First India-Jaipur Edition-18th November 2022

RAHUL’S SAVARKAR BARB SPARKS CONTROVERSY

BLAST ON UDAIPURAHMEDABAD RAILWAY TRACK

Raj SOG detaines 3 including minor

Akola: Rahul Gandhi on Thursday again targeted late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, claiming that he helped the British rulers and wrote a mercy petition to them out of fear. Gandhi also dared the Maharashtra government to stop the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is currently passing through the state.

His statement comes in the wake of a few leaders from the ruling parties in the state demanding that the yatra be stopped in the state in view of his remarks against Savarkar.

Addressing a press conference, Gandhi showed documents dating back to 1920, claiming that they contained a letter written by Savarkar to the British.

“I will read the last line, which says ‘I beg to remain your most obedient servant’,” Gandhi said.

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Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray said that he and his party disagree with Rahul Gandhi’s views on Savarkar and cleared that his party has immense respect for VD Savarkar. ‘’We don’t agree with what Rahul Gandhi has said. We respect Veer Savarkar, have great love, loyalty and respect for freedom fighter,” he said.

Conspiracy against my government: Soren on mining case

Ranchi: Jharkhand

CM Hemant Soren has alleged big “conspiracy” by BJP to oust his elected government and create instability in the state. He made these allegations ahead of his questioning in the illegal mining case. Soren also warned his party MLAs of more raids by the central agencies in the days to come to scare them.

“Allegations don’t seem to be possible at all. I feel agencies should come to a concrete conclusion only after a detailed probe. I’m a CM, the manner in which summoning is being done makes it look like we’re people who flee the country,”

he said and added, “Such actions create uncertainty in state. It can be called a conspiracy to destabilise govt. Our rivals were conspiring to topple Govt ever since we came to power. This submarine of conspiracy didn’t have strength to rise out of water-attempts being made to bring it out.”

MLA

Bardhaman: A West Bengal MLA has stirred controversy by allegedly asking TMC workers to ensure that only those Bangladeshi immigrants who support the ruling party in the state find a place in the voters’ list. The draft electoral roll revision is underway in the state along with the rest of the country.

In a purported video that has gone viral on social media, Bardhaman Dakshin MLA Khokan Das is heard saying, “Many new people are coming…they are from Bangladesh. Many of these people vote for BJP based on Hindu sentiments. Please ensure that only those who support our party get place in the voters’ list.”

GOVT’S PLANS AND SCHEMES WILL ENSURE OUR VICTORY: GEHLOT

Sardarshahar: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has claimed that Congress will win the Sardarshahar by-election unilaterally due to the multiple decisions taken by the state government in public interest. Gehlot, who reached Sardarshahar to campaign in support of Congress candidate Anil Sharma in the byelection of Sardarsha-

har assembly constituency in Churu district, made this claim before

media on Thursday. He said that in the last eight by-elections

CM Gehlot will hold a meeting on Friday at 12 noon at CMR regarding ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. After this meeting, CM can fly to Delhi.

in the state, the Congress has won six and in these the deposits of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been forfeited and it has been at number three in these eight by-elections. Turn to P10

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SAVARKARJI HELPED BRITISH SAYS RAHUL, SHOWS

Savarkar is frequently insulted. [he is addressed as] Mafiveer [by his critics for his mercy petitions]. We are seeing that a soft stand is being taken against them [those who insult Savarkar]

Jaipur: Three people, including a juvenile, have been detained in connection with the blast on the UdaipurAhmedabad railway track, a police official said on Thursday.

SAVARKAR’S GRANDSON LODGES COMPLAINT AGAINST RAGA

Mumbai: Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s grandson on Thursday registered a complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly “insulting” Savarkar, police said. Ranjit Savarkar, the late freedom fighter’s grandson, in a complaint lodged at Shivaji Park police station here also demanded that Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole too should be booked for ‘making similar statements’. However, no FIR has been registered yet.

—Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra CM

Unfortunately, while the late Balasaheb Thackeray never tolerated any insult on Savarkar ji, his grandson Aaditya Thackeray is hugging Rahul Gandhi who insulted the revolutionary. What kind of ideology does Uddhav Thackeray espouse?

—Ram Kadam, BJP MLA

Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were upset as they were not given compensation or a job after their land was acquired by Indian Railways and Hindustan Zinc Limited.

“Three people, includ-

ing a juvenile, have been detained. Another person from whom they purchased the explosive has also been detained,” Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Special Operation Group (SOG) ADG Ashok Rathore told reporters. The accused have been identified as Dhool Chand Meena and Prakash Meena. The juvenile is 17 years old. The other accused in the case is Ankush Suvalka, who sold the explosives, he said. More on P3

Court rejects objection to ‘Shivling’ worship at Gyanwapi

Varanasi: A Varanasi court Thursday rejected Gyanvapi Masjid committee’s objection to petition seeking right to worship ‘Shivling’ claimed to have been found in the mosque complex and fixed December 2 as the next date of hearing.Fast track court Judge Mahendra Kumar Pandey

found the petition filed by Kiran Singh worth hearing and fixed December 2 for taking up the matter, Assistant District Government Counsel Sulabh Prakash said. The court rejected objection filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee questioning maintainability of the plea.

‘RESPECT AND LOVE SAVARKAR, DON’T AGREE WITH RAHUL’S REMARKS’

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that polls can be rigged through social media, and if social media companies want they can make any party win an election. Without naming any party, he also said that communal violence has been planted as a strategic weapon to

ED QUESTIONS J’KHAND CM FOR 9 HRS

Bangladeshis aiding us should be in voter list: TMC

Laxman Raghav

CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with Congress candidate Anil Sharma during the latter’s nomination rally in Sardarshahar on Thursday. Also seen here are GS Dotasra, Dr BD Kalla, Brijendra Ola and Narendra Budania.

STRIKE AGAINST JUSTICE KARIEL’S

TRANSFER IN GUJ HC

Ahmedabad: Advocates of Gujarat HC, based on the reports regarding SC collegium’s recommendation of transferring Justice Nikhil Kariel from the High Court to Patna High Court, Thursday afternoon gathered at Chief Justice Aravind Kumar’s court to oppose the move which they termed it “a death knell”.

Crucial GADKARI FALLS ILL AFTER PROGRAMME ATTENDED BY DOCTORS

Siliguri: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday fell ill after attending a programme at Siliguri and was attended by doctors. Gadkari’s blood sugar dipped resulting in problem. However he later recovered.

ED DIRECTOR S.K. MISHRA GETS ONE-YEAR EXTENSION

Hemant Soren

295TH FOUNDATION DAY OF JAIPUR

GEHLOT, PILOT AMONG 40 TO STEAL SHOW

High Command includes Maken despite his resignation as State in-charge

Jaipur: The Congress has named Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, senior leader Ajay Maken among 40 leaders as the star campaigners for the bypoll to Sardarshahar assembly constituency.

The names of Ashok Gehlot loyalists — Shanti Dhariwal, Mahesh Joshi and Dharmendra Rathore, who were given notices by the AICC — were not included in the list.

However, the list includes the name of Ajay Maken who has offered to quit as the State in charge.

Thirteen Ministers of the Gehlot Government have been made star campaigners. Pilot loyalist Ministers Murari Lal Meena and Brijendra Ola were also included in the list.

PCC Vice President Naseem Akhtar, Ministers BD Kalla, Pratap Singh Khachariawas,

Lalchand

Raje, Poonia, others to lead BJP

Shyamlal, others join BJP in Churu

JDA cancels land deed allotted for minority hostel

Aishwary Pradhan

Ramlal

Pramod Jain

Jully, Saleh Mohammad, Govind Meghwal, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Ashok Chandna are included in the list.

Other leaders include Chandrabhan, Rajendra Pareek, Narendra Budania, Rajkumar Sharma, Krishna Poonia, Manoj Meghwal, Ruparam, Hakim Ali, Jagdish Jangid, Rafeek Khan, Ganesh Ghoghara, Manisha Pawar, Amit Chachan, Rehana Riyaz, Khanu Khan Budhwali, Hem Singh

Shekhawat, Abhishek Choudhary, Dungram Gaidar, Kishanlal Jedia, Maqbool Mandelia and Rajendra Mood.

The Congress has fielded party leader and State Economically Backward Classes Board’s chairman Anil Sharma as its candidate for Sardarshahar bypoll. Sharma is the son of veteran Congress leader and former Sardarshahar MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma, who died on October 9 this year.

The bypoll will be held on December 5 and the result declared on December 8.

Jaipur: BJP has picked up 40 star campaigners for the by-election to Sardarshahar assembly seat in Churu. Among these, the name of BJP state president Satish Poonia is on the top. The second name is of former CM and National Vice-President Vasundhara Raje. Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria is at number three. Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore, State in-charge Arun Singh, co-incharge Vijaya Rahatkar, Central Election Committee and State Core Committee member Om Prakash Mathur and state Organisation General Secretary Chandrashekhar are also among the campaigners.

The surprising thing is that the BJP has included Narendra Kumar Khindhar and Rahul Kaswan, MPs from Churu and Jhunjhunu, two

of the three districts of Shekhawati, in the list of campaigners. But the name of Sikar MP Sumedhanand Saraswati is missing.

Similarly, the name of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has also not been included in the list of campaigners, despite him being BJP’s national spokesperson and MP. He has also been the former Union Information Public Relations Minister. He is a national office bearer. National

Working Committee member Jaskaur Meena is also not in the list

PSKS yet to gain momentum in City

Jaipur: The State Government may have begun the Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang (PSKS) Abhiyan many months ago, but the campaign to issue land deeds to plot owners is yet to gain momentum.

Even though several orders and circulars have been issued by the Department of Urban Development and Housing to give various relaxations, the campaign is being run at a very slow pace. In Jaipur, there

was a target to issue 1.5

lakh land deeds, but till now, only 74,178 land deeds by the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and two municipal corporations have

been issued.

The PSKS Abhiyan will be held till March 31, 2023. The JDA was given a target to issue 1 lakh land deeds, but so far it has issued 67,285 pattas. JDA Commissioner Ravi Jain informed that regularisation camps are being organised and plot owners are being issued land deeds.

“As soon as an applicant comes and applies for deeds in camps, they are issued pattas within an hour of their application,” said JDC Ravi Jain.

Similarly, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (Heritage) was given a target of distributing 20,000 lease deeds, but it could only give 4,538 land deeds. “A total of 4,538 lease deeds have been issued by the JMCH. Most of the area in the municipal limits falls under an eco-sensitive zone, so it is diffi-

cult to issue land deeds. The Government has cleared the way and the campaign will now gain momentum,” Heritage Commissioner Vishram Meena said.

Likewise, JMCG could only distribute 2,355 land deeds out of the given target of 20,000. “There is not a much-populated area in Greater Municipal Corporation, so fewer deeds have been issued. But, the campaign will now pick up speed,” Deputy Commissioner (Planning) of JMCG said.

of campaigners.

All the four Union Ministers from Rajasthan have been included in the election campaign. These include Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjunram Meghwal and Kailash Chowdhary.

Apart from four Union Ministers, eight MPs — Kankamal Katara, Rajendra Gehlot, CP Joshi, Diya Kumari, Kirorilal Meena, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Rahul Kaswan, Narendra Khindhar have been included in the list.

Churu: Late MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma’s brother Shyamlal Sharma joined the BJP. A good number of people joined the BJP, including Chief Representative Madhusudan Rajpurohit. Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore put a saffron belt around Sharma.

In-charge Ramgopal Sutar, District President Dharamveer Pujari, former district chief Harlal Saharan and Mukesh Dadhich were also present.

Jaipur: JDA has cancelled the lease deed of a land allotted in Nilay Kunj in Jagatpura area for minority hostel. The deed was cancelled on technical ground. However, sources said that objection by the local people is the reason behind the cancellation.

Local public representatives and residents have been protesting against the hostel. Amid the rising protest, the JDA took the decision to cancel the patta. Now the land will be allotted for the hostel elsewhere.

Earlier, for the development of the minority community in the State, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had approved a revised proposal to spend Rs 98.55 crore in various schemes from a fund of Rs 100 crore set up for the upliftment of the minorities.

23-yr-old woman gangraped by four men in Mansarovar

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A 23-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by four men in the Mansarovar area, police said. Police informed the accused have been identified as Sachin, Antram, Manish, and Manoj.

“The victim resides at a rented accommodation in the Mansarovar area. The four accused were known to the victim, while two of them were her neighbours. Around one-and-half months

A20-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the Mansarovar area on the pretext of providing her job in railways, police said. The accused has been identified as Tarun. “The victim came in contact with the accused in September 2021 through Telegram. The victim initially presumed him as one of her relatives, but later came to know that he was not known to the victim,” police said.

ago, the accused gangraped the victim while she was alone at her home. When the victim protested, she was beaten and threatened by the

accused,” police said.

