First India-Jaipur Edition-27th November 2022

KPS MENON WROTE A LETTER IN DECEMBER, 1980

NATWAR SINGH

KPS Menon was born in Ottapalam in Kerala in 1898. He got a first in History at Oxford. In 1921 Menon joined the ICS. After Independence, he became the first Foreign Secretary. From 1952 to 1961 he was Ambassador to the USSR. After retirement, he settled down in his home town, wrote several readable books. He also wrote a monthly letter to his old colleagues and friends. I quote below from a letter he wrote me in December 1980. It is totally none bureaucratic.

ONLY MOTHER’S NAME IN LEGAL AND GOVT FORMS STILL A CHALLENGE

During the tear all the basic conflicts in the world, conflicts between the East and West, the North and the South, the haves and the have-nots, seemed come to a head, and there were comments when it looked as if they would erupt into a third world war, which would doubtless be a nuclear war and spell the destruction of civilization.

Politics livened even the realm of sport. Lord Kalinin, President of the Olympic Council, gently observed that it was for consideration whether in future it would be wise to hold the Olympics in the same year as the American Presidential elections

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“I have been trying to keep depression at arm’s length by keeping myself as busy as ever. Unfortunately, I am no longer in a position to indulge in my principal hobby, travelling. Reading, too is becoming difficult on account of the advent of incipient cataract. I have therefore been dictating more than ever before. Apart from gibing the finishing touches to my revised autobiography, “Many Worlds Revisited”, which is to be published by Bhavans in January 1981 and selections from my writings, to be published in Russian by Progress Publishers in Moscow. I have been writing on a variety of themes to a variety of journals. Among the subjects on which I wrote during the expiring year are Hats Off to the Electorate; Frontier Memories; Where do we Stand?; Kabul Cameos; Kampuchea’s Unending Agony; The Living legacy of Lenin; Our new Foreign Secretary; Our Man in Washington’ The First Hundred Days of Nehru; A Historic Visit (on the anniversary of Nehru’s visit to the USSR-1955); A Formative Visit (on the anniversary of Brezhnev’s visit to India in 1973); Towards the Third World War; The Indian and the Chinese; Oxford, Then and Now; Pattom, a politician who a abhorred politicking; Religion and the State; Giri the man; Old Memories of New Delhi; Viceregal Vignettes; Gandhiji’s Guru; Jawaharlal Nehru and Krishan Menon; My Hobbies; the Day I was born; Indians Overseas, some silhouettes; Children a super store house of fun; and Bless the Doctor, but beware of him.

COVID IN CHINA IS AN ALBATROSS

MENON

Thinking and writing about our internal affairs and the international situation do not dispel a feeling of gloom but rather deepen it. In India, despite the return of Mrs Indira Gandhi who, events have demonstrated, is the only Indian politician with an all India stature. Politicking, however, is by no means confined to India. I am beginning to share the pessimism, or the cynicism, of Aldous Huxley who said: ‘I become more and more firmly convinced that it is completely pointless to work in the field of politics. Political action is always foredoomed to a partial, sometimes even a complete, selfstultification. The intrinsic nature of the human instruments with which, the human materials upon which, political action must be carried out, is a positive guarantee against the possibility that such action shall yield the results that were expected from it”

As for men of religion, “they who think that they can go into politics and transform the world always end by going into politics and being transformed by the world.” To Toynbee, the world historian, who holds the same view, the only exceptions are Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi. The only hope lies in the man who work on the margin of society. If these ‘men of the margin’ remains on the margin they can do something to mitigate the consequences of the play of politics.

But how few are there who are content to remain on the margin, resisting the siren call of politics, and even if they do how little can

China’s recurrent Covid outbreaks are like after shocks of an earthquake at its epicenter. Beijing has persis tently denied that the Cov id-19 virus SARS-Cov-2 was created in a Wuhan lab and it spread after it got leaked from there. The world bore the brunt of the alleged lapse but succeeded in getting rid of the virus after fighting it de terminedly. People began to rebuild their lives after suffer ing personal losses and gov ernments all over the world began taking steps to restore complete normality. In China the virus is refusing to go away. The Communist coun try’s zero-Covid policy even small occurrences are being dealt with harsh lockdowns making people agitated.

they achieve in the present socio-economic set up. It is more depressing to think of the state of the world. How can one breathe freely, with the world spending 400 billion dollars a year on arms and armaments and the nuclear bomb hanging like a Damocles sword ever the future of mankind?

During the tear all the basic conflicts in the world, conflicts between the East and West, the North and the South, the haves and the have-nots, seemed come to a head, and there were comments when it looked as if they would erupt into a third world war, which would doubtless be a nuclear war and spell the destruction of civilization. Politics livened even the realm of sport. Lord Kalinin, President of the Olympic Council, gently observed that it was for consideration whether in future it would be wise to hold the Olympics in the same year as the American Presidential elections. There is little doubt that these elections, and the militant positions adopted by all the parties in the USA, were substantially responsible for the worsening of the international situation. The elections are over, but it is idle to expect any improvement in the internal situation, especially with Reagan as President of the USA…….”

Recently, a petition in the Calcutta High Court argued that “a single mother’s child is also a citizen of this country, and no one can in fringe any of his/her fundamen tal rights which are guaran teed”. The court has sought re sponses from the Bar Council of India and the Bar Council of West Bengal.

This has been a problem for single mothers and their chil dren as patriarchy only allowed the name of father in legal docu ments. The idea of single wom en as parents was unacceptable in society until some years ago. Divorcees and unwed mothers faced nagging by government of ficials, gossip and discrimina tion in society over the absence of name of their child’s father. A long struggle followed. In 2015 it was the Karnataka govern ment which said it was “not mandatory to mention the fa ther’s name while writing the full name of the applicant in le gal documents and government records”. Many single mothers are still fighting against this dis criminatory practice.

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Conquer anger with nonanger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.

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China’s recurrent Covid outbreaks are like aftershocks of an earthquake at its epicenter. Beijing has persistently denied that the Covid-19 virus SARSCov-2 was created in a Wuhan lab and it spread after it got leaked from there. The world bore the brunt of the alleged lapse but succeeded in getting rid of the virus after fighting it determinedly

In the latest shutdown in eight districts of Zhengzhou in the province of Henan 60 lakh residents have been ordered to stay indoors for the next five days. The lockdown was a con sequence of unrest among peo

ple over lockdowns. Over 32,000 fresh cases were report ed on Friday and a feared surge in cases has led residents even in Beijing to stock up essential commodities.

Frequent shutdowns have started to adversely affect the world’s second largest econo my and its effect on the glob al economy will be visible in 2023. Retail sales and indus trial production are estimat ed to be at their lowest levels since 2020, when the pandem ic hit the world. The National Bureau of Statistics of China report said that manufactur ing, mining and utility sec tors fell to a negative growth of 2.9 percent from 5 percent in March 2022. A comparison with how efficiently India handled the situation is una voidable. Also, Indian econo my is not in a dismal state.

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Vikram Gokhale Ji was a very seasoned actor, his demise is deeply saddening. He left an indelible mark on the hearts of all cinema lovers. His work will always be remembered. My condolences to his family, friends and followers. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.

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Saddened by the demise of veteran actor VikramGokhale ji. One of the greatest actors who left an indelible mark in Marathi, Hindi Theatre & Film industry with his extraordinary performances. My heartfelt condolences to his family.

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Mumbai:

Rawalpindi:

Elderly priest burnt by miscreants dies during treatment

Satish Poonia forms 3-member panel to probe Rajsamand priest murder case

‘Our duties are our first priority’

PM Modi launches various new initiatives like Virtual Justice Clock, JustIS mobile App 2.0,

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday paid homage to the makers of the Indian Constitution and reiterated the commitment to fulfil their vision. He said ‘We the People’ in preamble of Constitution is a commitment, pledge and belief that has made India mother of democracy.

Attending the Constitution Day function at the Supreme Court, PM Modi said, “Be it individuals or institutions, our duties are our first priority.” He also said that in today’s global situation, the eyes of the entire world are on India.

“Amid the rapid development of India, its quickly growing economy and its strengthening global image, the world is looking at us with great expectations.”

New opportunities are coming up before India. Crossing all hurdles, it’s going ahead. A week from now, India will get G20 presidency. It’s big! As Team India, all of us should enhance India’s prestige before world & bring its contribution before them. It’s our collective duty.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

All the more important that representation of marginalised communities and women in legal profession and judiciary is enhanced. It is crucial that we tap into experience of diverse section of people who are part of judiciary. Their knowledge and understanding would strengthen the institution.

—DY Chandrachud, Chief Justice

of India

DRAWS ATTENTION TO OVERCROWDED PRISONS

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said the legislature, the executive and the judiciary need to have “one thinking” for the country and its people. She suggested decongesting jails by helping poor people languishing there for years for petty crimes. “It is said that jails are getting overcrowded and there is a need to set up more jails. Are we moving towards development? What is the need to set up more jails? We need to reduce their numbers,” she said.

14 years of 26/11: Murmu, Modi, Shah, others pay tribute

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to those who lost their lives in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 & said that 14 years ago when India was celebrating its Constitution and citizens’ rights, enemies of humanity carried out biggest terror attack. President Droupadi Murmu, HM Amit Shah, Union Mins S Jaishankar, Rajnath Singh, Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and others also paid respect to victims.

New CCTV clip: Jain meeting jail chief and guests

Rajsamand: Priest Navratan Lal Prajapat (72), who after being burnt by a group of miscreants was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Udaipur, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday, police said. His wife had sustained burn injuries when a group of around 10 people allegedly hurled a petrol bomb at him in Rajsamand last Sunday. The wife sustained injuries while trying to put out the flames.

“The priest died during treatment at the hospital in Udaipur. His wife is also being treated in the same hos-

Such incidents are repeatedly occurring in Rajasthan in last few years & entire community of pujaris, brahmins is in big shock. I request CM Ashok Gehlot to take this incident seriously & ensure safety, security of pujaris by imposing proper law and order.

—SD Sharma, Working Prez, Raj Brahmin Mahasabha

pital,” SHO Devgarh (Rajsamand) Pratap Singh said. Prajapad had received nearly 80% burn injuries, while his wife Jamna suffered 35% injury. A total of seven accused have been arrested in connection with the incident so far, SHO said. More on P5

Other

Gehlot addresses voters in Gujarat, appeals to form Congress govt

“’I am glad that I got the opportunity to visit your district. Today there is an atmosphere of tension in the country and central agencies are being misused.” Gehlot stressed that the

current government (BJP) has come to power by misleading people and claimed that if Congress government is formed, the party would bring in welfare schemes.

“Constitution and democracy are being damaged. The economy is going down the drain, inflation is breaking the back. BJP is worried about Rahul Gandhi’s visit. I request you to make Congress win in this election. BJP’s misrule is going on for 27 years. Many people lost their lives in Corona.

PM Narendra Modi and CJI DY Chandrachud greet as Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, SC Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and others look on during the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court, in Delhi, Saturday.

PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU

President Droupadi Murmu being felicitated by CJI Justice DY Chandrachud at the Constitution Day event.

New Delhi: A fresh video showing Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain meeting a superintendent of the Tihar jail inside his prison cell emerged on Saturday. The purported video of AAP leader was shared on SM by some BJP leaders.

JAIPUR

OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI

Mumbai: Vikram Gokhale, 77, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Pune, passed away on Saturday, his family confirmed. His funeral was held at Pune’s Vaikunth Smashan Bhumi. P13

Ahmedabad: 2 jawans of CAPF were shot dead and 2 others injured during a clash that erupted between the personnel in Porbandar district, where they were posted for poll duty.

Raipur: The security forces have shot dead 4 Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur in a operation on Saturday. Around 50 Naxals had gathered to plan an attack on development works.

Imran Khan, to pile pressure on Shehbaz govt, has announced that his party members will resign from all provincial assemblies in country. Khan said his PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) did not want to remain a part of the current “corrupt” political system.

Salem: An 85-year-old farmer from TN’s Salem dist set himself on fire outside DMK house for protesting Hindi imposition. Thangavel, a former agri union organiser for DMK, protested against the imposition of Hindi in front of DMK office in Thalaiyur, next to Mettur on Saturday.

