First India-Jaipur Edition-9th December 2022

Results out, Celebrations in

‘GIGANTIC’ VICTORY OF BJP

Ahmedabad: The BJP on Thursday registered a historic win in Gujarat even smashing the records of the 2002 election where the party under the leadership of Chief Minister Narendra Modi won 127 seats.

Congress had blamed AAP and AIMIM for its poor show while Rahul Gandhi accepted the mandate and promised that the party will work hard. AAP's performance fell short in comparison with the glitz in their campaigning. But the votes in Gujarat made it a national party.

Happy Birthday!

PATEL TO RETAIN CM POST, WILL TAKE OATH ON DEC 12 Incumbent Gujarat CM, Ghatlodia MLA Bhupendra Patel will retain his post and take oath at 2pm on December 12, said BJP Gujarat chief CR Patil on Thursday. PM Narendra Modi and Union HM Minister Amit Shah will take part in the oath-taking ceremony.

KEJRI THANKS GUJARAT FOR MAKING AAP A NAT’L PARTY

he AAP has become a national party, 10 years after it was formed, as it has won Five seats in Gujarat with a 12.9 percent vote share. Currently, there are 8 recognised national parties in India — BJP, Congress, BSP, CPI, CPM, All India Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, and National Peoples’ party headed by Conrad Sangma.

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Thank you Gujarat. I am overcome with a lot of emotions seeing the phenomenal election results. People blessed politics of development and at the same time expressed a desire that they want this momentum to continue at a greater pace. I bow to Gujarat’s Jan Shakti.

Modi Prime Minister

People of Gujarat have given an unprecedented mandate to the party by rejecting those who do politics of hollow promises, freebies and appeasement. In the last two decades, under the leadership of Modi ji, the BJP broke all records of development in Gujarat and today the people of Gujarat have blessed the BJP and broken all records of victory.

Amit Shah Union Home Minister

Gujarat has set new records of development in the last two decades under the leadership of Modi ji and today the people of Gujarat have blessed the BJP and created a new record of victory. Every section has wholeheartedly blessed the BJP. This is the victory of people’s unwavering faith in BJP’s policies.

Jagat Prakash Nadda BJP National President

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B’DAY

GIFT TO SONIA: CONGRESS GETS HIMACHAL IN IT’S KITTY!

Congress

Cong shifts MLAs to Chandigarh, to hold meeting in Shimla today

Shimla: Congress’s late surge during the campaign for Himachal Pradesh was successful in keeping the BJP from realising its ‘Mission Repeat’ in the hill state, with the party easing to victory. The high turnout of women seems have gone in favour of the Congress, as there was a lot of resentment among the voters against the ruling BJP government over the issues of rising prices of essential commodities like fuel and gas.

The fact that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi with Chhattisgarh CM & party’s state in-charge Bhupesh Baghel had campaigned hard across the state.

GOVT STRICT ON ORGANISED CRIME AND GANGS: GEHLOT

are being scrutinized and police is working against such gangsters. Discussion was held in the meeting about how crime should be under control. Crime will not be tolerated in the state at all. Every complaint will be heard,” he said.

HP CM Jai Ram Thakur submits his resignation to Guv RV Arlekar on Thursday.

Hearty congratulations to all Congress workers and leaders for their hard work and dedication.

Gandhi Senior Cong Leader

Congress party is committed to fulfill the 10 promises made to the people of Himachal Pradesh.

Mallikarjun Kharge Congress President

This victory is the victory of the resolution of the people of Himachal for the issues and progress. Many best wishes to all the leaders of the party. Your hard work paid off.

Priyanka Gandhi Cong General Secy

PARLIAMENT WINTER SESSION Parliament nod to Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill

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Jaipur:

He also gave instructions for strict action against gangsters and to run a campaign against organised crime. Gehlot gave these and more instruction while reviewing the law and order in a meeting at PHQ here.

DGP Umesh Mishra gave presentation to CM. After the meeting Gehlot addressed the media and said that if liquor is sold after 8 pm, it will be the responsibility of the SHO and the SP. “History sheets of all gangsters

Gehlot said that welcome rooms have been set up in every police station in the state and it means that it means that now people will be heard in the police stations.

“Nowadays gangs are operating from abroad as well. Our government has controlled crime. Many decisions have been taken in today’s meeting. Turn to P3

New Delhi: Union Minister Bhupender Yadav addressed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The Parliament later passed the Wild Life

(Protection) Amendment Bill which seeks better management of protected areas and also provides for certain permitted activities like grazing or movement of livestock and bona fide use of drinking and household water by local communities. The bill was passed by voice vote.

FUNCTIONARIES

The Supreme Court and Modi government are caught up in a bitter fight over the appointment of judges. The SC told the Central Government that the collegium system is the ‘law of the land which should be followed to the teeth’. “Speeches made by the high constitutional functionaries in public, making comments on Collegium, are not very well taken. You have to advise them,” bench noted.

ormer Congress President Sonia Gandhi turns 76 today. Sonia reached Sawai Madhopur on Thursday to celebrate her birthday with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other family members. P8

Shivendra Parmar

CM Ashok Gehlot on Thursday patted the police for cracking the whip on the perpetrators of gangster Raju Thehat murder in Sikar.

CM Ashok Gehlot with (L) Usha Sharma, Rajendra Singh Yadav and Umesh Mishra in a review meeting at PHQ in Jaipur on Thursday.

near Shergarh on Thursday. CM Ashok Gehlot to meet the injured today. More on P2

DELHI HC GRANTS BAIL TO FORMER MUMBAI TOP COP SANJAY PANDEY

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to ex-Mumbai Police commissioner Sanjay Pandey in the money laundering case registered by ED in relation to alleged illegal phone tapping of NSE employees from 2009 to 2017.

Bypoll: Cong’s Sharma wins Sardarshahar seat

Moni Sharma

PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being garlanded during a celebration after the party’s victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections, at party headquarters, in Delhi on Thursday.

Narendra

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with his sister and party’s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Rahul

2 kids die, 60 people hurt as five cylinders explode

CM Ashok Gehlot will visit Jodhpur today and meet the injured there Rajeev Gaur

Jodhpur: Sixty people got injured and a oneand-a-half-year-old toddler died after five gas cylinders burst at a wedding ceremony in Jodhpur. The incident happened at Bhungra village near Shergarh on Thursday.

The wedding was at Takht Singh’s house. The procession was about to leave the house, when suddenly the cylinders exploded. Collector Himanshu Gupta said that out of 60 people, 52 injured were brought to the hospital here, out of which two

children have died while 49 injured are undergoing treatment. One patient is in ICU and 10 have suffered more than 90% burns.

Fifteen to 20 people have less than 50 percent burns and 17 people were discharged after treatment.

The injured people were brought to Shergarh. Some people were referred to the burn unit of Mahatma Gandhi Hospital here. Rural SP Anil Kayal said that about five cylinders exploded. He said that a cylinder leaked while cooking and caught fire.

High Court grants bail to accused arrested under arms act

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Jaipur: Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand, after hearing the arguments of Advocates Sunil Kumar Singh , Rekha Dixit, M Raja, Saurabh Chatterjee and Keerti Harsha granted bail to Rakesh Parihar, Gorav Parihar, and Shivam Parihar.

They were accused of Sections 417, 420, 511, & 120-B of IPC and Sections 3 & 25(6) of The Arms Act, 1959.

The matter pertains to Police Station Jurhara, District Bharatpur wherein the accused were caught carrying arms and ammunition and fake gold bricks, for which they were in imprisonment since November 9.

Looking to the facts narrated in the FIR and the merits of the case the High Court has granted bail to all three of them.

Woman, her brothers killed after bus rams into their bike

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Jaipur: A speedy private bus crushed three people to death on Thursday afternoon in a tragic road accident near the Asalpur turn of Jobner. Three deceased were standing on the side of the road, whereas an infant’s life was saved as he fell apart from his mother. There are two brothers and a sister among the dead.

Belonging to rural area they earned their

25 INJURED IN ACCIDENT

Aroad accident of a roadways bus with a trailer on Pratapgarh-Banswara took place at around 3 pm on Thursday. About 25 people travelling in the bus were injured in the accident, while one passenger died. The roadways bus heading to Banswara from Pratapgarh collided with a trailer near Amli Valley leaving one dead in a road accident. After the accident, there was chaos in district hospital.

livelihood by grazing sheep and goats from nearby villages. Police reached the spot on the information of local.

In the accident, Pap-

Raj a model state with 16K MW solar power

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Jaipur: Rajasthan is a leader in the field of Green Energy-Clean Energy with the efforts of CM Ashok Gehlot. He formulated the Solar Energy Policy-2019 in the state. Solar energy production capacity of Rajasthan has increased to 16060 MW at present.

Due to favourable geographical conditions for solar energy production, under the policy, a target has been set for a project of 30 GW solar energy capacity in the state by 2024-25.

Minister of State for Energy Bhanwar Singh

A Solar plant.

Bhati said that due to the initiative taken by the CM in the solar energy sector, Rajasthan has become a model state in the country. At present, 16 thousand 60

MW solar energy is being produced. Besides, 4 thousand 576 MW wind energy, 125 MW biomass energy and 24 MW small hydro energy are also being produced.

Bayana: On Thursday, an all-caste mass marriage function and a ‘Bhandara’ of Bhagwat Katha was organized in the ground near Asaram Ashram located at Harnagar-Murraki Mod of Bayana.

Former deputy CM Sachin Pilot also reached the program from Kota at 4 pm. Pilot, wishing a happy married life to the newly married couples, also thanked the organizing

committee for this noble work. Pilot also ate prasad in Bhandara.

