First India-Jaipur Edition-16th December 2022

OFFICER GOPALRAM BIRDA SUSPENDED

CONG PLANS ‘CULTURAL NIGHT’ AS RAHUL SET TO TARGET CENTRE DURING THE DAY!

Gandhi to address a press conference at new PCC building in Jaipur today

Dausa: Bharat Jodo Yatra will complete 100 days on Friday, December 16. On September 7, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra started from Kanyakumari and while passing through Dausa on Friday, the yatra would have com-

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pleted 100 days. In such a situation, many programs have been organized on Friday to mark the special ocassion. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu along with all his MLAs will also join the yatra on Friday. Along with this, Bharat Jodo

CHINESE GLASSES” COVERING

“RED EYE” OF MODI GOVT: KHARGE

New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday took a dig at the Union government for trying to dodge a discussion in Parliament over the India-China Tawang clash of December 9.

Using terms like “lal aankh” and “Chinese glasses”, Kharge’s tweet in Hindi could roughly be interpreted as “the once glaring eyes of the Modi government have been covered with Chinese glasses”. Kharge also questioned whether permission was needed to speak against China in Sansad Bhawan. Opposition leaders raised the issue to hold a detailed discussion on the clash when the House assembled on Wednesday and Deputy Chairman Harivansh allowed ‘Zero Hour’. But when Chair disallowed a discussion on the issue, the 17 parties staged the walkout.

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PM pays tribute to ‘Iron Man’ on death anniversary

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday paid homage to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 72nd death anniversary and recalled everlasting contribution of the ‘Iron Man’ to India. The Prime Minister said, “I pay homage to Sardar Patel on his Punya Tithi and recall his everlasting contribution to India, especially in uniting our nation and giving impetus to all-round development.” Patel was born on October 31, 1875 in Na-

New Delhi: On December 18, PM Modi will kickstart 2023 Tripura Assembly elections campaign in the state and also hold a BJP core committee meeting. He will also address a public gathering in Agartala and inaugurate some projects.

diad, Gujarat and rose to become one of the most influential leader.

New Delhi: The DNA samples extracted from some bones recovered from the forests of Mehrauli and Gurugram have matched with Shraddha Walkar’s father, sources said on Thursday. Senior officers believe that the findings will be crucial to the investigation. Sources reveal that the bones were from limbs and other parts with assault marks from a sharp weapon.

CHINESE TROOPS RESORTING TO HOOLIGANISM

New Delhi: Former Army General MM Naravane hit out at the Chinese Army for descending to the level of “prehistoric times” by using “clubs and barbed wires” in the scuffle and said that the Indian Army in warfare would rather open fire than resort to such ridiculous tactics.

He said that based on assessments, the Indian Army felt that threat from India’s northern borders is increasing.

BEIJING GAINED LOT OVER TIME: GEN NARAVANE

New Delhi: General Naravane said that China’s attempts to change status quo on LAC by resorting to “salami slicing” tactics led to a “more assertive” response from Indian Army. He said that the Chinese army has been

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hul is scheduled to leave from Dausa for Jaipur at 11:30 am by helicopter and reach Jaipur at 11:50 am. He will address the press conference in Jaipur at 4 pm. Thereafter, a musical evening will be held at Albert Hall wherein the Bharat Jodo Music Concert will be held from 8 pm to 8:45 pm. After spending the night at Jaipur, Rahul will leave for Dausa by helicopter on December 17 at 7:30 am and reach Dausa at 8 am.

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Jaipur: The famous and iconic Albert Hall Museum in the heart of the Pink City may be renamed. Preparations to change the name of the historical tourist destination are going on in the Gehlot government. Its indications were given today by Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh during a press conference in Dausa. Talking to the media during Bharat Jodo Yatra at Lalsot in Dausa, Jairam Ramesh said that on the occasion of completion of 100 days of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Turn to P8

PARLIAMENT SESSION Oppn walks out hearing Puri’s claims on VAT

New Delhi: Dissatisfied with the reply of Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri on the increased prices of petrol and diesel in the country, opposition parties staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Responding to a question during the Question Hour on Thursday, Union Petroleum Minister said, “While the average price of Indian basket of Crude oil increased between November 2020 and November 2022, the retail prices of Petrol and Diesel have increased in India by only 18.95 % and 26.5 % during this period.” “To insulate the Indian consumers from the impact of high international crude oil prices,

RS was adjourned twice for 15

on Thursday

members after being denied notices. Seven Opposition members had given notices to the chairman on various issues, but were not allowed. In reaction, the opposition members indulged in sloganeering and the House was adjourned twice, first from 11.12 a.m. for 15 minutes and second time from 11.35 a.m. to 11.50 a.m.

‘Jo piyega woh marega’: Nitish as hooch toll rises

After Bihar’s hooch toll climbed, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday warned that if people drink spurious liquor, they may well die, as the prohibition policy of his government came under attack from various quarters. “Jo piyega woh marega” (those who drink spurious alcohol will die), thundered Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who stood his ground maintaining that prohibition was “not my personal wish but a response to the cries of the women of the state”.

records in

States

Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka stood at the top in terms of the number of hooch

while even Gujarat, a dry state, fared much worse than Bihar which is under the spotlight over the Saran hooch tragedy that has killed over 20 people

PRESIDENT’S RULE SHOULD BE IMPOSED IN BIHAR, SAYS BJP MP SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

BJP MP Sushil Kumar Singh said that there is anarchy in Bihar. “Liquor and sand mafia are dominant and there is nothing left in the name of law and order, so the government of the Grand Alliance should be dismissed and President’s rule should be imposed in Bihar,” Singh said.

from bones matches with Shraddha Walkar’s father

OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI

NIRAV MODI LOSES BID TO APPEAL AGAINST EXTRADITION

Bikaner: Bikaner Municipal Corporation’s Commissioner Gopalram Birda was suspended on Thursday night with immediate effect. His headquarters during the suspension period will be at the office of Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel, Secretariat in Jaipur.

New Delhi: Diamond merchant Nirav Modi suffered another setback in his legal battle against his extradition to India. The High Court in London denied Nirav Modi permission to appeal against his extradition order in the UK Supreme Court.

DELHI HC RESERVES ORDER ON UDDHAV’S PLEA

New Delhi: Delhi HC on Thursday reserved orders in Uddhav Thackeray’s appeal against an order of HC dismissing his plea challenging the Election Commission of India’s decision to freeze claim over the “Shiv Sena” party name and symbol.

RAS

To insulate the Indian consumers from the impact, Government reduced the Central Excise duty twice

‘WHY GOVT WAS NOT SHOWING ‘LAAL ANKH?’ CONGRESS SEEKS WHITE PAPER ON CHINA

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday demanded a white paper on China, including the recent transgressions, and taunted the Central government by saying “why it was not showing ‘laal ankh’ (angry eyes) to the neighbouring country”. Leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the matter during Zero Hour. Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay also sought a discussion on the China issue. Chowdhury was alluding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2014 remark, when he had talked about showing “laal ankh” to the Chinese over repeated transgressions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and had also spoken about the might of a “56-inch chest”.

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI

BIHAR HOOCH DEATHS: BJP MPs PROTEST

RS ADJOURNED TWICE AMID UPROAR

Several BJP MPs from Bihar in Lok Sabha on Thursday sought strict action against those responsible for sale of illicit liquor in the state, while blaming the state government for deaths of more than 20 persons. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, BJP MP from Paschim Champaran Sanjay Jaiswal alleged that fake liquor is being distributed in Bihar through the local administration, which has led to deaths. P5

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following an uproar by the opposition

pack is complete. The last of the 36 IAF Rafales landed in India after a quick enroute sip from a UAE Air Force tanker,” the IAF said in an official statement.

THE PACK IS COMPLETE, SAYS IAF AS LAST OF 36 RAFALE JETS LAND IN INDIA

Dinesh Tiwari, Ziauddin Khan & Laxmikant Sharma

concert has been organized in Jaipur

in which Rahul Gandhi and Bharat Yatri will be included.

Moreover, Rahul Gandhi will address a press

conference which will be held on Friday at 4:00 pm in the new PCC building in Jaipur. Notably, the Bharat Jodo

Yatra will be completed in a single phase as Rahul Gandhi and all the passengers will walk together for 22 kms. After

Rahul Gandhi will leave for Jaipur at

am and will also spend the night in Jaipur. For Friday’s program, Ra-

In the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi met the local farmers on Thursday and listened to their problems, along with CM Ashok Gehlot, Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Govind Singh Dotsara, Lalchand Kataria and Sachin Pilot.

Rahul

ruled by the saffron party had the worst track

terms of spurious liquor deaths.

deaths

—Tejashwi Yadav, Deputy CM Bihar

Iconic Albert Hall Museum in Pink City should be renamed: Ramesh

Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge

It seems that the “red eye” of the Modi government is covered with Chinese glasses. Is it not allowed to speak against China in the Indian Parliament?

PCC to publicise flagship schemes on 4th anniv

Outreach programme

Yogesh Sharma

Jaipur: The State Congress has chalked out a campaign strategy for the fourth anniversary of the Ashok Gehlot Government. The Congress Government and the organisation will work together to take the achievements of the government to the masses. The campaign will intensify after Rahul Gandhi’s visit. In Himachal Pradesh, the flagship scheme of the Gehlot Government changed the picture of Himachal elections as the propaganda of the Old Pension Scheme was quite popular.

The State Congress Committee has decided that on the fourth anni-

to be

done

in

full swing post State BJY

SCHEMES THAT PCC WOULD FOCUS ON

z OPS plan

z Nirogi Rajasthan

z Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme

z Jan Aadhaar Yojana Jan Aadhaar Yojana

z Indira Rasoi Yojana

z Urban Employment Scheme

z Kisan Mitra Energy Scheme

z Mahatma Gandhi English Medium School

After Guj, AAP to focus on Raj Assembly polls

First India Bureau

Jaipur: After the Gujarat Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has now started focusing on the Rajasthan assembly elections scheduled to be held next year. A discussion about the elections will be held in Delhi and after that, the Party would send a team of its MPs and MLAs to Rajasthan.

‘Rohingyas operating thelas in city, check their nationality’

Aishwary Pradhan

State Govt to celebrate its 4th anniv on Dec 17. —FILE PHOTO

versary of the State government, the Congress workers will play their role at the district, block and at the booth level and after BJY, they will promote public welfare schemes of the Govt among the masses.

THE STRATEGY TO PUBLICISE SCHEMES

z Conference will be organised at district and block level

z Youth and Mahila Congress to organise camps

z In charge and supervisor will monitor from PCC

z NSUI will be responsible for setting up camps in universities and colleges

z Flagship schemes will be promoted through street plays

28th RHB Employees Sports Competition from Dec 17-20

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The 28th Rajasthan Housing Board Employees Sports Competition will be organised from December 17 to December 20 at Chopasni Educational Institute, Jodhpur.

For the successful organisation of the competition, State President of Rajasthan Housing Board Employees Union and member of Disciplinary Committee Dashrath Kumar invited lord Ganesh ji at Mandal Headquarters.

On this occasion, Executive Chairman Bhagwati Prasad, Joint Sec-

awards

Ajmer (FIB): A POCSO court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a man and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh for raping and impregnating a minor girl. Giving information, Public Prosecutor Vikram Singh Shekhawat said that the case was registered at Kotwali PS on August 10, 2020.

retary Govind Natani, Ramesh Chand Sharma, Technical Assistant to Chief Engineer II A.K. Patodia and other personnel were present.

The convenor of employee sports competition Dara Singh said that Jodhpur Divisional Commissioner Kailash Chand Meena will be the

chief guest of the inauguration ceremony to be held on December 17.

Jodhpur Development Authority Commissioner Navneet Kumar will be the special guest and the programme will be presided over by Sanchita Vishnoi, Secretary, Rajasthan Housing Board.

