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JAIPUR l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 246
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
New Delhi: Noting that
theprocessof reformsin
agriculture is necessary
and important, Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Wednesday said new
farm laws provide an op-
tion to farmers and have
beenbroughttomeetthe
emerging challenges.
In his reply to the mo-
tion of thanks on the
President’s Address in
Lok Sabha, PM said no
mandis have been shut
after the implementa-
tion of these laws and
there has been no im-
pact on the MSP. Con-
gress members, who
interrupted Prime Min-
ister during his speech,
later staged a walkout.
“Threefarmlawswere
broughtinbytheGovern-
ment. The process of ag-
ricultural reforms is nec-
essary and important.
The agriculture sector
has been facing challeng-
es for years. We will have
to make efforts to meet
them and we have made
honest efforts,” PM said.
He also accused the
Opposition of mislead-
ing farmers protesting
against farm laws.
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AGRI REFORMS NECESSARY, FARM
LAWS PROVIDE AN OPTION: MODI
‘I consider the farmers’ protest to be ‘pavitra’. But, when ‘Andolanjeevis’
hijack protests, showcase photos of those jailed for serious offences, does it
serve any purpose? Not allowing toll plazas to work, destroying telecom
towers- does it serve a pavitra andolan?’ —Narendra Modi, PM
President’s speech
showcased India’s
‘Sankalp Shakti’. His
words have boosted spirit
of confidence among
people of India.
Post-COVID world is
turning out to be very
different. In such times,
remaining isolated from
global trends will be
counter-productive. We
will have to emerge as a
strong player. That is why
India is working towards
building an Aatmanirbhar
Bharat.
During discussion
on President’s speech, a
large number of women
MPs took part. This is
a great sign. I want to
congratulate women MPs
who enriched proceed-
ings with their thoughts.
Our doctors, nurses,
Covid warriors, safai
karamcharis, those who
drove ambulances…
such people and so many
others became manifesta-
tions of the divine who
strengthened India’s fight
against pandemic.
After laws relating to
agriculture were passed
by the Parliament – no
Mandi has shut. Like-
wise, MSP has remained.
Procurement on MSP has
remained. These facts
can’t be ignored.
Those who talk big on
electoral reforms oppose
One Nation One Election.
They speak of gender jus-
tice but oppose triple talaq.
OPPN STAGES PROTEST
Lok Sabha saw angry protests from the
Opposition as PM Modi mentioned the farm
laws. After a huge altercation, the Congress
and the Trinamool walked out, shortly after
the Prime Minister said the slogan-shouting
“was a planned strategy to drown out
reason and hide the truth”.
‘Cong will scrap
farm laws if
voted to power’
RAHUL GANDHI ONLY PERSON STANDING
AGAINST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: “Rahul Gandhi
is the only person who
is challenging the cen-
tral government and
even the BJP is only tar-
geting him. Rahul and
Congress have always
stood for farmers,”
these were the words
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot said to his col-
leagues during the Con-
gress Legislative Party
meet at CMR on
Wednesday, just two
days ahead of Rahul’s
scheduled two-day tour
of Rajasthan to provide
support to farmers.
During the CLP meet,
Gehlot stressed that
similar attacks were
made on Indira Gandhi
and Sonia Gandhi as
well by BJP, “But these
leaders became equally
loved by all. Rahul Gan-
dhi is coming to Ra-
jasthan to raise farm-
er’s voice. The Central
government should roll
back the three farm
laws. It should do away
with its stand of not lis-
tening to the farmers.
Without doing any work
on the ground, they are
adept at making a
propoganda out of thin
air,” he said.
The CLP meet wit-
nessed participation of
85 MLAs during which
CM not only prepped
the MLAs for floor man-
agement during Budget
Session but also asked
them to ensure that
they are always present
in the House.
“Raise issues that are
people centric and give
logical answers to Op-
position’s attacks and
claims. The works done
by Rajasthan govern-
ment for people, should
be told to them in a
proper manner,” he di-
rected the MLAs. Mean-
while, Turn to P6
Raj man kills self after
killing 4 minor sons
Anupam Dixit
Banswara: A man al-
legedly killed his four
minor sons and com-
mitted suicide in Ban-
swara district of Ra-
jasthan. The incident
occurred in Dunglapani
village in Kushalgarh
police station area
where Babu strangled
his sons Rakesh, Man-
giya, Vikram and
Ganesh, all aged be-
tween 2 and 8 years, and
later hanged himself,
the police said.
The matter came to
light on Wednesday
morning.Nosuicidehas
been recovered from the
spot. Post mortem is un-
derway following which
bodies will be handed
over to family members
for last rites, SHO Kush-
algarh police station
Pradeep Kumar said.
He said that primary
investigation reveals
that Babu was a liquor
addict and had a dis-
pute with his wife Anita
ten days back following
which she went to Guja-
rat in search of liveli-
hood. Turn to P6
Lucknow: Attacking the
Centre over the new
farm laws, Congress
leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra told a
rally in western Uttar
Pradesh that if voted to
power her party would
scrap them. At a kisan
panchayat organised
by Congress in
Saharanpur, Priyanka
accused PM Modi and
other BJP leaders of
insulting farmers who
are protesting against
the laws.
The Centre Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that
no farmer participating in the ongoing farmers’
protests has been called for questioning by the
National Investigation Agency (NIA). In a written
reply to a question on “whether the NIA summoned
farmers participating in the ongoing farmers’
protests”, Union Minister of State (MoS), Home, G
Kishan Reddy said, “No, sir.”
‘NO FARMER CALLED BY NIA’
MODI IN LS
China,Indiastartsynchronised
disengagement in East Ladakh
Beijing/New Delhi:
The frontline troops of
China and India at the
south and north banks
of the Pangong Lake in
eastern Ladakh started
“synchronised and or-
ganised” disengage-
ment from Wednesday,
the Chinese defence
ministry said, in what is
seen as a forward move-
ment in the overall dis-
engagement process to
defuse the over nine-
month border standoff.
There was no official
comment by either the
Indian defence minis-
try or the Indian Army
on the Chinese state-
ment but people famil-
iar with the develop-
ment said both sides are
in the process of pull-
ing back their ar-
moured units like tanks
and armoured person-
nel carriers.
The office of Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh, meanwhile, tweeted
that he will make a
statement in the Rajya
Sabha on Thursday on
the situation in eastern
Ladakh. “Raksha Man-
tri Shri @rajnathsingh
will make a statement
in Rajya Sabha tomor-
row regarding ‘Present
Situation in Eastern
Ladakh’,” it said.
Authoritative sources
in the Indian defence
and military establish-
ment did not refute the
Chinese defence minis-
try’s statement on the
developments in the
northern and southern
banks of Pangong lake,
an area that witnessed
major face-offs since the
row erupted on May 5.
People familiar with
the situation in eastern
Ladakh said both sides
are in the process of
pulling Turn to P6
Twitter blocks
500 accounts
on govt demand
New Delhi: In response
to the ‘’legal requests’’
from the Central gov-
ernment, Twitter on
Wednesday informed
that it has taken multi-
ple enforcement actions
including permanent
suspension of over 500
accounts for clear viola-
tions of Twitter’s rules.
The social media gi-
ant in a statement said,
“Separate to our en-
forcement under the
Twitter Rules, over the
course of the last 10
days, Twitter has been
served with several sep-
arate blocking orders
by the Ministry of Elec-
tronics and Informa-
tion Technology
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EQUITY INDICES DIP,
BANKING STOCKS
UNDER PRESSURE
Mumbai: Key equity indices see-sawed between
gains and losses on Wednesday and closed in the
red zone as investors turned cautious over the
sustainability of a recent risk rally. At the closing
bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was down by 20 points
or 0.04 per cent at 51,309 while the Nifty 50 edged
lower by 3 points or 0.02 per cent to 15,107. Sec-
toral indices at the National Stock Exchange were
mixed with Nifty private bank down by 0.7 per
cent, financial service by 0.2 per cent and metal
by 0.8 per cent. But Nifty realty gained by 1.6 per
cent and auto by 0.9 per cent. Among stocks,
HDFC Bank dropped by 1.2 per cent to close at Rs
1,591.90 per share. Axis Bank closed 0.7 per cent
lower and IndusInd Bank by 0.4 per cent.
CEC reviews poll preparedness
in Chennai,to visit Pondy today
Chennai: A high level
team from the Election
Commission of India
(ECI) led by Chief Elec-
tion Commissioner
(CEC) Sunil Arora ar-
rived in Chennai on
Wednesday to review
the preparedness for
the ensuing elections
to the Tamil Nadu As-
sembly slated to be
held in April-May.
Also, an eight mem-
ber ECI team will visit
Puducherry on Thurs-
day to review the pre-
paredness for Assembly
elections to be held in
April or May this year.
Arora and other ECI
officials will hold meet-
ings with representa-
tives of recognised po-
litical parties and offi-
cials and oversee the
process for polls in TN.
Apart from Arora, the
team comprises Elec-
tion Commissioners Su-
shil Chandra and Rajiv
Kumar, Secretary Gen-
eral Umesh Sinha, Dep-
uty Election Commis-
sioner Chandra Bhush-
an Kumar, Turn to P6
CEC Sunil Arora alongwith ECs Sushil Chandra & Rajiv Kumar, Umesh Sinha meeting with District
officials at Chennai to review poll preparedness for forthcoming Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu.
Indian & Chinese troops have been locked in a border standoff in
eastern Ladakh since May last year. —FILE PHOTO
CM Ashok Gehlot with Bhajan Lal Jatav, Mahadev Khandela, Bhanwar S Bhati, Khiladi Bairwa,
Ameen Kagzi, Joginder Awana, Sandeep Yadav, Deepchand Kheria, Uday Lal Anjana, Tika Ram
Jully, Lakhan Meena, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Giriraj Malinga, Amit Chachan and Narendra Budhania
at CMR on Wednesday.
Jaipur: MLA Balwan
Poonia on Wednesday
created an uproar on the
issue of farmers’’ stir
during the Governor’s
address on the first day
of the Budget session of
theRajasthanAssembly
.
As soon as Governor
Kalraj Mishra began his
address, in which he
highlightedtheworksof
the state government,
Poonia started shouting
slogansinsupportof the
farmers’’ agitation and
accused the Central gov-
ernment of ignoring the
plight of farmers. He
saidthegovernorshould
apprise the central gov-
ernment of the senti-
ments of farmers from
Rajasthan. He stormed
to the well of the House
and demanded the with-
drawalof thethreefarm
laws enacted by the cen-
tral government. After
some time, chief whip
and Parliamentary Af-
fairs Minister Shanti
Dhariwal intervened
and took him to his seat
but he continued shout-
ing slogans. —PTI
First India Bureau
Alwar: A bag of Rs 2
lakh was looted from a
bank collection agent
in broad daylight on
Wednesday near the
‘Thank you’ Board of
the municipality on
Tussing Road in
Behror. The miscre-
ants came on the bike
and injured the head of
the collection agent
with a stick. This made
the agent’s bike fell. As
soon as the collection
agent fell, they put a
countrymade pistol on
his temple and looted
the bag worth Rs 2 lakh
from him. Due to a
head injury, a lot of
blood of the collection
agent shed. The ag-
grieved banker Yudh-
veer Singh is a collec-
tion agent at Bandhan
Bank. He was collect-
ing money from bank
account holders from
nearby villages and
coming back to the
Behror Bank branch at
around 1 pm. Two mis-
creants came and
robbed him near the
municipal board.
First India Bureau
Vadodara: The Va-
dodara Railway Police
on Tuesday arrested a
40-year-old man from
Pali for allegedly loot-
ing people by intoxi-
cating them on-board
long-distance trains.
The accused has been
identified as Govind
Ram Servi. Said BS
Jadhav, Deputy SP of
Railway Police, Va-
dodara. He said that
the accused has admit-
ted to having commit-
ted 11 crimes of loot.
“The accused used
to befriend passen-
gers on long-distance
trains and offer them
juice or cold drinks
laced with seda-
tives,” the police
said. The police also
seized goods worth
Rs 7 lakh from his
possession. —ANI
Jaipur: The Election
Commission has start-
ed preparations for the
by-election to four as-
sembly seats in the
state, an official said on
Wednesday. The dates,
though, have not yet
been announced. In a
statement, Chief Elec-
toral Officer Praveen
Gupta met the nodal of-
ficers of various de-
partments and gave
necessary guidelines in
this regard.
With the announce-
ment of the election
dates, the model code
of conduct will come
into effect in the re-
spective districts. In
such a situation, the
Excise department, Po-
lice and Narcotics de-
partment will have to
be on higher alert.
In the meeting, the
police nodal officer
made necessary ar-
rangements for law and
order and also gave
necessary instructions
to other departments,
including making dis-
trict-wise flights, for
monitoring the move-
ment of cash.
Bypolls are necessi-
tated due to the death of
elected legislators from
Sujangarh in Churu,
Rajsamand, Sahada of
Bhilwara and
Vallabhnagar of
Udaipur assembly seats
of the state. Of these,
three seats were held by
the Congress and one
by the BJP. —PTI
First India Bureau
Dholpur: Gravel mafias
opened fire on the police
team when they went
to catch the gravel-filled
tractors in the Ghera vil-
lage of Sadar police sta-
tionarea.SPKesarSingh
Shekhawat along with
the DST team and police
of different police sta-
tions reached the spot.
Inresponse,thepolice
too opened fire and ar-
rested two accused with
illegalpistols,andseized
agravel-filledtractor.Af-
ter taking action in the
Sadar police station
area, SP Shekhawat
reached the ravines of
theChambalriverinBa-
saidang police station
area. Seeing the heavy
police force, more than a
dozen gravel-laden trac-
tors rushed towards the
ravines. The police
chased the tractors and
seized 6 tractors and ar-
rested3mafias.Showing
a strong attitude to-
wardsillegalgravelmin-
ing, SP has suspended
one constable for his in-
volvement in gravel
clearance while an in-
vestigation is being car-
ried out against another.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot will
present the state
budget 2021-22 in the
assembly on 24 Feb-
ruary.
The debate on the
Governor’s address
will be held on 11, 12,
13, and 15 February.
Chief minister Gehlot
will reply to the de-
bate on the governor’s
address.
There will be no sit-
ting of the house from
16 to 23 February and
the CM will present
the budget on 24 Feb-
ruary at 11 am, the
house was informed
on Wednesday.
The business of the
house was decided in a
business advisory com-
mittee meeting which
was held on Wednesday
after the house was ad-
journed.
When the house re-
assembled after the
Governor’s speech,
speaker CP Joshi read
out obituary referenc-
es. The house passed
condolences to the
persons of eminence,
including former
Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Moti-
lal Vora, former Bihar
governor Buta Singh,
and former Goa gover-
nor Mridula Sinha,
who passed away re-
cently.
Apart from 21 indi-
viduals, the House also
paid homage to the vic-
tims of the glacier
burst in Uttarakhand’s
Chamoli, of the bus
tragedies in Jaipur
and Jalore dis-
tricts, and to the la-
bourers who died after
being run over by a
truck in Gujarat’s Su-
rat while sleeping on
the footpath.
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: After a long
journey of 48 hours,
Srishti, the Asiatic lion-
ess of Junagadh, has
reached Nahargarh Bi-
ological Park in Jaipur.
The lioness has
been brought from
Sakkarbaug Zoo by a
team led by senior vet-
erinary officer Dr.
Arvind Mathur. About
1 year 6 months old,
Srishti reached Naha-
rgarh. In lieu of the
lioness, the forest de-
partment handed over
a pair of wolves from
Jaipur to Sakkarbaug
zoo of Gujarat.
The lioness will be
able to pair up with
Lion Tripur in the Na-
hargarh biological park
which earlier had four
Asiatic lions but two of
them, Kailash and
Tejas, have died. At pre-
sent, there are one lion
and one lioness.
Srishti, the Asiatic lioness, reaches
Nahargarh Biological Park
NEW GUEST
CM TO PRESENT STATE BUDGET ON FEB 24
DebateontheGovernor’saddresswillbeheldon11,12,13and15February.Therewillbenosittingfrom16to23February
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot welcomed Governor Kalraj Mishra at Assembly in Jaipur. Governor Kalraj Mishra, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Speaker CP Joshi at Assembly in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Congress’ Bamanwas MLA Indira Meena on Wednesday reached the Assembly on a tractor to extend her support to the farmers. The
police stopped her at the gate after which she handed over steering to driver and walked inside the premises. “Many farmers have
died during the protest. This is very unfortunate that the central government is arrogant in taking back the law,” she said.
CPI-M MLA creates uproar in assembly
Rs 2 lakh looted from bank
agent in broad daylight
Pali man held for looting
train passengers
PREPARATIONSUNDERWAYFORASSEMBLY
BYPOLLS: CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER Gravel mafia
fire on police,
five held
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: Some uniden-
tified masked miscre-
ants opened fire on the
former sarpanch Nar-
esh Prajapat in broad
daylight in Sukher vil-
lage of Udaipur. The
bullet hit Naresh’s
shoulder, pierced up to
spine while damaging
his lungs. DYSP Mahen-
dra Pareek said that
preliminary investiga-
tion revealed that the
case was of an old ri-
valry. The police have
registered a case.
Miscreants
shoot, injure
ex-sarpanch
CRIME BRANCH
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Reacting to
Governor’s address
in Assembly on
Wednesday, BJP state
president Satish Poo-
nia said the Governor
reads out the speech
prepared by the state
government as per
the constitutional ar-
rangements.
Targeting chief
minister Ashok Ge-
hlot for his comments
on RSS, Poonia said
that the RSS needed
no certificate from
leaders like Ashok
Gehlot. He said that
RSS works for the ba-
sic interests of the
country and the unity
of the country.
“The CM’s state-
ment reflects phobia
for RSS and there is no
cure for the phobia,”
he said.
On Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi’s pro-
posed visit to Ra-
jasthan on Friday and
Saturday, Poonia said
that Congress had
done nothing for the
welfare of farmers in
50 years and did not
bring any law in the
interest of farmers
and therefore what
Gandhi was doing
was nothing but po-
litical hypocrisy
.
Poonia said that
one farmer had com-
mitted suicide and
shot a video before
taking the extreme
step in which he said
that CM and depu-
ty CM were responsi-
ble for this.
Poonia said that
the party will win all
four assembly con-
stituencies in the up-
coming bypolls.
Governor reads speech
prepared by govt : Poonia
Satish Poonia at Assembly in Jaipur on Wednesday.
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Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Three new
flights, one each for
Dehradun, Surat and
Delhi, were started
from Jaipur airport on
Wednesday while direct
flight to Amritsar will
start from today
.
The direct flight for
Dehradun from Jaipur
has started after one
year.
Since Kumbh fair is
starting from March in
Haridwar, the air con-
nectivity to Dehradun
will facilitate devotees
in reaching there with
ease. The flight will op-
erate for four days in a
week- Monday, Wednes-
day, Friday and Sunday
.
Apart from it, Jaipur-
Surat and Jaipur-Delhi
fights also started yes-
terday
. The flight to Su-
rat is second from
Jaipur while it is the
seventh flight from
Jaipur to Delhi.
Direct flights will
also start from Jaipur
to Amritsar from
Thursday
.
However, this flight
will operate on 3 days a
week- Tuesday, Thurs-
day and Saturday
. Apart
from this, Air India air-
line will also start a
new flight to Mumbai
from 16 February
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Corona pan-
demic coupled with
mismanagement of
RTDC has led to cancel-
lation of entire season
of luxury train ‘Palace
on Wheels’.
After withdrawal of
restrictions, RTDC had
planned to organise 19
tours of the train from
24 February but due to
poor response of tour-
ists, the corporation
has cancelled the tours.
Now, the train will start
tours from September.
Earlier, seven tours
were cancelled, corpo-
ration then planned 19
tours from 24 Feb. Also,
corporation roped in an
agency for marketing
but it failed to deliver
good results. Booking
for next season is 50%
which is expected to go
80% in coming days.
Jpr gets 4 new flights between Dehradun, Surat, Delhi & Amritsar
LATEST ON TRAVEL & TOURISM
Since ‘Kumbh
Fair’ is starting
next month in
Haridwar, the air
connectivity to
Dehradun will
facilitate
devotees in
reaching there
with ease
MISHAPS STRIKE THE STATE! FOUR OF A FAMILY
DROWN AS PARKED CAR ROLLS INTO CANAL
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: Four
persons including a
couple and their daugh-
ter were drowned when
their car fell into Indira
Gandhi canal in Hanu-
mangarh district on
Tuesday night.
Vinod Arora (45), his
wife Renu (42), their
15-year-old daughter,
and a relative Sunita
Bhati (40) died in the in-
cident. The victims
along with their family
friend Ramesh Kumar
were on their way to
Rawatsar from Sikar.
Ramesh
Kumar was driving
the car and he stopped
the car to urinate at the
edge of the canal slope.
Since he had not
pulled the handbrake,
the car rolled down and
fell into the canal, SHO
Hanumangarh town po-
lice station Laxman
Singh said Ramesh in-
formed the police.
The phones of the
victims were on for
nearly 15 minutes. They
cried for help but could
not be rescued.
Sunita used to live in
Sikar with her husband
Sandeep who is a lec-
turer in Sangaria and
she was coming to meet
her husband. Vinod was
a clerk in a school.
First India Bureau
Tonk: A 7-year-old
girl and her 3-year-
old brother and their
uncle were killed in a
road accident at Jin-
si Road in Tonk on
Wednesday morning.
Both the children
died on the spot,
while their uncle
succumbed to inju-
ries during treat-
ment. The father of
the children is a po-
lice constable, who
was on his duty.
Nitesh (35) along
with Kanha (3) was
on the bike to drop
his niece, Sakshi (7)
to tuition. When they
reached Jinsi road,
the sand-filled trac-
tor-trolley collided
with the bike. Nitesh
was referred to
Jaipur in critical
condition. Later, po-
lice seized the trac-
tor, driver escaped.
Anupam Dixit
Banswara: A 32-year-
old man was killed after
being hit by a fire en-
gine undergoing a mock
drill on the orders of the
collector on Wednesday
in Banswara. After the
incident, the police have
seized the fire brigade.
The family has filed a
report against the fire
engine driver. On the or-
ders of District Collec-
tor Ankit Kumar Singh,
a mock drill was to be
done at a gate of Mayur
Mill, a textile mill plant
of LNJ Group, located 3
km from Banswara city
.
