Indian Newspapers In English-First India|Rajasthan-13 January 2020 edition

Migrant Rajasthanis have always stood with nation, says CM
Naresh Sharma
Mumbai: Speaking in
volumes for the entre-
preneurship skills of
migrant Rajasthanis
who have excelled the
world over, Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot praised their de-
votion for the nation
and said their love for
their roots has been
exemplary.
CM Gehlot reached
Mumbai on Sunday af-
ternoon to attend the
14th annual function of
Jaipur Pravasi Sangh
held at Goregaon area
of the economic power-
house of the nation. No-
tably, Gehlot awarded
the life-time achieve-
ment award to Chief
Editor of Patrika
Group, Dr Gulab Ko-
thari. While congrat-
ulating Dr Kothari,
Gehlot said that he
(Dr Kothari) ensured
Patrika group’s pro-
gress by independent
and mission journal-
ism approach. “He has
also played a vital role
in furthering Indian
Culture through jour-
nalism,” Gehlot said.
Late in the night,
around 10 pm, Gehlot
left Mumbai for Delhi
where will meet senior
AICC leaders on Mon-
day. He could also met
Sonia.
“Entre preneurs
from Rajasthan have
carved a niche from
themselves in all
walks of life in the
country. From Inde-
pendence, business
houses like Bangar,
Birla, Goyanka, Mit-
tal, Singhania and
others have played
major role in econom-
ic prosperity in the
nation. Today, Ra-
jasthan is developing
at a fast pace and espe-
cially in the fields of
education, health,
road network, elec-
tricity and water
works. Important
works are being done
in the field of busi-
ness and industry in
the state and hence we
have brought projects
and policies which
would aid industrial-
ists to invest easily,”
Gehlot said,whilemen-
tioning that a major in-
vestment of Rs 40000
crore is being done in
the state through the re-
finery and petro-chemi-
cal complex which will
provide jobs to a great
number of individuals.
Turn on P4
Srinagar: Three
“most wanted” Hiz-
bul Mujahideen ter-
rorists were killed on
Sunday in an encoun-
ter with security forc-
es in the Tral area of
Jammu and Kash-
mir’s Pulwama dis-
trict, police said.
The terrorists --
Umer Fayaz Lone ali-
as “Hamad Khan” of
Seer village, Faizan
Hamid of Mandoora
and Adil Bashir Mir
alias “Abu Dujana” of
Monghama -- were
wanted for their com-
plicity in terror
crimes, including at-
tacks on security es-
tablishments and ci-
vilian atrocities, po-
lice spokesman said.
He said the trio were
affiliated with the pro-
scribed Hizbul Mujahi-
deen terror outfit and
were trapped Turn on P4
Three ‘most wanted’ Hizb
terrorists killed in Pulwama
‘Those raising anti-natl
slogans belong in jail’
Jabalpur: Addressing
a rally in Jabalpur as
part of the BJP’s cam-
paign to create aware-
ness about the Citi-
zenship law, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah Sunday said
those who indulge in
anti-national slogan-
eering belongs in jail.
Claiming that anti-
national slogans were
raised in Jawaharlal
NehruUniversity(JNU),
Shah said: “Some stu-
dentsraisedanti-nation-
al slogans in JNU say-
ing, ‘Bharat tere tukde
ho ek hazaar, Inshallah,
Inshallah’. Shouldn’t
they be sent to jail? Any-
body who raises anti-
national Turn on P4
AMIT SHAH ON JNU
Home Minister Amit Shah being garlanded by senior BJP leader
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, BJP state president Rakesh Singh and
other party leaders during a CAA awareness rally in Jabalpur.
New Delhi: BJP’s
working president Ja-
gat Prakash Nadda
will take over as par-
ty’s national presi-
dent on January 20,
sources said.
BJP is planning to or-
ganise a grand level cer-
emony for Nadda, who
became the party’s
working president in
June 2019 after the rul-
ing party swept the Lok
Sabha election 2019. Ac-
cording to sources,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and Union
Home Minister and
party’s incumbent na-
tional chief Amit Shah
will also be present in
the ceremony along
with other Union Min-
isters, leaders,andwork-
ers at BJP headquarters
in New Delhi. Turn on P4
Nadda to take
over as BJP
Prez by Jan 20
Kolkata: Soon after
Prime Minister, Nar-
endra Modi, mounted a
strong defence of the
new citizenship law on
Sunday to a gathering
at Belur Math and said
the dispute that has
arisen over it has made
the world take notice
of the persecution of
minorities in Paki-
stan, the monastic or-
der distanced itself
from his speech, say-
ing it is an apolitical
organisation where
people of all religious
faiths live like “broth-
ers of same parents”.
Modi deplored that a
section of the youth is
being “misguided” over
the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act,
which is aimed at giv-
ing and not taking away
anybody’s citizenship.
“Had we not amend-
ed the citizenship law,
this ‘vivaad’ (dispute)
would not have arisen.
Had this dispute not
arisen, the world would
not have known the
kind of atrocities that
were perpetrated on the
(religious) minorities
in Pakistan. Turn on P4
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee on Sunday skipped
the event of
the 150th-
anniversary
celebra-
tions of the
Kolkata Port
Trust, which
was inaugurated by PM
Narendra Modi. Specula-
tions were rife that the
TMC supremo would
share the dais Turn on P4
Kolkata: An Air Asia ﬂight
carrying 114 passengers
from Kolkata to Mumbai
had to return and make
an emergency landing at
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose International Airport
after a passenger made a
bomb threat.
The incident hap-
pened on Saturday night
after the Mumbai-bound
AirAsia ﬂight I5316 took
off around 10 pm from
Kolkata. Minutes later,
a woman passenger in-
formed the Turn on P4
Belur distances itself from
PM’s rhetoric & Pak bashing
CAA brought to world’s notice Pak’s torture of minorities: Modi
z “The CAA is not about taking away
citizenship, it is about giving citizen-
ship. Today, on National Youth Day, I
would like to tell this to the youth of
India, WB, North East that this is not
an overnight law for giving citizenship.
z “We must all know that any person
of any religion from any country
of the world, theist or atheist, who
believes in India and its Constitu-
tion, can apply for Indian citizenship
through due process. There’s no
problem in that,” he told the gathering
at Belur Math. Turn on P4
PM SPEAK
MAMATA SKIPS
PORT TRUST
CELEBRATIONS
AIR ASIA FLIGHT’S
SOS LANDING
AFTER BOMB HOAX
Kolkata: On one hand, if the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday
took time out to bash Pakistan over
its handling of minorities issues, on
the other, it was the usual rajneeti
talk also. PM Modi targeted West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Baner-
jee, accusing her of scuttling welfare
schemes by the central government
because there was no opportunity to
swindle funds. Turno“There are no
middlemen, no cut money. There is
no syndicate. Turn on P4
‘NO CUT MONEY SO MAMATA
BLOCKING CENTRE PLANS’
PM Narendra Modi with monks outside Belur Math in Howrah district. —PHOTO BY PTI
Was in Mumbai to handover
life-time award to Gulab Kothari
Samara, Iraq:A volley
of rockets slammed
into an Iraqi airbase
north of Baghdad
where US forces have
been based, wounding
four local troops, the
Iraqi military said on
Sunday.
Its statement said
eight Katyusha-type
rockets landed on Al-
Balad airbase, wound-
ing two Iraqi officers
and two airmen.
Al-Balad is the main
airbase for Iraq’s F-
16s, which it bought
from the US to up-
grade its air capaci-
ties.
The base had held a
small US Air Force
contingent as well as
American contrac-
tors, but a majority
had been evacuated
following tensions be-
tween the US and Iran
over the past two
weeks, military
sources said.
“About 90 percent of
the US advisers, and em-
ployees of Sallyport and
Lockheed Martin who
are specialised in air-
craft maintenance, have
withdrawn to Taji and
Erbil after threats,” one
of the sources said.
“There are no more
than 15 US soldiers
and a single plane at
al-Balad,” the source
added.
Military bases host-
ing US troops have
been subject to volleys
of rocket and mortar
attacks in recent
months that have
mostly wounded Iraqi
forces, but also killed
one American con-
tractor last month.
That death set off a
series of dramatic de-
velopments, with the US
carrying out strikes
against a pro-Iran para-
military group in Iraq
as well as a convoy car-
rying top Iranian and
Iraqi commanders out-
side Baghdad airport.
Pro-Iran factions in
Iraqhavevowedrevenge
for those raids, even as
Iran said it had already
responded in “propor-
tion” by striking anoth-
er western airbase
where US soldiers are
located. Turn on P4
An aerial view of Al-Balad airbase in Iraq. This is a developing story, more details awaited.
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JAIPUR l MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 218
AFTER BRITTLE TRUCE, ROCKETS POUND
IRAQ BASE HOSTING US TROOPSA MAJORITY OF US AIRMEN STATIONED AT THE AL-BALAD AIRBASE NORTH OF BAGHDAD HAD ALREADY LEFT
The attack on the
American base
came hours after
United States Presi-
dent warned Iran not
to kill the agitators
protesting against
the downing of Ukra-
nian passenger air-
liner, that was shot
down by Iranian
armed forces.
“To the leaders of
Iran – DO NOT KILL
YOUR PROTEST-
ERS.Thousandshave
already been killed or
imprisoned by you,
and the World is
watching. More im-
portantly, the USA is
watching. Turn your
internet back on and
let reporters roam
free! Stop the killing
of your great Iranian
people!” the US Presi-
dent tweeted.