Addressing the meeting organized during the program, Pilot said that in the last assembly elections, the people of Bharatpur district had given their complete blessings and love to the Congress.

“Because of which Congress candidates were victorious on all the seats in the district and the Congress government was formed in the state,” Pilot said.

JAN AAKROSH YATRA

Arun Singh on two day visit to Raj on Dec 10

Jaipur (FIB): Arun Singh will be on a twoday visit to Rajasthan. He will be in Jodhpur city on December 10 for the Jan Aakrosh Yatra. He will be in Osian in the afternoon and in Jodhpur by 4:30 pm.

Singh will leave for Nagaur at 6 pm and do a

SAFETY ON SAFARI

night halt in Khimsar. On Dec 11, he will participate in Jan Aakrosh Yatra in Nagaur Vidhan Sabha, Didwana, Makrana, Mangalana, Bhinda Nawan and will reach Jaipur at 7:30 pm. After a night stay here, he will return to New Delhi on Dec 12.

pu Lal Gurjar (40), Banwari Gurjar (25) and sister Bali Devi (20), residents of Asalpur, died on the spot, while 4-year-old fell away.

‘Gratitude for support received from Raj govt’

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Udaipur: After hosting one of the biggest events of the country, G-20, Udaipur administration has not only gained confidence but now city is ready for international events even further. This was stated by GS Naidu, JS, Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday.

He said he cannot express his gratitude in words for cooperation received from Rajasthan govt and the Udaipur administra-

tion for the successful organization of the G-20. He praised CS Usha Sharma, Divisional Commissioner Rajendra Bhatt, IG Prafulla Kumar, Dist Collector Tarachand Meena, SP Vikas

Sharma & all officers,

officers for successful organization of G-20. He said Udaipur not only lived up to his expectations but now his expectations have increased from Udaipur.

Dues of milk should be paid soon: Arora

Kashiram Choudhary

Bharatpur: Administrator and Managing Director of Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation Sushma Arora visited Bharatpur District Milk Union on Thursday and inspected in a series of efforts to increase milk collection in District Milk Unions affiliated to RCDF.

First-aid boxes, dust pockets must on vehicles

In the meeting held in Jaipur, it was decided to issue new guidelines for convenience of tourists. PCCF & Forest Force had inspected vehicles

Sawai Madhopur: In Ranthambore, it will be mandatory for vehicle owners & drivers to install first-aid boxes and dust pockets in vehicles. For this, a new guideline has been issued by the Forest Department. It has been implemented on all tourist vehicles. In the guidelines, instructions have been given to provide water bottle to tourists. At present,

there are a total of 555 tourist vehicles in Ranthambore, include 269 Gypsies and 286 Canters.

It has been made mandatory to keep first-aid boxes in the vehicles. Besides, a lot of dust blows that

causes problems. Instructions have been given to put dust pockets. Plastic bottles will not be allowed.

PCCF Arindam Tomar of the Forest Department and Head of the Forest Force (Half) DN Pandey may soon visit Ranthambore to inspect tourist vehicles in connection with compliance of the new guidelines. Action may be taken against the vehicles, drivers etc. if the guidelines are violated.

During this, she took a meeting of the officers of the Milk Union

and secretaries of the cooperative societies who raised the issue of

pending payment of milk in the meeting.

On this, Arora instructed MD of Bharatpur District Milk Union that dues of milk should be paid soon. She also directed the milk producers should be paid for their milk on time.

The milk union will not be allowed to face shortage of financial resources.

In 4th question to Rahul, Poonia raises issues of Raj unemployed

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Jaipur: BJP State President Satish Poonia on Thursday asked his 4th question to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is taking out Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan. Poonia said he has not answered his 3 questions so far.

“The way people saw condition of Hindaun over deaths caused by water contamination. Today my 4th question is in favor of unemployed

of Raj. 70L children took exam. There is no roadmap for 69L. REET cheat is a blot. In this way, irregularities & discrepancies took place in many recruit-

ment,” he said. “When will Rahul and Congress party live up to that promise? When will intention of employment of people be fulfilled?” he asked.

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Spot where cylinders exploded during a marriage on Thursday.

A woman patient given primary treatment outside the house in which the mishap took place on Thursday.

Former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot addressing the meeting organized during all-caste mass marriage function in Bayana.

Vaibhav Gehlot and Collector Himanshu Gupta at Mahatma Gandhi hospital in Jodhpur, inquiring about the well-being of injured.

Ashok Gehlot

@ashokgehlot51

Regarding incident of cylinder blast in marriage program in Jodhpur, had discussion with District Collector, instructions have been given. Proper treatment will be ensured injured. I wish speedy recovery to all injured.

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Amitabh Kant, GS Naidu and others posing post G-20 summit on Thursday.

People of Bharatpur have always given their blessings: Pilot

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Sushma Arora taking meeting of officers of Milk Union and secretaries of the cooperative societies in Bharatpur on Thursday.

Satish Poonia asking question to Rahul Gandhi in a video.

Udaipur airport officials and staff posing near thanks giving message board at airport on Thursday.

RAJASTHAN

Cong wins another bypoll in Raj

MASTERSTROKE!

Yogesh Sharma, Laxman Ragahv, and Sanjay Prajapat

Sardarshahar: Con gress’ Anil Sharma de feated BJP’s Ashok Ku mar Pincha by a margin of 26,850 votes in Sard arshahar assembly by poll on Thursday, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot terming it “peo ple’s seal on his govern ment’s good governance and public welfare schemes”.

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) candidate Lalchand Moond came third. A total of 10 can didates were in the fray.

Sharma got 91,357 votes, Pincha 64,505 and Moond 46,753 votes.

This is the 10th time the Congress won the seat since Independ ence. The bypoll was ne cessitated following the demise of senior Con gress leader and MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma.

Expressing gratitude to voters, CM Gehlot claimed that the bypoll result was a clear mes sage that the Congress will form the govt in Ra jasthan in 2023 with an

PEOPLE OF RAJASTHAN HAVE REJECTED BJP, GEHLOT ON VICTORY

absolute majority. He also spoke to RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore. CM Gehlot said, “Many congratula tions to you too, best wishes.”

C M Ashok Gehlot while congratulating Congress candidate Anil Sharma for his victory in the Sardarshahar assembly by-election has said that this (victory) is people’s stamp on our welfare work of four years. Gehlot also expressed heartfelt gratitude to all the voters in a statement and said, “This victory is the result of the Congress govern ment’s transparent, sensitive, accountable good governance and public welfare schemes of education, health and social security.” Gehlot said that this election result shows that the people of Rajasthan have completely rejected the BJP. “No matter how much the BJP may lie, the people of Rajasthan are with the truth. It is a clear message from the public that in 2023, Congress will form the government with full majority in Rajasthan. In the last 9 by-elections held in Raj in last four years, Con gress has won 7 seats. BJP has been able to win only one seat. here, BJP’s security was forefeited,” he said.

CM Gehlot’s OPS scheme delivers well in Himachal Pradesh

Shivendra Parmar

Shimla: CM Ashok Ge hlot’s ‘master stroke’ of including Old Pension Scheme in the manifes to in Himachal Pradesh has delivered well for the party. The issue has been close to the heart of more than 3 lakh gov ernment employees and OPS had become the biggest issue in Himachal assembly elections. Priyanka Gandhi leading the election campaign also promised the OPS in every rally. CM Gehlot also repeated it in his rallies and media brief ings in the Hill state. The Bharatiya Janata

Drugs worth `1.5 crore seized in Chittorgarh, three accused held

Jaipur (FIB): A protest march in the form of Jan Aakrosh Yatra is being taken out in all the 200 assembly constituencies of Rajasthan by BJP to protest against the fourth anniversary of the Cong govt in the state. On Thursday, it was taken out in the Civ il Lines assembly con stituency. During this, former minister Arun Chaturvedi, BJP coun cillor and city minister Rekha Rathore burnt the effigy of minister Pratap S Khachariyawas. The effigy was burnt in PSK’s constituency.

PK Agarwal

Chittorgarh: The po lice have succeeded in confiscating a huge con signment of drugs in Nimbahera. The police seized MD (MA) and opium in large quanti ties, which were smug gled through luxury cars. The value of the seized drugs is around Rs 1.5 crore. MD (MA) is most popular and costly drug after cocaine.

The police recovered 1700 grams of MD (MA) and 8900 grams of opi um and arrested three smugglers on the spot.

Compensatory jobs for soldiers’ dependents

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Jaipur : The Depart ment of Personnel is sued a notification and fixed its guidelines for compassionate appoint ment to dependents of deceased and perma nently disabled soldiers of the Armed Forces. It is possible to get gov ernment job up to pay matrix L10.

The dependents of armed forces personnel

who died on or after 1.1.1972, who have been martyred in anti-terror ist squad or declared war, died or become permanently disabled in any event on or after the 1st day of April , 1999, are bonafide resi dents of the dependent territory will benefit.

The dependents of CAPF and Indian Coast Guard from Rajasthan will also get compas sionate appointment.

These opium and drugs were brought from MP and were being taken to Jodhpur. The arrested accused include Nav deep Pandit, Shyam

Sundar Pandit and Vikram Singh. The team that took action includ ed ASI Sunderpal, Con stables Pramod Kumar Chaudhary, Naresh Ku

Three arrested accused in Police custody on Thursday. (Inset) Accused have made a hollow space in car’s door for the purpose of smuggling drugs and other contrabands.

mar, Harvinder Singh, Sarjeet, Sunil Kumar and Jeevan. Nimbahera Sadar police station reg istered a case and start ed the investigation.