“On Wednesday, she filed an FIR in Mansarovar Police Station and the matter is being probed,” police added.

First India Bureau

The Pink City will celebrate its 295th Foundation Day on Friday. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II founded the Walled City on 18 November 1727. The King of Amer ruled Jaipur from 1699 to 1743. Interestingly, the city got its name from its founder Maharaja Jai Singh II. Jaipur is one of the earliest planned cities of India. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

Yogesh Sharma

Kataria, Mamta Bhupesh,

Jat,

Bhaya, Tikaram

BJP, CONG’S STAR CAMPAIGNERS’ LISTS OUT FOR SARDARSHAHAR BYPOLL

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WOMAN RAPED BY MAN SHE MET ON TELEGRAM

Vasundhara Raje

Arun Singh

Satish Poonia

GC Kataria

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Ashok Gehlot Ajay Maken

Mamta Bhupesh Sachin Pilot

Sumedhanand Saraswati, Rajyavardhan not in the list

ATS-SOG jointly crack mystery

Accused Dhoolchand was upset over less compensation of his land

Satyanarayan Sharma and Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: On Thursday, in a big action the ATS & SOG of Rajasthan Police have arrested three, including a juvenile in connection with the explosion on Odha railway bridge blast. The accused are now kept in Udaipur and currently being interrogated.

ADG (ATS & SOG) Ashok Rathore while talking to media in Jaipur said that the main accused Dhoolchand was upset after their land was acquired by railways & Hindustan Zinc Limited and were not given compensation or job. “Another person, from whom they purchased the explosive, has also been detained,” Rathore said.

He told reporters at a press conference here that the Udaipur police

The incident which took place on the Odha railway bridge was taken seriously. The accused were angry because they got less compensation for their land. After the incident, CM Ashok Gehlot had called a high level meeting and handed over the investigation to Rajasthan ATS.

played a key role in solving the case. The accused were identified as Dhool Chand Meena, Prakash Meena and a 17-year-old juvenile. Another accused in the

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Jaipur: Four contract killers who came to Jaipur to kill a woman constable were held by Jaipur rural police. CO

Jamwaramgarh Shiv Bhardwaj caught four suspected youths in Jamwaramgarh. During questioning, the they revealed that they came to murder a woman constable who is posted in RAC.

A man from Hanumangarh identified as Saddam had given them contract for Rs 5 lakh each to kill the woman constable but the alertness of the CO failed their plan.

case is Ankush Suvalka, who provided them with explosives used. The accused are the residents of Eklingpura under Jawar mines police station area. Police said that

Poonia takes dig at RaGa over Savarkar

The Yatra is insult of sacrifices made by people of India, alleges Poonia

Jaipur : In reaction to the statement given by Rahul Gandhi regarding Veer Savarkar, BJP state president Satish Poonia said that Rahul Gandhi is currently on Bharat Jodo Yatra.

“The people of India know who contributed to the disintegration of the united India and the division of the country into India and

DoP returns grade 3rd teachers transfer policy

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The ban on transfers of thirdgrade teachers is likely to stay for some more time as the transfer policy prepared by the education department has been returned by the Dept of Personnel.

The education dept will now study the transfer policy of other states and then

prepare a new transfer policy for thirdgrade teachers. Edu Minister Dr BD Kalla said that the dept had prepared the transfer policy and was sent to the DoP but the DoP returned the transfer policy for amendments. Now, the transfer policy of other states will be studied and then a new policy will be prepared.

Pakistan. Nehru’s and Jinnah’s ambition for power divided India. It is ridiculous for them to talk about uniting India. The yatra insults the sacrifices made by the people and exposes cheap politics of Congress,” he said.

Prakash drove his bike and the 17-year-old juvenile was along with him. After the train passed the track, the duo put the bomb-like bundle on the track and set it on fire.

One arrested in Dungarpur over gelatin sticks issue

4 held in Manmohan Soni suicide case

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Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: The administration of SMS Hosp on Thursday decided to impose a penalty on people involved in spreading filth and garbage in hospital premises. Superintendent of SMS Hosp Dr Achal Sharma issued an order to this effect and said that a penalty of Rs 500 will be imposed for spreading garbage, waste material and filth in hospital.

“The motive behind imposing a penalty is to maintain cleanliness,” he added.

Handball championship in Jaipur from today

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Jaipur: The 17th All India Hanuman Singh Handball Championship (Women’s Category) allocated by Handball Association India will begin from Friday at SMS Indoor Stadium, Jaipur.

The three-day tournament will take place under the aegis of Raj State Handball Association and Hanuman Singh Foundation.

The top eight teams, including Rajasthan,

Indian Railways, Haryana, Morsinghi Handball Nursery (Himachal) , Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Aryavrat Handball Academy (Delhi), Uttar Pradesh, & Rajasthan Police will play.

Organizing Secy Yash Pratap Singh said that the teams have been divided into two pools. Pool A consists of Indian Railways, UP, Morsinghi Handball Nursery & Rajasthan. Rajasthan Police has been kept in Pool B.

Fearing stir, govt declares RSRTC services

Jaipur: The state government has issued a notification declaring all the services, offices and services related to the Rajasthan Road Transport Corporation as essential from November 17 for the next six months with immediate effect.

The Dy Secy, Home Dept informed that, it has come to the notice of the State Govt that a

statewide strike has been called by employees’ of the corporation, in view of this, all the

services of the corporation have been declared as essential services for the next six months.

Jaipur: The serving and retired employees of Rajasthan Roadways on Thursday held a statelevel protest march in Jaipur and raised slogans against the state government for not fulfilling their demands.

The protest march started around 12 pm from the Sindhi Camp bus stand and ended at Parivahan Bhawan.

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Dungarpur : A man has been arrested in connection with the recovery of gelatin sticks in Dungarpur district.

The sticks were found in Som river under a bridge in Gada Nathji area in Aspur on Tuesday (186 kg) and Wednesday (62 kg). After this, the intelligence squad of Gujarat along with the Central and State Police were engaged in the investigation of the case. Search operation was conducted on both sides of the

river and in the flow area. After this, stock verification was also done with many magazine operators of the area.

Deputy SP Aspur Kamal said that a magazine owner Rajedra Jawar was detained on suspicion and was brought for interrogation. During questioning, he confessed to have dumped the stock under fear of being caught.

The accused is a resident of Bhilwara and was placed under arrest.

Relief to Kuldeep Ranka & other from ADJ court

Jaipur(FIB): In a relief to IAS officer and the then Jaipur collector Kuldeep Ranka and SDM Virendra Singh, the ADJ court has dismissed the review petition of Mahendra Kumar in a matter related to FIR registered against

them for not providing information under the RTI act. The FIR was registered with Banipark police station in March 2010. The police closed the investigation under CrPC section 157 and submitted the final report in 2022.

Jaipur : The Shastri Nagar Thana Police have arrested four men for allegedly harassing and cheating businessman Manmohan Soni of Rs 6.5 crore, which forced him to commit suicide by shooting himself. Police informed the accused, identified as Ramesh Chandra Tiwari, his son Sarthyarth Tiwari, Lokpal Pareek and one more person had been arrested in a case of abetment to suicide. The accused were involved in finance business.

N otably, the family members have accused the Manmohan Soni’s partner Satyarth Tiwari, and his father Ramesh Chand Tiwari, a retired police officer, of allegedly harassing him and not returning his money. The victim was even threatened by the accused which led him to die by suicide, the family alleged.

“The four accused have been arrested and are being interrogated,” police said.

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(L) ATS & SOG of Rajasthan Police conducting the investigation after the CM Gehlot’s intervention few days back. (R) ADG of ATS & SOG Ashok Rathore during press conference on Thursday.

Four accused in police custody on Thursday.

FAMILY ACCUSES SONI’S BIZ PARTNER TIWARI

Satish Poonia

The ‘Sanyukt Morcha’ of various organisation of RSRTC staged their protest in Sindhi Camp, Jaipur on Thursday.

Fine of `500 for spreading filth in SMS

Four arrested for conspiring to kill lady cop in Jpr

RSRTC employees hold protest over pending demands

—Umesh Mishra, DGP Rajasthan

Sticks were found in Som river under a bridge in Gada Nathji in Aspur

17, 2022

Key lessons from T20 World Cup as Team India rebuilds in New Zealand

team lacked.

CALM HANDLING OF MISSILE CRISIS AVERTS A GLOBAL CONFLICT

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veryone has the will to suc ceed, but few have the will to prepare for it.” This quote by American Basketball coach Bobby Knight, resonates well with the current state of In dian cricket. While many plans and strategies were laid out after the debacle in the 2021 T20 World Cup, none were strongly implemented whereby India returned emp ty-handed from yet another World Cup. Now, the wait for an ICC Trophy has extended to 10 years since it was 2013 when Indian won the Cham pions Trophy in England.

It wasn’t just the captain that they changed in 2015. In stead, players suited to and specialists in the shorter for mats were given priority over more established play ers. The whole cricketing world wants to emulate their strategy now, and India put a plan in place last year by bringing together the RohitRahul duo as the captaincoach to usher in this change, especially keeping in mind the 2022 T20 World Cup. Sad ly, at the recent World Cup, India faltered by playing the same brand of cricket that they have been following for years.

The T20 game has changed a lot since India won the title back in 2007 and the approach to batting has evolved enormously. Unfortunately, most Indian players are still stuck in the past, playing old-fashioned cricket. Many experts questioned why a match winner like Rishabh Pant was not in the playing eleven

More than the quicks it was the surprising omission of Yuzvendra Chahal who wasn’t picked for a single game! England bamboozled India and Pakistan both in the knockout matches with the leg spin of Adil Rashid.

In fact, much of Pakistan’s success can be attributed to the leg spin of Shadab Khan. But India played Ashwin and Axar, both of whom went for plenty in the semis against England as they bowled pre dictably without any element of surprise.

missile believed to have been misfired by Ukraine landed in Poland killing two people could have brought the Russia-Ukraine conflict to Europe. Luckily, timely and fair investigation allayed the initial suspicion that the missile was fired by Russia. The Soviet-era missile came from Ukraine, the investigators concluded, thus averting a major confrontation. Had it been proved that the projectile came from Russia the Nato countries and the US would have been forced into a direct war against Russians.

Ukraine escaped an outright condemnation as it is facing a barrage of missile attacks from Russia. On the day the missile was misfired, Kyiv’s critical facilities, including power stations, were hit by as many as 50 missiles. The human error looks quite possible as the Ukrainian missile was directed at an incoming Russian projectile.

Moscow strongly denied any missile strike on Poland and the West also reacted with maturity and calm to save the world from a disaster.

The fans are unhappy and want major changes to take place in the team. A traditional approach to batting, backing out of form senior players, an effective bowling attack with no space for wrist spinners and poor captaincy are some of the key factors behind India’s poor show in big games

For the change to happen, Team India just has to take a leaf out of England’s book. Many experts have pointed out the transformation and the efforts put in by the Eng lish management to overhaul their white ball cricket. In 2015, England were rudely jolted as they were ousted from the group league in the ODI World Cup. What hap pened after that is history as the English team appointed a new captain for the shorter format in Eoin Morgan and changed their approach to playing fearless cricket. To day, they have become the only team in cricket history to hold both the ODI and T20 World Cups at the same time.

NOTHING CURIOUS ABOUT JARIWALA CASE

The fans are unhappy and want major changes to take place in the team. A tradi tional approach to batting, backing out of form senior players, an effective bowling attack with no space for wrist spinners and poor captaincy are some of the key factors behind India’s poor show in big games. But it is the style of play that needs the biggest tweaking along with an ag gressive approach to the game.

In the semi-final against England, India started poorly in the powerplay overs, some thing that Rohit had claimed the team was working on se riously. In many bilateral se ries leading up to the World Cup, India had played aggres sively at the start but in cru cial games and tense situa tions, they faltered. The T20 game has changed a lot since India won the title back in 2007 and the approach to bat

ting has evolved enormously. Unfortunately, most Indian players are still stuck in the past, playing old-fashioned cricket.

Even some of the selec tions were bizarre and many experts questioned why a match winner like Rishabh Pant was not in the playing eleven. Dinesh Karthik was not part of the team’s setup for years after the 2019 ODI World Cup and had started commentating with Sky Sports. But he was recalled solely on the basis of his per formances in the IPL. Moreo ver, India lacked depth in the bowling department. With the injury to Jasprit Bum rah, India missed a genuine pace bowler, one who could bowl well at the top and in death overs. Every team had one or two genuine quick bowlers which the Indian

The case of Kanchan Jariwala, Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate from Surat (East) would have been curious had it not happened in the midst of a hectic political campaign. This disappearance of a candidate and his re-emergence the next day to announce a change in his allegiance from one party to another is not surprising. But was Jariwala kidnapped, as alleged by the AAP, to force him to withdraw his nomination papers or did AAP overplay its hand? In his statement Jariwala said he was voluntarily withdrawing due to the internal conflicts with AAP “leaders and workers”.

The AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that Jariwala and his family went “missing”

Hullabaloo by AAP over Jariwala’s alleged kidnapping was needless. In 2021, he contested the Surat civic body election on Congress ticket but lost to the BJP. Surat East is considered a stronghold of the BJP

since Tuesday. He tweeted, “First, the BJP tried to get his nomination rejected. But his nomination was accepted. Later, he was being pressured to withdraw his nomination. Has he been kidnapped?” The BJP rejected the charge. AAP has demanded a “free and

Now, barely a week after crashing out of the World Cup, Team India begins a white ball series in New Zea land hoping for a fresh start to its search for a right com bination. With Hardik Pan dya leading a young side, In dia will look ahead to locate players with an approach that befits the modern T20 game. Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishan Kishan and San ju Samson will be the players to lookout for in the series.

This new-looking squad under Pandya will give the selectors an idea of who can be the potential replace ments for many of the sen iors in the coming years. Both India and New Zealand were knocked out in the Semi-finals of the T20 World Cup and will be keen to make amends - and that promises a gripping series as both sides battle to showcase their full potential!!

fair” probe into the incident. However, after Jariwala’s statement there is nothing left for investigation.

Hullabaloo by AAP over Jariwala’s alleged kidnap ping was needless. In 2021, he contested the Surat civic body election on Congress ticket but lost to the BJP. Surat East is considered a stronghold of the BJP. In 2017 Assembly election AAP was able to garner only 0.22 percent of the votes which was less than the votes polled by NOTA.

Notwithstanding the truth behind the controversy, it does expose the dark side of Indian politics. Clean and controversyfree elections have become a rarity. Most of the times these allegations are baseless and frivolous and malign the democratic process.

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BJP, CONGRESS FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS

Saffron party’s Alpesh Thakor files nomination from Gandhinagar South

Ahmedabad (PTI):

OBC leader Alpesh Thakor on Thursday filed his nomination as a BJP candidate from Gandhinagar South Assembly constituency in Gujarat. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel accompanied him as he filed his papers on the last day of filing of nominations for the second phase of the Assembly elections.

Thakor, who had lost from Radhanpur in North Gujarat in a byelection in 2019 on the BJP ticket, has been fielded from Gandhinagar South this time.

“I am confident that with the support of our workers, the BJP will win massively in the state,” he told media. The BJP will take the state forward in the coming days, he added.

CM Patel said the state has achieved a lot under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership.

New Delhi (ANI): Ahead of Gujarat polls, PM Narendra Modi will hold

ENTITY IN VOTER SURVEY

Congress cries foul, demands K’taka CM’s resignation

Bengaluru (PTI): The Congress in Karnataka on Thursday charged the Chief Minister with “corrupt electoral electoral practice” vis-a-vis an “awareness programme,” a charge rejected outright by Basavaraj Bommai who said the opposition party was bankrupt with ideas.

The CM asserted he was ready to face an enquiry and also get investigated, Congress’ allegation that a private firm engaged in voter survey in the city collected details, including on individuals’ caste and their Aadhaar.

As the issue erupted into a political row, the city’s civic body announced terminating the permission granted to the NGO involved in the programme and authorities said action will be taken against it if it was found to be involved in violations.

Congress national general secretary Randeep Surjewala de-

CONG DISSOLVES UP

manded the resignation of Bommai, alleging he is directly responsible for the corrupt electoral practice by assigning a private entity, Chilume Educational and Rural Development Institute, to collect door-to-door voter information.

Informal

New Delhi (PTI): The UN published a first informal draft of the climate deal on Thursday and it doesn’t mention phase down of all fossil fuels, a proposal that was put forward by India and supported by the European Union and many other countries.

The draft, reflecting needs and demands of countries, expresses “deep regret” that developed countries who have the most capabilities financially and

Digvijaya targets PM Modi, Guj CM over Morbi bridge collapse

Ahmedabad (PTI): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel over the Morbi bridge collapse and claimed it was an “act of fraud of the highest degree”.

Addressing a press conference here in pollbound Gujarat, Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh said there cannot be a bigger administrative failure than the bridge collapse tragedy last month which claimed 135 lives, and said CM Patel should have resigned over the incident.

The suspension bridge located on the Machchhu river in Morbi collapsed on October 30, four days after it was reopened following its repair and renovation.

MORBI BRIDGE WAS REOPENED SANS APPROVAL: CIVIC BODY TO HC

Ahmedabad: The Morbi municipality has told the Gujarat High Court that the company tasked with renovating the bridge, which collapsed killing 135 people, reopened it without any prior approval and without informing the civic body. The municipality also informed the court that as per a 2022 agreement between the civic body and the firm, it was for the Ajanta company to “appropriately renovate” the bridge and only then open it for the public.

Akhilesh meets Shivpal ahead of Mainpuri by-election

Lucknow (PTI): Ahead of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his wife and party candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday met with his uncle and PSPL chief Shivpal Singh Yadav.

The bypoll to the seat was necessitated by the demise of SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, and the area is considered to be the party’s stronghold.

the blessings of ‘Netaji’

elders of the family, the people of Mainpuri

JMM supporters demonstrate in Ranchi as J'khand CM being questioned by ED

Ranchi (PTI): Thousands of JMM workers from across Jharkhand gathered in Ranchi on Thursday to show solidarity with Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is facing questioning from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in the state.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supporters, holding placards bearing messages such as ED, CBI ka durupayog bandh karo’ (stop mis-

use of ED, and CBI’) and Hemant Soren zindabad’,

They raised slogans against the BJP and the central agencies.

“The Hemant Soren govt is being harassed by the opposition through the central agencies. We came here to support our chief minister,” said a supporter Sukumar Munda. Meanwhile, several legislators from the JMM and its partnersthe Congress and the RJD- in the UPA also gathered at CM’s House to show their unity and solidarity.

proposal

INDIA HOPEFUL OF RENEWAL OF UN DEAL

are also with us.”

Akhilesh Yadav also shared a picture of the meeting.

Reacting to the meeting, BJP leader Sidharth Nath Singh took a dig at the SP chief, saying the fear of defeat made Akhilesh Yadav remember his uncle.

“Akhilesh-ji remembered his uncle because of elections this is called fear of defeat,” Singh said in a tweet in Hindi.

TO WIN AMRELI FOR 4TH TIME WILL BE A TOUGH TASK FOR CONG’S PARESH DHANANI

Amreli (PTI): It would be an uphill task for Congress leader Paresh Dhanani to win from the Amreli Assembly constituency for the fourth time in the next month’s Gujarat elections, especially when the Patidar quota agitation has faded out. The former Leader of Opposition in the Assembly is also facing challenge from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is expected to eat into the Congress's traditional vote banks. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded its district unit chief Kaushik Vekariya from the seat, while the AAP has given ticket to Ravi Dhanani. All three — Dhanani and his two rivals — belong to the Patidar community.

SKM to hold marches to Guvs’ houses on Nov 26

New Delhi (PTI): The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) will hold marches to Raj Bhavan across the country on November 26, alleging a breach of assurance by the Centre on farmers’ pending demands, the farmers’ organisation announced on Thursday. The SKM has also called a meeting on December 8 to decide the future course of theirmovement.

IN THE COURTYARD

HC EXTENDS TILL DEC 19 ORDER OF NO COERCIVE ACTION AGAINST ANIL AMBANI

Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended till December 19 its earlier order directing the Income Tax department to not take any coercive action against Reliance ADAG group chairman Anil Ambani on a show cause notice seeking to prosecute him under the Black Money Act. The order was extended by a division bench after the Income Tax department sought more time to file its affidavit in response to Ambani’s petition challenging the notice.

REMARKS AGAINST PREZ: WB GOVT TO FILE AFFIDAVITS

ED CASE AGAINST FORMER UNION MINISTER QUASHED

technologically to lead in reducing their emissions continue to fall short in doing so.

It encourages “the continued efforts to accelerate measures towards the phase down

of unabated coal power and phase out and rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, in

line with national circumstances and recognizing the need for support towards just

transitions”.

Nearly the same language was used in the Glasgow Climate deal last year.

When contacted, a spokesperson of the Environment Ministry said the Indian negotiators do not wish to comment “as negotiations are going on”.

The cover text also doesn’t mention when a loss and damage finance facility will be launched and what its contours will be.

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal govt, and its minister Akhil Giri to file separate affidavits in response to the PIL filed over the derogatory comments by Giri referring to the looks of President Droupadi Murmu. The court directed the state govt to file an affidavit within two weeks on the steps taken by it on the FIR filed against Giri in the matter.

Chennai: The Madras High Court has quashed an Enforcement Case Information Report registered by the ED against DMK MP S Jagathrakshakan, representing Arakkonam constitutency, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act of 2002. Justices PN Prakash and RMT. Teekaa Raman allowed his writ petition pending since 2020, and quashed the ECIR registered on June 12, 2020.

PARESH MESTA DEATH: COURT ALLOWS OBJECTIONS TO CBI’S CLOSURE REPORT

Honnavar (Agencies): In a major development, a court in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada on Thursday allowed filing of objections to the CBI’s closure report in connection with the suspicious death of Paresh Mesta during a communal clash in the district in 2017. The father of the deceased, Kamalakar Mesta had objected to the closure report and filed a submission in the Judicial Magistrate in Honnavar city, stating that they don’t agree with the report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav at COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

PM MODI TO ADDRESS POLL RALLIES FROM NOV 20 IN SAURASHTRA REGION NADDA, UNION MINISTERS, CMS TO ADDRESS 89 BJP RALLIES TODAY

rallies in Gujarat’s Saurashtra for three consecutive days from November 20. More than 1.5 lakh people will participate in these rallies, , said sources. The PM will conduct three rallies in Saurashtra on November 20, two in South Gujarat and Saurashtra on Nov 21 and two in Saurashtra on Nov 22. A BJP source said that a detailed program of the PM’s rallies and road shows is being prepared. Since the PM was out of the country for the G20 summit, the party waited for his return to seek approval and finalize the rally venues.

New Delhi (PTI): Senior BJP leaders, including chief JP Nadda besides Union ministers and chief ministers, are expected to address public meetings on Friday in the 89 constituencies going to the polls in the first phase of polls on December 1. With the BJP intensifying its campaign, party sources said Nadda will hold rallies in three places — Navsari, Ankleshwar and Rajkot East — while Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Narendra Singh Tomar and Anurag Singh Thakur will speak at three, four and four meetings, respectively. UP CM Yogi Adityanath and MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan will address three and four rallies, respectively.

Students create ‘rangoli’ to spread voting awareness ahead of upcoming Assembly polls, in Ahmedabad, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI

In a tweet after the meeting at Shivpal Singh’s residence in Saifai,

their native village in Etawah, Akhilesh Yadav said, “Along with

and

assembled at

Ranchi’s Morabadi Ground and marched towards the CM house.

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JMM supporters protest over summoning of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren by ED, in Ranchi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Akhilesh Yadav and wife Dimple Yadav with Shivpal Singh Yadav and his son Aditya Yadav, in Mainpuri, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI

RAMPUR BYPOLL

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday dissolved all committees formed in Uttar Pradesh for the assembly elections this year, and the state unit of the party is likely to be reconstituted. Party sources said office-bearers of the unit would be replaced under the leadership of state Congress president Brijlal Khabri. An official communication from the party said.

PANELS FORMED FOR STATE POLLS

Cops get Aaftab’s custody for 5 days

New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court on Thurs day permitted the city police to question Meh rauli killing accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala for five more days in its custody and also al lowed his narco analysis test to be conducted to unravel the case. Metro politan Magistrate Avi ral Shukla passed the order while allowing police plea in the matter.

Twenty-eight-yearold Poonawala alleged ly strangled Shradha Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for al most three weeks at his residence in South Del hi’s Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days past midnight.

Police said the couple used to have frequent arguments over finan cial issues and it is sus pected that there was also a fight between them that resulted in Poonawala killing 27-year-old Walkar on the evening of May 18.

New Delhi: In Shraddha murder, the Southern District Police of Delhi have contacted their Eastern counterparts in a bid to match the DNA sample of chopped body parts including a human head which the latter had recovered ear lier in June. According to the sources the East Delhi Police had found a chopped head and hand in the Trilokpuri area in the national capital in

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June this year, which was nearly a month after Shraddha was murdered (on May 18).

Sheena case: My father is innocent, says Peter’s son

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has declined to grant police the custody of tainted IPS officer Manilal Patidar for interrogation in a corrup tion case, citing technical grounds. The bench said though the special Preven tion of Corruption Act court in Lucknow erred in not allowing police custody for interrogation earlier, it cannot be granted at this stage “be cause section 167(2) of CrPC puts embargo on granting police custody after fifteen days judicial custody period, which expired on Nov 13.

