motor Vehicles” which safeguards
motor vehicles from theft and provides features of
location tracking and a wireless ignition system. This
project is of utmost importance for the masses and
has been created by Tanya Khandelwal, Sumit Saini,
Shubhnesh Sharma and Sweha Rajora under the
experienced guidance of Dr Sarfaraz Nawaz, HOD, EE-
SKIT. The USP of this device is that the owner can control
the ignition operations track the location of their vehicle
from around the globe via a mobile application installed
in their phones. Furthermore, only the owner can start the
vehicle through the app, any other person can not start it.
It also protects the data of the owner.This innovation is the
first of its kind, so the creators have applied for a patent.
THE GRAND POSTER LAUNCHED
CITY FIRST
J
agdeeshChandra
launched the
poster of the
Film ‘A Day
Turns Daark’, at his
residence on Wednes-
day. The web series is
being produced by A
Suniil Siihaag Goraaa
Films A Grisu Media
Arts in collaboration
with Stallions Films
from Goa. Ranveer Sin-
gh Sihag, Sunil Sihaag,
Amarjeet Singh Sang-
wan and Sahil Sihag
were present on the oc-
casion.
ABOUT THE FILM:
The film walks you
through an emotional
journey of love, friend-
ship and family. The
story is not just about
love but provides a
fresh perspective on
seeing society as a
whole. It highlights the
good and bad practices
that together make up
our lives and devises
our understanding and
actions around them. It
also demonstrates why
a right action has such
a strong impact and
how one just or right
action can cause you to
question many wrong
ones. The film is an ad-
aptation of his best-
selling book, ‘Day
Turns Dark.’
Nitin and Harleen do
not just share a love
story; their existential
relationship breathes a
fresh new perspective
into the way we look at
the world around us.
The series will be
headlined by some
very famous actors in-
cluding Sudhanshu
Pandey, Vikas Srivas-
tava, Amarjeet Singh
Sangwan, Ashu-
tosh Paranjape,
Shambhavi Singh,
Aryan Krishna
Das, Fatima Bano,
Jhanvi Bansal and Ri-
dhim Sihag. It is direct-
ed and written by Sunil
Sihaag and co-pro-
duced by Ranveer Sin-
gh Sihag. The executive
producer of the web
series is Urmila
Bhambhu, assistant
Directors are
Aakash Mishra,
Bhawna Meet Ri-
dhim Sihag where-
as Jivandas Borkar
Abhijit B Patil of Stal-
lion Films are Associ-
ate Producer of the
film.
The movie’s famous
song ‘Kaise Main
Batau’ on YouTube
was released by Bi-
hani Siksha Trust
President, Jaydeep Bi-
hani. The melodious
number is sung by
Praveen Nayak, where-
as the lyrics are given
by Paramjeet Singh
and the music is given
by Bhomik Kataria
from The Tape Delay
Band.
Watch the now Official Trailer here; https://youtu.be/x8jJoGJ8SU4
DURING THE DAY!
BonanzaForIndustriesStudentsOfJNU
CITY FIRST
J
NU created histo-
ry by signing
MoU with more
than a dozen com-
paniesfortheAcademic-
Industry interface in
collaboration with The
Employer Association
of Rajasthan to provide
better employment op-
tions including training
to the students studying
at its university
. On the
occasion,theChancellor
of JNU,DrSandeepBak-
shisaidthatthestudents
of the School of Busi-
ness Management in
JNU will be helped in
assessing the contempo-
rary demand of the in-
dustry and prevailing
skills, as well as employ-
ment and training
through this agreement.
The chief guest of the
program and the Presi-
dent of The Employer
Association of Ra-
jasthan, NK Jain said
that through our initia-
tive of Academic-Indus-
try Interface, we want to
groom students for em-
ployability as well as
meet the industry’s de-
mand for skilled and
productive manpower.
During a special func-
tion organised on
Wednesday, JNU Pro-
Chancellor Prof. HN
Verma, NK Jain Presi-
dent of The Employer
Association of Ra-
jasthan completed the
process of MoU with 18
companies of National
and International re-
pute in collaboration.
BIRTHDAY BASH!
Ultra Runner Social Activist or Designer Meenu
Lunia, a prominent member of the runner’s community,
celebrated her 44th birthday in style at BBQ Nation in
Jaipur’s GT Square Mall on Tuesday.The event witnessed
the enthusiastic participation of fellow runners and
dear friends, including world record holder Vishnu Tak,
Abhilasha, Namit, Rekha, Bhavana, Dr Devendra, Dr
Brij, Nikita and Dinesh Choudhry. Meenu expressed her
gratitude and stated,“I am overwhelmed by the love and
support I received from my runner’s community and dear
friends.This celebration reminds us of the joy of pursuing
our passions together.”Vishnu Tak’s presence added
prestige to the celebration, showcasing solidarity among
the running fraternity.
During the event
Jagdeesh Chandra with Jahnavi Soni and Yogesh Mishra
Jagdeesh Chandra (L-R) Ranveer Singh Sihag, Sunil Sihaag,
Amarjeet Singh Sangwan and Sahil Sihag during the poster launch
A grand Fam Jam Fiesta and wedding ceremony of Madhav Maheshwari, son of Archana and Krishnadas Maheshwari with Shivani Karwa, daughter of Neeta and Venugopal Karwa took place at Jaigarh Banquet, Taj Amer, Jaipur on
Wednesday. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion and congratulated the family. The grand wedding was followed by an astonishing reception at Shakun Horizon, which was attended by various dignitaries including CM Ashok
Gehlot; Dr BD Kalla, Education Minister; MLA Ashok Lahoty; Munesh Gurjar, Mayor and RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot among others. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Megha, Divyansh, Nikita, Khushboo and Rahul
Jagdeesh Chandra greets Madhav and Shivani.
Also seen is Gokul Maheshwari
CM Ashok Gehlot with (L-R) Gokul Maheshwari, KD Maheshwari, Ballabh Das Maheshwari,
newlyweds Madhav Shivani, Ajay Khanna, Saurabh Kakkar and Pushpendra Bhardwaj
Meeta Soni, Mahendra Soni and KD Maheshwari
Ashok Lahoty and KD Maheshwari
Vaibhav Gehlot with (L-R) Pawan Goyal,
JD Maheshwari, Madhav and Shivani
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Jogendra Champawat,
Devraj Singh and Amit Sharda
Dr BD Kalla with (L-R) Abhishek Poddar, Kamla Poddar,Vinnie Kakkar, Gokul Maheshwari,
KD Maheshwari, Saurabh Kakkar, Birju Kalla,Ajay Khanna and Chandra Khanna Yakub Khan greets Madhav and Shivani Glimpse of the mesmerizing dance performance Munesh Gurjar in conversation with KD Maheshwari
Nitin and Harleen do
not just share a love
story; their existential
relationship breathes a
fresh new perspective
into the way we look at
song ‘Kaise Main
hani. The melodious
number is sung by
Praveen Nayak, where-
as the lyrics are given
by Paramjeet Singh
and the music is given
by Bhomik Kataria
from The Tape Delay
Band.
Watch the now Official Trailer here; https://youtu.be/x8jJoGJ8SU4
Vishnu Tak with (L-R) Monika, Rekha, Dr Brij, Raghvendra,
Meenu, Bhavna, Dr Devendra, Dinesh and Nikita

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