Trump’s warning
came as Iran’s re-
gime faced a chal-
lenge from angry
street protests, hav-
ing come to the brink
of war with the US
with a series of tit-
for-tat confronta-
tions.
FLASHBACK
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot reached Mum-
bai on Sunday, where
he was welcomed by
Rajeev Arora, Pukhraj
Parashar, Dheeraj
Srivastav among oth-
ers. Gehlot said that
it feels good to be
among the people of
Rajasthan.
CM Ashok Gehlot
spoke on CAA and
said it is a law to
bring differences
among the Indians
on religious grounds.
The implementation
of CAA will cause
serious harm.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot felicitated Chief Editor of Patrika Group, Dr Gulab Kothari at 14th annual
function of Jaipur Pravasi Sangh held at Goregaon area, Mumbai on Sunday.

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

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
BUGGED? Or is it the
grapevine... . First India
begins a column that
brings to you gossips or
tete-e-tete from the
corridors of power
GUP
SHUP
SAHAB WITH NO REGARD
TO HIS OWN ORDER
A‘sahab’ who sits in his plush office
on the second floor of PHQ is
the ‘face’ of an ongoing controversy.
Well, a few days back, the sahab
had issued an order and reminded
officials to follow his advice to the
hilt, however, now it appears that the
sahab has himself forgotten his own
order or probably thinks that it does
not apply to him. And under such
a situation, the officials are making
various ‘judgements’ about the sahab.
Well in his order, the sahab instructed
to remove staff aged under 40 years
posted at PHQ. Thus, the ‘younglings’
were removed, however the sahab has
not let go of his strong ‘lads’ and this
has irked a number of officials.
TIGER’S LOVE AFFAIR
WITH REAL-ESTATE
Word in the power corridors is
that this ‘tiger sahab’ posted
at Jaipur, has a unique mode of
‘entertainment’. These days, the
sahab, who is noticed through
his brief appearance, is showing
immense interest in real-estate
cases, as he suspects, he will be
given an off-field posting soon. The
tiger sahab is also appointing various
officials to decide on the fate of
these cases, whoever he deems fit to
his advantage and for this purpose,
he has delegated responsibility to
several of his trusted officials in
the department. Notably, two senior
officials had run from pillar to post to
get the ‘tiger’ posted.
SAHAB AND HIS HATRED
FOR PHQ WATER
This sahab, who sits in the Police
Head Quarters, apparently dislikes
the water served to officials and
general public at the Police Head
Quarters. The sahab sits on the third
floor of the PHQ and his staff is
thoroughly fed up of his ‘farmans’.
Sahab only prefers to drink mineral
water, and for this he rushes his staff
members who have no choice but to
get it from shops outside the PHQ.
Interestingly, from the time sahab
has joined in the PHQ, he has not
had a sip of water from the PHQ,
however, if you were to go and meet
the sahab in his office, he will offer
you the same tap water to drink, that
he despises so much.
SAME NAME DIFFERENT
VENUE, CONFUSED MLA
An interesting episode occurred with
a ‘vidhayakji’ recently at a marriage
function. Well the MLA had to attend
the wedding of one ‘Gupta ji’ and prior
to the MLA’s arrival, a police team also
reached the wedding venue. However,
the MLA reached some other venue,
incidentally, that wedding was also in
another ‘Guptaji’s’ family. The MLA
obliged his hosts by getting several
pictures clicked with the hosts and
even had a lovely dinner. However, he
then received a phone call that changed
everything! The Guptaji whose wedding
function he had to attend called and
enquired about his location and it was
then that the legislator realised that he
had attended the wrong wedding!
First India News
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal has de-
cided to address the de-
mand of Anganwadi
workers, Asha Sahingi-
nis and helpers to get
the status of state work-
ers. He said that we are
planning to organise a
joint conference on be-
half of the state govern-
ment in Jaipur in May.
Addressing a confer-
ence of Anganwadi
womenemployeesinthe
Kota Comrade Um-
raomal Purohit Audito-
rium on Sunday, Dhari-
wal said “ I will talk to
the Chief Minister in
detail about your
12-point demands and
try to get at least 5-7 de-
mands approved, if not
all”.
Dhariwal said “I am
going to make big an-
nouncements regarding
JK Lon Hospital”. The
ministeralsoallegedthe
central government of
not providing any sup-
port to the flood victims
in Kota, whereas the
state government has is-
sued crores of rupees
for the cause. Rs 1 lakh
each will be credited to
the bank accounts of
1500 families. Moreover,
a new CC road will be
made in flood affected
areas.
First India News
Jaipur: On the occasion
of YouthDayandMakar
Sankranti, BJP gave a
message to the opposi-
tion parties through
kite flying. BJP leaders,
workers and ministers
tried to pass the mes-
sage of enforcing the
Citizenship Amend-
ment Act through kite
flying in the capital on
Sunday.Theuniquepart
was that each of the
kites flown by the BJP
officials had the slogan
of implementing CAA.
On behalf of BJP’s
Adarsh Nagar assembly
constituency, kites were
flown from the roof of
Agarwal College in
Jaipur. Many officials
and activists were pre-
sent during the kite fly-
ing, including BJP State
President Satish Poonia,
former State President
Ashok Parnami, state
organisation General
Secretary Chandrashek-
har, former President of
Jaipur City BJP Sanjay
JainandMPfromJaipur
Ramcharan Vohra.
Satish Poonia spoke
to First India on the oc-
casion and said that the
maximum of our kites
should be cut because
the purpose for which
the kites are being flown
is that the message must
reach more and more
people.
There is still a lot of
time in the next assem-
bly elections. In the
meantime, it is to be
seen whose kite flies
would prove to fly high-
est in the politics.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: During the Na-
tional Youth Day state
level festival organised
by Rajasthan Aids Con-
trol Society on the occa-
sion of Swami Vive-
kanand Jayanti on Sun-
day, Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma moti-
vated the youth to move
forward towards their
goal while singing a fa-
mous Bollywood song.
He was the chief guest
in the event organised
at Ravindra Manch.
Sharma was en-
thralled by the patriotic
theatre and the perfor-
mances of the youth.
On the occasion, he
called upon the youth to
take a pledge that they
will make the idea of
Nirogi Rajasthan reach
maximum people.
Sharma said that
Swami Vivekananda
Jayanti is the day of
resolution. Everyone
should take a pledge
that they will never give
up hope, think positive
and keep working till
the goal is achieved,
like Swami ji. Sharma
added that today’s gen-
eration is addicted to
mobile, internet and so-
cial media. Although all
this is necessary, the
youth should also re-
main connected to the
playgrounds.
The Health Minister
said the youth of the
state and country is
filled with enthusiasm
and 33% of the state’s
population is young. If
the youth takes a reso-
lution to stay healthy
and away from drugs,
then no one can stop the
progress of society,
state and country. Dr.
Sharma also inaugu-
rated the “Zero Teen-
ager Pregnancy” aware-
ness campaign in the
program.
Satya Narayan Sharma
Jaipur: The mystery of
the mother-son murder
case in Pratap Nagar
police station area of
Jaipur has now been re-
solved. When the body
of Shweta Tiwari was
found in flat no. 103 of
Unique Tower, the po-
lice exposed the double
murder case in 50
hours, late night on
January 9.
When the dead body
of Shweta was found
in the flat, her
21-month-old son Shri-
yam was missing.
Shweta’s husband Ro-
hit received a message
of the kidnapper on
his phone demanding a
ransom of Rs 30 lakh.
Police constituted a
team of 100 police per-
sonnel to search for
Shriyam and found the
kid’s dead body near
Unique Tower at 3:30
pm on January 8. After
that, the police traced
the phone of the mes-
sage sender and the lo-
cation was found to be
in different areas of
Jaipur.
Police also checked
the CCTV footage of the
cameras installed in Ro-
hit’s office but Rohit
was clearly visible
working. Following the
location of the accused,
the police got hold of
Saurabh. Saurabh and
Rohit were made to face
each other, which
opened all the layers of
the double murder case.
Under an effective
and 24/7 leadership and
guidance of Police Com-
missioner Anand Sriv-
astsava, the Jaipur po-
lice cracked the case
withinrecordtime.Sriv-
astava, visited the crime
scene and inspected the
area. He instructed on
formation of various
teams to chalk out the
leads and work on them.
The police commission-
er stayed at Pratap Na-
gar police station till 4
AM taking feedback
from officials and work-
ing on various leads.
Srivastavacontinuously
held monitoring of the
matter and every two
hours he would take
feedback from DCP East
Rahul Jain.
‘Singham’Srivastava’splandecodedcase
Health Min launches Zero
Teenager Pregnancy drive
‘Will talk to CM and try to get
your demands approved’
BJP flies kites for
CAA awareness
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, MoS (Medical and Health) Dr Subhash Garg and Additional
Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Rohit Kumar Singh inaugurating the Zero Teenager
Pregnancy campaign.
BJP State President Satish Poonia, former State President Ashok
Parnami, state organisation General Secretary Chandrashekhar,
former President of Jaipur City BJP Sanjay Jain and MP from
Jaipur Ramcharan Vohra during the kite flying at Agrawal
college. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Under an effective leadership of the Police Commissioner, Jaipur cops cracked Shweta and her kid’s murder case within record time
Commissioner
Anand Srivastava
Jaipur Police Commis-
sioner Anand Srivas-
tava reached the mur-
der spot for inspection
and motivated the po-
lice to solve the case at
the earliest. Based on
his experience, Srivas-
tava advanced the in-
vestigation and solved
the case with continu-
ous monitoring.
