First India-Jaipur Edition-29th October 2022

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Take inspiration from each other for India’s betterment”

Surajkund: PM Narendra Modi on Friday advised all the States and the Union Territories to learn and take inspiration from each other and work for the betterment of the country.

Addressing the gathering through video conferencing at the concluding session of the two-day ‘Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers’ of all states that started on Thursday, the PM said that the event is a prime example of “cooperative federalism”.

He said, “even though law and order are the responsibility of the states as per the constitution, they are equally related to the unity and integrity of the country.”

He said that during the Amrit Kaal, an Amrit generation will emerge carrying the essence of the ‘Panch Pran’– advance with greater conviction.

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Ladakh: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Centre’s aim is to ensure the progress of far-flung areas to fulfil the security needs of the country.

He inaugurated 75 infrastructure projects spread across six States and two UTs, during his visit to Ladakh. These projects have been built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). He also inaugurated the Shyok Setu at Leh.

After inaugurating the projects, Singh interacted with the locals.

“The people living in border areas are our strategic assets. Infrastructure is being rapidly developed in border areas. We cannot say enough in praise for BRO for the work they have done here,” he said.

PM MOOTS IDEA OF “ONE NATION, ONE UNIFORM” FOR POLICE

P M Modi said the identity of the police force across the country should be identical. Addressing the Chintan Shivi, he floated the idea of ‘one nation, one uniform’ for police’. Modi said he wasn’t forcing the idea on any state but the ministers must give it a thought. He thought this could happen over a long time. Elaborating on his idea, he said this would help manufacturers to make a quality product due to the large scale involved and it would also give the law enforcement personnel a common identity so that they can be identified in all states.

In past few years, all governments have acted responsibly to demolish ground network of terror. We need to handle it by combining our forces. We will have to defeat all forms of Naxalism - be it gun-totting or pen-wielding, we will have to find a solution for all of them. It’s 5G era, we have to be 10 steps ahead of crime world,” PM Modi calls for smart law and order system

Be smart, formulate ‘common technology’ to check crime, improve policing —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

TRS, BJP two sides of same coin: RaGa in Telangana

Narayanpet: Amid the MLA poaching controversy, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the BJP stating that both parties are two sides of the same coin and are against democratic values and indulge in politics of money. He accused both the TRS and BJP of horse-trading and toppling governments. “I would like to say clearly here that, for us, BJP and TRS are the same.

TRS helps BJP in Delhi and BJP helps TRS in Telangana. Both parties are against democracy and indulge in the politics of money. They do money politics by buying MLAs and both parties work to topple the government,” the Congress leader said.

Rahul Gandhi started the march on Friday from Yeligandla in Narayanpet district of Telangana and Friday was the third day of the yatra in the state. The yatra halted at Maha-

bubnagar on Friday. The Yatra which began on September 7 from Kanniyakumari will cover a further distance of 2,355 km in its 3,570km march.The Andhra Pradesh leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra concluded on October 21.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra was launched on September 7, 2022, and will cover as many as 12 states.The Yatra started from Kanyakumari and will end in Kashmir nex year by covering 25 km every day. More on P6

Kartikey Dev Singh

Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt has come under fire following the Centre’s announcement that Tata-Airbus C-295 transport aircraft project would be set up in Gujarat, with the Opposition seeking to know why the project that was supposed to come up in Maharashtra went to the neighbouring state.

The project wasn’t the only one which has moved out of state rather in approximately 90 days, total investment of a whopping 1.80 lakh crore rupees through four mega projects and other smaller projects, has slipped out of the BJP-Sena ruled state.

Does this ED (Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis) government belong to Maharashtra or Gujarat? This government claimed that the Vedanta-Foxconn project went to Gujarat due to the earlier MVA government. Now because of whom did this project (Tata Airbus) go to Gujarat?

—Ambadas Danve, LoP, Maha Legislative Council

“I am here to stay!”

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: The appointment of DGP Umesh Mishra has sent a ‘political message’ to the state bureaucracy as well. And the message clearly states : Ashok Gehlot will remain the Chief Minister till 2023 and the 2023 assembly election will be fought under his leadership. In fact, the Rajasthan police officials had been waiting for the coronation of Umesh Mishra for the past several days because this was also a

‘measuring point’ which would settle the ‘conerns’, once and for all, that Gehlot woul continue and thus, Mishra’s appointment

has made the picture crystal clear.

Mishra has been handed this major responsibility on the basis of merit and loyalty and

his term will last till October 2024. After the appointment of DGP, now Gehlot can take another big decision to make political appointments in 14 UITs.

In fact, this move, along with the transfer of 30 IAS on Friday, is being seen as a major step towards ‘Good Governance’! Gehlot took major administrative steps before leaving for Gujarat and conducted addjustment according to seniority and qualification.

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BJP’s misrule sure to end, AAP has no credibility: Gehlot Amrita Garg and Manish Desai

Vadodra: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that people in Gujarat have made up their mind to change the government this time.

“BJP’s misrule is sure to end,” he said at Garbada addresing public rally. He also addressed a press conference there.

We can see industrialists do not have confidence in this ‘khoke sarkar’ (govt formed out of bribery worth crores of rupees) and that is why every investment which was supposed to come to Maharashtra is now moving to other states.

—Aditya Thackeray, former minister

It is clear that Shinde and Fadnavis are traitors of Maharashtra who is promoting the interests of Gujarat. Maharashtra has the largest industry in the country. Prime Minister Modi worries that Gujarat is behind Maharashtra. That is why ever since he became the Prime Minister, he has planned to shift important projects and institutions in Maharashtra to Gujarat.

The agreement to build Tata Airbus’s cargo plane in Baroda, Gujarat was done on 21 September 2021. At that time, there was no Shinde-Fadnavis government in the state, rather Uddhav Thackerayled MVA government was at helm. The Aghadi government did nothing to bring this project to Maharashtra.

—Uday Samant, Maharashtra Industries Minister

‘The bird is freed’, says Elon Musk as he acquires Twitter

New York: “The bird is freed,” billionaire Elon Musk tweeted on Friday after completing the whopping USD 44 billion takeover of Twitter and firing the social media giant’s four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde. The Twitter executives who were fired include Agrawal, Gadde, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean Edgett. Musk had closed the deal to buy Twitter on Thursday.

INDIAN CEO AGRAWAL SHOWN DOOR?

Parag Agrawal, 38, was appointed Twitter CEO in November last year after the social media site’s co-founder Jack Dorsey had stepped down. An IIT Bombay and Stanford alumnus, Agrawal had joined Twitter over a decade ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees at the company.

“Agrawal, who was appointed Twitter’s chief executive last year, had clashed” with Musk “publicly and privately in recent months about the takeover,” the NYT report said.

MUMBAI

DELHI RIOTS: HC ADJOURNS HEARING ON IMAM’S BAIL

INDIGO FLIGHT GROUNDED AT DELHI AFTER ‘SPARKS’ New Delhi: A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight was grounded at the Delhi airport after suspected sparks in the aircraft, news agency ANI

district and sessions court gave ED 14-day judicial custody of Chhattisgarh IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and two businessmen in a money laundering case. The IAS officer along with two others, Laxmikant Tiwari and Sunil Agrawal were sent to central jail by the court.

SHIVIR’ FOR A BETTER LAW AND ORDER “

PM Narendra Modi addresses the Bhoomi Poojan ceremony of the expansion of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) integrated facility at Hazira, in Gujarat, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, on Friday.

Congress

—Nana Patole, President, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee

CM Shinde had clearly said that the Tata Airbus project to build C-295 military transport aircraft will come to Nagpur after VedantaFoxconn exited. But the false role of Eknath Shinde has now come to the fore. BJP has made Shinde the chief minister only to transfer mega projects from Maharashtra to Gujarat. Eknath Shinde should also resign like Liz Truss.

—Mahesh Cheche, Spokesperson, NCP

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurating Class 70 Shyok Setu, on D-S-DBO Road in Ladakh on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during an event organised by BRO for the inauguration of 75 BRO infrastructure projects in Ladakh, on Friday.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addressing a public rally, Dr Raghu Sharma, Mahendrajeet Malvia and other leaders also seen at Garbada in Gujarat, on Friday.

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ANARCHY PREVAILING, STATE TOPS IN CRIME: COL RATHORE

Aishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajyavardhan Rathore on Friday claimed that anarchy is prevailing in Rajasthan and the state tops the country in terms of crime against women.

"Rajasthan tops the whole country in terms of crime against women. Around 400 daughters are going missing in Rajasthan in a month. The Congress government of Rajasthan is keeping silence on this," he said referring to a media report claiming that girls are being auctioned on stamp papers in some districts.

"This anarchy and jungle raj which is going on in Rajasthan is unbearable. The BJP warns the Congress government and all those responsible for this that we will not tolerate this," he told reporters at the party office here.

The National Human Rights Commission had also taken a suo moto cognisance over the report that girls are being auctioned on stamp paper in half a dozen districts of the state.

Rathore took a jibe at CM Gehlot too, saying he shows helplessness on issues of the public but his wickedness is seen when it comes to political manipulation.

Around 400 daughters of Rajasthan gone missing in State within a month. Rajasthan tops the whole country in terms of crime against women. The Cong govt of State is silent on this.

—Rajyvardhan S Rathore, BJP Leader

BJP attacks State Govt over fuel surcharge in electricity bills

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The state BJP have come down heavily on the Ashok Gehlotled Congress govt after the Discoms increased the fuel surcharge by 21 paise per unit on electricity bills.

Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore said that the Congress came to power with a promise of not increasing electricity rates in its manifesto, but they are now putting extra burden on power consumers.

“The Congress govt has once again given a shock to 1.42 crore electricity consumers of the state by increasing fuel surcharge by 21 paise per unit in the name of buying coal at

expensive rates from back door. During the four-year Congress regime, an average of 69 paise per unit of fuel surcharge has been imposed on power consumers,” said Rajendra Rathore.

Similarly, BJP State President Satish Poonia targeted Chief Min-

‘Jungle Raj’ in Raj: Kirodi Meena slams Govt over missing youth

Jaipur (PTI): Family members and villagers of a missing youth staged a sit-in outside the Todabhim DYSP office in Karauli district on Friday, demanding CM Gehlot to take cognisance in the matter. The demonstration was led by BJP MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena. Attacking the Cong-led state govt, Meena said jungle raj is going on in the state.

SHO Nadauti Vijender Singh said Tikaram Meena (19) went missing from his house on the night of Oct 4 and his father registered a missing complaint the next day. Many people are being questioned in order to locate the youth, he said.

The SHO said the villagers and family members are suspicious of two of the teen's brothers-in-law, who have been questioned several times by the police and senior officials but to no

avail. He said Tikaram contacted some people through his social media accounts after missing. "The matter is being further probed and efforts to trace him are going on," he added.

ister Ashok Gehlot and said that usually gifts are given on Diwali, but the government has given shocks to electricity bills. “I am helpless. Gifts are given to the public on Diwali but the Congress government has given a setback to the people,” said Satish Poonia.

Father among two held for selling daughter

Bundi (FIB): A father along with a man was arrested in Bundi’s Dablana area for allegedly selling his minor daughter for Rs 15 lakhs and involving her in flesh trade. Police informed the victim’s mother filed a police complaint on May 6 in Dablana PS stating her daughter was allegedly kidnapped by accused and later forced into flesh trade.

“The minor girl was detained from Pune on Sept 6. She was forced into flesh trade and was sexually exploited. The accused father and one Shivraj has been arrested and the accused are being interrogated.” said police.

EXPLORING LIMESTONE-IRON ORE RESERVES

First India Bureau

Banswara: BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria and State General Secretary Chandrashekhar took a meeting of local BJP leaders and workers in Dungarpur on Friday ahead of the scheduled visit of PM Narendra Modi to Mangarh Dham in Banswara on Nov 1. General Secretary Chandrashekhar said that PM Modi will reach Mangarh Dham at 11 am on Nov 1 and will pay tribute to unsung heroes of the tribal community.

The party office-bearers, various local leaders and workers have been asked to reach Mangarh Dham and bring at least 20 workers from each booth. Notably, the Mangarh Dham, a memorial for around 1,500 tribals massacred by the British army in 1913, is located in the district on the Gujarat-Rajasthan border.

Now pay ` 150 to get your waste collected from home

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Now people will have to pay Rs 150 for door-to-door garbage collection in Rajasthan. The pilot phase of it will begin from JMCG with a trial starting from Malviya Nagar on 28 Oct. Door-to-door Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cards have been installed to monitor waste collection.

In the JMCG Area, RFID cards are being installed in Murlipura and Malviya Nagar zones. In the trial, it will be examined whether the system installed is technically working or not. In these two zones, the corporation has identified more

A clock-like device has been given to the sweeper for scanning. (Inset) Smart card has also been installed outside the house.

than 1,44,000 properties, including residential houses and shops, in which these systems will be installed in more than

CS reviews pending projects under PM Gati Shakti Yojana

First India Bureau

Jaipur : Chief Secretary Usha Sharma on Friday took a review meeting of pending cases in the state under the Gati Shakti Yojana. The Chief Secretary directed the officials that the pending projects of industries, agriculture and other departments should be completed soon under the scheme.

“For the implementation of the scheme, nodal officers should be appointed in the concerned departments and the logistics park policy should also be approved soon. The departments must prepare an action plan for the implementation of

Mining, drilling in four districts of State

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: Drilling of 12,300 meters will be done to study the exploration, quality and availability of estimated deposits of major mineral limestone and iron ore (iron ore) deposits in Bhilwara, Rajsamand, Jodhpur and Jhunjhunu districts of Rajasthan.

The work of drilling 9300 meters has already been started and about 3500 meters of drilling work has been done.

Additional Chief Secretary- Mines and Petroleum Dr Subodh Agarwal said that after the

formation of RSMET, mineral exploration work in the state has started getting a new im-

petus due to availability of basic facilities for mineral exploration. He informed that

about Rs 6.5 crore would be spent on drilling work to explore the deposits of major minerals.

the pending projects and review it regularly by holding meetings,” said CS Usha Sharma.

During the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary (Industries) Veenu Gupta shared details about the pending projects under PM Gati

Shakti Yojana. She informed a state-level committee has already been constituted for the implementation of the scheme while the establishment of a logistics cell and training of officials have also been started.

92,832 houses. With the completion of this work, the corporation will start the process of collecting the user charges.

Alwar (FIB): Two people were arrested in Alwar’s Sheikhpur area on Friday for allegedly beating a dalit man and vandalising a temple after the dalit man reportedly prepared Annakut Prasad on Oct 26. Police informed the incident occurred at a Lord Shiva Temple in Hamiraka village of Bhiwadi.

“MLA Sandeep Yadav and six other reached the temple and threw away the prasad being prepared by the Dalit man. The accused later abused and manhandled with the victim. The accused even threatened the victim to kill him,” police said.

JDA razes illegal encroachments in Bindayaka, shops in Machwa

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Despite the continuous action of the enforcement squad of Jaipur Development Authority, the illegal colony settlers are still ruling in the area. On Friday, under the direction of Chief Enforcement Controller of JDA Raghuveer Saini, the attempt to set up an illegal colony on private Khatedari land on Bindayaka-Bhutawali road was foiled.

On the other hand,

construction of illegal shops on the proposed Sector Road in Machwa was removed. After the action, there was a stir among the traders who cut colony.

On receiving the complaint, the JDA Zone 12

Enforcement Squad reached the spot and with the help of a JCB machine, demolished the raw shed boundary wall, tinshed closet built on about 2 bighas of private khatedari land in Bindayaka.

The residents of Bindayaka colony, however, accused the JDA of discrimination saying that there are four colonies being developed illegally in Bindayaka without land conversion but the action was taken on only one colony.

Rajasthan tops the country in terms of crime against women, says Rajyavardhan Singh

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore during the press conference in BJP HQs, Jaipur on Friday.

BJP preps up for PM Modi’s visit to Mangarh Dham on Nov 1

Prasad made by dalit man thrown away, two held

MLA Danish Abrar with ace Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan in Sawai Madhopur on Friday.

Satish Poonia

@DrSatishPoonia

Usually gifts are given on Deepawali but the Ashok Gehlot govt of Cong is giving shock to the people of the state by increasing the fuel surcharge in Rajasthan.

Chandrashekhar & Gulab Chand

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Dr Kirodi Lal Meena along with family members gheraoed the deputy SP’s office in Todabhim on Friday.

Usha Sharma during the meeting.

Satish Poonia

OVER 1L LOCAL, FOREIGN TOURIST FOOTFALL RECORDED THIS DIWALI

Historical places witnessed huge rush during

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: The festival of Diwali now is not just limited to bursting crackers, doing shopping or worshipping goddess Laxmi, but it is also the time when people explore various tourist destinations.

This year, during the four-day Diwali holidays, more than one lakh tourists visited various tourist places in Jaipur. Of these one

lakh people, nearly four thousand were international tourists.

Sources in the tourism department informed that historical sites like Amer Fort,

Panchayat,

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The by-elections in the state will be held next month for the vacant posts in panchayats and urban local bodies. This does not include the four wards of Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater which have been vacated in the recent past.

As per the information, the by-elections in the Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage will be held in Ward No. 66. According to the schedule issued by the State Election Commission, voting will be held on November 25 for the

election of 14 panchayat samiti members, 35 sarpanch, 47 deputy sarpanch and 465 ward members, besides a total of 14 wards of 14 urban bodies including Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage.

According to the schedule issued by the commission, apart from

Nahargarh Fort, Hawa Mahal, Jantar-Mantar, Jal Mahal, Albert Hall, Walled City, and City Palace witnessed a huge rush of tourists during the Diwali holidays.

Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage Ward No. 66, by-elections will also be held in Ward No. 5 of Municipal Corporation Bikaner. The nominations of these urban bodies will be filled from November 10 to 14, while voting will be held on November 25 and results will be declared on November 27.

Similarly, the schedule of nomination and voting in elections for Panchayat Samiti members will remain the same. Whereas nominations for sarpanch and ward members in gram panchayats will be filled from November 17 to 19.

In Jaipur, wildlife tourism has also gained popularity in the recent past. Destinations like Jhalana Leopard Safari, Amagarh Leopard Sa-

‘TOURISTS PREFER LEOPARD SAFARI’

Kapil Chandrawat, DCF, Jaipur Zoo said, “The popularity of Leopard Safari has increased manifold due to better management and teamwork. Tourists and wildlife enthusiasts prefer Jhalana Wildlife Safari in Jaipur. The number of tourists has increased during the Diwali festival this year.”

fari, Elephant Safari in Kunda, Lion Safari in Nahargarh, and Nahargarh Biological Park have also reported an increase in the number of visitors.

COURTESY MEET

Guv to attend judicial meet in Jodhpur today

First India Bureau

Jaipur: In good news for the unemployed youths of Rajasthan, the Forest Guard Recruitment Exam will be conducted on 6 November for Forester, while Forest Guard Exam will be held between 12-13 November.

The candidates appearing in the recruitment examination will be able to travel for free in Rajasthan Roadways buses by showing their admit card 1 day before and 1 day after the recruitment examination.

The Staff Selection Board conducts the examination in India.

Jaipur: A total of 113 policemen and ministerial class personnel, including five IPS and 14 RPS officers of the state, will get DGP’s Disc and commendation rolls for their special efforts in improving the fields of sports, training, reserve police lines, general administration, welfare and supervision.

Director General Police ML Lather issued orders in this regard on Thursday.

Notably, under the standing orders issued by the Police Head-

quarters in 2016, a provision has been made to give the Director General Police Commendation Disc and Commendation Roll to enhance the morale of the officers and em-

ployees (including technical) of the police service working in the police department. On the recommendation of the selection committee, Lather issued the orders.

CITY GEARS UP FOR WINTER TOURISM

Rajeev Gaur

Jodhpur: Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra reached Jodhpur on Friday on a twoday visit. He was given a guard of honour at the Jodhpur airport. Divisional Commissioner Kailashchand Meena, District Collector Himanshu Gupta and

Police Commissioner Ravi Dutt Goud, ViceChancellor of Agricultural University Dr BR Chaudhary and other officials welcomed him.

Mishra will participate in the regional conference on Contemporary Judicial Development, which is the first regional conference in the western region at

the Rajasthan State Judicial Academy Auditorium on Saturday.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also reached Jodhpur to participate in the event. He was welcomed at the airport by the bank and administrative officials. He will also participate in the conference.

Kota: Stepfather booked for raping minor daughter

Gul Mohd.

Kota: A woman has registered a case against her husband at the Udyog Nagar police station in Kota under the POCSO Act for raping a 12-year-old daughter. The accused is the victim’s stepfather.

The Child Welfare Committee has provided temporary shelter to the victim at Nari Niketan and is being counselled.

According to Kaneez Fatima, chief of the committee, the victim and her mother told that on Oct 26, the stepfather raped the daughter in the house. He raped her several times before this.

14-year-old gangraped by two in Dholpur

First India Bureau

Dholpur: A 14-yearold girl who went out for grazing goats was allegedly gangraped by two youths at Sadar police station area of Dholpur on Thursday evening. The police raided some places to arrest the accused, but failed. However, the victim refused to get the medical examination done. Station incharge Manju Faujdar said that a case has been registered and the accused would be arrested soon.

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First India Bureau

Jodhpur: The work of 9.6-km-long elevated road in the Sun City will kick-off soon. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat called the officials in New Delhi on Friday and took a review meeting of the DPR work of Jodhpur Elevated Road Project and saw the presentation of the progress of the work.

Union Minister Shekhawat apprised the concerned officials about the local needs.

Along with this, in-

structions were given to execute the work as per the DPR at the earliest. Shekhawat said that every effort is made that the elevated road becomes more and more useful for the public from every point of view.

59 flights to operate daily from Jaipur airport for seamless travel

Authorities informed that 5 international flights will operate to four foreign cities — Dubai, Muscat, Sharjah, and Bangkok

Kashiram Choudhary

Jaipur: Flight schedule at Jaipur International Airport will change from October 30 as per the winter schedule. Half a dozen new flights will begin operations at Jaipur airport this winter. With more tourists coming to the State, increasing flight operations was being considered.

The existing 53 flights will continue to operate. However, the num-

bers of some of these flights will change.

Along with this, six new flights will be added. At present, 53 flights oper-

ate daily from Jaipur airport. These include 48 domestic and five international flights. However, due to the can-

cellation of three to four flights daily, on an average only 49 flights operate daily. Now, the number of flights will increase to 59 in the new winter schedule.

International flights will not increase in the new schedule, although there will be an increase of six domestic flights. IndiGo and AirAsia will start two new flights each, while SpiceJet and Go First will start one new flight each.

First India Bureau

District Collector Himanshu Gupta and other officials welcome Governor Mishra at Jodhpur Airport.

Umesh Mishra calls on Governor Kalraj Mishra before taking over as Rajasthan DGP at Raj Bhavan on Friday.

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat during the meet.

Henry Ford, who was the owner of the world famous Ford Company, had a different vision and way of working from that of other promoters. His lessons were special for all the employees.

He sometimes used to interact directly with the employees and said, “Life is the Ocean of Experiences!”

BHAVESH

The word accountability is given least importance in India. Employees work hard at their work place but they don’t care how much contribution their hard work is adding to their organization profit. The concern of “profit” merely remains till the promoters and the finance department. The marketing and manufacturing department primarily contribute to business and product generation. While other departments of any organization identify themselves as a support function, which is not correct. Be it be HR Department, supply chain department or the marketing department, each department and its head must act as profit-centric head for their organization.

What should be the role of the head of the department and how they can work as profit centric head, let’s take a look. It is usually the head of the Department who has to look up to the administrative affairs of his department.

Generally, what a head of department does is that he monitors his department and employees working under him perform better than other departments of the company. Often, it is also possible that the head of the department is superior to all of his employees just to show to the man-

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CAN A DEPARTMENT HEAD WORK AS PROFIT CENTER HEAD?

GM MUSTARD SOLUTION FOR SHORTAGE OF EDIBLE OIL

agement, to resort to internal constraints and policies and to compete with others. A healthy competition between the two departments offers good productivity in the company, but in the competition to prove themselves superior an atmosphere of internal clashes and stress is created.

When we say that the head of the department should act as the profit center head, the meaning of the concept is to change the whole mindset and perspective of the department towards the company. The day when the departmental heads start working considering the point of view of the top managements and focus on how their departments can contribute to the company’s direct growth, they can be called the best departmental head. The head of the department should work with the employees of their department in such a way that each and every employee of the department can share their contribution and show involvement in the company’s growth.

LET’S CONSIDER AN EXAMPLE

Henry Ford, who was the owner of the world famous Ford Company, had a different vision and way of working from that of other promoters. He used to hold regular meetings with all the heads of departments, his lessons were special for all the employees. He also sometimes used to interact directly with the employees and said, “Life is the Ocean of Experiences!” every experience teach and inspire us to do

The day when the departmental heads start working considering the point of view of the top managements and focus on how their departments can contribute to the company’s direct growth, they can be called the best departmental head. They should work with employees in such a way that the staff is involved in firm’s growth

something new. He also used to say to his employees, do whatever you want to do it with your heart and full dedication. By doing things with heart special contributions can be made to the organization.

Henry always advised his departmental heads that if they are able to give long-term and positive vision to the employees and show them how they can contribute and be a partner in company’s growth then you are an excellent leader. The easiest way to achieve this is to create a sense of ownership spirit in every employee. Every work profile should be respected and every work should be done from heart will full dedication. And the person who works with proper dedication will become a partner in the company’s growth in true senses.

The heads of each department should recognize the

strengths of their employees and distribute the work accordingly. Henry always advised employees saying, “Divide your wok into small targets, this will make easy for you to reach the goal. This will help you achieve big targets.” If you take a look away from your goal then it means that you have lost control to reach your goal and you need to focus. The most difficult and effortful work is to make every employee of your team to work in team. If this is an easy task for you then you come out as a good leader but if you are weak leader then employees will not associate themselves with your vision.

The conclusion of the discussion comes out to be that the head of the department should make every employee of his team participate in the company’s work keeping in mind their vision and goals. Some tips.

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The head of each department should check their employees to work in a team.

 The head of the department should work together with other heads and participate equally in the company’s growth.

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The head of the department should check how each employee can participate in the company’s growth and distribute the work accordingly.

 It is the responsibility of the departmental head to see that every employee looks after their work and works towards progress.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Tata-Airbus C-295

MW transport aircraft project has gone to Vadodara in Gujarat. It will be the first joint venture for manufacturing a military aircraft in India under the Make in India initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The project was initially meant for Maharashtra but the investors and the government thought it was too good a project for Maharashtra which is being governed by a coalition of BJPShiv Sena faction. Foundation of the Rs 22,000-crore project will be laid by the prime minister on Sunday. It will not only be a boost for the domestic aerospace industry but also give employment to thousands of people.

Earlier in September, an-

The project is worth Rs 1.54 lakh cr. Aaaditya Thackeray, leader of Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena said that the project was moved out of Maharashtra after it was “almost finalised.” It was a blow to state govt’s initiative, he said

other prestigious project for manufacturing semi-conductors by the Vedanta-Foxconn conglomerate had also been lured away to Gujarat, leaving Maharashtra’s opposition parties fuming. The project is worth Rs 1.54 lakh crore.

Aaaditya Thackeray, leader of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena said that the project was moved out of Ma-

harashtra after it was “almost finalised”. He said it was a blow to the state government’s initiative for creating job opportunities.

Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar claimed that the promise of Maharashtra getting bigger projects was like “convincing a child”. He has been proved right.

Aaditya Thackeray hit out at the double-engine government. “They always boast of a double-engine government. But although one engine of the central government is working, the state government’s engine has failed,” he said. In other words the nonfunctional engine is unable to effectively assert the state’s claim for more investment. Is it an opportunity for Uddhav Thackeray camp?

India’s first genetically modified (GM) mustard has been approved for seed production before it is approved as the country’s first indigenous hybrid mustard and released for commercial purposes. This will be a major step towards increasing the production of oilseeds for which the country is heavily import- dependent.

Against an annual production of around 8.5 million tonnes of edible oil, India imports around 14.5 mt of edible oil to meet its domestic demand of edible oil.

Genetically modified crops have met stiff resistance from farmers and environmentalists. The first to be opposed tooth and nail was Bt cotton despite suicides by cotton growers due to crop losses. Once introduced in 2002 the insect and pest resistant crop has benefited farmers by cutting expenditure on insecticides and increased production.

As controversial as Bt cotton was Bt brinjal the commercial release of which was foiled by environmentalists. The GM mustard may also require government clearance for commercial release. Environmentalists must understand that transgenic crops offer hope.

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It’s 5G era, we have to be 10 steps ahead of crime world: PM

5G technology, along with its benefits, brings the need for a heightened alert: PM

Surajkund (PTI):

Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Friday in sisted on having a police technology mission that will enable all states to have the best common technology and mutual cooperation for crime prevention. Addressing a gathering of home ministers of states to de liberate on issues of in ternal security -- ‘Chin tan Shivir’ -- here, he said while ensuring the best technology the states should avoid any budgetary constraints that may come in the way of adoption of tech nological advancements.

He said the criminal world has globalised and

stressed that “we need to be ten steps ahead” of them (criminals).

PM pointed out that crime is no longer local ised and instances of interstate, international crimes are going up.

CRUCIAL

BSF RECOVERS ARMS & AMMUNITION NEAR INDO-PAK BORDER

Punjab: The BSF troops seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Ferozepur, Punjab, said, officials. The recovery was made on Thursday. “Troops of BOP Jagdish, ex-136 Bn, Sector Ferozpur (Distt Feroz pur) recovered a bag during a search near the zero line containing arms and ammu nition,” read an official state ment from BSF. The officials recovered 3 AK 47 rifles with 06 empty magazines, 03 nos mini AK 47 rifles (brand being ascertained) with 05 empty magazines, and 3 nos pistols (Beretta type) with 06 empty magazines.

I APOLOGISE AS WOMAN & HUMAN: DMK’S KANIMOZHI

Chennai: DMK women’s wing secretary and party’s MP Kanimozhi apologised to actress-politician Khushbu Sundar over a DMK func tionary’s alleged derogatory remark targeting BJP wom en leaders in Tamil Nadu. The Thoothukudi MP, who is also deputy general secre tary of the DMK, said neither the party nor its chief M K Stalin would tolerate such remarks. “I apologise as a woman and human being for what was said. This can never be tolerated irrespec tive of whoever did it, of the space it was said or party they adhere to.”

EX-GUJ CM’S SON MAHENDRASINH VAGHELA JOINS CONGRESS

Ahmedabad: Mahendrasinh Vaghela, son of former Gujarat CM Shankersinh Vaghela, joined the Congress on Friday, ahead of the state Assembly election. The 58-year-old former MLA was welcomed into the fold by Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor at the party headquarters here. The development has come ahead of the state Assembly election, which is expected to be held by December. Talking to reporters, Mahendrasinh said he was joining the Congress without any expecta tions and will fight the polls if the party wants.

Madhya Pradesh: A 23-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, and six accused have been ar rested in this connection, police said on Friday. In her complaint, the victim told the police that she had come to Tikamgarh around one month back and she got familiar with one of the accused, who helped her find a flat on rent. The complaint further alleged that on October 26, one of the accused came to her rented flat and asked her to accompany her to a party venue in the district.

Chandigarh: In a crack down against people involved in drugs trade, Haryana Police on Friday demolished an illegal house of a drug peddler in Sirsa district. A Haryana Police spokesperson said here that a joint team of police and civil administra tion bulldozed the illegal construction of Nirmal Singh, a resident of village Ganga in Sirsa. “Nirmal had built a house on illegally occupying about 200 yards of Panchayati land, which was demol ished with the help of local administration,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

“That is why mutual cooperation between state agencies and be tween central and state agencies is becoming crucial,” Modi said.

He said whether it is cybercrime or the use of

Court orders

Chatterjee’s physical presence

Kolkata: A special CBI court on Friday reject ed an application by a correctional home in Kolkata for the virtual appearance of former Minister Partha Chat terjee in connection with the multi-crore West Bengal School Ser vice Commission (WB SSC) scam and instead ordered his physical presence on October 31.The state’s former education minister was supposed to be physi cally present at the court on Friday.

drone technologies for the smuggling of weap ons or drugs, the govt needs to keep working towards new technolo gies to tackle the men ace. “The law and order system can be improved with the help of smart technology,” the prime minister said.

He said 5G technology, along with its benefits, brings the need for a heightened alert.

“With the help of 5G, the performance of fa cial recognition technol ogy, automatic number plate recognition tech nology, drone and CCTV related technology, are going to improve mani folds,” Modi said.

PM MODI ON WAR AGAINST FAKE NEWS

New Delhi (ANI): Em phasising on the need to create awareness against fake news, PM Narendra Modi on Friday said that social media cannot be underestimated and that a small piece of fake news generated by it can create chaos. He said people must be made aware of the various mechanisms that are now available on all social media platforms to verify messages before forwarding them.

Key 26/11 conspirators unpunished, says EAM

Mumbai (PTI): Exter nal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said key conspirators and planners of the 26/11 Mumbai terror at tacks continue to remain protected and unpun ished.

Speaking at a special meeting here on ‘Coun tering the Use of New and Emerging Technolo gies for Terrorist Pur poses’, he said, the UNSC has “regrettably” been unable to act in some cases when it comes to proscribing some terror ists because of “political considerations”.

Jaishankar, along with Michael Moussa, Gabonese Foreign min ister and president of the UNSC, paid tributes to the victims who lost their lives in the 26/11.

INDIA PLAYS PAKISTANI TERRORIST & 26/11 CONSPIRATOR SAJID MIR’S TAPE

Mumbai (ANI): In an unprecedented public expose at the Mumbai UN counter-terror meet, India on Friday revealed in detail Pakistan’s role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack by playing Pakistan-based terrorist Sajid Mir’s audiotape. In the audio clip, he is heard directing the attack on Chabad House during Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks. Playing the audio clip, India presented undeniable evidence against Pakistan. The clip was played by a senior Intelligence Bureau officer, Pankaj Thakur.

Cong leaders from various states join RaGa in T’gana

Hyderabad (PTI): Con gress leaders from vari ous states on Friday joined party leader Ra hul Gandhi in his ongo ing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Telangana.

Former Union Minis ter Bhakta Charan Das from Odisha and Jitu Patwari from Madhya Pradesh were among the leaders who took part in the yatra.

It was a ‘mini Bharat Jodo’ yatra with leaders from different states coming to walk with Gandhi, said Jairam

Ramesh, AICC General Secretary, in charge of communications.

“During the morning

IN THE COURTYARD

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jodo with leaders com ing from Tripura, Ra jasthan, Punjab, Odis ha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Madhya Pradesh to walk with @ RahulGandhi today,” Ramesh tweeted.

The Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Yeligan dla in Narayanpet dis trict of Telangana on Friday and it will halt at Mahabubnagar for the night.

This is the third day of the yatra in Telan gana.

EC DOESN’T HAVE JURISDICTION ON FREEBIES: CONG

New Delhi (PTI): The Cong said the EC does not have the jurisdiction to regulate issues such as freebies, and urged the panel to focus on ensuring free and fair polls through proper implementa tion of Election Laws. The poll panel on Oct 4 had proposed amending the model code to ask political parties to provide authentic information to voters on the financial viability of their poll promises, a move that came amid the freebies versus welfare measures debate that had triggered a political slugfest.

DELHI COURT EXTENDS GANGSTER DEEPAK TINU’S POLICE REMAND

New Delhi (ANI): The Patiala House Court of Delhi on Fri day extended the three days police remand of gangster Deepak Tinu. The Delhi Police’s Special Cell arrested Tinu last week, who escaped from Punjab police custody on October 1, from Rajasthan. Tinu was pro duced through video confer encing today before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Patiala House Court after the end of seven days remand granted last week. The Court meanwhile also refused to send Deepak Tinu to transit remand to Punjab at this stage. The transit remand was moved by the Punjab Police. Gangster Deepak Tinu, a member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang had recently escaped from the custody of Punjab’s Mansa Police.

SC GRANTS 4 WEEKS TIME TO CURE DEFECTS OF OVER 1000 CASES FROM 2014 TO 2020 New Delhi: The SC has granted a four-week time to cure defects of over 1000 cases filed from 2014 to 2020 and warned that if the advocates- on- record failed to do it then the cases shall stand dismissed without any further reference. Justice PS Narasimha in its order deliv ered recently observed that there are one thousand-odd matters listed in the court.

AAP’S VIJAY NAIR MOVES BAIL PLEA

New Delhi : A court on Friday sought response from the CBI on the bail application of business man Vijay Nair, arrested in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Si sodia is also an accused. The court issued notice to the agency and directed it to file a reply by Nov 3.

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As there were defects in the filing, the files were returned to the respective Advo cates-on-Record for curing the defects and for refiling.

New Delhi: The SC is scheduled to hear on Oct 31 a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to declare the Law Commis sion as a “statutory body” and appoint the chair person and members to the panel. According to the cause list of October 31 uploaded on the apex court website.

CAN’T BAR ANTI-PORT PROTESTS, NONE SHOULD DISTURB L&O: HC

Kochi: The Kerala HC on Friday said it cannot prohibit protests, but at the same time no one should take law into their hands or be a threat to law and order while staging agitations like the one against Vizhin jam Port. The observation by Justice Anu Sivaraman came during the hearing of a plea of Adani group, carrying out the Vizhinjam port construction, against the fisherfolk’s continuing protest against the project. The court asked the protestors not to force it to take stringent action against them and also directed that its interim orders be strictly enforced.

PM Modi inspired artwork inaugurated

First India Bureau

New Delhi: G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North-eastern Region, inaugurated an exhibi tion of paintings by emi nent artist, Akbar Saheb on Friday at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Union Minister

GK Reddy

The art of Akbar Sa heb is unique as all fiftyfive artworks are wholly inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi

and his incredible jour ney and vision. The ex hibition, curated by the well-known Rajeev

Menon is open to the public from Friday till November 3.

On the occasion, the

Union Minister said that Akbar Saheb has shown the journey of PM Nar endra Modi including from Gujarat to becom ing the world leader. He added that the paintings show major policy deci sions such as GST and depict demonetisation and surgical strike in a clear manner.

The Minister also said the paintings show the challenges faced by Nar endra Modi and his achievements as Prime Minister. Mata.

Rajnath inaugurates 75 infra projects built by BRO

New Delhi (PTI): Lack of infrastructure devel opment in J&K for dec ades post Independence was one of the reasons behind the rise of ter rorism in the union ter ritory, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday after unveiling 75 new projects includ

ing bridges, roads and helipads in border are as.Singh dedicated the projects costing Rs 2180 crore and spread across border six states and two Union territories at a function held at east ern Ladakh’s strategic Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DS-DBO) road.

BJP urges to order CBI probe into Telangana poaching claims

New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Friday urged the EC to order a CBI probe into the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s alle gation that its members tried to poach some MLAs of the regional party, claiming that the entire event has been staged to influence the Munugode bypoll. A BJP delegation, which met the commission, also ac cused Odisha’s ruling BJ of being behind a “sinister” attempt to ma lign the “personal im age” of Amit Shah

through a “fake and doc tored” audio clip with a view to influence the Dhamnagar bypoll.

It sought “deterrent” action against the ac cused and urged the EC to get an FIR lodged against BJD members allegedly behind it.

AUDIO CLIP SURFACES IN ‘MLAs POACHING’ CASE

Hyderabad: In another twist in ‘MLAs poaching’ case, an audio of telephonic conversation between the main accused and a TRS MLA surfaced on Friday. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaked the audio of purported conversation between Ramachandra Bharati, alias Satish Sharma alias Swamiji, and Pilot Rohit Reddy, the MLA who tippedoff the Cyberabad police about the attempt to buy him and three other MLAs re sulting in the arrest of three alleged agents of BJP.

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The paintings show the challenges faced by Modi and his achievements as PM including his impact around the world:

23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GANG-RAPED IN MP, SIX ARRESTED

ILLEGAL HOUSE OF DRUG PEDDLER RAZED IN HARYANA

SC TO HEAR PLEA SEEKING APPT OF CHMN IN LAW PANEL

PM Modi addressing ‘Chintan Shivir’ of Home Ministers of States, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday.

S Jaishankar speaks at the Special Meeting of the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) CTC in Mumbai on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

session today in the #BharatJodoYatra in Telangana, we wit nessed a mini @bharat

BHARAT JODO YATRA

Rajnath Singh dedicating 75 BRO infrastructure projects to the nation, on Friday.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves to the supporters during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Narayanpet on Friday.

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NCPCR TO VISIT BHILWARA ON

7 TO MEET VICTIM FAMILIES

According

New Delhi (ANI):

Taking cognizance of the alleged “auction ing” of girls in Bhilwara, the National Commission for Pro tection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairman P Kanoongo on Friday said that the matter would be investigated and child rights body would ensure that nex us gets banned and ac cused are punished.

The NCPCR is sched uled to visit Bhilwara on November 7 and meet the families af fected by trafficking.

“We will investigate.

On November 7, I’ll visit the village affect ed by trafficking, and meet affected families and try to know who all are involved in this nexus,” NCPCR chair man P Kanoongo.

According to reports carried out in media on Oct 26 this year, caste panchayats in Raj were committing this crime like that in Syria & Iraq

where girls are en slaved. Reportedly, in Bhilwada, whenever there is any dispute be tween parties particu larly involving finan cial transactions, in stead of going to police, caste panchayats are approached. In case they fail to honour their commitments, girls are auctioned to recover.

The media reports have documented the ordeal of many victims of such horrendous crimes, read a state

ment from NHRC.

Meanwhile, Chair person of the NCW Re kha Sharma on Friday said a team of NCW is being sent to Bhilwara dist to investigate auc tioning of girls on stamp papers to settle disputes over loan re payments in Bhilwara.

NCW Chairperson further said that simi lar incidents have been reported in past. Sharma will also meet CS Usha Sharma and Bhilwara SP.

Bhilwara (ANI): Ra jasthan State Commis sion for Protection of Child Rights Chairper son Sangeeta Beniwal on Thursday con demned the Bhilwara incident and said that suo-moto cognizance was taken immediately.

“We condemn the Bhilwara incident, and immediately took suomoto cognizance. No tice was issued to Bhilwara DM & SP to submit detailed report in 3 days,” she said.

Earlier, NHRC served notice to State Govt on reported auc tioning of girls on stamp papers and the refusal thereof result ing in the rape of their mothers to settle dis putes on the diktats of Caste Panchayats.

CM to attend inauguration of

Jaipur (PTI): The 369-foot-tall Shiva stat ue ‘Viswas Swaroopam’ installed in Nathdwara town of Rajsamand dis trict will be inaugurat ed on Saturday.

Claimed to be the tallest Shiva statue in the world, it will be opened to the public scriptures preacher Morari Bapu in pres ence of CM Ashok Ge hlot, assembly speaker CP Joshi & others.

The statue, which is situated 45 km from Udaipur, has been constructed by Tat Padam Sansthan.

The Sansthan trustee and Miraj group chair man Madan Paliwal said a series of reli gious, spiritual, and cultural events will be held for nine days from October 29 to November 6 after the inauguration of the statue.

Religion preacher

Morari Bapu will also recite Ram Katha dur ing the nine days.

This statue of Lord Shiva installed in the city of Shreenathji will give a new dimension

to religious tourism, Paliwal said.

Installed on a hilltop over an expanse of 51 bighas, statue is styled in a posture of meditation, and is said

CAN WITHSTAND WIND SPEED OF 250 KMPH

z 3,000 tonnes of steel & iron, 2.5 lakh cubic tonnes of concrete & sand have been used, which took 10 years to complete.

z There are 4 lifts, 3 stairs, and a hall for devotees.

z Statue has been constructed to last 250 years and can withstand wind speed up to 250 kmph. Wind tunnel test of the design of this statue has been done in Australia.

to be visible from 20 kms away.

Statue is also clearly visible at night as it has been illuminated with special lights, spokes person said.

NHRC, India has tak en suo motu cogni zance of a media re port, saidrelease. Re portedly, whenever there is a dispute be tween two parties par ticularly involving fi nancial transactions and loans etc, girls aged between 8-18 are auctioned to recover money, added release. Girls are being sent to UP, MP, Mumbai, Delhi, & even abroad.

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“I am... This is so because during the political upheaval in the last few days, there was confu sion among the offi cials and many of ficials stalled the decision-making process. But today CM Ashok Gehlot gave a strong mes sage to the bureau cracy by making ma jor administrative changes and gave the message that he is not going anywhere and the officers do not need to be worry or be ‘unstable’ to wards their work. Along with this, Ge hlot has advised the officials, “Those who do not work would be changed without delay.” And with this, he has gone back to bettering the state’s administra tion & governance!

‘Garuda VII’ military exercise underway

First India Bureau

ACS SUBODH SERVES BIG TASKS WITH SWEETS TO OFFICERS!

Jaipur: ACS Subodh Agarwal took a review meeting of engineers at Jal Bhavan and brought a box of sweets from his car. Feeding sweets to all senior engineers Agarwal gave big tasks in the meeting. He instructed for timely completion of various projects and set time for every work. Usually, Subodh takes classes of officers in his meetings but in this meeting he spread smiles by feeding Diwali sweets. Usual ly junior officers send sweets to senior officers. But Agarwal himself brought sweets with him.

WILL HEMARAM NOT CONTEST THE NEXT ELECTION?

Gudamalani: The regional visit of Minister Hemaram Choudhary is in discussion.

In a programme, Choudhary said that now youth should be given a chance in politics. “I have contested a lot of elections and now it is the turn of the local youth,” he said in his address. After Choud hary’s statement, there are discus sions whether Hemaram Choudhary will not contest the next election.

The demand of local MLA is also going on vigorously in Gudamalani and till now the local leader has not become MLA in Gudamalani.

Jodhpur: The Indian & French air forces are undertaking an 18day military exercise here involving a sig nificant number of combat jets such as Rafale, Tejas, Jaguar & Sukhoi-30s to fur ther enhance opera tional cooperation, of ficials said on Friday.

‘Garuda VII’ exercise began on October 26 and will culminate on November 12.

The French Air and Space Force (FASF) has participated in the exercise with four Ra fale fighter jets, one A-330 Multi Role Tank er Transport (MRTT) aircraft and a contin

gent of 220 personnel, the officials said.

IAF has deployed Sukhoi-30 MKI jets, Rafales, Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Jaguar jets, LCH & Mi-17 heli copters, they said.

IAF contingent will also include combat enabling assets like flight refuelling air craft, AWACS and AEWC aircraft.

Rajnath opens Mohangarh Hada Bridge Road

First India Bureau

Barmer: In Mohangarh area, the road was con structed in canal area on behalf of 96 RCC Gref, which was inau gurated on Friday. De fence Minister Rajnath Singh e-launched the road from Leh-Ladakh.

BSF DIG Asim Vyas, Col SCR Burman, SHO Bhawani Singh were present in the inaugu ration ceremony.

Col SCR Burman in formed that work of

double line & level im provement of Mo hangarh Hada Bridge Road was done by 96 RCC Gref. A total of 75 projects of Border Roads Organisation were inaugurated by Rajnath Singh on Fri day from Leh-Ladakh on occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Colo nel informed that work of Mohangarh Hada Bridge Road in the name of Jewel of Jais almer started in June 2019 on behalf of Gref.

Wanted smuggler held, handed over to Punjab police

Barmer: In a joint opera tion Barmer police & BSF have arrested a man from bordering Ramsar block. Accused was wanted by Punjab police in a case of cross border drug smug gling. After a required in vestigation, accused was handed over to Punjab po lice. Barmer SP Deepak Bhargav confirmed re port. Accused was identi fied as Govind Giri, a resi dent of Sutharon ka Tala village in Barmer.

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369-foot-tall Shiva statue ‘Viswas Swaroopam’ installed in Nathdwara town of Rajsamand district.

We condemn Bhilwara incident, took suo-moto cognizance: Beniwal

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressing Army personnel during e-launching the road from Leh-Ladakh on Friday.

Sangeeta Beniwal

Indian and French air forces pilots undertaking military drill

CM: BJP faces 27 yrs of antiincumbency, Cong to win polls

AAP has only created a hype in media. But, in reality, the party is non-existent on the ground in Gujarat: Gehlot Amrita Garg and Manish Desai

Vadodara: Exuding confidence about his party Congress win ning the ensuing As sembly elections in Gu jarat, Raj CM Ashok Gehlot told media that the ruling BJP is facing its “highest-ever” antiincumbency in the state. “The BJP has

of

been ruling Gujarat for the last 27 years and I can say that anti-incum bency against the BJP is the highest this time. While people are oppos ing BJP’s ongoing

Gaurav Yatras, they are welcoming the Con gress in the state during poll campaigning.

“We (Congress) will definitely form a gov ernment this time. It is

Pilot meets Kharge, will hold rallies in Guj

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Former Dy CM Sachin Pilot met the newly elected Con gress President Mall ikarjun Kharge for the 2nd time in last 8 days. During this, both the leaders held discussion for a long time. Howev er, Pilot sought time from Kharge for a de tailed discussion, on which Kharge has given time to Pilot, and the duo are likely to meet after the Gujarat tour. The two leaders dis cussed the political sit uation in Raj & strategy of Congress for upcom ing polls. Pilot met Kharge on Thursday & both the leaders held a

discussion for about 15 minutes. “Also, how will we work together under his leadership to face all challenges & strengthen Congress further was discussed,” said Pilot.

Sachin Pilot will hold four public rallies in Fatehpura in Gujarat on October 31.

necessary to end the BJP’s misrule,” said the Rajasthan Chief Minister. “The BJP is destroying our Consti tution and democracy is under threat. Anyone

GEHLOT TO VISIT NATHDWARA TODAY

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will be on a visit to Nathdwara today. The Chief Minis ter will reach Nath dwara at 3pm in the afternoon and will take part in the unveiling ceremony of world’s largest statue of Lord Shiva. Later, he will leave for the Dabok airport at 5:30pm and reach Ahmedabad from there.

who writes against them is put behind bars. Unemployment & infla tion are touching new heights. The overall situation in country is very serious,” he said.

Birla directs officers to fix farmers’ issues

First India Bureau

Kota: LS Speaker Om Birla visited Simliya, Digod & Sultanpura ar eas of Kota-Bundi Lok Sabha Constituency and interacted with lo cals. During his visit, the locals apprised him of problem of water scarcity for rabi crops. Birla later spoke to Di visional Commissioner and directed him to re

CM GEHLOT’S APPROVALS

CM APPROVES `33.28 CRORE FOR SETTING UP BLOCK CHAIN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN RAJ

lease water from canals so that farmers can get water for crops. Birla, who is on a 10-day visit to his LS Constituency, also met people in dif ferent areas of Kota City. He also assured farmers that instruc tions have been given to officials and their prob lems would be resolved soon. Birla also ex changed Diwali greet ings with the locals.

BJP is nervous & top leaders are visiting Guj repeatedly: CM

From P1...

Jaipur: Gehlot said that much campaigning has been done by the Aam Aadmi Party, but AAP does not have base in Gujarat. “Those who have no credibility are speaking about the Con gress. BJP and AAP party have been shocked by the Bharat Jodo Yatra. That is why the people of these par ties are spreading prop aganda about the Con gress,” he said.

Jaipur: A financial proposal of Rs 65.91 crore has been approved by CM Ashok Gehlot for various road construction and development works in the state. With this ap proval, 20 works like road reinforcement, asphalti sation, widening of roads, culvert construction and new road construction will be completed in a time bound manner in Barmer, Dungarpur, Sikar, Bharatpur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, Banswara and Hanumangarh districts of the state. With the above road construction and development works, an excellent road network will be developed in the state and there will be ease in commutation.

Jaipur: The State Government is working with com mitment towards providing a secure and transparent e-governance to people. In this sequence, CM Gehlot has sanctioned Rs 33.28 crore for setting up of Block Chain Centre of Excellence with a view to promote transparency & security in the field of e-governance. CM has sanctioned Rs 4.24 cr in current financial year.

CM APPROVES DRAFT OF VARIOUS SCHEMES UNDER MINORITY INCLUSIVE DEVP FUND

Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has approved the draft of various schemes under Minorities Inclusive Develop ment Fund. A financial provision of Rs 5 crore has been made by Gehlot for Waqf property protection scheme, Rs 34 crore for infrastructure development works and Rs 10 crore for infrastructure development works on the basis of public participation.

`20 CR GRANT TO JAINARAYAN VYAS UNIVERSITY FOR PENSION PAYMENT

ROADWAYS TO GET

Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has approved additional financial provision of Rs 360 crore to Rajasthan Road Transport Corpora tion as gap funding. This amount will be released in 4 equal instalments of Rs 90 crore. This amount has been approved by estimating the loss on cost based rates of Rajasthan Road Transport Corporation’s passenger & goods vehicle and the rates allowed by the State Government.

Jaipur: CM Gehlot has approved the proposal to grant Rs 20 crore for timely payment of pension to pensioners of Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. At present there are about 1,460 retired personnel in University, who are being paid pension. With this decision of CM, it will be possible to pay pension & retirement benefits to them.

Addressing the pub lic meeting, Gehlot urged people to give Congress a chance in Gujarat once. “Today there is an atmosphere of violence and fear in the country. The Consti tution is being flouted openly. Inflation, cor ruption and unemploy ment are at its peak in the country,” he said.

Gehlot said that the people of Gujarat are suffering and want change. “If the tribal society is determined, then 27 years of mis rule will end in Guja rat. BJP is nervous and its top leaders are visit ing Gujarat again and again,” he said.

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Abhay Kumar’s

from Home, Sandeep Verma’s remov al from Roadways, Naveen Mahajan’s oust ing from Secretariat, in crease in stature of Anand Kumar, transfer

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30 IAS issued on Fri day by the State Govern ment. In totality, the list is being considered as a ‘popular and prac tical’ list where CMO had done a lot of home work for the chief min ister. The arrival of a low profile and highly efficient Anand Kumar in the corridors of power as the Principal Secre tary Home is being con sidered as a welcome move, as the ‘style and functioning’ of Abhay Kumar was increasingly becoming a road-block in the fast decision making process of the Home de partment vis-a-vis other higher ups in the govern ment, though Abhay en joys the reputation and goodwill of an honest and low profile officer. Although on health

grounds, Abhay had re quested more than once to the state government to hand him a ‘lighter charge’.

However, the bureau cracy is also shocked at the elevation of Sand esh Nayak on the high chair of Director, Mines, Ashutosh AT Ped nekar’s major responsi bility in Vidyut Bhawan and handing over the complicated responsi bility of MD, Roadways to Nathmal Didel. Ashu tosh appears to be a ‘lucky guy’ who has al ways been getting im portant assignments, one after the other.

Pradeep K Gawande has been given a posting according to his capa bilities, as handing him the charge of MD, RSMM and thereafter Director, Mines was a wrong and laughable move of the DoP. However, through

its Friday’s transfer list, the DoP has corrected its mistake. Notably, the re moval of Pukhraj Sain was finalised from the day when he came into direct confrontation with senior officer in the Finance department, who is known for his ef ficiency & low-profile functioning. Additional ly, DoP has looked at Skill Development Dept after a long time & ap pointed Poonam Chan dra Kishan as its full time Secretary.

Officials like Antar Singh Nehra, Sourabh Swami, Vikas S. Bhale, L. N. Mantri and Suneel Sharma have been giv en new responsibilities. Notably, DoP has ‘taken care’ of senior IAS Shi khar Agrawal and handed him the addi tional charge of a major department like Water Resources, thus making

him the most powerful bureaucrat among his peers. In the past he has handled the depart ment and handing him the reins yet again, is beyond understanding.

Krishna Kunal was on a ‘cold bag’ posting in Election department for long time and hand ing him the additional charge of Animal Hus bandry, Fisheries, Go palan and Minorities department is a sur prising move. Handing the additional charge of RUDSICO to Hridesh Kumar Sharma, the DoP has honoured the official’s abilities.

The position of Regis trar, Cooperatives is considered an impor tant position in the state government and nearly half a dozen IAS were lobbying for this post. It was thought that a young and energetic IAS

would be transferred to this post but, for the time being, the charge has been handed over to Meghraj Singh Ratnu. It seems that com plaining against AAG R. P. Singh has cost dearly to Sandeep Verma, whose work style, per haps, doesn’t match with the current govt. Vaibhav Galriya, who was comfortably perched in Medical Dept & even minister Parsadi Lal Meena couldn’t re move him, has now been transferred & handed the reins of another im portant department i.e. PWD. Minister Bhajan Lal Jatav had put Naveen Mahajan in dock & it is believed that Vaibhav won’t be able to do much either, basical ly because of minister’s intervention in day- today affairs of the de partment.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addresses a meeting of Party leaders and workers in Surat during his visit to Gujarat on Friday, wherein, various leaders of Gujarat Congress were present.

Om Birla being welcomed by locals at Simliya, Digod & Sultanpura areas of Kota-Bundi constituency on Friday.

Sachin Pilot with Mallikarjun Kharge. —FILE PHOTO

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ashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are. Indian fashion is wonderful. ashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are. Indian fashion is wonderful. Every enchanted flower, each brisk breeze, each wintry snowfall, the endless hours and agonising efforts it takes to complement the wearer’s style like Indian girls themselves. You can style ethnic jackets anyplace and however, you choose. An ordinary outfit can become a standout piece by adding an ethnic jacket. Three different jacket styles can be worn over a saree - long jackets, short jackets and medium-sized jackets. This modern way of wearing a saree with a jacket makes it another designer ensemble in and of itself. There are two ways to wear it, either inside like a blouse and wrapping the pallu over the jacket, or outside like a jacket over a saree pallu. Again, the body form is what immediately lends a glam appearance.

Indian design is complex. Go for a black skirt and blouse combo with a colourfully embroidered short jacket if you’re having trouble deciding what kind of jacket to wear with what colour. This instantly creates a ritzy appearance that can be worn for any

Who in the world will say no to pairing an ethnic embroidered jacket with a full-length Anarkali kurta? Some embroidery jackets are finely made with alluring details in them giving a classy yet posh weddingready look. When you have a straightforward Anarkali suit and a stylish jacket with an all-over body sequence, it is pure happiness.

Traditional jackets are also frequently worn by people who seek to give their appearance a sense of authority and power. Such jackets were worn by the royals of Western India during those grand celebrations and ceremonies.

See how the same kurta set can give you a light look when worn alone or a weighty look when worn with a jacket that has delicate sequin embroidery. For women or girls who want to achieve two looks with one dress, this three-piece set is perfect.

The same attire can be transformed into a dual-look outfit. By simply mixing and matching the components of an outfit, it is possible to dress Indian wear in a variety of ways. By experimenting, you can generate a wide variety of fashion trends. Just start with the ethnic jackets if you wish to incorporate new things into your fashion sense. Jackets over ethnic are the finest work wear for a girl who likes to style her ordinary work clothing in a contemporary way.

Adding

jackets

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RIDDHI, Influencer

RISHI SUNAK: PIONEERED THE WORLD STAGE

represents is the triumph of core human values of hard work, integrity and learning.

When Shakespeare, the great playwright, penned his immortal words “ALL

Aries

MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

Tensions on the family front are likely to get sorted out. Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today and give them a reason to smile. You are an opportunist.

Gemini

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Whatever you have in mind, you will manage to implement it at work. You are likely to feel much healthy and energetic today. Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. You want to have your own house and you will work hard for it.

Leo

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

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

Libra

SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22

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

Sagittarius

NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22

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

Aquarius

JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19

Fortunes are set to rise for those in trade and business. You love to live close to your family.

You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Expected payments are likely to get released soon.

Taurus

APRIL 21 - MAY 20

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

Cancer

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

You will enjoy good health by remaining regular in your workouts. It will be in your interest to guide a family youngster on the academic front. Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are a very grounded person.

Virgo

AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23

Some family issues may need urgent resolution, so don’t neglect them.

Some of you are likely to enjoy an excursion with friends.You will feel financially comfortable. Your personality will attract many eligible bachelors. Spend time talking with likeminded people as it will make you feel good for now.

Scorpio

OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You must create an environment of understanding at home.

Your regular exercise routine promises to keep you fit and energetic. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. You need a break from day to tensions and the way to cope up with stress.

Capricorn

DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20

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

Pisces

FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20

Family will be supportive of your ideas, but only to an extent. You give tough competition to people. Many people get inspired by you. You will get special treatment from your dear ones. Good health is assured through own efforts. Meet people you get along with well.

THE WORLD’S A STAGE”, his view was limited to a metaphor. He could not have imagined that a young, skinny Hindu would become the PM of the UK and pioneer a new World Stage for generations to follow.

The meteoric rise of Rishi Sunak to the highest office in Great Britain is being hailed the world over, albeit through deviating prisms. Sadly, in some dark minds, his rise is being seen as a body blow and a conspiracy against the whites.

But, as a matter of

He has proven that the barriers of religion & colour are high only for the mediocre. To step over them with alacrity, sangfroid & the confidence of a Barack, Rishi, Manmohan or Lal Bahadur, one has to become taller in character, professional integrity & wisdom, all honed by quality education. Such personalities belie the excuses, alibis and selfjustifications of the lazy and corrupt.

Having said that, for such efforts to fructify, the ground of liberal thought (democracy) is a prerequisite, even if partly tilled. Is it any surprise that such leaps are well nigh impossible in autocratic or theocratic states? Only democracies, the crucibles of liberal thought, can make it possible. They welcome pure talent & integrity to break their fossilized thoughts on colour, religion etc and cement their democratic values.

Even though the irrepressible comics & cynics will add grist to their humour & rumour mills, they can never take away the breathtaking conquest of Rishi Sunak, the 57th PM of Great Britain, once the biggest empire the world has known. The trail he has blazed will make it easier for the ones who are sure to emulate his extraordinary feat.

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RAINU SINGH cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Great Britain

PM Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murthy

PRINCESS OF HEART

On Aditi Rao Hydari's 36th birthday, actor and rumoured boyfriend Siddharth has penned a lovely note for her alongside an unseen photo of them together. The rumoured couple has remained tightlipped about the relationship but Siddharth's birthday message for Aditi speaks volumes about their true love. "Happy Happy Happy Birthday Princess of Heart @aditiraohydari I pray all your dreams, the big ones, the small ones, and the ones yet unseen, always come true, always for you. Have the best trip around the sun yet. P.S- growing up is for squares. Don't!," read his Instagram caption for Aditi. Although they have not officially confirmed their relationship according to the sources they have been seeing each other for a long time. They fell in love on sets of Ajay Bhupathi's Maha Samudram and since then have been spending time together.

Desi Charmers

The Jonas family's recent looks are the best in the fashion league and it all packs a punch given the patterns and fabrics. Styled and put together in wonderful ways, they looked like a winning team. All in warmed-up and chic perfection, their outfits are giving strong desi realness that could be your formula too for weddings and gatherings ahead.

The family was dressed up in spectacular Falguni and Shane Peacock designs in the latest Instagram post of Priyanka and it was a pretty revelation that bright hues like neon, pink, orange, yellow and so on aren't always the winners. The baby girl's lehenga set with colourful floral embroidery. While Priyanka donned a three-piece set that featured a sweetheart neckline and cropped blouse with a plunging neckline and straps. She wore it with embroidered sheer and floor-length cape.

Malaika's fall look

Malaika Arora steps out in a classic ivory-white knitted sweater paired with a trendy pair of straight-fit distressed jeans. The oversized white knitted sweater features a ribbed U-neck, dropped shoulders, and long sleeves in addition to a knitted pattern which makes it stand out. The star amped up her casual look with Louis Vuitton's Dauphine MM bag which is worth Rs. 313,235.90. The bag features a long strap, the iconic LV monogrammed canvas, along with a magnet lock. To add to her LV look she also completed her look with LV Beaubourg Platform Derby which is worth Rs. 104,734.95.

Crafted from signature Louis Vuitton's Monogram canvas, the Louis Vuitton shoes are the perfect blend of a masculine and feminine vibe.

The magic of Thumkeshwari

Janhvi's ethnic glam

Janhvi Kapoor doesn't stop inspiring. With every movie promotion, she comes to make statements with her looks. Glamour is at the heart and soul of it all and to do it once again with Mili came to us as no revelation, our eyes are lovin' it. The actress is primarily paying pretty and flawless tributes to ethnic ensembles and we love how this Monika Nidhii saree got itself hooked onto her style list.

Trust to deliver the best with the 25-year-old's latest look. In her case, it was striking with colours and it is good for when you want something colourful such as a wedding or a puja attendee. This lime green creation isn't a clichéd hue, the top reason why this look is worth referencing and giving it a first preference will read triumph.

release date

There has been a lot of buzz around Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone starrer Fighter right from the moment it was announced. This film marks the first onscreen collaboration of Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan and fans cannot keep calm. The Siddharth Anand directorial is an aerial-based action thriller that also stars Anil Kapoor.

The release date of Fighter has been postponed many times in the past and looks like the makers have now locked the release date. “All systems go! #FIGHTER is cleared for take-off on 25th January 2024! Hold on to your seats and don't let go!” wrote Anil Kapoor. Check out the first-look poster of Fighter below.

Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon

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Priyanka Chopra

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Malaika Arora

Deepika Padukone

Aditi Rao Hydari

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ABHIVYAKTI SEASON 2

AWWA Literature Festival, ‘ABHIVYAKTI: SEASON 2’ will be held from November 12 to November 14 at Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK). The threeday event will witness speakers, artists, entrepreneurs and authors from Pan Indian Army Wives Fraternity participating and showcasing

ent. Abhivyakti season 2 is a reflection of ‘NariSashaktikaran’.

Abhivyakti is a word that encompasses various facets and dimensions more so when it acquires the hues of valour and sacrifice along with the creativity of art and words of army personnel and their families. Abhivyakti Season 2 is a confluence of authors, panellists, various workshops, celebrities, entrepreneurs, art and culture, wherein ‘AWWA members will share their stories, display their writing skills, and showcase

their flair for entrepreneurship while meeting other established authors scribes and talents from diverse fields.

AWWA Literature Festival 2022 will be graced by the presence of many prominent personalities like Member of Parliament, Diya Kumari, Journalists Shiv Aroor & Rahul Singh, Femina Miss India 2022

First Runner up Rubal

Shekhawat, actor Kumud Mishra and VJ Rannvijay Singh. Olive Green fraternity’s very own celebrity entertainers, Neeti Palta and Harpriya Bains will add to the entertainment quotient of this pan-India event.

“Army Wives Welfare Association has been committed to the cause of empowerment of women since its inception. Abhivyakti Season 2 provides a befitting platform for our Army wives to showcase their talent to the entire nation.

Simply said, Abhivyakti Season 2 is a true expression of talent”, said, Ravneet Bhinder Regional President of AWWA Sapta Shakti Command.

This is in reference to the error in City First, First India’s edition dated October 28, 2022.

In one of the photo captions used in the Meet & Greet section of the newspaper, it reads “Muhammad Junaid” due to an error, instead should be read as “Rajesh Gupta”. Any inconvenience is regretted.

25 Years of Excellence DESERT STORM WITH CHARAN SHARMA

CITY FIRST

Rajasthan Forum’s initiative Desert Storm series was organised with the world-famous painter of Rajasthani origin Charan Sharma along with renowned litterateur Vinod Bhardwaj on Friday.

CITY FIRST

Seedling Modern High School

Alumni Association organised a grand exuberant, magical evening of fun and frolic to commemorate 25 years of excellence in the field of education with music, dining and dance on Friday at Diggi palace.

Adorned in colourful, bright and vibrant attires, delight in hearts almost 500 alumni and their families came to

the Palace.

The CEO and Director of Seedling group of schools, Dr Sandeep Bakshi in his address, expressed his happiness at the large turnout. He also blessed & wished the alumni good luck for their future.

The Executive Director of the Seedling Group of Schools. Dr Preeti Bakshi inspired all the students to do their best and face life challenges with confidence and motivated

them to become a person of stellar moral values along with their other achievements.

The Alumni expressed gratitude to their mentors and teachers for their invaluable contribution to making the journey memorable. Thus the event concluded with the happiness of creating new dreams and attaining success with memories of unforgettable moments spent in the school.

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During the conversation, Charan shared that art is a continuous process that cannot be expressed in words. Being born in Shreeji’s Nathdwara, art was his Janamghutti. But with the aspiration to do something different, the stones flowing in the rivers attracted him and he brought them to life like art. He sketched for a long time in the old temple of saas-bahu in Udaipur itself. Once upon seeing a puppet

show in Rajputana, his artistic mind was drawn towards puppets which later came to the canvas in his Puppet series. He got the idea of Buddha and medita-

tion from the guru at the Vipassana centre. Life is increasing continuously and new subjects are also being found for art. In the coming days, he is go-

ing to put his artistic vision on the letters. He shared that every letter felt like dancing to him.

Apra Kuchhal, Executive Secretary, Rajasthan Forum gave the

welcome address. On the occasion, eminent members of the Forum, along with other who’s who of the city were present.

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JK Cement inaugurates its second grey cement grinding unit in UP

SUMIT AWASTHI/ KANPUR

JK Cement Ltd.

one of India’s leading manufacturers of Grey Cement in India and one of the largest White Cement manufacturers in the world today inaugurated its grey cement grinding unit at JK Temple in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh with a formal ceremony.

The unveiling ceremony was presided over by Smt. Sushila Devi Singhania, Chairperson, JK Cement Ltd. and by the members of the Singhania family.

This greenfield grinding unit strengthens JKCement’s commitment to improving its presence in the U.P. market and providing high-quality cement.

The newly-built unit in Hamirpur has a total production capacity of 2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) and has begun functioning.

Speaking on the launch, Dr Raghavpat Singhania, Managing Director, JK Cement Ltd. said

“The Hamirpur plant is a significant milestone in our growth journey.

In spite of the challenging external conditions, consistent progress towards our long-term goals has been achieved.

The commissioning of this plant has enabled a new growth engine for our grey cement business that will help us

expand into new geographies and consolidate our footprint.” Adding to this Dy. Managing Director and CEO, Mr Madhavkrishna Singhania said “ As India’s growth story revives and gathers renewed momentum, JKCement is very well placed to address the emerging demand.

With around 7 – 8 % y-o-y growth expected for the industry, primarily from infrastruc-

ture and rural housing, the Company is well placed through its capacity expansions, growing regional diversification and expanding portfolio mix to cater to the market needs.

The Hamirpur plant has a geographical advantage in catering to the increased demand for infrastructure demands in the region.”

With this addition, JKCement has further

reinforced its growing footprint in India. As part of our expansion plans for its grey cement division, the company with the commissioning of our next plant in Panna will reach its grey cement capacity of 20 MTPA. Owing to a greater demand in the market, the plant along with providing highquality cement will also work towards improving the livelihood of the

nearby areas, thereby increasing employment opportunities. The plant has also been deployed in an environmentally friendly manner in line with the company’s sustainability vision.

Keeping pace with the changing market dynamics and customer expectations, JKCement’s new plant renders a strong identity and presence to the brand in U.P while

strengthening its solid legacy of trust with all stakeholders. About JK Cement Ltd. JK Cement Ltd. is one of India’s leading manufacturers of Grey Cement and one of the leading White Cement manufacturers in the World.

Over four decades, the Company has partnered with India’s multi-sectoral infrastructure needs on the strength of its product excellence, customer orientation

and technology leadership. JKCement’s operations commenced with commercial production at its flagship grey cement unit at Nimbahera, Rajasthan in May 1975. The Company has an installed Grey Cement capacity of 15 MTPA as of date, making it one of the top cement manufacturers in the Country.

The Grey cement business has a strong Pan India presence across 19 states with an enhanced reach in the entire state of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. With a total white cement capacity of 1.48 MnTPA and wall putty capacity of 1.33 MnTPA. JK White Cement is sold across 36 countries around the globe and the Company has a strong international presence with two subsidies, JK Cement Works Fujairah FZC and JK White Cement (Africa) Ltd.

The new outlet of Gulab Chand Prints PVT LTD celebrated their first Diwali with the customers and family members with grand lights at the showroom located at Tonk Road, Jaipur recently. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Singhania family during the official launch of JK Cement’s Hamirpur grinding unit.

Singhania family

Vinay Sharma, Rajesh Vyas, Sangeeta Juneja and Pramod Sharma

Charan Sharma in convesation with Vinod Bhardwaj

Padmashri Gulabo Devi and Padmashri S Shakir Ali

Apra Kuchhal, Rajnish Singhvi and Rishi Mattu

Ankit Patel and Vidhyasagar Upadhyay

During the alumni meet

Rannvijay Singha

Ravneet Bhinder