It makes a lot of sense, from both an economic stand point and market reputa tion perspective, to make employees business partners. This translates to using their knowledge, skills and experi ence to enhance the product quality, customer service and innovations in the company. Making employees business partners is about empowering them to take decisions on a daily basis – decisions that will enhance their work output and quality and enhance the overall performance of their team and the company
mployees first, custom ers second” was probably one of the early concepts that were aimed at em powering the work force. It emphasises on the fact that customers can be delighted only if employ ees are delighted and hence, committed to your cause. One cannot take away the fact that the suc cess or failure of any busi ness, to a large extent, depends on its employ ees. With this renewed emphasis on a company’s workforce, a relatively new concept in India, em ployee as partners has slowly started to seep into the business culture of companies. However, the concept is still nascent in India. While some compa nies have talked about it, very few have actually fol lowed through.
In the endeavour of making employees business partners, companies must remember to share information about the company with employees. Many companies send out mailers or hold all-employee meets to make specific company announcements. This ensures that employees hear all that they need to from the right people and refrain from making assumptions. Dissemination of company news from the highest rungs displays the company’s trust in its employees, who then return this trust by working hard and doing more than what the company expects of them
The tendency of compa nies is to view their em ployees as order-takers rather than partners. There are times when em ployee contributions fall into the trap of the expect ed and routine and their potential as a valuable business partner is not ex plored to the extent it is possible. Undoubtedly, if the companies can view their employees as busi ness partners, it will surely enable them to become more competitive and in novative in today’s market.
The reason for this is simple: treating employ ees as partners leads to an understanding among the workforce that they have a shared purpose and a common goal that everybody is working to wards. All employees ir respective of the role they play have valuable inputs for the business.
“The way your employ ees feel is the way your cus
tomers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your custom ers.” – Sybil F. Stershic
It makes a lot of sense, from both an economic standpoint and market reputation perspective, to make employees business partners. This translates to using their knowledge, skills and experience to en hance the product quality, customer service and inno vations in the company.
Making employees busi ness partners is about em powering them to take deci sions on a daily basis – deci sions that will enhance their work output and qual ity and enhance the overall
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
performance of their team and the company.
This concept reflects the company’s commit ment to being a good em ployer that believes in col laboration rather than control. It would involve a deep commitment and loyalty of employees to wards towards the organ ization, its success, repu tation and its customer base. It is a management truism, that customer ser vice and a company’s suc cess is not the job of a few but of each person that works in the company and what better way to get everyone ‘on board’ than making employees busi
ness partners. Making employees business partners trans lates to them going the extra mile, doing much more than the basic re quirements of their job and demonstrating their indefatigable loyalty to wards serving their cus tomers. Employment se curity displays the com pany’s commitment to the welfare and growth of their staff, such compa nies also invest hugely in employee training and coaching programs aimed at self and professional development.
The clear career paths also contribute towards
—Sybil F Stershic
making employees busi ness partners. The ulti mate aim is to achieve and over achieve all the goals set out by each person and the company. Binding em ployees with rules and ‘red tape’ will only make them lazy, dull and unpro ductive.
In the endeavour of making employees busi ness partners, companies must remember to share information about the company with employees.
Many companies send out mailers or hold all-em ployee meets to make spe cific company announce ments. This ensures that employees hear all that
“Employ ees first, custom ers second” was probably one of the early concepts that were aimed at empow ering the workforce. It emphasises on the fact that customers can be delighted only if em ployees are delighted and hence, commit ted to your cause
they need to from the right people and refrain from making assumptions. Dis semination of company news from the highest rungs displays the com pany’s trust in its employ ees, who then return this trust by working hard and doing more than what the company expects of them.
‘The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.’ – Theodore Roosevelt.
This quote is so apt for companies who believe in making employees busi ness partners – if you do not believe in your employ ees, it means that you have made the wrong choice while hiring. Research has conclusively proved that decentralization of deci sion-making leads to em powered employees with a leadership and customer service mind-set, which translates to higher cus tomer satisfaction levels and therefore more busi ness and profits.
Such companies will outrun their competitors and even put them out of business and reach new pinnacles of success. Making employees busi ness partners is highly intelligent and strategic move that will bear rich rewards for any company.
If you’ve been watching the World Cup, you might have marvelled at the physical fitness and skill of these elite players. How can they run and run and run for so long? What makes them so good at speedy changes of direc tion? Biomechanically, is there a certain body type that is perfect for football?
Of course, much of the brilliant play is down to nat ural talent combined with years of very hard training and practise. But there are certainly some physical fea tures that help a lot when it
comes to being able to play football at this level.
There’s no one single per fect body type for this sport; much depends on what position you play. A central defender, for exam ple, might benefit from a bit of extra height so they can defend against aerial balls in the box.
Football players in general are not stocky like, say, rugby players. But while the upper body tends to be
fairly light (which saves on mass and helps with speed), they do generally have quite big, strong legs. All in all, these players are well built to produce elite per formances at the highest levels of the game. While years of hard training has
surely contributed to their success, they might also thank their parents for the genes they received too.
What about the goalkeeper?
One position that does ben efit greatly from height is
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—Theodore Roosevelt
The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers.
Ahmedabad: The second phase of Gujarat elections will be held today for the remaining 93 Assembly constituencies, for which 833 candidates are in the fray.
The 93 assembly segments are spread across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat, and include prestigious Assembly constituencies – Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Gandhinagar.
In the second phase, 93 assembly segments,
including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Gandhinagar constituencies, across 14 districts in the north and central Gujarat will go to polls on Monday. A total of 2.54 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise, and polling will be held at 26,409 booths for the second phase of polls.
Election Commission will deploy 29,000 presiding officers and over 84,000 polling officers in 14 dists to conduct polls. More on P6
Jhalawar: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra is teaching him things that cannot be learnt “while travelling in an aeroplane, a helicopter or any vehicle”. “India is not understood from aeroplane, it is understood only after shaking hands with a farmer with a torn hand,” he said while addressing the people as the yatra
entered for the first time a Congress-ruled state. The yatra entered Rajasthan at Jhalawar from Madhya Pradesh on Sunday evening. Gandhi said he is pained to leave MP but happy to enter Rajasthan. The yatra flag was handed over from MP PCC Chief Kamal Nath to Rajasthan PCC Chief Govind S Dotasra. More on P10
Apart from the obvious ‘Modi factor’, it is the BJP’s election machinery and strong booth management skills
have given the party a clear edge over Congress and AAP. Right from bombarding voters with targeted messaging on social media to marshalling its booth managers, BJP has clearly stolen a march over its rivals so far as campaigning goes.
Bye-election in 5 assembly constituencies of UP, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar and Chhattisgarh today.
Mainpuri LS seat in UP fell vacant following the death of Mulayam Singh.
By-polls on Padampur seat in Odisha, Sardarshahar in Rajasthan, Kurhani in Bihar, Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh and Rampur in UP will be held along with Mainpuri Parl constituency.
Sikar/Jaipur: The arrest of the accused of shootout in Sikar in which gangster Raju Thehat and one other person was killed within 24 hours has been another big success in maintaining law and order and proved the acumen of DGP Umesh Mishra.
Mishra was in constant touch with concerned police officers till late Saturday. The police nabbed 5 people including a minor on
Jhalawar: CM Ashok Gehlot said that they would hold better yatra in Rajasthan than MP and this would be historic.
“Rahul Gandhi is taking out this yatra to end the atmosphere of hatred in the country and he has started the biggest journey after independence. This journey is being taken out regarding the current situation of the country. “Rahul Gandhi has made the most difficult journey. There is a message of Rahul Gandhi’s visit to every village and every house. Inflation is killing everyone and unemployment is rising,” he said.
Udaipur: The first G20 Sherpa Meeting under India’s Presidency, began in the lake city, Udaipur on Sunday. India’s G20 Sherpa, Amitabh Kant is presiding over the four-day meeting. Delivering opening remarks, Kant, said, India took over G20 at a time when the world is facing several challenges. He said, India believes every crisis is an opportunity. Representatives of 19 countries among European Union and 9 special invitee
Tehran (FIB): Iran has scrapped its morality police on Sunday after over 2 months of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating country’s strict female dress code. Demonstrators burned their mandatory hijab head coverings, shouted anti-govt slogans.
Shivendra Parmar and Satyanarayan Sharma
Sunday. Two of accused identified as Satish Kumhar and Jatin Meghwal were injured in a brief encounter with police on Sunday. DGP congratulated Jaipur Range IG Umesh
Gujarat has been ruled by BJP since 1995, will see fight between Cong & AAP
second phase of voting in Gujarat, there are total 833 candidates in the frayMoni Sharma SEATS TO SEE MOST INTENSE COMPETITION DECEMBER 8 THE ‘BIG’ COUNTING DAY THE OBVIOUS ‘MODI FACTOR’ IN GUJARAT BY-POLLS IN 5 STATES INCLUDING RAJ & UP Maninagar, a BJP stronghold and the home district of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Ghatlodia and the state capital of Gandhinagar, are some of the seats that are anticipated to see the most intense competition. Results of high-voltage Assembly elections in Gujarat, where phase 1 voting took place on Dec 1 & 2nd phase voting today and Himachal Pradesh, which voted on November 12, along with 5 Assembly bypolls voting today will be declared on December 8. that Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks blessing from his mother Heeraben Modi, at her residence, in Gandhinagar on Sunday. BHARAT JODO YATRA WILL BE HISTORIC IN RAJASTHAN: GEHLOT GEHLOT INVITES SONIA TO JOIN YATRA ON DEC 9 IN RAJASTHAN Ashvini Yadav New Delhi: CM Ashok Gehlot on Sunday met the former president of the party Sonia Gandhi and extended an invitation to her to come to Rajasthan to join Bharat Jodo Yatra on her birthday on December 9. She is likely to visit the state. The CM also invited the national media for the coverage of Bharat Jodo Yatra. He said that the national media is boycotting the biggest yatra after independence. During the Delhi visit, Gehlot attended the steering committee meeting in AICC. The Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Chawli, Jhalawar in Raj from MP on Sunday Rahul, Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, Kamal Nath, GS Dotasra dance together Yatra to cover a distance of 500 km in Raj in 17 days before entering Haryana on December 21 Event was covered by First India reporting team, Yogesh Sharma, Bhanwar S Charan, Dimple Sharma, Tripti Gautam and Arif Mansoori and Photojournalist Santosh Sharma CM Ashok Gehlot, KC Venugopal, Kamal Nath, Govind Singh Dotasra, Sachin Pilot during the yatra at Jhalawar on Sunday. Rahul Gandhi dances with folk artistes as the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Chawli, Jhalawar in Rajasthan from MP on Sunday.
