First India-Jaipur Edition-15th November 2022

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SC: FORCED RELIGIOUS CONVERSION ‘SERIOUS’

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that forced conversion is a “very serious issue”, directed Centre to take a stand on the matter.

A bench of Justices MR Shah and Hima

Mumbai: The ATS of Maharashtra police arrested a former member of the PFI, a banned outfit, from Malegaon on Sunday. Maulana Irfan Daulat Nadvi, who is also president of Imam council in Maharashtra, was arrested from Malegaon and was later brought to Nashik by ATS officials.

Kohli passed order on a PIL filed by Delhi BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking an offence on forced conversions to be inserted in Indian Penal Code.

WHAT IS THE CASE?

The order was passed on a PIL filed by Delhi BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking an offence on forced conversions to be inserted in the Indian Penal Code. The court will examine the matter again on November 28.

PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT: SC SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY TILL DECEMBER 12

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Centre further time once again to file a

on plea challenging validity of 1991 religious places law. Centre’s

COURT POSTPONES GYANVAPI JUDGMENT

OTHER ORDERS

Aizwal: In Mizoram, 15 people were trapped in a landslide, feared to be killed at a stone quarry nearby Maudarh village in Hnahthial district on Monday.

Police sources said the accident occurred when a stone quarry collapsed on the workers who were working under a brick company undertaking the construction of the widening of NH 54. They said at least 15 workers were feared trapped in the debris. The landslip also buried five excavators, a big stone crusher and a drilling machine.

Police along with the company workers and volunteers have jointly started rescue operations. Also, the district administration has put in place arrangements to evacuate the bodies and injured persons from the debris of a look-alike hill and to the district hospital.

BJP out to tarnish image of Pandit Nehru: CM

Gruesome! Gruesome!

Man chops off live-in partner into 35 pieces, held 28-year-old Aftab sent to 5 days in police custody

AFTERMATH

Other Raj

Fifteen killed after stone quarry slides in Mizoram TOP STORIES

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday targeted the BJP and the central government, accusing them of tarnishing the image of Pandit Nehru. Gehlot also raised questions on Veer Savarkar’s contribution to Independence.

“BJP people are tak-

ing the name of Savarkar who had apologised to the British nine times within a year as soon as he was in jail. When the World War broke out, he got recruitment done for the British. How will they compete with Pandit Nehru? Nehru remained in jail for 9 years for the country,” said Gehlot while speaking in the symbolic Bharat Jodo Yatra program on the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru at Ramniwas Bagh. Turn to P8 CM

New Delhi: A predator who, believe it or balk, was also a lover to a 27-year-old woman, killed her, chopped in 35 pieces. 28-yearold Aftab Amin Poonawalla and Shraddha Walkar had been in a live-in relationship, they fell in love while working at a call centre in Mumbai. But families objected to it as they were from different faiths, prompting couple to move to Mehrauli earlier this year, police said, added accused said that woman was pressuring him for marriage.

Victim’s father had lodged an FIR for kidnapping of his daughter in Delhi on Nov 8.

Following an argument on May, Poonawalla strangled his partner 6 month ago

Her body was dismembered with a sharp weapon

He bought a 300-litre fridge to store chopped up parts

Used incense sticks and room freshners to

Around mid-May, the couple had an argument over marriage, which escalated and Poonawala killed her. —Ankit Chauhan, ADCP-I, Delhi South

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ATS ARRESTS MAHA IMAM COUNCIL CHIEF

OVER PFI LINKS

Mumbai: Singer Adnan Sami has writte note sharply attacking Pak administration and criticised establishment of his ex-country. Adnan, who is now an Indian citizen, in latest attack, has promised to ‘expose reality’ of how administration treated him.

JAIL SUPERINTENDENT SUSPENDED OVER VIP TREATMENT TO JAIN

New Delhi: Superintendent of New Delhi’s Tihar Jail, Ajit Kumar, was on Monday suspended for alleged VIP treatment to jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain.The action was taken by inquiry committee constituted by New Delhi LG VK Saxena.

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PIL Mockery: SC dismissed PIL seeking declaration of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary on January 23 a national holiday.

GRANTED BAIL IN CBI CASE, AAP LEADER NAIR, BIZMAN ABHISHEK IN ED CUSTODY AAP communications in-charge Vijay Nair and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally were granted bail by a Delhi court in a Delhi excise policy case. However, Nair and Boinpally will not be released for now as ED has been granted 5-day custody in the same case. Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally were arrested by the CBI in connection with Delhi liquor scam.

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday urged kids to dream big & for a modern, developed India. She advised kids gathered at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, to maintain ties to Indian culture, respect parents, and cherish their country.

I AM SORRY: MAMATA ON GIRI’S REMARKS ON PRESIDENT

Kolkata: WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday condemned State Minister Akhil Giri’s comment on President Droupadi Murmu. “We condemn what Akhil Giri said. I am personally very fond of Prez Murmu. I am sorry, I do apologise on behalf of TMC,” she said.

RETAIL INFLATION EASES TO 6.77 PERCENT IN OCT

Naresh Sharma and Dinesh Tiwari

Ashok Gehlot celebrates Children’s Day to commemorate

birth anniversary of first PM of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru at CMR on Monday. Also seen here are Sunita Gehlot, Sangeeta Beniwal and others.

BJP is shaken by Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in country: Gehlot

REMEMBERING THE ICONIC CHACHA NEHRU

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As PM Narendra Modi arrived in Bali, Indonesia on Monday to attend the G20 Summit of the world’s major economies, he received a grand welcome from the Indian diaspora.

The Indian community seemed extremely excited about PM Modi’s two-day summit that will begin on Tuesday morning.

arrival, he said

that he is looking forward to having discussions with world leaders on global issues dur-

ing his visit. Modi will also focus on the looming challenges of post Covid recovery, Russia-

Ukraine war, energy security, food security, health, environment, climate challenges etc.

Narendra Modi to participate in the G-20 Summit which begins from today

Modi will have over 20 engagements during his 45 hours stay at summit here

PM Modi greets Indian community during his arrival in Bali.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the G20 Summit in Bali on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping opened their high-stakes summit in Bali with a handshake on Monday, and with both men stressing need to manage differences.

3-hour meet, White House said Biden told Xi that US would “continue to compete vigorously” with China, but that “competition should not veer into conflict.”

Biden warns China on North Korea, clashes with Xi over Taiwan

Indonesia seeks partnerships on global economy at G20 summit

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address the G20 today

Russia Foreign Minister dismisses report that he was taken to hospital

FOREST GUARD EXAM PAPER LEAK

Cong govt to wipe out paper leak gangs from the State: CM Gehlot

Vasundhara Raje & other BJP leaders corner govt over forest guard exam paper leak

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Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge hlot on Monday said that govt will wipe out the paper leak gang in Rajasthan. He said that paper leaks are happen ing across country, even in army, but Raj govt is putting those involved in paper leak incidents in jail. He said accused involved in paper leaks are behind bars while in other states, they are released.

CM said that nation wide gangs have been formed and many peo ple have become experts in paper leak. “We will eliminate paper leak

gangs,” he said while talking to the media at Mega Job Fair organ ized in Jaipur.

Meanwhile, in matter of paper leak in the for est guard recruitment

RU general secretary breaks library lock

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Jaipur: Politics in Rajasthan university regarding the inaugu ration of the central library heated up on Monday when general secretary of the stu dent union Arvind Jajra broke the lock of the library and in augurated it one hour before its official in auguration.

However, police reached spot and dis persed the students and the university ad ministration locked the library again. Jajra has broken the lock

earlier also.

Later, student union president Nirmal Chaudhary officially inaugurated the library.

He accused the uni versity administration of delaying the opening of the high tech library.

exam, former CM Vasundhara Raje said that once again paper of competitive exam (forest guard) has been leaked in Rajasthan.

Attacking state govt,

she said, “Call it the failure of the Congress govt or collusion but way the Cong govt has auctioned the dreams and future of the youth of the state, is very shameful.”

Deputy LoO Rajen dra Rathore tweeted af ter paper leak, suspen sion of recruitment process for posts of guest faculty teachers under the Vidya Sambal scheme is a fraud with lakhs of unemployed youth of the state. “Due to administrative negli gence, provision of res ervation was not kept in the Vidya Sambal scheme,” he said.

STEAM ENGINE DEMO

Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJP

Once again the com petitive exam (forest guard) paper has been leaked in Rajasthan. Now call it the failure of the Congress gov ernment or collusion.

But the way Cong govt has auctioned the dreams and future of the youth of the state, it is very shame ful.

SAMBAL SCHEME

Recruitment of 93K guest faculty suspended in State

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Jaipur: Due to gross negligence of bureau cracy of Rajasthan, 93,000 unemployed youths have been af fected. Under the Vid ya Sambal scheme, the provision of reserva tion was not kept in the recruitment of va cant posts of teachers in schools. After get ting information about this, the SC-ST organi zations raised strong objections by sending a complaint to the CM and the Governor. If the reservation provi sion was not imple mented, the matter could go to court. After a high-level repri mand, Director of Sec ondary Education Gaurav Agarwal had

to issue an order to suspend the recruit ment process. In order to escape from becom ing a laughing stock, the reason for postpon ing the recruitment was also not given in the order.

‘Vidya Sambal Yoja na’ is to engage unem ployed youths as guest faculty against 93,000 vacant posts of teach ers in govt schools of Rajasthan has been postponed.

Final merit list was to be taken out on Nov 16. But Gaurav Aggar wal, Director of Sec ondary Education, has issued an office order saying that under re vised timetable issued on Oct 17 and revised time-table published on November 4,

CM GEHLOT CM Ashok Gehlot has reacted for first time on the clash between ministers and bureau cracy. CM Gehlot said that no one does arbi trariness with the bu reaucracy. “Can’t do it. Who will let them do it? Sometimes there may be some shortcoming from them,” he said.

On postponement of Vidya Sambal Yojana, CM said that reserva tion has become a legal provision these days & the SC has approved.

“If something goes wrong, it will be fine.

Rajasthan government is giving jobs on a large scale,” he said.

Jolt to JDA on Jawahar circle development

Abhishek Srivastava & Kamal Kant

Jaipur: JDA Appellate Tribunal on Monday or dered an interim stay on the auction of JDA’s 7,100 square meter com mercial land located at Jawahar Circle. While hearing the application of the appellant Push pendra Kumar Mukim, tribunal has asked the JDA whether the Bisal pur and sewerage pipe line passing under the disputed plot will have an adverse effect on construction.

Along with this, the tribunal asked on what

Saraf protests, demands justice for Sikh youth

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Jaipur: In a case relat ed to the death of fa ther-daughter in a road accident at SFS inter section, Shipra Path, court gave compensa tion of Rs 1.28 crore along with interest to his wife and son. Ka mala Devi and Prakash Singh Solanki of Pratap Nagar had submitted the claim and sought compensation from driver Ayub Khan, trail er owner Ved Bhushan Sethi and the insurance company. Advocates Narendra Nath Tiwari and Mohit Tiwari de fended petitioners and got the compensation.

