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CONSPIRACY TO KILL ME: DIDI New Delhi: Union Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman on Tues-
day said that the inter-
est of the employees of
the banks which are
likely to be privatized
will be protected.
FM said, “Interests
of workers of banks
which are likely to be
privatised will abso-
lutely be protected -
whether their salaries
or scale or pension, all
will be taken care of.”
“Evenforthosebanks
which are likely to be
privatized, the privat-
ized institutions too
will continue to func-
tion after privatization;
the interests of the
staff will be protected,”
the FM further added.
The Finance Minis-
ter made the Turn to P6
REFERRING TO ALLEGED ‘ATTACK’ ON HER IN NANDIGRAM, SHE SAID NO
ONE WILL STOP HER FROM TAKING FORWARD HER BATTLE AGAINST BJP
Meija: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Tuesday
accused Union Home
Minister Amit Shah of
hatching a conspiracy
to harass TMC leaders
ahead of the assembly
elections in the state
and wondered whether
the Election Commis-
sion is working as per
his instructions.
Claiming that Shah is
getting “frustrated” by
“poorturnout”athisral-
lies, Banerjee also al-
legedthattheBJPisplot-
ting conspiracies to kill
herashersecuritydirec-
tor Vivek Sahay was re-
moved by the Election
Commission after she
sustained injuries last
week in Purba Medin-
ipur’s Nandigram.
Referring to the al-
leged “attack” on her in
Nandigram, Banerjee
said no one will stop her
from taking forward
her battle against the
BJP. Banerjee also won-
dered whether Turn to P6
Poverty, joblessness
rampant in WB: Singh
West Midnapore: De-
fence Minister and BJP
leader Rajnath Singh
on Tuesday slammed
the ruling governments
in West Bengal in the
past and at present, stat-
ing they are responsible
for destroying the state.
“Post-independence,
the kind of develop-
ment that should have
been done in West Ben-
gal, has not been done.
Ruling governments de-
stroyed the state. Be it
CPM or TMC, poverty
and unemployment are
rampant in the state,”
Singh said during a pub-
lic rally in West Mid-
napore. “I want to as-
sure the people that the
day we form the govern-
ment, we will prevent
attacks against every-
one, be it BJP, TMC or
CPM. There won’t be
any discrimination.
Strict action will be tak-
en against those propa-
gating violence,” the
BJP leader said.
“Whenever Sourav
Ganguly crossed the
crease, it was sure that
he would hit a six. Like-
wise, with your support
in Lok Sabha, we have
crossed the crease and
surelywewillhitasixin
Assemblypollsandform
BJP government here,”
he added. Turn to P6
YOGI: CHANGE BROUGHT BY BJP
BEHIND DIDI’S TEMPLE RUN
RLYS WILL NOT BE PRIVATISED,
WILL REMAIN WITH GOVT: GOYAL
NADDA’S JAB ON MAMATA! WHEN
ARE YOU QUITTING POLITICS?
Balarampur: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
on Tuesday said his West Bengal counterpart
Mamata Banerjee has been forced to take to
‘Chandi Path’ publicly and visit temples due to
the change in people’s mindset after BJP came
to power at the Centre. Speaking at an election
rally at Balarampur in Purulia, BJP’s star cam-
paigner said, a sect of people was created in the
country, before BJP-led government assumed
power at the Centre in 2014, who believed that
even visiting temples would pose a threat to their
secular credentials.“A change has come… EIsn’t
this a change? This is new India. Each and every
person has to go to God.
New Delhi: Clearing the air over
the privatisation of India Railways,
which has been opposed by several
leaders, Union Railway Minister
Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that
the national transporter will not be
privatised and it will always stay
with the government. Speaking on
the Demand for Grants of Ministry
of Railways 2021-22 in Lok Sabha,
Goyal said, Turn to P6
New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday
asked WB CM Mamata Banerjee when she will be
quiting politics as she had earlier said that she
would quit politics if Batla House encounter is
proved to be true. Court has now sentenced death
penalty to Ariz Khan. I want to ask Mamata Ji
now, ‘When are you quitting politics?,”Nadda said
while holding a rally in Bengal’s Kotulpur. Nadda
said Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) slogan of ‘Maa,
Mati, Manush’ is now reduced to “torture against
women, killing of BJP workers and appeasement.”
Won’t privatise all banks;
will protect staff interest: FM
No tradition of phone intercept in Raj: CM
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: With the Ra-
jasthan BJP hoping to
corner the Congress
government in the state
assembly on Wednes-
day over the phone tap-
ping incident, leading
from the front to ‘dif-
fuse’ the saffron party’s
charge at an early stage,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Tuesday said
that he has already put
forward his version in
the matter on August
14, 2020 and that the
government does not
interfere in the laws
laid down for such pro-
cesses. “I have already
said entire version,
however, now it just ap-
pears that it is an in-
fighting of the BJP for
internal supremacy. It
is an attempt to unnec-
essarily disturb the
house,” the chief minis-
ter said.
Gehlot further added,
“I myself have been lev-
elling allegations
against the Central
Government that the
whole country is scared
today
. People are afraid
of talking on phone.
They call back to con-
nect through What-
sApp/facetime for fear
that their conversation
is being taped.There is
no such tradition in Ra-
jasthan. There are laws
for telephone intercep-
tion and telephones are
intercepted only under
the provisions of these
laws.Telephones are in-
tercepted after approval
of the competent au-
thority under the provi-
sions of Indian Tele-
graph Act 1885, Indian
Telegraph (Amend-
ment) Rules-2007 and IT
Act 2000. The Govern-
ment does not interfere
in it at all.”
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
I have already put forward the entire
version, however, now it just appears
that it is an infighting of the BJP for
internal supremacy, he said
Maha in grip of 2nd COVID wave,
step up contact tracing: Centre
Mumbai: The Centre
warned Maharashtra
on Tuesday that the
state is witnessing the
beginning of the sec-
ond wave of the Cov-
id-19 pandemic and
asked the state gov-
ernment to scale up
the pace of vaccina-
tion campaign, espe-
cially in districts wit-
nessing a sharp in-
crease in infections.
Issuing a letter to
Maharashtra’s Chief
Secretary Sitaram
Kunte, which is based
on the assessment of
the central team’s vis-
it last week, the Union
Health Secretary
Rajesh Bhushan has
urged Turn to P6
MAHARASHTRA, PUNJAB CONTRIBUTE
HIGHEST DAILY COVID-19 CASES
New Delhi: India detected 24,492 cases of the nov-
el coronavirus on Monday, of which 15,051 cases
were from Maharashtra and 1,818 from Punjab. The
number of active cases in the country has increased
to more than 2.23 lakh. In view of the rising cases,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may chair a meeting
with chief ministers on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI WORLD’S MOST
POLLUTED CAPITAL FOR
THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital for the
third straight year in 2020, according to IQAir, a Swiss
group that measures air quality levels based on the
concentration of lung-damaging airborne particles known
as PM2.5. India was home to 35 of the world’s 50 most
polluted cities, according to IQAir’s 2020 World Air Qual-
ity Report, which gathered data for 106 countries. P6
EC announces bypolls in
2 LS, 14 Assembly seats
New Delhi: Election
Commission on Tues-
day announced by-
elections to Tirupati
Lok Sabha constituen-
cy in Andhra Pradesh
and Belgaum Lok Sab-
ha seat in Karnataka
and for 14 vacancies in
assemblies of different
states.
The polling will be
held on April 17 and
counting of votes will
takeplaceonMay2.As-
sembly by-election will
be held in Rajasthan’s
Sahara, Sujangarh and
Rajsamand, Telanga-
na’s Nagarjuna Sagar,
Gujarat’sMorvaHadaf,
Jharkhand’s Madhu-
pur, Karnataka’s Basa-
vakalyan, Karnataka’s
Maski, Madhya
Pradesh’s Damoh, Ma-
harashtra’s Pandhar-
pur, Mizoram’s Serch-
hip, Nagaland’s Noks-
en, Odisha’s Pipili and
Uttarakhand’s Salt.
Last date of filing
nomination is March
30. —ANI, More on P7
GET MY SECURITY
CHIEF BACK,
MAMATA TO ECI
Kolkata: Hours after the
Election Commission of
India (ECI) ordered the
suspension of two sen-
ior IPS officers in West
Bengal Sunday for the
Nandigram incident that
left CM Mamata Banerjee
injured, she had written
to the poll body seeking
a suspension of the
order, stating that her
chief security officer was
“in no way Turn to P6
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses an election campaign rally at Saltora, in Bankura district on Tuesday.

RAJASTHAN
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First India Bureau
New Delhi/Jaipur:
BJPnationalspokesper-
sonandMPfromJaipur
rural Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore and for-
mer CM Vasundhara
Raje on Tuesday cited a
number of recent cases
of rapes in Rajasthan to
hit out at the Congress
leadership, and alleged
the state government is
busy saving itself in-
stead of serving people.
Rathore also reiter-
ated his party’s demand
for Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot’s resigna-
tion over the phone-tap-
pingandcalledforaCBI
probe into the matter.
Addressing a press
conference in New Del-
hi, Rathore said that
Rajasthantopsthechart
in nationwide crimes
againstwomenandsaid
it had registered 6,000
cases in 2019 out of
32,000 across the coun-
try as per the NCRB
data.
Congress leaders Ra-
hul Gandhi and Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra, how-
ever, cannot see these
crimes and have not ut-
tered a word, he said.
“For a party whose
top two leaders are
women, this is only pos-
sible if the political
leadership forgets its
primeobjectiveof work-
ing for people,” he said,
hitting out at the Sonia
Gandhi-led party
.
Referring to a rape
incident in Jhalawar,
Raje tweeted on Tues-
day that the police are
equally responsible as
they neither received
the victim’s complaint
nor took her to her
house. She said the Con-
gress government
should wake up from
slumber and taken ac-
tion against guilty po-
lice personnel also.
—With PTI inputs
Rathore, Raje target Cong over spike in cases
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
BUDGET
SESSION
THE BJP MLAs ALSO HELD A DHARNA IN THE WELL OF THE HOUSE AFTER SPEAKER CP JOSHI REJECTED THE
ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS MOVED BY DEPUTY LOP RAJENDRA RATHORE AND BJP MLA KALICHARAN SARAF
RUCKUS OVER PHONE TAPPING ROW,
DILAWAR SUSPENDED FOR A WEEK
Yogesh Sharma /
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The BJP creat-
ed a ruckus in the state
Assembly on Tuesday,
demanding an immedi-
ate debate on the phone-
tappingrowandprompt-
ing the suspension of
party MLA Madan Dila-
warfromtheHousefora
week. The House was
adjourned four times to-
day due to the uproar.
Accusing the govern-
ment of tapping phones
of public representa-
tives,theBJPmovedtwo
adjournmentmotionsto
discuss the issue. The
BJP MLAs also held a
dharnaintheWellof the
House after Speaker CP
Joshi rejected the ad-
journment motions
moved by Deputy LoP
Rajendra Rathore and
BJP MLA Kalicharan
Saraf.
Chief MinisterAshok
Gehlotintheeveningac-
cused the Opposition
party of creating “un-
necessary disturbance”
and said he had already
made a statement over
the issue in the Assem-
bly last year. BJP on
Monday demanded res-
ignation of Gehlot on
moral grounds. The mo-
tionmovedbySaraf was
about situation created
due to breach of privacy
because of phone tap-
ping. Rathore’s motion
was about breach of pri-
vacy due to phone tap-
ping of elected public
representatives, MLAs,
MPs and union minis-
ters. When the Speaker
did not allow the BJP
MLAstospeak,theycre-
ated an uproar and
stormed to the Well.
The Speaker rejected
the motions on ground
that there was no men-
tion whose privacy was
breached. The Speaker
asked BJP MLAs to give
facts in support of their
claim and said he will
forward the facts to the
government, who will
give a reply today itself.
—With PTI inputs
BJP MLAs form chain to stop
Dilawar being escorted out
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MLA
Madan Dilawar was
suspended from the
Assembly after he ap-
proached and inter-
rupted Independent
MLA Sanyam Lodha,
who was speaking on
demands for grants
for education, art and
culture. Lodha object-
ed to Dilawar’s behav-
iour, following which
Speaker CP Joshi
warned Dilawar who
did not pay any heed,
Joshi asked Parlia-
mentary Affairs Min-
ister Shanti Dhariwal
to bring a proposal.
Dhariwal moved a
proposal to suspend
Dilawar from the
House for seven days
which was passed by
voice vote. BJP MLAs
protesting in the Well
of theHouseformeda
human chain around
Dilawar to stop him
from being escorted
out by marshals.
BJP wants to expose GS
Shekhawat via phone
tapping row: Dotasra
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Hitting back at
the opposition BJP over
the issue of phone tap-
ping controversy, PCC
president Govind Singh
Dotasra on Tuesday
said that a section of lo-
cal BJP leaders want to
expose Union minister
GajendraSinghShekha-
wat who had played a
role in efforts to topple
the Congress govern-
ment in Rajasthan.
He said that the local
leaders want to expose
him in order to prevent
him from being a con-
tender for the post of
CM. “It was asked in the
Assembly whether
phone tapping happens.
Along with this, the pro-
cess was asked and the
reply to the question
was given. Phone tap-
ping used to take place
earlier and it happens
even today. And if the
need arises, it will con-
tinue to happen (as per
the provisions of the
law),” he told reporters.
Transport minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas said that phones
of none of the ministers
or MLAs were tapped.
“BJP does not have any
relevant issue hence
they are running be-
hind this point,” he
said. Chief Whip Dr.
Mahesh Joshi and Dep-
uty whip Mahendra
Choudhary said that the
allegations of violation
of privacy of the opposi-
tion are completely
baseless.
“If Union Minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat gives his voice
sample, the truth will
be revealed. Shekhawat
should explain how the
audio came out,” Ma-
hesh Joshi said.
Govind Singh Dotasra
Infants died in Kota
of diseases, no one
guilty: Dr Raghu
Stalemate over phone-tapping
ends as Speaker to allow debate
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health min-
ister Raghu Sharma
on Tuesday said that
no doctor or official
was found guilty of
carelessness in the
inquiry in the deaths
of infants in Kota’s
government hospi-
tal. Replying to a
question asked by
BJP MLA Vasudev
Devnani, the minis-
ter said that the re-
port of the commit-
teewhichwasformed
to probe the matter
has been submitted
and no doctor or of-
ficial was responsi-
ble for the deaths.
He said that the in-
fants died due to dis-
eases and there
should be no politics
on the deaths of in-
fants.
The minister, who
appeared well pre-
pared for replies, in-
formed the house
that 1,060 deaths
were reported in
Ajmer district in
2017, 1,276 in 2018,
1,200 in 2019, and 939
deaths in 2020.
In Kota district,
852 deaths were re-
ported in 2107, 881 in
2018 and reduced to
837 in 2019 and 717 in
2020. “This clearly
shows that there is a
steady decline in the
number of deaths
due to efficient man-
agement,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The dharna by
BJP members that oc-
curred in the Rajasthan
Assembly on Tuesday
over phone tapping row
ended in the night after
Assembly Speaker Dr
CP Joshi assured the
agitating BJP MLAs of
holding debate on the
topic in the House.
Moreover, the Speak-
er has also allowed
MLA Madan Dilawar to
reach till the lobby for
opposition MLAs giv-
ing a minor relief to the
MLA during his seven-
day long expulsion from
the House. A decision
on allowing him to en-
ter the House will be
taken once the proceed-
ings resume.
“The issue of phone
tapping has been ex-
tremely crucial since
the first day, but the
reply to a question
asked in August has
come now. The govern-
ment has not given the
answer as was sought
but acceptance on
phone tapping raises
suspicion on the gov-
ernment’s approach.
We thought it was just
and right that the state
government should
give its answer on the
issue and that too at a
time when open debate
can be held on it. We
raised this demand
and when the Speaker
rejected it, a situation
of no-pass occurred.
The matter was raised
in the Lok Sabha on
Tuesday and will be
raised in Rajya Sabha
on Wednesday,” BJP
state chief Satish Poo-
nia said
Education, art and culture
grants of `370 billion passed
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Minister of
State for Higher Educa-
tion Bhanwar Singh
Bhati said in the As-
sembly on Tuesday that
the state government’s
focus on higher educa-
tion is mainly on 6
points which include
quality of education, ef-
fective and strong
teaching and service,
access to education, re-
source systemininstitu-
tions, education to stu-
dents as well as employ-
ment-oriented training
and online learning sys-
tem. Bhati was replying
to the debate on De-
mands for Education,
Arts and Culture in the
House. After discussion,
the House passed the de-
mand for a grant of Rs
370 billion, 60 crore 17
lakh 30 thousand for ed-
ucation, art and culture.
In the budget announce-
ment for 2021-22, the bill
of MBM University has
been reestablished in
the House with the
opening of 28 new state
colleges. 88 new state
colleges have been
opened in just 2 years
whereas the previous
government had opened
only 73 new state col-
leges in its entire ten-
ure. With this, 4 girls
colleges have also been
opened in the name of 4
deceased MLAs, he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has refused to
create new districts in
Rajasthan at present.
Revenue minister Har-
ish Chaudhary said in
the state Assembly on
Tuesday that at present
there is no proposal un-
der active considera-
tion with the state gov-
ernment for formation
of new districts and no
committee is set up for
this purpose. In re-
sponse to a question of
BJP MLA Santosh Ba-
wari regarding making
Anupgarh a district,
Chaudhary said that a
committee was consti-
tuted under the chair-
manship of retired IAS
Parmesh Chand on 20
January 2014 to give
suggestions on the for-
mation of new districts
during the previous
government.
“Thiscommitteegave
its report to the govern-
ment in the year 2018,
which is under exami-
nation at the highest
level. At present, there
is no proposal to create
new districts. Mean-
while, Leader of Oppo-
sition Gulabchand Ka-
taria raised questions
on Revenue Minister
Harish Chaudhary’s re-
ply and said that it has
been three years since
the report of the Par-
mesh Chand Commit-
tee on the creation of
new district-subdivi-
sion, why does the gov-
ernment not take a de-
cision on it? Chaud-
hary
, in his reply
, reject-
ed the report of the
Parmesh Chand Com-
mittee itself and said,
“there is no report of
the committee. The re-
port only has signature
of the chairman but
there is no report from
the other members of
the committee.
Action against
officials for
wrong info in
the Assembly
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Officer in
charge of Pali
Lehri Das and dis-
trict sports offic-
er- Pali Om
Prakash Bariya
were suspended
on Tuesday for
giving wrong in-
formation to the
legislative as-
sembly.
Sports officer of
Udaipur Shakil
Hussain, assem-
bly cell in charge,
state sports coun-
cil Shyamveer
Singh and assis-
tant engineer of
the sports council
Vinod Kumar
were served notic-
es under 17 CCA
rules.
The action was
taken for giving
wrong facts in re-
plies of questions
asked in the as-
sembly
.
Speaker Dr CP Joshi in the House on Tuesday.
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आबकारी आरुक्त,
राजस्ान,उदरपुर
Rathore also reiterated BJP’s demand
for CM Ashok Gehlot’s resignation
No proposal to form new dists: Chaudhary Poonia writes to NCW over
rise in crimes against women
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia has
written a letter to the
President of National
Commission for Women,
Rekha Sharma about the
rising atrocities on wom-
eninRajasthanandasked
the Commission to take
cognizance. In the last
one year, 80,000 cases of
atrocities on women have
been registered at differ-
ent places in the state.
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POCSO: Man
convicted in 15
days of challan
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: POCSO
Court Special Judge
Sukesh Kumar Jain
on Tuesday convicted
anaccusedinthecase
of raping a 5-year-old.
The court is expected
to pronounce the sen-
tence on Wednesday
.
The verdict of the
court came within 15
days of the challan
filling. The police had
presented the challan
in 9 days of the inci-
dent that took place
on February 19. A to-
tal of 27 witnesses
were produced by the
police. Special Public
Prosecutor Lokendra
SinghShekhawathad
pleaded for severe
punishment.
Man charred
to death in
fire at clinic
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: A man
was charred to death in
a massive fire that
broke out at Ekam
Medical Store and Clin-
ic near Mathura Gate
in Bharatpur on Tues-
day early morning. The
victim Vicky was sleep-
ing inside the clinic.
The medical equip-
ment kept in the clinic
was also destroyed. The
fire brigade arrived at
the spot and after a
struggle of about 90
minutes the fire was
doused. A bike and lug-
gage kept inside the
clinic were also burnt
to ashes. The cause of
the fire is being report-
ed as a short circuit.
Rape attempt
on 6-year-old:
Accused held
First India Bureau
Pushkar (Ajmer): The
police arrested Chenar-
am Raigar (25), accused
of attempting rape on a
6-year-old, within 24
hours of the incident.
The police held the ac-
cused from Nagaur and
presented him in the
court. Ajmer SP Jagdish
Chandra Sharma said
that info was received in
the police control room
on Saturday night that
the accused tried to mo-
lest the victim. The ac-
cused, however, fled
away seeing the villag-
ers. He said the accused
is booked under POCSO
Act and police will file
chargesheet soon.
Raj reports 241 new cases, one death
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
corded 241 fresh Covid
cases and one death on
Tuesday raising the to-
tal positive cases to
3,23,461. The maximum
number of 43 cases
were reported from
Udaipur followed by 31
in Jaipur, 26 in Kota, 25
in Rajsamand, and 23
in Ajmer. The total ac-
tive cases are 2,661.
Health Minister Dr
RaghuSharmaonTues-
day said Rajasthan has
vaccinated more than
31.51 lakh people. He
congratulatedthehealth
department officers,
doctors and personnel
for this achievement.
Dr Sharma said that
the state has been lead-
ing on every aspect of
corona control due to
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s micro plan-
ning and vigilance.
The ‘Bhilwara’ and
‘Ramganj’ models to
control corona re-
mained in the lime-
light of the country
and the world. He said
that the health depart-
ment and the team
working with complete
alertness and vigi-
lance made all possible
efforts to reduce the
spread of corona.
He said that till 7 am
of 16 March, 26,63,348
people took the first
dose of vaccine and
4,88,324 people took the
second dose of vaccine.
STATE HAS VACCINATED RECORD 31.51 LAKH PEOPLE, SAYS DR RAGHU SHARMA
KHATU SHYAM
FAIR FROM TODAY
The annual Khatu Shyam
fair will start from
Wednesday till 26 March
in Sikar amid strict corona
protocols. The devotees,
who have registered
for the fair, will have to
show Covid negative
report. For a better
crowd management, the
authorities have designed
15-km line in a zig-zag
shape in order to hold a
large number of people in
a smaller area with social
distancing.
DGP ML Lather got his second dose of vaccine on Tuesday.
Rape victim burnt: Husband
turns out to be the culprit
Hanumangarh: A man
was arrested in connec-
tion with the murder of
his wife in Hanuman-
garh district of Ra-
jasthan, police said on
Tuesday. The accused
Krishna Kumar, a resi-
dent of Jhunjhunu, has
been arrested, the po-
lice said.
His wife had been liv-
ing separately due to a
dispute with him and
he wanted to teach her
a lesson. She was living
with her maternal
grandmother along
with the couple’s 13-
year old daughter in
Hanumangarh.
Kumar had suspi-
cions over her charac-
ter. The woman, who
usedtorunabeautypar-
lour, had earlier lodged
a rape case against local
man Pradeep Vishnoi in
2018.
Initially, the rape ac-
cused Vishnoi was sus-
pected and detained for
questioning. However,
he was not found in-
volved in the case and
has been released.
In the early hours of
March4,Kumarentered
her house, sprinkled
kerosene on the floor
and set her on fire. —PTI
Man suspected her character and wanted custody of daughter
Accused in the police custody.
Dadi Ratan Mohini
is new spiritual head
First India Bureau
Abu Road (Sirohi):
Dadi Ratan Mohini (96)
has been appointed as
the Spiritual Head of
the Brahma Kumaris,
the largest organisation
run by women that has
about 8,000 service cent-
ers in 140 countries.
The decision was tak-
en at a meeting of the
management commit-
tee of the organisation,
BK Karuna, Director
Information said. Dadi
Ratan Mohini was pre-
viously additional chief
administrator. The de-
cision comes less than a
week after the previous
head Dadi Hriday Moh-
ini, died last week. Dadi
Mohini was born on 25
March 1925 in Hy-
derabad Sindh which is
now in Pakistan.
Anotherseniorleader
Ishu Dadi has been ap-
pointed Additional Spir-
itual Chief. Dr. Nirmala
will take the charge of
Joint Spiritual Chief at
Gyan Sarovar Academy
.
As Dadi describes
herself, she was shy
talking, but a very good
student. She used to
dedicate most of her
time to education.
Dadi Ratan Mohini
3 ABVP members injured in police lathi-charge
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The hunger
strikebyABVPmembers
in Rajasthan University
took a violent turn on
Tuesday after which the
police has to resort to
lathi-charge in which
three members were in-
jured. The ABVP held a
workers’ conference in
Vivekananda Garden.
Postmeeting,therewasa
protest at the Vice Chan-
cellor secretariat.
However, during this
time, ABVP workers
were also seen getting
entangledwiththepolice
administration.Withthe
increasing protests, the
police resorted to lathi
charge on the students
and chased all the stu-
dents from the spot.
Asthreestudentswere
injured, one of them was
taken to the hospital in
an ambulance. After the
incident,ABVPprovince
organizationgeneralsec-
retary Arjun Tiwari and
all the workers returned
to the Vice-Chancellor
Secretariatandprotested
against the lathi-charge.
ABVPworkershavebeen
sittingonahungerstrike
for the last 23 days in Ra-
jasthan University de-
manding fulfilment of
their 21-point demands. ABVP members were going to meet VC when the police stopped them and lathi-charged. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
FOR STUDENTS’ SAKE!
21-POINT DEMANDS INCLUDE 5% BONUS POINTS TO
PROMOTIONAL STUDENTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, NEW LIBRARY
Body of missing police
driver found in canal
Kota: The body of a
man working as a
driver in Rajasthan
Police was found in a
canal along the Kota-
Bundi national high-
way on Tuesday
, near-
ly three days after he
went missing, offi-
cials said. Ashok Ku-
mar Choudhary (48)
of Haryana’s Rohtak,
who was posted at the
Motor Transport Of-
fice here, had gone
missing on Saturday
night, they said.
His motorcycle was
found in the same ca-
nal on Monday morn-
ing, the police said. A
case was lodged un-
der section 174 of the
CrPC to ascertain the
cause of death, and
the body was handed
over to the family
members after post-
mortem, Circle in-
charge, Nayapura po-
lice station, Shankar-
lal said.
Prima facie, it
seems Choudhary fell
into the canal along
with the two-wheeler
while going home on
Saturday night and
drowned, Shankarlal
said, adding that no
injury marks were
foundonthebody
.—PTI
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tress affects us mentally,
physically
, and spiritually
. In
a time of crisis, the impulse
is to give in to fear, concern,
and panic, which engenders
soul sickness. The physical
response comes first, and
one tends to go into self-iso-
lation, and social distancing.
The second effect is realized
on our soul, that one experi-
ences personally with sel-
dom answers and advice. In
an event of failure, hopeless-
ness, death, defeat, and vari-
ous happening the soul
reaches its dark pit which
seems invincible. With the
growing materialistic ap-
proach to life, profiling com-
petition at the workplace,
shrinking family dynamics,
falling dialogues among
friends, and unhealthy life-
style, spiritual health is at
increased risk of decay
. How-
ever stressful the situation
and anxiety levels are, the
soul is the most intimate
part of us, and it isn’t found
by running away. Spiritual
well-being is alien to many
people’s daily lives, especial-
ly at the workplace. Millions
of people experience an un-
easy soul, however you want
to define it — the weariness
of heart, existential dread, a
sinking feeling that nothing
really matters, Negative out-
look towards life. — without
finding a way out.
Life forces us to work. We all
have different life lessons, and
while going through those dif-
ficult inner fires at a job there
is no need for the unhealthy
levels of competition and con-
flict that arise from the fear of
the unknown and the crippling
self-doubt that burdens need-
lessly. We should try to create
around us a world of connec-
tion, collaboration, and kind
compassion which involves our
co-workers. We must realize
that everyone and everything
else in the universe is a part of
ourselves. Recent scientific dis-
coveries have revealed that we
are not only deeply connected
to everything in the world
around us but also have unbe-
lievable capacities to outreach
and connect to others.
Fully embracing and un-
derstanding these profound
discoveries will allow one to
fundamentally change his/
her whole relationship to life
and rather than fearing oth-
ers and seeing them as rivals
or adversaries, one becomes
an inspiration to do every-
thing one can to help and
support others and be a part
of their winning journey.
And the truth is, we are a
part of them! Both east and
west have a long tradition of
understanding and examin-
ing spiritual well-being.
These approaches towards
spiritual enlightening give
us a sense of security and
control over our life path
and direction. By bringing
one close to one’s soul, and
increasing higher awareness
or deeper self-understanding
these solutions help us in
various ways and try to re-
verse the damaging effect on
our soul in modern society
.
The best workaround for this
challenge would be by connect-
ing with the immediate com-
munity and adopting relaxa-
tion techniques and attempting
to look around for joy at the
workplace. When we open up,
we realize everyone is experi-
encing stress. Nor is it neces-
sary to enter into metaphysical
speculation about what spirit-
ual awakening is all about.
Spirituality can only be experi-
enced in the fleeting moment.
With increasing competition at
the workplace, one can either
see colleagues as rivals or con-
vert it into an opportunity to
find that common connection
which recent scientific studies
claim that all of us share. A
simple relaxation exercise can
motivate us to perform an act
of kindness or inspire us to
show appreciation to some col-
league for their job, offer help
to those in need, or bring com-
fort to someone feeling lonely
and anxious. These simple hu-
man gestures we tend to over-
look can be overwhelmingly
satisfying and can provide us
with a sense of belongingness
at the workplace and be part of
our work community. Univer-
sal truths do not matter until
they are true for you personal-
ly. The secret imparted by the
world’s wisdom traditions is
that your sense of self, the sim-
ple experience of “I am,” is the
gateway to inner peace and joy
.
Resilience to negativity is
achieved when we ponder to
reflect upon our daily deeds
and there is unbreachable
integration between our ac-
tions and thought. Little
mindfulness about our work
habits or communication
style with colleagues can
prove a great tool for our
spiritual awareness. When
we reflect, we seek a higher
purpose and tend to see be-
yond the mundane pattern
of actions. We achieve peace
with our immediate sur-
roundings and that is the
moment of change. Trusting
this new form of knowledge
takes practice. Over time,
we may find these tips lead-
ing us into new work oppor-
tunities. With this not only
do we achieve an inner bal-
ance but also, we continue to
grow and inspires.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SPIRITUAL HEALTH AT WORK PLACE
AND RESILIENCE TO NEGATIVITY!
S
A simple
relaxation
exercise can
motivate us to
perform an act
of kindness or
inspire us to
show
appreciation to
some colleague
for their job,
offer help to
those in need, or
bring comfort to
someone feeling
lonely and
anxious.
RESILIENCE TO
NEGATIVITY IS
ACHIEVED WHEN WE
PONDER TO REFLECT
UPON OUR DAILY
DEEDS AND THERE IS
UNBREACHABLE
INTEGRATION
BETWEEN OUR
ACTIONS AND
THOUGHT
DR JYOTI
JOSHI
The author is a soft skill trainer,
business coach and English language
instructor in Germany, Europe
n March 10, the
credit-rating
agency Moody’s
placed Ethiopia
on review for a
downgrade. The problem
isn’t violence and repres-
sion in Ethiopia’s embat-
tled Tigray region. Rather,
Moody’s has concluded
that the Ethiopian govern-
ment’s commitment to en-
gage with private credi-
tors, as part of the G20
Common Framework for
Debt Treatments beyond
the Debt Service Suspen-
sion Initiative, raises the
risk that those creditors
will incur losses. For that,
the country apparently
must be punished.
Whereas the DSSI aims
to provide immediate re-
lief to low-income coun-
tries during the pandemic,
the Common Framework
was designed to help debt-
distressed sovereigns re-
schedule or reduce their
liabilities. For many coun-
tries, it offers the best
chance of making their
debt burdens sustainable.
But now, the threat of rat-
ings downgrades is casting
a shadow over these coun-
tries’ prospects.
This points to a systemic
problem in international
finance: the extraordinary
– and undeserved – power
wielded by a few private
credit-rating agencies. Just
three – Moody’s, SP Glob-
al Ratings, and Fitch Rat-
ings – control more than
94% of outstanding credit
ratings. And there is sig-
nificant cross-sharehold-
ing among them.
These oligopolistic firms
are market movers and
makers, influencing finan-
cial portfolio allocations,
the pricing of debt and
other financial instru-
ments, and the cost of cap-
ital. Bolstering their au-
thority, the US Securities
and Exchange Commission
has recognized them as of-
ficial statistical rating or-
ganizations. And many in-
stitutional investors, re-
quired by law to hold only
“investment-grade” assets
in their portfolios, must
abide by the rating agen-
cies’ verdicts.
Concerns about ratings
agencies were first widely
expressed during the En-
ron scandal in 2001. Enron,
an energy-trading compa-
ny
, had been using account-
ing tricks and complex fi-
nancial instruments to
mislead investors, credi-
tors, and regulators about
its value. The ratings agen-
cies were certainly fooled:
The Big Three all issued
Enron investment-grade
ratings just days before the
company collapsed.
redit-rating agencies
have also been accused of
enabling the United States’
subprime-mortgage bub-
ble, which triggered the
global financial crisis
when it burst in 2008, and
of exacerbating the bust
through rapid reversals
and downgrades. And they
have been known to adjust
ratings in ways that seem
to reflect ideological posi-
tions, such as a commit-
ment to fiscal austerity
.
And yet, as Yuefen Li,
the United Nations Inde-
pendent Expert on Foreign
Debt and Human Rights,
points out in a new report,
ratings agencies face no ac-
countability for their mis-
takes or damaging behav-
ior. Their ratings are le-
gally described as “opin-
ions,” which are protected
under free-speech laws,
and they do not disclose
their methodology. In
short, ratings agencies do
not bear appropriate re-
sponsibility for the enor-
mous power they wield.
Moreover,asLialsonotes,
conflictsof interestabound.
Ratingsagenciesareprivate
businesses, funded largely
bytheinstitutionstheyrate.
And they are players in the
markets they purportedly
assess, meaning that self-
interest inevitably shapes
their decision-making. Rat-
ings agencies have, for ex-
ample, been involved in the
creation of financial prod-
ucts that they were then re-
sponsibleforrating–includ-
ing the mortgage-backed
securities that, flush with
AAA ratings, helped bring
about the 2008 crisis.
And yet, even as regula-
tors work to limit conflicts
of interest among most fi-
nancial-market players,
they seem content to leave
credit-rating agencies to
police themselves. The lack
of regulatory action partly
reflects the lobbying power
of the Big Three. And it is
generating serious risks,
which the coronavirus pan-
demic has intensified.
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Credit-rating agencies could derail Economic Recovery!
O
Whatever happened,
happened for the good.
Whatever is happening, is
happening for the good.
Whatever will happen, will
also happen for the good.
—Bhagwad Gita
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
GOI is privatising profit
nationalising loss. Selling PSBs to
Modicronies gravely compromises
India’s financial security. I stand
in solidarity with the striking bank
employees.#BankStrike
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Welcome the approval for revised
cost estimates of `9129.32 crore
for strengthening of transmission
distribution system in Arunachal
Pradesh Sikkim. This will boost
per capita power consumption in
these States, and contribute to their
overall economic development.
IN-DEPTH
PSB STAFF WARNS OF
A BIGGER STRUGGLE
fter the indefinite protest by farmers
against the three new farm laws it is now
the turn of employees of nationalised
banks to warn of indefinite strike if the
government presses ahead with its
banks privatization plan. The two-day strike by 10
lakh employees of public sector banks which ended
on Tuesday crippled banking services across the
country but the government is unfazed. Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was unequivocal
about the privatisation plans which were intended
for “scaling up” of public sector banks and wanted
them to “meet the country’s aspirations”. She also
sought to allay fears of employees saying that their
interests will be protected and they won’t lose their
jobs. Not all PSBs, she said, will be privatised. Like
in the case of farm laws, the government won’t give
its privatization plan a second thought as it expects
to earn Rs 1.75 lakh crore through divestment of
public sector units and banks.
There guessing games are on about which banks
will be put under the hammer and whether indus-
trial houses will be allowed to bid for them. In the
latter case concerns have been raised about conflict
of interests and could lead to lending for the own-
er’s own businesses. Former RBI governor
Raghuram Rajan and deputy governor Viral Acha-
rya raised the red flag, warning of bad lending in
spite of RBI’s proposed strict controls. The RBI in-
ternalgroup’ssuggestionfavouringPSBownership
by industrial houses could be a hint of what is to
come.But who will bethebeneficiary of thegovern-
ment’s proposal? One has to wait for the answer.
A
SECOND COVID WAVE
GRIPS MAHARASHTRA
he second wave of Covid-19 is here, the
Union Health Ministry said in a grim
warning. The warning pertained to Ma-
harashtra which accounted for 15,051
fresh cases out of the total 24, 492 novel
coronavirus cases detected in the country on Mon-
day
. This was close to the peak touched in October
last year. Punjab came next with 1,818 cases. Mon-
day’s death toll stood at 131. The Maharashtra situ-
ation has forced the government to impose full/
partial lockdown in several cities of the State. As
lockdowns, partial or full, cannot be the solution,
a health ministry deployed in the State suggested
implementation of 14 public health measures to
check the virus from spreading. The measures in-
clude a strict containment strategy, proper moni-
toring of home isolation cases and contact tracing.
With the number of active cases in the country
increasingtomorethan2.23lakhandgiventhegrav-
ity of the Covid-19 upsurge, Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi may address a meeting of chief ministers
today
. Other than the Covid-19 numbers, the prime
minister may possibly also allay fears on adverse
effects Covid-19 vaccines in view of the scare in Eu-
rope over Astrazeneca shot developed by Oxford.
France, Italy
, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Denmark,
Iceland, Norway
, Bulgaria and several other coun-
tries halted the use of Astrazeneca. Some countries
said the vaccines caused clotting and “unspecified”
adverse effects. The vaccine is also used in India
under Covishield brand name but there have been
no complaints about its safety
. The World Health
Organisation has insisted that the shot is safe. Is the
scare in Europe more political than real?
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INDIA
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CONG, GOVT ENGAGE IN WAR OF WORDS
IN LOK SABHA OVER SEDITION CASES
New Delhi: The Con-
gress and the govern-
ment engaged in a war
of words in Lok Sabha
on Tuesday over sedi-
tion cases with the op-
position party alleging
the stringent law is be-
ing misused, drawing a
sharp retort from Un-
ion minister G Kishan
Reddy who asked it not
to lecture others on de-
mocracy
.
During the Question
Hour, Congress mem-
ber from Telangana
Anumula Revanth Red-
dy sought the number
of cases registered un-
der the offence of sedi-
tion across the country
during the last 10 years,
the conviction rate and
the steps taken for their
speedy trial.
The focus of his ques-
tion was on climate ac-
tivist Disha Ravi who
was arrested in the
farmer protest toolkit
case earlier this year
and later granted bail,
and cases registered
against farmer union
leaders after the Janu-
ary 26 violence in the
national capital. —PTI
ED ATTACHES PROPERTIES OF
SHINDE’S DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW
Mumbai: ED has attached
two offices owned by the
daughter and son-in-law
of former Union Home
Minister and former
Maharashtra CM Sushil-
kumar Shinde in a money
laundering case. The of-
fices, located at a building
in Mumbai’s Andheri, are
in name of 2 companies-
Jindal Combines Pvt Ltd
and Orlando Trading Pvt
Ltd - in which Shinde’s
daughter Priti Shroff and
son-in-law Raj Shroff
are major shareholders.
“ED attaches commercial
properties worth Rs.
35.48 Crore belonging to
Raj Shroff and his wife,
owners of M/s Jindal
Combines Pvt. Ltd
M/s Orlando Trading Pvt.
Ltd. under PMLA in Bank
Fraud case.” ED tweeted.
PRINCIPAL ADVISOR IN PMO
PK SINHA RESIGNS
New Delhi: PK Sinha,
the former Cabinet
Secretary and Prin-
cipal Advisor in the
Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO) has resigned
from his post on
personal grounds. The
retired 1977-batch
IAS officer of the Uttar
Pradesh cadre put in
his papers on Mon-
day evening, said the
sources. After Misra,
Sinha became the
second high-profile of-
ficial to exit the PMO.
Misra had resigned in
August 2019 after the
Lok Sabha elections,
prompting a rejig in
the PMO.
300+ COMPANIES FILED FOR
BANKRUPTCY IN 3 YEARS: GOVT
New Delhi: The
Ministry of Corporate
Affairs said more than
300 Indian companies
have filed for bankrupt-
cy between 2018 to
2020. Union Minister
of State for Finance and
Corporate Affairs Anu-
rag Singh Thakur in a
written reply in RS said
as per data provided by
the National Company
Law Tribunal (NCLT),
149 companies filed
for bankruptcy in 2018,
103 in 2019 and anoth-
er 72 in 2020 making
a total of 324 Indian
companies which have
filed for bankruptcy
during 3 years period.
FIR AGAINST CHANDRABABU NAIDU,
AIDE IN AMARAVATI LAND CASE
Amaravati: In a major
setback to Telugu Desam
Party (TDP) Supremo and
former Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister, Nara
Chandrababu Naidu, the
Crime Investigation De-
partment (CID) has filed
an FIR against him and
a former cabinet minis-
ter for being allegedly
involved in a case of
land-grabbing from the
Dalit community in the
state capital Amaravati.
The other accused min-
ister is education baron,
Ponguru Narayana,
who owns the Narayana
group of educational
institutions. Narayana
had served as the Andhra
Municipal Administration
and Urban Development
Minister when Naidu was
the Chief Minister.
Parl panel bats
for simultaneous
elections
PARL PANEL ASKS
GOVT TO VEST MORE
POWER TO CBI
SWAPAN DASGUPTA
RESIGNS AS RAJYA
SABHA MEMBER
Bill passed to raise upper
limit for legal abortions
PAR PANEL TO GOVT: CONSIDER REDUCING
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AGE TO 16 YRS
New Delhi: Batting for holding
of simultaneous elections, a
parliamentary committee said
this will reduce the burden on
the exchequer, expenditure
of political parties and also
ensure that human resources
are optimally utilised. ‘The
committee also believes
that simultaneous elections
will reduce voters apathy of
frequent elections and will
enthuse general population
and voters in particular which
will ultimately enhance voters
participation in the electoral
process,’ the department-
related standing committee on
law and justice, and personnel
ministries said. The report
was tabled in both Houses on
Tuesday. The committee said
it is of the view that the idea
of ‘One Nation, One Election’
or simultaneous elections is
not new to the country as the
first three Lok Sabha elec-
tions in 1952, 1957 and 1962
were held simultaneously only
and it can be brought into
the mainstream with suitable
amendments to Constitution.
New Delhi: A parlia-
mentary committee
on Tuesday asked the
government to assess
the need for amending
existing laws or bring
out a new legislation to
clearly define the man-
date of the Central Bureau
of Investigation and vest
more power in it. The
recommendation came
after the Central Bureau
of Investigation apprised
the panel that its inves-
tigations are impeded
by the withdrawal of
“general consent” by
states, mainly those ruled
by opposition parties.
New Delhi: Nominated
RS member Swapan
Dasgupta tendered his
resignation from the
upper house of Parlia-
ment after being named
as a BJP candidate in the
West Bengal assembly
elections. Dasgupta, who
became a RS member on
April 25, 2016, has been
named by the saffron par-
ty as its candidate from
Tarakeshwar constituency
in the poll-bound state. “I
have resigned from Rajya
Sabha today to commit
myself totally to the fight
for a better Bengal, Das-
gupta said on Twitter.
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to
raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from
the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for ‘’special cat-
egories of women’’ including rape survivors, victims
of incest, minors, the differently-abled. The Medi-
cal Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill,
2020 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnan-
cy Act, 1971 was passed by voice vote. The bill was
passed by Lok Sabha a year ago. A demand to send
the bill to a select committee of RS was defeated by
voice vote, along with other amendments proposed
by members. ‘’The bill as amended is passed,’’ RS
deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh said.
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended to
the government to consider bringing down juvenile de-
linquency age from 18 to 16 in cases under POCSO Act,
noting that minor sexual offenders may commit more
serious and heinous crime if left untreated and uncoun-
selled. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home
Affairs, headed by Congress MP Anand Sharma, in its
report submitted to Rajya Sabha, observed that there
has been a large number of cases under the POCSO Act
where the age of juvenile offenders has been below the
threshold age for applicability of the law.
Centre
privatising
profit: RaGa
No plan to appoint
panel to revisit state,
centre powers: MHA
Bank strike continues to impact PSB services
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Home Affairs
(MHA) on Tuesday in
the Lok Sabha said that
there is no proposal of
appointing any com-
mission to revisit the
distribution of powers
between Centre and
states as of now.
MHA denied any pro-
posal of the above-said
commission in its reply
to a question from MPs
NK Kateel and Sumala-
tha Ambareesh that
said,“Whetheranycom-
mission would be ap-
pointed to revisit distri-
bution of Centre-state
powers in view of objec-
tions raised by various
statesonthelegislations
relating to electricity,
agriculture and if so,
the details thereof?”
The MHA said that a
Commission on Centre-
State Relations, headed
by Justice Punchhi, had
submitted its report in
2010 in seven volumes.
“It (report) contains
273 recommendations
covering broad subjects
evolution of Centre-
State relations in India,
constitutional govern-
ance and the manage-
ment of Centre-state
relations, Centre-state
financial relations and
planning, local self-gov-
ernments and decen-
tralized governance in-
ternal security, crimi-
nal justice and Centre-
state cooperation, envi-
ronment, natural re-
sources infrastruc-
ture, socio-economic
development, public
policy and good govern-
ance,” MHA said. —ANI
Mumbai: Bank em-
ployees continued with
their nationwide strike
on Tuesday, for the sec-
ond day, following the
call of the United Fo-
rum of Bank Unions
(UFBU). Like all other
parts of the country, it
has impacted services
and operations in Mum-
bai, Panchkula and
Siliguri.
The strike called by
the UFBU against priva-
tisation of Public Sec-
tor Banks and ‘retro-
gradebankingreforms’.
Services such as depos-
its and withdrawal at
branches, cheque clear-
ance, and loan approv-
als got affected due to
the strike. However,
ATMs are likely to re-
main functional.
The United Forum of
Bank Unions had called
a two-day nationwide
strike on March 15 and
16, against privatisa-
tion of Public Sector
Banks and ‘retrograde
banking reforms’. The
United Forum of Bank
Union, an umbrella
body of nine bank un-
ions, with over 10 lakh
bank employees and of-
ficers are participating
in the strike.
The strike came after
Union Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Sithara-
man’s Budget an-
nouncement where she
announced the privati-
sation of two public
sector banks (apart
from IDBI Bank) as
part of the govern-
ment’s disinvestment
drive to generate Rs
1.75 lakh crore. —ANI
New Delhi: The central
government has no in-
formation on the leak
of WhatsApp chats re-
lated to confidential
and sensitive informa-
tion, including the
scrapping of Article
370, which surfaced
during the investiga-
tion of TRP scam by the
Mumbai Police, Lok
Sabha was informed on
Tuesday. A 500-page
transcript of a purport-
ed WhatsApp conversa-
tion, containing details
of the Balakot air
strikes and abrogation
of Article 370, went vi-
ral in January this year
after it was submitted
by the Mumbai Police
before a court as part of
its chargesheet in a case
of misuseof TRP
,which
led to a political storm.
“No such informa-
tion has come to the no-
tice of the govern-
ment,” Union Minister
of State for Home G
Kishan Reddy said in a
written reply
. —PTI
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
lashed out at the Centre
on Tuesday and alleged
that the BJP was “priva-
tising profit” and “na-
tionalising loss”.
His comments come
amidanation-widebank
strike. The two-day
strike, which came into
force on Monday, has
been initiated by nine
public sector bank un-
ions,whichareopposing
the government’s policy
to privatise the lenders.
Taking a dig at the
BJP, Rahul Gandhi said
that selling public sec-
tor banks to “cronies”
will compromise the
country’s financial se-
curity
.
“Government of In-
dia (GOI) is privatising
profit and nationalising
loss. Selling PSBs to
Modicronies gravely
compromises India’s fi-
nancial security,” Gan-
dhi tweeted. —PTI
No info on leaked
WhatsApp chats: Govt
IN THE COURTYARD
SC posts next hearing in
Zakia Jafri plea on April 13
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day posted the plea of
Zakia Jafri, widow of
late Congress Member
of Parliament (MP)
Ehsan Jafri, challeng-
ing the clean chit given
by the Special Investi-
gation Team (SIT) to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and several
others in 2002 Gujarat
riots, for hearing on
April 13.
A bench, headed by
Justice AM Khan-
wilkar, adjourned the
matter for April 13,
saying there will be no
adjournment on that
date.
Senior advocate Ka-
pil Sibal, appearing for
Jafri, asked the Bench
to post the matter for
hearing in April.
Ehsan Jafri was
among 69 people killed
in the Gulbarg Society
massacre.
The SIT appointed
by the apex court had
conducted the investi-
gation into the case
and gave a clean chit to
the then Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra
Modi, other top politi-
cians and bureaucrats.
The clean chit was giv-
en citing lack of “pros-
ecutable evidence”
against them. —ANI

WILL BARUAH SUCCEED JAIN
IN CBIC ?
S R Baruah is likely to succeed Ajay Jain as
Member of the CBIC. He is 1987 batch IRS(CCE)
officer.
LALMALSAWMA PACHUAU TO JOIN
MIZORAM GOVT ON DEPUTATION
Lalmalsawma Pachuau is joining the State
Government of Mizoram on deputation basis. He is
an IRS-IT officer.
STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NHRC !
At present, there is no Member and Chairman in
the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
SHUKLA LIKELY TO GET EXTENSION
Anil Shukla is likely to be given an extension for six
months to one year. Presently he is posted as IG,
NIA. He is an AGMUT cadre IPS officer.
ATUL KUMAR TO BE SP CBI ?
Atul Kumar is likely to be appointed as SP in CBI.
He is 2008 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
IS IT A CONSPIRACY AGAINST DG,
JAILS ?
Suddenly the name of Tihar jail has come up in
the Antilla weapon case of Mumbai. Sources say
that it seems the conspiracy has reportedly been
hatched against the present DG , Jail. He is an
AGMUT cadre IPS officer. Will there be a thorough
investigation in this matter ?
SC LEFT WITH ONLY ONE WOMAN
JUDGE
With Supreme Court Judge Justice Indu Malhotra
- the first woman judge to be elevated directly
from the Bar – demitting office on March 13, 2021,
the apex court has been left with just one woman
judge. Now, Justice Indira Banerjee is the lone
woman judge in the top court, which was working
with 30 judges at the time of Justice Malhotra’s
retirement.
ORDERS OF MOHAPATRA AS ED
NEXT MONTH ?
Orders for the elevation of P K Mohapatra as ED
in a nationalized bank are likely to be issued next
month.
S N TRIPATHI IS NOW DIRECTOR IIPA
Former Secretary in the GoI S N Tripathi is now
Director Indian Institute of Public Administration
(IIPA). He is former 1985 batch IAS officer of
Odisha cadre.
H S SOHAL POSTED AS PCCF IN
DELHI SEGMENT
H S Sohal has been posted as Principal Chief
Conservator of Forests (PCCF) in Delhi segment
of the AGMUT Cadre on being relieved from
deputation. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of
AGMUT cadre.
P K SINHA LIKELY TO BE NEW LG,
PUDUCHERRY
Principal Advisor to PM Narendra Modi, PK Sinha
is likely to be appointed as LG Pudhuchery.
SC COLLEGIUM TO MEET ON
WEDNESDAY ?
Supre Court Collegium is likely to meet on
Wednesday to clear a couple of names for the
Judges in the Apex Court.
POWERGallery
INDIA
06
FRUSTRATED
SHAH...
the Election Commis-
sion has lost its inde-
pendence, and alleged
that the poll panel is
working as per Shah’s
instructions.
“Is Amit Shah run-
ning the EC? He is giv-
ing instructions to the
EC. What happened to
their independence?
My director, security
(Vivek Sahay) was re-
moved (by EC) as per
his instructions,” she
alleged. —PTI
POVERTY,
JOBLESSNESS ...
Singh said the BJP will
form the government in
West Bengal with a
clear majority. “The
numbers in 2019 Lok
Sabha polls is an indica-
tion of the change that
is going to happen in
Bengal with the upcom-
ing state Legislative
Assembly election,”
Singh said.
WON’T PRIVATISE...
statements during a
media briefing on Un-
ion Cabinet approving
a bill to set up a Devel-
opment Finance Insti-
tution (DFI) to gener-
ate funds for invest-
ment in the infrastruc-
ture sector.
The statement as-
sumes significance
amid an ongoing two-
day strike called by the
bank unions to protest
against the proposed
privatization of banks
by the union govern-
ment.
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
on Tuesday informed
Parliament that the Re-
serve Bank of India is
taking measures to
strengthen its regula-
tory and supervisory
capacity, and expressed
hope that these steps
will ensure no regula-
tory mishaps take place
in the future.
“We have been en-
gaging with the RBI to
ensure that the regula-
tory functions and su-
pervisory function of
the RBI are strength-
ened. I am assured by
the RBI Governor that
internally an institu-
tional mechanism is
being further strength-
ened,” Sitharaman said
during Question Hour
in the Rajya Sabha.
Meanwhile, the Un-
ion Cabinet on Tuesday
approved setting up of
a development finance
institution (DFI) which
will raise capital from
the markets and offer
long-term debt to infra-
structure projects, fi-
nance minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman said.
—Agencies
RLYS WILL...
“It is our endeavour
that Indian Railways
has become the engine
for the country’s fu-
ture growth.” He said,
whether it is economy,
convenience of passen-
gers, or any other area,
government is listen-
ing to the demands of
everyone with sensi-
tivity, and understand-
ing their require-
ments.
“I want to clarify
that Indian Railways
will not be privatised
and it will remain with
the government. It is
the property of the In-
dian government,”
Goyal said. —Agencies
MAHA IN...
the state to bring down
its positivity rate and
step up contact-tracing.
The team noted the
lack of Covid-19-appro-
priate behaviour and
tracking and testing of
cases as the prime rea-
son behind the infec-
tion surge, apart from
the apathy of the dis-
trict administration to
implement already pre-
scribed measures for
transmission control.”
Maharashtra is in the
beginning of a second
wave of COVID-19 pan-
demic. Efforts to track,
test, isolate cases and
quarantine contacts are
limited there with no
adherence to COVID-19
appropriate behaviour
among people both in
rural and urban areas,”
Bhushan wrote in the
letter. Meanwhile, the
Madhya Pradesh gov-
ernment on Tuesday
announced that the
state’s two largest cities
of Indore and Bhopal
will witness a night cur-
few from March 17, in
the wake of rising fresh
daily cases of the coro-
navirus disease (Cov-
id-19) in the central
state.
With a similar rise in
covid cases in Gujarat,
the Gujarat govern-
ment on Tuesday decid-
ed to increase the night
curfew timings in four
major cities of the state
by two hours.
The curfew will now
remain in force in
Ahmedabad, Surat, Va-
dodara and Rajkot
from 10 pm to 6 am, an
official statement said.
The curfew timings
earlier were from 12
am to 6 am.
GET MY...
directly involved in the
incident”. In a two-page
letter dated March 14,
CM Mamata had said
there was a “pragmatic
impromptu response
for ensuring better and
more efficient security
.”
—Agencies
FROM PG 1
By arrangement with: http://
whispersinthecorridors.com
MODERNA BEGINS TESTING VACCINE
ON KIDS AS YOUNG AS 6 MONTHS
Study will assess safety effectiveness of doses of mRNA-1273 given 28 days apart
Bengaluru: Moderna
Inc has begun dosing
patients in a mid-to-late
stage study of its Cov-
id-19 vaccine, mRNA-
1273, in children aged
six months to less than
12 years, the company
said on Tuesday
.
The study will assess
the safety and effective-
ness of two doses of
mRNA-1273 given 28
days apart and intends
to enroll about 6,750
children in the United
States and Canada.
The vaccine has al-
ready been authorized
for emergency use in
Americans who are
aged 18 and older.
In a separate study
which began in Decem-
ber, Moderna is also
testing mRNA-1273 in
adolescents between 12
and 18 years old.
The latest study is be-
ing conducted in col-
laboration with the Na-
tional Institute of Al-
lergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID) and
the Biomedical Ad-
vanced Research and
Development Authority
(BARDA). —Agencies
A cyclist without a face mask rides past through a billboard depicting picture of MP CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan making an appeal to wear face masks due to surging of cases, in Bhopal on Tuesday.
‘Vaccines not being exported
at the expense of Indians’
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan on Tuesday
said that the central
government is not ex-
porting vaccines to for-
eign nations at the ex-
pense of the people of
India.
At the Rajya Sabha
today
, Vardhan said that
“experts at the highest
level” and a “committee
of the government” are
keeping a check on vac-
cine requirements in
the country
.
India administers
over 30 lakh vaccines in
a day
. —PTI
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
SAD PREZ SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL TESTS POSITIVE
New Delhi: Shiroma-
ni Akali Dal president
Sukhbir Badal said he
had tested positive for
COVID-19 on Tuesday
.
Badal, a former dep-
uty CM of Punjab,
asked people who
came in touch with
him in the last few
days to isolate them-
selves and get a COV-
ID test done. “I would
like to inform every-
one that I have tested
Covid positive,” he
said in a tweet. “My
health is fine as per
protocol I have isolat-
ed myself. I request
those who came in
contact with me dur-
ing the last few days to
isolate themselves.”
22 of world’s 30 most
polluted cities are in India
New Delhi: Twenty-
two of the world’s 30
most polluted cities are
in India, with Delhi be-
ing ranked as the most
polluted capital city
globally. The report is
prepared by Swiss or-
ganisation, IQAir, in
the form of the ‘World
Air Quality Report,
2020’, which has re-
leased globally
.
“India continues to
feature prominently at
the top of the most pol-
luted cities ranking,
with 22 of the top 30
most polluted cities
globally,” the report
said. Besides Delhi, the
21 other Indian cities
among the 30 most pol-
luted cities in the world
are Ghaziabad, Buland-
shahar, Bisrakh Jalal-
pur, Noida, Greater
Noida, Kanpur, Luc-
know, Meerut, Agra and
Muzaffarnagar in Uttar
Pradesh, Bhiwari in Ra-
jasthan, Faridabad,
Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad,
Bandhwari, Gurugram,
Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak
and Dharuhera in Har-
yana, and Muzaffarpur
in Bihar. —PTI
Ghaziabad is the second most polluted city in the world.
Mumbai cop ‘seized’
own housing society’s
CCTV footage: Sources
Mumbai: Suspended
Mumbai policeman
Sachin Vaze, arrested
for his suspected role in
the placement of an ex-
plosives-laden car out-
side industrialist Muke-
sh Ambani’s residence,
is found to have seized
his own housing socie-
ty’s digital video re-
corder while he was
probing the case under
the Crime Intelligence
Unit. The NIA which
later arrested him, is
probing if the CCTV
footage from the DVR
had been tampered
with. It is also looking
into the possibility of
Mr Vaze having brought
the SUV to his own resi-
dential compound. The
Scorpio carrying gela-
tin sticks was found on
Mumbai’s Carmichael
Road, near Mr Amba-
ni’s Antilia building.
‘We will block Delhi-Noida border’
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU)
leader Rakesh Tikait on
Tuesday warned of
blocking the Delhi-Noi-
da border, amid the on-
going farm protest.
Rakesh Tikait along
with other farmer-lead-
ers have been camping
at Ghazipur border
near Delhi for months
now, demanding the re-
peal of new reforms in
the agriculture sector.
The BKU spokesper-
son Rakesh Tikait said
they will block the bor-
der (Delhi-Noida bor-
der). The committee is
yet to decide the date.
Earlier, before Janu-
ary 26 mayhem in Del-
hi, Chilla Border at
Delhi-Noida crossing
was blocked by other
farmer unions. Howev-
er, after January 26 vio-
lence in the national
capital, some farmer
leaders ended their pro-
test and vacated the
border, taking moral
responsibility for the
violence that took place
during the tractor
march.
Farmers plan to
strengthen protest digi-
tally
. —Agencies
Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur border during their protest in New Delhi.
Former Cong leader Chacko,
who left party, joins NCP
MA Ganapathy is NSG chief,
Kuldiep Singh to head CRPF
New Delhi: Senior IPS
officers MA Ganapathy
and Kuldiep Singh were
on Tuesday appointed
Director General of Na-
tional Security Guard
and the Central Reserve
Police Force, respective-
ly, according to a Per-
sonnel Ministry order.
Ganapathy, a 1986
batch IPS officer of the
Uttarakhand cadre, is
currently DG, Bureau
of Civil Aviation Secu-
rity (BCAS). Singh, a
1986 batch IPS officer of
the West Bengal cadre,
is presently the Special
DG, CRPF. —PTI
New Delhi: Senior lead-
er PC Chacko, who re-
signed from Congress
last week, is all set to
join Sharad Pawar-led
Nationalist Congress
Party(NCP).PCChacko,
who quit the party after
being a part of it for dec-
ades, said it was “diffi-
cult” to be in the party.
The resignation left the
Congress and its leader
Rahul Gandhi red-faced
as it came just ahead of
the Kerala Assembly
election. The former
Congress leader will be
meeting NCP chief
Sharad Pawar at his of-
ficial residence where
he will be formally in-
ducted into the party
. In
his resignation letter,
Chacko said, “I have
quit Congress and sent
my resignation to par-
ty’s interim chief Sonia
Gandhi. I worked hard
for the party
, but it is dif-
ficult to work with the
Kerala Congress team.”
Police officer Sachin Waze
being taken to court in Mumbai.
Hindu man buried
in Saudi due to
consulate mistake
New Delhi: A peculiar
case came up before the
Delhi HC on Tuesday
wherein the body of a
Hindu man, an Indian
citizen, was wrongly
buried in Saudi Arabia
as per Muslim rites due
to incorrect translation
of his religion on the
death certificate by In-
dian Consulate officials
in Jeddah. The wife,
who has been running
from pillar to post to get
the body, has ap-
proached the high court
seeking direction to the
MEA to take steps to ur-
gently exhume the re-
mains and repatriate
them to India in a time-
bound manner. —PTI
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Jaipur: The Jaipur De-
velopment Authority
commissioner Gaurav
Goyal on Tuesday in-
structed officials to ef-
fectively monitor the
houses and plots con-
structed under the
Chief Minister Jan
Awaas Yojana so that
families of EWS, LIG
category can get quality
housing at affordable
rates.
In a weekly review
meeting, the JDA also
decided to organise
camps for affected land
owners of West Way
Heights Scheme, Ajmer
Road.
Also, it was decided to
allot shops/land to the
people who got dis-
placed due to Jhotwara
ROB project in the new-
ly created scheme
through lottery soon.
It was informed in the
meeting that the survey
of 446 institutions
which have been allot-
ted lands by JDA has
been completed and no-
tices were issued to 42
institutions for violat-
ing allotment condi-
tions.
The JDA decided to
send a proposal to the
government to cancel
the allotment where
there is complete viola-
tion of conditions.
Several other matters
were reviewed in the
meeting.
Meanwhile, JDA on
Tuesday removed en-
croachment at nearly
130 places from roads in
five colonies in Jaipur.
JDA’s enforcement
wing took action on di-
rection by high court.
Chief controller en-
forcement Raghuveer
Saini informed that en-
croachments were re-
moved from Rajeev Vi-
har colony, Lovekush
Nagar colony, Krishna
Vihar colony
, Jai Nagar
colony and Patel Vihar
colony
.
The action was taken
with the assistance of
Local police, revenue
and technical staffers of
the JDA, he said.
Ensure poor people get quality homes: JDC
JDA WEEKLY REVIEW
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur: The govern-
ment wants to sell the
public sector banks,
which have contributed
immensely in the all-
round development of
the country since 50
years, to private hands,
said the striking bank
employees on Tuesday
.
These banks are suf-
fering because of bad
corporate loans where
corporates failed to re-
pay them.
State convener Unit-
ed Forum of Bank Un-
ions, Mahesh Mishra,
said that our opposi-
tion is for new econom-
ic policies of govern-
ment which are anti-
people. Our focus is to
maintain safe service
conditions for bank em-
ployees and also to pro-
tect the small savings
of the public in banks,
which will be handed
over to the corporate
after personalisation.
On Tuesday 36,000
employees in 82,00
bank branches in the
state took part in the
strike and did not exe-
cute any bank related
work. This disrupted
bank business worth
Rs10,000 crore, said
sources.
On Tuesday, thou-
sands of employees and
officers gathered near
Ambedkar Circle in
jaipur at 10.30 am shout-
ing slogans against the
privatisation of banks.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Six people were
killed in separate acci-
dents in the state on
Tuesday
. In the first mis-
hap, 2 cars collided
head-on at main Anoop-
garh-Suratgarh road in
village 23 GB area of 24
GB village near Srivi-
jayanagar town, killing
2 people. The driver of
the other car fled from
the spot. Later the po-
lice recovered 59 kg
doda post from the car.
Meanwhile, mother-
daughter died on the
spot when an uncon-
trolled car overturned
on NH-162 in Sojat of
Pali. The accident took
place when the driver
was trying to save a bike
rider. The car driver
Mahendra Suman is an
Assistant Manager at
LIC while the deceased
include Vinita (48) and
Sonil (26). The accident
happened on Chandaval
outskirts of Sojat.
In another accident, a
Bolero and bike collided
near Chota Shahpura
area where a bike rider
was killed on the spot.
While in Jaisalmer, a
collision of car and bike
killed a bike rider while
a woman and her kid
were injured and re-
ferred to Bikaner. The
accident happened at
155 RD.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Supreme
Court has issued no-
tice to Rajasthan High
Court seeking reply on
keeping minimum age
of 35 years for ADJ re-
cruitment 2021.
SC also directed to
include the petitioner
Varsha Bissa in the re-
cruitment process.
In the petition filed
in SC, it was said that
the High Court admin-
istration issued notifi-
cation for the recruit-
ment on 85 post of dis-
trict judge cadre.
Under the Arti-
cle-232 of the Constitu-
tion, a lawyer must
have seven years of ex-
perience to take part in
this recruitment. The
petitioner said that
there is no minimum
age limit.
“In Delhi and Karna-
taka also, there is no
minimum age criteria
but the minimum age
limit has been fixed in
the DJ cadre recruit-
ment rules in Ra-
jasthan,” the petition-
er said.
Durg Singh Rajpurohit
Barmer: A young cou-
ple committed suicide
by jumping into the wa-
ter tank in Khudasa vil-
lage in Barmer district
on Monday night. The
Sadar police station
reached the spot and
sent the bodies to dis-
trict hospital morgue.
According to police,
deceased identified as
Ramesh Das was in
Khudasa village with
his sister. However, due
to affair with a 16-year-
old girl, in the village,
who belonged to his
community, both killed
self due to opposition.
Alwar: In Alampur vil-
lage of Bhiwadi town in
Alwar district, a person
shot himself late on
Monday night. The
tragic incident took
place on the day of wed-
ding of his nephews.
Charan Singh Dayma
did not attend the
baraat and shot himself
near Central Park in
Bhiwadi at around 1
o’clock in the night.
Dayma, a wrestler came
live on Facebook and
used abusive words be-
fore shooting himself.
His brother said Dayma
was also addicted to
drugs. The police is in-
vestigating the case.
Unions went on strike against privatisation of banks on Tuesday.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The Election
Commission of India
on Tuesday announced
bypolls on three out of
four vacant Assembly
seats in Rajasthan.
The bypolls were an-
nounced for Sahara
(Bhilwara), Sujangarh
(SC) (Churu) and Rajsa-
mand seats.
Fourth vacant seat is
Vallabhnagar(Udaipur)
for which the election
programme has not
been announced yet.
As per the election
schedule, nominations
will start with the issu-
ance of notification on
23 March. Last date of
filing nomination is
March 30, scrutiny of
nomination papers will
be held on March 31.
Nominations can be
withdrawn by April 3.
Polling will be held
on 17 April and count-
ing will take place on
May 2.
In the three assem-
bly constituencies, a
total of 7,43,802 voters
will be able to exercise
their franchise, out of
which 3.80 lakh are
male and 3.63 lakh are
female voters.
Chief electoral offic-
er Praveen Gupta in-
formed that 1145 polling
stations have been set
up in the three constitu-
encies. Of these, 387
polling booths are in
Sahada, 418 in Sujan-
garh and 340 in Rajsa-
mand. He informed that
100 percent photo iden-
tity cards have been dis-
tributed in all these
constituencies.
Gupta said that the
commission has made
an alternative arrange-
ment for online nomina-
tion this time in view of
the corona pandemic.
He said that in the
byelections, voters
above 80 years of age,
those in quarantine and
voters with more than
40 percent disability
will be able to vote
through ballot papers.
Sahara, Sujangarh
(SC) and Rajsamand
seats were represented
by Kailsh Trivedi, Mas-
ter Bhanwarlal Megh-
wal (both from Con-
gress) and Kiran Ma-
heshari (BJP), respec-
tively
.
At present, when four
seats are vacant in the
house of 200, the ruling
Congress has 104 mem-
bers and BJP has 71
MLAs. 13 are independ-
ents while RLP has 3,
BTP 2, CPI (M) 2 and
RLD has 1 MLA.
BY-POLLS: Polling for 3 out of
4 Assembly seats on April 17
Elections will be held in Sahara, Sujangarh Rajsamand but programme for Vallabhnagar was not
announced; filing of nominations starts on March 23 while counting will take place on May 2
Pic for representation purpose.
COURTESY MEET
Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad met Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on Tuesday. This was a courtesy call by
Governor Prasad.
6 killed in separate
accidents across Raj
Lovers die by
suicide after
drowning
Jaipur: Speaking in the
Parliament under the
demand for grants un-
der the Ministry of Ed-
ucation, Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari said that
the Union Government
has set a new dimen-
sion in the field of edu-
cation.
After a long gap, the
Government has an-
nounced the National
Education Policy 2020.
This education poli-
cy will help in building
the future of India by
overcoming the de-
mands and challenges
of the present time.
The MP said that by
implementing the Na-
tional Education Policy
with immediate effect,
special attention
should be given to the
training of teachers for
the new education
method.
New Edu Policy
will create new
India: Diya
Man shoots
self after going
live on FB
BJP’s Halla Bol today against
anti-people policies of Raj govt
Banking work paralysed due to strike
SC notice to HC: Age
limitinADJrecruitment
INSURANCE COs ON STRIKE ON MAR 17-18
`1.91Lcrworthprojects
onunderJalJeevan:Min
New Delhi: Work is un-
derway in projects
worth Rs 1.91 lakh crore
under the flagship ‘Jal
Jeevan Mission’, which
seeks to provide drink-
ing water to every rural
household in the coun-
try, Jal Shakti Minister
Gajendra S Shekhawat
told RS on Tuesday
.
Shekhawat said the
Centre was in touch
with the states for effec-
tive implementation of
the projects, and lashed
out at the Congress for
“smiling at the plight of
people” facing acute wa-
ter crisis during its re-
gime. “Water crisis can
have a negative impact
on the GDP by six per
cent,”hesaid,andadded
that India’s water re-
quirementwoulddouble
by 2030 and grow four
times by 2050. He said a
JalShaktiministrycam-
paignwouldbelaunched
on March 22 in 700 dis-
tricts, adding, “The
primeministerhasfixed
2024 as the target for wa-
ter to every home.”
He said people were
getting potable water at
home in remote areas in
Leh Ladakh to Jais-
almerSaurashtra.—PTI
First India Bureau
Alwar/Bundi/Jodh-
pur: It was a busy
Tuesday for the ACB
as the department
sleuths took action
against the guilty in
Alwar, Bundi and
Jodhpur.
The Alwar, ACB
team took action and
arrested Alawada vil-
lage secretary Mo-
hammad Alam Jehan-
gir Khan for taking a
bribe. The broker San-
jay Agarwal was also
arrested. The accused
demanded Rs 6 lakh in
the name of giving a
lease to the complain-
ant. The accused had
taken Rs1.5 lakh ear-
lier and he was
trapped on Tuesday
while taking Rs1.5
lakh. Since Rs 3 lakh
were pending and the
complainant’s finan-
cial condition was not
good, the accused
asked him to sell two
of his shops built on
his land. He asked for
the amount of one
shop and the transfer
of another shop in his
name.
In another action,
Bundi ACB team ar-
rested the lineman
Mastram Meena red-
handed taking a bribe
of Rs 20,000. He was
posted in Karwar
town. The accused
asked for bribe from
the complainant
Arvind Meena in lieu
of issuing the bill for
his agricultural con-
nection.
Meanwhile, the
Jodhpur team of Anti-
Corruption Bureau
(ACB) caught Machiya
Safari Park Regional
Forest Officer (Rang-
er) Ashoka Ram Pan-
war red-handed while
taking a bribe of Rs
10,000 on Tuesday
.
He took this bribe to
help release the seized
Bolero Camper in a
hunting case.
Meanwhile, in a ma-
jor action, ACB had
arrested RAS Sunil
Kumar on the charge
of bribery on Febru-
ary 5.
He remained in ju-
dicial custody for 48
hours. The Depart-
ment of Personnel is-
sued the order to sus-
pend Sunil Kumar
from February 5.
ACB takes action against graft
in Alwar,Bundi and Jodhpur
Promoted by Nangal Pharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP will gherao
the government on
many issues like in-
creasing crime in the
state, rape of women
and debt waiver of
farmers.
Jaipur city BJP mem-
bers will lead a march
on foot on Wednesday
under the leadership of
State President Satish
Poonia. There will be a
demonstration at the
collectorate and collec-
tor will be given a mem-
orandum against anti-
people policies of the
Congress government.
City President Ra-
ghav Sharma said that
there will be a Halla Bol
programme which will
begin from outside the
office of Municipal Cor-
poration Fire Station
(Bani Park) at 11 am.
Participants will in-
clude MLAs, former
MLAs, MLA candidates,
all workers, councillors,
councillor candidates,
executive officers, dist
officers, former cur-
rent officers of fronts’
cell, ward convenors, all
former current booth
presidents.
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that the upcoming by-
polls in Rajsamand dis-
trict will prove to be a
milestone. On Tuesday,
PCC Chief Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra and party
workers from Rajsa-
mand called on Gehlot
at CMR during which
Dotasra also thanked
the leaders from Rajsa-
mand for working in
unison to ensure Con-
gress’s victory in mu-
nicipal body election.
Dotasra even lauded
Rajsamand in-charge
Pushpendra Bhardwaj’s
efforts and motivated
the delegation to con-
tinue working in the
same fashion for the
Congress party
. Cooper-
atives Minister Udailal
Anjana, Mining Minis-
ter Pramod Jain Bhaya
among several other
leaders were present for
the meeting.
Meanwhile after the
meeting, in-charge
Pushpendra Bhardwaj
informed that the meet-
ing was called to discuss
modalities and several
other issues ahead of
thebypollatRajsamand.
“Congress workers are
united for bypolls and
not just in Rajsamand
constituency, but on all
three seats Congress
party will come out vic-
torious,” he said.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Tuesday, asked the of-
ficials to prepare a de-
tailed plan for the
opening of Medical
Colleges in Jalore,
Pratapgarh and Rajsa-
mand districts under
the VGF scheme of the
Government of India.
Arya gave directions
while chairing a re-
view meeting in con-
nection with the set-
ting up of Medical Col-
leges by the Depart-
ment of Medical Edu-
cation.
In another meeting,
he directed Divisional
Commissioners, Dis-
trict Collectors to en-
sure drinking water
arrangements during
the closure of Indira
Gandhi Canal.
The Chief Secretary
also asked the officials
to implement a plan to
stop water wastage at
the village level.
The Chief Secretary
also instructed the of-
ficials to run an
awareness drive
across the state in or-
der to make the ‘Niro-
gi Rajasthan’ cam-
paign, successful.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Additional
Commissioner (Admin-
istration) State Tax (Al-
war) Sudhir Sharma
has taken action and
unearthed the tax eva-
sion of Rs 4.72 crore on
fake GST bills of about
Rs 32 Cr under the direc-
tion of Chief Commis-
sioner SGST Abhishek
Bhagotia. According to
Bhagotia, the Bhiwadi
Anti -Evasion team
caught fraudulent bills
in the procurement of
oil, khal and oilseed by
Mahesh Enterprises.
The transaction was
done on the basis of
fraudulent and bogus
documents. The regis-
tration of the said firm
has been cancelled by
the department and ac-
tion is being taken as
per law. Other firms in-
volved in such kind of
malpractices are also
being monitored.
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have a vision for the team and
the capacity to turn the vision
into reality.
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Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: India has a
clearly stated policy
against expansionism
and terrorism, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la said on Tuesday at
an event to welcome
the president of the In-
ternational Parliamen-
tary Union (IPU).
Addressing members
from both houses of
Parliament in the pres-
ence of IPU President
Durate Pacheco, the
speaker also said no
parliament should de-
bate laws passed by the
legislatures of other na-
tions and issues related
to their sovereignty
.
His remarks came
days after British law-
makers discussed the
farmers’’ protest in In-
dia. Underlining that
India has always
worked for global peace
and tranquillity, Birla
said India, under the
leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, has clearly stated
its policy against global
terrorism and expan-
sionism.
Pacheco, a member
of Portugal’s parlia-
ment, described India
as a special friend of
IPU and said it has
played an important in
parliamentary diploma-
cy. Emphasising that
India should get its due
place in global order,
Pacheto said, “Portu-
gal supports India’s
claim for permanent
member of the Securi-
ty Council.”
Hailing Modi, Pa-
checo said India has
made huge strides in
economic and social de-
velopment and reduced
poverty under his lead-
ership. —With PTI inputes
India has clearly stated policy against expansionism, terrorism:Birla
MAKING A REMARK
‘Be proactive in promoting
tourism on social media’
Rajsamand bypolls will be a
milestone, says CM Gehlot
Dotasra also took feedback from officials on how the tourism
sector has revived from the ill-effects of global Corona pandemic
Dotasra lauded Rajsamand in-charge Pushpendra Bhardwaj’s efforts
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Minister of
State for Tourism Go-
vind Singh Dotasra on
Tuesday, directed the
officials of the tourism
department to prepare
a database of tourists,
who visit the state dur-
ing various fairs and
festivals of the state.
Chairing a review
meeting of the depart-
ment, the minister took
feedback from the offi-
cials on how the tour-
ism sector has revived
from the ill-effects of
global Corona pandem-
ic
He also issued de-
tailed directions to the
officials to run various
activities of the depart-
ment and promote Ra-
jasthan tourism proac-
tively on social media
platforms in order to
attract more tourists to
the state.
The department offi-
cials also gave a presen-
tation to the minister.
Dotasara also en-
quired about the num-
ber of folk artists and
craftsmen associated
with promotional
schemes. He asked the
officials to prepare a da-
tabase of tourists com-
ing to fairs and festivals
to assess the effect of
the amount being spent
on the fair and other
events. He said there is
no justification to spend
money necessarily
.
The Tourism Depart-
ment was looked after
by Vishvendra Singh,
who was sacked as a
minister in July last
year due to rebellion.
Now after the state min-
ister Dotasra has held
the first meeting, offi-
cials have expressed
confidence that activi-
ties will now be expe-
dited effectively
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The controver-
sy over issuing challans
to buses of Rajasthan
Roadways in the state is
finally over. Challans
were being issued to
government-run buses
in many districts in-
cluding Jaipur, for the
last few days.
The traffic police
were issuing challans
for even a minute viola-
tion of traffic rules and
as a result, the depart-
ment of roadways had
been facing huge reve-
nue loss. According to
sources, the challans
were being issued to
roadways buses after a
dispute regarding the
travel of police person-
nel in these buses via
monthly passes.
After continuous
challans were being is-
sued to buses for violat-
ing traffic norms, Road-
ways CMD Rajeshwar
Singh spoke to DGP ML
Lather. Singh further
informed Lather about
invoices being made by
Traffic police personnel
and urged the DGP to
intervene. The issuing
of challans has come to
an end soon after the
DGP Lather intervened.
Jaipur: Rajasthan Tour-
ism made the state proud
even when the sector
was affected by Corona
pandemic. Department of
Tourism won a total of 9
awards in last one year.
These include the ‘Best
Indian Wedding Desti-
nation’ under Outlook
Traveller Award; while
Palace on Wheels was
considered the ‘Second-
Best Luxury Train’ in the
world under Conde Nast
Readers’ Choice Award.
Under India Today Tour-
ism Award, Jaipur got the
‘Best Heritage Destination
Award.’ Ranthambore got
‘Best Wildlife Destination
Award’ under India Today
Tourism Award. The state
also got ‘Domestic Desti-
nation Best State Award’
‘Best Wedding and
Honeymoon Destination
Award’ from Travel Lei-
sure Magazine. Rajasthan
was adjudged ‘Favourite
Leisure Destination’ by
Condé Nast Travel Read-
ers’ Choice Award while
it got ‘Safe Tourism
Destination Award’ at TTF
Kolkata.
Tourism Department bags
nine awards in last 1 year
‘Challans’ of
roadways
buses stop with
DGP’s help
New Delhi: The
Members of Parliament
have been “requested”
to ask their questions
during the Question
Hour in a short dura-
tion while the Ministers
have been “advised”
to give the replies to
the queries in “limited
words” for taking more
questions. The request
and advise have been
given by Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Tuesday. Birla’s sug-
gestion came during
Question Hour session,
generally, the first hour
of a sitting session of
the Lok Sabha de-
voted to questions that
Members of Parliament
(MPs) raise about any
aspect of administra-
tive activity and the
concerned Minister is
obliged to answer to
the Parliament, either
orally or in writing,
depending on the type
of question raised.
Referring to the impor-
tance of the Question
Hour, the Speaker said,
“Questions should be
asked in short sentenc-
es and the reply by the
concerned ministers
should also be in short
so that maximum ques-
tions can be taken.”
Birla has made similar
requests to the MPs on
earlier occasions too.
‘ASK QUESTION IN SHORT, REPLY IN SHORT’
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts the proceedings of the
House during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CM Ashok Gehlot, Govind Singh Dotasra, Udayalal Anjana, Pramod Jain Bhaya and Pushpendra Bhardwaj discussing the by-election
strategy with Congress workers and office-bearers of Rajsamand assembly constituency at CMR on Tuesday.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Sub- Inspector
Bharat Singh, who was
posted in Alwar’s Kherli
police station and was
arrested for allegedly
raping a woman in his
quarter, was terminated
from service on Monday
.
IG Hawa Singh Ghu-
mariya issued the or-
ders on the directions of
DGP ML Lather.
The 54-year old ac-
cused had allegedly
raped the woman, who
had gone to the police
station to register an
FIR against her hus-
band. He called her to
his quarter and alleged-
lyrapedhersubsequent-
ly on March 2,3 4.
On her complaint, the
accused SI was arrested
on March 7 was sus-
pended on March 8.
Kherli SHO Hanuman
Sahay was suspended;
while CO Laxmangarh
Ashok Chauhan was re-
moved for dereliction in
duty
. In the meanwhile,
SHO Narayan Singh has
been shifted to Police
Lines and ASI Babulal
has been suspended in
connection with rape of
a minor in Suket area of
Kota. The orders were
issued on directions of
SP Sharad Chaudhary
.
CS Niranjan Arya chairs the review meeting of Nirogi Rajasthan Campaign with Medical Secretary,
Siddharth Mahajan and Director of National Health Mission, Naresh Thakral on Tuesday.
Govind Singh Dotasra chairs a review meeting of Tourism Department on Tuesday.
Held in rape case, SI terminated
Run an awareness drive to
make Nirogi Raj a success: CS
SGST unearths
`4.72 Crore
tax evasion
Bharat Singh
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IAS Sandeep Verma presently posted as DG, HCM RIPA, Jaipur, delivered a lecture on
‘Procurement and Procurement Reforms’ to the IAS Phase- 3 trainees at Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. Pawan Arora, Commissioner,
Rajasthan Housing Board, who is attending the Phase- III course, presented him a
Memento on behalf of Academy and the batch of phase -III. Rohit Gupta, Anandhi Vishva
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important project well before deadline.
You’ll disagree on the family front.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Those suffering from
chronic ailments may find
remarkable improvement
in their health with home
remedies. It’s a very good day to take
calculated risks in financial matters.
Today you’ll enjoy the trust of senior
management. Domestic disputes
may snowball into a major row.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A sound financial health of
businessmen would enable
to give monetary benefits to
employees. Problems on
professional front could force to
compromise on your principles.
Roadblock in the matrimonial alliance
of kin gets cleared bringing happiness
for entire family.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Seek help of health experts
before undertaking a new
fitness regimen.
Investment antiques and
jewellery would bring handsome
financial gains. On professional front,
recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder. Distant
relatives may come for surprise visit.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Yoga would help in raising
energy levels and improve
your metabolism. Past
investments in conserva-
tive schemes are likely to fill your
coffers to the brim. Unilateral
decisions on professional front
would invite the ire of colleagues.
Place emphasis on domestic affairs.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Seek opinion of expert
before opting for a health
supplement. Your gullible
nature would allow people
to take advantage of you, so remain
alert. The day is not likely to pose
any major problems at workplace.
You will succeed in resolving
misunderstanding with family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Avoid ignoring minor
ailments as they may
compound later on. Better
to consult an expert in
financial matters before making an
investment. Your hard work and
dedication are likely to be noticed by
seniors, paving way for promotion or
increment. Family will be supportive.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A sound monetary position
would enable you to keep
pace with changing times.
Successful implementation
of new ideas and projects would add
to your prestige on the professional
front. Avoid raising controversial
issues at home to maintain harmony.
You have to be very cautious.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
There is an urgent need to
remain on guard against
seasonal aliments. Avoid
being indulgent in your
spending to balance budget.
Continue to put in efforts at work and
you will see promising opportunities
coming your way. Matrimonial match
for siblings will bring happiness.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
mong all the nuts,
pine nut seems to
be the most exclu-
sive type. Also
known as pignolia
or pignoli nuts, we
usually see it in
our pesto pasta. Yes, it
comes with a high price
tag and that’s probably be-
cause it’s got labour-inten-
sive harvesting process.
In today’s blog, we talk
about its origin, traits,
taste, storage tips, selec-
tion process, allergies,
health benefits, and two
easy recipes that can be
made under 10 minutes!
Scroll down:
NAME
Botanically, pine trees be-
long to the family of
Pinaceae and the Pinus ge-
nus. Some of the common
names are pinon nuts,
pignoli, cedar nuts, chilgo-
za, pinyon pinenuts, etc. A
great number of species of
the genus Pinus produce
edible seeds.
ORIGIN
These come from the pine
trees. Pine cones, specifi-
cally. Interestingly, these
aren’t nuts but seeds that
are found inside these
cones. Usually, it takes
about 1.5 years for them to
be ready, and, hence the
price! Also, because they
come covered in a thick
shell that needs to be bro-
ken before they’re sold in
the market, the extra la-
bour adds to the final cost
which the consumer bears.
The pine trees are com-
mon in China, Russia,
Mongolia, Korea, and Af-
ghanistan. While Europe
is a large consumer and
producer of pine nuts as
well, Italy is where this nut
is extensively used in the
preparation of traditional
basil pesto.
Did you know the “flow-
ers” of the pine tree even-
tually become the cone?
The female cones take
about two–three years to
mature after pollination.
While at it, the female
cones (ovulate or seed
cones) may become any-
thing between 3 cm to 35
cm. Once the scaly cone
matures, it splits open nat-
urally to release the kernel
– the pine nut!
FEATURES
Pine nuts have a dark-
brown outer shell that’s
very hard in nature. Inside
it, the edible kernel is
formed that is off-white in
colour and relatively sweet
in taste.
TASTE
They have a cashew-like
texture and the flavour is
quite similar to any other
nut like walnut and pea-
nut. Because of their rich
texture, they are a great
add on to any dip, sauce
and cream.
THE INDIAN PINE NUTS
These grow in the Him-
alayan region
like Himachal
P r a d e s h ,
K a s h m i r
and Uttra-
khand. This
variety is
known as
Chilgoza pine
nut (Pinus gerard-
iana) and are long and
slender in shape with
pointed ends.
ALLERGIES
Some people suffer from
‘pine nut mouth’ or ‘pine
nut syn-
drome,’ in which eating
pine nuts give a metallic,
bitter taste on the taste
buds. Some studies have
shown that this syndrome
only happens on consum-
ing specific species of
pine trees found in China.
In some rare cases, pine
nut allergy can cause
itchy skin, breathing dif-
ficulty, abdomen pain and
vomiting.
BUYING AND STORAGE
While buying unshelled
nuts, look for dark brown
colour, uniformity among
the nuts, spot-free and
crack-free nuts and feel the
weight when you put them
on your palms. While buy-
ing shelled kernels, check
for uniformity in all the
nuts and always buy from
an authentic source. To
store, use an air-tight jar
so that no humidity can
mess with the nuts. You
can either store them in
the refrigerator or keep at
a cold place. Their shelf-
life is long if well taken
care of. Just like stale al-
monds, if you notice a pun-
gent smell, oily surface
and a bitter taste in your
pine nuts, it’s better to dis-
card them.
USAGE
Pine nuts can be used in a
number of baked items,
soups, pasta, dressings,
dips, salads and also
smoothie bowls. Their
combined creamy and
crunchy texture is
what makes them a
top choice of chefs
around the world.
It’s, however, sug-
gested to roast
these nuts a little
before using them in
your recipes to bring
out the extra flavour. All
you need to do is just fry
them on a pan with/with-
out any grease.
HEALTH BENEFITS
1Pine nuts, like other
nuts, are high in calo-
ries. 100 g of dry kernels
contain 673 calories, which
is monounsaturated fats,
iron and magnesium.
2They can promote
health as they’re rich
in phytochemicals, vita-
mins, antioxidants, and
minerals.
3Pine nuts are rich in
vitamin E, zinc, fibre,
and protein. Vitamin E
contains antioxidants that
protect the skin from
harmful free radicals.
4They’re rich in mono-
unsaturated fatty acids
like oleic acid (18:1 undif-
ferentiated fat) that con-
trol LDL or “bad choles-
terol” and increases HDL
or “good cholesterol” in
our blood.
5People on diet are often
asked to snack on pine
nuts as they contain essen-
tial fatty acid (the omega-6
fat), pinolenic acid. These
nuts have the potential to
curb one’s appetite, as the
pinolenicacidhelpsrelease
the hunger-suppressant en-
zymes called cholecysto-
kinin and Glucagon-like
peptide-1(GLP-1)inthegut.
6Pine nuts are an excel-
lent source of Vitamin
B-complex group, such as
thiamin, riboflavin, nia-
cin, pantothenic acid, vita-
min B-6 (pyridoxine) and
folates. These vitamins
help in cellular substrate
metabolism.
7Among all the nuts and
seeds, pine nuts are one
of the most powerful
source of manganese,
which helps our body de-
velop resistance against
infectious agents and
harmful free radicals.
RECIPES
Sautéed Radishes and
Green Beans with Pine
Nuts (or any veggie of
your choice).
ABOUT CAULDRON SISTERS
Ratika Richa Khetan, two
Sisters, started Cauldron
Sisters in 2015. It started as
an exotic food gift hamper
business, but their love for
food encouraged them to
start culinary workshops,
food deliveries, and slowly
and gradually it turned huge
as restaurants and cafes
started approaching them for
consultancy.
Going Nuts Over
PINE NUTS
A
INGREDIENTS
Ghee/butter/ol-
ive oil to grease,
fresh beans and
radishes (cut
into slices of
your choice), a
pinch of sugar,
salt to taste,
black pepper
powder, 2 tbsp
roasted pine nuts
METHOD
 Heat some but-
ter in a pan and
over medium-
high heat, sau-
té beans and
radishes until
crisp and ten-
der. This will
take about 5
minutes.
 Sprinkle sugar,
salt and black
pepper.
 Add the pine
nuts and voila!
 Spinach and
Pine Nuts (you
can add more
greens to the
recipe)
INGREDIENTS
olive oil to sauté, 2-3 cups rock-
et spinach (washed), 2 tbsp
roasted pine nuts, minced gar-
lic, salt to taste and black pep-
per powder
METHOD
 Heat oil in a pan and begin
cooking the spinach leaves
over medium-high heat for
3-5 minutes.
 Add pine nuts, garlic and
cook for another 2-3 minutes.
 Season with salt and pepper
and it’s ready to serve on a
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S
hooting Eros International’s Haathi
Mere Saathi was as challenging an ex-
perience for the team as it was reward-
ing. Haathi Mere Saathi cast including
Rana Daggubati, Pulkit Samrat, Shriya Pil-
gaonkar and Zoya Hussain proved to be adven-
turous team players facing every challenge
with great elan. Shares the source, who was
present on the set of this Prabu Solomon direc-
torial, “It took a six-hour-long drive from Kochi
airport to reach the town close to the forest
where we were to shoot.” —Agency
B
ollywood actress
Esha Deol
Takhtani, is the
elder daughter of
legendary Bollywood ac-
tors Dharmendra and
Hema Malini, is all set to
make comeback in Bol-
lywood. She was away
from the industry as she
was with her daughters
Radhya and Miraya and now she is thinking to
make a comeback in the films. The actress has
already started the preparation and has been
reading many scripts in the free time. —Agency
R
umy Jafry’s next directorial Chehre has
been in headlines. The makers had re-
cently dropped the teaser of the film
which received immense love from the
audience. The
teaser made
fans more ex-
cited for the
film as they
were waiting
with bated
breath for the
release of the
film. It was
that the mak-
ers had an-
nounced the
trailer release
date on Tues-
day and also dropped the solo poster of Am-
itabh Bachchan. The trailer will be out on
March 18, 2021. —Agency
T
hemuch-awaitedteaserof AbhishekBach-
chan starrer The Big Bull got finally re-
leased. The film, which is inspired by the
lifeof stockbrokerHarshadMehta,willbe
released on Dis-
ney Plus Hot-
star on April 8,
2021. Owing to
the pandemic
the film’s re-
lease date had
been constantly
shifting, but
now the makers
have decided to
go for a digital
release.Thefilm’strailerwillbeoutonMarch19.
AbhishekBachchanhasreleasedtheteaseronhis
social media handles. —Agency
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D
emi Lovato fans can
now rejoice as the sing-
er is all set to drop her
new album titled Danc-
ing With the Devil...The Art of
Starting Over, next month.
The singer confirmed the
news during her live stream
session on Clubhouse. Lova-
to’s new album will be a step
ahead of her upcoming four-
part docuseries, Dancing with
the Devil, which is slated to
release on March 23 on You-
Tube whereas her new album
will be dropping on April 2.
—Agency
OSCARS!
T
he Oscars 2021 nominees an-
nouncement was historic in
more ways than one. While
diversity was at play, sever-
al artists like Viola Davis,
Chloe Zhao, Riz Ahmed,
Steven Yeun and Emer-
ald Fennel made his-
tory with their nom-
inations. Mean-
while, the present-
ers themselves
were no less be-
hind. The Oscars
2021 nomina-
tions were an-
nounced by
none other
than Desi Girl Priyanka Chopra and
Nick Jonas from London. The live
presentation saw the couple an-
nounce the nominees with ease as
well as have fun. —Agency
S
ophie Turner and Joe Jonas be-
came proud parents to their first
child, a baby girl who they named
Willa Jonas, in July 2020. Since
then, it’s been parental bliss for the couple
as their primary focus is, of course, baby
Willa. Moreover, Sophie has been very
lowkey when it comes to sharing anything
about Willa as it’s almost going to be a year
and the pair still
haven’t given fans a
glimpse of Willa’s face,
opting for her privacy
instead.
However, we do get
some adorable tidbits
hereandthereonhowthe
Jonas-Turner family is
doing. On account of
Mother’s Day
, Sophie
took to her Instagram
Storiestorevealtoher15
million followers and
countingthefavouritejob
she’severhad. —Agency
T
he trailer of the up-
coming thriller ‘Si-
lence... Can you hear
it?’ was launched on
the virtual platform Zoom on
Tuesday. During the virtual
launch, the team of Silence,
including Director Aban
Bharucha Deohans and actors,
Manjoy Bajpayee, Prachi De-
sai and Arjun Mathur joined
the session. The team re-
vealed that the thriller is
about a murder mystery
which is unveiled by
ACP Avinash Verma por-
trayed by Manoj and In-
spector Sanjana por-
trayed by Prachi.
This is the first OTT
debut for Prachi and
she feels exuberant
about her character as
she does not demolish
feminity while playing a
cop. Manoj, on the other
hand, plays the angry
cop who is separated
from his family and has
thrown himself into
work and faces bouts of
anger throughout the
mystery thriller.
SILENCE...
Can you hear it?
SUSHMITA AIND
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Favourite job
and the pair still
haven’t given fans a
glimpse of Willa’s face,
opting for her privacy
instead.
some adorable tidbits
hereandthereonhowthe
Jonas-Turner family is
doing. On account of
Mother’s Day
, Sophie
took to her Instagram
Storiestorevealtoher15
million followers and
countingthefavouritejob
she’severhad.
Dancing
with the
devil
Sophie Turner ..her post
Manoj Bajpayee during
the virtual launch
Poster of the film
Poster of the film
Poster of the film
Esha Deol
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas
From the sets
Demi Lovato
Bollywood
Actress
Sonakshi
Sinha was
in Jaipur
for her
upcoming
project.
During her
visit to the
Pinkcity,
the actress
enjoyed the
puppet show
at Chokhi
Dhani,
Jaipur on
Monday.
The actress
shared a
glimse of
her visit
on her
Instagram
handle and
expressed
gratitude.
SPOTTED!
S
aina Ne-
hwal a
k n o w n
name in the
world of sports cele-
brates her birthday to-
day! Her journey has been a
tremendous ride which we shall
soon witness in her biopic which is set
to release on March 26. The biopic stars
Parineeti Chopra as Saina. She has repre-
sented India three times in the Olympics,
winning a bronze medal in her second
appearance. She is the first Indian
badminton player to have won an
Olympic medal, the first Indian
to have reached the final of the
BWF World Championships,
along with being the only
Indian to have won the
BWF World Junior Cham-
pionships. Saina has
made our country
proud and we wish
her all the best to-
day!
HAPPY
birthday!
Saina Newal

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WEDDING SHENANIGANS!
The wedding ceremony of Arbaz Ahmed with Asma Ahatram was held at Shiv Vilas Garden,
Jaipur on Tuesday. Arbaz is the son of Syed Mohammad Saud and Parveen Akhtar and Asma is
the daughter of Late Ahtramuddin and Swaleha Begum. Jagdeesh Chandra congratulated the
newlyweds and wished them a happy married life ahead!
The wedding ceremony of Chanchal with Yogendra took place on Monday at Entertainment
Paradise Jaipur. Jagdeesh Chandra greeted the newlyweds on the occasion.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
THE GRAND CELEBRATIONS!
Lions Club Delhi Veg organised a get together on Monday at Bikanervala, Noida to celebrate the spirit of Festivals of Colors - Holi and to celebrate the success of its grand show,
‘Entrepreneur Excellence Awards 2021’, held on March 6 in Jaipur. The success party was presided by District Governor Lion Nargis Gupta and PID Lion VK Luthra along with HE
KL Ganju, Director of Bikanervala Lion President Navratan Aggarwal. The organising team and guests of the Award Ceremony were felicitated on the occasion.
WEDDDINGBELLS SOME MORE GLIMPSES OFWEDDING OFTHE SON OF DR ALOKTRIPATHI,
VC, SARDAR PATEL POLICE UNIV JODHPUR ON MONDAY AT HOTEL LALIT.
HAPPY B’DAY!
IAS Rohit Kumar Singh
celebrated their birthdays
on 16 March, Tuesday. We
wish them all the best!
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
A BLISSFUL CEREMONY
CITY FIRST
T
he members of
the Jaipur Chap-
ter of Mayo
Alumni gave a
warm farewell to the
Army Commander,
South Western Com-
mand, Lt Gen Alok
Kler (alumnus of
the 1979 Batch of
Mayo) and his
wife, Anu Kler
Gen Kler on Sunday
at Hotel Narain Niwas
Palace. The guests had
a gala time by munch-
ing over sumptuous
snacks and delectable
dinner.
Poet Jagdeep Singh’s
anthology of poems,
‘My Epitaph’ was of-
ficially launched by
Gen Kler and his
wife for the Mayo
Alumni fraternity
.
Jagdeep Singh is also
the President of the
Jaipur Chapter.
The Director of
Mayo College, Lt Gen S
Kulkarni and his wife,
Pravina, Col Bhawani
Singh, Randhir Man-
dawa, Bonnie Dundlod,
Thakur Man Singh
Kanota, Veer Vijay Sin-
gh, Shivina Kumari
and Manjul Kumari
among others were pre-
sent on the occasion.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Governor Kalraj Mishra blessed the newlyweds, seen here with
Suresh Mishra, Govind Jaiswal, Alok Tripathi, Pradeep Sharma and Anupama Tripathi. CM Ashok Gehlot with the Tripathi family
arious stunning
modelsdressedup
inethnicandwest-
ern attire walked
on the ramp at the
‘Live Fashion Stu-
dio’,ashoworgan-
ised by Shree Balaji Crea-
tions on Tuesday in Sita-
pura, Jaipur. Television
actress Nia Sharma, singer
Simran Chaudhary and co-
median Balraj Syal were
the highlights of the even-
ing. Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as the
Chief Guest and felicitated
the team of Shree Balaji
Creations.
The show was divided
into 3 glamorous rounds
that showcased 7 designer
outfitsineachround.Inthe
first round, the models
showcased ethnic suits
withAkanshaBhallaasthe
show stopper.
The second round wit-
nessed the models in semi-
traditional and fusion
dresses, which featured
fineworkof embroideryon
party wear dresses. The
showstopperforthisround
was singer Simran Chaud-
hary
. In the final round of
the show, the models dis-
played cocktail party de-
signerapparels.Theshow’s
stopper for this round was
actress Nia Sharma. Dur-
ing the program, Balraj
Syal entertained the guests
with his stand up comedy
.
Talking about the show,
Manish Agarwal from
Shree Balaji Creation said
that this is for the first time
in Jaipur that a fashion
show is being organised in-
houseinthefashionstudio.
The fashion show was live
telecastedontheShreeBal-
aji Creation online mobile
platforms.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
V
A MAGICAL EVENING
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
CONDOLENCE!
Kamla Bora,
wife of Senior
Journalist
Rajendra Bora
passed away on
Tuesday due to
ill health. The
funeral ceremony
took place at
Shiprapath.
City First
extends deepest
condolences to
the family.
Jagdeesh Chandra with the
newly weds and proud parents
Rajendra Rathore, Ashok Lahoti
and Dinesh MN
Dr Samit Sharma and
Rajeshwar Singh
DB Gupta with Alok and Anupama Tripathi
Kuldeep Ranka and the Tripathis
Dr. Satish Poonia and Dr. CP Joshi with
Alok Tripathi and the newly weds Dr. Raghu Sharma and Tripathis ML Lathar and his wife with the Tripathi family
Gulab Chand Kataria, Anand and
Smita Srivastava with the Tripathis
B D Kalla and Tripathi family
Sanjay Agarwal, Malini Agarwal,
VK Singh and Mrs Singh Kuldeep Ranka, Kapil Bhatt and ML Lather
KK Sharma, ML Lather and their wives
with Tripathis Biju George
Dr Sandeep Bakshi
L to R: Lion Dr Vinod Verma, Lion Gaurav Gupta,
Lion VK Luthra, Lion Navratan Aggarwal,
Lion Nargis Gupta and Captain Sunil Gupta
L to R Lion Gaurav Gupta, Lion VK Luthra,
Lion Navratan Aggarwal, Lion Nargis Gupta
Jagdeesh Chandra with Mohd Said, Parveen Akhtar,
newly weds Asma Arbaaz, Mairaj and Sheeraz
Gaurav Gaur
Jagdeesh Chandra addresses the audience, seen here
are Manish Agarwal and Anita Agarwal
Anchor, Nia Sharma, Simran Chaudhary and Balraj Syal
Riya Sain, Himakshi Chaudhary, Monica, Akanksha Bhalla,
Riya Suledia and Priyanka Tanu Chaudhary
L to R Tajinder, Ruchika, Seema Gumber,
Lion Gaurav Gupta, Lion Navratan Aggarwal,
Lion Nargis Gupta, Lion Dr Vinod K Verma
Gen. S. Kulkarni, Naveen
and Randhir
Lt. Gen. Alok Kler, Anu, Jagdeep and Pinky Shivina, Anu, Manjul and Shraddha Shivraj
Col Rajeev Sharma,
Thakur Man Singh Kanota
and Mahipat Singh
—PHOTO
BY
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