Panaji: The international airport in Mopa in Goa will be tentatively commis sioned on December 11 but an official announce ment would be made after confirmation is received from the Prime Minister’s Office, said Chief Minis ter Pramod Sawant on Thursday. Private firm GMR, which will oper ate the airport, the state government as well as the Civil Aviation ministry are all ready to commission the facility, located in North Goa bordering Maharash tra, Sawant added.

MORTAL REMAINS OF 8 INDIANS KILLED IN MALDIVES GARAGE FIRE REPATRIATED

Male: The mortal remains of eight Indians who were killed in the deadly garage fire in the Maldivian capital here last week have been repatriated to India, the Indian High Com mission said on Thursday. The eight Indians were among 10 people who died on November 10, when a major fire broke out in the garage below a cramped living quarters that housed foreign workers here. The fire broke out in the M. Nirufehi area near Maaveyo Mosque, and is reported as the worst-ever recorded in Male in terms of lives claimed. “Mor tal remains of all 8 Indian nationals, who lost their lives in this unfortunate incident, have been repatriated to India.We thank Maldivian authorities for their support in this regard,” the Indian High Commission in Maldives tweeted.

Mumbai (PTI): Rahul Mukerjea, son of for mer media baron Peter Mukerjea, told the spe cial court here conduct ing the trial in the Shee na Bora murder case on Thursday that he still believes that his father is innocent.

Rahul Mukerjea was being cross-examined by main accused Indra ni Mukerjea’s lawyer Ranjeet Sangle before special judge for Cen tral Bureau of Investi gation cases SP NaikNimbalkar.

Peter Mukerjea, Ind rani’s former husband, was also arrested in the case. All the accused in cluding Indrani are out on bail.

Sheena Bora (24), with whom Rahul Muk erjea was stated to be in a relationship, was al legedly killed by her mother Indrani Muker jea with the help of coaccused Sanjeev Khan na and her driver Shay amvar Rai in 2012. The murder came to light in 2015 when Rai, arrested in another case, spilled the beans.

New Delhi: A section of lawyers on Thurs day evening at a court premises here shouting slogans against Aaftab Amin Poonawala, ac cused in the Mehrauli killing case. Around 100 advocates, practising at tje Saket district courts in the national capital, assembled around 3 in the afternoon when they came to know that the accused will be pro duced before the court

WATER BILL A PROOF TO CEMENT AAFTAB’S GUILT

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has come across a fresh lead in the investi gation of the Shraddha Walker murder case, in which they have found a pending water bill in accused Aaftab Poona walla’s flat, given the circumstances that 20,000 litres of water in Delhi is provided free by the gov ernment, sources said.

Court okays cops’ plea for Aaftab’s virtual production

New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court on Thurs day allowed police’s ap plication to produce Mehrauli killing ac cused Aaftab Amin Poonawala before a court through video conferencing. Metro politan Magistrate Avi ral Shukla said accord ing to the application submitted by police, the accused faced threat from miscreants and religious groups.

“I am aware of the sen sitivity of the matter, media coverage...Pub lic traction...,” the judge said while allow ing the application.

NGT files suo-moto case in Mizoram quarry collapse

of Metropolitan Magis trate Aviral Shukla. They shouted slogans de manding award of death penalty for Poonawala, who is under police custody.

Pradhan writes to Tomar on farmers’ insurance scheme

Bhubaneswar (PTI): Claiming that irregu larities have been com mitted in paying insur ance sum to farmers in Odisha under a central scheme, Union educa tion minister Dharmen dra Pradhan sought a probe into the alleged malpractices.

Pradhan, who held a meeting with farmers during his recent visit to Bargarh district, urged Union Agricul ture and Farmer Wel fare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to insti tute an investigation

into the “scam” pulled off in the implementa tion of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), and review the sum paid by the in surance company en listed by the state gov ernment under the cen tral scheme.

Aaftab was arrested on Saturday after Delhi police started probing into a missing com plaint filed by deceased Shraddha’s father Vikas Walker.

Aizawl (PTI): The Na tional Green Tribunal (NGT) has registered a suo-moto case in the stone quarry collapse in south Mizoram’s Hnahthial district and directed authorities concerned to appear be fore it on November 28.

Seven officials, in cluding the member sec retary of Mizoram pol lution control board and the director of the state’s disaster manage ment directorate, have been asked to appear at the tribunal’s Faridkot House office in Delhi, according to the notice issued by the NGT on Wednesday.

District Superinten dent of Police (SP) Vineet Kumar said that suo-moto case into the

incident has also been filed at Hnahthial police station. Meanwhile, the toll in the stone quarry collapse in south Mizo ram’s Hnahthial dis trict climbed to 11 after one more body was re covered from the site, an official said on Thurs day. Hnahthial deputy commissioner (DC) R Lalremsanga said that the body of a 25-year-old man, a resident of Lun glei district, was found under the debris during the ongoing search op eration on Wednesday evening.

Twelve people were confirmed to have been trapped after the stone quarry caved in at Maudarh village, about 23 km from Hnahthial town, on Monday.

V-P Dhankhar interacts with parl committee chairpersons

New Delhi (PTI): VicePresident and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday interacted with chairpersons of various department-re lated parliamentary standing committees at his Parliament House complex. Among those present were BJP leaders Sush il Kumar Modi, Radha Mohan Singh, Rama Devi, Jagdambika Pal, Bhubaneswar Kalita and Brijlal, BJD MP Su jeet Kumar, YSRCP

leader V Vijayasai Red dy and the Congress’ Shashi Tharoor.

The department-re lated standing commit

tees are formed to cover various central minis tries to strengthen ac countability of the gov ernment to Parliament.

CEC Kumar invited as Int’l Observer for Nepal polls

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Chief Elec tion Commissioner (CEC) of India Rajiv Ku mar has been invited by Election Commission of Nepal as Internation al Observer for the forthcoming elections to Nepal’s House of Rep resentatives and Pro vincial Assembly. Elec tions are scheduled in Nepal on November 20 for the Federal and Pro vincial elections to elect

Hyderabad: A seven-mem ber gang, allegedly running a fake arms licence racket here, has been busted and the seven included a mas termind belonging to J&K, police said on Thursday.

The gang used bogus seals of licence-issuing officials and forged signatures to prepare the arm licences and procured real weap ons, said Hyderabad city commissioner of police C V Anand in a release. The police caught the gang and booked it for allegedly cheating, forgery, making counterfeit seals, criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of arms.

Morena: A tiger that possibly crossed over from Ranthambore Reserve in Rajasthan into Madhya Pradesh entered a hut-like structure in Morena district on Thursday morning and injured a photographer present at the site, an official said. Confirming the development on the basis of reports provided to him by local officials, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Subharanjan Sen told PTI in the afternoon the tiger may have strayed in from Ranthambore, adding “from where else will it come”.

CEC

MOS LAUDS PM MODI

vember 18 to 22. During his visit Kumar would be visiting Polling sta tions at Kathmandu and areas around.

ECI also has a similar International Election Visitors Program where members from other Election Management Bodies are invited to ex perience firsthand our General and Assembly Elections held periodi cally. The Election Com mission of India has al ways been in the fore

front with fellow Elec tion Management Bod ies and relevant interna tional organizations/as sociations in promoting the cause of democracy worldwide, through bi lateral as well as multi lateral interactions and has always endeavored to promote contacts, fa cilitate exchange of knowledge and sharing of best practices with a view to strengthen democratic institutions and processes.

India has most cost-effective healthcare: Dr Singh

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Union Min ister of State (MoS) Dr Jitendra Singh said on Thursday that India un der Prime Minister Narendra Modi has be come one of the world’s most cost-effective healthcare destination, with the latest technol ogy tools deployed, across care delivery.

Addressing the Healthcare Leaders Summit-2022 of the Eco nomic Times, Dr Jiten

MoS Dr Jitendra Singh at the event.

dra Singh said that more than 10 lakh medi cal visas were issued to foreigners between 2019

and 2022 and the coun try is fast emerging as the Medical Tourism Hub of the world. He

PM MODI TO INAUGURATE AIRPORT IN ARUNACHAL, EVENT IN VARANASI ON 19

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will on Saturday inau gurate Arunachal Pradesh’s first greenfield airport Donyi Polo, developed over an area of 690 acres and built at a cost of more than Rs 640 crore, in a boost to connec tivity, trade and tourism in the scenic region. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that he will also inaugurate

said, this number is quite significant as there was almost com plete ban on interna

the ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’, a month-long programme being organised in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, on Saturday. The airport is suitable for day operations in every weather. The name of the airport reflects the tradi tions and rich cultural heritage of Arunachal Pradesh and its age-old indigenous reverence to the sun and moon.

tional travel during the pandemic. The Minis ter also pointed out that India has almost 600

globally and nationally accredited hospitals that provide world-class treatment in cost-effec tive manner.

The Minister said that healthcare sector in India is expected to grow to reach a size of $50 billion by 2025, while the global medi cal tourism market is estimated to be worth about $72 billion. He said, India’s share in medical tourism is ex pected to be around 10 billion dollars by 2023.

Accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala allegedly killed 27-year-old Shraddha Walker on evening of May 18

Mediapersons at forest area where Aftab allegedly dumped body pieces of Shraddha, in New Delhi.

POLICE TO MATCH SHRADDHA’S DNA SAMPLES WITH CHOPPED HEAD FOUND

LAWYERS PROTEST, SHOUT SLOGANS AGAINST SHRADDHA MURDER ACCUSED

275 members of the Fed eral Parliament and 550 seats of the seven Pro vincial Assemblies.

Kumar will be leading a delegation of ECI officials as State guest in Nepal from No

FAKE ARMS LICENCE RACKET BUSTED, 7 IN POLICE NET

TIGER ENTERS HUTLIKE STRUCTURE IN MP’S MORENA

HC DENIES TO GIVE POLICE CUSTODY OF TAINTED IPS OFFICER

MOPA AIRPORT MAY BE COMMISSIONED ON DEC 11: GOA CM

Union Min Dharmendra Pradhan

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. —FILE PHOTO

BRIEFS

India, GCC to launch free trade pact talks

New Delhi : Social media giant Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as the Vice President of Meta India. She comes in place of Ajit Mohan who re signed from Meta early this month. Devanathan joined Meta in 2016 and helped build out the Sin gapore and Vietnam busi nesses and teams as well as Meta’s e-commerce ini tiatives in Southeast Asia. In 2020, she moved to In donesia to lead Gaming for APAC which is one of the largest verticals for Meta globally, the state ment said. PTI

New Delhi (PTI): India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are expect ed to launch negotiations for a free trade agreement on November 24 with an aim to boost economic ties between the two regions, an official said.

GCC is a union of six countries in the Gulf re gion -- Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain. “The FTA will be launched on November 24.

GCC officials will be here to launch the talks,” the of ficial said. India has al ready implemented a free trade pact with the UAE in May this year.

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal had, on November 16, said that India will be launching a new free trade agreement (FTA) next week.

New Delhi: Oil refining and marketing company BPCL’s former chairman Arun Kumar Singh is likely to be the new chairman of India’s top oil and gas producer ONGC -- the first instance of a top PSU board-level position going to a person aged over 60. A search-cum-selection committee, constituted by the oil ministry, zeroed in on Singh after interview ing six candidates on Au gust 27. If his selection is approved, Singh will get three years as head of the cash-rich PSU. PTI

BHARATX TO INVEST $15 MILLION IN INDIGENOUS STARTUP

This would be a kind of resumption of FTA talks as earlier two rounds of nego tiations held in 2006 and 2008 between India and GCC. Third round did not happen as GCC deferred its negotiations with all coun tries and economic groups.

India imports predomi nately crude oil and natu ral gas from the Gulf na tions like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and exports pearls, precious and semi-

OTHER STORIES

New Delhi (PTI): Taking binding commitments on new issues like environment, labour and sustainability in the proposed free trade agreements (FTA), being negotiated by India, may hamper the country’s exports in the future, according to a report by Global Trade Research Initiative. India’s already “weak” FTA outcomes may worsen if it takes obligations in the new issues, the report -- FTAs: Fabulous, Futile, or Flawed? An evaluation of India’s FTAs with ASEAN, Japan and South Korea -- said. It added that like many developing countries, India has an evolv ing regulatory framework on most new issues.“International commitments must be taken only after the domestic regulatory framework is in place. And both must be in sync. New non-trade issues may serve as non-trade barriers and hamper our exports in the future,” GTRI report said.

precious stones; metals; imitation jewellery; elec trical machinery; iron and steel; and chemicals to these countries. India’s ex ports to the GCC grew by 58.26 per cent to about $44 billion in 2021-22 against $27.8 billion in 2020-21, ac cording to data from the commerce ministry.

The share of these six

INDIA ENTERS INTO DEAL FOR EXPORT OF 35 LAKH TONNES SUGAR SO FAR IN 2022-23 SEASON: ISMA

New Delhi: India has entered into a contract for export of about 35 lakh tonnes of sugar so far in the ongoing 2022-23 season, out of which 2,00,000 tonnes have been shipped last month, industry body ISMA said on Thursday. The 2022-23 sugar export policy announced on November 5 allowed exports of 60 lakh tonnes of the sweetener on a quota-basis till May 31. Further quantities for export would be allowed after assessing the do mestic production. Sugar season begins from October to September. FIB

countries in India’s total exports has risen to 10.4 per cent in 2021-22 from 9.51% in 2020-21. Similarly, imports rose by 85.8% to $110.73 billion compared to $59.6 billion in 2020-21, the data showed.

The share of GCC mem bers in India’s total im ports rose to 18% in 2021-22 from 15.5% in 2020-21.

Polarisation in performance

of Indian banks to persist: S&P

New Delhi (PTI): Polarisa tion in the performance of Indian banks will persist as many large public sector banks are still saddled with weak assets, high credit costs, and poor earnings, S&P Global Ratings said. It said SBI and leading private sector banks have largely addressed their as set quality challenges, and their profitability is im proving more sharply than the banking system. S&P said economic recovery is driving credit costs to cycli cal low levels and stronger balance sheets and higher demand should boost bank loan growth, but deposit growth will lag.

“Polarisation in the per formance of banks to per sist,” S&P said, adding the return on average assets would be ‘adequate’ at 1%.

“Many large public sec tor banks are still saddled with weak assets, high credit costs, and poor earnings. Similarly, we ex pect a mixed-bag perfor mance for finance compa nies (fincos),” it added.

TV, OTT need selfregulation: Goyal

New Delhi (PTI): Com merce and industry minis ter Piyush Goyal on Thurs day asked the entertain ment industry to self-regu late content of pro grammes on televisions and over-the-top (OTT) platforms as some of them are beyond acceptable standards within the Indi an cultural landscape.

He said that some form of self-regulation and some levels of decency in the presentation of India, In dian families and culture needs to be there.

“I do believe that some form of self-regulation within the media and en tertainment industry is called for. On the one hand, we talk of our culture, rich tradition, our heritage, our family value systems and on the other hand, some of what we see on television and OTT platforms, cer tainly is beyond what is ordinarily acceptable standards within the Indi

SENSEX FALL BY 230 POINTS AMID WEAK GLOBAL EQUITIES

Mumbai (PTI): Equity benchmark indices ended lower on Thursday in line with weak global market trends.

The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 230.12 points or 0.37% to settle at 61,750.60.

New Delhi: Startup accel erator BharatX will invest $15 million over the next 18 months in the Indian startup ecosystem. A joint venture between India Ac celerator and think-tank CIEU, BharatX will invest `1-5 crore in each startup during the first edition of the accelerator pro gramme. “The number of startups in India rose from 471 in 2016 to 72,993 by June 2022, which is fuelling the Indi an tech wave. To build a Swadeshi Startup Ecosys tem in India, BharatX an nounces to inject $15 mil lion over the period of 18 months to build and scale nationwide,” it said. PTI

IND’S APR-OCT OILMEAL EXPORTS UP 38.45% TO 19.84 LAKH TONNES

New Delhi: The country’s export of oilmeal, used as animal feed, rose 38.45% to 19.84 lakh tonnes during the AprilOctober period of the current fiscal on sharp rise in shipment of rapeseed meal, industry body SEA said on Thursday. According to Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), out of the total oilmeal exports, the shipment of rape seed meal doubled to 13.41 lakh tonnes during the April-October period of the current fiscal, from 6.58 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period. PTI

TEA EXPORTS RISE 14.8% TO 140.28 MKGS IN JANUARY-AUGUST

Kolkata: Exports of tea from India increased by 14.8% to 140.28 million kilograms in the first eight months of the 2022 calendar year, according to Tea Board data. Tea shipments during the January-August period in 2021 stood at 122.18 million kilograms. The CIS countries, including Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, remained the larg est importer of Indian tea with 30.56 mkgs in the first eight months of 2022, marginally higher than 29.13 mkgs shipped in year-ago period. —PTI

TO CATER TO PENDING ORDERS

New Delhi: French mobili ty company Alstom on Thursday said the compa ny has won an order to design and manufacture 312 metro cars for Delhi Metro Phase IV. The order worth 312 million euro in cludes design and manu facturing of 234 standard gauge metro cars for Line 7 extension (Pink 12.558 km) on the Mukundpur –Maujpur corridor and, the Line 8 extension (Magenta 28.92 km) for the Janak puri West – RK Ashram corridor. PTI

During the day, it fell 337.45 points or 0.54 per cent to 61,643.27.

The broader NSE Nifty dipped 65.75 points or 0.36 per cent to end at 18,343.90.

From the Sensex pack, Titan, Mahindra & Mahin dra, Maruti, HDFC, Dr Reddy’s, Bajaj Finserv, In fosys, and HDFC Bank were the major laggards.

Larsen & Toubro, Power Grid, ICICI Bank and Bhar ti Airtel were among the winners.

Foreign Institutional In vestors (FIIs) offloaded shares worth `386.06 crore on Wednesday, as per ex change data.

PAYTM SHARES TANK NEARLY 11% AFTER REPORTS OF SELLOFF

New Delhi (PTI): Shares of One97 Communications, Paytm’s parent firm, on Thursday tumbled nearly 11% following reports that Japan-based SoftBank has started the process to sell a 4.5% stake in the company in a block deal. The stock tanked 10.31% to settle at `539.55 on the BSE.

During the day, it went lower by 11% to `535.20. At the NSE, it fell 10.78% to settle at `536.60. The company’s market valuation eroded by `4,021.85 crore.

Kia India looks to bring in more EV6 units

New Delhi (FIB): Kia In dia is looking to bring in more EV6 units into the country in order to cater to the pending bookings, the automaker said on Thurs day. The company said it has delivered 200 units of the EV6, which comes as a completely built unit (CBU), to customers till date.

This number is already twice the initially planned 100 units for the entire year, the South Korean au tomaker said in a statement.

“Now, the company is planning to further in crease the total allocation of EV6 in 2022 and com plete most of the pending deliveries within this year,” it added. The company had launched EV6 in the coun try in June this year, and

ALREADY TWICE ABOVE TARGET

z The company said it has delivered 200 units of the EV6, which comes as a CBU, to customers till date. This number is already twice the initially planned 100 units for the entire year

the deliveries to customers began last month.

“At the launch of EV6, amid the very positive re sponse received, we had promised our customers to bring in more units of the EV6, over and above the initially allotted 100 units for 2022. Going forward, our focus will be on com pleting the deliveries of all the existing and new book ings at the earliest,” Kia India Chief Sales Officer Myung-sik Sohn stated.

The EV6 is built on Kia’s dedicated EV plat form, the Electric-Glob al Modular Platform.

` FALLS 37 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 81.63 AGAINST AMERICAN DOLLAR

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated by 37 paise to close at 81.63 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, tracking the strength of the American currency in the overseas markets and a muted trend in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 81.62 and later wit nessed an intraday high of 81.45 and a low of 81.68 during the session.The domestic unit finally settled at 81.63.

TOP TALKING POINTS

z Piyush Goyal on Thursday asked the entertainment industry to self-regulate content of programmes on televisions and OTT platforms

z He said that some form of self-regulation and some levels of decency in the presentation of India and culture need to be there

an cultural landscape,” the minister said.

“I do not know if it helps in sell your product any better. I suspect not,” Goyal said, adding, “while we welcome modern content...I do believe that some form of self-regula tion and some levels of de cency in the presentation of India, Indian families and Indian culture is some thing where the captains of this industry should also” play a role.

BANK STRIKE: WORK IN SOME PSBs LIKELY TO BE HIT

New Delhi (PTI): Opera tions of PSBs may be im pacted as bank union AI BEA has given a strike call for Satto oppose incessant outsourcing of jobs.

Although the officers are not part of the strike, there may be some impact on cash deposit and withdraw al, clearing of cheques etc. Several banks, including BoB and Punjab & Sind Bank, have already in formed their customers about the potential impact on services if November 19 strike materalises.

If the strike materialis es, a certain section of the Bank’s employees may par ticipate in strike on the said date, in which case, it is likely that the normal functioning of the branch es/offices of the bank may get affected, Punjab & Sind Bank said on Thursday.

NSE to soon introduce Electronic Gold Receipt

New Delhi (PTI): The Na tional Stock Exchange is likely to introduce trading of electronic gold receipts on its platform and market regulator Sebi is ironing out some taxation issues related to the product with the government, an official said on Thursday.

Referring to the Elec tronic Gold Receipt (EGR), V S Sundaresan, Executive Director at the Securities and Exchange Board of In dia (Sebi), said, this prod uct has been introduced by Sebi and BSE has launched it about a month back and “we hope that this product

will definitely gain trac tion over a period of time”.

“Under this product, what is proposed is that the physical gold is to be depos ited in a vault, that vault manager will issue an elec tronic receipt and this will be credited to the demat ac count of the investor, that receipt can be traded on the stock exchange,” he said.

ARUN KUMAR SINGH TO BE NEXT CHAIRMAN OF ONGC

ALSTOM WINS ORDER TO DESIGN, MFG 312 METRO CARS FOR DM

META

‘Binding commitments on new issues in FTAs may hamper India’s exports in future’

90.4% increase in domestic tourists compared to 2021

CM Ashok Gehlot took

Jaipur: Rajasthan gov ernment is soon going to organise Rajasthan Folk Art Festival for the conservation and uplift ment of the folk arts and culture of different regions of the state.

CM Ashok Gehlot said the festival organ ized from Panchayat to state level will increase the footfall of domestic and foreign tourists. In a review meeting of the Tourism Department, Gehlot said that tour ism is an important sec tor for the state’s econo

Corruption in govt ads: Case withdrawal plea, hearing on Dec 22

review meeting of Tourism Dept

culture of the state is promoted.

It was also informed that in 2022, 90.4 percent increase was registered in the number of do mestic tourists as com pared to last year. Apart from this, 1.64 lakh for eign tourists visited Ra jasthan till September.

my. It creates employ ment on a large scale and revenue received from sector accelerates development, he said.

CM directed the offi cials to identify key lo cal tourism places to organise the fair on pri ority. He directed the

officials to coordinate various industries re lated to tourism sector & to publicise it widely to make it successful.

It was informed in the meeting that 22 types of folk festivals are organised in the state through which the

Discussions were held on schemes for the tourism sector & their progress reports. Offi cials informed that tourists have shown a great interest in Palace on Wheels and 80 per cent booking till De cember has been done.

‘Trying to advance edu of State’

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Objections on applications for withdrawing four cases related to cor ruption in govern ment advertise ments were raised by the petition in special court. Ad vocate AK Jain, the counsel for the peti tioner Shankar Lal Gurjar, referred to the Supreme Court decision in Jagjeet Singh v/s Ashish Mishra. He said that the petition has got right of hearing at every level.

The legal advi sor to Home De partment Umendra Goyal had issued the order to with draw the cases. In compliance of the order, the ACB had moved application in public interest. Special judge Up endra Sharma has posted the matter for hearing on four applications on December 22 and decision is awaited till then.

Rajsamand: Vidhansab ha Speaker Dr CP Joshi participated in the inau guration ceremony of the new seminar hall classrooms and student union office at Seth Ma thuradas Binani Gov ernment Post Graduate College, Nathdwara in Rajsamand district on Thursday. Minister of State for Home Rajen dra Singh Yadav was also present.

Assembly Speaker Dr

CP Joshi said that the youth should move for ward in the field of edu cation & perceive their bright future. On this occasion, he said that they are trying for allaround development in the area so that the peo ple in the region can

Eight BJP councillors withdraw their support

Kota : The issue of the appointment of the Leader of Opposition in Kota Municipal Corpo ration (North) in Ra jasthan took a new turn on Thursday when eight councillors ended their affiliation with the BJP. They submit ted a memorandum to the corporation admin istration and urged them to take a quick de cision on the demand of recognizing Nand Kishore Mewada as the leader of the opposition by the majority.

8 out of 14 council lors of BJP Municipal Corporation (North) and 12 councillors, in

cluding 4 independent councillors who have same ideology as BJP, gave a written memo randum to Commis sioner of Kota Munici pal Corporation North. According to them, they have jointly formed a unit party named BJP Kota Municipal Corpo ration (North). All these councillors have unanimously declared Mewada as leader of opposition.

E-GOVERNANCE

move forward. On this occasion, Rajendra Sin gh Yadav also addressed the program. He said that we are committed to advancing the educa tion of the state. VC, social worker Devki nandan Gurjar, Haris ingh Rathore, office

bearers of Naveen Chhatra Sangh, college principal, and other staff students were pre sent at event. After this, Joshi & Yadav partici pated in shareholders’ conference occasion of Silver Jubilee of Urban Cooperative Bank.

Armed miscreants strike SBI in Pali, decamp with `3L in 50 sec

First India Bureau

Pali: Two armed miscre ants struck a SBI Bank, Jadan in Pali on Thurs day. They entered the bank as soon as it opened and approached the cash counter and took away a bag full of cash from the staff at gunpoint and fled. The two were wear ing masks and also hel mets. CCTV camera foot age showed that they came on a motorbike.

According to police, incident took place around 10.30 am. Bank had just opened when miscreants entered.

“They began to shout & threatened all staff pre sent there. One of them

Plots auctioned in Niwai’s Bapu Nagar scheme

Ashish Aman

Niwai (Tonk): The auc tion of Bapu Nagar residential plots was held by Niwai Nagar Palika on Wednesday. The auction was held till late Wednesday night wherein nearly 300 people participated in the bidding process.

Niwai SDM Ravi Kant Singh, Executive Engi neer Mahima Dangi, Nagar Palika Chair man Dilip Israni and other officials were also present during the auc tion process.

Surprisingly, the auction price went up to Rs. 25,000 per square meter. “A total of 36

plots were auctioned during the bidding pro cess. Nearly 300 people deposited the earnest money of Rs. 50,000 and participated in the auction. Soon, plots of

Potential of IT yet to be explored: Ajitabh

lll

IAS Ajitabh

Sharma said IT interventions have been more about e-govt and less about e-governance, & potential of IT is yet to be explored

First India Bureau

Lucknow: Rajasthan cadre IAS Ajitabh

Sharma on Thursday said that IT Interven tions have been more about e-government and less about e-gov ernance, and the poten tial of IT in good gov ernance is yet to be explored.

Shared views on the topic ‘Transitioning from e-government to egovernance’ in the ‘Digi tal Empowerment Meet’

Lucknow, Sharma said govt is an entity but gov ernance is contextual.

On government pro

cess re-engineering, he said, “we are miss ing out on a huge op portunity and it is

high time to act.”

He also said that it was inspiring to listen to Ajit Singh Pal, MoS, IT, Durga Shankar Mishra, Chief Secre tary, Uttar Pradesh and the other speakers who participated in the event which was organ ised by the Department of IT & Electronics, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Company Limited (UP DESCO) and APAC News Network.

Tagore Nagar will also be auctioned. Council lors were also present during the auctioning of plots,” said Niwai Nagar Palika Chair man Dilip Israni.

A screengrab of CCTV.

had a pistol and the other had a sharp weap on. There were 5 em ployees in branch when the incident happened,” police said. According to the police, miscre ants asked employees

for the cash. They saw a bag kept under table in which there was about Rs 3 lakh. CCTV camera footage shows that it took only 50 seconds for miscreants to decamp with the money.

HC hands over minor boy to grandfather

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: Nagaur police on Thursday produced an eight year old boy be fore the division bench of Rajasthan HC in a matter of habeas corpus petition filed by his fa ther Gulab. Since Gulab has been arrested by po lice, the High Court gave custody of the boy to his grandfather.

Gulab had filed the pe tition in HC. He said that after the demise of his wife, three-four known men had sent Dali to his house. One day when he went to work, Dali took away his son Mangal and some money from the house.

He said that his son

was with Dali and the police did not act to re cover him despite a case being registered. Later, he filed the petition.

On direction by the court, Kuchaman city police started an inves tigation to search for the boy. Interestingly, the boy was found with Gulab. The police then arrested Gulab in the case which was lodged by him and produced minor boy in the court.

Five killed, 5 injured in separate road accidents in Sirohi and Churu district

First India Bureau

Sirohi/Churu : A Gu jarat state roadways bus and bike collided in the city. The speeding bike rammed into the bus after damaging the front part of the bus.

Three bike-ridden youths died on the spot. On information, Mount Abu police reached the spot and got the bodies kept in the mortuary of Mount Abu Hospi tal. According to the police, three youths from Mount Abu were heading towards Abu

Road on their bike.

During this, the colli sion took place with the Gujarat Roadways bus, which came from the front near Arana Hanumanji temple.

All three youths rid ing the bike died on the

spot in the accident. The deceased have been identified as Prakash Bhil (19) s/o Mohan Lal, Manish Kumar (24) s/o Devar am and Kesa Ram (16) s/o Nonaram from their Aadhaar cards. The relatives of the de ceased have been in formed about accident.

In another accident, 5 people injured, two killed in a fierce colli sion between a Scorpio car and a truck near village Hariyasar on Sardarshahar Mega Highway in Churu.

MAYOR TURNS FARMER!

JMC Greater Mayor Dr Somya removing weeds from the mustard field in Karauli district and interacting with women farmers.

First India Bureau

First India Bureau

Om Prakash

Ravi Kant Singh, Mahima Dangi, Dilip Israni and other officials during auction of Bapu Nagar residential plots.

Dr CP Joshi, Rajendra Singh Yadav, Devkinandan Gurjar, Harisingh Rathore, Naveen Chhatra Sangh and others on dais during inauguration ceremony of seminar hall classrooms & student union office.

CM Ashok Gehlot, BD Kalla, Vishvendra Singh, Murari L Meena, Usha Sharma, Dharmendra Rathore, Gayatri Rathore, others in review meet.

Ajitabh Sharma

Dr CP Joshi was speaking at SMB College in Nathdwara

AK Jain

RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT TO SOON ISSUE

CARDS FOR NON-RESIDENT RAJASTHANIS

Ziauddin Khan

Jaipur: Non-resident Rajasthanis (NRR) Diaspora could soon get NRR cards that would serve as a unique identity document for the NRRs and also entitle them to some special privileges. The proposal to issue NRR cards is part of the NRR policy, released recently by Rajasthan Chief Minister, Shri Ashok Gehlot, a separate policy especially for the Rajasthani Diaspora.

“Our new NRR Policy proposes to engage NRRs (Non-Resident Rajasthanis) in the economic, social and cultural development of the State and work out plans to

forge beneficial relationship with them,” said State Industries Minister, Shakuntala Rawat.

The policy has been formulated on the FiveC concept of Connect, Culture, Community, Care and Contribution.

There is a focus on the contribution of NRRs to connect them in the development of the State, while there are provisions to develop a

Preps on for VP’s visit to Khetri town on Saturday

First India Bureau

Khetri (Jhunjhunu): Vice- President Jagdeep Dhankhar will flag off the Vivekananda Sandesh Yatra in Khetri town of Jhunjhunu district on Saturday. The Vivekanand Sandesh Yatra, being organised as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava and the 50th anniversary of Vivekanand Kendra

(Kanyakumari), will pass through all 33 districts of Rajasthan.

Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Swami Atmanishthanand Maharaj informed that Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, National President of Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari A.K Balakrishnan, Senior Advocate RK Agarwal, Parant Sanchalak Dr Sheila Roy, Vivekananda Kendra Rajasthan Parant Pramukh Bhagwan Singh and other people will also be present.

VP is scheduled to stay in Khetri for around 40 minutes. Dist administration took stock.

mechanism to solve their problems and work for their welfare.

The NRR policy aims to connect with a wider base of NRRs across geographies and segments, bringing over 1,00,000 NRRs under the umbrella of Rajasthan Foundation in next five years. The policy also aims to create social and economic impact with increased involve-

ment of NRRs through their knowledge, capital and skills in areas such as tourism, investment, trade, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, etc. catalyzing over INR 1000 crore in next five years..

Dhiraj Srivastava, Commissioner, Rajasthan Foundation said “The purpose of the NRR policy is to establish a framework for the institutionalizing en-

gagement of Rajasthani Diaspora, in keeping with the Government’s commitment to create an enabling environment and platform for effective participation of NRRs in socio-economic development of Rajasthan and also cater to needs of NRRs for their welfare, growth and empowerment. The policy shall also strength link of NRRs to homeland

and sustain the expression of ‘Rajasthaniyat’, the Rajasthani identity through generations.”

There are slew of initiatives planned for NRRs under the Policy. Mhari Dani will be the flagship scheme of the government in which the NRRs will be able to do voluntarily contribute to basic development works in their towns and villages.

State govt will also identify and felicitate outstanding NRRs every year, who will be felicitated in an annual event organized for the Pravasis. Other plans include: bringing all organizations and associations of Rajasthanis on a platform to build bonds with community, Jaane Apna Rajasthan program, Ambassador Program etc.

Mercury dips In Raj; Fatehpur records 8 degree celsius temp

Jaipur: Winter is slowly setting in Rajasthan with nighttime temperature falling below 10 degrees Celsius at many places in the state. Fatehpur in Sikar district recorded a minimum temperature of 8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night -- the lowest in the state.

In the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Thursday, Jaipur recorded a maximum of 27.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 14 degrees Celsius.

According to the Meteorological Center Jaipur, the minimum temperature in Churu

was 8.3 degrees, 8.9 degrees in Chittorgarh, 9.6 degrees in Alwar, 9.9 degrees in Sangaria, 10.1 degrees in Bhilwara, 10.4 degrees in Nagaur, 10.5 degrees in Sikar & 10.9 degrees in Pilani on Wednesday. MeT dept said weather will remain dry in state in coming days.

Aim is to bring over 1 lakh NRRs under umbrella of Rajasthan Foundation in next five years

NRRS TO BE APPOINTED ACROSS WORLD

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE ALSO PREPARED

International Maheshwari Rajasthani Convention held in California.

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar

—FILE PHOTO

Modi govt isn’t bothered about rising inflation, says CM Gehlot

Voting for Anil Sharma will be a true tribute to his father late BL Sharma: Dotasra

Laxman Raghav

Churu: CM Ashok Ge hlot while addressing a public meeting organ ised in support of Con gress candidate Anil Sharma in Sardarsha har assembly by-poll, said that inflation is skyrocketing in coun try & unemployment is rising which has bro ken people’s back.

Anil Sharma, the son of former MLA Bhan war Lal Sharma, filed nomination on Thurs day. Hansraj Siddh be came his proposer. The seat fell vacant after BL Sharma’s demise. Tar geting the Centre over rising unemployment & inflation, Gehlot said, inflation has broken the back of people in the country but the Modi government isn’t both ered. “Unemployment is terrible & people aren’t getting jobs,” he said. Appealing for Sharma’s win, CM said that State Govt has nei ther allowed shortage of devp works in past nor will keep now. Edu Min Dr BD Kalla also hit out at BJP. Min Incharge Brijendra Ola said BL Sharma’s son will carry forward his legacy to serve masses.

The BJP has fielded a person, who had lost the elections four times, knowing that he would not win. Ashok Pincha is being made a scapegoat.

CM Ashok Gehlot serves people while considering them as ‘Ganesh’. Although some people hatched conspiracy against him but he has huge public support.

—Narendra Budania, MLA

CM POSTPONES CHITTORGARH VISIT TO NOVEMBER 22

C hief Minister Ashok Gehlot's proposed visit to Chittorgarh on the 105th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been postponed. Now, the CM will visit Chittorgarh on November 22. Gehlot is a senior observer in the Gujarat polls, as well as a meeting with Sonia Gan dhi in New Delhi on November 19 regarding Rahul Gandhi's proposed Bharat Jodo Yatra, which has now been rescheduled for Nov 22. With the news of CM’s arrival. the entire city was decked up.

Pilot’s non-presence at Sharma’s nomination meeting

First India Bureau

Sardarshahar: Af ter Ajay Maken’s resignation, faction alism seems to be intensifying in Ra jasthan Congress.

The ‘tussle’ of big leaders in the Con gress was clearly visible in the Sard

Dhariwal meets Guv, briefs him about Constitution Park project

arshahar by-election run-up on Thursday as Sachin Pilot was not present in the nomination meeting of Congress candi date Anil Sharma along with CM Ashok Gehlot and State President Go vind Singh Dotasra. This is the first

time in the last two by-elections that Sachin Pilot was not present and as a re sult, a round of ‘po litical discussions’ has started with Pi lot being not present as compared to pre vious by-elections when all the leaders flew together.

FROM P1…

Govt’s plans...

“The Sardarsha har by-election is important for us and the decisions taken by the state government so far have not been tak en by any state in India. Whether it is to restore the old pension scheme for em ployees, health in surance and MGN REGA. Due to plans, policies and schemes, the pub lic has understood that it is the Con gress government that is protecting their interests,” Gehlot said.

On the state ment of Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria re garding the byelection, Gehlot said, “Kataria and all these people are furious that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is coming to Rajasthan on Dec 3. Congress would win with a huge margin. The issues which are on the hearts and minds of the peo ple are the issues raised by Rahul Gandhi. That is why the BJP has become distracted and is doing unre strained propa ganda through so cial media and other mediums.”

Dotasra: Resignation controversy is being created by media

First India Bureau

Jaipur: In the matter per taining to the resignation of Ajay Maken, highly placed sources have re vealed that there will be no change in Rajasthan for the time being and ad ditional charge can be given to another senior Congress leader. In the meanwhile, reacting to Maken’s resignation con

CONGRESS IS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED, SAYS KATARIA

troversy, PCC Chief GS Dotasra said, “Congress has got a new President and now will have a new team. This resignation controversy is created by the media. Now we are moving towards elec tions and everything will be fine,” he said. He said that all MLAs and min isters will focus on elec tions and talks will be of good governance.

DIVYA

First India Bureau

Jaipur: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Thursday, met Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhawan.

During this, he ap

prised about the pro gress of the works of Constitution Park go ing on at Raj Bhawan.

Mishra also discussed the various sculptures under construction & other ongoing beautifi

cation works related to the Constitution Park.

Principal Secretary UDH Kunjilal Meena, JDA Commissioner Ravi Jain, Architect Anoop Barataria were also pre sent during the meeting.

W ith Sardarshahar byelection nearing, BJP has got one more issue to take a dig at Congress. LoP GC Ka taria has once again cornered Congress on state in-charge Ajay Maken’s resignation issue saying that National Prez Mallikarjun Kharge & Maken had seen the entire drama.

“Congress is completely disintegrated,” he said.

A fresh ‘tug of war’ between CM Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps over Rahul Yatra route !

RaGa’s Padyatra in Rajasthan on Dec 3 will be spectacular, says Mumtaz Masih

Jaipur: Ahead of Ra hul Gandhi's ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ political tussle has intensified within the Rajasthan Congress. The Sachin Pilot camp has objected to the question of changing the route of Rahul Gandhi's Yatra.

On the other hand, the Pradesh Congress Com mittee is engaged in making Rahul Gandhi's Padyatra glorious and historic. The task force

formed for the Yatra had talked about chang ing the route chart pass ing through forest area. This is the reason why the route chart has not been finalised yet. The 'Warlords' of the Gehlot camp are busy making the Yatra, a success.

Rajasthan is fast be coming a challenge for Rahul Gandhi. Ajay Maken's relinquish ment from the post of State in-charge has heated up the politics.

On the other hand, lead ers associated with Sachin Pilot camp say that there shouldn’t be any change in route chart of RaGa's ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ passing through Rajasthan.

State Congress Bharat Jodo Control Room team member and Ashok Gehlot's con fidant Mumtaz Masih said that Rahul Gan dhi's Padyatra in Ra jasthan will be spectac ular as there is great enthusiasm among Congress workers, and its route chart is being decided.

Internal politics is coming to the fore on the question of chang ing the route chart of Rahul Gandhi's upcom ing visit to Rajasthan, the leader of the Gehlot group is advocating a change in the travel route due to the forest area, while the Pilot camp does not agree with the arguments of

changing the route.

Rahul Gandhi's Pady atra in Rajasthan is pro posed from December 3. Rajasthan's PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasara, Ministers Ramlal Jat, Pramod Jain Bhaya, RTDC Chairman Dhar mendra Rathore and Sandeep Chaudhary had gone to Maharash tra to discuss the route chart with Rahul's team. Talks have been conducted and now, RaGa’s team has to take final decision on the fi nal route of the Yatra. All said and done, one thing is sure that the internal discord has arisen in the Rajasthan Congress, which is not going to stop soon.

RHB Commissioner now focuses on ‘makeover’ of Ganga Marg!

z Traffic obstruction will be removed from 200 feet wide road

z Jogging track will be developed parallel to the railway line Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: About 5 kms between Jagatpura CBI Gate to Indira Gandhi Nagar, the Ganga Marg, is going to undergo a massive change as the RHB has started the work of strengthening and beautifying this link road. Soon, the 200

feet wide road will not only have vehicles run ning unhindered, but have special green track for people to jog and walk on, parallel to the railway line.

RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora inquired about the progress of the work under con struction from Jagat pura CBI Gate to Khatipura flyover (In dira Gandhi Nagar).

The RHB Commis sioner said, “The Ganga Marg passing through Indira Gandhi Nagar developed by the RHB is

a planned road in the master plan of Jaipur. It connects Indira Gan dhi Nagar and Jagat pura to NH-21 and satel

lite town Bassi, as well as connects to Agra Road and Ring Road. In times to come, it will be the main road of South

Jaipur. The medium of access to Indira Gandhi Nagar Extension Scheme of RHB & the new schemes proposed

in Siroli will also pass through this road.”

Arora said that at present the traffic load on this road is continu

ously increasing. “In view of this, the Board planning to develop this road as a 6-lane road on lines of Mahal Road with a financial & ad ministrative invest ment of Rs 4,800L. Jog ging track will have beautiful landscaping.

During the construc tion, special care will be taken that not even a single tree is cut. In the 1st phase of the scheme, the work of road exca vation has been done in the chainage (0.00 to 1700.00 meters) length,” Arora said.

MAIN FEATURES

z Jogging and walking track parallel to the railway line

z State-of-the-art bus shelter, signage, proper arrangement for parking and seating

z Intensive plantation (5,000 trees and 20,000 saplings will be planted)

z Drainage System, Road Reflectors, Road Parking System, Cycle Track

z Correction of all points of rotation and combination (median)

z Curb stone pavement

z LED street lights

CM Ashok Gehlot being felicitated during the nomination rally of Congress candidate Anil Sharma in Sardarshahar on Thursday. Also seen here are GS Dotasra, Anil Sharma and others.

Congress candidate Anil Sharma files and submits his nomination papers for Sardarshahahr by-poll on Thursday.

GS Dotasra addresses nomination rally of Anil Sharma in Sardarshahar. Also seen here are CM Ashok Gehlot, Dr BD Kalla, Brijendra Ola, Anil Sharma, Narendra Budania & Dr Krishna Poonia.

—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

A fter Rajasthan state in-charge Ajay Maken of fered to resign on Wednes day, Congress MLA Divya Maderna has appealed to the party’s National President Mallikarjun Kharge not to accept Maken’s resignation. In her tweet, Maderna also tagged former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, INC India and Ajay Maken.

Pawan Arora inspects the progress work of the 5 km long Ganga Marg being built between CBI Gate in Jagatpura to Indira Nagar in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here are KC Meena, Anil Mathur, TS Meena and other officials.

Governor Kalraj Mishra with Shanti Dhariwal, who called upon the Governor and informed him about the progress of the ongoing project of the Constitutional Park at Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here are Kunjilal Meena, Ravi Jain and Anoop Bartaria.

Pawan Arora discusses the work under progress with Divisional Engineers & instructs them to speed up the project work.

Yogesh Sharma

Rahul Gandhi

Sachin Pilot

THE MAJESTIC BEAUTY ANSHIKA CHOUDHARY, ONE OF THE FINALISTS OF FIRST INDIA QUEEN SHARES HER JOURNEY AS A MODEL IN A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH CITY FIRST!

ceives you. I focused on my look and defined what type of modelling I enjoyed most.”

UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Anshika Choudhary, one of the finalists of First India Queen shared her dreams and aspiration, she said “I am always more interested in studies since childhood and wants to make my career in the Medical field. Currently pursuing hospital administration from Mahatma Gandhi Jaipur. My only passion is to miss India and soon I will make it to it. I was born in Shri Ganganagar and brought up in Jaipur. My parents support me always. My father Dharmapala Saharan took care of my studies and my mother Sonia Saharan helped in growing my passion for beauty pageants.”

“My love towards Pageants is increasing day by day. Pagent is Just not about beautiful faces in the face it is a platform where a girl can raise her voice for the welfare of society,” she added.

The gorgeous beauty proved that the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. While describing her inspiration, she said “I have always been involved in fashion as my mom is a fashion designer so I got used to behaving naturally in front of the camera.

so I got used to befront of the camera. that it isn’t about

I noticed very young that it isn’t about looking it’s about how the camera per-

Fashion should be a form of escapism and not a form of imprisonment, but sadly models are stuck in the fashion world with lots of difficulties, while sharing her journey, the diva said, “My journey has been very challenging as my studies were difficult. There was a time when I was preparing for the Neet exam mad my pageant was also at that time as I managed both and succeed in both. but I am grateful to FIRST INDIA QUEEN for giving me this golden opportunity and for providing wings to my dreams. When asked about her memorable moments, the beauty said “When I won Miss Congeniality India 2022 and Miss Vivacious Rajasthan 2021. I want to thank you Jagdeesh Chandra and Parimal Mehhta for supporting me a lot during my journey and special thanks to my principal Dr Tanjul Saxena for constant support during

Memories express themselves in tears, sadness and depression and at times denial. Which should be the best way to deal with the memories of the departed ones yet alive in our hearts? There is a designated Day by the United Nations that answers this question - The UN World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims which falls on every third Sunday of November.

It is a day to acknowledge the pain of those families who have lost their dear ones in road accidents. It is a Day to pay homage to their memory. The United Nations endorses it as a global day, making it a major advocacy for road traffic injury prevention. The day is observed by civil societies and social groups all over the world in more than 58 countries. We have 13.50 lakhs in the world and over 1.50 lakhs in India dying on the roads every year.

The poignant poser is what do we do with the fact that roads take away people we love and leave the families totally resourceless to deal with the sudden demise?

One most effective and positive steps are to turn the pain into a campaign, a mission to prevent such a loss. Yes, it is not easy, yet it is possible. Well then, there are those who somehow go beyond their personal sorrow and include others by forming civil societies. Such individual efforts take a huge step forward to mitigate accidents and pain. Empathy has a sense of brotherhood. The UN World Day of Remembrance does that.

Muskaan foundation for Road Safety which had resolved to move from personal to universal has been observing the Day for the sixth year now. These days the Muskaan office is a hub of activities as the team members work from nine to nine putting to-

REMEMBERING THE DEAR DEPARTED

UN WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ROAD TRAFFIC VICTIMS

planted in Jaipur, Delhi and even further through a green corridor. Here Mohan Foundation is doing exemplary work in organ donation and counselling after the brain death of any dear one.

and even further through way to the international arship to study further cle. This left him a parapleof this young man not only

Then there are people like Dilip Petro in Hyderabad who was on his way to the international airport to travel on a scholarship to study further when he was hit by a vehicle. This left him a paraplegic. The never say die spirit of this young man not only healed him, he put together

gether the Memory Out Reach program details in place. Old volunteers drop by and contribute, food orders give a happy hour break on the terrace of the

Muskaan office. The event is victims-centric. The inspiration emanates from the overpowering interface with some villager who has donated his

ARIES

daughter or son’s organs in a bid to save somebody’s life. There have been moments in the past when on stage the young organ donor’s mother could not an-

MAR 21 - APR 20

Today is a favourable day for business. Listening to someone’s advice on the professional front will be in your interest. You are very generous by nature. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth. Your lover may finally say yes to get married to you.

swer the soft question posed to her and simply broke down- no words could replace the loud resonance of her tears! In another such case, the bro-

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

ken but proud sisters of the family stand mute over the fact that four people got life from their brother whose organs were carried and trans-

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Pending paperwork concerning a property will be completed. Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected. Admit your faults. Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them.

VIRGO

LIBRA

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Tensions on the family front are likely to get sorted out. Your spouse can do anything for your happiness. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today and give them a reason to smile. You are opportunist and this will make you successful one day.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

This is the best time to try something new. You will feel amorous towards your wife. 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.

‘The Ability People,’ an organization that helps people like him in rehabilitation. He fights for the rights of survivors of life-limiting injuries in traffic crashes.

Dilip though lives in severe pain, he is tireless in spirit!

‘The Ability People,’ an orpeople like him in rehabilita20, 2022, at 6 pm. The day

school children from thirJaipur city singing ‘Shradsongs with messages of on the roads. The Host for

paratory rehearsals and School for three months

massive event is not only rative social empathy for powerful medium to road safety. Besides the 35another school collaboratSchool with its Mime Theasage of road safety loudly group of students. The

Close to home, the Day of Remembrance is being commemorated by Muskaan NGO at Ravindra Manch on November 20, 2022, at 6 pm. The day will have 350 voices of school children from thirty-five plus schools of Jaipur city singing ‘Shradhanjali song’, and other songs with messages of happy and safe behaviour on the roads. The Host for the Music workshop, preparatory rehearsals and the finale is The Palace School for three months now. The Palace School Principal, Urvashi Varman said, ‘We are happy to be an associate for the Remembrance Day as this massive event is not only an expression of collaborative social empathy for the victims, it is also a powerful medium to spread awareness about road safety. Besides the 35odd schools of Jaipur, still another school collaborating is the Tagore Public School with its Mime Theatre that will relay the message of road safety loudly through its forty-member group of students. The most innocent junior children of Canvas International Pre School, a regular associate, contribute through a display of placards - walk on stage. There is a lot of music, and flowers but no speeches! Here the silence is eloquence!

CANCER

JUNE

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You make sure to make things work your way. You are most wanted by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. Never demotivate someone even if someone is not capable of doing something.

PISCES

FEB20 - MARCH 20

Some family issues may need urgent resolution, so don’t neglect them. Some of you are likely to enjoy an excursion with friends.You will feel financially comfortable. Your personality will attract many eligible bachelors. Spend time talking with likeminded people.

DR MRIDUL BHASIN Social activist and writer

hen asked about whether relationship rumours bother Sunny or not, the actor stated, “It doesn’t bother me when my personal life makes headlines. It doesn’t hamper our equation at all because we understand that at the end of the day, these are just news headlines. It would be stupid of us to make it a reality and take it very seriously.”

He was all praise for his rumoured lady love. He said, “Sharvari is very level-headed. She has different sides to her, but she always keeps her head on her shoulder. She likes to weigh out the pros and cons when it comes to approaching any situation.”

The Shiddat actor also spoke about his wedding plans. He said, “I’ve a lot of time before that.”

SRIDEVI’S SECRET WEDDING?

n the video shared by Vogue, Janhvi gave a glimpse of the ‘memorabilia wall,’ which was her mother’s idea and features all their family pictures together. It also had late actress pictures from events including the time she won the Padma Shri in 2013, photos with Arjun Kapoor, Anshula Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, and more. Later, she pointed at Sridevi and Boney Kapoor’s wedding photos and revealed that it was their ‘secret wedding.’

The actress said: “This is mom and dad’s wedding photo. This was some sort of a secret wedding, I think. Which is why they seem so tensed,” she continued. Moments after, a confused Janhvi added, “I don’t know if I

MALAIKA ON AGEIST TROLLS

In the promotional video, Malla introduces herself as the “woman everyone loves to talk about,” which Malaika posted on her Instagram page. She stated that no matter what she does, she is constantly the target of trolling. “Kuchh bhi karo, people talk. I break up, it’s breaking news. I move on, all hell breaks loose. I’m with my partner, I’m trolled. Take a goddamn walk, I’m trolled,” Malaika said. She continued by saying that she receives ageist remarks like “Ma’am, ghar pe raho na. Ye sab karne ki umar nahi hai,” whether she is wearing a swimsuit or a ball gown. “Sure. I’m not getting any younger. But you know what’s getting really old? These comments. The same old comments. So I thought I’ll give everyone something new to talk about. Show you the real Malaika up close.” Malaika continued.

DEEPIKA’S AIRPORT LOOK

Kareena, who has been shooting for several days now for her upcoming film in London, has dropped stills from behind-thescenes. Taking to Instagram, she captioned her post as “Dover Diaries, United Kingdom 2022 Always a mood on set @ hansalmehta @balajimotionpictures@mahana_films.”

The new mom in B-Town, Alia Bhatt, complimented the actress and wrote, “Loving these looks.” Ekta Kapoor also commented, “Looking fab.”

Ananya clicked with Hollywood celebrities

the queen of effortless airport fash-

ollywood actor Ananya Panday, who will next be seen in the film Dream Girl 2 alongside Ayushmann Khurrana, has dropped pictures from an event in the USA. Here, she has got the opportunity to meet and get clicked with Hollywood models and actors like Freida Pinto, Lucy Hale, and Irina Shayk. Soon after this development, Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan, Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda and Sanjay Kapoor’s daughter Shanaya Kapoor dropped hearts in the comments section with special messages. Popular Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif has liked the post as well.

Sharvari Wagh

Malaika Arora

Ananya Pandey

Deepika Padukone

Janhvi Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor Khan

Ananya Pandey with Indya Moore and Irina Shayk

DESERT SOUL WITH PADMASHRI CP DEWAL!

CITY FIRST

Rajasthan Fo rum’s initiative

Desert Soul se ries was organ ised with re nowned writer, litterateur, and Recipient of Padmashri, Chandra Prakash Dew al. Mal Chand Tiwari, a well-known writer from Bikaner did the conver sation.

While talking about literature

Chandra Prakash Deval shared that being a Rajasthani, he does not consider the celebration of inde pendence as a celebra tion. Rajasthani lan guage is like a lion in the jungle, if Rajastha ni Language gets recog nition it will be the shining star of Indian Literature.

Explaining the rea son for doing special work on Mahabharata,

he said that “Mahab harata is the highest book not only of India but of the whole world, in which religion,

DURING THE DAY!

meaning, work and sal vation will be found.”

He further added that if folk songs, folk music and folk traditions are

lost, then this loss can never be compensated. The test of every scrip ture is the world, which cannot be tied to bound aries.

The evening started with Executive Secre tary Apra Kuchhal’s welcome address. In the end, the Chairman of Rajasthan Forum, Padmabhushan Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt presented a memento to

both speakers.

Desert Soul is a joint initiative of Rajasthan Forum- a non-govern ment organisation and the ITC Rajputana. The series is supported by Shree Cement as a CSR

initiative. Desert Soul is a series that showcases talent from diverse fields who represent the true soul and rich herit age of the desert state of Rajasthan. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

“Epilepsy surgery soon for patients” - Dr Swarnakar

CITY FIRST

Epilepsy patients are being treated with state-of-theart technology in Mahatma Gandhi Hospi tal. Renowned and expe rienced doctors of the country are providing services in the hospital in neurology and neuro surgery. These views were expressed by Prof. Dr ML Swarnakar, Emeritus Chair Person, Mahatma Gandhi Hospi tal. He said that epilepsy surgery is also being done on a large scale for epilepsy patients.

Dr Swarnakar, Emeri tus Chairperson of MGH, was addressing the health awareness program organised on the occasion of National

A solo exhibition of eminent painter Professor Devki Nandan Sharma started on Tuesday at ICA Gallery, Amer Road, in which 41 paintings were displayed. Prof Devki Nandan Sharma is world famous as bird painter. Due to the uniqueness of wash, water color paintings and his drawings, Professor Sharma, decorated with many awards by the Academy, made a different identity in the country as an artist of Rajasthan.

Epilepsy Day.

On this occasion, Dr RK Sureka, Head of the Department of Neurol ogy shared that it is not a hereditary disease. Many new medicines are available in the market for this dis ease. At present, epi leptic seizures can be controlled by the use of new technology intra nasal. He said that 60 per cent of patients get cured with medicine. On this occasion, Dr BS Sharma, Director of Neuro Sciences, said that epilepsy can be treated with medicines.

Surgery is very neces sary for severe epileptic patients, which is avail able at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital with state-ofthe-art technology.

Jaipur Foot USA’s first Global Humanitarian Award!

CITY FIRST

At a recent award ceremo ny held in the Indian Consu late, New York; Jaipur Foot USA announced the first-ever Global Humanitarian Award.

The award has been constituted to honour and recognise the self less work of Indians who without car ing for their lives, manage to help those in need. The first-ever recipient of this prestigious award is Danish Man zoor Bhat.

Originally from Kashmir valley in North India, a journal ist by profession, Dan ish leads Newsweek Magazine in Asia as its Editorial Director and Sr. Vice President for Global Editorial Strategy & Innova tion. In the hardest initial 30 days of the covid-19 pandemic’s

JSEF!

second wave, he helped 326 patients and tele-triaged 460 pa tients suffering from the viral infection. His unique initiatives like #BengaluruHeals & #SabkaOximeter gained massive mo mentum and helped thousands of Covid patients and their fam ilies. Besides this Dan ish also helps “Rescu ing Indians”, a notfor-profit helping Indians stuck overseas.

For this and more, Danish Manzoor Bhat was conferred with the first Global Hu manitarian Award by JaipurFoot USA-BM VSS.

The award was pre sented by Consul Gen eral Randhir Jaiswal, IFS and Prem Bhandari, Chairman, JaipurFoot USA. Dep uty Consul General, Varun Jeph was also present at the pri vate ceremony.

A STEP TOWARDS ADVANCEMENT

CITY FIRST

MOU was discussed be tween JNU and Man chester Metropolitan University, USA to make JNU students better and more efficient in the global com petitive era. JNU Chancellor Dr Sandeep Bakshi welcomed Professor Dr Recy Gracia and Damian Mather, repre sentatives of Manchester Metropolitan University, USA and greeted them with flowers. This meeting will help to explore

the possibilities of improv ing the quality of research and the availability of employment at the global level for students, in

which students have certification and uniformity in the quality of research and students. On this oc casion, Dr Sandeep Bakshi said that JNU is continuously working on a mission in the field of educa tion, the aim is to increase stu dent certification, research qual ity and placement so that stu dents can get employment. After this Dr Damian met the students of Law and discussed the topic of Perspective in International Hu man Rights and shared how in ternational human rights laws.

ROYAL COLLECTIONS IN PINKCITY!

CITY FIRST

On Wednesday evening, the launch event of a women’s wear label named Amrood by Varsha Paryani in association with Mehr Jewellery by Bhav na Jagwani took place at Rosé Amer which is located in civil lines, Jaipur. The magnific event of poise and fashion con cluded with much fervour on Thursday. Various dignitaries including, MP From Rajsa mand Diya Kumari, a member of the erstwhile royal family of Jaipur, Ravneet Bhinder, the Regional President, AWWA and Himadri Bhatnagar, Mrs Asia 2022 winner among others graced the occasion with their presence and congratu lated Varsha Paryani for her

new

prints,

Mehr Jewellery, on the oth er hand, offers an opportuni ty to design something truly unique, necklaces, bangles and rings can be created us

ing stones of its customer’s choice along with numbers and initials and engraved with personal messages in English or Arabic script. During the exhibition, both collections were highly ap preciated by most of the at tendees.

Malviya Nagar MLA Kalicharan Saraf honoured Abhay Mittal, son of Rajendra Gupta, by giving him a citation for scoring 100% marks in the Class X Board of Secondary Education. Saraf welcomed Abhay Mittal by making him wear a turban and giving him a memento. Rajendra Gupta, Vivek Saraf, Mahesh Saini Bachchu, Jitendra Rao and Natwar Kumawat were also present on this occasion.

Team MSMSV, a Jaipur-based team made the country proud by scoring Gold in team debate and writing in the World Scholar’s Cup, an international competition organised by the International Relations office of the premier Ivy League Yale University on Thursday. Three scholars from the team including Devesh Maheshwari of class IX, Rishika Kasliwal of class VIII & Ananya Parwal of class VII showed an outstanding performance at the Tournament of Champions held from November 11 to 16 at the Yale University, USA. Ananya Parwal scored three Golds & two Silvers. She was one of the youngest participants and scored 102 positions in debates across the globe. The team also secured ninth position, a regional team among South East Asian participants. The platform had two qualifying rounds, the first was Regional Round (held in Mayu Ajmer), where scholars within a country participated.

To warmly welcome the new arrivals and bid farewell to the outgoing batch, ALLEN College of Design organised a Freshers cum Farewell Party recently at the college campus in C-Scheme, Jaipur. The program began with the lighting of the lamp by the Director Shri Ram Yadav Guests Miss Rajasthan 2022 Tarushi Rai and Mrs Rajasthan 2021 & Mrs Asia Universe 2022 Himadri Bhatnagar graced the occasion with their presence.

Jyotish Ratnamaya Mahotsav, a free astro workshop will be organised on November 20 at Birla Auditprium, Jaipur. There will be more than 1500 astrologers on one platform. For this, Governor Kalraj Mishra had released the poster of ‘Jyotish Ratnamaya Mahotsav’. During this workshop, information about married life will be given, experts will tell about how we can fix married life with gems.

venture. The guests were ecstatic to witness the superb collection by both Mehr Jewellery by Bhavna Jag wani and Amrood by Var sha Paryani. The event is curated by Aastha Gupta of the splendid soiree. Amrood provides amazing

designed by experts which can be customized ac cording to the designs of the customer.

The fifth edition of Jaipur Student Entrepreneur Fest (JSEF), 200 students from fifteen schools participated more than 40 startup projects. The occasion was organised by Neerja Modi and GCEC. YouTuber Amit Sharma of Crazy XYZ was also present on the occcasion.

Shivangi Srivastava flaunts a beautiful piece of Mehr jewellery as her mother Chitra Srivastava watches fondly and Bhavna Jagwani adjusts it

Bhavna Jagwani with Diya Kumari

Varsha Paryani and Himadri Bhatnagar

Ananya Parwal

Apra Kuchhal and Padma Bhushan Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Mal Chand Tiwari in conversation with Padmashri CP Dewal

Padmashri Gulabo Sapera with Sanjay Kaushik

Padmashri Munna Master & Padmashri Ram Kishore Chhipa

Dr ML Swarnakar during the occasion

Prem Bhandari, Chairman Jaipur Foot USA with others during the occasion

Dr Sandeep Bakshi with others during the occasion

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BY MUKESH KIRADOO

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO