First india jaipur edition-06 february 2021

No lessons learnt: Glacier burst
causes flood, over 170 feared dead
Mamata’s govt reflection of
the Left: PM Modi in Bengal
Kolkata: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Sunday compared the
Mamata Banerjee gov-
ernment to a second
version of the Left
Front government in
Bengal and said there
has been a “rebirth of
communism” under
her rule. The indicator,
he said, was that poli-
tics has been criminal-
ized and administra-
tion has been politi-
cized in the state.
The state’s politics is
the “biggest reason for
its condition,” he said
“Bengal wants to ask
Trinamool -- those who
fired on the people of
Nandigram -- why is she
taking the same people
in her party
,” the Prime
Minister said at a politi-
cal rally in Haldia -- con-
sidered the stronghold
of Suvendu Adhikari,
who joined the BJP in
December. Turn to P6
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Pick up any
book or commentary on
political perception and
you would have experts
telling you that under
the clutter of political
jibes, scathing attacks,
and name-calling, pro-
people policies, image
makeover et al; it is ac-
tually the perception
that is what makes or
breaks any party’s elec-
toral campaign. In fact,
all the efforts that any
political party makes
are to build a percep-
tion among the people
of being the best option
for them.
But what about a par-
ty that has stayed in
power for a considera-
ble time, a factor which
observers claim can
turn the tide against
the ruling party be-
cause as a fact, people
tend to get irked with
the dispensation.
However, that ap-
pears to be a far cry for
Gehlot’s government.
Why? Well, recurring
wins is one major factor
that can overcome even
the mightiest of opposi-
tions and silence them
into oblivion and that is
exactly what Gehlot’s
strategic thinking and
political management
has achieved with BJP.
In his victory mission,
of course, AICC Gener-
al Secretary Incharge
Ajay Maken and PCC
Chief Govind Singh Do-
tasra are his natural al-
lies.
Take a look at the
number of local body
boards that fell in Con-
gress’s kitty and the ob-
vious will hit you.
While Congress had
won clearly on 19 local
bodies, with independ-
ents holding the ‘key’ to
‘power’ in these bodies,
it was Gehlot’s ‘charis-
matic leadership’ and
vision that has the de-
sired effect on these in-
dependents, who, one
after the other, made a
beeline towards the
grand-old-party as a re-
sult of which Congress
managedtoformboards
in 48 (+2) local bodies!
Interestingly, its arch-
rival, the saffron party,
is far in second place
with 37 bodies.
Any upcoming politi-
cian or that from the
days of yore would
vouch on the fact that it
is ultimately the deci-
sion of people that is
supreme in a Democra-
cy and if the final word,
in the case of Rajasthan
local body election,
rests with Gehlot; there
appears little doubt that
this is what the people
do not want! Therefore,
it is Gehlot all the way!
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
CONG HITS HALF-CENTURY IN
LOCAL BODIES, BJP SHRINKS
Jaipur: In a historic win,
Congress has made
its chairpersons in 50
(48+2) local bodies with
Congress and supporting
candidates. In the last
local bodies elections, the
party had chairpersons
in 25 local bodies. On the
other hand, the number
of BJP chairpersons has
come down from 60 to
37. Health Minister Raghu
Sharma, forest minis-
ter Sukhram Vishnoi,
higher education minister
Bhanwar Singh Bhati and
sports minister Ashok
Chandna have managed
to form boards in the
local bodies falling under
their constituencies. P2
 A portion of Nanda Devi glacier breaks in Tapovan
area of Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district
 Second massive tragedy in the hill state after 2013
Kedarnath disaster caused by rapid melting of snow
NATURE STRIKES DEVBHOOMI
Dehradun: A 13.2 MW
small hydro project on
theRishigangariverwas
sweptawayintheglacier
burst in Uttarakhand’s
Chamoli district on Sun-
day
, but there is no dan-
gerof floodsinthedown-
stream areas as the wa-
ter level has been con-
tained.
This was conveyed to
the National Crisis
Management Commit-
tee (NCMC), headed by
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv
Gauba, at an emergency
meeting held on Sun-
day evening.
All-out efforts are be-
ing made to ensure that
all missing people are
traced and accounted
for. The glacier burst
led to a rise in water lev-
els in the river Rishi-
ganga, which also af-
fected the downstream
hydro project of NTPC
at Tapovan on the river
Dhauli Ganga, which is
a tributary of the river
Alaknanda, the spokes-
person said. Turn to P6
PM MODI MONITORS
SITUATION REAL-TIME
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi expressed his
concern over the
calamity and said, “I am
constantly monitoring
the unfortunate situation
in Uttarakhand. India
stands with Uttarakhand,
prays for everyone’s
safety.” “Have been
continuously speaking
to senior authorities and
getting updates on NDRF
deployment, rescue work,”
PM Modi tweeted.
16 TRAPPED IN
TUNNEL RESCUED
Several people, many
of whom worked at the
NTPC and Rishiganga
power plants, are still
missing and presumed
dead. However, 16 people
trapped in an under-
construction tunnel at
the Tapovan dam were
rescued by an ITBP team.
SHAH DIALS RAWAT,
CANCELS GOA VISIT
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah said he has
spoken to CM TS Rawat,
DGs of ITBP and NDRF
regarding the natural
disaster in Uttarakhand.
All officers concerned are
working on a war footing
to rescue people. Every
help will be provided.
Shah also cancelled his
Goa trip to visit Shripad
Naik in hospital.
7 BODIES FOUND; CM ANNOUNCES
`4L RELIEF TO KIN OF DECEASED
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Trivendra Singh Rawat said while the
number of missing persons might
increase, seven bodies have been
recovered so far. Rawat also announced
Rs 4 lakh financial assistance each for
the families of those killed in the mishap.
All districts were sounded on high alert.
Rawat also appealed to people to not
spread rumours
Kankavali: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday termed
the ruling Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) govern-
ment in Maharashtra
as a “three-wheel auto-
rickshaw” and accused
it of failing on all fronts.
Speaking after inau-
gurating a private med-
ical college at Kankavli
in Maharashtra’s Sind-
hudurg district, Shah
said all wheels of this
auto-rickshaw were
moving in different di-
rections.
“This is an unholy al-
liance made by betray-
ing the people’s man-
date which was for a
BJP-Shiv Sena govern-
ment led by Devendra
Fadnavis,” he said.
He alleged the alli-
ance was made for the
lust of power, and as-
serted that no promise
was made before the
2019 Assembly polls
about sharing of the
chief minister’s post in
the state by the then al-
lies BJP and Shiv Sena.
The Uddhav Thack-
eray-led Shiv Sena part-
ed ways with the BJP
after the Assembly
polls in 2019 over the is-
sue of sharing the chief
ministerial post in the
state, and later forged
an alliance with the
NCP and Congress to
come to power.
Thackeray had
claimed that Shah, who
was then BJP president,
assured in ‘Matoshree’
(Thackeray’s home in
Mumbai’s Turn to P6
Maha Vikas Aghadi govt a ‘three
wheels autorickshaw’: Amit Shah
The damaged
Dhauliganga
hydropower project
at Reni village.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Family members wait for news of their relatives,
who have been missing after a glacier broke off.
A 2019 STUDY
PREDICTED IT
A study published in
2019 had warned that
glaciers were melting
twice as fast since start
of this century. The
study, spanning 40 years
of satellite observations
across India, China,
Nepal and Bhutan,
indicates that climate
change is eating the
Himalayas’ glaciers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
addresses a rally at Haldia.
Home Minister Amit Shah.
MODI: PLOT TO
DEFAME INDIA’S
TEA INDUSTRY
Guwahati: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
on Sunday claimed
that a global ‘con-
spiracy’ was afoot to
defame the country’s
tea industry and
none behind it will be
spared. On a visit to
Assam, the PM said
that the state would
soon get colleges for
medical and techni-
cal education where
the mode of learning
will be in the local
language.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union Minister
Smriti Irani on Sunday
asked Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi why the
promises which he
made to people during
the state assembly elec-
tions were still unful-
filled. Her attack came
ahead of Gandhi’s pro-
posed visit to the Con-
gress ruled state on 12
and 13 February
.
“While the Centre is
trying its best to reduce
the fuel prices, the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment in the state has
enough allocation to re-
duce fuel prices. Now, it
is up to him how much
burden he wants to re-
duce on the people of
the state,” Irani while
addressing media at the
state BJP headquarters
here.
Responding to a sepa-
rate query, BJP leader
said even the Congress’
students’ wing is now
collecting money for
the construction of
Ram Temple in Ayod-
hya. She took a dig at
the Congress, saying
the party had once sub-
mitted an affidavit
questioning the exist-
ence of Lord Ram. On
the farmers’ issues,
Irani said 11 rounds of
talks have already been
held between the gov-
ernment and farmers.
The minister also tar-
geted the Gehlot gov-
ernment for not being
able to use the budget
allocated to Rajasthan
by the central govern-
ment under Jal Jeevan
Mission. “Rs 2.23 lakh
crore were allocated to
strengthen health infra-
structure.
The PM has allocated
Rs 1 lakh crore for con-
struction of road.
Through Ujjwala
Scheme,eightlakhfami-
lies were provided clean
energy
. In this budget it
was said that one crore
more families will be
connected,” she said.
Later, she addressed
a meeting of intellec-
tuals at MNIT and
highlighted the provi-
sions of the union
budget. Talking about
the union budget, she
said it was an inclu-
sive budget which will
make the country self
reliant and will bene-
fit all sections includ-
ing the trade and in-
dustry.
BJP leaders like
Chandrashekhar, Ram-
charanBohra,DrSomya,
Ashok Lahoti, Kalich-
aranSaraf,NarpatSingh
Rajvi, Ashok Parnami
andotherswerealsopre-
sent. —With PTI Inputs
Govt trying to cut fuel prices, but onus also on state govts: Smriti Irani
SMRITI IRANI IN RAJ!
Union minister Smriti Irani and Jaipur MP Ramcharan Bohra at
State BJP HQ on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Congress
party has created histo-
ry in the local body elec-
tions wherein its own
and supported individu-
als have become chair-
persons in 50 bodies.
While the Congress was
limited to 25 seats in the
last civic elections, this
time it has managed to
outrightly win48 bodies
while in two, Congress
has given support to in-
dependents.Meanwhile,
the BJP has come down
from 60 to 37.
Since chairperson in
three urban local bodies
were elected unopposed,
election for the post of
chairpersons in 87 bod-
ies were held on Sunday
.
BJP retained the Ajmer
mun corp where Brijla-
ta Hada has been elected
mayor. Apart from the
two major political par-
ties, one candidate each
from Nagaur MP Hanu-
manBeniwal’sRLP
,NCP
and Janta Sena also
elected as chairpersons.
Gehlot govt’s hybrid
rules came into force in
thiselectionwhichaper-
son without contesting a
councillor election can
directly contest for the
post of chairman.
LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS : Cong rises from 25 to 50, BJP reduced to 37 from 60
CONGRESSSTEAMROLLSBJP,CLINCHESBIG
Saffron continues victory march in
Kishangarh, Ajmer & Vijay Nagar
DR RAGHU SHARMA REGAINS LOST
GROUND IN KEKRI AFTER 25 YEARS
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Health minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
said that Congress has
got majority in Kekri
after 25 years while in
Sarwar, it is after 15
years that the chairman
from Congress has been
elected.
