First India-Jaipur Edition-7th January 2023

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Leaders hail initiative to honour the messiahs in medical field

Jaipur: During the Corona period, the work of the hospital and the doctors of Rajasthan was appreciated in the country and all over the world. Day by day Rajasthan is progressing in the medical field, be it government hospital or private hospital. Better medical facilities are provided to the people of the country and the state through the best doctors. To honour such

hospitals and doctors, Health First Conclave Award ceremony was organized by First India Channel at Hotel Clarks Amer on Friday.

First India Channel Head Dr. Jagdeesh Chandra, Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena,

PM MODI HERALDS NEW ERA OF CO-OP FEDERALISM

CM Advisor Dr. Rajkumar Sharma, Minister Tikaram Jully, Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Vice Chancellor of RUHS Dr. Sudhir Bhandari, JMC Heritage Mayor Munesh Gurjar, FI Channel Editor Jinendra Singh and

several doctors attended the event.

At the beginning of the program, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra said that First India News has social concern and keeps on fulfilling its social concerns.

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BJP freed Manipur from terrorism, bandhs, says Shah

Imphal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that the BJP government in the state freed Manipur from bandhs and terrorism and brought it on the path of development.

Addressing a public rally at Moirang in Bishnupur district after virtually inaugurating 12 projects worth Rs 300 crore and laying the foundation stone of nine projects worth Rs 1,007 crore, Shah said

the BJP government defeated insurgency and lifted Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 or AFSPA from six districts of the state.

“There was a situa-

tion of terror during the Congress rule in Manipur. Now, it is among the best governed small states,” he said.

Shah said the BJP-led government at the Centre has invested Rs 3.45 lakh crore in the Northeast in less than eight years and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the region 51 times during this period. He said the BJP will make Manipur drugfree by next election.

DELHI MCD’S MAIDEN MEETING

No Mayoral polls as House adjourned

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi chaired the national conference of Chief Secretaries focused on achieving rapid and sustained economic growth in partnership with the states, in the national capital on Friday. The idea behind this conference is

that cooperative federalism, through Central Ministries and departments working together with States in seamless coordination, is an essential pillar for the development and progress of New India.

With this vision in mind, PM Modi conceptualised this conference, which was held for the first time in June 2022 in Dharamshala.

This year, National Conference of Chief Secretaries started on January 5 and will con-

clude on 7. More than 200 bureaucrats comprising representatives of the central government, chief secretaries and other senior officials of all States/Union Territories and domain experts, are participating in the conference.

Having had vast experience of governing a state as CM of Gujarat, PM Modi knows that key to development for states is availability of sufficient resources.

Taking a significant step in this direction,

government took decision to increase states’ share in divisible pool of taxes from 32% to 42%. This has provided states with more resources to design and implement programmes as per their requirement and need.

Modi has initiated the concept of PRAGATI. This unique initiative brings the highest officials of the central govt (Secretary), state govt (Chief Secretary) and other officials on one table along with the PM.

Pilot dies, another injured as plane crashes in a temple in MP’s Rewa dist

REWA (Madhya

Pradesh): One pilot died and another was injured after plane they were flying in crashed into a temple

in Rewa of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of Friday. The

CM honours public sentiment, withdraws ACB order

cuffs. Now many things happen in the name of human rights, we have to accept them,” he said.

mishap took place early this morning and the flight was a training flight. The aircraft of a private company was taxiing from Chorhata Airstrip, when it crashed after colliding with the dome of a temple in Dumri Village of Rewa district.

New Delhi: Amid a clash between the councillors of the AAP and the BJP, the maiden meeting of the newly elected Municipal Corporation of Delhi House on Friday, was adjourned without electing the mayor and the deputy mayor. AAP also accused the BJP of trying to win the mayoral polls through “wrong means”. The BJP, in response, said that “AAP doesn’t have faith in the established rules and norms.”

Protests on Friday erupted after BJP councillor Satya Sharma invited an alderman to take oath. AAP representatives rushed to the centre of the House, saying that elected councillors should have been sworn in before the nominated members.

The oathtaking was stopped and AAP councillors stood on tables. Amid chaos, both sides alleged manhandling by other. More on P5

GANDHI STABLE AND RECOVERING

Jodhpur: On Friday, the order issued by Anti Corruption Bureau’s ADG to hide identity of government officials in consonence with SC decision was taken back.

Speaking on the matter, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, said, “It was the decision of the Supreme Court that until something is proved, it should

not be given publicity. What had the previous government done, when protests were expressed by the media. The media could not print anything without an order, action could be taken against it, but there was nothing like that in this order.

Even then if something goes wrong, we will do withdraw. Sometimes people who are really innocent get embrolied

incontroversy.”

“Our campaign is number one in the country. ACB raid campaign is not like this in any state. ACB will do its

work. It is a sad thing that raids happen, people are caught. SP, Collector are caught. The Supreme Court also banned the use of hand-

Gehlot also termed the Rajasthan High Court’s recognition of the demand for compensation after death as ‘correct thing’. Gehlot said that there should be a policy regarding compensation. “People sit with the dead body. Many people do politics. I am in support of this demand. We will make a policy regarding compensation,” Gehlot said. Turn to P7

Jaipur police on Friday rescued 12 Nepalese women who were being trafficked to Ethiopia through a flight from airport P3

4 people were killed in a

collision in Jodhpur on Friday. 3 died on the spot, while one died on the way to hospital P7

to 6-8 crew members, including the pilot of the Air India flight in the urination incident in a New YorkDelhi flight last year. According to the complaint, the crew brought the accused to her seat. P6

SHRI SAMMED SHIKHARJI: 2ND JAIN MONK ON FAST DIES Jaipur (PTI): A Jain monk who was on a fast against Jharkhand govt’s decision to declare Shri Sammed Shikharji as a tourist place died in Jaipur, a community leader said on Friday. Samarth Sagar (74) died at on Friday after fasting for five days, said Rajasthan Jain Sabha president Subhash Chandra Jain. Sagar was on a hunger strike at the Sanghiji temple in Sanganer area. It comes days after another Jain monk, Sugyeysagar Maharaj (72), had died at the temple on Tuesday.

NSA AJIT DOVAL MEETS

FRENCH COUNTERPART

NSA Ajit Doval on Thursday met his French counterpart Emmanuel Bonne, and reiterated their commitment to take forward their strategic partnership to ensure peace, stability and security in the Indo-Pacific based on common beliefs.

SONIA

Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is stable and recovering, said officials at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. Sonia was admitted for viral respiratory infection is making a gradual recovery.

The incident occurred due to bad weather and foggy conditions

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the event at Hotel Clarks Amer.

Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas addressing the conclave.

Minister Tikaram Jully addressing the event.

Minister Parsadi Lal Meena addressing the event.

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Prime Minister chairs CS conference for PRAGATI

ACB’S ‘CONTROVERSIAL’ ORDER ‘NIPPED’

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Says SC had decided against publicising names as sometimes people who are really innocent get embrolied in controversy

CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the gathering at Sagwara

in

Dungarpur on Friday.

PM Narendra Modi during the national conference of Chief Secretaries, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Vikas Sharma and Ziauddin Khan

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Rafeek Khan, Dr. Sudhir Bhandari. Tikaram Jully, Parsadi Lal Meena, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Munesh Gurjar & Jinendra Singh Shekhawat during the First India’s Health

First Conclave at Hotel Clarks Amer on Friday. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA & MUKESH KIRADOO

‘CHIRANJEEVI’ will help Gehlot to make a comeback: Dr Chandra

JAN

Mt Abu shivers @-6°C, breaks 28 years record

Jaipur (PTI): Intense cold conditions continued to affect daily life in Rajasthan where the night temperature fell below zero degrees in Bikaner and Sikar districts. Mt Abu shivered at -6 degrees breaking a 28 years record.

Fatehpur in Sikar recorded a minimum temp of 0.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday night, followed by Churu at 1 degree, Met office said.

The night tempera-

Dotasra appoints dist coordinators for Hath Se Hath Jodo Campaign

Yogesh Sharma

Jaipur: PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Friday declared district coordinators of 33 districts for the upcoming Hath Se Hath Jodo campaign, scheduled to start on January 26. The PCC Chief issued an order directing all concerned district coordinators to go to their respective districts and start this program in a planned and effective manner.

In his letter, Dotasra said that this program will continue for the next two months and district coordinators will prepare a detailed outline of the program and submit their report in detail to the Congress Committee as soon as possible.

ture was recorded at 1.1 degrees Celsius in Anta (Baran), 1.6 degrees in

Vanasthali (Tonk), 1.7 degrees in Nagaur, 3.6 degrees in Jaipur, 3.8

degrees in Phalodi (Jodhpur), 4.5 degrees in Alwar and 4.7 degrees in Ganganagar.

There is a possibility of a two to four degrees Celsius increase in the minimum and maximum temperatures in most parts of the state over the next 48 hours due to the partial effect of a weak Western Disturbance, a Met official said.

There are strong chances of respite from the cold wave.

AAKROSH MEETING

No change in State BJP leadership, hints Chugh

Aishwary Pradhan & Punit Chaturvedi

Jaipur: BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Friday said there will be no change in Rajasthan BJP.

“Those working like a worker, will continue to do the same work in future also,” said Chugh, who arrivssed in Jaipur on Friday to address the Jan Aakrosh meeting. During this, while talking to the media in the BJP office, Chugh described Satish Poonia’s tenure as brilliant. “Satish Poonia has done a wonderful job in Rajasthan. In future too, all the workers will continue to work unitedly under his leadership,” he said while talking to the reporters after the inaugural session of Data Management Department’s workshop at BJP state office on Friday.

Chugh on Friday participated in the Jan Aakrosh Sabha held in Sanganer assembly constituency. Sanganer MLA Ashok Lahoti, MP Ramcharan Bohra, Jaipur District President Raghav Sharma was also present during the gathering.