According to party sources, the strategy for Rajasthan elections will be prepared at the level of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. After which MPs and MLAs will be sent to Rajasthan.

It is believed that the party will give division wise responsibilities to its MLAs. Some MPs will also be sent to Rajasthan. Most likely, Sanjay Singh, Sandeep Pathak would be sent to the State.

Jaipur: Former BJP State president Arun Chaturvedi lashed out at UDH Minister Dhariwal and the State Government on Thursday on issues like disorder and mismanagement in the municipal bodies of the State. He also targeted the Government over increasing number vendors in the cities of the State. He has said that the Government should investigate the citizenship of these thadi-thela operators and these are being operated by Rohingya and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants.

Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Chaturvedi said the local bodies in the state that have BJP boards, the government is maintaining double standards with those bodies.

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AGAINST GOVT DURING FIRST PHASE OF JAY: DEVNANI

Ajmer: Ajmer North MLA Vasudev Devnani made serious allegations against the State Government by holding a press conference at his residence on Thursday. Moreover, Devnani also revealed the number of people contacted and many other figures recorded during the first phase of the Jan Aakrosh Yatra of the BJP. According to him, the first phase of the Jan Aakrosh Yatra has been completed on Wednesday. In an about 150-kilometre march in North Vidhansabha, around 350 complaints were received in the area during public relations. More than 35,000 pamphlets were distributed and meetings and chaupals were also organised at 87 places. Devnani also took a harsh jibe at Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and flaws in the completion of four years of the state government.

Rathore targets Cong’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, hints at early elections

Laxman Raghav

Bikaner: Targeting the Bharat Jodo Yatra, BJP leader Rajendra Rathore during his Bikaner tour said that early elections are likely in Rajasthan

and this is the calm before the storm in Congress. In a special conversation with First India News at Hotel Lakshmi Niwas he said, “Congress party is showing pseudo unity. Where

has the Kalla committee gone? Notices have been issued to 12 lakh farmers. There is nothing left in the name of law and order in the state. Mining mafia is flourishing under the patronage of

JMC Heritage goes hi-tech to end manual scavenging in Walled City

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Sewer and drainage in the walled city area will be cleaned in a hi-tech manner. For this, the Heritage Municipal Corporation has bought two machines.

The sewer cleaning will be done through bandicoots with robotics

Work on new railway lines under process: Min Vaishnaw to Diya

First India Bureau

Rajsamand: MP Diya Kumari met Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Delhi on Thursday and had a positive discussion on railrelated issues of her parliamentary constituency.

The Railway Minister told that the MavliMarwar gauge conversion has got the green signal from NITI Aayog. The work of it will start soon, as well as the work on both the

new railway lines from Merta to Pushkar and Bar to Bilada is under

technology. On the other hand, the drains will be cleaned with the help of the Drain Cleaning Machine Mucking Excavator.

Heritage Corporation Mayor Munesh Gurjar told about Sewer Cleaning Robot Bandicoot and Drain Cleaning Machine

the state government.”

Rathore said that in Khajuwala, mining is on on the forest department’s land. “Our government will investigate by forming SIT.

Shekhawati is under

the shadow of terror as maximum deaths due to the lumpy skin disease among the cattle were reported from here,” he said, demanding a judicial inquiry into the Jodhpur incident.

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ELECT. DIV.-SECTT P.W.D. JAIPUR

File No. : 1767 Date: 13/12/2022 NIT No. 26/2022-23

process. On the survey is completed, orders for DPR will be issued.

THROUGH 96 LAKH PIPELINES

KOTA SUICIDES

NHRC notice to Chief Secy, Union Edu Ministry, NMC

New Delhi (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance over the alleged suicide of three students in Rajasthan’s Kota and sent notices to the Chief Secretary, the Rajasthan government, the Secretary, Higher Education, Union Ministry of Education, and Chairperson of the National Medical Commission.

“The Commission has observed that that

the media report, if true, amount to a grave issue of human rights.

Over the years, Kota has become a hub of private coaching centres for NEET. Students, from across the country, are staying in hostels/PGs with a high expectation of success. This is putting them under a lot of pressure. There is a need to regulate private coaching institutes,” read the statement.

Piped gas to be available in State in 8 yrs: ACS

Jaipur: Domestic gas connections will be made available through 96 lakh pipelines in eight years under the city gas distribution system in the State. Instructions have been given to 14 gas companies working in 33 districts of the State to make gas distribution system through pipeline and CNG distribution system effective within the stipulated time.

Efforts are being

made in the state to provide City Gas Distribution System through pipeline in a safe man-

ner. ACS Subodh Aggarwal said that the pipeline is being laid in Jaipur city via Jobner to

Kalwar road. He said that 10,000 connections will be issued by March 23 in Kalwar Road, Jhotwara, Vidyadhar Nagar and Mahendra SEZ of Jaipur. Aggarwal held a review meeting of the representatives of all the 14 institutions. He said that 1187 stations would be set up for CNG gas distribution.

Aggarwal said that the state government is serious about the early implementation of the gas distribution system through pipeline.

Bids for Two Electric work are for invited from interested bidder up to 6:00 PM Time, Date 19.12.2022. Other particulars of the bid may be visited the procurement portal (http://eproc.rajasthan.gov. in, http://sppp.raj.nic.in) of the state; and Public Work Department website. The approximate value of the procurement is Rs. 32.01 Lacs. UBN NO. : 1. PWD2223WSOB12685, 2. PWD2223WSOB12686 Your Faithfully Executive Engineer, PWD, Electric Division-sectt, Jaipur

DIPR/C/16107/2022

Mucking Excavator on Thursday and said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s dream is that no one should enter the manhole as it is harmful to the person’s body as well. Many people have also died due to suffocation by landing in the sewer. File No. : 1720 Date: 09/12/2022 NIT No. 24/2022-23

Bids for one Electric work are for invited from interested bidder up to 6:00 PM Time, Date 19.12.2022. Other particulars of the bid may be visited on the procurement portal (http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in, http://sppp.raj.nic.in) of the state; and Public Work Department website. The approximate value of the procurement is Rs. 37.70 Lacs. UBN No. : 1. PWD2223WSOB12478, 2. PWD2223WSOB12480 Yours Faithfully Executive Engineer, PWD, Electric Division-sectt, Jaipur

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ELECT. DIV.-SECTT P.W.D. JAIPUR DIPR/C/15942/2022

Addl. Director General of Prisons Rajasthan, Jaipur DIPR/C/15951/2022

Nirmal Tiwari

Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari discusses constituency-related issues with Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav.

ACS Subodh Aggarwal along with other officials holds a review meeting of 14 institutions working on the project.

Court

man lifer for raping minor

Arun Chaturvedi

Kanod civic body head, her husband, vice chairman held

Udaipur: The Ajmer ACB unit following instructions of Headquarters arrested Kanod municipality Chairman Chanda Meena, municipality Vice Chairman Narendra Singh Babel and Satyanarayan Meena (husband of Chanda Meena) while taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 from complainant on Thursday.

DG, Anti-Corruption Bureau, BL Soni said that according to complainant the three demanded bribe in lieu of passing the bill for the material supplied in Palika Mandal Kanod, Udaipur. After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid by the ACB team and the three were arrested.

RTDC chairman in action mode: Ajmer’s Taragarh to become tourist

Jaipur: Team of Jaipur Rural ACB carried out a major action in Govindgarh Panchayat Samiti office of Chomu subdivision on Thursday and arrested LDC Lokesh Soni red-handed with a bribe of 6 thousand rupees. According to ACB sleuths, the accused was demanding a bribe of Rs 9 thousand and had already taken three thousand rupees. On Thursday, the complainant reached the Panchyat Samiti officer to hand over the remaining amount, however, this time around, he was accompanied by ACB which had laid a trap to nab the man red handed.

First India Bureau

Jaipur : Customs officials have seized smuggled gold worth over Rs 2 crore from two passengers who arrived by different flights at the Jaipur International Airport. According to a department official, 3.497 kg of gold was recovered from one passenger who reached Jaipur from Dubai on Wednesday night. The market value of this recovered gold has been estimated at Rs 1.95 crore.

The passenger had brought this gold hidden inside a speaker. The passenger has been arrested and is being interrogated. The official said that on Thursday, 254 grams of gold, hidden

First India Bureau

Jaipur : State Human Rights Commission ordered punitive action in a case related to sale of fake medicine worth Rs 400 crore annually in the state. Justice Gopalkrishna Vyas gave instructions for punitive action against those selling spurious drugs in the state.

Orders have been given to the Chief Government Secretary Medical and Health Department. Commission asked to issue orders to CMHOs across the state. It has also been recommended to issue orders for periodic inspections of medical stores. The State Human Rights Commission had taken cognizance in the matter in 2017. In the report, Drug Controller Ajay Phatak also accepted the sale of spurious drugs across the State.

Relaxation in PSKS with revised internal devp fee

State

Abhishek Shrivastava

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has given another relief to people in Prashasan Shahron Ke Sang campaign by issuing an order to change criteria for taking internal development fee. If any colony is settled before 31st March 2019, then the plot holders will not have to pay fee for taking lease of the plot.

The campaign was launched on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, on Oct 2, Last year with the target of distributing 10 lakh leases. In this campaign, the total fee charged for giving lease has been reduced by 70 to 80%. Continu-

Tous meetings have been organized at the level of UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal regarding the problems being faced in issuing pattas. In these meetings, solutions are decided based on the feedback received from

local bodies. One such case was regarding internal development fees, considering this fee as high, the plot holders were not taking the lease in campaign following which the UDH & LSG depts issued new orders.

First India Bureau

Ajmer: Chairman of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation and Minister of State Dharmendra Rathore visited Ajmer’s Taragarh fort along with officials of Railway and Tourism Department on Thursday.

During this Rathore said that the railway has about ten thousand meters of land in Taragarh. “By taking it on lease, a guest house and cafeteria will be developed for the convenience of pilgrims coming from the country and abroad. The proposal for the construction of ropeway at Taragarh is also in the

final stage,” he said. A large number of administrative officers and public representatives were present on the ocassion and Rathore held a meeting with District Collector Anshdeep, Superintendent of Police Chunaram Jat, top officials of Railway and Tourism dept in the office of the Divisional Railway Manager, and also held discussion on starting eco-tourism from Goram Ghat-Kamlighat-Fulad station in Rajsamand district and from Ajmer to Pushkar while also on running tourism train. He also visited Taragarh Meera Datar Saheb’s dargah and presented flowers.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Former British PM Boris Johnson visited the famous Amber fort and Jaigarh fort in Jaipur on Thursday. He and other delegates reached Amber fort and visited places like Diwan-e-Aam hall, Sheesh Mahal and other parts of the fort. They were accompanied by the tourism dept officials.

Tourism Dept officials said that Johnson was impressed by the beauty of Amer Mahal.

inside the shoes of a passenger who reached Jaipur from Dubai, was recovered. Market value of the recovered gold has been estimated at Rs 14.19 lakh. The passenger is being questioned.

Jaipur: After the appointment of a new CMD in the RSRTC dept, the orders related to the policemen have seen amendment. Earlier, CMD Sandeep Verma had implemented many restrictions on concessional travel of the policemen in roadways buses. But now unlimited policemen will be able to enjoy concessional travel as before. The orders have been issued again for the concessional travel up to Delhi.

Jalore: A youth killed a minor girl with a sharp weapon on Thursday evening in Budtara village of Ahor area of the district.

The assault was so severe that she died even before being taken to the hospital. As soon as the information was received, the police reached the spot and the accused youth was detained. SP Harshvardhan Agarwala also reached the site and inspected the spot.

According to the police, the accused Purushottam Harijan, a resident of Budtara, attacked a minor girl with a sharp weapon in the village on Thursday evening, causing her death.