Party could not find a counter to this promise of the Congress and lost the state. Another rea son for BJP’s loss there has been anti-incum bency against the min isters. Congress Presi dent Pratibha Singh said the people of Himachal respect late Virbhadra Singh a lot and victory is a true tribute to him.

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51

Congratulations to Congress candidate Anil Sharma for the victory in the Sardarshahar bypoll and heartfelt grat itude to all voters. This victory is the seal of the public on the transparent, sensitive, account able good gover nance and public welfare schemes of the Congress government for ed ucation, health and social security.

Dotasra @GovindDotasra Heartfelt gratitude and congratulations to all the voters and hardworking work ers for the victory of Congress candidate Anil Sharma by 26,852 votes in the Sardarsha har by-election. The margin of victory has increased even after 4 years since the last election, which shows that the public has faith in the development of the Congress party and its government in Rajasthan.

The results in Sardarshahar did not come as per our expectation. BJP has won here only once. I thank the workers for their hard work. I think the Congress may be in a good mood but the issues of 2023 elections remain same.

This victory is for the development by Congress in Sardarshahar. We will break the order of change of government. We will continue to win assembly elections in future.

—Sukhjinder

PM Modi lauds Vice-Prez Dhankhar, people of Jhunjhunu in Rajya Sabha

Pradeep Garhwal

Jhunjhunu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Jhunj hunu as land of heroes and said that there would hardly be any family here which has not played a role in the service of the country.

While addressing the Rajya Sabha, The PM praised Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and said that Dhankhar, who is from a common man’s family, had a journey full of struggle. “His success will be come an inspiration for the people of the coun try,” he said.

36 ton of copper seized in Bhilwara

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Bhilwara: In a shocking theft incident, the rob bers took away a truck full of 36 Ton copper. On receiving the informa tion police started the investigation. During the probe police got sus picious of a land area.

After this, when it was excavated copper weigh ing hundreds of quin tals came out from exca vated land. The thieves hid the truckload of cop per in such a way that

the police also could not find this huge quantity of copper even after ten days of search opera tions. As per the police, the manager of Baroda’s Idalgo firm had regis

CONGRESS’ DEBACLE IN GUJARAT

tered a case of theft on Nov 29. According to the driver, he left the com pany on Nov 25 with cop per worth about Rs 3 crores. Copper was to be taken to Faridabad.

The driver told that he had parked the truck at Shreeji Hotel located on Shahpura Road in Man dal and went to meet his family. On his return, truck was missing.

When the police inves tigated, some local people were detained who on strict questioning, con fessed to theft. It came to light that copper has been kept hidden in the ground at a secluded place in Arjungarh vil lage. Police is still inter rogating the suspects.

Who is responsible for lacklustre poll performance?

Jaipur : The Congress has not performed ex ceedingly well in Guja rat and political observ ers and party leaders alike have now gone back to the drawing board to find out the reason and the people responsible for the par ty’s lacklustre perfor mance.

Questions are being raised as to why didn’t Rahul-Priyanka camp in Gujarat? Was Bharat Jodo Yatra more impor

tant than Gujarat and Himachal elections? Was there a mistake by the high command in fixing the time of the yatra? Is mutual fac tionalism of senior

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leaders responsible for this abysmal performance?Notably, in 2017 assembly elec tions, Congress had won 77 seats under the leadership of Ashok

Gehlot and Ahmed bhai.

But this time CM Ge hlot got stuck in Ra jasthan and could not concentrate fully on Gujarat and as a result

Congress had a meagre number in his kitty. But who is responsi ble for this situation in Rajasthan? Observers claim that the high command is also re sponsible for the politi cal situation in Ra jasthan and election results of Gujarat are a signal for Rajasthan. Political observers and pandits have now posed a direct question on the Congress intelligensia : Will Rajasthan also re peat the history of Gu jarat in 2023?

Referring to Kithana, the PM said that the country is seeing the achievements of the sons of Kithana. Prais ing Dhankhar, Modi said, “It would be icing on the cake. You have been a student of Sainik School. As a farmer’s

son and a student of Sainik School, you have both the qualities. Prior to this, the PM had praised the people of Jhunjhunu during his earlier visit. Modi had said that people of Jhunjhunu know how to fight and not bow down.

NGT to Govt: Take action on forest encroachers

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Jodhpur: The National Green Tribunal has di rected the State Govt, District Administra tion, Municipal Corpo ration and Forest Dept to take necessary action against the encroach ments in the forest blocks of Jodhpur city.

It has also been asked to ensure that in the places where encroach ments are removed,

there should not be any kind of encroachment in future.

The Division Bench of Judicial Member Shiv Kumar Singh and Expert Member Dr Arun Kumar Verma, while disposing of the petition filed by the pe titioner Adhyatmik Kshetra Paryavaran Sansthan, said that it is the responsibility of the State Govt and the Forest Department.

50K cases are related to disputed lands, plots in Jpr alone: Gehlot

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Action will also be taken against employees hav ing links with criminals even if senior police of ficers are involved.He said that the SPs have to crack down on gravel mafia and the govern ment is strict on matters of disputed land. “Now adays the land mafia is active, they sell the same land at many places. In Jaipur alone, 50,000 cas es are related to disput ed lands and plots.” he said.

Mahesh Sharma

Congress leaders and supporters gatherd at PCC HQs in Jaipur to celebrate the victory of Anil K Sharma in Sardarshahar. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Govind Singh

S Randhawa, Cong State in-charge

—Satish Poonia, BJP State President

The people of Sardarshahar have blessed us generously.

Anil K Sharma, Congress

DR RAGHU SHARMA RESIGNS AS GUJARAT PCC CHIEF AFTER MASSIVE DEFEAT

the defeat in the Gujarat assembly elections, the phase of resignations has started in Congress. The results of all the 182 assembly seats in the state were still not out, that the Gujarat in-charge of party resigned from his post. Congress in-charge of Gujarat Raghu Sharma resigned from his post by writing a letter to Congress President Mal likarjun Kharge, taking the responsibility of the humiliating defeat in Gujarat.

PM Modi, V-P Dhankhar during Parl proceedings on Wednesday.

Jan Aakrosh Yatra: BJP burns PSK’s effigy in his own constituency

36 ton of seized copper in Arjungarh, Bhilwara on Thursday.

CM INSPECTS HI-TECH INTERCEPTORS

C M Ashok Gehlot inspected the interceptors being made available for the traffic police before the review meet ing held at the Police Headquarters on Thursday. Additional Director General of Police VK Singh said that these 25 interceptors are equipped with modern 2022 digital GPS, WiFi, internet technology. It has Speed Laser Gun, which can measure the speed of vehicles from a kilometre’s distance. It also has a high quality HD Camera.

MODI MAGIC GRAND SLAM IN GUJARAT –IMAGE SAVER IN HIMACHAL

what meets the eye. With Ra hul Gandhi and the entire Congress brass overtly preoc cupied with Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gujarat was left only with the state leaders – most of whom are discredited, dis gruntled, demotivated. Last minute infusion of Ashok Ge hlot couldn’t lift the morale of the disillusioned state appa ratus. Quite unlike the 2017 elections when Ashok Gehlot had plotted the entire election machinery into a near win ning machine – after all 2017 polls saw the best perfor mance of Congress post 2002, 77 seats when contrasted with 99 of BJP.

SC UNHAPPY WITH DHANKHAR QUESTIONING ITS JUDICIAL POWER

Little did the Congress or AAP realize that both got played by none other than the BJP strategists. Gujarat was the pride – the prime jewel in 2022 election and PM Modi, simply had to bedazzle the crown. And he did it.. This is the biggest take away from Gujarat & Himachal elections –Bhupendra Bhai walks away with the bigger winning margin than Narendra Bhai – but then, it’s Narendra Bhai Modi, who is the Krishna of Indian politics

AJAY KUMAR

The writer is a senior journalist

154seats out of 182 in Gujarat, the clarion call of 150+ final ly came through. Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi es timate it, at all? It seems so, as the votes finally got count ed. In all his campaign speeches PM Modi enthused the Gujarati voters to make Bhupendra Bhai’s winning margin, much larger than Narendra Bhai. No doubt, Modi’s self-respect resonat ing with Gujarati Pride, de livered. 27 years of BJP dom inance got another 5 years of resounding success and 149 seats won over by Congress in 1985, got washed away in the swath of Modi support.

Then why did Himachal Pradesh retain its inherent character of changing the ruling party every 5 years? Reasons for maintaining the 37 year old legacy are a plen ty. But first, we need to bear in our minds what most Himachali journalists put their money on – if there is any national leader who knows Himachal as the back

MODI HAS GUJARAT UNDER HIS SPELL

of ones’ hand, it’s PM Modi. Because it was Modi who had scripted the victory of Prem Kumar Dhumal with his in novative organizational changes way back in 90s. So, what happened? Frankly “Congressization” of BJP happened in Himachal. The cadre-based BJP had conflict ing ambitions at play, faction alism played its hand at full and over dependence on claims of development un dertaken by Jai Ram Thakur, backfired. Voters across the state knew of the three con flicting camps at play in Himachal politics. Voter apa thy exhibited in the high handed approach of local BJP leaders had reached leg endary heights. Farmers were at loggers end with the big agri-tech firms perceived as modern colonizers. And the most vocal government staff rued the implementa tion of New Pension scheme.