New Delhi: In latest development in the Shraddha murder case, a Delhi court on Saturday sent accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala to 14-day judicial custody. According to sources, Narco test of Aaftab Amin will be conducted on Monday, November 28.

Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was on Saturday released from the Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai a day after the Supreme Court rejected the NIA’s plea challenging his bail.

CM Ashok Gehlot addresses meeting to support Cong candidate Ami Rawat at Sayajigunj on Saturday. Netta D’Souza, Ashok Bair and others are also seen. Shiv Prakash Purohit

Gandhidham: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was a tour of Gujarat on Saturday wherein he targetted the Centre over inflation and terror of mistrust between communities across the nation. Addressing a rally at Gandhidham, Gehlot said,

Ravi Sharma and Ashish Chaudhary

BSF jawans on Saturday shot in leg of an intruder on the int’l border in Sri Ganganagar and handed him over to Pak rangers

Congress member Jaideep Dudi and former BJP minister Rajkumar Rinwa joined the BJP in Churu on Saturday —P4

The NCW on Saturday took cognizance of gangrape with a deaf and mute 20-year-old woman in the Barmer district —P5

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will attend the national convention of the ABVP in Jaipur on Sunday —P4

Jaipur bizman gets extortion call of `2 crore from gangster claiming to be Lawrence Bishnoi gang member on Saturday —P5

PCC chief GS Dotasra, Minister Shanti Dhariwal and other leaders reviewed preparations for Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jhalawar P10

RAJASTHAN TOP STORIES

HUGE RESPONSIBILITY ON DUDI & RINWA’S SHOULDERS: POONIA

a change

Churu: BJP state presi dent Satish Poonia on Saturday said that PCC member Jaideep Dudi and former minister Rajkumar Rinwa who joined BJP have a big responsibility on their shoulders. He said that the join ing of PCC member and former parliamentary secretary Jaideep Dudi and ‘Ghar Waspsi’ of

former minister Rajku mar Rinwa to BJP took place on the same plat form on Saturday and the party workers wel comed them with great enthusiasm.

“However, real test will be in the battlefield of Sardarshahar byelection. Many things are connected with bye lections,” he said.

Poonia said, “I was happy when there was talk of the return of Ra

COUNCILLORS’ PROTEST ON

If committees not formed in 3 days, will meet CM: Farooq

jkumar Rinwan to the party’s fold. I called Ab hinesh Maharshi to know his opinion as the MLA and was wonder ing what his reaction would be. I had a doubt in my mind that Ab hinesh would refuse but he said that the party has to decide, he has no objection.” On the in fighting in Congress, Poonia took a dig at CM saying that name of his film is ‘Gaddar Kaun’.

PCC MEMBER JAIDEEP DUDI AND RAJKUMAR RINWA JOIN BJP

Churu: Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) member Jaideep Dudi and former BJP min ister Rajkumar Rinwa joined BJP in Churu district on Saturday. Both the leaders joined the party in the presence of BJP national general secretary and state in-charge Arun Singh and the state president Satish Poonia, a party spokesperson said here. Dudi is a former parliamentary secretary while Rinwa was a minister in the former BJP government led by Vasundhara Raje. Rinwa was expelled by the party for turning rebel after being denied ticket by the party in 2018 Assembly elections. He unsuccessfully fought the elections as an independent candidate from Churu’s Ratangarh seat.

Minor girl raped and forced to illegally terminate pregnancy

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A 16-year-old minor girl was allegedly blackmailed and raped by her neighbour in Jaipur, police said. Po lice informed the ac cused also filmed ob scene videos of the vic tim and threatened to kill her after she be came pregnant. “The accused was in contact with the victim for the last 3-4 years. In Jan 2022, the accused called the victim to a café. Vic

Hanumangarh:

Jaipur: The protest of councillors con tinues in the Herit age Municipal Cor poration. The strike is going on for the formation of work ing committees. In the press conference of the councillors, Mohammad Farooq said that if the com mittees are not formed in three days, they will meet the Chief Minister and take the next deci sion on the matter.

Councillor Nawab Chiraniya said that they have appealed to the MLAs of the city as well, and urged for early formation of committees. MLA

COUNCILLORS’ PLAN HUNGER STRIKE NEXT

I f committees not done, council lors may sit on a hunger strike. They want to convey our point to CM first. In case, the hunger strike doesn’t make any differ ence, the council lors will be forced to take tougher decisions. They stated that neither they will leave Cong nor resign.

Pratap Singh Khachariyawas had talked about the ear ly formation of com mittees, however, one year has passed.

tim became uncon scious after she was of fered a cold drink mixed with intoxicating sub

AAP Raj celebrates 11th foundation day

stance,” police said. “Ac cused then raped victim and filmed her obscene video,” police said.

Madrasa Para teachers meet RTDC Chairman

Mercury dips: Fatehpur and Churu at 4.6 °C

Jaipur (PTI): Mercu ry dipped in parts of Raj, where Fatehpur in Sikar dist & Churu were coldest places with a minimum temp of 4.6 degree Celsius each, the Met office said on Saturday.

Minimum was at

ATS constable thrashed, robbed by 3 miscreants

Jaipur (PTI): 3 uniden tified miscreants alleg edly thrashed and robbed a 34-year-old po lice constable posted in anti-terrorist squad here on Friday, officials said. Constable took an e-rickshaw near Gurud wara when accused were already sitting in the e-rickshaw. Accused hit him and snatched his mobile phone, wal let which had Rs 5,000 cash and ATM card and left him at Jagatpura, police said. FIR has been registered.

5.5 degrees in Chit torgarh, 6 degrees in Sikar, 7 degrees in Bhilwara, 7.5 de grees in Sangaria in Hanumangarh, 8 de grees each in Alwar & Nagaur. Temp in Jaipur was 10.6 de grees Celsius.

Krishna Poonia picks up trash at SMS stadium

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Poonia is also the sports council president and MLA. She picked up garbage set ting an example. SMS Stadium was spar kling clean after two hours of cleaning drive.

Private medical colleges should also increase in State: Rathore

Kashiram Choudhary

First India Bureau

Jaipur: AAP Ra jasthan celebrated its 11th Foundation Day on Saturday. AAP lead er Sunil Dhayal said 11 years ago, Arvind Ke jriwal began change in Indian politics and to day AAP has brought

welfare of common man into mainstream.

Dhayal said today all political parties talk about implementing policies of Kejriwal.

Girdhari Sepat, Mee nashi Zaidi, Giriraj Khangarot, Archit Goy al and others were pre sent on the occasion.

ABVP CADRES THRONG THE CITY

Jaipur: A delegation led by Shamsher Bhalu Khan met Dharmendra Rathore regarding the demands of All Ra jasthan Rajiv Gandhi Parateachers Madrasa Sangharsh Samiti. A detailed discussion was held with Tourism Cor poration President Rathore regarding sev en demands. Rathore discussed the matter with Akhil Arora and Kuldeep Ranka over phone. Convener Sham sher Bhalu Khan said, they have faith in Dhar mendra Rathore.

Procession displays culture of states in Jpr

Jaipur (PTI): Hun dreds of delegates from various states attend ing ABVP’s national convention here took out a procession in Jaipur on Saturday to display the culture of their states.

Clad in traditional at tire of their states, the delegates took out the procession which passed through the walled city of Jaipur from Agrawal college to Albert Hall.

“The procession was

on the theme of Unity in Diversity and the participants exhibited

culture of their states.

The procession was welcomed at several

places by people, mar ket associations among others,” Hushiyar Mee

na, national secretary of ABVP, said.

ABVP’s national gen eral secretary Yagyav alkya Shukla said that the procession reflected “mini-India” in Jaipur. 3 days national conven tion of ABVP will con clude on Sunday.

Jaipur: An annual con ference of physicians is being organised in the state capital. The 33rd annual conference RA JEPICON-2022 is held at Mahatma Gandhi Uni versity of Medical Sci ences and Technology.

Former Union Informa tion and Broadcasting Minister Col Rajyavard han Singh Rathore was the chief guest of inau guration ceremony of conference organized under the banner of the API Jaipur Branch.

Rathore said that 23 govt medical colleges

MIN PRADHAN TO ATTEND ABVP NAT’L MEET TODAY

have been opened in the state and are in creasing continuously.

Private medical col leges should also in crease so that everyone can get treatment.

PM Modi has given

the slogan of ‘Fit India’, this will increase In dia’s productivity. All physicians are gather ing at this conference, this will give us an op portunity to under stand problems.

Speeding car hits rider at Vande Mataram circle

Jaipur: In a case of al leged drunken driving, a speeding car hit a scooty rider at Vande Mataram circle in Mansarovar area on Saturday. Car driver dragged scooty rider for up to 500 metres. Po lice reached the spot and sent the scooty rider to a hospital.

Multiple food joints are around the Vande Mataram circle. Three liquor shops are also there on the four-kilo

metre stretch. Many youths are often seen here driving in the evening hours.

The speeding car also hit a four-foot high wall. There is outrage among the locals as the Vande Mataram Road has turned dangerous. There is a rising de mand for a police sta tion or police post in the Patrakar colony area here.

Despite the presence of police on this stretch, such incidents happen on this road.

Satish Poonia said that people are fed up with the Congress rule and want

Sanjay Prajapat

Arun Singh, Satish Poonia and Rajendra Rathore on the dais during the event in Sardarshahar.

Arun Singh welcoming Rajkumar Rinwa to party. Arun Singh welcoming Jaideep Dudi to the party.

People sitting around bonfire & a cameleer makes a halt in Fatehpur (inset) A woman carrying a child in arms, all covered & trying to save her from chilly weather.

Dinesh Tiwari

Jaipur: In a unique ini tiative by Padmashree Krishna Poonia, she cleaned the SMS stadi um for two hours on Sat urday. Players, coaches and staff also cleaned

stadium.

MAN ALONG WITH HIS 2 BROTHERS RAPE MINOR SISTER-IN-LAW

A 10-year-old minor girl was allegedly raped by her sister’s husband and his two brothers in Hanumangarh, police said. “The victim used to reside with her sister and her family had come from Pali to Hanuman garh for labour work. The accused repeatedly raped his sis ter-in-law along with his two brothers. The incident came to light after the child welfare committee took cognizance in the matter,” police said. “An FIR under provisions of the POCSO Act has been registered against the three accused and the matter is being investigated,” police added.

First India Bureau

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Abhishek Shrivastava

Mohammad Farooq and other councillors interacting with media outside Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage.

Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore along with physicians at 33rd annual conference RAJEPICON-2022 at MGU of Medical Sciences & Technology.

ABVP’s national convention procession passing through Walled City on Saturday (inset) ABVP women members taking selfie during procession in Jaipur. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Padmashree Krishna Poonia picking up garbage at SMS stadium.

U nion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will attend the

—PHOTOS

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BY MUKESH

KIRADOO

BJP forms 3-member committee in Rajsamand priest murder case

Panel to meet victim’s family, submit factual report to State BJP chief Poonia

Ravi Sharma & Ashish Chaudhary

Rajsamand: BJP State president Satish Poonia has formed a three-mem ber panel in Rajsamand priest murder case. The members include state general secretary Madan Dilawar, MLA Dhar manarayan Joshi and OBC Morcha state presi dent Omprakash Bhadana. After meeting the victim’s family, a fac tual report will be sub mitted to Poonia.

During Sardarshahar visit, Satish Poonia said that the peaceful Ra jasthan has now become the capital of crimes.

“The killing of the priest is an unfortunate incident. Ashok Gehlot is the Home Minister and he must take moral responsibility for this and resign. Whether the Congress party gets rid of him or not, the peo ple of Rajasthan are de termined for 2023. Ge hlot and Congress will have to go,” he said.