Awareness programs must to reduce crime: Archana

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Jaipur: The second general body meeting of the Rajasthan State Social Welfare Board was organised in Ambedkar Bhawan on Friday. The meeting was presided over by board Chairperson Dr Archana Sharma. During the meeting, it was

MOST INCOMPETENT GOVT IN HISTORY OF RAJASTHAN, SAYS DIYA KUMARI

Bharatpur: MP Diya Kumari said that the State’s Congress Government, indulged in corruption, is engaged in issuing Tughlaq decrees, and is not worried that the public is suffering. There is an atmosphere of anarchy everywhere, law and order has broken down. They are worried only to save the corrupt officials. Addressing the ‘Janakrosh Mahasabha’ in Bharatpur, MP Diya Kumari said that ever since the Congress Government was formed in the State, every section is troubled. Be it a farmer or a businessman, a student or a woman. The life of the students has become dark due to paper out every day. At the same time, the number of crimes against women has increased wildly. It has become difficult for women to leave the house. The MP said that public anger against the State Government is increasing. The Congress Government of Rajasthan is the most incompetent government in the history under whose leadership the state fell. The Congress Government’s promises of development proved hollow.

BY SANTOSH SHARMA

decided that proposals related to good touchbad touch workshops, provision of work from home during women’s menstruation, family counselling centres and other such programs will be sent to the state government through the administrative department. Dr Archana Sharma said that to re-

duce increasing sexual crimes against children, awareness programs will be organized at the state level, district level and panchayat samiti level in all the colleges and schools.

“There is a need to set up family counselling centres in the state,” said Chairperson Dr Archana Sharma. Dr Archana Sharma briefing media on Friday.

Man and girlfriend held in Jpr for extorting `25L from businessman Camp of Cong at HCM Ripa on Jan 16 & 17

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Jaipur: The Congress government will have a brainstorming camp at HCM Ripa on January 16 and 17.

In the programme, feedback will be taken regarding implementation of the Congress party’s 2018-election manifesto and budget announcement.

Secretary Jitendra Upadhyay issued the or-

der after approval at the higher level regarding this. All the ministers have been requested to attend the camp.

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: A 26-year-old blackmailer and his girlfriend have been arrested for allegedly extorting Rs 25 lakhs from a businessman in Vishwakarma area. Police informed the accused has been identified as Rahul Bohra (26), a CA student and resident of Jhotwara and his girlfriend Priyanka (27), a resident of the Kard-

STRENGTHENING OF POLICE FORCE

hani area. “The victim, Deepak, is a businessman in Jaipur. The accused blackmailed the victim and took Rs. 25 lakhs from him. How-

ever, the accused kept harassing the victim even after that and demanded more money. The victim then filed a police complaint and a trap was laid. On January 5, the victim went with fake currency notes of Rs. 23 lakhs and kept the bag on the spot. As soon as the accused came to pick up the bag, they were arrested by the police,” police said.

188 block presidents appointed by Cong in past three days

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Congress has appointed 188 block presidents in the state in three days. Two days after the first list of 100 block presidents, the ruling party issued the second list of 88 block presidents.

Congress has a total of 400 blocks in the state and of them, appointments of presidents in 188 blocks have been made. 212 blocks of the Congress are still without the president.

The choices of MLAs have been given preferences in appointments so far. The blocks where presidents have been appointed on Friday are Ajmer, Barmer, Banswara, Churu, Dausa, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi and Tonk. The appointments

are pending in the assembly constituencies of chief whip Mahesh Joshi and parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal. Block presidents have been appointed in the constituencies of Pilot loyalist MLAs. The appointments were made in Virat Nagar, Chaksu, Deoli-Uniara, Bandikui constituency, Masuda constituency, Srimadhopur constituency, Parbatsar constituency, Dataramgarh and Ladnun assembly constituency.

Develop policing tech to prevent crimes: Governor

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has stressed on strengthening of police forces by developing technology related to policing to prevent new types of crimes. He said that the police agencies should work together effectively for time-bound investigation & prosecution.

“By making proper use of scientific methods of investigation, police should strengthen its system so that the

culprits are punished on time and no one can implicate innocent,” he said in the closing cer-

emony of a two day national conference of heads of investigative agencies here.

Governor said that backbone of any nation’s law and order is its police. Mishra said, “In this era of globalization & information and communication technology, complexities of cases have increased.”

Conference was attended by ADG, BPR&D, Neeraj Sinha, Director, Central Detective Training Institute, Ghaziabad, Anurag Kumar, Director, Central Detective Training Institute, Dr Amandeep S Kapoor and others.

COURTESY MEET

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Women pose near grass covered with frost at the Central Park, Jaipur during morning walk. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

CONG IS ON VENTILATOR AND BJY VISIT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY EFFECT: TARUN CHUGH

CONGRESS HAS FAILED DURING THE FOUR YEARS OF RULE, SAYS POONIA SCHOOLS CLOSED TILL JAN 14 IN JPR & TILL JAN 16 IN ANGANWADI CENTRES

Jaipur: District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit on Friday declared holidays in all government and non-government schools of the Jaipur district till January 14. As per the order, classes from first to eighth will remain closed while the timing of teachers and scheduled examinations will remain unaffected during this period. The decision was taken after the met department predicted an intense cold wave in the coming days. Meanwhile, students performing on Republic Day at Sawai Man Singh Stadium will be present for the rehearsal. Minister of Women and Child Development Mamta Bhupesh on Friday declared holidays in Anganwadi Centres till January 16.

Chugh said that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is “a treadmill walk”. “No one wants to join his yatra. No other party leader is ready to match step with him. The yatra took place in UP, but Akhilesh distanced himself from it. DMK, CPI, CPM have also stayed away from the yatra. Those who are not ready to walk with them in their journey, where will they walk with them in the elections. Congress is on ventilator and this visit is not going to have any effect,” said Chugh.

Dungarpur: BJP State President Satish Poonia reached Dungarpur district headquarters on the second day of his Dungarpur tour, where he participated in the BJP’s Jan Aakrosh Rally and also addressed the Jan Aakrosh Sabha on the sail of Gapsagar. Poonia lashed out at the State government saying that Congress has failed during the four years of rule. The crime graph is increasing in the state. The incidents of rape and kidnapping of women have increased in the state.

Governor of West Bengal Dr C. V. Ananda Bose called on Governor Kalraj Mishra, at Raj Bhavan, Jaipur on Friday. This was a courtesy meet, they had discussion on different topics.

Kalraj Mishra addressing closing ceremony of 2-day national conference of heads of investigative agencies in Jaipur.

Tarun Chugh addressing Jan Aakrosh meeting on Friday.

Diya Kumari addressing the Jan Aakrosh Mahasabha.

Satish Poonia during Jan Aakrosh Sabha on Friday.

Accused Priyanka.

—PHOTO

12 NEPALESE WOMEN BEING TRAFFICKED, RESCUED IN JPR

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur : The police on Friday rescued 12 Nepalese women who were being trafficked to Ethiopia through a flight from the airport.

Police informed based on information from the Nepal embassy, the women were questioned and rescued from Jaipur International Airport.

“All the girls belong

to different districts of Nepal. They had arrived in Delhi from Ne-

pal and later came to Jaipur. They had been lured with jobs in for-

eign countries by accused. All of them arrived at the airport in different taxis and were about to depart but they were caught by the police,” said Sub-Inspector Digpal Singh, posted at Airport Police Station.

“The women have been kept in Mahila Niketan and information is being sought. Now, they will be sent back to Nepal.” police added.

Jaipur: After Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Congress leaders have started taking out foot march in their areas. Adarsh Nagar MLA Rafeek Khan started his padyatra by walking 4 kilometers. He is probably the first MLA in Jaipur who following the instructions of Rahul Gandhi. Khan assured that he will increase distance of walking in the coming days.

Another Jain monk dies in 4 days fasting for Sammed Shikhar ji

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Jaipur: Muni Samarth Sagar passed away on Friday at 1:20 am. This is the second saint in four days, who left his body. As soon as the information about the saint leaving his body was received on Friday morning, a large number of people from the Jain community started reaching the temple.

Jain saint Samarth Sagar, who went to Devlok, had announced an indefinite hunger strike, after the death

taken a vow to fast until Sammed Shikhar ji was declared a holy pilgrimage. Other saints and sages of the Jain community who gathered during Jain Muni’s visit to Devlok say that the agitation will continue till Sammed Shikhar is declared as Jain holiest pilgrimage.

of Muni Sugyeya Sagar, who died on January 3 during his fast, for the protection of Sammed Shikhar Tirtha. He had

CS Usha gives presentation on reducing burden of work Paper leak accused’s coaching centre surveyed by JDA team

Jaipur : The JDA’s enforcement squad led by Chief Controller of Enforcement Raghuveer Saini on Friday measured the building of the coaching centre run by main accused of teachers’ recruitment paper leak case. After measurement, notices of encroachment and illegal construction have been given to the building owner to remove encroachment within 3 days on own.

Bhupendra Saran and Suresh Dhaka are the main accused in the pa-

per leak. JDA’s enforcement squad had received information about running a coaching centre in the name of Adhigam near Gurjar ki Thadi on Gopalpura bypass. The building was taken on rent by

main accused for running the coaching centre but the building has been built illegally by joining two plots of Sukh Vihar Colony. Also, despite being a corner plot, the road has been encroached upon.

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Kota: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit Kota on January 8. The Union Minister will be visiting Rajasthan for the first time officially after becoming the Finance Minister. It is believed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman is coming to Kota following the efforts of Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla. The Union Minister will disburse loans as part of the credit outreach program.

tion, samples were taken for all the contacts.

Jaipur: The Health department is alert on a new variant of Corona, Omicron XBB.1.5 found in Jaipur in a person returned from America. After this informa-

The condition of the patient is fine now and he is in isolation at home. About the new variant, Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena said that people do not

need to be afraid, but caution must be taken.

The department is also alert, genome sequencing of every positive patient is being done so that any kind of new variant can be detected soon, he said.

“The speed of sampling is also being increased to stop the spread of Corona. Where earlier the sampling figure was around 5,000, it has now increased to 7,000,” he said.

Rituraj Sharma

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the conference of Chief Secretaries in New Delhi. Modi said in a tweet that this is a wonderful forum to exchange views on important policy related subjects and to strengthen team spirit to take India to newer heights.

Modi is chairing the second national conference of chief secretaries at Pusa complex in Delhi. Rajasthan’s Chief Secretary Usha Sharma gave her presentation on reducing

the burden of work. Along with this, to motivate the youth towards employment and selfemployment, she talked about innovations like establishment of Rajiv Gandhi Center for Ex-

cellence.

On the first day of the conference, states presented action taken reports regarding the implementation of the instructions given in the first CS conference.

During the last rites, Jain saint Sunil Sagar Maharaj said, “It was great wish of Saint Samarth Sagar that Shikharji should be free from tourism and be declared as holiest Jain pilgrimage.”