Jaipur: Malviya Nagar

MLA Kalicharan Saraf staged a sit-in at Hanu man Dhaba Crossroads Rajapark with hun dreds of activists & lo cal citizens to protest against attack by antisocial elements on a Sikh youth on Sunday night. Expressing con cern over deteriorating

law & order situation in the city, Saraf demand ed immediate arrest.

Addressing people on agitation site, he said that tea, coffee shops in Raja Park were in con nivance with the police. “They remain open un til 2 am. Incidents of as sault happen every day & despite repeated calls, police do not take any action,” he said.

Jaipur: Tax on more than 10000 sq meter land belonging to com panies will be waived for seven years under Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (RIPS). The benefit will be given on producing entitlement certificates issued by authorities. This certificate should be issued in favor of the company by authorized authority/committee.

The benefit will be giv en on following all the conditions of the scheme. Also, 75 % of stamp duty will be waived off on purchas ing land or lease.

VOCAL FOR LOCAL AND LOCAL FOR GLOBAL

Niwai Municipality auctions 37 plots in Bapu Nagar Scheme

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Niwai: The Municipal ity Board Niwai organ ised an auction of 37 plots in Bapu Nagar Awasiya Yojna on 80 feet road on Monday. Municipality president Dilip Israni, Executive Officer Mahima Dangi and municipal employ ees were present. Auc tion of plots was done on 80 ft, 60 ft & 30 ft road.

Israni said that a to tal of 155 bidders re ceived a receipt after giving Rs 50,000 DD and cash during the auc tion. Bidders were en thusiastic. Apart from Niwai city, bidders from other dists also reached.

Export hike in Raj by 40% in 2 yrs: Arora

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RAJSICO Chairman Rajeev Arora inaugurated India International Trade Fair (IITF) on Monday at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi

New Delhi: India Inter national Trade Fair

(IITF) kicked off on Monday at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

RAJSICO Chairman Rajeev Arora inaugu rated the Rajasthan Pa vilion at the India Inter national Trade Fair.

During this, dignitaries including a Diplomat of Kenya and RAJSICO MD Manisha Arora were present. The theme of the Rajasthan

This time a pa vilion has been pre pared to represent the

of enthusiasm in every one to see the Rajasthan Pavilion, he added. He further stated Ra jasthan is moving ahead in terms of ex ports. Rajasthan has increased exports by 40 per cent in the last two years. It is expected that this time Rajasthan will export Rs 80,000 crores, he said. Air Cargo Com plex will soon be launched in Udaipur to increase business in Ra jasthan. Central Govt has approved Rs 10 cr.

Dangi expressed grat itude to all the bidders who came from outside in organizing the auc tion of 37 plots by the Mandal. “The same pro cess will continue from 10 am today and the re maining plots will be

auctioned and the final auction will be conduct ed at 5 pm,” he said.

In Bapu Nagar resi dential colony approved by the municipal board, plan is equipped with proper road, drain, drinking water.

technical grounds ear lier proposed Gol Mar ket scheme was canceled. It was said in application that auction of 7100 square meter land of Khasra No. 93 and 94 located on Jawa har Circle is proposed on Nov 16. Next hearing in case is on Jan 11.

Bypoll in 14

ULBs:

Model code of conduct issued

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Jaipur: General Ad ministration Depart ment has issued direc tions for compliance of model code of conduct in 14 urban local bodies of 3 districts where by polls will be conducted. Ministers will not be able to use guest hous es, dak bungalows, gov ernment residences for purpose of elections. Permission will be granted for using for residence purposes un der rules. During visits to the local bodies areas where byelections will be held, ministers will not be accompanied by government officers.

Women are pivot of cooperative dairy movement: Sushma Arora

Jaipur: Administrator and MD of Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Fed eration Sushma Arora said women are pivot of cooperative dairy movement and coopera tive dairies should bring women forward.

“More & more wom en should join coopera tive dairies. Coopera tive dairies should also make special efforts for women empowerment,” she said while address ing the Kotputli zonal

meeting of Jaipur Dis trict Milk Cooperative Union on Monday.

Addressing thou sands of milk produc ers gathered in zonal

meeting at Kotputli, Arora said quality of Saras products is its identity therefore milk producers should not compromise on quality.

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Pavilion is ‘Vocal for Local and Local for Global’.

heritage of Rajasthani culture.

RAJSICO Chairman Rajeev Arora said as every year there is a lot

Forest Guard exam candidates outside exam centre.

VIDYA

GOVT GIVING JOBS ON LARGE SCALE:

Tax to be waived off on 10K sqm land for 7 years

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Kashiram Choudhary

Road accident victims’ family get `1.28 cr

Dilip Israni, Mahima Dangi and others during auction on Monday.

Sushma Arora addressing milk producers gathered in zonal meet of Jaipur District Milk Cooperative Union at Kotputli on Monday.

Kali Charan Saraf & activists stage sit-in at Hanuman Dhaba Crossroads Raja Park on Monday.

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Live demonstration of steam engine built in 1873 was held by Indian Railway during the exhibition in Ajmer on Monday. The locomotive kept for live demo in the exhibition is the first imported Meter Gauge shunting engine in India.

Rajeev Arora inaugurating Rajasthan Pavilion at IITF on Monday.

Cong celebrates Nehru’s anniv with ‘Bharat Jodo Padyatra’

Dinesh Tiwari

Jaipur: The Congress took out a symbolic “Bharat Jodo Padyatra” here on Monday on the birth anniversary of the country’s first PM, Jawa harlal Nehru.

CM Ashok Gehlot par ticipated in the foot march that was taken out from Tripolia Gate to Ram Niwas Garden.

State minister Pratap S Khachariyawas, several MLAs and Congress workers took part in the yatra. Gehlot also paid floral tributes to Nehru’s portrait at the state Con gress office here. He de scribed Nehru as a great politician and a great thinker. He said Nehru was not only a skilful politician but also a vi sionary and the builder of the modern India.

Udaipur/Jaipur: Fol lowing the high-level meeting of senior offi cials took by CM Ashok Gehlot on Monday at the Chief Minister’s residence in connection with the incident on the track of Odha Railway Bridge in Udaipur, the Rajasthan ATS-SOG has decided to send a team to investigate the inci dent. A team under ADG ATS-SOG Ashok Rathore will go to Udaipur on Tuesday to investigate the incident.

Meanwhile, the first train (a goods train) ran on the UdaipurAhmedabad rail route at 9:20 on Monday morn ing after the explosion on the broad gauge line track that occurred on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.

Train movement on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad

North-Western

Kiran said that Railway complet ed the repair work of the railway track at 3.30 am last night.”After the track was damaged, the ATS team gave site clearance to North Western Railway at 11.30 pm last night. Taking swift action, engineers of NW Railway declared the track fit at 3.30 am,” Kiran said.As a precautionary measure, a trial run of a railway engine was done earlier.

rail route was halted af ter the explosion on the broad gauge line.

The explosion, which was reported near the Odha railway bridge on

Jaipur: Following the announcement by CM Ashok Gehlot to provide monthly roadways pass es at concessional rates to Rajasthan police con stables, the Home dept has issued fixed Rs 200 per month as contribu tion for personnel from cons to inspector level.

Out of Rs 300, the con tribution of the remain ing amount of Rs 100 will be borne by the State Govt. DGP Umesh Mishra said that for the comprehensive welfare of the police personnel, the contribution of the police personnel has been reduced from Rs 300 to Rs 200 only.

BAD TOUCH

On the occasion of Children’s Day, CII-Young Indians (Jpr Chapter) attempted to break the existing Guinness World Record for the largest number of students attending a child safeguarding lesson at a single venue. A whopping 7,278 chil dren between the age group of 6-16 years participated under Project Masoom of Young In dians. Trainers Apurva Kaushik & Nisha Jain Grover made the students aware on topics such as what are one’s private parts, what should a child do when someone tries to touch their private parts, child helpline numbers, POCSO Act etc.

Teach children great culture and biographies of great men: CM

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Jaipur: CM Gehlot on Monday said that chil dren are the future of country. Along with edu cation, children & young generation should also be given values. Along with being educated, it is also necessary to be cultured. For this, it is necessary that the chil dren should be taught about the ideals of great men, struggle, sacrifice, sacrifice and dedication.

CM Gehlot was ad dressing the inaugura tion ceremony of the State Level Child Rights Week organized on the occasion of Children’s Day at the CMR on Mon day. He asked the chil dren to read biographies of great men who played important role in the freedom and progress of the country including Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Sard ar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana Abul Kalam

Azad, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. Gehlot along with Sunita Gehlot inau gurated the Children’s Week by blowing bal loons with children dressed as Chacha Nehru. During this, chil dren demonstrated selfdefence techniques and sang songs depicting the importance of daugh ters. During the ceremo ny, Gehlot flagged off the Child Friendly Panchay at Campaign Awareness Chariot.

Alwar: Shifting of vil lages from Sariska tiger reserve to create an in violate space for tigers has resulted in strength ening of ecosystem in the core area.

In a record time of two and a half years, three villages have been relocated and two more villages have given con sent for shifting where as in the last three dec ades, only three villages could be shifted.

The villages in the core area of Sariska have been the biggest threat to the forest and wildlife. Tigers were completely wiped out from Sariska about one and a half decade ago and villages settled there were the biggest reasons behind it.

The Forest depart ment made efforts to relocate the villages but due to lack of will pow er, only three villages could be shifted till 2020.

When Roop Narayan

the Salumbar-Mega highway on the inter vening night of Satur day and Sunday, caused damage to railway tracks.

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Jaipur : Chief Secre tary Usha Sharma on Monday directed to start compulsory hel met campaign to reduce road accidents. In the meeting chaired by Sharma at the Secre tariat, complete infor mation about road safe ty efforts was taken. Sharma also expressed

Jaipur: Rajasthan Cricket Academy (RCA) has informed the high court that former Chief Election Commissioner and retired IAS officer Sunil Arora is being made the chief electoral officer for the RCA elec tions. A reply on behalf

displeasure over the in creasing number of road accidents. She

of the RCA was submit ted in the high court in the case related to the ban on RCA elections.

Retired IAS officer Ramlubhaya, who was appointed earlier, has resigned from this post. Therefore, the peti tions filed by the Dis trict Cricket Associa tions have now become infructuous. Justice Indrajit Singh’s bench

said that compliance of road safety rules should be ensured and the

fixed Nov 18 for next hearing. On Monday, it was said on behalf of RCA that the brother of former Chief Elec toral Officer Ramlub haya has fallen ill therefore he resigned from his post and went to USA. In such a situ ation, Sunil Arora was made the new electoral officer in the RCA meeting.

number of road acci dents should decrease. Principal Secretary Anand Kumar and oth er officers attended the meeting.