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Jaipur: BJP launched its Jan Aakrosh Yatra across all 200 assembly constituencies to corner the Ashok Gehlot led Cong government on its 4th anniversary.
Senior leaders of the party flagged off the yatras. Along with this, corner meetings, chaupals also started.
Copies of the ‘Aarop Patra’ prepared by the BJP against Congress government are being distributed to the public during the yatra.
BJP State President Satish Poonia inaugurated the Yatras from Jhadkhand Mahadev Temple in Jhotwara Assembly Constituency and Shila Mataji Temple in Amer. He also walked for nearly 5 km along with the party worker in yatra that started in Amber.
Ex Min Rajpal Singh Shekhawat, Pradhan Badrinarayan Bagda, secretary Shravan Singh Bagdi, Ashok Parnami, Vijaya Rahatkar, Raghav Sharma, Kalicharan Saraf flagged off yatra from many places.
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP co-incharge Vijaya Rahatkar and State General Secretary Bhajan Lal Sharma attacked the Congress government on the issues of farmers in the press conference on Sunday.
Rahatkar said that Rahul Gandhi had promised after the formation of Rajasthan govt loans of the farmers would be waived off. Along with this, they would also be given subsidy on other agricultural equipment including electricity and anicut construction.
Bharatpur (ANI): A case has been registered against former BJP LS MP Krishnendra Kaur for allegedly obstructing security officials and slapping a police constable in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, according to an official.
Kaur, who is also a member of a former Bharatpur royal family, is accused of misbehaving with the constable on Friday. The case was registered after constable complained against her at Kotwali station.
“FIR has been registered in Kotwali police station, in which police constable Gajraj of RAC has lodged FIR,” ASP, Anil Meena said.
Jaipur:
Satish Poonia visited Jharkhand Mahadev Temple in Jhotwara Assembly Constituency and Shila Mata Temple in Amer, National secretary and State Co-Incharge Vijaya Rahatkar visited Tadkeshwar Temple, Assembly Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria from Sarvastu Vilas of Udaipur, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Jambheshwar Temple in Osian, MP Jaskaur Meena from Chaturbhaj Temple in Kanota.
Khetri: The third death anniversary of Dr BL Mehrada, the founder of Vinodini Post Graduate College, operated under the aegis of Khetri Development Committee, will be celebrated on Monday from 10 am in the Dr. BL Mehrada Park premises in Khetri. Chairman of Khetri Development Committee Vinodrani Mehrada said that Basedi MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa will be the chief guest at the function.
Additional Director General of Police Dr Ravi Prakash Mehra and Dr. Sanjeevani Mehrada will be special guests. Dr Amit Kumar Mehra will preside over the function. A huge blood donation camp and National Kavi Sammelan will be organized.
Ram Bhadavar from Etawah, Dinesh Desi Ghee from Indore, Ved Dadhich from Jaipur, Kavya Mishra from Damoh and Harish Hindustani from Nawalgarh will present poems.
Jaipur: MP Baba Balak Nath from Lalpur in Kishangarh Bass, MP Manoj Rajoria from Mehandipur Balaji in Todabhim Assembly Constituency, MP Diya Kumari from Merta Assembly. Office bearers blew the conch shell.
Dungarpur: BJP leader and leader of opposition Gulab Chand Kataria on Sunday flagged off BJP’s Jan Aakrosh Rally from Padwa area of Sagwara town. Kataria also held a meeting with party workers in Sagwara assembly constituency. Kataria also targeted Cong govt over deteriorating law and order situation in the state. “A two-and-a-half-year-old girl is raped and murdered during the Congress rule. Rajasthan has the first place in the country in rape,” said Kataria.
“But Congress govt stopped subsidy which was being given to the farmers by the previous BJP government. There was hue and cry in the whole state regarding urea. But in order to stop anger of the farmers of areas from where Bharat Jodo Yatra is coming out, urea has been made available there,” she said.
Bhajan Lal Sharma said that by promising to provide electricity to
farmers for 24 hrs, farmers were being given electricity for 2 to 3 hours. “But now in view of BJY, 24 hrs electricity is available,” he said.
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Jodhpur: Policemen were honoured for their important role in nabbing criminals and solving crimes. Police
Commissioner Ravi Dutt Gaur also hosted a dinner in honour of 120 police personnel.
The event took place in the presence of Deputy Police Commission-
ers Amrita Duhan, Gaurav Yadav and Vineet Bansal.
Police personnel were felicitated for the cases opened in the last
Kota: Legendary Indian footballer Bhaichung Bhutia on Sunday took part in the award distribution ceremony of Allen Coaching Institute in Kota. The award distribution ceremony was organised for the students of Class V to X, who topped the tallentex examination.
While addressing a press conference, Bhaichung Bhutia spoke on
various issues related to sports in India. “It is very important that
children at village, district and state level should compete. When
we will not promote football at the state, and district level and give training to the children, then it will be very difficult to find talent,” said Bhaichung Bhutia.
Speaking on the issue of politics in sports, Bhutia said, “Politics in sports has been going on for a long time.
It is sad that in most of the places in India people are sitting in positions for their benefit at state, district and federation level.”
Police personnel were felicitated for the cases busted in the last three months
three months. Apart from ADCP, ACP, SHO, special team officers
and constables were also present. Those who busted the robbery of Nepalese servants, recovered illegal weapons and arrested fugitives were also honoured.
Such an event will happen every three months in which police personnel and officers doing good work and prove their bravado will be honoured.
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Tonk: Ahead of entry of Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan, Tonk Police took into custody the State President and VP of Liquor Union Association for organizing a rally called ‘Dhol Bajao Sarkar Hatao Penalty Hatao’ on behalf of liquor traders in Tonk.
RS MP Kirodi Lal Meena, who was passing from there, came to know that he also threatened to go to Sa-
dar police station, where Meena, after getting info, demanded release of office bearers.
Additional SP Bhavani Singh said Pankaj Dhankhar & Jaisingh Gurjar been arrested.
Bikaner (FIB): Two youths were killed in the Sikri area of Bikaner on Sunday after their motorcycle was hit by a dumper. Police informed the deceased has been identified as Rakesh (20), while another boy is yet to be identified. “Rakesh used to work at a furniture shop in Sikri and had married a year ago. He along with his friend was going on a motorcycle when they were hit by a speeding dumper near Nagar Road. Both odied on spot,” cop said.
Jodhpur: Union Jal
Shekhawat and South Mayor Vanita Seth reached Gandhi Maidan in the vehicle. Many people were surprised to see Shekhawat driving on the city roads.
Shekhawat said that
India is dependent on other countries for petrol and diesel.
“Looking at the current situation regarding environmental balance, it is time for electric and hydrogen powered cars. For this, the Central government has also formulated a new policy. In the coming years, petrol and diesel vehicles causing pollution will not be seen on the roads,” he said.
This rally is to raise the voice of the people against the 4 years of misrule of the anti-people Congress government. Copies of the ‘Aarop Patra’ are being distributed as wellSatish Poonia flagging off the chariot of Jan Aakrosh Yatra in Amer. BJP party workers walking with Poonia for about 5 kilometre after the flag off. Gulab Chand kataria addressing BJP members post flagging off BJP Jan Akrosh rally in Udaipur on Sunday. Diya Kumari flagging off Jan Akrosh yatra from Merta after worshiping at Chaturbhujnath & Meerabai Temple on Sunday. LEADERS OFFER PRAYER BEFORE FLAGGING OFF THE RALLY GULAB CHAND KATARIA FLAGS OFF JAN AAKROSH RALLY IN SAGWARA SHELL BJP State President Dr Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s wife Lata Shinde visited Mehandipur Balaji Temple in Dausa and prayed on Sunday. The temple trust members welcomed her with a shawl and presented Balaji’s modak prasad. —PHOTO BY RAMAVTAR SINGH
Two run over by speeding dumper in Sikri, die on spotKrishnendra Kaur slapping constable Gajraj. Union Min Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurating Pink Vending Zone near JDA Square in Jodhpur. Also seen Mayor Vanita Seth. First India Bureau Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who was on a tour of Jodhpur, took a test drive of an electric car on Sunday. Bhaichung Bhutia —FILE PHOTO Ravi Dutt Gaur, Amrita Duhan, Gaurav Yadav and Vineet Bansal during honouring of policemen event on Sunday. Vijaya Rahatkar interacting with media on Sunday. SUPPORT TO YATRA Kirodi Lal Meena inaugurating BJP Jan Akrosh rally in Bundi.
Sikar/Jaipur
: ADG (Crime) Ravi Prakash
Meharda on Sunday said that intense search operations by 15 police teams were launched after the killing of Raju Thehat and the borders were sealed. It was learnt that the accused were hidden in the Dabla, Sikar near Haryana border. A raid was conducted in which Manish & Vikram were nabbed with weapons and live cartridges at around 3 am on Sunday.
The duo revealed during interrogation that the other accused were hiding in a hilly terrain in Jhunjhunu. The police teams reached the spot and caught Satish and Jatin, along with one minor. The accused had opened fire at the police team. In retaliation, police also fired in which Satish and Jatin received bullet injuries,
police said.
According to police, hours after the murder, a speeding car, believed to be carrying the accused, was spotted in Jhunjhunu district by some locals who claimed that the occupants
opened fire at some labourers to get the way cleared, police said.
Raids were conducted in areas like Hardiya, Kakriya, Surpura, Bagoli, Papda, Nayabas, and Haripura, officials said.
Sikar (FIB): Thousands of people joined dharna after the shootout in Sikar and demanded removal of collector and SP. The agitators also demanded compensation for the family of Tarachand Kadwasara and govt job to his daughter.
Tarachand was shot dead in Gangster Thehat’s shootout, he had gone to meet his daughter. The bodies are kept in mortuary and their family members are sitting on dharna. They held a talk with district admin and police officials but meeting failed following which people marched towards collector residence where the ruckus breaks out. Police force have been deployed in Sikar.
Jaipur (PTI): Tight security has been put in place for the Sardarshahar Assembly bypoll in Rajasthan’s Churu on Monday where the Congress and the BJP are the main contenders.
The bypoll has been necessitated by Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma (77) who passed away on October 9 after a prolonged illness. Polling will be held on Monday from 8 am to 5 pm and counting of votes will take
place
pitted
Eight other candidates in the fray are La-
lchand of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), Sanwarmal Meghwal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Parmana Ram of Indian People’s Green Party and Independent candidates Subhash Chandra, Vijay Pal Singh Sheoran, Umesh Sahu, Prem Singh and Surendra Singh Rajpurohit.
“All preparations for the bypoll are in place. Elaborate security arrangements have been made,” an official said.
Sikar: The family members of the man who succumbed to his injuries during a shootout in Sikar staged a protest against the killing and demanded justice. State Prez of BJP Kisan Morcha Hariram Rinwa who joined the protest and said that Gehlot government should control these types of situations. The BJP MP Swami Sumedhanand said, “I have talked to SP. This is the result of the carelessness of the administration. I had warned them earlier about the bad situation in the area when a boy was kidnapped before”.
Jaipur : In a matter of security lapse at the Secretariat, the staff of ministers allows vehicles just by entry on phone and 4-5 outsiders come in a car even without a pass. But this will not be possible anymore. Security officer has issued an order that vehicles need to have a pass to gain entry.
Alwar: The Alwar Police on Saturday night recovered a cache of illegal explosives from a car during a checking of vehicles on Kotputli Road. Police informed that barricading was done and each vehicle was being checked due to shootout in Sikar.
“A car with Haryana number took a U-turn after seeing the barricading on Kotputli Road. When suspected,
the police team chased the vehicle. The swift car driver left the car at a secluded place and fled from the spot,” police said. “During the checking, 1600 rods of gelatin weighing 200 kg
were found from 8 cartons, 200 detonators from 2 cartons, 75 explosive lights and 1 detonator fuse wire of 300 meters length were recovered,” police added. The is probed is launched.
Micro monitoring leads to zero accidental deaths in six police station areas: VK Singh
Jaipur: The preventive measures taken by the Rajasthan Police has led to reduction in road accidents in Rajasthan.
The measures were jointly taken by Department of Police and Transport Department. Officials informed that owing to
micro monitoring in accident prone areas, zero accidental deaths were reported in six high risk police stations areas in the month of November.
ADG (Traffic) VK Singh informed that Rajasthan Police is making various efforts to reduce the number of people being killed in road accidents. “The analysis done at the end of July revealed that the number of people killed in accidents in some police stations is very high.
Forty police stations where more than 20 such accidents occured were identified by the Police Headquarters,” said ADG VK Singh.
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Five accused of Sikar shootout along with their weapons and vehicles have been nabbed. Speedy trial will be ensured by court to give them severe punishment at earliest.
Six accused have been detained in the Sikar gang war case. Their sustained interrogation is to be conducted. Five foreign-made pistols and 183 ammunition rounds of 9mm recovered from them.
—Ravi Prakash Meharda, ADG Crime
“Micro monitoring was done in these 40 police stations. Mojmabad in Jaipur Rural, Sridungargarh in Bikaner, Jaitaran in Pali,
Boranada in Jodhpur West, Rishabhdev in Udaipur and Khamera police station area in Banswara did not registered a single death in road accidents in November,” said VK Singh while adding that, earlier, from January to October, 50 people in Mojmabad police station area, 42 in Sri Dungargarh, 35 in Jaitaran, 29 in Boranada, 30 in Rishabhdev and 21 in Khamera, a total of 207 people were untimely killed in road accidents.
Jaipur : The Jhalana Leopard Reserve team rescued a leopard on Sunday. The 4-yr-old leopard was seen in the JCB enclosure area between Paldi Parcha and Surajpura village near Mahindra SEZ on Ajmer Road.
After this, DFO Kapil Chandrawal gave instructions to send a team immediately. Dr Arvind
Mathur tranquilized the leopard. Jogendra Singh Shekhawat and his team sent the leopard to the zoo by putting it in the rescue vehicle. Range Officer Janeshwar Chaudharysaid that this rescue was the fastest rescue operation ever., which was completed in just one hour.
on December 8. The Congress has fielded Bhanwar Lal Sharma’s son Anil Kumar while the BJP has
former MLA Ashok Kumar for the bypoll.
Apart from Opposition Congress, the new entrant AAP and AIMIM have also jumped into fray; ruling BJP has always enjoyed an upper hand here
Ahmedabad (PTI): Six teen Assembly seats in Ahmedabad city, which go to polls in the second phase of the Gujarat polls on Monday, are crucial for the Bharati ya Janata Party which has always enjoyed an upper hand here in the elections since 1990.
While Congress im proved its tally to four seats in 2017 from two in 2012, the fight has be come more interesting this time with the entry of AAP, which has field ed candidates in all 16 seats, and AIMIM which is contesting four seats.
Analysts claim the BJP, which currently holds 12 out of these 16 seats, will win most of them and the AAP may fail to make any impact.
The AIMIM is likely eat into the Congress’s votes in some of seats.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding two roadshows in the city ahead of the second phase of polling, the 16 Assembly seats in Ahmedabad city, con sidered a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are once again in the spotlight.
Gandhinagar (ANI): The polling par ties gathered at the EVM distribution centre in Gandhinagar ahead of the second phase of polling in the state on Monday. The Election Commission had announced the conduct of Gujarat polls in two phases on December 1 and 5. After the first phase of polling, the Election Commission urged vot ers to reach their designated polling booths early and cast their votes be fore 5 pm on Monday. “Voters should not carry their mobile phones to the polling booths,” an official said. The second and final phase of Assembly elections will go for polling for 93 Assembly seats, with 833 candidates across parties in the fray.
Gandhinagar (Agencies): Taking note of the low voter turnout in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly polls, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has appealed to elector ate to come out in large numbers and vote in the second and final phase. In the first phase of elections, 63.34 voter turnout was recorded on 89 seats. In that too, rural turnout was higher compared to urban.
Hubballi (ANI): Kar nataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on Sunday expressed con fidence in positive re sults from the Bharati ya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘Jan Sankalp Yatra’ by saying that the Yatra is getting a tremendous response from the public.
While speaking to re porters at Hubballi air port, while on his way to his constituency of Shiggao, Karnataka CM said, “The ‘Jan Sankalp Yatra, a public outreach programme of the cen tral and state govern ments, is receiving a tremendous response across the state.” “The Sankalp Yatra has been held successfully in Hyderabad-Karnataka, Central Karnataka and Mumbai-Karnataka re gions. It will be intensi fied in the current month. Along with this, the welfare schemes of both the state and the union governments will be spread to the people to win their confi dence,” Bommai added.
Earlier during the Jan Sankalp Yatra in Challakere on Tuesday Chief Minister Bom mai hit out at the Con gress Party and said that the grand old party is dreaming of return ing to power in the state.
New Delhi (ANI):
Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress party will reach Srinagar around January 26, said senior party leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday.
Speaking at a press conference, Jairam Ramesh said, “On De cember 24, Bharat Jodo Yatra will reach Delhi and around January 26, the Yatra will reach Sringar. Rahul Gandhi will be there and we will hoist the national
flag.” While Congress MP KC Venugopal on Sunday said that it is not practical for former party president Rahul Gandhi to attend the winter session of Par
liament as Bharatb Jodo Yatra is underway.
The Winter Session will begin on December 7 and will last until De cember 29. The session also had to be delayed by a month due to the Gujarat Assembly elec tion schedule.
“Bharat Jodo Yatra is underway. It is not prac tical for Rahul Gandhi to attend the winter ses sion of Parliament,” Venugopal said at a press conference here.
Thiruvananthapuram:
The ruling LDF and the opposition Congress in Kerala were in agree ment on Sunday that there was no need for central forces to main tain law and order at Vizhinjam here which saw incidents of vio lence recently in con nection with the sea port being built there.
November 23 and it reached to its con clusion on Sunday. “We don’t need to learn about
Muzaffarnagar (PTI): Police on Sunday ar rested six people for al legedly distributing money and liquor to voters to lure them to vote in favour of a par ticular candidate in the Khatauli bypoll. Police have also seized Rs 51,000 from their pos session. Acting on a tipoff that some people were distributing mon ey and liquor in favour of a particular candi date, a checking drive was undertaken.
Hinduism from BJP, we are in front of everyone as we are. Thousands of people
attended Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Ujjain. He visited Baba Mahakal and received his blessings,” Kamal Nath said. “Had darshan of God in Omkareshwar also. Lakhs of people welcomed Rahul Gandhi in Indore. Arranging this trip was a task of great responsibili ty,” he added.
Kerala Ports Minister Ahw wammed Devarko vil was of the view that Adani Group, which is carrying out the port construction, can seek protection from central forces at the work site, but outside it the police was capable of main taining law and order.
New Delhi (PTI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday sent out a stern message to lead ers to perform or make way for others, and strongly pitched for accountability of office-bearers “from top to bottom” as he presided over the first meeting of the party’s steering committee.
During the meeting at the AICC headquar ters here, the Con gress also decided to hold its plenary ses sion in Raipur, Chhat tisgarh, in the second half of February, where Kharge’s elec tion as president would be ratified.
As the Congress plans to end the Bharat Jodo Yatra by January 26, the Com
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Venugopal,
mittee decided to con tinue its mass out reach with the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhi yan (Joining Hands campaign)’ till March 26, during which foot marches will be taken out from village to block and district lev els and will culminate as public rallies at state headquarters.
The party will also
hand out a letter by Rahul Gandhi talking about the core mes sage of the yatra, along with a “charge sheet’’ against the Modi government.
The party also plans to take out state-level marches by women party workers across the country which will be led by Priyan ka Gandhi Vadra.
Thiruvanathapuram: Senior Congress leader and third-time Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor has said that a unified party was the need of the hour and the petty group politics did not have any place in the state unit.
Tharoor was addressing a function at Bodhigram in Pathana mthitta on Sunday. He said the party needed to be united and there was no need for ‘A’ and ‘I’ groups in the Congress of Kerala. He was referring to the two prominent groups in the state Congress which have always been calling the shots in the party hierarchy. While former CM Oomen Chandy was leading the ‘A’ group, former state home minister, Ramesh Chennithala was heading ‘I’ group. He said that he was updating the respective District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents during his visit to the respective districts.
New Delhi: The Con gress is contesting the Delhi Municipal Corpo ration elections in the name of former CM late Sheila Dixit and has given the slogan of making Delhi into ‘Sheela ji’s Delhi’. But it is not that only the Con gress is promising to make Delhi theirs by implementing their agenda. The Aam Aad mi Party, which came to prominence on Con gress’ votebank, is also promising to implement some of the schemes im plemented during the Sheila Dixit govt, but in a different way. The most important prom ise in this is the issue of empowering the Resi dent Welfare Society ie RWA. Kejriwal has promised that the RWA of Delhi will be given the status of mini cor
porator if his party wins in the MCD.
This promise of Aam Aadmi Party is being taken to mean that if it wins, it will involve RWA in the work from policy making to its im plementation and local problems will be solved
more easily. Although the BJP is opposing it. Anyway, before taking any such initiative, the approval of the Center through the Lieutenant Governor will be neces sary, which will be dif ficult for the AAP to achieve.
Hisar: Union I&B Min ister Anurag Thakur has called upon the youth to be proactive and innovative, em brace new technology make strong network, skill, up-skill and reskill themselves as a growth engine of coun try as India is the growth
engine of the world. He stressed upon holistic learning experience through multidiscipli nary approach through New Education Policy(NEP) as educa tion is the backbone for the development of the country and the people and serve their family, country and country men alike as bright
youngsters are the na tional asset. He said that India is the 3rd Start-up country in the world. Thakur was deliver
ing convocation address at Om Sterling Global University, Hisar on Sunday as the chief guest. He called upon
the universities and ed ucational institutions to upgrade the sports in frastructure and the youth to actively partici pate in Fit India Move ment stressing upon ‘Fitness Ka Dose, Aadha Ghanta Roz’ to be fit and healthy. A Youth confer ence will also be there as a part of G-20 Presiden cy of India programmes.
He lauded the efforts of farmers, sports per sons, girls of Haryana for earning good name in their fields.
He congratulated the University and the stu dents who graduated and got degrees today in the first ever convoca tion of the University. Thakur said that 750 ‘Yuva Samvad’ are being organised in the country.
During the convoca tion ceremony, 815 stu dents were awarded de gree, diploma; 184 stu dents of 15 undergradu ate courses and 426 stu dents of 59 post gradu ate courses awarded degrees respectively.
from the competent authority is required for the court’s direction.
New Delhi: A court has discharged a man of the charge of mischief, say ing his car had acciden tally killed a stray dog and there was no deliber ate or intentional action on his part. The court was hearing a review pe tition by Puneet, against whom a magisterial court had framed charges.
GUJ GOVT TRIES TO DEFINE FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN SC
HATE SPEECH FIR: “PRIOR SANCTION IS REQUIRED”
MAN WHO RAN OVER STRAY DOGNew Delhi: The Gujarat govt has told the Supreme Court that freedom of reli gion does not include the right to convert others, and requested the top court to vacate a High Court stay on the provision of a state law that mandates prior permission of the district magistrate for conversion through marriage. Azamgarh: A local court has awarded life sen tence to three persons for killing a man here 18 years ago. Additional District Judge Ramanand on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to Baliram Tiwari, Ajay Tiwari and Vimal Tiwari for killing Brijpati due to old enmity on March 6, 2004. New Delhi: A local court here has dismissed a plea for registration of an FIR against a person for allegedly making deroga tory comments against the Buddhist community, saying prior sanction for prosecution First India Bureau Union Minister Anurag Thakur at 1st convocation ceremony of Om Sterling Global University, in Hisar on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurates Community Radio Station 90.0 ‘Bhavyavani’ in HisarPolling officials leave for their polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election equipment from a distribution centre, ahead of the final phase of Gujarat elections, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
“No need for deployment of central forces at Vizhinjam Port”
Bommai exudes confidence in party’s Jan Sankalp Yatra
Amaravati (PTI): Pres
ident Droupadi Murmu on Sunday hailed the contribution of people from Andhra Pradesh towards the country’s development, and ad vised students to tread a fine balance between following traditions and embracing the modern world.
Murmu addressed a gathering after being welcomed at a civic re ception hosted here on her first visit to the state upon becoming President.
“In line with the Na tional Education Poli cy-2020, our students should earn an eminent place in the modern world while continuing our traditions. Eminent scientist Dr Yallapraga da Subba Rao did this a century ago,” she noted.
She recalled the life of Dr Subba Rao who went to the Harvard Medical School in 1922 to pursue pharmacy and biochemistry.
“He made great con
tributions in this field. His research led to dis covery of many lifesaving medicines. He was also interested in
Ayurveda,” the Presi dent said.
She pointed out that Andhra Pradesh had a leading role in the de
velopment of modern science and technology in independent India.
“People of Andhra Pradesh have enhanced the country’s reputa tion in science and tech nology, especially infor mation technology. The Telugu diaspora has an influencing role across the world, with majori ty of them being tech nology professionals,” she said.
Dehradun (ANI): The Uttarakhand Police on Sunday said investiga tion into the Ankita Bhandari murder case involving an expelled BJP leader’s son is al most complete with just the Narco tests of the accused remaining.
“An application will be filed in the court for the narco test of Anki ta’s killers, including the main accused Pulkit Arya. “Things will be
test is done. Our investi gation is almost com
New Delhi: MoS Dr Ji tendra Singh will lead the official Indian dele gation to United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the “Abu Dhabi Space De bate”, a 2-day interna tional meet beginning on Monday. Dr Singh will address the Open ing Ceremony on India’s behalf along with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The MoS will also at
tend the Ministerial Plenary on the ‘Role of Foreign Policy in Ena bling Space Diplomacy and International Coop
eration’ along with the MoS Foreign Affairs of the UAE, Foreign Min ister of Bahrain and Minister of Advanced Technologies of Israel.
Dr Singh will also hold talks with Sarah Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chair person of UAE Space Agency to discuss ways and means for further strengthening bilateral space cooperation.
shan said addressing a press conference.
The body of 19-yearold Ankita, who worked as a receptionist at a resort run by Pulkit Arya, the son of ex pelled BJP leader Vinod Arya, was recovered from Chilla canal in Ri shikesh on September 24. She was reported missing for at least six days before her dead body was found by the officials.
Vijayawada: Presi dent Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said the rich traditions of Telugu language and literature are wellknown to people across the country. She referred to the enriched traditions of the Telugu language during her speech at the civic recep tion organised by the Andhra Pradesh government. The President, who began her speech with a few Telugu words greeting the people and thank ing them for the civic reception, referred to the famous words of Sri Krishnadevaraya “Desa bhashalandu Telugu Lessa” which means among the nation’s languages, Telugu is the best.
Kolkata: A new twist emerged on Sunday, two days after the explosion at a local TMC leader’s residence in East Mid napore district near the ancestral residence of Leader of Opposition Su vendu Adhikari killed three persons on Friday. Lata Rani Manna, wife of the deceased TMC leader Rajkumar Manna informed the police that the blast was because of stocked illegal firecrack ers at the house.
Visakhapatnam (ANI):
As part of Navy Day cel ebrations, Eastern Na val Command (ENC) paid homage to service personnel who made the supreme sacrifice in various actions includ ing the 1971 War.