Sikar (FIB): The ACB on Friday arrested a patwari in Sikar while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. Police informed the Patwari demanded bribe to open mutation of the complainant’s land in revenue records. “The accused, Hansraj, is posted in palasra gram panchayat of Sikar. The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh. During verification, Hansraj had already taken a bribe of Rs 50,000. On Friday, he was caught red-handed while accepting the remaining amount,” police said.

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Jaipur: The Jaipur Police have succeeded in tracing 404 missing mobiles phones worth over Rs. 50 lakhs and returning them to their original owners. DCP (West) Vandita Rana informed that several cases were filed regarding missing mobile phones in city.

“A special campaign was jointly undertaken by Police Stations and Cyber Cells. Mobile snatchers used to sell these mobiles to people living in rural areas at cheap prices. The police traced the mobile phones through IMEI numbers and later inquired victims about the details.

More than 100 people were arrested in 2022 for their involvement in mobile snatching,” said DCP (West) Vandita Rana.

On Friday, DCP West Vandita Rana handed over their mobile phones to their owners in the auditorium located at Mini Secretariat.

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Abhishek Shrivastava

Vikas Sharma

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Muni Samarth Sagar was cremated on Friday with Jain rituals by fellow Saints.

Nepalese women outside police station on Friday.

JDA officials on spot during Friday to inspect the building.

The detained girls arrived in different taxis suspiciously at Jaipur airport

They were being trafficked to African nation, Ethiopia through a flight

CS Usha Sharma (seen sitting on extreme left first row) along with PM Modi and other officials during ‘Second National Conference of Chief Secretaries’ in New Delhi on Friday.

Your enemy’s enemy is your friend — Sun Tzu HINDI-TAI, BHAI BHAI !!!

GEN CP SINGH (RETD)

India and Taiwan have a common neighbour who believes in expansion of frontiers by force. India has ignored the existence of Taiwan for long and carrying on with the legacy of ‘Hindi Chini, Bhai Bhai’. India has so far avoided diplomatic relations with Taiwan, just not to annoy PRC but unfortunately, China is more and more belligerent in its attitude with India.

China believes in ‘One China Theory’ and wants all nations to only recognize PRC as ‘The China’.

The links between India and Taiwan have gathered good momentum in recent years. India is set to expand its economic ties with Taiwan significantly. India has fired the warning shots, regardless of China’s reaction and It’s a welcome change. Our EAM has often stated that India is strong enough to take independent decisions in its national interest and extending a hand to Taiwan is in India’s national interest now.

TEPID RELATIONSHIP

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is no longer a member of the UN, having been replaced by the PRC in 1971. India is among the 179 of the 193 member states of the UN that do not maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan. India and Taiwan do not have diplomatic relations so they have opened Cultural Centers, in each other’s capital in 1995. This has played a significant role in improving the people-to-people contacts, and in expansion of cultural, economic and academic relations. India and Taiwan have recently signed a number of bilateral agreements in the field of agriculture, civil aviation, investments, customs cooperation, double taxation avoidance etc.

India – Taiwan trade is growing at annual rate of 20%. Both the countries are working on free trade agreement (FTA) to remove all barriers in trade and investment, to boost the economic cooperation

SEMI CONDUCTORS CONNECTING FRIENDSHIP

New foreign policies of India and Taiwan are aligned in expressing official determination to carry forward the present developments of trade, economic, academic and finally diplomatic relations.

India should consider some immediate changes to its policy. India should firmly establish itself as a friendly and trustworthy partner to Taiwan

STEPPING UP ECONOMIC TIES

Economic cooperation between India and Taiwan got a fillip in 21st Century after a hibernation of 50 years since Independence. In 2018, India and Taiwan signed a bilateral investment agreement to give a boost to economic ties between India and Taiwan. Presently, more than 100 Taiwanese companies and enterprises are working in India.

STUDY IN FOREIGN UNIVS MADE EASY

India’s adversarial relations with China, pandemic-induced disruptions, and Beijing’s weaponization of supply chains have pushed New Delhi to begin reducing critical technology dependencies and build up domestic capacity. Going by the principle of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ India also started opening up to ‘Make in India’ and manufacturing of all essentials in India. Establishing semiconductor manufacturing hubs has been a matter of priority for India in the last few years and Taiwan is a leader in semiconductor manufacturing. The central government has allocated $9 Billion for setting up its semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Semiconductor manufacturing will emerge as a key area for cementing India-Taiwan relations and fostering closer cooperation.

CAUTIOUS APPROACH

Taiwan has tried to reach out to India, many times. Its carefully crafted ‘New Southbound Policy’, which has served as a roadmap for greater engagement with Taiwan’s potential friends and partners

India and Taiwan do not have diplomatic relations so they have opened Cultural Centers, in each other’s capital in 1995, which played a significant role in improving the people-topeople contacts, and in expansion of cultural, economic and academic relations in both the nations

– especially India. India is a key focus country within the framework of the New Southbound engagements. Recent conflict of interests with PRC have compelled India to revisit it’s ‘One China Policy’ and there has been a growing sentiment in India that it should establish closer ties with Taiwan. Indian government has been careful to avoid taking steps related to Taiwan which might worsen already strained ties with China. India’s trade with the Indo-Pacific region passes through the South China Sea( SCS) route. It’s time for India to be proactive to safeguard its interests in the SCS region.

CHINA FACTOR

For a long time, the China factor has overshadowed IndiaTaiwan relations. China has played significant role in preventing Delhi and Taipei

from intensifying their relationship. China’s reluctance to address India’s territorial concerns and two major Chinese territorial incursions have forced India to rethink its China policy. Consequently, India is making efforts to revamp its Taiwan policy.

WAY AHEAD

India and Taiwan’s new foreign policies are aligned in expressing official determination to carry forward the present developments in of trade, economic, academic and finally diplomatic relations. India should consider some immediate changes to its policy. Firstly, it should join the US, in backing observer status for Taiwan in international bodies /groups like G-7 and G-20. Secondly, regular political interactions should be strengthened. India should firmly establish itself as a friendly and trustworthy partner to Taiwan.

CONCLUSION

Realities in the Indo-Pacific region have changed, and it’s time for New Delhi to deepen its political ties with Taipei. India also needs to build strong economic ties and Taiwan will be too glad to reciprocate with equal warmth. India’s Taiwan moment has arrived and our leaders would be wise enough to seize it. Certainly, India of 21st century, is strong enough now to ignore China’s displeasure.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Opening the education sector for foreign universities to set up campuses in India has been much-awaited. Thousands of students leave the country to study abroad as they yearn for better quality education in famed universities like Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and others. Indian institutions which can match those standards include IITs, IIMs, JNU and the Indian Institute of Science but to get admission into these the competition is equally tough. Getting into any of the world class universities is not easy either but if a student has the required percentage, the ability to pay high fees takes care of the rest.

Studying abroad involves a big outgo of money and stu-

Allowing foreign universities to set up campuses in India would meet aspirational objectives of those who can’t study abroad for various reasons and also lower the financial burden of parents

dents have to take huge educational loans as not all parents can bear the educational and living expenses. Allowing foreign universities to set up campuses in India would meet aspirational objectives of those who can’t study abroad for various reasons and also lower the financial burden of parents.

The regulations being

framed will ensure that there is no compromise on the quality of faculty and allow foreign universities complete autonomy in academic matters, fee structure, remuneration, governance and admissions. Foreign universities may still not find the offer tempting enough as government intervention in one way or another cannot be ruled out. The freedom enjoyed by faculty and students in foreign universities may be frowned upon by various religious and political bodies if permitted here. Autonomy in academics could also prove prickly.

Once implemented, India will be in competition with China and Dubai which host maximum campuses. India’s market potential may not be enough.

WHO ALLOWED 50,000 PEOPLE TO BUILD HOMES ON HALDWANI LAND

The Uttarakhand High Court’s order evicting thousands of people living on land allegedly belonging to the Railways in this shivering cold lacked sensitivity. The Supreme Court stayed the order much to the relief of around 50,000 people living on the land for 50 years.

It is strange on the part of Railways to have first overlooked people building their dwellings and living there for close to 50 years and suddenly waking up to the “encroachments”. It is, of course, not possible for dwellings to have come up without the consent of successive governments that ruled the state over the years. The BJP and Congress blaming each other for the plight of the poor is only a gimmick which they indulge in for political gains at an opportune time.

The Railways’ argument that the land is needed for expansion in the region is fair but, as the Supreme Court said, these people have to be rehabilitated before being displaced.

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PM Modi is most sought after World leader today: Shringla

New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the most sought-after world leaders in any global decision-making, Chief Coordinator for G20 Presidency Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.

In the podcast with ANI, Shringla said, “PM Modi is probably one of the most soughtafter leaders of the world for any global decisions making that you have whether it’s in climate change, whether it is an issue that is political in nature or economical in nature, he is

always called in. He is also called in all the G7 summits. We are part of BRICS, SCO, I2U2, and Quad... We have got these mechanisms that

with world leaders has helped in foreign policy and one can see the impact in the world leaders’ (Family) pictures.

Talking about the India-China relationship, the Chief Coordinator of G20 said that since the Doklam crisis, a number of discussions were carried out to solve the issue but never reached any diplomatic conclusions.

matic relationship on territorial issues.

enable us to engage with organizations or groups of countries across the world.”

Shringla also said that PM Modi’s chemistry

Shringla called the issue with China “One of the biggest challenges in my career”. He also said that India cannot expect a normal diplo-

BHARAT JODO YATRA

Replying to a question about trade relations despite the territorial issue, Shringla said, “Trade is an essential part of the give and take, the exchange that you have with any country where China is a very large neighbour and you know your industry also requires raw materials that do come from China whether it is Pharmaceuticals or any other raw material and you also export a number of items to that country.”

2 Indias under Modi, one of poor, other of richest: Rahul Gandhi

Panipat (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said there are two Indias under Prime Minister Narendra Modi — one of labourers, farmers and the unemployed, and the second of around 100 people who hold half of the country’s wealth.

Addressing a rally here as part of the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi said 90 per cent of profits are in the hands of 20 companies while the common man has nothing.

He also hit out at the Centre over the Goods and Services Tax and demonetisation which he said were “weapons” to destroy small and medium businesses.