Meanwhile, Bharat pur MP Ranjeeta Koli met Chief Secretary Usha Sharma at latter’s office on Monday and informed her about the illegal mining. She asked for strong action.

Jaipur: A Mumbaibound flight could not take off from Jaipur air port due to technical snag and returned from the runway. The Spice Jet flight with 175 pas sengers onboard headed to the runway after the boarding gates closed. Pilot sought clearance for take-off but had to return.—Kashiram

Choudhary

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Meena was posted here as Field Director, he took village relocations as a challenge and start ed making efforts with his team. As a result, 3

villages namely Dabli, Panidhal and Loj were shifted. After this, Na thusar and Bera villag es have also given con sent for shifting.

Half of the families from Haripura and Su kola villages have also been shifted. PCCF Hoff Dr DN Pandey also met Bera village residents who were asking to get shifted. Pandey says that this is last chance for Sa riska that’s why work will have to be done with full dedication. He said that the process of vil lage shifting has pro gressed rapidly in the last two and a half years and it will strengthen the ecosystem.

New Delhi/Jaipur: Former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot attended an important meeting of the Congress on Monday in Delhi re garding the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The meet ing was presided over by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, P Chidambar am, Digvijay Singh, and Randeep Surjewala. Discussion was held on

the next route after the entry of Bharat Jodo Yatra in North India.

Pilot will be on a oneday tour of Tonk district on Tuesday. He will con

sole the bereaved family on the death of veteran Cong leader Atmaram Goyal, as well as death of late Kaluram Bairwa in Chaan village.

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7,278 CHILDREN IN JPR LEARN GOOD TOUCH,

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also attends the yatra that was taken out from Tripolia Gate to Ram Niwas Garden

CM Ashok Gehlot along with Mahesh Joshi, Pratap S Khachariyawas, Jyoti Khandelwal and others during symbolic ‘Bharat Jodo Padyatra’ in Jaipur on Monday. (Inset) Students at the child safeguarding lesson at Neerja Modi School, Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

JMCG Mayor Dr Somya celebrated Children’s Day by cutting cake with the specially-abled school children at her office. Her son also accompanied her on the occasion.

Nearly 500 school students visited the newly set-up digital museum in Raj Assembly building on Monday and learned about the work of the assembly and administration.

A goods train passing through the repaired bridge on Monday.

PCCF DN Pandey and others visiting the core area of Sariska.

MP Ranjeeta Koli with CS Usha Sharma on Monday.

Sachin Pilot with M Kharge, KC Venugopal and others on Monday.

JMC GREATER MAYOR DR SOMYA CUTS CAKE WITH SPECIALLY-ABLED KIDS ON CHILDREN’S DAY

RAIL TRAFFIC RESUMES AND BACK ON TRACK, NWR WORKS ON WAR FRONT TO FIX DAMAGE

Jaipur: Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater Mayor Dr Somya celebrated Children’s Day on Monday by cutting a cake with the specially-abled and school children at her office. Children got a chance to sit on the mayor’s chair and cut the cake. Later, Somya took them to the corporation headquarters. They visited the Call Centre Atal Seva Kendra and Citizen Service Centre and were told about the functioning there. The Mayor said that these children are the future. “Therefore, on Children’s Day, we are telling them about the working and activities of the corporation. We should always strive to be innocent like the children,” she said. —Bharat Dixit

A fter a lot of effort by the railway staff, the track was repaired.

Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Shashi

CM Ashok Gehlot along with Sunita Gehlot and Minister Mamta Bhupesh, Sangeeta Beniwal, Ijavel Wardam, Dr Samit Sharma and others during the inauguration of the Child Rights Week.

CM Ashok Gehlot paying tribute to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on birth anniv on Monday.

Is Twitter’s ‘blue tick’ a status symbol or ID badge?

IN-DEPTH

CHINA REMAINS AN UNRELIABLE NEIGHBOUR WITH EYES ON LADAKH

While the existing system is flawed, at least it was systematic, somewhat transparent, and with the trappings of accountability. It was also revisable in the face of public criticism. On the other hand, Musk’s policy approach is tyrannical and opaque. Having abolished the board of directors, the “Chief Twit” has all the power and almost no accountability. We are left with a harrowing vision of a fragile and flawed online public square: in a world where everyone is verified, no one is verified

Following Elon Musk’s acqui sition of Twitter on October 27, the world’s richest man proposed a range of contro versial changes to the plat form. With mounting evi dence that he is making it up as he goes along, these pro posals are tweeted out in a stream-of-consciousness manner from Musk’s Twitter account.

Primarily to raise revenue, one of the ideas was to charge US$8 a month to obtain a verified status – that is, the coveted blue tick badge next to the account handle. Within the space of a few days, the paid verification change has already been rolled out in several countries, including Australia, under the Twitter Blue subscription service.

MORE THAN JUST VERIFICATION

According to Twitter, the blue tick lets people know an account of interest is authen tic. Currently, there are seven categories of “public interest accounts”, such as govern ment office accounts, news organisations and journal ists, and influencers. Yet this seemingly innocuous little blue icon is far from a simple verification tool in Twitter’s fight against impersonation and fraud.

In the public view, a veri fied status signifies social

BJP ON MISSION CHOP-CHOP

Following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on October 27, once world’s richest man proposed a range of controversial changes to the platform. With mounting evidence that he is making it up as he goes along, these proposals are tweeted out in a stream-ofconsciousness manner from Musk’s Twitter account

importance. It is a coveted status symbol to which users aspire, in large part because Twitter’s approval process has made it difficult to ob tain. That’s partly because the blue tick has a controver sial history. After receiving widespread condemnation for verifying white suprema cists in 2017, Twitter halted its verification process for more than three years. But they didn’t resolve it. When Twitter resumed veri fying accounts systematically in 2021, it wasn’t long until the

process began to fail again, with blue ticks being handed out to bots and fake accounts. Moreover, the public is still confused about what the blue tick signifies, and views it as a status symbol.

There’s a fundamental mismatch between what Twitter wants the blue tick to mean versus how the public perceives it, something the Twitter Safety team itself ac knowledged in 2017.

LORDS AND PEASANTS

Musk’s stream-of-conscious ness policy proposals may re flect his own preference for interacting with verified ac counts. Despite his repeated claims of “power to the peo ple” and breaking the “lords and peasants” system of veri fied versus non-verified ac counts, I ran a data analysis of 1,493 of Musk’s tweets during 2022, and found that more than half (57%) of his interactions were with verified accounts.

FACT FROM FRAUD

Although Twitter’s verifica tion system is by no means perfect and is far from trans parent, it did at least aspire to the kinds of verification practices journalists and re searchers use to distinguish fact from fiction, and authen ticity from fraud. It takes time and effort. You can’t just buy it.

OPENING THE FLOODGATES FOR BOTS

The problem is even worse at larger scales. It is hard enough to detect and prevent bot and troll networks from poisoning the information landscape with disinforma tion and spam. Now, for the low cost of US$800, foreign adversaries can launch a network of 100 verified bot accounts. The more you can pay, the more legitimacy you can purchase in the public sphere.

A CASCADE OF CONSEQUENCES

Musk’s ideas are already causing a cascading series of unintended consequences on the platform. Accounts with blue ticks began changing their profile handle to “Elon Musk” and profile picture to parody him. In response, Musk tweeted a new policy proposal that Twitter handles engaging in impersonation would be suspended unless they specify being a “parody”.

Users will not even receive a warning, as comedian Kathy Griffin and her 2 mil lion followers discovered when her account was sus pended for parodying Musk. Musk’s vision for user verifi cation does not square up with that of Twitter or the internet research community.

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION

Bharatiya Janata

Party is going about denial of tickets to its sit ting legislators in Gujarat with an authority which characterises Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Both the leaders know that they can toy with their MLAs aspirations and yet none will question their deci sion. Such is their hold over the party and popularity among the people. And carry ing out the name-chopping exercise just before the As sembly elections requires confidence which both the leaders have aplenty.

Five Ministers, including Brijesh Merja who is an MLA from Morbi where 135 people died in a bridge collapse last

month, have been dropped from the first list of 160 can didates along with 33 other legislators. Former CM Vijay Rupani and seven legislators who were part of his cabinet from 2017 to 2021 also faced chopping block apparently because of their seniority.

Tremors of this drastic ac tion have reached Karnataka where BJP ministers and MLAs fear a similar exercise to be undertaken before the Assembly elections due early next year. What triggered this fear in Karnataka was an appeal by senior BJP member of RS, Lahar Singh Siroya, who asked senior MLAs to follow Gujarat mod el and retire from politics just as Vijay Rupani and oth ers have done. Their response is still awaited as age does not prompt politicians to gradually retreat into sunset.

The consequences of over haul in Gujarat remain to be seen. There is murmur of rebellion but BJP is capable of handling that as it is fo cused on giving young aspir ants a chance.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his army to be prepared for war. Xi, who re cently secured a third term as Communist Party leader, said his country was in an “unstable and uncertain” se curity situation. Although Xi said this in the context of Tai wan, India cannot afford not to take notice of the statement.

Army Chief General Manoj Pan de underscored this point. In a statement General Pande said the situation on the Line of Ac tual Control (LAC) was “stable but unpredictable”. Two months after disengagement of troops by both sides at eastern Ladakh’s Patrolling Point 15 in the GograHot Springs area, there was no let-up in infrastructure develop ment by the Chinese on the LAC. There has also been no reduc tion in PLA force level.

The ongoing border talks helped resolve the PP 15 dead lock after two years of confron tation. The 17th round of talks are expected to resolve Chard ing Nala in Demchok and Dep sang plains friction points where China has blocked sever al access points.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

A recent article that I wrote on Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘Panch Bhool’ or ‘Five Blunders’ on Kashmir has invited varied reactions. Among other things, I wrote that Maharaja Hari Singh’s government wanted to accede to India even before August 15, 1947.

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BJP is going about denial of tickets to its sitting legislators in Gujarat with an authority which characterises Modi and Shah. Both leaders know that they can toy with their MLAs aspirations & yet none will question their decision

“Quick decision-making key to country’s combat readiness”

New Delhi (ANI): De fence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday while underlining the need to expand the defence budget to over Rs 6 lakh crore said that it is nec essary to spend the fund allocated in the present budget “timely” to achieve country’s com bat readiness.

Addressing a Confer ence organised by De fence Accounts Depart ment (DAD) in New Delhi, Singh said stressed on the “ration al usage” of resources.

“It is very important that there should be a rational usage of the resources. When I say this, I mean two things. First, the resources should be used in the

CONGRESS HITS BACK AT RAJNATH SINGH FOR DEFENDING LOTUS IN LOGO OF G20

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday hit back at Union minister Rajnath Singh for defending the presence of a lotus image on the G20 logo, saying the hand remains a “deep cultural symbol” in rural and tribal India but it would not justify the use of this symbol for government events if it was in power. Hand is the Congress’ party symbol. Defence Minister Singh on Sunday had slammed those creating a row over the presence of flower’s image on the G20 logo and said the lotus is not just a party symbol but connected to India’s cultural identity.