Jodhpur: The death toll in the Jodhpur cylinder blast tragedy has risen to 28, including 11 children.

Govind Singh (25) died on Wednesday late night and Anchi Kanwar (40) succumbed to burn injuries on Thursday morning. 24 people are currently admitted in MG Hospital in Jodhpur. Many of them are being treated in the ICU. On the other hand, the community and family members of the accident victims have started protesting in front of the mortuary of the hospital from Thursday morning. They are demanding Rs 25 lakh to the injured and Rs 50 lakh to the kin of the deceased.

Jaipur: The annual elections of the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association will be held on Friday. Voting will be held from 8 am to 5 pm in the High Court premises, Jaipur as per the directions of the Supreme Court. The counting of votes will start from 11 am on Saturday. 5,259 advocates have been given the right to vote in the elections. Due to one bar-one vote, many members of the Bar Association did not give affidavits, due to which they were not given voting rights. Prahlad Sharma, Mahendra Shandilya, Kapil Prakash Mathur, Manu Bhargava, Rohan Jain, Babulal Saini and Ramavatar are trying their luck for the post of president.

He praised the historic Diwan-e-Aam and Sheesh Mahal. He also went to Jaigarh fort, which is connected to Amber through a tunnel

BL SONI SPEAKS AT RANGEELA RAJASTHAN...

‘It would connect youth globally’

Jaipur: Director General of Anti-Corruption Bureau BL Soni attended the Art Camp “Rangeela Rajasthan” programme organized on the 28th foundation day of Delphic Movement on the premises of Indian Institute of Crafts on Thursday. Addressing the programme, he said that today’s generation is very energetic and we need to channelize their energy in

the right direction at the right time. This would help them in making positive and effective

contributions to society.

Soni said that it’s a matter of pleasure that with this event, we are

able to connect our youth globally through colours. Talking to the students, he said, “In today’s society, we should avoid being prejudiced so as to enjoy every knowledge of life with positivity.”

Delphic Council of Rajasthan President Shreya Guha said that the Delphic Council is continuously working for the advancement of art and culture of Rajasthan and encouraging the artists.

and saw the famous cannon named ‘Jai-Baan’.

Johnson and other VVIPs are in Jaipur to attend a programme organised by Aditya Birla

First India Bureau

Jaipur : A division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mitthal and Justice Shubha Mehta in the Rajasthan High Court has asked both the municipal corporations to get the city’s roads cleaned by machines during the day as well as at night. “Make sure that there should not be any pile of garbage on the roads,” the bench said. The High Court asked the government and the municipal corporations

whether all the work would be done only after the orders of the court?

“Along with the government, the residents of the city should also know their responsibility,” said the High Court.

On Thursday, the court asked the lawyers of the parties to appear.

Jaipur: The royal train of Rajasthan state, Palace on Wheels(PoW) reached the state capital on Thursday on its 7th commercial tour.

After a long gap of two and a half years, the operations of Palace on Wheels have resumed once again. Due to the efforts of RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore, the royal train is again seen on track. The tourists of PoW were accorded a grand traditional welcome at Gandhinagar station. The passengers in the special royal train include 21 tourists from 4 countries. These include 14 tourists from India, 7 from America.

Udaipur: Pakistan made toffees having beef gelatin as one of its ingredients is being sold in Udaipur these days. After complaints, a team of the food department has seized packets of the toffees and sent them to laboratory for testing. Food Inspector Ashok Gupta said that on the complaints of the people, the team reached a Chocolate shop at Dehli Gate and recovered three packets of the toffees named ‘Chili Mili’. 24 toffees were found in two closed packets each and 23 toffees were there in one open packet. The team has seized all these toffees.

Jaipur: A case of rape with a girl from Kerala at Jaipur’s hotel has been reported. According to police, the accused friend who came to visit Jaipur through flight raped her for three days on the promise of marriage. On their return to Kerala, the accused friend left her and fled abroad. The victim lodged an FIR against the accused friend on Wednesday night at Sanganer police station. It was told in the report that she met a boy in Kerala and conversation started between the two. On Dec 4, she came to Jaipur by flight with the accused friend. While visiting Jaipur, they stayed at Hotel Airport View, Sanganer, where the accused raped her in hotel room on pretext of marriage.

Nirmal Tiwari

Shivendra Parmar

Group. Hillary Clinton, the wife of former US Prez Bill Clinton and India’s NSA Ajit Doval also came to Jaipur to attend the function.

Ravi Sharma

Min Dahriwal disributing land lease in PSKS. —FILE PHOTO

Municipality President Chanda Meena, her husband Satyanarayan Meena and Vice Chairman Narendra Babel in ACB custody.

The weight of seized gold is around 3.4 kg.

Boris Johnson at Jaigarh (L) and Amber Forts (R) along with tourism officials on Thursday.

govt issues notification to revise internal development fee

ACB IN ACTION: The three accused had sought bribe in lieu of passing the bill for material supplied in Palika Mandal, Kanod

GOVINDGRH LDC IN ACB NET FOR TAKING `6K BRIBE

ANNUAL POLLS OF RAJASTHAN HC BAR ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD TODAY

KERALA GIRL RAPED BY BOY FRIEND IN JAIPUR’s HOTEL ON PRETEXT OF MARRIAGE

YOUTH KILLS MINOR GIRL WITH SHARP WEAPON IN JALORE PoW REACHES JPR AGAIN ON 7th TOUR, TOURISTS WELCOMED

‘MADE IN PAKISTAN’ BEEF TOFFEE BEING SELLED IN UDAIPUR

COMMERCIAL ASSISTANT IN POWER DEPT HELD WHILE TAKING `1 LAKH BRIBE IN DUNGARPUR

Dungarpur: ACB Dungarpur unit on the instructions of the headquarters arrested Hansraj, Commercial Assistant (CA), Office Assistant Engineer, Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Aspur (Dungarpur) and middleman Bablu Gurjar while taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh 10 thousand from the complainant on Thursday. Director General of Anti-Corruption Bureau Bhagwan Lal Soni said that the complainant said that the power official harassed him and demanded a bribe from his father in lieu of getting the electricity connection for his factory. Under the supervision of Rajendra Prasad Goyal, Deputy IG, ACB, Udaipur, the Dungarpur unit laid a trap. —Puneet Chaturvedi

Fake drug sale: SHRC orders punitive action against culprits

Pass facility for Policemen restored in Raj Roadways

HC tells civic bodies to clean city streets in day & night

Customs officials seize gold worth `2 crore at Jpr Airport, one held

Former UK PM Boris Jonson visits Jaigarh, Amber Forts, calls Raj monuments historic

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BL Soni addressing the gathering at Delphic Art Wall Camp Rangeela Rajasthan on Thursday. Dr. Tulika Gupta, Furkan Khan, GS Kushwaha, Kshipra Sharma, Latif, Shubhankar Biswas and others were present.

Dharmendra Rathore at Meera Datar Saheb’s dargah at Taragarh on Thursday. On this occasion, Akil Hussain Syed, Hafiz Ali Syed, Ahsan Hussain Syed, and Zafar Abbas welcomed him.

MISSION POK (Bangladesh Victory Season 2.0)

tional disputes. PM Modi is on record to say-“This is not an Era of war.”

China being member of UNSC will take the lead to declare India as an aggressor. Large no of economic and diplomatic sanctions will be slapped on India. Presently, India is a fragile economy with large portion of war equipment and oil being exported. After Ukraine war and prolonged sanctions, Russia will be too weak to support India and veto such resolutions, against the wishes of China. Therefore, India will be throttled to stop war, by the West and China.

CHAOS IN PAKISTAN

REVIEWING DELHI AIRPORT INFRA TO END WOES OF PASSENGERS

India is progressing well as the fastest growing economy in the world and today we are a power to reckon. Any misadventure will derail the economic progress and take the country back by more than a decade or so. War is a costly hobby and the price of war in terms of economy & human lives will have to be clearly weighed by decision makers

India celebrates VIJAY DIWAS on 16 Dec to commemorate 51 years of Victory in Bangladesh. Last month, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh was on a day’s visit to the India-China border in Eastern Ladakh. This was his second visit during a span of a few weeks. He made a specific mention of the part of the State of Jammu and Kashmir under Pakistan’s illegal occupation and said that India will take back POK in accordance with a resolution passed unanimously in Parliament in 1994. Is India preparing for Bangladesh War Season 2? Let’s have a reality check.

POLITICAL WILL India had gone to UN in 1948 with the Kashmir issue and thereafter in various forums, India has always reiterated that sanctity of ‘Line of Control (LC)’ should be maintained. Pakistan leaves no opportunity to keep the Kashmir issue alive in international forum. LC is now accepted as ipso facto border between India and Pakistan. Even during Kargil war the sanctity of LC was honoured

THE DISSIPATION OF GALWAN ANGER

by India. India had 4 golden chances that Pakistan presented in the form of four wars they lost, but we didn’t do it that time. However, the Hon’ble Raksha Mantri’s statement on POK manifests the changed political will of New Bharat.

India is progressing well as the fastest growing economy in the world and today we are a power to reckon. Any misadventure will derail the economic progress and take the country back by more than a decade or so. War is a costly hobby and the price of war in terms of economy and human lives will have to be clearly weighed by the decision makers, before we undertake such bold action.

MILITARY CAPABILITY

India Armed Forces are among the world’s largest defence forces with experience of four wars. However, to undertake an offensive of the magnitude of taking POK back will need a detailed thought. The following aspects merit considerationl India and Pakistan have formidable defence system along the ‘Line of Control (LC)’ in J&K. The pace of operations will therefore be slow in such obstacle ridden rugged terrain.

l Any initiative of India in the context could result in a two front war with China and Pakistan.

l China has heavily invested

How quickly economic interests take over national sentiments is best illustrated by India’s relations with China. In a burst of justifiable anger after the violent clashes in Galwan in 2020, there were calls to boycott Chinese goods. The boycott call, strongly backed by the Confederation of All-India Traders (CAIT), especially targeted decorative lights, idols of Lord Ganesh and goddess Lakshmi and firecrackers which register brisk sale during Diwali. The CAIT expected a business loss of about 75, 000 crore to China. The response was significant as Chinese goods disappeared during that year’s festive season.

The patriotic fervour of

in POK and won’t let it slip out. It will provide all help to Pakistan thereby keeping India embroiled in the conflict without any tangible gains.

l Even if China doesn’t open up the Eastern Borders of India actively take part with Pakistan, China will certainly deploy it’s forces on LAC with India and tie down a large amount of Indian forces, in the Eastern theatre of war.

l India has three strike corps, as offensive forces. One is poised for China Sector, the second for deserts of Western Sector and only one strike corps is left for offensive in J&k. Therefore, taking entire POK with one strike corps may not be feasible and committing more troops in POK will unbalance the entire western front.

l Support of local population is essential for such operations but it’s not likely in the case in POK.

INTERNATIONAL OPINION

India’s stand of principled neutrality during Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has also not been taken kindly by the west and the USA. The socalled free world has framed a negative impression of India. India has also made it clear in the Ukraine conflict that it does not favour war as a means to resolve interna-

Pakistan is in utter chaos today due to economic crisis and political turmoil. Nature has also not been kind and ravaging floods have also added to its woos. Hardliners and extremist organizations are calling the shots over weakened Govt and non assertive Pak Army. Pakistan society today is almost on the brink of a civil war. Further rise in tempers will lead to more violence and civil unrest.

The POK region has also been linguistically and culturally marginalized by Pakistan rulers, for nearly 75 years. People of POK are being deprived of all basic rights by Pakistan and it remains an underdeveloped territory. China is making inroads into this territory to fulfill its ambitions. POK is presently at the crossroads of Conflicting Interests of India, China and Pakistan.