The yatra reached here on Thursday evening and the march resumed on Friday morning.

KHARGE TRAINS GUNS AT CENTRE OVER INFLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT

PM MODI GOVT ‘HERALDING NEW ERA OF COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM’: OFFICIALS

Central Vista: New tender for construction of MPs’ chambers

New Delhi (PTI): The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has floated a revised prequalification bid to build an office complex for MPs at a cost of Rs 1,210 crore, reducing the project cost by Rs 225 crore.

Joshimath: Dhami orders evacuation of 600 affected families

KHARGE:

BJP IS DESTABILISING DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVTS

Panipat: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that BJP is misusing the power to destablise the democratically elected government through various means including misuse of ED and Income tax. While addressing a rally in Panipat, Kharge said, “No Prime Minister, no home minister has lied, they are lying, sometimes they say they will give 2 crore jobs some time 15 lakh rupees to each one account, but all false.”

Attempt to get nominated members to vote in House ‘unconstitutional’: Kejriwal

New Delhi (Agencies):

After the chaos and clashes between AAP and BJP councillors on the first day of MCD proceedings which ultimately led to the adjournment of the House, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the attempt to get nominated members to vote in the House is unconstitutional.

Sharing the Article of composition of Municipality Act, Kejriwal tweeted, “Article 243R of the Constitution clearly

debars nominated members from voting in the House. Attempt to get them to vote in the House is unconstitutional.”

As proceedings began

on Friday to choose Mayor and Deputy Mayor, the House was adjourned amid the chaos and clashes between AAP and BJP councillors.

SLAMS AAP FOR HOUSE RUCKUS

New Delhi: Union Minister and BJP leader, Meenakshi Lekhi has slammed the AAP and alleged that it was AAP’s conspiracy to stall the smooth functioning of the MCD House and therefore they created ruckus there. Addressing media, Lekhi said, “Section 33B(1) of the Municipal Corporation Act has been brought into action. Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena has exercised his power and nominated people, and Chairperson to the House. There was a conspiracy that AAP will not allow smooth functioning and thus they created ruckus.”

Panipat (PTI): Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the Centre on Friday over a host of issues, including inflation and unemployment, and accused it of making tall promises during election time and going back on those words after coming to power. Addressing a rally here as part of the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Kharge said there is rising inflation and unemployment in the country but the government, led by the BJP, does not seem to be bothered. Senior party leaders Kumari Selja, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, KC Venugopal, Shaktisinh Gohil, Kiran Choudhary and DK Shivakumar were among those present at the rally.

The proposed buildings will come up at plot number 119 in Lutyens’ Delhi, where the Transport Bhawan and the Shram Shakti Bhawan are currently located. According to the revised bid document floated on Thursday, the total plinth area of the proposed buildings is approximately 98,000 square metres while in the previous tender, it was 1,18,000 square metres.

Dehradun (PTI): Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday ordered immediate evacuation of around 600 families living in houses which have developed huge cracks and are at risk in Joshimath town which is sinking.

“Saving lives is our first priority. Officials have been asked to shift around 600 families living in endangered houses in Joshimath to safe locations,” Dhami told reporters here after reviewing the situation in the sinking town with officials via video conference.

IN THE COURTYARD

APEX COURT CLUBS PLEAS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGES

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday clubbed and transferred to itself all petitions pending before different high courts seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala asked the Centre to file a joint reply to the petitions by February 15 and directed their listing on March 13. The bench said any petitioner, if not available to argue physically before the court or unable to engage a counsel or to travel to Delhi, can avail the facility of a virtual platform to join the hearing.

UNITED NATIONS MISSION

MEHRAULI MURDER: DELHI COURT EXTENDS POONAWALA’S JUDICIAL CUSTODY BY 4 DAYS

New Delhi: A court here on Friday extended the judicial custody of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner and dismembering her body, by four days. Poonawala was produced before the court through video conference. “I am giving four days judicial custody. Accused will be produced before me physically on January 10,” Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla said.

SC STAYS ORDER AWARDING 2-MONTH JAIL TO NTPC CHIEF

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Telangana High Court order awarding two-month jail term to the NTPC chairperson in a contempt case. A bench took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the NTPC chief, that the high court order needed to be stayed.

SC STAYS ORDER ON MEGHALAYA-ASSAM BORDER AGREEMENT

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Meghalaya High Court’s order which had put a stay on the MoU between Meghalaya and Assam to resolve the longstanding interstate boundary dispute. A bench issued notices to the concerned parties on the plea filed against the High Court order.

India to send platoon of women peacekeepers to Sudan

New York (ANI): India is set to deploy a platoon of Women Peacekeepers in Sudan’s Abyei region as part of the Indian Battalion in the United Nations Interim Security Force (UNISFA).

It will be India’s largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission since it deployed the first-ever all-women contingent in Liberia in 2007, stated the Permanent Mission of India to the UN press release. In 2007, India became the

first country to deploy an all-women contingent to a UN peacekeeping mission. The Formed Police

Unit in Liberia provided 24-hour guard duty, conducted night patrols in capital Monrovia, and

helped to build the capacity of Liberian police.

The Indian contingent, comprising two

officers and 25 Other Ranks, will form part of an Engagement platoon and specialize in Community outreach, though they will be performing extensive security-related tasks as well, added the release.

Their presence will be especially welcome in Abyei, where a recent spurt in violence has triggered a spate of challenging humanitarian concerns for women and children in the conflict zone.

HAILS DEPLOYMENT

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CM TO REVIEW RESCUE WORK

Dehradun: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that in the wake of the land subsidence at Joshimath in Chamoli district, he would hold a high-level meeting in Dehradun. “I will hold a high-level meeting with top officials in Dehradun regarding landslides in Joshimath and cracks in houses,” Dhami said.

“We are also working on short and long term plans to address the situation in Joshimath,” he said.

New Delhi (PTI): The govt on Friday told the Supreme Court that “all efforts are being made to conform to timelines” set by the top court in the matter of clearing names recommended by its Collegium for appointment of judges. Attorney General R Venkataramani told the court that “the timeline should not be deviated from and all efforts are being made to conform to those timelines”. He added that “some recent recommendations sent by the High Courts are being processed” and that “about 44 of those recommendations will be cleared probably by Saturday or this weekend.” Notably, the Supreme Court collegium will now have to decide the appointments of Chief Justices of high courts. Vacancies are expected due to retirements and recommendations for elevation of Chief Justices to the Supreme Court.

New Delhi (PTI): With PM Narendra Modi chairing the second national conference of chief secretaries, official on Friday said the govt has heralded a “new era of cooperative federalism” by making the process of policy making and implementation more collaborative and consultative. The chief secretaries conference is aimed at rapid and sustained economic growth in partnership with states in coordination as the PM believes that it is an essential pillar for the development and progress of new India, they said. Modi had conceptualised this conference, which was held first time last year in Dharamshala, they said citing several programmes and instances in which he has tried to leverage cooperative federalism. The Centre and states have been working together in “Aspirational Districts Programme”, launched by PM in January 2018 to fast-track development in most backward districts across India through convergence of govt programmes and schemes.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with former Haryana Chief Minister and party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda during party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Panipat on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

PM

OF INDIAN WOMEN PEACEKEEPERS IN UN MISSION

contingent to be deployed in Abyei.

Proud to see this. India has a history of actively taking part in UN peacekeeping operations. Even delighted is the fact that our Nari Shakti is participating “Modi said in a tweet replying to a tweet sent out by the ministry of defense. “The largest group of female peacekeepers from the #IndianArmy is sent to the #UnitedNation mission in #Abyei, #UNISFA. Under the @UN flag, the team will offer relief & support to women & children in one of the highly operational & difficult terrain circumstances” defence ministry tweeted.

BJP

“Will adhere to timelines on the judicial appointments”

Indian platoon of Women Peacekeepers in Sudan’s Abyei. —PHOTO BY ANI

Pushkar Singh Dhami during a meeting with officials on Friday.

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Rajnath visits Indira Point in Andaman and Nicobar islands

New Delhi (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday visited Indira Point, the southernmost part of India, to review the operational preparedness of Andaman and Nicobar Command and infrastructure development at operational areas.

Defence Minister was accompanied by Lieutenant General Ajai Singh AVSM, Commanderin-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) visited Campbell Bay. En route to Campbell Bay, he was familiarised with the terrain of

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1200 TRANSGENDERS HELD FOR CREATING NUISANCE IN TRAINS

New Delhi: The RPF has caught more than 1200 transgenders for creating a nuisance and indulging in misbehaviour in trains.

The RPF is responsible for security of railway property, passengers, passenger areas and related matters. The RPF launched a campaign against unauthorised entry into coaches reserved for women and persons with disabilities.

10 INJURED AS GAS

PIPELINE EXPLODES

IN LUCKNOW HOTEL

Lucknow: Ten people were seriously injured in a gas pipe line explosion at a hotel in Lucknow.

The injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital. Sources said that the explosion in Hotel Emperio Grand in the Krishna Nagar area was so strong that shards of glass were seen strewn on the road. Fire tenders were rushed to douse the flames.

WOMAN DRAGGED, BEATEN IN TEMPLE IN KARNATAKA

Bengaluru: A video of a woman being beaten in a temple in Bengaluru has went viral on social media. The victim

Hemavathi had lodged a complaint with police stating the said incident occurred on December 21 and the accused is Munikrishna, ‘dharamdarshi’ of the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Amruthahalli.

BOMB SCARE TRIGGERS PANIC AT B’LURU SCHOOL

Bengaluru: Panic triggered staff of NAFL school in Basaveshwara Nagar locality of Bengaluru after the educational institution received a bomb threat on Friday. The police said the bomb threat was sent to e-mail ID of the school claiming that four gelatin sticks have been kept on the premises, which may explode anytime.

the Southern Group of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and on arrival at Campbell Bay he visited Indira Point, the southernmost tip of the country. Thereafter, he visited INS Baaz and interacted with joint services troops of Andaman and Nicobar Command.

Defence Minister thereafter visited the Air Force Station at Car Nicobar and interacted with the troops, prior to return to Delhi.

He was briefed about the geo-strategic potential of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and

DEFENCE MINISTER VISITS INS BAAZ

of the Indian Naval Air Arm, also overlooks the Six Degree channel between Great Nicobar and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

about the role they can play towards enhancing India’s influence and support to military operations in the area.

