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ADDRESS A CONFERENCE OF MADHYA
PRADESH FARMERS TODAY
UNION MINISTER NITIN GADKARI INTRODUCES
THE SOON TO BE LAUNCHED ‘VEDIC PAINT’ MADE
OF COW DUNG TO BOOST RURAL ECONOMY
‘FARMERS HAVE RIGHT TO PROTEST’
Supreme Court suggests Centre to put farm laws on hold
The Apex Court, which was hearing a bunch of petitions for and against the protest, said, “we recognise the fundamental right
to protest against a law. There is no question of balancing or curtailing it. But it should not damage anyone’s life or property”
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: Acknowl-
edging the right of
farmers to hold non-vi-
olent protests, the Su-
preme Court on Thurs-
day suggested that the
Centre put implementa-
tion of the new farm
laws on hold while put-
ting forward the idea of
constituting an impar-
tial and independent
committee, which may
include experts like P
Sainath, to end the im-
passe. The Centre said
farmers would not
come forward for nego-
tiations if implementa-
tion of farm laws was
put on hold.
Heading a three-
judge bench hearing a
clutch of petitions seek-
ing removal of farmers
protesting at the bor-
ders of Delhi, Chief
Justice of India S A
Bobde said it would or-
der for serving of no-
tices to protesting farm-
er unions and give them
liberty to approach the
vacation bench.
“A protest is constitu-
tional till it does not de-
stroy property or en-
danger life. Centre and
farmers have to talk.
We are thinking of an
impartial and inde-
pendent committee be-
fore whom both parties
can give its side of sto-
ry,” the CJI said.
The top court said the
purpose of staging a
protest can be achieved
if the farmers and the
government hold talks
and “we wish to facili-
tate that”. “We will not
decide the validity of
law today. The only
thing which we will de-
cide is the issue of pro-
test and the right to
move freely,” the bench
made clear at the outset
of the hearing.
The petitioners con-
tended that roads had
been blocked by the pro-
testersandborderpoints
closed, thereby adverse-
ly impacting vehicular
traffic. This, they said,
was causing hardship to
people, including Cov-
id-19 patients, from ac-
cessing emergency med-
ical services.
The bench, also com-
prising Justices A S Bo-
panna and V Ramasu-
bramanian, said farm-
ers cannot instigate vio-
lence Turn to P6
Double blow for Mamata
as Suvendu Adhikari,
Jitendra Tiwari quit TMC
Kolkata: In a double
jolt to the ruling TMC in
West Bengal, Trinamool
Congress (TMC) leaders
Suvendu Adhikari and
Jitendra Tiwari re-
signed from the prima-
ry membership of the
party on Thursday.
Adhikari, who quit as
Nandigram MLA on
Wednesday, tendered
his resignation to party
supremo and West Ben-
gal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee.
Adhikari is expected to
join the BJP soon.
In his resignation
letter, Adhikari said he
was “thankful for all
the challenges and op-
portunities” and would
always value the time
he spent as a member
of TMC.
Adhikari represent-
ed Nandigram constitu-
ency in Purba Medin-
ipur district and was
the face of the Nandi-
gram movement, which
catapulted Mamata Ba-
nerjee to power in 2011.
Adhikari, who had
been distancing him-
self from the party over
the last few months
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Sonia finally agrees to meet
Cong ‘rebels’ tomorrow
New Delhi: A group of
Congress “rebels” who
wrote a letter flagging a
leadership drift and
calling for sweeping or-
ganizational changes,
may finally get to meet
with Sonia Gandhi.
Former Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Kamal Nath was
key to setting up the
meeting, sources said.
Twenty three lead-
ers had signed the let-
ter, but not all will be at
the meeting. A core
group of five or six
leaders is likely to rep-
resent the wider con-
cerns, it is believed.
The meeting will take
place on Saturday, say
sources, in moves to-
wards reconciliation.
Turn to P6
Gehlot govt approves addl funds of `75 cr for canal projects
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Ashok Gehlot
government has ap-
proved an additional
budget of Rs. 75 crore
for the development of
three canals in the
state.
The CM cleared the
proposal of the finance
department in this re-
gard.
As per the proposal,
the additional budget
of Rs 75 crores will be
used for water man-
agement of irrigated
area under Phase-II of
Indira Gandhi Canal
Project (IGNP).
The work is under
progress for the devel-
opment of a pressure
irrigation system in
the command area of
Nohar-Sahwa lift, Ga-
jner lift and Kolayat
lift canals under the
Indira Gandhi Canal
Project (IGNP).
The additional budg-
et will be used for the
payment of some pend-
ing cases and for com-
pleting the ongoing
works.
Similarly, the CM
has cleared the propos-
al for sanctioning ad-
ditional budget of
more than Rs 30.03
crore for NABARD-
funded project to in-
crease greenery and
forest area in the state
and also decided to re-
lease Rs 65.34 crore
towards additional an-
nual action plan
amount sanctioned
under the CAMPA
scheme.
NABARD-funded pro-
ject has been approved
for activities such as
development of water
logging areas for the
protection of forests in
the state.
An additional budg-
et provision of Rs.
30.03 crore has been ap-
proved so that the
works can be executed
as per requirement.Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
JAIPUR LIT FEST 2021
GOES VIRTUAL IN FEB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With most
things going virtual this
year, the Jaipur Litera-
ture Festival
2021 has also
followed suit.
Next year, the
festival will
take place
in a virtual
avatar from
19th – 21st
February and then 26
– 28 February. The first
list of speakers has
also been announced,
and it includes a motley
of writers, diplomats,
and distinguished
speakers from various
fields. According to the
organisers,
the aim is to
create a more
immersive
experi-
ence using
augmented
reality,
providing access and
easy participation to
readers from all across
the globe.
Suvendu Adhikari Jitendra Tiwari
Gehlot likely to leave for Delhi today to attend
the meeting and also to have a ‘plain talk’ with
Mrs Gandhi on the PCC revamp, political
appointments and cabinet reshuffle
Sonia Gandhi
SC dismisses UP govt’s appeal
seeking Dr Kafeel Khan’s
detention under stringent NSA
New Delhi: The Uttar
Pradesh government to-
day lost its case in the
Supreme Court seeking
tough charges against a
doctor, Kafeel Khan, un-
der the National Securi-
tyAct(NSA)foraspeech
against the amended
citizenship law.
“Criminal cases will
be decided on their own
merits. You cannot use
a preventive detention
order in another case,”
Chief Justice of India
SA Bobde said, confirm-
ing an Allahabad High
Court order that had
freed the doctor.
“It seems to be a good
order by the High Court.
We see no reason to in-
terfere with the order.
But the observations
will not affect the prose-
cution on criminal cas-
es,” Justice Bobde said.
The Yogi Adity-
ananth government
had challenged the Al-
lahabad High Court’s
September 1 verdict
that cancelled the de-
tention of Kafeel Khan
under the NSA, calling
it “illegal”. Turn to P6
Dr Kafeel Khan
We will not decide the
validity of law today.
The only thing which we
will decide is the issue
of protest and the right
to move freely
We are also Indian, we
are familiar with the
plight of farmers and
are sympathetic to
their cause
—Supreme Court Bench
KEJRIWAL TEARS FARM LAWS
COPIES IN DELHI ASSEMBLY
CAN GOVT NOT IMPLEMENT
LAWS TO FACILITATE TALKS?
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
tore up copies of the farm bills during a special
Assembly session on
Thursday, and urged
the centre “not to
become worse than
Britishers”. Kejriwal
also asked the centre
“what was the hurry
to get the farm laws
passed during pandemic”. “I hereby tear (up
the) three farm laws in this Assembly and ap-
peal to the centre not to become wors(e) than
(the) Britishers,” said Kejriwal.
The CJI also asked the Attorney Gener-
al KK Venugopal if the government can
commit that the farm laws will not be
implemented while the court is hearing
the petitions and that no executive
actions will be taken under the laws in
order to facilitate the negotiations. The
AG said if the implementation is put
on hold, then farmers will not agree to
negotiation. The bench said that the
suggestion is to facilitate negotiation
and then the AGsought some time to
get back on this point.
DELHI HC DECLINES PLEA
ON FARMERS AT BORDERS
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court
on Thursday declined to entertain a
plea seeking aid, security and treat-
ment of the farmers protesting on
the borders of the national capital,
saying a similar issue was before
the Supreme Court. A bench of Chief
Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek
Jalan said that HC’s jurisdiction does
not extend to areas outside national
capital territory and same plea could
have been filed in other state HCs.
THE PROPOSAL
NABARD-funded pro-
ject has been approved
for activities such as
development of water
logging areas for the
protection of forests
in the state, increasing
greenery, preventing
land erosion, formation
of forest protection
committees
and training.
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Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: State election
commissioner PS
Mehra on Thursday
held a meeting with
the officials of the
home and police de-
partment to discuss
preparations for
election in 90 ur-
ban local bodies in
the remaining 20
districts of the
state.
The discussions
were held on law
and order, action
plan and deploy-
ment of police
forces in the dis-
tricts to ensure
free and fair elec-
tions, transfers of po-
lice officials among
others.
The commissioner
said that the elections
have already been
conducted for the
members of Panchay-
at, Municipal Corpo-
ration, Zila Parishad,
Panchayat Samiti in a
peaceful manner..
ADGP Saurabh
Srivastava assured
that police are fully
prepared, law & order
will be maintained
during the elections.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As the Gehlot
government marks two
years in power, BJP
leaders are continuing
with their barbs and
statements that the gov-
ernment has failed. As
a rebuttal, the Congress
leaders have also upped
the ante.
In this regard, Hawa
Mahal MLA and Chief
Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi
on Thursday taunted
the opposition and said,
“BJP cannot see any
progress in the region
because Satish Poonia
has turned his eyes
away.”
He said that state BJP
president, is busy to
prove himself the party
president and Deputy
leader of opposition Ra-
jendra Rathore is only
attempting to prove
himself to be a BJPian.
Members of the ruling
Congress party are an-
nouncing their achieve-
ments in the state.
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Abhishek Shrivastav
Jaipur: A major hur-
dle in the construction
of Jhotwara elevated
road has been cleared
after the shopkeepers
gave written consent to
shift the shops to alter-
nate places.
The project, which
was started by the for-
mer BJP government,
has already been de-
layed due to several is-
sues and the shops lo-
cated on both the sides
of the road were a ma-
jor issue. Construction
of the 2.2 km long
three-lane ROB cum el-
evated road with a pro-
jected cost of Rs 108
crore was started in
June 2018 which was
scheduled to be com-
pleted in December
this year. For complet-
ing the project, 604 con-
structions, mostly
shops, on both sides of
the road have to be re-
moved.
JDA has identified
land in Nirwaru Road
and Hathoj Kardhani
extension scheme to
shift these shops but
the matter was linger-
ing on due to non seri-
ousness of revenue of-
ficials and now after
the efforts of JDC
Gaurav Goyal, the
shopkeepers have
agreed to shift the
shops and have given
the written consent.
The shops will be re-
moved within one
month.
So far, 45 pc of the
construction work has
completed, it is expect-
ed that the project will
be completed by De-
cember next year. After
elevated road is built,
traffic will be eased.
Major hurdle in Jhotwara elevated road cleared
CITY ROAD DEVP IN SWING!

Construction of
2.2 km long
three-lane ROB-
cum-elevated
road started
in June 2018 &
was scheduled
to be completed
in Dec this year
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A few people
including a photo jour-
nalist sustained minor
injuries as the black
balloons filed with gas
caught fire on Thurs-
day outside the BJP
head office. The BJP
Yuva Morcha (BJYM)
members were observ-
ing a Black Day on the
completion of two
years of Chief Minis-
ter of Rajasthan Ashok
Gehlot government in
the state.
They set an effigy on
fire when the black bal-
loons also caught fire
and burst. The Morcha
workers had attached
black balloons filled
with gas to the effigy.
The people on the spot
were startled and some
of them also sustained
minor injuries.
A photo journalist
Arvind Sharma also
sustained burn inju-
ries. BJYM protested
across the state
against the govern-
ment. In Jaipur, the
Bharatiya Janata
Yuva Morcha (BJYM)
members assembled
and had a march to
Civil Lines while slo-
ganeering against the
government.
In this procession,
city BJP chief Raghav
Sharma, BJYM state
president Himanshu
Sharma and General
Secretary Rajesh Gur-
jar joined along with
hundreds of morcha
workers. Before march-
ing, the Himanshu
Sharma protested in
Kanota where the po-
lice detained all the
other morcha workers,
but released him.
In Tonk, the morcha
members tried to burn
the effigy of CM Ashok
Gehlot but were stopped
by the police. The mem-
bers had argument with
the police at several
other places also.
SEC holds meeting to review local polls
Balloons catch fire as BJYM members protestThe BJYM members were observing a Black Day on the completion of two years of Congress government in the state
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha members stage demonstration, police resort to lathicharge at Civil Lines in Jaipur on Thursday.
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JODH MINES DEPT
STAFF IN ACB NET
FOR TAKING BRIBE
Jaipur: An engineer
and a junior assis-
tant of the mines de-
partment of Ra-
jasthan were arrest-
ed by the state Anti-
Corruption Bureau
(ACB) on Thursday
for allegedly accept-
ing a bribe of Rs
20,000 from a farmer,
officials said.
Assistant mines en-
gineer Chhagan Lal
and junior assistant
Hari Niwas, who
were posted in Sri
Ganganagar district,
had demanded the
money from the
farmer, Jarnel Sin-
gh, to issue a permit
for the removal of
gypsum from his
land, an ACB official
said. On the basis of
a complaint lodged
by Singh, a team of
the ACB trapped the
accused.
SARAS MILK TO
COST RS 2 LESS
PER LITRE
Jaipur: The Jaipur
dairy administra-
tion has reduced the
prices of Saras milk.
Except Saras stand-
ard milk, a reduction
of Rs 2 per liter has
been made on all
packs that will be ap-
plicable from Friday
evening. 1 liter pack
of Saras Gold milk
will now be available
for 52 rupees, Saras
Smart Milk for Rs 36,
Saras toned fresh
milk for Rs 42. The
corresponding re-
duction in the pack
of half a liter has
also been done. The 6
liter pack of Saras
toned milk will cost 1
rupee less.
MANY TAKE TO STREETS IN STATE
Mayor Dr Somya
asked to file reply
by January 7,2021
Woman, wanted
in abetment to
suicide case,
shot at
First India Bureau
Banswara: A woman
Zeenat, 30, wanted in an
abetment to suicide case,
was shot at her house in
Indira colony on Thurs-
day. She was admitted to
a hospital in serious con-
dition and was later re-
ferred to Udaipur. She
sustained bullet injuries
in her waist and chest,
thepolicesaid.According
to the police, the woman
wasinvolvedinatradeof
lendingmoneyandaman
had died by suicide alleg-
edly due to demand of
moneybyZeenatandher
accomplice. The man’s
brother had lodged abet-
ment to suicide case
against Zeenat and she
was avoiding the police
butreturnedtoherhome
from Ajmer on Thursday
morning. The police are
searching the accused
who shot her.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A district
court on Thursday is-
sued notices to Jaipur
Greater municipal cor-
poration Mayor Dr
Somya, returning of-
ficer and district elec-
tion officer in a peti-
tion filed against her
election on the ground
of having name in vot-
er lists at two places.
Magistrate Vyas is-
sued the notices and
sought reply by Janu-
ary 7.
Congress councillor
Divya Singh from ward
number 93, who was
contesting for the post
of Mayor against Dr
Somya, had filed the pe-
tition. Earlier, a similar
petition was filed by
Pinky Yadav, who had
contested the munici-
pal corporation election
against Dr Somya.
The petitioners’
counsel, advocate AK
Jain said Dr Somya was
a registered voter in her
village Devri in Karauli
when she filed nomina-
tion papers for JMC
elections. She also got
her name included in
the voters list in Jaipur
but the name in Karau-
li’s voter list was
dropped on 3 November.
Jain, while referring
to rules, said that a per-
son can contest munici-
pal corporation election
only when he/she is a
registered voter in the
area of that mun corpo-
ration. Petitions also
claimed that Dr Somya
concealed in nomina-
tion papers about FIR
against her filed in 2016
under various sections
in Gangapur city police
station of Sawaimad-
hopur district.
2 YEARS OF GEHLOT GOVT
‘Cong govt failed on all fronts’
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The opposition
BJP on Thursday hit
out at the Ashok Gehlot
led Congress govern-
ment in the state saying
it has failed on all fronts
and betrayed people of
the state in the last two
years of its rule.
On the second anni-
versary of the Congress
government, BJP state
president Satish Poonia
and Union minister Ga-
jendra Singh Shekhawat
said that anti-incumben-
cy has developed against
the government in two
yearsanditwillhitwick-
et by its own deeds.
Shekhawat said that
congratulations to the
“Hotel Government” of
Rajasthanoncompletion
of two years. “I am re-
mindedof “Nero”seeing
the state of governance
and administration in
Rajasthan. The public is
doing trahimam-trahi-
mam and Gehlot ji is
playing the flute of his
own thoughts,” he said.
Poonia said that due to
infighting, neither Con-
gress party nor the gov-
ernment was able to
functionproperly.“There
is a long list of failures.
Crime against women
has increased, law and
order has completely de-
teriorated, contractual
employees have not been
regularised yet, 59 lakh
farmers are waiting for
completeloanwaiver,un-
employed youths are not
being given allowance,”
he said.
May god awaken the
sleeping govt, says Raje
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Hitting out at
the Ashok Gehlot gov-
ernment on comple-
tion of two years in
governance, former
chief minister
Vasundhara Raje said
that the government
has failed in every
test and its count-
down has begun.
“From arrogant
ministers to negligent
administrations, no
one has morality to
understand public
sentiments. May God
save the public and
awaken the sleeping
government,” she
commented. Raje said
that the Congress had
announced to waive
the entire loan of
farmers in 10 days but
it has not been ful-
filled till date. She said
that millet producers
in the state are wor-
ried about selling
their crops, but de-
spite this, the pur-
chaseof millethasnot
been started.
“On the contrary,
the Congress is
fueling the agitation
by provoking farm-
ers. This government
is invisible,” she said.
Raising the issue of
corruption, Raje said
that Congress leaders
are being vocal
against their own ‘in-
visible government’.
BJP CANNOT SEE PROGRESS AS THEY
HAVE TURNED EYES AWAY: MAHESH JOSHI
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Satish Poonia
Vasundhara Raje
Mahesh Joshi pays tribute to former Rajasthan CM Haridev
Joshi on his birth anniversary on Thursday at PCC office.

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Health de-
partment has completed
the recruitment work of
record 2000 doctors. The
appointment order has
been issued today to the
newly selected 1991 doc-
tors.
With these appoint-
ments, doctors have
beendeployed onalmost
all vacant posts in rural
areas. Apart from these,
the case of a doctor is
under consideration in
the court and certifica-
tion of certificates of 8
doctors is in process.
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma said that
for the first time in the
history of the Health
Department, 1991 doc-
tors are being appointed
on the same day.
Earlier this year, 735
doctors were given ap-
pointments. He said that
out of the newly ap-
pointed doctors, around
250 are PG in various
faculties. With the ap-
pointment of these doc-
tors, the shortage of
specialists in various
urban and rural hospi-
tals is being filled.
Dr Sharma said that
increasing the reach of
health centres, 112 new
PHCs and 200 new
health sub-centres have
been approved.
Besides this, 52 have
been upgraded to CHC,
12 to PHC and five hospi-
tals at Gangapur City,
Peepar, Phalodi, Kekri
and Kotputli have been
upgraded to district hos-
pitals.
Sanganer CHC has
been upgraded to satel-
lite hospital. 2,464 beds
have been increased in
hospitals.
First India Bureau
Nagaur: More than
Rs20 lakhs were looted
from a rural bank at
Jayal in Nagaur, where
3 masked robbers held
the bank manager hos-
tage and committed the
crime. According to
the police, the theft oc-
curred at around 10 am
in Rural Marudhar
Bank in Tarnau vil-
lage. Three bike-borne
men reached the bank
a few minutes of its
opening and had come
prepared for carrying
huge bundles of cash
in a luggage bag.
All the bank employ-
ees were kept at gun
point, and the miscre-
ants took Rs15 lakh
straight from the cash
counter. The entire city
is under surveillance,
while the police is in-
vestigating and skim-
ming through the
CCTV footages.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In the New
Year’snewexcisepolicy,
the state government
can give relief to bar-
restaurant operators.
Prior to the issuance of
the Excise Policy, PSF
Akhil Arora held a
meeting on Thursday
with bar-restaurant op-
erators,associationrep-
resentatives and busi-
nessmen at the Secre-
tariat for their vital
suggestions.Theymade
several demands, in-
cluding giving relief in
bar license fees and
making night curfew
time from 11:00 pm.
Here are the key sug-
gestions:

In last year’s bar li-
cense fees, those who
deposited the amount
on time, have been
given a rebate of 25%,
while after corona,
now those depositing
the fee amount have
been given a 50% dis-
count. In such a situ-
ation the representa-
tives of the associa-
tion have demanded
that 50% exemption
be implemented for
both classes.

Thelicensefeesof the
next year should be
completely waived
duetoCorona.If 100%
fee waiver is not pos-
sible, at least 50% dis-
count should be given
for next year also.

Demand for equal re-
lief in fees to hotel,
restaurant and club
bar licensees.

Demand to push the
night curfew till 11:00
pm so that bars can
hold the licensed
business.

Penalty on low sales
should be completely
discontinued.

Instead of increasing
the rates of liquor
two or three times a
year, fix the rate once.
Masked men loot `20 lakh
in 20 minutes from bank
EXCISE POLICY: GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE
RELIEF TO BAR & RESTAURANT OPERATORS
Jaipur: Icy northerly
winds from the Hima-
layas brought down the
mercury in Rajasthan
where the night tem-
perature dipped to mi-
nus 1 degree Celsius in
Mount Abu, the Mete-
orological (MeT) De-
partment here said on
Thursday.
Among plain areas
in the desert state, Si-
kar was recorded as
the coldest place at 0.5
degree Celsius, a MeT
said. The official said
due to the impact of
northerly winds, sev-
eral areas in north and
north-west Rajasthan
reeled under a cold
wave and the same
weather conditions
would continue to pre-
vail till December 21.
The temperatures
are likely to increase
by a few notches after
December 21, he said.
Churu and Pilani
shivered at 2.2 and 2.5
degrees Celsius, re-
spectively, while Gan-
ganagar, Bikaner, Jais-
lamer, Vanasthali, Al-
war, Jodhpur, Kota and
Bundi recorded 2.8, 3.1,
5.2, 5.8, 6.6, 7.1, 8.1 and
8.8 degrees Celsius, re-
spectively.
—PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
State Legal Services
Authority (RALSA) in
its online Lok Adalat
held during Covid19
pandemic has resolved
14,789 pre-litigation
cases and 68,655 pend-
ing cases by mediation.
Brajendra Jain Sen-
ior District Judge and
presently Member Sec-
retary RSLSA informed
that cases resolved
through two online Lok
Adalat included cases
of different nature.
Jain said majority of
3742 cases related to
Motor Accident Claims
Tribunal were settled
wherein a claim of
Rs177 Crore was award-
ed by mutual consent.
Jain also said that the
RSLSA has resolved
disputes in various
matrimonial cases and
reunited 4000 families
in the two online Lok
Adalats.
In online Lok Ada-
lats, the parties were
connected though
WhatsApp video con-
ference as well as
SAMA chat and other
online modes.
“The response was
incredible as parties
earlier had to come to
Lok Adalat camps but
this time they could
reach settlements from
their homes which gave
an overwhelming re-
sponse and result is
huge success of online
Lok Adalat,” Brajendra
said.
Online Lok Adalats help solve many cases
Spl team to inspect facilities
at JK Lon, health centres
First India Bureau
Kota: A special team of
will visit the Kota to in-
spect health facilities at
the JK Lon Hospital
and various health cen-
tres in the district.
The step has been
taken after the death of
more than 10 newborns
was reported at the
hospital this month.
The team will visit
various health centres
in the district to check
as to why pregnant
women have to be re-
ferred to the JK Lon
Hospital.
State Nodal Officer
of infant disease sec-
tion Dr Abhinav Agar-
wal will investigate the
drawbacks, said official
sources.
According to official
sources, the investiga-
tion is being done on
inputs about faults in
referral units.
Questions were
raised over sending
pregnant women to JK
Lon Hospital, which
puts pressure on the
hospital. The team will
investigate as to why
the pregnant women
cannot be treated at
the health centres as a
routine.
3.0 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS JAIPUR
Chilly winds bring mercury down in
Raj, Mount Abu records -1° Celsius
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A division
bench of Chief Justice
Indrajit Mahanty and
Justice Satish Sharma
on Thursday issued no-
tice to the secretary,
medical and health,
and Superintendent of
the SMS Hospital re-
garding the misman-
agement and bad con-
ditions in SMS and
other hospitals of the
state.
In this regard, the
Public Against Cor-
ruption had filed a PIL
and told the High
Court that patients
from all over the state
are referred to the SMS
hospital, but the condi-
tion of this hospital
remains miserable. De-
spite spending crores
of rupees annually on
maintenance, rats can
be seen roaming in the
ICU of the hospital.
Notice to med
secy, SMS
suptd over
mismgmt
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
Hearty congratu-
lations and best
wishes to all the
people of Rajasthan
on completion of
successful two years
of leadership under
the leadership of
Jannayak @ashokge-
hlot51 #sushasanke-
dosaal #Congress-
ForProgress
CCTV grab of bank loot in Nagaur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
health authorities on
Thursday reported 11
coronavirus fatalities
and 1,112 fresh cases as
the state’s numbers
rose to 2,589 deaths and
2,95,953 infections.
The fresh deaths
were reported from
Jaipur and Jodhpur
(two each); Ajmer,
Bharatpur, Bhilwara,
Bikaner, Churu, Dausa
andJhunjhunu(1each),
according to an official
report. 2,79,717 patients
have recovered so far,
the report said.—PTI
Raj reports 11
Corona deaths
on Thursday
People brave winter chill at Central Park on a cold Thursday
morning. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
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TMC
DESERTERS,
BJP ROCK
BENGAL
CM’S BOAT
ith the Bharatiya Janata Party
holding all the trump cards, West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee finds the ground slip-
ping beneath her feet. The BJP
has unleashed all the power at its command
to push Didi to the wall. First it was the Rash-
triya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad which prepared the ground
for the party to launch its electoral campaign
built solely around what it called rising Is-
lamic influence in the state. State Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar controversially kept
pushing the BJP’s agenda.
The infamous Saradha ponzi scheme scam
allowed the BJP to use the CBI to its advan-
tage. Interrogation by the CBI helped the BJP
to wean Trinamool Congress leader Mukul
Roy, once Mamata’s go-to-man, away from the
chief minister and come to its fold. Roy’s join-
ing the BJP was like taking a dip in the Holy
Ganga. All his sins were immediately washed
away. After the TMC suffered setback in the
2019 Lok Sabha election two of its legislators
jumped the ship and joined the BJP. One of
the MLAs was Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu
Roy. The BJP had then said that mass exodus
of Trinamool leaders to the BJP will take
place in “seven phases”, referring to the sev-
en-phased Lok Sabha elections.
Mukul Roy was apparently tasked by the
BJP to look for potential defectors and he
proved himself up to the task. There is a
queue of TMC leaders waiting to cross over.
MamataBanerjeecallsthesedefectorsgreedy.
The recent additions to the list are Suvendu
Adhikari, a powerful leader of the TMC and
Asansol’s MLA Jitendra Tiwari. Both of
them resigned from the party and are expect-
ed to join the BJP soon.
The BJP is simultaneously using strong-
arm tactics to weaken the TMC as much as
possible before the assembly elections. In its
ongoing showdown with the Bengal govern-
ment over three IPS officers who were alleged
to be lax when BJP president JP Nadda’s ve-
hicle was attacked. When the Union Home
Ministry summoned the officers, Mamata
Banerjee refused to send them. In the latest
tussle the Government of India ordered the
three officers to return to Central deputation
but the chief minister refused to oblige. She
said it was “nothing but a deliberate attempt
to encroach upon the State’s jurisdiction and
demoralize the serving officers in West Ben-
gal”. A similar confrontation took place when
the CBI was sent to interrogate the then po-
lice commissioner of Kolkata, Rajeev Kumar.
WiththeBJPleavingnostoneunturned,the
battle for Bengal is turning out to be a two-
partyaffair.TheCPI-M and theCongressseem
to have been pushed out of the contest. Soon,
it will be over to the Election Commission.
IN-DEPTH
W
hile Christmas
playlists often
include cheesy
favorites like
“Rockin’Around
the Christmas Tree” and “I
Saw Mommy Kissing Santa
Claus,”therearealsoahand-
fulof wistfultracksthatgoa
little bit deeper.
Listen closely to “I’ll Be
Home for Christmas” or
“White Christmas,” and
you’ll hear a deep yearning
for home and sorrow at
having to spend the holi-
days somewhere else.
During no holiday sea-
son in recent memory have
these songs resonated so
deeply with so many. The
pandemic has upended
holiday traditions, and for
those who eagerly antici-
pate annual visits to their
hometowns to celebrate
with loved ones, the cancel-
lations of these plans are
yet another blow to endure
in a long, grinding year.
Strip away the cursory
Christmas rituals – the TV
specials, the lights, the
gifts, the music – and what
remains is home. It is the
beating heart of the holi-
day, and its importance re-
flects our primal need to
have a meaningful rela-
tionship with a setting – a
place that transcends the
boundary between the self
and the physical world.
CAN YOU LOVE A
PLACE LIKE A PERSON?
Most of us can probably
name at least one place we
feel an emotional connec-
tion to. But you probably
don’t realize just how much
a place can influence your
sense of who you are, or
how essential it is for your
psychological well-being.
Psychologists even pos-
sess an entire vocabulary
for the affectionate bonds
between people and places:
There’s “topophilia,”
“rootedness” and “attach-
ment to place,” which are
all used to describe the feel-
ings of comfort and secu-
rity that bind us to a place.
Your fondness for a place
– whether it’s the house
where you lived your whole
life, or the fields and woods
where you played as a child
– can even mimic the affec-
tionyoufeelforotherpeople.
Studies have shown that
a forced relocation can elic-
it heartbreak and distress
every bit as intense as the
loss of a loved one. Another
study found that if you feel
a strong attachment to your
town or city, you’ll be more
satisfied with your house
and you’ll also be less anx-
ious about your future.
Our physical surround-
ings play an important role
in creating meaning and
organization in our lives;
much of how we view our
lives and what we have be-
come depends on where
we’ve lived, and the experi-
ences we’ve had there.
So it’s no surprise that
architecture professor Kim
Dovey, who has studied the
concept of home and the
experience of homeless-
ness, confirmed that where
we live is closely tied to our
sense of who we are.
AN ANCHOR OF ORDER
AND COMFORT
At the same time, the con-
ceptof homecanbeslippery.
One of the first questions
we ask when we meet some-
one new is “Where are you
from?”Butweseldompause
to consider how complicat-
ed that question is. Does it
mean where you currently
live? Where you were born?
Where you grew up?
Environmental psychol-
ogists have long under-
stood that the word “home”
clearly connotes more than
just a house. It encompass-
es people, places, objects
and memories.
Sowhatorwhere,exactly,
dopeopleconsider“home”?
A 2008 Pew study asked
peopletoidentify“theplace
in your heart you consider
to be home.” Twenty-six
percent reported that home
was where they were born
orraised;only22%saidthat
it was where they currently
lived. Eighteen percent
identifiedhomeastheplace
that they had lived the long-
est, and 15% felt that it was
where most of their extend-
ed family had come from.
But if you look at differ-
ent cultures across time, a
common thread emerges.
No matter where they
come from, people tend to
think about home as a cen-
tral place that represents or-
der, a counterbalance to the
chaos that exists elsewhere.
There’s no place like home for the holidays
W
“I am delighted by beholding
that which has never been
seen before, and yet my mind
is tormented with fear.”
—Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Congratulate the entire team of
@isro for adding one more
feather in their cap by
successfully placing another
indigenous satellite #CMS01 into
the orbit. This will bolster telecom
services in Andaman, Nicobar and
Lakshadweep islands. #PSLVC50
#ISROMissions
Prakash Javadekar
@PrakashJavdekar
Yet another hypocrisy of
@ArvindKejriwal ! He tore off
copies of the same farm reform
bills today in Delhi Assembly
which he had notiﬁed in
November in the Delhi Gazette.
ou must have taken out a life-
insurance policy to bring a
measure of security to your
family in the event of your de-
mise. We know, too, of those
who invest in real estate or
other valuable commodities –
precious metals, gem stones,
old coins, works of art or even
postage stamps as security in
the face of inflation. Still no
one seems to have perfected a
cure for this financial ‘disease’.
Each day, we relate automati-
cally to security consciousness.
Before leaving our homes, we
attend to bolts and locks. In pub-
lic, we secure ourselves to ward
off thieves. We show a security
pass to enter office premises.
These examples and many
more are now everyday hap-
penings. Yet, it is a fact of life
that personal security is never
easy. Injury or death can come
without warning.
Security, is a new ‘growth in-
dustry’, with a proliferation of
security cameras, sophisticat-
ed alarms, monitoring sys-
tems, trained guards and dogs
to protect us and our property.
Despite all we do, we experi-
ence a growing feeling of inse-
curity and live with an under-
current of fear.
In an age of prosperity, hav-
ing a feeling of insecurity, is a
paradox. It is like a house of
cards, bright and showy, yet
delicate and doomed to fall.
Security can be defined as
“untroubled by danger or ap-
prehension”. A state of feeling
safe and being free from worry
and anxiety. It means different
things to different people. To
one person, security is a job or
wealth, to another it is having a
healthy body and for some, nur-
turing a loving relationship.
Does fear of failing keep you
from doing things that you re-
ally like? Do you worry a lot
about what others think of
you? Are you uneasy about
meeting new people? Do you
fall apart when criticised? If
so, you are suffering from emo-
tional insecurity.
Feelings of insecurity are
universal. Many are prone to
feel inadequate or worthless
from time to time. Undue con-
cern with appearance, reputa-
tion or abilities can continue to
shake one’s confidence even
when poised. Self inflicted
mood swings arise due to our
making unfair comparisons
with others.
Insecurity causes a person to
overeat. It is an indication of
low self-esteem. The person
says to oneself, ‘I’m not worthy,
why should I care about myself
or my weight?’ Unreasonable
fault finding greatly under-
mines self respect.
Peoplewithapoorperception
of themselves are prisoners of
self. They are locked in their
thoughts. By reaching out to
others and showing kindness,
onecanbefreefromself impris-
onment. Receiving affection
and assurance from others help
to combat feelings of insecurity.
Misunderstandings, and be-
ing overly concerned about
having everyone’s approval
also contribute to having a lack
of self worth. By taking criti-
cism in stride and not paying
heed to all the words spoken
against us, we can keep our
mental peace.
Falling short in one area does
not make us a failure as a per-
son. Our sense of security is
enhanced by having our own
identity and knowing our true
value. It is not measured by be-
ing accepted by others. It is not
possible to please everyone, so it
is best to focus on our achieve-
mentsandareaswhereweexcel.
Verbal abuse causes mental
wounds that destroy one’s self
esteem. They take time to heal,
but leave scars. Not giving in-
ner consent to it can help one
avoid feeling inferior.
Trying to show oneself near-
ly ‘perfect’ to others can lead to
mental and physical exhaus-
tion and self blame. Guilt is
caused by assuming an unreal-
istic responsibility for the be-
haviour of others, thereby fos-
tering negative feelings.
Suffering “a bad case of the
blues” in silence, that persists
week after week without relief
for no apparent reason will not
help us to think straight. Sad-
ness and loss are natural. One
must avoid ‘what if’ blues and
focus on the more positive as-
pects of one’s life.
Repairing and keeping our
self esteem intact, requires
spending time with people who
care. Investing time to build
that trust is rewarding.
Learning a skill, can build us
up emotionally. Acknowledging
that worst situations do not last
forever and there is no chal-
lenge that is too hard to con-
front, can boost our self esteem.
Vital to happiness is a feeling
of personal dignity or self
worth. It requires learning to
cope with failures and disap-
pointments with cheerfulness
and patience. Taking small
steps can make a big differ-
ence. We will not be locked into
a life of persistent and debili-
tating negative emotions, and
will have the desire to live and
to be healthy.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
WORKING THROUGH
INSECURITY
Y
REKHA
KUMAR
PEOPLE WITH A POOR
PERCEPTION OF
THEMSELVES ARE
PRISONERS OF SELF.
THEY ARE LOCKED IN
THEIR THOUGHTS. BY
REACHING OUT TO
OTHERS AND SHOWING
KINDNESS, ONE CAN BE
FREE FROM SELF
IMPRISONMENT.
RECEIVING AFFECTION
AND ASSURANCE
FROM OTHERS HELP
TO COMBAT FEELINGS
OF INSECURITY.
The writer is a personal
development trainer working with
corporate and SME sector
Does fear of
failing keep you
from doing
things that you
really like? Do
you worry a lot
about what
others think of
you? Are you
uneasy about
meeting new
people? Do you
fall apart when
criticised? If so,
you are
suffering from
emotional
insecurity.

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INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020
‘CHALIYE, TRANSPARENCY
KO VANAKKAM!’
Gadkari unveils eco-
friendly ‘Vedic Paint’
to boost rural economy
New Delhi: The Union
Minister of Micro,
Small and Medium En-
terprises Nitin Gadkari
on Thursday intro-
duced the soon-to-be-
launched ‘Vedic Paint’
made of cow dung.
“Grameen economy
ko bal mile aur kisaano
ko atirikt aamdani ho
isiliyeKhadiandVillage
Industries Commission
ke madhyam se hum
zald hi gai ke gobar se
bana Vedic Paint launch
karne wale hain (To
boost the rural economy
and generate an addi-
tional income for farm-
ers, we will soon launch
‘Vedic Paint’ made of
cow dung through the
KhadiandVillageIndus-
tries Commission),”
Gadkari tweeted.
The union minister
explained that the paint
will come in distemper
and emulsion forms and
will dry in just four
hours. The eco-friendly
paint will have non-tox-
ic, anti-bacterial, anti-
fungal and washable
properties. He estimat-
ed ‘Vedic Paint’ will lead
to an additional income
of Rs 55,000 a year for
livestock farmers. —ANI
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday introduced the soon-to-
be-launched ‘Vedic Paint’ made of cow dung.
New Delhi:The Minis-
try of Defence said on
Thursday that its De-
fence Acquisition
Council (DAC) cleared
proposals worth Rs
28,000 crore, of which
acquisitions worth Rs
27,000 crore would be
sourced from Indian in-
dustries.
In a series of tweets,
the ministry said that
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh chaired the
meeting of the DAC, in
which five more cases
valued at Rs 25,000 crore
were approved under
the indigenous design
development and manu-
facture category. “Five
cases valued at Rs 25000
Crore are approved un-
der indigenous design
development and manu-
facture category.” —ANI
COLD WAVE TO CONTINUE TILL
DECEMBER 18: IMD HEAD
New Delhi: As tempera-
tures continue to drop in
northern India, Kuldeep
Srivastava, Head, IMD,
Delhi on Thursday said
the cold wave prevailing
for the last three days will
continue till December
18. Speaking to ANI,
the IMD Head added,
“Minimum temperature
of 3.5 degree Celsius was
recorded in Ayanagar in
Delhi.” He further added
that weather condition will
improve from Dec 20 and
it will become warmer
by 2-3 degrees. Talking
about AQI in the national
capital, Srivastava said,
“The AQI is fluctuating
between moderate & poor
category & since the wind
speed is good, it is likely
to remain same for the
next three days.”
FM HOLDS CONSULTATIONS
WITH SOCIAL SECTOR EXPERTS
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman held her 5th Pre-Budget consultations
with representatives of social sector ahead of the
Union Budget 2021-22. “Union Finance Minister
Smt @nsitharaman holding her 5th Pre-Budget
consultations with representatives of social
sector in connection with the forthcoming Union
Budget 2021-22, in New Delhi today,” the Union
Ministry of Finance tweeted. “Along with Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Secretary
Dr AB Pandey & other officers were present.
BENCHMARKS MAINTAIN RECORD
RUN ON FED SUPPORT
Mumbai: The Sensex and
Nifty sprinted to all-time
highs for the fifth session
on the trot on Thursday,
in tandem with global
markets after the US Fed’s
accommodative stance
further fuelled risk-on
sentiment. After touch-
ing its lifetime intra-day
high of 46,992.57, the
30-share BSE Sensex
settled 223.88 points or
0.48% up at 46,890.34
- its new closing record.
Similarly, the broader NSE
Nifty rose 58 points or
0.42% to a new clos-
ing high of 13,740.70.
It hit a lifetime peak of
13,773.25. HDFC topped
the Sensex gainers’ chart,
spurting 2.92%, followed
by Bajaj Finance, HDFC
Bank, IndusInd Bank,
UltraTech Cement etc.
ACTOR RAHUL ROY DIAGNOSED
WITH MOTOR APHASIA
New Delhi: New Delhi: Bollywood actor Rahul
Roy has been diagnosed with motor aphasia
(the inability to speak or to organize the muscu-
lar movements of speech) due to a stroke. Roy
had suffered a brain stroke earlier this month
while shooting for his upcoming film LAC —
Live the Battle. A statement from Wockhardt
Hospitals read, “On examination in Wockhardt
Hospitals, it was found that patient Mr Rahul
Roy had motor aphasia. He is undergoing ex-
pert speech therapy and physiotherapy.”
IN THE COURTYARD
RAGA CRITICISES PM CARES FUND
PLAYING WITH ICE...
Tourist ice-skate as winter cold sets in at Lakkar Bazaar in Shimla on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Not a protest site:
Javadekar slams RaGa
New Delhi: Union
minister Prakash Ja-
vadekar on Thursday
lashedoutatCongress
leader Rahul Gandhi
for walking out of a
meeting of the Parlia-
mentary standing
committeeondefence,
saying that Gandhi
himself remains ab-
sent and then blames
the government and
walks out of meeting
in protest. Javadekar
further said standing
committee “isn’t a
protest site.” “Rahul
Gandhi attended 2 of
14 meetings of Parlia-
mentary standing
committee on defence
in the last year and a
half. He’s himself ab-
sent and then blames
government & all pro-
cedures & walks out
of meeting in protest.
Standing committee
isn’t a protest site.”
“Being absent, not
discussing their de-
sired agenda of dis-
cussion & then mak-
ing insinuations of
non-discussion of
important issues is
an insult to all parlia-
mentary procedures.
We condemn this at-
titude,” he added.
—ANI
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
has once again targeted
Centre over PM Cares
Fund, sharing a screen-
shot of a news headline
Gandhi wrote, “PM
Cares-Chaliye, trans-
parency ko vanakkam!”
(PM Cares- Welcome
transparency).The
news headline read --
Doubts over PM Cares
Fund: Government not
clear if it is government
fund or private entity.
Hisattackcomesaday
after, Congress leader
RandeepSinghSurjewa-
la posed various ques-
tions to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi over PM
Cares Fund, including
the receipt of donations
to the fund through In-
dian Embassies.
“The intriguing case
of ‘foreign donations’,
including from China,
Pakistan and Qatar to
PM Cares Fund! Ques-
tions to PM: 1. Why did
Indian Embassies pub-
licise and receive a do-
nation to PM Cares
Fund? 2. Why was the
Fund advertised on
banned Chinese apps?”
Surjewala tweeted.
“3. How much money
was received from Paki-
stan and who donated?
4. Which are the two
companies in Qatar do-
nating to the Fund and
how many Crores were
received?” he added.
Prime Minister’s Cit-
izen Assistance and Re-
lief in Emergency Situ-
ations Fund (PM
-CARES Fund) has been
set up following the
COVID-19 pandemic in
India, to undertake and
support relief or assis-
tance of any kind relat-
ing to a public health
emergency or any other
kind of emergency, ca-
lamity or distress. —ANI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Centre clears
acquisition
proposals
worth ` 28,k cr
Delhi HC refuses to entertain
PIL against farmers’ protest
New Delhi: Delhi HC
refused to entertain a
PIL filed against the
farmers’ protest at the
various borders of the
national capital in view
of the COVID-19 pan-
demic.
A division bench of
Chief Justice DN Patel
and Justice Prateek Ja-
lan, while refusing to
entertain the PIL, said
the same petition can be
filed before Punjab, Ra-
jasthan, Haryana, and
Allahabad, as well. The
court also raised a juris-
diction issue in the mat-
ter and pulled up the pe-
titioner for loosely draft-
ing the petition and its
prayer. The bench also
notedsubmissionsof ad-
vocate Sanjay Ghosh, ap-
pearing for Delhi gov-
ernment, who apprised
the court that a similar
matter is pending before
SC, which is looking into
the larger issue. —ANI
Farmers raise slogans during a protest against the Center’s new
farm laws at Singhu Border in New Delhi,Thursday.
Punjab Cong
protest at
Jantar
Mantar
RACHIT TANEJA CONTEMPT CASE
SUPREME COURT TO ISSUE ORDERS
AGAINST CARTOONIST TODAY
PM’s ego stopping him from solving
farmers’ issue despite deaths: Sukhbir
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court will decide
tomorrow a petition
seeking criminal con-
tempt of court proceed-
ings against cartoonist
Rachita Taneja for her
illustrations of the Su-
preme Court of India. A
bench headed by Justice
Ashok Bhushan said it
will pass an order today.
During the hearing,
senior advocate PS Nar-
asimha, appearing for
the petitioner, sought
contempt proceedings
against Taneja submit-
ting they have a clear
opinion of AG where he
is of the view that three
instances of cartoons in
the complaint.
Tweet “clearly calcu-
lated to undermine the
judiciary”, he added.
—ANI
Karnal: Shiromani
Akali Dal president
Sukhbir Singh Badal
and former Union min-
ister Harsimrat Kaur
Badal joined followers
of Baba Ram Singh at
Nanaksar Gurdwara at
Singhra village of Kar-
nal district on Thursday
to pay tributes to the re-
ligious leader who com-
mitted suicide at Singhu
border in support of the
farmers’agitation.Baba
RamSingh,65,shothim-
self in his car at Delhi’s
Singhu border on
Wednesday evening af-
ter accusing the Centre
of insensitivity towards
the farmers protesting
against the three new
farm laws for the past 22
days. “I cannot under-
stand why the ego of our
Prime Minister is stop-
ping him from solving
this issue despite the
supreme sacrifice of
Baba Ram Singh and
around 30 other farmers
who lost their lives dur-
ing this agitation,” for-
mer dy CM of Punjab
said. —Agencies
Ludhiana:While farm-
ers have barred politi-
cians from their protest
stage, leaders of the
Punjab Congress have
been sitting on a day-
night dharna at Jantar
Mantar since December
6. Three Congress MPs
and one MLA from Pun-
jab have been sleeping
on the roadside as part
of their protest. These
protesting leaders in-
clude Ludhiana MP
Ravneet Singh Bittu,
Amritsar MP Gurjeet
Singh Aujla and Kha-
door Sahib MP Jasbir
Singh Dimpa and Kul-
bir Singh Zira.
Bittu said, “It has
now become a ‘lok le-
har’. People are coming
on their own and the
government needs to
understand how a mass
movement has no politi-
cal affiliation. I am
aware that farmers
don’t want any politi-
cian on their stage and
we respect that deci-
sion. However, when
our farmer is sleeping
on the roads in this bit-
ing cold, how can we
sleep inside our cosy
rooms. It is my support
to the farmers of my na-
tion.” —Agencies
—PHOTO BY PTI

INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020
RAVI PRAKASH RELIEVED TO JOIN AS
DIRECTOR, HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS
Ravi Prakash has been relieved to join as Director
in the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs on
deputation basis. He is an IRS-IT officer.
2 IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
RESPONSIBILITY IN J&K
Ms Yasha Mudgul, Managing Director, Jam-
mu Power Distribution Corporation Limited,
is transferred and will await further orders of
adjustment in the General Administration De-
partment. Prasanna Ramaswamy G, Director of
Census Operations/Director of Citizen Registra-
tion (DCR), J&K, will hold the additional charge
of Managing Director, Jammu Power Distribu-
tion Corporation Limited.
TWO ISS OFFICERS SHIFTED
Santosh has been appointed to the Health Minis-
try and D K Ojha was posted to Women and Child
Development Ministry.
AJAY KRISHAN SHARMA POSTED TO DELHI
Ajay Krishan Sharma, who had been Awaiting
Posting after joining the AGMUT cadre on De-
cember 7, 2020, has been posted to Delhi. He is a
2008 batch IPS officer.
JITENDRA GUPTA TRANSFERRED
TO NAGALAND CADRE
The ACC has approved the inter-cadre deputation
of Jitendra Gupta from Bihar to Nagaland cadre
initially for a period of three years. He is a 2013
batch IAS officer.
S S NAKUL APPOINTED AS PS TO
MS NIRMALA SITHARAMAN
S S Nakul has been appointed as Private Sec-
retary to Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister for
Finance and Corporate Affairs. He is a 2010 batch
IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
DR SAHASRABUDDHE RE-APPOINTED
AS PRESIDENT, ICCR
Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe has been re-appointed
as President of Indian Council for Cultural Rela-
tions (ICCR).
13 IAS OFFICERS OF AGMU
T CADRE TRANSFERRED
As many as 13 IAS officers of AGMUT cadre have
been transferred in their joint cadre. According-
ly, Kirti Garg, Geetika Sharma, Ashok Kumar J,
Rupesh Kumar Thakur, H P Sran, Bhupesh Chaud-
hary and shashanka Ala have been posted to Delhi
while Arun Kumar Mishra and Y V V J Rajasekhar
were posted to Goa and Pankaj Kumar G Sudha-
kar get posting to A & NI. Besides, A Nedunche-
zhiyan has been posted to Puducherry and Nazuk
Kumar was posted to Mizoram.
12 IPS OFFICERS OF AGMUT
CADRE TRANSFERRED
As many as 12 IPS officers of AGMUT cadre have
been transferred and posted to different seg-
ments in the cadre. Accordingly, Manoj, Guguloth
Amrutha, Rajneesh Gupta, Esha Pandey, Rajeev
Ranjan Singh, Romil Baniya have been posted to
Delhi, while Manjeet and Geetanjali Khandelwal
were posted to A&NI and Vineet Kumar was post-
ed to Mizoram. Besides, Neha Yadav, Harendra
Kumar Singh and Mohd Akhter Rizvi were posted
to Arunachal Pradesh.
ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF CEO,
PPA TO CHANDRASHEKHAR IYER
EXTENDED
The additional charge period of CEO, Polvaram
Project Authority (PPA) to J Chandrashekhar Iyer,
Chairperson, Godavari River Management Board,
has been extended for a further period of six
months. He is a CWES officer.
POWERGallery
By arrangement with: http://
whispersinthecorridors.com
New Delhi: The PM
Narendra Modi and his
Bangladeshi counter-
part Sheikh Hasina in-
augurated the reopened
rail link between
Haldibari in India and
Chilahati in Bangladesh
during the virtual bilat-
eral summit. The rail
link has been reopened
after 55 years.
The railway line
from Haldibari (West
Bengal) to Chilahati
(Bangladesh) has been
defunct since 1965, af-
ter rail links between
India and then East Pa-
kistan had broken. —PTI
Modireopensrail
linkfromHaldibari
toB’desh’sChilahati
PM Narendra Modi attends the India-Bangladesh virtual bilateral
summit with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina through video
conferencing in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai: The In the
latest piece of news, the
Narcotics Control Bu-
reau (NCB) on Thurs-
day issued summons to
d i r e c t o r- p r o d u c e r
Karan Johar in the Bol-
lywood drugs nexus
case. The NCB seeks
important information
about drug spread in
the Hindi film industry
and therefore, the sum-
mons has been issued to
the filmmaker.
The latest action is
part of the ongoing in-
vestigations into Bolly-
wood-drugs mafia nex-
us which the NCB is
trying to unravel since
the past few months,
particularly after actor
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
tragic death in June
earlier this year. Mean-
while, actor Arjun Ram-
pal, who was sum-
moned by the Narcotics
Control Bureau for an
appearance on Wednes-
day, has sought a week’s
time before he appears
before the agency in
Mumbai, as media re-
ports. —Agencies
Karan Johar
summoned
by NCB in
drugs case
New Delhi: Mamata
Banerjee today blasted
the centre for ordering
three top officers out
of Bengal, calling it a
brazen attempt to con-
trol her state by proxy.
In tweets, the West
Bengal Chief Minister
called said the centre’s
move, ahead of elec-
tions due next year,
was against the basic
tenets of a federal
structure.
The three Indian Po-
lice Service (IPS) offic-
ers were asked to re-
port for central depu-
tation a day after an
attack on BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda’s con-
voy near Kolkata last
week.
After Bengal refused
to send them, the Un-
ion Home Ministry to-
day sent another letter
asking the Mamata Ba-
nerjee government to
relieve the three offic-
ers at the earliest.
“The government’s
order of central depu-
tation for the three
serving IPS officers of
West Bengal despite
the state’s objection is
a colourable exercise
of power and blatant
misuse of emergency
provision of IPS Cadre
Rule 1954,” the furious
Chief Minister tweet-
ed. “This act is noth-
ing but a deliberate at-
tempt to encroach
upon State’s jurisdic-
tion and demoralize
the serving officers in
West Bengal.
This move, particu-
larly before the elec-
tions is against the ba-
sic tenets of the federal
structure. It’s uncon-
stitutional and com-
pletely unacceptable,”
she wrote.
“We wouldn’t allow
this brazen attempt by
the centre to control
the state machinery by
proxy! West Bengal is
not going to cow down
in front of expansion-
ist and undemocratic
forces,” the Chief Min-
ister railed.
DIDI FUMES AT CENTRE’S
ORDER ON IPS OFFICERS Mumbai: With the
farmers stir against the
Centres new farm laws
continuing near Delhi
borders, the NCP on
Thursday demanded
that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi con-
vene a special session
of Parliament to ad-
dress the concerns of
the agitating peasants.
Speaking to report-
ers here, NCP chief
spokesperson Mahesh
Tapase also called for
bringing the PM
CARES Fund under the
ambit of public ac-
countability, contend-
ing there is no explicit
clarity about the entity.
Thousands of farm-
ers have been camping
at several Delhi border
points for more than
three weeks, seeking
scrapping of the Cen-
tres three new agri-
marketing laws.
We are observing
since the last 22 days
that thousands of farm-
ers are in the vicinity of
Delhi and opposing the
farm laws which were
hurriedly passed (in
Parliament) by the
Modi government.
The NCP demands
that the Prime Minister
convene a special ses-
sion of Parliament,
where the farmers con-
cerns and apprehen-
sions are addressed,
Tapase said.
He said some farmers
have laid down their
lives for the cause and
the BJP government at
the Centre "does not
seemtobesympathising
with the protesters".
Enacted in Septem-
ber, the three farm laws
have been projected by
the government as ma-
jor reforms in the agri-
culture sector that will
remove the middlemen
and allow farmers to
sell anywhere in the
country. —PTI
Convene special
session to resolve
farm issues: NCP
ISRO successfully launches
satellite to boost connectivity
CRPF SEEKS COOPERATION FROM WB POL
POLL PREP
VC WITH FARMERS
Sriharikota: India’s
42nd communications
satellite which will
help in disaster man-
agement and internet
connectivity was
launched by the Indi-
an Space Research Or-
ganisation (ISRO) on
Thursday in the agen-
cy’s second successful
mission during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
ISRO’sreliablework-
horse, the Polar Satel-
lite Launch Vehicle,
performed flawlessly
on its 52nd mission
with the CMS-01 satel-
lite,liftingoff at3:41pm
from the second launch
pad at the spaceport of
Sriharikota.
A few minutes later
the rocket was placed
into orbit and ISRO
chairman Dr K Sivan
announced the mis-
sion was a success.
CMS-01 hopes to
provide services in the
Extended-C Band of
the frequency spec-
trum covering India,
Andaman & Nicobar &
Lakshadweep islands,
officials said.
It follows the suc-
cessful launch of
PSLV-C49 (EOS-01)
earth observation sat-
ellite and nine private
spacecraft on Novem-
ber 7 which was IS-
RO’s first mission of
the year amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The first quarter of
2021 will see Indian
space agency’s till
ringing with the com-
mercial launch of
Brazilian satellite
Amazonia as well as
three Indian satellites,
said a top official.
“End of February
or early March 2021,
we will be sending
our rocket Polar Sat-
ellite Launch Vehi-
cle-C51 (PSLV-C51)
an earth observa-
tion satel-
lite,” said
K. Sivan,
Chair-
man,
ISRO,
told
me-
dia.
A tired farmer resting in hope.
‘Farmers have...
and block a city like
this. The court said it
would ask the Centre if
the manner of protest
could be slightly altered
so that it doesn’t affect
the citizens’ right of
movement.
“Farmers have right
to protest. We won’t in-
terfere with it but the
manner of protest is
something we will look
into. We will ask Centre
what is the manner of
protest going on, to
slightly alter it so that it
doesn’t affect the citi-
zens’ right of move-
ment,” the Supreme
Court said.
Appearing for the
government, Attorney
General KK Venugopal
said, “None of them
(farmers) wear a face
mask, they sit together
in large numbers. Cov-
id-19 is a concern, they
will visit villages and
spread it there. Farm-
ers cannot violate the
fundamental rights of
others.”
“Blocking Delhi may
lead to people in the
city going hungry.
Your (farmers) pur-
pose can be fulfilled by
talking. Just sitting in
protest won’t help,”
CJI said, adding that
the court only wishes
to facilitate a dialogue
between the govern-
ment and farmers.
Appearing for the
Punjab government,
senior advocate and
Congress leader P Chid-
ambaram said the farm-
ers were not blocking
the city borders and
only wanted to come to
the national capital to
protest within the lim-
its of law.
To this, the CJI said
the court cannot pre-
dict which mob can be-
come violent and it was
the police’s job. “We
cannotjeopardizesome-
one’s life or property,”
the CJI said. “This is
not a mob, this is a large
group of farmers,” Chi-
dambaram protested.
To this, the CJI said,
“We are not calling
them a mob.”
The ongoing protests,
which is now in its third
week, have seen thou-
sands of farmers, pri-
marily from Punjab and
Haryana, gathering at
the capital’s doorstep.
Double blow...
and addressing rallies
outside the party ban-
ner, is expected to join
the BJP along with a few
rebel TMC leaders when
Home Minister Amit
Shah visits West Bengal
on December 19-20.
Sonia finally...
It is not clear if Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra will be
present.
But the Congress
claims it is not just a
meeting between Sonia
Gandhi and the rebels;
others who were not sig-
natories to the letter
will also be present.
SC dismisses...
“Once again the UP gov-
ernment has failed they
tried to imprison me
and put me behind bars
on the day my brother is
getting married. Any-
way,thankstothejudici-
ary and to all of those
across the globe who
prayed for me and have
supported me for the
past three and a half
years,”KafeelKhansaid
reacting to the order.
The Gorakhpur-
based doctor was ar-
rested from Mumbai in
January over an alleg-
edly “inflammatory”
speech he gave last year
at the Aligarh Muslim
University during a
protest organised
against the Citizenship
Amendment Act, 2019.
The doctor was slapped
with charges under the
National Security Act
for “disturbing public
order in the city and
creating an atmosphere
of fear and insecurity
within the citizens of
Aligarh”.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: After scrap-
ping orders given to the
Pipavav shipyard, the
Indian Navy has got the
approval now to issue a
tender worth over Rs
9,000 crore for acquiring
11 next-generation Off-
shore Patrol Vessels for
its surface fleet.
The Defence Ministry
had recently approved
thescrappingof atender
for acquiring five Naval
Offshore Patrol Vessels
from Anil Ambani-
owned Pipavav Ship-
yardsafterlongdelaysin
the delivery schedule.
The numbers have now
been added to the Next
Generation Offshore Pa-
trol Vessels project and
insteadof six,11of them
would be acquired
throughatenderprocess
under Make in India, de-
fence sources said here.
“Acquisition propos-
als approved today in-
clude the DRDO de-
signed and developed
Airborne Early Warn-
ing & Control (AEW&C)
Systems for the Indian
Air Force, Next Genera-
tion Offshore Patrol
Vessels for the Indian
Navy and modular
bridges for the Indian
Army,” Defence Minis-
try said in a release.
Defence Ministry clears 11
advance warships for Navy

NEWSJAIPUR | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020
MINISTER GOES
ON BACK FOOT
Transport Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas, who
five days back had threatened
the ACB not to cross its
boundaries, came on back foot
after the ACB conducted raid
the on Ratanpur check-post
of the transport department. It
may be mention here that ACB
had raided the Mandore check
post recently. While talking to
reporters, the minister had said
that the ACB should remain in
its limit because nothing was
found illegal during the raid.
Now, after the ACB action
on Ratanpur check-post, the
minister said that corruption
won’t be tolerated. However,
he did not mention anything
about ACB’s action today.When
asked why the ACB action was
there despite his message to
remain in limits, Khachariyawas
said that corruption won’t be
tolerated at any cost.
—First India Bureau
IAS OFFICER’S
LOVE FOR CHAIR
Gossips are doing the rounds
in secretariat about the
insecurity of an IAS officer
who despite suffering from
Corona virus did not hand over
his charge to anybody and
continued work from the home.
The officer is posted in the Local
Self-government Department
and he kept the charge with him
even during home isolation.
Handing over the charge is a
normal thing in case an officer
is tested positive but this officer
remained very much attached to
the chair. —First India Bureau
RAS recruitment: HC
cancels mains result
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: In another blow
to RAS-2018 recruit-
ment, Rajasthan high
court has cancelled the
result of mains exam
and directed the Ra-
jasthan Public Service
Commission (RPSC) to
declaretheresultafresh.
The High Court,
while ruling on a peti-
tion filed by Rakesh
Kumar Piploda for not
inviting candidates for
interview three times
the total posts in the
main result released by
the Commission, can-
celled the result and
directed the RPSC to
issue a revised result
afresh.
Earlier,thehighcourt
while hearing another
petition had restrained
the RPSC from conduct-
ing interviews which
were scheduled from 7
December and the order
of result cancellation
today has further de-
layed the RAS-2018 re-
cruitment process.
Sources said that the
RPSC may challenge
the order of result can-
cellation in the double
bench. Since winter va-
cation in the court is
going to start, the RPSC
would file a petition af-
ter 4 January.
High court seeks reply in govt
jobs for sports award winners
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Rajasthan
highcourthasissuedno-
tice to the state govern-
mentinapetitionagainst
out of turn appointment
to sports persons.
A division bench of
Justice Sangeet Raj Lod-
ha and Justice Ramesh-
war Vyas issued the no-
tice and sought a reply
from the government in
three weeks.
CS Kotwani, the coun-
selforthepetitioner,said
that the state govern-
ment had formed rules
for out of turn appoint-
ment to spots persons in
2017 in which provisions
were made for direct ap-
pointment of medial
winners in Olympic,
Asian and national
games in state, subordi-
nate and ministerial ser-
vices but its cut of date
is 1 January 2016.
He said that in the
year 2020, the govern-
ment amended these
rules to include some
Para National Games,
butkeptthesamecut-off
date of 1 January 2016.
The petitioner had
participated in the
Handball Games in the
Association of Indian
University in 2014 and
won medals in several
other competitions, but
the petitioner is being
denied appointment on
the basis of cut off date.
‘Cong formed
govt through
manipulations’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In an exclu-
sive talk with First
India, Opposition
Leader Gulab Chand
Katariacameallguns
blazing on state gov-
ernment’s two years’
performance. He said
that they only got a
slight majority in
elections. Yet with
manipulations, they
were able to form the
government and ate
the BSP like last time.
The government’s job
is to use the govern-
ment treasury prop-
erly. They haven’t
done any notable
work in both budgets
for the public. Tell
me how many of
their promises were
fulfilled, he asked.
CM expresses gratitude to
people on 2nd anniversary
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
chief minister Ashok
Gehlot on Thursday
said that thestate gov-
ernment has taken re-
markable decisions to
fulfill the hopes and as-
pirations of the people
and for the progress
and all-round develop-
ment of the state.
Sharing his message
on second anniversary
of the government on
Twitter, Gehlot ex-
pressed his gratitude to
people for supporting
the government and
said that the govern-
ment “will continue to
work for prosperity in
the life of all and writ-
ing new chapters of the
progress of the state.”
He said that during
the corona pandemic,
did all possible work to
save life and livelihood.
“We took timely steps
to control the epidemic
and also handled the
economy affected by the
lockdown,” he said.
Gehlot said that the
state government fo-
cused on providing re-
lief to the people in-
cluding migrant work-
ersduringthelockdown
and distributed free
food and ration to the
needy across the state.
I am grateful to the
people of Rajasthan for
completing two years of
transparent, sensitive
andaccountablegovern-
ance of the Rajasthan
Congress Government
and I thank you all for
your blessings and sup-
port, he said.
He said that during
the corona pandemic,
state government offic-
ers, doctors, nurses,
sanitation workers
worked day and night
to save lives and with
the efforts all, Ra-
jasthan topped in coro-
na management.
Agitating farmers continue
stir near Raj-Haryana border
ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FROM JAIPUR TO DELHI, IS
CLOSED WHEREAS TRAFFIC IS MOVING ON THE OTHER SIDE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Farmers con-
tinued their agitation
near Rajasthan-Hary-
ana border on Jaipur-
Delhi highway on
Thursday which kept
the highway partially
blocked.
The farmer led by
Swaraj Abhiyan leader
Yogendra Yadav, former
MLA Amra Ram and
other leaders have been
agitating in Sakatpura
near Shahjahanpur in
Alwar. One side of the
highway, from Jaipur to
Delhi, is closed whereas
the traffic is moving on
the other side, from Del-
hi to Jaipur.
Former CPI (M) MLA
Amaram said that be-
sides local farmers, peo-
ple are coming from far
flung areas of the state
to support the agitation.
He said that on
Thursday, many farm-
ers joined the agitation
under the leadership of
former MLAs Pawan
Duggal, Pemaram and
others.
Amra Ram said that
the movement will con-
tinue till the govern-
ment accepts the de-
mand of withdrawal of
the agriculture laws.
Police personnel stand guard during farmers’ protest against farm
bills at Singhu Border in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM TRYING TO MAKE FARMERS SELF-RELIANT: MIN
Bikaner: Union Minister of State for
Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary visited
Bikaner on Thursday. Minister Kailash
Chaudhary was warmly welcomed by the
BJP office bearers at the Circuit
House. Choudhary held a
press conference at the Circuit
House on new agricultural laws.
Regarding the new agricultural
law, Minister Kailash Chaudhary
said that PM Narendra Modi
is trying to make farmers
self-reliant and empowered.
All three agricultural laws
are in the interest of farmers. This will
make the farmer independent and he
can then sell his crop at will. He said that
we have implemented 98 percent of the
report of Swaminathan Commission. Our
agriculture budget is also 10 times more
than the Congress. Regarding the farmers’
movement, Minister Chaudhary
said that the opposition is
trying to mislead the farmers.
Supporters of Khalistan,
Maoists and people of the Left
have entered this movement,
he added. Lunkaransar
MLA Sumit Godara, city
president Akhilesh Pratap
Singh, countryside president
Tarachand Saraswat, former UIT chairman
Mahavir Ranka were present during the
conference. —Laxman Raghav
RATHORE TAKES ON STATE GOVT ON 2ND ANNIV
Jodhpur: Rajendra Singh Rathore,
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and
ex-minister said that during the two-year
Congress Party rule, instead
of developing the economic
and community sector, it
succeeded in bringing the
state to the top in the areas
of crime and corruption. He
was speaking to journalists in
Jodhpur on Thursday. Deputy
Leader of the Opposition
Rajendra Singh Rathore
said that in the past two years due to
the rebellion of the party chief who
helped Congress win the election, the
government ministers and legislators
were forced to remain imprisoned in
five-star hotels for the first time for 34
days. He told that during this time the law
and order in the state was dilapidated and
economic emergency came into force due
to deteriorating economic conditions. He
said that the state has shown
an increase in the number of
crime rate as per the statistics
of the National Crime Bureau.
The crime increased by 21.4
percent in the state and 30.7
percent in the capital. During
this period, there has also been
an increase in the number
of crime against women. He
accused the government of being anti-
farmer and anti-poor as it stopped the
pension scheme. On one hand, the state
government hasn’t reduced VAT taxes;
and on the other, it isn’t using the relief
funds wisely. —First India Bureau

Miracles are all around us, look
at a single rose the perfect petals
woven in symmetry, the colours,
the thorny stem- isn’t it miraculous?
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Another feath-
er was added in the cap
of Rajasthan Housing
Board(RHB),afteritset
a world record by sell-
ing 1,213 properties
worth Rs185 crore in
just12days.Thisrecord
has been recognised by
the World Book of Re-
cords, London and RHB
Commissioner Pawan
Arora was handed over
the confirmation letter
of the record by the rep-
resentatives of the
World Book of Records
on Thursday.
Earlier, the Board
hadearnedarecordrev-
enue of Rs162 crore by
selling 1,010 houses via
e-auction in 35 days
which was also recog-
nisedbytheWorldBook
of Record, London said
Arora.
Despite huge impact
of corona pandemic on
the real estate sector,
the RHB with its relent-
less efforts managed to
attract buyers in the
most challenging time
for its residential and
commercial properties,
and under its ‘Budhwar
Neelami Utsav’ or the
Wednesday Auction
Festival; the RHB sold
asmanyas1,213proper-
ties for Rs185 crore in a
short span of 12 days.
This Wednesday, the
RHBsold272properties
and collected revenue
of Rs39.54 crore. Of
these, 172 residential
properties were sold
through e-bid submis-
sion under the festival
and 100 commercial
properties under ‘Apni
Dukan-Apna Vyavsay’
scheme.
It is noteworthy that
out of 31 flats of Bhrigu
Apartments located in
Mansarovar, 12 flats
were already sold on
Wednesday.
Arora informed that
96 properties were sold
in Jaipur circle first,
second and third which
earned the Board a rev-
enue of Rs16.20 crore,
Jodhpur circle first and
second sold 37 proper-
ties resulting in the
revenue collection of
Rs5.22 crore while Kota
circle sold 44 proper-
ties, which gave the
board a revenue of
Rs3.71 crore.
Similarly, 21 proper-
ties were sold in Bikan-
er circle and a revenue
of Rs2.97 crore was col-
lected.
In Udaipur circle, 25
properties were sold
and Rs3.54 crore was re-
ceivedand49properties
were sold in Alwar cir-
cle, which gave the
Board a revenue of Rs
7.9 crore, Arora said.
RHB MAKES SECOND
WORLD RECORD IN A YEAR!
New Delhi/Kota: Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la will reach Kota on
December 20 as a part
of 5-day tour to Kota-
Bundi districts. During
his stay, he will meet the
people of his constitu-
ency and also and par-
ticipate in some pro-
grammes virtually.
According to the in-
formation received
from the Lok Sabha Sec-
retariat, Birla will de-
part from New Delhi by
Intercity Express at 10
pm on December 19 and
reach Kota at 4 am on
December 20.He will
then directly go to the
camp office in Shakti
Nagar from the railway
station. On December
20, he will be meeting
the people and address
their grievances, while
following the social dis-
tancing norms.
The Lok Sabha
Speaker will inaugu-
rate and lay the founda-
tion stone of various
national highway pro-
jects in Rajasthan on
December 24 at 12 noon.
On the same day, he will
leave for New Delhi
from Kota-Dehradun
Special in the evening.
World Book of Record representative hands over the record certificate to CM Ashok Gehlot on
the Swaran Jayanti Samaroh held on 23 Feb 2020, also seen are UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal,
Energy & PHED Minister B D KAlla and RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora with others.
CMGehlottovirtually
unveilvariousdevworks
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will virtu-
ally inaugurate and lay
foundation stones of
several development
works on Friday to
mark the second anni-
versary of the state gov-
ernment.
State level programs
will be held on Friday
which will be chaired by
the Chief Minister, who
through video confer-
ence, will lay founda-
tion stones and inaugu-
rate several projects,
schemes and pro-
grammes of various de-
partments. On the occa-
sion, the achievements
of the government will
be displayed in a virtual
manner and literature
on the achievements
will be released.
Health Minister
Raghu Sharma, agricul-
ture Minister Lalchand
Kataria, Energy Minis-
ter BD Kalla and other
members of the council
of ministers, senior of-
ficials will attend the
state level function
which will be streamed
live on social media.
During the function,
the inauguration of pro-
cessing plant in Ajmer
dairy, 679 veterinary
hospital and sub cen-
tres, 5-bedded advanced
medical ICU at SMS
Hospital, oxygen gener-
ation plant at 20 places,
oxygen plant in RUHS,
auditoriuminUdaipur’s
Medical College will
take place while founda-
tion stones for 2,500
houses of Rajasthan
Housing Board, Lax-
mangarh ecological
park will also be laid.
Seven schemes and
water resources depart-
ment will also be
launched. The CM will
also inaugurate a ‘One
Stop Shop’ in the virtual
function.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Thursday, asked the of-
ficials to improve the
performance of the
stateincentralschemes
listed in ‘Pragati’ portal
of the Central Govern-
ment.
While chairing a re-
view meeting in secre-
tariat, the chief secre-
tary instructed the offi-
cials to ensure that
goals of the schemes
are achieved.
He said that the
state’s rank in the exe-
cution of ‘Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana’,
included in the portal,
was first in the entire
country, which has
come down to 7th posi-
tion this year and this
should be reviewed
properly. Arya asked
the officials to improve
the performance of the
scheme in the state. He
instructed the local self
government depart-
mentandruraldevelop-
ment department to
work in coordination in
this regard so that the
goals can be achieved.
The CS also held dis-
cussions about other
schemes. Principal sec-
retary-agricultureKun-
ji Lal Meena, Secretary
of rural development
department Manju Raj-
pal and other officers
attended the meet.
Kaushal Jain
Ajmer: Ajmer Dairy,
which holds an impor-
tant position in North
India, has created his-
tory once again. The
newly built automated
state-of-the-art dairy
plant at a cost of about
Rs 311 crores has
bagged first position
in the country in the
production of white
butter, Ajmer Dairy
Chairman Ramchan-
dra Chaudhary and
Dairy MD Umesh
Chandra Vyas in-
formed.
As the state govern-
ment completes 2
years, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will vir-
tually inaugurate the
state-of-the-art auto-
mated plant of Ajmer
Dairy today.
The powder milk
plant of the dairy is
highly beneficial.
LS Speaker Birla to embark on a
five-day tour to hometown, Kota
BJP leader Dr Alka Gurjar calls upon Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
at his residence in New Delhi on Thursday.
CSchairsreviewmeetof‘Pragatiportal’
Ajmer: CM to
inaugurate
automated
dairy plant
Various events will mark govt’s 2nd anniversary today
RHB sold 272
properties
and collected
revenue of Rs
39.54 crore this
Wednesday too!
Enters World
Book of Records
for selling record
properties
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
2,589
DEATHS
2,95,953
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,211 DEATHS 2,32,188 CASES
DELHI
10,182 DEATHS 6,13,357 CASES
WORLD
16,61,738
DEATHS
7,48,80,932
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
99,77,110
CONFIRMED CASES
1,44,816
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
48,499 DEATHS 18,84,773 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
8,138 DEATHS 5,70,791 CASES
KARNATAKA
11,981 DEATHS 9,05,901 CASES
Pawan Arora
CM Ashok Gehlot

NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
he eighth season of The Fashion
Connect by First India was grace-
fully organised on Wednesday even-
ing at Maharani Bagh in Rambagh
Palace Jaipur. The event was a great
hit, with a line-up of renowned de-
signers from all over the country.
Jagdeesh Chandra, talking about the event,
mentioned, “There was a demand for a fash-
ion show of an international standard, and
that is exactly what we wanted to deliver. Peo-
ple usually go to Delhi and Mumbai to watch
renowned fashion shows, and we wanted to
curate one for the people in and around
Jaipur. As of today, we are amongst one of
the top fashion shows of North India, and
next year we will go international and
create another history. Thank you for
your love and support.”
The show started with a great
fashion sequence of one of the
most celebrated designers,
Rajdeep Ranawat. It was
then followed by the designs
of Bani Pasricha, Sakh
Jaipur by Neha Khatri, Ranka’s
by Tina Ranka and an Accessory
Show by Cosa Nostraa. The show end-
ed with the grand finale designer brand
House of Kotwara.
More on Pages 10 & 11
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DECEMBER 18, 2020
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AN EVENING THAT WAS...City First presents you with a few glimpses of The Fashion Connect Season 8 that took place at Rambagh
Palace Jaipur on Wednesday evening. It sure was an evening filled with fashion, glamour and smiles all around!
—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR & MUKESH KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing
the captivated audience

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A few glimpses of the guests enjoying Rajasthan’s finest fashion show,The Fashion
Connect Season 8 at Maharani Bagh in Rambagh Palace on Wednesday evening.
The line-up of one of the most renowned designers from across the country was
truly magical, with the set up being royally aesthetic. Brand Ambassador ofThe
Fashion Connect, Rishee Miglani, and Show Director, Lokesh Sharma pulled off a
great show, which was very well appreciated by the viewers!
PRECIOUSPERFECTMOMENTSOFTHEFASHIONCONNECTSEASON8
GM Rambagh Palace Ashok Rathore with the team, (from left) Naveen Rathee, Shivalika Bhateja, Ashish Roy,
Kunal Roy, Islam Chowdhary, Jemina Thounaojam, Srishtee Sharma, Ajay Sharma and Bhaskar Rapa Jagdeesh Chandra welcomed the models and team of Fashion Connect at Rambagh Palace on Wednesday afternoon Jagdeesh Chandra with Meith Singh, Mona Gautam, Kriti Garg and Tina Ranka Anita Hada, Syed Umar, Aditi Nagar, Amit Baliyan, Kavita Pant and Shahnawaz
—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR & MUKESH KIRADOO
Deepak, Haneet, Ashu, Ramit, Loveleen and Anjali Bani Pasricha with her family
Anchor Karan with a model Kunal, Dilip, Sunita, Apra, Himmat and Akshay
Ratika and Richa
Yogesh Mishra with Nishi and Simran Rachna and Varun
Guests enjoying during the showRohit and HardeepSimran SharmaGaurang and RisheeGuests enjoying during the event
Models with Martin
Priyatam Sogani and Rishee
Neeru with her parents
Dushyant Singh
Dinesh Mathur, Navneet Agarwal, Vishal Mathur,
Sarish Vasudevan, Ashish Aman, Mahender Saini and Santosh Sharma
Jatin and Wrickie
Rishee Miglani and Lokesh Sharma Ashok Rathore
Col. BS Maan and Dr Harpreet Maan
Sanjay, Hardeep, Amit, Mohan Tada and Vishal
Priyanka and Akanksha Bhalla

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CITY BUZZ
IAS Dr Subodh Agarwal
and IPS Amrit Kalash
celebrated their birthdays
on December 17, Thursday.
We wish them all the best!
HAPPY B’DAY!
EVENTS!
Raj: In Vrindavan Park situated in Sector
17 E of Chopashni Housing Board Jodhpur
children are not permitted without wearing a
mask. Five-year-old Bhini Purohit requested
to all parents that they shall not send their
children in a park without wearing a mask.
Raj: Rotary Bangalore
Southwest 40th Charter
Night was celebrated in a
hybrid manner in Bangalore.
Seeing the pandemic.
President Rtn Paresh
Master along with Secretary
Karthik Kittu showcased the
achievements of the last
six months to the fellow
Rotarians. Apollo Rotary Big
Pink Health Card was also
distributed to the women
members of the club.
Raj: Dr Kamaljeet Kaur
suggested ways to keep oneself
healthy during Covid-19. She
is a renowned personality of
Orange City Nagpur and with her
continuous efforts and work for
society and her determination
always makes Orange city proud.
Dr Kamaljeet Kura’s article topic
is Naturopathic care – Healing
Naturally. Naturopathic care
recognizes the importance
of both decreasing exposure
and addressing individual
susceptibility as a way of
promoting overall health for
staying healthy and fit.
Raj: A webinar was organised by alumni of the Computer Science Department of St. Xavier’s College,
Jaipur, on the theme “Bridging the gap between technology and academics: a step towards career
opportunities in the IT sector”. The session commenced with the first speaker, Sparsh Gambhir (2015-
2018), UI / UX Designer, Melbourne who spoke about the strategic and scaling of UI design and UX research.
Raj: Castelino Eye Foundation is working for a women health
program and for which they distribute monthly ‘Rashan’ to poor
and not working women. They had their 5th distribution of Rashan
on Tuesday to 20 mothers to run their family. The chief guest
of the program was Madhu Singh, India Artist Award Winner
at International Artist Convention. Gloria Castelino, CEO of CEF
presented her a moment of appreciation.
Guj: A man
distributed face
protective masks
to needy people, he
said that he has a
target to distribute
fifty thousand masks
to the needy people
in Ahmedabad city.
—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Story Writing
CITY FIRST
C
hildren are not
only painting,
dancing, or act-
ing, but also tell-
ing and writing the
stores in the Digital
Baal Mela. 9-year-
old Keshav Ag-
garwal from
Jaipur wrote the
story of Panch Par-
meshwar and got it
published in the Baal
Mela. Though Swasti-
ka Kanwar from
Udaipur is just 4 years
old, through her story,
she gave the message
of escaping from the
corona and the mask is
the vaccine before the
vaccine comes. 12-year-
old Gauri Maheshwari
who is from Jaipur told
the role of Krishna in
Mahabharata, she
also made us all
aware of some small
mistakes to avoid the
current epidemic.
11-year-old Ayushman
Gupta is a resident of
Jaipur, he told about
the importance of Gan-
dhiji’s spinning wheel.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Around 1,500 beauty professionals
from India and other countries will
attempt to etch their names in history
with a Guinness World Record this
coming Sunday. Sitting in their beauty
parlours or salons in India and other
countries, the 1,500 participating
makeup artists will simultaneously
apply face makeup on brides in
the traditional Indian manner, and
attempt to create a Guinness World
Record for “Most Users in a Makeup
Video Hangout”. —CITY FIRST
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
BUZZ
CITY FIRST
F
or over a decade,
Jaipur has played
host to the annual
Jaipur Literature Fes-
tival, dubbed the ‘greatest
literary show on Earth!”, a
haven for literature-lovers
and festival-goers alike.
This year, a time of many
firsts, the Covid-19 pandem-
ic shifted paradigms of en-
gagement to the virtual
world, and the Jaipur Lit-
erature Festival too will fea-
ture an online programme
spread over two extended
weekends in February 2021.
After much anticipation,
Teamwork Arts, the Festival
producer, announced the
dates for its 14th edition on
Thursday, setting them be-
tween 19 – 21 February and
26 – 28 February 2021.
The live virtual sessions
will showcase a plethora
of themes and writers
curated specially for
audiences across the
world. The first list of
speakers released on Thurs-
day includes former South
African Constitutional
Court Justice Albie Sachs, a
distinguished lawyer, anti-
Apartheid activist, scholar
& author; Bibek Debroy,
writer, translator, Sanskrit
scholar and Chairman of
India’s Economic Advi-
sory Council to the
Prime Minister whose
recent books include the
translations of Bhagavata
Purana and the Mar-
kandeya Purana.
JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Acid attack
survivors
CITY FIRST
M
itti Handprints’ exhibition
by Acid Attack Survivors is
an initiative by The Laxmi
Foundation, an NGO by Lax-
mi Agarwal, where various artistic
works of Acid Attack Survivors will
be displayed. Mitti Handprints is cu-
ratedwiththeideaof empoweringthe
survivors by giving them a platform
to display their creativity. It is an ef-
fort to sustain financial support for
their treatment and livelihood. Mitti
Handprints will be inaugurated by
Abhay Kumar, MLA, Laxmi Nagar on
Saturday. The exhibition will last till
December 31, 2020. The Laxmi founda-
tion is a ray of hope for many survi-
vorswhohaveno oneto support them.
Thus to mark its Foundation day, the
Laxmi Foundation is organizing Mitti
Handprints. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Glamour at its best!
CITY FIRST
he three-day National Beauty
Contest Miss and Mrs India
Glam season 2 will be held on
29 to 31 December in Jaipur, on
the theme of ‘Safety Apna Jee-
van Bachao’ in collaboration
with RK Events and The Herit-
age Village Resort. An audition and
interview round was held at the Hotel
Belacasa The Black Box Club on Tonk
Road on Thursday, where models from
across the city walked carrying black
one-pieces with heels and impressed
everyone with their skills.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced the event as
the chief guest and congratulated the
participants. On the occasion, he
shared that there are many fashion
events in Jaipur and the platform of
Miss and Mrs Glam is outshining.
T
LANGUAGE OF AN ARTIST
CITY FIRST
T
wo mind-blowing
plays were performed
on 13th day of virtu-
ally going Theatre Fes-
tival Fringes Jairangam. These
grabbing performances in-
cluded Adhbhut Astitva and
what she said: Three Voices
from Ramayana. What She
Said takes a close look at three
women in the Ramayana. The
epic sees them more as support-
ing characters merely moving
along the narrative. Gowri Ram-
narayan’s play sees each of them
as individuals in their own right,
believing that their stories are in
no way less important or pro-
found than the saga of Sita, the
heroine. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Jagdeesh Chandra with the participants
of Miss and Mrs India Glam season 2 Jagdeesh Chandra and Pawan Tank with the participants
Aayushman Gouri
Swastika Keshav
Still from the play ‘Adhbhut Astitva‘
—PHOTOSBYSANTOSHSHARMA

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