Most of all, women voters found the going tough as pan demic Corona ate away their savings and denied them al ternate income sources. Had it not been for the personal intervention by PM Modi, which included direct phone calls to rebel candidates, BJP could have been limited to negligent 15 out 68 seats. It was Modi’s concerted cam

In all his campaign speeches, PM Modi enthused the Gujarati voters to make Bhupendra Bhai’s winning margin, much larger than Narendra Bhai. No doubt, Modi’s self-respect resonating with Gujarati Pride, delivered. 27 years of BJP dominance got another 5 years of resounding success and 149 seats won over by Congress in 1985, got washed away in the swath of Modi support

paign in the hill state, tai lored with mass contact pro gram banking on PM Modi’s past experiences that saved the looming rout. So, every seat the BJP secured beyond 15 seats, should in effect be credited to Modi magic. What then worked in Guja rat? After all BJP has been in power for the past 27 years –Modi has not been active in Gujarat for over 8 years – com pared to the 13 years of Modi rule, the dynamism of incum bent chief ministers pales into oblivion – so is it just, the son of soil image of Modi that made the Gujarati voter queue up? Actually December 2022 polls has been more than

Top this lackluster halfhearted initiative of Congress with the active participation of Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), post their sojourn in Surat Municipal polls. The “Free”“Free”, sale announced by AAP for monthly electricity bill/monthly dole for women/ Mohalla Clinic in localities or for the auto rides by Arvind Kejriwal, roadshows of Man ish Sisodia or radical-abusive statements on PM Modi by AAP State chief – AAP, gave Congress a run for its money during the election coverage.

Till the first phase polling BJP ensured that in national mindset, the Gujarat elec tions were all about BJP & AAP. While Congress grap pled with this perception slight, Modi and his core team concentrated in the rural and tribal areas of Gujarat – the core bastion of the Congress. The Prime Minister’s road show at Amba - the 50 km long road show near Ahmedabad, the focused group rallies host ed by Amit Shah and J P Na dda, the Jan Yatra covering 150+ constituencies starting from 4 corners of Gujarat, were all efforts to claim the Congress bastion.

Little did the Congress or AAP realize that both got played by none other than the BJP strategists. Gujarat was the pride – the prime jewel in 2022 election and PM Modi, simply had to bedazzle the crown. And he did it.. This is the biggest take away from Gujarat & Himachal elec tions – Bhupendra Bhai walks away with the bigger winning margin than Naren dra Bhai – but then, it’s Nar endra Bhai Modi, who is the Krishna of Indian politics.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mojo still has Gu jarat under its spell. During an election rally in Kaprada, Modi said that he was there to beat all records. And, that’s what he did. The Bharatiya Janata Party ensured its sev enth win in a row. The party has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years yet there was no sign of any anti-incumbency factor as it marched to its highest ever tally of 150 plus seats leaving the 127 seats it won in 2002 way behind. Re placing four chief ministers in one year also did not have any impact and unlike Himachal Pradesh there was no rebellion either. That only goes to show Modi’s iron grip on the state.

BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years yet there was no sign of any anti-incumbency factor as it marched to its highest ever tally of 150 plus seats leaving 127 seats it won in 2002 way behind. Replacing 4 CMs in one year also did not have any impact and unlike HP there was no rebellion either. That only goes to show Modi’s iron grip on the state

For the Congress the shock of a humiliating defeat in Gujarat will be more over whelming than the euphoria of victory in Himachal Pradesh where it was closing in on the majority mark. De spite BJP’s best efforts it could not change the state’s tradition of ousting the in cumbent party from power. Despite having the numbers the Congress will find it dif ficult to form a government as its MLAs are vulnerable to temptations.

Nothing, however, explains the Congress losing around 62 seats in Gujarat except that it went down without even a semblance of resist ance. Former party president Rahul Gandhi took time off from his Bharat Jodo Yatra to address only two rallies. Mal likarjun Kharge, the new Congress president, had no impact on the voters. He may have also conceded advan tage to the BJP by comparing Modi with Ravana. The party must collectively introspect.

Tussle over judicial appointments have the making of a turf war between the leg islature and the judi ciary with a Supreme Court bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Vikram Nath and Abhay S. Oka expressing its displeasure over the remarks made by the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar who, in his maiden speech, slammed the Supreme Court for invalidating National Judicial Appointments Commis sion (NJAC). Recalling the “his toric mandate” for the 99th Con stitutional Amendment Bill which paved the way for NJAC, Dhankhar said that the undoing of the mandate by the Supreme Court was “a glaring instance of severe compromise of parlia mentary sovereignty and disre gard of the mandate of the peo ple…” He hinted that Parliament could discuss the matter afresh. Responding to Dhankhar’s comments the Supreme Court said that “while Parliament has the right to enact a law, the pow er to scrutinize it lies with the court. The bench said that the “comments are not well taken” and asked the attorney-general to “advise them”.

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Jai Gujarat, Vijay Gujarat! Reposing faith in the service and good governance of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, congratulations to the people of Gujarat for blessing @BJP4India with an unprecedented victory. This grand victory is the victory of the people of Gujarat, the victory of the faith of women, youth, farmers and the poor.

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The resounding victory of the BJP in Gujarat is the victory of the unwavering faith and affection of the people of Gujarat towards the BJP and Modi ji. The politics of development done by the BJP in Gujarat, the public has once again stamped on it. Many thanks to the people of Gujarat for this trust.

VOTERS’ VERDICT

JAI GUJARAT, VIJAY GUJARAT!

BJP BROKE 3 RECORDS

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Gandhinagar (Agen cies): Gujarat CM Bhu pendra Patel took over in September 2021 after his BJP removed in cumbent Vijay Rupani, and is set to be sworn-in again on December 12 after the party’s land slide victory in the As sembly elections.

The Patel ministry totalled 25, including the Chief Minister, but for the two-phase De cember elections, five ministers were denied tickets. Of the other 20, the Chief Minister and 18 others have got reelected to the Assembly.

While Patel has won with a massive margin of 1,92,263 votes, other colleagues who won with large margins are Purnesh Modi (104,637), Harsh Sanghvi (131,675), Kanu Desai (97,164), Nar esh Patel (93,166), and Manish Vakil (98,597).

Other ministers who have won are Jitu Va ghani, Rishikesh Patel, Raghavji Patel, Kirit sinh Rana, Arjunsinh Chauhan, Jagdish Pan chal, Jitu Chaudhary, Mukesh Patel, Nimisha Suthar, Kuberbhai Din dor, Gajendrasinh Par mar, Vinubhai Moradia and Devabhai Malam. But, minister Kirtisinh Vaghela lost the poll.

“It’s victory of PM’s leadership, defeat of anti-national forces”

Gandhinagar (PTI): With the Bharatiya Ja nata Party (BJP) set for a landslide victory in Gujarat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday credited Prime Minister Naren dra Modi for it and said the people of the state have rejected the antinational elements in the Assembly election.

Gujarat BJP presi dent C R Paatil said Bhupendra Patel would continue as the state’s chief minister and his swearing-in ceremony would be held on De

cember 12. The Bharati ya Janata Party with a vote share of nearly 54 per cent was ahead in 152 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat, as per

Guwahati (PTI):

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the bugle

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the latest trends, and could surpass its previ ous best showing of 127 seats in 2002 when Modi was the state’s chief minister.

the party’s success in the 2024 LS polls. The people of Gujarat, where BJP recorded seventh win in the assembly poll, have showered their love and admiration for PM Modi, he said.“Gujarat Bugle for In dia! By showering (sic) this historic mandate out of their love and admiration for Hon PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, people have shown the path for 2024,” Sarma tweeted.

MEANWHILE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH...

Congress sweeps away the apple belt

Shimla (Agencies):

TThe result of the Himachal Pradesh Leg islative Assembly elec tion 2022 is out and Con gress has swept away the apple belt in the Shimla district except Chopal.

Shimla district has eight seats which in clude five seats of apple growing belts Rohru, Jubbal-Kotkhai, TheogKumarsain, Rampur Bushahr and Chopal. All these areas are ma jor producers of apple and stone fruits.

In Theog, former Himachal Pradesh Con gress Committee (HPCC) President Kul deep Singh Rathore won

by 5,269 votes, in Rohru, Mohan Lal Bragta re tained his seat as he won by 19,339 votes.

In Rampur, Congress candidate Nand Lal faced stiff competition

BAGHEL SAYS NEED TO ‘PROTECT’ HP CONG MLAS FROM ‘POACHING’ BID

Raipur: As the Assembly poll trends showed the Congress was likely to get a majority in Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said the party needed to protect its MLAs in the hill state from any possibility of horse-trading. The BJP can “go to any level”, he claimed. The Congress surged ahead of the BJP on 39 of the 68 seats with one seat already under its belt, while the ruling party has won four seats and was ahead in 21 constituencies, as per trends from Himachal Pradesh where the counting of votes was underway.

Devbhumi Dwarka: (ANI): AAP’s CM candidate Isu dan Gadhvi lost his seat by 19,000 votes as the BJP raced to its best-ever result in the western state. The journalistturned-politician, a native of Pipaliya village of Devb humi Dwarka district, was born in a farming family. He lost his seat to a BJP candidate. Now, the AAP is expected to force a change in the binary politics of the state and present the BJP with a more persistent and strategic opponent

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from BJP candidate Kaul Singh Negi as he won by a difference of 567 votes.

In Jubbal-Kotkhai, Ro hit Thakur retained his seat after he defeated

BJP candidate Chetan Bragta by 5,067 votes.

The seat was vacated after former MLA Nar inder Bragta passed away in 2021. Later in the by-elections, Con

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gress candidate Rohit Thakur defeated his son Chetan Bragta who con tested the elections as an independent candi date after he was denied a ticket by BJP.