Singh was on a twoday visit to Andaman

“89 Rohingyas held in 2022 on India-B’desh for trans border crime”

New Delhi (ANI): A total of 89 Rohingyas among 501 miscreants were caught in 2022 along the India-Bangladesh border with Meghalaya and Tripura on charges of their involvement in trans-border crimes, mentions an official report prepared by the BSF.

Of the total 30 Rohingyas were caught from the Meghalaya border and 59 from the Tripura border with Bangladesh.

The 30 Rohingyas apprehend on Meghalaya border were among 132 miscreants including 41 Bangladeshis and 61 Indian nationals who were found involved in one or other trans-border crime. They were apprehended by BSF Megha-

laya while conducting various operations.

However, 59 Rohingyas apprehended by BSF Tripura in different operations were among 369 miscreants that included 160 Indian and 150 Bangladeshi nationals.

The Rohingyas are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma).

and Nicobar Islands. This is the first visit of the Defence Minister to Indira Point since January 2019.

Apart from the Strategic Signalling in view of

the proximity of these far-flung islands to the Indo-Pacific, the visit of the Defence Minister to Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) also motivated the troops deployed in these distant and remote islands.

The visit assumes special significance in view of ANC being the only integrated QuadServices Command. It is also important to mention that ANC is a 21-year-old successful ‘Integrated Theatre Command’ which is now being planned at the national level.

Delhi cops summon crew members of Air India flight

New Delhi (ANI): Delhi police on Friday issued summons to 6-8 crew members, including the pilot of the Air India flight in the urination incident in a New YorkDelhi flight last year.

According to the complaint filed on Wednesday by the victim, the crew brought the accused to her seat and forced her to face him as he begged to be spared arrest. The woman was “stunned” when the offender was brought before her and he “started crying and profusely apologising”.

The complainant has alleged that the pilot vetoed giving her a seat in the first class after the incident. “The flight crew told me that the pilot had vetoed giving me a seat in first class,” she wrote in the complaint.

A drunk passenger urinated on a woman flyer in the business class of an Air India flight last year on November 26. The accused is identified as Shankar Mishra and is a resident of Mumbai.

On November 26, Shankar Mishra, allegedly drunk, unzipped and urinated on the woman.

UP: 200 IAS officers dream to be collectors

Ahtesham Siddiqui

Lucknow: About 200 IAS officers of batches from 2006 to 2015 are hoping to become collectors in the new year in Uttar Pradesh.

It is a very difficult task to become a collector in UP because the number of IAS officers who are in the race of collector in 75 districts is 200.

In such a situation, 3 to 4 IAS officers come in the competition list in one district.

After the electoral roll revision work of the Election Commission of India is over, collectors can be transferred in UP.

There are also chances that transfers may be done after the Global Investors Summit to be

held in February.

The increasing number of IAS officers in the state is spoiling the aspirations of many IAS officers. There are 3 main reasons, one, the number of IAS officers is very high in every match, making it difficult to become a collector, second reason is that IAS officers of direct recruitment are constantly marrying IAS officers of other cadres and bringing them to UP.

The third reason is

that the Yogi government does not believe in changing the collector repeatedly. CM Yogi knows very well how to get better performance from an officer.

Out of 51 IAS officers of 2014 batch, only 10 IAS officers have been able to become collector last year, 41 IAS officers still could not become collector whereas in the year 2023, 35 IAS officers of 2015 batch are in the race to become collector.

DCW DEMANDS ARRESTS, ISSUES NOTICE TO DELHI POLICE, DGCA AND AIR INDIA

New Delhi: DCW chief Swati Maliwal has issued a notice to Delhi Police, DGCA and Air India. “Recent incidents of drunk men urinating on women on flights are extremely disgusting and shameful. It is shocking to note that the accused haven’t been arrested yet. Simply banning the person isn’t enough. I am issuing notices to Delhi Police, DGCA & Air India in the matter,” she said.

VICTIM SAYS CREW MADE HER NEGOTIATE WITH PERPETRATOR

New Delhi: The woman who complained about a male passenger urinating on her during an Air India flight in November had informed the crew that she did not want to see him and was “stunned” when offender was brought before her and “started crying and profusely apologising”.

ACCUSED SHANKAR MISHRA FREQUENTLY CHANGING LOCATIONS

New Delhi: Two teams of Delhi Police are on lookout for Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elderly woman in an Air India flight flying from New York to Delhi, sources in the know of things said, adding he is continuously changing his locations and evading arrest.

MAN ACCUSED OF INFLIGHT URINATION ISSUES STATEMENT, DEFENDS HIMSELF

New Delhi: Shankar Mishra, the accused of urinating inflight on an elderly woman has issued a statement through his lawyers and said that the lady in her message has clearly condoned the alleged act and has displayed no intention to lodge a complaint. The statement was issued by Ishanee Sharma and Akshat Bajpai who are the lawyers for Shankar Mishra.

“Ashutosh met with accused after incident”

New Delhi (ANI): New security footage reveals that hours after the hit-and-run case in which a 20-year-old woman died after being dragged under a car for several kilometers in the national capital’s Kanjhawala, the accused are seen outside the home of Ashutosh, the owner of the car. Delhi Police on Friday arrested Ashutosh, the sixth suspect to be taken into custody in connection with the January 1 incident and a hunt has been launched to apprehend a seventh person. In the fresh CCTV visuals, Ashutosh is seen talking to the accused two hours after the time of the incident.

Cadets from 19 countries to participate in NCC R-Day Camp

More than 2,150 cadets including over 700 girls to take part in this year’s Republic Day NCC camp

New Delhi: The 74th National Cadet Corps (NCC) Republic Day Camp (RDC) 2023, which commenced at Cariappa Parade Ground in Delhi Cantt on January 2, will see participation of cadets and officers from 19 friendly countries as part of the youth exchange programme. A total of 2,155 cadets including 710 girls from

all 28 States and 8 Union Territories are participating in the one month long Camp.

This was stated by Director General NCC, Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh, at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday.

Speaking to the media, the DG NCC highlighted that Cadets and Officers participating in the RDC 2023 are from the 19 friendly countries includingUSA, UK, Argentina, Brazil, Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Vietnam, Maldives, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sudan, New Zealand

and Fiji. This is the highest participation of foreign cadets ever in any Republic Day camp.

Out of 2155 cadets, 114 cadets are from J&K and Ladakh and 120 cadets hail come from North

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NCC marching contingents will participate in the Republic Day Parade on January 26. This myriad and demanding set of activities would culminate with the PM’s Rally on the evening of January 28, he added.

DG NCC said the aim of the Republic Day Camp is to provide an exposure to the rich culture and traditions of our nation through the important events that take place in the National Capital during the run up for the Republic Day and Beating the Retreat as well as to hone the personal traits of cadets and strengthen

their core value system. The RDC cadets have been selected after several rounds of rigorous screening at Groups and Directorates level in the last one year. Each cadet had undergone four to five screenings before reaching to the RDC-23.

Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh also highlighted major achievements of the NCC in the year 2022. He appreciated the contribution by cadets in various initiatives such as Puneet Sagar Abhiyan, Saheedon Ko Shat Shat Naman, International Yoga Day, Har Ghar Tiranga, Unity Flame Run etc.

Defence minister also took stock of the defence preparedness during his visit to the region

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Indira Point, country’s southernmost tip, during his visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday. (R) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at INS Baaz during his visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Port Blair (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Friday visited INS Baaz, the Indian naval air station under the joint services Andaman and Nicobar Command of the Indian Armed Forces, at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar Island, defence sources here said. He was accompanied by Lieutenant General Ajai Singh AVSM, the commander-in-chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) and interacted with the troops there. INS Baaz, which is a full-fledged forward operating base

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East Region (NER). With cadets drawn from all over the country, the camp portrays a reflection of ‘Mini India’.

Gen Gurbirpal Singh said that Cadets attending the camp

participate in a number of activities like Cultural Competitions, National Integration Awareness Programmes and various Institutional Training Competitions. Two

Director General NCC Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh addressing media in New Delhi on Friday.

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❍ DELHI KANJHAWALA DEATH CASE

Accused in the Kanjhawala death case leaves Rohini court.

SIXTH ACCUSED HELD IN DELHI’S KANJHAWALA HIT AND DRAG CASE New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a sixth accused in the horrific incident in Delhi’s Khanjawala on New Year’s night where a woman died after being dragged for several kilometers by a car that hit her scooter, officials said on Friday. The accused identified as Ashutosh has been arrested and according to police it was Ashutosh’s car under which the victim was dragged for over 12 kilometers on Sunday.

IN ACCIDENT IN JODHPUR

24 people were injured in the accident and

Jodhpur: Four people were killed in a bustruck collision in Jodhpur on Friday. Three of them died on the spot, while one died on the way to the hospital. 24 people were injured in the accident and condition of 6 remains critical. The accident was so painful that people were badly trapped in the cabin of the bus. The accident took place in Mathania area around 3.30 pm. The truck was coming from the wrong side. The deceased were identified as Kan Singh, Hiraram, Narpat and Kishna Ram.

According to the in-

formation, the bus full of passengers was going from Jodhpur to Chandi when it collided with a truck coming from the front near Mathania. Initial information has revealed

that the bus was 45 seater, but the passengers were overloaded.

Emphasis on traditional and hi-tech policing: DGP Mishra

Shubham Jain

Ajmer: DGP Umesh Mishra was on a oneday visit to Ajmer on Friday during which he inspected the Gegal police station and after that reached the police lines and inaugurated the Horse Riding School. ADG Binita Thakur and other officers were also present with him. Mishra also observed Apna Bazaar built-in Police Lines.

Crime meeting of the Ajmer range with all the SPs of the range, ADG Crime, ADG SOG, ADG ATS, and IG was

CM honours...

“As a result of the deaths in the gas accident in Bhungra village, politics started taking place over the dead bodies and people from outside state reached the spot. To make our govt sensitive and responsible, we have come up with many schemes including Chiranjeevi,” he said.

Talking about BJP, Gehlot said that Aakrosh rallies are about spreading lies. “People are asking them why did they sleep for four years. They can’t create any issue against the government, they dont have any issue hence they are saying that corruption is very high,” he said, further adding, “We have made FIR compulsory in the entire state and so the number was bound to increase. Earlier half the people were sent out the police station empty handed, but now every incident, big or small, is being registered.”