Fire engine driver
didn’t know that some-
one was hit from fire
engine as the bike
seems to have hit from
behind.
First India Bureau
Nagaur: An uncon-
trolled pickup hit a tree
inKhinwsaronTuesday
night. Four people in the
pickup were killed, two
seriously injured. After
getting the information
of the incident, the po-
lice reached the spot im-
mediately and got the
injured admitted to the
hospital. All the de-
ceased are residents of
Dadusan village in
Sanchore. They were go-
ing on a holy place of
Vishnoi Samaj from
their village. While on
the way, their high-
speed pick-up went un-
controlled and hit a tree
on Nagdi road. In the
accident, 2 men and 2
women died on the spot.
DeceasedareRamuram,
Bhikharam, Kaila Devi
and Chani Devi, said
Khinvsar SHO Vinod.
Brother,sister,uncle
crushed to death in
road accident in Tonk
Biker killed after hit by fire brigade
tender during mock drill in Banswara
Four die as jeep rams in tree while
on way to religious tour in Khinwsar
14 killed in separate accidents in Rajasthan
The car being pulled out of the canal in Hanumangarh on Wednesday.
ADGP Umesh Mishra receives Covid-19 vaccine shot at PHQ vaccination camp, Jaipur on Wednesday.
Covid-19: Class 11 student
tests positive in Pratapgarh
First India Bureau
Pratapgarh/Jaipur:
After Jhalawar, a Class
11 student of a govern-
ment school in Pratap-
garh has tested positive
for corona.
The admin ordered
closure of the Chiklad
Senior Secondary
School for two days and
a team of health dept
took samples of all stu-
dents of the class and
family members of the
infected student, said
CMHO Dr VD Meena.
In Jhalawar, four stu-
dents and a teacher
tested positive on Mon-
day and Tuesday
.
Student’s sample was
taken February 6 under
random sampling and
the positive report was
received on Wednesday
.
The student is asympto-
matic. Meena said a to-
tal 37 samples were col-
lected and school prem-
ise was sanitised.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: The police have
arrested Mahipal Gur-
jar, an aide of Vikram
alias Papla Gurjar, and
also recovered the AK-
47 assault rifle that was
used to free Papla from
the police custody in
Behror police station on
September 7, 2019. AK-
47 was purchased for Rs
20 lakhs by the gangster,
the police said on
Wednesday
.
Since his arrest on
January 27 night from
Kolhapur in Maharash-
tra, Papla is being inter-
rogated and sources re-
veal that he informed
the police team about a
dilapidated building at
Kasol in Haryana,
owned by Mahipal Gur-
jar, who was in posses-
sion of the weapons.
“One AK-47, two pis-
tols and thirty rounds,
including 11 of AK-47,
have been confiscated.
At first Papla claimed
AK-47 to be Chinese
made, however, when
we checked it was found
to be Russia made. The
man from Purvanchal
from whom the assault
rifle was purchased
died in police encoun-
ter while foreign made
pistols were purchased
for Rs 7-8 lakhs from a
Delhi based gang and
these arms smugglers
are being searched,”
said Hawa Singh Ghu-
maria, IG Jaipur range.
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: After a wait
that spanned four long
years, the Jaipur De-
velopment Authority
(JDA) finally knows as
to where and how
many plots and houses
have been reserved for
the poor in the state
capital.
In the year 2015, the
CM Jan Awas Yojana
was implemented and
under the various pro-
visions of this scheme,
plots and houses are
made available for the
economically weaker
sections and low in-
come groups.
On Wednesday, JDA
Commissioner Gaurav
Goyal conducted a mar-
athon review of the
progress of the scheme
when it was revealed
that there are about
5,000 plots in 106 town-
ship schemes for the
poor under provision
1A. Similarly, in this
type of 29 group hous-
ing schemes, about
3,000 flats are reserved
for the poor.
Several major deci-
sions were taken in to-
day’s meeting to make
houses and plots avail-
able to the needy under
the scheme. Now all the
data of plots and hous-
es available under the
various provisions of
CM Jan Awas Yojana
will now be uploaded
on Google Drive. The
link for this will be
available on the JDA
website, on which the
promoter will have to
upload the implemen-
tation of the scheme
regularly.
Papla aide held; AK-47, arms
and ammunitions recovered
Staff’s dance
video goes viral,
hosp sacks one
5K plots, 3K flats reserved for scheme: JDA
CM JAN AWAS YOJANA
Palace on Wheels’ trips cancelled again,
corp plans to restart tours from September
TWO STUDENTS LOSE LIFE IN TONK
Tonk: A speeding
vehicle hit a bike on
Galvaniya road in
the district’s Saunp
police station area
on Tuesday night.
Two students riding
the bike died on
the spot whereas
two other persons
got injured in the
accident. The local
people informed the
police. One student
was in 11 while
other was in class 7.
First India Bureau
Alwar: In the surgical
ICU of Rajiv Gandhi
General Hospital in Al-
war, nursing staff wore
PPE kits and danced to
the tunes of movie
songs. They also made
videos and shared them
on social media groups.
After video surfaced,
PMO Dr Sunil Chauhan
removed two nursing
staffs from ICU, shifted
them to other wards
while one cleaner was
terminated. A 3 member
committee has been
formed to investigate.
Admin ordered closure of the school for two days
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
900 COPS GET
VACCINATED
900 police per-
sonnel were
vaccinated at the
police headquarters
on Wednesday.
Police officers and
employees ranging
from IPS to consta-
ble along with ADG
Umesh Mishra got
vaccinated. DGP
ML Lathar said that
five teams of health
workers set up a
Covid vaccination
camp at the police
headquarters.
Meanwhile, Jodh-
pur Police Commis-
sioner Jose Mohan,
Range IG Navjyoti
Gogoi, DCP East
Dharmendra Singh
Yadav, DCP West
Alok Srivastava,
DCP Headquar-
ters and Traffic
Rajesh Meena, DCP
Crime Rajkumar
and other officers
and employees
participated in
the vaccination at
Reserve Police Line
Jodhpur Commis-
sionerate.
Mahipal Gurjar
ASHOK GEHLOT@ashokgehlot51
Sad to learn about the unfortunate accident in
Khinwsar, Nagaur on NH-65 in which four people
have lost lives. My heartfelt condolences to the be-
reaved families. May God give them strength and
prayers for speedy recovery of those injured.
3 DEATHS, 107
FRESH CASES
Three more COVID-19
deaths were recorded
in Rajasthan on
Wednesday and the
toll stands at 2,777,
according to a health
department bulletin.
The state reported
107 new cases on
Wednesday, which
took the tally to
3,18,491.
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TWITTER FIGHTS
GOVERNMENT
ON FREE SPEECH
he government is at war with mi-
cro-blogging site Twitter and at
stake is the freedom of speech in
this country
. It started with Amer-
ican pop star Rihanna and climate
activist Greta Thunberg tweeting their sup-
port for farmers protesting against the three
farm laws the government is committed to
implementing. It was the “protest toolkit”
used by the Swedish activist which the Delhi
Police said was intended to mass mobilise sup-
port for farmers’ stir. As a criminal case was
registered against the unknown creator of the
toolkit it became clear that Twitter was in for
trouble. The government ordered Twitter to
deactivate 257 handles using #ModiPlanning-
FarmerGenocide for their inflammatory con-
tent. Twitter blocked the handles but reacti-
vatedthem subsequently citing thecompany’s
rules and India’s laws defending free speech.
At this point, the IT Ministry issued a stern
warning to Twitter asking it to take down the
handles or face criminal action, including
jail for seven years, under India’s IT Act. In a
five-page notice, the IT Ministry said that the
content posted on #ModiPlanning-
FarmerGenocide was “designed to inflame
passions and hatred” and was “factually in-
correct”. “Incitement to genocide is not a
freedom of speech. It is a threat to law and
order,” the notice said. It also cited several
Supreme Court judgments defending the
rights of authorities when it came to main-
taining public order. Twitter fell in line and
deactivated 126 hashtag accounts but that
certainly wouldn’t satisfy the Centre.
There were more handles, 1,178 of them,
which the government suspected to have
links with Khalistani and Pakistani elements
and wanted Twitter to block them. The Cen-
tre charged them with spreading divisive and
hateful propaganda. The microblogging site
has deactivated only 583 of them as it has re-
peated its stance on free speech. Having taken
down some of the accounts, Twitter held its
ground on the remaining posts. Its blog post
on Wednesday gave its reasons for not acting
“accounts that consist of news media enti-
ties, journalists, activists, and politicians” as
they “did not believe that the actions they
have been directed to take are consistent with
Indian law, and, in keeping with our princi-
ples of defending protected speech and free-
dom of expressions”. The IT Ministry found
the blog “unusual”. Interestingly, the govern-
ment’s response came on the new home-
grown micro-blogging platform ‘Koo’ and
also shared on Twitter. With the government
supporting ‘Koo’ and some Union ministers
and others already using it to flaunt the idea
of Aatmnirbhar Bharat, the tussle with Twit-
ter could become a prestige issue for the gov-
ernment. Just as the new farm laws have. The
situation as it stands doesn’t augur well for
Twitter and free speech.
Then there is Koo to contend with. The in-
digenously developed social media platform
could well become a handle for a different
kind of propaganda.
IN-DEPTH
T
n today’s world where global
big tech companies pay scant
respect to consumerism, the
statement “If you are not
paying for the product, you
are the product” holds great
significance.
Theglobaltechnologyplayers
do not charge from the users for
using services like Facebook,
Whatsapp, Instagram but in-
stead, make users their product
and utilize user behaviour
trendstopromotetheiradvertis-
ing business. Their privacy pol-
icy seems to be a hogwash
whereinauserisaskedtoaccept
a privacy policy or be simply de-
nied the service. Initially
, the
serviceisofferedtouserstogain
criticalmassandwhenthereare
sufficient users on the platform,
the privacy policy is changed
unilaterally
. Recently
, Whatsapp
updated its privacy policy
whereinitstatedthatuserinfor-
mation would be shared with its
group companies and the users
werecompelledtoacceptitorbe
denied of Whatsapp service. Af-
terthebacklashbyIndianusers,
Whatsapp has been forced to
postpone its implementation
from Feb 2021 to May 2021.
This is just one such exam-
ple. We see it every day, if
you google some article/
product, you start seeing ad-
vertisements of similar
products within few seconds
and more so on other plat-
forms too. This is obviously
some kind of tracking or
data sharing across the plat-
forms and this is a total in-
vasion of privacy and track-
ing without any specific
knowledge or consent.
Presenting a 100 pager docu-
ment of a privacy policy to a
person who may be a lawyer,
qualified to understand or
ABCD (AAYA, BAI, Chaukidar,
Driver) a segment of people,
Not many have capacity and ef-
forts to read this document and
it’s obviously unjust to shift the
onus on the person that you
have accepted the policy
. It’s not
specific consent.
AccordingtoWhatsApp,us-
ers in India will have no other
option than to share their
data with Facebook and other
groups’ platforms. However,
the app’s policies on data-
sharing will not be changed
for users in Europe. The big
question that remains is that
the privacy of Indian users is
any less important than Euro-
pean users. Why have Indian
users taken for granted when
it comes to privacy and data
protection? Indian users have
a right to be treated equally to
their global counterparts and
the Indian Govt. must make
this clear to the Global Tech
companies and also protect
citizens with personal data
protection bill or some imme-
diate announcement for all
tech companies who are tak-
ing the data away outside the
borders of the country?
Whatsapp is now entering
into India’s payments systems.
The sharing of payments-relat-
ed data of Indian users with
Whatsapp Group companies for
targeted advertisements in a
clear violation of NPCI guide-
lines. According to the NPCI
guidelinespleasementionsec-
tion, there is a duty to, “not
share the data/information
with any other third party, un-
less mandated by applicable law
or required to be produced be-
fore a regulatory / statutory au-
thority
. In such exceptional
cases wherein data / informa-
tion is required to be shared un-
derapplicablelaworrequiredto
be produced before a regulato-
ry/statutory authority and to
theextentpermittedundersuch
law / by such regulatory/statu-
toryauthority
,thePSPshallpro-
vide a prior written intimation
to NPCI  Bank of such disclo-
sure.” Accordingly, an app fa-
cilitating payment through UPI
is not allowed to share data with
a third-party under the NPCI
guidelines. NPCI further re-
quires that “PSP Bank [which
enable TPAs] shall ensure that
that third-party app provider
shall require exclusive permis-
sion from NPCI  PSP bank for
sharing individual UPI transac-
tion data with any other third
party including its own Parent,
subsidiaries, and subsidiaries
of parents other than entities
such as - Indian Government/
Indian intelligence/Indian law
enforcement agencies/Indian
regulatory bodies.”
However, the big tech com-
panies in order to promote
their advertising business
compromise on user privacy
which is detrimental to In-
dian users. The selling of
Indian users data to any bid-
der offering a higher price
violates all privacy guide-
lines and must be prohibited
at all costs.
I see some arguments of free
vs paid for data sharing. In ei-
thercase,datacannotbeshared
without personal specific well
understood consent. This
phrase “When service is free,
you are the product” makes us
believe that if we are using
Free, we have permitted our
personal information to be used
as free service provider wants,
it’s a flawed thought process
and this is also one of the exam-
ples to shape our mind. Just be-
cause there is a Free bathroom
to take bath, does not mean the
serviceprovidercansetupcam-
eras into the bathroom. That’s
an invasion of privacy
.
When the data and content
is pushed to you and influ-
ence the mind with informa-
tion that is already shaping
your opinion or tilted the
mind share, and you have
not even realised it. You have
lost your freedom of choice.
Imagine while you are di-
rectly not aware but your
mind is polarised towards a
particular movie / start ,
caste / religion or a particu-
lar product – good / bad.
This is exactly what I call it
sale of privacy and freedom.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
HANDOVER OF PRIVACY AND
‘FREEDOM OF CHOICE’ OF INDIAN
INTERNET USERS FOR PROFITS
I
Whatsapp is now
entering into
India’s payments
systems. The
sharing of
payments-related
data of Indian
users with
Whatsapp group
companies for
targeted
advertisements is a
clear violation of
NPCI guidelines.
According to the
NPCI guidelines 
please mention
section, there is a
duty to, “not share
the data/
information with
any other third
party, unless
mandated by
applicable law or
required to be
produced before a
regulatory/
statutory authority
THE BIG TECH COMPANIES
IN ORDER TO PROMOTE
THEIR ADVERTISING
BUSINESS COMPROMISE
ON USER PRIVACY WHICH
IS DETRIMENTAL TO
INDIAN USERS. THE
SELLING OF INDIAN
USERS’ DATA TO ANY
BIDDER OFFERING A
HIGHER PRICE VIOLATES
ALL PRIVACY GUIDELINES
AND MUST BE PROHIBITED
AT ALL COSTS
DR AJAY
DATA
THE WRITER IS THE
FOUNDER  CEO - DATA
INGENIOUS GLOBAL LIMITED
tudents across
Australia have
started the new
school year us-
ing pencils,
pens and keyboards to
learn to write.
In workplaces, machines
are also learning to write,
so effectively that within a
few years they may write
better than humans.
Sometimes they already
do, as apps like Grammarly
demonstrate. Certainly,
much everyday writing hu-
mans now do may soon be
done by machines with ar-
tificial intelligence (AI).
The predictive text com-
monly used by phone and
email software is a form of
AI writing that countless
humans use every day
.
According to an indus-
try research organisation
Gartner, AI and related
technology will automate
production of 30% of all
content found on the inter-
net by 2022.
Some prose, poetry, re-
ports, newsletters, opinion
articles, reviews, slogans
and scripts are already be-
ing written by artificial
intelligence.
Literacy increasingly
means and includes inter-
acting with and critically
evaluating AI.
This means our children
should no longer be taught
just formulaic writing. In-
stead, writing education
should encompass skills
that go beyond the capaci-
tiesof artificialintelligence.
ARE YOU SCARED
YET, HUMAN?
In 2019, the New Yorker
magazine did an experi-
ment to see if IT company
OpenAI’s natural language
generator GPT-2 could
writeanentirearticleinthe
magazine’s distinctive
style. This attempt had lim-
ited success, with the gen-
eratormakingmanyerrors.
But by 2020, GPT-3, the
newversionof themachine,
trained on even more data,
wrote an article for The
Guardian newspaper with
the headline “
A robot wrote
this entire article. Are you
scared yet, human?”
This latest much im-
proved generator has im-
plications for the future of
journalism, as the Elon
Musk-funded OpenAI in-
vests ever more in research
and development.
ROBOTS HAVE
VOICE BUT NO SOUL
Back at school, teachers
experience pressure to
teach writing for student
success in narrowly de-
fined writing tests.
But instead, the prospect
of human obsolescence or
“technological unemploy-
ment”needstodriveurgent
curriculum developments
based on what humans are
learning AI cannot do — es-
pecially in relation to crea-
tivity and compassion.
AI writing is said to have
voice but no soul. Human
writers, as the New York-
er’s John Seabrook says,
give “colour, personality
and emotion to writing by
bending the rules”. Stu-
dents, therefore, need to
learn the rules and be en-
couraged to break them.
Creativityandco-creativi-
ty(withmachines)shouldbe
fostered. Machines are
trainedonafiniteamountof
data,topredictandreplicate,
not to innovate in meaning-
ful and deliberate ways.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Students must learn the human traits of writing
S
Be on guard. Stand firm in
the faith. Be courageous. Be
brave. —Corinthians 16:13
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STATUS REPORT FILED IN BHEL
WOMAN OFFICIAL SUICIDE CASE
New Delhi: The
Telangana gov on
Wednesday submitted
to the SC that a
senior officer has
been appointed as
investigating officer and
a status report has been
submitted to it on Feb
7 in the BHEL woman
official suicide case.
The petition was filed by
the mother of the BHEL
sexually harassed victim,
who allegedly committed
suicide later, seeking a
CBI investigation in the
case. “A senior officer
has been appointed as an
Investigating Officer, in
terms of Court’s previous
order and a status report
has been submitted
on February 7,” the
Telangana government
submitted report.
ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR IN
BENGAL: GOVERNOR
Kolkata: Slamming the
Mamata Banerjee-led
state government over
law and order situation,
West Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar on
Wednesday said that
an atmosphere of fear
prevails in the state.
Interacting with report-
ers, the Governor said,
“There is such an envi-
ronment of fear in the
state that people cannot
even speak about it. I
have been vocal about
this since I came here.
Fear and democracy
cannot co-exist. “There
is no place for such
fear in a cultured state
like West Bengal.”
328 SATELLITES LAUNCHED
TILL DATE: JITENDRA SINGH
Union Minister
Jitendra Singh said
that 900 crore was
allocated to ISRO
for the financial year
2020-21 for develop-
ing capacity for the
launching of satellites.
In a written reply to
a question in the Lok
Sabha, he said that the
Department of Space
has been involved in
launching satellites of
foreign countries since
long. The total number
of satellites launched
till date is 328 from 33
different countries and
the revenue earned till
date is 25 million US
dollars.
RAHUL GANDHI TO SPEAK IN LOK
SABHA ON THURSDAY
New Delhi: Congress MP
Rahul Gandhi will speak
in Parliament during the
Union budget discussion
in Lok Sabha on Thurs-
day. The discussion on
Union budget 2021-22
started on Wednesday
in Lok Sabha with PM
Narendra Modi’s speech
in reply to the Motion of
Thanks on the President’s
address. The Wayanad
MP has been critical of
the Union Budget present-
ed by FM Nirmala Sithara-
man on February 1 and
said that budget propos-
als will adversely impact
the common man. He
has slammed the govern-
ment’s economic policies
and has advocated direct
cash transfers to the
poorest sections to give a
boost to the economy.
PARLIAMENT SESSION
RAHUL LEADS CONGRESS
WALKOUT OVER FARM LAWS
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Wednesday led the par-
ty’s MPs in staging a
walkout in the Lok Sab-
ha during Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
speech during his reply
to the President’s ad-
dress. The walkout
from the Lok Sabha fol-
lowed disruption and
sloganeering by the
Congress MPs during
PM Modi’s speech in the
Lok Sabha. The Con-
gress MPs raised slo-
gans against the new
farm laws that were en-
acted last year, and
which prompted sever-
al farmers’ unions sit
on the Delhi borders
demanding repeal of
three laws. Congress’s
floor leader in the Lok
Sabha made several
interjections during
PM Modi’s speech
prompting Speaker Om
Birla directing the
members to maintain
order in the House. As
the sloganeering con-
tinued by the Congress
MPs, PM Modi took a
dig at them saying,
“The Congress party is
so divided that its Lok
Sabha and Rajya Sabha
MPs take different lines
on issues.” Rahul Gan-
dhi soon after led the
Congress MPs out of
the Lok Sabha. —ANI
FARMER PROTESTS WILL
GO ON INDEFINITELY:
RAKESH TIKAIT
New Delhi: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has
said that the farmer protests would go on
if the government didn’t take back the three
contentious farm laws. “If the gov does not
accept our demands, we will continue protest
till even 2024,” Tikait said. He further stated
“As long as the three farm laws are not taken
back, a law on MSP is not made and the Swa-
minathan Committee report not implement-
ed, we would continue.” Tikait added.
CONGRESSLYING,MISLEADINGPEOPLE:TOMAR
New Delhi: Union Ag-
riculture and Farmers’
Welfare Minister Nar-
endra Singh Tomar
slammed Congress for
misleading the people
by lying about the new
farm laws pointing that
the party is losing its
support base. The Un-
ion Minister tweeted on
Wednesday, “The farm-
er-friendly Central Gov-
ernment has enacted
the Agricultural Re-
forms Act, in the larger
interest of the farmers,
but the Congress, which
is losing its support
base, is trying to mis-
lead the people of the
country by lying one lie
after another.”
“Congress MPs in the
country’s Parliament
are also telling lies
on the agrarian reform
laws. Congress MP
Ravneet Singh Bittu
again misled and our
minister Anurag
Thakur immediately
exposed his lies,”
Tomar said in another
tweet. The Minister had
earlier said that the op-
position has failed to
point flaws in new farm
laws and the opposition
did not discuss provi-
sions of these legisla-
tions during the motion
of thanks to the Presi-
dent’. Several rounds of
discussion have been
held between the gov-
ernment and the pro-
testing farmer unions.
U’Khandglacier
burst:Rescue
operationscontinue
Delhi Special Cell to
interrogate Deep Sidhu
Farmers announce 4-hour
‘rail roko’ on February 18
Chamoli: The Indo-Ti-
betan Border Force
(ITBP) on Wednesday
informed that the res-
cue operations continue
at the Tapovan tunnel
following glacier burst
in Uttarakhand. “ITBP
and other agencies are
cutting the loose ends of
pipes and wires inside
the Tapovan tunnel as
rescue operation con-
tinues. Tunnel authori-
ties are also assisting in
marking of the tunnel
inside,” tweeted ITBP
.
For boosting up the
morale of ITBP jawans,
ADG Western Com-
mand ITBP, M S Rawat
visited 8th Battalion
Gaucher, Uttarakhand
today and appreciated
the troops for rescue
and relief operations.
“MS Rawat, ADG
Western Command
ITBP visited 8th Battal-
ion Gaucher, Uttara-
khand appreciated and
motivated the troops for
rescue and relief opera-
tions being carried out
at Tapovan, Raini and
Lata villages. A basket-
ball match was organ-
ized in which ADG also
played with jawans,”
tweeted ITBP.
ITBP personnel also
were seen carrying ra-
tion items to Long vil-
lage that was cut off
due to flash floods tra-
versing through moun-
tainous terrain.
A meeting of all agen-
cies including senior
officials of ITBP, NDRF,
Army, and local admin-
istration has been
called today to decide
further course of res-
cue operations.
A glacial broke in the
Tapovan-Reni area of
Chamoli District of Ut-
tarakhand on Sunday,
which led to massive
flooding in Dhauligan-
ga and Alaknanda riv-
ers and damaged hous-
es and the nearby Rishi-
ganga power project.
—ANI
New Delhi: Intelligence
Bureau (IB) will inter-
rogate actor-turned-ac-
tivist Deep Sidhu, who
has been sent to 7-day
police custody for his al-
leged role in the vio-
lence that took place at
the Red Fort and other
parts of the national
capital on Republic Day
,
according to Delhi Po-
lice sources. Questions
will be posed to Sidhu
regarding the farmers’
agitation leading to vio-
lence across the nation-
al capital on January 26.
He is currently in Crime
Branch’s custody
. Delhi
Police Special Cell will
also interrogate Sidhu,
sources said. —ANI
New Delhi: Protesting
farmers Wednesday an-
nounced a four-hour na-
tionwide rail blockade
on February 18 as they
renewed their strategy
to intensify their agita-
tion, which also includ-
ed a candle march on
February 14 in the mem-
ory of those killed in
the 2019 Pulwama ter-
rorist attack.
In a statement, the
Samyukta Kisan Mor-
cha,whichisspearhead-
ing the protest, also said
toll collection will not be
allowed in Rajasthan
from February 12 as
part of their week-long
protest strategy
.
The SKM said in the
statementthatinameet-
ing on Wednesday farm-
er unions decided to es-
calate their agitation.
“There will be a ‘rail
roko’programmeacross
the country from 12 pm
to 4 pm on February 18,”
the SKM said.
Earlier this month,
the protesting farmers
had observed a three-
hour road blockade to
press their demand of
repealingthethreelaws.
SKM leader Darshan
Palsaidcandlemarches,
Mashaal Juloos’ (torch
marches) and other pro-
grammes will be held
across the country on
February 14 in respect
of the sacrifices of the
40 CRPF personnel who
were killed in a terrorist
attack in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Pulwama on
February 14, 2019. —PTI
No gadgets for
online classes to
poor students: SC
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court put on
hold on order passed by
the Delhi High Court
directing private un-
aided schools in the na-
tional capital to provide
free gadgets and inter-
net connections to poor
students for online
classes and claim a
reimbursement from
the state government.
A Bench headed by
Chief Justice of India
SA Bobde while hear-
ing the Delhi govern-
ment’s appeal against
the High Court order
also issued notice to the
NGO ‘Justice For All’
on whose petition the
order was passed.
The High Court while
passing the order had
said that to separate
such students from oth-
ers in the same class
due to non-availability
of a gadget or a device
would generate “a feel-
ing of inferiority” that
may affect their hearts
and minds. —PTI
Koregaon violence: Rona Wilson files plea
Mumbai: Accused ac-
tivist Rona Wilson’s
lawyer Sudeep Pasbola
filed a petition in the
Bombay High Court
seeking dismissal of
the case against his cli-
ent in the 2018 Bhima
Koregaon violence.
The lawyer attached
a digital forensic report
from a Massachusetts-
based forensic firm Ar-
senal Digital which
mentioned that a hack-
er hacked Rona Wil-
son’s laptop and planted
10 letters right before
Wilson’s arrest.
These were the letter
used first by Pune Po-
lice and later the Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA) as the
base of their evidence
against the activists,
read the petition.
Earlier, the Pune Po-
lice had mentioned in
the court that the con-
tents of these letters
claim that the arrested
accused were planning
Narendra Modi’s assas-
sination and were
hatching a conspiracy
.
Arsenal Digital was
approached by Advo-
cate Sudeep Pasbola to
examine the electronic
copy of his client.
Wilson was among
those who were arrest-
ed in 2018 for inciting
riots during a celebra-
tory gathering to mark
the 200 years of the Ko-
regaon-Bhima battle.
Verdict in MJ
Akbar’s case
on Feb 17
New Delhi: Delhi’s
Rouse Avenue Court on
Wednesday deferred the
hearing till Feb 17 in the
criminal defamation
case filed against jour-
nalist Priya Ramani by
former Union Minister
MJ Akbar.
The court, which was
set to pronounce the
judgement, will now
pronounce the verdict
in the case on Feb 17.
MJ Akbar, the former
Minister of State for
External Affairs, had
filed a defamation case
against Ramani for ac-
cusing him of sexual
misconduct. Ramani
was the first woman to
accuse Akbar during
#MeToo campaign. —ANI
Proceeding of Lok Sabha during the Budget session, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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Agri reforms...
“CongressMPsinHouse
debated on the colour of
the laws. It would have
been better if they had
debated on the content
and intent of the laws.
Let us understand, as
far as the protests are
concerned, our farmer
brothers at Delhi bor-
ders have been a victim
of rumours, propagan-
da and confusion,” he
said.
PM Modi said that the
Parliament and the gov-
ernment respect the
“sentiments of all agi-
tating farmers”.
“Those who are dis-
rupting the House are
doing so as per a well-
planned strategy
. They
are unable to digest that
people are seeing
through the truth. It will
not work. Through their
games, the trust of the
people can never be
won,” he said.
Taking a dig at Con-
gress leader Adhir Ran-
jan Chaudhary who had
been repeatedly inter-
rupting him, the Prime
Minister said his ac-
tions have been noted
where he wanted it to
be”. “Adhir Ranjan ji, ab
zyada ho raha hai. I re-
spect you. You will get
more publicity than
TMC in Bengal. Don’t
worry
...This doesn’t
look good, why are you
doing this? These laws
are not coercive. They
only offer options.” —ANI
China, India...
back their armoured
units in line with steps
agreed upon for overall
disengagement in the
last round of military
talks, adding a clear pic-
ture will emerge soon.
“The Chinese and In-
dian frontline troops at
the southern and north-
ern bank of the Pan-
gong Tso Lake start syn-
chronised and organ-
ised disengagement
from February 10,”
spokesperson for the
Chinese Ministry of
National Defence Sen-
ior Colonel Wu Qian
said in a brief state-
ment in Beijing. The
statement did not pro-
vide details.
We hope the Indian
side will work with Chi-
na to meet each other
halfway, strictly imple-
ment the consensus
reached between the
two sides and ensure the
smooth implementation
of the disengagement
process,” Chinese state-
ment said.
A source in the Indi-
an military said there
has been some “for-
ward movements” but
at the same time added
that India will only go
by what is happening
on the ground.—PTI
Twitter blocks...
(MeitY), GoI, under Sec-
tion 69A of the Informa-
tion Technology Act.”
“We took a range of en-
forcement actions—in-
cluding permanent sus-
pension in certain cas-
es—against more than
500 accounts escalated
across all Ministry of
Electronics and Infor-
mation Technology or-
ders for clear violations
of Twitter’s Rules,” the
statement added.
The company in-
formed that they took
steps to reduce the vis-
ibility of the hashtags
containing harmful
content, which includ-
ed prohibiting them
from trending on Twit-
ter. —ANI
CEC reviews...
Assistant Director Gen-
eralSheyphaliBSharan,
Director Pankaj Srivas-
tava and EC Secretary
MalayMallick.TNChief
Electoral Officer
Satyabrata Sahoo and
other officials received
Arora and his team at
the airport here, when
they landed at 1110 hrs
from New Delhi.
After holding sepa-
rate meeting with politi-
cal parties, Arora and
ECI officials would hold
a meeting with Sahoo
and the Police Nodal Of-
ficer. It would be fol-
lowed by a meeting with
District Electoral Offic-
ers and the SP
.
On Thursday the
teamwillholdameeting
with election-related
regulatory agencies.
Later, Arora and the EC
officials would meet CS-
Rajeev Ranjan, the
Home Secretary and
other senior State offi-
cials.
Raj man...
The mother of the chil-
dren has lodged a mur-
der case against her
husband for killing her
sons whereas the matter
has been registered un-
der CrPc section 174 on
the basis of complaint
lodged by family mem-
bers.
Rahul Gandhi...
the CM also asked the
legislators to give their
suggestions or put for-
ward any special de-
mand for their constitu-
ency
.
Interestingly, among
the MLAs that met CM
during the CLP were
legislators formerly of
the BSP
. While Joginder
Awana, Deepchand
Kheriya, Lakhan Singh
Meena, Sandeep Yadav
came for meeting, Ra-
jendra Gudha and Wajib
Ali could not come.
FROM PG 1
WILL MAHAPATRA BE MEMBER OF
CBDT ?
Name of J B Mahapatra is doing the round for the
post of Member CBDT. He is 1985 batch IRS (IT)
officer.
AJAY SINGH TO JOIN CBI
Ajay Singh is all set to join the CBI as SP. He is
2013 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
JUSTICE SANJAY YADAV TO BE CJ
OF ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT ?
Justice Sanjay Yadav is likely to succeed Justice
Govind Mathur as Chief Justice of Allahabad High
Court in May.
NO FULL-TIME SECRETARY FOR
DRINKING WATER
The Government of India is yet to appoint a
full-time Secretary to the Department of Water
Drinking  Sanitation.
WHO WILL BE NEW CHIEF ELECTORAL
OFFICER OF MAHARASHRA?
Who will succeed Baldev Singh, Chief Electoral
Officer of Maharashtra ? The State Government
has recommended three names – Shrikant
Deshpande (1991 batch), Anand Limaye (1989
batch) and Aseem Gupta (1994 batch).
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF
MS. SMITA S CHAUDHRI ENDING SOON
Central deputation tenure of Ms. Smita S Chaudhri,
working as Joint Secretary, National Commission
for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), is ending soon. She
is a 1990 batch IA  AS officer.
TWO IPS OFFICERS OF J  K TO JOIN
GOI
IPS officer Shailendra Mishra of 2009 batch and
IPS officer of J  K cadre Shriram Ambarkar
Dinkar of 2011 batch are set to join the GoI on
deputation.
13 PROBATIONERS OF 2014 BATCH
CONFIRMED IN IFS
As many as 13 probationers of 2014 batch have
been confirmed in the Indian Forest Service.
The officers are: Abhishek Tomar, Pankaj Rajput,
Jadhav Shrikrishna A N S, Nitish Kumar, Sunil
Kumar Berwal, Yash Deep Singh, Vikash Kumar
Ujjwal, Mohan Choudhary, Amit Kanwar, Honmane
Dinesh Vasantrao, Navin Prakash Shakya, Harish
and Khushwant Singh.
TWO IRS-IT OFFICERS GET NEW
POSTINGS
Dr. Shyam Prasad Katipalli has been appointed
as Addl. CIT (OSD) in the office of Pr. CCIT,
Ahmedabad , Gujarat Region and Devinder Kumar
Gupta is CIT (OSD) in the office of Pr.CCIT, Delhi
Region.
GOYAL GETS ADDITIONAL CHARGE
Sandeep Goyal has been given the additional
charge of the DG, Home Guard. He is presently DG
Prison. He is an IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.
TWO IPS OFFICERS GET FIELD
POSTINGS IN MP
Alok Kumar has been appointed as SP, Nirwari
and Rajiv Kumar Mishra will now be SP, Guna in
Madhya Pradesh.
2 FORMER OFFICERS OF MAHARASHTRA
NOTIONALLY APPOINTED TO IAS
J T Patil and S N Dhivare, former State Civil
Service Officers of Maharashtra cadre, have been
notionally appointed to the IAS against the Select
List of 2018.
MS ARCHANA GOYAL GULATI
RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE
Ms Archana Goyal Gulati, Joint Secretary, NITI
Aayog, has been given premature repatriation
to her parent cadre with imposition of extended
cooling off condition.
MS SUMITA MISRA RETURNS TO
PARENT CADRE
Ms Sumita Misra, Joint Secretary, Economic
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, has been
accorded premature repatriation to her parent
cadre in order to avail promotion in the cadre. She
is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
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West Bengal: Develop-
ment in West Bengal is
only possible when
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee leaves and the
BJP ‘kamal’ (lotus)
blooms, said BJP na-
tional President JP Na-
dda on Wednesday
.
“PM Modi ji has tried
everything possible to
bring development in
Bengal while Mamata
has exploited the public
through appeasement
and dictatorship, and
damaged Bengal’s cul-
ture. Development in
West Bengal will be pos-
sible only if you say
goodbye to Mamata’s
government and wel-
come the BJP’s lotus,”
Nadda said while at-
tending the party’s ‘Cha
Chakra’ programme in
the Kharagpur district.
“Kamal is the way
ahead. It will bring de-
velopment in Bengal.
Recently, Modi ji dedi-
cated Rs 4,700 crore for
a refinery project and
Rs 25,000 crore for high-
ways. All this develop-
ment will be possible
only when the lotus
blooms,” he added.
Nadda is in WB as
part of the parivartan
yatras being carried out
in an effort to oust the
ruling Trinamool Con-
gress. The first yatra
was launched by Nadda
from Nabadwip in Na-
dia district on Saturday
.
Assembly polls are
likely to be held in West
Bengal in April-May
this year. —ANI
Devp only possible when Mamata
leaves, lotus blooms in WB: Nadda
Senior BJP leader
and Union Home
Minister Amit Shah will
visit poll-bound West
Bengal on Thursday
where the elections for
the West Bengal As-
sembly are scheduled
to be held in April and
May this year. Anil Bal-
uni, BJP Rajya Sabha
member and media in-
charge said in a press
statement that during
his one-day stay, Shah
will flag-off the fourth
phase of ‘Poribortan
Yatra’ from Cooch
Behar and participate in
various programmes.
“Tomorrow Shah will
visit the historic Shri
Madan Mohan Temple
and offer prayers.
New Delhi: Drug firm-
Wockhardt on Wednes-
day said it has been
awarded a six-month
extension of its agree-
ment with the UK gov-
ernment to fill-finish-
COVID-19 vaccines.
This expands origi-
nal agreement untilAu-
gust 2022, and the man-
ufacturing will contin-
ue to be undertaken at
the company’s North
Wales-based subsidiary
CP Pharmaceuticals,
Wockhardt said.
On the development,
UK International Trade
Secretary Liz Truss
said, “It brings impor-
tant investment to the
local area, bringing jobs
 security to the com-
munity as we battle this
awful pandemic”.
Wockhardt’s invest-
ment shows “strength
of our trading ties with
India which is a boost to
our already-strong vac-
cine supply as we build
back stronger from cor-
onavirus”, she added.
Washington: Describ-
ing India as one of the
most important part-
ners of the US in the
Indo-Pacific region, the
Biden Administration
said that it welcomes In-
dia’s emergence as a
leading global power
and its role as a net secu-
rity provider in the re-
gion. “India is one of the
most important part-
ners in the Indo-Pacific
region to us. We wel-
come India’s emergence
as a leading global pow-
er and its role as a net
security provider in the
region,” State Depart-
ment Spokesperson Ned
Price told reporters at
news conference.
New Delhi: Petrol and
dieselpricesonWednes-
day scaled new highs in
the country as rates
were hiked for the sec-
ond day in a row.
Petrol price was
hiked by 30 paise per
litre and diesel by 25
paise a litre, according
to a price notification
of state-owned fuel re-
tailers.
The increase took
petrol price to an all-
time high of Rs 87.60 a
litre in Delhi and to Rs
94.12 in Mumbai.
Diesel rates rose to Rs
77.73 per litre in the na-
tional capital and to an
all-time high of Rs 84.63
in Mumbai.
Rates vary from state
to state depending on
the local incidence of
taxation (VAT) and
freight.
Oil Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan in Ra-
jya Sabha said the gov-
ernment is not consider-
ing a reduction in excise
duty to cool rates from
their record highs.
New Delhi: Ministry of
Home Affairs stated in
Rajya Sabha that the
rules under the Citizen-
ship Amendment Act
(CAA), 2019 are under
preparation and the Act
has already come into
force with effect from
October 1, 2020. The
Ministry made the
statement in response
to Congress MP Digvi-
jaya Singh’s question
on whether it has draft-
ed the rules to be noti-
fied under CAA. “If yes,
then what are details
including the date by
which the rules are ex-
pected to be notified. If
not, then what are the
reasons?” he asked.
New Delhi: Interna-
tional traffic fell by
90.56 per cent to 18.55
lakh in 2020 due to
the pandemic as com-
pared to the corre-
sponding period of
2019, Civil Aviation
Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri said.
Moreover, domes-
tic passenger traffic
fell to 3.77 crore in
March-December pe-
riod of 2020 from
11.99 crore in the cor-
responding period of
2019, minister said.
Scheduled interna-
tional passenger traf-
fic continues to re-
main suspended in
India since March 23,
2020, due to the pan-
demic. However, spe-
cial international
flights have been op-
erating since July
2020 under air bubble
a r r a n g e m e n t s
formed with various
countries.
“Revenues of ma-
jor Indian scheduled
carriers fell from Rs
46,711 crore during
April-September 2019
to about Rs 11,810
crore during April-
September 2020.
UK extends Vaccine
supply deal with
India’s Wockhardt
Intn’l air traffic fell
by 90.5% in 2020
US welcomes
emergence of
India as global
leading power
Fuel prices at
fresh high as
rates go up
second day
Nadda is in WB as part of parivartan yatras being carried out in an effort to oust TMC
BJP National President J.P. Nadda addresses in Birbhoom, West Bengal. —PTI FILE PHOTO
Rules under
CAA is being
prepared:
Home Minister
New Delhi: Under a
campaign to rescue
missing and abducted
girls, the Madhya
Pradesh police have res-
cued 2,444 minors in
January
. According to a
police official, a total of
3,122 cases of missing
and abducted girls re-
mained pending at the
end of the last month.
“Operation Muskan’
was carried out in Janu-
ary in which 2,444 miss-
ing and abducted girls
were rescued from Mad-
hya Pradesh and out-
side the state,” the offi-
cial from the MP police
headquarters here said.
Out of those rescued,
175 minors belonged to
Indore, 144 from Sagar,
115 from Dhar, 107 from
Rewa, and 102 girls from
Chhatarpur in Madhya
Pradesh; he further add-
ed. Under the opera-
tion, about 82 per cent
of the missing girls
were found in MP and
the remaining were
traced to other states.
As per official, 141
girls were rescued from
Punjab, 8 from Telan-
gana, 6 from Kerala, 5
from JK, 4 from West
Bengal, 3 each from
Karnataka and the Un-
ion Territory of Da-
man, and one from As-
sam. Some of the girls
were also traced in Gu-
jarat, Maharashtra, Ut-
tar Pradesh, and Ra-
jasthan, he said.
2,400 missing girls rescued by cops
Mamata took a swipe at the BJP over the
‘Rath Yatras’ saying that the saffron party
leaders are travelling on raths “as if they are
gods”. “Rath Yatra is a religious festival. All
of us have participated in this festival. We
know Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Goddess
Subhadra travel in those chariots. But, the BJP
leaders are using this Rath Yatra for their own
political purposes. BJP leaders are travelling on
raths as if they are gods,” Banerjee said.
Raths are for Gods and Goddesses,
not Politicians: Mamata Banerjee
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PADHARO MHARE DES: MARU FESTIVAL GETS NOD FROM FEB 25-27
Suryaveer Singh
Jaisalmer: The fa-
mous Maru Festival
of Jaisalmer will be
held from February
25-27 as per its prede-
termined schedule. A
three-day event will
be held as per the
Covid-19 related
guidelines.
The state govern-
ment recently lifted
restrictions on fairs
and religious events
following which dis-
trict collector Ashish
Modi sent a fresh pro-
posal to the state gov-
ernment which was
accepted.
After the nod from
the state govern-
ment, the district ad-
ministration has
started preparations
for the event which
attracts a large num-
ber of tourists. A
meeting for the prep-
arations will be held
on Thursday.
Administration and
tourism businessmen
are now preparing for
publicity of the fair
for which online pub-
licity process will be
adopted.
According to the in-
formation, when the
Maru festival was
canceled, there was a
danger of corona.
But this is not the
case now. Kumbh
Mela has also started
and many big events
and programs are tak-
ing place.
This year, Corona
suffered a major loss
to tourism, but after
Diwali, the influx of
tourists gave oxygen
to the tourism busi-
ness and by January a
large number of tour-
ists got relief.
YUDH ABHYAS-20
The personnel
of Indian and
USA armies on
Wednesday got
exposure to sand
model discussions,
planning of
operations, and
familiarisation
with each others
weapon systems
and armaments
for strengthening
capabilities of
counter terrorism
operations under
UN mandate.
3heldforfiringatRSSworker
Motive behind the attack was to avenge previous enmity between victim  accused
Kota: The police have
arrested three accused
of firing at and injuring
a Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh (RSS) volun-
teer Deepak Shah, 48, in
Ramganj Mandi town,
the police said on
Wednesday. Shah was
shot and injured in his
legs by three bike-borne
youths over past enmity
with the key accused,
police said.
Shah, who was on a
donation drive for Ayo-
dhya Ram temple, sus-
tained bullet wounds in
one of his knees and his
thigh was also pierced
by the gunshot on Tues-
day night when one of
the three bike-borne
youths shot at him in
Bazaar No. 2 of the
town, Kota (Rural) SP
Sharad Choudhary
said. He was immedi-
ately rushed to hospital
in Kota where he is un-
dergoing medical treat-
ment.
Two of the accused,
identified as Bhavik
Chawda (20), and Sa-
meer alias Sufian (21)
were detained immedi-
ately after the crime af-
ter their bike slipped on
the road. The prime ac-
cused, identified as Im-
ran alias Ashu Paya
(23), who shot at Shah,
escaped from the spot.
He was arrested on
Wednesday morning
from Raipur area of
Jhalawar district while
attempting to enter
neighbouring Madhya
Pradesh, the SP said.
Preliminary investi-
gation has revealed that
the motive behind the
attack was to avenge
previous enmity be-
tween key-accused.
Traders in the town
called for a ‘bandh’ in
light of the incident and
all shops in the main
markets of Ramganj
Mandi town remained
closed on Wednesday
.
The police booked the
three accused, who are
allresidentsof thetown,
under IPC Sections 341,
323, 304 and 34, he fur-
ther said. —PTI
Ashu Paya and two others in police custody.
BJP LEADERS CONDEMN ATTACK
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Several pro-
grammes were organ-
ised in Rajasthan on
Wednesday to mark the
birth anniversary of
former Union Minister
late Rajesh Pilot.
Pilot’s son Sachin Pi-
lot, former Deputy CM,
remembered his father
and paid tribute at his
residence. He tweeted
and said his father has
always been a source of
inspiration for him.
“His dedication and
work for the progress
of every section of so-
ciety including farm-
ers, youth, will always
inspire me and my aim
is to remain dedicated
to his ideals,” he said.
CM Ashok Gehlot and
Assembly speaker CP
Joshi and other leaders
also paid tributes.
The anniversary was
alsocelebratedataSchool
inHarmada,whereRake-
sh Pareek, Vikram Gur-
jar, Sitaram Agarwal,
BabulalGowaliaetc.paid
tributes.
First India Bureau
Nagaur : A rape case
of a minor girl has
been reported in vil-
lage Bansa under
Maulasar police sta-
tion of Didwana. The
accused had been con-
tinuously raping the
minor for last 6 months.
The minor is now four
months pregnant.
Accused Bhanwarlal
is a resident of the
same village and victim
was employed to graze
cattle in his field. Dur-
ing minor’s employ-
ment, the accused made
her victim of his lust
and threatened to kill,
due to which scared mi-
nor never disclosed the
heinous act to anyone.
The matter was re-
vealed when the minor
complaint of stomach
pain. She was taken to
hospital where reports
suggested a pregnan-
cy. Initially, the police
allegedly did not reg-
ister the case. It was
registered only after
the intervention of SP
and court. The police
have started the inves-
tigation.
Om Prakash Sharma 
Jaipur: ADJ-4 court
has upheld the decision
of the lower court to ac-
cept FR in a matter re-
lated with Dara Singh
encounter case which
was challenged by the
CBI. The court rejected
the revision petition of
CBI on Wednesday
.
CBI had challenged
the decision of Metro-
politan Magistrate -17 to
accept FR filed by cops
in a case which was reg-
istered on direction of
the CBI court, said advo-
cate AK Jain.
CBI, which investi-
gated the encounter
case of 2006, had got ar-
rest warrants issued
against the accused
who were absconding.
On violation of the
court’s directions, CBI
gave a petition in the
court following which
the court issued orders
to Bani Park police sta-
tion to register case
against officials.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat on
Wednesday hit back at
Rajasthan Congress
President Govind Singh
Dotasra for his state-
ment deriding the PM
Narendra Modi for his
teary eyed emotional
speech on Ghulam Nabi
AzadintheRajyaSabha.
“I have full sympa-
thy with Dotasra who
commented on PM’s
emotional speech. He
has been given the re-
sponsibility that the
Congress does not
break, so it is his com-
pulsion to make such
statements,” he said.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Wednesday instructed
officials to remove the
hurdles in the construc-
tion of new medical col-
leges in the state at the
earliest.
Arya, while address-
ing the second meeting
of the inter-departmen-
tal empowered commit-
tee through video con-
ferencing, said that out
of total 75 new medical
colleges in the country,
15 have been proposed
in Rajasthan alone.
Describing this as a
golden opportunity, he
asked all the concerned
departments and dis-
trict collectors to ad-
dress the issues which
were there in land allo-
cationandconstruction.
In the meeting, medi-
cal education secretary
Vaibhav Galaria gave a
presentation on the pro-
gress of the proposed
medical colleges.
In another meeting
of the General Admin-
istration department,
Arya said that there
are many unexplored
places in the state
which can be devel-
oped from tourism
point of view and this
can generate extra
revenue.
He gave instructions
to prepare an invento-
ry list of all Nazul es-
tates, custodian and
enemy properties. He
said that Nazul proper-
ties can be used in
tourism, education or
in the health sector.
Leaders remember Rajesh
Pilot on his birth anniv
Minor raped in Nagaur, gets pregnant
Dara case:Court upholds
lower court’s decision
Comments on PM: Shekhawat
hits back at Dotasra
Veer Saxena cremated
Removehurdlesinconstruction
of medical colleges: CS Arya
Niranjan Arya, Vaibhav Galaria, and Shivangi Swarnakar during
the meeting on Wednesday.
Jaipur: The last rites
of veteran journalist
Veer Saxena were per-
formed at the crema-
tion ground on Ajmer
road on Wednesday
.
Saxena, who was suf-
fering from cancer for a
long time, passed away
on Tuesday
.
Rajasthan chief min-
ister Ashok Gehlot,
PCC president Govind
Singh Dotasra, health
minister Raghu Shar-
ma have expressed con-
dolence on the demise
of Saxena.
CM condoled the
death of Saxena by
tweeting. He said that
Saxena made a remark-
able contribution in the
field of journalism
while working in many
institutions including
Rajasthan Patrika and
All India Radio.
JLF’S DIGITAL ADS
TALK OF POWER
CORRIDORS
While Covid-19 pandemic has
made us rethink about our
lives and how we go on doing our
work on a regular basis, it has put
certain boundaries on what can be
done and what not. One such thing
is calling a large congregation
of people, which as of now is a
complete No. And one such event
was the Jaipur Literature Festival
(JLF) that used to be organized
in January. However, in 2021, it
is being organized from 19-29
February albeit in virtual mode.
However, the bureaucracy, that
has always been upbeat to become
part of the ‘high society’ program
of JLF, is seen discussing some
other issues these days and that
revolves around the government
advertisements for the virtual
medium. Every nook and corner
of the power corridors is abuzz
with the word that Tourism and
PHED has given advertisements
to the virtual event for which
the role played by a ‘liasionor’ is
considered extremely ‘important’.
It now remains to be seen if there
are any more departments that add
JLF to their ‘advertisement’ kitty!
—Dr Rituraj Sharma
PWD DEPT REGAINS
MOMENTUM,
COURTESY YADAV!
The ‘lazy’ PWD department has
suddenly gained momentum
after IAS Rajesh Yadav has taken
over the reins. Since Yadav’s arrival,
the movement of files has increased
exponentially as the officials looking
after the monitoring and control
aspects have started working in
a proper manner. As a result, the
men show their ‘reports’ to Yadav
by appearing in person. Perhaps,
this is why the ‘hard task master’
Yadav has been given the charge of
the department that is devoid of any
minister and Yadav is fulfilling the
faith expressed in him by CM Ashok
Gehlot! —Nirmal Tiwari
Of course, it makes a
difference where you came
from but what really matters
is where you are going.
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RAJASTHAN BUDGET SESSION
Centrenotsharingbenefitsoflow
crudepriceswithpeople,states:Guv
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra
said on Wednesday the
Centre was not sharing
withpeopleorwithstate
governments the bene-
fits of drastic fall in in-
ternational crude prices
even as he highlighted
the Ashok Gehlot-led
dispensation’s works on
law and order, women’s
safety and COVID-19
management.
In his customary ad-
dress to the state Assem-
bly on the first day of
the Budget Session,
which reflects the poli-
cies of the government,
the Governor said the
state government has
reduced VAT on petrol
and diesel by two per-
cent to give relief to the
common people.
Mishra told the As-
sembly that ‘quick and
effective’ investigation
into rape cases has
slashed the time taken
to probe by 60 per cent.
Mishra also said the
state government has
passed three new agri-
culture bills by calling a
special session of the as-
sembly to protect the
interest of farmers.
The bills were passed
inaspecialsessioninNo-
vember to counter the
contentiousCentralfarm
laws, but they have not
been cleared by the Gov-
ernor yet.
Mishra said due to
state government’s poli-
cy of registering all
FIRs, every complain-
ant is being filed in the
state and investigation
units for crime against
women have been set up
in every district. He said
that for assisting people,
theRajasthanPolicehas
started a Twitter handle
in the name of Ra-
jasthan Police Helpdesk
and around 34,000 ‘Po-
lice Mitra’ have been
made under a new
scheme. Highlighting
the Congress govern-
ment’s works and
achievements, the Gov-
ernor said that farm-
loan waiver, Indira Ra-
soi scheme, industrial
development, one-stop
shop, social welfare
schemes, women em-
powerment and water
conservation scheme
have helped people im-
mensely
. He said the de-
velopment of basic
amenities like drinking
water, electricity
, roads,
education and medicine
and expansion of
schemes like Ayushman
Bharat, Mahatma Gan-
dhi Rajasthan Health
Insurance have given
new energy to the gen-
eral public. Elaborating
on Rajasthan’s COV-
ID-19 management, he
said the state’s capacity
has increased to 70,000
RT-PCR test per day
while arrangement of
140 dedicated COVID-19
hospitals  health cent-
ers, more than 43,000
isolation beds, 1,899 ven-
tilators, 3,170 ICU beds
were made. He said a
mass awareness move-
ment against corona
was started in October.
Mishra mentioned
thatalawwasenactedfor
compulsory wearing of
face masks and free face-
masks were distributed.
A new tourism policy
, m-
sandpolicy
,recruitments
of youths in the last two
years were among other
points which the gover-
nor spoke about in his
address.
In his address, Guv Kalraj
Mishra highlighted Raj govt’s
works on Corona management,
policing and women safety
Governor Kalraj Mishra addressing state Assembly on first day of Budget Session on Wednesday, also seen is Speaker Dr CP Joshi.
Kalraj Mishra
@KalrajMishra
For the first time in the
history of the country,
the Preamble and
Basic Duties of the
Constitution were read in
the Governor’s Address
in an assembly, it started
today from the Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly.
SDM Meena gets
bail for wedding
on February 16
First India Bureau
Dausa: SDM Pinky
Meena, who is jailed for
taking a bribe of Rs10
lakh will be marrying a
judge on February 16.
Justice Inderjit Singh
of Jaipur Bench of Ra-
jasthan High Court
granted her 10-day con-
ditional bail.
Pinky
, who is accused
of taking money from a
company building a
highway in Dausa has
been in jail for 29 days
now. She will have to
surrender five days af-
ter the wedding i.e. on
February 21. The next
hearing of the case will
be on February 22.
Meena applied for
bail in the lower court
in January 2021, but the
court refused to grant
bail. The government
lawyer had opposed the
bail citing the investiga-
tion being affected.
However, now Pinky
has got bail from the
High Court just six days
before her marriage.
Pinky Meena
ACB COURT REJECTS BAIL
PLEA OF IPS AGARWAL
Jaipur: ACB court on Wednesday rejected the bail ap-
plication of suspended IPS officer Manish Agarwal who
is under judicial custody. He was arrested by ACB earlier
this month on corruption charges. In
the hearing of his bail application, mag-
istrate Upendra Sharma dismissed the
application on ground of serious allega-
tions. ACB PP Rajpal Singh opposed
the bail saying the matter was sensitive
and Agarwal may influence witnesses if
he was granted bail. ACB also produced
copies of some FIRs in the court. Singh said employees
of the construction company, which had made complaint
against Agarwal, have been attacked and the role of
Krishna Kumar Meena, former SHO of Nangal Rajawatan
police station, was also questionable.
Thanks to
Birla, LS sees
increase in
productivity
in 2 days
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
witnessed “record pro-
ductivity” over the past
two days following reso-
lution of logjam over
the demand by Opposi-
tion parties for a sepa-
rate discussion on the
new farm laws that had
caused repeated disrup-
tions last week.
According to stats by
Lok Sabha secretariat,
productivity for the
past two days was 161%
due to House sitting be-
yond its scheduled time.
Speaker Om Birla and
several ministers were
present in the House
when it was adjourned
at late hours in the past
two days. The Speaker
held a series of meet-
ings last week to resolve
the stalemate in the
House between the gov-
ernment and opposition
parties. LS functioned
till 12 midnight on Mon-
day on the discussion on
motion of thanks on
President’s Address and
productivity was 143%.
House functioned till 1
am on Tuesday and pro-
ductivity was 180%. The
discussion saw 69 mem-
bersputtingacrosstheir
views. Lok Sabha also
functioned beyond its
scheduled time on
Wednesday too. —ANI
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Is Rahul Gan-
dhi’s two-day Rajasthan
visit a platform for exud-
ing‘softpower’bythetwo
‘rival’ factions of Con-
gress party i.e. Gehlot
camp and Pilot camp?
What ever be the
mandate of the high
command as regards to
Rahul’s tour, it appears
that neither of the
camps, and more par-
ticularly the Pilot camp,
since it is one that has
been ‘ousted’ from the
‘power-pie’, wants to
miss out on the oppor-
tunity to come to the
forefront of all the prep-
arations.
As a result, mem-
bers of both the
camps were seen try-
ing to gain ‘points’
from AICC General
Secretary Incharge
Ajay Maken.
How? Well, Maken
flew from New Delhi
and landed at Kis-
hangarh airport on
Wednesday evening
around 6.15 pm and
to receive him were
the individuals like
PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra, Health
minister Dr Raghu
Sharma, Agriculture
minister Lalchand
Kataria, Revenue
minister Harish
Choudhary and sen-
ior leader Dharmen-
dra Rathore.
However, what was
surprising to see was
former deputy chief
minister Sachin Pilot’s
entry at the Kishangarh
airport to receive Mak-
en. Pilot was not alone
though, as he was ac-
companied by Ramni-
was Gawariya and
Mukesh Bhakar.
Both the camps then
accompanied Maken
till Tejaji Temple at Sur-
sura after which Maken
and Dotasra left for Par-
batsar where the prepa-
rations for Rahul’s tour
were being overseen by
Ramniwas Gawariya.
Meanwhile, Sachin
Pilot, Dr Raghu Shar-
ma, Lalchand Kataria
and Dharmendra
Rathore returned to
Jaipur to take part in
the meeting of the leg-
islative group at CMR.
Interestingly, Pilot
was no where to be
seen at the dinner as
well that followed the
meeting.
Rahul’s visit a platform for exuding ‘soft power’?
FIGHT FOR FARMERS’ INTERESTS
To raise the
voice of farmers
in the struggle
for the repeal of
3 Farm Laws,
Rahul Gandhi
will be on a visit
of Rajasthan
on February
12 and 13
Rahul Gandhi Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot
Om Birla
Maken arrives to oversee preparations
for Rahul Gandhi’s two-day Raj visit
First India Bureau
Jaipur: AICC general
secretary  Incharge
for Rajasthan, Ajay
Maken on Wednesday
reviewed the prepara-
tions for Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi’s
proposed visit in the
state.
Maken visited Ru-
pangarh in Ajmer and
Parbatsar and Makrana
in Nagaur and reviewed
the preparations.
Gandhi will be on
two-day tour to Ra-
jasthan on Friday and
Saturday. Maken, who
arrived at Kishangarh
airport, said that Gan-
dhi’s visit will be a his-
toric one.
PCC president Go-
vind Singh Dotasra, for-
mer deputy CM Sachin
Pilot, Parbatsar MLA
Mukesh Gawdiya, Lad-
nun MLA Mukesh Bha-
kar and other leaders
also accompanied Mak-
en during his visits to
Ajmer and Nagaur.
“We will do a histor-
ic rally against the
black laws enacted by
the Centre against the
farmers of the country.
We will all fight under
the leadership of Ra-
hul Gandhi and the
struggle will continue
till all three laws are
withdrawn,” he told re-
porters. Gandhi will
address farmers rallies
in Sriganganagar and
Hanumangarh on Fri-
day and will visit
Ajmer and Nagaur on
Saturday.
Ajay Maken arrives at Rupangarh where he was accompanied
by Govind S Dotasra, Dr Raghu Sharma, Harish Choudhary,
Dharmendra Rathore, Naseem Akthar and others.
Sachin Pilot welcomes Ajay Maken upon his arrival at Kishangarh
Airport on Wednesday.
Upon his arrival
Maken visited
Rupangarh and
Parbatsar
Good revenue raises
hope for strong Budget
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The hope of a
good state Budget for
2021-22 has increased
with the improvement
in revenue collection
since December.
The Covid pandemic
badly hit revenue of the
state government from
April to September but
after December, there
has been a rapid change
due to continuous im-
provement in situation.
The revenue momen-
tum improved from
June onwards.
In December, the rev-
enue collection was Rs
8098 crore while the to-
tal revenue for the
month of April-May
was around Rs 9400
crore.
GST collection by the
end of June 2020 was
Rs. 640 crore and by end
of December 2020, the
GST collection was Rs
13957.99 crore.
According to the
FRBM report, last
year’s total tax revenue
was Rs 27,000 crore and
this time it is 23000
crore. Also, the revenue
deficit is two and a half
times the estimated
budget. In such a situa-
tion, more measures
will have to be taken to
raise taxes and bridge
the revenue deficit.
In the current finan-
cial year till December,
state govt has taken a
debt of Rs 40,000 crore.
At the time of present-
ing Budget 2020-21, the
borrowing limit was
fixed at Rs 33,922 crore.
The graph of loans
has been constantly in-
creasing.
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lease don’t be angry with
me for bringing two love
tragedies to you in Valen-
tine week but I belong to
a generation brought up
on love stories of Romeo-
Juliet and Heer-Ranjha,
so there is a beauty and a ‘sighing
pleasure’ in tragic love for me.
Ek Duje ke liye was a statement
that love is forever, in spite of
barriers of language, caste, re-
gion, food, parental disapproval
– love sustains. In Qayamat se
Qayamat Tak, love bloomed like
a flower amid cactus. There was
an innocence to the love of Ka-
mal Hasan and Rati Agnihotri
and the songs were lovely, Hum
bane tum bane and Tere mere
beech mein are still favourites for
me. As a teenager I adored the
scene where Rati writes the
name of her beloved all over the
walls of her room, Mere Jeevan
Saathi is still one of the cutest
numbers in a lift, detailing the
names of movies!
Papa Kehte Hain and Aamir
Khan brought a fresh love to the
audiences and such was the pow-
er and on-screen chemistry of
the love of Aamir and Juhi that
QSQT made them overnight
stars! The youth of the day iden-
tified with the couple, they were
Raj and Rashmi in their minds
and hearts, breaking the tradi-
tions and standing steadfast for
their love. The beautifully sim-
ple songs like a brook bubbling
are still much listened to…
“Akele hai toh kya gum hai,
chahe toh humare bas mein kya
nahi, bas ek zara, saath ho tera,”
what better defines love than
this? The people adored the so-
cute smooches of the duo and
Juhi with her ‘hum’ instead of
‘main’ had many a girl copying
her. With a heroine who can’t
cook and a hero who isn’t macho
– I loved it!
The young couples’ despair
when both sets of parents refuse
to understand their love and fo-
cus on their ego, tugs at the heart-
strings in both movies. And when
they choose to die together rather
than living away from the other…
in our hearts…we all yearn for
such a love…
ISHQ PYAAR
YA JANOON!
In the Valentine week, City First celebrates love through two movies which
are all about love, there is no sub-plot – it’s love which runs like a sparkling
stream in these movies- Ek Duje Ke Liye and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak!
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
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RASHMI KUCHHAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
conceived Handi in 1984. It is located in
Jaipur’s busiest and most centrally lo-
cated areas, MI road and Vaishali Na-
gar. It is a place for North Indian, Tan-
doori, Mughlai Food. I firmly believe
that good food, in general, brings in-
credible satisfaction and happiness to
one  Handi welcomes its guests with im-
mense warmth along with a lot of spices
making them feel at home as soon as they
put their first foot in!! We serve some very
authentic non-vegetarian dishes and are
famous for our Lal Maas, Jungli Maas,
Handi Meat, Butter Chicken etc. I would
like to share two of my favourite dishes
that I love to cook for my family-
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SHREYA KALRA, Fashion Blogger
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Success is foreseen in
raising capital for
something important. A
senior may favour you on
the academic front and offer you all
the help. By strict dietary control and
exercise you can enjoy a full life, even
if you are ailing. There is no escaping
some responsibilities.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Profits accrue in a
business venture and keep
you in a financially healthy
state. Distractions at work
can lead to mistakes, so remain
focused.Excitement on the domestic
front prevails as a family member
returns home after a long period. You
are likely to enjoy a family trip.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Getting a chance to meet
an important client is likely
to propel your business
forward. Exceeding the
budget may destabilise the financial
front. Those ailing will find distinct
improvement in their condition.
Family will appear most responsive
to your needs.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Savings are likely to
accumulate and give your
financial position a big
boost. This is not the day
when you can afford to sit back and
relax at work, because a new task
stares you in the face! Those ailing are
likely to be on the road to recovery.
Your achievements will be praised.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Fatigue and irritation may
be the lot of those
undertaking a long journey
today. You will get the
opportunity of impressing others
through the property that you own.
Don’t get starry-eyed and assume
things, as you can offend someone
on the romantic front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Previous investments will
start giving handsome
returns and keep your
account in a healthy state.
You will manage to achieve your aims
on both personal and professional
fronts. You are likely to feel strong and
energetic as an ailment disappears.
Someone in the family will help you.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Good financial
management promises to
get you more for your
money. Letting a senior
intervene in a complex situation at
work will be the right step. You
manage to remain in shape by eating
wisely. Your hard work will bring you
good fortune and positivity.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Money comes from an
unexpected source to
finance something
important. Making the right
moves at work will help win favour of
those who matter. Remaining regular
in workouts is the key to achieve
total health. You will manage to tie
up a lot of loose ends.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Efforts to get a raise or
increment are likely to
succeed. Your suggestions
and opinions will be
respected in a professional matter at
work. Even irregular workouts will
keep you in good health. Homemak-
ers will have enough money to see
the work to completion.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A wrong financial decision
may prove heavy on the
pocket. At work, you can
have more on your platter
than you had bargained for, but you
may take it as an opportunity to
impress higher ups! Your self-moti-
vation to remain fit works wonders. A
family member will benefit you a lot.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Don’t get unduly worried
about someone’s health, as
his or her condition is set
to improve. An initiative
taken by you on the family front will
be appreciated by all. Those buying
or selling property may sign a
profitable deal. Your ambitious trait
is likely to drive you on to success.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Financially, you will
manage to tap a few
additional sources of
income. There is a good
chance of earning big bucks for
those in the creative field. Those
ailing are likely to be nursed back to
health by the family. Overly busy
schedule can give you little time.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
A SERIOUS AFFAIR
I have always been
very passionate
about food. I grew
up in a family
where food was
considered to be a
serious affair. I
always saw my
parents putting in
a lot of efforts to
introduce us to
new dishes and
cuisines. My
parents travelled a
lot and
consequently, we
got accustomed to
varied cultures!
RASHMI KUCHHAL
I
I
have another
recipe for my
wonderful and
foody readers!
The wellknown
cooking technique
– Dum Pukht, that
is cooking the dish
with steam until it
matures, is said to
be an innovation of
the Nawab of
Awadh. Being on
fire – sealed with
dough though it
takes hours and
hours to prepare,
the aroma keeps
everyone waiting
to relish the fla-
vours of the dish.
Handi, around
heavy bottomed
utensil, was nor-
mally used and it
was made a point
to seal the utensil
with a dough
known as purdah
or veil so as the
moisture and fla-
vours are retained
in the dish. The
reason behind the
style of slow cook-
ing is roasting and
proper maturing of
the prepared dish
and sustains the
flavours and aro-
ma.
The two most rel-
ished dishes made
by this fragile tech-
nique of slow cook-
ing are Dal Makha-
ni and Dum Biry-
ani. These dishes
are cooked for
hours and hours to
get the best results.
Here’s a recipe
of one of the most
famous dishes –
Dum Biryani,
which has evolved
from the lands of
Mughals.
INGREDIENTS
1- Mutton – 1 kg
2- Ghee – 75 gms
3- Jeera – 1 ½ tsp
4- Dalchini – 4 piec-
es
5- Doda elaichi – 4
pieces
6- Onions – 3 medi-
um (thinly sliced)
7- Rice – 500 gms
8- Tej Patta – 4 piec-
es
9- Salt to taste
METHOD
Soak the rice in
water for an hour.
Meanwhile, boil
mutton with half
the quantity of tej
patta, dalchini,
jeera and some
salt.
Strain and keep
aside. Heat the
ghee, add doda elai-
chi( cardamom)
and the rest of
jeera, dalchini
(cinnamon) to it.
Add the sliced
onions, stir till col-
our changes. Add
rice (after draining
water), salt
strained stock and
bring it to a boil.
Cook on dum till
the rice is fluffy
and well done.
Serve with some
curd to relish its
taste best and leave
us finger licking.
Dum Biryani Prepared From
The Magic Of Slow Cooking
I
n chilly nights,
there is nothing
more comforting
than a simmering
cup of soup. Burst-
ing with flavors of
garlic, onion and
mushroom, this
mushroom soup is
highly nutritious
and also a perfect an-
tidote for frozen
nights. So just to en-
sure you stay nour-
ished and warm, a
quick recipe of the
Mushroom soup. You
can have this soup
ready in about 25
minutes, and can
freeze the leftover for
the chilly days
ahead.
INGREDIENTS
Chopped mushroom
– 1 cup
Finely chopped on-
ions – 2tbsp
Finely chopped gar-
lic cloves – 5
Butter – 2 tsp
Milk – ½ cup
Plain flour ( maida)
– 2 tsp
Freshly ground
black pepper and
salt to taste
PROCEDURE
 Combine the milk
and 2 cups of water
in a deep pan and
bring to a boil. Keep
aside.
 Heat the butter in
another deep pan,
add the onions 
garlic and sauté
on a medium
flame for 1 minute.
 Add the mush-
rooms and sauté
on a medium
flame for 2 to 3
minutes.
 Add the plain
flour and sauté
on a medium
flame for a few
seconds.
 Add the milk-wa-
ter mixture grad-
ually and cook on
a medium flame
for 2 to 3 minutes,
till no lumps re-
main, while stir-
ring continuously
 Add the salt and
pepper and bring
to a boil. Soup is
ready
.
Enjoy a bowl of com-
fort and stay
warm.
MUSHROOM SOUP
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First india jaipur edition-11 february 2021

  • 1. www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 246 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW New Delhi: Noting that theprocessof reformsin agriculture is necessary and important, Prime MinisterNarendraModi on Wednesday said new farm laws provide an op- tion to farmers and have beenbroughttomeetthe emerging challenges. In his reply to the mo- tion of thanks on the President’s Address in Lok Sabha, PM said no mandis have been shut after the implementa- tion of these laws and there has been no im- pact on the MSP. Con- gress members, who interrupted Prime Min- ister during his speech, later staged a walkout. “Threefarmlawswere broughtinbytheGovern- ment. The process of ag- ricultural reforms is nec- essary and important. The agriculture sector has been facing challeng- es for years. We will have to make efforts to meet them and we have made honest efforts,” PM said. He also accused the Opposition of mislead- ing farmers protesting against farm laws. Turn to P6 AGRI REFORMS NECESSARY, FARM LAWS PROVIDE AN OPTION: MODI ‘I consider the farmers’ protest to be ‘pavitra’. But, when ‘Andolanjeevis’ hijack protests, showcase photos of those jailed for serious offences, does it serve any purpose? Not allowing toll plazas to work, destroying telecom towers- does it serve a pavitra andolan?’ —Narendra Modi, PM President’s speech showcased India’s ‘Sankalp Shakti’. His words have boosted spirit of confidence among people of India. Post-COVID world is turning out to be very different. In such times, remaining isolated from global trends will be counter-productive. We will have to emerge as a strong player. That is why India is working towards building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. During discussion on President’s speech, a large number of women MPs took part. This is a great sign. I want to congratulate women MPs who enriched proceed- ings with their thoughts. Our doctors, nurses, Covid warriors, safai karamcharis, those who drove ambulances… such people and so many others became manifesta- tions of the divine who strengthened India’s fight against pandemic. After laws relating to agriculture were passed by the Parliament – no Mandi has shut. Like- wise, MSP has remained. Procurement on MSP has remained. These facts can’t be ignored. Those who talk big on electoral reforms oppose One Nation One Election. They speak of gender jus- tice but oppose triple talaq. OPPN STAGES PROTEST Lok Sabha saw angry protests from the Opposition as PM Modi mentioned the farm laws. After a huge altercation, the Congress and the Trinamool walked out, shortly after the Prime Minister said the slogan-shouting “was a planned strategy to drown out reason and hide the truth”. ‘Cong will scrap farm laws if voted to power’ RAHUL GANDHI ONLY PERSON STANDING AGAINST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: GEHLOT First India Bureau Jaipur: “Rahul Gandhi is the only person who is challenging the cen- tral government and even the BJP is only tar- geting him. Rahul and Congress have always stood for farmers,” these were the words Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said to his col- leagues during the Con- gress Legislative Party meet at CMR on Wednesday, just two days ahead of Rahul’s scheduled two-day tour of Rajasthan to provide support to farmers. During the CLP meet, Gehlot stressed that similar attacks were made on Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi as well by BJP, “But these leaders became equally loved by all. Rahul Gan- dhi is coming to Ra- jasthan to raise farm- er’s voice. The Central government should roll back the three farm laws. It should do away with its stand of not lis- tening to the farmers. Without doing any work on the ground, they are adept at making a propoganda out of thin air,” he said. The CLP meet wit- nessed participation of 85 MLAs during which CM not only prepped the MLAs for floor man- agement during Budget Session but also asked them to ensure that they are always present in the House. “Raise issues that are people centric and give logical answers to Op- position’s attacks and claims. The works done by Rajasthan govern- ment for people, should be told to them in a proper manner,” he di- rected the MLAs. Mean- while, Turn to P6 Raj man kills self after killing 4 minor sons Anupam Dixit Banswara: A man al- legedly killed his four minor sons and com- mitted suicide in Ban- swara district of Ra- jasthan. The incident occurred in Dunglapani village in Kushalgarh police station area where Babu strangled his sons Rakesh, Man- giya, Vikram and Ganesh, all aged be- tween 2 and 8 years, and later hanged himself, the police said. The matter came to light on Wednesday morning.Nosuicidehas been recovered from the spot. Post mortem is un- derway following which bodies will be handed over to family members for last rites, SHO Kush- algarh police station Pradeep Kumar said. He said that primary investigation reveals that Babu was a liquor addict and had a dis- pute with his wife Anita ten days back following which she went to Guja- rat in search of liveli- hood. Turn to P6 Lucknow: Attacking the Centre over the new farm laws, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told a rally in western Uttar Pradesh that if voted to power her party would scrap them. At a kisan panchayat organised by Congress in Saharanpur, Priyanka accused PM Modi and other BJP leaders of insulting farmers who are protesting against the laws. The Centre Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that no farmer participating in the ongoing farmers’ protests has been called for questioning by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). In a written reply to a question on “whether the NIA summoned farmers participating in the ongoing farmers’ protests”, Union Minister of State (MoS), Home, G Kishan Reddy said, “No, sir.” ‘NO FARMER CALLED BY NIA’ MODI IN LS China,Indiastartsynchronised disengagement in East Ladakh Beijing/New Delhi: The frontline troops of China and India at the south and north banks of the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh started “synchronised and or- ganised” disengage- ment from Wednesday, the Chinese defence ministry said, in what is seen as a forward move- ment in the overall dis- engagement process to defuse the over nine- month border standoff. There was no official comment by either the Indian defence minis- try or the Indian Army on the Chinese state- ment but people famil- iar with the develop- ment said both sides are in the process of pull- ing back their ar- moured units like tanks and armoured person- nel carriers. The office of Defence Minister Rajnath Sin- gh, meanwhile, tweeted that he will make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on the situation in eastern Ladakh. “Raksha Man- tri Shri @rajnathsingh will make a statement in Rajya Sabha tomor- row regarding ‘Present Situation in Eastern Ladakh’,” it said. Authoritative sources in the Indian defence and military establish- ment did not refute the Chinese defence minis- try’s statement on the developments in the northern and southern banks of Pangong lake, an area that witnessed major face-offs since the row erupted on May 5. People familiar with the situation in eastern Ladakh said both sides are in the process of pulling Turn to P6 Twitter blocks 500 accounts on govt demand New Delhi: In response to the ‘’legal requests’’ from the Central gov- ernment, Twitter on Wednesday informed that it has taken multi- ple enforcement actions including permanent suspension of over 500 accounts for clear viola- tions of Twitter’s rules. The social media gi- ant in a statement said, “Separate to our en- forcement under the Twitter Rules, over the course of the last 10 days, Twitter has been served with several sep- arate blocking orders by the Ministry of Elec- tronics and Informa- tion Technology Turn to P6 EQUITY INDICES DIP, BANKING STOCKS UNDER PRESSURE Mumbai: Key equity indices see-sawed between gains and losses on Wednesday and closed in the red zone as investors turned cautious over the sustainability of a recent risk rally. At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was down by 20 points or 0.04 per cent at 51,309 while the Nifty 50 edged lower by 3 points or 0.02 per cent to 15,107. Sec- toral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with Nifty private bank down by 0.7 per cent, financial service by 0.2 per cent and metal by 0.8 per cent. But Nifty realty gained by 1.6 per cent and auto by 0.9 per cent. Among stocks, HDFC Bank dropped by 1.2 per cent to close at Rs 1,591.90 per share. Axis Bank closed 0.7 per cent lower and IndusInd Bank by 0.4 per cent. CEC reviews poll preparedness in Chennai,to visit Pondy today Chennai: A high level team from the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Chief Elec- tion Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora ar- rived in Chennai on Wednesday to review the preparedness for the ensuing elections to the Tamil Nadu As- sembly slated to be held in April-May. Also, an eight mem- ber ECI team will visit Puducherry on Thurs- day to review the pre- paredness for Assembly elections to be held in April or May this year. Arora and other ECI officials will hold meet- ings with representa- tives of recognised po- litical parties and offi- cials and oversee the process for polls in TN. Apart from Arora, the team comprises Elec- tion Commissioners Su- shil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar, Secretary Gen- eral Umesh Sinha, Dep- uty Election Commis- sioner Chandra Bhush- an Kumar, Turn to P6 CEC Sunil Arora alongwith ECs Sushil Chandra & Rajiv Kumar, Umesh Sinha meeting with District officials at Chennai to review poll preparedness for forthcoming Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu. Indian & Chinese troops have been locked in a border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May last year. —FILE PHOTO CM Ashok Gehlot with Bhajan Lal Jatav, Mahadev Khandela, Bhanwar S Bhati, Khiladi Bairwa, Ameen Kagzi, Joginder Awana, Sandeep Yadav, Deepchand Kheria, Uday Lal Anjana, Tika Ram Jully, Lakhan Meena, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Giriraj Malinga, Amit Chachan and Narendra Budhania at CMR on Wednesday.
  • 2. Jaipur: MLA Balwan Poonia on Wednesday created an uproar on the issue of farmers’’ stir during the Governor’s address on the first day of the Budget session of theRajasthanAssembly . As soon as Governor Kalraj Mishra began his address, in which he highlightedtheworksof the state government, Poonia started shouting slogansinsupportof the farmers’’ agitation and accused the Central gov- ernment of ignoring the plight of farmers. He saidthegovernorshould apprise the central gov- ernment of the senti- ments of farmers from Rajasthan. He stormed to the well of the House and demanded the with- drawalof thethreefarm laws enacted by the cen- tral government. After some time, chief whip and Parliamentary Af- fairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal intervened and took him to his seat but he continued shout- ing slogans. —PTI First India Bureau Alwar: A bag of Rs 2 lakh was looted from a bank collection agent in broad daylight on Wednesday near the ‘Thank you’ Board of the municipality on Tussing Road in Behror. The miscre- ants came on the bike and injured the head of the collection agent with a stick. This made the agent’s bike fell. As soon as the collection agent fell, they put a countrymade pistol on his temple and looted the bag worth Rs 2 lakh from him. Due to a head injury, a lot of blood of the collection agent shed. The ag- grieved banker Yudh- veer Singh is a collec- tion agent at Bandhan Bank. He was collect- ing money from bank account holders from nearby villages and coming back to the Behror Bank branch at around 1 pm. Two mis- creants came and robbed him near the municipal board. First India Bureau Vadodara: The Va- dodara Railway Police on Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old man from Pali for allegedly loot- ing people by intoxi- cating them on-board long-distance trains. The accused has been identified as Govind Ram Servi. Said BS Jadhav, Deputy SP of Railway Police, Va- dodara. He said that the accused has admit- ted to having commit- ted 11 crimes of loot. “The accused used to befriend passen- gers on long-distance trains and offer them juice or cold drinks laced with seda- tives,” the police said. The police also seized goods worth Rs 7 lakh from his possession. —ANI Jaipur: The Election Commission has start- ed preparations for the by-election to four as- sembly seats in the state, an official said on Wednesday. The dates, though, have not yet been announced. In a statement, Chief Elec- toral Officer Praveen Gupta met the nodal of- ficers of various de- partments and gave necessary guidelines in this regard. With the announce- ment of the election dates, the model code of conduct will come into effect in the re- spective districts. In such a situation, the Excise department, Po- lice and Narcotics de- partment will have to be on higher alert. In the meeting, the police nodal officer made necessary ar- rangements for law and order and also gave necessary instructions to other departments, including making dis- trict-wise flights, for monitoring the move- ment of cash. Bypolls are necessi- tated due to the death of elected legislators from Sujangarh in Churu, Rajsamand, Sahada of Bhilwara and Vallabhnagar of Udaipur assembly seats of the state. Of these, three seats were held by the Congress and one by the BJP. —PTI First India Bureau Dholpur: Gravel mafias opened fire on the police team when they went to catch the gravel-filled tractors in the Ghera vil- lage of Sadar police sta- tionarea.SPKesarSingh Shekhawat along with the DST team and police of different police sta- tions reached the spot. Inresponse,thepolice too opened fire and ar- rested two accused with illegalpistols,andseized agravel-filledtractor.Af- ter taking action in the Sadar police station area, SP Shekhawat reached the ravines of theChambalriverinBa- saidang police station area. Seeing the heavy police force, more than a dozen gravel-laden trac- tors rushed towards the ravines. The police chased the tractors and seized 6 tractors and ar- rested3mafias.Showing a strong attitude to- wardsillegalgravelmin- ing, SP has suspended one constable for his in- volvement in gravel clearance while an in- vestigation is being car- ried out against another. First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Minis- ter Ashok Gehlot will present the state budget 2021-22 in the assembly on 24 Feb- ruary. The debate on the Governor’s address will be held on 11, 12, 13, and 15 February. Chief minister Gehlot will reply to the de- bate on the governor’s address. There will be no sit- ting of the house from 16 to 23 February and the CM will present the budget on 24 Feb- ruary at 11 am, the house was informed on Wednesday. The business of the house was decided in a business advisory com- mittee meeting which was held on Wednesday after the house was ad- journed. When the house re- assembled after the Governor’s speech, speaker CP Joshi read out obituary referenc- es. The house passed condolences to the persons of eminence, including former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Moti- lal Vora, former Bihar governor Buta Singh, and former Goa gover- nor Mridula Sinha, who passed away re- cently. Apart from 21 indi- viduals, the House also paid homage to the vic- tims of the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, of the bus tragedies in Jaipur and Jalore dis- tricts, and to the la- bourers who died after being run over by a truck in Gujarat’s Su- rat while sleeping on the footpath. RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 02 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Nirmal Tiwari Jaipur: After a long journey of 48 hours, Srishti, the Asiatic lion- ess of Junagadh, has reached Nahargarh Bi- ological Park in Jaipur. The lioness has been brought from Sakkarbaug Zoo by a team led by senior vet- erinary officer Dr. Arvind Mathur. About 1 year 6 months old, Srishti reached Naha- rgarh. In lieu of the lioness, the forest de- partment handed over a pair of wolves from Jaipur to Sakkarbaug zoo of Gujarat. The lioness will be able to pair up with Lion Tripur in the Na- hargarh biological park which earlier had four Asiatic lions but two of them, Kailash and Tejas, have died. At pre- sent, there are one lion and one lioness. Srishti, the Asiatic lioness, reaches Nahargarh Biological Park NEW GUEST CM TO PRESENT STATE BUDGET ON FEB 24 DebateontheGovernor’saddresswillbeheldon11,12,13and15February.Therewillbenosittingfrom16to23February Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot welcomed Governor Kalraj Mishra at Assembly in Jaipur. Governor Kalraj Mishra, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Speaker CP Joshi at Assembly in Jaipur on Wednesday. Congress’ Bamanwas MLA Indira Meena on Wednesday reached the Assembly on a tractor to extend her support to the farmers. The police stopped her at the gate after which she handed over steering to driver and walked inside the premises. “Many farmers have died during the protest. This is very unfortunate that the central government is arrogant in taking back the law,” she said. CPI-M MLA creates uproar in assembly Rs 2 lakh looted from bank agent in broad daylight Pali man held for looting train passengers PREPARATIONSUNDERWAYFORASSEMBLY BYPOLLS: CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER Gravel mafia fire on police, five held Ravi Sharma Udaipur: Some uniden- tified masked miscre- ants opened fire on the former sarpanch Nar- esh Prajapat in broad daylight in Sukher vil- lage of Udaipur. The bullet hit Naresh’s shoulder, pierced up to spine while damaging his lungs. DYSP Mahen- dra Pareek said that preliminary investiga- tion revealed that the case was of an old ri- valry. The police have registered a case. Miscreants shoot, injure ex-sarpanch CRIME BRANCH Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: Reacting to Governor’s address in Assembly on Wednesday, BJP state president Satish Poo- nia said the Governor reads out the speech prepared by the state government as per the constitutional ar- rangements. Targeting chief minister Ashok Ge- hlot for his comments on RSS, Poonia said that the RSS needed no certificate from leaders like Ashok Gehlot. He said that RSS works for the ba- sic interests of the country and the unity of the country. “The CM’s state- ment reflects phobia for RSS and there is no cure for the phobia,” he said. On Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s pro- posed visit to Ra- jasthan on Friday and Saturday, Poonia said that Congress had done nothing for the welfare of farmers in 50 years and did not bring any law in the interest of farmers and therefore what Gandhi was doing was nothing but po- litical hypocrisy . Poonia said that one farmer had com- mitted suicide and shot a video before taking the extreme step in which he said that CM and depu- ty CM were responsi- ble for this. Poonia said that the party will win all four assembly con- stituencies in the up- coming bypolls. Governor reads speech prepared by govt : Poonia Satish Poonia at Assembly in Jaipur on Wednesday.
  • 3. RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 03 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Kashiram Choudhary Jaipur: Three new flights, one each for Dehradun, Surat and Delhi, were started from Jaipur airport on Wednesday while direct flight to Amritsar will start from today . The direct flight for Dehradun from Jaipur has started after one year. Since Kumbh fair is starting from March in Haridwar, the air con- nectivity to Dehradun will facilitate devotees in reaching there with ease. The flight will op- erate for four days in a week- Monday, Wednes- day, Friday and Sunday . Apart from it, Jaipur- Surat and Jaipur-Delhi fights also started yes- terday . The flight to Su- rat is second from Jaipur while it is the seventh flight from Jaipur to Delhi. Direct flights will also start from Jaipur to Amritsar from Thursday . However, this flight will operate on 3 days a week- Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday . Apart from this, Air India air- line will also start a new flight to Mumbai from 16 February . First India Bureau Jaipur: Corona pan- demic coupled with mismanagement of RTDC has led to cancel- lation of entire season of luxury train ‘Palace on Wheels’. After withdrawal of restrictions, RTDC had planned to organise 19 tours of the train from 24 February but due to poor response of tour- ists, the corporation has cancelled the tours. Now, the train will start tours from September. Earlier, seven tours were cancelled, corpo- ration then planned 19 tours from 24 Feb. Also, corporation roped in an agency for marketing but it failed to deliver good results. Booking for next season is 50% which is expected to go 80% in coming days. Jpr gets 4 new flights between Dehradun, Surat, Delhi & Amritsar LATEST ON TRAVEL & TOURISM Since ‘Kumbh Fair’ is starting next month in Haridwar, the air connectivity to Dehradun will facilitate devotees in reaching there with ease MISHAPS STRIKE THE STATE! FOUR OF A FAMILY DROWN AS PARKED CAR ROLLS INTO CANAL First India Bureau Hanumangarh: Four persons including a couple and their daugh- ter were drowned when their car fell into Indira Gandhi canal in Hanu- mangarh district on Tuesday night. Vinod Arora (45), his wife Renu (42), their 15-year-old daughter, and a relative Sunita Bhati (40) died in the in- cident. The victims along with their family friend Ramesh Kumar were on their way to Rawatsar from Sikar. Ramesh Kumar was driving the car and he stopped the car to urinate at the edge of the canal slope. Since he had not pulled the handbrake, the car rolled down and fell into the canal, SHO Hanumangarh town po- lice station Laxman Singh said Ramesh in- formed the police. The phones of the victims were on for nearly 15 minutes. They cried for help but could not be rescued. Sunita used to live in Sikar with her husband Sandeep who is a lec- turer in Sangaria and she was coming to meet her husband. Vinod was a clerk in a school. First India Bureau Tonk: A 7-year-old girl and her 3-year- old brother and their uncle were killed in a road accident at Jin- si Road in Tonk on Wednesday morning. Both the children died on the spot, while their uncle succumbed to inju- ries during treat- ment. The father of the children is a po- lice constable, who was on his duty. Nitesh (35) along with Kanha (3) was on the bike to drop his niece, Sakshi (7) to tuition. When they reached Jinsi road, the sand-filled trac- tor-trolley collided with the bike. Nitesh was referred to Jaipur in critical condition. Later, po- lice seized the trac- tor, driver escaped. Anupam Dixit Banswara: A 32-year- old man was killed after being hit by a fire en- gine undergoing a mock drill on the orders of the collector on Wednesday in Banswara. After the incident, the police have seized the fire brigade. The family has filed a report against the fire engine driver. On the or- ders of District Collec- tor Ankit Kumar Singh, a mock drill was to be done at a gate of Mayur Mill, a textile mill plant of LNJ Group, located 3 km from Banswara city . Fire engine driver didn’t know that some- one was hit from fire engine as the bike seems to have hit from behind. First India Bureau Nagaur: An uncon- trolled pickup hit a tree inKhinwsaronTuesday night. Four people in the pickup were killed, two seriously injured. After getting the information of the incident, the po- lice reached the spot im- mediately and got the injured admitted to the hospital. All the de- ceased are residents of Dadusan village in Sanchore. They were go- ing on a holy place of Vishnoi Samaj from their village. While on the way, their high- speed pick-up went un- controlled and hit a tree on Nagdi road. In the accident, 2 men and 2 women died on the spot. DeceasedareRamuram, Bhikharam, Kaila Devi and Chani Devi, said Khinvsar SHO Vinod. Brother,sister,uncle crushed to death in road accident in Tonk Biker killed after hit by fire brigade tender during mock drill in Banswara Four die as jeep rams in tree while on way to religious tour in Khinwsar 14 killed in separate accidents in Rajasthan The car being pulled out of the canal in Hanumangarh on Wednesday. ADGP Umesh Mishra receives Covid-19 vaccine shot at PHQ vaccination camp, Jaipur on Wednesday. Covid-19: Class 11 student tests positive in Pratapgarh First India Bureau Pratapgarh/Jaipur: After Jhalawar, a Class 11 student of a govern- ment school in Pratap- garh has tested positive for corona. The admin ordered closure of the Chiklad Senior Secondary School for two days and a team of health dept took samples of all stu- dents of the class and family members of the infected student, said CMHO Dr VD Meena. In Jhalawar, four stu- dents and a teacher tested positive on Mon- day and Tuesday . Student’s sample was taken February 6 under random sampling and the positive report was received on Wednesday . The student is asympto- matic. Meena said a to- tal 37 samples were col- lected and school prem- ise was sanitised. Ashvini Yadav Alwar: The police have arrested Mahipal Gur- jar, an aide of Vikram alias Papla Gurjar, and also recovered the AK- 47 assault rifle that was used to free Papla from the police custody in Behror police station on September 7, 2019. AK- 47 was purchased for Rs 20 lakhs by the gangster, the police said on Wednesday . Since his arrest on January 27 night from Kolhapur in Maharash- tra, Papla is being inter- rogated and sources re- veal that he informed the police team about a dilapidated building at Kasol in Haryana, owned by Mahipal Gur- jar, who was in posses- sion of the weapons. “One AK-47, two pis- tols and thirty rounds, including 11 of AK-47, have been confiscated. At first Papla claimed AK-47 to be Chinese made, however, when we checked it was found to be Russia made. The man from Purvanchal from whom the assault rifle was purchased died in police encoun- ter while foreign made pistols were purchased for Rs 7-8 lakhs from a Delhi based gang and these arms smugglers are being searched,” said Hawa Singh Ghu- maria, IG Jaipur range. Abhishek Srivastava Jaipur: After a wait that spanned four long years, the Jaipur De- velopment Authority (JDA) finally knows as to where and how many plots and houses have been reserved for the poor in the state capital. In the year 2015, the CM Jan Awas Yojana was implemented and under the various pro- visions of this scheme, plots and houses are made available for the economically weaker sections and low in- come groups. On Wednesday, JDA Commissioner Gaurav Goyal conducted a mar- athon review of the progress of the scheme when it was revealed that there are about 5,000 plots in 106 town- ship schemes for the poor under provision 1A. Similarly, in this type of 29 group hous- ing schemes, about 3,000 flats are reserved for the poor. Several major deci- sions were taken in to- day’s meeting to make houses and plots avail- able to the needy under the scheme. Now all the data of plots and hous- es available under the various provisions of CM Jan Awas Yojana will now be uploaded on Google Drive. The link for this will be available on the JDA website, on which the promoter will have to upload the implemen- tation of the scheme regularly. Papla aide held; AK-47, arms and ammunitions recovered Staff’s dance video goes viral, hosp sacks one 5K plots, 3K flats reserved for scheme: JDA CM JAN AWAS YOJANA Palace on Wheels’ trips cancelled again, corp plans to restart tours from September TWO STUDENTS LOSE LIFE IN TONK Tonk: A speeding vehicle hit a bike on Galvaniya road in the district’s Saunp police station area on Tuesday night. Two students riding the bike died on the spot whereas two other persons got injured in the accident. The local people informed the police. One student was in 11 while other was in class 7. First India Bureau Alwar: In the surgical ICU of Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital in Al- war, nursing staff wore PPE kits and danced to the tunes of movie songs. They also made videos and shared them on social media groups. After video surfaced, PMO Dr Sunil Chauhan removed two nursing staffs from ICU, shifted them to other wards while one cleaner was terminated. A 3 member committee has been formed to investigate. Admin ordered closure of the school for two days —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR 900 COPS GET VACCINATED 900 police per- sonnel were vaccinated at the police headquarters on Wednesday. Police officers and employees ranging from IPS to consta- ble along with ADG Umesh Mishra got vaccinated. DGP ML Lathar said that five teams of health workers set up a Covid vaccination camp at the police headquarters. Meanwhile, Jodh- pur Police Commis- sioner Jose Mohan, Range IG Navjyoti Gogoi, DCP East Dharmendra Singh Yadav, DCP West Alok Srivastava, DCP Headquar- ters and Traffic Rajesh Meena, DCP Crime Rajkumar and other officers and employees participated in the vaccination at Reserve Police Line Jodhpur Commis- sionerate. Mahipal Gurjar ASHOK GEHLOT@ashokgehlot51 Sad to learn about the unfortunate accident in Khinwsar, Nagaur on NH-65 in which four people have lost lives. My heartfelt condolences to the be- reaved families. May God give them strength and prayers for speedy recovery of those injured. 3 DEATHS, 107 FRESH CASES Three more COVID-19 deaths were recorded in Rajasthan on Wednesday and the toll stands at 2,777, according to a health department bulletin. The state reported 107 new cases on Wednesday, which took the tally to 3,18,491.
  • 4. PERSPECTIVE JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 04 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Vol 2 Issue No. 246 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra. Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act TWITTER FIGHTS GOVERNMENT ON FREE SPEECH he government is at war with mi- cro-blogging site Twitter and at stake is the freedom of speech in this country . It started with Amer- ican pop star Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg tweeting their sup- port for farmers protesting against the three farm laws the government is committed to implementing. It was the “protest toolkit” used by the Swedish activist which the Delhi Police said was intended to mass mobilise sup- port for farmers’ stir. As a criminal case was registered against the unknown creator of the toolkit it became clear that Twitter was in for trouble. The government ordered Twitter to deactivate 257 handles using #ModiPlanning- FarmerGenocide for their inflammatory con- tent. Twitter blocked the handles but reacti- vatedthem subsequently citing thecompany’s rules and India’s laws defending free speech. At this point, the IT Ministry issued a stern warning to Twitter asking it to take down the handles or face criminal action, including jail for seven years, under India’s IT Act. In a five-page notice, the IT Ministry said that the content posted on #ModiPlanning- FarmerGenocide was “designed to inflame passions and hatred” and was “factually in- correct”. “Incitement to genocide is not a freedom of speech. It is a threat to law and order,” the notice said. It also cited several Supreme Court judgments defending the rights of authorities when it came to main- taining public order. Twitter fell in line and deactivated 126 hashtag accounts but that certainly wouldn’t satisfy the Centre. There were more handles, 1,178 of them, which the government suspected to have links with Khalistani and Pakistani elements and wanted Twitter to block them. The Cen- tre charged them with spreading divisive and hateful propaganda. The microblogging site has deactivated only 583 of them as it has re- peated its stance on free speech. Having taken down some of the accounts, Twitter held its ground on the remaining posts. Its blog post on Wednesday gave its reasons for not acting “accounts that consist of news media enti- ties, journalists, activists, and politicians” as they “did not believe that the actions they have been directed to take are consistent with Indian law, and, in keeping with our princi- ples of defending protected speech and free- dom of expressions”. The IT Ministry found the blog “unusual”. Interestingly, the govern- ment’s response came on the new home- grown micro-blogging platform ‘Koo’ and also shared on Twitter. With the government supporting ‘Koo’ and some Union ministers and others already using it to flaunt the idea of Aatmnirbhar Bharat, the tussle with Twit- ter could become a prestige issue for the gov- ernment. Just as the new farm laws have. The situation as it stands doesn’t augur well for Twitter and free speech. Then there is Koo to contend with. The in- digenously developed social media platform could well become a handle for a different kind of propaganda. IN-DEPTH T n today’s world where global big tech companies pay scant respect to consumerism, the statement “If you are not paying for the product, you are the product” holds great significance. Theglobaltechnologyplayers do not charge from the users for using services like Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram but in- stead, make users their product and utilize user behaviour trendstopromotetheiradvertis- ing business. Their privacy pol- icy seems to be a hogwash whereinauserisaskedtoaccept a privacy policy or be simply de- nied the service. Initially , the serviceisofferedtouserstogain criticalmassandwhenthereare sufficient users on the platform, the privacy policy is changed unilaterally . Recently , Whatsapp updated its privacy policy whereinitstatedthatuserinfor- mation would be shared with its group companies and the users werecompelledtoacceptitorbe denied of Whatsapp service. Af- terthebacklashbyIndianusers, Whatsapp has been forced to postpone its implementation from Feb 2021 to May 2021. This is just one such exam- ple. We see it every day, if you google some article/ product, you start seeing ad- vertisements of similar products within few seconds and more so on other plat- forms too. This is obviously some kind of tracking or data sharing across the plat- forms and this is a total in- vasion of privacy and track- ing without any specific knowledge or consent. Presenting a 100 pager docu- ment of a privacy policy to a person who may be a lawyer, qualified to understand or ABCD (AAYA, BAI, Chaukidar, Driver) a segment of people, Not many have capacity and ef- forts to read this document and it’s obviously unjust to shift the onus on the person that you have accepted the policy . It’s not specific consent. AccordingtoWhatsApp,us- ers in India will have no other option than to share their data with Facebook and other groups’ platforms. However, the app’s policies on data- sharing will not be changed for users in Europe. The big question that remains is that the privacy of Indian users is any less important than Euro- pean users. Why have Indian users taken for granted when it comes to privacy and data protection? Indian users have a right to be treated equally to their global counterparts and the Indian Govt. must make this clear to the Global Tech companies and also protect citizens with personal data protection bill or some imme- diate announcement for all tech companies who are tak- ing the data away outside the borders of the country? Whatsapp is now entering into India’s payments systems. The sharing of payments-relat- ed data of Indian users with Whatsapp Group companies for targeted advertisements in a clear violation of NPCI guide- lines. According to the NPCI guidelinespleasementionsec- tion, there is a duty to, “not share the data/information with any other third party, un- less mandated by applicable law or required to be produced be- fore a regulatory / statutory au- thority . In such exceptional cases wherein data / informa- tion is required to be shared un- derapplicablelaworrequiredto be produced before a regulato- ry/statutory authority and to theextentpermittedundersuch law / by such regulatory/statu- toryauthority ,thePSPshallpro- vide a prior written intimation to NPCI Bank of such disclo- sure.” Accordingly, an app fa- cilitating payment through UPI is not allowed to share data with a third-party under the NPCI guidelines. NPCI further re- quires that “PSP Bank [which enable TPAs] shall ensure that that third-party app provider shall require exclusive permis- sion from NPCI PSP bank for sharing individual UPI transac- tion data with any other third party including its own Parent, subsidiaries, and subsidiaries of parents other than entities such as - Indian Government/ Indian intelligence/Indian law enforcement agencies/Indian regulatory bodies.” However, the big tech com- panies in order to promote their advertising business compromise on user privacy which is detrimental to In- dian users. The selling of Indian users data to any bid- der offering a higher price violates all privacy guide- lines and must be prohibited at all costs. I see some arguments of free vs paid for data sharing. In ei- thercase,datacannotbeshared without personal specific well understood consent. This phrase “When service is free, you are the product” makes us believe that if we are using Free, we have permitted our personal information to be used as free service provider wants, it’s a flawed thought process and this is also one of the exam- ples to shape our mind. Just be- cause there is a Free bathroom to take bath, does not mean the serviceprovidercansetupcam- eras into the bathroom. That’s an invasion of privacy . When the data and content is pushed to you and influ- ence the mind with informa- tion that is already shaping your opinion or tilted the mind share, and you have not even realised it. You have lost your freedom of choice. Imagine while you are di- rectly not aware but your mind is polarised towards a particular movie / start , caste / religion or a particu- lar product – good / bad. This is exactly what I call it sale of privacy and freedom. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL HANDOVER OF PRIVACY AND ‘FREEDOM OF CHOICE’ OF INDIAN INTERNET USERS FOR PROFITS I Whatsapp is now entering into India’s payments systems. The sharing of payments-related data of Indian users with Whatsapp group companies for targeted advertisements is a clear violation of NPCI guidelines. According to the NPCI guidelines please mention section, there is a duty to, “not share the data/ information with any other third party, unless mandated by applicable law or required to be produced before a regulatory/ statutory authority THE BIG TECH COMPANIES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THEIR ADVERTISING BUSINESS COMPROMISE ON USER PRIVACY WHICH IS DETRIMENTAL TO INDIAN USERS. THE SELLING OF INDIAN USERS’ DATA TO ANY BIDDER OFFERING A HIGHER PRICE VIOLATES ALL PRIVACY GUIDELINES AND MUST BE PROHIBITED AT ALL COSTS DR AJAY DATA THE WRITER IS THE FOUNDER CEO - DATA INGENIOUS GLOBAL LIMITED tudents across Australia have started the new school year us- ing pencils, pens and keyboards to learn to write. In workplaces, machines are also learning to write, so effectively that within a few years they may write better than humans. Sometimes they already do, as apps like Grammarly demonstrate. Certainly, much everyday writing hu- mans now do may soon be done by machines with ar- tificial intelligence (AI). The predictive text com- monly used by phone and email software is a form of AI writing that countless humans use every day . According to an indus- try research organisation Gartner, AI and related technology will automate production of 30% of all content found on the inter- net by 2022. Some prose, poetry, re- ports, newsletters, opinion articles, reviews, slogans and scripts are already be- ing written by artificial intelligence. Literacy increasingly means and includes inter- acting with and critically evaluating AI. This means our children should no longer be taught just formulaic writing. In- stead, writing education should encompass skills that go beyond the capaci- tiesof artificialintelligence. ARE YOU SCARED YET, HUMAN? In 2019, the New Yorker magazine did an experi- ment to see if IT company OpenAI’s natural language generator GPT-2 could writeanentirearticleinthe magazine’s distinctive style. This attempt had lim- ited success, with the gen- eratormakingmanyerrors. But by 2020, GPT-3, the newversionof themachine, trained on even more data, wrote an article for The Guardian newspaper with the headline “ A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?” This latest much im- proved generator has im- plications for the future of journalism, as the Elon Musk-funded OpenAI in- vests ever more in research and development. ROBOTS HAVE VOICE BUT NO SOUL Back at school, teachers experience pressure to teach writing for student success in narrowly de- fined writing tests. But instead, the prospect of human obsolescence or “technological unemploy- ment”needstodriveurgent curriculum developments based on what humans are learning AI cannot do — es- pecially in relation to crea- tivity and compassion. AI writing is said to have voice but no soul. Human writers, as the New York- er’s John Seabrook says, give “colour, personality and emotion to writing by bending the rules”. Stu- dents, therefore, need to learn the rules and be en- couraged to break them. Creativityandco-creativi- ty(withmachines)shouldbe fostered. Machines are trainedonafiniteamountof data,topredictandreplicate, not to innovate in meaning- ful and deliberate ways. SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION Students must learn the human traits of writing S Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be brave. —Corinthians 16:13 Spiritual SPEAK Top TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Thank the #CCEA led by PM Shri @narendramodi for continuing with the focus of prioritising the progress, prosperity development of eastern India by approving grant-in-aid of `100 crore to Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited, Assam. #CabinetDecisions Prakash Javadekar @PrakashJavdekar After the Laws relating to agriculture were passed by Parliament - no Mandi has shut, likewise, MSP has remained. Procurement on MSP has also remained. These facts can’t be ignored - PM @narendramodi Promoted by Shree Salasar Oversease Pvt. Ltd