A wreath was placed by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta AVSM, YSM, VSM FOC-in-C ENC at the ‘Victory at Sea’ War Memorial at Visakhapat nam. Wreaths were also placed by Dr Mallikara juna, District Collector, Ch Srikanth, Commis sioner of Police and Vice Admiral VK Namballa (Retd), President Navy Foundation.
On this occasion, all the personnel of the ENC rededicate them selves to the service of the country and to pro tect the vast maritime boundaries.
Earlier, PM Narendra Modi extended greet ings on the occasion of Navy Day and said that the force while “stead fastly” protecting the nation has distin guished itself with its humanitarian spirit.
Kolkata: The Indian Navy hit upon a jackpot of a different kind while clearing a piece of land on the banks of Hooghly river. Five cannons, probably of World War I vintage, were dis covered by the Navy from the river bank in Kolkata, a senior official said. Two of these British-era cannons were refurbished and mounted at INS Netaji Subhas, Navy’s area base headquarters here.
Kolkata: The fate of eight ex-Indian Navy personnel, who are imprisoned in Qatar for over 90 days, hangs in balance. The Indian Ex Servicemen Movement (IESM) has now written to India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention. IESM chairman Major Gen Satbir Singh (retd) said the Ex-Indian Navy personnel were working for Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services in Doha, as per an MoU between India and Qatar. Their job was to train Qatar Navy personnel.
Chandigarh (ANI):
The Punjab police has arrested two alleged drug smugglers and re covered 10 AK-47 rifles and 30 bore pistols.
The police arrested two drug smugglers— Sukhvir Singh and Bindu Singh— after re covering 13 Kg heroin from them in Amritsar on November 21. This further led to the arrest of their two more aides, identified as Manpreet Singh and Balkar Singh
Ratlam (Agencies): As many as six people were killed and several oth ers injured in a road ac cident in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam dis trict on Sunday. A truck rammed into people in Ratlam, claiming six lives. The accident oc curred at a traffic inter section near Satrunda village on Ratlam-Leb ad Road, about 35 km away from the Ratlam district.
alias Lovepreet Singh, both resident of Guru Harsahai in Ferozepur, from Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said.
New Delhi: The De fence Research and De velopment Organisa tion (DRDO) has hand ed over all technical specifications and re lated materials of the land-forces version of the Akash weapon sys tem to the Missile Sys tems Quality Assur ance Agency (MSQAA), paving the way for its production.
“The technical speci fication and quality document and the draw ing of complete weapon system elements were
sealed and handed over by Project Akash to MSQAA as part of AHSP transfer,” de fence ministry said.
Chennai (Agencies): The Indian Meteoro logical Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rains in the north coastal Tamil Nadu region, including Chennai from Decem ber 8 to 10. The IMD said that heavy rains will be accompanied by strong winds during the period.
The northeast mon soon, which was not ac tive in November with the state having a defi cit rainfall, the weather department forecasts that in December it is likely to make up the shortfall, the IMD said.
The possibilities of back-to-back weather systems coming over the Bay of Bengal will lead to heavy surplus rainfall in the month of December. The Indian Meteorological Depart ment (IMD) also pre dicted that a low pres sure system may bring heavy rains and strong winds to north coastal Tamil Nadu, including Chennai.
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla, ad dressed at the 42nd Na tional Conference of Radiation Oncologists organized by the Asso ciation of the Radiation Oncologists of India. Speaking on this oc casion, Birla referred
to several rapid devel opments in the health sector in India and ex pressed the view that such progress would help in achieving the target of a developed India by 2047.
Mentioning about the critical role of aware ness of people in detec tion and treatment of
cancer, Birla said that there is a lack of aware ness about cancer in
India. He observed that the lack of access and affordability of quality
treatment is also anoth er constraint for most of the people. Unless
there is a major prob lem in the body, the gen eral public refrains from medical checkup. He noted that the Asso ciation is already work ing on how after a cer tain age people are mo tivated to get health check up done. He ap pealed them to work ex tensively in this area of awareness.
Speaking on the de velopment of technolo gy in cancer treatment, Birla said that with the passage of time, new
technologies have come, which have made can cer treatment possible.
Radiation technology has made cancer treat ment very successful.
Radiation technology has proved to be very useful for advanced treatment of cancer.
He noted that over time, there has been technological develop ment in radiation thera py as well. He further said that the develop ment of medical science has not only increased
the lifespan of people but has also improved the quality of life. With the development of new technology, surgeries and operations are be coming easier than in the past decades. Opera tions are being done at the micro level. He said that targeted treatment is being done with ro botic surgery and laser operation. Birla said that there is a moral re sponsibility as well as a social responsibility in this fight.
Dr Jitendra Singh
MP: 6 dead, 12 hurt as truck rams into peoplePunjab DGP Gaurav Yadav Andhra people have enhanced coun try’s reputation in science & tech nology. The Telugu diaspora has an influencing role across the world, majority of them being technology professionals. —Droupadi Murmu, President CDS Gen Chauhan, Chief of Air Staff VR Chaudhari, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar and Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen BS Raju pay homage to fallen heroes at the National War Memorial on Sunday.
New Delhi (PTI): Maruti Suzuki India’s challenge to produce 20 lakh units this fiscal may fall slightly short, according to company Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales Shashank Srivastava. He, however said, the company is still counting on an outside chance to meet the challenge through execution of its pending orders that stands at around 3.75 lakh units.
“By our current calculation, I think it should be slightly short of that number,” Srivastava said in a statement.
New Delhi: According to various industry experts, after three back-to-back interest rate hikes of 50 basis points each, the Reserve Bank may opt for a lower rate increase of 25-35 bps in lending rates at its coming monetary policy review on Wednesday amid retail inflation showing signs of moderation and the need to push growth.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will come out with its next bi-monthly policy review on December 7 at the end of the three-day meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) beginning Monday.
In addition to the domestic factors, the RBI committee may also take some cues from the US Federal
Reserve which hinted at a lower rate hike of 50 basis later in the month. In order to combat inflation, the Federal Reserve had earlier hiked the key interest rates 4 times by 75 bps each.
The Reserve Bank since May has increased the repo or benchmark lending rates by 190 basis points, to calm down inflation which has remained above its comfort level of 6 per cent since January.
New Delhi (PTI): An association of private security services providers on Sunday demanded an increase in the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the sector to 74% from the existing 49%. Raising the demand, the Chairman of the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI), said in a statement that raising the FDI limit to 74% will help modernise, digitise and propel the growth of the crucial sector which currently employs over one crore personnel.
New Delhi (PTI): RBI’s interest rate decision is a major factor that will drive the trends in the equity market this week, while global cues and foreign fund trading activity would also be watched, analysts said.
Market investors would also track the state election results later this week, they added.
“Global cues continue to cause volatility, but this week the market’s focus will shift to domestic cues like RBI policy and state election results. The out-
come of the RBI policy is scheduled for 7 December, while the results of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections will come on 8 December,” said Santosh Meena.
PMI data for the services sector is scheduled to be announced on Monday.
Madan Sabnavis,
Economist, Bank of Baroda, said the RBI will be presenting the monetary policy against the backdrop of GDP growth slowing down as well as inflation being high above 6%.
“We do believe that the MPC will continue with rate hikes this time though the magnitude will be lower -- probably 25-35 bps. More specifically we do believe that the terminal repo
rate for the financial year will be 6.5%, which means there will be one more rate hike in February,” he said.
Sabnavis further said there will not be any surprise for the market just as is the case for global markets too, which are now expecting more moderate increases in interest rates by the Fed. The GDP growth in the second quarter of the fiscal slowed to 6.3% as against a growth of 13.5%
in the preceding three months.
D K Pant, Chief Economist, India Ratings, said the second quarter inflation and GDP numbers are in line with RBI’s forecast.
“Inflation is likely to decline further. However, it is expected to remain higher than 6% in this quarter. We believe RBI may go for a 25 bps hike in repo rate in Dec 2022 monetary policy,” he said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Capital expenditure (capex) of 18 states has increased by just 2.2% in the first half of the current fiscal even as their combined revenue deficit has narrowed to more than one-fourth from the yearago period, according to a report.
This means that there has to be a massive 57% increase in their capital outlays to meet their FY23 budgeted target, Icra Rat-
New Delhi (PTI): After pulling out money from Indian equities market in the past two months, FPIs made a strong come back in November with a net investment of `36,329 crore on weakening of the US dollar index and positivity about overall macroeconomic trends. This was the third month (July, August and November) in this year when FPIs witnessed net inflows. Moreover, they started the month of December on a positive note.
`1.15 LAKH CRORE
New Delhi (PTI): SpiceJet, which is looking to raise $200 million, expects to see improvement in operations and restructuring benefits in the current quarter of this financial year.
The budget carrier’s chief Ajay Singh has told shareholders that it has also completed a series of settlements with most of the major partners, including manufacturers and lessors.
In his message in the airline’s annual report for 2021-22 fiscal, Singh, who is the Chairman and Managing Director, said the airline industry worldwide
continues to undergo a transformation.
The airline has received shareholders’ nod for transfer of its logistics business to SpiceXpress and the process of hiving off the cargo and logistics platform is expected to be completed soon.
“Our logistics business has been valued at `25,557.7
million and the transfer of business under this process will help us significantly strengthen our balance sheet and wipe out the negative net worth of our business.
“We expect to see improvement in operations and restructuring benefits will be visible starting Q3 FY2023,” Singh said.
New Delhi (PTI): Eight of the top-10 most valued firms together added `1,15,837 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest gainer. From the top-10 pack, HDFC twins were the only laggards. The market valuation of Reliance Industries jumped `71,462.28 crore to `18,41,994.48 crore. It also ruled the chart of the top-10 most valued firms followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, State Bank of India, HDFC, Bharti Airtel and Adani Enterprises.
New Delhi (PTI): NITI Aayog will use India’s G20 presidency as an opportunity to highlight significant achievements of the country as the world does not fully appreciate India’s ability to deliver public services at scale, its ViceChairman Suman Bery has said.
Bery further said that people tend to know the China story, but they tend not to know the India story.
“During its G20 presidency, India will be in the global limelight till the summit next September. It is NITI Aayog’s role and duty to tell the India story.
“So, we will be using the opportunity to make people aware of India’s many significant achievements including UPI, the (COVID-19) vaccination programme, and the (food) ration programme,” he said.
outlay of `6.2 lakh crore.
But these states have collectively spent only ` 1.59 lakh crore so far this fiscal, which is just about a growth of 2.2% annualised.
ings said in an analysis on the available numbers from 18 of the largest states, which have budgeted for a combined capital
New Delhi (PTI): With the country getting its highestever rank in the ICAO aviation safety rankings, DGCA chief Arun Kumar on Sunday said the challenge now is to maintain and further improve the air safety ecosystem. The comments also come against the backdrop of the country’s aviation sector slowly coming back into the growth trajectory after being severely hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and the domestic air traffic is also inching towards the pre-pandemic level. In the latest rankings by the Indian Civil Aviation Organisation, India’s position has jumped to the 48th place from 102nd spot in 2018.
Abu Dhabi (PTI): In its bid to diversify Abu Dhabi’s business activity beyond hydrocarbons, the UAE’s capital city is seeking more investments from India which will not only benefit the local economy but also allow Indian firms to use it as a platform to grow their footprints around the world.
Abu Dhabi has identified priority sectors including agritech, tourism, healthcare, pharma and financial services, where Indian enterprises can invest.
Abdulla Abdul Aziz
Alshamsi, Acting Director General of Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) which is tasked with pull-
ing the investments, said that his office will facilitate all investment avenues for Indian companies
Abu Dhabi has identified priority sectors including agritech, tourism,pharma, healthcare & financial services, where Indian enterprises can invest
Alshamsi pitched for Indian companies to use Abu Dhabi as a platform to grow their footprints around the world
and called this as a natural extension of the growing relations between India and the UAE.
Revenue deficits of these 18 states have narrowed to a low ` 30,000 crore in the first half of the current fiscal. This revenue tailwind comes in spite of these states budgeting for a combined revenue deficit to ` 1.4 lakh crore in FY23 from ` 1.1 lakh crore in FY22.
India’s G20 presidency began from December 1 and the next G20 Leaders’ Summit at the level of Heads of State/Government is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10 in New Delhi.
“Because I don’t think the world fully appreciates India’s ability to deliver public services at scale, even LPG connections. I mean, the numbers are by any global standards almost unimaginable,” he asserted.
New Delhi (PTI): The Kirit Parikh Committee, which recommended a floor and ceiling price for natural gas produced from legacy fields of state-owned producers to moderate input price for CNG and fertilizer, has favoured paying ONGC and OIL a premium of 20% over such price for any new gas production they add from old fields.
The panel, which submitted its report to the oil ministry last week, has recommended benchmarking price of natural gas produced from ONGC and OIL’s legacy or old fields, called APM gas, at 10% of cost of crude oil imported into India. This rate would however be subject to a
ceiling or cap price of $6.5 per million British thermal unit, until a full deregulation of prices is implemented in 2027. There would also be a floor of $4 with a view to cover for cost of production and at the same time keeping cost for fertilizer, power and CNG, which use gas as input raw material, at manageable levels.
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according to the latest data. During the period from Jan to Sept 2022, UAE imported 28.58 million kilograms of tea from India, a rise of 159%from the similar period of 2021.
Kolkata (PTI): Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd is in the process of carving out its telecom
Under the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (IGUEGS), poor jobless people in the age group of 18-60 years living in municipal areas get a daily wage of ` 259 for 100 days in a year
Munni Bai, 32, has had a tough time raising her three children ever since her husband died in the second wave of Corona. Barely surviving by day, she thought of going back to her village where her three brothers are fighting against their share of miseries. Just then she came to know about the government’s recently launched a unique urban job guarantee scheme which assures 100 days employment in a year to every registered citizen living in city limits. Getting a fresh lease of life, Munni Bai like 3.5 lakh other beneficiaries of this scheme, is now able to make ends meet at her home in Jawahar Nagar Kachchi basti.
Moved by the plight of urban poor like Munni Bai, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched this `800 crore scheme - Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (IGUEGS) - in September this year to provide them the livelihood assurance.
“We have seen economies crumbling during Covid-19, reverse migration happening to villages, huge job losses and desperation everywhere. The miseries of jobless urban poor prompted the thought of having a guaranteed job scheme in urban limits. We are committed to provide financial support to every family in the state. IGUEGS is just a step towards it,” said Rajasthan chief minister Gehlot.
Moved by the plight of urban poor like Munni Bai, CM Ashok Gehlot launched this `800 crore scheme - IGUEGS - in September this year to provide them the livelihood assurance. The government is focusing big on the successful implementation of this scheme. In less than 100 days of its launch, urban bodies across the state have estimated `676 crore of works to be completed under this scheme
Rajasthan is the only state in the country to provide job guarantee to urban poor on the lines of the historical Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme’, which provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to each household in rural areas of the country.
Under this scheme, poor jobless people in the age group of 18-60 years living in municipal areas gets a daily wage of `259 for 100 days in a year. The scheme provide employment in the segments of environment and water conservation, cleanliness and sanitation, stopping defacement of property, service-related works, convergence work and heritage conservation. The pioneer of this scheme Ashok Gehlot wants the union government to implement this scheme across the country to provide financial support to urban poor who are still struggling to earn their livelihood.
“MNREGS is a national scheme which was also launched by Congress. Now It is not only generating employment but also creating assets in rural areas in form of roads, dams, sanitation and developing other basic amenities. We expect IGUEGS to transform the lives of urban poor in the similar way,” he said.
The government is focusing big on the successful implementation of this scheme. In less than 100 days of its launch, urban bodies across the state have estimated `676 crore of works to be completed under this scheme.
“Gehlot government is known for its sensitivity. Like his previous two terms, the chief minister has launched several schemes aimed at serving poor and destitute. This scheme is a unique socialist model to support skill development and urban poor, said RC Jain, a retired bureaucrat, who had worked closely with the chief minister Ashok Gehlot.
MNREGS is a national scheme which was also launched by Congress. Now, it is not only generating employment but also creating assets in rural areas in form of roads, dams, sanitation and developing other basic amenities. We expect IGUEGS to transform the lives of urban poor in the similar way.
Ashok Gehlot, CM
Jhalawar: Rahul Gan dhi and his fellow yatris were received at Chan wli Chauraha, approxi mately 40-km from the Jhalawar city, in the traditional Rajasthani style. Cultural artistes presented performanc es including Ra jasthan’s famous ‘Pad haro Mhare Des’ to wel come the yatris as Gan dhi, CM Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra, and Kamal Nath held hands and danced to gether on the stage.
Ahead of the yatra en tering Rajasthan, Gehlot and Pilot, who have been in a tug of war for the CM’s post, presented a united face and danced holding hands.
Gandhi said he has no
Jhalawar: During the Bharat Jodo Yatra event, Kamal Nath smiled from the stage and told Ge hlot, “Your government is here but Rajasthan will not be able to give love like MP.” To this CM
hatred in his heart to wards the BJP and the RSS, but he will not let them “spread hatred in the country”. “It is only after shaking hands with farmers that one
Gehlot, who came on the stage after a while, took a jibe and said, “Kamal Nath ji, we accept your challenge. I claim that Madhya Pradesh will not even stand in front of Rajasthan.”
understands what they are doing. This cannot be learnt from a helicop ter,” he said.
He said there were speculations that the yatra would not receive
where it covered a dis tance of 380 kms. Con gress’s MP unit chief Kamal Nath and other party leaders accompa nied Gandhi as he en tered Rajasthan.
Jaipur (FIB): The schedule of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has been revised once again. The yatra will now enter Kota city on December 8 and the rest will be on December 9. The yatra will resume on December 10.
response in Hindi belt but it did not happen to and now there are expec tations from Rajasthan.
The yatra entered Ra jasthan after spending 12 days in Madhya Pradesh
The yatra is sched uled to cover a distance of 500 km - passing through Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, Sawai Mad hopur, Dausa and Alwar districts - in 17 days be fore entering Haryana on December 21. Accord ing to the official plan, Gandhi will start the Rajasthan leg of yatra on Monday at 6 am from Kali Talai. He will reach the Bali Borda chauraha at 10 am after covering a distance of 14 km.
Media in-charge of Bharat Jodo Yatra for Rajasthan Vibhakar Shastri said that “Yatra Vishram” (rest) earlier was on December 8 but now as per the revised schedule, the yatra will enter Kota city on December 8 and will reach Umaid stadium. After lunch, the yatra of the second phase will start and there will be rest on 9th. Then on December 10, the yatra will leave again. Shastri said the yatra in Rajasthan will start from 5th December and 200 yatris will join it. Gandhi will travel 495 kilometers in the state in 18 days. There will be two rest days during this, one on 9th and the other on December 16 or 17. During the rest day, yatris will roam around the local area and Ra hul Gandhi will meet people.