Regarding paper leaks, he said, “We have taken action. We cancel the exam here and catch those behind it. Papers have been leaked more than 8 times,” he said.

held in the conference hall of the police lines. During this, police officers from Ajmer, Nagaur, Bhilwara, and Tonk were also present.Talking to the media, Mishra

C hief Minister Ashok Gehlot reached Jodhpur’s Mathura Das Mathur Hospital on Friday evening to meet those injured in an accident on the Jodhpur-Mathania road. He met the injured and their families and inquired about their well-being.

Relocation of Deori village in Sariska to start soon

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: In Sariska, which had become devoid of tigers a few years back, the roar of tigers is now being heard again. The relocation of villages from the tiger refuge is the result that the population of tigers in Sariska has also increased and the eco system is also getting stronger.

In just two and a half years, 3 villages have been relocated. Deori village will be relocated from January 15 and 2 villages have given consent for relocation. While only 3 villages could be displaced from Sariska in the last 3 decades.

Parl Security Committee to visit Jodhpur today

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Jaipur: Parliamentary Committee on Security will be on a 4-day visit to Rajasthan. The Committee will be visiting Jodhpur and Jaisalmer from tomorrow till January 10.

said the crime and law and order situation in Ajmer range has been found to be satisfactory, some challenges have come to the fore which have been discussed.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a member of the committee headed by Jual Oram. DV Sadanand Gowda, Sudhanshu Trivedi, and KC Venugopal are also Members of the committee that will reach the Sun city Jodhpur on January 7. The committee

Roy’s century helps Jharkhand draw match with Rajasthan

Naresh Sharma, Rahul Faujdar & Saloni Khandelwal

Jaipur: The final day of Ranji Trophy match between Rajasthan and Jharkhand saw Anukul Roy and Kumar Kushagra on crease for the guests where the former played a magnificent knock of 125 runs for Jharkhand. The team declared innings on 470-9, setting a target of 276 runs for the hosts.

For Team Raj, Yash Kothari and Kunal Singh Rathore opened the innings, where Yash gave a superb start, missing the century by just 5 runs. Jharkhand could have had a tough time if Kothari stayed on the crease for a bit

long, but with Shahbaz Nadeem providing a major breakthrough, the guests got hold of the game. Later, Karan Lamba was adjudged Man Of The Match for his

members will go to Pokaran on January 8 and will visit the Golden city of Jaisalmer on January 9 and 10. The members may visit border areas of districts. Security instructions have been issued to collectors and SPs of both districts regarding Rahul Gandhi’s visit.

Lifetime achievement award for Sen

Jaipur (PTI): Veteran actor-director Aparna Sen was on Friday honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 15th edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival.

After receiving the honour, Sen said the Lifetime Achievement Award is not the end road of her journey as a creative person.

The villages in the core area of Sariska have been the biggest threat to the forest and wildlife. When Sariska became tigerless about a decade and a half ago, the biggest reason behind it was the villages settled here. The Forest

Department made efforts to relocate the villages, but there was no strong will power behind them, this is the reason that in the last decade and a half, or rather till the year 2020, only three villages could be displaced from Sariska.

brilliant knock of 122* in his first and 37* in his second inning.

Team Raj will now face Karnataka and Jharkhand will play Chhattisgarh.

Grammy award winner Ricky Kej, film script writer Kamlesh Pandey, screenplay writerfilm producer Haider Hale and others were present at the opening ceremony.

People will be able to get golf cart facility while visiting City Park: Pawan Arora

Jaipur: Rajasthan Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora gifted golf carts to the visitors coming to City Park for a tour of the park. Dedicating 2 golf carts with a seating capacity of 8 people to the general public on Friday, Arora said that the visitors would be able to visit the park with a nominal fee. “Both the golf carts would be available for the general public from 10 am to 9 pm. Anyone

can visit the park for a maximum of 30 minutes with a fee of Rs 100. Priority will be given to children, old people, disabled and pregnant women during the visit,” Arora said.

It is worth mentioning that in the month of October, City Park located at Mansarovar was dedicated to the common people by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

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Collector Himanshu Gupta and Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Dr. Amrita Duhan reached the spot.

condition of 6 remains critical

Collision between bus and truck in Mathania area in Jodhpur.

Umesh Mishra being felicitated with a plant by Binita Thakur at Gegal police station in Ajmer on Friday.

CM GEHLOT VISITS INJURED AT MATHURA DAS MATHUR HOSPITAL

Gehlot gave instructions to doctors for the proper treatment of the injured.Describing the accident as heartbreaking, The Chief Minister expressed deep sorrow over the death of 4 people in the road accident. He said that the state government is with the bereaved families in this hour of crisis. He instructed the district administration for effective prevention of road accidents. The CM also announced to give Rs 2 lakh to the dependents of each deceased and Rs 1 lakh each to the injured from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

Rajasthan team batting on the final day of Ranji Trophy match in Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

CM Ashok Gehlot inquiring about the well-being of the injured.

Shivendra Parmar

Pawan Arora inaugurating the Golf Cart Station at City Park, Mansarovar in Jaipur on Friday.

Upliftment of tribals Govt’s priority: CM in Banswara

Jaipur/Banswara:

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that the State Government is working with commitment for the upliftment of tribals and development of tribal areas.

The Chief Minister was addressing the Kisan Sammelan at Gangadtalai in Banswara district on Friday.

Gehlot said that excellent work is being done in the State from waterelectricity to education, medicine, and social security. “Extensive work has been done in the tribal areas towards the development of basic facilities and welfare of the common people. Government is continuously working to bring prosperity by providing water to the fields of the farmers of Vagad region. The government is committed to provide adequate irrigation water for agriculture to the tribal areas by utilising every drop of Mahi’s water,” he said.

The Chief Minister said that poor and downtrodden people are at the center of every scheme of the state government. “Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme has been imple-

mented to free the common man from expensive treatment. In this, free treatment up to Rs 10 lakh is being provided. The state government is bearing all the expenses by abolishing the limit of Rs 10 lakh for expensive treatments like kidney, heart and liver transplant.

Along with this, accident insurance up to Rs 5 lakh is also being given. All types of treatment in IPD, OPD have been made free by the state government. CT scan, MRI of common man in the state. Expensive tests like scan are being done free of cost. With these historic de-

cisions, Rajasthan has emerged as a model state in the field of health,” he said.

The Chief Minister said that Rajasthan was leading in the whole country through excellent medical management during the Corona

period. “The State was appreciated all over the world for its best management against Covid 19. Additional arrangements for oxygen, essential medicines and beds were made in every hospital of the state,

Once again, luck does not favour Hemant Priyadarshy

Jaipur: Once again, even in a well intended move, luck did not favour Additional Director General of ACBHemant Priyadarshy, where even after his initial support to the controversial order, CM Ashok Gehlot ultimately had to backtrack and withdraw the controversial order, issued by Priyadarshy, just in 24 hours of his taking over the officiating charge of the vacant post of DG-ACB.

According to sources, Priyadarshy, with an image of an honest and result oriented officer, had courted similar controversy nearly twenty five years back too and the reason for that was an incident, which can not be erased from the state’s administrative and political history.

In 1997, Priyadarshy was Superintendent of Police of Jalore district.

The 1992 batch IPS was fairly new to the service and had been given the responsibility of SP for the first time. At that time a major incident occurred when Jain saint Lokendra Vijay cut his veins and died by suicide.

One female disciple

of the saint - Naina Jogni - registered a case against him in Bheenmal police station on September 6, 1997, alleging that the saint raped her. The police took the saint to police station and locked him up, but due to the Jain community’s agitation and support to the saint, he was released soon after. However, four days later, on September 10, the saint commited suicide.

Thereafter what ever happened became a footnote in state’s history.

The local public came out strongly against the police action and demanded suspension of SP Hemant Priyadarshy.

The situation went from bad to worse and curfew had to be imposed. But when that also did not work, the army had to be called in. One person died in police firing and 150 people were wounded, along with several cops.

Two politicians — Dula Ram and Jagmal Singh Yadav — were arrested for breaking peace.

Meanwhile in Jaipur, the state legislature session was being conducted and the matter was raised in the House. BJP was in power and Chief

announced in the House that SP would be suspended.

Om Mathur, along with two ministers — Lalit Kishor Chaturvedi and Arjun Devra — were sent to Jalore while CM Shekhawat announced a judicial inquiry into the matter.

But the matter took a new turn when the Congress and several institutions objected to SP’s suspension. In agitation, Congress leaders Bina Kak, Daljeet Singh and Jagat Singh Dayma staged a sit-in at Manak Chowk Chopar in Jaipur.

An inquiry commission was constituted under Justice VS Kokje of Rajasthan High Court and after the situation calmed down, Priyadarshy was reinstated. When in March 2002, Justice Kokje submitted his report, by that time the government had changed and Con-

gress government had come to power.

This 25 year old, one of a kind incident had shocked the state. Moreover, it was an extremely uncommon event that CM announced in the House that the SP would be suspended and later the agitation by opposition for SP’s reinstatement was also a never before seen development. Thus, the Jalore incident has become a footnote in state’s political and bureaucratic history.

After the incident, Priyadarshy became SP of Ajmer and Dholpur districts and went on deputation between 2008-16 and November 2020 to August 2022. But when he returned after completing his deputation from Delhi, the state government kept him on APO for two months and has now accorded him the reins of the ACB, which is a surprise move. In return, Priyadarshy too has surprised everyone by issuing the controversial order, even with bonafide intentions. Now a lobby of IPS officers at PHQ is trying to push him out of ACB where there is a queue of senior officers to take over this sensitive and important charge.

DoPT releases seniority list of IPS officers

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Jaipur: The inter se seniority list of IPS officers of Batch 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016 was released on Friday. Of the 125 IPS officials (Batch 2012), six of them are from the Rajasthan cadre. These include Abhijit Singh, Kiran Kang, Pooja Awan, and Adarsh Sidhu who came from the West Bengal cadre to the Rajasthan cadre.

IPS officials Jai Yadav, Mamta Gupta, and Rashi Dogra, who came from the Agmat cadre to the Rajasthan cadre, were also included in the list.

Similarly, in the list of 129 IPS officials of the 2013 batch, two IPS officials were from the Rajasthan cadre. IPS officials Chunaram Jat and Tejaswani Gautam figured in the list. Likewise, four IPS officials of the Rajasthan cadre (2015 batch) were also named in the list. IPS officials Mridul Kacchawa, Deepak Yadav, Sudhir Chaudhary and Kavindra Singh Sagar were named on the list. The DOPT released the list and sent it to the Rajasthan Government.