We’re aware that for the combat readi ness of the country, not only the availability of adequate financial re sources but also quick & transparent deci sion-making for it is essential.

INDIA TO CARRY OUT 2-DAY MILITARY EXERCISE FROM TODAY

New Delhi: India will kick-start on Tuesday a two-day multi-agency military exercise covering country’s 7,516 km-long coastline and exclusive economic zone with the twin aim of checking preparedness of various agencies to deal with any eventualities and bolster overall maritime security. The scale and conceptual expanse of the ‘Sea Vigil’ exercise is “unprecedented” in terms of the geographical extent, the number of stakeholders involved, the number of units participating and the objectives to be met. It will be the third edition of the exercise that was conceptualised in 2018 to validate various measures that have been instituted towards enhancing maritime security following the Mumbai terror attack in 2008.

right place. Second, there should not be any wastage in any form. A

GUJARAT ASSEMBLY POLLS

penny saved is a penny earned. This applies to the resources as well,”

Kejriwal claims Cong would get just 4-5 seats

Ahmedabad (PTI):

AAP’s national conven er Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appealed to the people of poll-bound Gu jarat "not to waste their votes" on the Congress and instead vote for the AAP, claiming his party was in a direct contest with the ruling BJP.

Talking to reporters here, Kejriwal claimed the Congress will get just four-five seats in polls to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly to be held on Dec 1 and 5.

The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years.

This time, the Kejri wal-led AAP has been engaged in a high-deci bel campaign to project itself as the BJP's main challenger by repeatedly stressing that the Con gress is losing ground.

The AAP has already announced the names of its candidates on 178 seats.

“It is my estimate that the vote share of the Congress will fall below 13 per cent and it will get 4-5 seats. This is a direct contest between the AAP and the BJP,” Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal told reporters after land ing in Ahmedabad. He appealed to the Con gress’s “hardcore vot ers”, who still plan to vote for it, to "not waste their votes” by doing so.

RUCKUS AT GUJARAT CONGRESS HQ

Ahmedabad: Several Congress workers stormed into the Gujarat party head quarters here on Monday and burnt posters of senior leader Bharatsinh Solanki to protest against the party’s decision to give ticket to sit ting MLA Imran Khedawala from his Jamalpur-Khadia seat in the city.

BTP FOUNDER & SON IN DIRECT CONTEST

Bharuch: Jhagadia constitu ency here is all set to witness a straight fight between BTP founder and his son Mahesh Vasava in next month’s Assembly polls. While son Mahesh filed his nomination as BTP candidate from here, his father and BTP founder Chhotu Vasava will be con testing as an independent.

CRICKETER RAVINDRA JADEJA BATS FOR WIFE RIVABA AHEAD OF JAMNAGAR NOMINATION

Jamnagar: Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja on Monday said that his wife Rivaba Jadeja who has been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Jamnagar (North) seat in the state assembly elections wanted to follow the path of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work for the people. Ravindra Jadeja attended an event on Monday where he said that Rivaba would learn a lot from her first-time candidature in the assembly elections.

IN THE COURTYARD

HC IMPOSES PENALTY ON ADVOCATE FOR FILING GROUNDLESS PIL ON GANGULY

Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday imposed a penalty on an advocate for filing a groundless PIL challenging the removal of former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly from the chair of the BCCI president. Advocate Ramaprasad Sarkar, who filed the PIL, was initially slapped by a penalty of Rs 1,00,000 but later penalty was reduced to Rs 25,000.

SC ASKS STRIKING ODISHA LAWYERS TO RESUME WORK

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the striking members of the bar associations in several districts of Odisha to resume work by November 16, saying their failure to do so may result in contempt proceedings or suspension of licences.

COURT ACQUITS RAPE ACCUSED, GIVES HIM BENEFIT OF DOUBT

Fatehabad: A local court has acquitted a rape ac cused while extending the benefit of doubt to him, and ruled that there was a delay of around two-and-half months in lodging FIR. The court held that the prosecu tion has failed to prove the case against the accused.

Singh said. He said that trans parent decision-mak

ing is necessary for the combat readiness of the country.

“We’re aware that for the combat readiness of the country, not only the availability of ade quate financial resourc es but also quick & transparent decisionmaking for it is essen tial. It also adversely affects the country’s combat readiness. The Defence Accounts De partment plays a very important role towards ensuring this. Rs 5.25 lakh crore has been al lotted in the Defence budget this time,” he said adding that it is the responsibility of the Defence Accounts De partment to ensure its “apt expenditure”.

Congress Task Force for 2024 meet takes place first time under Kharge

New Delhi (Agencies):

The Congress Task Force meeting for the 2024 General election took place for the first time under newly ap pointed Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. The meeting happened at 15 GRG Congress War Room in New Delhi. This is the first Con gress Task Force meet ing that has taken place ever since Mallikarjun Kharge took charge as the Congress president.

The “Task Force 2024” was constituted for the general election sched uled for next year. Mem bers of the task force that include P Chidam

baram, Mukul Wasnik, Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken, Randeep Surjewala, Pri yanka Gandhi Vadra, and Sunil Kanugolu ar rived at 15 GRG Con gress War Room for the meeting chaired by Mal

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shall have designated teams that will be noti fied subsequently.

Prime Minister Nar endra Modi and his rul ing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept back to power in the 2019 gen eral elections. The par ty won 303 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s parlia ment, bettering the 282 seats they won in 2014.

In 2014, Congress and its allies, that only won 44 seats, had put up a stronger fight in 2019 with 53 seats. Several leaders had also attempt ed to unite the Opposi tion against the BJP but it didn’t bear any fruits.

Odisha by-poll: BJD fields BJP leader’s bahu

Bhubaneswar (PTI):

The ruling BJD on Mon day named late MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bar iha’s elder daughter Barsha Singh Bariha, who is also daughter-inlaw of a senior BJP leader, as the party’s candidate for December 5 by-poll to Padmapur assembly segment in Odisha’s Bargarh dis trict. A release the BJD and signed by party president and CM Naveen Patnaik said: “Smt. Barsha Singh Bariha, W/O Shri Sm ruti Sourav Baliarsingh is Biju Janata Dal candi date for by-elections to 01-Padmapur Assembly Constituency.”

Raja Singh gets angry as bulletproof car breaks

Hyderabad: Suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh has voiced his anger af ter his bul letproof ve hicle broke down here on Monday.

He slammed the Telangana govt for providing a ve hicle which is in poor condition despite the fact that he faces threat from terrorists.

Raja Singh, who was released from jail last week, had to call his personal vehicle after the one provided by the state police broke down in Afzal Gunj area.

Will Rothney Castle be witness to revival of Cong?

home of AO Hume where he spent many years and the process of birth of Congress also started from here.

Shashikant Sharma

Shimla: The Rothney Castle in Shimla, which is now known as “Sheeshe Wali Kothi”, is the place where the foundation of the Con gress Party was laid.

AO Hume founded the Congress on 28 Decem ber 1885. The Rothney Castle, built in the 19th century, used to be the

Coincidentally, Con gress leader Sonia Gan dhi’s new house is also built near this Rothney Castle.

Hume was an ICS of ficer and he was trans ferred to Shimla from Etawah. He formed the Congress with an aim of raising the voice of poor in the country. After Inde pendence, the existence of Congress remained but Mahatma Gandhi wanted to close the Con

gress

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mukt Bharat and if this is realised, the histori cal value of the Rothney Castle will also be lost.

Sonia Gandhi had once wanted to buy the Rothney Castle, which is now in private hands, and develop it as a me morial of national im portance but the deal could not materialise due to certain reasons.

If the Congress govern ment is formed in Himachal, this building may regain the focus and it would be seen whether Congress may gain much needed re vival from Shimla.

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NATIONAL HERALD CASE

K’taka Cong chief appears before ED again

New Delhi: Karnataka Congress chief DK Shi vakumar on Monday appeared before the ED in Delhi for a fresh round of questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. This is the second time that the federal agency is recording his state ment in the case that has been registered un der the criminal sec tions of the PMLA.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. —FILE PHOTO

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OWAISI GREETED WITH ‘MODI MODI’ CHANTS, SHOWN BLACK FLAGS DURING SURAT RALLY

Surat: With Gujarat set to go to the polls in two phases on December 1 and 5, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi is currently campaigning in the state. On Sunday, when he was addressing an election rally in Surat, some youngsters present there opposed him and showed black flags. Apart from this, slogans of ‘Modi, Modi’ were also raised, in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

likarjun Kharge. Each member of the task force shall be as signed specific tasks related to organisation, communications and media, outreach, fi nance, and election management. They

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader KC Venugopal during the Nehru Memorial Lecture, in New Delhi on Monday.

GIVEN JUSTICE: VHP

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Mon day

of statewide protests if

action was taken against the boys who assaulted a Hyderabad Law student in the college. Speaking to media, VHP National Spokesperson Vinod Bansal said, ‘Sir tan se juda’ gang is active in the country in the name of Islam or Mohammad Pegambar. The gang has become very active in Hyderabad. The deadly attack on law student Himank Bansal is a seri ous matter.”

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Hingoli district of Maharashtra, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the inaugural session of the two-day Controllers Conference of Defence Accounts Department, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister

so that a new party could take shape. But other leaders took a stand to continue the party as Congress only.

was helped by a Bengali WC Banerjee

formation of Con gress. The party that was formed in the Roth ney Castle is now pass ing through struggling times. The BJP has giv en slogan of Congress

The Rothney Castle aka Sheeshe Wali Kothi. —FILE PHOTO

AO Hume had formed Congress here with an aim of raising the voice of poor in the country

Cong pays tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on birth anniversary

New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Monday paid rich tributes to the country’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary, saying 21st century In dia cannot be imagined without his tremendous contribution and that his relevance has in creased after 2014.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief So nia Gandhi and AICC general secretary incharge organisation K C Venugopal, among others, offered floral tributes at Nehru’s me morial Shanti Van here.

Rahul Gandhi tweet ed quoting Nehru’s lines — “Who is Bharat Mata? The people of In dia spread across its

vast land matter the most. Mother India is this crores and crores of people.” “With these democratic, progres

Students from various schools meet President Murmu on Children’s Day

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Students from various schools met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre (RBCC) on Monday.

sive and secular values of Pandit Nehru in my heart, I am walking to protect ‘Mother India’ of ‘Hind Ke Jawahar.”

BSF-BGB meet to curb cross-border crimes

Two sides thrash out border management issues at Kolkata conference

Kolkata (Agencies): Si multaneous Coordinat ed Patrols both during the day and night will help curb cross-border crime, senior Border Se curity Force (BSF) offi cials told their counter parts from Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) dur ing the ongoing Inspec tors General BSF-Region Commanders BGB Level Border Co-ordination Conference in Kolkata.