Of the total 40 votes,
Congress got 24 votes in
the election for chair-
person. BJP councillor
did cross voting, which
led to Congress getting
24 votes instead 23. Con-
gress Chhagan Rathore
won election of chair-
person in Sarwar.
Rathore got 17 out of 25
votes whereas BJP
SharadaDevigot8votes.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: BJP candidate
Brijlata Hada was elect-
ed to the post of Mayor
in Ajmer Municipal
Corporation while the
party candidates won
elections of chairper-
sons in Kishangarh and
Vijay Nagar also.
Brijlata Hada defeat-
ed Congress candidate
Dropadi Devi by 42
votes while in Vijay Na-
gar, Anita Mewara of
BJP defeated Congress
candidate Jyoti Yadav
with one vote.
Brijlata Hada got 61
votes while Dropadi Devi
gotonly19votes. BJPhad
48 councillors. Congress
leadershadexudedconfi-
denceof formingaboard
in Ajmer saying not only
independents but some
of the BJP councillors
were in touch with the
party
. Congress has a to-
tal of 18 councillors and
the party candidate got
19 votes. In Kishangarh,
the BJP candidate
Dinesh Singh Rathore
was elected by defeating
Pradeep Agarwal of
Congress by 12 votes.
Dr Raghu Sharma celebrates with the newly elected Chairman
Kamlesh Sahu in Kekri on Sunday.
Cong councillor Ashok Kumawat elected as Reengus mun chairperson celebrating with supporters.
Senior leaders and party workers offer sweets to BJP Candidate Brijlata Hada after her victory of the
Ajmer Municipal Corporation as Mayor on Sunday. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
Heartiest
congratulations to all
the winning candidates
and hard workers on
the formation of the
BJP's board in various
areas of Rajasthan
under the civic
elections. On the other
hand, the gratitude of
all voters, this trust and
blessing of yours is the
real capital of BJP.
Govind Singh Dotasra
@GovindDotasra
The results of the
90 municipal civic
elections in the state
have shown good
results, out of a total of
90, 50 seats have been
formed by the Congress
and supported
independents and the
BJP, which was 60
seats, has been reduced
to only 37 places.
Many congratulations
and thanks to all the
Congress workers for
this magnificent victory.
Sachin Pilot
@SachinPilot
Heartiest
congratulations and
best wishes to all the
Congress candidates
who were elected for
the post of President in
the Rajasthan Municipal
Elections.
Diya Kumari
@KumariDiya
Congratulations to
all the elected Mayor,
Chairman and President
of BJP in the results
of the civic elections.
The tireless hard
work of the brothers,
mothers and sisters
of the activists is
commendable. Thank
you sincerely to the
most important,
respected voters.
Dotasra,Raghu,Bhati,Chandna shine; mixed bag for others
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma,
Forest and Environ-
ment Minister Sukh-
ram Bishnoi, Higher
Education Minister
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
and Sports Minister
Ashok Chandna have
managed to ensure
that Congress forms
board in their constitu-
encies, but Shale Mo-
hammad could not win
in Pokhran. Deputy
Chief Whip Mahendra
Chaudhary had mixed
success as he secured
Navan but could not do
so in Kuchaman. PCC
Chief and Education
Minister Govind Singh
Dotasra has tasted the
‘biggest’ success as he
has managed to secure
not just Sikar, but his
own constituency local
body-Laxmangarh too.
The Congress legisla-
tors that could not suc-
ceed are Deepender
Singh, Ramlal Meena,
Prashant Bairwa,
Ramnivas Gavadia,
Rakesh Pareek,
Ganesh Ghoghra and
many more to name.
Crime is increasing in CM
Gehlot’s home turf: Singh
Busy day for Satish Poonia in
Jhunjhunu-Churu-Sadulpur
Dotasra hails victory, Poonia
cries misuse of govt power
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The state
BJP in-charge Arun
Singh had breakfast at
Mayor Vanita Seth’s
house during his stay in
Jodhpur, senior leaders
and workers met him at
Hotel Park Plaza.
In a special interac-
tion with First India,
Arun Singh made sev-
eral attacks on the Con-
gress government. He
said that Jodhpur de-
spite being home dis-
trict of CM, the cases of
chain snatching, mur-
ders and thefts are very
common here. In the
crime, Rajasthan is the
number one state, espe-
cially against women.
The law and order in
state is complete hay-
wire. He admitted that
there are differences,
but not discrimination
in the BJP. BJP District
President Devendra
Joshi, Naresh Surana,
Mahendra Meghwal,
Prasanna Chand Mehta
and others also met sen-
ior leader Bhajan Lal
Sharma besides Singh.
First India Bureau
Churu: BJP state
president Satish Poo-
nia on Sunday visited
Jhunjhunu and Churu
and addressed various
programmes during
his visit.
He also went to his
ancestral residence in
Sadulpur. He received a
grand reception near
Jhunjhunu. Poonia laid
foundation stone for the
boundary wall at
Adarsh Vidya Mandir
in Sadulpur-Rajgarh,
during which party
workers including Chu-
ru MP Rahul Kaswa
were present. In Sadul-
pur, Yuva Morcha mem-
bers gave Poonia a
grand welcome. After
expressing condolences
at residence for ex-dis-
trict prez Dr Vasudev,
he left Churu for Jaipur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting on the
results of election of
chairpersons in local
bodies, PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra said
out of 90 urban local
bodies, 50 boards have
been formed by the Con-
gress and its allies.
The BJP, which had
60 seats previously, has
been reduced to only 37,
he said. Dotarsa con-
gratulated and thanked
all the Congress work-
ers for this magnificent
victory. Meanwhile,
BJP state president Sat-
ish Poonia alleged that
Congress misused gov-
ernment machinery in
the elections. He said
that the Congress had
claimed to form boards
in more than 50 local
bodies but this could
not happen and the par-
ty was reduced to a bare
minimum.
Congratulating the
BJP winners, he said
that the results were en-
couraging for BJP
which came with the
hard work of the party
workers and blessings
from the public. He said
that people have taught
a lesson to the Congress
government.
Arun Singh addressing a meeting with party workers in Jodhpur.
BJP party workers welcome Satish Poonia in Sikar while he was
on the way to his birthplace, Rajgarh. This was his first ever visit
to Rajgarh after becoming BJP state president.
Govind S Dotasra Bhanwar S Bhati Ashok Chandna Mahendra Chaudhary Sukhram Bishnoi Shale Mohammad
Dr Raghu Sharma
Congress had exuded
confidence of forming
a board saying not
only independents,
BJP too were in touch
Rahul Gandhi should tell that
when his promise of waiving-off
farmers loan in ten days will be
fulfilled. During the assembly elections,
Gandhi had counted ten days and had
promised that farmers’ loan will be waived
but the promise is still unfulfilled.
—Smriti Irani, Union Minister

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कारायालर आबकारी आरुक्त, राजस्ान उदरपुर
क्रमांक:-प.32(बी)(1)आब/एल/2021-22/2274 दिनांक : 07 फरवरी, 2021
देशी मददरा, दिदेशी मददरा एिं बीरर की कमपपोदजट ररटेल आॅफ दुकानों के अनुज्ापत्र हे्तु ई-नीलामी आमंत्रण सूचना:
1. सव्वसाधारण को सूदित दकया जाता है दक दवत्ीय वर्व 2021-22 के दलए राजय मंे आबकारी बनिोबसत हेतु िेशी मदिरा, राजस्ान दनदम्वत मदिरा (RML), भारत दनदम्वत दविेशी
मदिरा IMFL एवं बीयर की ररटेल आॅफ िुकानों (कमपोदजट िुकानों) के अनुज्ापत्र जारी करने के दलए राजय सरकार के पत्रांक प.4(1)दवत्/आब/2021 दिनांक 06.02.2021
द्ारा जारी आबकारी नीदत 2021-22 एवं प.4(7)दवत्/आब/2020 दिनांक 23.01.2021 के दनिदेशानुसार भारत सरकार के उपक्रम एम.एस.टी.सी. दलदमटेड के माधयम से
ई-नीलामी (ई-बोली) प्रदक्रया से करने हेतु दवदभन्न िरणों में दनम्ानुसार ई-बोली आमंदत्रत की जानी है : -
क्रं सं. नीलामी की ददनांक नीलामी का समर
1 23.02.2021 प्रातः 11.00 बजे से सायं 4.00 बजे तक
2. नीलामी एक काय्व दिवस में नयूनतम पांि घणटे की होगी एवं उसके पशिात् जब तक बोली लगती रहे तब तक 10 दमनट के अन्नत दवसतार (indefinite extension) तक
जारी रहेगी। बोलीिाता को दपछली बोली रादश से कम से कम रू. 5000/- बढाकर बोली लगानी होगी। एक बार में दपछली अदधकतम बोली (Last Bid Amount) की रादश
से 5 प्रदतशत से अदधक की बोली नहीं लगाई जा सकेगी।
3. िेशी मदिरा, राजस्ान दनदम्वत मदिरा (RML), भारत दनदम्वत दविेशी मदिरा (IMFL) एवं बीयर की ररटेल आॅफ िुकानों (कमपोदजट िुकानों) का दजलेवार व नीलामी की
दिनांकवार दववरण एवं उनके आवेिन शुलक, नयूनतम ररजव्व प्राईस एवं अमानत रादश का दववरण दवभागीय वेबसाईट https://www.rajexcise.gov.in एवं एम.एस.
टी.सी. दलदमटेड की वेबसाईट https://www.mstcecommerce.com पर दिनांक 11.02.2021 से उपलबध रहेगा।
4. ई-नीलामी हेतु सव्वप्र्म इचछछुक बोलीिाता को एम.एस.टी.सी. दलदमटेड की वेबसाईट https://www.mstcecommerce.com पर आॅनलाईन पंजीकरण (रदजसट्ेशन)
करना होगा। जो आबकारी बनिोबसत वर्व 2021-22 के दलए मानय होगा।
5. पंजीकरण ः बोलीिाता को एम.एस.टी.सी. दलदमटेड की वेबसाईट पर पंजीकरण के दलये पेनकाड्ड या आधार काड्ड का नमबर इनद्ाज करना होगा। बोलीिाता द्ारा इन िसतावेज
का नमबर इनद्ाज करने पर लाॅग इन आई.डी. व पासवाड्ड जनरेट कर पंजीकरण प्रदक्रया पूण्व कर सकेगा। पंजीकरण प्रदक्रया दनःशुलक होगी। सा् ही बोलीिाता को पहिान एवं
पते के प्रमाण सवरूप आधार काड्ड या दनवा्विन दवभाग द्ारा जारी फोटो पररिय पत्र या ड्ाईदवंग लाईसेंस की सवः प्रमादणत प्रदत अपलोड करनी होगी।
6. आिेदन ः आवेिन की प्रदक्रया दिनांक 12.02.2021 को प्रातः 11ः00 बजे से प्रारमभ हो जाएगी त्ा प्रतयेक िरण हेतु दनधा्वररत नीलामी की दिनांक से एक दिन पूव्व को रात 11ः59
पी.एम. पर बंि हो जाएगी। उिाहरण के दलए नीलामी के प्र्म िरण की नीलामी दिवस (23.02.2021) के दलए आवेिन 22.02.2021 को रात 11ः59 पी.एम. पर बंि हो जाएगा।
7. आवेिन शुलक एवं अमानत रादश एम.एस.टी.सी. जयपुर के खाते में दनधा्वररत प्रदक्रया के तहत जमा करानी होगी। दजसके आधार पर वह ई-नीलामी में भाग ले सकेगा। आवेिन शुलक एवं
अमानत रादश नीलामी की दतद् से एक दिवस पहले (समय रात 11ः59 पी.एम. तक) तक एम.एस.टी.सी. जयपुर के खाते में जमा हो जानी िादहये तभी बोलीिाता नीलामी में भाग ले सकेगा।
8. आवेिन शुलक की रादश अप्रदतिाय (Non-refundable) होगी।
9. आवेिन शुलक व अमानत रादश आॅनलाईन/इंटरनेट बैंदकग के माधयम से जमा कराये जा सकते हैं।
10. बोलीिाता एक से अदधक िुकानों के दलए ई-नीलामी में भाग ले सकेगा। एक से अदधक िुकानों की नीलामी मंे भाग लेेने हेतु बोलीिाता को प्रतयेक िुकान हेतु पृृ्क-पृ्क आवेिन
शुलक व अमानत रादश जमा करानी होगी।
11. वर्व 2021-22 के दलये िेशी मदिरा, राजस्ान दनदम्वत मदिरा (RML), भारत दनदम्वत दविेशी मदिरा (IMFL) एवं बीयर की ररटेल आॅफ िुकानों (कमपोदजट िुकानों) के दलए
आवेिन शुलक व अमानत रादश दनम्ानुसार दनधा्वररत है : -
क्रं सं. दुकानों की श्ेणी आिेदन शुलक (रूपरे में) अमान्त रादश (रूपरे में)
1 वर्व 2021-22 के दलए 50 लाख रूपये तक नयूनतम ररजव्व प्राईस वाली िुकान 40000/- 50000/-
2 वर्व 2021-22 के दलए 50 लाख रूपये से अदधक एवं 02 करोड तक नयूनतम ररजव्व प्राईस वाली िुकान 50000/- 100000/-
3 वर्व 2021-22 के दलए 02 करोड रूपये से अदधक नयूनतम ररजव्व प्राईस वाली िुकान 60000/- 200000/-
12. बोलीिाता को संबंदधत मदिरा िुकान (कमपोदजट िुकान) के दलए दनधा्वररत नयूनतम ररजव्व प्राईस को धयान में रखकर बोली लगानी होगी। प्रतयेक िुकान (कमपोदजट िुकान) के
दलए दनधा्वररत ‘नरून्तम ररजिया प्ाईस’ एम.एस.टी.सी. दलदमटेड के पोट्डल https://www.mstcecommerce.com पर प्रिदश्वत रहेगी।
13. उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H1) को एम.एस.टी.सी. द्ारा बोली अंदतम (Finalization of Bid) होने की सूिना िी जायेगी।
14. िुकानवार नीलामी से प्रापत अदधकतम बोली समबननधत िुकान के दलये ‘िाद्याक गारणटी रादश’ के रूप में दनधा्वररत की जायेगी।
15. सफल बोलीिाता को मदिरा िुकान के दलए सवीकृत वादर्वक गारणटी रादश की 04 प्रदतशत के बराबर धरोहर रादश (Security Deposit) का 50 प्रदतशत रादश बोली सवीकाय्व
होने की दिनांक (ई-नीलामी दिवस को छोड़कर) से तीन दिवस में एवं शेर रादश 07 दिवस में जमा करानी होगी। अनुज्ाधारी को वर्व 2021-22 के दलये वादर्वक गारणटी रादश का
8 प्रदतशत रादश अदरिम वादर्वक गारणटी रादश के रूप में दिनांक 01.04.2021 से पूव्व राजकोर में जमा करानी होगी।
16. सफल बोलीिाता द्ारा आबकारी नीदत 2021-22 के अनुसार दनधा्वररत कमपोदजट फीस दिनांक 31.03.2021 तक राजकोर में जमा कराई जानी आवशयक होगी।
17. सफल बोलीिाता द्ारा जमा कराई गई अमानत रादश (Earnest Money) को संबंदधत मदिरा िुकान की धरोहर रादश पेटे समायोजन दकया जा सकेगा।
18. दनधा्वररत समय में शेर धरोहर रादश एवं अदरिम वादर्वक गारनटी रादश जमा न कराने पर सवीकृदत दनरसत कर समसत जमा रादश जपतराज की जायेगी।
19. सफल बोलीिाता (H1) के दकसी कारण से बेक आउट होने पर दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H2) को सफल बोलीिाता (H1) द्ारा प्रसतादवत वादर्वक गारणटी रादश पर उस ररटेल
आॅफ िुकान (कमपोदजट िुकान) को लेने हेतु अवसर दिया जायेगा त्ा दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H2) द्ारा सहमदत िेने पर पूव्व में उललेदखत प्रदक्रया अनुसार रादश जमा कराने
पर उसके पक्ष में अस्ायी अनुज्ापत्र की सवीकृदत जारी की जायेगी।
20. दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H2) द्ारा उपयु्वकत अवसर के बाि सहमदत ना िेने पर तृतीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H3) को प्र्म सफल बोलीिाता (H1) द्ारा प्रसतादवत वादर्वक
गारणटी रादश पर उस ररटेल आॅफ िुकान (कमपोदजट िुकान) को लेने हेतु अवसर दिया जायेगा त्ा तृतीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H3) द्ारा सहमदत िेने पर पूव्व में उललेदखत
प्रदक्रया अनुसार रादश जमा कराने पर उसके पक्ष में अस्ायी अनुज्ापत्र जारी दकया जायेगा।
21. प्र्म (H1), दद्तीय (H2) व तृतीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H3) द्ारा उपयु्वकत प्रदक्रया में बेक आउट होने पर नये दसरे से दनधा्वररत प्रदक्रया अनुसार पुनः बनिोबसत की काय्ववाही की जाएगी।
22. नीलामी प्रदक्रया में नयूनतम ररजव्व प्राईस पर आॅनलाईन बोली में अदधकतम रादश िेने वाले बोलीिाता को सफल आवेिक के रूप में ियन दकया जायेगा, परनतु एक वयनकत एक
दजले में िो िुकानों से अदधक एवं समपूण्व राजय में पांि िुकानों से अदधक नहीं ले सकेगा। यह शत्व राजय सरकार के मदिरा होलसेलर राजस्ान गंगानगर शुगर दमलस दल. एवं
राजस्ान सटेट बेवरेजेज काॅपपोरेशन दल. पर लागू नहीं होगी।
23. बोलीिाता की दकसी आबकारी दजले में िो से अदधक िुकानों के दलए उच्चतम बोली रहने पर केवल िो िुकानों के दलए ही अस्ाई अनुज्ापत्र की सवीकृदत जारी की जाएगी।
दकसी बोलीिाता की राजय में पांि से अदधक िुकानों के दलए उच्चतम बोली रहने पर केवल पांि िुकानों के दलए ही अस्ाई अनुज्ापत्र की सवीकृदत जारी की जाएगी। बोलीिाता
का यह िादयतव होगा की राजय के दवदभन्न दजलों में उसके द्ारा लगाई गई बोलीयो में से रही उच्चतम बोली की सूिना (िुकान व आबकारी वृत्वार) सभी संबंदधत दजला आबकारी
अदधकाररयों को नीलामी के 03 दिवस के भीतर सूदित दकया जाएगा।
यदि आबकारी दजले में दकसी बोलीिाता की िो त्ा राजय में पांि से अदधक िुकानों के दलए उच्चतम बोली रहती है तो बोलीिाता को संबंदधत दजले में वे िो िुकानें व राजय में वे
पांि िुकानें सवीकृत की जाएंगी दजनकी वादर्वक गारणटी रादश अदधकतम हो। शेर िुकानों हेतु दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H2) को सफल बोलीिाता (H1) द्ारा प्रसतादवत वादर्वक
गारणटी रादश पर उस ररटेल आॅफ िुकान (कमपोदजट िुकान) को लेने हेतु अवसर दिया जायेगा त्ा दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H2) द्ारा सहमदत िेने पर पूव्व में उललेदखत
प्रदक्रया अनुसार रादश जमा कराने पर उसके पक्ष में अस्ायी अनुज्ापत्र की सवीकृदत जारी की जायेगी।
दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H2) द्ारा उपयु्वकत अवसर के बाि सहमदत ना िेने पर तृतीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H3) को प्र्म सफल बोलीिाता (H1) द्ारा प्रसतादवत वादर्वक
गारणटी रादश पर उस ररटेल िुकान (कमपोदजट िुकान) को लेने हेतु अवसर दिया जायेगा त्ा तृतीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H3) द्ारा सहमदत िेने पर पूव्व में उललेदखत प्रदक्रया
अनुसार रादश जमा कराने पर उसके पक्ष में अस्ायी अनुज्ापत्र जारी दकया जायेगा।
प्र्म (H1), दद्तीय (H2) व तृतीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता (H3) द्ारा उपयु्वकत प्रदक्रया में बेक आउट होने पर नये दसरे से दनधा्वररत प्रदक्रया अनुसार पुनः बनिोबसत की काय्ववाही की जाएगी।
24. नीलामी समानपत के पशिात प्र्म तीन उच्चतम बोलीिाताओं (H1, H2 व H3) की अमानत रादश के अदतररकत शेर सभी बोलीिाताओं की अमानत रादश एम.एस.टी.सी. दलदमटेड
द्ारा संबदधत के खाते में स्ानानतररत कर िी जाएगी।
25. प्र्म तीन उच्चतम बोलीिाता में से प्र्म बोलीिाता द्ारा िेय समसत रादशयां जमा कराने एवं उसके पक्ष में अनुज्ापत्र जारी होने के पशिात संबंदधत दजला आबकारी अदधकारी के
दनिदेशानुसार शेर िोनों बोलीिाताओं की अमानत रादश एम.एस.टी.सी. दलदमटेड द्ारा संबदधत के खाते में स्ानानतररत कर िी जाएगी।
26. ई-नीलामीमेंभागलेनेसेपूव्वदवभागीयवेबसाईटhttps://www.rajexcise.gov.inएवंएम.एस.टी.सी.दलदमटेडकीवेबसाईटhttps://www.mstcecommerce.
com पर उपलबध समसत दिशा-दनिदेश, प्रदक्रया एवं शततों का सावधानीपूव्वक अधययन कर दलया जाना िादहये।
27. बोलीिाता कमपयूटर/लैपटाॅप को इनटरनेट से जोड़ कर घर, काया्वलय, ई-दमत्र सेनटर त्ा साइबर कैफे के माधयम से ई-नीलामी में भाग ले सकता है।
28. इस सूिना के संबंध में दवसतृत दिशा दनिदेश एवं शततें त्ा अनुज्ापन हेतु उपलबध िुकानों की दनधा्वररत सूिी मय दववरण दवभागीय वेबसाईट https://www.rajexcise.gov.