CONCLUSION

Crystal gazing into future indicates that there is considerable anti-China feeling spreading in Pakistan. USA is already alienated with Pak. India is making new friends in the Arab world and Pakistan has been snubbed many a times. It is possible that Pakistan may be isolated from its closest allies - USA, China and the Arab world. In the time-frame that this change comes about, India would be militarily powerful to take back POK by force, economically strong to withstand sanctions that will accrue and politically strong to justify the actions in the international forum. Once that is done, taking POK will be a cakewalk. It’s a ‘feel good’ factor whose time has not yet come but we can keep the pot boiling.

Stronger national sentiments are needed for the decoupling with China by replacing Chinese products with those made in India. Cost is one factor which makes Indian products uncompetitive in comparison to those from China

2020 didn’t last long. Chinese fancy lights were back to swarm Indian markets. Despite the after-effects of pandemic and inflation, demand was at its peak. China is understood to have exported $710 million worth of LED light related products, about

135% more than the corresponding period in 2020.

Stronger national sentiments are needed for decoupling with China by replacing Chinese products with those made in India. Cost is one factor which makes Indian products uncompetitive in comparison to those from China. Besides import of fancy lights, China remains India’s 2nd biggest trading partner after US. While India exported $21.25 billion worth of goods to China in 2021-22, imports stood at $94.57 billion. These figures may wrongly be interpreted to suggest that China’s designs on India’s territorial integrity are being ignored. With Indian economy now on a brisk march, it will take some time to reduce the country’s dependence on Chinese products.

The frustration of being confined to their homes because of the travel restrictions due to the pandemic is being let out now with people rushing to catch the first flight to execute their travel plans. Lack of infrastructure is another reason for the overcrowding. So heavy is the footfall that Delhi international airport’s Terminal 3 has been witnessing chaotic scenes for the last few day. The seemingly unending breakdown of arrangements at the airport forced the Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to personally visit the airport to find out what the bottlenecks were. Other major airports also are witnessing scenes which some flyers compared with a ‘fish market’.

After the minister’s visit a slew of measures were announced. It was found that more counters of different airlines were needed and the process of security check at the entry point and baggage clearance needed to be expedited in view of long queues of travellers. The plans have not worked so far.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of Brahma. They who work selfishly for results are miserable.” BhagavadGita

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BIHAR HOOCH TRAGEDY DEATH TOLL SOARS TO 39

Saran (ANI): The death toll in the Chhapra hooch tragedy, due to the consumption of spurious liquor, in Bihar’s Saran district has soared to 39.

In the wake of the Hooch tragedy in Chhapra, the Station House Officer (SHO) Ritesh Mishra and Constable Vikesh Tiwari were suspended with immediate effect on the recommendation of Marhaura Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Yogendra Kumar. Bihar excise Minister Sunil Kumar on Wednesday had “confirmed” six people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in the Chhapra area of state's Saran district. The minister vowed that govt would take “strict action” against culprits responsible for deaths.

“Process of filling an FIR is underway. I have spoken over the phone with SP. He confirmed the death of six people so far,” Sunil Kumar had said after being asked about police taking any action in this case.

Earlier on Wednesday, Bihar Minister SK Mahaseth urged the people of state to give up drinking alcohol. “Best if you give up drinking. Poi-

‘JO PIYEGA WOH MAREGA’, SAYS NITISH AFTER HOOCH TOLL RISES

SIT formed to probe case; whip cracked on errant officials

Chhapra/Patna (PTI): A special investigation team (SIT) has been set up to crack the hooch case in Saran district of Bihar, where 26 people have died and at least 12 others have taken ill since Tuesday night.

During a press conference in Chhapra, the district headquarters, Saran DM Rajesh Meena on Thursday said that action has been taken against officials concerned.

BJP’S BIHAR ALLY DEMANDS ENDING PROHIBITION, SLAMS NITISH KUMAR

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“We have also conducted intensive raids across the district in the last 48 hours and nabbed 126 hooch traders. More than 4,000 litres of illicit liquor have also been seized,” he said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who stood his ground maintaining that prohibition was “not my personal wish but a response to the cries of the women of the state”.

son and not liquor are coming here. If we build strength via sports, we

might tolerate it but people will have to build that strength. Give it up!

100 DAYS OF BHARAT JODO YATRA

Rahul Gandhi, leaders walk on road to Congress revival

Jaipur (PTI): As the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ enters its 100th day Friday, Congress watchers feel it has found some answers the party had been looking for on the road to 2024 but questions remain whether it will yield electoral dividends going forward.

The Kanyakumari to Kashmir foot march has also courted many controversies in the last three months and led to several fiery exchanges between the Congress and the BJP including on Rahul Gandhi’s evergrowing grey beard and his Burberry T-shirt.

With over 2,800 km under his belt, Gandhi has managed to catch the attention of his supporters as well as detractors and seen quite a few celebrities including from the tinsel town and academia walking alongside him from time to time.However, some political pundits feel the party should have had more tangible political objectives for the yatra and questioned the party for skipping poll-bound states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

Amid questions over

AICC TO MEET WITH SENIOR LEADERS; CMs OF CONG-RULED

In-charges, PCC Presidents and CLP Leaders is scheduled to be held on December 23, 2022, at AICC Office at 1430 hrs.” “The party will discuss “Hath se Hath Jodo Program and other Organizational issues,” the statement read.

the yatra translating into any electoral dividend, two recently- concluded assembly elections turned out to be a mixed bag for the Congress as it was drubbed in Gujarat to its lowestever tally while won in Himachal.

A clearer picture of the impact on the party’s electoral fortunes would emerge in the assembly polls next year, including in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, which were covered well by the Yatra.

It’s prohibited & being wrongly pushed here,” said Mahaseth.

Gujarat Assembly to elect Speaker on Monday

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt will hold Assembly session on Monday to elect the new Speaker and Deputy Speaker. Protem speaker Yogesh Patel will chair the proceedings, till the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are elected. The BJP has nominated Tharad MLA Shankar Chaudhary and Shehra MLA Jethabhai Bharwad as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.

Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar, who was also present at the press conference, declined to divulge whether the arrested persons included those directly involved in the latest hooch case, saying that “the matter is still under investigation and disclosing much at this stage could hamper the probe”.

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TAKE ACTION AGAINST BIHAR GOVT: BJP LOK

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MPs TO CENTRE

New Delhi: BJP Lok Sabha MPs on Thursday termed the deaths in Bihar due to the hooch tragedy as “mass murder” and urged the Centre to take immediate action against the government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, holding it responsible for the incident. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP’s Paschim Champaran MP Sanjay Jaiswal claimed that spurious liquor sale has been flourishing in Bihar under the protection of police officers despite a prohibition in place.

BJP-RULED STATES HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR MOST HOOCH DEATHS: TEJASHWI YADAV

Patna: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday launched a counterattack on the BJP, claiming that states ruled by the saffron party had the worst track records in terms of spurious liquor deaths. The RJD leader gave a statement before the media, outside the Assem bly which is in session, claiming that Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka stood at the top in terms of the number of hooch deaths while even Gujarat, a dry state, fared much worse than Bihar which is under the spotlight over the Saran hooch tragedy that has killed over 20 people.

“I am reading out from a statement given on the floor of Parlia ment by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, who incidentally hails from Bihar, on July 19... BJP leaders here may do well to wear this on their chests,” he remarked.

BJP chief JP Nadda takes jibe at BRS, says it will soon get VRS

Karimnagar (PTI): BJP chief JP Nadda on Thursday attacked the BRS government in Telangana for alleged corruption and said the time has come to bid goodbye to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, also addressed as KCR. Addressing a public meeting here to mark the conclusion of the fifth phase of the State-wide ‘padayatra’ by State BJP president

Will Rahul Gandhi take command in South and Priyanka in North?

Shamsher Singh

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi started his Bharat Jodo Yatra from South India. It was not a spontaneous decision, but it was done after a lot of thought. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also did not participate in the yatra anywhere in South India, but as soon as the yatra left the south, she joined the yatra in Madhya Pradesh with her husband and son, and traveled with her husband and daughter in Rajasthan. In future too, the states where Congress will go on

Sabha elections.

Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Wayanad seat in Kerala and will lead the party in South India, while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest from the Rae Bareli seat and will lead the party in North India. However, this does not mean that Rahul will not campaign in the states of North India. He has emerged as the supreme leader of the party from the Bharat Jodo Yatra

COURTYARD in the

AGNIPATH SCHEME: HC RESERVES ORDER ON PLEAS

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment in armed forces. Besides pleas directly challenging Agnipath, the high court also reserved its verdict on petitions concerning the recruitment processes for the armed forces.

GODHRA TRAIN BURNING ACCUSED

GETS BAIL FROM SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave bail to a convict serving life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case, noting that he has been in jail for 17 years. A bench took note of the submission of a lawyer of for one of the convicts, Faruk, that he be granted bail considering the period undergone till now.

Bharat Jodo Yatra, she can join there. She campaigned fiercely in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and also got the party to victory in

the Himachal elections. So, it looks like the Congress is going to divide the responsibility between Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the next Lok

and the party will make full use of his new image in the campaign.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during Bharat Jodo Yatra.

COURT TELLS COPS TO LODGE FIR AGAINST MP AJMAL Guwahati: A court in Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam has ordered Guwahati Police to register an FIR against Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal for his alleged controversial remarks on women and Hindu men. The court asked the officer-in-charge of Hatigaon Police Station in Guwahati to register the FIR.

Rahul Gandhi with athletes from Rajasthan during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Dausa district on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI

STATES INVITED New Delhi: All India Congress Committee decided to hold a meeting, scheduled on December 23, with senior party leaders, including Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states under the rubric of ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’, party’s general secretary KC Venugopal said on Thursday. In a letter to party leaders, the party’s general secretary and MP Venugopal said, “Dear Friend, A meeting of AICC General Secretaries/

and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Nadda said the TRS which has recently

been renamed as BRS would soon get VRS (voluntary retirement).

JP Nadda, senior leader BS Yediyurappa, Karnataka CM Bommai and State BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel, in Koppal, on Thursday.

In the wake of tragedy, SHO Ritesh Mishra and Constable Vikesh Tiwari were suspended in Chhapra with immediate effect

There is prohibition in Bihar as sale and consumption of alcohol were banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government since April 2016

BJP MLAs holding placards shout slogans as they stage a protest over the Chhapra hooch tragedy during the ongoing Winter Session of Bihar Assembly, in Patna on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Patna: After Bihar’s hooch toll climbed, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday warned that if people drink spurious liquor, they may well die, as the prohibition policy of his government came under attack from various quarters. Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor described the state's prohibition law as a farce and demanded scrapping of the prohibition law. "Jo piyega woh marega" (those who drink spurious alcohol will die), thundered

Delhi: BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, headed by Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras, on Thursday demanded ending prohibition in Bihar, claiming that the

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over 40 people have died in the hooch tragedy in Saran and said a delegation of its MPs led by Paras will meet Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan over the incidents of deaths in the state due to consumption of spurious liquor and also the “deteriorating” law-and-order situation. Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party spokesperson Shravan Kumar Agrawal said party members, including its four MPs from the state, will organise a protest in Patna on December 17 over the tragedy in Saran. “Prohibition should be ended,” he said.

SHOULD THEY DIE: SUSHIL MODI SLAMS BIHAR CM NITISH

New Delhi: Crores of people drink liquor in the country, should all of them die, senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi asked on Thursday, slamming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his “jo piyega, woh marega” jibe as political heat rises in the state amid mounting toll in a hooch tragedy.

(Top) Family members and relatives of people, who died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, mourn near their mortal remains, at Ishuapur police station area in Bihar’s Saran district. (Left) A victim of Saran hooch tragedy being treated in Patna Medical College and Hospital in Patna on Thursday.

—PHOTOS BY PTI

WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT

LOK SABHA PASSES (ST) ORDER (2ND AMENDMENT) BILL

New Delhi (Agencies):

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022. The Bill will amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, with respect to its application to Tamil Nadu. The Order lists the tribal communities deemed to be Scheduled Tribes in states and union territories.

The bill includes Narikoravan and Kurivikkaran communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Tamil Nadu.

Replying to the discussion on the Bill, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda said that under the leadership of PM Modi many schemes have been initiated by government for benefit of tribals.

Expenditure on scholarship for tribals has been increased and government has allowed all applications which come for scholarship. Many other members including Malook Nagar of BSP, Saugata Ray of Trinamool congress participated.

Nuclear plants are ‘well protected’ from all intrusions: Govt

New Delhi (PTI): The government on Thursday asserted that nuclear plants in the country are ‘well protected’ from intrusions including from cyber attacks.

Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh also said the government has entered into Inter-Government Agreements with the Russian Federation for setting up Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.

CRUCIAL READ

1 DEAD, 41 HURT AS TWO BUSES COLLIDE IN INDORE

Indore (PTI): A 25-yearold passenger died, while 41 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a collision between two private buses on the Indore-Khandwa road in MP on Thursday, police and health officials said.

Accident took place under Simrol police station limits in Indore district when two buses coming from opposite directions collided with each other, a police official said.

2 KILLED BY ELEPHANTS IN JHARKHAND

Jharkhand: Two villagers were trampled to death at different places by a wild elephant in Dumka district on Tuesday, a forest department official said.

Thirty-five-year-year-old Sibudhan Hansda was caught by the elephant and trampled to death in Fatehpur village under the jurisdiction of Maslia police station in the morning, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Abhirup Sinha said.

TEEN HELD FOR RAPING, ABDUCTING & KILLING 8-YR-OLD GIRL IN CHHATTISGARH

Raipur: A 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in Raipur, a police officer said on Thursday. The boy lives in the same building where the minor girl was staying. Raipur SSP Prashant Agarwal said, “A missing complaint on the eight-year-old girl was received on December 7 evening. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case and started searching for the girl.” “Five days later, the minor girl was found dead at a deserted place just behind the colony where she lived.”

MAN KILLS LIVEIN PARTNER IN TRIVANDRUM

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) (ANI): Kerala Police on Thursday took into custody a man accused of killing his live-in partner in broad daylight in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram. Rajesh, the accused, allegedly attacked his partner Sindu with a machete, a sword-like weapon, on Thursday morning. The victim was rushed to the hospital but was declared brought dead.

MAULVI BOOKED FOR RAPING MINOR IN DELHI

New Delhi: A cleric (Maulvi) has been booked for allegedly raping a 12-year-old minor in Sarai Rohilla area. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Isran. Going by a report, Muslim cleric sedated the minor and had unnatural sex several times. “A 12-year-old boy was raped by an Ulema of a Madrasa. The accused is absconding,” said DCP North Delhi, Sagar S Kalsi.

ISI-RUN DRUGS NEXUS BUSTED WITH ARREST OF JUVENILE GIRL FROM LOC

Jammu: Security forces have busted a Pak ISI-run narcotics trafficking racket with arrest of a school-going girl living along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Thursday. Juvenile, a student of class ten, lives in a village ahead of LoC fence in the Mendhar sector of the Poonch district and has been apprehended with 400 grams of “suspected heroin” in a joint operation conducted by the BSF and Police.

He was asked about the steps being taken by the government to prevent cyber attacks on nuclear plants. "Cer-

tainly there was one such report last year following which we have put in place a mechanism whereby

1,400 more CISF personnel to be deployed at IGI

177 FOREIGN SATELLITES LAUNCHED

OPPN ASKS GOVT TO TAKE MEASURES TO TACKLE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING

New Delhi (PTI): Opposition members in RS on Thursday said the government should take a holistic approach by coordinating across various ministries and bringing agencies together to tackle the effects of global warming. Tiruchi

Siva of the DMK, Pramod Tiwari of the Congress and Sandosh Kumar P of the Communist Party of India (CPI) raised a "short duration" discussion in the Upper House of Parliament on the serious effects of global warming and the need for remedial steps to tackle those. Siva said global warming is threatening not just India but the entire planet and humanity.

LAST 7

MORE AIRPORTS CONSTRUCTED’

‘60L PLUS COMPLAINTS AGAINST STATES, UTs IN PAST 3 YRS’

New Delhi (PTI): An additional 1,400 CISF personnel have been sanctioned to secure expanding terminal areas of Delhi Airport and also to meet the challenge of its growing passenger traffic, officials said on Thursday.

This was conveyed at high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla along with the representatives of the Civil Aviation Ministry, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Bureau of Immigration

among others.

Meeting was called to review measures taken to ease the recent congestion reported at large airports, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

It was informed during the meeting that an additional force of 1,400 Central Industrial Security Force personnel would soon be deployed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport where expansion is going on at three terminals — 1, 2 and 3 — apart from its cargo area.

different levels of screening is done and monitoring is done.

"I can assure this House that the nuclear

plants are well protected from all kinds of intrusions including the cyber attacks," Singh said in Rajya Sabha.

New Delhi (FIB): There were 24 international airports in the country before 2014. During last seven years, 6 more airports have been constructed/ declared as international airports. During the last seven years, four Greenfield airports namely, Kannur in Kerala, Shirdi in Maharashtra, Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and Mopa in Goa have been constructed as international airports. In addition, two existing airports namely, Vijayawada and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh were declared as international airports in the year 2017, said MoS (Civil Aviation) Gen VK Singh (Retd).

New Delhi (PTI): Over 60 lakh public grievances were received against various states and Union territories between 2020 and November this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. “About 60,15,388 complaints have been received on Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) during the last three years from 01.01.2020 to 30.11.2022,” Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply, “CPGRAMS allows filing of public grievances against central & States govt Dept.”

NPCL forms dedicated roof-top solar PV cell to facilitate consumers

Noida: Noida Power Company Limited has granted net-metering connections of around 24 MW to various consumers under the Rooftop Solar PV Regulations of the Hon’ble U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC). Under the net-metering arrangement, consumers can inject surplus

generation of their solar plants into the grid, which can be utilised by them on needed.

NPCL formed a dedicated roof-top solar PV cell to facilitate residen-

tial and agricultural consumers' applications for net metering connections. Consumers may seek information on procedure for the installation of a net meter for their roof-top solar PV plants through e-mail (rooftopsolar@ noidapower.com). Consumers may aapproach NPCL’s Customer Care.

NPCL BECOMES STRICT ON MULTI-POINT CONNECTIONS

N oida Power Company Limited will now deal strictly with those builders and societies that are reluctant to convert single point connections into multipoint connections. The company has sent notices to 9 builders in Greater Noida and Greater Noida West, asking them to install multipoint connections at the earliest.

IAF carries out air exercise in N-E region

New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Air Force, bolstered by its full complement of Rafale combat jets, on Thursday launched a major exercise covering the Northeastern region amid a fresh spike of border tension with China along the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh.

The two-day mega exercise is involving almost all its frontline fighter jets and other assets deployed in the region, people familiar

with the

said. In a tweet, the IAF said the last of the 36 Rafale jets

5 RAFALE PARTS MADE IN DRAL TO BE INTEGRATED

Nagpur (PTI): Five Rafale parts being manufactured in the Dassault Reliance Aerospace plant in Nagpur are sent to France to get fitted in all the Rafale jets, not just the Indian ones. Consul General of France in Mumbai Jean-Marc Sere-Charlet and a delegation of regional economic service of embassy visited two French companies (DRAL) & Air Liquide.

France beat Morocco to set final clash with Argentina

Al Khor(ANI): Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani’s goals guide defending champions France to a 2-0 win over Morocco in the semi-final being played here at the Al Bayt Stadium and set up a final clash with two-time champions Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2022.

France started off aggressively as in the fifth minute Antoine Griezmann’s assist helped Kylian Mbappe take a

left-footed shot from the centre of the box but it was blocked.

Theo Hernandez’s left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box went on to hit the bottom left corner giving the 2018 champions a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute of the match.

Morocco weren’t too far behind as Noussair Mazraoui’s assist helped Azzedine Ounahi’s right-footed attempt from outside the box was saved in the

bottom right corner. In the 11th minute, Antoine Griezmann

tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappe was caught offside.

In the 17th minute, Achraf Hakimi’s rightfooted shot from outside the box was blocked coming from Selim Amallah’s assist. Ten minutes later Sofiane Boufal of Morocco was shown a yellow card for a bad foul.

In the 31st minute, Sofiane Boufal tried a through ball for Morocco but Noussair Mazraoui was caught offside.

Two minutes later Kylian Mbappe’s assisted Aurelien Tchoua-

meni of France’s rightfooted shot from outside the box was blocked.

There were numerous attempts made by defending champions France but they could not double their lead going into half-time with a solitary goal lead.

France had much lesser possession of 39 per cent in comparison to Morocco who had 61 per cent while both teams had the same number of shots on target of three each.

drill

joined the force. The IAF inducted the Rafale aircraft into its 101

Squadron of the Eastern Air Command at the Hasimara last year.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

The Order lists Narikoravan and Kurivikkaran tribal communities deemed to be Scheduled Tribes in States and Union territories from now on

Proceedings of Lok Sabha underway during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday.

—PHOTO BY ANI/SANSAD TV

CISF personnel at New Delhi airport. —FILE PHOTO

French team celebrates after France qualifies for the FIFA World Cup 2022 finals, at Al Bayt Stadium, in Al Khor on Thursday.

Indian Air Force’s ‘Surya Kiran’ team performs during the ‘Air Fest 2022’, in Nagpur on Saturday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

‘DURING

YRS, 6

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh speaks in Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI

BY ISRO

—PHOTO BY ANI

BRIEFS

REPORT SEES NBFCs

GROWING AT 10-12% THIS FISCAL & NEXT

Mumbai: Led by retail-focused players, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are likely to close the current fiscal and the next with a loan growth of 10-12% and see around 50 basis points improvement in profitability, a report said. According to Icra Ratings, retail-focused NBFCs are expected to grow 12-14% while the housing finance companies may grow at 10-12%. The forecast is based on the asset quality improvement and the overall pick up in credit demand.

New Delhi: Electronics manufacturing services company Elin Electronics on Thursday fixed a price band of `234 to `247 per share for its `475 crore IPO. The initial share-sale will open for public subscription during December 20-22, the company said in a statement. The company has cut the public issue size to `475 crore from `760 crore planned earlier. Now, the IPO comprises fresh issue of shares aggregating up to `175 crore and an offer for sale of up to `300 crore by promoters and other selling shareholders. —PTI

GOLD FALLS `420; SILVER ALSO TUMBLES `869

New Delhi: Gold price fell `420 to `54,554 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid weak global trends, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at `54,974 per 10 grams. Silver also tumbled `869 per kg to `68,254 per kilogram. In the international market, gold was trading in red at $1,788 per ounce while silver was down at $23.14 per ounce. —PTI

HYUNDAI TO HIKE

VEHICLE PRICES FROM JANUARY

New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Thursday said it will increase prices of its vehicles across models from next month citing rising input cost.

The company joins the likes of market leader Maruti Suzuki India, Tata Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Renault, Kia India and MG Motor, who have also made the year-end announcements to hike prices from next month to partially offset the impact of rising input costs. In a statement, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said on Thursday. —PTI

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Govt focusing on last-mile connectivity to Tier-III cities’

New Delhi (PTI): Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said the government is concentrating on last-mile connectivity to Tier-III cities to ensure democratisation of civil aviation in the country.

Scindia said India has tremendous connectivity between Tier I-II cities.

“What needs to be strengthened is last-mile connectivity to Tier-III cities. Our government is concentrating on last-mile connectivity to make sure the democratisation of civil aviation does truly take place in the country,” Scindia said.

The minister said the government is looking at the small aircraft scheme launched last year under which sub-20 seater air craft are being used to pro vide last-mile connectivity.

In the last round of UDAN, 132 routes have been awarded of which in the major sectors, 16 are helicopter routes.

AIR INDIA LAUNCHES DIRECT FLIGHT BETWEEN MUMBAI & SAN FRANCISCO

New Delhi (PTI): Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday inaugurated Air India’s direct flight between Mumbai and San Francisco. The flight will be operated thrice a week. Currently, Air India operates services from Mumbai to Newark. After San Francisco, the airline plans to connect Mumbai with New York next year. Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said the Mumbai-San Francisco service is a significant step forward in the journey of the new Air India. According to him, the carrier will be starting non-stop flights from Mumbai to New York, Paris and Frankfurt in early 2023.

INDIAN CARRIERS NEED TO HAVE MORE WIDE-BODY PLANES TO CAPTURE LONG-HAUL SEGMENT: SCINDIA

New Delhi (PTI): India’s civil aviation market is poised for a double-digit growth in the next decade and the country’s carriers should have more wide-body planes to capture the long haul segment, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. “We have 86 international carriers coming into India and only 5 national carriers taking people to international destinations outside India. However, these 5 carriers that fly overseas hold 36% market share. We have to look at increasing international to international traffic. That is why I have been urging all our carriers that we need to have more wide-body aircraft so that we can capture the long haul route market,” he said. He also said that Indian carriers’ share of international to international traffic is only around 2% compared to flag carriers of different countries.

Sensex slumps 879 points as hawkish Fed floors global markets

Mumbai (PTI): Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty faced heavy drubbing on Thursday, falling over 1% each, in tandem with weak global markets following the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike and its hawkish stance.

The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 878.88 points or 1.40% to settle at 61,799.03.

During the day, it tumbled 962.3 points or 1.53% to 61,715.61.

The broader NSE Nifty plummeted 245.40 points or 1.32% to end at 18,414.90.

From the Sensex pack,

Tech Mahindra, Titan, Infosys, HDFC, ITC, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, and State Bank of India were the major laggards.

NTPC and Sun Pharma were the only winners.

INDIAN RUPEE FALLS 27 PAISE TO END AT 82.76 AGAINST AMERICAN CURRENCY

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 27 paise to close at 82.76 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike and its hawkish stance dented investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened sharply lower at 82.63 against the greenback and witnessed a high of 82.41 and a low of 82.77. It finally settled at 82.76, down 27 paise over its previous close of 82.49.

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla stock this week, but it wasn’t clear where the proceeds were being spent.

The Tesla CEO, and new owner of Twitter, sold the shares from Monday through Wednesday, according to a filing posted Wednesday night by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Musk has sold nearly $23

Wheat stocks seen at 159 lakh tonnes on Jan 1, 2023: Govt

New Delhi (PTI): The government on Thursday said wheat stocks in the central pool will be about 159 lakh tonnes on January 1, 2023 as against the buffer norm of 138 lakh tonnes.

“Government of India has sufficient food grain stocks under central pool to meet the requirement of NFSA and its other welfare schemes as well as for additional allocation of PMGKAY,” an official statement said. About 159 lakh tonnes

UP 28% FROM PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The total construction cost of residential buildings has remained stable since March this year but it has risen 28% from the pre-pandemic levels, according to property consultant Colliers India.

In its report, the consultant has done analysis on prices of key construction materials and also the overall average construction costs for standard Grade-A residential buildings of 15 floors and also for standard pre-engineered Grade A industrial buildings.

SAYS

CREDIT

SUISSE Upgrade: India growing faster than official data shows

Mumbai (PTI): India is growing faster than what is captured by the country’s official data, and it presents a case for an upgrade of equities outlook, a Swiss brokerage said on Thursday.

Upgrading Indian equities to ‘benchmark’ from ‘underweight’, Credit Suisse said there is a scope for a growth of up to 14% on the benchmark indices.

The brokerage firm’s head of research Neelkanth Mishra said the country will grow at 7% in FY24, as against the consensus estimates which peg the real growth to slip below 6%.

Mishra told reporters that the consensus estimates are based on official data alone, whereas the brokerage analysis has taken into account a broad data set to arrive at its expectation.

Mishra said the growth in dense fuels — which is typically below the real

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

z Upgrading Indian equities to ‘benchmark’ from ‘underweight’, Credit Suisse said there is a scope for a growth of up to 14% on the benchmark indices

z The brokerage firm’s head of research Neelkanth Mishra said the country will grow at 7% in FY24

GDP growth as fuel efficiencies go up — is over 4% per annum for the last three years.

Similarly, revenue growths of the BSE500 companies also point out to a faster growth, he said.

Elon Musk sells $3.58 bn worth of Tesla stock

SOLD SHARE ON MON-WED

z The Tesla CEO, and new owner of Twitter, sold the shares from Monday through Wednesday, according to a filing posted Wed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission

of the electric vehicle and solar panel maker have collapsed, losing over half their value since Musk

stock. The falling shares have bumped Musk from his status as the world’s wealthiest person, with his net worth falling to $174 billion, according to Forbes.

He was passed last week by Bernard Arnault.

The takeover of Twitter has not been smooth, and some big companies have halted advertising on the social media platform.

Musk has said that Twitter had “a massive drop in revenue” due to the advertiser losses.

OTHER STORIES

of wheat will be available as on January 1, 2023, which is well above the buffer norm requirement of 138 lakh tonnes. As on Dec 12, around 182 lakh tonnes of wheat is available in the central pool. “Govt of India is well aware of the price scenario of wheat and is constantly monitoring it regularly on weekly basis along with other commodities and taking corrective measures, as and when required,” it said.

Avg construction cost stable since March

DETAILED ANALYSIS

z In its report, Colliers India has done analysis on prices of key construction materials and also the overall average construction costs for standard Grade-A residential buildings of 15 floors. Colliers India has also analysed for its report standard pre-engineered Grade A industrial buildings

data of financial status (cess details), registered workers etc. MoS for Labour Rameswar Teli said state BOCWWBs collected `87,478.79 crore cess and spent `49,269.20 crore till November 1, 2022. —PTI

The average cost of construction for residential buildings increased from `2,200 per square feet in No-

vember 2021 to ` 2,300 per square feet in March 2022.

The construction cost remained stable at `2,300 per

square feet in November this year as well with a softening of prices of many raw materials.

COUNTRIES WITH THRIVING ONLINE GAMING INDUSTRY LEVY GST ON GROSS GAMING REVENUE

New Delhi: Most countries with a thriving online gaming industry levy tax on ‘Gross Gaming Revenue or the fees charged by online gaming portals, said a report by law firm Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan. It said countries, like the United Kingdom and France, that are following the turnover tax model currently, are proposing to shift to the GGR tax model. In India, the online gaming industry currently pays GST at the rate of 18% on GGR amounting to over `2,200 crore per year, firm said.

ELIN ELECTRONICS’ IPO PRICE BAND AT `234-247/SHARE

billion worth of Tesla stock since April, with much of the money likely going to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.

The sale comes as shares

first disclosed in April that he was buying up Twitter

‘WHAT IS MODI’S COMPULSION TO STAY SILENT ON CHINA?’ ASKS CONG

The Congress leader also alleges that Chinese companies donated money to PM Cares Fund & the government must clarify their intention behind the move

All leaders are united and the Congress will fight the next assembly elections with unity, Pawan Khera says

Dausa: The Congress on Thursday accused the Central Government of evading a debate on India-China border face-off and asked why the Modi government has been running away from the issue.

AICC Head of Media and Publicity Department, Pawan Khera wondered why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is silent on China, and that whenever he does speak on it, he gives the country a clean chit.

Khera addressed a press conference during morning break of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Dausa, alleging that when Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, he was very keen on introducing Mandarin in its government schools, a proposal that was opposed by the Congress party.

He also made the al-

with Sandeep Choudhary at Meena High Court in Dausa. The ‘Yatris’ of BJY spent the night here, which was the venue for the Yatra’s night halt. Rahul greeted the people and Cong leaders at Meena High Court.

RaGa interacts with three groups in BJY

Dausa (FIB): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacted with three groups during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Dausa on Thursday. The first was a group of doctors working for Right to Health. Appreciating

legation that the BJP used a Chinese company in elections which, Central Government had said, was a threat to

the work being done by the Gehlot government in the health sector, these people suggested promoting decentralisation.

The second interaction was with a group of award winning sportspersons. Rahul

Indian sovereignty. A company which was blacklisted by World Bank, USA, and Europe was given the

CM Gehlot weaves political magic during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Ashok Gehlot’s political magic was visible once again during the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ as the Rajasthan Chief Minister called the entire Gandhi family to Rajasthan. Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka and Robert Vadra came to Rajasthan.

Now Rahul Gandhi’s is scheduled to reach

Jaipur as his presser in Dausa has been shifted to Jaipur.

In the meanwhile, a

major cultural programme will be held in Jaipur today and there will be a big rally of Rahul Gandhi on December 19.

Along with Mallikarjun Kharge, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and Himachal will also come to Rajasthan. Thus, in a way, Gehlot has invited the entire Congress to the state and is hosting them.

Gandhi mainly talked about how more medals can be won in sports.

He also met local farmers and listened to their problems.

Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan and educationist Seema ac-

contract to install smart metres in the border district ofJ&K, he said.

He asked Modi: “What is your relation with

companied Rahul Gandhi in the evening session of the Yatra. Rahul also promised Land for Life Awardee from Bikaner, Prof Shyam Sundar Jyani to visit the ‘Bharat Jodo Van’ which be developed by Jyani.

China? What are the compulsions? We do not know, we want to know, & the entire nation wants to know.”

RCA elections: TR Meena writes over voter security

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A letter has been written to Principal Secretary, Home for making proper security arrangements for voters in the election of Rajasthan Cricket Association.

TR Meena, who is assisting Election Officer Sunil Arora, wrote the letter saying that the security of voters

(Dist Secys) is the priority for ensuring free and fair RCA polls. He said that security should also be given on election day on Dec 24. On the other hand, the process to finalise the voter list will now be done. So far, objections from 15 district unions have been received. A hearing on the objections will be held.

The party organisation is above any individual. Individuals come and go, they hold and relinquish posts but the organisation goes on. The party will contest and win elections, and who will be the Chief Minister, it will be decided later.”

— Jairam Ramesh, AICC General Secretary

The government wants the Opposition and the media to turn a blind eye towards the China issue. The government does not want a debate on the issue in the Parliament and is running away. The PM does not say anything and when he does, he gives a clean chit to China.

—Pawan Khera, AICC Head of Media & Publicity Dept

In connection with ongoing row in Parl over debate on China issue, Khera said during the 1962 India-China war, Atal Bihari Vajpayee had demanded a debate in Parl & Nehru accepted that.“One MP had suggested that it should be a secret debate & shouldn’t be published in media but the then PM, Pt Nehru, refused the suggestion,” he said, adding that PM Modi should learn from the pages of history.

“Even a Congress MP had asked questions to the government.”

Jaipur: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu reached Jaipur from Delhi on Thursday night.

Along with Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and Himachal Pradesh in-charge Rajeev Shukla also came to Jaipur. Sukhu will join Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ today in Dausa along with all his MLAs.

Sukhu and others were accorded a grand welcome on reaching Jaipur airport. On this occasion, a large number of workers from the Hawamahal assembly constituency including PHED Minister Dr Mahesh Joshi, food and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, MLAs Rafeek Khan and Amin Kagzi were also present.

about to shatter. But the thought of doing something different has brought me here,” Dr Poonia said.