DCP East
Rahul Jain
DCP East Rahul Jain
was the real hero in the
revelation of the whole
matter. Since the inci-
dent, a continuous in-
vestigation was done
by Jain. He had one-to-
one communication
with all the flat owners
of Unique Tower and
led the team of 100 po-
lice personnel who
checked all the CCTV
footage in a 3 km area
around the building.
The DCP also took all
the information Shwe-
ta’s life after marriage
from her family mem-
bers.Jainalsoassessed
the acts and reactions
of accused Rohit Ti-
wari at Pratap Nagar
police station and kept
an eye on the investiga-
tion as well.
ADCP Manoj
Chaudhary
Additional SP East
Manoj Chaudhary
also played a major
role in solving the
case. Chaudhary had
taken leave due to
back pain one day be-
fore the incident, but
he reached the spot
immediately after get-
ting the information.
The ASP kept the in-
vestigation on while
taking painkiller tab-
lets every 2 hours.
Chaudhary also had a
talk with every em-
ployee of the IOCL of-
fice situated at the air-
port, where Rohit Ti-
wari was working, and
checked CCTV footage
of more than 100 cam-
eras installed in the
area. Not only this, the
police officer camped
at Pratap Nagar police
station and did not
even go home from the
incident to solving the
case. However, due to a
medical problem,
Chaudhary had to
seek medical attention
soon after the case
was resolved.
ACP Pushpendra
Singh Rathore
ACP Adarsh Nagar
Pushpendra Singh
Rathore also played a
huge role in solving
the murder mys-
tery. It was ex-
tremely vital to
find the son of
Shweta after
her murder.
Where Rohit
was receiving
the message of
Rs. 30 lakh ran-
som for releas-
ing the 21-month-old,
Rathore has said from
his experience that the
childcouldnotbealive.
The ACP led the search
operation behind the
tower and found the
dead body of the kid.
SUPERCOPS IN THE TWIN MURDER CASE
huge role in solvinghuge role in solving
the message ofthe message of
YOU READ IT FIRST IN FIRST INDIA
JANUARY 10, 2020
IN DIVINE PRESENCE
Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot offers prayer at Shirdi Sai Darbar on Sunday.
Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava DCP East Rahul Jain Additional DCP East Manoj Chaudhary ACP Adarsh Nagar Pushpendra Singh Rathore
HERO’S ACT

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
Rakshita Pareek
Jaipur: Considering
Stephen Hawking his
role model, 17-year-old
Hridayeshwar Singh
Bhati, who is suffering
from ‘Duchenne Muscu-
lar Dystrophy' the same
disease as Stephen
Hawking, has become
World's Youngest Dif-
ferently-abled Patent
Holder by holding sev-
en inventions and three
patents to his name.
A young age, when
children learn about
different innovations
and discoveries, Hri-
dayeshwar innovated
the first-ever multiplay-
er chess at the mere age
of nine and became the
inspiration for many.
And boy, he has been
unstoppable ever since.
In the year 2013, he be-
came the 'Youngest
Patent Holder of India'
and the Youngest Dif-
ferently abled Patent
Holder of the World.
Now, he has patents for
six, 12 and 60 player
Circular Chess.
Taking about the or-
igin of the idea to in-
vent the multiplayer
chess, Hrideshwar has
a very interesting sto-
ry to tell. “One day, I
was playing chess with
my father. While we
were playing, some of
my friends came and
said that they too want
to join us in the game.
I had to tell them that
since I was playing
with my father, they
will have to wait until
our game gets over.
Then an idea struck
me to invent a chess-
board on which I, my
father and my friends
can play together.”
This led to the birth
of six player chess. In
the initial days, his fa-
ther Sarowar Singh
Bhati, who is a National
Awardee in Mathemat-
ics, had doubts on the
idea, “Since I am into
maths, I questioned his
idea of making six-play-
er chess. Because mak-
ing hexagon chess is
not practical because
all the players will get
blocked in the centre.
But he then gave me
the idea to make a cir-
cular chess board as
there is no end to it and
that is how the circu-
lar chess board came
into the existence.”
Chess was invented
in our country and Hri-
dayeshwar took the glo-
rious past of chess fur-
ther by inventing circu-
lar chess.
Quoted by global me-
dia as ‘Mini Stephen
Hawkins of India’ Hri-
dayeshwar says that he
is highly inspired by
him and said that the
zeal to invent things
came from him. “I am
inspired By Stephen
Hawking sir. One day I
saw his film and the
film was very inspiring
and I got my motivation
from that.”
With the help of his
awesome brain, intact
voice and trembling
fingers, Hridayesh-
war checkmates life
by his inventive in-
stinct. He believes,
“Accessibility cant be
bought. We only have
two options. Either to
suffer or to invent and
I chose the later”.
Therefore he invent-
ed mobility solutions to
help many other spe-
cially-abled people,
which ultimately lead
to two innovated Power
Wheel Chair Accessi-
bility Vehicles (Modi-
fied Echo & Modified
Scorpio with ramp
modification).
Hridayeshwar feels
that his greatest suc-
cess is "Positive Ap-
proach towards life".
He feels great to pos-
sess never-ending and
ever-increasing deter-
mination, despite the
bitter fact that his
health is getting worst
day by day.
‘CAN’TMOVEBUTMINDCANRUN’Hridayeshwar who is suffering from ‘Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy’ has become World’s
Youngest Differently-abled Patent Holder by holding 7 inventions and 3 patents to his name
President Ram Nath Kovind meeting Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati as he won the National Award for the
Most Outstanding Inventor of India.
First India News
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra said that
Rajasthan’s name
should be known across
the world in accordance
with the fundamental
duties provided in the
constitution. While ad-
dressingthestateaward
ceremony of Rajasthan
State India Scout Guide
at the State Training
Centre at Jagatpura on
Sunday, Mishra called
upon the Scout Guides
to continue their ser-
vice with discipline and
serve the nation by
working as per the con-
stitution.
Guv Mishra got the
people and Scout
Guides present to read
the fundamental duties
assigned in the consti-
tution. He said that the
main objective of this
organization is to make
the young generation
happy as it creates a
sense of service among
the youth. One should
work with courage even
in difficult circum-
stances. He also hon-
oured the dignitaries by
presenting them ap-
pointment letters,
thanks badges, medal
of merit and awards.
‘ServenationbyworkingasperConstitution’
Governor Kalraj Mishra addressing the crowd at the state award
ceremony of Rajasthan State India Scout Guide on Sunday.
First India News
Jaipur: The State Elec-
tion Commission has
released the ‘revision
program’ of voter lists
for the general elections
of 6 newly formed mu-
nicipal corporations of
the state, Municipal
Corporation Jaipur
Heritage, Jaipur Great-
er, Jodhpur North,
Jodhpur South, Kota
North, and Kota South.
State Election Com-
missioner PS Mehra
informed that the for-
mat of electoral lists
will be published on
February 15 in all these
municipal corpora-
tions. On the same day,
electoral lists will also
be read at wards or poll-
ing stations. The last
date for submission of
claims and objections
has been set as Febru-
ary 24, while on Febru-
ary 16 and 23, applica-
tions can be submitted
for adding, removing
and amending the
names in the special
campaign.
On the remaining
days, applicants can
submit their applica-
tion to the Electoral
Registration Officer or
Assistant Electoral Reg-
istration Officer offices.
The last date for settle-
ment of claims and ob-
jections has been set as
March 3. The final elec-
toral list will be issued
on March 16.
Mehra said that one
who has completed 18
years of age on January
1, 2020, and is a resident
of the concerned ward,
can apply to get their
names added. The elec-
toral list will be pre-
pared as per wards and
will be divided into con-
venient parts. Names of
1400 voters will be in-
cluded in one part. The
Election Officer also
appealed to maximum
eligible people to get
their names included in
the voter list.
Mehra informed that
the ward-wise draft vot-
er list of these 6 munic-
ipal corporations will
be prepared through
bifurcation from the da-
tabase of the assembly
elections published on
December 16, 2019.
Revision programme of 6
municipal corps declared
Kota: Set up in 2006, Ra-
jasthan Technical Uni-
versity currently func-
tions with less than 50
per cent of sanctioned
staff including teach-
ing and non-teaching
posts, shows a RTI reply.
The information
sought through a Right
to Information query by
Kota based activist Su-
jeet Swami revealed
that 63 per cent of
teaching posts in the
university are unfilled.
For the non-teaching
staff, 187 posts are filled
against a sanctioned
strength of 382 posts,
including the impor-
tant posts of examina-
tion controller, director,
dean and student wel-
fare officer.
Currently, against
the 37 sanctioned posts
of professors, only 10
posts are filled.
Similarly, only 19 as-
sociate professors are
working against the
sanctioned strength of
68 with 49 posts un-
filled. There are 67 as-
sistant professors
against the sanctioned
posts of 156.