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  • 6. INDIA JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 05 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia STATUS REPORT FILED IN BHEL WOMAN OFFICIAL SUICIDE CASE New Delhi: The Telangana gov on Wednesday submitted to the SC that a senior officer has been appointed as investigating officer and a status report has been submitted to it on Feb 7 in the BHEL woman official suicide case. The petition was filed by the mother of the BHEL sexually harassed victim, who allegedly committed suicide later, seeking a CBI investigation in the case. “A senior officer has been appointed as an Investigating Officer, in terms of Court’s previous order and a status report has been submitted on February 7,” the Telangana government submitted report. ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR IN BENGAL: GOVERNOR Kolkata: Slamming the Mamata Banerjee-led state government over law and order situation, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said that an atmosphere of fear prevails in the state. Interacting with report- ers, the Governor said, “There is such an envi- ronment of fear in the state that people cannot even speak about it. I have been vocal about this since I came here. Fear and democracy cannot co-exist. “There is no place for such fear in a cultured state like West Bengal.” 328 SATELLITES LAUNCHED TILL DATE: JITENDRA SINGH Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that 900 crore was allocated to ISRO for the financial year 2020-21 for develop- ing capacity for the launching of satellites. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, he said that the Department of Space has been involved in launching satellites of foreign countries since long. The total number of satellites launched till date is 328 from 33 different countries and the revenue earned till date is 25 million US dollars. RAHUL GANDHI TO SPEAK IN LOK SABHA ON THURSDAY New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will speak in Parliament during the Union budget discussion in Lok Sabha on Thurs- day. The discussion on Union budget 2021-22 started on Wednesday in Lok Sabha with PM Narendra Modi’s speech in reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address. The Wayanad MP has been critical of the Union Budget present- ed by FM Nirmala Sithara- man on February 1 and said that budget propos- als will adversely impact the common man. He has slammed the govern- ment’s economic policies and has advocated direct cash transfers to the poorest sections to give a boost to the economy. PARLIAMENT SESSION RAHUL LEADS CONGRESS WALKOUT OVER FARM LAWS New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday led the par- ty’s MPs in staging a walkout in the Lok Sab- ha during Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi’s speech during his reply to the President’s ad- dress. The walkout from the Lok Sabha fol- lowed disruption and sloganeering by the Congress MPs during PM Modi’s speech in the Lok Sabha. The Con- gress MPs raised slo- gans against the new farm laws that were en- acted last year, and which prompted sever- al farmers’ unions sit on the Delhi borders demanding repeal of three laws. Congress’s floor leader in the Lok Sabha made several interjections during PM Modi’s speech prompting Speaker Om Birla directing the members to maintain order in the House. As the sloganeering con- tinued by the Congress MPs, PM Modi took a dig at them saying, “The Congress party is so divided that its Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs take different lines on issues.” Rahul Gan- dhi soon after led the Congress MPs out of the Lok Sabha. —ANI FARMER PROTESTS WILL GO ON INDEFINITELY: RAKESH TIKAIT New Delhi: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has said that the farmer protests would go on if the government didn’t take back the three contentious farm laws. “If the gov does not accept our demands, we will continue protest till even 2024,” Tikait said. He further stated “As long as the three farm laws are not taken back, a law on MSP is not made and the Swa- minathan Committee report not implement- ed, we would continue.” Tikait added. CONGRESSLYING,MISLEADINGPEOPLE:TOMAR New Delhi: Union Ag- riculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Nar- endra Singh Tomar slammed Congress for misleading the people by lying about the new farm laws pointing that the party is losing its support base. The Un- ion Minister tweeted on Wednesday, “The farm- er-friendly Central Gov- ernment has enacted the Agricultural Re- forms Act, in the larger interest of the farmers, but the Congress, which is losing its support base, is trying to mis- lead the people of the country by lying one lie after another.” “Congress MPs in the country’s Parliament are also telling lies on the agrarian reform laws. Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu again misled and our minister Anurag Thakur immediately exposed his lies,” Tomar said in another tweet. The Minister had earlier said that the op- position has failed to point flaws in new farm laws and the opposition did not discuss provi- sions of these legisla- tions during the motion of thanks to the Presi- dent’. Several rounds of discussion have been held between the gov- ernment and the pro- testing farmer unions. U’Khandglacier burst:Rescue operationscontinue Delhi Special Cell to interrogate Deep Sidhu Farmers announce 4-hour ‘rail roko’ on February 18 Chamoli: The Indo-Ti- betan Border Force (ITBP) on Wednesday informed that the res- cue operations continue at the Tapovan tunnel following glacier burst in Uttarakhand. “ITBP and other agencies are cutting the loose ends of pipes and wires inside the Tapovan tunnel as rescue operation con- tinues. Tunnel authori- ties are also assisting in marking of the tunnel inside,” tweeted ITBP . For boosting up the morale of ITBP jawans, ADG Western Com- mand ITBP, M S Rawat visited 8th Battalion Gaucher, Uttarakhand today and appreciated the troops for rescue and relief operations. “MS Rawat, ADG Western Command ITBP visited 8th Battal- ion Gaucher, Uttara- khand appreciated and motivated the troops for rescue and relief opera- tions being carried out at Tapovan, Raini and Lata villages. A basket- ball match was organ- ized in which ADG also played with jawans,” tweeted ITBP. ITBP personnel also were seen carrying ra- tion items to Long vil- lage that was cut off due to flash floods tra- versing through moun- tainous terrain. A meeting of all agen- cies including senior officials of ITBP, NDRF, Army, and local admin- istration has been called today to decide further course of res- cue operations. A glacial broke in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District of Ut- tarakhand on Sunday, which led to massive flooding in Dhauligan- ga and Alaknanda riv- ers and damaged hous- es and the nearby Rishi- ganga power project. —ANI New Delhi: Intelligence Bureau (IB) will inter- rogate actor-turned-ac- tivist Deep Sidhu, who has been sent to 7-day police custody for his al- leged role in the vio- lence that took place at the Red Fort and other parts of the national capital on Republic Day , according to Delhi Po- lice sources. Questions will be posed to Sidhu regarding the farmers’ agitation leading to vio- lence across the nation- al capital on January 26. He is currently in Crime Branch’s custody . Delhi Police Special Cell will also interrogate Sidhu, sources said. —ANI New Delhi: Protesting farmers Wednesday an- nounced a four-hour na- tionwide rail blockade on February 18 as they renewed their strategy to intensify their agita- tion, which also includ- ed a candle march on February 14 in the mem- ory of those killed in the 2019 Pulwama ter- rorist attack. In a statement, the Samyukta Kisan Mor- cha,whichisspearhead- ing the protest, also said toll collection will not be allowed in Rajasthan from February 12 as part of their week-long protest strategy . The SKM said in the statementthatinameet- ing on Wednesday farm- er unions decided to es- calate their agitation. “There will be a ‘rail roko’programmeacross the country from 12 pm to 4 pm on February 18,” the SKM said. Earlier this month, the protesting farmers had observed a three- hour road blockade to press their demand of repealingthethreelaws. SKM leader Darshan Palsaidcandlemarches, Mashaal Juloos’ (torch marches) and other pro- grammes will be held across the country on February 14 in respect of the sacrifices of the 40 CRPF personnel who were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on February 14, 2019. —PTI No gadgets for online classes to poor students: SC New Delhi: The Su- preme Court put on hold on order passed by the Delhi High Court directing private un- aided schools in the na- tional capital to provide free gadgets and inter- net connections to poor students for online classes and claim a reimbursement from the state government. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde while hear- ing the Delhi govern- ment’s appeal against the High Court order also issued notice to the NGO ‘Justice For All’ on whose petition the order was passed. The High Court while passing the order had said that to separate such students from oth- ers in the same class due to non-availability of a gadget or a device would generate “a feel- ing of inferiority” that may affect their hearts and minds. —PTI Koregaon violence: Rona Wilson files plea Mumbai: Accused ac- tivist Rona Wilson’s lawyer Sudeep Pasbola filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking dismissal of the case against his cli- ent in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence. The lawyer attached a digital forensic report from a Massachusetts- based forensic firm Ar- senal Digital which mentioned that a hack- er hacked Rona Wil- son’s laptop and planted 10 letters right before Wilson’s arrest. These were the letter used first by Pune Po- lice and later the Na- tional Investigation Agency (NIA) as the base of their evidence against the activists, read the petition. Earlier, the Pune Po- lice had mentioned in the court that the con- tents of these letters claim that the arrested accused were planning Narendra Modi’s assas- sination and were hatching a conspiracy . Arsenal Digital was approached by Advo- cate Sudeep Pasbola to examine the electronic copy of his client. Wilson was among those who were arrest- ed in 2018 for inciting riots during a celebra- tory gathering to mark the 200 years of the Ko- regaon-Bhima battle. Verdict in MJ Akbar’s case on Feb 17 New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing till Feb 17 in the criminal defamation case filed against jour- nalist Priya Ramani by former Union Minister MJ Akbar. The court, which was set to pronounce the judgement, will now pronounce the verdict in the case on Feb 17. MJ Akbar, the former Minister of State for External Affairs, had filed a defamation case against Ramani for ac- cusing him of sexual misconduct. Ramani was the first woman to accuse Akbar during #MeToo campaign. —ANI Proceeding of Lok Sabha during the Budget session, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
  • 7. INDIA JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 06 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Agri reforms... “CongressMPsinHouse debated on the colour of the laws. It would have been better if they had debated on the content and intent of the laws. Let us understand, as far as the protests are concerned, our farmer brothers at Delhi bor- ders have been a victim of rumours, propagan- da and confusion,” he said. PM Modi said that the Parliament and the gov- ernment respect the “sentiments of all agi- tating farmers”. “Those who are dis- rupting the House are doing so as per a well- planned strategy . They are unable to digest that people are seeing through the truth. It will not work. Through their games, the trust of the people can never be won,” he said. Taking a dig at Con- gress leader Adhir Ran- jan Chaudhary who had been repeatedly inter- rupting him, the Prime Minister said his ac- tions have been noted where he wanted it to be”. “Adhir Ranjan ji, ab zyada ho raha hai. I re- spect you. You will get more publicity than TMC in Bengal. Don’t worry ...This doesn’t look good, why are you doing this? These laws are not coercive. They only offer options.” —ANI China, India... back their armoured units in line with steps agreed upon for overall disengagement in the last round of military talks, adding a clear pic- ture will emerge soon. “The Chinese and In- dian frontline troops at the southern and north- ern bank of the Pan- gong Tso Lake start syn- chronised and organ- ised disengagement from February 10,” spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defence Sen- ior Colonel Wu Qian said in a brief state- ment in Beijing. The statement did not pro- vide details. We hope the Indian side will work with Chi- na to meet each other halfway, strictly imple- ment the consensus reached between the two sides and ensure the smooth implementation of the disengagement process,” Chinese state- ment said. A source in the Indi- an military said there has been some “for- ward movements” but at the same time added that India will only go by what is happening on the ground.—PTI Twitter blocks... (MeitY), GoI, under Sec- tion 69A of the Informa- tion Technology Act.” “We took a range of en- forcement actions—in- cluding permanent sus- pension in certain cas- es—against more than 500 accounts escalated across all Ministry of Electronics and Infor- mation Technology or- ders for clear violations of Twitter’s Rules,” the statement added. The company in- formed that they took steps to reduce the vis- ibility of the hashtags containing harmful content, which includ- ed prohibiting them from trending on Twit- ter. —ANI CEC reviews... Assistant Director Gen- eralSheyphaliBSharan, Director Pankaj Srivas- tava and EC Secretary MalayMallick.TNChief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo and other officials received Arora and his team at the airport here, when they landed at 1110 hrs from New Delhi. After holding sepa- rate meeting with politi- cal parties, Arora and ECI officials would hold a meeting with Sahoo and the Police Nodal Of- ficer. It would be fol- lowed by a meeting with District Electoral Offic- ers and the SP . On Thursday the teamwillholdameeting with election-related regulatory agencies. Later, Arora and the EC officials would meet CS- Rajeev Ranjan, the Home Secretary and other senior State offi- cials. Raj man... The mother of the chil- dren has lodged a mur- der case against her husband for killing her sons whereas the matter has been registered un- der CrPc section 174 on the basis of complaint lodged by family mem- bers. Rahul Gandhi... the CM also asked the legislators to give their suggestions or put for- ward any special de- mand for their constitu- ency . Interestingly, among the MLAs that met CM during the CLP were legislators formerly of the BSP . While Joginder Awana, Deepchand Kheriya, Lakhan Singh Meena, Sandeep Yadav came for meeting, Ra- jendra Gudha and Wajib Ali could not come. FROM PG 1 WILL MAHAPATRA BE MEMBER OF CBDT ? Name of J B Mahapatra is doing the round for the post of Member CBDT. He is 1985 batch IRS (IT) officer. AJAY SINGH TO JOIN CBI Ajay Singh is all set to join the CBI as SP. He is 2013 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. JUSTICE SANJAY YADAV TO BE CJ OF ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT ? Justice Sanjay Yadav is likely to succeed Justice Govind Mathur as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court in May. NO FULL-TIME SECRETARY FOR DRINKING WATER The Government of India is yet to appoint a full-time Secretary to the Department of Water Drinking Sanitation. WHO WILL BE NEW CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER OF MAHARASHRA? Who will succeed Baldev Singh, Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra ? The State Government has recommended three names – Shrikant Deshpande (1991 batch), Anand Limaye (1989 batch) and Aseem Gupta (1994 batch). CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF MS. SMITA S CHAUDHRI ENDING SOON Central deputation tenure of Ms. Smita S Chaudhri, working as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), is ending soon. She is a 1990 batch IA AS officer. TWO IPS OFFICERS OF J K TO JOIN GOI IPS officer Shailendra Mishra of 2009 batch and IPS officer of J K cadre Shriram Ambarkar Dinkar of 2011 batch are set to join the GoI on deputation. 13 PROBATIONERS OF 2014 BATCH CONFIRMED IN IFS As many as 13 probationers of 2014 batch have been confirmed in the Indian Forest Service. The officers are: Abhishek Tomar, Pankaj Rajput, Jadhav Shrikrishna A N S, Nitish Kumar, Sunil Kumar Berwal, Yash Deep Singh, Vikash Kumar Ujjwal, Mohan Choudhary, Amit Kanwar, Honmane Dinesh Vasantrao, Navin Prakash Shakya, Harish and Khushwant Singh. TWO IRS-IT OFFICERS GET NEW POSTINGS Dr. Shyam Prasad Katipalli has been appointed as Addl. CIT (OSD) in the office of Pr. CCIT, Ahmedabad , Gujarat Region and Devinder Kumar Gupta is CIT (OSD) in the office of Pr.CCIT, Delhi Region. GOYAL GETS ADDITIONAL CHARGE Sandeep Goyal has been given the additional charge of the DG, Home Guard. He is presently DG Prison. He is an IPS officer of AGMUT cadre. TWO IPS OFFICERS GET FIELD POSTINGS IN MP Alok Kumar has been appointed as SP, Nirwari and Rajiv Kumar Mishra will now be SP, Guna in Madhya Pradesh. 2 FORMER OFFICERS OF MAHARASHTRA NOTIONALLY APPOINTED TO IAS J T Patil and S N Dhivare, former State Civil Service Officers of Maharashtra cadre, have been notionally appointed to the IAS against the Select List of 2018. MS ARCHANA GOYAL GULATI RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE Ms Archana Goyal Gulati, Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog, has been given premature repatriation to her parent cadre with imposition of extended cooling off condition. MS SUMITA MISRA RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE Ms Sumita Misra, Joint Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, has been accorded premature repatriation to her parent cadre in order to avail promotion in the cadre. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. POWERGallery By arrangement with: http:// whispersinthecorridors.com West Bengal: Develop- ment in West Bengal is only possible when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leaves and the BJP ‘kamal’ (lotus) blooms, said BJP na- tional President JP Na- dda on Wednesday . “PM Modi ji has tried everything possible to bring development in Bengal while Mamata has exploited the public through appeasement and dictatorship, and damaged Bengal’s cul- ture. Development in West Bengal will be pos- sible only if you say goodbye to Mamata’s government and wel- come the BJP’s lotus,” Nadda said while at- tending the party’s ‘Cha Chakra’ programme in the Kharagpur district. “Kamal is the way ahead. It will bring de- velopment in Bengal. Recently, Modi ji dedi- cated Rs 4,700 crore for a refinery project and Rs 25,000 crore for high- ways. All this develop- ment will be possible only when the lotus blooms,” he added. Nadda is in WB as part of the parivartan yatras being carried out in an effort to oust the ruling Trinamool Con- gress. The first yatra was launched by Nadda from Nabadwip in Na- dia district on Saturday . Assembly polls are likely to be held in West Bengal in April-May this year. —ANI Devp only possible when Mamata leaves, lotus blooms in WB: Nadda Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit poll-bound West Bengal on Thursday where the elections for the West Bengal As- sembly are scheduled to be held in April and May this year. Anil Bal- uni, BJP Rajya Sabha member and media in- charge said in a press statement that during his one-day stay, Shah will flag-off the fourth phase of ‘Poribortan Yatra’ from Cooch Behar and participate in various programmes. “Tomorrow Shah will visit the historic Shri Madan Mohan Temple and offer prayers. New Delhi: Drug firm- Wockhardt on Wednes- day said it has been awarded a six-month extension of its agree- ment with the UK gov- ernment to fill-finish- COVID-19 vaccines. This expands origi- nal agreement untilAu- gust 2022, and the man- ufacturing will contin- ue to be undertaken at the company’s North Wales-based subsidiary CP Pharmaceuticals, Wockhardt said. On the development, UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said, “It brings impor- tant investment to the local area, bringing jobs security to the com- munity as we battle this awful pandemic”. Wockhardt’s invest- ment shows “strength of our trading ties with India which is a boost to our already-strong vac- cine supply as we build back stronger from cor- onavirus”, she added. Washington: Describ- ing India as one of the most important part- ners of the US in the Indo-Pacific region, the Biden Administration said that it welcomes In- dia’s emergence as a leading global power and its role as a net secu- rity provider in the re- gion. “India is one of the most important part- ners in the Indo-Pacific region to us. We wel- come India’s emergence as a leading global pow- er and its role as a net security provider in the region,” State Depart- ment Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at news conference. New Delhi: Petrol and dieselpricesonWednes- day scaled new highs in the country as rates were hiked for the sec- ond day in a row. Petrol price was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel re- tailers. The increase took petrol price to an all- time high of Rs 87.60 a litre in Delhi and to Rs 94.12 in Mumbai. Diesel rates rose to Rs 77.73 per litre in the na- tional capital and to an all-time high of Rs 84.63 in Mumbai. Rates vary from state to state depending on the local incidence of taxation (VAT) and freight. Oil Minister Dhar- mendra Pradhan in Ra- jya Sabha said the gov- ernment is not consider- ing a reduction in excise duty to cool rates from their record highs. New Delhi: Ministry of Home Affairs stated in Rajya Sabha that the rules under the Citizen- ship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 are under preparation and the Act has already come into force with effect from October 1, 2020. The Ministry made the statement in response to Congress MP Digvi- jaya Singh’s question on whether it has draft- ed the rules to be noti- fied under CAA. “If yes, then what are details including the date by which the rules are ex- pected to be notified. If not, then what are the reasons?” he asked. New Delhi: Interna- tional traffic fell by 90.56 per cent to 18.55 lakh in 2020 due to the pandemic as com- pared to the corre- sponding period of 2019, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Moreover, domes- tic passenger traffic fell to 3.77 crore in March-December pe- riod of 2020 from 11.99 crore in the cor- responding period of 2019, minister said. Scheduled interna- tional passenger traf- fic continues to re- main suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the pan- demic. However, spe- cial international flights have been op- erating since July 2020 under air bubble a r r a n g e m e n t s formed with various countries. “Revenues of ma- jor Indian scheduled carriers fell from Rs 46,711 crore during April-September 2019 to about Rs 11,810 crore during April- September 2020. UK extends Vaccine supply deal with India’s Wockhardt Intn’l air traffic fell by 90.5% in 2020 US welcomes emergence of India as global leading power Fuel prices at fresh high as rates go up second day Nadda is in WB as part of parivartan yatras being carried out in an effort to oust TMC BJP National President J.P. Nadda addresses in Birbhoom, West Bengal. —PTI FILE PHOTO Rules under CAA is being prepared: Home Minister New Delhi: Under a campaign to rescue missing and abducted girls, the Madhya Pradesh police have res- cued 2,444 minors in January . According to a police official, a total of 3,122 cases of missing and abducted girls re- mained pending at the end of the last month. “Operation Muskan’ was carried out in Janu- ary in which 2,444 miss- ing and abducted girls were rescued from Mad- hya Pradesh and out- side the state,” the offi- cial from the MP police headquarters here said. Out of those rescued, 175 minors belonged to Indore, 144 from Sagar, 115 from Dhar, 107 from Rewa, and 102 girls from Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh; he further add- ed. Under the opera- tion, about 82 per cent of the missing girls were found in MP and the remaining were traced to other states. As per official, 141 girls were rescued from Punjab, 8 from Telan- gana, 6 from Kerala, 5 from JK, 4 from West Bengal, 3 each from Karnataka and the Un- ion Territory of Da- man, and one from As- sam. Some of the girls were also traced in Gu- jarat, Maharashtra, Ut- tar Pradesh, and Ra- jasthan, he said. 2,400 missing girls rescued by cops Mamata took a swipe at the BJP over the ‘Rath Yatras’ saying that the saffron party leaders are travelling on raths “as if they are gods”. “Rath Yatra is a religious festival. All of us have participated in this festival. We know Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Goddess Subhadra travel in those chariots. But, the BJP leaders are using this Rath Yatra for their own political purposes. BJP leaders are travelling on raths as if they are gods,” Banerjee said. Raths are for Gods and Goddesses, not Politicians: Mamata Banerjee ASSAM TO DISCONTINUE COVID TESTING AMIT SHAH IN BENGAL TODAY
  • 8. NEWS JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 07 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Promoted by Vrion Global Pvt. Ltd. PADHARO MHARE DES: MARU FESTIVAL GETS NOD FROM FEB 25-27 Suryaveer Singh Jaisalmer: The fa- mous Maru Festival of Jaisalmer will be held from February 25-27 as per its prede- termined schedule. A three-day event will be held as per the Covid-19 related guidelines. The state govern- ment recently lifted restrictions on fairs and religious events following which dis- trict collector Ashish Modi sent a fresh pro- posal to the state gov- ernment which was accepted. After the nod from the state govern- ment, the district ad- ministration has started preparations for the event which attracts a large num- ber of tourists. A meeting for the prep- arations will be held on Thursday. Administration and tourism businessmen are now preparing for publicity of the fair for which online pub- licity process will be adopted. According to the in- formation, when the Maru festival was canceled, there was a danger of corona. But this is not the case now. Kumbh Mela has also started and many big events and programs are tak- ing place. This year, Corona suffered a major loss to tourism, but after Diwali, the influx of tourists gave oxygen to the tourism busi- ness and by January a large number of tour- ists got relief. YUDH ABHYAS-20 The personnel of Indian and USA armies on Wednesday got exposure to sand model discussions, planning of operations, and familiarisation with each others weapon systems and armaments for strengthening capabilities of counter terrorism operations under UN mandate. 3heldforfiringatRSSworker Motive behind the attack was to avenge previous enmity between victim accused Kota: The police have arrested three accused of firing at and injuring a Rashtriya Swayamse- vak Sangh (RSS) volun- teer Deepak Shah, 48, in Ramganj Mandi town, the police said on Wednesday. Shah was shot and injured in his legs by three bike-borne youths over past enmity with the key accused, police said. Shah, who was on a donation drive for Ayo- dhya Ram temple, sus- tained bullet wounds in one of his knees and his thigh was also pierced by the gunshot on Tues- day night when one of the three bike-borne youths shot at him in Bazaar No. 2 of the town, Kota (Rural) SP Sharad Choudhary said. He was immedi- ately rushed to hospital in Kota where he is un- dergoing medical treat- ment. Two of the accused, identified as Bhavik Chawda (20), and Sa- meer alias Sufian (21) were detained immedi- ately after the crime af- ter their bike slipped on the road. The prime ac- cused, identified as Im- ran alias Ashu Paya (23), who shot at Shah, escaped from the spot. He was arrested on Wednesday morning from Raipur area of Jhalawar district while attempting to enter neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, the SP said. Preliminary investi- gation has revealed that the motive behind the attack was to avenge previous enmity be- tween key-accused. Traders in the town called for a ‘bandh’ in light of the incident and all shops in the main markets of Ramganj Mandi town remained closed on Wednesday . The police booked the three accused, who are allresidentsof thetown, under IPC Sections 341, 323, 304 and 34, he fur- ther said. —PTI Ashu Paya and two others in police custody. BJP LEADERS CONDEMN ATTACK First India Bureau Jaipur: Several pro- grammes were organ- ised in Rajasthan on Wednesday to mark the birth anniversary of former Union Minister late Rajesh Pilot. Pilot’s son Sachin Pi- lot, former Deputy CM, remembered his father and paid tribute at his residence. He tweeted and said his father has always been a source of inspiration for him. “His dedication and work for the progress of every section of so- ciety including farm- ers, youth, will always inspire me and my aim is to remain dedicated to his ideals,” he said. CM Ashok Gehlot and Assembly speaker CP Joshi and other leaders also paid tributes. The anniversary was alsocelebratedataSchool inHarmada,whereRake- sh Pareek, Vikram Gur- jar, Sitaram Agarwal, BabulalGowaliaetc.paid tributes. First India Bureau Nagaur : A rape case of a minor girl has been reported in vil- lage Bansa under Maulasar police sta- tion of Didwana. The accused had been con- tinuously raping the minor for last 6 months. The minor is now four months pregnant. Accused Bhanwarlal is a resident of the same village and victim was employed to graze cattle in his field. Dur- ing minor’s employ- ment, the accused made her victim of his lust and threatened to kill, due to which scared mi- nor never disclosed the heinous act to anyone. The matter was re- vealed when the minor complaint of stomach pain. She was taken to hospital where reports suggested a pregnan- cy. Initially, the police allegedly did not reg- ister the case. It was registered only after the intervention of SP and court. The police have started the inves- tigation. Om Prakash Sharma  Jaipur: ADJ-4 court has upheld the decision of the lower court to ac- cept FR in a matter re- lated with Dara Singh encounter case which was challenged by the CBI. The court rejected the revision petition of CBI on Wednesday . CBI had challenged the decision of Metro- politan Magistrate -17 to accept FR filed by cops in a case which was reg- istered on direction of the CBI court, said advo- cate AK Jain. CBI, which investi- gated the encounter case of 2006, had got ar- rest warrants issued against the accused who were absconding. On violation of the court’s directions, CBI gave a petition in the court following which the court issued orders to Bani Park police sta- tion to register case against officials. First India Bureau Jodhpur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajen- dra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday hit back at Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra for his state- ment deriding the PM Narendra Modi for his teary eyed emotional speech on Ghulam Nabi AzadintheRajyaSabha. “I have full sympa- thy with Dotasra who commented on PM’s emotional speech. He has been given the re- sponsibility that the Congress does not break, so it is his com- pulsion to make such statements,” he said. Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Chief secre- tary Niranjan Arya on Wednesday instructed officials to remove the hurdles in the construc- tion of new medical col- leges in the state at the earliest. Arya, while address- ing the second meeting of the inter-departmen- tal empowered commit- tee through video con- ferencing, said that out of total 75 new medical colleges in the country, 15 have been proposed in Rajasthan alone. Describing this as a golden opportunity, he asked all the concerned departments and dis- trict collectors to ad- dress the issues which were there in land allo- cationandconstruction. In the meeting, medi- cal education secretary Vaibhav Galaria gave a presentation on the pro- gress of the proposed medical colleges. In another meeting of the General Admin- istration department, Arya said that there are many unexplored places in the state which can be devel- oped from tourism point of view and this can generate extra revenue. He gave instructions to prepare an invento- ry list of all Nazul es- tates, custodian and enemy properties. He said that Nazul proper- ties can be used in tourism, education or in the health sector. Leaders remember Rajesh Pilot on his birth anniv Minor raped in Nagaur, gets pregnant Dara case:Court upholds lower court’s decision Comments on PM: Shekhawat hits back at Dotasra Veer Saxena cremated Removehurdlesinconstruction of medical colleges: CS Arya Niranjan Arya, Vaibhav Galaria, and Shivangi Swarnakar during the meeting on Wednesday. Jaipur: The last rites of veteran journalist Veer Saxena were per- formed at the crema- tion ground on Ajmer road on Wednesday . Saxena, who was suf- fering from cancer for a long time, passed away on Tuesday . Rajasthan chief min- ister Ashok Gehlot, PCC president Govind Singh Dotasra, health minister Raghu Shar- ma have expressed con- dolence on the demise of Saxena. CM condoled the death of Saxena by tweeting. He said that Saxena made a remark- able contribution in the field of journalism while working in many institutions including Rajasthan Patrika and All India Radio. JLF’S DIGITAL ADS TALK OF POWER CORRIDORS While Covid-19 pandemic has made us rethink about our lives and how we go on doing our work on a regular basis, it has put certain boundaries on what can be done and what not. One such thing is calling a large congregation of people, which as of now is a complete No. And one such event was the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) that used to be organized in January. However, in 2021, it is being organized from 19-29 February albeit in virtual mode. However, the bureaucracy, that has always been upbeat to become part of the ‘high society’ program of JLF, is seen discussing some other issues these days and that revolves around the government advertisements for the virtual medium. Every nook and corner of the power corridors is abuzz with the word that Tourism and PHED has given advertisements to the virtual event for which the role played by a ‘liasionor’ is considered extremely ‘important’. It now remains to be seen if there are any more departments that add JLF to their ‘advertisement’ kitty! —Dr Rituraj Sharma PWD DEPT REGAINS MOMENTUM, COURTESY YADAV! The ‘lazy’ PWD department has suddenly gained momentum after IAS Rajesh Yadav has taken over the reins. Since Yadav’s arrival, the movement of files has increased exponentially as the officials looking after the monitoring and control aspects have started working in a proper manner. As a result, the men show their ‘reports’ to Yadav by appearing in person. Perhaps, this is why the ‘hard task master’ Yadav has been given the charge of the department that is devoid of any minister and Yadav is fulfilling the faith expressed in him by CM Ashok Gehlot! —Nirmal Tiwari
  • 9. Of course, it makes a difference where you came from but what really matters is where you are going. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor, First India JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 08 2NDFRONT POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 RAJASTHAN BUDGET SESSION Centrenotsharingbenefitsoflow crudepriceswithpeople,states:Guv First India Bureau Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov- ernor Kalraj Mishra said on Wednesday the Centre was not sharing withpeopleorwithstate governments the bene- fits of drastic fall in in- ternational crude prices even as he highlighted the Ashok Gehlot-led dispensation’s works on law and order, women’s safety and COVID-19 management. In his customary ad- dress to the state Assem- bly on the first day of the Budget Session, which reflects the poli- cies of the government, the Governor said the state government has reduced VAT on petrol and diesel by two per- cent to give relief to the common people. Mishra told the As- sembly that ‘quick and effective’ investigation into rape cases has slashed the time taken to probe by 60 per cent. Mishra also said the state government has passed three new agri- culture bills by calling a special session of the as- sembly to protect the interest of farmers. The bills were passed inaspecialsessioninNo- vember to counter the contentiousCentralfarm laws, but they have not been cleared by the Gov- ernor yet. Mishra said due to state government’s poli- cy of registering all FIRs, every complain- ant is being filed in the state and investigation units for crime against women have been set up in every district. He said that for assisting people, theRajasthanPolicehas started a Twitter handle in the name of Ra- jasthan Police Helpdesk and around 34,000 ‘Po- lice Mitra’ have been made under a new scheme. Highlighting the Congress govern- ment’s works and achievements, the Gov- ernor said that farm- loan waiver, Indira Ra- soi scheme, industrial development, one-stop shop, social welfare schemes, women em- powerment and water conservation scheme have helped people im- mensely . He said the de- velopment of basic amenities like drinking water, electricity , roads, education and medicine and expansion of schemes like Ayushman Bharat, Mahatma Gan- dhi Rajasthan Health Insurance have given new energy to the gen- eral public. Elaborating on Rajasthan’s COV- ID-19 management, he said the state’s capacity has increased to 70,000 RT-PCR test per day while arrangement of 140 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals health cent- ers, more than 43,000 isolation beds, 1,899 ven- tilators, 3,170 ICU beds were made. He said a mass awareness move- ment against corona was started in October. Mishra mentioned thatalawwasenactedfor compulsory wearing of face masks and free face- masks were distributed. A new tourism policy , m- sandpolicy ,recruitments of youths in the last two years were among other points which the gover- nor spoke about in his address. In his address, Guv Kalraj Mishra highlighted Raj govt’s works on Corona management, policing and women safety Governor Kalraj Mishra addressing state Assembly on first day of Budget Session on Wednesday, also seen is Speaker Dr CP Joshi. Kalraj Mishra @KalrajMishra For the first time in the history of the country, the Preamble and Basic Duties of the Constitution were read in the Governor’s Address in an assembly, it started today from the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. SDM Meena gets bail for wedding on February 16 First India Bureau Dausa: SDM Pinky Meena, who is jailed for taking a bribe of Rs10 lakh will be marrying a judge on February 16. Justice Inderjit Singh of Jaipur Bench of Ra- jasthan High Court granted her 10-day con- ditional bail. Pinky , who is accused of taking money from a company building a highway in Dausa has been in jail for 29 days now. She will have to surrender five days af- ter the wedding i.e. on February 21. The next hearing of the case will be on February 22. Meena applied for bail in the lower court in January 2021, but the court refused to grant bail. The government lawyer had opposed the bail citing the investiga- tion being affected. However, now Pinky has got bail from the High Court just six days before her marriage. Pinky Meena ACB COURT REJECTS BAIL PLEA OF IPS AGARWAL Jaipur: ACB court on Wednesday rejected the bail ap- plication of suspended IPS officer Manish Agarwal who is under judicial custody. He was arrested by ACB earlier this month on corruption charges. In the hearing of his bail application, mag- istrate Upendra Sharma dismissed the application on ground of serious allega- tions. ACB PP Rajpal Singh opposed the bail saying the matter was sensitive and Agarwal may influence witnesses if he was granted bail. ACB also produced copies of some FIRs in the court. Singh said employees of the construction company, which had made complaint against Agarwal, have been attacked and the role of Krishna Kumar Meena, former SHO of Nangal Rajawatan police station, was also questionable. Thanks to Birla, LS sees increase in productivity in 2 days New Delhi: Lok Sabha witnessed “record pro- ductivity” over the past two days following reso- lution of logjam over the demand by Opposi- tion parties for a sepa- rate discussion on the new farm laws that had caused repeated disrup- tions last week. According to stats by Lok Sabha secretariat, productivity for the past two days was 161% due to House sitting be- yond its scheduled time. Speaker Om Birla and several ministers were present in the House when it was adjourned at late hours in the past two days. The Speaker held a series of meet- ings last week to resolve the stalemate in the House between the gov- ernment and opposition parties. LS functioned till 12 midnight on Mon- day on the discussion on motion of thanks on President’s Address and productivity was 143%. House functioned till 1 am on Tuesday and pro- ductivity was 180%. The discussion saw 69 mem- bersputtingacrosstheir views. Lok Sabha also functioned beyond its scheduled time on Wednesday too. —ANI Aditi Nagar Jaipur: Is Rahul Gan- dhi’s two-day Rajasthan visit a platform for exud- ing‘softpower’bythetwo ‘rival’ factions of Con- gress party i.e. Gehlot camp and Pilot camp? What ever be the mandate of the high command as regards to Rahul’s tour, it appears that neither of the camps, and more par- ticularly the Pilot camp, since it is one that has been ‘ousted’ from the ‘power-pie’, wants to miss out on the oppor- tunity to come to the forefront of all the prep- arations. As a result, mem- bers of both the camps were seen try- ing to gain ‘points’ from AICC General Secretary Incharge Ajay Maken. How? Well, Maken flew from New Delhi and landed at Kis- hangarh airport on Wednesday evening around 6.15 pm and to receive him were the individuals like PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra, Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Agriculture minister Lalchand Kataria, Revenue minister Harish Choudhary and sen- ior leader Dharmen- dra Rathore. However, what was surprising to see was former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot’s entry at the Kishangarh airport to receive Mak- en. Pilot was not alone though, as he was ac- companied by Ramni- was Gawariya and Mukesh Bhakar. Both the camps then accompanied Maken till Tejaji Temple at Sur- sura after which Maken and Dotasra left for Par- batsar where the prepa- rations for Rahul’s tour were being overseen by Ramniwas Gawariya. Meanwhile, Sachin Pilot, Dr Raghu Shar- ma, Lalchand Kataria and Dharmendra Rathore returned to Jaipur to take part in the meeting of the leg- islative group at CMR. Interestingly, Pilot was no where to be seen at the dinner as well that followed the meeting. Rahul’s visit a platform for exuding ‘soft power’? FIGHT FOR FARMERS’ INTERESTS To raise the voice of farmers in the struggle for the repeal of 3 Farm Laws, Rahul Gandhi will be on a visit of Rajasthan on February 12 and 13 Rahul Gandhi Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot Om Birla Maken arrives to oversee preparations for Rahul Gandhi’s two-day Raj visit First India Bureau Jaipur: AICC general secretary Incharge for Rajasthan, Ajay Maken on Wednesday reviewed the prepara- tions for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s proposed visit in the state. Maken visited Ru- pangarh in Ajmer and Parbatsar and Makrana in Nagaur and reviewed the preparations. Gandhi will be on two-day tour to Ra- jasthan on Friday and Saturday. Maken, who arrived at Kishangarh airport, said that Gan- dhi’s visit will be a his- toric one. PCC president Go- vind Singh Dotasra, for- mer deputy CM Sachin Pilot, Parbatsar MLA Mukesh Gawdiya, Lad- nun MLA Mukesh Bha- kar and other leaders also accompanied Mak- en during his visits to Ajmer and Nagaur. “We will do a histor- ic rally against the black laws enacted by the Centre against the farmers of the country. We will all fight under the leadership of Ra- hul Gandhi and the struggle will continue till all three laws are withdrawn,” he told re- porters. Gandhi will address farmers rallies in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh on Fri- day and will visit Ajmer and Nagaur on Saturday. Ajay Maken arrives at Rupangarh where he was accompanied by Govind S Dotasra, Dr Raghu Sharma, Harish Choudhary, Dharmendra Rathore, Naseem Akthar and others. Sachin Pilot welcomes Ajay Maken upon his arrival at Kishangarh Airport on Wednesday. Upon his arrival Maken visited Rupangarh and Parbatsar Good revenue raises hope for strong Budget Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: The hope of a good state Budget for 2021-22 has increased with the improvement in revenue collection since December. The Covid pandemic badly hit revenue of the state government from April to September but after December, there has been a rapid change due to continuous im- provement in situation. The revenue momen- tum improved from June onwards. In December, the rev- enue collection was Rs 8098 crore while the to- tal revenue for the month of April-May was around Rs 9400 crore. GST collection by the end of June 2020 was Rs. 640 crore and by end of December 2020, the GST collection was Rs 13957.99 crore. According to the FRBM report, last year’s total tax revenue was Rs 27,000 crore and this time it is 23000 crore. Also, the revenue deficit is two and a half times the estimated budget. In such a situa- tion, more measures will have to be taken to raise taxes and bridge the revenue deficit. In the current finan- cial year till December, state govt has taken a debt of Rs 40,000 crore. At the time of present- ing Budget 2020-21, the borrowing limit was fixed at Rs 33,922 crore. The graph of loans has been constantly in- creasing.
  • 10. JAIPUR, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2021 09 09 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia lease don’t be angry with me for bringing two love tragedies to you in Valen- tine week but I belong to a generation brought up on love stories of Romeo- Juliet and Heer-Ranjha, so there is a beauty and a ‘sighing pleasure’ in tragic love for me. Ek Duje ke liye was a statement that love is forever, in spite of barriers of language, caste, re- gion, food, parental disapproval – love sustains. In Qayamat se Qayamat Tak, love bloomed like a flower amid cactus. There was an innocence to the love of Ka- mal Hasan and Rati Agnihotri and the songs were lovely, Hum bane tum bane and Tere mere beech mein are still favourites for me. As a teenager I adored the scene where Rati writes the name of her beloved all over the walls of her room, Mere Jeevan Saathi is still one of the cutest numbers in a lift, detailing the names of movies! Papa Kehte Hain and Aamir Khan brought a fresh love to the audiences and such was the pow- er and on-screen chemistry of the love of Aamir and Juhi that QSQT made them overnight stars! The youth of the day iden- tified with the couple, they were Raj and Rashmi in their minds and hearts, breaking the tradi- tions and standing steadfast for their love. The beautifully sim- ple songs like a brook bubbling are still much listened to… “Akele hai toh kya gum hai, chahe toh humare bas mein kya nahi, bas ek zara, saath ho tera,” what better defines love than this? The people adored the so- cute smooches of the duo and Juhi with her ‘hum’ instead of ‘main’ had many a girl copying her. With a heroine who can’t cook and a hero who isn’t macho – I loved it! The young couples’ despair when both sets of parents refuse to understand their love and fo- cus on their ego, tugs at the heart- strings in both movies. And when they choose to die together rather than living away from the other… in our hearts…we all yearn for such a love… ISHQ PYAAR YA JANOON! In the Valentine week, City First celebrates love through two movies which are all about love, there is no sub-plot – it’s love which runs like a sparkling stream in these movies- Ek Duje Ke Liye and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak! ANITA HADA anita.hada@firstindianews.com P
  • 11. RASHMI KUCHHAL cityfirst@firstindia.co.in conceived Handi in 1984. It is located in Jaipur’s busiest and most centrally lo- cated areas, MI road and Vaishali Na- gar. It is a place for North Indian, Tan- doori, Mughlai Food. I firmly believe that good food, in general, brings in- credible satisfaction and happiness to one Handi welcomes its guests with im- mense warmth along with a lot of spices making them feel at home as soon as they put their first foot in!! We serve some very authentic non-vegetarian dishes and are famous for our Lal Maas, Jungli Maas, Handi Meat, Butter Chicken etc. I would like to share two of my favourite dishes that I love to cook for my family- 10 ETC JAIPUR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia F A C E O F T H E D A Y SHREYA KALRA, Fashion Blogger LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 Success is foreseen in raising capital for something important. A senior may favour you on the academic front and offer you all the help. By strict dietary control and exercise you can enjoy a full life, even if you are ailing. There is no escaping some responsibilities. LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Profits accrue in a business venture and keep you in a financially healthy state. Distractions at work can lead to mistakes, so remain focused.Excitement on the domestic front prevails as a family member returns home after a long period. You are likely to enjoy a family trip. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 Getting a chance to meet an important client is likely to propel your business forward. Exceeding the budget may destabilise the financial front. Those ailing will find distinct improvement in their condition. Family will appear most responsive to your needs. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 Savings are likely to accumulate and give your financial position a big boost. This is not the day when you can afford to sit back and relax at work, because a new task stares you in the face! Those ailing are likely to be on the road to recovery. Your achievements will be praised. GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21 Fatigue and irritation may be the lot of those undertaking a long journey today. You will get the opportunity of impressing others through the property that you own. Don’t get starry-eyed and assume things, as you can offend someone on the romantic front. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 Previous investments will start giving handsome returns and keep your account in a healthy state. You will manage to achieve your aims on both personal and professional fronts. You are likely to feel strong and energetic as an ailment disappears. Someone in the family will help you. TAURUS APR 21 - MAY 20 Good financial management promises to get you more for your money. Letting a senior intervene in a complex situation at work will be the right step. You manage to remain in shape by eating wisely. Your hard work will bring you good fortune and positivity. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 Money comes from an unexpected source to finance something important. Making the right moves at work will help win favour of those who matter. Remaining regular in workouts is the key to achieve total health. You will manage to tie up a lot of loose ends. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 Efforts to get a raise or increment are likely to succeed. Your suggestions and opinions will be respected in a professional matter at work. Even irregular workouts will keep you in good health. Homemak- ers will have enough money to see the work to completion. CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23 A wrong financial decision may prove heavy on the pocket. At work, you can have more on your platter than you had bargained for, but you may take it as an opportunity to impress higher ups! Your self-moti- vation to remain fit works wonders. A family member will benefit you a lot. PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 Don’t get unduly worried about someone’s health, as his or her condition is set to improve. An initiative taken by you on the family front will be appreciated by all. Those buying or selling property may sign a profitable deal. Your ambitious trait is likely to drive you on to success. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 Financially, you will manage to tap a few additional sources of income. There is a good chance of earning big bucks for those in the creative field. Those ailing are likely to be nursed back to health by the family. Overly busy schedule can give you little time. YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva A SERIOUS AFFAIR I have always been very passionate about food. I grew up in a family where food was considered to be a serious affair. I always saw my parents putting in a lot of efforts to introduce us to new dishes and cuisines. My parents travelled a lot and consequently, we got accustomed to varied cultures! RASHMI KUCHHAL I I have another recipe for my wonderful and foody readers! The wellknown cooking technique – Dum Pukht, that is cooking the dish with steam until it matures, is said to be an innovation of the Nawab of Awadh. Being on fire – sealed with dough though it takes hours and hours to prepare, the aroma keeps everyone waiting to relish the fla- vours of the dish. Handi, around heavy bottomed utensil, was nor- mally used and it was made a point to seal the utensil with a dough known as purdah or veil so as the moisture and fla- vours are retained in the dish. The reason behind the style of slow cook- ing is roasting and proper maturing of the prepared dish and sustains the flavours and aro- ma. The two most rel- ished dishes made by this fragile tech- nique of slow cook- ing are Dal Makha- ni and Dum Biry- ani. These dishes are cooked for hours and hours to get the best results. Here’s a recipe of one of the most famous dishes – Dum Biryani, which has evolved from the lands of Mughals. INGREDIENTS 1- Mutton – 1 kg 2- Ghee – 75 gms 3- Jeera – 1 ½ tsp 4- Dalchini – 4 piec- es 5- Doda elaichi – 4 pieces 6- Onions – 3 medi- um (thinly sliced) 7- Rice – 500 gms 8- Tej Patta – 4 piec- es 9- Salt to taste METHOD Soak the rice in water for an hour. Meanwhile, boil mutton with half the quantity of tej patta, dalchini, jeera and some salt. Strain and keep aside. Heat the ghee, add doda elai- chi( cardamom) and the rest of jeera, dalchini (cinnamon) to it. Add the sliced onions, stir till col- our changes. Add rice (after draining water), salt strained stock and bring it to a boil. Cook on dum till the rice is fluffy and well done. Serve with some curd to relish its taste best and leave us finger licking. Dum Biryani Prepared From The Magic Of Slow Cooking I n chilly nights, there is nothing more comforting than a simmering cup of soup. Burst- ing with flavors of garlic, onion and mushroom, this mushroom soup is highly nutritious and also a perfect an- tidote for frozen nights. So just to en- sure you stay nour- ished and warm, a quick recipe of the Mushroom soup. You can have this soup ready in about 25 minutes, and can freeze the leftover for the chilly days ahead. INGREDIENTS Chopped mushroom – 1 cup Finely chopped on- ions – 2tbsp Finely chopped gar- lic cloves – 5 Butter – 2 tsp Milk – ½ cup Plain flour ( maida) – 2 tsp Freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste PROCEDURE  Combine the milk and 2 cups of water in a deep pan and bring to a boil. Keep aside.  Heat the butter in another deep pan, add the onions garlic and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.  Add the mush- rooms and sauté on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes.  Add the plain flour and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.  Add the milk-wa- ter mixture grad- ually and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, till no lumps re- main, while stir- ring continuously  Add the salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Soup is ready . Enjoy a bowl of com- fort and stay warm. MUSHROOM SOUP