The only defeat Con gress faced in the apple belt of the state is Cho pal where BJP MLA Balbir Verma was able to retain his seat. Ver ma defeated Congress General Secretary Ra jneesh Kimta by a mar gin of 5,033 votes.

Congress was also able to win Shimla (Urban) seat after a gap of one and a half decade while the party retained its seats in Kasumpti and Shimla (Rural) after An irudh Singh and Vikramaditya Singh, son of former six-time Chief Minister Virb hadra Singh won by a margin of 8,655 and 13,860 votes.

Will Kharge forge his team in party’s third session?

Shamsher Singh

New Delhi: It is now al most certain that Con gress President Mall ikarjun Kharge is not going to form his team as of now. His team will be formed only after the Congress session to be held at the end of Febru ary. This was indicated in the first meeting of the massive steering committee he had formed after becoming the president. Sonia Gandhi was also present

in the meeting held on Sunday and there Kharge gave a sound ad vice to the party leaders.

It was also clear from his advice that even though the office bear ers of the party have resigned, they will con tinue to work as before.

That’s why it is surpris ing as to what was the need to resign? When

Randeep Surjewala will continue to be in charge of Karnataka and Avi nash Pandey will con tinue to be in charge of

Jharkhand, then what was the point of them resigning from the post of General Secretary? Keep in mind that on

October 26, the day Kharge took over, all the general secretaries had resigned. But no new appointment was

made in their place and no other leader was made in-charge in the states. All the general secretaries who re signed are members of the steering committee. Kharge asked them how many times a month they visit the states un der their charge and what is the status of the organization there at the district and block level. In a way it is clear that all the old office bearers will continue to work as before. All gen

eral secretaries, secre taries, communication team and all spokesper sons will continue to work as before and re port to Kharge. That’s why Kharge is in no hurry to form a new team. At the end of February, there will be a party convention in Chhattisgarh, in which the All India Congress Committee will seal Kharge’s ele vation as president and after that he will form a new team.

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OTHER BYPOLLS

New Delhi/Lucknow (PTI): The Samajwadi Party retained the highprofile Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, while the BJP wrested Rampur Sadar assembly seat in UP from it and Kurhani constituency in Bihar from the ruling Nitish Kumar-led alliance in results of the December 5 by-elections an nounced on Thursday.

The ruling BJP in UP, however, lost Khatauli to SP ally RLD. The Con gress retained its two assembly seats - Bhanu pratappur in Chhattis garh and Sardarshahar Assembly seat in Ra jasthan’s Churu dis trict. The party is in power in the two states.

The BJD continued its dominance in Odisha, winning Padampur seat in Bargarh district.

Out of the six assem bly seats in five states where bypolls were held on Monday, the Con gress and the BJP won two each while one each went to the BJD and RLD after counting of votes on Thursday.

Dimple Yadav, the

Rampur: The BJP on Thursday won Rampur Sadar seat for the first time as its candidate Akash Saxena defeated his nearest Samajwadi Party rival Asim Raja. Bypoll to the Rampur Sadar seat, consid ered an Azam Khan stronghold, was necessitated after Khan was sentenced to three years in a hate speech case.

wife of SP chief Akh ilesh Yadav, defeated her nearest rival and BJP candidate Raghuraj Sin gh Shakya by 2,88,461 votes in Mainpuri, a pocket borough of SP patriarch Mulayam Sin gh Yadav’s family.

In Bihar, BJP’s Kedar Prasad Gupta defeated Manoj Singh Kushwaha of CM Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) by 3,645 votes in Kurhani seat. The JD(U) had snapped ties with the BJP four months ago.

SP defends Mainpuri, BJP wrests 2 assembly seats, loses one, Cong retains 2

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel with state BJP chief CR Paatil and others during a press conference after the party’s win in state assembly elections, in Gandhinagar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Guj CM Patel and state BJP chief CR Paatil show victory signs.

RECORD BROKEN #1: Biggest Haul For BJP

The BJP got a whopping 86% of the total seats in the state.

It is, so far, the highest number of seats that the BJP has won in Gujarat...ever!

RECORD BROKEN #2: The Biggest Ever in Gujarat

Not just is it the BJP’s highest total ever in Gu jarat, it is also the highest ever total by any party in an Assembly election in the state!

RECORD BROKEN #3: BJP Bests BJP, Vote Share Is Proof

GUJ HAS SOUNDED BUGLE FOR BJP’S SUCCESS IN 2024

LS POLL: HIMANTA

IT’S PEOPLE LOVE FOR PM’S GOOD GOVERNANCE, SAYS YOGI

AAP’S CM CANDIDATE ISUDAN GADHVI LOSES BY OVER 19,000 VOTES

Assam

Himanta Biswa

claimed that BJP’s win in Gujarat poll has sounded

for

Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adity anath on Thursday said the BJP’s grand victory in the Gujarat polls is an expres sion of people’s immense love for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s good governance. Adityanath also con gratulated all work ers and members of the Gujarat BJP.

than the Congress.

BJP BREACHES AZAM KHAN’S STRONGHOLD

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel speaks to media in Raipur.

CONSTRUCTION OF 4,766 KMS OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

COMPLETED TILL NOV: GADKARI

New Delhi (PTI):

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has set a target of constructing 12,200 kilometres of national highways during 2022-23, against which 4,766 kilometres have been constructed till November, 2022, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

The road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said under Bharatmala

ment of highways/ expressways in the country, which facilitate logistic efficiency to India economy, 35 Multi Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs) are to be developed. These MMLPs would act as major cargo consolidation and distribution hubs, Gadkari added. According to him, under Bharatmala Pariyojana 191 points of congestion were identified on the entire network. Gadkari said of the 191 choke points, de-congestion projects have already been completed in 56 congestion points and jects are under implementation in 83 congespoints.

New Delhi: Several MPs on Thursday urged the govt to create sports infrastructure in rural areas, as the Lok Sabha resumed debate on sports and steps taken by the government in this regard. The discussion had started in Lok Sabha on March 31, during the Budget Session of Parliament.

Manickam Tagore of the Congress stressed that sports helps in building trust and said it gives confidence and builds trust in community. “The need for Bharat Jodo is an important process and Bharat Jito can happen only with Bharat Jodo,”

he said. Tagore also suggested that private sector should be roped in for development of sports facilities in rural areas. “Private sector is also an important part of it. How is the ministry planning to encourage private players to support them?” Tagore said. He alleged that government agencies were hounding those private players who we not supporting the government. “We have a tax terrorism mentality now. All the agencies are behind the business people... Those who are not supporting the government. Will this mindset be changed?”

New Delhi/Dehradun

(PTI):

Minister S Jaishankar, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and his party colleagues on Thursday paid tributes to former chief of defence staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat on his first death anniversary.

“Fondly remember India’s first CDS Late Gen. Bipin Rawat on his death anniversary today. A great soldier, a strong leader and a wonderful human being,” Jaishankar tweeted.

In Uttarakhand, after paying floral tributes on Gen Rawat’s picture at the state BJP headquarters in Dehradun, CM Dhami described him as the “pride of the

Puri,

spar in LS over Ujjwala subsidy

New Delhi: Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri and Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury entered into a war of words over Ujjwala scheme subsidy and gas prices in the house on Thursday.

The drama took place during Question Hour, when BJP MP from Balaghat, Dhal Singh Bisen sought to know from Puri, the quantum of loss faced by the govt as several Ujjwala beneficiaries have failed to get a second refill of their cylinders and whether the government will increase the subsidy amount to ensure refill of Ujjwala cylinders.

Puri said that there

New Delhi (PTI): There is a need to take the issue of religious conversions happening across the country seriously, BJP MP from Jharkhand Sunil Kumar Singh said in Parliament on Thursday and claimed it has led to rise of suicides. Speaking during a session in Lok Sabha to discuss matters under Rule 377, he said conversions are changing the direction of society and the country. “Such organisations specially target people from backward classes. There have been cases that people killed themselves due to religious conversion. As part of a conspiracy, they are encouraged to think that they are not Hindus, they do not believe in Constitution,” Singh said.

seems to be some lack of information on the issue and went on to inform the House that there has been a quantum leap in number of LPG connec-

New Delhi (PTI): Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday assured the House that experienced MPs like former prime minister HD Deve Gowda would be given preference to express views on important issues, and not the rule book. While felicitating Dhankar as new Rajya Sabha Chairman on Wednesday, it was suggested by some that experienced members should be given adequate time to

tions since 2014.

As Puri explained how the govt has made efforts to keep the domestic gas prices in check despite a surge in

New Delhi (PTI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kumar Ketkar on Thursday alleged that real estate sharks and corporates were devastating jungles and using their money and muscle power to avoid legal action. In order to protect wildlife, not only should the laws be strict but their implementation should also be equally stingent, he said during a discussion on the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill in the Upper House. The bill was tabled by Environment Minister Bupender Yadav on Wednesday.

for the benefit of some corporates. So essentially, the wildlife is actually attacked not by any humans as such, but by the corporates and sometimes by celebrity Bollywood types," he said. Stressing on the effective implementation of laws, Ketkar said, "The implementation is not strict because the corporates are actually using their money or muscle power or their contacts in bureaucracy and in the government to

its prices internationally, at this point, Chowdhury interrupted Puri, seeking to know the present gas price.

"At present, when we are talking about this Act, Nicobar is being completely ruined, Nicobar jungles are being removed

express views on legislations and issues of national interest.

“Believe in the Chair. The Chair is not partisan. The Chair is national,” Dhankhar said while making an observation during the Ques-

tion Hour on day two of the winter session of Parliament.