All the 25 posts in the
petrochemical, Infor-
mation Technology and
MBA courses in the uni-
versity have remained
unfilled. Documents re-
vealed that the varsity
had invited applica-
tions for filling various
sanctioned posts in
2011, 2013, 2014 and 2018
but did not go through
with the recruitment
process after charging
exam fees from the ap-
plicants. —PTI
Over 60% teaching
posts still vacant in
RTU: RTI report
Jaipur: There was a
marginal increase in
the minimum tempera-
ture at most places in
Rajasthan on Sunday,
the Met dept said. Bun-
di was the coldest place
at 4.4 degrees Celsius, it
said. The minimum
temperature in Kota,
Sikar and Vanasthali
was 4.9, 5 and 5.1 de-
grees Celsius. Churu
and Pilani recorded a
low of 6.1 degrees Cel-
sius, the minimum tem-
perature in Jaipur was
6.6 degrees Celsius.—PTI
First India News
Jaipur: In a major ac-
tion against adulterat-
ed food, the Brahmpuri
police of Jaipur Com-
missionerate busted a
factory operated in a
house in the locality
wherein adulterated
clarified butter or ghee
was being manufac-
tured.
The cops have arrest-
ed a man from the house
identified as Manish
Khandelwal who was
running the operations.
According to the of-
ficials, a tip-off had
been received by the
Brahmpuri police about
the ghee factory after
which officials verified
the information.
“ASI Hariom had re-
ceived the tip-off and
apprised the seniors of
the same. As a result, a
team was rushed into
the house which busted
the factory and arrested
a man identified as
Manish Khandelwal.
The house belongs to
Manish and he has con-
fessed that he has start-
ed making the ghee
only six months back.
The team also recov-
ered thirty-seven lakh
rupees cash and
wrapper of Krishna
ghee in which the same
was being packed,”
officials said.
Marginal hike in
min temp at most
places in Raj
Adulterated ghee factory busted, 1 held
Accused Manish Khandelwal with the police personnel on Sunday.
Migrant
Rajasthanis...
Emphasizing that
there were major pock-
ets of resources in the
state and that the state
is a tourism hub, Ge-
hlot stressed that now
Rajasthan is not
known for drought but
for fast-paced develop-
ment. However, he also
expressed his worry
over the economic sit-
uation in the country.
“It should be our seri-
ous effort as to how do
we get the GDP back on
track and strengthen
the economy. In such
dire situations also,
the state government
is not leaving any
stone unturned to
bring industrial in-
vestment in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, giving a
profile of Gehlot’s
working, Commission-
er of Rajasthan Foun-
dation - Dheeraj Sri-
vastsav - said that the
state was progressing
leaps and bounds on
good governance.
Three ‘most...
during a cordon-and-
search operation joint-
ly launched by police
and security forces on
a specific intelligence
input in the Gujar Bas-
ti Gulshanpora area of
Tral.
As the forces were
conducting searches,
the militants fired at
them, triggering an en-
counter, resulting in
theirkilling,thespokes-
man said.
Belur distances...
“....how human rights
have been violated. How
the lives of our sisters
and daughters were ru-
ined. It’s the result of
our initiative that Paki-
stan will have to answer
for its acts of oppres-
sion against the minori-
ties there,” he told a
gathering at Belur
Math, the headquarters
of Ramakrishna Mis-
sion.
Meanwhile, Ra-
makrishna Math and
Mission general secre-
tary Swami Suviranan-
da, told reporters, “Ra-
makrishna Mission will
not comment on PM’s
speech. We are strictly
an apolitical body.”
PM SPEAK...
 Modi invoked Ma-
hatma Gandhi and said
even the Father of the
Nation had favoured
Indian citizenship for
those fleeing religious
persecution and that
his government has
delivered on wishes of
freedom fighters.
 Modi vowed to protect
the distinct identity and
culture of people of the
region.
Air Asia...
crew she had bombs
and threatened to deto-
nate them following which
the flight informed the Air
Traffic Controller (ATC)
that it was returning to
Kolkata.
An emergency was
declared by the ATC at
11 pm, reports said and
the flight was taken to
the isolation bay upon
landing.
The Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF)
personnel arrested the
passenger and took
her to the Barrackpore
court. Sources said
she might be mentally
unstable.
As per protocol, the
flight crew members in-
formed the pilot who got
in touch with ATC. The
flight made an emergency
landing and thorough
sanitation of the plane
was done by the CISF and
passengers were evacu-
ated.
No explosive material
was found on the plane.
The reason, as to why the
passenger made such a
claim is being investigat-
ed.
Mamata skips
Port...
along with Modi. However,
she was not present at the
event.
Banerjee’s name was
mentioned in the invita-
tion card along with the
Prime Minister, West
Bengal Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar and Union
Minister Mansukh Man-
daviya for the event which
was being held at Netaji
Indoor Stadium.
Nadda to take...
Nadda’s appointment
came days before Delhi
assembly elections.
Polling on 70 Assem-
bly constituencies in
Delhi will be held on
February 8. Counting
of votes will take place
on February 11.
‘No Cut Money...
When the money reaches
the beneficiaries directly,
nobody gets a cut, syn-
dicates’ writs do not run.
Why should somebody
allow such schemes to be
implemented?” the Prime
Minister said, hitting out
at Ms Banerjee’s govern-
ment.
After brittle...
Rocket attacks against
Baghdad’shigh-security
Green Zone, where the
US and other embassies
are based alongside in-
ternational troops, are
still taking place.
‘Those raising...
slogans belongs in jail.”
Shah’s remarks come in
the wake of the recent
mob attack at JNU.
FROM PG 1
AN INSPIRATION
IN FIGURES
THE LAST DATE

INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
New Delhi: A group of
academicians and vice
chancellors have writ-
ten to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi ex-
pressing concern over
the ‘prevailing atmos-
phere’ in educational
institutions, stating
that ‘a disruptive far-
left agenda is being pur-
sued in the name of stu-
dent politics.’
Prof RP Tiwari, Vice
Chancellor, Dr Harisin-
gh Gour Vishwavidya-
laya, Sagar (Madhya
Pradesh), Prof HCS
Rathore, Vice Chancel-
lor, Central University
of South Bihar, Dr KK
Aggrawal, Chairman,
NBA and former Vice
Chancellor of GGS In-
draprastha University,
VK Malhotra, ICSSR,
Member Secretary, Dr
Payal Mago of Delhi
University, Prof Sunil
Gupta, former Vice
Chancellorof Himachal
Pradesh University and
Dr Shrish Bhai Kulkar-
ni, Vice Chancellor, SP
University, Gujarat, on
Sunday confirmed to
ANI that they have
signed the letter ad-
dressed to the Prime
Minister. “The recent
turn of events on the
campuses from JNU to
Jamia, from AMU to Ja-
davpur alarms us to the
deteriorating academic
environment due to the
shenanigans of a small
coterie of left-wing ac-
tivists,” the academi-
cians have said in the
letter, accessed by ANI.
They have stated in
the letter that the recent
agitations have led to
the disruption of aca-
demic activities and
day to day functioning
of these institutions
and university campus-
es are being turned into
“islands of ossified
worldviews.”
“This has led to the
disruption of academic
activities and day to day
functioning of these in-
stitutions. The attempt
to radicalised the stu-
dents at a young age is
stifling free-thinking
and creativity. It is turn-
ing them more into po-
litical activists than
learners exploring the
new boundaries of
knowledge. The puritan
moral certainty in the
name of ideology is
leading to the cultiva-
tion of intolerance
against pluralism and
individual liberty,”
reads the letter.
“Fromthehighseatof
debate&discussion,uni-
versity campuses are be-
ing turned into islands
of ossified worldviews,”
adds the letter, which
carries the name of over
200 academicians.
The top academicians
& vice-chancellors also
said that such things
were not only leading to
violence between differ-
ent sections of students
but also intolerance
against teachers and in-
tellectuals. —ANI
Over 200 academicians write to Modi over ‘Left-wing anarchy’ in varsities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a stamp in the presence of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar during an event to celebrate 150 years of Kolkata Port Trust in Kolkata on Sunday.
Kolkata: Prime Minis-
ter Modi said that ports
are “gateways to India’s
prosperity” while em-
phasising that govern-
ment has started the
Sagarmala project to
improve infrastructure
and connectivity of
ports.
“India’s coastline is
7,500 kilometres and it
is a great power for
trade and tourism. Af-
ter 2014, we have tried
to re-energise this pow-
er of India. The work
was started with new
energy. Our govern-
ment believes that In-
dia’s ports are the open-
ing gates to India’s pros-
perity,” said Prime Min-
ister while speaking at
the 150th-anniversary
event of Kolkata Port
Trust. “The govern-
ment has started the
Sagarmala initiative to
improve its infrastruc-
ture and connectivity,”
he said.
“Road, rail, interstate
waterways & coastal
transport are being in-
tegrated. About 575 pro-
jects worth over Rs 6 L
cr have been ear-
marked. Over 200 pro-
jects worth Rs 3L cr are
already under develop-
ment and about 125 pro-
jects have already been
completed,” he said.
The PM said that the
NDAgovernmentwants
the entire transport net-
work should be modern
and integrated. “The
connectivity of North
East through water-
ways will emerge as a
golden chapter in In-
dia’s development,” he
said, adding that the
govt is working towards
increasing the number
of cruises from 150 to
1,000 which will also
help Bengal in the
state’s growth. —ANI
PORTS ARE GATEWAYS TO
INDIA’S PROSPERITY: MODI
JNU VIOLENCE
The NDA govt wants the entire transport network should be modern and integrated, he said
PM Modi with Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya
inaugurates an event to celebrate 150 years of Kolkata Port Trust in Kolkata on Sunday.
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday participated in the
grand sesquicentenary celebra-
tions of the Kolkata Port Trust
(KoPT) and inaugurated several
projects here. I also remember Ba-
basaheb Ambedkar. Dr. Mukherjee
and Baba Saheb gave a new vision
to post-independence India”, the
Prime Minister, Modi said.
New Delhi: The Special
Investigation Team (SIT)
has identified seven
more people who are
involved in violence that
erupted in the JNU on
January 5. Accused have
been identified on the
basis of videos & photos
that went viral on social
media. Statements of
warden, security guards
and five students have
been recorded by cops.
Kolkata: Hitting out at Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee,PM said, “Every
possible initiative is being taken for
the development of West Bengal by
the Central government. As soon
as West Bengal government gives
its approval for Centre’s Ayushman
Bharat Yojana, PM Kisan Samman
Nidhi, people here will start receiv-
ing benefits of these schemes.”
Gwalior: They (leftists)
have created an envi-
ronment of violence at
varsity. They want to
malign the image of
JNU & disrupt semes-
ter exams. Delhi Police
has unearthed their
conspiracy. The office-
bearers of organisations
which claimed to be
victims can be seen with
rods,” UP CM Yogi said.
Howrah: PM Modi said that some
youth have fallen to the rumours
about Citizenship (Amendment)
Act. “The youth of the country
have been filled with a lot of
questions about the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act by different peo-
ple. A lot of youngsters are aware,
but there are some who have fallen
to the rumours,” the PM said.
New Delhi: DMK youth
wing leader Udhayanidhi
Stalin met and interacted
with students in JNU
over the violence in the
campus on January 5.
More than 30 students,
including JNUSU presi-
dent Aishe Ghosh, were
taken to AIIMS Trauma
Centre after a masked
mob entered JNU and at-
tacked the students and
professors with sticks.
PM ATTENDS 150TH ANNIV
CELEBRATIONS OF KOPT
SIT IDENTIFIES 7
MORE PEOPLE
PM JABS DIDI FOR NOT
IMPLEMENTING SCHEMES
‘LEFT CREATED
VIOLENT ENVIRON’
‘YOUTH BEING MISGUIDED
BY RUMOURS ABOUT CAA’
DMK YOUTH WING
LEADER AT JNU
New Delhi: JNU Vice-
Chancellor M
Jagadesh Kumar said
that the decision to
raise hostel fees was
not taken in haste and
a committee was
formed for the purpose
in 2016.
“The decision of hos-
telfeehikewasnottaken
in a hurry. The commit-
tee for this purpose was
formed in 2016 and I am
sure several discussions
took place at the warden
level,” said Kumar. JNU
Rector Chintamani Ma-
hapatra acknowledged
that the students have a
right to protest but in-
sisted that it should be
done in a democratic
way under the rules
and regulations. VC
Kumar categorically
stated that appropriate
action will be taken
against the outsiders
staying in hostels.
Hostel fee hike decision not
takeninhaste,saysJNUV-C
New Delhi: A fact-
finding committee of
the Congress on the
Jawaharlal Nehru Uni-
versity (JNU) violence,
claimed that the attack
which took place in-
side the premises of
the university on Janu-
ary 5 was “state-spon-
sored.”
They further de-
manded that Vice-
Chancellor M
Jagadesh Kumar
should be dismissed
immediately. Sushmita
Dev, the member of the
committee, further de-
manded that a crimi-
nal investigation
should be initiated
against the Vice-Chan-
cellor, security agency
and the faculty mem-
bers.
‘Attack on JNU was state sponsored’
All India Mahila Congress President Sushmita Dev (C)
addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday.
NOT INTERESTED IN GOING TO
RAJYA SABHA: HD DEVE GOWDA
Bengaluru: Janata Dal
(Secular) chief and
former PM H D Deve
Gowda refuted reports
of him contesting in RS
polls & added that he is
more concerned about
strengthening his party in
Karnataka. “I am not in-
terested in going to Rajya
Sabha. My concern is to
build and strengthen the
party in the region to the
best of my ability. I had
declared earlier that I will
not contest elections any-
more,” he said. “My party
MP D Kupendra Reddy is
there in Rajya Sabha as of
now & further decisions
will be taken by the party.
In March 2019, towards
the end of the 16th LS,
I had declared that I will
not contest any more
elections,” he added.
SOREN TO DISCUSS CABINET
EXPANSION WITH CONG LEADERS
New Delhi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant
Soren, who is in the national capital, will meet
top leaders of the Congress party including its
president Sonia Gandhi on Monday and discuss
the issue of Cabinet expansion in the state. “To-
day there is a meeting of the like-minded parties
for which I have come here. We will meet Con-
gress president Sonia Gandhi. There is a need to
expand the Cabinet in the state so that as a Chief
Minister I can focus on other important matters
as well,” Chief Minister Soren told reporters here.
CASE AGAINST BHAGWANT
MANN AFTER TARIFF PROTEST
Chandigarh: AAP’s Punjab unit chief Bhagwant
Mann and some party legislators have been
named in a police complaint where they have
been accused of rioting, assault and obstructing
police from performing their duties during a
protest in Chandigarh against power tariff hike,
a police official said. Around 800 unnamed AAP
supporters have also been named by police. The
FIR was filed on Saturday against the Sangrur
MP and around seven-eight legislators among
other on the statement of a woman constable.
‘NOT SCARED OF PROBE AGAINST
PREVIOUS BJP GOVT: FADNAVIS
Mumbai: Former Ma-
harashtra CM Devendra
Fadnavis said the previ-
ous BJP-led government
under him had functioned
in a transparent manner,
but the Uddhav Thacker-
ay-led dispensation was
free to order any probe
against it. His statement
comes days after senior
Congress leader Prith-
viraj Chavan called the
Devendra Fadnavis-led
government as the “most
corrupt” and said an in-
vestigation will be carried
out in all cases. Talking
to reporters at Akluj in
Solapur district, Devendra
Fadnavis said, “Don’t
give threats, we are not
scared. My government
has been transparent. The
present dispensation is
free to order any probe.”
“The energy of
youth is the
basis of
changing India in the
21st century. The tar-
get of New India can
only be achieved by all
of you. It is the youth
that says ‘Let’s not
postpone problems’.
The youth will always
challenge problems
and solve them.
—Narendra Modi, PM
TARGETTING OPPN
Kolkata: PM Modi an-
nounced that Kolkata
Port Trust will be re-
named as Syama Pras-
ad Mukherjee Port.
Addressing the
gathering at the inau-
guration of 150th-an-
niversary celebrations
of Kolkata Port Trust,
he said: “I announce
the renaming of the
Kolkata Port Trust to
Dr Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee Port. He is
a living legend who
was a leader for devel-
opment and fought on
the forefront for the
idea of One Nation,
One Constitution.”
“This port represents
industrial, spiritual
and self-sufficiency as-
pirations of India. To-
day, when the port is
celebrating its 150th
anniversary, it is our
responsibility to make
it a powerful symbol
of New India,” Modi
said. He said that the
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
founder had set the
stone for industriali-
zation in India. “Chit-
taranjan Locomotive
Factory, Hindustan
Aircraft Factory, Da-
modar Valley Corpo-
ration and several oth-
ers saw active partici-
pation from him,” he
said. —ANI
KolkataPortTrustrenamedafterSyamaPrasadMukherjee
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WHY ARE
STOCKS UP IN
SLOWDOWN?
Though markets are part of economy,
extraneous factors may buoy them
he bourses, as the purveyors of eq-
uity trading and equity shares,
exchange traded funds (ETFs),
commodities, futures and con-
tracts and a host of related prod-
ucts,canwork at odds withtheeconomy.Their
drivers can be different from those of a coun-
try’s economy. The economic slowdown has
hit the erstwhile star consumer sectors such
as auto, FMCG, and FMCD. But the $2.1-tril-
lion Indian stock market has been faring well.
The Sensex rose by about 3 percent in Decem-
ber alone, as did the Nifty. In 2019, the Sensex
gained 15 percent and the Nifty 13 percent.
Share markets work differently
Even though stock markets are a veritable
part of the financial fabric of an economy,
they have been known to behave independent-
ly of it at times.
The foreign quotient
With the US markets soaring to record highs
as well, US investors have been looking to park
their bonus earnings in emerging markets.
Foreign institutional investors known for
their keen eye on finding out the most profit-
able option in a market, brought in net invest-
ments from September till November, after
fluctuating the better half of the calendar
year. Their vote of confidence further fuelled
the benchmark rally.
Domestic equity-buying
Even when FIIs were wary, domestic SIPs in
the popular pooled investment product called
mutual funds continued to grow. From April
to December, 2019, monthly domestic SIPs
steadily ranged between Rs 8,100 and 8,500
crore. The inflow helped buoy market spirits.
Large cap stocks
It may also be said that the bulk of the funds
coming in via SIPs found itself directed to-
wards large-cap, steady-performing stocks by
fund managers. The rally was mostly powered
by a handful of large companies (10 or so),
which pulled the benchmark indices to new
heights.
Factoring in recovery
Government moves such as cutting corporate
tax rates and lowering the provisions for bad
loans needed at banks saw the indices shoot
up as lower corporate taxes provided a boost
to large-cap stocks.
Beginning of 2020 brought tough news
FIIs have withdrawn Rs 7,505 crore from our
markets in January, after a sharp decline from
November’s net investment of Rs 22,999 crore
to just Rs 2,762 crore in December, 2019.
Advance estimates of fiscal 2020’s inflation-
adjusted GDP growth marked the year as the
third straight one to witness a slowdown and
the lowest in growth in six years.
The government is struggling with a reve-
nue shortfall (meaning lower than projected
tax collections) of around Rs 2.5 lakh-crore.
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IN-DEPTH
T
ritics have lam-
basted Clint
Eastwood’s new
biographical
drama, “Rich-
ard Jewell,” over its depic-
tion of female reporter
Kathy Scruggs, who’s
played by actress Olivia
Wilde.
During the 1996 Summer
Olympics in Atlanta, secu-
rity guard Richard Jewell
saved countless lives after
discovering a backpack
filled with pipe bombs and
alerting police. The film
tells the true story of how
Jewell was unjustly vili-
fied by the news media,
which falsely reported that
he was the terrorist.
But at one point in the
movie, Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reporter
Kathy Scruggs trades sex
with an FBI agent for con-
fidential information. Ac-
cording to the former col-
leagues of Scruggs, who
died in 2001, this never hap-
pened.
The filmmakers could
have easily avoided the
controversy by not includ-
ing this detail. It’s not ex-
actly a critical plot point.
But to me, their decision to
include it – whether it hap-
pened or not – comes as no
surprise.
For decades, I’ve been
studying the image of the
female journalist in popu-
lar culture, and I’ve discov-
ered a clear, troubling
trend: When female jour-
nalists appear in film and
television, they often fall in
love with their sources or
with their colleagues.
In silent films, the sexu-
al relationship between a
female journalist and her
source was simply suggest-
ed and consummated off-
screen. For example, in the
1912 film “The Scoop,” a
female reporter leverages
her sex appeal to get an ex-
clusive interview with a
reclusive millionaire.
It would be one thing if
this were a relic of the si-
lent film era. But the trope
of dogged female reporters
seducing sources has per-
sisted through the decades,
even as gender norms and
dynamics have shifted.
In the 2005 film “Thank
You for Smoking,” for ex-
ample, journalist Heather
Holloway gets annoyed
when one of her sources
claims she used “off the
record” material.
“You never said any-
thing about off the record,”
she tells him. “I presumed
anything said while I was
inside you was privileged,”
he answers.
And in both the Ameri-
can and British versions of
“House of Cards,” female
reporters sleep with politi-
cians who feed them exclu-
sive stories.
In the British version,
reporter Mattie Storin has
a torrid affair with the
Conservative Party chief,
who repays her by leaking
her information. In the
U.S. version, reporter Zoe
Barnes is a young blogger
who sleeps with the House
majority whip. Both end up
murdered by their sources.
The list goes on.
What sort of effect does
this stereotype have?
For one, it suggests that
women’s investigative re-
porting skills aren’t on par
with those of their male
counterparts, so they need
to resort to flirting and sex.
Second, it signals that
women are willing to do
anything for a scoop.
It’s ironic that a film
about how the media can
destroy innocent people
ends up needlessly damag-
ing the reputation of a re-
al-life journalist.
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Female journos trading sex for scoops trope still persists
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TOP TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
TheteachingsofSwamiVivekananda
areofgreatrelevanceinourmission
tobuildaunited,strong,modern
andprosperousIndia.Swamiji
personifiedtheeternalenergyofour
youth,#NationalYouthDayisafitting
tributetorekindletheteachingsof
thisgreatsonofIndia.
ooks, book fairs and literature
festivals were on my agenda
this week for while it was snow-
ing in the Charleville campus ,
your columnist was engaged
with the launch of the fourth
edition of the Valley of Words,
the Governing Council of the
BN Yugandhar Centre for Rural
Studies , attending the National
Book Trust (NBT) organized
mega book fair with an excel-
lent theme pavilion on Gandhi
as a writer (all in New Delhi)
and now at Bhopal for the
‘Heartland Voices’ festival at
thepicturesqueBharatBhawan
where I am in a panel discus-
sion on the ‘future’ of the Civil
service, which will be the theme
for the next week . All this goes
on to show that there is a new
resurrection in the world of let-
ters, and readers wish to engage
with those who write, critique
and discuss books. As a matter
of fact, the more one delves into
this world, the more one realiz-
es that books have found a niche
for themselves which will out-
last the current obsession with
emojis, selfies and one line
tweets!
Let me start with the Valley
of Words. The website of the
fourth edition with an online
registrationfacilitywasformal-
ly launched by Dharmendra
and Mridula Pradhan at New
Delhi and the focus will be on
the best books published in the
last calendar year in seven cat-
egories : fiction and non -fiction
in Hindi and English, transla-
tions from regional languages
into Hindi and English and
writings for young adults. The
offer of Power Finance Corpo-
ration (PFC) to take over the
REC VoW book awards ensures
that there would be a continuity
in recognizing the best creative
minds in all these genres. An-
other major highlight this year
will be the exhibition of Hindi/
Hindustani newspapers pub-
lished outside India , especially
in the pre-Independence period,
and the ICCR Chair Dr Vinay
Sahasrabuddhe has extended
institutional support for this
endeavour, and we look forward
to receiving Hindi journalists
from across the world, besides a
discussion on books inspired by
Gandhi, a theme which is simi-
lar to the one enunciated by the
NBT. Valley of Words is also
committed to present more of-
ferings from the regional lan-
guages and translations, for so
much is just not available to the
reading world because it is not
in English.
Walking around the differ-
ent halls and exhibitions at the
NBT is a great experience .
There is a different feel to be
surrounded by so many books,
book signing sessions and dis-
cussions on a very wide range
of themes. From illustrated
volumes (including Shankar’s
cartoons) at Children’s Book
Trust to philosophical tomes
from Munshiran Manoharlal,
one can be transported to so
many different worlds in a mat-
ter of minutes (if not seconds).
From a panel discussion on
Gandhi’s approach to coward-
ice and non-violence to ses-
sions on contemporary poetry
in Uganda, launches of scores
of books and the general bon-
homie on meeting friends and
publishers, and buying books
at discounted prices, walking
through the stalls piled with
books waiting to be read is
such an experience. The best
part is that one encounters
books and authors one is not
generally familiar with, and
which do not make it to head-
line news. And yes , encyclope-
dias are still being published,
and hopefully read with the
same effort with which they
have been written. So, the writ-
ten word has not yielded all its
place to the cyber world!
This also leaves me con-
vinced that a book fair and a
festival of the arts must walk
hand -in-hand!
For in addition to the au-
thors one gets to hear, there are
thousands more whose efforts
need to be acknowledged and
placed on record!
VALLEY OF WORDS:
LITERATURE & ARTS FEST
There is a new resurrection in the world of letters & readers wish to engage with those who write
B
More one delves
into this world,
the more one
realizes that
books have
found a niche
for themselves
which will
outlast the
current
obsession with
emojis & selfies
There is a different
feel to be surrounded
by so many books,
book signing sessions
and discussions on a
very wide range of
themes.
The author is an IAS &
Director, Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of
Administration Mussoorie
and Honorary Curator, Valley
of Words: Literature and Arts
Festival, Dehradun
DR SANJEEV
CHOPRA

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

NEWSJAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
London: Queen Eliza-
beth II has summoned
her grandson Prince
Harry for face-to-face
talks on Monday to dis-
cuss the future roles for
himandhiswifeMeghan
Markle following the
couple's bombshell an-
nouncement that they
want to "step back" from
Britain's royal duties.
Prince Harry, the
Duke of Sussex, his
brother William, the
Duke of Cambridge, &
their father Charles, the
Prince of Wales, have
all been invited at the
Queen's Sandringham
estate in Norfolk, while
Meghan, who is in Can-
ada, is expected to join
the discussion over
phone. The meeting will
be the first time the
93-year-old monarch has
come face-to-face with
Harry since the Sussex
crisis exploded.
New Delhi: The oppo-
sition parties would
meet on Monday af-
ternoon to discuss the
current political situ-
ation in the backdrop
of the student pro-
tests and the conten-
tious citizenship law
and the citizenship
list NRC. As per sourc-
es, while West Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee may at-
tend the meeting, Ba-
hujan Samajwadi
Party chief Mayawati
is likely to stay away
from the meeting.
Mamata Banerjee,
peeved by the clashes
between the workers
of the Left and her
Trinamool Congress
during last week’s
trade union strike,
has declared that she
would not attend the
opposition meeting.
Underscoring that it
was she who mooted the
idea of the meet” she
said, “What happened
yesterday in the state --
it is no more possible
for me to attend the
meeting anymore”.
“I was the first to
launch an andolan
(movement) against
CAA, NRC,” she said.
“What the Left and the
Congress are doing in
the name of the CAA-
NRC is not a movement
but vandalism”.
Mayawati, too, had
attacked the Con-
gress’s Sonia Gandhi
and Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra recently.
On Saturday, Con-
gress chief Sonia Gan-
dhi termed the citizen-
ship law a “discrimi-
natory and divisive”
law whose “sinister”
purpose was to divide
people on religious
lines. “The CAA is a dis-
criminatoryanddivisive
law.Thesinisterpurpose
of the law is clear to eve-
rypatriotic,tolerantand
secular Indian: it is to
divide the Indian people
on religious lines,” she
said at CWC.
Ajmer Dargah Diwan cheers
Indian Army on PoK call
BJP organises seminar in
support of CAA in Kota
‘Pointing fingers at
BJP is a cheap
mentality of Cong’First India News
Ajmer: Famous Khwa-
ja Moinuddin Chishti
Dargah Diwan Syed
Zainul Abedin Ali
Khan reacted on the
statement made by the
Army Chief on PoK by
posting a tweet.
Khan wrote that
when the Army is ready,
what are we waiting for.
The Indian Parliament
should order the Army
to include PoK in India.
The Dargah Diwan
said that Parliament of
India had passed a
resolution in 1994,
clearly stating that
PoK is an integral part
of India.
Now, time has come
that India should bring
back this integral part
of India and make
Kashmir a full-fledged
Kashmir and fulfill the
dream of a united
Kashmir.
It will be a historic
day for the Indians
when PoK will be
merged with India.
He added that today
every citizen of India is
with the government
and the Indian Army
and the citizens of the
country will support
every step of the Army.
Oppn to discuss protests over CAA issue
Queen calls
crisis meet with
Harry, Meghan
over future roles
JAM-PACKED SCHEDULE FOR CM
CM Ashok Gehlot paid a visit to senior Cong leader Kamla Beniwal at her residence &
conveyed his best wishes on her birthday. CM tweeted, “Reached the residence of senior
Congress leader & former Guv of Tripura, Gujarat, Smt. Kamla Beniwal ji in Malviya Nagar,
#Jaipur to wish on her birthday. Extended my best wishes for her good health & long life. I
am ever thankful to her for all her affection.”
CM Ashok Gehlot being felicitated by the members of Jaipur Pravasi Sangh at Sangh’s 14th
Annual Function organised in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon.
Kota: A seminar was
organised by BJP in
support of CAA in a pri-
vate school in Talwandi
of Kota. Union Skill De-
velopment Minister
Mahendra Nath Pandey
attended the seminar.
MLAs Sandeep Shar-
ma, Kalpana Devi and
all officials & workers
of the district were pre-
sent on the occasion.
Union Minister Pandey
said that the CAA is in
the interest of the coun-
try and PM Modi has
taken effective steps to
implement it. Pakistan
had 22% Hindu popula-
tion during the Parti-
tion, which has reduced
to 3.7% today. While
mentioning Bangla-
desh, the minister said
that the Hindu popula-
tion has reduced to 7%
from 14.8%.
He said that CAA is
not against Muslims. In-
diahasalwaysrespected
minorities, due to which
the population of mi-
norities in India has in-
creased to 14.5% as com-
pared to 7.8% at during
Partition. He also tar-
geted Congress & left
wing along with the
Nehru-Gandhi family.
First India News
Sirohi: Leader of the
Opposition and former
Home Minister Gulab-
chand Kataria reached
Swaroopganj in Sirohi
district on a one day
tour on Sunday, where
he participated as a
speaker in the aware-
ness campaign organ-
ised in support of the
CAA at Balaji Bhavan.
During his address, Ka-
taria attacked the Ge-
hlot Government and
the Congress and said
that the party which
runs on the ideology of
dynasty, has no right to
point fingers at the poli-
cies of BJP.
Kataria added that
the Bharatiya Janata
Party is a party that has
made the common men
like the tea-sellers, the
Prime Minister of the
country. Pointing fin-
gers at BJP is a cheap
mentality of the Con-
gress, he added. The PM
has cleared the way to
provide citizenship to
the oppressed minori-
ties of neighboring
countries, who have
come to India, but the
Congress is lying to the
Muslims that their citi-
zenship is being
snatched.
Kataria also said that
since the Congress has
come to power, the de-
velopment of the state
is halted. Referring to
the incident of JK Lon
Hospital in Kota, he
said that such a gov-
ernment has no right
to remain in power,
during whose reign,
the children are
continuously dying.
 In the Shweta Tiwari mur-
der case, killer Saurabh has
confessed to the police that
Rohit, Shweta’s husband, had
offerred five lakh rupees if
Saurabh would murder Shweta
and Shreyam. Twenty thousand
rupees were given to him by
Rohit as advance. The duo will
be produced before court today
as their police custody ends.
 In historysheeter Ranveer
Chaudhary murder case, Surat
and Navsari crime branch have
arrested 2 shooters after get-
ting inputs from Kota Police.
 National Astrology Confer-
ence commenced in the Infor-
mation Centre Mini Auditorium
of Jodhpur on Sunday. About
200 astrologers from different
parts of the world are taking
part in the conference.
 A heritage walk was carried
out on the second day of the
Bikaner Camel Festival. Min-
ister Dr. BD Kalla started the
heritage walk, in which a lot of
local and national tourists took
part on Sunday.
 Another incident of a bull
attacking a foreign tourist has
been reported in Mandawa of
Jhunjhunu on Sunday. The
French woman was attacked
by a bull near Subhash Chowk
and was referred to Delhi from
Jhunjhunu in critical condition.
 A journalist of Makkal Seithi
Maiyam publications was ar-
rested on Sunday after a scuffle
broke out between him and the
office bearers of Booksellers’
& Publishers’ Association of
South India (BAPASI) at the
Chennai Book Fair a day before.
At a stall in Chennai Book Fair,
journalist Anbalagan sold books
listing out the alleged corrup-
tion charges against the state
government, particularly about
the corruption of local admin-
istration minister SP Velumani.
Yesterday, BAPASI officials
went to Anbalagan’s stall and
asked him to vacate stating that
he cannot sell anti-government
books. When he demanded a
refund of the fee he paid for the
stall, a quarrel ensued.
 Two workers who were
trapped in a sewer in Khajuri
Khas here were rescued with
the help of fire tenders on
Sunday. A couple of fire tenders
rushed to the site and success-
fully rescued them. Of the two
workers, Arvind suffered minor
injuries.
Deputy CM Sachin Pilot addresses a meeting in Sangamner in
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
Talk less and work more:
Adhir Ranjan to Army chiefNaravane had indicated that Indian Army is ready to integrate PoK with India, if Parl orders so
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader
Adhir Ranjan Chowd-
hury on Sunday took
a jibe at new army
Chief General Manoj
Mukund Naravane’’s
statement about the
Pakistan occupied
Kashmir. The Con-
gress leader advised
him to “talk less and
work more”.
“@ New Army Chief,
Parliament already had
adopted unanimous res-
olutionon#POKin1994,
Govt is at liberty to take
action and may give di-
rection. If you are so
inclined to take action
on POK, I would suggest
you to confabulate with
CDS, andA@PMOIndia.
Talk Less, Work More,”
Chowdhury tweeted.
General Naravane
in his recent inter-
view had indicated
that the Indian Army
is ready to integrate
Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK) with
India, if Parliament
orders so. Chowd-
hury had sparked a
controversy when he
told Parliament that
it could not abrogate
Article 370 related to
erstwhile Jammu
and Kashmir because
the matter was pend-
ing in the United Na-
tions.
Now this tweet of his
seems to be giving an
opportunity to the
Bharatiya Janata Party
to question Congress’’
stand over PoK.
Shortly after tak-
ing charge, General
Naravane said the
Army had “various
plans” for operations
in PoK and was ready
for “any task”.
Asked if that in-
cluded large-scale
PoK operations he
said: “Should that be
the mandate”.
The Army Chief also
reaffirmed his force’s al-
legiance to the core val-
ues of the constitution
andthevaluesof thepre-
amble which describes
India as a secular, demo-
cratic republic.
Adhir Ranjan Chowd-
hury’s tweet on PoK
and reference to the
1994 resolution will
bring back unpleasant
memories for his party.
Taking on the cen-
tre over withdrawal
of special status to
Jammu and Kashmir,
Chowdhury appeared
to suggest that deci-
sions concerning the
former state were not
an internal matter.
“...you (Home Min-
ister Amit Shah) say
it is an internal mat-
ter...from 1948 Kash-
mir is being moni-
tored by the UN, is
that an internal mat-
ter? You should ex-
plain,” he said.
Congress’s Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gan-
dhi, both of whom were
in parliament at the
time, appeared shocked
amid chants of “Bharat
Mata ki Jai” and “Vande
Mataram” from govern-
ment benches. General
MM Naravane has had
tough words for Paki-
stan since he became
Army Chief. —Agencies
@ New Army
Chief, Parlia-
ment already
had adopted unani-
mous resolution on
#POK in 1994, Govt is
at liberty to take action
and may give direction.
If you are so inclined
to take action on POK,
I would suggest you to
confabulate with CDS,
andA@PMOIndia. Talk
Less, Work More.
—Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury

SPORTSJAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
Bumrah receives
Polly Umrigar Award
Mumbai: India spear-
head Jasprit Bumrah on
Sunday headlined the
BCCI Annual Awards
function, grabbing the
prestigious Polly Umri-
gar award apart from
annexing the Dilip Sard-
esai honour for his ex-
ploits in international
cricket in the 2018-19
season. Polly Umrigar
award is presented to
the best male Interna-
tional cricketer and it
carries a citation, tro-
phy and cheque for Rs.
15 lakh. Dilip Sardesai
award is conferred on
both the highest wicket-
taker and highest run-
getter in Test cricket.
Chetshwar Pujara was
picked for the honour
for scoring 677 runs in 8
matches at an average
of 52.07 with three cen-
turies and two half cen-
turies.
—Agencies
Shafali Verma
wins BCCI award
Mumbai: Young sensa-
tion Shafali Verma
wins a couple of awards
for her outstanding per-
formances in domestic
cricket at the junior lev-
el. Along with this, she
earned the best interna-
tional debutant among
women in the BCCI
Awards 2018-19 on Sun-
day. Veteran leg-spinner
Poonam Yadav was
awarded the ‘Best Intl
Cricketer of the Year –
Women’ by BCCI for her
exceptional bowling.—
Agencies
Lamba hits ton in
Cooch Behar trophy
Udaipur: Karan Lamba
of Rajasthan hit a bril-
liant century on the sec-
ond-day match between
Rajasthan - Madhya
Pradesh in Under-19
Cooch Behar Trophy
hosted by Rajasthan
Cricket Association at
Udaipur’s Pacific
Sports Stadium while
Mohd. Affan and Hitesh
Patel played half-centu-
ry innings. Rajasthan
scored a mammoth
score of 562 runs in the
first innings. For the
team, Karan Lamba
contributed 122, Mohd
Affan 82, Hitesh Patel
contributed 64 runs. By
the end of the second
day’s play, the Madhya
Pradesh team had
scored 66 runs in their
first innings at the loss
of 3 wickets.
Sahara Warriors
defeats Cavalry
Jaipur: Sahara Warri-
ors defeated the Cavalry
team and marked their
victory in the Diya Ku-
mari Cup 6-5 on Sunday.
Daniel Otamendi scored
all 6 goals, while Sham-
shir Ali of Cavalry
scored 3 goals.
Rajasthan cycling
team wins gold
Jaipur: Rajasthan cy-
cling team scored first
Gold Medal in the Khelo
India Games in Guwa-
hati on Sunday. Mukesh
Kaswa scored a Gold
medal in 20 Km time tri-
al in Under 17. Secre-
tary Raj Cycling Associ-
ation OP Vishwakarma
expressed his pomp.
BRIEF
in
Mumbai: In Rohit
Sharma, KL Rahul and
Shikhar Dhawan, India
are spoilt for choice at
the top of the order, but
batting coach Vikram
Rathour on Sunday
called it a “good dilem-
ma” to have.
Rohit had a phenom-
enal 2019, having
struck five centuries in
the World Cup.
Dhawan, who made a
comeback in the T20
side in the just-con-
cluded three-match se-
ries against Sri Lanka,
was also among the
runs, while Rahul, too,
is having a great time
with the bat.
“It’s a good dilemma
to have. Rohit is an obvi-
ous choice of course.
Both of them (Shikhar
and Rahul) are playing
well. Shikhar has done
well in one- dayers and
Rahul is in great form.
So we’ll deal with it
when we have to,”
Rathour said.
“There are still a cou-
ple of days to go. The
management will sit
down and make the
choice,” he told report-
ers ahead of the first
ODI against Australia.
The series starts in
Mumbai on January
14. The second ODI will
be played in Rajkot on
January 17 and the
third in Bengaluru on
January 19.
Asked about the rel-
evance of the series in
a T20 World Cup year,
Rathour said, “It’s a
different format and
cricket is a game of
confidence. So as a bat-
ter and bowler, espe-
cially when you are
playing against a team
like Australia, who are
one of the better teams
in the world, perfor-
mances do make a dif-
ference. It gives you a
lot of confidence.”
“We’ll take it as any
other series and playing
against one of the bet-
ter sides in the world,
we are looking to do
well as a team, looking
to perform and win if
possible,” added the
batting coach. —PTI
Good dilemma to have: Rathour on opening combination
UPCOMING OZ CONTEST

Batting coach
Vikram Rathour
feels having
three in-form
openers is a
good headache
to have for both
the management
and the
selection panel
New Delhi: On the back
of its sparkling show
through 2019, India fin-
ished the year as the top
shooting nation in the
world, leapfrogging
Olympic heavyweights
China and the USA.
In terms of overall
medals, the tally stood
at 21 gold, six silver
and three bronze as In-
dia topped all the Rifle-
Pistol World Cups and
Finals in a unforgetta-
ble year.
A delighted National
Rifle Association of In-
dia (NRAI) president
Raninder Singh tweeted
a screenshot of the In-
ternational Shooting
Sport Federation’s
(ISSF) overall rankings
for 2019.
“Well done Team In-
dia,” he wrote.
While India leads
the standings with 30
medals overall, China
is second with 11 gold,
15 silver and 18 bronze
for a total of 44 podium
finishes.
The USA is placed
third with 15 medals.
The number of Olym-
pic quotas, which now
stands at a record 15, is
not a only refection of
the country’s rapid rise
in the sport over the last
one year but also sets up
the shooters nicely for a
record haul at the Tokyo
Games, after the melt-
down at Rio de Janeiro.
Besides the shooters,
the federation has also
worked extensively to-
wards bringing the
sporttowhereitistoday.
Indian shooting’s
best show at the Olym-
pics remains the two
medals won at London
in 2012, but if the shoot-
ers’ exploits in recent
months are anything to
go by, the country can
easily emulate or better
that in Tokyo. —PTI
Brisbane: Karolina
Pliskova won her sec-
ond consecutive Bris-
bane International title
when she downed Madi-
son Keys in a three-set
final at the Queensland
Tennis Centre on Sun-
day.
The Czech world
number two won 6-4,
4-6, 7-5 in two hours,
seven minutes on Pat
Rafter Arena.
Pliskova’s third Bris-
bane title in four years
and her 16th on the
WTA tour stamps her as
one of the favorites for
the upcoming Australi-
an Open.
The former world
number one is yet to
win a Grand Slam sin-
gles title, but she
reached the semi-finals
in Melbourne last year,
falling in three sets to
eventual champion
Naomi Osaka.
Pliskova beat Osaka
in Brisbane in a mara-
thon 3 hour semifinal
on Saturday night and
the manner in which
she backed up to defeat
Keys in another gruel-
ling clash on Sunday
shows she has form and
fitness heading into the
year’s first Grand Slam.
Keys, on her way to a
career-high world rank-
ing of seven, had a re-
surgent 2019, winning
titles in Charleston and
Cincinnati.
She will also fancy
her chances at Mel-
bourne Park after com-
ing from a set down to
beat two-time Wimble-
don champion Petra
Kvitova in the semi-fi-
nals and then pushing
Pliskova all the way in
the decider.
In a high quality and
evenly matched final,
Pliskova seized the
early advantage when
she broke Keys at 4-4
then held serve to
take the first set in 39
minutes —Agencies
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The host Ra-
jasthannotonlyprevent-
ed Gujarat from making
huge scores in the Ranji
match but also made a
strong start in the coun-
ter-innings. Gujarat
scored 325 runs in the
firstinningsinthematch
being played at Sawai
Mansingh Stadium. Rit-
uraj Singh of Rajasthan
took 5 and Tanveer ul
Haq took three wickets.
By the end of the second
day’s play, the Rajasthan
teamhadscored142runs
in their first innings on
the loss of one wicket.
Rohit Sharma Shikhar Dhawan KL Rahul
India finish 2019 as number one shooting nation in world
Guwahati: Kerala long
jumper Ancy Sojan
broke the girls Under-21
long jump record with a
personal best perfor-
mance of 6.36 m in win-
ning a memorable com-
petition against Tamil
Nadu’s Sherin Abdul
Gafoor at the Khelo In-
dia Youth Games 2020
here on Sunday.
It was a gripping con-
test that the two jumpers
treated the onlookers.
A student of Nattika
Govt Fisheries Higher
Sec School, Thrissur,
she had a 6.24 m jump in
the Kerala State School
Meet. She went 2 cm far-
ther in the SGFI Nation-
al School Athletics
Championship in San-
grur last month. And on
Sunday, she was primed
up to deliver her best
jump of the season.
Quite naturally, she
was delighted that she
could sustain consist-
ency here with a string
of five jumps exceed-
ing 6 m - 6.11, 6.36, 6.29,
6.08 and 6.13 before
fouling her final jump.
TN’s Sherin Abdul Ga-
foor, who set the mark
at 6.15 m last year,
picked up the gauntlet
thrown down by Sojan.
She had a series that
read 5.99, 6.16, 6.11,
6.06, 6.30 and 6.13. —PTI
Kerala long jumper
Ancy lights up Day 3
of Khelo India Games
Ancy Sojan
Pliskova wins in Brisbane to
fire Australian Open warning
Karolina Pliskova kisses the trophy after winning the Brisbane
International.
Players of Rajasthan and Gujarat in action during the match at SMS Stadium on Sunday.
SERENA DONATES TO BUSHFIRE RELIEF
Serena Williams with daughter
Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
RiturajandTanveershineforRaj
Mumbai: India’s Har-
manpreet Kaur is look-
ingforwardtoexecuting
her skills in the tri-na-
tion T20 series to pre-
pare for the ICC Wom-
en’s T20 World Cup.
“It is always good go-
ing a bit early wherever
you are going to play in
the future and before
World Cup, we are get-
tingtri-seriesandinthat
platform, we have to ex-
ecute ourselves,” Kaur
said during a press con-
ference here on Sunday.
“If we are able to give
100 percent then that
will be very good for us.
We have a very good
combination this time
and I am hoping for the
goodresults,”sheadded.
The press conference
was conducted to an-
nounce India’s squads
for the Tri-nation series
andtheT20WC.Boththe
tournaments will be
played in Australia and
apart from India & Aus,
Englandwilltakepartin
the Tri-nation series,
starting from Jan 31.
India’s squad for Tri-
nation series: Harman-
preet Kaur (C), Smriti
Mandhana (VC), Shafali
Verma, Jemimah Rodri-
gues, Harleen Deol,
Deepti Sharma, Veda
Krishnamurthy, Richa
Ghosh, Tania Bhatia,
Poonam Yadav, Radha
Yadav, Rajeshwari Gay-
akwad, Shikha Pandey,
Pooja Vastrakar, Arund-
hati Reddy, Nuzhat
Parveen. —ANI
Indian womens cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur during a press
conference at BCCI head ofﬁce in Mumbai on Sunday.
Harmanpreet Kaur eyes tri-nation
series for T20 World Cup preparation
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