The BSF has also tak en up issues such as at tacks on its personnel by Bangladeshi smug glers, particularly those involved in the smug gling of cattle.

“We had suggested coordinated patrolling by

the two forces during our past meetings. Now, we are looking forward to simultaneous patrolling. Such patrolling will not allow border criminals to flee back into their own country once chal lenged by border guard ing troops of the neigh bouring one. This is a

regular occurrence now adays. Whenever crimi nals from Bangladesh are challenged at the In ternational Boundary (IB), they flee back to their own side. They could be nabbed if there is a BGB patrol across the IB at that time,” a BSF official said.

Guwahati (Agencies): Unidentified militants at tacked an army convoy in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Monday, officials said. The defence PRO in Guwahati, Lt Col Mahen dra Rawat informed that an army area domination party was moving in the Digboi-Pengri area and at around 9.20 a.m., shots were fired at their vehicle from a nearby forest.

“After firing a single burst and swift retaliation from our troops, terrorists ran away from the adjoining areas,” he added. There was no casualty.

Speaking on the occa sion, the President said that childhood is the most beautiful phase of life. Children are ac cepted as they are. This is what makes them so alive. Today we are cel ebrating this innocence

Goa Congress turncoats face disqualification

Panaji (Agencies): Congress leaders in Goa on Monday said that disqualification pe tition against the par ty’s 8 rebel leaders who have switched to the BJP is being prepared, and will be filed this week.

“Disqualification pe tition is getting ready. We will file it this week,” Goa Pradesh Congress president Amit Patkar told media.

Congress MLA Car los Ferreira, also an ad vocate, said “we were looking for certain ele ments and material, which is why filing of petition is delayed”.

“The Congress will fight to make sure that such kind of unprinci pled defections dont take place,” Ferreira said.

and purity of children. The President said that every new genera tion brings new possi

New

niversary.

bilities and new dreams. This is a new era of technological and infor mation revolution.

Gadkari inaugurates 1.5 km long elevated bridge in Bihar

First India Bureau

Rohtas: Union Minis ter for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 1.5 km long 2-lane ele vated RCC bridge near Panduka on Son river in Rohtas, Bihar built at a cost of Rs 210 crore.

The foundation stone for the construction of the bridge was laid on Monday in the presence of Deputy Chief Minis ter Tejashwi Yadav, Bi har BJP President San jay Jaiswal, MP Chhedi Paswan, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Ministers of Bihar Government and MPs, MLAs and officers.

Speaking on the occa sion Gadkari said with the construction of this bridge, NH-19 and NH39 will be directly con nected, which will fa

cilitate traffic between Bihar, Jharkhand, Ut tar Pradesh and Chhat tisgarh. He said at pre sent, a distance of 150 km has to be covered to reach Srinagar from Panduka in Rohtas dis trict and Garhwa dis trict of Jharkhand, with the construction of this bridge, four hours will be saved in this journey. The traffic pressure on Dehri

bridge will also reduce and Aurangabad, Sasar am cities will be able to get rid of the problem of jam, he added.

He said with the con struction of this bridge in the Panduka area, it will be easy to reach the market for industrial and agricultural and dairy products of near by areas and states. This will also save time and fuel, he added.

UP STUDENT BLEEDS TO DEATH AFTER BEING RAPED

Unnao: A college student here died due to exces sive bleeding after she was raped repeatedly by a 25-year-old man. The accused, who has now been arrested, had taken a performance enhancing pill before the act. Police said the man, Raj Gautam, raped her when she was alone at home. Despite the victim’s protest, he con tinued to rape her till she fainted and started bleed ing from her private parts. Seeing this, Gautam got scared and fled leaving the victim bleeding profusely.

REWARD LIKELY ON ‘ABSCONDING’ IRS OFFICER, SAYS CBI

New Delhi: The CBI will soon announce a reward of Rs one lakh for providing information on IRS officer Santosh Karnani who is absconding since Oct 4 after his name surfaced in Rs 30 lakh alleged bribery case. The CBI has also moved a special court seeking a warrant against the officer as he has “not joined the investigation” after four no tices from the CBI, they said. The officer posted as Addl Income Tax Commissioner Class-I in Ahmedabad had allegedly demanded Rs 30 lakh from a builder on Oct 3.

FORMER HARYANA GOVERNOR DHANIK LAL MANDAL DIES AT 90 IN CHANDIGARH

41 trainee PCS officers call on Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel

Ahtesham Siddiqui

Lucknow: 41 Trainee Officers (PCS Officers) of Provincial Civil Ser vices (Executive Branch) 2020 batch met UP Governor Anandi ben Patel at Raj Bhavan here. Addressing the of ficers on the occasion, the Governor asked them to work for the poor people on priority.

She said in the inter est of public, applica tions and files received should be disposed of in the least time, so that the applicant can get the solution and benefit in the least time.

The Governor also

shared her experiences about the problems and complexities of rural life with the PCS offic ers. She inspired the PCS trainee officers to work responsibly dur ing their tenure to take

the benefits of govern ment schemes to the remote rural areas. She specially encouraged the PCS officers to work with integrity.

Principal Secretary to the Governor Kalpa

HEAVEN ON EARTH

Dhami says his govt fulfilling all promises

Dehradun (PTI): Chief Minister Push kar Singh Dhami on Monday said his gov ernment is fulfilling its commitments, in cluding setting up a committee to draft the Uniform Civil Code and eliminating cor ruption, made to the people of Uttarakhand.

Dhami was speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of a nursing college in Kothgi in Rudraprayag district.

“Uttarakhand was the first to take steps towards setting up a panel to draft a Uni form Civil Code and other states like Guja rat and Himachal

Pradesh have followed suit,” Dhami said at the He said there were irregularities in job re cruitment exams since 2014-15 but when it was brought to his notice, he got the Special Task Force (STF) to investi gate the matter.

Kashmir sees surge in tourism; hoteliers happy

Ghaziabad: In a shocking in cident, a dog was hanged to death by two youths in Gha ziabd. A video of the incident went viral on social media on Monday. In the video, two men are seen hanging a dog with the noose. Along with this, they are also holding one end of the rope in their hands, which both are pulling towards them with full force, so that the dog suffocates. After the incident came to light, the police called the youths seen in the video to the police station for questioning.

Bhubaneswar: A labourer from Odisha’s Kalahandi sold his wife to a man in Delhi and returned home after conducting their mar riage. Later, police arrested him. Kheera Beruk, of Muskaguda village of Narla block had married Purnami last year. Kheera, with his wife Purnami, left for New Delhi to work as labourer on Oct 30. But, Kheera alone returned home after a few days. On Nov 5, Purnami called her father Kulamani and informed him about the incident.

Srinagar (PTI): Srina gar’s Dal Lake has been drawing a large number of tourists in the past few weeks for shikara rides while the lights on ornately carved house boats are shimmering again as the Kashmir Valley has witnessed a huge tourism influx in recent months.

Hotels dotting the historic Boulevard Road skirting Dal Lake, and those situated at other prime locations, are seeing nearly full

occupancy with travel lers coming from across the country.

Uncertainties emerg ing post abrogation of

Article 370 in 2019 that ended the special status of the erstwhile state of J&K, and two most dif ficult years of the coro

navirus pandemic that followed, had broken the back of tourism in J&K, but amid a recov ery in the sector along with the COVID-19 vac cination exercise, Kash mir is welcoming visi tors again with open arms. Flights landing at the Srinagar interna tional airport have been bringing tourists from all parts of country, and hoteliers, houseboat owners, taxi and shika ra operators, and res tauranteurs are pleased.

Srinagar: Union Minister Hardeep S Puri on Monday said that the Prime Minis ter’s commitment to the development of J&K is turning into reality and work re garding the same is in full swing. He stat ed that the PM’s de velopment initiatives

country.

BSF personnel keep a vigil on the border.

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Sonia Gandhi pays tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his 133rd Birth Anniversary, at Shantivan, in New Delhi on Monday. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI

President Droupadi Murmu with the students. —PHOTO BY ANI

PM PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEHRU ON HIS BIRTH ANNIV

Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to for mer PM Jawahar lal Nehru on his birth an

He took to Twitter to extend his wishes and said, “On his birth anniversary, tributes to our former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji. We also recall his contribution to our nation.”

MILITANTS ATTACK ARMY CONVOY IN ASSAM, NO CASUALTY

“PM’s dream of development in J&K is becoming reality”

in J&K have created an emotional bond between the people and the

A shikara passes by a row of illuminated houseboats in the picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar. —PHOTO BY PTI

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the inauguration.

UP: DOG HANGED TO DEATH BY 2 YOUTHS, VIDEO GOES VIRAL

ODISHA LABOURER HELD FOR SELLING WIFE TO DELHI MAN

CRUCIAL READ

Chandigarh: Former Haryana Governor and ex-speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly Dhanik Lal Mandal died in Chandigarh at the age of 90. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dat tatreya, CM ML Khattar and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar paid tributes to Mandal, who died on Sunday. “Deeply grieved at the passing away of former Haryana Governor Shri Dhanik Lal Mandal ji. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family, friends and admirers! May God grant eternal peace to the departed soul. Om Shanti,” Dattatreya tweeted.

na Awasthi, Director General of UP Acade my of Administration and Management L Venkateswar Lu, Direc tor Neena Sharma and other officers were also present.

UP Governor Anandiben Patel with 41 Trainee PCS officers at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow.

Pushkar Singh Dhami

GEHLOT GOVERNMENT OKAYS

`2.60 CR TO PROTECT CAMEL

The CM has decided to implement the scheme in budget year 2022-23 First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has ap proved an outlay of Rs 2.60 crore for the Camel Conservation Scheme which is aimed at pro tecting camels. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a proposal for the scheme, an offi cial statement said on Monday.

Under the scheme, each female camel and calf will be tagged by the veterinary doctor and an identity card will be issued. The cam el rearer will be given Rs 5,000 while the vet erinarian will receive Rs 50 honorarium for each identity card. On completion of one year of the camel calf, the rearer will get another

Modi trying to erase Nehru’s name: Aiyar

installment of Rs 5,000.

The amount of both the installments will be deposited in the bank ac

count of the camel rearer. The CM has decided to implement the camel conservation and devel

opment policy in the budget for the year 202223. A provision of Rs 10 crore was made for this.

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Shyamji Ramesh Sharma

Sikar: To make fa cilities better for devotees at Khatu Shyam Ji in Sikar, the temple was shut. However, the work will have to be com pleted by Ekadashi. It is still not clear how long the work will last. For the convenience of dev otees, the live aarti can be seen on Kha tu Shyam ji’s web site. The district admin has given Dec 3 as the target to complete the work of the temple.