The chairman also urged the MPs to rise above party lines on important issues.

Rajya Sabha rules provide for the allocation of time during debates as per the strength of a political partythe larger the number of MPs more is time is given to the party.

Gowda is the sole member of his party (JDS) in the House and hence is allocated the least time to put forth his views.

New Delhi: A bill that seeks to promote the use of non-fossil fuels was introduced in Rajya Sabha for passage on Thursday.

The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, is also aimed at helping the country achieve its international commitments on climate change. The legislation was cleared by Lok Sabha in August.

Piloting the bill in the Upper House, Power Minister R K Singh said the country is working towards reduction in emissions although its per capita emissions is about one third of the global average.

OVER 11,000 'MATTERS' PENDING IN SC FOR OVER 10 YEARS: GOVT REVEALS IN RS

New Delhi: Over 11,000 “matters” are pending before Supreme Court for over 10 years, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the RS. Similarly, in 25 high courts, 8.77 lakh civil and 3.74 lakh criminal cases are pending for over 10 years, he said citing data from the National Judicial Data Grid. In the district and other courts, 6.91 lakh civil and 27.26 lakh criminal cases are pending for over a decade, he said.

Pamban (Tamil Nadu) (ANI): A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that has intensified into Cyclonic Storm Mandous will likely cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by December 9 midnight, the weather department said Thursday.

nation”. He asked party workers to take inspiration from the life and thoughts of Gen Rawat and work collectively for the all-round development of the state.

“CS Mandous over SW BoB about 500km ESE of Karaikal. To move WNW and cross north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south AP coast bw Puducherry and Sriharikota with a wind

speed of 70 kmph around midnight of 09 Dec,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) tweeted around Thursday noon. The

IMD also issued a yellow alert for north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and south Andhra Pradesh coasts.

Storm warning cage

no. 2 has been mounted at Pamban Port of Rameshwaram island to warn fishermen of the upcoming storm and deter them from venturing out into the sea.

The MeT has already warned the fishermen not to venture into the rough seas for three days.

Heavy rain is expected along the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh coastline along with Puducherry over the next few days, it said.

Revenue officers should understand taxpayers’ problems: Birla

LS Speaker inaugurates Appreciation Course in Parliamentary Processes and Procedures for Indian Revenue Service Probationers in New Delhi

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated an orientation course on parliamentary procedures and processes for Indian Revenue Service Probationers of the 75th batch of IRS at the Parliament House Complex on

Thursday.

Speaking on this occasion, Birla said that though our constitution has given us a strong governance system, but it is our responsibility to strengthen it further and also strengthen our economy and society.

He said that a strong, transparent and ac-

countable economic system leads to progress and equitable de-

velopment. He urged the officers to work with honesty and integ-

rity to ensure that the benefits of development reach the last man

of the society.

Talking about India's journey of 75 years after Independence, Birla said that during this period India's economy has got strengthened. After the Covid pandemic, while the economies of developed countries are showing signs of recession, India has not only successfully faced Covid, but our economic base has also been strong and in terms of development, our country's economy is ahead of other countries.

MPS SHOULDN’T WRITE

New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday cautioned MPs for writing against him on Twitter and asked them not to do so. “Some members sometimes write on Twitter that the speaker does not give opportunity to the members to speak. Please keep in mind that the members should not write on Twitter about the speaker. That would be good,” the Speaker said during the Question Hour.

New Delhi: A BSF jawan who accidentally crossed the International Border in Punjab’s Abohar has been released by the Pakistan Rangers. According to the BSF, the jawan mistakenly entered Pakistan while patrolling on Wednesday morning, due to dense fog and was taken into custody by Pakistan.

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing row between the Centre and the judiciary over delay in appointments of judges, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that as on Nov 30, sanctioned strength of high court judges is 1,108 and working strength is 776, resulting 332 vacancies.

Chandigarh: A meeting of Excise officials of Punjab Police was conducted here on Thursday to boost joint operations of Excise Department and police against the illicit liquor trade, besides creating awareness among the public against the menace, AIG, Excise and Taxation, Gurjot Singh Kaler said.

External Affairs

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurating the ‘Observation Course on Parliamentary Practices and Procedures’ for the IRS Probationers in

“Ex-PMs, senior MPs to get preference to express views”

MPS RAISE ISSUES OF CONVERSION, COMPENSATION

“CORPORATES DESTROYING JUNGLES BUT SAVING THEMSELVES FROM LAW”

LOK SABHA RESUMES DEBATE ON SPORTS, MPS URGE GOVT TO FOCUS ON RURAL AREAS

BILL TO PROMOTE THE USE OF NON-FOSSIL FUELS INTRODUCED IN RAJYA SABHA

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speak during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI

BRIEFS

RBI may effect one more rate hike: Kotak

New Delhi: India has achieved 165.94GW of re newable energy capacity till October as against the target of 175GW by 2022.

“Against the target of achieving 175 GW of Re newable Energy installed capacity by 2022, a total of 165.94 GW of renewa ble energy capacity has been installed in the country as on October 31, 2022,” Power and New & RE Minister said. A ca pacity of 76.13 GW is un der various stages of im plementation and a ca pacity of 36.44 GW is un der various stages. —PTI

New Delhi (PTI): A day after the RBI raised the benchmark lending rate by 35 basis points, Kotak Ma hindra Bank Managing Di rector Uday Kotak on Thursday said the central bank may go for one more rate hike to bring inflation below its upper tolerance level of 6%.

On Wednesday, the RBI indicated that it wants in flation to be within the band first and then move towards the target of 4%, Kotak said.

“My sense is that there could be one more rate hike and that may be the time for thinking about a

pivot, but we got to watch very closely the data, and maybe around 6.5%, as it looks today, subject to what happens to the world, subject to what happens to oil, subject to what hap pens to many other things,” he said.

Kotak further said the US Federal Reserve’s deci sion on interest rates this month will be a signal for other central banks.

“I think that is going to be a very crucial signal about what is the interest rate trajectory in the larg est market and the largest pool of money in the world, which is the US,” he said.

The Reserve Bank of In dia (RBI) Wednesday hiked the key repo rate by 35 ba sis points to 6.25%, the fifth straight increase

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z In all, the RBI has raised the benchmark rate by 2.25% since May this year

z US Fed Reserve’s decision this month will be a signal for other central banks

There are opportunities to move up the ladder, to be among the top three in the world, and its realisation would depend on certain metrics, including eco nomic performance in terms of absolute GDP and absolute per capita income instead of the PPP com parison, he said.

since May.

In all, the RBI has raised the benchmark rate by 2.25% since May this year.

On the potential of the

SAMSUNG TO COLLABORATE WITH TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS

New Delhi (PTI): Consumer elec tronics maker Samsung on Thurs day said it will partner with start ups working on technologies around the government’s Digital India stack, to accelerate its digi tal journey in the country.

The company is inviting start ups to collaborate on technologies which include UPI, DigiLocker, ONDC, OCEN, and Unified Health Interface (UHI) among others, a statement issued by Samsung said on Thursday.

Indian economy, Kotak said the country has be come the fifth largest in the world at about $3.2 trillion and has huge potential.

To develop world class Indian companies, he stressed on the need to build scale in manufactur ing based on cutting edge product innovation and de veloping IP rights rather than depending on arbi trage alone to secure an advantage.

URBANISATION GOING TO BE KEY: NITI AAYOG CEO

New Delhi (PTI): NITI Aayog CEO Parameswaran Iyer on Thursday said that urbanisation is going to be the key as 50% of India’s population will live in ur ban areas by 2047. “Urbani

sation is going to be the key. By 2047, 50% of the popula tion will live in urban are as, if you don’t have basic services in urban areas, then it is going to be a big challenge,” he noted.

New Delhi: Leading FMCG maker HUL on Thursday announced the acquisition of a majority stake in OZiva and a 19.8% equity in Wellbe ing Nutrition with a total investment of `335 crore to foray into the health and wellbeing segment.

Hindustan Unilever Limit ed will acquire a 51% stake in Zywie Ventures Private Ltd, which owns the brand OZiva, for a consideration of `264.28 crore, making its entry into the health and well being segment. —PTI

New Delhi: Reliance General Insurance Company (RGIC) has sought `600 crore capital infusion from its debt-ridden parent entity Reliance Capital Ltd (RCL) to grow its business in line with peers, sources said. In a letter to Reliance Capital’s adminis trator, RGIC has sought `600 crore capital support by this month-end. The Committee of Creditors (CoC) is expected to discuss RGIC’s request for capital infusion in its meeting soon, the sources added in a statement on Thursday.

—PTI

New Delhi: Power deficit or gap between electricity required and supplied has fallen from 2% in April this year to 0.1%, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

“The gap between energy requirement and energy sup plied has been reduced from two per cent to 0.1% between the month of April, 2022 and October, 2022,” Power Min ister R K Singh said. The data showed that the deficit was 2,752 million units (units) in April this year which came down to 124 MU in October, 2022. —PTI

New Delhi: Automobile dealership chain Land mark Cars Ltd on Thurs day said it has fixed a price band of `481-506 per share for its `552 crore initial share-sale that opens for public sub scription on December 13. The three-day initial public offering (IPO) will conclude on December 15 and the bidding for an chor investors will open on December 12, the company said in a state ment. The public issue consists of a fresh issue of equity shares aggregat ing to `150 crore and an Offer-For-Sale (OFS) of up to `402 crore. —PTI

GOVERNMENT

Air India to refurbish legacy wide-body fleet

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Tata group-owned full service carrier Air India on Thursday said it plans to refur bish its legacy widebody fleet, compris ing 40 Boeing planes, at an investment of over $400 million (about `3,295 crore).

FOREIGN COMPANIES

Mumbai: The government has put in an additional `5,000 crore into the SWAMIH Invest Fund-I to help the stressed realty investment platform achieve its final close at `15,530 crore, its manag er SBI Capital Ventures said. The fund set up un der the Special Window for Affordable and MidIncome Housing is India’s largest social impact fund, according to a statement, which said the government recently in fused `5,000 crore. —PTI

The company has mandated Londonbased product de sign companies JPA Design and Trend works to assist with the cabin interior design elements of refurbishment exer cise, the airline said in a statement. Of the 40 planes which are set to go for re furbishment, 27 are Boeing 787-800s and 13 Boeing 777s.

All these planes were acquired when the airline was un der state ownership.

The Tata Group re

z The company has mandated Londonbased product design companies JPA Design and Trendworks to assist with the cabin interior design elements of the refurbishment exercise, the airline said in a statement

gained control of Air India in January this year. The first such refurbished aircraft is expected to be in service by mid-2024, as per the release.

With this signifi cant investment, AI said it is committed to providing its pas sengers with a com fortable, modern, and technologically advanced cabin.

HUL TO BUY STAKE IN OZIVA AND WELLBEING NUTRI

LANDMARK CARS

IPO TO OPEN ON DECEMBER 13

INFUSES `5,000 CR IN SWAMIH FUND

INDIA ACHIEVES 166GW OF RE CAPACITY TILL OCT

BHARAT24 AND FIRST INDIA PRESENT POLICE BRAVERY AWARD IN AGRA

Agra’s brave cops felicitated amid thunderous applause

Agra: The Police Brav ery Award programme was organised by Bharat24 News Channel and First India on Wednesday at Hotel Hol iday-Inn, Sanjay Place in Agra city.

Dr Jagdeesh Chan dra, CEO and Editor-inChief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India Newspaper was the Chief guest of the programme. ADG Zone Agra IPS Rajeev Krish na and Police Commis sioner Agra IPS Dr Preetinder Singh were also present as the chief guests.

Dr Jagdeesh Chan dra honoured IPS Ra jeev Krishna and IPS Dr Preetinder Singh

with the Police Bravery Shield Award. Around 90 police personnel from 7 districts and Agra Commissioner ate, who did excellent work were presented with the Police Bravery

Award by Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, IPS Rajeev Krishna, and Dr Preetinder Singh.

Johnny Dog and the policemen of the Dog Squad, who made many revelations, were also honoured with the award.

Dr Chandra ad dressed all the police men and all the guests in the event amid thunderous applause. The police officers and policemen felt proud while receiving the awards.

SONIA

IN

Sawai Madhopur: UPA Chairperson So nia Gandhi reached Jaipur airport on Thursday for a 4-day visit to Rajasthan. From Jaipur airport, Sonia reached Ranth ambore directly via helicopter, where she will celebrate her birth day with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi today, amidst Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra.

As per the fixed pro gramme, Sonia Gan dhi will remain in Ra jasthan till Dec 11, and for her birthday, senior party leaders

After this Sonia is also scheduled to walk in Bharat Jodo Yatra with Rahul Gandhi.

On December 11, at 2:20 pm, Sonia Gandhi

will leave for Delhi by Indigo flight.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with her family, reached Ran thambore by road from Delhi. Adminis trative & Police offic ers received them near Surwal police station and dropped them to a five-star ho tel in Ranthambore.

The entire programme was presided over by Consulting Editor Shishir Awasthi. Before the start of the pro gramme, the chief guests were felicitated by Shishir Awasthi by pre senting them with books.

During the event, Ut tar Pradesh Bureau Chief Avinash Vidhyar ti, Marketing Head Da wood Ahmed Siddiqui, Agra Bureau Chief Shubham Dubey, and their reporting team were present.

Rahul admires Kota, thanks Shanti Dhariwal for development works

Rahul Gandhi also met several coaching students gathered near the City Mall flyover and said, “I

country”

Bhanwar S Charan, Gul Mohammad, Ziauddin Khan & Bhawani S Hada

Kota: On the fourth day of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan, Ra hul Gandhi and Con gress leaders walked 23 km in 6 hours. This journey which started from Kota ended in Bundi district for the day after which Rahul Gandhi left for Ranth ambore to meet Sonia Gandhi. Today will be Yatra’s break day and now the Yatra will start from Bundi on December 10.

The crowd gathered during the Yatra is be ing seen as a show of strength by Shanti Dha riwal, a powerful minis ter of Gehlot Govern ment of Raj. While crossing Kota city, Ra hul Gandhi admired the development works here. He thanked Dhari wal for works done here and said it is a wonder ful city. Near the Aero drome Circle, farmers’ organisations had gath ered to greet Rahul with a garland made from garlic, but police dis persed them before Ra hul entered here.

The journey to Sury amukhi Hanuman temple started at around 6.15 am & pro gramme was short ened. Now a camp has been set up for BJY at Keshoraipatan in Bun di district, where there will be a night stay for two days.

officials of intelligence depart tokk him along.

love you and I am proud of you. You are the future of the

Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, KC Venugopal, Govind Singh Dotasra, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Sachin Pilot and others walk together during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Kota on Thursday.

Kota: Min Shanti Dhariwal said, “No one has travelled 3,700 kms till date after Independence.” Rahul expressed interest in devp works & spoke to Youth Cong leader Amit Dhariwal for 15 mins & promised to visit after completion of Chambal River Front.

Bhanwar S Charan

Kota: Mines Min Pramod Jain Bhaya celebrated his 57th b’day near Kota border. Rahul Gandhi, CM Gehlot & other partici pants congratulated him. Bhaya & his wife Urmila visited a patient service centre & gave food to patients’ relatives, he worshipped cows, feeded them jaggery & fodder.

RAHUL SPEAKS TO AMIT DHARIWAL FOR 15 MINUTES

MINES MIN BHAYA CELEBRATES 57TH BIRTHDAY AT BJY

Kota: After the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Bundi dis trict, Rahul’s convoy directly reached the farmhouse located on Kota Mega Highway. After staying there for a few minutes, he left by helicopter before people reached there. However, after about 15 minutes, the heli copter again hovered over farmhouse. People were surprised to see Rahul with 3 children on the helipad. They came to know that Rahul had taken kids in a helicopter for a ride to Kota. Mahesh Sharma

Jaipur: Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, in-charge of Raj Congress while talking to media at Jaipur airport, said that it was a big thing that RaGa’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is going on in Raj & Dec 9 is Sonia Gandhi’s birthday.

“Congress will walk from here with a new light. We will work to repeat Cong govt in Raj. Rajasthanis are very learned. We will take actual work done by the Congress to people now.”

RAHUL GANDHI TAKES 3 CHILDREN ON CHOPPER JOY RIDE DURING YATRA

WE WILL WORK TO REPEAT CONGRESS GOVERNMENT IN RAJ: RANDHAWA

Kota: A BJP worker set himself ablaze on Thursday during RaGa’s Bharat Jodo Yatra near Jhalawar Road in Kota. There was a stampede-like situation. However, DSP Ankit Jain ex tinguished the fire by taking off his shirt. Preliminary probe revealed that this activist was planning to stop Yatra since 4-5 days. He also contacted his col leagues, but when no one supported him, he reached alone to stop Yatra. After get ting first-aid,

BJP WORKER SETS HIMSELF ABLAZE, DSP RESCUES HIM

BHARAT JODO YATRA

Sonia Gandhi arrives at Sawai Madhopur by a helicopter from the Jaipur Airport on Thursday. Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi also joined her. (Inset): Sonia Gandhi at R’bore National Park.

Lokesh Tatwal

including CM Ashok Gehlot, PCC Chief GS Dotasara, ex- Dy CM Sachin Pilot, incharge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa will also be present.

Rahul Gandhi enjoys a Tiger Safari at the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur on Thursday.

Shubham Dubey, Deepak Kaushik & Neeraj Parihar

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates SOG Agra in-charge, Inspector Kuldeep Dixit during the Police Bravery Award programme at Hotel Holiday- Inn, Sanjay Place in Agra in the presence of IPS Rajeev Krishna, IPS Dr Preetinder Singh, Dr Sameer Bhati, Director Star Imaging & Path lab Pvt Ltd and Yuvraj Ambrish Pal Singh, Trustee, RBS College, Agra.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates ADG Zone Agra, IPS Rajeev Krishna with the Police Bravery Shield Award during the event.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Police Commissioner of Agra, IPS Dr Preetinder Singh with the Police Bravery Shield Award.

Around 90 police personnel from 7 dists and Agra Commissionerate were presented with Police Bravery Award for exemplary work

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addresses the guests during the Police Bravery Award at Hotel Holiday-Inn, Sanjay Place in Agra.

Anchor Surbhi Tiwari in conversation with IPS officers Rajeev Krishna and Dr Preetinder Singh during the mega event.

Shishir Awasthi speaks during the programme.

Sonia, Priyanka to walk in Bharat Jodo Yatra with RaGa on Dec 10

THE MATCH FULL OF MAGIC

The Abu Dhabi T10 League 2022 marks the sixth edition of the tournament commenced on November 23 and the summit clash was played on December 4.

As the name suggests, the Sheikh Zayed Cricket

trants in New York Strikers and Morrisville Samp

tled it out for the coveted teresting clashes live on Television on Sports18, Colors Cineplex and the Live Stream was available

The blockbuster final of nals of Abu Dhabi T10 League - Season 6, the World’s Fastest cricket format took place on Sunday,

ly 90 minutes. The tournament is a double roundrobin followed by Eliminators and the Final. The International Cricket Council (ICC) officially sanctioned the league in 2018.

The grand finale of Abu Dhabi T10 Season 6 was played at Magnificent Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

While interacting with the media, Rajeev Khanna, Abu Dhabi T10 COO said, “The sixth season of Abu Dhabi T-Ten was a great

success. I would like to congratulate Deccan Gladiators for winning the Abu Dhabi season 6. I believe all teams played fantastic cricket, we plan to take the T-Ten globally, and as far as our global expansion plan, we are already in touch with various cricket boards across the world. I am very happy to inform we have signed 3 MOU between various cricket boards including Sri Lanka And Zimbabwe ICC to launch respective T-Ten in their respective countries. We have also signed an afro African cup with the Africa Cricket association, wherein 30 countries compete with each other.”

The energetic and mesmerizing final was followed by a scintillating music concert wherein Guru Randhawa, Iulia Vantur and Parvati Nair gave a dazzling performance and enthralled the audience present during the match.

THE BLOCKBUSTER FINAL OF THE 2022 EDITION OF THE FINALS OF ABU DHABI T10 LEAGUE - SEASON 6, THE WORLD’S FASTEST CRICKET FORMAT TOOK PLACE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 AT THE SHEIKH ZAYED CRICKET STADIUM. CITY FIRST BRINGS YOU SOME ICONIC MOMENTS FROM THE GREAT MATCH!

KAVITA CHAUHAN cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Rajeev Khanna, Nicoles Pooran and Matt Boucher of AbuDhabi cricket council Live dance performance during the Abu Dhabi Season 6 T-10 cricket league

Glimpse from the powerful match

THE POLICE BRAVERY AWARD PROGRAM

City First brings to you some more glimpses beautifully covered by SHUBHAM DUBEY AND DEEPAK KAUSHIK, from 'The Police Bravery Award program' was organised by Bharat24 News Channel and First India newspaper at Hotel Holiday-Inn, Sanjay Place, Agra city on Wednesday. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra was the Chief guest of the program. ADG Zone Agra IPS Rajeev Krishna and Police Commissioner Agra IPS Dr Preetinder Singh were also present as the special guests. During the award program, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra honoured IPS Rajeev Krishna and IPS Preetinder Singh with the Police Brewery Shield Award. Around 90 police personnel from 7 districts, including Agra Commissionerate, who did excellent work were presented with the Police Bravery Award.

THE BRAIN OF A SCIENTIST, HEART OF A HUMANIST AND HANDS OF AN ARTIST

ffective communication techniques in a healthcare setting have been developed on the basis that physiotherapists are in a unique position as part of a multidisciplinary team in that they can have substantially more contact time with patients than other members of the team. This means the physiotherapist is more appropriately positioned to develop a deeper patient-therapist relationship and in doing so educate and empower the patient of their

physical condition and management.

City First interacted with Dr Namrata Massey, (PT), MPT (Ortho), MIAP, born and brought up in Uttar Pradesh, now hailing in the Pink City, about her practice, physiotherapy as a profession and the challenges she faced so far!

When asked about

what led her into this medical journey, the passionate doctor said, “My family looks upto academics. My sister pursued MBBS and honestly speaking, I wished to do the same but couldn’t make it. Initially I didn’t know much about physiotherapy but with immense determination I explored the field and came up with enormous ways to heal people.” She further

added, “With time I realized this practice doesn’t require patients to heal with the help of medicines and we could see them recover in front of our own eyes. No less than magic.”

When asked about her specialisation, Massey confidently exclaimed, “Being a specialist in Ortho, I deal with the accidental cases, implants after that, and what all is required to bring them into a normal daily routine. Therapies like mobilisation, etc help a lot.”

ous methods to heal people.

Representational image

Magnificence of Jain Temple!

CITY FIRST

Jain temple near the Galta Gate intersection on Delhi By-pass road is a centre of attraction for everyone due to its magnificence marble stone these days. The most special thing about this entire temple is that it is made of white Makrana marble is the 57-inchhigh spotless marble statue of Rishabhdev, the first Tirthankar of Jainism, sitting in meditation posture. The artistry of this idol weighs about 800 kg and is visible from a distance. When Sadhvi Shree Maniprabha

Shreeji visited Jaipur in 2010, he shared the idea of building this temple with the enlightened members of the Sangh and Kushalchand Surana, Vimal Chand Surana and Manak Chand Golechha happily accepted the idea of building this temple and on December

8, 2010, Under the leadership of Kishan Daga, Bhoomi Pujan and mining auspicious time for the temple started. The services rendered by the members associated with the temple construction committee in the construction of the temple can also be gauged from the fact that

in the year 2020, even in the adverse circumstances of the Corona period, the construction of the temple continued slowly but continuously.

The biggest attraction of Rishabh Jin Prasad is the idol of Lord Adinath, the first Tirthankara to be established in this temple.

Dr Namrata Massey runs her own clinic, PHYSIOTHERAPY & SLIMMING, near Hanuman Nagar Extension, Jaipur. She has always been eager to know more about physiotherapy methods and is kind enough to offer ideas on the best ways to help promote vari-

near to help promote vari-

On further asking as to how she treats her patients, Namrata said, “I always believe in good communication with my patients. They heal equally with the words of affirmation and comfort.” She further added, “A physiotherapists clear explanation and expression of support could lead to greater patient trust and understanding of treatment options. This in turn may facilitate patient adherence to recommended therapy, which in turn improves the particular health outcome. Increased patient participation in the consultation could help us better understand the patient’s needs and preferences as well as discover possible misconceptions the patient may have about treatment options.”

DURING THE DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Poonam Khangarot, Vandana Shekhawat, Shivani Shekhawat, Pooja Shekhawat, etc. guests boosted the morale of blood donors and all were given certificates and gifts, special children were given gifts.

MITALI DUSAD

ple.” She further what all is required to mal daily routine.

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Devesh Maharwal of the First India family, as he reached the former’s residence to seek blessings on the occasion of his birthday on Thursday, December 8.

Mines Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya celebrated his 57th birthday on Thursday. During the occasion, his wife Urmila Jain Bhaya greeted him and wished him a happy and healthy life.

Once again 4D J will entertain the youth in an open-air concert in Jaipur. CookieJaipurites will be seen enjoying Sunburn Reload. Sunburn Reload is being organised in Pink City. During this, Progressive Brothers, Julia Bliss, dual Vibes, Smokey and other DJs will spin the Jaipurites on high beats. Organizers Neil Patel, Ankit Patel, Trupal Balbre and Vishal Sanborn said, after a long time in Jaipur, such an open-air concert is going to be held at Zee Studio, in which these 4 international DJs will perform. All four are known for their techno and high beats. During this time Higher Music will be promoted and a new trend will be set in Jaipur. Dunes Music Festival is also in the program along with Sunburn.

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

A blood donation camp for special children was organised on behalf of the Trans Welfare Society on Thursday at Fateh Niwas Marriage Garden Jhotwara, in which everyone participated enthusiastically. The blood was collected by the team from Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur and the organisers of blood camp H.D.F.C bank and Shiv jewellers, along with Hukum Singh Rathore (Shiv Jewellers), Nirmala Sewani, Parul Bhargava, Laveena Keswani, Priyanka Rathore, Shobha Rathore, Kalyan Singh Rathore, Meena Rajput, Sanjay Sardana, Rashika Rathore, Neelam Saxena,

Dr Namrata Massey

Khartargachhadhipati Pratishthacharya Jinmaniprabh Surishwar, Acharya Jinpiyush Sagar Surishwar, Prakash Chand Lodha, Devendra Kumar Malu, Vimal Chand Surana and others

Khartargachhadhipati Pratishthacharya Jinmaniprabh Surishwar

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Jagdeesh Chandra reached the office of Bharat24- Vision of new India at Noida on Thursday late afternoon and appreciated the efforts of the entire team in bringing timely results and credible analysis of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha results to its lakhs of viewers. Bharat24, with Managing editor, Shamsher Singh and Senior editor Syed Umar has been at the forefront with its in-Depth analysis, forceful discussions and First and Foremost breaking results of seats of MCD, Delhi on Wednesday and then Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, notching up viewership on the channel and its digital platforms.

Jagdeesh Chandra congratulated First India news team for the wonderful coverage of results of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections. The channel was in top form on the day with analysis and discussions. Editor Jinendra Singh Shekhawat thanked Chandra for motivating and inspiring the team. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Jagdeesh Chandra with Shazia Nisar, Shikha Thakur, Amit Mishra, Syed Umar, Shamsher Singh, Sandeep Mishra, Mimansa Malik, Poornima Mishra, Aditi Nagar and others

Jagdeesh Chandra with Syed Umar and Shamsher Singh

Jagdeesh Chandra with Prasoon Shukla, Amit Mishra, Kshama Tripathi, Sandeep Mishra, Ankit Tomar, Aditi Nagar, Shamsher Singh, Syed Umar, Anu Shridhar and Nisha Sinha

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Jinendra Singh Shekhawat. Also seen are Shaan, Shishir Awasthi, Jawed Khan, Ashish Aman, Naresh Sharma, Vijendra Singh Solanki, Tripti, Dimple and Megha among others.

Jagdeesh Chandra congratulates Jinendra Singh Shekhawat. Also seen are Megha Kaushik, Shaan, Shishir and Naresh

Jagdeesh Chandra cuts the celebratory cake with Jinendra Singh Shekhawat. Megha, Shaan, Shishir, Naresh and others