MAHESH SHARMA MEETS PRIEST’S FAMILY, PROMISES THEM SECURITY & RELIEF

Udaipur: Rajasthan State Vipra Welfare Board president Ma hesh Sharma reached Udaipur on Saturday to meet Rajsamand temple land dispute victim priest Navratna Lal Prajapat. Prajapat, how ever, died in the hospital before Sharma could meet him. Sharma met the family members of the priest and assured them of all possible help and justice from the government. Dur ing the meeting, the relatives of the priest

submitted a memoran dum to Sharma. They demanded a CID probe, financial assistance to the relatives, security

arrangements for the family and a job for a family member. Sharma ordered the District Magistrate, Rajsamand and Superintendent of Police, Rajsamand to get a CID probe done and provide adequate security and compen sation to the family of the deceased. Besides, Sharma inquired about the well-being of Prajapat’s wife Jamna Devi admitted in the burn unit of Maharana Bhupal Government Hospital, Udaipur.

NCW seeks prompt arrest of Barmer gangrape accused

Barmer (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Saturday took cogni zance after a deaf and mute 20-year-old girl was raped in Barmer district.

The matter pertains to November 24 when a deaf and mute 20-yearold girl was raped in Dhorimana village in Barmer district. The victim’s medical exam ination was conducted, informed the police of ficials on Saturday.

“Four teams were formed to nab the ac cused. Other teams were also called,” said Barmer SP Deepak Bhargava.

NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma wrote to the Rajasthan DGP

to arrest all the ac cused promptly.

The Commission has also sought free of cost medical treat ment for the victim.

“The Commission has also sought free of cost medical treatment for the victim. Action taken along with the copy of FIR must be in timated to the Commis sion within 2 days,” read the tweet from NCW’s official handle.

STATE RIGHTS BODY SEEKS FACTUAL REPORT

16-yr-old NEET aspirant hangs self in Kota Ajmer teen kills self after father takes away phone

First India Bureau

Kota: A 16-year-old boy preparing for NEET al legedly committed sui cide on Saturday by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his rented room in Indra Vihar Colony of Kota. Police informed the de ceased has been identi fied as Siddharth.

“The victim had come to Kota nearly four months ago to pre

pare for medical en trance exams. On Fri day afternoon, he re turned from the coach

ing centre and went into his room. At around 4:30 pm on Sat urday, Siddharth’s fa

Pay `2 crore or your son will die: Bizman gets call from ‘Goldy Brar’

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: A city-based businessman on Sat urday received a ran som call of Rs 2 crore from an unidentified man posing as Goldy Brar of Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

Police informed the victim, Ashok Kumar

Jain, is a businessman and resides in the Ba jaj Nagar area.

“He received a What sapp Call from a Cana

da-based number wherein the miscre ant, posing as Goldy Brar, demanded a ran som of Rs 2 crore or he will kill his son if the amount was not paid up. Following the call, the victim filed an FIR. The case has been reg istered and the probe is on,” police said.

Raj Cricket Board executive meet on Dec 1 to decide election date

Jaipur: Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) executive meet ing will be held on De cember 1 to decide upon the date of the RCA election. However, eve rything will depend on the election officer.

The date of the elec tion will be decided on the basis of Sunil Aro

ra’s availability. There are plans to hold elec tions in the last week of December, or else RCA

elections will be held next year.

The whole process of RCA elections will be afresh, with this Vaib hav Gehlot is set to be come president again.

The High Court had lifted the ban on holding RCA polls. The court had dismissed the writ petition of 4 District Cricket Associations and their secretaries.

ther called the land lord and inquired about his son as he was not receiving the calls,” police said.

“The landlord then went towards his room and found him hanging from the ceiling fan from the window. Later, the gate was broken and his body was taken to MBM Hospital in Kota. His body has been kept in the mortuary of the hospital,” police added.

SKM holds march over MSP demand

Jaipur (ANI): Samy ukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday staged a march from the Shaheed Smarak to the Civil Lines here, calling on the government to fufill their demands relat ed to the minimum support price (MSP).

The farmers ini tially conducted a farmer’s meet at the Shaheed Smarak and then marched from there to the Civil Lines. They also sub mitted their demands to the Governor.

Farmer leader Ra jaram Meel said that the farmers fought a long war and as a re sult, the government had to take back the three farmer laws.

“MSP guarantee and returning of the electricity law were promissed in a writ ten agreement on Dec 9, 2021. But the prom ises haven’t been ful filled yet,” he said.

Tata Project likely to ink MoU with JDA for Dravyavati river maintenance work

Abhishek Shrivastava

Jaipur: In what could be termed as a major news regarding Dravya vati River Project, the Tata Project will soon take over the mainte nance and operation work of the project.

Ward 42. During this, he phoned JDC Ravi Jain after observing dirt in the river and gave in structions to clean the dirt of the river soon.

On this JDC Ravi Jain said that the work of cleaning the river will start in 2-3 days.

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Ajmer: A 16-year-old minor girl allegedly committed suicide in Ajmer on Friday night by hanging herself after her father took her mobile. Police informed the deceased has been identified as Parul Sharma, a class eleventh student

and resident of Praga ti Nagar.

Parul was taken to JLN Hospital where doctors declared her dead.The girl was re portedly under servere depression after her fa ther took her mobile phone,” police added. The incident occurred under Crishtianganj Police Station area.

A MoU is going to be finalised between JDA and Tata Project after the consent of both the parties.

JDA sent a draft

cated about the MoU on Saturday when Minis ter Pratap Singh Khach ariawas was visiting

Notably, the MoU is to be done regarding the outstanding payment of electricity bill and maintenance.

Priest’s wife being treated at a hospital in Udaipur.

Jaipur: State Human Rights body Justice GK Vyas has sought a factual report from the SP and Collector of Bar mer in the alleged gang rape of a mute and deaf girl there. The help of a sign expert was also taken but the girl could not tell the details because she is unedu cated, the SP said.

BJYM workers hold protest outside Dhorimanna Police Station in Barmer demanding arrests of the accused.

Naresh Sharma

of MoU to UDH Minis ter Shanti Dhariwal for approval.

JDC Ravi Jain indi

Mahesh Sharma meets priest’s wife in Udaipur.

Sunil Arora

Cops inspect the room of Siddharth (L) in Kota on Saturday.

PS Khachariyawas inspects cleanliness work at Ward 42.

BJP manifesto promises UCC, cell to tackle terror

JP Nadda, Guj CM Patel and state chief CR Paatil release manifesto

Gandhinagar (PTI):

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its manifesto for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls and promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and also create an ‘Antiradicalisation Cell’ to identify and eliminate potential threats as well as sleeper cells of terrorist organisations and anti-India forces.

The party’s other promises include creation of “20 lakh employment opportunities” and take the state's economy to USD one trillion in the next five years.

The manifesto was released at the state BJP headquarters by party president JP Nadda in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state unit chief C R Paatil.

The annual cover under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (Ayushman Bharat) being doubled per family from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, and girls getting free education from “KG to PG” (kindergarten to post-graduation) are among other promises in the manifesto.

“We will ensure complete implementation of UCC in Gujarat as per recommendations of a state government committee. We will also create an Anti-radicalisation Cell to identify and eliminate potential threats, and sleeper

cells of terrorist organisations and anti-India forces,” said Nadda.

On October 29, the Gujarat government had announced that it would form a committee for the implementation of the UCC. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting that day.

The manifesto also

promised enactment of the ‘Gujarat Recovery of Damages of Public and Private Properties Act’ to recover the cost of damage caused to public and private properties by anti-social elements during riots and protests.

Other key promises include setting up of two seafood parks in

SAD opposes Haryana’s land demand for assembly building

Amrik Singh

Chandigarh: A delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday met the Punjab Governor here and opposed Haryana’s proposed move of setting up an additional building of its state assembly here.

The delegation, which was led by SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, also raised the issue of alleged deteriorating law and order in the state.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Governor Banwarilal Purohit,

Badal said Union Territory Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and they will never allow

KEY POINTS

Congress never spoke against terror due to vote bank: Shah

Ahmedabad (PTI):

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said terror attacks were rampant when Congress was in power and terrorists from Pakistan used to kill Indian soldiers but the then ruling party never condemned them due to “vote bank” politics.

Paying tributes to the victims of the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attack, Shah said it is impossible to carry out such an attack under the watch of the Modi govt.

“Today is the anniversary of the 26/11 attack. On this day (in 2008), Pakistani terrorists killed 164 persons in Mumbai. Though such attacks were rampant during the Congress rule, it is not possible to carry out a 26/11

type terror attack today because Narendra Modi is the prime minister,” Shah said at a rally in Talaja. Voting on Talaja and 88 other seats will be held on December 1.

“Sonia (Gandhi) and (former PM) Manmohan Singh were in power for ten years from 2004 till 2014. During their regime, terrorists

Yogi fires fresh salvos against Congress, AAP

Somnath (PTI): Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday dubbed Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal as a 'namoona' or buffoon, and accused him and his party of supporting terrorism and corruption.

from Pakistan used to enter India frequently and kill our soldiers and even decapitated their heads. Despite that, Congress never uttered a word. Why? Because of their vote bank. I hope you know who is Congress’ vote bank,” the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said.

20 YEARS AFTER TRAIN CARNAGE, COMMUNAL TENSION

reflects the gulf between the two communities.

NEED OF WATER DOMINATE VOTER MINDS IN THARAD

Tharad: “There is no water, give us water.” As the sun beats down on arid flatlands punctuated by salt marshes, it’s the one demand and paramount need verbalised by voters in this border area when candidates call on them in these polls. In the ebb and flow of life, water is the exigency, cutting through lines in a society riven by caste, the deciding factor for weddings with parents preferring to fix their daughters’ weddings in villages close to the only Narmada canal in the area.

allotment of land to Haryana for setting up its Vidhan Sabha here.

—WITH PTI INPUTS

south Gujarat and Saurashtra region, free diagnostic service at health centres and approved laboratories for EWS households, setting up three civil hospitals or ‘Medi Cities’, two AIIMS-level institutions, and converting 20,000 govt schools into ‘Schools of Excellence’.

At a rally in Somnath town in Gir Somnath, he also accused main opposition Congress of not respecting other people’s religions because of its “Muslim vote bank”.

“A ‘Namoona’ (buffoon) from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who is visiting Gujarat now a days

is a true well-wisher of terrorism. He had also opposed the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. He had sought proof from our brave soldiers when the Indian Army carried out a surgical strike in Pakistan,” said Adityanath.

Cong welcomes EC action in Karnataka on voter fraud charges levelled by it

the electoral rolls.

New Delhi (PTI): Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is likely to be the chief guest for the Republic Day celebrations here next year.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is learnt to have extended the formal invitation to el-Sisi during an official visit to Cairo last month.

This would be the first time that an Egyptian president would be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.

THAROOR’S MALABAR TOUR

New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Saturday welcomed the Election Commission’s (EC) action in Karnataka over the voter-fraud charges made by it and said to maintain the sanctity of democracy and free-andfair elections, the poll panel's probe has to cover all 28 constituencies in and around Bengaluru and not just three.

Congress’ in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala also demanded an FIR against CM Basavaraj Bommai and the chief commissioner of the Bruhat Bengalu-

ru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), who is the electoral officer of the constituencies where vot-

KPCC tells leaders to inform party in advance

Thiruvananthapuram

(PTI): The disciplinary panel of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Saturday issued strict directive to its leaders not to bypass the respective party forums while attending programmes in each place and directed the leaders to intimate them in advance.

Senior party leader and MLA Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, who heads the panel, said there is no objec-

tion for anyone to visit any place and hold party campaigns but it should be done only with the knowledge of party forums there including the District Congress Committees (DCC).

This notice comes in the wake of controversy over party leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor’s recent Malabar tour.

However, Radhakrishnan made it clear that the disciplinary panel did not re-

ceive any specific complaint regarding Tharoor’s recent tour and so there was no need to

give him any individual direction in this regard.

“We did not receive any complaint in con-

nection with Tharoor. But the party in general has a decision in this regard. It is an institutional precedent to inform the respective party forums in advance about the programmes being attended by leaders,” he said.

The very thought that such forums were bypassed (by the leaders) would erode the strength of the party and so the leaders should take them into faith and inform them

in advance before attending events, Radhakrishnan explained.

The senior leader said as head of the disciplinary panel, he was just informing this to all party members.

“As there is no complaint against Tharoor, it would be an insult to call him in person and inform him about this directive. It is a general decision and everyone is equally responsible to abide by it,” Radhakrishnan added.

ers’ data was allegedly collected by a private firm and additions and deletions were made in

“The Congress welcomes the swift action by ECI on our complaint of 'VoteFraud' in Karnataka, but for maintaining the sanctity of democracy, ECI cannot confine its inquiry/action to just three assembly seats of Bengaluru,” Surjewala wrote on Twitter.

He alleged the “kingpin” of the “voter fraud”, who is responsible for denial of “right to vote” to Kannadigas is none other than Bommai and also hit out at the BBMP chief commissioner.

BJP National President JP Nadda releases party’s manifesto for Gujarat elections, in Gandhinagar, Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Egypt’s president likely to be chief guest for R-Day celebrations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on President Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Saturday.

Randeep Surjewala with Karnataka Cong chief DK Shivkumar and other leaders leave after the meeting with EC, in New Delhi.

The Shiromani Akali Dal delegation led by party chief Sukhbir Badal gives memorandum to Punjab Governor BL Purohit.

Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor. —FILE PHOTO

Amit Shah holds a mace during a public meeting ahead of Gujarat elections, at Rajula in Amreli district, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO

Godhra: A road cleaves through, marking divide between Muslim dominated areas and Hindu majority localities, a metaphor perhaps for communal fissures that run deep in a town that instantly recalls the 2002 riots. 20 years after burning of a train in Godhra killed 59 ‘karsevaks’ and triggered one of India’s worst post-Partition riots, the poll-scape

Ahmedabad (PTI): All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his “BJP taught perpetrators of violence a lesson in 2002” remark, saying nobody stays in power forever. Owaisi also accused Shah of being intoxicated with power. Addressing an election rally in Gujarat on Friday, Shah had said that anti-social elements stopped indulging in violence after they were “taught a lesson” in 2002 and that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) established “permanent peace” in the state. Parts of Gujarat had witnessed large-scale violence in 2002 following the train burning incident at Godhra railway station in February that year.

NOBODY WILL STAY IN POWER FOREVER: OWAISI SLAMS SHAH

“

BR Ambedkar urged us to march on the road to unity”

Rahul Gandhi posts video of the Indian Constitution being signed by Nehru, Gandhi and others on Nov 26, 1949

New Delhi (ANI): Stressing the impor tance of the Constitu tion and the Father of the Indian Constitution, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said on the occa sion of Constitution Day that Bhimrao Ram ji Ambedkar urged us to march on the road to unity. He took to Twitter and posted a video of the Indian Constitution being signed by Jawaha rlal Nehru, Mahatama Gandhi and others on November 26, 1949. The video also showed the fundamental rights granted to every citizen in the country.

“Babasaheb urged us to march on the road to unity. I will walk that road long enough, until every word of our Con stitution is upheld, and every citizen stands pro tected by fairness and justice,” he tweeted.

Congress general sec retary Jairam Ramesh said the draft constitu tion was adopted by the constituent assembly on 26.11.1949 and the con stituent assembly de cided that it would come into force from 26.01.1950 which is since celebrat ed as Republic Day.

“Ideological foun tainheads of BJP had nothing whatsoever to do in making the Con stitution,” he said in a series of tweets.

Recalling BR Ambed kar’s speech of Novem ber 25, 1949 while pilot ing the final draft of the Constitution, he said, “I wish to remind the prime minister and his drum beaters of just two paras from that speech.” He shared por tions of the speech.

Kharge said the Con gress has embarked on the Bharat Jodo Yatra

to unite the nation against forces of hatred and divisiveness.

“Let us unitedly take ownership of bringing India back to its consti tutional values and re storing the nation to a time when these values thrived. The only way to control this new hegem onic disposition is to counter it with ideolog ical and moral strength,” he noted.

He also alleged that within the system, the ruling party has re stricted the opposition’s all avenues to express dissent.

“Routine muting of microphones in Parlia ment whenever the BJP’s (in)actions are questioned and spaces

in media that are acces sible to us are shrink ing every day,” he said.

“Illegal has become legal because the fringe has now become main stream. The foremost

MAN BOOKED FOR DOCTORED VIDEO OF CONG’S BJY

Operation Octopus still on in J’khand Naxal bastion

Ranchi (ANI): ‘Opera tion Octopus’ is still continuing to dig out explosives and hidden arms and ammunition from the densely for ested hilly range of the Naxal bastion of ‘Burha Pahar’ — a mountain range spread over 55 square kms touching three districts of Jharkhand and Chhat tisgarh —which was captured by security forces in September.

‘Burha Pahar’, which touches Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur and Latehar as well as Jharkhand’s Garhwa, was captured in a joint operation of CRPF general duty bat talions, its Naxal spe cialised wing CoBRA, Jharkhand Police and

Jharkhand Jaguar— a special force of Jharkhand Police. Once known for the Naxal op eration base, ‘Burha Pa har’ had been an im pregnable Naxal bas tion for 32 years.

A total of 646 Impro vised Explosive Devices, 18 factory-made regular arms including one light machine gun, 1,588 ammunition, 22 maga

zines, one grenade launcher, 85 grenades, 200 grenade arming rings, 78 pressure cook er IEDs and arrow bombs, Insas Rifles, Car bines, SLR Rifles, LMG with bipod are among several other items have been recovered since the ‘Operation Octopus’ was launched. These re coveries were made in September this year.

tangible spirit of our democracy is being dis torted and disrespected by people who are using it as a means to push a completely contrasting agenda,” Kharge said.

Raipur (PTI): The Chhat tisgarh police have reg istered an FIR against a man for allegedly posting a doctored video on social media of pro-Pakistani slogans being raised dur ing the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. A member of the Congress legal cell lodged a complaint in Raipur, following which an FIR was registered against a man, who hails from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, said the SHO of Civil Lines police station said. The Con gress legal cell alleged that the accused had on Friday posted a doctored video of the yatra on his Twitter handle.

OVER ROAD CONDITIONS

Manihar (PTI): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh fell while taking part in the Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra near Barwaha in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Saturday, the incident igniting a verbal tussle between the op position party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on the condition of the state's roads. Singh was unhurt after he fell while moving towards a roadside restaurant during tea break amid the march and was immediately helped to his feet by Congress workers surrounding him, eye-witnesses said. "Digvijaya Singh has fallen to the ground four times so far during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. However, he has fallen for the first time in Madhya Pradesh and the reason is the state also has bad roads," All India Congress Committee media in charge Jairam Ramesh told reporters.

Zielinsk, Lewandowski’s goal guide Poland to win over Saudi Arabia

Al Rayyan [Qatar]

(ANI): Goals from Piotr Zielinski and Robert Le wandowski and a pen alty save from Wojciech Szczesny gave Poland a 2-0 win in a Group C match against Saudi Arabia here at Educa tion City Stadium. Coming from the back of a famous win against Argentina, Sau di Arabia started off aggressively as Salem Al Dawsari’s assist helped Mohammed Al Burayk make a rightfooted attempt from outside the box which was blocked. In the 13th

minute, Saud Abdulha mid assisted Moham med Kanno to take a right-footed shot from the right side of the box to be saved in the top right corner.

Two minutes later Jakub Kiwior of Po land was shown a yel low card for a bad foul.

Matty Cash got the yel low card for a foul in the next minute.

In the 39th minute, an assist from Robert Lewandowski Piotr Zie linski’s right-footed shot from the centre of the box went on to the top right corner.

Dubai (PTI): A wom an from Kerala, who hails ‘Messi’ as her hero, has set out on a solo trip in her cus tomised SUV to Qatar to watch her favourite team— Argentina, play in the ongoing FIFA World Cup.

Naaji Noushi, moth er-of-five started her trip to the Gulf coun tries on October 15 from Kerala, and ar rived in the UAE, the Khaleej Times news paper reported.

Although heartbro ken at Argentina’s loss against Saudi Arabia,

More properties of banned JeL attached in

NCC to celebrate 74th anniv of its raising today

J&K

—Representational photo

Srinagar: J&K’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday got more properties of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) notified and at tached as properties in unlawful use in Anant nag district. The District Magistrate of Anantnag has notified these prop erties under the unlaw ful use of JeI. The prop erties include orchards, shopping complexes, agricultural land and residential properties. The notified properties also include one kanal and four malras of land with a two-storey build ing housing office of Falah-e-Aam Trust.

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New Delhi: National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world raised in 1948, will celebrate its 74th anniversary on Satur day (November 27). To mark the occasion, De fence Secretary Girid har Aramane laid a wreath and paid hom age to the fallen heroes on behalf of the entire NCC fraternity at Na tional War Memorial, New Delhi on Friday.

Speaking on the occa sion, the Defence Secre tary said, NCC in the past few years has evolved exponentially, wherein youth in uni form have joined hands in every initiative to contribute to nation building. The NCC Rais ing Day is also being celebrated in all state capitals, where cadets are participating in march past, cultural ac tivities and social devel opment programmes. The event will be held on Saturday.

Cold wave grips parts of J’khand

Ranchi (PTI): Cold wave conditions gripped parts of Jharkhand for the past two days, with the night temperatures falling up to six degrees Celsius below normal, weather officials said on Saturday.

The northwest parts of Jharkhand wit nessed a major fall in the level of mercury. The cold conditions,

however, were being felt across the state, the of ficial said.

“The chill in the air increased due to unre stricted flow of northwesterly to northerly

wind at a lower level over Jharkhand,” a senior meteorologist at Ranchi Meteorological Centre, SC Mandal, told PTI.

The average mini mum temperature has dipped by one to six de grees Celsius from the normal across the state.

Simdega district shivered at the lowest minimum temperature of 7.5 degrees Celsius.

MOTHER-OF-FIVE FROM KERALA TAKES SOLO TRIP TO WATCH MESSI IN ACTION AT FIFA WORLD

CUP

way to lifting the cup,” the newspaper quoted her as saying.

Noushi who is trav elling through the Gulf countries in her SUV, got it shipped to Oman from Mumbai which is incidentally the first Indian-regis tered right-hand vehi cle to be shipped into the country.

Mexico on Sunday.

the 33-year-old still showed high hopes for her favourite team in the next match.

Earlier this week, Argentina lost to Sau di Arabia and is now set to play against

“I just want to see my hero Lionel Messi play. The loss to Saudi Arabia was heart breaking for me but I am sure it is only a small hiccup on their

She began her jour ney from Muscat and travelled to the UAE in her SUV via the Hatta border and stopped by to see the world’s tall est tower in Dubai, Burj Khalifa.

Poland’s Jakub Kiwior in action during the match against Saudi Arabia in the FIFA World Cup 2022, in Doha on Saturday.

Naaji Noushi had started her trip on Oct 15 to Gulf countries.

J’khand DGP Neeraj Sinha reviews anti-naxal operations. FILE PHOTO

Def. Secy Giridhar Aramane laying wreath at National War Memorial.

Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh.

DIGVIJAYA SINGH FALLS DURING BHARAT JODO YATRA, UNHURT; BJP, CONG SPAR

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

BRIEFS

MODI GOVT’S CHALLENGE AMID GLOBAL HEADWINDS

India seeks to shrink budget deficit by 50bps

New Delhi: Elon Musk said that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium ser vice that will offer different coloured check marks to accounts, in a fresh move to revamp the service. It’s the latest change to the so cial media platform. Musk also said he would grant “amnesty” for suspended accounts and causing yet more uncertainty for us ers. Twitter previously sus pended the service, which under Musk granted bluecheck labels to anyone paying $8 a month, be cause of a wave of impost er accounts.

AMAZON TO CLOSE FOOD-DELIVERY BUSINESS IN INDIA

New Delhi (Agencies): India wants to narrow its budget deficit by at least 50 basis points, according to people familiar with the matter, as authorities bal ance global investor scru tiny with the need for high er spending as the nation enters an election year.

Finance Minister Nir mala Sitharaman will seek to shrink the shortfall to less than 6% of gross do mestic product in the year starting April 1, the people said, asking not to be iden tified as the deliberations are private. Her presenta tion due Feb. 1 will be the final full-year budget be fore citizens elect their new prime minister in the summer of 2024, a time when Indian governments

typically loosen the purse strings.

What complicates mat ters for Sitharaman is that her food and energy bills are inflated by the war in

Ukraine and given India runs a current-account deficit as well, the rupee has been weakening to suc cessive record lows. Subsi dies on food, fertilizer and

AUTHORITIES BEING CAUTIOUS AS INDIA NEEDS FOREIGN INFLOWS TO BRIDGE DEFICITS

New Delhi (Agencies): The people familiar with the matter said that while authorities won’t change domestic policies to facilitate India’s inclusion in global bond indexes, policy makers want to ensure funds see India as an attractive destination and maintaining fiscal discipline is a priority for the government. They added the subsidy bill next year could ease as commodity prices are expected to cool and the government intends to ramp up domestic production of fer tilizers. A free food grains program that fed about 800 million people is also likely to come to an end, the people said. Discussions are ongoing and the final numbers will be decided closer to the budget presentation. A spokesperson for the finance ministry declined to comment. India has budgeted a deficit of 6.4% of GDP in the cur rent year, significantly down from 9.2% during the first year of the pandemic. A longstanding plan aims to shrink the shortfall to below 4.5% of GDP by 2025-26. The govt is confident of meeting this year’s target and will stick to the glide path, the people said.

fuel will cost at least $67 billion in the year ending March 2023 — or 2.1% of GDP — against the budget estimate of 3.2 trillion ru pees ($39.2 billion),

Bloomberg News had re ported earlier. The Reserve Bank of India has already lost $100 billion from its reserves defending the cur rency and, given the

strength of the dollar, it’s perhaps wiser to allow rea sonable amounts of depre ciation and preserve stock piles of the greenback, the people said.

New Delhi: Amazon Inc will shut down a food-de livery business it was test ing in India, the e-com merce giant said, a day af ter it announced the wind ing down of its online learning platform for highschool students in the country. As a part of of an nual operating planning re view process, the company made the decision to dis continue Amazon Food from Dec 29, according to a communication sent by the e-commerce firm to its restaurant partners in the country. AGENCIES

US BANS SALE OF HUAWEI, ZTE TECH OVER SECURITY RISK

RBI asks Paytm to reapply for payment aggregator licence

5G rollout to be fastest in India: Nokia India exec

New Delhi (PTI): India is going to record the fastest 5G rollout in the world and it will be the biggest suc cess of the next -generation telecom service with the support of the government, a senior Nokia India offi cial said.

Speaking at an event or ganised by the Foreign Cor respondent Club, Nokia India Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Amit Marwah, without naming China expressed concern over ‘infiltration equipment’ in telecom sec tor from neighbouring countries.

Work to combat climate change, boost millet production: Fin Min

Bengaluru (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday ap pealed to startups to touch upon less glamorous areas including climate change, millet production and im proving the condition of farmers. Addressing a na tional level summit to pro mote startups, Sitharaman emphasised more on cli mate change and asked the startups to find a solution to combat it as that will have a bearing on the agriculture pattern in the country.

glamorous areas as well,” Sitharaman said.

New Delhi: The US has banned the sale and im port of new communica tions equipment from five Chinese companies, in cluding Huawei and ZTE, amid concerns over na tional security. Other com panies listed include Hikvi sion, Dahua and Hytera, which make video surveil lance equipment and twoway radio systems. It is the first time US regula tors have taken such a move on security grounds. Hikvision said that its products present no secu rity threat to the US. Hua wei and others have previ ously denied supplying data to the Chinese gov ernment. AGENCIES

WHATSAPP DATA

New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected to entertain Paytm Pay ments Services’ (PPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Paytm, and has asked to resubmit the application to operate as payment aggre gator. The company, how ever, has said it will have no material impact on its business, according to a regulatory filing.

The banking regulator put a pause on onboarding of online merchants by Paytm Payments Services. The company will not on

board new online mer chants till the time approv als remain pending.

The company in an ex change filing said,” Our 100% subsidiary, Paytm Payments Services Limit ed (“PPSL”), is in receipt of a letter from Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) in response to an application from PPSL for the authori zation to provide payment aggregator services (“PA application”) for online merchants.

The central bank said that PPSL is required to resubmit its PA application within 120 calendar days.

PHONEPE SET TO ACQUIRE FINTECH START-UP ZESTMONEY FOR ABOUT $300 MILLION

Bengaluru: Walmart-backed digital payments company PhonePe is all set to acquire buy now, pay later (BNPL) company ZestMoney in a deal pegged at $200 million- $300 million, according to sources. “The talks are on and it will be finalised in another 3-4 weeks,” the sources said. After the acquisition, ZestMoney will continue to operate as a separate entity. ZestMoney, which was founded in 2015 by Lizzie Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, is the fastest growing consumer lending fintech company.

5G services will cover the entire country over the next couple of years—Jio promises to do that by De cember 2023 and Bharti Airtel by March 2024.

“Of course defence pro duction, renewable energy, nuclear, satellites, space technologies, they are all there. You have already touched upon those areas. I am asking you to touch upon some of those less

‘SBI REPORTS HIGHEST PROFIT, BROKING HOUSES LAUDING US’

New Delhi: Chairman of the country’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) Dinesh Khara on Saturday asserted that analysts and broking houses are praising the financial performance of the bank which reported its highest profits recently.

For the first time, SBI registered the highest-ever prof its recorded by any corporate house, Khara said.

“In the recent quarterly results, the bank’s profits are the highest ever. SBI crossed the highest ever profits recorded by any corporate and ana lysts and broking houses are praising this,” the SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara said. In the second quarter of the cur rent financial year, the net profit of the lender stood at Rs 13,265 crore, higher by 74 per cent com pared to the previous similar period.

“My appeal is, more and more innovations coming from the startups for deal ing with climate and cli mate change is going to be absolutely precious,” she said and asked the startups to work towards improving conditions of farmers, ur

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ban dwellers and give a so lution through millets for healthy eating. The start ups can also look at mar kets which can fetch much better price for farmers, which can also generate lot of employment for them because of the value addi tions that can be brought in, she explained.

FROM US FIRMS IN INVESTORS SUMMIT 2023

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh through the ‘Global Investors Sum mit-2023’ is expected to receive huge investment from the US, particularly in nine sectors including IT, agriculture sectors, electronics, food processing, defence and aerospace, pharmaceutical and medical devices, energy, retail and automobiles. As per Invest UP, the nodal agency of GIS-2023, the state is eyeing massive investment from US companies. Apart from this, government officials are also in constant contact with various trade organizations in the US, from where encouraging responses have been received, an official statement said on Saturday. —PTI

Are big tech giants turning heartless?

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New Delhi: In what could be one of the biggest data breaches, phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users are put on sale online. As per re port by Cybernews, an ac tor posted an ad on a hacking community fo rum, claiming that it is selling a 2022 database of 487 million WhatsApp user mobile numbers. The database contains con tacts of users from 84 dif ferent countries that in clude the US, the UK, and even India. AGENCIES

New Delhi: 2022 has not been a good year especial ly for the people working in tech giants like Ama zon, Meta, and Twitter among others as the com panies have slashed jobs this year, with some citing the COVID-19 pandemic is sue while others blaming the rising inflation.

And now, thousands of young Indians are sud denly staring at an uncer tain future as several tech nology companies and start-ups announce mass layoffs due to global head

MASS LAYOFF TREND CONTINUES

z The mass layoffs at Meta, Amazon, and Twitter have started a bloodbath in the United States and India

z Tech giant Google and HP also joining the layoff trend and may let go thousands of employees Desks at Meta office in New York.

winds and funding crunches with many re fusing to stay quiet about it. The common reasons for mass layoffs include business closing, cost-re ducing, measures, de

creased operations (Lack of Work), loss of funds, increase in technological advancements, no particu lar position requirement, changing standards and policies, companies una

ble to adapt to the situa tions after the lockdown and the pandemic, infla tion rising, companies fac ing financial difficulties, funding slowdown, and the Ukraine-Russia war.

ADANI ARM SEEKS LICENCE TO EXPAND POWER DISTRIBUTION IN MUMBAI, INCLUDING AT JNPT

New Delhi: Adani Group company has sought licence for expanding its power distribution business into more areas of Mumbai, including the country’s largest container port JNPT. In an advertisement published in several newspapers in the city on Saturday, Adani Electricity Navi Mumbai (AENM) said it has approached the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for a distribution licence in some pockets of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region along with its listed parent Adani Transmission.

LEAK: 500 MN USER RECORDS FOR SALE

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai at the inauguration of Beyonder Emergence and Green Future Summit, at Atria University in Bengaluru on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Indian Constitution is guiding light of democracy: Governor

Mishra

Bharatpur: Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday said that the Indian Constitution is the best interpretation of democracies around the world in which the citizens have also been made aware of the duties along with the rights.

Speaking at a programme at Maharaja Surajmal Brij University in Bharatpur, he said that the Constitution of India is not only an important document made for the governance system and running the state, but it is the guiding light pillar, through which the democratic

system of the country operates.

He said that the constitution, culture, and nation all complement

Fake call centre busted in Chittorgarh, 16 held

each other and none can be separated.

He also laid the foundation stone of a statue of the former ruler of

3 arrested in Sri Ganganagar with fake notes

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Bharatpur Maharaja Suraj Mal on the occasion. Bharatpur MP Rajeeta Koli said that after the Constitution

MEMBERS PRESENT

JDA’s Knowledge City South scheme can be a boon

Abhishek Shrivastava

Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority’s Knowledge City South scheme can be a boon for the area of 300 square kilometer radius of the authority focuses on the plan then the area can be uplifted.UDH advisor GS Sandhu himself believes the importance of the scheme and he instructed the JDA officials in the review meeting regarding the development of the scheme. The road network here was planned under the direction of Sandhu himself.

proposed sector roads and the plan was sent to JDA for implementation. But till now JDA has taken action on this plan.

FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED

 Focus should be on the area between Knowledge City South, Phagi Road and Tonk Road 

This entire area can be developed as a new satellite town 

Chittorgarh: The Chittorgarh police on Saturday busted a fake call centre and arrested 16 people for allegedly cheating people based in the US by posing as staff of e-commerce giant Amazon, police said. “The fake call centre used to work between 6 pm to 6 am wherein the miscreants used Textnow Application to make calls to people sitting in the USA. They used to cheat peo-

ple on the pretext of parcel delivery, returns and offering gift vouchers. Computers, laptops, and mobile phones have been recovered from the possession of the accused,” police said.

“Those arrested belong to cities like Mumbai, Udaipur, Guwahati, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Ajmer. However, the mastermind is yet to be arrested in the matter.

The fake call centre was being run from a hotel located in Gopal Nagar,” police added.

Sri Ganganagar: The Sri Ganganagar police on Saturday arrested three men with fake currency notes worth Rs. 40,000 in denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 200. Police informed the accused, identified as Vijendra, Mukesh and Salim, were arrested in Suratgarh during a random inquiry at a checkpoint. “The three bike-borne miscreants were stopped and questioned at a checkpoint in Suratgarh. During checking, fake currency notes were recovered from their possession,” said Deputy SP Kishan Singh. “The prime accused Vijendra and Mukesh got the idea of printing fake currency notes through a jail inmate,” added Deputy SP Kishan Singh.

Jodh officers work on weekends

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: Officers in Jodhpur do not get weekend offs. After directions from Police Commissioner Ravidutt Gaur, they have to work on weekends and provide feedback to Gaur. The commissioner takes feedback from DCP and other officers.

DCP Amrita Duhan and Gaurav Yadav take feedback from their

subordinate officers to maintain law and order. Apart from prevention of crimes, the instructions of PHQ are discussed. They take feedback for timely dis-

posal of pending cases.

Collector Himanshu Gupta reviewed the development works on Saturday. He also inspected the work under construction in Surpura Dam and Mandore Garden.

JDA Commissioner Navneet Kumar and other officers also work. They take feedback regarding completion of budget announcements.

Park’s opening, the future generation’s curiosity to know about the Constitution would be awakened.

CM Gehlot approves underpass construction at `14 cr in Kishangarh

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Jaipur: The state government is continuously working towards strengthening the infrastructure of the state. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved Rs 14 crore 89 lakh for construction of underpass in Kishangarh (Ajmer).

The underpass will be constructed in the old railway station premises in Kishangarh. The underpass will provide relief to the common people during traffic hours. It will also connect the city divided into two due to the railway line.

Gehlot had announced plans to make an underpass in the budget.

CM SANCTIONS ` 91.68 CR FOR ROAD IN JODH CM Ashok Gehlot has given financial approval of Rs 91.68 cr for road development works in Jodhpur. Widening and strengthening of Salawas road (km 15) from AIIMS in Jodhpur will be done. A bridge will also be constructed on the Jojari river. With this, the travel between Luni, Dhundhara to AIIMS and other places in Jodhpur city will be smooth. It is noteworthy that in the budget of the year 202223, Gehlot had announced for construction of various roads, major repair and upgradation of damaged roads in each district at a cost of Rs 3 133 cr.

The focus was on direct connectivity from Tonk Road in the plan. He recommended early construction of two

Doc thrashed by Congress leader in Kota

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Kota: A doctor was allegedly thrashed by a Congress leader in Kota after a dispute broke out between them over the issuing of disability certificate. Sources informed that the incident occurred at Kathun Hospital. “Congress leader Naimuddin Guddu allegedly thrashed the doctor during the medical camp. An argument broke out between them over the issuing of a disability certificate.

The Congress leader turned violent and allegedly beat the doctor,” said a source.

The JDA had proposed this scheme in 2010 on Chittora Road located at Diggi Malpura Road. The JDA initially made some roads here and after that the development work of this scheme has come to a standstill.

On these instructions of GS Sandhu, JDA commissioner Ravi Jain gave instructions to the zone deputy commissioner in the meeting.

 JDA Commissioner Ravi Jain had instructed the Deputy Commissioner to prepare a quick report regarding the matter.

Paramour arrested for killing & looting woman in Kota

Bureau

First India

Kota: The Kota Police has solved a murder mystery wherein a 50-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her paramour. Police informed the accused has been identified as Pramod Kumar Singh.

“The accused was a cloth trader and was in poor financial condition due to losses in the corona pandemic.

Pramod Kumar called Pooja Arora on the pretext of marriage and killed her. The accused wanted to loot the victim as she was rich.

The victim sustained head injuries and her body was recovered near Shambhupura highway under the Kunhadi Police Station

area on June 1,” police said. “The woman had left home saying that she was going to Mathura. However, her dead body was recovered in a bloodied condition from the spot. After five months of investigation, Pramod Kumar Singh has been arrested and the matter is being investigated,” police added.

SMOOTH COORDINATION

‘Chiranjeevi Scheme should be promoted continuously’

the quality and utility of food under Indira Rasoi so that poor people can be benefited more from the scheme.

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Jaipur: Chief Secretary Usha Sharma on Saturday asked district collectors to prepare an action plan to ensure 100 percent coverage under the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme. She said that the scheme should be promoted continuously and camps should

be organized so that more and more people can take advantage of the scheme.

Addressing Collectors’ Conference through video conference, Sharma said that whatever deficiencies have been found in the implementation of the flagship schemes of the state government during the inspection by

district in-charge secretaries should be removed by coordination.

She said that regular review should be done

by allotting block wise targets to make Ayushman Chiranjeevi card drive. Sharma instructed the officers to ensure

Under the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, skill development of laborers should be done so that they can be used as skilled workers. She also issued guidelines to the officers regarding the working hours and remuneration to be given to the laborers under the scheme.

She said that attention should be paid to the quality of teachers in Mahatma Gandhi English School.

In the meeting, district in-charge secretaries discussed in detail various state govt flagship and other schemes including increasing the pace of Jal Jeevan Gati Mission, distributing scooty in Kali Bai Scooty Distribution Scheme on time, agriculture processing scheme, etc.

108 ambulance runs out of fuel, patient dies

Banswara : A patient died after the ambulance he was in ran out of fuel in Rajasthan’s Banswara district on Saturday. It was alleged that there was a delay in getting the patient to a hospital after the ambulance ran out of fuel.

Banswara Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr. BP Varma said a probe was underway into the incident.

State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Pratap Khachariyawas said

the govt will take stringent action against those responsible for it. In this matter, a 4-member team completed the investigation and submitted the report to the Joint Director. In the report, the team told about the death of the deceased even before coming to the PHC, but the team denied the demand for diesel from the patient’s relatives. The team put the full responsibility of the episode on the 108 ambulance operator.

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also laid the foundation stone of statue of the former ruler of Bharatpur Ravi Katara

Governor Kalraj Mishra inaugurating newly constructed Constitution park at Maharaja Surajmal Brij University in Bharatpur on Saturday.

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Accused in Kotwali police custody on Saturday.

Ravidutt Gaur

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat spent a delightful noon at the Isha Yoga Centre in conversation with Sadhguru at #IshaInsight Business leadership programme. Singh tweeted, “It’s always a joy visiting the Isha Yoga Centre and sharing insightful moments with @sadhgurujv. Here to share the journey of rural transformation enabled by PM @ narendramodi’s visionary #JalJeevanMission.

GS Sandhu

Accused Pramod Kumar Singh

Usha Sharma, Alok Gupta & other officials were present in the meeting through video conference.

Mirch Masala

FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL

BY TRIDIB RAMAN

sunshine and shadow and even the Gandhi fam-

well. So, Priyanka Gandhi and her family chose Madhya Pradesh very thoughtfully to join in on Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’ When Rahul’s Yatra reached Khandwa, Priyanka joined the Yatra for the first time with her husband Robert and son Rehaan. When this Yatra reaches Mhow, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge will also participate in it. If sources are to be believed, Priyanka is looking for a number of Lok Sabha seats for 2024 which will not ‘disappoint’ her. Party stalwarts like Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh have already advocated sending Priyanka to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Congress needs a young leadership in Madhya Pradesh after Jyotiraditya Scindia joined BJP, as both the veteran Congress leaders, Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh have become old. If the Ram temple is completed in 2024, then the Uttar Pradesh may witness a ‘full bloom’ of the lotus and in such a situation, Priyanka would not want to take the risk of reconquering the forts of Amethi or Raebareli. Perhaps this is the reason, why Rahul Gandhi is also concentrating heavily on Madhya Pradesh. He is also raising the issue of the core voters of the Congress, the tribal community, and the Congress organisation of the state is also seen united behind him.

WHO IS BEHIND ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER HIMANTA BISWA SARMA?

CONGRESS LEADERS REVIEW YATRA PREPARATIONS IN KOTA

BHARAT JODO YATRA WILL BE HISTORIC, ASSERTS DOTASRA

l The Yatra will enter Jhalawar from Madhya Pradesh on December 4, the PCC Chief says

Kota/Jhalawar: PCC

President Govind Singh Dotasara and other leaders visited Jhalwar and reviewed preparations for ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’ The Yatra will enter Jhalawar from Madhya Pradesh in the first week of December.

The party leaders visited the route of the Yatra. They also reviewed arrangements in Sports Complex in Jhalawar.

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Raj police makes elaborate arrangements for Yatra

ssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is gearing up to challenge Yogi Adityanath, the biggest champion of Hindutva in BJP. Sarma is considered very close to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Sarma often makes headlines by making strange statements. During Rahul Gandhi’s visit, he compared Rahul Gandhi’s face with Saddam Hussain regarding his grown beard, then he was also challenged by the Congress not to violate the decorum of language. If sources are to be believed, the top leadership of BJP is gradually raising him as the new champion of Hindutva as an option of Yogi so that he can prominently occupy a place among the leaders of the second line of the party. On the other hand, Yogi Adityanath is one of the most sought after leaders for his election meetings, be it Karnataka or Kerala, North East or Odisha, even in Modi-Shah’s home state of Gujarat. Perhaps this thing is bringing stress on the foreheads of the top leadership of the party. So, efforts are on to project Sarma as an alternative to Yogi.

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WHICH TWO ‘JOURNALISTS’ DID RAHUL GANDHI CHOOSE?

In his ‘BharatJodoYatra,’ instead of giving interviews to eminent journalists or TV anchors, Rahul Gandhi openly shared his heart with two YouTubers. One of them is Shyam Meera Singh, who made a programme by researching on Adani Group’s unexpected flight and Pulwama. The other is Samdish Bhatia, who humorously interviews Rahul for his channel ‘Unfiltered by Samdish’, walks with him on the yatra. Yogendra Yadav and Kanhaiya Kumar are believed to have played an important role in arranging these two interviews. It is believed that Kanhaiya Kumar is going to get the fruits of his hard work soon, as he can be the new President of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. Yogendra Yadav can also get some important responsibility in the organisation.

ARVIND KEJRIWAL FOCUSES BACK ON NEW DELHI

Delhi’s local body elections have taken an interesting turn, with initial trends showing AAP’s lead in more than 150 seats in the MCD elections. Here a direct fight is being told between Aam Aadmi Party and BJP, while Congress candidates are seen struggling even to join the main fight. Now BJP has started a new ‘game’ in Delhi, as the party has started helping Congress candidates from within. If sources are to be believed, the BJP is not only opening its purse strings to bring the Congress into the fray, but its people have also started campaigning for Congress candidates wearing Congress caps. A similar case was also seen in Laxmi Nagar area of Delhi. The BJP believes that ‘the more Congress grows, it will cut into AAP’s vote, this can create an advantage for the BJP’.

LALU UNDER SON TEJASHWI YADAV’S INFLUENCE

AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal is well aware of what does the victory in Delhi Municipal Corporation polls means for his party’s new rise. So, when he heard of ‘troubled times’ in his party in Delhi, he left everything, i.e. left the poll campaign of Gujarat midway, returned to Delhi & put all his energy in elections here. Kejri knows that this time his party may not make a big splash in Gujarat, but it can definitely make its Mayor in Delhi. So, in order to corner the BJP, AAP is raising local issues in Delhi, such as mountains of garbage, cleanliness & hygiene, menace of monkeys & stray dogs in Delhi. On the other hand, BJP is bringing its CMs from other states to Delhi for its campaign, who have no special knowledge of the local issues of Delhi. The BJP has come on its ‘winning face’, which means that now Delhi Municipal polls will also be fought on Modi’s face, who has brought the biggest guarantee of winning polls for Saffron Party continuously since 2014.

The new team announced by RJD supremo Lalu Yadav before leaving for Singapore for his treatment, clearly shows the influence of his son and his political heir Tejashwi Yadav on this new team. Unlike Lalu, Tejashwi seems to be an advocate of promoting leaders with a slightly clean image in his party. Lalu announced a new executive of 85 members, wherein, 10 Yadav and only 3 Muslim faces have found place.

Among the 10 leaders, who have been made National General Secretaries, only one Muslim face is included in the form of Syed Faisal Ali. Earlier, when the by-elections were being held in Gopalganj, Tejashwi had refused to share the stage with Hina Shahab, widow of the ill-fated Bahubali Shahabuddin. While Hina had left for Gopalganj with her entourage of 50 vehicles to attend the RJD rally, she had to return midway after Tejashwi’s ‘no’. Annoyed, she fielded one of her candidates from Owaisi’s party who got more than 12,000 votes and Tejashwi’s official candidate lost the election by just 1,800 votes. Despite this, Tejashwi has tried to present an example.

Dotasra along with Ministers reached Chawli area from Circuit House. They inspected the MP border & Sports Complex in Jhalawar city, where they reviewed the arrangements for night stay.

Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan will cover a distance of 570 kms. In Jhalawar district, a journey of 80 kilometers will be covered in two days.

“This journey will be historic,” he said. “Till now the journey of 2000 kms has been completed. During this, the yatra has received a historic welcome,” he said.

Targeting the Central Government, he said that the Centre has failed to deal with rising inflation, unemployment and deterio-

RAGA MIGHT TAKE A NIGHT TOUR OF KOTA ON DEC 7

G S Dotasra said that Yatra will enter Jhalawar on December 4, for which the preparations have been intensified in Hadauti region. Possibilities are also being explored for a night tour of Rahul Gandhi in Kota city. UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal in an exclusive conversation with First India, indicated about the possibility of Rahul’s night tour of Kota city on December 7.

GOVT, GURJAR QUOTA PANEL REPS’ MEET ON MONDAY

Jaipur: Regarding opposition to Bharat Jodo Yatra protest by Gurjar leaders, talks will be held between government & Gurjar Reservation Sangharsh Samiti at Secretariat on Monday at 10 am. On govt’s behalf, Min Dr BD Kalla, Rajendra Yadav, Ashok Chandna, & Joginder Singh Awana will be present. 10 reps including Vijay Bainsla will be present on behalf of the Sangharsh Samiti.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Police has started making elaborate arrangements for the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ scheduled to take place in Rajasthan from early December. ADG (Traffic) VK Singh and ADG (Security) S Sengathir on Saturday, directed the SPs of the concerned districts via VC to make adequate arrangements for security and traffic during the Yatra of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Rajasthan.

ADG (Traffic) VK Singh informed that 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' will pass through Jhalawar, Kota Rural, Kota City, Bundi,

Curiosity rises regarding Thakur & CS Usha Sharma's meeting!

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Jaipur (PTI): Sr Cong leader & RS MP from Raj Randeep Surjewala has demanded from Union Minister for chemical & fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya to ensure adequate supply of urea for farmers. He wrote to Min saying that Raj was allocated 4.50L metric tonnes of urea for Oct in Rabi season, but only 2.89L metric tonnes was supplied.

Jaipur: Recently Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur was in Jaipur to attend a programme. During his visit, the Minister also met Chief Secretary Usha Sharma and the meet has grabbed the eye- balls of the bureaucratic and political sphere of Rajasthan and everyone is questioning as to what happened during the hourlong conversation be-

tween the two?

The meeting was held at Hotel Marriott from 10.30 to 11.30 pm as a large number of people

Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Alwar districts in Rajasthan.

During the Yatra, nearly 3,000-4,000 policemen will be deployed and necessary arrangements regarding their lodging and boarding are being made. “The Bharat Jodo Yatra will be begun in Rajasthan from Kota range. The Kota range team has already visited the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh to see the arrangements in advance. The traffic diversion is being planned on the 'Yatra' routes keeping in view the safety of the crowd and VVIPs coming during the Yatra,” said ADG VK Singh.

Gehlot addresses...

had come to meet Anurag Thakur on this day and the Union Minister kept meeting all the people till 1:30 am!

CM GEHLOT BLESSES JC SHOW TEAM!

Many people lost their lives in Morbi, but even a probe wasn’t done. HC reprimanded government & provided compensation. Govt should have conducted a judicial inquiry. 70 people died of spurious alcohol, but no one cared,” he said. Targeting the Centre, he said, “For the 1st time in nation entire govt has been changed (in Gujarat). Small industries came to a standstill due to demonetisation. “Promises will be kept in Gujarat if voted to power.”

Politics has its own tradition of

ily understands this very

Reviewing preps of the Yatra in Jhalawar, he says it will cover a distance of 570 kms in Raj Bhanwar S Charan & Ari Mansoori

rating harmony. “In such a situation, Rahul Gandhi is working hard

to maintain brotherhood among the people,” he added.

Shanti Dhariwal & Govind S Dotasra discuss and review preparations for the ‘Bharat JodoYatra’ in Kota on Saturday. Also seen here are Pramod Jain Bhaya, Ramlal Jat, Mahendra Chaudhary, Rafeek Khan, Sandeep Singh Choudhary and others.

Deepak Nandi & Prasanna Kumar Khamesra chair a meet of DMs & SPs to discuss Yatra’s route chart in Kota.

Surjewala demands ample urea supply for Raj farmers

Shivendra Parmar

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India, and CMD, First India News along with his team met CM Ashok Gehlot on Saturday at Surya Palace Hotel in Vadodara, Gujarat. Gehlot, who was in a jovial mood on Saturday evening, blessed all the anchors of the JC Show and some children also. During this, Aditi Nagar, Amit Mishra, Poornima Mishra, Pooja Yadav, Shweta Raje and Astha Khandelwal were present along with Dr Jagdeesh Chandra. CM’s OSD Shashikant Sharma was also there. The JC Show on the topic of Gujarat elections (Modi all the way) will be telecast on First India at 2:25 pm on Sunday.

Anurag Thakur Usha Sharma

The Central Government has failed to deal with rising inflation, unemployment and deteriorating. In such a situation, Rahul Gandhi is working hard to maintain brotherhood among the people.

—GS Dotasra, PCC President

Bijoux of the SEASON

Supermodels dazzled on the ramp exhibiting exquisite jewellery along with traditional gemstones, by sisters Radhika Khunteta and Ayesha Rawat from Citrine, mesmerizing the audience as they showcased the intricate designs at the First India Fashion Connect Season 13 held at Novotel London Hammersmith on November 20!

fter the success ful season 12 of First India pre sents Fashion Connect and de signers embrac ing old-school glamour in India, seems like the fashion police made the next stop in Lon don in order to bombard our social media with the latest tea on what’s pop ping in the domain of style. Yes, you guessed it right, you’re about to have inside access to some of the ‘can’t miss’ moments at the First India Fashion Connect Season 13, in as sociation with India Fash ion Week London, held at Novotel London Hammer smith, London on Novem ber 20. With the whole aura beaming in style, the front rows occupied by starlets and trends strut ting down the runways,

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it’s almost as if we stepped afoot into the galaxy of glam, rotating in style.

Ravishing models walked on the ramp showcasing the exclu sive works of Radhika

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Jewellery design from The International Gemological Institute, Mumbai. Experi menting with colour , cut and casting, their aim is to use their Jewellery to make women feel glamor ous and special every sin gle day of their lives . Cit rine brings to you an ex quisite range of handcraft ed semi - precious state ment jewellery. Each de sign is handcrafted by a team of skilled master ar tisans from Jaipur. Unique utilisation of various semi - precious stones and cast ing pieces add an interest ing look to each piece .

The show was a plat form where top models flaunted most alluring designer clothes along with jewellery specially created to compliment with the collection.

and Ayesha from Citrine during a fashion extrav aganza in London on No vember 20.

passion for Jewellery and desire for the unortho dox is what brought sisters

Khunteta and Ayesha Rawat together to launch Citrine in 2013. The duo developed a love for Jewellery at a young age and grew up to pursue the same with a diploma in

MITALI DUSAD mitalidusad01@gmail.com

It feels great to associate with Fashion Con nect and we finally got an opportunity to ex hibit our collection at the First India Fashion Connect Season 13 in London. Unfortunately we could not make it to London, but we’re glad to be a part of the grand show. I extend my heartiest congratu lations to the entire team for putting up a great show.

—RADHIKA KHUNTETA AND AYESHA RAWAT

(L-R) Rishee, Rupal, Akshara, Samant, Manny and Ipsitaa during the UNHEARD book launch

INEQUALITY IS THE ROOT SOCIAL EVIL! OF

parity in both income and wealth. The situation today is the same as it was at the height of Western imperialism in the early 20th century. In many countries, the situation is even worse.

AMIT BAIJNATH GARG Senior Journalist

Recently a report on inequality in the world has been released by the global organisation United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Pointing to the dire consequences of inequality in this, it has been emphasized to create a new eco-social system.

This report, released in October 2022, points to the growing inequality characteristic of the world. This report comes almost two years after the pandemic. In this era, the global economy has been hit, which for the first time in several decades has pushed the whole world into extreme poverty.

The report says that with the rise of democracy, economic liberalization and free markets, there has been a wide dis-

The report suggests that while the gap in basic living standards is narrowing for hundreds of millions of people, their needs to thrive in life are also changing. In the current era, new types of inequalities are taking root, mainly arising out of education, technology and climate change. If these ground-shaking changes are not stopped in time, the risk of spreading a giant rift that the world has not seen since the Industrial Revolution will increase. According to the report, people are taking to the streets due to many reasons. Ticket prices, petrol prices, demands for political freedom, fairness and justice, etc. This is a new face of inequality and inequality is not beyond solutions.

According to the report, the Human Development Index (HDI) has seen impressive progress since 1990 and has benefited all sectors, including

the least developed countries. The fastest economic growth was seen from 2000 to 2010, but since then this pace has slowed down. From 1990 to 2018, many countries performed well in terms of human development. The number of countries with high human development has increased from 12 to 62, while the number of countries with low human development has decreased from 62 to 36. The report clarified that the challenge of inequality is not beyond the solution and can be dealt with, but bringing inequality under control will not be easy if the current pattern

continues.

The report says that unequal distribution in education, health and standard of living affects the progress of the country. Several suggestions have been made in the report to improve the situation and deal with the growing problem of inequality. According to the report, inequality starts right from the time of birth. The gap between education and health intensifies and can continue until adulthood, so efforts and policies to ameliorate the situation must begin before or even before birth, with a focus on children’s education, health

and well-being. Be nourished. Such investments should be continued especially at that stage of a person’s life when they are making money in the labor market. Policies just to increase the productivity of workers are not enough and other policies including antitrust have to be focused on to overcome the imbalance in the market.

The report also suggested that the tax should be part of a broader policy system, including public spending on health and education, and exploring alternatives to carbonbased lifestyles. The report underscores the importance of new international tax principles to ensure equity and avoids the race to lower corporate tax rates. The report says that average figures often do not accurately reflect the truth. Furthermore, effectively tackling inequality requires detailed information, especially to combat the various dimensions of poverty and help those left behind.

The report claimed that the nature of inequalities could change in the future and that the climate crisis could be a

major reason for this. Carbon pricing policies can be mismanaged, but revenues from carbon pricing, if used for the benefit of taxpayers as part of a social policy package, will help reduce inequality. Renewable energy, energy efficiency, digital finance and health solutions demonstrate how new technologies and opportunities can be used to broadly improve living standards.

According to the report, deep inequalities emerged even before the technological revolutions and now a similar picture is emerging with artificial intelligence and digital technologies. In such a situation, the need for social protection must be emphasized, which will require international consensus on ensuring fair compensation, investing in lifelong learning and taxing digital activities.

This will help in building a new, secure and stable digital economy, which will pave the way for human development. The report also indicates that if steps are not taken in this direction soon, then the situation will be very dire in the coming times and it will become difficult to deal with them.

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

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

LEO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

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

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

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

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

You will continue to enjoy your good health if you stick to a proper diet and exercise regime. You may finally meet your financial savior who will help you put the pieces at the right place. Some of you may assist your family by organizing a function or an event.

VIRGO

AUG 24 - SEP 23

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

You have a good health and there is nothing to worry as such. To prevent any monetary loss, you should care to read your business proposal twice before taking any decision. In office, you may need to persuade someone to stand in your favour but it will be worth it.

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

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

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20 You continue to stay fit and healthy and there is nothing to worry as far as health is concerned. Because of limit flow of money, your financial condition is not stable yet. Your hard in office will bring your recognition and appreciation from your senior.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

Keep a close tab on what you eat if you want to remain healthy. You must limit your expenses to only buying essential stuff. In office, your colleagues may not like your upfront nature. Your love may not give the kind of attention you have been waiting for.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER

may go for a cheat

all as a reward

maintaining good health. If you have been struggling with money then that’s a thing of a past now as money will flow in from all the directions. In office, you will support your colleague by sharing his/her work pressure.

PISCES

FEB20

DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

A report recently released by UNRISD on inequality in the world says that if steps are not taken to stop inequality soon, then in the coming times the situation will become very serious and it will become difficult to deal with them.

Kriti’s retro glam look

ight from shimmering dresses and sartorial neon numbers, Kriti has been known to fabulously flaunt her unapologetically experimental style. With her latest look, she once again reminds us what’s a party without a little bling as she steps out in her glamorous and glittery mini-dress.

Well, when the memo says, party look, you just cannot go wrong with a shiny mini dress and the Bhediya actress’s brightest pink Zara Umrigar dress serves as a pure testimony to the fact. Scroll on as we decode her complete party look. Inspired by the ’80s when a party look simply meant bright and blingy, Kriti Sanon’s Zara Umrigar dress is curated to bring back that retro glam party look.

SARA'S

‘morning facie’

Sara Ali Khan is one of the most loved actresses of the current generation. Apart from being a fabulous actress, Sara also makes sure to stay fit and never misses her workout sessions. Yesterday the actress hid her face from the paparazzi after stepping out of her gym which made everyone curious. But, today she took to her Instagram stories to give a glimpse of her morning selfie. Taking to her Instagram stories Sara Ali Khan shared a boomerang video of her. She can be seen sitting in her car. The actress has left her hair open and can be seen rubbing a piece of ice on her face. Sara has used an Instagram filter which has made her face look even pinker and has changed her eye colour too. Sharing this picture, Sara wrote, ‘Earlie morning facie!’.

GLIMPSE OF ‘DEVI’ FIRST N

taste.”

CELEBS MOURNS VIKRAM’S DEATH

Alia and Ranbir have been trending after they announced the name of their newborn daughter. The actress shared it on her social media handle. Well, the couple welcomed their little bundle of joy earlier this month and since then Alia has been enjoying her maternity break. She often treats fans with updates. And today was one of those days. She shared a picture from her balcony as she celebrate 6 years of her and Shah Rukh Khan's starrer Dear Zindagi.

The actress took to Instagram and shared a video of the beach with the dialogues of the memorable ‘samundar se kabaddi’ scene. Dear Zindagi is about mental health, insomnia, and depression. The story is about Kaira played by Alia, who is a cinematographer by profession and she struggles to keep a balance between her personal and professional life. She seeks the help of Jehangir, a psychologist

Six years of Dear Zindagi Casual but chic!

Whoever said casual can’t be chic, has not discovered the power of a stretchy rib midi dress that hugs the body in just the right places and Janhvi Kapoor’s The Label dress serves as just the perfect testimony. Go the Janhvi route when you want to look instantly pulled together and pick a ribbed printed dress that strikes just the right balance of sultry and simple. Janhvi Kapoor paused and posed for the paps when she stepped out in a Hendrix Midi Dress by The Label. The designer dress stood out because of the black and sand zebra stripes and a breathtaking body-hugging silhouette. Curated with viscose, polyester, and spandex, the knitted dress worth Rs. 6,200 features a midi length, a side slit, and a stunning scoop neckline with thick straps. But, what makes us look twice has to be the statement cut-out details at the waist that went all the way to the back making the dress a sartorial pick.

Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale has passed away yesterday. The actor was undergoing treatment at Pune’s Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital. Yesterday the news was confirmed and celebs including Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and many more took to social media and expressed their condolences to the family members.

Akshay Kumar, who worked with Vikram Gokhale in Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Mission Mangal, got emotional as he penned a note on social media. He wrote, “Very sad to know of the demise of Vikram Gokhale Ji. Worked with him in films like Bhool Bhulaiyaa, and Mission Mangal had so much to learn from him.

Om Shanti.”

Anupam Kher shared an incomplete poem written by Vikram Gokhale and also shared heartbroken emojis to express his pain after losing his dear friend.

Popular TV star Anirrudh Dave, who worked with Vikram Gokhale in a series, wrote, "One of the finest actor #VikramGokhale Ji, I learned a lot from you... its end of an era baauji.”

played by Shah Rukh Khan. Dear Zindagi has been directed by Gauri Shinde and bankrolled by Red Chillies Entertainment, Dharma Productions, and Hope Pro- ductions.

ew parents in B-Town, Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover are loving their new role as parents. The beautiful Bollywood couple was blessed with a baby girl on November 12. Today, for the first time, they shared a glimpse of their baby girl. In the picture shared by Bipasha both her and Karan can be seen looking at their daughter Devi with warmth and

love. The couple posed for a cute picture. Captioning this memorable photo, Bipasha shared “a recipe for her angel”. She wrote, “Our recipe for making a sweet baby angel 1) Quarter cup of you 2) Quarter cup

of me 3) Half cup of Ma’s blessings and love 4) Topped up with magic and awesomeness 5) 3 drops of rainbow essence, angel dust, unicorn sparkles and all things divine.

6) Seasoning: Yumminess as per

Janhvi Kapoor

Sara Ali Khan

Her story...

Alia Bhatt

Her story...

Kriti’s

pink Zara Umrigar dress

Kriti Sanon

Late Vikram Gokhale

Bipasha Basu

Her post...

Janhvi in Hendrix

Midi dress by The Label

CROSS OVER BY AARUSHI!

CITY FIRST

Apop-up show

‘The Cross Over by Aarushi’ was organised on Saturday at Heritage Hotel Rose Amer, Jaipur. This exhibition was organ ised to provide a plat form to display and sell a variety of products from the 25 best Arti sans, Designers and Brands including Cloth ing, Jewellery, Accesso ries, Home Furnishing etc. This was the start up’s first attempt in of fline mode. Soon it will be available online as well as offline so that customers can shop from home.

The exhibition was inaugurated by the Mayor of Jaipur Mu nicipal Corporation Heritage, Munesh Gurjar and Ajay Pal Singh. Many dignitar

ies of Jaipur were also present on this occa sion. The tremendous enthusiasm of the peo

Josh in sports!

ple of Jaipur was seen in this exhibition. All the guests praised the efforts of the startup.

In future too, exhibi tions will be organized from time to time of famous designers and

CITY FIRST

CITY FIRST

Athree-day in ter-school sports com petition

JOSH 2022 was or ganised from Novem ber 16 to November 18 to promote disci pline, leadership, collectivism and physical and mental health among students at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram Pratapnagar. In this, 308 contestants from 29 teams showed their skills in vari ous sports.

In basketball, Vid yasthali School was the winner and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram Pratap Nagar was the runner-up. Vid yashram Pratap Na gar secured the first rank in skating, first in the high jump, second in the long jump and first in javelin throw and shot put and dominated the sports day. Principal Ajayshree Sharma recommended the enthusiasm and sporting spirit of all the teams.

brands of the country so that the residents of Jaipur can enjoy them in their city.

On Saturday, the eve of National Organ Dona tion Day, MFJCF-MOHAN Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum along with Biyani Group of Colleges organized a unique activity to en thuse the youth about the cause of organ do nation and promote it among them. “God’s Eye- Dil se”, a red heart was made with the Or gan Donation green ribbon in which 400 girls participated. A drone captured the amazing moment in the premises of Biyani College, Vidhyadhar Na gar. An energetic flashmob was per formed by the girls of Biyani college on a special rap song by Shehzade of Rajasthan HipHop, specially ded icated to the organ do

Prevention of Violence against Women

CITY FIRST

On the occasion of Prevention of Violence against Women Day, a state-level workshop was organised by Direc torate of Women Em powerment with the district brand ambassa dor of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme and ad olescent girls in collab oration with UNFPA in Jaipur on Friday.

On this occasion, Pushpa Satyani, Com missioner, Women’s Em powerment while ad dressing all the District Brand Ambassadors said that for women em powerment and com prehensive change in the society we have to start with ourselves and set an example for the girls and women around us. Will have to do so that they can become a source of inspiration for

their area and society.

During the work shop, Kumar Man ish, State Program Analyst of UNFPA sitting on the dais told about the innova tive girl friendly gram panchayat implement ed in Sawaimadhopur district with the help of

Women Empowerment Department and UNF PA and gave detailed information on the role of brand ambassador.

Invited guest in the program Sunita Meena, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Po lice told about Nirbhaya Squad and provided in

formation about vari ous helplines and other programs run by the state government for women’s safety.

Meanwhile, Dr Anu pama Soni, former state level brand ambassador of the BBBP scheme, in formed all the partici pants about the works and efforts made by her as the brand ambassa dor of the scheme and tried to encourage them.

In the workshop, Dr Abha Jain, Additional Director of Women Em powerment Depart ment, State Coordina tor Dr Jagdish Prasad, Assistant Director Su nita Meena, UNFPA’s Youth and Gender Spe cialist Trisha Pareek and Creative Director Arvind Jodha led the participants through various sessions. Infor mation was provided about the laws made for women’s safety and re lated issues.

nors and the noble cause. Dr Rajiv Bi yani and Dr Sanjay Biyani, the Direc tors of the group said that organ donation is a wonderful cause and the Biyani group is very pleased to pro mote this cause which saves lives and they

EVENTS!

will continue to work with a cause in future also. Bhavna Jagwani, the convener of MFJCF, thanked the management and stu dents for their support and said that once the youth commits to the cause then there is no stopping it.

Jaipur-based

Many

CITY FIRST

The three-day All India InterNIT Sports Meet conclud ed at MNIT Jaipur with the host shining the brightest by win ning 7 gold. The sports extravaganza from November 17 to 19, 2022 saw par ticipation from over 900 students from 22 NITs all over the country. Students participated in athletics, lawn ten

Setting standards!

nis and basket ball tournaments held at the cam pus. The Meet was an incredible plat form for the students

to chisel out their hidden potential and analyse their strengths, apart from hosting, MNIT Jaipur emerged as the winner

by bagging maximum gold medals (7) and shining as a bright star among all the NIT teams. NIT Su ratkal won the maxi mum number of sil ver medals (3) and NIT Calicut won the maximum number of bronze medals (3). Lawn tennis and bas ketball finals and semi-finals are sched uled on November 19.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will present India’s first Design Innovation National Award to Jaipur’s National Awardee Dharmendra Bhalla on November 28 morning at Uparashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Artist Bhalla will be presented with a citation and copper plate, a cash amount of six lakh rupees along with a garment.

filmmaker and director KC Bokadia was honoured with the award at the fourth Dadasaheb Phalke Icon Award Films-2022 on Thursday in Mumbai.

Bollywood celebrities, producers-directors attended the award night held at Film City. Significantly, Bokadia belongs to Rajasthan and has been producing films in Maya Nagri for the last 5 decades. He is indeed a gem.

JD Maheshwari, Director SGM, celebrated his birthday with Bollywood superstar Govinda on Saturday in Jaipur. Various who’s who of the Pinkcity were also present on the occasion and greeted Maheshwari heartiest congratulations. Govinda’s wife Sunita Ahuja also graced the occasion and wished him good health. A cake cutting ceremony was also held. Gokul Maheshwari was also present.

Constitution day was celebrated by AK Jain, an Advocate Associate by organising a Cricket League among its associates, to spread the concept of a ‘Healthy mind within a Healthy Body’. Four teams participated in the event. The league was won by a team of young lawyers who defeated the opposition under the captaincy of Adv Manish Sharma, Advocate Dinesh bagged the ‘Man of the Series Award’. The prize distribution ceremony was done by Ad AK Jain, Sushila Nagar and Kamal Sharma, President of Jaipur Bar.

Amit Mishra, Consulting Editor, Bharat24-Vision of New India, paid his heartfelt condolences to late Ahmed Patel, on the occasion of his death anniversary in Piraman, Bharuch, Gujarat.

Teachers from more than 70 schools attended a workshop organised by Oxford University Press India on Saturday. During this workshop, First India had an interaction with Sumanta Datta, Managing Director, OUP India. From announcing the launch of its new suite of blended learning solutions—Oxford Inspire, Datta talked about the importance of blended-physical as well as digital learning.

On the occasion of National Organ Donation Day, Manipal Hospital Jaipur in association with Rotary Club Jaipur Organ Donation organised a panel discussion on Organ Donation along with a slogan and poster-making competition. The main objective was to create awareness about organ donation. Around 100+ medical students, nursing and doctors participated in the panel discussion. Rtn Ravi Kamra, District Chairman Organ Donation Rotary Distt 3054 participated as a moderator with Dr Vaibhav Vaishnav, Dr Jyoti Bansal, Dr Shyam Sunder Nowal and Physician Rtn Capt Amarjeet Sangwan were also present on the occasion.

Under the aegis of SPIC MACAY, the presentation of a lecture demonstration of Mohiniyattam, the famous classical dance form of Kerala was organised at SKIT on Saturday. Renowned artist of Mohiniyattam, Vidushi Rachita Ravi and her team’s co-artists, Murali Sangeet (co-singer), Sri Venu Kurumassery (Mridangam), Vayalar Rajendra (Violin) enthralled the audience with their soulful presentation.

Marcela Baur during the exhibition

(L-R) Sudhir Mathur, Ajay Pal Singh and Mrs Singh, Ramesh Mulchandani, Aarushi Agrawal, Aman Mulchandani and Shikha Mulchandani

(L-R) Vandana Mundra, Mona Daga, Sushma Laddha, Aarushi Agrawal, Kalpana Agrawaland Savita Mantri

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

During the event

Sunita Meena with others during the lamp lighting ceremony

During the event

During the event

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO