Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot reviewed the implementation of the 'Nirogi Rajasthan' initiative to make citizens aware of health issues. He instructed that health information be included in education syllabus. Gehlot wants the drive to make everyone aware of health issues from children to senior citizens. He directed opening more basic health clinics and restarting an anti-adulteration drive. Gehlot also ordered that work on new medical colleges should start by September to improve healthcare access.

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Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Now students
in Rajasthan will
learn about preven-
tive health-care un-
der Nirogi Rajasthan.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot instructed of-
ficials on Friday to
include important
health information in
education syllabus.
Just a day after his
budget speech he was
at the CMO taking
stalk of the ambitious
“Nirogi Rajasthan’
drive. Health minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma,
Health minister
(State) Dr Subhash
Garg, CS DB Gupta,
ACS (Finance) Niran-
jan Arya, ACS
(Health) Rohit Kumar
Singh, Secretary
(Medical Education)
Vaibhav Galariya, Di-
rector NHM Naresh
Thakral, Superinten-
dent SMS Medical
College Dr Sudhir
Bhandari and other
top officials attended
the meeting.
Gehlot gave a loud &
clear message to the bu-
reaucracy regarding
his seriousness on time
bound implementation
of his budget announce-
ments.
During the meet-
ing, Gehlot conveyed
that he wanted ‘Niro-
gi Rajasthan’ drive to
make everyone in the
state aware of health
issues right from chil-
dren to the senior
citizens. He stressed on
the drive by calling it
biggest ever ‘Preventive
Health Campaign” ever
launched by any state
govt., which will not
only make people aware
of health issues but also
motivate them to be fit.
He also directed to start
a dedicated helpline
which will bring health
consultation on the fin-
ger tips of the people.
Gehlot said, “soon
the ANM and Asha
workers will conduct
a health survey which
will let the govern-
ment have the health
data of the people
enabling it to formu-
late specific policies.”
He also emphasized
on opening of more
Janta clinics to pro-
vide basic health fa-
cilities to people near
their homes with help
of Bhamashahs,
NGOs and MLA lad
fund. CM also reiter-
ated on restarting
‘Shuddh Ke Liye Yud-
dh’ drive against food
adulteration. He
stressed upon serious
action against the
adulteration accused
sending a strict mes-
sage to others.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
also directed officers
to complete all for-
malities like design &
tender and ensure
that the work on med-
ical colleges starts by
September. The three
time CM expressed
that these medical
colleges will bring
health services closer
to the people.
Serious on com-
plaints regarding ir-
regularities in con-
struction of medical
colleges in Bharatpur
and Churu, Gehlot or-
dered a thorough probe
of the complaints and
zero tolerance for the
defaulters. The meeting
focused on health is-
sues and that too just a
day after the budget
speech has clearly con-
veyed the message that
health of the people of
the state is top priority
for Gehlot government.
Now, Children to learn to be ‘Nirogi’, courtesy CM Gehlot
Kabul/Washington:
The United States and
the Taliban will sign
an agreement on Feb-
ruary 29 at the end of
a week-long period of
violence reduction in
Afghanistan, US Sec-
retary of State Mike
Pompeo and the Tali-
ban said on Friday.
Afghan,internation-
al and Taliban forces
will observe the re-
duced violence period
beginning at midnight
(1930GMT),anAfghan
official and Taliban
leaders said earlier.
“Following lengthy
negotiations between
the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan and the
United States of Amer-
ica, both parties agreed
to sign the finalised ac-
cord in the presence of
international observ-
ers,” a Taliban spokes-
man said in a state-
ment. Turn on P4
 A Taliban leader based in
Doha said, period couldn’t
be called a “ceasefire.”
 “Every party has the right
of self defence but there
would no attacks on each
other’s positions.”
 “It is to create a security
environment in Afghanistan
and can be extended if things
go well after signing of peace
accord with US.” he added.
Global terror financing watchdog FATF on Friday
decided continuation of Pakistan in the ‘Grey List’
and warned the country of stern action if it fails to
check flow of money to terror groups like the LeT and
the JeM, sources said. The decision was taken at the
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris. The
FATF decided to continue Pakistan in the ‘Grey List’.
The FATF has also warned Pakistan that if it does not
complete a full action plan by June, it could lead to
consequences on its businesses, a source said. The
plenary noted that Pakistan addressed only a few of
the 27 tasks given to it in controlling funding to terror
groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Turn on P4
ENDOFBLOODSHED?
PM’S CHADAR FOR AJMER’S KHWAJANew Delhi: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Saturday handed over a
‘chadar’ to be offered at
the Ajmer Sharif Dargah
in the coming days.
“Handed over a ‘Cha-
dar’ that would be pre-
sented at the Ajmer Sha-
rif Dargah on the 808th
Urs in the coming days,”
the Prime Minister Modi
tweeted.
A delegation comprising
heads of both ‘anjumans’ of
the Ajmer Sharif Dargah
and the Ajmer Sharif Dar-
gah Committee on Saturday
met Modi,whohandedthem
over the ‘chadar’.
The delegation wel-
comed the prime minister
with ‘dastarbandi’ and
prayed for the country’s
peace, safety, harmony, a
statement from the dele-
gation said.
Minority Affairs minis-
ter Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
was also present.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over a
‘Chadar’ that would be offered at the Ajmer Sharif
Dargah on Friday. The Gori family of Bhilwara
flagged off the 808 Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
on Thursday. The first mehfil will be held either on
February 24 or 25 depending on the sighting of moon.
Ajmer: District administration is geared up to combat viral
infections during Urs. The task of preventing any viral
infections, as thousands of devotees from across the country
as well as from abroad will throng the city for almost 15
days. Health department will also take measures to control
the spread of viruses and bacteria during the Urs. Clinics will
remain operational in dargah region as well as at Vishram
Sthalis. Alerts will be sounded if any visitor shows symptoms
of any viral or bacterial infection.
ALL TO PREVENT VIRAL INFECTIONS
Keeping in view popular demands from passengers,
the Ministry of Railways is running Special Trains
towards Ajmer from Puri for Ajmer Sharif Dargah
on the 808th Urs. To ferry the devotee passengers
of the region to witness the URS, ECoR started
special train from Puri. The train 08422 will leave
Ajmer at 2005hrs and will reach Puri at 1615hrs.
08421 Puri-Ajmer Special will leave Puri at
0900hrs and will arrive at Ajmer at 0400hrs.
AJMER-PURI SPL TRAIN FOR URS
CRUCIAL READ
AMID STRAIN WITH
ALLIANCE, UDDHAV
MEETS PM IN DELHI
‘WOMAN SAYING
PAK ZINDABAD
HAS NAXAL LINKS’
New Delhi: Maharashtra
CM Uddhav Thacker-
ay on Friday met PM
Narendra Modi. His son
Aditya Thackeray, who is
a minister in his cabinet,
also accompanied him.
The meeting comes amid
a strain between Thacker-
ay and his ideologically
opposite alliance partners,
Congress and NCP, over a
host of issues, including
CAA and NRC. P2
Bengaluru: A Karnataka
woman, who has been
charged with sedition
after she said Pakistan
Zindabad at a protest
against the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act or CAA
in Bengaluru , has “Naxal
links,”Chief Minister BS
Yediyurappa said. Amulya
Leona had said Pakistan
Zindabad at a protest on
Thursday. P5
US, Taliban will sign
agreement on Feb 29
Afghan, international and Taliban forces will observe
reduced violence period starting at midnight (1930GMT)
NOT A ‘CEASEFIRE’ PAK TO REMAIN ON FATF GREY LIST
Ivanka, husband to accompany
Trump on India visit: Sources
New Delhi: Donald
Trump’s daughter
Ivanka and son-in-law
Jared Kushner will be
part of a high-powered
delegation that accom-
panies the US Presi-
dent to India next
week. US National Se-
curity Advisor Robert
O’ Brien, Secretary of
the Treasury Steve
Mnuchin, Commerce
Secretary Wilbur Ross
and Secretary of En-
ergy Dan Brouillette
too are expected to be
part of the delegation.
US trade representa-
tive, Robert Lighthizer,
will not be coming. He
has been negotiating
with Commerce Minis-
ter Piyush Goyal for a
trade deal, which both
sides have put off, with
several differences still
remaining.
Both Ivanka Trump,
38 and Kushner, 39, are
senior advisors to the
US President.
The President and
his entourage will ar-
rive in Ahmedabad on
Monday, February 24,
and after a roadshow,
Trump and Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will address
crowds at the the new-
ly-built Sardar Vallab-
hbhai Patel cricket sta-
dium, an event the gov-
ernment says has been
organised by the “Don-
ald Trump Nagrik Ab-
hinandan Samiti”. It is
not clear what this
“samiti” or committee
is and who is paying
for the event at the sta-
dium, the world’s larg-
est cricket stadium.
Later that day, the
American President
and his family will trav-
el to Agra and then fly
into Delhi in the even-
ing for formal talks the
next day. Turn on P4
US President Donald Trump with daughter Ivanka.
Both Ivanka and
Jared are senior
advisors to US
Prez Trump
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WHAT ANNOYS THIS MADAM
What keeps the ‘Madam’ annoyed & up-
rooted? Power gallery is abuzz with this
question. Madam heads the dept dealing with
common as well top shots of power gallery so
there is no dearth of personnel seeking her ap-
pointment. But to everybody’s dismay, Madam
is not available during visiting hours. Not very
long ago the gallery near this department was
teeming with visitors. Now few approach her
office and even they go back disappointed.
OFF THE
RECORD
A BABU CROSSES
LINE IN WHATSAPP
In a daring act, an IAS
officer termed the party
in power, Congress, as
‘Alibaba & 40 Thieves’
party. The bureaucrat
gave the above com-
ment in a IAS Whats
App group. After this
controversial comment
the group went into
complete silence. The
heavily loaded comment
assumes gravity as it has
been done in a Congress
ruled state. It is probably
for the first time that an
IAS has crossed the line.
It is really difficult to un-
derstand as to what made
the bureaucrat come up
with such an explosive
comment. This IAS was
recently transferred from
a important department
to a comparatively less
relevant post. He was
shifted to Revenue dept
from the ever cozy PHED.
Kin create
ruckus after
child’s death
First India News
Jaipur: The family of
an infant got furious af-
ter his death at JK Lon
Hospital in Jaipur on
Friday. Alleging negli-
gence, family started
shoutingslogansagainst
hospital staff and re-
fused to take the body.
The child was re-
ferred J K Lon Hospital
from Alwar. He was ad-
mitted in the unit of Dr
B S Sharma. Three days
ago he was shifted two
ICU after his condition
worsened. The child’s
father Vikas Khatri and
mother Sonia said the
child was given excess
dose of drug during
EEG that proved fatal.
Superintendent of JK
Lon Dr Ashok Gupta
said a three member
panel has been formed
toinvestigatethematter.
RSS Chief Bhagwat to attend Rashtriya
Seva Sangam on March 28 in Jaipur
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: RSS chief Dr
Mohan Bhagwat along
with many prominent
‘Pracharaks’ will be in
Jaipur on March 28 for
“Rashtriya Seva
Sangam 2020’.
Rashtriya Seva
Bharati, organiser of
the event, did the ritual
‘Bhumi Pujan’ at Kes-
hav Vidyapeeth, Jam-
doli on Friday.
Seva Bharti Presi-
dent Pannalal Bhansali
and Vice- President Ri-
shipal Didwal informed
that more than 1200 or-
ganisations have joined
Seva Bharti in its so-
cially useful activities.
Seva Bharti is carrying
out more than 1.5 lakh
service initiatives
across the country with
help of various social
organisations.
The event will begin
with an exhibition
based on health, educa-
tion and social work
initiatives, which will
be inaugurated by Sud-
hanshu Maharaj ac-
companied by Pramod
Raghav on March 26.
Gautamanand Maharaj
of Rama Krishna Mis-
sion will be present on
March 27 with chief
guest Mridu Hari
Dalmia. Rajasthan Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra
will also be present on
the occasion. RSS chief
Dr Mohan Bhagwat will
attend the programme
on March 28 . About
4000-5000 delegates will
participate in a nation-
al seminar on March 29.
REALTY GIANTS KEEN TO
INVEST IN PINKCITY
The face of real estate market in
Jaipur might change forever. Real
estate giants from Delhi & Mumbai are
eyeing the cityscape with a new vision.
The 5 star hotels witnessed many such
meetings where big local investors gave
presentations to metro giants. The senior
executives of Tata real estate company
were present at such meetings. DLF is
already financing some projects. Godrej,
HDIL, India Bulls Real Estate & Oberoi
Reality are also interested to introduce
real estate projects in the city.
NEW AVENUES FOR
CREDAI MEMBERS
Actually a major chunk of CREDAI
members are diversifying in other
business. This might be the reason why the
list of CREDAI members is reducing every
month and that is not all...even the existing
members of this organisation are trying
their hands at other business avenues.
Some have ventured in to education
industry & hospitality sector. Nothing
wrong with diversification except for the
fact that the already cash stripped property
market is further being pushed to corner by
money drain into other business ventures.
FIRST INDIA speads
its vistas... we shall
now recount bytes
and buzz in the real
estate sector
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NEELKANTH APARTMENTS TO COME UP IN KOTA SOON
The real estate market in Kota raises a toast to a land deal by Neelkanth Colonizers &
Builders. Project directors Balram Sharma & Rekha Sharma will be coming up with
Neelkanth Apartments on a 6 bigha land. The RERA registered project costs Rs 78.65 crore.
VASUNDHARA ANCHAL
PROJECT IN CITY
The property market has a reason
to rejoice as it gets the news
of Vasundhara Anchal project with
a pitched cost of Rs 32.44 crore.
Project directors Ashok Dhaka &
Sanjay Singhal of Shri Vianayak Group
have registered the project with RERA.
Centre keen to
provide help,
says Thakur
First India News
Udaipur: Union Minis-
ter of State for finance,
Anurag Thakur as-
sured businessmen of
all kind of help from
the government. He
said that the Central
Government was keen
to provide whatever
help is possible to in-
dustrialists.
Thakur who came to
Udaipur on a day long
visit held a dialogue
with traders and indus-
trialists. He sought
business community’s
reaction and suggestion
on Union Budget.
The local business-
men apprised him of
problems faced by mar-
ble industry particu-
larly slowdown in the
sector and GST related
complexities.
However, Thakur as-
sured them of Central
Government’s help
claiming that Mod gov-
ernment has set a devel-
opmentagendaforevery
section of the society. He
said that the PM has
been working to make
India an economic su-
perpower in the world.
The Union Minister
also apprised them
about steps taken to
strengthen the econo-
my. He said that the
Central Government
has been developing in-
frastructure while re-
ducing corporate & in-
dividual income tax.
Senior officials of cor-
porate finance minis-
tries were also present.
FOR THE LOVE OF READING
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu unveiling the book, ‘Death – An Inside Story’ authored by Sadhguru,
Founder, Isha Foundation in latter’s presence.
Union MoS for Finance, Anurag Thakur being accorded a warm
welcome by industrialists on his arrival at Udaipur.
RSS leaders perform ‘Bhumi Pujan’ at Keshav Vidyapeeth, Jamdoli on Friday.
First India News
Jaipur: The girls of
Government Higher
Secondary School Am-
ber were given informa-
tion about women
rights, along with the
tricks of self-defence,
under the free training
program of women
power and self-defence
started by the Police
Commissionerate.
While addressing the
girls students present in
the closing ceremony of
the event, Additional
DCP Sunita Meena said
the girls have to face odd
and adverse situations
many times. Through
various tricks taught in
training, girls can tack-
le these difficult situa-
tions, along with keep-
ing their self-respect
intact. The molester
should be taught such a
lesson that he should
never dare to harass
anyone in the future.
Amber school girls get
self defence training
New Delhi: Maharash-
tra Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray on Fri-
day met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi during
his first visit to Delhi af-
ter becoming the Chief
Minister. His son Aditya
Thackeray, who is a min-
ister in his cabinet, also
accompanied him.
The meeting comes
amid a strain between
Thackeray and his ideo-
logically opposite alli-
ance partners, Congress
and the Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP), over
a host of issues, includ-
ing CAA and RC.
Afterhismeetingwith
PM Modi, Thackeray
said, “PM Modi prom-
ised extending all coop-
eration to Maharashtra
government,” adding,
that there is “no fric-
tion” among alliance
partners. Despite NCP
and Congress’ stand on
theCAAandNRC,Chief
Minister Uddhav Thack-
eray extended his sup-
port to the two exercises
last week.
“CAA and NRC both
are different and NPR is
different. No one has to
worryif CAAgetsimple-
mented.NRCisnotthere
and will not be imple-
mented in the state,”
Thackeray said as quot-
ed by ANI.
NCP chief Sharad Pa-
war, who had a crucial
role in bringing Sena
and Congress together,
saidtheywilldiscussthe
matter with Uddhav
Thackeray’s party and
“will convince them.”
Later,Thackeraysalso
met Home Minister
AmitShahandCongress
interim President Sonia
Gandhi.
AMID ‘CAA, NRC’ STRAIN WITH ALLIANCE,
THACKERAY MEETS PM MODI IN DELHI
ARE THE COMING CLOSER?: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray and his son and State minister Aaditya Thackeray in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
RAMNIWAS BAGH PARKING
PROJECT TO BE A REALITY SOON
Finally Ramniwas Bagh parking project will
now be a reality. CM Gehlot had made
announcement to this effect in his Budget
speech on Thursday. Jaipur Smart City
Company had been delaying this project for a
long time now. Smart City Project Company
chairman Bhawani Singh Detha was averse to
funding the required Rs100 crore. JDA had
forwarded the file to approve funds but the
company hadn’t budged until now. Budget
announcement rejuvenated the hope.
Vice-President Venkai-
ah Naidu unveiled one
of the most awaited
books, ‘Death – An In-
side Story’ authored by
Sadhguru, Founder,
Isha Foundation.
Naidu was the chief
guest at the 26th Ma-
hashivratri celebra-
tions at Isha Yoga Cen-
tre. With Sadhguru by
his side, the Vice Presi-
dent released the book.
The Vice President
also visited Linga
Bhairavi and Dhyana-
linga Yogic Temple at
the Yoga Center before
reaching Adiyogi. He
attended the Pancha
Bhutha Aaradhana at
Dhyanalinga, a process
to cleanse the ele-
ments, performed by
Sadhguru.

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Maha Shivratri: Guv, CM offer prayers
On occasion of Maha Shivaratri, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Sunita Gehlot,Vaibhav, Himanshi, Kashvini, Rajiv Arora, Dharmendra Rathore,
Randeep Dhankhar, Kuldeep Ranka, Lokesh Sharma,Arti Dogra and others offer prayers at Rajarajeshwari Temple at CMR on Friday.
Governor Kalraj Mishra & Satyavati Mishra offer prayers at Raj
Bhawan on Friday. Also seen are Gyanchand Jain and other
officials of the Governor House.
Devotees offer milk at Tarkeshwar Mahadev
temple in Chaura Rasta.
Vasundhara Raje tweeted a pic while offering
prayers on occasion of Maha Shivratri.
Devotees on their way to Eklingeshwar
Temple at Moti Doongri.
People offer prayers at Jharkhand Mahadev temple on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
BJPasksCMto
clarifyongraft
intransportdept
First India News
Jaipur: Two former
ministers in Raje gov-
ernment have posed
many questions to chief
minister Ashok Gehlot
asking him to clarify on
corruption in transport
department and alleged
relationship between
transport minister and
agent Jaswant Yadav.
MalviyaNagarMLAKa-
licharan Saraf and for-
mer state BJP president
Arun Chaturvedi who
had lost to transport
minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas in As-
sembly election have
sought resignation from
the minister or asked
CM to dismiss him.
Both asked the CM to
disclose mobile num-
bers and conversations
that were taken on sur-
veillance by the ACB.
They claimed that ‘nee-
dle of suspicion’ point-
ing towards the trans-
port minister. They
asked the CM about
links between Khacha-
riyawas and Yadav who
was arrested by ACB.
Another question
was under whose pa-
tronage 40 buses of Ya-
dav’s Gold Line Trans-
port Company had been
plying in city.
They asked on whose
order Mahesh Sharma
was given charge of a
major centre like Jaipur
despite the fact that he
was awaiting posting
order. Transporter who
paid monthly amount
were given special sign
and bus or truck with
that sign was not
stopped by officials.
“Is it possible for an
agent or officer to pass
such order,” they asked.
Who permitted this lib-
erty to transporters?
Who received the
monthly bribe collected
by the agents?
“If vehicles of the
transporters who gave
monthly bribe were not
checked on directives of
agents does it mean of-
ficers were running the
department and not a
minister considered
‘powerful’?” they ques-
tioned.
MANY COPS UNDER SCANNER
AS CBI PROBES INTO NDPS CASE
The CBI has now initiated investigation
in the NDPS action conducted by Jaipur
Commissionerate’s East District police. The
investigation has brought several cops under
the scanner and word is that a few khaki clad
men could be arrested as well! Word is that
the cops tried to ‘fix’ the accused in NDPS Act
by claiming that the arrest was made from
city. However the accused have contested that
their arrest has been shown from the spot
where they were not even present! However,
the entire episode was ‘caught’ by the third eye
ie CCTV. While the ‘sahab’ was saved by his
juniors when the Raj police investigated the
claim by accused, it is now a different game
altogether as the CBI is handling the matter
and the cops involved in the matter are a
worried lot now!
GUP
SHUP
A TIGER WHO GROWLS WHEN
JUNIORS ASK FOR A LEAVE
One Tiger sahab posted in Ajmer is ‘dreaded’ by
his juniors as the sahab’s work ethics is pretty
tiring! Such is the ‘fear’ of the Tiger among his
juniors that they try and not stay within the Tiger’s
‘strike’. Interestingly, this fear has even brought
the juniors together as they all have the same
problem, the Tiger does not give a single leave to
the juniors and those who even dare to approach
him for leaves are given a “blast” instead of an
approval. Such is the situation that cops have not
taken leaves for nearly half year!
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in
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COPS DITCH THADI KI CHAI FOR
GAMA’S BLACK COFFEE!
Lets tell you a story about the new favourite
‘programme’ of cops in North district of Jaipur
Commissionerate. Cops are being ‘treated’
these days with ‘black coffee’ by a Gama Sahab.
Although it is an acquired taste, yet several
of the Gama’s peers and juniors have started
gulping down mugs of hot bitter coffee. But why
the sudden change from ‘thadi ki chai’ to an
international beverage? Well, the Gama really likes
black coffee and offers the same to everyone who
visits him at the police station. When questioned
as to why does he drink the ‘dark liquid’, he
gives out certain logical explanations. Claiming
that the black coffee has zero calories, Gama
goes on to mention the efficacy of black coffee
in giving a jump start to the body system and
also keeping one energetic and full of positive
thoughts. Probably this is why the sahab has been
performing excellently in maintaining law and
order in his area and probably this is why most
of his peers and a few of his seniors have started
drinking the black coffee so much so that cops
take out time and make plans to meet the Gama
and drink his brew!
Camp on Feb 23 to rectify voters list
First India News
Jaipur: District Elec-
tion Officer (Munici-
pal) and District Col-
lector Dr Jogaram in-
formed that a special
camp would be organ-
ised on February 23 to
receive claims and ob-
jections of citizens re-
garding electoral nom-
inations prepared for
the 2020 elections of
both the Municipal
Corporations, Jaipur
Heritage and Greater.
All the BLOs would
be present at their
booths on this day and
citizens will be able to
give the form to them
mentioning their
claims and objections.
Jogaram added that
physical verification
of voters has been
done by the enumera-
tors, EROs and AEROs
by visiting the areas.
Also, the voter lists
have been published
based on the verifica-
tion. Elections lists
have also been read in
the wards and at poll-
ing booths, regarding
which the citizens will
be able to submit
claims and objections
till February 24.
The last date for set-
tlement of claims and
objections will be
March 3 and the last
publication of elector-
al lists will be done on
March 16.
MIN LASHES
OUT AT BJP
Transport Minister
accused BJP leaders
of politics laced with lies
aimed at cheating public.
Khachariyawas charged
Saraf by recalling
infamous ‘Petrol pump
deals’ and ‘Corruption
in the name of college
permissions’ when he
was health and education
minister during previous
BJP rule. He also accused
Chaturvedi of corruption
in the purchase of bed
linen for the ‘Divyang’
hostel inmates.

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 A former soldier
died under suspicious
circumstances in a bus
near 14 number pulia,
located on Ajmer Delhi
Highway in Vishwa-
karma police station.
When the bus cleaner
went near the soldier,
he was not breathing.
On this, the bus was
stopped immediately
and the police were
informed. The police
informed that a resident
of Pithoragarh in Ut-
tarakhand Sachin Khatri
was coming to Jaipur
from Surat and had
to get down from the
bus at 14 number bus
stand. But he died in
suspicious condition.
 A case of rape has
been filed against the
President of Churu
Bhumi Vikas Bank Isar-
ram Jat in Mansarovar.
It is reported that the
incident took place on
February 3. The victim
informed that she came
to Jaipur for treatment,
during which Isarram
got her room in a hotel
in the name of another
woman and raped her
after making her con-
sume liquor.
 On Friday the fear-
less cow smugglers
opened fire at a police
party inflicting eye in-
jury to one sub inspec-
tor. Police continued
their chase despite the
firing and nabbed two
of the gang. Injured SI
has been referred to
Jaipur for treatment.
SP Haider Ali Zaidi said
police was tipped of
about presence of a few
cow smugglers near
Fatehpur, Ghatmika vil-
lage in Pahadi PS area.
Kaman CO Devendra
Singh lead the team to
arrest the smugglers.
On seeing the cops ac-
cused resorted to firing
through country made
pistols which injured SI
Sunil Kumar’s eyes.
 On Friday, police
arrested 21 accused
for supply and sale
of drugs in Jaipur,
under the operation
clean sweep. During
the action, cops also
recovered foreign
modern drugs (LDC),
smack, marijuana and
opium from the ar-
rested accused.
BRIEF
in
First India News
Jaipur: Union minister
Arjunram Meghwal
claimed differences be-
tween CM Ashok Ge-
hlot and his deputy
Sachin Pilot is root
cause of lawlessness in
the state. Union minis-
ter and BJP’s promi-
nent Dalit face alleged
that crime has shot up
under Congress regime
in state. All kind of
atrocities whether
against women, SC/ST
or child have increased
ever since Congress
came to power, he said
while speaking to me-
dia persons at circuit
house in Nagaur.
“The Congress gov-
ernment in the state is
divided between two
groups belonging to Ge-
hlot and Pilot, which is
why crime has gone up,”
said Meghwal who came
from Delhi after a video
clip went viral in which
two Dalit youth were al-
legedly tortured by up-
per caste men.
Meghwal who led a
BJP delegation to in-
quire into the incident,
which has caught na-
tionwide attention,
blamed CM Gehlot for
deteriorating law & or-
der situation. “CM is
holding home depart-
ment therefore he is di-
rectly responsible for
rise in crime,” he added.
Meghwal who was
accompanied by for-
mer minister and Ram-
ganj Mandi MLA
Madan Dilawar, party
MLA Mohanram
Choudhary and former
police officer Rajendra
Singh Shekhawat ques-
tioned police attitude,
which said that it re-
ceived information
about the incident
three days later from
control room. “This is
shameful,” he said.
Meanwhile, heinous
crime unit of crime
branch will monitor the
investigation of assault
and humiliation of two
dalit youths. DG Bhu-
pendra Singh informed
that the investigation
has been handed over to
recently formed ‘Hei-
nous Crime Monitoring
Unit’. Besides, the case
has been taken under
the case officer scheme
for quick investigation
and effective action
against the accused.
Nagaur SP Dr Vikas
Pathak claimed that the
police have been seri-
ously investigating the
case and a new section
IPC 308 has been added
against the accused.
Investigation officer
Mukul Sharma in-
formed that after the
FIR was registered total
seven accused have
been arrested including
five on Wednesday and
two on Thursday.
First India News
Jaipur: Even before the
dust could settle on
atrocities against two
Dalit youth in Nagaur
another incident has
come to light but this
time in Barmer.
The victim belonged
to Minority community.
He has alleged that some
people inserted iron rod
in his private part and
made video of the inci-
dent. The police have ar-
rested the main accused
while search is on for
others. According to
Barmer SP Sharad
Choudhary, when the
video went viral on so-
cial media, the police
contacted the family of
the victim.
After that Murad
Khan who is brother of
the victim came to Bar-
mer police station to file
the complaint.
As per the informa-
tion received by Murad
from his brother over
phone, three persons in-
cluding Moti Singh who
is resident of Vishala,
BharatSinghfromBhad-
res and Hinglaj had kid-
napped him on January
29. They kept him in a
hotel accusing him of
theft. They beat him up,
forced him to drink alco-
hol, inserted iron rod in
his private parts and
also snatched Rs4,800
from him.
The accused even
made a video of their act
and circulated it on so-
cial media. The SP said
that case has been regis-
tered against the ac-
cusedunderIPCsections
323, 342,365 and 384/34.
The investigation has
been launched and a
team headed by SHO
Mandeep Singh Chou-
han to nab the other two
accused while the main
culprit Moti Singh Rav-
na has been arrested.
The SP said that the
video confirms allega-
tion of torture but the
victim who is a driver
was yet to come forward.
First India News
Jaipur: Union Rural
Development Ministry
has cleared 237 proposal
of road upgradation by
the state government.
Deputy Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot informed
this on Friday.
He said that Union
government’s approval
for upgradation of 2,200
kilometer roads under
third phase of Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yo-
jna (1st batch) came on
Thursday. The state gov-
ernment would spend
Rs1,139 crore to build
these roads.
Pilot who is also PWD
minister said that the
department was work-
ing on 392 new propos-
als for construction of
3740 kilometer roads
under second batch of
third phase of PMGSY.
Rajasthan has been
allocated 8663 kilometer
road upgradation under
the third phase of PMG-
SY in the next five years.
The state is second in
the country to receive
approval for its road
upgradation proposals.
The PWD minister
said that roads have
been selected for upgra-
dation on the basis of
rural habitation, agri-
culture market, infra-
structure, connectivity
to schools and medical
& health facilities.
In the third phase,
road proposed for
upgradation would be
widened apart from
strengthening width
from single lane to in-
termediate lane, quality
improvement and flyo-
ver construction.
First India News
Tonk: A 13-year-old girl
hasbeenallegedlyraped
by two youths. The vic-
tim’s father has regis-
tered a case against the
two accused and de-
manded justice.
The incident took
place in a village under
Baroni police station on
February 19. SHO Go-
vind Singh informed
that the girl’s father has
alleged that his daugh-
ter had gone out to at-
tend nature’s call
around 10 pm. Two
youths from the village
Dinesh and Mahendra
grabbed on the way and
took her to a farm out-
side the village. One of
the accused Dinesh
Keer,aresidentof Kank-
raj allegedly raped her
while his accomplice
Mahendra kept vigil.
Later, both accused
fled. Girl reached
home and told her par-
ents about the incident
who then reached Ba-
rauni on February 20
and filed rape case
against the accused. A
medical board was
constituted which con-
ducted girl’s medical.
First India News
Jaipur: The police have
arrested three youths
while roaming around
hiding illegal weapons
in Kotputli police sta-
tion area of the rural
district. Police recov-
ered a local gun, a pistol
and a cartridge 7.65
from the possession of
the accused. The bike of
the accused has also
been seized.
Jaipur Rural SP
Shankardutt Sharma
informed that the ar-
rested accused Kotputli
resident Radheshyam
alias Chinku Mali (19)
was found with a local
gun and a bike. On the
other hand, Kotputli
resident Vijendra (19)
and Paniala resident
Karan Singh (19) have
been caught with a pis-
tol and a cartridge 7.65.
Instructions were
giventoconductacrack-
down under Operation
Highway. Two teams
were formed under di-
rection of Kotputli CO
Dinesh Kumar Yadav.
First India News
Jaipur: The registered
voters of Indian Youth
Congress (IYC) in the
state will choose their
new state president and
other office bearers on-
line on February 22 & 23
by voting, as part of Ra-
hul Gandhi’s new con-
cept. Election officer for
YC Jagdeep Singh Sand-
hu informed that voting
by more than 4 lakh vot-
ers will be done via des-
ignated app on IYC web-
site. 106 Assembly con-
stituencies will go to
polls on Feb 22 while 94
willvoteonFebruary23.
Any complaints
against candidates will
be taken up to February
20. Voters will be able to
vote with help of an
OTP. Sandhu also re-
leased Self Voting
Guide which has in-
structions on how to log
in, register and vote.
There will be 5 ballot
papers one each for as-
sembly & district Presi-
dents, district & state
Gen Secy and state
President. Each voter
will be able to cast one
vote for each ballot pa-
per. The counting of
votes will be live on IYC
website. District and
Assembly results will
be declared on Febru-
ary 27 while the state
level results will be
out on February 28.
Since the voting and
counting will be digi-
tal so no provision of
recounting has been
made. The fight for the
state president will be
triangular with Muke-
sh Bhakar, Amardeen
Fakir and Sumit Bha-
gasara in fray.
RiftinCongressrootcause
of lawlessness: Meghwal
Nagaur repeat: Man
tortured in Barmer
for ‘theft’, video
goes viral, one held
‘Centre clears 237 proposal
of road upgradation by Raj’
13-YEAR-OLD
GANGRAPED BY
TWO IN A
VILLAGE IN TONK
ThreeyouthsheldwithillegalweaponsinKotputli
Youth Cong Polls: 4 lakh voters
to vote via app on IYC website
Union minister Arjun Meghwal at Panchaudi Police Station.
End of...
Both sides would also
make arrangements for
the release of prison-
ers, spokesman Zabi-
hullah Mujahid said.
Separately, Pompeo
said in a statement that
the United States and
the Taliban have been
engaged in talks to fa-
cilitate a political settle-
ment in Afghanistan
and to reduce the U.S.
presence in the region.
The agreement will
be signed upon the suc-
cessful implementation
of an understanding
with the Taliban on a
significant and nation-
wide reduction in vio-
lence, Pompeo added.
The agreement could
represent a chance for
peace in the country af-
ter years of war and a
US troop presence that
dates back to 2001.
US and Taliban nego-
tiators have been meet-
ing in Doha since 2018
even though fighting
has raged in Afghani-
stan and thousands of
civilians and combat-
ants have been killed as
the insurgents have ex-
panded their territorial
control.
“Based on the plan,
the reduction in vio-
lence (RIV) will start
between the Taliban
and international and
Afghan security forces
for one week,” Javid
Faisal, spokesperson
for the Afghan National
Security Advisor, told
Reuters.
“We hope it is extend-
ed for a longer time and
opens the way for a
ceasefire and intra-Af-
ghan talks,” he added.
Three senior Taliban
leaders – two in Doha
and one in Afghanistan
– also confirmed to Re-
uters that they had
agreed on reduction of
violence in Afghani-
stan for seven days
starting Friday night.
All three spoke on con-
dition of anonymity.
Pak to...
the Jaish-e-Mohammad
(JeM) and the Hizbul
Mujahideen, which are
responsible for a series
of attacks in India. The
FATF said Pakistan has
to swiftly complete its
full action plan by June,
the source said.
With Pakistan’s con-
tinuation in the ‘Grey
List’, it will be difficult
for the country to get
financial aid from the
IMF, the World Bank,
the ADB and the Euro-
pean Union, thus fur-
ther enhancing prob-
lems for the nation
which is in a precarious
financial situation. If
Pakistan fails to comply
with the FATF direc-
tive, there is every pos-
sibility that the global
body may put the coun-
try in the ‘Black List’
along with North Korea
and Iran.
Ivanka, husband...
Even though a trade
deal is not happening, a
$2.6 billion helicopter
deal for the Navy is on
the cards. Twenty four
naval helicopters -- MH-
60R - are likely to re-
place the obsolete Brit-
ish-made Sea King
choppers, which first
joined the Indian mili-
tary fleet 49 years ago.
The MH-60R will be de-
ployed on warships to
fight submarines and
ships.
Other pacts on Home-
land security, nuclear
power plants are also on
the cards during
Trump’s first state visit
to India.
PM Modi and Trump
have had eight meet-
ings so far since the US
president assumed of-
fice in January 2017.
Five of these have hap-
pened over the past
eight months.
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DALIT ATROCITY: BSP LEADERS MEET DGP
PAYING TRIBUTE
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot paying homage to freedom fighter late Durgaprasad Aggarwal
at his residence in Bajaj Nagar on Friday. CM said the late leader’s contribution to
freedom movement will always be remembered.
Sachin Pilot holds jansunwai at his residence on Friday.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi of Pakistan, fourth from right, met with the Taliban co-
founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, fourth from left, and his delegation at the Pakistan Foreign
Ministry in Islamabad on Thursday.

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Bengaluru: A Karna-
taka woman, who has
been charged with se-
dition after she said
Pakistan Zindabad at a
protest against the Cit-
izenship (Amendment)
Act or CAA in Bengal-
uru , has “Naxal
links,”Chief Minister
BS Yediyurappa said.
The young woman,
identified as Amulya
Leona, said Pakistan
Zindabad at the protest
on Thursday where Hy-
derabad MP Asaduddin
Owaisi was also pre-
sent. She was charged
with sedition, arrested
soon after the event,
and sent to a 14-day ju-
dicial custody.
Chief Minister BS
Yediyurappa said the
woman should be pun-
ished for making such
remarks. “Her own fa-
ther has said - ‘break
her arms and legs, she
should not get bail. I
will not protect her’,”
the 76-year-old BJP
leader told reporters.
“Secondly, and very
importantly, the groups
behind these people, the
ones who are growing
people like Amulya....
action has to be taken
against them and they
should be investigated
properly. It will then be
known who is backing
her. There is proof that
she has connections
with Naxals. She should
be punished and action
should be taken against
those organisations,”
he further said.On
Thursday, Asaduddin
Owaisi and several oth-
er men rushed to the
stage when Amulya
Leona said “Pakistan
Zindabad (Long live Pa-
kistan)”.
In a video from the
event, several men are
seen trying to drag her
away amid a chaos. She
manages to pull herself
free, says “Hindustan
Zindabad (Long Live In-
dia)”. Just before she is
taken away again, she is
heard saying: “The dif-
ference between Hindu-
stan Zindabad and Pa-
kistan Zindabad is....”
In a Facebook post
last week, Amulya, 19,
had written: “Whatever
country may be - long
live for all the coun-
tries!”. “Long Live In-
dia! Long Live Pakistan!
Long Live Bangladesh!
Long Live Sri Lanka!
Long live Nepal! Long
live Afghanistan! Long
Live China! Long Live
Bhutan!,” she had post-
ed in Kannada. Owaisi
distanced himself his
party from the slogan-
eering at anti-CAA pro-
test in Bengaluru, say-
ing, “We, in no way, sup-
port our enemy nation
Pakistan.”—ANI
‘Woman who said Pakistan
Zindabad has Naxal links’
‘PAKISTAN ZINDABAD’ SLOGAN AMULYA LEONA SAID PAKISTAN ZINDABAD AT THE PROTEST WHERE HYDERABAD MP ASADUDDIN OWAISI WAS ALSO PRESENT
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister and Bharatiya
Janta Party leader
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
on Friday said that All
India Majlis-e-Ittehad-
ul-Muslimeen Chief
Asaduddin Owaisi has
sowed poison and is
reaping vitriolic yields.
Reacting on the pro-
Pakistan slogans alleg-
edly raised by a student
at an anti-CAA rally in
Bengaluru heralded by
AIMIM chief Owaisi,
Naqvi told ANI: “Asa-
duddin Owaisi has
sowed poison so he is
reaping vitriolic yields.
The raising of ‘Paki-
stan zindabad’ slogan is
unacceptable.” “AIMIM
leaders like Waris Pa-
than are instigating
and misleading people
to remain in relevance,”
he added.—ANI
Owaisi sowed poison,
reaping vitriolic
yields, says NaqviBhopal: Congress lead-
er Digvijaya Singh said
that strict action should
betakenagainstAIMIM
leader Waris Pathan for
his alleged divisive
comments at a rally in
Kalaburagi in Karna-
taka. “This type of
comment is made by
Asaduddin Owaisi’s
brother Akbaruddin
Owaisi. There should
be strict action against
Waris Pathan. Con-
gress has always fought
against fundamentalist
ideology. BJP and
AIMIM complement
each other and both
spread hatred through
religious sentiment,”
Singh tweeted. —ANI
‘Strict action
should be taken
against Pathan’
New Delhi: Maha-
rashtra minister and
Congress leader
Ashok Chavan on
Thursday said that
Shiv Sena’s stand is
not clear on the Citi-
zenship Amendment
Act (CAA), National
Population Register
(NPR) & National Reg-
ister of Citizens
(NRC), adding that the
issue will be taken by
Maharashtra coordi-
nation committee.
“There is a three-par-
ty alliance government
in Maharashtra. Con-
gress party has cleared
its stand on CAA, NPR,
and NRC. This is not for
the benefit of the coun-
try. It seems that Shiv
Sena’s stand is still not
clear on CAA, NPR, and
NRC.” “If there is any
dispute, Maharashtra
coordination commit-
tee, which has leaders
from three parties will
discuss this and sort it
out,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: Retired
IAS officers Bhaskar
Khulbe and Amarjeet
Sinha have been ap-
pointed as Advisors to
PM Narendra Modi, a
government order said
on Friday.
The Appointments
Committee of the Cabi-
net has approved the ap-
pointments in the PMO
in the rank and scale of
Secretary. Both the IAS
officersarefromthe1983
batch. Khulbe was from
the West Bengal cadre
and Sinha was from the
Bihar cadre.
Sinha retired as the
Rural Development Sec-
retary last year, while
Khulbe has served in
the PMO. The appoint-
ments have been made
on contractual basis
initially for a period of
two years, or until fur-
ther orders, the commu-
nication said. Usual
terms and conditions as
applicable in the case of
re-employed officers of
Secretary-level in the
government are appli-
cable on them, it added.
Shiv Sena’s stand not clear on
CAA,NPR and NRC: Chavan
EX-IAS OFFICERS KHULBE & SINHA
APPOINTED AS ADVISORS TO PM
Coimbatore: The Citi-
zenship Amendment
Act has nothing to do
with Indian citizens,
said Vice President M
Venkaiah Naidu.
“CAA pertains to per-
secuted refugees from
the neighbouring coun-
tries. It has nothing to
do with Indian citi-
zens,” said Naidu while
interacting with the
students and staff of
PSG Institutions here.
The Vice President also
said the violence was
not acceptable in a de-
mocracy and observed
that those encouraging
violence were doing at
the cost of the nation.
He said that dissent
was essential in a de-
mocracy but not disin-
tegration. Stating that
protests have to be con-
ducted in a peaceful
and democratic man-
ner, he said: “No one
can speak against the
unity and integrity of
the country.” —ANI
CAA has nothing to do with
Indian citizens: V-P Naidu
Noida-Delhi road was briefly reopened which was closed for 69 days due to ongoing anti-CAA/NRC
protest, at Shaheen Bagh, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KEDARNATH TEMPLE TO RE-OPEN
FOR DEVOTEES FROM APRIL 29
Dehradun: The gates of
Kedarnath temple will be
thrown open for public
on April 29, a statement
from the temple com-
mittee said. As per the
statement, “The gates will
open at 6:10 am. On April
26, the idol of Lord Shiva
will leave for Kedarnath
in a palanquin and it will
reach there on April 28.
On April 29, the gates will
be opened.” The hour &
date for the reopening of
the famous Himalayan
shrine in Uttarakhand
were announced at a re-
ligious ceremony held on
the occasion of Shivratri
at the Omkareshwar
temple in Ukhimath where
Lord Kedar is worshipped
during winter, Mandir
Samiti president Mohan
Prasad Thapliyal said.
MYANMAR PREZ WIN MYINT TO
VISIT INDIA FROM FEB 26-29
New Delhi: Myanmar president Win Myint will
be visiting India next week on a four-day tour
from February 26-29. Myanmar President Win
Myint to visit India from February 26-29. First
Lady Daw Cho Cho to visit Agra, Bodh GayaFile
image of Myanmar president Win Myint. Myint’s
visit follows an invitation extended by president
Ram Nath Kovind, the Ministry of External Af-
fairs said in a statement. The Myanmar Pres-
ident is also scheduled to hold several official
meetings in New Delhi.
‘DELHI SHOULD BE INCLUDED
IN FINANCE COMMISSION’
New Delhi: Delhi Finance Minister Manish Siso-
dia on Friday said that Delhi should be included
in the Finance Commission so that it gets its
share of central taxes. The comments came soon
after his meeting with Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman. “There was a positive dia-
logue over issues related to the development of
Delhi with the Union Finance Minister. Delhi has
not been included in the Finance Commission
since 2001 while a Legislature was established
here in 1993 only,” Sisodia said.
HINDUISM DOESN’T SHUT DOOR
FOR ANYONE, SAYS MAMATA
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee said that Hin-
duism doesn’t shut the
door for anyone, instead
it believes in together-
ness.”Religion is culture,
religion is unity, religion
is love and the religion is
making the poor strong.
Hinduism doesn’t shut
the door for anyone,”
Mamata Banerjee said
at an event organised by
religious organisation
Bharat Sevashram. She
further said that Hinduism
does not believe in divide
and rule but in ‘’togeth-
erness.’’Earlier in the
day, while expressing her
concern, The Bengal CM
wrote to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi over the
reduction of central funds
to the state.”
FOUNDATION LAYING CEREMONY
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacts with Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane during the foundation stone
laying ceremony of the Thal Sena Bhawan in Delhi Cantt on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘SHE IS WRONG’
Bengaluru: The
father of a young
woman, charged with
sedition after she said
“Pakistan Zindabad”
slogan at a protest
against Citizenship
(Amendment) Act
or CAA in Bengaluru
on Thursday, has
criticized her. “What
she said is wrong,”
he said soon after the
anti-CAA event.
The way
AIMIM
leader
Waris Pathan spoke
in Karnataka, we
condemn this kind
of statement. Earli-
er also Akbaruddin
Owaisi made a sim-
ilar kind of state-
ment to flare up the
situation. Is there a
fixed match between
AIMIM and BJP for
making these kinds
of statements?
—Nawab Malik
Maha Cabinet Min
Shiv Sena
capable of giving
befitting reply to
Pathan: Raut
New Delhi: Shiv Sena
leader Sanjay Raut
said that his party is
capable of giving a be-
fitting reply to state-
ments like those made
by AIMIM leader War-
is Pathan. “Waris Pa-
than made a statement
that 15 crore Muslims
will dominate 100 crore
Indians. I warn that
Shiv Sena is capable of
giving a proper reply to
statements even though
we are in government
in Maharashtra,” he
said. Speaking on Owai-
si’s disowning of pro-
Pakistan slogans raised
by a woman at an anti-
CAA rally in Bengalu-
ru, Raut said: “This is
not a matter of disown-
ing someone’s slogans.
On your stage, if a wom-
an comes & raises a slo-
gan then it means that
you have made the envi-
ronment vitriolic.”—ANI
Lucknow: Aman Baha-
dur, the son of former
BSP MLA Shamsher
Bahadur was on Friday
arrested in connection
with the murder of an
engineering student in
Lucknow’s Gomti Na-
gar area. Prashant
Singh was murdered
on Thursday. The inci-
dent was caught on a
CCTV camera.
Ex- MLA’s son held
for killing student
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NAMASTE
TRUMP
Planned kem cho Trump, typical Gujarati
greeting made way for Namaste, to show that
entire India will be there to welcome him
resident of the United States (PO-
TUS), Donald Trump is coming to
India on February 24 and 25 along
with the First Lady Melania.
With the forthcoming American
elections and a trade imbalance with India
on his mind, he is scheduled to visit
Ahmedabad, Agra and New Delhi. He ex-
pects Namaste Trump to be far more spec-
tacular than ‘Howdy Modi’. “I hear, they’re
going to have 10 million people. They say
anywhere from six to 10 million people are
going to be showing up along the route to one
of the largest cricket stadiums in the world,”
Trump said at a rally.
Ahead of his departure Trump rued, “In-
dia has been hitting us very hard with high
tariffs for many years” and said he will sign
a trade deal with Prime Minister Modi only
if it is favourable to American interests. “I’m
going to India next week and we’re talking
trade. They’ve been hitting us very hard for
many, many years,” Trump said at “Keep
America Great” rally of his supporters in
Colorado a few days back. He said he “really
likes” the Indian prime minister but stressed
on giving priority to business talks. “We’ve
got to talk a little…We’ve got to talk a little
business. It’s been hitting us hard. They give
us tariffs, one of the highest in the world is
India,” he told the crowd. Although the two
countries are expected to sign a trade deal,
Trump played down his expectations. The
talks on a “tremendous” trade deal could
slow down, Trump said, if he did not get a
gooddeal.“We’reonlymakingdealsif they’re
good deals because we’re putting America
first. Whether people like it or not, we’re put-
ting America first,” Trump said. India is
likely to lower tariffs on import of American
chicken and dairy products as a sign of flex-
ibility. Last year, India had cut down tariffs
on American motorcycle Harley Davidson by
50 per cent.
Considering that American national elec-
tions are around the corner, India may not
yield much ground. Trump, who has come
throughtheimpeachmentprocessunscathed,
is also aware of this as he said, “Maybe we’ll
slow down. We’ll do it after the election. I
think that could happen too.”
The humongous crowd expected at the Na-
maste rally, Trump said, would spoil him. The
planned kem cho Trump, the typical Guja-
rati greeting made way for namaste, the tra-
ditional Indian welcome, to show that not just
Gujaratis but entire India will be there to
welcome him.
While the two great democracies move
closer, Pakistan got a jolt on Trump’s India
visit as it will remain in the FATF Grey list
till June 2020.
Back in the US, the Indian diaspora may
well spoil him further by voting the Republi-
cans to power one more time.
IN-DEPTH
P
ahashivarathri is a day, or rath-
er a night of many possibili-
ties. The fourteenth day of
every month, which is known
as a Shivarathri, is the darkest
day of the month. Celebrating
Shivarathri on a monthly ba-
sis, and the particular day, Ma-
hashivarathri, almost seems
like celebration of darkness.
Any logical mind would resist
darkness and naturally opt for
light. But the word “Shiva” lit-
erally means “that which is
not.” “That which is,” is exist-
ence and creation. “That which
is not” is Shiva.
That which is not means, if
you open your eyes and look
around, if your vision is for
small things, you will see lots
of creation. If your vision is re-
ally looking for big things, you
will see the biggest presence in
the existence is a vast empti-
ness. A few spots which we call
galaxies are generally much
noticed, but the vast emptiness
that holds them does not come
into everybody’s notice. This
vastness, this unbounded emp-
tiness, is what is referred to as
Shiva. Today, modern science
also proves that everything
comes from nothing and goes
back to nothing. It is in this
context that Shiva, the vast
emptiness or nothingness, is
referred to as the great lord, or
Mahadeva.
Every religion, every culture
on this planet has always been
talking about the omnipresent,
all-pervading nature of the di-
vine. If we look at it, the only
thing that can be truly all-per-
vading, the only thing that can
be everywhere is darkness,
nothingness, or emptiness.
Generally, when people are
seeking wellbeing, we talk of
the divine as light. When peo-
ple are no longer seeking well-
being, when they are looking
beyond their life in terms of
dissolving, if the object of
their worship and their sadha-
na is dissolution, then we al-
ways refer to the divine as
darkness.
Light is a brief happening in
your mind. Light is not eternal,
it is always a limited possibili-
ty because it happens and it
ends. The greatest source of
light that we know on this plan-
et is the sun. Even the sun’s
light, you could stop it with
your hand and leave a shadow
of darkness behind.
But darkness is all-envelop-
ing, everywhere. The imma-
ture minds in the world have
always described darkness as
the devil. But when you de-
scribe the divine as all-pervad-
ing, you are obviously refer-
ring to the divine as darkness,
because only darkness is all-
pervading. It is everywhere. It
does not need any support from
anything. Light always comes
from a source that is burning
itself out. It has a beginning
and an end. It is always from a
limited source. Darkness has
no source. It is a source unto
itself. It is all-pervading, every-
where, omnipresent. So when
we say Shiva, it is this vast
emptiness of existence. It is in
the lap of this vast emptiness
that all creation has happened.
It is that lap of emptiness that
we refer to as the Shiva.
In Indian culture, all the an-
cient prayers were not about
saving yourself, protecting
yourself or doing better in life.
All the ancient prayers have
always been “Oh lord, destroy
me so that I can become like
yourself.”
So when we say Shivarathri,
which is the darkest night of
the month, it is an opportunity
for one to dissolve their limit-
edness, to experience the un-
boundedness of the source of
creation which is the seed in
every human being. Mahashiv-
arathri is an opportunity and a
possibility to bring yourself to
that experience of the vast
emptiness within every human
being, which is the source of
all creation.
On the one hand, Shiva is
known as the destroyer. On the
other, he is known as the most
compassionate. He is also
known to be the greatest of the
givers. The yogic lore is rife
with many stories about Shi-
va’s compassion. The ways of
expression of his compassion
have been incredible and aston-
ishing at the same time. So Ma-
hashivarathri is a special night
for receiving too.
It is our wish and blessing
that you must not pass this
night without knowing at least
a moment of the vastness of
this emptiness that we call as
Shiva. Let this night not just be
a night of wakefulness, let this
night be a night of awakening
for you.
MAHASHIVARATHRI:
SAVOUR THE DARKNESS
MAHASHIVARATHRI IS A DAY, OR RATHER A NIGHT OF MANY POSSIBILITIES
M
So when we say
Shivarathri,
which is the
darkest night of
the month, it is
an opportunity
for one to
dissolve their
limitedness, to
experience the
unboundedness
of the source of
creation.
Mahashivarathri is an
opportunity and a
possibility to bring
yourself to that
experience of the vast
emptiness within
every human being
n a new parent-
ing podcast,
Catherine, the
Duchess of Cam-
bridge, said she
used hypnobirthing tech-
niquestohelphergetthrough
severe morning sickness – a
conditioncalledhyperemesis
gravidarum. She also used
thetechniquesduringlabour.
She told the Happy Mum,
Happy Baby podcast:
I saw the power of it, the
meditation and the deep
breathing and things like
that, that they teach you in
hypnobirthing, when I was
really sick, and actually I
realised that this was some-
thing I could take control of
during labour. It was hugely
powerful.
So what is hypnobirthing
and what does the evidence
say about its use?
Calmness & relaxation
Hypnobirthing aims to re-
duce fear, pain and anxiety
during childbirth. It in-
volveslearningcalmbreath-
ing techniques, some deep
relaxation, guided media-
tion, visualisation, positive
suggestions & affirmations.
These affirmations
might include phrases such
as, “I have the ability to give
birth to my baby,” or “I
trust in my body and my
baby to help me.”
Hypnobirthing teaches
women to induce a “self-
hypnotic” state of mind
where a woman focuses her
attention inwards, concen-
trates deeply and this helps
her to decrease peripheral
awareness. But she can still
respond to suggestions and
affirmations.
When a woman is afraid
she will physically become
tense, rigid and produce the
stress hormones adrena-
line and cortisol. Her per-
ception of pain will in-
crease and this can affect
labour. Hypnobirthing
aims to counteract the ef-
fects of fear and help wom-
en secrete the hormones
oxytocin and endorphins
which enable her to remain
calm and relaxed, so labour
can progress.
Some women who have
used hypnobirthing tech-
niques say they feel like
they are day dreaming, in a
trance and drifting into a
calm, deeply relaxed state
but are not actually sleep-
ing. Hypnobirthing tech-
niques are founded on Brit-
ish obstetrician Grantly
Dick-Read’s observations.
In his 1942 book, Childbirth
without Fear, he proposed
women in a calm state of
mind, and who had faith in
their ability to give birth,
did so with less pain.
These days, women and
their partners or support
people can learn self-hyp-
notic techniques for hypno-
birthing by attending one-
to-one sessions, group
classes or online courses.
Usually, women attend
sessions from about 25-30
weeksof pregnancybutself-
hypnosis and guided media-
tion techniques are some-
times taught earlier in preg-
nancy. There is also emerg-
ingevidenceitcouldbeused
postnatally if women have
had a traumatic birth or are
experiencing increased lev-
els of anxiety, stress or de-
pression after birth.
Fear and anxiety in
childbirth
Historically, women have
been supported and com-
forted by other women dur-
ing labour and birth, in-
cluding in traditional Abo-
riginal birthing practices.
Women would support oth-
er women by performing
special songs, chants and
rituals to ease the birthing
process and make the wom-
an feel safe and calm.
But while great advances
in care have resulted in bet-
ter outcomes for mothers
and babies in childbirth,
many women today are ex-
tremely anxious and afraid
of this process.
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Nagpur: The Nagpur
bench of the Bombay
High Court on Friday,
allowed the Bhim Army
to hold a meeting of its
workers at Reshimbagh
Ground here on Febru-
ary 22, but imposed cer-
tain conditions.
A division bench of
Justices Sunil Shukre
and Madhav Jamdar
said the petition of the
Dalit outfit, seeking
permission for the con-
clave, is allowed with
conditions.
Bhim Army chief
Chandrashekhar Azad
is scheduled to address
the meeting. On Tues-
day, the High Court had
issued notices to the Ma-
harashtra government
and the Nagpur police
commissioner on the pe-
tition filed by a Bhim
Army functionary.
Thesprawlingground
is close to the headquar-
ters of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) and the Kotwali
policehadearlierdenied
permission for the gath-
ering, citing law and or-
der issues. After denial
of permission, the Dalit
group moved the high
court bench in Nagpur.
The petition, filed by
Bhim Army Nagpur dis-
trict chief Praful
Shende through his law-
yer Firdos Mirza, said
the outfit had got per-
missionfromtheCPand
Berar Education Socie-
ty, which controls the
Nagpur Improvement
Trusted-owned ground,
for the meeting.
However, the Kotwali
police station, under,
denied permission for
the meet, citing law and
order issues, the peti-
tion said. The plea
sought direction from
HC to state government
and police commission-
er to grant permission
to the Bhim Army to
hold its workers’ meet-
ing. “Permission grant-
ed with conditions. It
will be a workers’ meet
only. It shall not be con-
verted into a demon-
stration or protest.”
“There should be no
inflammatory speeches
& atmosphere should be
peaceful. Azad should
give an undertaking on
the above conditions,”
the court said in its or-
der on Friday. —PTI
HCallowsAzadtoholdworker’smeet
New Delhi: A Delhi
court has taken cogni-
sance of the Enforce-
ment Directorate’s
chargesheet in a case of
alleged violations of
the Foreign Contribu-
tion Regulation Act by
an NGO linked to corpo-
rate lobbyist Deepak
Talwar. Special judge
Ajay Kumar Kuhar,
while taking cogni-
sance of the same, is-
sued summons against
all accused for March 16
& observed that allega-
tions in chargesheet
prima facie show that
arrayed accused were
involved in the process
of acquisition of pro-
ceeds of crime. —ANI
Delhi court takes
cognisance of
chargesheet
against Talwar
FCRA VIOLATIONS
Pune: The Koregaon-
Bhima judicial inquiry
c o m m i s -
sion has
received an
application
s e e k i n g
summon-
ing of NCP
President Sharad Pa-
war in view of certain
statements made by
him in the media about
the 2018 caste violence
near Pune.
Sagar Shinde, a mem-
ber of, a social group,
on, filed the application
before the panel. —ANI
Koregaon-Bhima
panel urged to
summon Pawar
New Delhi: Asha Devi,
the mother of the 2012
Delhi gang-rape victim,
blamed the convicts’
lawyer AP Singh for try-
ing to delay the justice
by misguiding the
court. “Convict’s law-
yer now does not have
anything.. he is mis-
guiding the court to de-
lay the justice. Not Vi-
nay Singh, it is him who
needs rest. Vinay is ab-
solutely fine... he is
mentally stable,” she
said. The Patiala House
Court issued fresh
death warrants against
four convicts while
hearing a petition by
the state and Nirb-
haya’s parents.
During the hearing,
convicts’ lawyer AP
Singh told the court
that Vinay is on a hun-
ger strike and his men-
tal status is also not
well. —ANI
Lucknow: The UP
government is pre-
paring to auction
tonnes of gold re-
serve found in Sonb-
hadra district of the
state. As per reports
of Geological Sur-
vey of India and Ut-
tar Pradesh Directo-
rate of Geology and
Mining, the estimat-
ed gold is said to be
around 3,000 tonnes
at Son Pahadi and
Hardi village area.
The UP govern-
ment has started the
process for alloca-
tion of blocks where
gold is said to be
found. The govern-
ment has also consti-
tuted a seven-mem-
ber team for auction-
ing of these blocks
through e-tendering
process. — PTI
Bhopal: Following an
uproar over its contro-
versial order, MP gov-
ernment has decided to
withdraw the circular
sent to its male health
staff to bring at least
one man for sterilisa-
tion or face salary cuts
and compulsory retire-
ment. The government
has reportedly trans-
ferred the official who
signed the circular.
The govt spokesperson
PC Sharma informed
that the sterilisation
circular is being taken
back. The Kamal Nath-
government in MP had
in February, issued or-
ders to its male health
staff to bring at least
one man for sterilisa-
tion by the end of
March or lose job. The
circular was sent to in-
crease the participation
of men in its family
planning programme
and was issued by the
MP’s National Health
Mission to achieve ster-
ilisation target for 2019-
20. Taking note of NFH
report, NHM Mission
Director had issued cir-
cular, asking top offi-
cials to identify those
workers who have “zero
work output’’ & subse-
quently withhold their
salaries if they don’t
get at least one case in
2019-20. —Agencies
MP government withdraws
sterilisation circular after backlash
‘Lawyer of convicts
delaying justice’
CHINA DENIES DELAY IN PERMITTING
SPECIAL INDIAN FLIGHT TO WUHAN
Beijing: China says it did
not “delay” clearance to
Indian Air Force’s (IAF)
flight with relief material
that was to also evac-
uate remaining Indians
from the coronavirus-hit
Chinese city of Wuhan
on its return. The flight
was originally scheduled
to fly out on Thursday
and the Indian foreign
affairs ministry cited the
absence of approval from
the Chinese authorities
for it not taking off. The
Chinese foreign ministry
on Friday, however, said
there was no delay from
its side & added that
concerned departments
from two countries were
communicating. India was
still waiting for China’s
clearance until Friday
afternoon, sources said.
CHIRAG EMBARKS ON ‘BIHAR
FIRST, BIHARI FIRST’ YATRA
Patna: Ahead of Bihar Assembly election 2020,
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) national president and
Jamui MP Chirag Paswan on Friday launched
Bihar First, Bihari First campaign. The first leg
of the journey will start from Hajipur in Vaishali.
The yatra will travel across different districts of
Bihar to culminate at the Gandhi Maidan here
on April 14. Paswan, while addressing an event,
said: “Bihar First, Bihari First campaign aims at
developing the state of Bihar thoroughly. There is
a dire need to develop the state.”
‘WON’T ACCEPT INTERLOCUTORS
SUGGESTIONOFMEETINGROUPS’
New Delhi: SC-appointed interlocutors, Sanjay
Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran, told the Sha-
heen Bagh protestors that conditions of talks will
be decided by them. This was their one condition
to initiate the dialogue with protestors. Ahead of
the interlocutors’ meeting, the women sitting on
dharna made it clear that their condition for talks
is not acceptable to them. One of the protestors,
Mehrunisa, when asked about interlocutors sug-
gesting women can meet them in a group of 20,
she said that there would be no talks in groups.
‘PEOPLE FRIENDLY ANTI-TERROR
OPS HAVE YIELDED RESULTS IN J&K’
Srinagar: The “remark-
able” decrease in number
of local youths
joining various
terror groups
in J&K has
been a result of
Operation ‘Maa’
launched by the
army, which also
targeted leaderships of
outfits “in a people friend-
ly manner.” Lt Gen Kan-
wal Jeet Singh Dhillon,
started Operation ‘Maa’
whereby, a local
terrorist trapped
in an encounter
is made to talk
to his mother in
a bid to convince
him to return to
his normal life.
“Nothing is lost until your
mother can’t find it,” Lt
Gen Dhillon said.
New Delhi: Vishva
Hindu Parishad vice-
president Champat Rai
on Friday said that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi urged them
to speak with caution
on matters related to
Ayodhya.
“The Prime Minister
told us that he wants
peace in the country.
He told us to be careful
while speaking on is-
sues pertaining to Ram
Janmabhoomi. We gift-
ed him clothes, he pre-
sented us the same
too,” Rai said while
speaking to media here.
The officials of Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust
led by its president Ma-
hant Nritya Gopal Das
Maharaj on Thursday
met Prime Minister
Modi and invited him
to visit Ayodhya.
Yesterday after meet-
ing the prime minister
at his residence, Ma-
hant Nritya Gopal Das
Maharaj said: “We met
Prime Minister Modi
and invited him to visit
Ayodhya. The Prime
Minister has assured us
that he will think over
the proposal. He also
said that the grand tem-
ple will be built soon.”
Maharaj further said:
“We requested that the
wait for the Ram tem-
ple has become too
long and, therefore, the
construction should
begin soon.”
VHP leader Champat
Rai, who was also a part
of the delegation, said:
“This was a courtesy
meeting. All of us came
here on the invitation
of the Prime Minister.”
K Parasaran & Swa-
mi Govind Giriji Maha-
raj were also part of the
delegation, which met
the P M. Trust members
had nominated Nritya
Gopal Das of Ram Jan-
mabhoomi Nyas as its
president whereas
VHP’s Rai was made
the general secretary
on Wednesday. —ANI
Be cautious while speakingabout
Ayodhya:PMto Temple Trustofficials
IN THE COURTYARD
Over 3,000
tonne gold
mine found in
Sonbhadra PUDUCHERRY CM’S
PETITION DISMISSED
OLD AGE PENSION
PIL DISPOSED
Chennai: The Madras
High Court dismissed
a writ petition filed by
Puducherry Chief Min-
ister V Narayanasamy
against a decision of
Lt Governor Kiran Bedi
and the Centre.
Narayanasamy had
approached the court
following the deci-
sion to disburse cash
instead of free rice to
ration cardholders in
the Union Territory.
Dismissing the writ
petition, Justice CV
Karthikeyan said: “The
President had con-
curred with Lt Gover-
nor and she is bound
to implement his
decision. The CM must
know it.”
Following the deci-
sion, Bedi thanked the
Madras High Court for
upholding the decision.
New Delhi: Delhi HC
has disposed of a
PIL challenging the
procedure of old age
pension scheme after
Delhi govt assured
court that they have
reverted to earlier
procedure of receiving
applications direct-
ly from citizens or
through departments
for pension under the
scheme.
“In view of aforesaid
counter affidavit filed
by respondent, it ap-
pears that the respon-
dent has now reverted
to earlier procedure of
receiving applications
directly from citizens
or through depts
for old age pension
under old age pension
scheme,” a bench of
Justices DN Patel &C
Harishankar said.—ANI
1999 BATCH ISS OFFICERS UNDER
CONSIDERATION FOR EMPANELMENT
The officers of Indian Statistical Service of the
1999 batch are being evaluated for empanelment
for holding the post of Join Secretary/ Equivalent
in Government of India.
WORK ON DECIDING RANK
STRUCTURE OF ARMY OFFICERS
ASSIGNED TO DMA
The work on deciding Cadre/substantive rank
structure of Army officers had been transferred
to Department of Military Affairs (DMA).
NEW CVC AND CIC - PROFILES OF
126 APPLICANTS EXAMINED
Credentials of 126 applicants (38 for CVC and 88
for both CVC and vigilance commissioners) were
examined by the Selection Committee headed by
the PM Narendra Modi .
BOMBAY HC TO LOSE FOUR SENIOR-
MOST JUDGES IN NEXT 2 MONTHS
The Bombay High Court is set to lose four of its
senior-most Judges over the next two months.
LT GEN (RETD) SYED ATA HASNAIN
APPOINTED NDMA MEMBER
Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain has been ap-
pointed as Member of National Disaster Manage-
ment Authority (NDMA).
EX DG INDIAN COAST GUARD
RAJENDRA SINGH APPOINTED
MEMBER, NDMA
The Central Government has approved the
appointment of former DG , Indian Coast Guard,
Rajendra Singh as a Member of National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA).
FOUR HCS NOW HAVE FULL
STRENGTH OF ADDITIONAL JUDGES
High Courts of Calcutta, Tripura, Sikkim and Gauha-
ti now have full strength of Additional Judges.
ITBP TEAM AWARDED
SS Deshwal, DG, ITBP has awarded members
of those ITBP team, who successfully managed
the Quarantine facilities for 406 people taken
from Wuham, China. These persons stayed at the
Force’s Chhawala camp in Delhi from Feb 1 to 19,
2020. More than 60 staff including Doctors were
put on duty for their care.
SATYA GOPAL CHATTOPADHYAY
RECOMMENDED FOR THE POST OF
TRIPURA HC JUDGE
Supreme Court Collegium has approved the
proposal for elevation of Satya Gopal Chatto-
padhyay, Judicial Officer for Judge of the Tripura
High Court.
AB SINGH RECOMMENDED FOR THE
MANIPUR HC JUDGE
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved
the proposal for elevation of Ahanthem Bimol
Singh, Advocate, as Judge of the Manipur
High Court.
THREE JUDICIAL OFFICERS
RECOMMENDED FOR J&K
HC JUDGES
Supreme Court Collegium has approved the
proposal for elevation of three Judicial Officers
- Vinod Chatterji Koul, Sanjay Dhar and Puneet
Gupta - as Judges of the Jammu & Kashmir
High Court.
RADM SJ SINGH ASSUMES CHARGE AS
COMMANDANT, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh AVSM, NM
has assumed charge as the Commandant of the
prestigious Naval War College.
RADM ANTONY GEORGE ASSUMES
CHARGE AS CSO (TRAINING), HQ
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Rear Admiral Antony George has assumed
charge as the Chief Staff Officer (Training) at
Headquarters, Southern Naval Command.
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8. The festival of Maha Shivratri was celebrated all across India
with much enthusiasm. Devotees were seen standing in long
queues at various temples dedicated to Lord Shiva. Here
are a few glimpses of how the auspicious occasion
was observed by people
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1.Naga sadhus take part in a religious procession on the occasion of Maha Shivratri festival in Mirzapur. 2. Hindu devotees stand in queues to offer prayer at the Lord Lingaraj temple on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Bhubaneswar. 3. Devotees pour water over a
Lingam at Bhukailash Temple in Kolkata. 4.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performs abhishek of Lord Shiva on Maha Shivratri at Gorakhnath Math in Gorakhpur. 5. A man dressed up as Lord Shiva and shows his skills on the occasion of Maha Shivratri
festival at a temple in Chandigarh. 6. Devotees wait to offer prayers to Lord Shiva on the occasion of Maha Shivratri festival, at Aap Shambhu Temple in Jammu. 7.Security personnel stand guard as devotees wait in a queue to offer prayers at Shankaracharya Temple on
top of the Shankaracharya Hill on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Srinagar. 8.Devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Kolkata. 9. Devotees offer prayers near a statue of Lord Shiva on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Jabalpur.
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9. Sydney: Poonam Yadav
took four wickets as In-
dia defeated the defend-
ing champions Austral-
ia by 17 runs in the
opening match of the
Women’s T20 World Cup
on Friday here at the
Sydney Showground
Stadium.
Chasing 133, Austral-
ian openers Beth Moon-
ey and Alyssa Healy
provided a steady start
as the duo put on 32
runs for the first wick-
et. India finally got the
breakthrough in the
sixth over as Shikha
dismissed Mooney (6).
eg Lanning joined
Healy in middle to put
on a brief partnership
of 23 runs, but as soon
as Australia started to
gain an upper hand,
Lanning (5) was sent
back to the pavilion by
Rajeshwari. Healy, how-
ever, continued to
march on and brought
up her fifty in 10th over.
Immediately after
reaching half-century
mark, Healy was dis-
missed by Poonam, re-
stricting Australia to
67/3. Indian spinners
managed to spin a cob-
web around the Aus bat-
ters and this led to the
dismissals of Haynes
and Perry with Aus still
57 runs away from win.
Ashleigh tried her best
as she kept the score-
board moving at one
end, but Indian bowlers
kept on taking wickets
at the other end. India
managed to emerge tri-
umphant by 17 runs.
—Agencies
Poonam spins India to 17-run victory
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New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will launch the first edi-
tion of Khelo India Uni-
versity Games on Feb-
ruary 22 in Cuttack,
Odisha.
PM Modi will kick
start the multi-discipli-
nary sporting event
through video confer-
ence. CM of Odisha,
Naveen Patnaik, the
Union Minister for
Youth Affairs & Sports
Kiren Rijiju and several
other dignitaries and
sportspersons will at-
tend the event.
Ace sprinter Dutee
Chand said that her fo-
cus will be to perform
well and achieve the
qualification standard
for the upcoming 2020
Tokyo Olympics.
“I may make the
grade on the strength of
my world ranking (cur-
rently No. 54 in 100m
and No. 43 in 200m) but
I really want to make it
to the Olympic Games
by achieving the quali-
fication standard. To
improve my ranking, I
will need to compete in
some quality events
and, for some reason or
the other, that has not
happened,” Chand said
As many as 3400 ath-
letes from 159 universi-
ties across the country
have been given entries
in 17 disciplines namely
archery, athletics, box-
ing, fencing, judo,
swimming, weightlift-
ing, wrestling, badmin-
ton, basketball, football,
hockey, table tennis,
tennis, volleyball, rug-
by, and kabaddi. —ANI
PM to launch Khelo India University Games
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SPORTING EVENT
India vs New Zealand
Toss: New Zealand, field first
India R B 4 6 SR
PPShawbSouthee 16 18 2 0 88.88
MAAgarwalcJamiesonbBoult 34 84 5 0 40.47
CAPujaracWatlingbJamieson 11 42 1 0 26.19
VKohlicTaylorbJamieson 2 7 0 0 28.57
AMRahanenotout 38 122 4 0 31.14
GHViharicWatlingbJamieson 7 20 1 0 35.00
RRPantnotout 10 37 1 0 27.02
Extras:4(lb1,w3),Total:122/5(55Overs,RR:2.21)
Fall of wickets:1-16(PrithviShaw,4.2ov),2-35(Cheteshwar
Pujara,15.3ov),3-40(ViratKohli,17.5ov),4-88(Mayank
Agarwal,34.3ov),5-101(HanumaVihari,41.1ov)
Bowling:TGSouthee14-4-27-1,TABoult14-2-44-1,C
deGrandhomme11-5-12-0,KAJamieson14-2-38-3,AY
Patel2-2-0-0.
SCOREBOARD
India vs Australia
Toss: Australia, field first
India R B 4 6 SR
ShafaliVermacSutherlandbPerry 29 15 5 1 193.33
SMandhanalbwbJonassen 10 11 2 0 90.90
JIRodrigueslbwbKimmince 26 33 0 0 78.78
HKaurstHealybJonassen 2 5 0 0 40.00
DBSharmanotout 49 46 3 0 106.52
VKrishnamurthynotout 9 11 0 0 81.81
Extras:7(nb1,w6)
Total:132/4(20Overs,RR:6.6)
Fallofwickets:1-41(SmritiMandhana,4.1ov),2-43(Shafali
Verma,5.3ov),3-47(HarmanpreetKaur,6.4ov),4-100(Jemi-
mahRodrigues,15.6ov)
Bowling:MStrano2-0-15-0,EAPerry3-0-15-1,MSchutt
4-0-35-0,JLJonassen4-0-24-2,DMKimmince4-0-24-1,A
Gardner3-0-19-0.
Australia R B 4 6 SR
AJHealyc&bPoonamYadav 51 35 6 1 145.71
BLMooneycGayakwadbPandey 6 12 0 0 50.00
MMLanningcBhatiabGayakwad 5 8 0 0 62.50
RLHaynesstBhatiabPoonamYadav 6 8 0 0 75.00
AGardnerc&bPandey 34 36 3 1 94.44
EAPerrybPoonamYadav 0 1 0 0 0.00
JLJonassencBhatiabPoonamYadav2 6 0 0 33.33
ASutherlandstBhatiabPandey 2 5 0 0 40.00
DMKimmincerunout 4 5 0 0 80.00
MStranorunout 2 3 0 0 66.66
MSchuttnotout 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras:2(lb1,nb1)
Total:115(19.5Overs,RR:5.79)
Fallofwickets:1-32(BethMooney,5.4ov),2-55(MegLanning,
8.3ov),3-67(AlyssaHealy,9.5ov),4-76(RachaelHaynes,
11.3ov),5-76(EllysePerry,11.4ov),6-82(JessJonassen,
13.5ov),7-101(AnnabelSutherland,16.3ov),8-108(Delissa
Kimmince,18.4ov),9-113(AshleighGardner,19.2ov),10-115
(MollyStrano,19.5ov)
Bowling:DBSharma4-0-17-0,RSGayakwad4-0-31-1,SPan-
dey3.5-0-14-3,AReddy4-0-33-0,PoonamYadav4-0-19-4.
India win by 17 runs
SCOREBOARD
Wellington: India’s top-
order batsmen per-
formed woefully on a
challenging track as the
side crawled to 122 for 5
withNewZealand’stow-
ering pacer Kyle Jamie-
son rattling the visiting
big guns on his debut on
a r ain-hit opening day
of the first Test here.
Friday’s play was
called off after tea due
to a heavy downpour,
the gloomy conditions
typifying India’s bat-
ting blues with only
Ajinkya Rahane (38 bat-
ting off 122 balls)
matching wares when it
came to winning the
mental battle.
The 6”8’ Jamieson
could not have asked for
a better start, picking
up 3 for 38 in 14 overs
and his prized scalps in-
cluded two of India’s
best long-form batsmen
-- skipper Virat Kohli (2)
and the dogged Chetesh-
war Pujara (14 off 42
balls). —Agencies
New Zealand veteran
batsman Ross Taylor
made history on Friday
when he took the field
against India in the open-
ing Test in Wellington. He
became the first player
to play 100 matches in
all three formats of the
game. The ongoing match
at the Basin Reserve is
his 100th Test.
Taylor was presented
his 100th Test cap by for-
mer New Zealand wicket
keeper Ian Smith before
the match.
“Really excited about
the occasion. It’s very
nice for the team and
the family to experience
something they might
never do again,” he said.
“I’ll need some help
drinking (the hundred
bottles of wine), but they
can be stored for a while.
It keeps the tradition from
Fleming, Brendon and
Dan, who all played over
a hundred Tests each
and, hopefully, we can
celebrate this one with
a win.” The 35-year-old
played his 100th T20
International against India
last month. He has also
played 231 ODIs for New
Zealand. —Agencies
Taylor first cricketer to play 100 matches in all 3 formats
New Zealand’s Tim Southee celebrates the wicket of Prithvi Shaw
during the first test match series at the Basin Reserve cricket
ground in Wellington on Friday.
n The play was called off due to heavy
downpour, gloomy conditions
typifying India’s batting blues
n Rahane’s 38 was saving grace for
India after debutant Jamieson put
on an impressive performance
Hungarian Open: Manika,
Sathiyan enter pre-quarters
Budapest: Common-
wealth Games gold
medallist Manika
Batra notched up a
stunning win over
World No 26 Chen
Szu-Yu to enter pre-
quarters of 2020
ITTF World Tour
Hungarian Open.
India No 1
Gnanasekaran
Sathiyan
too made it to the
pre-quarter-finals
with a 4-0 drubbing
of World No. 61 No-
shad Alamiyan of
Iran in men’s singles.
Manika who is
placed at 67th in
ITTF world rank-
ings, dug deep and
held her nerves to
edge out Chen 4-3
in a dramatic
match at
Olympic Hall.
In a resilient
display, Indian quali-
fier fought back after
being 3 games down
and facing a match
point in the fourth to
win the next 4 games,
leaving her much-fan-
cied 11th seeded Tai-
pei opponent shell-
shocked. —Agencies
Wellington: Getting
Virat Kohli and
Cheteshwar Pujara out
on his first day in Test
cricket is the stuff
dreams are made of and
no wonder Kyle Jamie-
son thinks events of the
past couple of weeks
have been “surreal”.
Jamieson, who made an
impact on his white ball
debut during New Zea-
land’s 3-0 ODI series
win, picked three for 38
on his Test debut and
also took a fine catch in
the deep to leave India
struggling at 122 for 5
on the first day of the
opening Test.
Is he able to believe
what’s happening? “Not
really. It’s still sinking
in. The last couple of
weeks have been pretty
surreal as well. Pretty
pleased and from a team
perspective we’re in a
pretty good position as
well,” said the Auckland-
born pacer. —Agencies
Getting Kohli
was massive,
says Jamieson
Rainn’Ruins
Indianbatsmenfalteronchallengingtrack
Kyle Jamieson Virat Kohli
HOWS THE JOSH: On the first
day of Press Premiere League
a cricket match was played
between team First India and
team PVC Royal at Sanskar
Cricket Academy Ground on
Friday. In the second match
of the day, team First India
defeated team PVC Royals with
8 wickets. First India brings you
some glimpses.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH
SHARMA
PRESS PREMIERE LEAGUE

10. First India News
Alwar:BJPRajyaSabha
MPfromRajasthanBhu-
pendra Yadav was in Al-
war on Friday while re-
turning to Delhi from
Jaipur. He had come
heretoattendafunction.
Interacting with media
YadavsaidthatCongress
was busy fighting with
each other in the party.
According to Yadav
CM Ashok Gehlot was
more determined to
reduce PCC chief
Sachin Pilot to size
rather than reducing
the problems of the
people of Rajasthan.
He said that the Modi
Govt. was giving all
the states their share
of money. The central
govt was generously
funding projects like
roads in rural areas,
tap water for every
home, Ayushman
scheme and other such
public welfare
schemes. Commenting
on the state budget Ya-
dav said the budget
had totally disappoint-
ed and it feels like Con-
gress neither has the
vision nor policy or
direction to lead the
state. The people of the
statearefeelingbetrayed
by the Congress Govt.
‘Cong marred
by in-fighting’
The moon is beautiful but then
so are the wildflowers at your
feet, appreciation of what we
have is the key to contentment.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Housing Board is going
to complete fifty years of
foundation on February
24, a day which will wit-
ness grand celebrations
by the RHB. While the
board has achieved one
feat after another and
made national records
as well in the past four
months, the board will
now treat their employ-
ees and officials along
with denizens of the
pink city with various
entertaining programs.
Starting from Satur-
day February 22,
founder of RHB
Dwarkadas Purohit’s
statue will be unveiled
by CM Ashok Gehlot
at Mansarover’s
Dwarkadas Park.
Blood donation camps
will also be organized
in nineteen cities of
the state including
Jaipur. “These camps
will be organized at
MNIT and Anuvibha
Kendra. The camp at
MNIT will witness live
band and various cul-
tural events as well. We
are estimating to collect
five thousand unit blood
across the state,” said
Pawan Arora, Commis-
sioner RHB.
On Sunday, a state
level function of the
officers and employ-
ees of the RHB will be
organized at Birla au-
ditorium where CM
Gehlot will be the
Chief Guest and the
program will be pre-
sided by Shanti Dhari-
wal. “To ensure that all
officials and employees
of the board are present
in the function, they
have been instructed to
appear on duty. Moreo-
ver, people of Rajasthan
could be gifted a dozen
projects of the board by
CM as well. All the past
chairmans of the board
have also been invited
for the program,” Arora
informed.
A bollywood musi-
cal night will also be
organized on Febru-
ary 23, where famous
singers Udit Narayan
and Alka Yagnik will
perform live in front
of a crowd of ten thou-
sand people. Moreover,
on February 24, various
events have been organ-
ized at board headquar-
ters however the most
sought after is a motiva-
tional speech by Ujjwal
Patni.
Interestingly, the
lucky bumper draw of
the board’s Swarn Jay-
anti Uphar Yojna was
also taken out where-
in five individuals be-
came proud owners of
Alto cars along with
twenty other being
provided Honda Acti-
va scooters. Arora
himself called up the
winners of the bump-
er lucky draw and in-
formed them of win-
ning the draw. CM Ge-
hlot will hand over
keys of these cars to
the lucky winners in
the state level func-
tion.
CM to honour employees, hand
out car keys to lucky winners!
COURTESY VISIT
Shipra Verma, Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Manitoba, Canada, paid a courtesy visit to
Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner of India at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi on Friday.
EXTENDING INVITE
Rajya Sabha MP Dr Kirori Lal Meena met Union Home
Minister Amit Shah and urged him to lay the foundation
stone of Adivasi Residential Hostel at Dwarka in New Delhi,
which he gladly accepted.
Nagaur Dalit Atrocity : IG
shunted out,SP stays for now
1. CM Ashok Gehlot with CP Joshi, Raghu Sharma, Rajendra Bidhuri,
Zuber Khan and Manish Tewari. 2. Avinash Pande. 3. Sachin Pilot
during the wedding of MLA Begun Rajendra Bidhuri’s daughter Neha
with Dharmender, at Suraj Kund in Haryana on Friday. Also present on
the occasion were Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Vivek
Bansal, Mahendra Choudhary, Mamta Bhupesh and Joginder Awana.
First India News
Jaipur: Days after the
horrific dalit atrocity
incident rocked the
state, late on Friday
night the state govern-
ment issued orders and
transferred the Ajmer
range Inspector Gen-
eral (IG) Sanjib Kumar
Narjari and shifted him
to Armed Battalion.
Meanwhile, his shoes
will be filled in by IG Law
and Order Dr Hawa Singh
Ghumariya, who till now
was serving as IG Law
and Order. Interestingly,
although the range IG
has been shunted out,
the district SP has been
given a respite as of
now. Moreover, IPS P
Ramjee, who was serv-
ing on deputation has
been brought back to
the PHQ as IG Law and
Order in place of Ghu-
mariya. Notably, the
incident has sparked
widespread discontent
against policing in the
state with a demonstra-
tion also being carried
out near the state as-
sembly with the agita-
tors hold placards de-
manding removal of
Nagaur SP Vikas
Pathak.
Aditi Nagar
T
hey say history
repeats itself,
but will the po-
litical history of
Karnataka and Goa
repeat itself in Ra-
jasthan, is probably
the biggest question
facing the six legisla-
tors who defected
from the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party and formal-
ly joined the ruling
Congress party in the
desert state. The politi-
cal circles are abuzz
with the speculation
that these six former
BSP MLAs are on union
Home Minister Amit
Shah’s ‘radar’. It is be-
ing said that much like
what happened with de-
fectors in Karnataka
and Goa, where the saf-
fron party registered
court case against the
defectors to render
them ineligible. Inter-
estingly, while the saf-
fron party is headed
by new president JP
Nadda, it was during
Shah’s time - as Presi-
dent - that the ‘action’
on defectors was tak-
en at Karnataka and
Goa assemblies. As
such, although Shah
may have left the
‘chair’ of BJP chief,
he still very much
continues to be the
‘strategic head’ of the
BJP after Narendra
Modi and thus the ‘re-
mote’ of the party lies
with Shah simply due
to the reason that
there is no substitute
of the ‘New Sardar
Patel’ within the BJP.
With a formidable force
as Amit Shah could eas-
ily ‘rile up’ and play his
‘cards’ in Rajasthan too
and knowledgeable
sources reveal that if a
similar case is done by
Rajasthan BJP against
the six MLAs, these
men will be on ‘slippery
wicket’ and could poten-
tially be made ineligi-
ble. Sources also re-
veal that the BJP High
Command is mulling
over various legalali-
ties and options avail-
able to them in this
scenario as a team of
senior legal experts is
examining this entire
issue on behalf of
BJP in the national
capital. Are Gehlot
and Pande listening
and do they have a
‘better hand’ than
that which could be
dealt (?), only time
will tell…
Modi to
inaugurate
int’l judicial
conference
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will inaugurate the In-
ternational Judicial
Conference (IJC) here
on February 22.
The IJC is being or-
ganised at the Addition-
al Building, Supreme
Court Complex in Del-
hi. PM is scheduled to
inaugurate the confer-
ence at 10 am today, said
the BJP in a tweet.
—ANI
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora addressing the media.
WEDDING BELLS
First India News
Jaipur: Rajsamand
MP Diya Kumari,
who is also a mem-
ber of National Ti-
ger Conservation
Authority (NTCA),
has written a letter
to the Union Minis-
ter of Environment
and Forest Prakash
Javadekar. She has
expressed her disap-
pointment and con-
cern over a recent
confidential report
submitted to the
State Government.
The report on the sta-
tus of 116 tigers of
Ranthambore Na-
tional Park (RNP) is
disturbing. It states
that as many as 26
tigers are missing
from the park.
In her letter, Diya
has appealed to
Minister Javadekar
for a high level en-
quiry to get down
to the bottom of
the matter. It states
that the poachers
must be identified,
caught and strict
action must be tak-
en against them so
that such incidents
are not repeated.
Furthermore, the
MP also stated in her
letter that the atti-
tude of the con-
cerned officials and
authorities of the
park is half-hearted
and lackadaisical.
A national park
is supposed to con-
serve the endan-
gered animals and
not lead to their
decrease in num-
bers.
Diya Kumari also
recalls her tenure
as the MLA of
Sawai Madhopur
when made all ef-
forts to work with
the concerned au-
thorities and also
lent a hand in their
conservation ef-
forts.
Missingtigers:Diya
writestoJavadekar
urgingprobe
TETE
-A-TETE
Rajasthan BSP MLA’s on Amit Shah’s radar?
RHB’S FANTASTIC 50
Dr Hawa Singh Ghumariya
Bhupendra Yadav
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11. eam of ‘Thappad’, actor
Taapsee Pannu and di-
rector Anubhav Sinha,
wereinthePinkCityfor
a special screening of
the film on Friday, a
week before its release.
In an exclusive interview with
City First, Taapsee opened up
about her views of the film and
her experience shooting for it.
About her experience, Taapsee
shared, “I’ve worked with Anub-
hav Sinha before, and it was dur-
ingthepromotionsof mylastfilm
‘Mulk’ with him, when he had
decided that he wanted to make
‘Thappad’ and cast me in it. The
shootwasreallycomfortable,and
we finished such a crucial script
injust31days.Itwastough,butit
was definitely a great time.”
Thefilmisaboutaman-woman
relationship. “When we started
shooting, we were told that this
film is dedicated to the women of
ourcountry,butwhatIfeelisthat
it is made more for the men.
Therearemanytimeswhenafew
aspects of life are not explained
properly while growing up, and
wehavetriedtoputtogethermost
of them in one film,” she said.
The actress feels that a family
shouldwatchthefilmtogether,as
that will really help them make
their relationships better and
more comfortable. Taapsee has
made her name as one of the top
female actors in Bollywood and
saysthatshehasworkedextreme-
ly hard to get there. “I’m very
thankful for where I am today, as
I have been waiting for this day
where I’m the first choice of the
directors.”
Taapsee also mentioned
thatshehashadalovelyexpe-
rience shooting with all her
co-actors, and would love
toworkwiththemagain,
especially Amitabh
Bachchan. Summing
upthefilm‘Thappad’in
just one line, Taapsee
stated,“Justekslap,par
nahi maar sakta”.
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Junior SSK
in the house
B
ollywood ac-
tor Shilpa
Shetty and
her husband
Raj Kundra have wel-
comed a new mem-
ber to their family - a
baby girl whom they
named Samisha
Shetty Kundra.
The couple wel-
comed their second
child on February 15.
According to various
reports, they had the
child through surro-
gacy. The actor broke
the news through so-
cial media.
“Born: February
15, 2020 ~ Please be-
stow our angel with
all your love and
blessings ~ Ecstatic
parents: Raj and
Shilpa Shetty Kun-
dra,” Shilpa posted
on her Twitter ac-
count along with a
cute picture that fea-
tured the newborn
baby, who held
Shilpa’s finger.
A similar post was
shared on her Insta-
gram account. “Our
prayers have been
answered with a mir-
acle. With gratitude
in our hearts we are
thrilled to an-
nounce the arriv-
al of our little
Angel. Samisha
Shetty Kun-
dra. Born on
15th February
2020 Junior SSK
in the house,”
read the cap-
tion of the
post. The cou-
ple has a son
named Viaan
who was born
in May 2012.
—ANI
A
leaked image
from the set of
‘Mimi’ was sur-
faced on net and
it showed Kriti Sanon
flaunting her baby bump.
The actress is playing the
role of a surrogate mother
in the movie.
In the photo, Kriti is seen
dressed in a simple blue and
red salwar kameez and can
be seen sitting on stairs caress-
ing her baby bump. Kriti has
gained 15 kgs for her role in the
film. Talking about gaining
weight for ‘Mimi’, Kriti earlier
said in an interview, “For me, put-
ting on so many kilos is actually a
challenge as it’s very new for my
body. I have to fight my metabo-
lism and increase my calorie in-
take to gain that much weight in
a short time.”
“But I’m excited to see the
transformation. It’s a role very
close to my heart and I want to
give it everything I can, even if
that means not taking up any oth-
er work in the process,” she add-
ed. Kriti recently wrapped up the
second shooting schedule of the
film in Jaipur. ‘Mimi’ is slated to
hit theatres in July 2020. —Agency
BELLA TWINS
RETURNING TO
SMACK DOWN
W
WE has added the
return of Bella
Twins, Nikki Bella
and Brie Bella for a
talk show segment to an al-
ready stacked line up for this
week’s episode of Friday
Night SmackDown. The com-
pany has announced that the
twin sisters will be taking
part in the ‘A Moment of
Bliss’ segment hosted by for-
mer Women’s Champion Al-
exa Bliss and Nikki Cross.
The Bellas are not the only
big name announced for a re-
turn on Friday Night and for-
mer Universal Champion Bill
Goldberg is also expected to
appear live on the show. The
company has also announced
a few matches for the episode
with the most interesting one
being a #1 contenders match
between Carmella and Nao-
mi.
The winner of this bout
will then go on to challenge
the current SmackDown
Women’s Champion Bayley
for her title at the upcoming
Super Showdown event.
There is no word yet on
why the Bella Twins are re-
turning to SmackDown but
they are expected to be in-
ducted into Hall Of Fame this
year. —Agency
A FAMILY FILMCity First in an
exclusive interview
with Taapsee Pannu,
who was in the Pink
City for a special
screening of
her upcoming
film ‘Thappad’
shared, “I’ve worked with Anub- The actress feels that a family
ly hard to get there. “I’m very
thankful for where I am today, as
I have been waiting for this day
where I’m the first choice of the
thatshehashadalovelyexpe-
rience shooting with all her
toworkwiththemagain,
upthefilm‘Thappad’in
just one line, Taapsee
nahi maar sakta”.
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
T ... her Instagram post
Shilpa Shetty KundraKriti Sanon
The viral picture of Kriti
Nikki and Brie Bella
MIMI-THEMOMMYGOESVIRAL!
Taapsee Pannu

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