RAGA EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE OVER DOTASRA’S STATEMENT

l Rahul expressed displeasure over Congress State President Govind Singh Dotasara comparing him with Mahatma Gandhi.He said that the comparison is absolutely wrong. “Gandhiji’s place is somewhere else and my place is somewhere else, there should be no comparison,” he said.

Barmer refinery: Panel formed to check fraudulent activities

Barmer: The district administration became alert after the news flashed by First India in the matter of cheating with the labourers working in Barmer oil refinery in the name of insurance and health certificates.

Barmer Collector Lokbandhu Yadav has formed a committee directed the SDO to form

‘Raj Int’l Centre likely to be ready by Jan-Feb’

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UDH Min Shanti Dhariwal inspected the construction works of the Centre along with UDH Advisor GS Sandhu, Principal Secretary UDH KL Meena, JDA Commissioner Ravi Jain

Jaipur: Rajasthan International Centre, being built on the lines of Delhi’s India International Centre and India Habitat Centre with modern facilities, is likely to get ready by January or February next year, UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal said.

The Minister conducted a visit to the project on Thursday and reviewed the progress

of the work.

Looking at the increasing number of national and international conferences in Jaipur, the centre was conceptualized.

Lack of such a place was constantly being felt in the state where intellectuals could give direction to the society by brainstorming and writers, thinkers, experts and critics can come together under one roof, so Rajasthan International Center project was started.

JDA Commissioner Ravi Jain said that arrangements are being made for the successful maintenance and operation of the Centre.

ABOUT THE CENTRE

l Rajasthan International Centre is being constructed in Jhalana Institutional Area with facilities like an auditorium with a capacity of 700 people and a Convention Centre with a capacity of 500 people.

l 2 Mini auditoriums with a capacity of 170 people each & an exhibition area for 500 people will be set up.

l One conference hall

with a capacity of 110 people, another with a capacity of 90 people and an e-library with a capacity of 100 people will be made.

l JDA has completed the work of structural construction and exterior finishing of the main building by spending Rs 60 crore.

l Auditorium, Convention Centre etc. to be inspired by heritage monuments of State.

a committee to investigate in this matter.

Along with this, the District Collector has appealed to the people to be beware of fraudsters. He said that if any such fraud occurs, strict action will be taken against the accused. He said that a monitoring committee has been

FROM P1…

Albert...

Iconic

A cultural programme will be organised at Jaipur’s Albert Hall in which Rahul Gandhi will participate.

During this, he said, “I wish to change the name of Albert Hall as soon as possible. Albert was the husband of Queen Victoria and today in 2022 it is not right to be named Albert.” He said that he also talked to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in this regard and hoped that its name would be changed as soon as possible.

formed to make people aware and save them from fraud.

It may be noted that fake insurance & health certificates were being made at e-Mitras for labourers working in the refinery being built in Pachpadra. The matter was exposed by First India. An FIR has also been registered in Pachpadra and action has been taken against several e-Mitra operators.

The statement of Ramesh has created a buzz in the political circles. Albert Hall is known as the heart of the capital Jaipur.

Abhishek Shrivastava

First India Bureau

A visibly jubiliant Rahul Gandhi salutes the crowd as he walks during the ‘Bharat JodoYatra’ in Dausa on Thursday. Also seen here is

Parsadi Lal Meena, Harish Chaudhary and others.

Rahul Gandhi helps CM Ashok Gehlot as the latter cuts crop using a manual machine during the ‘Bharat JodoYatra’ in Dausa.

Sukhvinder Sukhu, Rajeev Shukla, Mukesh Agnihotri, Pratap S Khachariyawas, Rafeek Khan, Sitaram Agarwal, Pushpendra Bharardwaj, Manoj Mudgal at Jaipur Airport.

Rahul Gandhi

First India Bureau

Rahul Gandhi dons a Rajasthani turban.

Jaipur: Rahul released a poster titled, ‘Sangharshkikahani,KrishnakiZubani.’duringthe BJY. This story has been written on Dr Krishna Poonia’s life, who is Prez of Raj State Sports Council. Rahul said autobiography of Poonia, the first woman gold medalist of Commonwealth Games, will certainly be an example of her dedication & sacrifice towards sports. “There were moments when my self-confidence was

RAHUL RELEASES POSTER ON POONIA

Shanti Dhariwal inspects Raj Int’l Centre Project in Jaipur.

HIMACHAL CM SUKHU, OTHER LEADERS TO JOIN BHARAT JODO YATRA IN DAUSA

ADITI KUSHWAHA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

You might not be an Ivy Leaguer, but because we’re all now enrolled at Harvard and the year is 1865, you best have your horse and carriage ready. Even though it had a quite different appearance at the time, the varsity jacket was initially created on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The original varsity was a thick knit sweater that athletes wore as a uniform rather than a jacket. The “letterman jacket” was first made when the Harvard Baseball team made the decision to sew enormous “H”s into the middle of their jerseys.

The letter came with some restrictions, too. If you were a good enough player, you could retain your jersey and the letter, but if you sat on the bench the entire season and

DRESS LIKE A BOSS

Every student during their time in high school and college loves winter because they get to wear these custom-tailored letterman coats. When individuals can connect themselves with their particular high schools or colleges, they feel proud. City First brings to you the significance of the Varsity Jacket

didn’t play, you had to give your jersey back at the end of the year, which added to the letters’ competitive appeal. After a decade, Harvard’s football team started wearing lettered jerseys, and gradually but surely, other colleges and teams all around the country began donning their own variations of the varsity sweater.

Of course, each team handled things somewhat differently, altering the letter’s size or type, moving it around, and eventually gradually modifying the style until, by the early 20th century, the letter had

found its final location on the side of the sweater.

Athletes started looking for something a little more substantial as the fashion gained popularity, and in the 1930s the varsity jacket was produced. The varsity jacket, which had a wool body and contrasting leather sleeves as well as, of course, a large and proud letter on the side, came to represent authority at one’s particular institution. According to the custom, a player would need to first demonstrate his skill on the field before being granted a letter. The athlete would then pur-

chase a varsity jacket to attach on so that everyone could see how talented he was. The fact that designers may tinker with fabrics and colours to make a jacket for just about everyone shows that the varsity has always offered a lot of customising options. The varsity is gradually evolving into the typical man’s autumn wardrobe staple, from Gant Rugger’s neo-classic, vivid red Homerun Jacket to Comme Des Garcons’ darker version for the more avant-garde set.

DEEPAK deepaklifemusings@gmail.com

Nadia Hashimi was born and raised in New York and New Jersey. Both her parents were born in Afghanistan and left in the early 1970s before the Soviet invasion. Her mother went to Europe to obtain a master’s degree and her father to the US. He worked hard to fulfil his American dream and build a new, brighter life for his family. In 2002 they made their first trip to Afghanistan. It was a bitter-sweet experience for everyone, as the family found relics of childhood homes and reunited with loved ones. It culminated in Nadia writing her debut novel ‘The Pearl That Broke its Shell’- published in 2014. Her upbringing, experiences and interests came together in the form of stories based in the country of her parents and grandparents.

“Nadia Hashimi has written a tender and beautiful family story. Her always engaging multi-generational tale is a portrait of Afghanistan in all of its perplexing, enigmatic glory”Khaled Hossain.

‘”The Pearl that Broke its Shell’ is a story I simply had to tell. I am an AfghanAmerican woman and in my lifetime my reaction to my identity has changed drastically. Women lost so much in the violent years that followed my parents’ emigration. Our culture has been robbed. Decades of war and fundamentalist regimes left Afghan women battered and scarred, their rights buried under piles of rubble. Life as a girl is very different from life as a boy. The country is fraught with problems - child marriages, warlords, political unrest, drug addiction, corruption and much more. I wrote this story to share the experience of Afghan women

THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

You are very generous by nature and also you are the backbone of your family. You may postpone your study plans. You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth. Your lover may finally say yes to get married to you.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20 You need a break from day to tensions and the way to cope up with stress is to meditate. You must create an environment of understanding at home. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. Promotion can be expected even if other are not.

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. Don’t attack stress even if you don’t have any. Let go of things that are not in your control. You want to have your own house and you will work hard to make your dream come true. Do not panic in such situations.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You make sure to make things work your way. Never demotivate someone even if someone is not capable of doing something. You are most wanted by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office and a serious one. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. You are a God fearing person.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected.

Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You need help on academic front and you should not shy away from asking. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them. Admit your faults in relationship.

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

in a fiction work that is made up of a thousand truths”- writes Nadia Hashimi.

‘The Pearl...’ is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate and the freedom to control one’s own destiny. An Afghan woman is like a pearl imprisoned in the darkness of an oyster. Here we have two women, separated by a century, sharing a common dream of breaking their shells. Both are compelling, enduring hardshipsyet kindling hope!

“The human spirit- a spirit that is harder than a rock and more delicate than a flower petal”. In 2007, in Taliban-ruled Kabul, Rahima- with four sisters and no brother- can only sporadically attend school. As they grow older, stepping out of the house becomes a nightmarish ordeal. Their mother struggles to support the family, as their father becomes increasingly addicted to drugs and highhandedness. Hope comes in the form of their auntKhala Shaima- sug-

gesting the ancient custom of ‘bachaposh’- which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a son until she is of marriageable age. As a boy, she has the kind of freedom that was previously unimaginablea freedom that will transform her forever. Their aunt narrates the story of her greatgreat-grandmotherShakiba. Kabul 1900Shakiba, the daughter of a rural farming family, is disfigured in an accident as a child.

When her whole family perishes in a cholera epidemic, she has no one left to support her. She is treated like a slave by her relatives, who take possession of her land. She’s sold to various bidders- until she’s able to escape her life of drudgery by dressing as a man.

Through a rare stroke of luck, she becomes one of the guards of the King’s harem, in a lavish palace, in the bustling capital city of Kabul. She eventually makes a life for herself. Rahima and her sisters, Parwin and

Shahla, are forcibly married off to aged warlords with various wives, by their greedy father in lieu of money & drugs. Two of the sisters, living on either side of a common wall, never get to see each other. Each agonizes in their tortured lives. Parwin, the delicate, artistic girl- sets herself free through self-immolation. Their mother, unable to bear the pain, takes to drugs herself and the house condition deteriorates even further.

Although ‘The Pearl...’ is fiction, the struggle of womenfighting for their individuality- is very much a reality in the misogy-

nistic culture of Afghanistan. They’ve been subjected to slavish humiliation, bullying, physical and moral violence, forced marriage, sexual abuse polygamy, stoning to death and a lot more. The deplorable plight of Afghan women in a brutally patriarchal society will leave anyone aghast. This book is heartbreaking. Fortunately, it ends on a positive note- leaving the reader with a whisper of hope... “...the daughters of Afghanistan, may the sun warm your faces as you forge your path”. It is, indeed, a tender and beautiful family story.

You care about you lover but somehow hesitate in expressing that care. Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion.

LEO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You love to live close to your family. Best day to buy gold and silver or any precious metal for investment sake. You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Video gathering is possible as you miss your social circle like anything.

VIRGO

AUG

Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are opportunist and this will make you successful one day. There may be delays in property possession. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today and give them a reason to smile.

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20

Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You always maintain cordial relationship with everyone. You workout daily to keep yourself fit. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are not a jealous kind and you feel happy for others. You are a very grounded person.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

You will feel amorous towards your wife. This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes but don’t care.

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A JOLT OF SEXINESS

Rashmika Mandanna recently attended a red carpet event wearing a maroon cocktail gown by Gauri & Nainika. The Pushpa actress, as we all know has always experimented with her style statement, and this time again, she treated us with another surprise appearance in a backless gown. The incredible deep v of the dress proves that the lower back trend is here to stay forever.