Jaipur/Jhalawar: Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi during a press conference, MP Dushy ant Singh said he is wel come in JhalawarBaran parliamentary constituency, but if he had come 10 days after the formation of the
Congress government in Rajasthan enquired whether the loans of all the farmers had been waived off as per his promise, it would have been better. Singh said, “Bahut der se dar pe aankhen lagi thi, huzo or aate-aate bahut der kar di.”
Singh reminded Ra
Jaipur: Former Chief Election Commission er Sunil Arora who ac corded his consent to the request made by Rajasthan Cricket As sociation to be the Chief Electoral Officer recently, politely de clined to take any fees or honorarium for this responsibility and in sisted on a token amount of only `1. The elections of Ra jasthan Cricket Asso ciation (RCA) will be organized on Decem ber 24. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Arora re leased the election schedule on December
02. As per the schedule, the voting will take place on December 24 and the results will be announced on the same day.
RCA elections have been held earlier also and fees around Rs. 10 lakhs have been paid for the same but Sunil Aro
hul about the Parwan irrigation project and said that its foundation
was laid by the BJP and the Congress govern ment did not do any
work. Even today, the farmer families are waiting for compensa tion and rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, reacting to the yatra entering Rajasthan, State BJP president Satish Poonia said Gandhi should tell what happened to his 2018 poll promise of waiving off farm loans
Jaipur: A starling in formation has come forth in the matter re lated to resignations by MLAs in September. Ac cording to sources, the resignations have been returned as they were written on a piece of pa per only and were prob ably not entered in the official records.
the issue of CM post.
in the state. Poonia said he will ask one question daily to Rahul Gandhi during the yatra’s stay in Rajasthan.
“This is my first question to Rahul Gan dhi and this series of questions will continue for 18 days, as long as Rahul Gandhi stays in Rajasthan,” he added.
ra declined to take any amount. When RCA ap pealed to Arora to be the Chief Electoral Of ficer, he agreed but cat egorically and politely declined any amount for the same except a token of Re1/-, in a let ter to RCA Secretary Mahendra Sharma.
Several MLAs had tendered resignations after a parallel Legisla ture Party meeting was held at the residence of Parliamentary Affairs minister Shanti Dhari wal when Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge had come to Jaipur as party observers to settle
Meanwhile, accord ing to sources, Assem bly Speaker Dr CP Joshi is in no mood to give any answer in the matter listed in the High Court on Decem ber 6. In such a condi tion, the question of jurisdiction of the High Court may arise once again. Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore had filed a petition in the High Court and the court fixed the hearing on December 6.
Over 80 MLAs had submitted their resig nation letters to the As sembly Speaker CP Joshi in September.
Alwar: IAS officer Dr Jitendra Kumar Soni, popular for his innova tions in the Rajasthan cadre, was awarded at the national level by President Draupadi Murmu in New Delhi on Saturday. Alwar collec tor Soni has been given this award for doing ex cellent work for the dis abled in the district.
Before Soni, in 2022, six more IAS officers of Rajasthan have re ceived awards at the national level. At pre sent, there are about 248 IAS officers in the Rajasthan cadre, out of which about 10 offic
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Kota: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Sunday inaugurated the construction of sports complex and re pair work of the build ing in the 72-year-old Mahatma Gandhi Mul tipurpose School.
Dhariwal said that the work done by the Urban Development Trust for the develop ment of sports facilities and strengthening of education infrastruc ture at a cost of Rs 4.70 crore will benefit the
young generation of the region. He said that this school has been the identity of Kota and with the renovation of this 72-year-old build ing, the future genera
tions will get this tem ple of education strong and orderly. He said that there was a need for a playground for the youth to play around, now the youth will be
able to brighten the name of Kota by en hancing their talent.
He said that when ever sporting talents come to play in the multipurpose school, it is the duty of the parents and local citi zens to see and moti vate the sportspersons to encourage them.
RD Meena, Special Officer of the City De velopment Trust, while expressing thanks, in formed about the devel opment works done by the Urban Develop ment Trust.
DIGVIJAYA SINGH, JAIRAM LAUD DHARIWAL, SAY MAP OF KOTA HAS BEEN CHANGED Kota (FIB): With the entry of Bharat Jodo Yatra to Rajasthan, preparations are in the final stages for the yatra’s entry to Kota from Jhalawar. CM Ashok Gehlot, former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, former CM of MP Digvijaya Singh, national General Secretary KC Venugopal reached Kota airport from Delhi and were received by UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal. Digvijaya Singh hugged Dhariwal and Jairam Ramesh said that Shanti Dhariwal has changed the map of Kota. Seeing the Kota thermal chimney visible from the airport premises,
Ramesh refreshed old memories and said that dur ing the extension of thermal, he had visited Kota but now there are changes in the city. At the airport, Dhariwal dis cussed the
New Delhi (PTI):
Dismissing apprehen sions that infighting may affect the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ra jasthan, former Depu ty CM Sachin Pilot on Sunday said the par ty’s state unit is “fully united” and focussed on ensuring that the Yatra is even more successful than it has been in other states.
Pilot also slammed the BJP for taking potshots at the Con gress over his differ ences with CM Ashok
Gehlot, saying that “sounds rich” coming from the BJP which has at least a dozen claimants for the post of chief minister.
“There is so much disunity in the BJP. They have not even been able to establish themselves as a prop er opposition in the last four years in Ra jasthan,” said Pilot in an interview to PTI.
Pilot dismissed the apprehensions as “stories put out in the media”.
ers have received awards from the Presi dent or the Prime Min ister. It is considered one of the biggest achievements among the IAS cadre when they get the award from the Prime Minis ter or the President.
IAS Gaurav Goyal, currently posted as Sec
retary to the Govern ment in CM Ashok Ge hlot’s office (CMO), re ceived the award in 2016 from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This award was given under the name Scroll of Hon our. He was given this award for promoting cashless payment dur ing demonetisation.
Kota: Preparations are in full swing to make Ra hul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra historic in Kota. Urban Develop ment and Self-Govern ment Minister Shanti
Dhariwal held a meeting of Congress councillors, office bearers and work ers at Kota’s Dadhich
Hostel and gave respon sibilities to them. Dhari wal said that today Ra hul Gandhi is raising the issues of the common people by taking out the
Bharat Jodo Yatra re garding various prob lems including inflation and unemployment. “It is time for every Con gress worker to partici pate in the yatra and per form his duty. Such a yatra is being taken out for the first time after in dependence,” he said. Calling upon the Con gress officials and work ers present in the meet ing to join the yatra, he said that Rahul Gandhi is leading the yatra and he was joining the yatra as an ordinary worker.
Yogesh Sharma, Bhanwar S Charan, Dimple Sharma, Tripti Gautam & Arif Mansoori First India BureauSunil Arora politely declines honorarium, insists on `1 token!First India Bureau GS Dotasra, Sachin Pilot at Chawli border on Sunday. Kamal Nath hands over the tricolour to GS Dotasra as Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Rajasthan’s Jhalawar on Sunday. KC Venugopal, Jitu Patwari, Sachin Pilot, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mamta Bhupesh, Sandeep Chaudhary and others were also present. (Inset) Rahul Gandhi clicks selfie with CM Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA Sunil Arora is the Chief Electoral Officer for RCA elections.
No hatred towards RSS, BJP but won’t let them spread hatred in India: Rahul Gandhi
500Jhalawar (ANI): Ahead of the arrival of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan, a poster war broke out between the supporters of Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot after the Chief Minister’s followers tried to replace Pilot’s posters in the Jhalawar district. The incident took place on Saturday, days after the party’s general secretary KC Venugopal held a meeting with the two leaders of the state and held hands with Ge hlot and Pilot during a press conference in an attempt to show unity in Jaipur on November 29. Venugopal had claimed that the party is united in the state. On December 3, Pilot had released a video asking people to join the yatra when it enters the state. grand reception that would be held in Kota for the Bharat Jodo Yatra. IAS Dr Jitendra Soni being felicitated by Prez Droupadi Murmu. Minister Shanti Dhariwal plays badminton at newly inaugurated sports complex in Kota on Sunday. Digvijaya Singh hugs Shanti Dhariwal at Kota airport. Satish Poonia Dushyant Singh MRIDULA SHARMA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the great ones make you believe that you too can become great. The quote applies to this dynamic beauty who is made for a stunning finalist at the First India Queen 2022. While speaking about herself Kajol said “I hail from the city of love Agra.
I am a 23-year-old young girl with big dreams and big goals.” On a professional note, the beauty shared “I believe we need both profession and passion in our lives to be successful and I am a person who always carries both. If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it. My passion and hard work paid off when Jagdeesh Chandra Sir provided me with an opportunity to be a part of the First India Queen and I can’t thank him enough for this opportunity. “Talking about her professional life she further mentioned, “I have done a Master’s in Marketing.” While praising her parents’ efforts diva stated, “My parents are the ones who stood with me in every path. Whether modelling, educating me, roaming with friends enjoying and many more.”
“I always want to be a person who can be independent and handles so many things at a single time. So here I am trying to manage my job, studies and modelling all at once.”
“Thus, I am here to express myself, whatever I see, experience and plan for my life. I try my best to be modest passionate, devoted, hardworking and honest about it. I want to be the best version of daughter, mother, and sister,” Kajol claimed.
“IF YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR IT, THEN STOP WISHING AND JUST DO IT” EXPRESSED KAJOL SARASWAT ONE OF THE FINALISTS OF FIRST INDIA QUEEN 2022, WHILE SHARING HER BITTER-SWEET EXPERIENCES WITH CITY FIRST!
