First India News Paper|Gujarat-English News Paper Today-13 January 2020 edition

Howrah: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
on Sunday participat-
ed in prayers with
saints and seers at Be-
lur Math, the head-
quarters of Ramakrish-
na Math and Mission,
on the last day of his
two-day visit to West
Bengal.
He also paid tributes
to the 19th century saint
Ramakrishna Parama-
hamsa. Addressing a
gathering after prayers,
Modi said, “For coun-
trymen, coming to the
sacred land of the Be-
lur Math is nothing
less than a pilgrim-
age. For me, it has al-
ways been like com-
ing home.”
“The last time I
came here, I had tak-
en the blessings of
Swami Atmasthanan-
daji. Today he is not
physically present
with us. But his work,
his path, will always
guide us in the form
of Ramakrishna Mis-
sion,” the Prime Min-
ister added.
Modi also paid hom-
agetoSwamiVivekanan-
da on his 157th birth an-
niversary on Sunday.
“On the birth anni-
versary of Swami
Vivekananda here in
Belur Math, it is my
honour and luck to
spend some time in a
room where he used
to live. I could feel as
if he’s inspiring us to
work harder and was
helping us with more
energy,” he said.
“Swami Vivekanan-
da had said that we
should forget every-
thing and dedicate our
life to Mother India.
Let us walk on that
dream,” Modi said.
PM, who spent the
night at Belur Math af-
ter reaching here on
Saturday evening ex-
pressed his gratitude to
the West Bengal govern-
ment and administra-
tion for allowing him to
stay at the math. —ANI
VISITING BELUR MATH HAS ALWAYS BEEN
LIKE COMING HOME, SAYS PM MODIThe Prime Minister attends 150th anniversary celebrations of Kolkata Port Trust
CM Rupani’s water mission fetches Skoch Platinum award
Haresh Jhala
Gandhinagar: Chief
Minister Vijay Rupa-
ni’s visionary Su-
jalam Sufalam water
mission has won
Skoch Platinum
award. This pro-
grammewaslaunched
in 2018 with people’s
participation under
the guidance of the
Chief Minister and in
the first year itself it
achieved success in
water conservation.
This award function
was held in New Delhi
on January 11, when the
Gujarat Sujalam Su-
falam water mission
was awarded for best
practices. Under the
programme, a total of
30,146 water works were
undertaken. As many as
12,279 lakes were deep-
ened, desilting work
was carried out in 5,775
checkdams, while 35,960
km canals were cleaned
and 3,321 km drain
works were completed
in the last two years.
This generated 100
lakh mandays’ em-
ployment. As a result,
water conservation
capacity has in-
creased by 23,553
lakh cubic feet and
because of this mis-
sion in a single day
4,699 excavators and
15,280 tractors and
dumperswerepressed
in for service.
This programme was
conducted in 8,000 vil-
lages.
Even groundwater
tables have come up by
one to three meters.
Meanwhile, Rupani
addressed workers of
Yug Purush Yuva
Parishad in Gandhi-
nagar. Under this
programme, Swami
Vivekanand Samitis
(committees) com-
prising youth have
been constituted to
propagate the pro-
grammes undertaken
by the State Govern-
ment. Some 10,000
youths participated
in the convention.
The Chief Minister
said these youth have
taken a pledge to spread
seven messages across
the State, like Swach-
hta, health safety and
renewable energy.
These committees
will also Turn on P5Chief Minister Vijay Rupani taking round of Karuna Abhiyan Centre in Ahmedabad.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with monks outside Sri Ramakrishna temple at Belur Math in Howrah district. —PHOTO BY PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary
at Belur Math in Howrah district on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi with
monks at Belur Math
in Howrah district.
—PHOTO BY PTI
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RUPANI LAUNCHES ‘KARUNA ABHIYAN’

CHHAPPA CHHAPPA TO AA GAYI LOHRI...
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L
ohri is primarily the
harvest festival of the
Punjabis. This festival
denotes the harvesting of the
Rabi crops and hence all the
farmers get together in order
to thank god for giving them
such a wonderful harvest.
The rituals related to Lohri
symbolize the attachment
of the people with Mother
Nature. A few days before
the festival, youngsters get
together in groups and go
round their localities singing
folk songs. Doing this they
also collect firewood and
money for the bonfire that
is scheduled on the night of
Lohri. On the special day,
offerings of phulley (pop-
corn), moongphali (peanuts)
and rewri (a sweet delicacy
made out of jaggery and
sesame seed) are offered to
the fire. The men and women
go round the fire and bow
before it in reverence. Lohri
holds special importance
when there is a special
occasion in the family like
marriage or childbirth.
L
ohri has various legends
and lore attached to it.
One of the interesting leg-
end has it that in a place that
lies between Gujaranwala and
Sialkot, there was a thick for-
est known as Rakh, home of
Dulla Bhatti, a dacoit who was
considered as the Robin Hood
of Punjab. He was always
helpful to the needy. During
the reign of Mughal Emperor
Jahangir, a jealous Hindu
spread a rumour that his niece
was very beautiful and would
do credit to the Muslim harem.
On hearing this, the Mughal
officers wanted to carry her off
forcibly. The girl’s father was
extremely worried and sought
the protection of Dulla Bhatti.
Dulla at once got her married
to a young Hindu boy at a
simple ceremony in the forest.
He lit the sacred fire in keeping
with the Hindu custom. Since
there was no priest to chant
the holy mantras, he broke
into a hilarious song com-
posed extempore to add cheer
to the occasion. This song is
sung even today.
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www.indiafairs.dgreetings.com
LOHRI HOLDS SPECIAL IMPORTANCE DURING SPECIAL OCCASION IN THE FAMILY SUCH AS MARRIAGE OR CHILDBIRTH.
APART FROM PUNJAB & HARYANA, PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES HAVE ALSO STARTED PARTICIPATING IN THE FESTIVITY
T
he festival of
Lohri falls on 13
January, a day
before Makar
Sankranti when the sun
enters into the new
sign. It is a popular har-
vest festival celebrated
in the Northern part of
India, mainly in Punjab
and Haryana. Harvest
time for wheat, the
main winter crop, starts
after the celebration of
Lohri. It marks the end
of the winter season
and the beginning of a
new season for the
farmers.
More than a festival;
Lohri is a day for
thanksgiving. Apart
from Punjab and Hary-
ana, people from other
states have also started
participating in the fes-
tivity. On this day, peo-
ple show their gratitude
to God for his provi-
sions, care, protection
and blessings. The day
begins with Lohri songs
full of gratitude for God
and ‘Dulla Bhatti’, a leg-
endary hero. Dulla
Bhatti, a Muslim high-
way robber, who robbed
rich and helped the
poor, is the central char-
acter of Lohri songs.
On this day, children go
door to door in the
neighbourhood to ac-
cept money and food
items as gifts. In the af-
ternoon, people prepare
a feast for the day, in the
evening, people wear
new clothes and they
gather around huge
bonfire which is lit in
the harvested fields or
in the front yard of
their houses. They go
around the bonfire
thrice and present pea-
nuts, rewari, puffed
rice, butter, sesame
seeds and popcorns as
offerings to the God.
They pray to God to
bless the land with
abundant crop and eve-
ryone with prosperity.
After prayer, people
meet friends and rela-
tives to exchange gifts
and greetings and dis-
tribute Prasad.
During night, men
and women sing songs,
perform on the folk
dances-Bhangra and
Giddha with the beats
of dhol. Later, they sit
around the bonfire and
serve the feast of sar-
son-ka-saag, makki-di-
roti and dessert “rau-
di-kheer”.
Lohri, the bonfire harvest
festival of Punjab celebrat-
ed in the month of Magh, is
symbolic of new beginnings.
The first time Lohris are
especially celebrated with
pomp and grandeur. Friends
and relatives gather around
the fire and perform Gidda
and Bhangra to the beat of
Dhol, the drums of Punjab.
THE FIRST LOHRI
OF A BRIDE
 The celebration takes
place in the in-law’s house
with a grand feast for family
and friends.
 The bride dresses in
traditional attire with solah
sringar, 16 things that a
bride generally wears.
 The new bride and groom
sit in a central place together
as people approach them
with wishes and gifts.
 The parents-in-law
present the bride with new
clothes and jewellery.
THE FIRST LOHRI
OF A NEW-BORN
 The first Lohri of a new-
born is of immense signifi-
cance where the family and
friends participate to bless
the child with a prosperous
and a healthy future.
 Many conduct an elabo-
rate get-together at the pa-
ternal home, where invitation
cards are sent in advance.
 Family and friends bring
along gifts for the child as
well as the new mother.
LOHRI RITUALS LOHRI LEGENDS
HOW TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL WITH CHILDREN AT HOME
 Tell your children
about the importance and
social significance of this
festival. Tell them about
the sacred bonfire and
its association with the
sense of togetherness
and gratitude for the God.
 Ask them to help
you in cleaning your
home, decorating with
flowers and filling
pouches with Prasad.
 Go out with your chil-
dren to buy new clothes
and food items like re-
wari, gajak, popcorns and
peanuts for the festival.
 Ask them to wish their
friends, relatives and
neighbours ‘Happy Lohri’.
 Arrange something
to make their evening
musical and dance with
them to share your joys,
around bonfire.
 Prepare a bonfire
in the front yard or the
terrace of your home and
instruct them not to go
closer to the bonfire.
 Ask your children
distribute the Prasad
among all.
 Prepare the tradi-
tional dinner and serve
it to your children in the
traditional way around
the bonfire.
 Be alert and take care
of your children while
they enjoy the festival
around the bonfire.
So, celebrate this festival of prosperity, joy and sharing with your children in a way that they
always remember its importance throughout their lives.
L
ohri is not just a
festival for people of
Punjab but it is a sym-
bol of life. Several hopes
of farmers are associated
with this festival of Lohri as
the fields promise a golden
yield to the farmers. Newly
wed couples and all those
couples who have a new-
born baby celebrate Lohri
but nowadays it is seen that
most of the people celebrate
this festival of Lohri as an
occasion of get together,
to spend some time with
their near and dear ones
and enjoy the celebrations.
The traditional food cooked
on the Lohri day is sarson
ka saag and makki ki roti
and rau di kheer is served
as a dessert. People dress
themselves in new clothes
and in the night they gather
around the bonfire to light
it. People pray in front of
the burning bonfire and put
til, moongphali, popcorns
and chirwa in it, as all these
eatables are considered as
the Lohri prasad.
LOHRI CELEBRATIONS
Lohri marks the end
of winters and
beginning of a new
season for the farmers
THE FIRST LOHRI

Kolkata: Soon after
Prime Minister, Nar-
endra Modi, mounted a
strong defence of the
new citizenship law on
Sunday to a gathering
at Belur Math and said
the dispute that has
arisen over it has made
the world take notice
of the persecution of
minorities in Paki-
stan, the monastic or-
der distanced itself
from his speech, say-
ing it is an apolitical
organisation where
people of all religious
faiths live like “broth-
ers of same parents”.
Modi deplored that a
section of the youth is
being “misguided” over
the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act,
which is aimed at giv-
ing and not taking away
anybody’s citizenship.
“Had we not amend-
ed the citizenship law,
this ‘vivaad’ (dispute)
would not have arisen.
Had this dispute not
arisen, the world would
not have known the
kind of atrocities that
were perpetrated on the
(religious) minorities
in Pakistan.
“....howhumanrights
have been violated. How
the lives of our sisters
and daughters were ru-
ined. It’s the result of
our initiative that Paki-
stan will have to answer
for its acts of oppres-
sion against the minori-
ties there,” he told a
gathering at Turn on P5
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Sunday
skipped the
event of the
150th-anni-
versary cel-
ebrations of
the Kolkata
Port Trust,
which was inaugurated by
PM Narendra Modi.
Speculations were rife
that the TMC supremo
would share the dais
along with Modi. How-
ever, she was not present
at the event. Turn on P5
Kolkata: An Air Asia flight
carrying 114 passengers
from Kolkata to Mumbai
had to return and make
an emergency landing at
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose International Airport
after a passenger made a
bomb threat.
The incident hap-
pened on Saturday night
after the Mumbai-bound
AirAsia flight I5316 took
off around 10 pm from
Kolkata. Minutes later,
a woman passenger in-
formed the crew she had
bombs and Turn on P5
BELUR DISTANCES ITSELF FROM
PM’S RHETORIC & PAK BASHINGCAA brought to world’s notice Pak’s torture of minorities: Modi
MATH’S SILENCEON
CAAFILASTAND
BJP MPs, MLAs raise govt issues in public amid murmurs of dissent
Haresh Jhala
Gandhinagar: Not-
withstanding the
Bharatiya Janata
Party’s image of a
disciplined party
where grievances are
not aired in public,
several BJP MPs and
MLAs have for the
past nearly a month
been raising various
issues publicly while
even a section of min-
isters have com-
plained in Cabinet
meetings that works
of their constituen-
cies are not being
done.
The legislators and
MPs might be writing
letters to Chief Minis-
ter Vijay Rupani and
other ministers, but
they are also letting out
copies of their letters in
the public domain for
the media to pick it up.
BJP watchers are
reading these small
developments as be-
ginning of dissent.
Political analyst Hari
Desai says, “MLAs or
MPs under the cover
of constituency is-
sues are indirectly
conveying to party
leaders that they are
unhappy with the
government function-
ing.” He points out
this has seldom hap-
pened in the BJP.
He adds, “These elect-
ed representatives al-
lowing their letters to
go viral has double ben-
efits, the first is their
constituents will be
happy that their issues
are being raised by
their representatives
and secondly, this will
convey to party leaders
that all is not well.”
In just one week, Por-
bandar MP Ramesh
Dhaduk’s two letters ad-
dressed to the Chief
Minister went viral,
one letter demands am-
bulance service for
Madhapur- Ghed area
and another demands
irrigation water for
farmers. If Surat MLA
Harsh Sanghvi alleged
corruption in Surat Mu-
nicipal Corporation,
Ahmedabad MP Kirit
Solanki wrote a letter to
Rupani urging him to
see that SC/ST candi-
dates are not done in-
justice in LRD recruit-
ment.
Kheda MP Devus-
inh Chauhan, in a let-
ter to Minister of
State for Home Prad-
ipsinh Jadeja, has
complained about cor-
ruption and harass-
ment by home depart-
ment employees.
Meanwhile, Anand
MP Mitesh Patel, Ba-
naskantha MP Parbat
Patel and Jamnagar
MP Poonam Madam
raised farmers’ issue
during the winter ses-
sion of the Parliament
in December.
Sachivalaya sources
confirmed that during
political Turn on P5
 “The CAA is not
about taking away
citizenship, it is about
giving citizenship.
Today, on National
Youth Day, I would like
to tell this to the youth
of India, West Bengal,
North East that this is
not an overnight law
for giving citizenship.
 “We must all know
that any person of
any religion from any
country of the world,
theist or atheist, who
believes in India and its
Constitution, can apply
for Indian citizenship
through due process.
There’s no problem in
that,” he told the gath-
ering at Belur Math.
 Modi invoked Ma-
hatma Gandhi and said
even the Father of the
Nation had favoured
Indian citizenship for
those fleeing religious
persecution and that
his government has
delivered on wishes of
freedom fighters.
 Modi vowed to pro-
tect the distinct identity
and culture of people
of the region.
PM SPEAK MAMATA SKIPS
PORT TRUST
CELEBRATIONS
AIR ASIA FLIGHT’S
SOS LANDING
AFTER BOMB HOAX
Kolkata: On one hand,
if the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Sunday took time out to
bash Pakistan over its
handling of minorities
issues, on the other, it
was the usual rajneeti
talk also. PM Modi
targeted West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee, accusing her
of scuttling welfare
schemes by the central
government because
there was no opportu-
nity to swindle funds.
Turn on P5
No Cut Money So Mamata
blocking Centre’s schemes
Srinagar: Three “most
wanted” Hizbul Muja-
hideen terrorists were
killed on Sunday in an
encounter with secu-
rity forces in the Tral
area of Jammu and
Kashmir’s Pulwama
district, police said.
The terrorists --
Umer Fayaz Lone ali-
as “Hamad Khan” of
Seer village, Faizan
Hamid of Mandoora
and Adil Bashir Mir
alias “Abu Dujana” of
Monghama -- were
wanted for their com-
plicity in terror
crimes, including at-
tacks on security es-
tablishments and ci-
vilian atrocities, po-
lice spokesman said.
He said the trio were
affiliated with the pro-
scribed Hizbul Mujahi-
deen terror outfit and
were trapped during a
cordon-and-search op-
eration Turn on P5
Three ‘most wanted’ Hizb
terrorists killed in Pulwama
‘Those raising anti-national
slogans belong in prison’
Jabalpur: Addressing
a rally in Jabalpur as
part of the BJP’s
campaign to create
awareness about the
Citizenship law, Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah Sunday
said those who in-
dulge in anti-national
sloganeering belongs
in jail.
Claiming that anti-
national slogans were
raised in Jawaharlal
NehruUniversity(JNU),
Shah said: “Some stu-
dentsraisedanti-nation-
al slogans in JNU say-
ing, ‘Bharat tere tukde
ho ek hazaar, Inshallah,
Inshallah’. Shouldn’t
they be sent to jail? Any-
body who raises anti-
national Turn on P5
AMIT SHAH ON JNU
Home Minister Amit Shah being garlanded by senior BJP leader
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, BJP state president Rakesh Singh and
other party leaders during a CAA awareness rally in Jabalpur.
Army personnel take positions at the encounter site.
AHMEDABAD l MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 50
New Delhi: BJP’s
working president
Jagat Prakash Na-
dda will take over
as party’s national
president on Janu-
ary 20, sources said.
BJP is planning to
organise a grand
level ceremony for
Nadda, who became
the party’s working
president in June
2019 after the ruling
party swept the Lok
Sabha election 2019.
According to sourc-
es, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and
Union Home Minis-
ter and party’s in-
cumbent national
chief Amit Shah will
also be present in the
ceremony along with
other Union Minis-
ters, Turn on P5
Nadda to take over as
BJP Prez by Jan 20
I SPEAK BITTER
WORDS: NITIN PATEL
PM Narendra Modi with
monks outside Belur
Math in Howrah district.
—PHOTO BY PTI

GUJARATAHMEDABAD | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
BUGGED? Or is it the
grapevine... . First India
begins a column that
brings to you gossips or
tete-e-tete from the
corridors of power
GUP
SHUP
So much in so
few words
As a management guru and
seasoned politician, Jaynarayan
Vyas is usually very careful in
expressing his views in public.
However, he recently selected poet
Jugal Darji’s poem to narrate the
present scenario in the state as
well as the media. By just posting
a poem, he has expressed concern
of lakhs of Gujaratis without saying
a single word of his won. Here
are a few interesting lines of Jugal
Darji’s poem: “Poet’s hands are
shivering while writing against
weak government, writing about
unemployed youth poet’s hands
shiver, poet’s hand shiver while
writing on the homeless….”
When life literally
copies art
There have always been students
who write writing fiction
while answering exams. A few
such students, who apparently
believed their papers would not be
scrutinized if their answers were
long enough, have been caught red-
handed at the Saurashtra University.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that they
filled answer sheets with abusive
language and the story of a film, a
number of them even copied the
same story! A mass copy case has
been filed against 38 such student,
of which nine students wrote the
same movie synopsis. And they
say children have gotten smarter
over time!
‘Chamcha raj’ at
city hospital
They say flattery will get
you everywhere. This
is apparently the case at a
renowned hospital in the city.
Following the retirement of a
senior official there, two cliques
of staff are now attempting to
lure seven ‘chamchas’ of the
retired official into their own
group. And they aren’t just using
flattery but have also resorted
to low-key bribery such as use
of the newest office chair and
table. Even more interestingly,
the retired officer has used his
influence to take over a room,
where he still reigns supreme
among over his old favourites.
1,239 workers killed in
accidents in last six yrs
Two women shot dead watching
TV in Vapi home intrusion
First India News
Ahmedabad: Call it
negligence of industri-
al units or a lack of
safety inspections, but
as many as 1,239 work-
ers in Gujarat have lost
their lives in accidents
at industrial units in
the past six years.
Eight people were
killed at a medical and
industrial gas manufac-
turing unit in Vadodara
on Saturday, a tragedy
that occurred while re-
filling oxygen. Accord-
ing to Manish Doshi,
chief spokesperson of
the Gujarat Pradesh
Congress Committee,
these deaths could have
been averted if rules
and regulations were
followed.
“These deaths could
have been averted if
rules were followed by
factories. Also, Gujarat
has reported the high-
est such deaths in the
country. This is very
serious because factory
inspection has not been
done properly,” said the
spokesperson.
He further said that
between 2014 and 2016,
the highest number of
deaths and accidents
were recorded, which
were 687 and 4,019 re-
spectively. “The labour-
ers in industries like
petrochemicals, ceram-
ic, diamond and textile
are the backbone, but
no one is thinking
about their safety,” said
Doshi, adding “we are
demanding proper
compensation to the
families of victims.
The BJP-run govern-
ment must look for the
weak links and stop
corruption in the in-
spection of factories.”
According to the fig-
ures provided by Doshi,
Surat reported 203 in-
dustrial deaths in six
years – the highest in
the state – followed by
Ahmedabad with 161,
Bharuch 151 and Vals-
ad 116.
Shailesh Patwari,
former president of
the Gujarat Chamber
of Commerce and In-
dustry, said that there
are factory inspectors
who are assigned to
check the safety as-
pects of all industries
and factories.
First India News
Vapi: Two women were
shot dead as they
watched television at
home in Vapi on Satur-
day night.
Police officials say
two unknown youths
entered the house of Re-
kha Mehta, in Chanod
Colony, and opened fire
at Mehta and her guest,
Anita Khadke from
Nagpur, who had been
visiting her friend for
the past 10 days. Six
shots were fired, three
of which missed their
mark. The three that
did find their targets
left the women dead on
the spot.
The assailants are be-
lieved to have arrived at
Mehta’s residence on a
motorcycle. One went
inside while the geta-
way rider kept the en-
gine running.
“One of the assail-
ants went inside the
flat and shot the women
at point-blank range.
Both men escaped
within seconds,” one
police officer said. “We
have recovered three
live cartridges from the
spot.”
Six people have been
detained as part of the
investigation. The mo-
tive for the murder is
still unclear. While
sources say Rekha was
involved in lending
money on interest,
there is also some spec-
ulation that the 45-year-
old widow was recently
involved in a financial
dispute with her adult
son. The bodies will be
sent for post-mortem
on Monday.
First India News
Surat: The city wit-
nessed an exchange
of gunfire late Satur-
day night. Police
rushed to the spot af-
ter the reports came
in about four rounds
of gunshots being
heard in Surat’s Ram-
pura area late on Sat-
urday night. The po-
lice have filed a com-
plaint and have begun
investigating. A pri-
mary investigation
has revealed that the
incident was a clash
between two rival
gangs from the area.
Police suspect that
the two gangs in-
volved are from the
area near the petrol
pump in Rampur.
They say the shoot-
out was between
members of the Me-
htab Bhaiya gang and
the Asrag Nagori
gang and may have
taken place after Me-
htab and 15 of his as-
sociates attacked As-
raf. However, no one
was hurt in the fracas.
A team of officials
from the crime
branch, Lal Gate po-
lice station and
Chowk Bazar police
station reached the
spot. No arrests have
been made.
The police at the crime scene.
Late night gunfire between gangs in Surat
First India News
Ahmedabad:Theschool
board of Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation
(AMC) on Sunday felici-
tated 112 of its alumni to
mark its 100th anniver-
sary.Thosehonouredare
in politics, IAS, IPS, gov-
ernment jobs, doctors
and journalists.
Dhirendrasinh Tomar,
chairman of the school
board said, “For the cen-
tenary anniversary, we
havemanyplanstomake
the schools smart and
high-tech. We will make
schools better than pri-
vate schools and make
competitive schools.”
FormerstudentPoonam-
chand Parmar, addition-
al chief secretary of ag-
riculture, thanked his
teacherswhotaughthim
at school. Recalling his
school days, Parmar
said,“Alongwithliteracy
themunicipalschool,the
municipal school gave
me culture. Thanks to
my maths teacher and
the teaching, which has
helpedmetoreachwhere
Iam.Myteachersusedto
come to school an hour
before school opened.”
Parmar studied at mu-
nicipalschoolsfrom1965
to 1972 while completing
his primary education.”
Home minister Prad-
ipsinh Jadeja, who was
the chief guest at the
event, thanked all those
who initiated the school
board100yearsago.“The
schools are becoming
smartandnowtheteach-
ers need to be smart too.
It is a matter of pride
that most teachers con-
sider the students as
their own children and
treat them well.”
First India
Surat: Vandals ran-
sacked a shop in the
city’s Dindoli area after
the shopkeeper filed a
policecomplaintagainst
them alleging extortion.
The three hoodlums,
who were caught red-
handed by CCTV cam-
eras,havebeenarrested.
Police have identified
the three men as Jay
Krishna alias Sanjay
Oza, Kundan Kamlesh
and Kaher Singh.
The accused had es-
caped after ransacking
Gopal Yadav’s shop,
called Jay Gopal Matka
Cha at Pavilion Plaza,
on Saturday. Their ram-
page cost the shop own-
er Rs79,000 in damages.
Yadav alleged in his
complaint that Oza vis-
ited his shop often and
also came on Friday
around 10.30 pm to de-
mand “protection mon-
ey”.
Yadav refused to
cough up the money, af-
ter which Oza threat-
ened him, but left.
First India News
Surat: Students partici-
pating in a three-day
youth festival organised
by the Veer Narmad
South Gujarat Universi-
ty (VNSGU) are having
to take bath so-called
bathrooms made from
cloth in an open area on
the campus. This, in a
chilly winter.The rea-
son? There aren’t ade-
quate number of bath-
rooms in the university,
that is accredited with
theNationalAssessment
andAccreditationCoun-
cil (NAAC) and with A
grade. There were two
such “bathrooms” made
of white cloth and iron
rods for the entire dura-
tion of the youth festival
that concluded on Sun-
day evening.
First India News
Vadodara: Padra Po-
lice of Vadodara dis-
trict have arrested two
persons in connection
with the industrial ac-
cident at Aims Indus-
tries Private Limited,
in which eight employ-
ees were killed six oth-
ers injured, on Satur-
day.
Padra police station
officer said that Satya-
pal and Raju Rathwa,
who are both senior of-
ficers at the company,
have been arrested.
However, the compa-
ny’s chairman Sid-
dharth Patel, Swetan-
shu Patel and manager
Satya Kumar are ab-
sconding.
While there is no def-
inite evidence as to
what caused the blast
on Saturday, it has been
surmised that there a
leak occurred while ox-
ygen cylinders were be-
ing filled.
Another theory is
that highly reactive
chemicals mixed, caus-
ing an explosion.
AMC school board honours 112
alumni on 100th anniversary
Three arrested for
ransacking shop
Here, students
take tent bath
Two arrested
for Vadodara
Industrial blast
First India News
Ahmedabad: With Gu-
jarat having received
more than 140% the
usual rainfall, almost
all of the water reser-
voirs are full. As a re-
sult, the state govern-
ment is in a comforta-
ble position and has
hence decided to sup-
ply irrigation water for
70 days for the rabi
crop. Deputy Chief
Minister Nitin Patel on
Sunday told the media
that the state will sup-
ply irrigation water
through Narmada ca-
nals, as there is enough
water stored at the
Sardar Sarovar Dam.
He has assured farm-
ers in north Gujarat
that the state would
supply water wherever
possible in Kadi, Kalol,
Sanand, Viramgam,
Lakhtar, Vadhvan and
Patdi taluka.
The irrigation de-
partment will look into
farmers demand and
plan water supply ac-
cordingly.
Leader of Opposi-
tion Paresh Dhanani
said this was too little
too late. “When the
farmers were really in
need of water, the state
government didn’t re-
lease water, now it
is deciding to release
water because if not
used now it can invite
problems later on,”
he said.
‘Enough water to supply for 70 days’
Haresh Jhala
Gandhinagar: Not-
withstanding the ruling
BJP’s much-touted con-
cern over cow protec-
tion and animal wel-
fare, the State Govern-
ment’s own numbers
show grazing land for
cattle is either getting
depleted or the state
agencies are doing pre-
cious little to develop it.
Nothing can explain
this better than the fact
that the Gau Seva and
Gauchar Vikas Board
__ the name itself ex-
plains its brief __ has
not developed a single
hectare of gauchar
(grazing) land during
the last two years in as
many as 16 districts,
while not much has
happened in the rest of
the 17 districts in the
State. The numbers of
more than two years
ago too have little to
show. Funds of Rs 32.94
crore remained unused
in five years.
Thisfacthasemerged
in the government’s
own data (See Graphic)
given in a written reply
in the State Assembly.
To a question by Con-
gress MLA Punjabhai
Vansh about gauchar
land, the animal hus-
bandry department has
stated that the work has
suffered because the
post of Chairman of
Gau Seva and Gauchar
Vikas Board is vacant
since December 2017.
In the current finan-
cial year 2019-20, the
government has so far
developed 1,672 hec-
tares grazing land in 17
districts. The maxi-
mum land was devel-
oped in Botad 353 hec-
tare, followed by Kheda
208, Ahmedabad 160,
Bhavnagar 158, 140 in
Devbhumi Dwarka and
131 hectare in Dahod.
The 16 districts
where not a single hec-
tare has been developed
include Amreli, Ara-
valli, Gandhinagar, Gir
Somnath, Junagadh,
Dangs, Tapi, Narmada,
Navsari, Panchmahal,
Porbandar, Mehsana,
Rajkot, Vadodara, Vals-
ad and Surat.
STATE FAILS TO DEVELOP
ENOUGH GAUCHAR LANDAS MUCH AS `3,294 LAKH MEANT FOR THE PURPOSE LIES UNUSED
Year Fund allotted Funds Used Unused funds
(In lakhs) (In lakhs) (In lakhs)
2014-15 2440.00 1956.92 483.08
2015-16 1925.00 1049.58 875.42
2016-17 1815.30 936.05 879.25
2017-18 1167.00 299.46 850.54
2018-19 1095.00 888.68 206.32
2019-20 822.00 22.00 N.A.
Total 9264 5153 3294
NUMBERS GAME
THE DATA
Deputy CM Nitin Patel

GUJARATAHMEDABAD | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
CM Rupani’s...
adopt villages and
work for the develop-
ment of the village.
In another event of
the Luv-Kush Patidar
community, Rupani
said the Patidars are a
hard working commu-
nity and continue to
serve the society.
BJP MPs...
discussion after the
Cabinet meeting earli-
er in the week, a couple
of ministers are learnt
to have reported that
party workers were an-
gry over their works
not being done. To such
an extent that even the
Chief Minister and his
deputy Nitin Patel said
they had also received
such complaints.
Political analyst Dil-
ip Gohil attributes two
reasons for this. He
says, “With Narendra
Modi and Amit Shah
away from Gujarat, the
fear factor has gone
and MLAs and MPs
back home have started
asserting themselves.”
The second reason,
according to Gohil, is
that for more than two
decades many party
leaders are not being
given their due share
in power, either by ac-
commodating them in
the cabinet or in gov-
ernment boards and
corporations.
“This is making
many leaders and peo-
ple’s representatives
restless. So, in the
name of constituency
issues are conveying
their dissent to party
leaders,” he says. He
believes some leaders
might be seeing an op-
portunity for them in
the forthcoming reor-
ganisation of the party
and even a possible
Cabinet expansion.
Belur distances...
Belur Math, the head-
quarters of Ra-
makrishna Mission.
Meanwhile, Ra-
makrishna Math and
Mission general secre-
tary Swami Suviranan-
da, told reporters, “Ra-
makrishna Mission
will not comment on
PM’s speech. We are
strictly an apolitical
body. We cannot com-
ment on the PM’s
speech on CAA. We
have come here after
leaving our homes to
answer to eternal call.
We do not respond to
ephemeral call.”
No Cut Money...
Turno“There are no mid-
dlemen, no cut money.
There is no syndicate.
When the money reaches
the beneficiaries directly,
nobody gets a cut, syn-
dicates’ writs do not run.
Why should somebody
allow such schemes to be
implemented?” the Prime
Minister said, hitting out
at Ms Banerjee’s govern-
ment.
‘Those raising...
slogansbelongsinjail.”
Shah’s remarks
come in the wake of the
recent mob attack at
JNU in which 36 teach-
ers, students, and staff
were injured. The Cen-
tre and Delhi Police,
which reports to the
Home Ministry, has
come under vociferous
criticism from intellec-
tuals and the Opposi-
tion.
Nadda to take...
leaders, and workers at
BJP headquarters in
New Delhi.
Nadda’s appoint-
ment came days before
Delhi assembly elec-
tions.
Air Asia...
threatened to detonate
them following which the
flight informed the Air
Traffic Controller (ATC)
that it was returning to
Kolkata. An emergency
was declared by the ATC
at 11 pm, reports said
and the flight was taken
to the isolation bay upon
landing.
Mamata skips
Port...
Banerjee’s name was
mentioned in the
invitation card along
with the Prime Minister,
West Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar and
Union Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya for the event
which was being held at
Netaji Indoor Stadium.
Earlier today, Modi an-
nounced that the Kolkata
Port will be renamed as
Syama Prasad Mukherjee
Port.
After attending the
unveiling of dynamic
architectural illumination
of Howrah Bridge by the
Prime Minister, Banerjee
on Saturday said that she
attended the event “due
to constitutional obliga-
tion”.
Three ‘most...
jointly launched by
police and security
forces on a specific in-
telligence input in the
GujarBastiGulshanpo-
ra area of Tral.
As the forces were
conducting searches,
the militants fired at
them, triggering an en-
counter, resulting in
their killing, the
spokesman said.
According to police
records,thespokesman
said, Lone had a long
history of terror
crimes since 2016 and
was involved in plan-
ning and executing sev-
eral terror attacks in
the area.
“He was part of
groups responsible for
carrying out a series of
terror attacks and
many other civilian
atrocities besides kill-
ing of policeman Hal-
eem Kohli of Gutroo
Bangdar Tral and kill-
ing of civilian Mehraj
Din Zarger of Tral,” he
said, adding he was
wanted in 16 cases reg-
istered at Tral police
station and two cases at
Awantipora police sta-
tion.
Similarly, the spokes-
man said, Adil Bashir
Mir and Faizan Hamid
had a history of terror
crimes and were also
involved in carrying
out several terror at-
tacks in the area.
FROM JACKET AND PG 1
Vipul Rajput
Ahmedabad: Everyone
seems to have a smart
phone these days. How-
ever, the people using
smartphonesmaynotbe
assmartastheirphones.
AccordingtotheDirecto-
rate of Forensic Science
(DFS), economic fraud
accounts for a large
chunk of cybercrime
cases in recent times,
and a lot of these cases
are both perpetrated us-
ing these phones and on
people using them.
More than 50 cases of
cybercrime being regis-
teredontheportalof the
Crime Branch’s Cyber
Cell in the past few days.
In the past year, the Gan-
dhinagar-based DFS has
investigated as many as
1200 such cases, of
which 35-40% were of
economic fraud.
Rajdeepsinh Jhala,
Deputy Commissioner
of Police, Cyber Cell of
the Ahmedabad Crime
Branch, says the in-
creasing incidence of
such crimes may be
linked to smart-phones
users. “If all those who
use smart phones take
proper precautions,
fraud can be avoided,”
he told First India.