Styled by Shaleena Nathani, Rashmika Mandanna’s worth Rs 2,65,000 cocktail gown came with whimsical botanical hand

embroidery. Rashmika, who is gearing up for the release of her second Bollywood film, Mission Majnu, managed to put together a bold and risque outfit with equal panache and grace.

The extended trail to the gown swept along is the new sexy!

This velvet mermaidlike dress worked wonders on Rashmika Mandanna and how!

Talking about her makeup by Tanvi Chemburkar, Rashmika Mandanna upped her game yet again by going with a bold and glam look.

Kiara Advani’s wish

ow, ahead of Govinda Naam Mera’s release, in a recent interview with Film Companion, Kiara was asked about her favourite film of 2022 which she wished to be a part of. To this, the Kabir Singh actress named Alia Bhatt’s superhit movie Gangubai Kathiawadi. “I couldn’t blink while watching that film. I thought Alia was phenomenal in the film. I think what Sanjay (Leela Bhansali) sir does, the way he brings it out of his artists is. I wish I had been a part of something like that,” said Kiara.

Heart-melting glimpses

Shehnaaz Gill is constantly melting the hearts of the masses, either with her talent or with her genuine personality.

A few days ago, Shehnaaz met Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa’s son Gola aka Laksh at the comedienne’s house and shared several adorable photos of the toddler on her Instagram.

On Thursday, Shehnaaz shared a few glimpses on her Instagram handle as she met Laksh again. It looks like the diva has formed

a great bond with Bharti Singh’s little munchkin. In Shehnaaz’s post, we can see the actress can’t stop adoring Gola and is happily playing with him. Sharing these photos, Shehnaaz cap-

KATRINA’S

PUNJABI ACCENT

Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif make for an adorable couple, and the two recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Vicky is currently gearing up for the release of his upcoming film Govinda Naam Mera, which also stars Bhumi Pednekar and Kiara Advani. He has been promoting the film in full swing, and in a recent interview, he revealed that his wife Katrina has learnt a bit of Punjabi.

Recently, in a conversation, Vicky was asked if Katrina can speak Punjabi, to which he replied, “Voti Punjabi bol leti hai thodi thodi (my wife can speak a bit of Punjabi).” He was then asked about his favourite Punjabi word, to which he replied, ‘Haanji’. He shared that he uses the word a lot and that it is the secret to a happy life.

Alia Bhatt was clicked by the paparazzi as she made her way to the car post workout. She was seen in a laidback, relaxed athleisure look that is just perfect during winter! She kept her look fussfree in a black top which she wore under a grey cropped hoodie. She paired her cropped sweatshirt look with dark blue tights, and was seen in green sliders. She kept her hair tied up in a bun, while carrying a black gym bag and she flashed her million-dollar smile at the paparazzi.

Janhvi Kapoor has a strong social media game and the actress never fails to leave fans amazed with her stunning pictures on Instagram. She was recently vacationing in the Maldives and went on a photo-sharing spree on Instagram. Now, taking a break from her vacation pictures, she has shared a few pictures of her royal avatar, and it has left fans mesmerized. Shikhar Pahariya also dropped a comment on Janhvi’s post and it has garnered a lot of attention.

Janhvi Kapoor shared some stunning pictures of herself. She exuded regal elegance in the pictures and looked every bit royal. In her caption, she mentioned “Truly praying I get to do a period film soon till then old world photoshoots will have to do,” she wrote in her caption. Janhvi’s pictures garnered thousands of lovely comments from fans within a short span of time. Shi-

tioned, “gola gola gola mela pala bacha nona bache ko raat nini aa rhi thi phir bhi maine pareshaan kiya pappiya kar kr ke”

Rashmika Mandanna

Alia Bhatt

Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal

Rashmika in a maroon cocktail dress by Gauri & Nainika

Kiara

Alia Bhatt

Shehnaaz’s post...

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MAIN BHI BAAL SARPANCH

CITY FIRST

By organizing

“Baal Panchayats” in Rajasthan, now the “Main Bhi Baal Sarpanch” campaign has moved forward to its next phase. In the campaign launched by Digital Baal Mela and UNICEF, the work is now underway to carve out 30 child representatives selected from across Rajasthan. In this initiative being run through online sessions, the MLAs of Rajasthan are playing the role of gurus who teaching the precise are of politics to these children.

Phulera MLA from Jaipur Nirmal Kumawat and Nokha MLA

from Bikaner Biharilal Bishnoi joined the children’a interactive sessions as chief guests or rather as an educator.

While Phulera MLA’s topic was “Role of children in Panchayati Raj”, Nokha MLA taught children a lesson on “administrative efficiency and political challenges”.

Janhvi Sharma of Digital Baal Mela informed that in the these sessions, not only do MLAs share their experiences, children are able to share their issues and ask questions to the leaders.

JAIPUR HISTORY FESTIVAL 2022

CITY FIRST

The third day of the 4th Jaipur History Festival began with a prayer which was sung by the students of Dharav High School.

This was followed by two dance sequences which were performed by Delhi Public School (Sector - 45, Gurugram).

A fascinating performance was put forward by The Palace School which highlighted India’s Journey of Progress from the year 1947 to 2022. The phad presentation included a 15-minute dance performance on a song which is a fusion of folk with rap music composed and sung by the school teachers and students. The last panel of their phad puts forward their vision for India’s future.

Outstation schools in-

CITY FIRST

Abeautiful Shrimad Bhagwat Katha is being organised from December 15 to 21 from 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm at Hotel Haveli, Jaipur. By reciting the Shrimad Bhagwat Katha, Swami Anirudhacharya of Vrindavan Dham talked about Moksha from a sorrowful and mortal world and

CITY FIRST

Soon after the successful launch of Phase 4 of Shubhashish Geeta, Medical Hub, Jaisinghpura Road, with over 100 registrations, Shubhashish Homes organized a mass Bhoomi Poojan for the customers of Phase 4 on 14th December 2022. Shubhashish Geeta is the pioneer project of Shubhashish

about the beauty of life. It can relieve humans from the bond of the circle of birth and death with devotion. Jugal Kishore Derewala under

cluding DAV Public school, Gurugram (Startup of Silicon Storage Bags), Salwan Public School, Gurugram (Water Conservation), R N Podar, Mumbai (Evo-

lution of Commerce) performed while presenting their phad to over 1800 attendees from 27 different schools.

Four guest speakers Ritu Sharma, Vineeta

Nagar, Yash Kalra

Harsh from ‘Pick a Book’ enlightened all the students on the good habits of reading. Ganesh from JJ School of Art, Mumbai appreciated the festival and talked about the importance of creative and performing arts. Numerous Pedagames including Pyasa Kauva and Gyan Chausar were displayed and workshops were conducted simultaneously for all the visiting students.

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PROUD MOMENT!

EVE TO CHERISH!

Homes led by its Chairman JK Jajoo and CEO Mohit Jajoo.

It is seldom that the customers are made a part of the Bhoomi Poojan of their future residences in a group housing project, however, this is a unique style adopted by Shubhashish Homes to ensure customer delight to the maximum by making them feel like family and including them at the first step of

laying the foundation of their to be homes.

The event witnessed a huge outflow of customers who had recent-

ly booked their “Resort Residences” in Phase 4 of Shubhashish Geeta, a project which has become the talk of the

town for its Resort Lifestyle development of amenities and service. Around 40 families performed the rituals

together, yet individually with the help of an individual pandit assigned per family. Those in attendance were tru-

ly proud to be a part of the Shubhashish family and felt united as the laying of foundation stones were passed around to ensure everyone’s touch.

Shubhashish Homes is known for its core values of being positive, ethical, innovative, nature-friendly and spreading happiness.

Organizing an event like this is truly a very innovative way of spreading happiness.

2 is planned to be delivered early next year.

Wednesday witnessed a grand launching of restro-lounge Code Black, situated at Tonk Road Jaipur. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion as the special guest and inaugurated the event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This is the second branch of the luxurious lounge and is a unit of Tea Connect Group with it’s first branch located in Malviya Nagar. Owners Tushar Kaushal, Kishan Jainani, Atul Singh, Vishal Kukal & Sunil Nebhnani were also present. On the occasion they informed about serving Fresh Beer (Brewery), World Cuisine Food with a seating capacity of upto 350-400 pax at a time along with everyday live music bands from across the globe. The whole event was organised & managed by Rishi Vyas (Solutions By RV). Vyas holds strong expertise in Jaipur in Events & New Openings. Gaurav Gaur, Director Elite Miss Rajasthan, along with various supermodels and who’s who of the Pink City were also present on the occasion to make the evening more magical.

and Anshu

Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Sudhanshu Mathur, the former Senior Editor at the First India News, as he paid a courtesy visit to the former’s residence on Thursday.

Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Mukesh Sharma of the First India family as he reached the former's residence with his family on Thursday, Rajat Sharma & Arpita Sharma, to seek blessings as the couple got married recently.

MTV Roadies fame actor Rannvijay Singh and Prince Narula are coming to Jaipur on December 18, 2022 to visit Mealberg, a high-end luxury dining outlet that will be inaugurated at Bapu Nagar. During their visit, the magnanimous duo will interact with the youngsters of Pinkcity. According to Ram Soni, director of Mealberg, free dishes are being distributed through food trucks at various places to give Jaipurites a taste test of indigenous and foreign dishes.

An Inter School Sports and Games Competition by CBSE is being organised at RPS International School, Alwar where Jahnvi Sharma, a class 9 student from Kids Club Sr Sec School, Jaipur, bagged a gold medal for securing the first position in the 800 m race with under 17 category at the 14th athletic meet.

the aegis of Govindi Devi Inderlal Derewala Memorial Charitable Trust, Jaipur and under the leadership of Gau Gauri Gopal Seva

organised the soulful program. 501 women participated in the Kalash Yatra carried out in the morning with the Tulsi plant.

Artist Neeru Soni, a passionate singer, vocal coach celebrated her birthday at Labrass, Diggi Palace, Jaipur on Wednesday. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the evening and wished her good health and success. Neeru is also an MMA Fitness instructor. The birthday girl made sure to make the evening more magical for everyone by singing songs which left the guests mesmerized. Various who’s who of the Pink City were also present on the occasion to make the evening more memorable.

Jagdeesh Chandra cuts the inaugural ribbon. Also seen are Tushar, Kishan, Sunil, Shivam, Rishi, Srishti, Ritu, Akanksha and Gaurav

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ritu, Rewati, Srishti, Neelanjana, Harshita, Yashwini, Shreya, Yoshita, Navya, Priya, Ragini and Rishika

(L-R) Anubha, Chahak, Manan, Rishi Vyas, Poonam Madan, Gaurav Gaur, Karan Vig, Akanksha Bhalla, Richa, Rishika and Shweta

The stunning firework at Code Black

Artists during the program

Students during the workshop

MLA Suresh Tak interacting with the students

MLA Biharilal Bishnoi

During the Kalash Yatra

Anirudhacharya Ji Maharaj

Shubhashish Geeta has been one of the speediest projects in Rajasthan in terms of sales as well as construction development. Phase 1 of the project was delivered 10 months before time and is fully occupied with residents as of now. Phase 2 & Phase 3 have also received an amazing response and are under development currently. Phase

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Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Kartik Sharma, Senior Associate Editor-The Economic Times, Jaipur and Arpit Gupta, Asst Editor- The Economic Times, Lucknow as they paid a courtesy visit to the former’s residence on Thursday. Kartik and Arpit appreciated the JC Show and the wonderful efforts of First India and Bharat24- Vision of New India teams.

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Rishee Miglani, Radha Soni, Suman Soni, Neeru Soni, Ramawtar Soni and Lalit Soni

Neeru Soni

During the Bhoomi Pujan

(R-L) Mohit Jajoo, Garima Jajoo, JK Jajoo, Neeta Jajoo and Raj Kumar Sharma

BY SUNIL SHARMA