We all want to be the best parents in the world for our children. The word ‘Parenting’ has a different meaning for every couple or parent. For me, as a parent, it’s the cutest yet toughest task in the world.
Nurturing a child with fondness, and affection but at the same time making your child understand life’s practicalities, what’s right or wrong for them, and know the set peripheries of Indian society and our own culture is indeed required.
With a liberal mindset, I believe we should raise our children knowing our traditional moral values and, in the chorus, give them the wings of freedom to fly where they can excel with their aptitude rather than perform anything just for their parent’s choice or wish. Throughout the circus of parenting, it’s essential to focus on balancing primacies, juggling responsibilities, and flipping between your kid’s desires.
Believe me, friends, if we show hope, trust in our kids, and give them responsibilities with an environment of love and
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Health tips from an expert will enable you to get closer to your fitness goals. Using your initiative at work will be much appreciated. You may get a chance to pursue old hobby. Your generous behavior would enable to enjoy some lovely moments with family.
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Following a health diet will be a good idea. Luck favours you today on the professional front. Focussing on health now will help you in keeping physically fit. Clarity of mind will help you forge ahead on the academic front. Frustration on the romantic front is possible.
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Family will be most supportive, when it really matters for you.
Some of you may add to your list of properties by booking a new one. It is good day to confess your love as stars appear favourable for positive reply. A long drive is likely to help you get over mental tiredness.
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
Distant relatives may drop in for a surprise visit. On professional front, recognition for good work would motivate you to work harder. Those awaiting an affirmation on romantic front are likely to get lucky today, as partner responds positively. Your day will be full of surprises.
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
A major purchase may make a dent in your savings, but will help in keeping up with the jonesses. Speculation may not be profitable and you can very well burn your fingers. Some of you may get hard pressed to find a good match for someone eligible in the family down, Saturn will save you.
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your intuition will save you from a tricky spot today. Yoga would help in raising energy levels and improve your metabolism. You will manage to achieve your aim through travel. This is a great time on the academic front, when you mange to render your best.
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
Avoid raising controversial issues at home to maintain harmony. Successful implementation of new ideas and projects would add to your prestige on the professional front. It is a wonderful day to build new connections. Your relationship requires you to be tactful.
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Happiness in the domestic sphere will only come with a changed mind set. Some of you are likely to become a part of an overseas official trip. Better to consult an expert in financial matters before making an investment.
them for a wrong curvy path in life. So here parents’ role becomes so important. If we parents restrict them more, they can be resistant so as a pal we need to tune in with them and keep an eye on them without their cognizance. And for a single parent, it becomes more difficult to handle a young teenager. If you want your child to listen, and respect you rather than fear you then for this, you need to be supportive, not an authoritative or a helicopter parent and need not be monitored excessively by you.
Without pressurizing let them do whatever career path they want to pursue in life. I think this way they will come up with flying colours.
If you don’t agree with their point of view then rather shouting at them, very politely make them understand.
Parents should never hit their children, under any cir-
cumstances. There are many other ways to discipline a child. A balanced, firm, and consistent approach needs to follow. As we are adults, so this needs more compassion, kindness, and understanding from our side. We need to understand from a kid’s perspective. Respect their opinion. Pay attention when your child speaks to you. Treat them kindly. Praise your child and be generous with rewards — your love, hugs, and compliments. Whatever you do your child follows, so be a good role model for your child.
Your relationship with your child is the foundation for their relationship with you and with others as well. Allow these cute little monsters’ own space to develop their concerns, explore their independence, and experience failures.
At least, for me, I and my kiddo are like buddies…who share everything…you should also try, then life would be fun!
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
It’s a very good day to take calculated risks in financial matters. Your efforts on the professional front will be recognised. Opting for some healthy choices will ensure you remain in perfect health. You will feel much happy and contented on the family front.
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
A friend may motivate you to take up a healthy activity.
Parents may appear more than happy with what you deliver. Plans for overseas travel are likely to materialise. You are likely to get clearance for your construction plans. You find things moving in the way you want them.
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
You will succeed in resolving misunderstanding with family members, normalizing ties. Despite your misgivings, you retain good health. You will do much to bring peace at home. You will remain much in demand on social front. Some of you can get romantically involved.
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
Gifting something to your beloved is likely to make the day memorable. Matrimonial match for siblings will bring happiness for entire family. You will get a good price for your property. Those awaiting results are assured of succeeding with flying colours.
ni has sustained an injury on her right leg. The actress took to ries yesterday and shared pictures of her injured leg and wrote, “Can I be injury free for a week...why am I so clumsy.” She is seen soaking her feet in cold water to relieve pain.
ever did not stop her from making dinner plans with her friends. The actress was seen all dressed up as she was spotted outside a restau rant, her leg wrapped in a bandage. And then it was time to go back home to her recovery routine, which she shared in her Instagram story and wrote, “Back to same old recovery.”
Saif and Kareena was re cently, seen making heads turn at the Red Sea Festi val in Jeddah. Before en tering the venue, Saif was asked about the contributions of wom en in cinema. While speaking about the same, the actor named a few female actresses but he for got to mention his wife’s name. He said, “Cinema is empty with out women for a start. When you think of cinema you think of so many important ladies, from Marlene Dietrich to Audrey Hep burn to Charlize Theron.” Bebo was quick to interrupt, “to your wife!” Saif then added, “and to my beautiful wife” and they lau ghed. —Agency
hraddha Kapoor’s recent cam eo in the song ‘Thumkesh from the movie, Bhedi broke the internet. The ac tress recently took to her social me dia re-sharing an interesting insight from the hook step of the song. Shrad dha shared an interesting insight about gender reversal in the hook step of the song that was noticed by Humans of Cinema. Throwing light on it, Shraddha also wrote, “The gender reversal in the hook step is a brilliant observation. Had wondered whether audiences will no tice that layer. The magic of @amarkau shik!” —Agency
break and will be seen as cricketer Jhulan Gos wami in the Prosit Roy direc torial Chakda Xpress.
While fans are eagerly wait ing to see Anushka in Chakda ‘Xpress, now, the actress left
After the very successful Black Tie Par ty, organised by Priyambi at Notion along with Youth icon Rishee Miglani. The duo has planned to do a nice Sunday Winter brunch for their friends on December 18. To welcome winters through a pre-Christ mas brunch.
While addressing the media, Priyambi said, “As winter is ap proaching, Rishee and I, have yet to curate another event, the British WHITE WINTER BRUNCH, it originat ed in Britain as an ac tivity to engage people
after Church on Sun day. We are coming with the Sunday Brunch, welcom ing winter in midDecember with a good spread of food and live music.
Rishee Miglani said, “It is lovely working with Priyambi, she is a very dynamic girl full of great ideas and I am looking forward to the Sunday Brunch. Priy amabi has a very Inter national approach to wards everything, so she is trying to bring the whole British vibes to Jaipur, so we have kept very fashionable and cool lunch party in Jaipur.”
CITY FIRST
The society where women are respected is considered a civilized so ciety. Women have a huge impact on the society around them. They can play a significant role in reducing the problems of society. A woman is also the first teacher of a child and what she teaches him/her moulds the person ality of the child. This was stated by the Ra jasthan Minister of PHED, Mahesh Joshi on Sunday. He was speaking at the launch of the book ‘Omana: The Complete Woman’ authored by the re nowned event manag er, Yash Kalra.
Talking about the book, Yash Kalra said that in the book every chapter has stories of women who took life
head-on, challenged their limits and evolved rather than getting succumbed to self-pity and the blame
and the most precious woman of his life, Omana, who presents her perspectives about life, people, situations and what can an indi vidual learn.
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The players of the Jaipur team are Harsh Vardhan, Arinjay Kuchhal, Tushar Ramchandani, Divyash Soni and Aarav Acharya. Along with this, the Jaipur girls’ team won the gold medal by defeating Kota 3-0. The girls in the Jaipur team are Samridhi Vyas, Samiksha Bohra, Navdha, Radhika and Pratusha. The coach of the Jaipur team was Umrao Singh.
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Earlier, the Minister, the author and distin guished guests lit the traditional lamp. The book was released by the Minister, Mahesh Joshi, the author, Yash Kalra and the Profes sor of Music, Kanta Dhawan. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
FICCI LADIES ORGAN
ISATION JAIPUR, in collaboration with Istart Rajasthan, or ganised an event with the Shark Tank India Fame Na mita Thapar at Techno Hub recently. During the session, Mudrika Dhoka, Chairper son welcomed Thapar with the official of iStart & DOIT.
She told about how she bal ances her Career, Success & Personal Life. She shared her
journey on the Shark Tank Show and how she enjoyed being on the sets. On the con trary, she had to leave home early, leave family dinners & Holidays. She moved to In
dia, with a baby & she had her own share of challenges at work and as parenthood. She worked with traditional people, mostly men-driven industries in India. The talk
was very inspiring to brace for your own failures, focus on growth, and move ahead.
Namita shared that Startup is a venture, a job creator and an opportunity to grow. Na mita Thappar is an Indian entrepreneur and a CA. She oversees EmCure Pharma ceuticals as executive direc tor. She began working for EmCure as the CFO and eventually worked her way up to overseeing the compa ny’s main business unit, the Indian unit.
Under the aegis of SPIC MACAY, the presentation of a lecture demonstration of Mohiniyattam, the famous classical dance form of Kerala was organised at SKIT recently.
Renowned artist of Mohiniyattam, Vidushi Rachita Ravi and her team’s co-artists, Murali Sangeet (co-singer), Sri Venu Kurumassery (Mridangam), Vayalar Rajendra (Violin) enthralled
The