HiteshSanghvi,cyber
laboratory chief and ad-
ditional director of DFS
said, “DFS has been in-
vestigating many types
of cybercrime cases in-
cluding phishing. The
number of cases of eco-
nomic fraud in cyber
crime cases has been
increasing in past years.
Users have to be aware
of your financial details
and smart phones too.”
First India News
Ahmedabad: A sitting
BJP Member of Parlia-
ment has alleged that au-
thorities are covering up
theallegedrapeandmur-
der of a 19-year-old Dalit
womaninModasataluka
of Aravalli district. In a
2.22-minute video that
has gone viral on social
media, MP from
Ahmedabad West con-
stituency Kirit Solanki
addresses the Superin-
tendentof PoliceandDis-
trict Magistrate of Ara-
valli. In it, he asks why a
complaint of rape was
not registered after the
woman’s body was found
hanging from a tree five
daysaftershewasreport-
ed missing.
In the video, the MP
can be seen asking offi-
cials:“YouareanIASand
you are the superinten-
dentof police.Tellme,do
you agree that someone
can commit suicide like
this?Wedonotknow.You
tellusthat,wasthatafab-
ricated suicide or a real
case of suicide?”
He asks, “There were
so many branches, she
could have hanged from
anywhere but not at the
spot where her body was
found. 95 per cent of peo-
ple can’t reach where her
body was found. How
could a 19-year old girl
climb so high?” he asked.
First India News
Ahmedabad: A cheat-
ing case has been regis-
tered against three per-
sons by a Satellite resi-
dent who alleged that he
was cheated of Rs2.88
crore. The complainant,
Vishal Soni, says that he
was duped by Hemant
Patel, Vishal Patel and
Vaishali Patel, all resi-
dents of Sola.
According to, Soni
lives with his family in
the Satellite area of the
city,andrunsajewellery
shop in Manek Chowk.
Soni filed a police com-
plaint against the three
accused last September.
Vishal Patel, his wife
Vaishali Patel and his
father Hemant Patel
were all named as sus-
pects. Soni says he was
investing money with
them on the pretext of
starting a packaging
company. He also said
that accused gave him
cheques that bounced.
First India News
Gandhinagar: Good
governance demands
last-mileconnectivityof
the delivery system of
any and all government
services. This last-mile
service is either done by
Village panchayat talati
cum Mantri or the gram
sevaks. However, 2,235
posts of talati and 1,293
posts of gram sevak
have been vacant for
some time in the state.
It is to be noted that
the state has 18,584 vil-
lages and 14,292 gram
panchayats. Most of the
government’s schemes
are implemented
through these panchay-
ats and the officers serv-
ing there.
The panchayat Minis-
ter in a written reply to
MLAChiragKalariahas
stated that the state gov-
ernment has sanctioned
11,817 talati cum Mantri
posts and 3997 gram se-
vak posts in 33 districts.
Of these, 2,235 talati
posts and 1,293 gram se-
vak posts are vacant.
It is further stated
that some 244 talati posi-
tions and 413 gram se-
vak positions have been
vacant for more than
three years, while 1,991
talati and 880 gram se-
vaks posts have been va-
cant for more than one
year. In Gandhinagar
district alone, 45 talati
and 50 gram sevak posts
are vacant.
The state government
hasalsostatedthatthese
posts will be filled in 10
years as it is convenient
to the administration.
First India News
Ahmedabad: The Zone-
7 squad of the
Ahmedabad police ar-
rested two alleged
thieves in the city and
recovered11stolenauto-
rickshaws from them,
police said. During their
primary interrogation,
police detected eight dif-
ferent offences.
According to police
sources, KN Damor’s
squad of DCP zone-7 got
a tip-off on January 10
about two suspects, Tak-
sil,aliasMontuQureshi,
who is 25 years old and
Sikander, alias Kaliya
Qureshi, who is 26.
They are both resi-
dents of Sarkhej.
Police say they stole
11 auto rickshaws worth
Rs9.9lakhfromdifferent
areas of the city, includ-
ing Shahpur, Paldi, Vas-
na, Madhavpura and
Kagdapith.
Lack of awareness leads
to rise in cybercrime
People fall prey to fraud due to the inability to use cell phones properly
BJP MP asks why the
delay in lodging FIR
Satellite man claims he was
cheated of `2.88 crore
Police arrest 2,
recover 11
auto-rickshaws
THE BREAKDOWN
MODUS OPERANDI
‘Good governance’, with seats empty
Revenue department employees during an agitation
Three people
arrested
Modasa: Police on
Saturday night ar-
rested three people
in connection with
the alleged murder
of a teenager earli-
er this month. The
19-year-old’s body
was found hanging
from a tree on Janu-
ary 5 in Modasa,
sparking outrage
among locals. Ac-
cording to sources,
police arrested Bi-
mal Bharvad, Dar-
shan Bharvad, and
Jigar.Thefourthac-
cused, Satish Bhar-
vad, is still at large
as policearesearch-
ing for him. The
girl had gone miss-
ing from Dec 31
People’s
bank ac-
counts are
linked to mobile
phones, so bank ac-
count fraud, net
banking, money
transfer and SIM
swapping are get-
ting more prevalent.
Hitesh Sanghvi,
Additional Director, DFS

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PERSPECTIVEAHMEDABAD | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
WHY ARE
STOCKS UP IN
SLOWDOWN?
Though markets are part of economy,
extraneous factors may buoy them
he bourses, as the purveyors of eq-
uity trading and equity shares,
exchange traded funds (ETFs),
commodities, futures and con-
tracts and a host of related prod-
ucts,canworkatoddswiththeeconomy.Their
drivers can be different from those of a coun-
try’s economy. The economic slowdown has
hit the erstwhile star consumer sectors such
as auto, FMCG, and FMCD. But the $2.1-tril-
lion Indian stock market has been faring well.
The Sensex rose by about 3 percent in Decem-
ber alone, as did the Nifty. In 2019, the Sensex
gained 15 percent and the Nifty 13 percent.
Share markets work differently
Even though stock markets are a veritable
part of the financial fabric of an economy,
they have been known to behave independent-
ly of it at times.
The foreign quotient
With the US markets soaring to record highs
as well, US investors have been looking to park
their bonus earnings in emerging markets.
Foreign institutional investors known for
their keen eye on finding out the most profit-
able option in a market, brought in net invest-
ments from September till November, after
fluctuating the better half of the calendar
year. Their vote of confidence further fuelled
the benchmark rally.
Domestic equity-buying
Even when FIIs were wary, domestic SIPs in
the popular pooled investment product called
mutual funds continued to grow. From April
to December, 2019, monthly domestic SIPs
steadily ranged between Rs 8,100 and 8,500
crore. The inflow helped buoy market spirits.
Large cap stocks
It may also be said that the bulk of the funds
coming in via SIPs found itself directed to-
wards large-cap, steady-performing stocks by
fund managers. The rally was mostly powered
by a handful of large companies (10 or so),
which pulled the benchmark indices to new
heights.
Factoring in recovery
Government moves such as cutting corporate
tax rates and lowering the provisions for bad
loans needed at banks saw the indices shoot
up as lower corporate taxes provided a boost
to large-cap stocks.
Beginning of 2020 brought tough news
FIIs have withdrawn Rs 7,505 crore from our
markets in January, after a sharp decline from
November’s net investment of Rs 22,999 crore
to just Rs 2,762 crore in December, 2019.
Advance estimates of fiscal 2020’s inflation-
adjusted GDP growth marked the year as the
third straight one to witness a slowdown and
the lowest in growth in six years.
The government is struggling with a reve-
nue shortfall (meaning lower than projected
tax collections) of around Rs 2.5 lakh-crore.
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IN-DEPTH
T
ritics have lam-
basted Clint
Eastwood’s new
biographical
drama, “Rich-
ard Jewell,” over its depic-
tion of female reporter
Kathy Scruggs, who’s
played by actress Olivia
Wilde.
During the 1996 Summer
Olympics in Atlanta, secu-
rity guard Richard Jewell
saved countless lives after
discovering a backpack
filled with pipe bombs and
alerting police. The film
tells the true story of how
Jewell was unjustly vili-
fied by the news media,
which falsely reported that
he was the terrorist.
But at one point in the
movie, Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reporter
Kathy Scruggs trades sex
with an FBI agent for con-
fidential information. Ac-
cording to the former col-
leagues of Scruggs, who
died in 2001, this never hap-
pened.
The filmmakers could
have easily avoided the
controversy by not includ-
ing this detail. It’s not ex-
actly a critical plot point.
But to me, their decision to
include it – whether it hap-
pened or not – comes as no
surprise.
For decades, I’ve been
studying the image of the
female journalist in popu-
lar culture, and I’ve discov-
ered a clear, troubling
trend: When female jour-
nalists appear in film and
television, they often fall in
love with their sources or
with their colleagues.
In silent films, the sexu-
al relationship between a
female journalist and her
source was simply suggest-
ed and consummated off-
screen. For example, in the
1912 film “The Scoop,” a
female reporter leverages
her sex appeal to get an ex-
clusive interview with a
reclusive millionaire.
It would be one thing if
this were a relic of the si-
lent film era. But the trope
of dogged female reporters
seducing sources has per-
sisted through the decades,
even as gender norms and
dynamics have shifted.
In the 2005 film “Thank
You for Smoking,” for ex-
ample, journalist Heather
Holloway gets annoyed
when one of her sources
claims she used “off the
record” material.
“You never said any-
thing about off the record,”
she tells him. “I presumed
anything said while I was
inside you was privileged,”
he answers.
And in both the Ameri-
can and British versions of
“House of Cards,” female
reporters sleep with politi-
cians who feed them exclu-
sive stories.
In the British version,
reporter Mattie Storin has
a torrid affair with the
Conservative Party chief,
who repays her by leaking
her information. In the
U.S. version, reporter Zoe
Barnes is a young blogger
who sleeps with the House
majority whip. Both end up
murdered by their sources.
The list goes on.
What sort of effect does
this stereotype have?
For one, it suggests that
women’s investigative re-
porting skills aren’t on par
with those of their male
counterparts, so they need
to resort to flirting and sex.
Second, it signals that
women are willing to do
anything for a scoop.
It’s ironic that a film
about how the media can
destroy innocent people
ends up needlessly damag-
ing the reputation of a re-
al-life journalist.
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andprosperousIndia.Swamiji
personifiedtheeternalenergyofour
youth,#NationalYouthDayisafitting
tributetorekindletheteachingsof
thisgreatsonofIndia.
ooks, book fairs and literature
festivals were on my agenda
this week for while it was snow-
ing in the Charleville campus ,
your columnist was engaged
with the launch of the fourth
edition of the Valley of Words,
the Governing Council of the
BN Yugandhar Centre for Rural
Studies , attending the National
Book Trust (NBT) organized
mega book fair with an excel-
lent theme pavilion on Gandhi
as a writer (all in New Delhi)
and now at Bhopal for the
‘Heartland Voices’ festival at
thepicturesqueBharatBhawan
where I am in a panel discus-
sion on the ‘future’ of the Civil
service, which will be the theme
for the next week . All this goes
on to show that there is a new
resurrection in the world of let-
ters, and readers wish to engage
with those who write, critique
and discuss books. As a matter
of fact, the more one delves into
this world, the more one realiz-
es that books have found a niche
for themselves which will out-
last the current obsession with
emojis, selfies and one line
tweets!
Let me start with the Valley
of Words. The website of the
fourth edition with an online
registrationfacilitywasformal-
ly launched by Dharmendra
and Mridula Pradhan at New
Delhi and the focus will be on
the best books published in the
last calendar year in seven cat-
egories : fiction and non -fiction
in Hindi and English, transla-
tions from regional languages
into Hindi and English and
writings for young adults. The
offer of Power Finance Corpo-
ration (PFC) to take over the
REC VoW book awards ensures
that there would be a continuity
in recognizing the best creative
minds in all these genres. An-
other major highlight this year
will be the exhibition of Hindi/
Hindustani newspapers pub-
lished outside India , especially
in the pre-Independence period,
and the ICCR Chair Dr Vinay
Sahasrabuddhe has extended
institutional support for this
endeavour, and we look forward
to receiving Hindi journalists
from across the world, besides a
discussion on books inspired by
Gandhi, a theme which is simi-
lar to the one enunciated by the
NBT. Valley of Words is also
committed to present more of-
ferings from the regional lan-
guages and translations, for so
much is just not available to the
reading world because it is not
in English.
Walking around the differ-
ent halls and exhibitions at the
NBT is a great experience .
There is a different feel to be
surrounded by so many books,
book signing sessions and dis-
cussions on a very wide range
of themes. From illustrated
volumes (including Shankar’s
cartoons) at Children’s Book
Trust to philosophical tomes
from Munshiran Manoharlal,
one can be transported to so
many different worlds in a mat-
ter of minutes (if not seconds).
From a panel discussion on
Gandhi’s approach to coward-
ice and non-violence to ses-
sions on contemporary poetry
in Uganda, launches of scores
of books and the general bon-
homie on meeting friends and
publishers, and buying books
at discounted prices, walking
through the stalls piled with
books waiting to be read is
such an experience. The best
part is that one encounters
books and authors one is not
generally familiar with, and
which do not make it to head-
line news. And yes , encyclope-
dias are still being published,
and hopefully read with the
same effort with which they
have been written. So, the writ-
ten word has not yielded all its
place to the cyber world!
This also leaves me con-
vinced that a book fair and a
festival of the arts must walk
hand -in-hand!
For in addition to the au-
thors one gets to hear, there are
thousands more whose efforts
need to be acknowledged and
placed on record!
VALLEY OF WORDS:
LITERATURE & ARTS FEST
There is a new resurrection in the world of letters & readers wish to engage with those who write
B
More one delves
into this world,
the more one
realizes that
books have
found a niche
for themselves
which will
outlast the
current
obsession with
emojis & selfies
There is a different
feel to be surrounded
by so many books,
book signing sessions
and discussions on a
very wide range of
themes.
The author is an IAS &
Director, Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of
Administration Mussoorie
and Honorary Curator, Valley
of Words: Literature and Arts
Festival, Dehradun
DR SANJEEV
CHOPRA

INDIAAHMEDABAD | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
New Delhi: A group of
academicians and vice
chancellors have writ-
ten to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi ex-
pressing concern over
the ‘prevailing atmos-
phere’ in educational
institutions, stating
that ‘a disruptive far-
left agenda is being pur-
sued in the name of stu-
dent politics.’
Prof RP Tiwari, Vice
Chancellor, Dr Harisin-
gh Gour Vishwavidya-
laya, Sagar (Madhya
Pradesh), Prof HCS
Rathore, Vice Chancel-
lor, Central University
of South Bihar, Dr KK
Aggrawal, Chairman,
NBA and former Vice
Chancellor of GGS In-
draprastha University,
VK Malhotra, ICSSR,
Member Secretary, Dr
Payal Mago of Delhi
University, Prof Sunil
Gupta, former Vice
Chancellorof Himachal
Pradesh University and
Dr Shrish Bhai Kulkar-
ni, Vice Chancellor, SP
University, Gujarat, on
Sunday confirmed to
ANI that they have
signed the letter ad-
dressed to the Prime
Minister. “The recent
turn of events on the
campuses from JNU to
Jamia, from AMU to Ja-
davpur alarms us to the
deteriorating academic
environment due to the
shenanigans of a small
coterie of left-wing ac-
tivists,” the academi-
cians have said in the
letter, accessed by ANI.
They have stated in
the letter that the recent
agitations have led to
the disruption of aca-
demic activities and
day to day functioning
of these institutions
and university campus-
es are being turned into
“islands of ossified
worldviews.”
“This has led to the
disruption of academic
activities and day to day
functioning of these in-
stitutions. The attempt
to radicalised the stu-
dents at a young age is
stifling free-thinking
and creativity. It is turn-
ing them more into po-
litical activists than
learners exploring the
new boundaries of
knowledge. The puritan
moral certainty in the
name of ideology is
leading to the cultiva-
tion of intolerance
against pluralism and
individual liberty,”
reads the letter.
“Fromthehighseatof
debate&discussion,uni-
versity campuses are be-
ing turned into islands
of ossified worldviews,”
adds the letter, which
carries the name of over
200 academicians.
The top academicians
& vice-chancellors also
said that such things
were not only leading to
violence between differ-
ent sections of students
but also intolerance
against teachers and in-
tellectuals. —ANI
Over 200 academicians write to Modi over ‘Left-wing anarchy’ in varsities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a stamp in the presence of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar during an event to celebrate 150 years of Kolkata Port Trust in Kolkata on Sunday.
Kolkata: Prime Minis-
ter Modi said that ports
are “gateways to India’s
prosperity” while em-
phasising that govern-
ment has started the
Sagarmala project to
improve infrastructure
and connectivity of
ports.
“India’s coastline is
7,500 kilometres and it
is a great power for
trade and tourism. Af-
ter 2014, we have tried
to re-energise this pow-
er of India. The work
was started with new
energy. Our govern-
ment believes that In-
dia’s ports are the open-
ing gates to India’s pros-
perity,” said Prime Min-
ister while speaking at
the 150th-anniversary
event of Kolkata Port
Trust. “The govern-
ment has started the
Sagarmala initiative to
improve its infrastruc-
ture and connectivity,”
he said.
“Road, rail, interstate
waterways & coastal
transport are being in-
tegrated. About 575 pro-
jects worth over Rs 6 L
cr have been ear-
marked. Over 200 pro-
jects worth Rs 3L cr are
already under develop-
ment and about 125 pro-
jects have already been
completed,” he said.
The PM said that the
NDAgovernmentwants
the entire transport net-
work should be modern
and integrated. “The
connectivity of North
East through water-
ways will emerge as a
golden chapter in In-
dia’s development,” he
said, adding that the
govt is working towards
increasing the number
of cruises from 150 to
1,000 which will also
help Bengal in the
state’s growth. —ANI
PORTS ARE GATEWAYS TO
INDIA’S PROSPERITY: MODI
JNU VIOLENCE
The NDA govt wants the entire transport network should be modern and integrated, he said
PM Modi with Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya
inaugurates an event to celebrate 150 years of Kolkata Port Trust in Kolkata on Sunday.
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday participated in the
grand sesquicentenary celebra-
tions of the Kolkata Port Trust
(KoPT) and inaugurated several
projects here. I also remember Ba-
basaheb Ambedkar. Dr. Mukherjee
and Baba Saheb gave a new vision
to post-independence India”, the
Prime Minister, Modi said.
New Delhi: The Special
Investigation Team (SIT)
has identified seven
more people who are
involved in violence that
erupted in the JNU on
January 5. Accused have
been identified on the
basis of videos & photos
that went viral on social
media. Statements of
warden, security guards
and five students have
been recorded by cops.
Kolkata: Hitting out at Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee,PM said, “Every
possible initiative is being taken for
the development of West Bengal by
the Central government. As soon
as West Bengal government gives
its approval for Centre’s Ayushman
Bharat Yojana, PM Kisan Samman
Nidhi, people here will start receiv-
ing benefits of these schemes.”
Gwalior: They (leftists)
have created an envi-
ronment of violence at
varsity. They want to
malign the image of
JNU & disrupt semes-
ter exams. Delhi Police
has unearthed their
conspiracy. The office-
bearers of organisations
which claimed to be
victims can be seen with
rods,” UP CM Yogi said.
Howrah: PM Modi said that some
youth have fallen to the rumours
about Citizenship (Amendment)
Act. “The youth of the country
have been filled with a lot of
questions about the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act by different peo-
ple. A lot of youngsters are aware,
but there are some who have fallen
to the rumours,” the PM said.
New Delhi: DMK youth
wing leader Udhayanidhi
Stalin met and interacted
with students in JNU
over the violence in the
campus on January 5.
More than 30 students,
including JNUSU presi-
dent Aishe Ghosh, were
taken to AIIMS Trauma
Centre after a masked
mob entered JNU and at-
tacked the students and
professors with sticks.
PM ATTENDS 150TH ANNIV
CELEBRATIONS OF KOPT
SIT IDENTIFIES 7
MORE PEOPLE
PM JABS DIDI FOR NOT
IMPLEMENTING SCHEMES
‘LEFT CREATED
VIOLENT ENVIRON’
‘YOUTH BEING MISGUIDED
BY RUMOURS ABOUT CAA’
DMK YOUTH WING
LEADER AT JNU
New Delhi: JNU Vice-
Chancellor M
Jagadesh Kumar said
that the decision to
raise hostel fees was
not taken in haste and
a committee was
formed for the purpose
in 2016.
“The decision of hos-
telfeehikewasnottaken
in a hurry. The commit-
tee for this purpose was
formed in 2016 and I am
sure several discussions
took place at the warden
level,” said Kumar. JNU
Rector Chintamani Ma-
hapatra acknowledged
that the students have a
right to protest but in-
sisted that it should be
done in a democratic
way under the rules
and regulations. VC
Kumar categorically
stated that appropriate
action will be taken
against the outsiders
staying in hostels.
Hostel fee hike decision not
takeninhaste,saysJNUV-C
New Delhi: A fact-
finding committee of
the Congress on the
Jawaharlal Nehru Uni-
versity (JNU) violence,
claimed that the attack
which took place in-
side the premises of
the university on Janu-
ary 5 was “state-spon-
sored.”
They further de-
manded that Vice-
Chancellor M
Jagadesh Kumar
should be dismissed
immediately. Sushmita
Dev, the member of the
committee, further de-
manded that a crimi-
nal investigation
should be initiated
against the Vice-Chan-
cellor, security agency
and the faculty mem-
bers.
‘Attack on JNU was state sponsored’
All India Mahila Congress President Sushmita Dev (C)
addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday.
NOT INTERESTED IN GOING TO
RAJYA SABHA: HD DEVE GOWDA
Bengaluru: Janata Dal
(Secular) chief and
former PM H D Deve
Gowda refuted reports
of him contesting in RS
polls & added that he is
more concerned about
strengthening his party in
Karnataka. “I am not in-
terested in going to Rajya
Sabha. My concern is to
build and strengthen the
party in the region to the
best of my ability. I had
declared earlier that I will
not contest elections any-
more,” he said. “My party
MP D Kupendra Reddy is
there in Rajya Sabha as of
now & further decisions
will be taken by the party.
In March 2019, towards
the end of the 16th LS,
I had declared that I will
not contest any more
elections,” he added.
SOREN TO DISCUSS CABINET
EXPANSION WITH CONG LEADERS
New Delhi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant
Soren, who is in the national capital, will meet
top leaders of the Congress party including its
president Sonia Gandhi on Monday and discuss
the issue of Cabinet expansion in the state. “To-
day there is a meeting of the like-minded parties
for which I have come here. We will meet Con-
gress president Sonia Gandhi. There is a need to
expand the Cabinet in the state so that as a Chief
Minister I can focus on other important matters
as well,” Chief Minister Soren told reporters here.
CASE AGAINST BHAGWANT
MANN AFTER TARIFF PROTEST
Chandigarh: AAP’s Punjab unit chief Bhagwant
Mann and some party legislators have been
named in a police complaint where they have
been accused of rioting, assault and obstructing
police from performing their duties during a
protest in Chandigarh against power tariff hike,
a police official said. Around 800 unnamed AAP
supporters have also been named by police. The
FIR was filed on Saturday against the Sangrur
MP and around seven-eight legislators among
other on the statement of a woman constable.
‘NOT SCARED OF PROBE AGAINST
PREVIOUS BJP GOVT: FADNAVIS
Mumbai: Former Ma-
harashtra CM Devendra
Fadnavis said the previ-
ous BJP-led government
under him had functioned
in a transparent manner,
but the Uddhav Thacker-
ay-led dispensation was
free to order any probe
against it. His statement
comes days after senior
Congress leader Prith-
viraj Chavan called the
Devendra Fadnavis-led
government as the “most
corrupt” and said an in-
vestigation will be carried
out in all cases. Talking
to reporters at Akluj in
Solapur district, Devendra
Fadnavis said, “Don’t
give threats, we are not
scared. My government
has been transparent. The
present dispensation is
free to order any probe.”
“The energy of
youth is the
basis of
changing India in the
21st century. The tar-
get of New India can
only be achieved by all
of you. It is the youth
that says ‘Let’s not
postpone problems’.
The youth will always
challenge problems
and solve them.
—Narendra Modi, PM
TARGETTING OPPN
Kolkata: PM Modi an-
nounced that Kolkata
Port Trust will be re-
named as Syama Pras-
ad Mukherjee Port.
Addressing the
gathering at the inau-
guration of 150th-an-
niversary celebrations
of Kolkata Port Trust,
he said: “I announce
the renaming of the
Kolkata Port Trust to
Dr Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee Port. He is
a living legend who
was a leader for devel-
opment and fought on
the forefront for the
idea of One Nation,
One Constitution.”
“This port represents
industrial, spiritual
and self-sufficiency as-
pirations of India. To-
day, when the port is
celebrating its 150th
anniversary, it is our
responsibility to make
it a powerful symbol
of New India,” Modi
said. He said that the
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
founder had set the
stone for industriali-
zation in India. “Chit-
taranjan Locomotive
Factory, Hindustan
Aircraft Factory, Da-
modar Valley Corpo-
ration and several oth-
ers saw active partici-
pation from him,” he
said. —ANI
KolkataPortTrustrenamedafterSyamaPrasadMukherjee
NHRC TEAM TO VISIT CAMPUS ON JAN 14

MAGH MELA FEST
VHP activists set up a replica of Ram Mandir during ongoing Magh Mela festival at Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) pandal in
Prayagraj. —PHOTO BY PTI
DEATH TOLL REACHES 8 IN PALGHAR
CHEMICAL FACTORY BLAST
Palghar: With the
recovery of the body of
a 14-year-old girl during
rescue operation, the
death toll in the chemical
factory fire in Palghar has
reached eight. While sev-
en people have sustained
injuries. At around 1:25
pm, the NDRF team carry-
ing out rescue operation
recovered the body of the
girl of age approximately
14 years. Seven people
were declared dead while
the same number of
people sustained injuries.
CM Uddhav Thackeray
announced Rs 5 lakh
financial assistance to kin
of deceased. “Rs 5 lakh
financial assistance will
be given to the kin of the
deceased due to fire at
the chemical factory in
Boisar,” said the PMO.
HP: SNOWFALL BLOCKS 609
ROADS, DISRUPTS POWER
Shimla: After heavy snowfall in the state, as
many as 609 roads including five national
highways are still closed for vehicular move-
ment. The 2,031 electricity supply and 118
water supply schemes have also been disrupted
due to heavy snowfall in the state. According
to the India Meteorological Department (IMD),
the minimum temperature in the state has been
pegged at 7.6 degrees Celsius in the state.
Meanwhile, the work for road clearance has
been started in Kullu district.
PREZ GREETS CITIZENS ON
LOHRI, SANKRANTI, PONGAL
New Delhi: The President of India Ram Nath
Kovind said, “I offer my greetings & best wishes
to all fellow citizens in India & abroad on Lohri,
Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Bhogali Bihu, Uttarayan
& Poush. “India is a land of festivals. The coming
festivals, celebrated under different names &
forms across the country, are also an occasion to
mark our respect for ceaseless hard work of our
farmers. These festivals, symbolising the joy of
sharing the new crop with one’s family & com-
munity, are intertwined in soul of the country.
‘TRAIN CONNECTING UJJAIN AND
VARANASI WILL BE LAUNCHED’
Indore: Railways Minister
Piyush Goyal announced
that an overnight train
connecting Ujjain and
Varanasi will be launched.
“The train will be equipped
with all kinds of facilities,
efforts will be made to get
the work done as quickly
as possible. The decision
was taken in the morning
itself, now officials will
work out the details of the
project,” the Minister add-
ed. The train will facilitate
pilgrims and devotees to
visit Mahakal Temple in
Ujjain and Kashi Vishwa-
nath temple in Varanasi.
The train will be operated
by the IRCTC. “The train
will facilitate pilgrims
and also help in boosting
tourism in Indore which
is the most ‘swachh’ city,”
the minister said.
INDIAAHMEDABAD | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
Jabalpur: Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah chal-
lenged Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi & West
Bengal C M Mamata Ba-
nerjee to ‘find out the
provision in the Citi-
zenship Amendment
Act,’ which can take the
citizenship away from
any Indian.
“I challenge Mamata
Banerjee and Rahul
Baba to find out a provi-
sion in Citizenship
Amendment Act that
can take the citizenship
away from anyone in
thiscountry,”saidShah,
while addressing a pub-
lic meeting, adding,
“When the partition of
the country took place,
the Congress party di-
vided the country on the
basis of religion.” “The
Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis,
Jain, who lived in both
East & West Pakistan
wantedtocomehere,but
they stayed there be-
cause of the bloodshed.
The leaders of our coun-
try then assured them
that they will be wel-
come here and given the
citizenship whenever
they come,” said Shah.
Taking on Congress
for opposing CAA, he
said: “When partition
took place, there were
30%HindusinbothEast
& West Pakistan. Today,
there are just 3 %Hin-
dus in Pakistan and 7 %
Hindus in East Pakistan
(Bangladesh). I want to
ask the blind & deaf
Congress leaders, where
aremyHindu,Sikh,Sin-
dhi brothers.” —ANI
CAA STIR The Home Minister attacked Congress & said that it divided the country on the basis of religion during the Partition
New Delhi: Members
of Bhim Army Stu-
dents’ Federation held a
protest at Jantar Man-
tar, demanding release
of Bhim Army chief
Chandrashekhar Azad,
“It is a genuine demand.
Azad was arrested from
Jama Masjid. Many
were detained All have
got bail, but Azad is still
in jail. Why? It is a clear
act of injustice because
he is a Dalit leader,”
said Ladida Farzana, a
student of Jamia Millia
Islamia. —ANI
Bhim Army Students’ Federation
protests for release of Azad
Kolkata: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) leader
Shiv Pratap Shukla said
that West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee is doing vote
bank politics on the
Citizenship (Amend-
ment) Act.
Mamata Banerjee on
Saturday said that she
tore the notification re-
garding the implemen-
tation of CAA. “She has
the habit of tearing pa-
pers. Earlier in the Lok
Sabha, she had shown
the document of voter
list to the speaker and
said that she will tear it
as the voter list of India
and Bangladesh are
similar. She is passing
such remarks as she is
worried about her
votes,” said Shukla
while speaking to ANI.
The BJP leader also
targeted the opposition
for anti-CAA protests
and said, “The political
parties are opposing
this Act for the Muslim
vote bank.”
West Bengal CM-
Mamata Banerjee said
that she tore the notifi-
cation regarding the
implementation of
CAA. CM Banerjee,
who met PM Modi had
stated that she has in-
formed him that if he
wants to do the Nation-
al Register for Citizens
(NRC) and CAA, then
he will have to do it over
her body. —ANI
‘MamatadoingvotebankpoliticsonCAA’
Mandsaur: Congress
MLA from Suwasra in
Mandsaur district,
Hardeep Singh Dang
supported the CAA but
said that it needed to be
seen separately from
the NRC.
“If we see CAA and
NRC separately, there
is no harm if someone
who is unhappy in Pa-
kistan, Bangladesh,
and Afghanistan gets
facilities here. But
this should also be
considered that they
are asking people,
whose generations
were born and raised
in India, to furnish
documents under
NRC,” Dang said. —ANI
‘CAA should be
viewed distinctly
from NRC’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being greeted by BJP President Rakesh Singh at Dumna airport in
Jabalpur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Thane: Former Maha-
rashtra CM Narayan
Ranehasclaimedthat35
of the 56 Shiv Sena
MLAs in the state are
‘dissatisfied’ with their
party leadership. Rane,
currently a Rajya Sabha
MPfromtheBJP,dubbed
the Uddhav Thackeray-
led government as ‘non-
performing,’ saying the
Shiv Sena, NCP and
Congress took more
than five weeks to form
government in the
state. He expressed con-
fidence that the BJP will
return to power in Ma-
harashtra. BJP has 105
MLAs, and Shiv Sena
only 56 and of them
also 35 are “dissatis-
fied,” Rane said. —PTI
‘35 Shiv Sena
MLAs in
Maharashtra
dissatisfied’
Voices resisting
CAA, can’t be
Muzzled, says
CPI’s Yechury
Find way that can take away
citizenship in CAA, says Shah
WB WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT CAA: NAQVI
New Delhi: JD (U) vice-president
and political strategist Prashant
Kishorthanked
Congress and
its leadership
for their “for-
mal and une-
quivocal rejec-
tion” of CAA
and NRC.
“I join my
voice with all
to thank #Con-
gress leader-
ship for their formal rejection of
#CAA_NRC. Both @rahulgandhi &@
priyankagandhi deserves special
thanks for their efforts on this count.
Also would like to reassure to all -
CAA and NRC will not be implement-
ed in Bihar.”
Won’t have CAA,
NRC in Bihar: Kishor
‘Kishor’s comments on
CAA, meaningless’
Patna: JDU Bihar president VN Sin-
ghsaidthattheparty’svice-president
Prashant Kishor’s comments that
CAAandNRCwillnotbeimplement-
ed in the state, has no meanings.
While the BJP leader Nand
Kishore Yadav hits out at Prashant
saying that what is his status to
raise such questions that CAA and
NRC will not be implemented in Bi-
har. Yadav said, “As far as CAA is
considered then the notification
regarding this has been issued by
the government and it is now ap-
plicable not only in Bihar but also
throughout the country.”
The JDU vice-president thanked
the Congress party and its leader-
ship for their “formal and unequiv-
ocal rejection” of the CAA and
NRC. —ANI
Guwahati: The royal
scionof Tripura,Prady-
ot Manikya Debbarma,
is leading a protest
against CAA. The offi-
cial notification of the
law has resulted in re-
vival of protests in
Tripura, a state that
protesters believe is the
most affected after As-
sam and West Bengal by
implementation of the
amended citizenship
law. Debbarma was for-
mer chief of the Con-
gress in Tripura. He left
the party over differ-
ences on NRC.
On Saturday, thou-
sands people from in-
digenous tribal commu-
nities participated at a
massive anti-CAA pro-
tests led by Debbarma,
who recently launched
an organisation that he
says is apolitical, called
the Indigenous Progres-
sive Regional Alliance. .
“Our State has ac-
commodated a large
number of migrants
from the then East Paki-
stan after the partition
and has no space to ac-
commodate any more,”
he added.
‘No space to accommodate any more’
New Delhi: CPI(M)
General Secretary Sita-
ram Yechury said the
voices of those protest-
ing against CAA, NRC
& NPR cannot be muz-
zled, as he hailed the
protests in Bengal dur-
ing PM Modi’s visit.
Activists, who hit the
streets with placards
that read “Modi Go
Back” and “Down with
BJP”, continued their
sit-in all night at Espla-
nade, insisting that
their agitation would
continue until the
prime minister leaves
the city. “The voices of
those resisting the dis-
criminatory CAA-NRC-
NPR cannot be muz-
zled,” he tweeted. —ANI
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor with Delhi Congress president
Subhash Chopra during a demonstration against Citizenship
(Amendment) Act, outside Jamia Milia Islamia University in New
Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

SPORTSAHMEDABAD | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
Bumrah receives
Polly Umrigar Award
Mumbai: India spear-
head Jasprit Bumrah on
Sunday headlined the
BCCI Annual Awards
function, grabbing the
prestigious Polly Umri-
gar award apart from
annexing the Dilip Sard-
esai honour for his ex-
ploits in international
cricket in the 2018-19
season. Polly Umrigar
award is presented to
the best male Interna-
tional cricketer and it
carries a citation, tro-
phy and cheque for Rs.
15 lakh. Dilip Sardesai
award is conferred on
both the highest wicket-
taker and highest run-
getter in Test cricket.
Prolific Saurashtra
batsman Chetshwar Pu-
jara was picked for the
honour for scoring 677
runs in 8 matches at an
average of 52.07 with
three centuries and two
half centuries.
—Agencies
Shafali Verma
wins BCCI award
Mumbai: Young sensa-
tion Shafali Verma
wins a couple of
awards for her out-
standing performances
in domestic cricket at
the junior level. Along
with this, she earned
the best international
debutant among women
in the BCCI Awards
2018-19 on Sunday. Vet-
eran leg-spinner Poon-
am Yadav was awarded
the ‘Best International
Cricketer of the Year –
Women’ by the BCCI for
her exceptional bowl-
ing. She bagged 14 wick-
ets in eight ODIs and 20
wickets in 15 T20Is last
year. She was also
given the Arjuna Award
last year. —Agencies
Madan, Gambhir to
be CAC members
New Delhi: The BCCI
is all set to appoint
World Cup winning for-
mer India players
Madan Lal and Gautam
Gambhir as members
of the CAC which will
pick selection commit-
tees for the next four-
year cycle starting 2020.
The third member of
the panel is likely to be
Mumbai-based woman
intl Sulakshana Naik,
who has played two
Tests and 46 ODIs for
the country. —PTI
Kipruto sets 10-km
world record
Valencia: Kenya’s
Rhonex Kipruto
smashed the world re-
cord at the 10 Km Valen-
cia Ibercaja clocking
26.24 minutes to win the
World Athletics Gold
Label road race on Sun-
day. His half-way split
of 13.18 minutes was
also an improvement on
the 5km world record.
Despite running on his
own for the entire sec-
ond half, Kipruto in-
creased his pace and
clocked 2.37 minutes for
the sixth kilometre. Af-
ter a slightly slower sev-
enth kilometre of 2.40
minutes, the world U20
10,000m champion
ramped up his speed
again for the eighth kil-
ometre, which he cov-
ered in 2.36-min. —ANI
BRIEF
in
Mumbai: In Rohit
Sharma, KL Rahul and
Shikhar Dhawan, India
are spoilt for choice at
the top of the order, but
batting coach Vikram
Rathour on Sunday
called it a “good dilem-
ma” to have.
Rohit had a phenom-
enal 2019, having
struck five centuries in
the World Cup.
Dhawan, who made a
comeback in the T20
side in the just-con-
cluded three-match se-
ries against Sri Lanka,
was also among the
runs, while Rahul, too,
is having a great time
with the bat.
“It’s a good dilemma
to have. Rohit is an obvi-
ous choice of course.
Both of them (Shikhar
and Rahul) are playing
well. Shikhar has done
well in one- dayers and
Rahul is in great form.
So we’ll deal with it
when we have to,”
Rathour said.
“There are still a cou-
ple of days to go. The
management will sit
down and make the
choice,” he told report-
ers ahead of the first
ODI against Australia.
The series starts in
Mumbai on January
14. The second ODI will
be played in Rajkot on
January 17 and the
third in Bengaluru on
January 19.
Asked about the rel-
evance of the series in
a T20 World Cup year,
Rathour said, “It’s a
different format and
cricket is a game of
confidence. So as a bat-
ter and bowler, espe-
cially when you are
playing against a team
like Australia, who are
one of the better teams
in the world, perfor-
mances do make a dif-
ference. It gives you a
lot of confidence.”
“We’ll take it as any
other series and playing
against one of the bet-
ter sides in the world,
we are looking to do
well as a team, looking
to perform and win if
possible,” added the
batting coach. —PTI
Good dilemma to have: Rathour on opening combination
UPCOMING OZ CONTEST

Batting coach
Vikram Rathour
feels having
three in-form
openers is a
good headache
to have for both
the management
and the
selection panel
New Delhi: On the back
of its sparkling show
through 2019, India fin-
ished the year as the top
shooting nation in the
world, leapfrogging
Olympic heavyweights
China and the USA.
In terms of overall
medals, the tally stood
at 21 gold, six silver
and three bronze as In-
dia topped all the Rifle-
Pistol World Cups and
Finals in a unforgetta-
ble year.
A delighted National
Rifle Association of In-
dia (NRAI) president
Raninder Singh tweeted
a screenshot of the In-
ternational Shooting
Sport Federation’s
(ISSF) overall rankings
for 2019.
“Well done Team In-
dia,” he wrote.
While India leads
the standings with 30
medals overall, China
is second with 11 gold,
15 silver and 18 bronze
for a total of 44 podium
finishes.
The USA is placed
third with 15 medals.
The number of Olym-
pic quotas, which now
stands at a record 15, is
not a only refection of
the country’s rapid rise
in the sport over the last
one year but also sets up
the shooters nicely for a
record haul at the Tokyo
Games, after the melt-
down at Rio de Janeiro.
Besides the shooters,
the federation has also
worked extensively to-
wards bringing the
sporttowhereitistoday.
Indian shooting’s
best show at the Olym-
pics remains the two
medals won at London
in 2012, but if the shoot-
ers’ exploits in recent
months are anything to
go by, the country can
easily emulate or better
that in Tokyo. —PTI
Brisbane: Karolina
Pliskova won her sec-
ond consecutive Bris-
bane International title
when she downed Madi-
son Keys in a three-set
final at the Queensland
Tennis Centre on Sun-
day.
The Czech world
number two won 6-4,
4-6, 7-5 in two hours,
seven minutes on Pat
Rafter Arena.
Pliskova’s third Bris-
bane title in four years
and her 16th on the
WTA tour stamps her as
one of the favorites for
the upcoming Australi-
an Open.
The former world
number one is yet to
win a Grand Slam sin-
gles title, but she
reached the semi-finals
in Melbourne last year,
falling in three sets to
eventual champion
Naomi Osaka.
Pliskova beat Osaka
in Brisbane in a mara-
thon 3 hour semifinal
on Saturday night and
the manner in which
she backed up to defeat
Keys in another gruel-
ling clash on Sunday
shows she has form and
fitness heading into the
year’s first Grand Slam.
Keys, on her way to a
career-high world rank-
ing of seven, had a re-
surgent 2019, winning
titles in Charleston and
Cincinnati.
She will also fancy
her chances at Mel-
bourne Park after com-
ing from a set down to
beat two-time Wimble-
don champion Petra
Kvitova in the semi-fi-
nals and then pushing
Pliskova all the way in
the decider.
In a high quality and
evenly matched final,
Pliskova seized the
early advantage when
she broke Keys at 4-4
then held serve to
take the first set in 39
minutes —Agencies
Mumbai: India’s Har-
manpreet Kaur is look-
ingforwardtoexecuting
her skills in the tri-na-
tion T20 series to pre-
pare for the ICC Wom-
en’s T20 World Cup.
“It is always good go-
ing a bit early wherever
you are going to play in
the future and before
World Cup, we are get-
tingtri-seriesandinthat
platform, we have to ex-
ecute ourselves,” Kaur
said during a press con-
ference here on Sunday.
“If we are able to give
100 percent then that
will be very good for us.
We have a very good
combination this time
and I am hoping for the
goodresults,”sheadded.
The press conference
was conducted to an-
nounce India’s squads
for the Tri-nation series
andtheT20WC.Boththe
tournaments will be
played in Australia and
apart from India & Aus,
Englandwilltakepartin
the Tri-nation series,
starting from Jan 31.
India’s squad for Tri-
nation series: Harman-
preet Kaur (C), Smriti
Mandhana (VC), Shafali
Verma, Jemimah Rodri-
gues, Harleen Deol,
Deepti Sharma, Veda
Krishnamurthy, Richa
Ghosh, Tania Bhatia,
Poonam Yadav, Radha
Yadav, Rajeshwari Gay-
akwad, Shikha Pandey,
Pooja Vastrakar, Arund-
hati Reddy, Nuzhat
Parveen. —ANI
Sydney: Novak Djoko-
vic swept past long-time
rival Rafael Nadal in a
battling display at the
ATP Cup final on Sun-
daytolaydownamarker
ahead of the Australian
Open.
TheSerbianWorldNo
2 blasted the top-ranked
Spaniard off court 6-2 in
the first set before a
much tighter 7-6 (7/4)
second set. It left the fi-
nal of the inaugural
team event finely poised
at 1-1 after Spain’s relia-
ble Roberto Bautista
Agut caned Dusan La-
jovic 7-5, 6-1.
Nadal and Djokovic
were both expected back
on court to play the deci-
sive doubles rubber that
will decide which coun-
try wins the 24-nation
tournament. “Every
timeIgettoplayRafawe
get to play a lot of excit-
ing points. There were
some incredible ex-
changes today,” said
Djokovic. —Agencies
Rohit Sharma Shikhar Dhawan KL Rahul
India finish 2019 as number one shooting nation in world
Guwahati: Kerala long
jumper Ancy Sojan
broke the girls Under-21
long jump record with a
personal best perfor-
mance of 6.36 m in win-
ning a memorable com-
petition against Tamil
Nadu’s Sherin Abdul
Gafoor at the Khelo In-
dia Youth Games 2020
here on Sunday.
It was a gripping con-
test that the two jumpers
treated the onlookers.
A student of Nattika
Govt Fisheries Higher
Sec School, Thrissur,
she had a 6.24 m jump in
the Kerala State School
Meet. She went 2 cm far-
ther in the SGFI Nation-
al School Athletics
Championship in San-
grur last month. And on
Sunday, she was primed
up to deliver her best
jump of the season.
Quite naturally, she
was delighted that she
could sustain consist-
ency here with a string
of five jumps exceed-
ing 6 m - 6.11, 6.36, 6.29,
6.08 and 6.13 before
fouling her final jump.
TN’s Sherin Abdul Ga-
foor, who set the mark
at 6.15 m last year,
picked up the gauntlet
thrown down by Sojan.
She had a series that
read 5.99, 6.16, 6.11,
6.06, 6.30 and 6.13. —PTI
Kerala long jumper
Ancy lights up Day 3
of Khelo India Games
Ancy Sojan
Pliskova wins in Brisbane to
fire Australian Open warning
Karolina Pliskova kisses the trophy after winning the Brisbane
International.
Indian womens cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur during a press
conference at BCCI head office in Mumbai on Sunday.
Serbia won its first-ever ATP Cup in Sydney on Sunday after it
defeated Spain in the final.
SERENA DONATES TO BUSHFIRE RELIEF
Serena Williams with daughter
Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
Novak Djokovic sweeps past
Rafael Nadal in ATP Cup final
Harmanpreet Kaur eyes tri-nation
series for T20 World Cup preparation
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the Sun enters the northern hemisphere, I
wish you all happiness and joy.
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2NDFRONT
First India News
Mumbai: The Indo-
American Chamber
of Commerce held a
roundtable with
Khaitan & Co-hosting
30 of the top CEOs
and Chairmen on the
subject.
The Indo American
Chamber of Commerce
plays a pivotal role in
promoting and assist-
ing companies with an
interest in doing busi-
ness in both countries.
Right from creating the
need, providing re-
search, assisting in set-
ting up and thereafter
also being their voice in
conveying the pain
points to both govern-
ments.
Ease of doing busi-
ness crucial if India
wants to scale ambi-
tious peak of $5 tril-
lion. Deliberation
was one of the first in
a series of listening
to the pain points of
companies operating
in Maharashtra
(which contributes
20% of India’s GDP)
noting the sugges-
tions for improve-
ment and quantifying
the impact of the
same. Maharashtra
has an ambition of be-
coming a trillion-dollar
economy by itself and
will play a crucial role
in India reaching its
target of becoming a $5
trillion economy.
Naushad Panjwani,
President (West), Indo
American Chamber of
Commerce, opened the
roundtable.
Smriti asks JNU students to learn
positive lessons from Surat youth
First India News
Surat: Union Tex-
tiles Minister Smriti
Irani here on Sun-
day stated that the
students of Jawaha-
rlal Nehru Universi-
ty (JNU) should take
a lesson or two from
youth and students
in Surat who use
their skills for inno-
vation in various
fields and that the
CAA decision would
not be withdrawn.
Irani was in Surat to
attend various local
eventsaswellastomeet
trade and industry rep-
resentatives from the
textiles sector. She also
participated in sea
beach cleaning cam-
paign at Dumas. She
also paid a visit at Swa-
mi Vivekanand Statue
in Makkaipul area.
Speaking at Par-
prabuddh Nagrik
sammelan, the Un-
ion Minister said the
passing of the Citi-
zenship Amendment
Act was a decision
taken in favour of
the nation and there
was no question of it
being rolled back.
Irani had a meeting
with representatives
from the Southern Gu-
jarat Chamber of Com-
merce and Industry. It
was a 15-minute meet-
ing at the Surat air-
port. She asked the in-
dustry representatives
to send her data about
their issues. She added
that in the Draft budg-
et almost all demands
of the textile industry
have been taken into
consideration.
She also told them
she is planning to or-
ganise a textile ma-
chinery expo in Del-
hi. Earlier, in her
meeting with the tex-
tile association, the
Union Minister said
in near future Surat
would also be known
for textile machin-
ery manufacturing
and that she had en-
visaged a plan for it.
Talk less and work more:
Adhir Ranjan to Army chiefNaravane had indicated that Indian Army is ready to integrate PoK with India, if Parl orders so
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury on
Sunday took a jibe at
new army Chief Gen-
eral Manoj Mukund
Naravane’’s statement
about the Pakistan oc-
cupied Kashmir. The
Congress leader ad-
vised him to “talk less
and work more”.
“@ New Army Chief,
Parliament already had
adopted unanimous res-
olutionon#POKin1994,
Govt is at liberty to take
action and may give di-
rection. If you are so
inclined to take action
on POK, I would suggest
you to confabulate with
CDS, andA@PMOIndia.
Talk Less, Work More,”
Chowdhury tweeted.
General Naravane
in his recent inter-
view had indicated
that the Indian Army
is ready to integrate
Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK) with
India, if Parliament
orders so. Chowdhury
had sparked a contro-
versy when he told
Parliament that it
could not abrogate
Article 370 related to
erstwhile Jammu and
Kashmir because the
matter was pending
in the United Nations.
Now this tweet of his
seems to be giving an
opportunity to the
Bharatiya Janata Party
to question Congress’’
stand over PoK.
Shortly after tak-
ing charge, General
Naravane said the
Army had “various
plans” for operations
in PoK and was ready
for “any task”.
Asked if that in-
cluded large-scale
PoK operations he
said: “Should that be
the mandate”.
The Army Chief also
reaffirmed his force’s al-
legiance to the core val-
ues of the constitution
and the values of the
preamble which de-
scribes India as a secu-
lar, democratic republic.
Adhir Ranjan Chowd-
hury’s tweet on PoK
and reference to the
1994 resolution will
bring back unpleasant
memories for his party.
Taking on the cen-
tre over withdrawal
of special status to
Jammu and Kashmir,
Chowdhury appeared
to suggest that deci-
sions concerning the
former state were not
an internal matter.
“...you (Home Min-
ister Amit Shah) say
it is an internal mat-
ter...from 1948 Kash-
mir is being moni-
tored by the UN, is
that an internal mat-
ter? You should ex-
plain,” he said.
Congress’s Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gan-
dhi, both of whom were
in parliament at the
time, appeared shocked
amid chants of “Bharat
Mata ki Jai” and “Vande
Mataram” from govern-
ment benches. General
MM Naravane has had
tough words for Paki-
stan since he became
Army Chief. —Agencies
Oppn to discuss current
political situation today
New Delhi: The oppo-
sition parties would
meet on Monday af-
ternoon to discuss the
current political situ-
ation in the backdrop
of the student pro-
tests and the conten-
tious citizenship law
and the citizenship
list NRC. The meet-
ing, expected to signal
opposition unity, how-
ever, will not be at-
tended by Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee and Bahu-
jan Samajwadi Party
chief Mayawati,
sources said.
Mamata Banerjee,
peeved by the clashes
between the workers
of the Left and her
Trinamool Congress
during last week’s
trade union strike,
has declared that she
would not attend the
opposition meeting.
Underscoring that it
was she who mooted the
idea of the meet” she
said, “What happened
yesterday in the state --
it is no more possible
for me to attend the
meeting anymore”.
“I was the first to
launch an andolan
(movement) against
CAA, NRC,” she said.
“What the Left and the
Congress are doing in
the name of the CAA-
NRC is not a movement
but vandalism”.
Mayawati, too, had
attacked the Con-
gress’s Sonia Gandhi
and Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra recently.
On Saturday, Con-
gress chief Sonia Gan-
dhi termed the citizen-
ship law a “discrimi-
natory and divisive”
law whose “sinister”
purpose was to divide
people on religious
lines. “The CAA is a dis-
criminatoryanddivisive
law.Thesinisterpurpose
of the law is clear to eve-
rypatriotic,tolerantand
secular Indian: it is to
divide the Indian people
on religious lines,” she
said at CWC.
The scattered opposi-
tion protests over CAA
and NRC has been su-
perseded by the consoli-
dated student protests
on the issue since the
police crackdown on
the students of Delhi’s
prestigious Jamia Mil-
lia Islamia last month.
@ New Army
Chief, Parlia-
ment already
had adopted unani-
mous resolution on
#POK in 1994, Govt is
at liberty to take action
and may give direction.
If you are so inclined
to take action on POK,
I would suggest you to
confabulate with CDS,
andA@PMOIndia. Talk
Less, Work More.
—Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury
Textiles Minister Smriti Irani paying tribute to Swami Vivekanand on his birth anniversary.
‘Ease of doing business
crucial for $5 tn economy’
‘EXPANDING TO 10 CITIES’
Haresh Jhala
Dahod: When the en-
tire state is crying
foul about infant
deaths and raising
the issue of malnutri-
tion, the Gujarat Gov-
ernment’s very own
Bal Sanjivani Kendra,
nutritional rehabili-
tation centre, in pre-
dominantly tribal dis-
trict of Dahod is qui-
etly working among
women and children.
And getting results.
This centre was set up
some 10 years ago with
an intention to provide
succour to women and
children suffering from
nutrition problem. Chil-
drenbetweensixmonths
tofiveyearsfacingacute
nutrition issue are kept
here and being served
nutritious food.
“They are dis-
charged only after
they meet the stand-
ards of weight and
blood count,” Dahod
District Development
Officer Rachit Raj,
IAS, told First India.
This centre follows
UNICEF guidelines
while feeding children
and mothers. And every
15 days, a medical fol-
low-up is taken even af-
ter a child is discharged
from the centre.
Raj said the centre
was started at the Da-
hod Civil Hospital
with facility of five
beds and now there
are 15 beds. With the
infant child, their
mother and siblings
are also taken care of
at the centre. The
state is also paying Rs
100 per day towards
wage loss of parents.
In the year 2017-18,
296 children were cured
at the centre and 341 the
next year, while 322
have been cured in the
current financial year.
Rachit Raj said, “Mal-
nourished children are
being treated for 14 to 21
days at the centre.”
Raj dreams to elim-
inate malnutrition
problem in the dis-
trict and he and his
team have taken sev-
eral initiatives. They
have also created “a
nutritional garden”
in an Anganwadi. The
district panchayat
has created 30 nutri-
tion garden with the
help of agriculture
department.
His next project is to
urge his team-mates to
adopt a child from an
Anganwadi, especially
those who are identified
as malnourished in red
zone. He also plans to
rope in civil society and
non-government organ-
isations.
This Dahod nutritional rehabilitation centre works quietly
AWAY FROM INFANT DEATHS UPROAR
(Above) Dahod Child being fed at the nutritional rehabilitation centre. (Right) Dahod DDO Rachit Raj.
CEC Sunil
Arora back
from Mauritius
First India News
New Delhi:Chief Elec-
tion Commissioner of
India Sunil Arora re-
turned to New Delhi
after a four-day trip to
Mauritius. During the
visit he called on H.E.
P r i t h v i r a j s i n g
Roopun, President of
Mauritius and also
signed the MoU on
electoral cooperation
between Election
Commission of India
and Electoral Com-
mission of Mauritius,
which was in existence
from April 2013 to 2018,
which was renewed be-
tween the two sides on
January 8. Sunil Arora
also interacted with
service voters and
NRI community at
High Commission of
India during his tour.

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LohriLohriDILAKH-LAKHVADHAIYAAN
CITY FIRST WISHES YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LOHRI
mong a few other harvest
festivals in the country,
Lohri is also about the agri-
cultural activities of the
farmers in the region of
Punjab during the end of the
winter season and marks
the beginning of the harvest
season. Other than this, this
day welcomes longer days as
the sun moves to the north-
ern hemisphere. To mark
this occasion, Lohri is cele-
brated on January 13 every
year primarily by the Sikhs
and Hindus, with lighting
the bonfire being an ancient
tradition, for the positivity
and purity of the family and
household.
The ones who celebrate
Lohri generally eat Gud
(jaggery), Gajak, ‘Makki ki
Roti’ with ‘Sarson ka Saag’,
and groundnuts among var-
ious things, as a tradition.
Other than this, a few of
them find it traditional to
consume ‘Tricholi’, which is
also referred to as ‘Til Rice’,
that is a mixture of rice
with jaggery and sesa-
me seeds.
Besides these tradi-
tions, there are other
food items like Til
Laddus, Peanuts, Pop-
corns, and Puffed-
Rice among others,
that are fed to the
bonfire. These are
also known as tradi-
tional treats, as they
are fed to the God of
Fire, commonly
known as ‘Agni’, in
order to seek bless-
ings for the family
for good times
ahead and marks
the end of evil.
Lohri is also cel-
ebrated in an ex-
tremely grand
way for a new-
born or a new-
bride for a bless-
ed life, with close
family and
friends being a
part of the
grand cele-
bration. The tra-
dition also in-
volves sing-
ing and
dancing,
common-
ly known
as ‘Bhan-
gra and
Gidda’, by
the people
present at
the celebra-
tion around the
bonfire.
A
friends being a
part of the
grand cele-
bration. The tra-
dition also in-
volves sing-
ing and
the people
present at
the celebra-
tion around the
bonfire.
DILAKH-LAKHVADHAIYAAN
CITY FIRST WISHES YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LOHRI
ious things, as a tradition.
Other than this, a few of
them find it traditional to
Tricholi’, which is
also referred to as ‘Til Rice’,
that is a mixture of rice
with jaggery and sesa-
Besides these tradi-
tions, there are other
food items like Til
Laddus, Peanuts, Pop-
corns, and Puffed-
Rice among others,
that are fed to the
bonfire. These are
also known as tradi-
tional treats, as they
are fed to the God of
Fire, commonly
’, in
order to seek bless-
ings for the family
for good times
ahead and marks
Lohri is also cel-
ebrated in an ex-
tremely grand
way for a new-
born or a new-
bride for a bless-
ed life, with close
grand cele-
bration. The tra-
dition also in-
volves sing-
ing and
dancing,
common-
ly known
as ‘Bhan-
gra and
Gidda’, by
the people
present at
the celebra-
tion around the
grand cele-
bration. The tra-
dition also in-
volves sing-
ing and
the people
present at
the celebra-
tion around the
bonfire.
Sunder
mundriye ho!
Tera kaun vicharaa ho!
Dullah Bhatti walla ho!
Dullhe di dhee vyayae ho!
Ser shakkar payee ho!
Kudi da laal pathaka ho!
Kudi da saalu paata ho!
Salu kaun samete!
AHMEDABAD, MONDAY
JANUARY 13, 2020
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NEHAL NAYAR
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