Jan Sunwai: CM flays Udaipur Nagar Nigam Commissioner

The Commissioner was accused of demolishing a residential property despite court stay, probe ordered First India Bureau

Udaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed Udaipur Municipal Corporation Commissioner Himmat Singh Baharath after a complaint was received against him during the public hearing and directed Collector Tarachand Meena to conduct an inquiry of the matter.

Gehlot was conducting a public hearing in circuit house during which one Omprakash Rathore complained to the CM that despite a court stay on his residence in Patwari Colony, the Municipal Corporation carried out demolition and dug a big pit.

Divisional Commissioner has also given a stay on matter.

On this, CM Gehlot asked the Divisional Commissioner Rajendra Bhatt, who was present there, whether the stay has been given? The Corporation Commissioner Baharath was immediately called.

The CM asked the commissioner thrice

the same question as to why the demolition was done despite the stay. The commissioner spoke something with a suppressed tongue, but when the voice did not come, the CM said, “Speak a little louder”.

After this, expressing displeasure on the com-

missioner, Gehlot instructed Collector Tarachand Meena to conduct an inquiry in the entire matter.

In the public hearing, Congress councilor Arun Tank raised the issue of lease given by UIT in Amberi and requested the CM to conduct an inquiry.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra hails Raj Govt’s work in field of medicine

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Jaipur: “In the past years, many new inventions have happened in the medical field, many in the time of Covid pandemic. New inventions were made and doctors came forward as real heroes.

In Corona, the doctors of Rajasthan were serving the people by working for 20 hours. A different kind of doctors’ service was seen in the corona period. In such a situation, it becomes our duty that such doctors should be honored by First India,” Dr Jagdeesh Chandra said.

Dr Chandra said that from the Corona period till now, better work has been done in the field of medicine in the state, better arrangements have been made in Rajasthan without any allegations and counter-allegations and it will be beneficial in the coming elections.

Dr Chandra also praised CM Ashok Gehlot’s Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme saying that this is the best scheme and

definitely the government will get its benefit in the coming elections and the dream of CM Ashok Gehlot to repeat the government again can come true.

Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Health Minister Prasadi Lal Meena congratulated the First India News Channel and said that this programme is better in itself and has honoured the doctors who are doing better work in their respective fields.

Dr Sudhir Bhandari,

Vice Chancellor of RUHS, said First India always motivates, especially in the field of doctors and medicine.

“When Covid came for the first time, at that time we did not have such a good infrastructure and neither did we have any experience. We are happy to say that at that time our doctors were the first to use Hydroxychlorophene,” he said.

Minister Tika Ram Jully also hailed the medical schemes in the state. “The work done

in the field of medicine in Rajasthan, especially in the time of Corona, is not in any other state,” he said.

JMC Heritage Mayor Munesh Gurjar said that First India always raises the social concern. In his speech, MLA Rafeek Khan praised the channel head Dr Chandra and said that the way the channel has innovated the ticker system is important in itself. “Ticker system has given a new identity to the media industry,” he said.

Rajendra Chhabra

Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

and (5) Dr Hanuman Barala receive mementos by Ministers PL Meena, PS Khachariyawas & TR Jully during the event.

Megha Kaushik interacts with (left to right) Dr Prateek Sharma, Dr Shailendra Sharma, Sanklap Gupta, Dr Rakesh Sharma, Dr GL Sharma during the event.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra presents a flower bouquet to Minister Parsadi Lal Meena during the programme. Tika Ram Jully, Dr Sudhir Bhandari and Dr Rajkumar Sharma look on.

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resulting into low death rate.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with GS Dotasra, Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya, Bhanwar Singh Bhati and others during the Kisan Sammelan at Gangadtalai in Banswara on Friday.

Dungarpur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the State Government is determined to protect cows and its progeny and efforts are being made at all levels for this.

Gehlot was speaking at the Shri Gau-Kripa Katha Navya Mahotsav organised at Sagwara in Dungarpur district on Friday. The CM said that in his previous tenure, the country’s first directorate for cow protection and promotion was set up in Rajasthan. Later the directorate was upgraded to a department. He said that Rajasthan is the only state to give subsidy to gaushalas for 9 months in a year. He said that the state government has done the work of protection of cattle by effective prevention of lumpy skin disease.

STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO PROTECTING CATTLE: CM IN DUNGARPUR

l ‘State Government is providing water to farmlands in tribal areas for prosperity’

l Poor and downtrodden people at centre of every State Govt scheme

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurates Handicraft Fair in Jodhpur. PCC chief GS Dotasra and others are also seen.

Jodhpur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday observed the Western Rajasthan Industry Handicraft Festival 2023 in Jodhpur where the people hailed him for Jodhpur centric development works. Festival coordinator Sunil Parihar, PCC President Govind Singh Dotasra, Minister Shakuntala Rawat, Minister Subhash Garg, former MP Badriram Jakhar, Child Protection Commission Chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal, MLA Manisha Panwar, Mahendra Vishnoi, Kisnaram Vishnoi and Mayor Kunti Deora were present. Along with taking information about the types of products, the information about the entire festival was taken and reviewed by sitting in the car of solar energy.

—Rajeev Gaur

CM GEHLOT HAILED FOR JODHPUR-CENTRIC DEV WORK AT HANDICRAFT FESTIVAL 2023

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA AND MUKESH KIRADOO

Gorgeous beauty Neha Shekhawat, winner of Miss India Glam Season 4 opens up to City First about her life as a young model and her down-to-earth approach to beauty!

When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you, said ravishing beauty Neha Shekhawat, Miss India Glam 2023.

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. This 18-year-old diva writes her own rule when asked about her early life, the ravishing beauty said, “I am currently pursuing a BBA degree from Manipal University, I am a trained dancer and professional choreographer and now a model by passion.”

I am a confident and focused girl. Hard effort,

I am currently pursuing a BBA degree from Manipal University, I am a trained dancer and professional choreographer and now a model by passion.

devotion, and discipline have always motivated me to stay enthused in what I do. As I grew older, I realised that moving outside of my comfort zone would enable me to live the life of my desires while being brave. I believe that to follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”

Neha aspires to earn a huge name and fame and leave her footprint wherever she goes.

The diva also paid gratitude to Dr Jagdeesh Chan-

dra and her mentor Pawan Tank, Director, India Glam for providing her with this wonderful platform and making her believe that she got the potential to be a supermodel.

While talking about the biggest rookie mistake, the beauty said “I made was a lack of knowledge about the career and patience compelled me to do many free shoots (just to make my name famous but was of no use), which then slowly I looked up to my mentors and learned a lot in my life. So I believe knowledge and patience is a very impor-

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Pawan Tank crowning the gorgeous beauty Neha

IS WEIGHT LOSS POSSIBLE BY EATING FEWER CALORIES?

RE-GAINING WEIGHT AFTER A DIET- THE ROLE OF GHRELIN OR THE HUNGER HORMONE

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

You will experience a change within yourself regarding what you want in a romantic partner. You will start thinking seriously and begin looking for your soul mate in earnest. Do not trust any complete stranger on money matters today as you are likely to bear considerable loss.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

You are going to feel more dedicated today and you are going to finish off all the backlogs which may have accumulated today. Clearing this will give you a nice sense of accomplishment and this will be noticed by the people who matter to you. Finances will improve as your salary.

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Your mind is very active today. You are full of ideas and inspiration. You will be constantly coming up with new plans which you will be able to plan and execute very easily. Your only problem today will be that you may feel overwhelmed by the flood of new ideas that will constantly fill your mind.

CANCER

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

You have great capacity to charm everyone. You are going to impress those around you with your wit and grace. You will win the admiration of everyone around you. Take advantage of this shining period to make new friends and mix with new people and new opportunities will open up in front of you.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

A person who has been around you for a long time but whom you have never really noticed will now begin to play a pivotal role in your mind. It is not just a budding romance. Rather, it is a meeting of mind and spirit that is likely to leave you feeling overwhelmed. Take time to get used to the idea.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22 New horizons are opening up in front of you. A talent which you have always treated as a hobby may become something more and you may find yourself making a living doing what you love. New developments are expected in every front which would broaden your ideas.

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20

The traditional nutritional advice to lose weight has always been eating less and exercising more. In theory, this makes sense - burn more calories than you eat, and the extra pounds will come off. But there’s often a significant drawback when you go too far with an extreme diet.

COUNTING CALORIES TO TACKLE WEIGHTLOSS BATTLE

The human body’s physiological clock has evolved as a way to cope with feast or famine. When we were hunters thousands of years ago, it was not unusual for there to be a feast one day and no food for the next few days. Due to this uncertainty of food availability, the human body adapted to decrease the basal metabolic rate during periods of fast ing. The basal meta bolic rate or BMR is the number of calories the body needs to keep lifesustaining functions such as breathing. This means that when our body goes into starva tion mode, it’s similar ly trying to conserve as much energy and calo ries as possible for maintaining daily function.

WHY EATING LESS DOESN’T ALWAYS MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT

Everyone has a set point or a weight range in which the brain wants to keep the body. This weight range varies from person to

HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT WHILE RESTRICTING CALORIES?

Finding the sweet spot between reducing caloric intake for weight loss and dipping into that starvation mode where the body tries to preserve weight by slowing down its metabolic rate should be calculated carefully. To stay healthy and look your best long term, you have to make many small changes.”

These small changes should add up over time. It includes watching portion sizes and making healthy swaps

person and is determined by both genes and environment. The body is wired for survival, and as far as it’s concerned, dieting is a form of starvation. When you shift into that starvation mode, it creates a meta-

of higher-calorie and less nutritious foods for fresh veggies and other nutrient-dense foods. To help retain muscle as you lose weight, ensure that you’re eating enough protein without restricting too many carbohydrates and fat. Apart from diet, adequate sleep and exercise are also important. Getting enough exercise is important for keeping your heart and lungs as well as your muscles strong. It can also help

you keep your weight stable. You need sleep to repair your muscles after workouts and to support a healthy immune system, normal brain function, and many other aspects of overall wellness. Lastly, any changes you make to your body should be incremental. Start small and build up a piece at a time to create a healthier lifestyle.

Always remember, “Weight loss takes lifestyle change, not just a quick-fix diet”.

As soon as you begin consuming more than that amount after following a restrictive diet, the body has to figure out what to do with the excess calories. This is why so many people rebound after weight loss and may end up weighing more than when they started the diet. This process is controlled by a variety of hormones, including ghrelin - the hunger hormone that your gut produces to signal your brain when it’s time to eat - and leptin - the satiety hormone that helps your brain understand when you’re full. Under normal circumstances, these hormones are balanced in a way such that the body tries to maintain equilibrium at its natural set point. But when these hormones are disrupted by an extreme diet, that can throw the whole system out of whack and make it very difficult to keep the weight off after losing it.

HOW DOES EXTREME CALORIE RESTRICTION AFFECT OUR HEALTH?

In addition to altering the metabolism runs, severe calorie restriction often results in some degree of malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiency. Micronutrient deficiencies can lead to cramps, dehydration, headaches, depressed immune function, fainting, hormonal imbalance, hair loss, impaired ability to manage your body temperature, muscle fatigue, irregular vomiting, and reduced bone

in severe cases. Sleepiness, -

the required calories. Dieting of confidence and self-trust.

“bad” can make for difficult

LEO

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19 You will be feeling very creative today. You appreciate all beautiful things and want to create something beautiful. The day is especially favourable for artists.You may suddenly start feeling deflated ﾖ a common occurrence after a surge of creativity and it may leave you feeling depressed.

VIRGO

PISCES

YOUR DAY

FACEOFTHEDAY

RIYA DUSAD, Artist

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

DR JAYASHREE GOPINATH cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan took to social media on Thursday to wish his Pathaan co-star Deepika Padukone her 37th birthday. While the promotions of the film are yet to begin, the fans are gearing up for the trailer release. Ahead of the launch, SRK unveiled a new fierce poster of Deepika as she showcases her actionpacked avatar.

Pathaan marks SRK and Deepika’s third project after Om Shanti Om and Chennai Express. The trailer for the same arrives on January 10. Pathaan’s theatrical trailer will finally be released on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. The trailer is under 3 minutes and will focus on the action and will also give a little idea about the plot of the film.

Shah Rukh Khan obviously gets prominence in the trailer. But Deepika Padukone and John Abraham too have been given their due. Helmed by Siddharth Anand, Pathaan also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. It is set to release on January 25, 2023.

Netizens accuse Urvashi of stalking look

Rishabh Pant recently made it to the headlines after he met with a major car accident. According to reports, the wicketkeeper-batsman met with an accident near Uttarakhand’s Roorkee. Recently, the cricketer was shifted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben hospital. Well, Urvashi Rautela who is often

linked to the cricketer has been grabbing all the eyeballs for her posts on social media related to Rishabh.

The recent one is a picture of Kokilaben Hospital.

Urvashi Rautela and Rishabh Pant’s banter started on social media a couple of months ago and that is when fans started linking up with these two.

After the news of Rishabh’s accident came out, Urvashi grabbed all

Janhvi & Ranveer to share screen

Samantha looked like a total boss lady in white attire with black sunnies and a stern look on her face. Unlike her usual, the actress didn’t flaunt any smile to the cameras. This is the first time she got papped after announcing that she has been diagnosed with Myositis. On Thursday, Samantha Ruth Prabhu took to her official social media handles and shared a picture clicked from the dubbing studio, confirming that she has resumed work and has kickstarted dubbing for Shaakuntalam. Sharing a glimpse of her look from Shaakuntalam, she captioned the post, “Art is my cure to all this madness, sadness, and loss of belonging in the world & through it I’ll walk myself home. -Nikki Rowe #shaakuntalam,”

the eyeballs with her post on Instagram where she shared a picture of herself and captioned it as praying. Now, the actress has once again made it to the headlines as she has shared a picture of Mumbai’s Kokilaben Hospital where the cricketer is admitted currently. Following this, Urvashi was brutally trolled as fans called out the actress for harassing Pant.

Producer Murad Khetani had acquired the rights to the Anil KapoorMadhuri Dixit starrer Tezaab. Khetani under his banner Cine 1 Studio was looking to remake the film featuring Kartik Aaryan and Shraddha Kapoor. Several media reports were claiming that the makers of the film were in talks with the two. Murad Khetani and the team have now decided to approach Janhvi and Ranveer for the project. Ask the source why the sudden change in the cast and he continues, Kartik and Shraddha were the front runners for the

Tamannaah to begin a new schedule

Wedding in Khandala?

Samantha Ruth Prabhu clicked this early morning at the Mumbai airport. The actress opted for an allwhite outfit with no makeup for a travel look. She wore a white sleeveless shirt paired with matching pants and kept her look simple with no makeup and her tresses open. The actress kept walking as the paparazzi clicked with her and also obliged her fans for selfies.

Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul will reportedly get married in January. According to the reports Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul have decided to get married at her dad Suniel Shetty’s home, Jahaan, in Khandala. The abode is amidst the hills and plush

film.

Tamannaah Bhatia is set to make her debut in the Malayalam film industry with Dileep co-starrer film titled, Bandra. Initially called D147, the makers kicked off the film’s production work with a Muharat pooja in September 2022. Tamannaah will be heading to Kochi on January 20 for the film’s new schedule. “Tamannaah will be heading to Kochi on January 20 for an 8-day long schedule of Bandra. Tam will be seen in Princess

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Athiya Shetty

Tamannaah and Dileep

Janhvi Kapoor

KL Rahul with Athiya

Urvashi Rautela

Deepika Padukone

Shah Rukh Khan’s post...

Samantha Ruth Prabhu at the Mumbai airport

Tamannaah Bhatia

Her story...

Ranveer Singh

and family members.

In a piece of good news for animal lovers across the Pink City, the much awaited dog carnival with amazing attractions and award for dogs is set to be held at Dusshera ground, Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur on Sunday, January 8. Dogs have proved their vitality and worth over the hundreds of years of their co-existence with human society. The DOG SHOW, an initiative by Jagdeesh Chandra, is a great opportunity for pet owners to interact with veterinarians and industry.

‘

DON’T WAIT FOR INSPIRATION’

on’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Tell us something about yourself.

My name is Shraddha Anand and I hail from Jaipur. After completing my education I moved to Mumbai to pursue my passion and art. Always holding an interest in creative fields, I

finally made my name in the Makeup industry. I work as a freelance professional makeup artist. As I always saw myself as an entrepreneur and always hold that vision in myself.

Where do you see yourself after the next 20 years?

I am a goal-oriented person and my vision is to build my name in the Makeup Industry. In the upcoming years of my life I want to establish myself as a big brand -SHRADDHA ANAND I wish to achieve a title. Also,

2023 begins...

CITY FIRST

The 5th edition of BITS-Pilani

Alumni Global Meet 2023 (BGM), jointly organised by BITSAA International and BITSAA Jaipur Chapter began at Birla Auditorium on Friday.

Kailash Gupta, Chairman, BGM, in his welcome address expressed his gratitude to the guests and explained in detail the schedule of BGM. He also welcomed all the guests and thanked the guests’ alumni delegates for attending.

He further informed that at the inaugural session former alumni of BITS Pilani, West Bengal Governor, Dr CV Anand Bose; Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Professor Emeritus, Dr G Ravin-

dra Kumar; Alok Jain, BITS Pilani, Vice Chancellor, Sovik Bhattacharya; Alumni, Harsh Bhargava and Chief Editor, Rajasthan Patrika, Dr Gulab Kothari were present.

Addressing the meet, West Bengal Governor Dr CV Anand Bose, who has done PhD from BITS, said that I am proud that I have been a part of

A mesmerizing and colorful performance was presented in the series of cultural programs by the talented Bitsians. In a colorful evening, more than twenty Bitsians singers enthralled the audience with their scintillating performances.

In

I want to work as an international artist and would like to take up my skills and talent around the globe.

What were some of the battles you fought and are still fighting in your journey?

It’s been a little difficult for me to convince my family that my interest lies in creative fields. I faced a lot of rejection and no support besides my mom around me because it was really difficult to make people understand the difference between being a professional makeup artist to the salon industry.

Talk to us about your achievements.

My biggest achievement includes getting featured in Vogue Arabia 2022. I have worked for designers like Manish Malhotra, Rohit K Verma etc. I also got featured in the Magazine “Most Successful female entrepreneurs Of India “ among the top 50 Female entrepreneurs,” as a Jaipur makeup artist.

Gupta, IPS Anshuman Singh Bhowmiya, President Raghav Sharma, Councilor Manoj Rawat among others were also present.

A grand birthday celebration of Priyanka Sakhuja, wife of businessman and entrepreneur Prateek Sakhuja was held at Tokio lounge in Jaipur on Thursday. Jagdeesh Chandra reached to greet the birthday girl Priyanka and wished her huge success and good health. During the occasion, wishes also poured in from friends

of

silent Ramleela of Bissau,

glory

Prabhushree

(Rajasthan),

The elections for the Rajasthan Association of Tour Operators (RATO) were conducted in Jaipur on Friday. Mahendra Singh Rathore was appointed as the President of RATO by 21 votes and Davipal Singh was elected as Senior Vice President by 20 votes. Sukhdev Singh was appointed as Vice President, Mohan Singh Mertia as General Secretary and Yatish Dhabai as Joint Secretary. Similarly, Dilip Chauhan was elected unopposed as the Event Chairman. Out of 35 eligible members of RATO, a total of 21 members voted.

honour of Jaipur’s Shilpguru Mohanlal Soni (painter), who was recently awarded the Shilpguru Award, a felicitation ceremony and musical evening was organised at Jan Upyogi Bhawan, Jaipur on Friday evening. It is worth mentioning that eminent artist Mohanlal Soni has been awarded National Award in 1982 and Shilpguru Award in 2017 in miniature painting. The Chief Guests in the program were BJP’s former Union Minister Arun Chaturvedi and MP Ramcharan Bohra. Former MLA Mohanlal

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Dr CV Anand Bose lights the lamp. Also seen are Kailash Gupta, Sovik Bhattacharya and others

Jagdeesh Chandra greets Priyanka

Jagdeesh Chandra with Prateek and Priyanka

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(L-R) Kundan Singh, Narendra Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Mohan Singh, Rajendra Singh Jodha, Mahendra Singh, DP Singh, Yatish Dhabai and Dilip Singh Chouhan