in एवं एम.एस.टी.सी.दल. की वेबसाईट https://www.mstcecommerce.com पर दिनांक 11.02.2021 से उपलबध रहेगा।
29. राजस्ान आबकारी अदधदनयम, 1950 एवं इसके अनतग्वत बनाए गए दनयमों के समसत प्रावधान य्ारूप में लागू होंगे।
30. ररटेल आॅफ मदिरा कमपोदजट िुकानों के बनिोबसत हेतु वे ही वयनकत ई-नीलामी में भाग ले सकेंगें, जो राजस्ान आबकारी अदधदनयम, 1950 एवं इसके अनतग्वत बनाए गए
दनयमों, आबकारी नीदत वर्व 2021-22 व भारतीय संदविा अदधदनयम के तहत अनुबनध करने की योगयता रखते हो।
31. आबकारी बंिोबसत की अवदध 2021-22 (दिनांक 01.04.2021 से 31.03.2022) के दलए होगी।
32. ई-नीलामी के संबंध मंे अनय जानकारी दवभागीय वेबसाईट https://www.rajexcise.gov.in पर उपलबध है। अनय जानकारी हेतु संबंदधत दजला आबकारी अदधकारी एवं
दजला आबकारी काया्वलय से समपक्क दकया जा सकता है।
33. ई-नीलामी के संबंध में अनय प्रावधान आबकारी नीदत 2021-22 के अनुसार रहेंगे।
34. ई-नीलामी के संबंध में यदि कोई दववाि उतपन्न होता है तो नयादयक क्षेत्र संबंदधत दजला ही रहेगा।
आबकारी आरुक्त,
राजस्ान उदरपुर।
CHEERS! CLASSES FROM 6-8,
CINEMA HALLS REOPEN TODAY
Khachariyawas embarks on
assembly by-poll campaign
Min took a meeting of the city and rural district congress committee
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The classes
from 6 to 8 and the cin-
ema halls will reopen
from today after a gap
of about 10 months. Af-
ter the reducing corona
effect, it was decided
to restart classes from
class 9 to 12 in the state
from January 18.
The positive re-
sponse of reopening
schools for higher
classes paved the way
for the commencement
of classes 6 to 8 from
February 8 from 10:30
am to 3 pm. The state
government has or-
dered to reopen
schools from January
8 by following the pre-
scribed corona guide-
lines such as masks,
sanitisation, etc.Be-
fore reopening the
schools, a parents-
teacher meeting was
organized in govern-
ment and private
schools on Sunday,
where parents were in-
formed about the co-
rona guidelines. Be-
sides, the consent let-
ters from all parents of
the children were also
taken. A senior teach-
er at a school Meenak-
shi Parashar said that
preparations have
been completed by the
schools for classes
from class 6 to 8.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Transport
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas on
Sunday embarked on
the campaign for the
assembly by-polls. He
took a meeting of the
city and rural district
congress committee at
the SIERT auditorium
on Saheliyon ki Badi
road in Udaipur.
Addressing the meet-
ing, Khachariyawas
said that ever since the
Congress government
was formed in the
state, the Congress had
a resolution in
mind to take the state
on the path of develop-
ment. “There were
many challenges be-
fore the government.
While the existing BJP
government made big
announcements with-
out making any finan-
cial provision. Our gov-
ernment met all these
challenges,” he said.
The government
managed to control the
Corona epidemic with
the help of Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot’s
efficient leadership,
excellent management,
and public support,
which was praised eve-
rywhere, he said.
Addressing the
meeting, former Union
Minister Dr Girija
Vyas said that due to
the policies of the
Modi government at
the centre, the people
of the country are fed
up. The deaf and dumb
government of the cen-
tre will have to respond
vigorously
. The central
government has
crossed all limits of in-
sensitivity
.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Girija Vyas in Udaipur on Sunday.
Karauli SP to probe attack on
Jaipur ADCP by Bharatpur cops
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The police on
Sunday handed over the
probe of alleged assault
on a Jaipur ADCP, by
policemen on patrol
duty in Bharatpur, to
Karauli district SP, an
order from the IG
Bharatpur range
Prasanna Kumar
Khamesra read. Earlier,
the probe was being
handled by an ASP level
officer.
The incident took
place on Thursday near
Mallah Bridge when the
AdditionalDeputyCom-
missioner of Police Ra-
jendra Kumar Koth was
on the way to Dholpur
district. Koth stepped
down from his vehicle to
attend a nature’s call
and there was an alter-
cation between him and
policemen on patrol
duty
, following which he
was thrashed, the offi-
cial said. He said Koth
was in civil dress and
was roughed up despite
showing his identity
card.
“A day after the inci-
dent, the officer con-
cerned gave a seven-
page complaint. As the
matter is related to
Bharatpur, the probe
has been handed over to
Karauli district SP for
investigation,” Bharat-
pur SP Devendra Ku-
mar Bishnoi said.
Former CM Vasund-
hara Raje demanded ac-
tion against the police-
men. “Police in Ra-
jasthan are showing so
much strictness on hon-
est officers and protest-
ing students. If the
same strictness is
shown on miscreants,
the crime in the state
will be brought under
control. The case of
beatinganADCPshould
not be limited to investi-
gation only
, strict action
should be taken against
the guilty policemen,”
Raje said in a tweet.
—With PTI inputs
18-yr-old consumes
poison after rape
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: An 18-year-
old girl consumed poi-
son after she was alleg-
edly raped by a 25-year-
old married man in a
village under Garhiba-
jna Police Station of
Bayana on Sunday
.
The incident hap-
pened when the vic-
tim went to defecate
in the forest. Hurt by
the incident, the vic-
tim consumed pesticide
after reaching home
and was admitted to the
district hospital.
On receiving the in-
formation, the police
from Woman police sta-
tion reached the hospi-
tal and took the victim’s
statement.
A case has been regis-
tered against the ac-
cused on the victim’s
statement. After the in-
cident, the police con-
ducted a raid but the ac-
cused fled away. Police
is searching for the ac-
cused in the ravines of
Dang area.
Five medical colleges to receive
organs for transplant in Jaipur
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Five more
medical colleges will
now hold organ dona-
tions from where they
will be brought to
Jaipur for transplants.
A green corridor will
be made to reach
Jaipur from medical
colleges, said an offi-
cial. Each medical col-
lege will have 10 mem-
bers for the removal of
organs. The monitor-
ing team will also be
able to remove human
organs in medical col-
leges in Ajmer, Bikan-
er, Kota, Udaipur, and
Jodhpur.
In the first phase,
only kidneys will be re-
moved while in the sec-
ond, other organs
would be removed. In
the first phase, a team
of experts from Jaipur
will visit and take out
the human organs. In
this process, the medi-
cal experts and HOD
associated with local
surgery will be given
responsibility
.
CM Ashok Gehlot
and former CM
Vasundhara Raje had
hailed the decisions of
families of a 14-year-
old boy, who was criti-
cally injured in a road
accident, and 35-year-
old brain dead Kiran of
Malakhera, Alwar.
3-year-old, three
others killed in
separateaccidents
Contract of
both deg
finalised
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Four people in-
cluding a three-year-
old child were killed in
three separate acci-
dents, the police said
on Sunday. Three peo-
ple were killed and
three injured when a
Haryana Roadways bus
and a car collided on a
bypass of Chidawa in
Jhunjhunu. In Bharat-
pur, a 3-year-old child
was killed while his
parents were seriously
injured when their
bike collided with a Bo-
lero.
In Bikaner, a cyclist
Dinesh Bishnoi was
killed after an accident
during state level cy-
cling competition.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The contract
of both deg at the
Dargah of Khwaja
Moinuddin Chishti
has been finalised for
Rs 2,07,07,786 for the
Urs period. The bid-
ding went for 2 days.
The contract for 2021
has been taken by
Haji Istkar Chishti &
Party
. Usually, the
contract of deg is giv-
en for 25 days every
yearintheUrs,where
15 days for Urs and 10
days for Pushkar fair
are included. Howev-
er, this time due to
Covid-19, 10 days of
Pushkar fair have not
been included.
NO COVID-19 DEATH
Worker sanitising the hall and the premises at Raj Mandir cinema on Sunday.
—FILE
PHOTO
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR

PERSPECTIVE
04
J
ust before the new-
ly elected mem-
bers of Myanmar’s
parliament were due to
be sworn in on Monday,
the military detained
the country’s de facto
leader, Aung San Suu
Kyi; the president, Win
Myint; and other key
figures from the elected
ruling party, the Na-
tional League for De-
mocracy
.
The military later an-
nounced it had taken
control of the country
for 12 months and de-
clared a state of emer-
gency. This is a coup
d'etat, whether the mili-
tary calls it that or not.
A disputed
election and
claims of fraud
In November, the NLD
and Suu Kyi won a land-
slide victory in national
elections, with the mili-
tary-backed Union Soli-
darity and Develop-
ment Party (USDP) far-
ing poorly in its key
strongholds.
Humiliated by the re-
sult, the USDP alleged
the election was subject
to widespread fraud.
However, international
observers, including the
Carter Center, the Asian
Network for Free Elec-
tions and the European
Union’s Election Obser-
vation Mission, all de-
clared the elections a
success. The EU’s pre-
liminary statement not-
ed that 95% of observers
had rated the process
“good” or “very good”.
Reputable local or-
ganisations, such as the
People’s Alliance for
Credible Elections
(PACE), agreed. These
groups issued a joint
statement on January
21 saying:
the results of the
elections were credi-
ble and reflected the
will of the majority
voters.
Yet, taking a page out
of former US President
Donald Trump’s book,
the USDP pressed its
claims of fraud despite
the absence of any sub-
stantial evidence—a
move designed to un-
dermine the legitimacy
of the elections.
The military did not
Myanmar’s military
reverts to its old
strong-arm
behaviour—and the
country takes a major
step backwards
SOURCE:
THECONVERSATION.COM
Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Supporters of the Myanmar military protest the election results in Yangon last weekend. —THEIN ZAW/AP
Tensions have been running high ahead of this week’s opening of Myanmar’s parliament, with roadblocks set up in the capital.
—AUNG SHINE OO/AP
The Myanmar
military has
alleged that
the general
elections held
in November
were not free
and fair.
—NYEIN
CHAN NAING/
EPA
Min Aung
Hlaing retains
enormous
power as chief
of Myanmar’s
military.
—NARONG
SANGNAK/
EPA
ADAM SIMPSON,
Senior Lecturer,
University of South
Australia
NICHOLAS
FARRELLY,
Professor and
Head of Social
Sciences,
University of
Tasmania
initially back the US-
DP’s claims, but it has
gradually begun to pro-
vide the party with
more support, with the
commander-in-chief of
the armed forces, Gen-
eral Min Aung Hlaing,
refusing to rule out a
coup last week.
The following day,
the country’s election
authorities broke
weeks of silence and
firmly rejected the US-
DP’s claims of wide-
spread fraud—setting
the stage for what My-
anmar historian Thant
Myint-U called
[Myanmar’s] most
acute constitutional
crisis since the aboli-
tion of the old junta
in 2010.
Civilian-military
power-sharing
arrangement
It is difficult to see how
the military will benefit
from today’s actions,
since the power-sharing
arrangement it had
struck with the NLD
under the 2008 constitu-
tion had already al-
lowed it to expand its
influence and economic
interests in the country
.
The military had pre-
viously ruled Myanmar
for half a century after
General Ne Win
launched a coup in 1962.
A so-called internal
“self-coup” in 1988
brought a new batch of
militarygeneralstopow-
er.Thatjunta,ledbySen-
ior General Than Shwe,
allowed elections in 1990
that were won in a land-
slide by Suu Kyi’s party
.
The military leaders,
however, refused to ac-
knowledge the results.
In 2008, a new consti-
tution was drawn up by
the junta which re-
served 25% of the na-
tional parliament seats
for the military and al-
lowed it to appoint the
ministers of defence,
border affairs and home
affairs, as well as a vice
president. Elections in
2010 were boycotted by
the NLD, but the party
won a resounding vic-
tory in the next elec-
tions in 2015.
Since early 2016, Suu
Kyi has been de facto
leader of Myanmar,
eventhoughthereisstill
no civilian oversight of
the military
. Until this
past week, the relation-
ship between civilian
and military authorities
was tense at times, but
overall largely cordial.
It was based on a mutual
recognition of overlap-
ping interests in key ar-
eas of national policy
.
Indeed, this power-
sharing arrangement
has been extremely
comfortable for the mil-
itary, as it has had full
autonomy over securi-
ty matters and main-
tained lucrative eco-
nomic interests.
The partnership al-
lowed the military’s
“clearance operations”
in Rakhine State in 2017
that resulted in the exo-
dus of 740,000 mostly
Muslim Rohingya refu-
gees to Bangladesh.
In the wake of that
pogrom, Suu Kyi vig-
orously defended both
the country and its
military at the Inter-
national Court of Jus-
tice. Myanmar’s global
reputation—and Suu
Kyi’s once-esteemed
personal standing—
suffered deeply and
never recovered.
Nonetheless, there
was one key point of
contention between the
NLD and military: the
constitutional prohibi-
tions that made it im-
possible for Suu Kyi to
officially take the presi-
dency
. Some NLD fig-
ures have also voiced
deep concerns about the
permanent role claimed
by the armed forces as
an arbiter of all legal
and constitutional mat-
ters in the country
.
A backwards step
for Myanmar
Regardless of how
events unfold this week
and beyond, Myan-
mar’s fragile democra-
cy has been severely
undermined by the
military’s actions.
The NLD govern-
ment has certainly had
its shortcomings, but a
military coup is a sig-
nificant backwards
step for Myanmar—
and is bad news for de-
mocracy in the region.
It’s difficult to see
this action as anything
other than a way for
General Min Aung Hla-
ing to retain his promi-
nent position in na-
tional politics, given he
is mandated to retire
this year when he
turns 65. With the poor
electoral performance
of the USDP, there are
no other conceivable
political routes to pow-
er, such as through the
presidency.
A coup will be coun-
terproductive for the
military in many ways.
Governments around
the world will likely
now apply or extend
sanctions on members
of the military. Indeed,
the US has released a
statement saying it
would “take action”
against those responsi-
ble. Foreign investment
in the country—except
perhaps from China—is
also likely to plummet.
As Myanmar’s peo-
ple have already en-
joyed a decade of in-
creased political free-
doms, they are also
likely to be uncoopera-
tive subjects as mili-
tary rule is re-imposed.
The 2020 general
election demonstrated,
once again, the distaste
in Myanmar for the po-
litical role of the
armed forces and the
enduring popularity of
Suu Kyi. Her detention
undermines the fragile
coalition that was
steering Myanmar
through a perilous pe-
riod, and could prove a
messy end to the profit-
able détente between
civilian and military
forces.
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New Delhi: Tikri, Sin-
ghu and Ghazipur bor-
ders remain closed for
traffic on Sunday as
farmers continue to
protest against the cen-
tral agricultural laws.
In a series of tweets,
Delhi Traffic Police
(DTP) informed about
the diverted routes fol-
lowing the closure of
these borders.
“Tikri Border is
closed for traffic both
carriageway, Jharoda
Kalan border, Auchandi
border and Harewali
close for both carriage-
way for traffic,” it said.
As Singhu, piau
M a n i y a r i , S a b o l i ,
Mungeshpur borders
are closed, police have
asked commuters to fol-
low the alternate route.
Lampur, Safiabad, Sin-
ghu school and Palla toll
tax borders are open for
traffic movement.
“Gazipur border is
closed both carriage-
way traffic going Ghazi-
abad through Murga
mandi and Gazipur
R/A, road no. 56, Vikas
marg, Anand Vihar IP
Extention,NH24.Please
commute from other
borders,” DTP said.
The police authori-
ties advised people to
adhere to COVID-19 pro-
tocols while travelling
on roads such as wear-
ing masks and frequent-
ly sanitise hands at
proper time intervals.
Farmers have been
protesting at different
borders of the national
capital since November
26 last year against the
three newly enacted
farm laws: Farmers’
Produce Trade and
Commerce (Promotion
and Facilitation) Act,
2020; the Farmers Em-
powerment and Protec-
tion) Agreement on
Price Assurance and
farm Services Act 2020
and the Essential Com-
modities (Amendment)
Act, 2020. —ANI
SINGHU, GHAZIPUR BORDERS
REMAIN CLOSED AMID PROTEST
Traffic diverted as farmers continue to protest against the central agricultural laws
Gwalior: Union Agri-
culture Minister Naren-
dra Singh Tomar on
Sunday said the ongo-
ing farmers’ protest
against the Centre’s
three new farm laws is
limited to a certain area
and expressed hope to
break the deadlock over
the issue soon.
Talking to reporters
in Madhya Pradesh’s
Gwalior city, Narendra
Singh Tomar also ac-
cused the opposition
Congress of playing
politics over the farm-
ers’ agitation.
“The farmers’ agita-
tion is limited to a cer-
tain area. The govern-
ment is ready for talks
with the protesting
farmers, and I hope we
will be able to break
the deadlock very
soon,” Narendra Singh
Tomar said.
Asked about Con-
gress’s demand for a
repeal of 3 new farm
laws and other allega-
tions of the opposition,
he said the Congress
has no right to speak on
farmers’ issues.
Farmers' stir
limited to
certain area,
says Tomar
‘Damage from pollution no less
than from other heinous crimes’
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Green Tribunal
has rapped Uttar
Pradesh government
for not taking effec-
tive steps to control
pollution in River
Hindon, noting that
damage from pollu-
tion is no less than
damage from other
heinous crimes.
A bench headed by
NGT Chairperson Jus-
tice A K Goel said re-
peated orders will not
serve any purpose un-
less the administration
takes ownership of its
Constitutional obliga-
tion to the citizens.
It is a matter of re-
gret that the State au-
thorities have failed to
discharge their con-
stitutional obligation
of taking remedial
measures inspite of
attention of the high-
est authorities in the
administration being
drawn to the prob-
lem, the bench said.
We had expected that
with the involvement
of Chief Secretary,
procedural and inter-
departmental coordi-
nation issues will be
resolved. But unfortu-
nately, it has not hap-
pened, bench said.
Bengaluru:Thehealth
sector's evolution calls
for active involvement
and participation of all
stakeholders use of
innovation to bridge in-
tent execution, Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind
said as he noted that
healthcare delivery in
Indiaispoisedtounder-
goachangeatallstages.
Healthcare delivery
in India is poised to un-
dergo a change at all
stages prevention, diag-
nosis, and treatment.
No single entity in the
healthcare sector can
deliver results and
achieve outcomes, Ko-
vind said. Addressing
the 23rd annual convo-
cation of the Rajiv Gan-
dhiUniversityof Health
Sciences, he said the
evolution of the sector
calls for active involve-
ment and participation
of all stakeholders.
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment would not
hesitate to increase
the spend under the
Mahatma Gandhi Na-
tional Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee
(MGNREGA) Pro-
gramme if the need
arises in the future,
Minister of State for
Finance Anurag Sin-
gh Thakur has said.
Theministerempha-
sisedthattheModigov-
ernment has taken
steps in the past in the
interestof thepoorand
vulnerable rural popu-
lation. Taking on the
criticism by the Con-
gress on the lowering
of the MGNREGA ex-
penditureintheBudget
for2021-22,theminister
said this government
has been increasing ex-
penditure unlike them
who would cut at the
RevisedEstimatestage.
‘Healthcare delivery is
poised to undergo a
change at all stages’
Centre may increase
MGNREGA spend if
need arises: Thakur
New Delhi: Rahul
Gandhi is the only
leader who can take
on the mantle of the
Congress president-
ship as he is the one
who has been taking a
strong stand on im-
portant issues with-
out bowing to govern-
ment's pressure,
Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Bhupesh
Baghel has said, amid
a growing chorus
within the party seek-
ing Rahul Gandhi's
return to the helm.
Within a span of
one week, two state
units of the Congress
have passed resolu-
tions backing Rahul
Gandhi's return as
party chief. While
Delhi Congress had
passed a resolution
requesting Rahul
Gandhi to take over as
chief last Sunday, the
Chhattisgarh Pradesh
Congress Committee
(CPCC) on Saturday
unanimously passed a
resolution moved by
Bhupesh Baghel to re-
appoint the Wayanad
MP as the party presi-
dent. All Congress
persons are standing
resolutely with Rahul
Gandhi and believe
that under his leader-
ship, the Congress or-
ganisation will be
constantly strength-
ened. Under Rahul
Gandhi's leadership,
confidence has been
kindled among Con-
gress workers that un-
der his leadership and
guidance, they will
strengthen the party's
foundation, the reso-
lution passed by the
CPCC said. —PTI
Only Rahul Gandhi
can take over as Cong
President: Bhagel
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel.
Security personnel during an ongoing farmer’s protest against the new farm laws, at the Delhi-
Ghazipur border in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI THE LEADER
F
F
F
TIKAIT CALLS ON FARMERS FOR “TRACTOR REVOLUTION”
Mumbai: A special CBI
court in Mumbai has
accepted the closure re-
port filed by the probe
agency against jailed
gangster Chhota Rajan
in a case of attempt to
murder a noted journal-
ist in 1997. In his order
issued on Saturday, spe-
cialjudgeATWankhede
cleared Chhota Rajan
of all the charges due to
lack of sufficient mate-
rial to proceed against
him in the case.
Court accepts
closure report
in murder case
against Rajan
Gangster Chhota Rajan
Ram Nath Kovind Anurag Singh Thakur
Rakesh Tikait

INDIA
06
No lessons...
However, there is no
danger of downstream
flooding, and the rise in
water level has been
contained, as per the in-
formation given by the
Central Water Commis-
sion (CWC).
There is also no
threat to the neighbour-
ing villages.
At the same time, the
agencies concerned of
the central and the state
governments were
asked to keep a strict
vigil on the situation,
and a team from the
DRDO, which monitors
avalanches, is being
flown in for surveil-
lance and reconnais-
sance.
The Managing Direc-
tor of the NTPC has
been asked to reach the
affected site immedi-
ately
.
Two teams of the
NDRF have been sent
and three additional
teams have been flown
in from Hindon airport
in Ghaziabad. The
troops will reach the af-
fected region tonight.
More than 200 ITBP
personnel are on the
spot, and one column of
the Engineering Task
Force (ETF) of the
Army, with all rescue
equipment, has been de-
ployed.
The Indian Navy di-
vers are being flown in
and aircraft and heli-
copters of the Indian
Air Force (IAF) are on
standby, the spokesper-
son said.
Mamata’s govt...
Adhikari, a former
minister, has been an
import from the Trina-
mool -- one of the many
who joined the BJP in
the last months. The
exodus of leaders has
been a point of conten-
tion between the two
parties, though official-
ly the Trinamool has
maintained that only
the corrupt and the
sidelined leaders have
gone to the BJP.
Accusing the state
leaders of corruption,
PM Modi said even in
natural disasters like
Cyclone Amphan, they
are “looking for oppor-
tunities for corrup-
tion”. “The Centre gave
free ration immediately
.
But the state failed to
give it to the people,” he
said.
The court finally had
to take a stand on the
corruption, he added.
“During Covid, lakhs
of farmers here did not
get any money
, Lakhs of
farmers should have
benefitted from the
Kisan Samman project,
but did not. The state
refused to join the pro-
gramme,” PM Modi
said.
This is PM Modi’s
second official visit to
Bengal within two
weeks. His first visit --
held in January to mark
the birth anniversary
of Netaji Subhas Chan-
dra Bose, one of the
state’s icons -- triggered
a huge flashpoint with
the state’s Trinamool
Congress government
after the “Jai Shri Ram”
slogan controversy
.
Maha Vikas...
Bandra area) that the
CM’s post would be
shared by the two par-
ties, but the BJP later
went back on the prom-
ise.
However, Shah on
Sunday reiterated that
no promise was made to
the Shiv Sena on shar-
ing of the chief minis-
ters post.
“I don’t make prom-
ises in closed rooms.
Whatever I do, I do it
openly…I don’t do poli-
tics in closed rooms,”
the Union minister
said.
It is being alleged the
BJP broke the promise,
Shah said and stressed
that his party honours
its promises.
“Wedon’tspeakwhite
lies. We are the ones
who honour commit-
ments. In Bihar, we said
if the NDA gets more
seats, Nitish Kumar will
continue to be CM,” he
said.
The BJP got more
seats than the JD(U) and
Nitish Kumar said the
BJP should have its
chief minister, he noted.
“But, we said the BJP
has already given its
word that he (Nitish Ku-
mar) will remain the
CM,” Shah said.
Hitting out at Thack-
eray
, Shah said the Sena
president addressed ral-
lies with him and Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi before the Maha-
rashtra Assembly elec-
tions.
In the posters of Shiv
Sena candidates, PM
Modi’s pictures were
bigger than Thacker-
ay’s, he said.
“We sought votes for
the BJP-Sena led by
Fadnavis, why didn’t
you speak out that time?
You just took votes in
the name of Modiji,”
Shah said.
The BJP made “no
promise” to the Shiv
Sena on sharing of the
CM’s post, he asserted.
“For the lust of pow-
er, all (late Sena found-
er) Balasaheb’s ideals
were dumped in the
Tapi river,” he said, and
accused the MVA gov-
ernment of failing on
all fronts.
FROM PG 1
India now 3rd topmost country
to give highest doses of vaccine
12 states in India have vaccinated more than 2 lakh beneficiaries
New Delhi: India has
become the third top-
most country in the
world in terms of the
number of COVID-19
vaccine doses adminis-
tered, the Union Health
Ministry said on Sun-
day. Only the United
States and the United
Kingdom remain ahead
of India. The ministry
said 12 states in India
have vaccinated more
than 2 lakh beneficiar-
ies each. Uttar Pradesh
alone accounts for
6,73,542 of all vaccinat-
ed beneficiaries.
Till February 7, 8 am,
a total of 57.75 lakh ben-
eficiaries have received
the vaccine under the
countrywide COVID-19
vaccination exercise.
The cumulative vacci-
nation coverage in-
cludes 53,04,546 health-
care workers 4,70,776
frontline workers, the
ministry said. In a span
of 24 hours, 3,58,473
beneficiaries were vac-
cinated across 8,875 ses-
sions. hours followed by
503 in Tamil Nadu. —ANI
First doses of vaccine
arrive in Afghanistan
New Delhi: Afghani-
stan received 500,000
doses of AstraZene-
ca’sCOVID-19vaccine
from India on Sunday
,
the first to arrive in
the country
, which is
still waiting for emer-
gency approval from
the World Health Or-
ganisation before it
can use them. Ghu-
lam Dastagir Nazari,
head of the immuni-
sation program at
the health ministry
said the doses would
be stored in Kabul
until the emergency
authorisation was
received, which it
hoped would happen
in a week. The vac-
cines were produced
by the Serum Insti-
tute of India (SII),
which is producing
the AstraZenecca/
Oxford University
vaccine for mid- and
l o w - i n c o m e
c o u n t r i e s . ” T h e
(WHO) certification
process is underway
and hopefully it will
be done in a week
and we will start the
vaccination process
in all 34 provinces,”
said Nazari.
India Covid: 12,059 new
cases, 78 deaths registered
New Delhi: India re-
corded 12,059 new Cov-
id-19casesinaspanof 24
hours, pushing the tally
of overall cases to
1,08,26,363,aspertheUn-
ion Health Ministry on
Sunday
.Thecountryalso
recorded 78 fatalities in
the last 24 hours, push-
ing the death toll due to
the Covid-19 to 1,54,996.
Full Faith In The
Indian Judiciary:
Comedian Munawar
Indore: After spending
35 days in jail for alleg-
edly hurting religious
sentiments, stand-up
comedian Munawar
Faruqui said he has full
faith in the judiciary of
the country and hopes
to get justice soon.
Faruqui was released
from the Indore Central
Jail on Saturday night
after the jail authorities
checked his Friday’s
bail order available on
the SC website, said
officials.
After his release, the
32-year-old in a video
message said, “I don’t
want to comment now.
But, I have full faith in
the judiciary and I am
hopeful of getting jus-
tice”.
Arrested for alleged-
ly hurting religious sen-
timents, Faruqui was in
the jail since January 1.
On Friday, the SC
granted him interim
bail after the MP High
Court rejected his bail
plea on January 28.
The apex court also
stayed the production
warrant issued against
Faruqui by a court in
Prayagraj in connec-
tion with an FIR lodged
there. However, he was
released late Saturday
night only after a Chief
Judicial Magistrate in
Indore rang up the jail
authorities and asked
them to check the SC’s
website for the bail.
—PTI
Munawar Faruqui
New Delhi: Melting of
Himalayan glaciers has
doubled since the start
of the 21st century due
to rising temperatures,
losing over a vertical
foot and half of ice each
year and potentially
threatening water sup-
ply for hundreds of mil-
lions of people in coun-
tries, including India,
according to a study
published in 2019.
The analysis, span-
ning 40 years of satel-
lite observations across
India, China, Nepal and
Bhutan, indicates that
climate change is eating
the Himalayan glaciers,
researchers said.
The study, published
in the journal Science
Advances in June 2019,
shows that glaciers
have been losing the
equivalent of more
than a vertical foot and
half of ice each year
since 2000 -- double the
amount of melting that
took place from 1975 to
2000.
“This is the clearest
picture yet of how fast
Himalayan glaciers are
melting over this time
interval, and why,” said
Joshua Maurer, a PhD
candidate at Columbia
University in the US.
While not specifically
calculated in the study,
the glaciers may have
lost as much as a quar-
ter of their enormous
mass over the last four
decades, said Mr Maur-
er, lead author of the
study
.
The study synthe-
sised data from across
the region, stretching
from early satellite ob-
servations to the pre-
sent.
The data indicates
that the melting is con-
sistent in time and
space, and that rising
temperatures are to
blame, the researchers
said.
Temperatures vary
from place to place, but
from 2000 to 2016 they
have averaged one de-
gree Celsius higher
than those from 1975 to
2000, they said. Re-
searchers analysed re-
peat satellite images of
some 650 glaciers span-
ning 2,000 kilometres
from west to east.
Many of the 20th-cen-
tury observations came
from declassified photo-
graphic images taken
by US spy satellites.
They created an auto-
mated system to turn
these into three dimen-
sional (3D) models. —ANI
Himalayan Glaciers Melting Faster Since 2000
Researchers analysed some 650 glaciers spanning 2,000 km.
Sabarimala: UDF vows to
safeguard temple customs
Trivandrum: Senior
Congress leader and
former home minister
Thiruvanchoor Rad-
hakrishnan has re-
leased a draft of the
legislation in Kottayam
on Saturday. Releasing
the draft, Thiruvan-
choor said that the draft
proposes imprisonment
for a period of two years
to those who enter the
Sabarimala shrine vio-
lating the customs, ritu-
als and traditions.
Thiruvanchoor said the
LDF government is
doing nothing to protect
the interest of the devo-
tees, they claim that
they cannot do any-
thing since the matter
is before the Supreme
Court.
However, in reality,
the state government
can definitely inter-
vene, since this comes
under the concurrent
list, said Thiruvan-
choor. —ANI
Sabarimala: UDF vows to enact law to safeguard temple customs.
Heritage byelaws for
Jagannath Temple
Bhubaneswar: The
Shree Jagannath Tem-
ple Administration
(SJTA) requested the
National Monuments
Authority (NMA) to
withdraw the draft noti-
fication on heritage
bye-laws for the famed
Jagannath temple in
Puri. In a letter to the
NMA Member Secre-
tary, SJTA Chief Ad-
ministrator Krishan
Kumar requested to im-
mediately withdraw the
draft notification to
protect the interest of
the deity, and the devo-
tees at large. The move
came after the NMA,
under the Union Minis-
try of Culture, has come
up with heritage bye-
laws for the temple pro-
posing the 100-metre
area around the shrine
where no construction
can be undertaken.“If
NMA is still of the con-
sidered view that any
regulatory framework
of any nature is re-
quired, then you are in-
vited for a detailed con-
sultation and discus-
sion with members of
the Committee before
any fresh attempt,” the
SJTA chief said. —PTI
Twitter India, South Asia
public policy head resigns
Mumbai Twitter’s Pub-
lic Policy Director for
India and South Asia
Mahima Kaul has re-
signed from her role
due to personal reasons
after over five
years at the mi-
croblogging
site. The res-
ignation has
come amid
the govern-
ment’s direc-
tion earlier to the
company to with hold
Twitter accounts in-
cluding ones related to
farmers’ protests. The
IT Ministry had further
sent a notice to Twitter
for restoring multiple
accounts, which were
involved in discussions
over the protests, citing
non-compliance under
Section 69A of the In-
formation Tech-
nology Act.
H o w e v e r ,
“Kaul’s resig-
nation has no
connection to
the govern-
ment’s action
towards the com-
pany with respect to the
protests and that her de-
cision to step down had
comeearlierlastmonth,”
sources aware of the sit-
uation said. —ANI
All-woman Garuda team gets
training for anti-terror operations
Bengaluru: A total of
16 young women, from
villages across Karna-
taka, are learning to
handle terror, and im-
prove their weapon-
handling skills for the
first batch of the all-
woman Garuda com-
mandos of the Karna-
taka Police.
The pre-induction
training of the special
operational team Garu-
da, Karnataka’s own
anti-terror force, is un-
derway at Bengaluru’s
Centre for Counter-Ter-
rorism for these 16 wom-
en, led by Superinten-
dent of Police M L Mad-
hura Veena.
Karnataka Addition-
al DGP Bhaskar Rao on
February 5 met the first
batch of all-women
Garuda commandos of
the police.
“The Garuda force of
Karnataka police has
got good training for the
last eight years. It also
got weapons as well.
With the help of serving
Brigadier, Lt Colonels
and 20 JCOs of the Min-
istry of Defence, we
have established the
Centre for Counter-Ter-
rorism Garuda force in
Karnataka. After the
26/11 incident which
took place in Mumbai,”
Rao said. —PTI
All woman garuda team gets training in karnataka.
Covid-19 vaccines are being administered on an emergency basis in India.

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Tiger’s video sends shock waves:
NTCA seeks reply from PCCF Raj
Violation of protocol: Big cat walks over the wall as tourists seated in their vehicle
38 eminent persons awarded
with ‘Rajasthan Gaurav’
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur:
Taking serious note of
the violation of proto-
col in Ranthambore Na-
tional Park, the Nation-
al Tiger Conservation
Authority (NTCA) has
sought a clarification
from the Principal
Chief Wildlife Warden
of Rajasthan.
A video of a tiger
climbing over the wall
and walking silently as
tourists seated in their
vehicle gaze on in ex-
citement and fear went
viral recently
.
While some of the
tourists were panic-
stricken, others were
seen screaming in ex-
citement as they clicked
the big cat right in front
of them.
The vehicle was
parked in close proxim-
ity to the wall nearly 7
feet high, which pre-
vented the big cat, as
well as the people, from
seeing what was on the
other side.
When the tiger scaled
the wall all of a sudden,
the people were left in a
shock.
However, the big cat
did not display any
signs of aggression and
walked along silently as
the tourists watched in
awe.
The driver of one of
vehicles was missing
from his seat.
Wildlife activist Anil
Rogers drew the atten-
tion of the NTCA by
writing letter highlight-
ing the violation of
tourists protocol follow-
ing which the DIG for-
est- NTCA has sought a
reply from the PCCF-
Rajasthan.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Sanskriti Yuva
Sansthan awarded 38
eminent personalities
of the State with ‘Ra-
jasthan Gaurav’ in a
grand ceremony at a
hotel at Trimurti Circle
on Sunday
.
Attending the pro-
gramme online as chief
guest, Governor Kalraj
Mishra said that hon-
ouring the eminent per-
sonalities of the state is
an incomparable work
in itself and for the last
25 years, the SYS has
been doing the digni-
fied work of embellish-
ing various talents of
Rajasthan.
Minister of Energy,
Dr BD Kalla said that
respect of such person-
alities is the responsi-
bility of society
.
Those honoured are
Padma Shri Shyam
Sundar Paliwal, IAS Dr.
Veena Pradhan, IPS
Preeti Chandra, Sharad
Chaudhary, Naresh Ku-
mawat, IAS PC Kisan,
Chandra Mohan Chau-
han, Swati Bhagwati,
RB Gupta, Sameer Ba-
bel, Dr. Sandeep Jain,
Dr. Ajit Singh, Dr. S Par-
ashar, Rukmini Gurjar,
RK Sharma, Dr. Sl Pa-
hariya, Dr. Govind
Sharan Sharma, Dr D
Agarwal, Swati
Rathore, Ajay Panchali,
Sandeep Gupta, MK
Sharma, Nitesha Shar-
ma, Harshita Sharma,
Dr SP Kansal, Alla Ra-
kha Kalawant, Suvishal
Sharma, Surendra
Awana, Pawan Vyas,
Rajiv Sharma, and jour-
nalists Sharat Kumar,
Manish Sharma, Sush-
ant Pareek, Aishwary
Pradhan, Bhavnesh
Gupta, Vinod Mittal,
Amit Bhatt.
Lucknow: Hunar Haat
will be organised in
Kota from February 28
to March 7 and later in
Jaipur and other cities
also, Union Minister for
Minority Affairs
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
said on Sunday
.
Over 29 lakh people
visited the “Hunar
Haat” organised at
Avadh Shilpgram in
Lucknow, inaugurated
by UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath, from January 22
to February 7 and pur-
chased handmade prod-
ucts of indigenous arti-
sans and craftsmen
worth crores of rupees.
Naqvi in the statement
said that the 25th Hunar
Haat is being organised
at Maharaja College
Ground, Chamara-
japuram, Mysuru (Kar-
nataka) from February
6 to February 14.
In the coming days,
Hunar Haat will be or-
ganised in New Delhi
(February 20 to March
1), Kota (February 28 to
March 7), Jaipur, Chan-
digarh, Indore, Mum-
bai,Hyderabad,Ranchi,
Surat/Ahmedabad,
Kochi, Puducherry and
other places. Talking to
reporters in Luc-
know on Sunday on the
concluding day of the
Hunar Haat, Naqvi said
while on one hand ex-
quisite handmade prod-
ucts of almost every
region of the country
were available under
one roof at Hunar Haat,
the visitors also enjoyed
traditional delicacies
of different parts of the
country
. — PTI
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has
termed as atrocious
the manner in which a
sensitive matter of
narcotics has been
sought to be prosecut-
ed, and directed the
Narcotics Control Bu-
reau (NCB) to give an
explanation over the
delay in filing a plea
against the Rajasthan
High Court verdict in
the case.
The apex court,
which observed that a
petition challenging
the high court’s De-
cember 2018 verdict ac-
quitting the accused
persons in a narcotics
case has been filed be-
fore it after a delay of
652 days, noted the
glaring gaps and said
the NCB headquarters
had sat on the file for
one year.
We find that in a sen-
sitive matter relating to
narcotics the manner in
which the present pro-
ceedings are sought to
be prosecuted is atro-
cious.
The special leave pe-
titions have been filed
after a delay of 652 days,
a bench comprising
Justices Sanjay Kishan
Kaul and Hrishikesh
Roy said in its February
1 order. —PTI
First India Bureau
Kota: Sales manager of
Devashish City town-
ship of Borkheda, Man-
ish Agarwal stabbed a
tiles contractor Manish
Sharma with knife over
some issue on Sunday.
Contractor died on the
spot.
According to eye wit-
ness, over some issue,
heated argument took
place between Manish
Agarwal and Manish
Sharma. In a fit of an-
ger, Manish Agarwal
took out knife and at-
tacked Sharma. Shar-
ma died on the spot.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Expediting ef-
forts to increase reve-
nue, the state mines
department has initiat-
ed the auction process
of 83 royalty contracts
on e-platform to recover
the royalty payable on
mineral.
The auction process
of 60 contracts has al-
ready been started.
Principal Secretary,
mines, Ajitabh Sharma
said that the contract is
to be done on the min-
eral extracted from the
mines and the contracts
of royalty collection,
access royalty collec-
tion contract, district
level mineral founda-
tion trust and state level
mineral exploration
trust will be given.
He informed that the
e-auction notice for
these contracts worth
Rs 794 crore has been
released by the depart-
ment on January 29 and
detailed information of
83 royalty contracts is
available on the depart-
mental website as well
as on the MSTC portal
of government of India.
“This will allow any
person from anywhere
to participate in this e-
auction process,” he
said, adding that those
who want to participate
in the process will have
to register on the portal
of the GoI.
Sharma informed
that contracts will be
given mainly for the
mines of China clay,
silica sand, quartz, feld-
spar, soapstone, dolo-
mite, marble, serpen-
tine etc.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: AICC general
secretary Vaibhav Ge-
hlot on Sunday partici-
pated in a symbolic
hunger strike and dhar-
na organised by the
Congress workers of
ward 52 in Jodhpur dur-
ing his visit to Jodhpur.
The dharna was held
in solidarity with the
farmers during which
the party workers
raised the demand of
withdrawal of three
farm laws by the centre.
MLA Manisha Pan-
war, Mayor Kunti De-
ora, chairperson of the
commission for protec-
tion of child rights San-
geeta Beniwal, party
leaders Saeed Ansari
and others were present
in the dharna.
All the leaders also
sat on dharna along
with Gehlot. Address-
ing them, Gehlot said
that farmers have been
agitating on Delhi bor-
ders in winters but the
PM has paid no heed to
the justified demands
of the farmers.
Minister of Energy BD Kalla along with eminent personalities after getting the award on Sunday.
Tiger walking silently as tourists gaze in excitement at Ranthambore National Park.
Hunar Haat in Kota from February
28 to March 7, says Mukhtar Abbas
Vaibhav Gehlot participates in
dharna in support of farmers
A view of Hunar Haat in Lucknow. —FILE PHOTO
Bid to boost revenue: Mines department
initiates e-auction of mines in Rajasthan
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SC seeks
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Contractor
stabbed to
death in Kota
Vaibhav Gehlot, Sangeeta Beniwal, Manisha Panwar, Kunti Devda,
Syed Ansari and others participating in a dharna in support of
farmers in Jodhpur on Sunday.
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THE POTENCY OF
WORDS!
They say words are one of the
most potent weapons. However,
who says those words also add, if
not subtracts, to the potency of the
said word. A simple tweet could
have such different aspects, came
to be realised by the bureaucratic
and political circles of Rajasthan
when on Saturday, senior IAS
Rohit Kumar Singh tweeted. In
a gist, his tweet revolved around
a saying that mentions that a
person is silent not because he
is at loss of words, but because
he is still left with some dignity.
Rohit, who often tweets poems
and shayari, is an avid reader
and a philosopher in his own
right and this tweet was taken in
a light mood by those following
him on the micro blogging site.
But about twelve hours later, one
of the fire brand politicians from
Rajasthan and former tourism
minister Vishvendra Singh tweeted
the same lines, however, this time
around he had pinned a picture
of himself addressing a farmers’
rally. However, the same words
had an exactly opposite impact
with his supporters going gaga on
“Maharaj’s” political prowess while
the conspiracy theorists had their
own versions of what it could have
meant! —First India Bureau
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thing, either you change yourself
or the world will change around
you… isolating you.
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First India Bureau
Aligarh: National
Convention and Maha
Kumbh of All India
Vaishya Ekta Parishad
began in Aligarh on
Sunday, with Vaishya
representatives from
all over the country in
attendance. Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla was
the Chief Guest of the
event. In the event,
Mayor of Agra and the
election officer for this
session, Naveen Jain,
declared Sumant Gup-
ta as the national pres-
ident of All India
Vaishya Ekta Parishad
unopposed for the 14th
time.
Addressing the audi-
ence National President
Sumant Gupta said that
he is fortunate enough
to share the stage with
Om Birla. While prais-
ing the BJP govern-
ment, he said that Paki-
stan shivers at the name
PM Modi and that Amit
Shah has history by
abolishing Article 370
of the Constitution.
Gupta while praising
the Majle community
for their hard-work and
perseverance requested
Birla that if he were to
receive a letter from
anyone from Vaishya
society, then he should
be more attentive to-
wards it. As the Legisla-
tive Council has seat
reserved for graduates,
teachers, etc. a seat for
Vaishya should also be
reserved, he said.
In his address, Gupta
was all praises for the
BJP government also
urged Vaishya society’s
participation in upcom-
ing LS polls.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur:Itisanunwritten
fact that for each penny
earned, various innova-
tive approaches have to
be taken and what was
once considered a long
shot, has to be taken.
With a view to give a ma-
jor thrust to the entrepre-
neurialdriveof theyouth
of thestate,toensurepeo-
ple’s health is best main-
tained, to give relief to
the liquor traders and to
bring more transparency
in the allotment of liquor
shops; all while ensuring
that the state exchequer
increases manifold, the
recently announced ex-
cise policy has complete
stamp of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot’s vision of
entrepreneurial youth
witheffectiveinputsfrom
Chief SecretaryNiranjan
Arya, and Finance Prin-
cipal Secretary Akhil
Arora, Finance (revenue)
SecretaryTRavikantand
excise commissioner Dr.
Joga Ram, the product of
which is one simple line :
Ease of doing business.
Infact, Principal Secre-
tary to Chief Minister
Kuldeep Ranka and his
deputy Rajan Vishal also
played key role in this en-
tire exercise.
For years, there was a
demand from the govern-
ment, made by enterpris-
ing youth, who saw devel-
opment in other states, to
allow development of the
microbrewery culture,
which is extremely fa-
mous across the globe
and is a huge revenue
generator. However, pre-
vious governments never
paid heed to the opportu-
nity, until the 2021 excise
policy which allows set-
ting up and operating mi-
crobreweries. Even fiscal
experts believe that such
‘out of the box’ attempt
have to be made to give a
push to the entrepreneur-
ial spirit of the locals.
The policy issued by
the finance department
for the regulation and
control of liquor shops,
restaurant bars and hotel
bars for the year 2021-22
also gives relief to liquor
traders by not increasing
certain charges. As per
the provisions of the new
policy, liquor shops will
now be auctioned online
and all the shops will be
of composite category.
There was always an ap-
prehension that the lot-
tery was like a double
edged sword however in
the new policy that has
been done away with pro-
viding much transparen-
cy. Now, allotment of a
total of 7,665 shops in the
statewillbedonethrough
the new policy and from
this; the excise depart-
ment is expected to get
revenue of Rs 13,000
crore.
Meanwhile, the tour-
ism industry, that is also
a major money-spinning
industry of the state, has
been given a boost
through the excise policy
.
Gone are the days when a
lump-sum had to be de-
posited.
Now, instead of paying
the entire fees together
for a new bar license, a
provision has been made
to deposit 10 percent in
advance.
Interestingly, Annual
license charge on IMFL
and beer shops has also
been abolished. Moreo-
ver, liquor manufactur-
ers in the state will have
to adopt SCAD, Internet
of Things system, track
and trace system to keep
a track and end smug-
gling, if any
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi will
address farmers’ rally
in Rajasthan on Friday
.
Rajasthan Pradesh
Congress Committee
President Govind Singh
Dotasra said that Gan-
dhi will address farm-
ers’ rallies at Pilibanga
in Hanumangarh dis-
trict at 11 pm and Pad-
ampur in Srigangana-
gar at 2 pm on February
12.
The state Congress
has been instructed to
start preparations for
four public meetings.
The detailed pro-
gramme of Rahul Gan-
dhi’s tour will be re-
leased in a day or two.
However, Rahul Gandhi
is expected to address a
farmers’ meeting either
at Ajmer or Makrana in
Nagaur district on Feb-
ruary 13, which are be-
ing finalised.
On Sunday, Dotasara
met party workers of
Hanumangarh and
Sriganganagar District
Congress Committees
and various farmer
representatives ahead
of the Gandhi Scion’s
visit.
The PCC President
said that the farmers
of Hanumangarh and
Sriganganagar were
the most affected by
the law and therefore,
Gandhi has decided to
visit both these dis-
tricts.
“Rahul Gandhi has
always raised his voice
in favour of farmers.
Whenever the Modi
government has op-
pressed farmers or
done injustice to them,
Rahul Gandhi along
with Congress workers
has always stood by the
farmers ,” Dotasra
added.
Karanpur MLA Gur-
meet Singh Kunnar has
been given the responsi-
bility for the farmers’
meeting.
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Congress’s
Sunday victory in local
body election has been
nothing short of a mira-
cle. However, this mira-
cle has been achieved
due to the hard work
and perseverance of the
party workers who have
been guided by the lead-
ers. Enthused over the
‘historic’ victory, AICC
General secretary and
Rajasthan Incharge
Ajay Maken has also ex-
pressed his elation.
As the results came
pouring heavily in the
grand old party’s fa-
vour, the senior Con-
gress leader took to mi-
cro blogging site Twit-
ter and posted his
views. “For the first
time in history, Con-
gress has come out vic-
torious in several
towns!,” Maken tweet-
ed. He then went on to
post what the Congress
circles have been term-
ing as the ‘miracle num-
ber’.
“48+2”, Maken posted
on the all out victory of
Congress in 48 local
bodies while ‘+2’ was
mentioned for the two
local bodies where Con-
gress has supported out
individual/party and
become part of the pow-
er pie.
Maken further went on
to post that out of 195
local bodies, Congress
has won 120 while BJP
is at 74. “This is the first
time Congress has won
in towns in this fashion
in Rajasthan,” an elated
Maken said in his tweet.
Birla inaugurates ‘Vaishya Mahakumbh’ in Aligarh
MEET WITH A DIFFERENCE
Efficient taxation bureaucracy effectively implements Gehlot’s excise vision
RaGatoaddressfarmers’meetduring
histwodayvisittoRajonFeb12-13
MAKEN ‘ELATED’
ON ‘HISTORIC WIN’!
RAJASTHAN’S NEW PRAGMATIC EXCISE POLICY
CM Ashok Gehlot Niranjan Arya Akhil Arora Jogaram
Kuldeep Ranka
COURTESY MEET...
Jagdeesh Chandra, who is on a visit to Jodhpur, met Sangeeta Beniwal, Chairperson,
Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights; Kunti Deora, Mayor (North) and
Journalist Sangeeta Sharma on Sunday evening. They Discussed the various developmental
projects of Jodhpur and the way forward.
PAYING OBEISANCE
RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot offered a ‘Chadar’ to mark the Urs of Latif Shah Baba Dargah,
Jodhpur. First India News Channel Head Jagdeesh Chandra, PCC Secretary Shravan Patel,
Former City Congress President Saeed Ansari, Chairperson, Rajasthan State Commission
for Protection of Child Rights;Sangeeta Beniwal, Kunti Sangeeta Beniwal, MLA City Manisha
Panwar, Mayor Kunti Deora, Vice- President of Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Khanna also offered
prayers on the occasion.
LS Speaker Om Birla Inaugurates the 14th National Session of All
India Vaishya Ekta Parishad “Vaishya Mahakumbh” in Aligarh on
Sunday.
ASHOK GEHLOT@ASHOKGEHLOT51
Deeply saddened at the loss of lives in
the calamity in #Uttarakhand. My sincere
condolences to the families of the deceased. May
they find strength. Prayers for those still missing.
Hope they can be rescued. Wish speedy recovery
to the injured.
Worried to know of avalanche flooding in
#Chamoli, #Uttarakhand after a glacier broke
there. Much concerned about the safety of people
residing in the area. My prayers for their wellbeing
safety. Hope rescue efforts can start asap.
Rahul Gandhi
Ajay Maken
Govind S Dotasra
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: During his
Jodhpur stay, the
Chief Justice of Alla-
habad High Court, Go-
vind Mathur, had an
exclusive conversa-
tion with First India.
In the interview, he
said that although
due to Covid-19 crises
in the nation, the
functioning of most
courts was affected,
however, the Alla-
habad High Court
continued to function
physically in these
challenging times.
Asourfocusistopro-
vide justice to all, we
ensure the rule of law,
freedomof judiciaryis
maintained in the
state. Speaking on the
subject of pendency
,
Govind Mathur said,
the subject of penden-
cy is very complex.
Forthis,everyChief
Justice is responsible
and efforts are made to
keepourpendencytoa
minimum.
There is always an
effort to ensure that
people get justice on
time. But it is too ear-
ly to say that it was a
big success, CJ Ma-
thur elaborated. Go-
vind Mathur has
practised in the Ra-
jasthan High Court at
Jodhpur in Constitu-
tional, Service and
Labour matters.
Allahbad HC continued working
in Covid crises: Justice Mathur

JAIPUR, MONDAY
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
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agic of fashion and
glamour, tunes of Ra-
jasthani folk music
and the bright lights,
this was the view of
the 10th edition of the
Jodhpur Couture
Show held at Marugarh
resort, Jodhpur on Sun-
day
.
Models presented the
exclusive and creative
designs on the ramp at
the state’s largest fash-
ion festival organised
topromoteRajasthani
heritage. Nine de-
signers from Ra-
jasthan showcased
garments, jewellery
and makeup in their
collections.
Jagdeesh Chandra
gracedtheeveningwith
his presence as
the chief guest
while dignitar-
ies from sever-
alcitiesof the
state attend-
ed the event
including the Jodhpur Couture
Show directors Gaurav Gaur
and Ajay Singh Rao. Co-spon-
sored by Rajan Amplifier and
Pinch Pictures, the show began
with designer Monika Bohra’s
traditionalgarmentsfromDun-
gri Studio, Jaipur with actress
CharviTanyaDuttaastheshow
stopper. After this, Kunjal and
Himanshi Rawal from Classic
Makeup Studio, Jodhpur show-
cased the trending makeup and
hairdos of 2021, during which
supermodel Nupur Jhankal
was the show stopper. In the
third sequence of the show,
Nikhil Mehta from Rivaayat
presented his garments with
Swati Jangid and Gaurav Gaur
as the showstoppers. After this,
AkankshaBhallawastheshow-
stopper in the sequence of de-
signer Yogesh Jajra from Indus
PrideFashion.ModiUniversity
showcasedthecollectionof gar-
ments on the ramp which was
prepared by their students.
Later in the show, Abhishek
Trivedi from Deepe’s Jodhpur
showcased his men’s collection
with Mr India 2020, Vinay Dan-
gibeingtheshowstopper.Jewel-
lery designer Ajay Singh from
AGJ Jewellery showcased his
traditional, fusion and party
wear jewellery collection while
Divija Gambhir was the show-
stopper.
In the last two sequels of the
show, designer from Nir-
wan, Vandana Nirupama
andHarshadPahujafrom
WovenThreadsshow-
cased their collec-
tions with supermodels Divya
Kasliwal and Aditi Hundia be-
ing the show stopper.
Jodhpur Couture Show took place on Sunday at
Marugarh Resort, Jodhpur. Designers from different
cities of Rajasthan showcased their collection amid
the magic of Rajasthani folk music!
THE ROYAL EVENING
MANSI BACHANI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
M
Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Tanu Choudhary, Isha Agarwal, Soni Kumari, Dhanshree Rawal, Aditi Sharma, Isha Agarwal,
Radhika Choudhary, Nupur Jhankal, Gaurav Gaur, Mansi Bachani, Riya Sain, Bhavya Jain, Tripti Arora, Archna Lodha and Divya Kasliwal
Divija Gambhir
From left: Riya Sain, Soni Kumari, Radhika Choudhary and Khushboo Dahiya Akanksha Bhalla
Charvi Tanya Dutta
Jagdeesh Chandra with (from left) Ritu Deora and Romila Gambhir Gaurav Gaur and Swati Jangid
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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