Ministers, admin officials attend Editor Kuldeep Vyas’s mother’s condolence meet

Laxmikant Sharma

Jaipur : A condolence meet was organized on Monday on the death of Bhagirathi Devi, mother of Bhaskar Group’s National Po litical Editor Kuldeep Vyas. Union and state ministers expressed their condolences.

Mahant Kailash Sharma of Moti Dun

Kota: Targeting PM Narendra Modi, Con gress leader and former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Mon day said that efforts are being made to erase the name of former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru from history. On the birth anniversary of Nehru, Aiyar said that Nehru had made great contributions in the de velopment of the nation.

The former Union Panchayat Raj Minister in the former UPA gov ernment was speaking at a programme in San god assembly area.

“I understand that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a Congressman at heart. He was in dis guise in the BJP. Vajpay ee was greatly influ enced by Pandit Nehru, he learned a lot from him,” he said. Tighten ing the Modi govern ment, he said that today efforts are being made to eradicate this diversity.

Couple dies as tanker rams their bike in Kota

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Kota: A horrific road resulted in the death of a couple near the Ganeshganj area. The bike-ridden couple was rammed by a tanker, resulting in the death of the two in the incident. With the help of 108 ambulance, the bodies of both were sent to the mor tuary of Etawah Hos pital. The Etawah po lice are investigating the matter.

As per the informa tion, the deceased are identified as Manisha Meena and Lakhan Meena alias Kalu. The two were coming to wards Etawah on the bike at night.

The bike collided with a tanker in front of the turn of Ganesh

2 DIE IN ACCIDENT IN BUNDI

gri Ganesh Temple and Shani worshiper Daati Maharaj expressed condolences to the be reaved family.

Former BJP state president Ashok Par nami, former minister Rajpal Singh Shekha wat, Sanganer MLA Ashok Lahoti and many administrative officials paid tribute to Vyas’s mother.

ACB nabs patwari with `3,000 bribe in Jodhpur

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Jodhpur: On the in structions of ACB headquarters, Jodh pur Rural Jagdish Pal iwal, Hall Patwari, Patwar Mandal, Jetha nia, Additional charge Patwar Halka Khin yasaria, Jahedpur was arrested for taking a bribe of Rs 3,000.

Director General of Anti-Corruption De partment Bhagwan Lal Saini said that the Jodhpur Rural Unit re

ceived a complaint that Jagdish Paliwal, Hal Patwari Patwar, Pat war Halka Khinyasaria demanded the bribe in lieu of filling mutation of ancestral land.

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Kota: In a two-year-old case of bribe demand, the ACB (Rural) arrested the then CI Umesh Menaria and consta ble Ravi Kumar of Anta police station in Baran district. Both were presented in the ACB court. The court ordered the two to be sent in judicial cus tody for 14 days. In this case, on Nov 5, the ACB arrested Bhagwan Prasad Dadhich, the lawyer of another accused. Additional SP ACB Kota (Rural)Prerna Shekhawat said that the arrest of the accused was stayed by the HC.

BSP not to field any candidate in Sardarshahar by-election

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Jaipur: BSP will not field any candidate in the by-election to be held in Rajasthan’s Sardarshahar assembly constituency.

BSP state president Bhagwan Singh Baba said that the central leadership has decided not to field a candidate. He said that at present the party is engaged in holding assembly level workers meetings and the aim of the party is to form its govern ment in 2023.

He said that Congress is expected to get direct benefit of BSP’s walkover.

2011 MURDER CASE SC upholds Raj HC’s decision in murder case

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of Ra jasthan high court in a mur der case.

The high court had ac quitted all ac cused in the murder case in 2021 which was challenged in the Supreme Court. The SC upheld the deci sion of the Rajasthan High Court.

Miscreants

uproot ATM, flee after alarm

A case was regis tered against Rupar am and others in 2011 at the Panchu police station in Bikan er. It was alleged that Ruparam had murdered his wife. Bikaner Sessions Court held him guilty of dowry and murder in 2017. In 2021, the High Court acquitted the accused. The deci sion was challenged by the Rajasthan gov ernment in the SC.

ganj, and both died on the spot. The relatives have been informed

about the incident, while the matter is be ing investigated.

I am at fourth stage of life which is renunciation: Hemaram Choudhary

Barmer: Forest and environment minister in Gehlot cabinet He maram Choudhary on Monday indicated his political retirement.

Addressing an event in his assembly constitu ency Choudhary said that in Hindu mythol ogy there are four stag es of life which are Brahmacharya, Grhastha, Vanap rastha, and Sannyasa and in January next

I contested and won maximum elections from Gudamalani assembly.

year, I will enter in the fourth stage of life which is Sannyasa.

Addressing the event in Gudamalani, Choudhary said that

he had contested and won maximum elec tions from Gudamala ni assembly. He said that this is his sixth term and now he

wants youth to come forward. Choudhary also thanked the peo ple of his constituen cy saying that they have always extended full support for which he will always be in debted to them.

In May 2021, Choud hary had resigned from his post but the speaker had not accepted his resignation. It was said that Choudhary was miffed with Gehlot af ter he ignored him a berth in his Cabinet.

Sirohi (PTI): Eight men tried to rob an ATM of a private bank after uprooting it in Sirohi district, police said on Mon day. The security guard at the ATM ki osk was held captive for around thirty minutes by the gang, however, their plan was thwarted after another guard near by raised an alarm, they said.

The incident took place on Sunday night in Bhujela vil lage. The eight masked sprayed paint on the CCTV cameras and cut their wires. The ATM had more than Rs 8.5 lakh in cash. While they were dragging the machine out, a guard raised an alarm and they fled.

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Leaders and administrative officials paying tribute to Kuldeep Vyas’s mother on Monday.

Mani Shankar Aiyar at a programme in Sangod.

A camel rearer will be given Rs 5k while veterinarian will receive Rs 50 honorarium for each identity card.

Accused Patwari

Admin

Dec 3 deadline to finish work at Khatu

ACB ARRESTS TWO COPS

2-YEAROLD BRIBERY CASE

The bike collided with the tanker.

Bundi: In a ghastly road accident on Kota-Dausa mega highway, two seriously injured died during treatment in Keshoraipatan. As per the reports, a dozen people were injured in the collision between a jeep and a trac tor trolley. The accident happened near Nainani Farm House. The deceased are identified as Bhimraj Kewat, a resident of Anta and Komal, a resident of Sakatpura. All the passengers in the vehicle belong to the same family.

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I want youth to come forward.

—Hemaram Choudhary, Forest and environment minister

Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, his wife and son Aditya Thackeray visited Amer Mahal on Monday and were overwhelmed by the architecture and splendour of Man Singh Mahal, Sheesh Mahal and Deewane Aam.

TWO-DAY MEGA JOB FAIR

CM: EMPLOYMENT GENERATION FUNDAMENTAL DUTY OF GOVTS

Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge hlot said that every youth wants a good fu ture & State govern ment is committed to provide proper opportu nities to the youth to realise their dreams. So far, about 1.25 lakh gov ernment jobs have been given in the state, re cruitment is under pro cess for the same num ber of posts and 1 lakh more jobs have been announced, he said while addressing the first day of the two-day Mega Job Fair at Birla Auditorium.

Gehlot said that the upcoming budget would be dedicated to the youth and students of

the state. He said that in the Mega Job Fair, se lection is being done for the jobs on the basis of merit and offer letters are being given to the youth on the spot.

“It is the State Gov ernment’s responsibili ty to provide adequate employment opportuni

ties to youth.” Such job fair would be organ ised in every district of the state, he said. The CM visited various stalls & interacted with the youth. During this, MoU were signed with representatives of re puted firms who came to the job fair to create

about 30,000 jobs in the private sector. About 43,000 youth have regis tered for this two-day job fair.

Skill, Employment Minister Ashok Chan dna said that this mega job fair has been possi ble only because of CM Gehlot’s positive think ing towards the youth.

In the Mega Job Fair, se lection is be ing done for the jobs on the basis of merit and offer letters are be ing given to the youth on the spot by various reputed firms.

—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

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BJP out... Gehlot said the BJP, which has misled peo ple, is shaken by Cong leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.

“They have been ex posed. Now they aren’t taking name of nation alism. They aren’t even taking nation’s name & public has also gradu ally understood politics of religion,” he said, adding that the saddest thing is that “why PM Modi isn’t able to un derstand that if you weaken history, then let future generations also follow the same pat tern.”

“Before BJP, there used to be Jan Sangh. Bhairon Singh Shekha wat used to be Jan Sangh’s leader in Raj. 8 members of Sangh used to be victorious, at that time there was no power in Jana Sangh. When Pt Nehru got Bhakra Dam built, the Sangh people spread ru mours that it will ex tract electricity from water & it would be of no use for irrigation.”

CM: Ensuring power supply govt’s priority

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Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge hlot directed officials to ensure time bound sup ply and distribution of DAP and urea to farm ers for the sowing of Rabi crops.

Gehlot held a meet ing on Monday evening to review the supply of fertilizers and electric ity. He said that ensur ing supply of electricity is the priority of the State Government.

The CM directed the officers to make sure that power supply to the

farmers in the state is not interrupted at any cost. He said that suffi cient electricity should be made available to the farmers to irrigate the Rabi crops. Gehlot re viewed availability of electricity from various sources and directed to prepare an action plan for uninterrupted sup ply of electricity in coming months. “The Govt is commited to en sure the supply of ferti lizers for the Rabi crops in the state and to make it available to the farm ers,” Gehlot said.

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Yogesh Sharma

Jaipur: Min Pratap S Khachariyawas lashed out at BJP during ‘Bharat Jodo Padyatra’ taken out by CM Gehlot from Tripolia Bazaar to Ramniwas Bagh say ing, “This time Con gress govt will repeat in Raj. We will visit en tire Rajasthan & make people aware of vari ous govt schemes.”

He said that inflation & unemployment are on continuous rise & BJP govt imposed tax on ration. BJP comes to field to ask for votes with a bowl in hand.

Cabinet Minister Dr Mahesh Joshi said that by rising above political objectives, RaGa is tak ing out ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’ “If Rahul Gandhi had any political motive in mind, he would go to Gujarat & Himachal & campaign,” he said.

Jaipur: AICC has ap pointed Zonal, LS con stituency & other level observers for Gujarat assembly polls. All sen ior Congress leaders of Rajasthan have been as signed responsibility of observers in LS constit uencies. Saleh Moham mad has been made ob server in Kutch, Uday alal Anjana in Banas kantha, Ramlal Jat in Patan, Neeraj Dangi in Mehsana, Ratan Devasi

in Sabarkantha, Jai Singh Agrawal and Suresh Modi in Gandhi

nagar, Prem Sai Singh and Hakam Ali in Ahmedabad East.

Jetti Kusum Kumar and Amin Kagzi in Ahmedabad West, Am rita Dhawan in Suren dra Nagar, Pramod Jain Bhaya & Panachand Meghwal in Rajkot, Rampal Sharma in Por bandar, Rajendra Singh in Jamnagar, Dr Karan Singh Yadav & Mahen dra Gehlot in Juna gadh, Sukhram Vishnoi & Gopal Meena in Am reli, Bhanwar S Bhati in Bhavnagar. Besides, others have also been appointed.

Rajsamand: The Aro gya Mela 2022 was launched by AYUSH Department at the Nathdwara

district. Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, MoS for AYUSH Dr Sub hash Garg, Coopera tives Minister & Dist Incharge Minister Udaialal Anjana, and officials were present. CP Joshi said that the state government is un dertaking an exercise to

open Ayurveda College & Nursing College in Nathdwara, which will benefit people.

Jaipur: PCC Chief Go vind Singh Dotasra joined Rahul Gandhi in his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Monday. Dotasara joined Rahul Gandhi in the journey between Kalamanuri and Hin goli. Congress leaders of Rajasthan were seen carrying the national flags in their hands.

Kota: Annakoot festival of Vaishya community was celebrated at CAD Ground on Sunday. Un der the banner of Kota District Vaishya Ma hasammelan Sanstha, all the 22 constituents of Vaishya community participated in the event. Addressing the programme, Chief Guest LS Speaker Om Birla said, “This collec tivity is our major

strength, which gives the energy to move for ward. Our forefathers have given us the values of giving back to socie ty. These sanskars in

spire us to help others,” he said. UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal also addressed the event. Senior citizens, CAs/ CSecys were honoured.

Jaipur: The statement of former minister Harish Chaudhary de manding separate res ervation for ex-service men led to an outrage among the ex-service men, after which hun dreds of ex-servicemen gathered and lodged a protest against the statement of the for mer minister.

The ex-servicemen

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under the leadership of the President of the As sociation, Arjun Singh,

said that when we joined the Army, there was no talk of any kind

of reservation, but now after retiring from the Army, we are back in the society.

“Some leaders want to throw us out of the society by talking about our separate res ervations. If we have served, let us remain in the ex-Army court only. Do not divide us on caste and religious grounds,” the ex-ser vicemen said while ex pressing their views.

Other than Dotasra, other Congress leaders joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra were Ramlal Jat, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Dharmendra Rathore, and Sandeep Singh Choudhary.

After walking the en tire day all the leaders will rest at the resting site during the night and will return to Ra jasthan today.

Jaipur: Youth Congress is seen in action even before RaGa’s arrival in Raj. Youth Congress has rusticated 41 office bearers who aren’r actively participating in party working. A new team will be formed after RaGa’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Raj. There are specific rules made in Youth Congress concerning activ ism & discipline. Anyone not attending 3 consecutive meets falls under its ambit. Office bearers were removed under ‘Rule Performa’.

got jobs & cases have not even been re solved. He also unveiled the statue of Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla in Udawas village.

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After joining Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maha, Raj leaders to return today

n More than 10,000 employment opportunities at Mega Job Fair n More than 60 firms from 17 sectors gave ‘on spot placements’ n Job fair will be held in very district

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CM Ashok Gehlot gives certificates during the 2-day long Rajasthan Mega Job Fair being held at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur. Also seen here are Ashok Chandna and Gaurav Goyal.

CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with the youth during the Rajasthan Mega Job Fair being held at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur.

CM Ashok Gehlot chairs a review meet with officials of Power Sector on Monday. Also seen here are Bhanwar S Bhati, Usha Sharma, Kuldeep Ranka, Akhil Arora, Gaurav Goyal and others.

for LS constituencies

Vijay Bainsla offers prayers at Shkambhari Mata temple in Udaipurwati. Also seen here are Atar Singh, Rajpal Doi, Hanuman Singh Gurjar, Shiva Bhai Khatana & Bhopal Gurjar.

Bhanwar Singh Bhati with Congress candidates Kishor Singh Gohil & Baldev Bhai Solanki, local representatives, party workers and masses in Bhavnagar in Gujarat on Monday.

Rahul Gandhi, GS Dotasra, Dharmendra Rathore, Sandeep S Choudhary, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Ram Lal Jat, Virendra Singh Gurjar & others during the ‘Bharat JodoYatra’ in Maha’s Kalamnuri.

Damodar Stadium in Rajsamand

Dr Subhash Garg

said, “State Govt is making efforts to have colleges & nursing cen tres of AYUSH Dept in all districts.”

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Ex-servicemen under leadership of Arjun Singh stage protest in Jaipur on Monday against ex- Min Harish Chaudhary’s remarks.

Dr CP Joshi inspects the 4-day long ‘Arogya Mela-2022’ at Shri Damodar Stadium in Nathdwara on Monday. Also seen here is Dr Subhash Garg and others.

Om Birla and Shanti Dhariwal during the Annakoot festival of Vaishya community at CAD Ground in Kota.

SOUL FULL OF SUNSHINE!

uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. And this was prov- en by ravishing beauty Rukaiya Kalyan- wala, although supermodels and glam- our industry artists may have been re- vered for their enviable style and pen- chant for luxury, they also grappled with trou- bled upbringings and challenges throughout their lifetimes. This 24-year-old diva writes her own rule when asked about her early life, the ravishing beauty said, “I have completed my graduation with BMS, specialised in finance by profession and a model by passion. It is hard work, dedication and discipline, that have always driven me to stay inspired in what I pursue. As I grew up I realised that stepping out of my comfort zone will help me to live the life of my dreams and be fearless. I believe in the power of my dreams, and I am a woman, who is not scared to try anything in my life.” Kalyan- wala aspires to earn a huge name and fame and leave her footprints wherever she goes. The diva also paid gratitude to her sister for always uplifting and igniting a spark in her soul. When asked what mes- sage she’d like to give to young girls of her age, she said, “I was 13 years old when I saw my sister getting selected in the top 30 contestants and I believe that every girl should follow her dream.” While talking about the biggest rookie mistake, the beau- ty said “I made was a lack of knowledge about the career and lack of communica- tion skills, but then slowly I looked up to my mentors and learned a lot in my life.” When asked about the most memorable or rewarding moment in your, the diva said “When I met Lara Dutta in miss diva. As she is one of my inspirations. I was in awe the moment I saw her and her aura.”

Gorgeous beauty Rukaiya Kalyanwala, who hails from Mumbai, opens up to City First about her life as a model and her down-to-earth approach to beauty!

UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR

CITY FIRST

Let's Choose Nutritious Foods for Healthy Hair This Festive Season

Let’s Choose Nutritious Foods for Healthy Hair This Festive Season

CHARVI SHARMA Influencer

Want healthy hair?

Then, eat a nutritious and well-balanced diet to get stunning hair this festive season. Hurry up, and fill your plate with healthy foods that will make your hair grow faster.

Aries

MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

People falling under this sign will have refreshing day.

Watching a movie with family is likely to be the highlight of the day for some. You may enjoy travelling to a tourist destination recommended by your friends. Reignite the flickering romance in your life by spending more time together.

Gemini

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Something you have implemented at work is likely to profit the company. You are likely to celebrate the achievement of a family youngster. Shifting into your own house may soon become a reality. An exotic island destination beckons, for which you may already be making plans!

Leo

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You are likely to find the day most auspicious. Your knowledge about your line of work will be roundly appreciated and get you the thumbs up from higher ups. Friends and family may get together to give you a surprise. Business travel may leave little time for romance.

Libra

SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22

Your financial situation is set to improve, as earning opportunities come to you. Help from co-workers in a time consuming task will be forthcoming on the work front.

Support of family will encourage you to take up a challenge. Socially, your presence will be looked forward to.

Sagittarius

NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22

You will derive great benefit from an exercise routine that you keenly follow. Extra workload is foreseen at work, but nothing that you cannot handle within office hours. Taking the family on a trip seems impossible today due to your professional commitments, so postpone it for some other day.

Aquarius

JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19

Previous investments are likely to give you good returns. Some of you may decide to follow in the footsteps of celebrities and visit the very same exotic destination that they had been to.No amount of excuses will dispel lover’s suspicions about your tendency to stray the path.

Taurus

APRIL 21 - MAY 20

Money put together on previous occasions is likely to come in handy now. A family youngster is keen to learn from you, so don’t disappoint. Settling down in a new house is indicated for some.You may have to awaken partner’s interest in you once again.

Cancer

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Money coming from various streams will keep you in an elated state of mind. A new fitness regime that you have adopted promises to keep you in the pink of health. Getting an old furniture upholstered may be at the top of the mind of some homemakers.

Virgo

AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23

A vacation you only dreamed about is likely to become a reality soon. Healthy eating will help prevent digestive ailments. Money will be no constraint in buying what you like. Driving down with lover to a happening place is indicated today.

Scorpio

OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Some clarification will need to be sought on a financial issue, before you take the next step. A project left halfway by someone else may come on your shoulders, but your efforts will be acknowledged. Some of you are all set to enjoy a splendid vacation.

Capricorn

DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20

Your stars favour a bright beautiful day . A setback you have recently experienced can make you come out stronger. Tax advisor will be a big help in saving taxes, so don’t hesitate to contact one.It is difficult for the relationship of friends turned lovers to fall apart, so relax.

Pisces

FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20

Continue doing whatever you are doing to remain healthy. Some of you will have to curb your splurging ways. Family life will cruise along smoothly with much love and bonhomie. Don’t speed up on the road. Chance of moving to a new location on transfer is likely for some.

Hair care is the priority of most of us, we spend so much on getting the right hair products, spa visits, and hair care treatments to maintain our mane.

But many times, we do not get the desired results no matter how many treatments we get done, we might blame it on the salon but the real reason is you can’t have healthy hair until you take the right nourishment.

DIET TIPS FOR HEALTHY HAIR

Although you can’t change some factors like age and genetics, one factor you likely have more control over is your diet. Including Vitamins, minerals, iron, proteins, omega-3 fatty acids, and Zinc in our diet can have great results. So let us look at the foods which we should include in our diets to make our locks lustrous and healthy.

PROTEIN FOR HEALTHY HAIR

Eating adequate protein is important for hair growth because hair follicles are mostly made of protein, so it becomes imperative that we increase the intake of protein to make hair strong. If you are not consuming the right amount of protein then you might experience hair fall and dry, and brittle hair.

SOURCES OF IRON lentils, spinach, red meat, chicken, fish, broccoli, and salad greens.

GROW YOUR HAIR FASTER WITH GREEK YOGURT It’s packed with protein, the building block of your locks.

Greek yoghurt also has an ingredient that helps with blood flow to your scalp and hair growth. It’s called Vitamin B5 (known as pantothenic acid) and may even help against hair thinning and loss. You may recognize pantothenic acid as an ingredient on your hair and skincare product labels.

SALMON FOR SHINY HAIR

Fish like salmon, sardines, and mackerel are packed with healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Your body cannot make these healthy fats, so you have to get them from food or supplements. They help protect you from disease, but your body also needs them to grow hair and keep it shiny and full.

VITAMIN C TO STRENGTHEN HAIR

Vitamin C aids the absorption of iron so foods high in Vitamin C are good to eat in conjunction with iron-rich foods. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant so is used readily by the body.

Vitamin C helps in the production of collagen which strengthens the capillaries that supply the hair shafts.

SOURCES OF PROTEIN

eggs, chicken, fish, turkey, and dairy products.

IRON TO PREVENT HAIR LOSS

Getting too little iron can lead to hair loss, it is the most important mineral for hair. When iron levels (serum ferritin) fall below a certain point, you may experience anaemia. This disrupts the nutrient supply to the follicle, affecting the hair growth cycle and may result in shedding. So, you must include iron or iron supplements in your diet.

SOURCES OF VITAMIN C

blackcurrants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwi fruits, oranges, papaya, strawberries, and sweet potatoes.

AVOCADOS TO AVOID HAIR LOSS

Avocados are delicious, nutritious, and a great source of healthy fats. They are also an excellent source of Vitamin E, which may support hair growth. One medium avocado (about 200 grams) provides 28 per cent of your daily Vitamin E needs.

Like Vitamin C, Vitamin E is an antioxidant that helps prevent oxidative stress by neutralizing free radicals. Vitamin E also protects areas of the skin, like the scalp, from oxidative stress and damage. Damaged skin on the scalp can result in poor hair quality and fewer hair follicles

SOYBEANS AND BEANS FOR HAIR GROWTH

Beans including soybeans are great plant-based sources of protein, which is essential to hair growth.

Beans are a good source of Zinc, which aids the hair growth and repair cycle, whereas soybeans have spermidine which also promotes hair growth.

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

RAKUL NAILS power dressing

Time and again Rakul Preet Singh has proved her fashion sensibilities are only getting better and better. This time she turned enough heads wearing an oversized striped pantsuit which may not be everyone’s cup of tea. She has clearly aced the art of power dressing and how!

One can see in the photos, Rakul wore an oversized wool coat with embellished cascading crystals by Kanika Goal label. She teamed her denim, hand-embellished crystals coat with low-waist straight wool trousers. The mega cuff, the detailing at the back of the coat and Jimmy Choo formal shoes added interesting elements to the suit. All meant to be uplifting a sexy work-wear vibe.

She accessorised her look with a pair of statement-making earrings and cuffed rings by Misho Designs that added the right glam to her ultra-stylish look. Styled by Ami Patel, this stunning look of Rakul is worth your attention! Hair and makeup are by Aliya Shaikh and Salim Sayyed.

Samantha

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Samantha took to her Instagram handle and shared a pic with Junaid Shaikh and also gave a glimpse of her BTS prep. She is happiest as her trainer is impressed with her action avatar in the film. The actress also penned a note for her trainer and friend, which reads, "@junaid.shaikh88 has never thought I did enough to deserve my favourite Jalebi But today he did, to celebrate Yashoda’s success and especially the action scenes. You didn’t let me give up.. and I know you won’t let me ever give up. Thank you."

SONAM KAPOOR'S pregnancy journey

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja welcomed their baby boy Vayu in August this year. The new parents have been over the moon since then. Recently, Sonam Kapoor gave fans a sneak peek inside baby

Vayu’s jungle-themed nursery. Now, the new mom has also opened up about her pre-natal journey and much more in a series of Instagram stories.

In her stories, she shared, “My pre-natal journey was quite different. I was sure I wanted to have a natural journey that would lead to a natural delivery with as little intervention as possible. For that, I decided to take the help of the ‘gentle birth method’ with Dr Gowra Motha. She had written a lovely book called Gentle Birth Method that explains how to deal with the prenatal journey."

She further added “I’ve followed her blindly. I’ve had a natural quick birth thanks to all her teachings and I’m breastfeeding pretty easily."

Silver Slay!

Kriti Sanon is embracing shine lately and the aesthetic of her latest look was too disco ball-like. Her looks for Bhediya promotions are punctuated with steamy energy needed a

ones that looked like a fashion paradise. Although certain looks are pretty debatable, her latest look is the real winner. She donned a trendy set with a silver-hued and studded chain-link necklace which she stacked up to other chain that came with a pendant, mini hoop earrings, and rings. Her Sophia

strapped stilettos were in their glitzy element and her nails were bright and blue with the

Rashmika recalls her childhood days

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DEMOCRATIC LIBERALISM

A GOSPEL OR FALLACY!

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Exordium X Lu

cis annual fest of the Depart ment of Politi cal Science and Department of Arts St Xavi er’s College, Jaipur was organised on November 14 with the main theme of the League de Liber te. Congratulating the students for organising the event, Principal Rev Father Dr A Rex Angelo SJ encouraged the youth to fulfil their re sponsibility towards democracy.

Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and congratulated the de partments for success fully organising events on various political

themes, he emphasised giving the right direc tion to the energies of youth.

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various events of the fest.

The celebration start ed with a panel discus sion on the theme Dem ocratic Liberalism: A Gospel or Fallacy in

which Democracy fun damentals were dis cussed and the status of democracy in the coun try and development was explored. It was highlighted by the pan ellists that Demo cratic liberalism aims to reach a syn thesis of democra cy which is the par ticipation of the people in power and liberal ism, which aims at a political and/or social system advocating the freedom of the individ ual. The panellists of the Panel Discussion were Anto Jacob, Prin cipal, Prince Academy, Sikar and Advocate Simran Kotwal, legal officer Jaipur Munici pal Corporation ex pressed their views in the Panel Discussion

and resolved the queries of the stu dents. After the panel discussion, several impor tant events were organ ised under the Ex ordium X Lucis. Final ly, prizes were dis tributed to various win ners and a vote of thanks was given by Dr Meeta Shar ma and Dr Mrinalini Faujar depart ment heads of Political sci ence and Arts respectively.

CELEBRATING CHILDREN’S DAY!

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Children express their creativity with smiling fac es, a stage to fulfil their hopes. A similar sight was seen at the two-day Naunihal pro gram organised by JKK on the occasion of Chil dren's Day. Chief guest Dr B. D. Kalla, Minis ter of the Art and Culture Depart ment launched the program by releasing the poster of Naunihal. During the occasion, Gayatri Rathore, Direc tor General JKK cum Principal Secretary, Art and Culture Depart ment were present as a special guest.

Wishing everyone a Happy Children's Day, Dr Kalla said that for mer Prime Minister

Jawaharlal Nehru cre ated the basic infra structure of India. He also loved children very much. He also played an important role in the freedom movement. He inspired the children to imbibe the ideals of Nehru and move ahead in life.

Gayatri Rathore said that an innovation Naunihal has been started in JKK. Ef forts will be made to increase the interest of children towards var ious creative activities so that children get a platform and their tal ents can flourish. Dr Kalla and Gayatri Rathod wished Happy Children's Day by paint ing on the doodle wall and watching a docu mentary with the chil dren. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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The third and final day of Abhivyakti Season 2 wit nessed a jampacked JKK; the first two days have been extreme ly eventful and absorb ing.

The day commenced with the arrival of some well-known personali ties. These included Femina Miss India Run ner Up 2022 Miss Rubal Shekhawat and noted stand-up comedian Neeti Palta. Regional Presi dent, AWWA Ravneet Bhinder launched the first book of the day ti tled ‘The Birth of My Na tion’ written by Sutapa Basu. The first event of the day at ‘Rangayan’ was the talk ‘Fearful to Fearless’ by Lokesh Nathani and the launch of his book cover – ‘Pub lic Speaking Unlocked’. This was followed by a highly entertaining and

thought-provoking thea tre play ‘Shakkar Ke Paanch Daane’ by Ku mud Mishra and Troupe. Parallelly, the session

‘Army Brats – Badge of Honour’ at ‘Madhyavar ti’ was conducted. These Army brats included Femina Miss India Run

ner Up 2022 Miss Rubal Shekhawat, stand-up co median Neeti Palta and an achiever at India Worldwide 2019 Shailza Suri. Member of Parlia ment Princess Diya Ku mari graced the event today and launched the book ‘Yeh Na Thi Hamari Kismat’ written by Lily Swarn. The Closing Cer emony ended the event on a high. The Regional President, AWWA Ravneet Bhinder launched the book ‘Rang Badalti Zindagi’ written by Krishnalata Singh.

300 students from various colleges actively participated in

Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by MP Ranjeeta Koli, Vice President, Mahila Morcha Rajasthan as she reached the former’s residence during the courtsey meeting on Monday.

Jagdeesh Chandra launched the poster of the National Glorious Award 2022 by Trusted Visions, at his residence on Monday, November 14. The event will be held at Indana Palace Jaipur on Sunday, November 20. The event is being organised by Luupa Muddra Gogoi. Komal Chauhan and Rinku Singh Gurjan were also present on the occasion.

One day seminar on Evidence-based traditional medicine was organised on Saturday at the NIA, Deemed to be University Jaipur Prof Bhushan Patwardhan, Chairman, of the Taskforce on Evidence-Based Traditional Medicines was the chief guest of the program. The event started with the lamp lightening and worship of lord Dhanvantri. Prof. Sanjeev Sharma, VC, NIA.

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match was played at Karol Cricket Ground RS Academy

HAPPENING!

158 devotees voluntarily donated blood in the blood donation camp organised on the 94th birth anniversary of Brahmalin Pt Radhelal Choubey, the founder of the Shri Khole Hanuman temple. Brijmohan Sharma, General Secy, Shri Nar and Su Ashram Seva Samiti informed that blood donation and medical and eye check-up camps were organised recently.

Haryanvi rapper and actor Fazilpuria attended and inaugurated the Vinay Rana Fashion Studio located at Bice Godown Circle Sahakar Marg in the capital Jaipur on Saturday. During the occasion, the famous rapper also posed for photos and interacted with the audience. On this occasion, Studio Director Vinay Rana said that he is extremely happy to bring Fazilpuria to Jaipur as he has been promoting Male Fashion through his songs and other projects for a long time.

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

People of Kerala living in Jaipur celebrated the 64th foundation day of the Kerala Samajam Society and the Onam festival at the premises of the C-Scheme of the society. Hundreds of Kerala residents living in the Pink City gathered together to celebrate the foundation day of the Kerala Pirvi society. In the morning, Deputy Mayor of Jaipur Greater Punit Karnawat and Councilor of Jaipur Heritage Uttam Sharma attended and distributed the prize to 10th & 12th meritorious Students of the Kerala Samajam society.

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Dr Denny Shaji. Also seen are (L-R)

Dr Mamta Pareek, Rev Father A Rex Angelo SJ, Saloni Sharma and Dr Meeta Sharma

Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience

Tanvi

(L-R) Neeti Palta, Rahul Singh, Gauri Bhola, Rubal Shekhawat and Shailza Suri

MP Diya Kumari with Lily Swarn and Ravneet Bhinder

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA