We may foam, we may fret, we may resent, but let us not forget that the India of today in her impatience had produced an army of anarchists. I am myself an anarchist, but of another type…. Their anarchism… is a sign of fear. If we trust and fear God, we shall have to fear no one, not Maharajas, not Viceroys, not the detectives, not even King George”
Mohandas Karamchand Gan dhi, after 21 years in South Africa finally returned to In dia for good in January 1915. He kept away from active poli tics action for the next four years. But he travelled all over India speaking on Truth, Saty agraha and Social reform.
On 4th February 1916 he made a sensational speech at Benares. Below I give the abridged version. In 1892, Mrs Besant started a school at Benares, and in 1916 this in stitution, guided by Pandit Malaviya, was expanded into the Hindu University Central College. An illustrious gath ering of notable attended the three-day opening ceremo nies in February 1916. The Viceroy was there and so were numerous bejewelled maharajas, maharanis, rajas and high officials in all their dazzling panoply.
On February 4th Gandhi (not yet Mahatma) addressed the meeting. India had never heard such a forthright speech. Gandhi spared no one.
“His Highness, the Maharaja, who presided yesterday over our deliberations spoke about the poverty of India. Other speakers laid great stress upon it. But what did we wit
ness in the great pandal in which the foundation ceremo ny was performed by the Vice roy (Lord Hardinge)? Certain ly a most gorgeous show, an exhibition of jewellery which made a splendid feast for the eyes of the greatest jeweller who chose to come from Paris.
I compare with the richly be decked noblemen the millions of the poor. And I feel like say ing to those noblemen: ‘there is no salvation for India unless you strip yourselves of this jewellery and hold it in trust for your countrymen in India.
Whenever I hear of a great palace rising in any great city of India’, he went on, ‘be it in British India or be it the India ruled by our great chiefs, I be come jealous at once and say, “Oh, it is the money that has come from the agricultur ists”……There cannot be much spirit of self-govern ment about us, if we take away or allow others to take away from peasants almost the whole of the results of their labour. Our salvation can only come through the farmer. Nei ther the lawyers, nor the doc tors, nor the rich landlords are going to secure it.
It is matter of deep humili ation and shame for us, that I am compelled this evening under the shadow of this great college, and in this sa cred city, to address my coun trymen in a language that is foreign to me.
Suppose, that we had been receiving education during the past fifty years through
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, after 21 years in South Africa finally returned to India for good in January 1915 He kept away from active politics action for the next four years. But he travelled all over India speaking on Truth, Satyagraha and Social reform
our vernaculars, what should we be today? We should have today a free India, we should have our educated man not as if they were foreigners in their own land, but speaking to the heart of the nation; they would be working amongst the poorest of the poor, and whatsoever they would have gained during the past fifty years would be a heritage of the nation.
No amount of speeches will ever make us fit for self-gov ernment. It is only our con duct that will fit us for it. And how are we trying to govern ourselves?.... if you find me this evening speaking without reserve, pray consider that you are only sharing the thoughts of a man who allows himself to think audibly, and if you think that I seem to transgress the limits that courtesy imposes upon me, pardon me for the liberty I
may be taking. … I speak feel ingly as a Hindu. Is it right that the lanes of our sacred temple should be as dirty as they are? The houses round about are built anyhow. The lanes are narrow and tortu ous. If even our temples are not models of roominess and cleanliness what can our selfgovernment be? Shall our temples be abodes of holiness, cleanliness and peace as soon as the British have retired from India….?
All of us have had many anxious moments while the Viceroy was going through the streets of Benaras. There were detectives stationed in many places. This was not to be talked about in public. We were horrified, we asked our selves, ‘Why this distrust? Is it not better that even Lord Hardinge should die than live a living death? But a repre sentative of the mighty Sover eign may not. He might find it necessary even to live a living death. But why was it neces sary to impose these detec tives on us? We may foam, we may fret, we may resent, but let us not forget that the India of today in her impatience had produced an army of an archists. I am myself an anar chist, but of another type…. Their anarchism… is a sign of fear. If we trust and fear God, we shall have to fear no one, not Maharajas, not Viceroys, not the detectives, not even King George.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONALThe government an nounced tighten ing controls on so cial media the day Elon Musk said that the “Bird is freed“. In In dia Twitter will only enjoy the freedom which it is allowed by the Government of India. In what can be described as a nasty welcome the govern ment empowered itself with tough measures like ordering social media giants like Twit ter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to overturn their de cisions. So if a user account is suspended, blocked or re moved by these companies the government now has the pow er to reverse these decisions.
Content moderation will no longer be their right.
Questions may be raised about freedom of expression
In India, Twitter will only enjoy the freedom which it is allowed by the Govt of India. In what can be described as a nasty welcome, the government empowered itself with tough measures like ordering social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube to overturn their decisions
as the new IT rules want the intermediaries (the social me dia companies) to ensure that “users do not post or share any information which does not belong to them”. That sim ply means a message or post
can no longer be forwarded. The rule will put Musk in di rect confrontation with the government unless he is ready to beat a retreat on making Twitter “a freewheeling place for all types of commentary”.
The government has said in no uncertain terms that Musk will have to fall in line. Having bought the ‘bird’ in a $44 bil lion deal Musk will not risk losing the huge Indian market even though users may be dis appointed. The first indica tion of a compromise came when Musk said that Twitter will form “a content modera tion council” which will take key decisions on content mod eration. That may not satisfy the government which wants absolute control as opposed to free speech absolutism of Musk.
ohammed Azam Khan, a senior Sama jwadi Party leader and MLA from Ram pur, has become the first high-profile politician to have been convicted for hate speech and disqualified from the membership of Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Azam was disquali fied from membership as the MP/MLA court sentenced him to three years in jail. A two-year sentence would have come as a reprieve. In November 2021 BJP MLA from Aydhya’s Gosaiganj, Indra Pratap alias Khabbu Ti wari, was disqualified after the court sentenced him for five years in a fake mark-sheet case. Hate speech remains unde fined under the Indian Penal Code. Section 153 A IPC deals with cases pertaining to promo tion of enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence and language. According to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau, there was a 500 percent increase in cases under 153A IPC between 2014 and 2020 but conviction rate remained extremely low. For convictions the judiciary has to play an un biased role.
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Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has decided to form a committee to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC), it said on Saturday.
“The committee will be headed by a retired HC judge with 4 others. CM to select the members of committee.
Mumbai: Mumbai NCB has said that they have filed a 200-page chargesheet against comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa. They were held in 2020 in connection with drugs case, are currently out on bail.
Seoul: Over 55 people died from cardiac arrest and over 150 others were injured after a huge crowd poured into a central district of the South Korean capital for festivities late on Saturday in a narrow alley near Hamilton Hotel here.
KANGANA DROPS A BIGGEST HINT ON HER ENTRY INTO POLITICS
New Delhi: ‘I would be grateful if I get a chance to serve the people of HP’ said actress Kangana Ranaut. On question if she would like to serve country if given a chance, Ranaut stressed that she is ‘open to all kinds of such participation.’
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will be on a threeday visit to Gujarat and Rajasthan from October
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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Saturday, at the Special Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) underlined that the internet and social platforms have become potent instruments in the toolkit of terrorists.
Characterising terrorism as one of gravest threats to humanity, he said," The UN Security Council, in the past 2 decades, has evolved an important architecture, built primarily around the counter-terrorism sanctions regime, to combat this menace. And this has been effective in putting those countries on notice that
The entire international community must work together to “starve” terrorists of finance and emerging technologies to stop destruction around the world.
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TERROR GROUPS ABUSING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO BE DEALT GLOBALLY: UN CHIEF
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for concerted global efforts to deal with the challenge of the use of new technologies by various terror groups to radicalise people and foment discord in societies.
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Terrorists use technologies like virtual private network, encrypted message services and money, and importantly, ethos of open societies, to attack freedom, tolerance and progress India will contribute USD 500,000 to United Nations Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism this year to aid capacitybuilding support to member states in combating terrorism
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the Gujarat Rozgar Mela via video message. Modi complimented the Gujarat CM and his team for this quick response. He informed that in recent times 10,000 youngsters were given appointment letters in Gujarat and target of filling 35,000 posts in next one year has been set. Modi said this type of Rozgar Melas will continue to be organised at national and state levels in coming months. Whereas, Centre is working on providing 10 lakh jobs, States and UTs are also getting associated in the campaign, number will rise significantly. Under-
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Sri Ganganagar: A Pakistani civilian allegedly trying to enter Indian territory was killed by BSF personnel in Anupgarh sector of Sri Ganganagar district here, police said. On Friday night, BSF personnel patrolling the area saw a Pakistani civilian trying to enter the Indian side. When he did not stop despite being alerted by the jawans, they opened fire, Sriganganagar SP Anand Sharma said. P8
tion status by 2047, PM asked them to fulfil their duty towards the nation.
Four arrested by Pratap Nagar Thana Police for allegedly beating three members of a family after their car was hit from behind by another car. P4
District administration of Bhilwara refutes claims of any alleged auctioning of girls on stamp papers to settle disputes over loan repayments. Such incident did not happen, they said. P5
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Family was returning from restaurant when this assault happened
Jaipur: Four people were arrested by Pratap Nagar Thana Police for allegedly beating three members of a family after their car was hit from behind by another car.
Police informed the incident occurred on October 25 when the victim Siya (15), a resident of Sector-11 in Pratap Nagar, had gone to a restaurant with her father Satish (38) and pregnant mother Nisha (35). “At around 10 pm, the family was returning from the restaurant and stopped at a dairy shop near Dwarkapuri Circle. The miscreants
Jaipur: Thieves targeted deserted house in Chitrakoot Nagar. Miscreants entered house by jumping the wall. They broke lock of the main gate and entered inside. After searching the house for half an hour, they stole jewellery, cash and then fled. The act of the thieves was captured in the CCTV footage. Chitrakoot Nagar police station has registered an FIR and is looking for the thieves on the basis of the footage. Police said that the theft took place at the house of Ashok Sharma in DCM, Chitrakoot Nagar. The owner went to his village with his family. The thieves escaped with gold ornaments and Rs 20,000 cash.
suddenly hit their car from behind leading to a scuffle.
The miscreants started beating Satish, a garment business-
man, and his family members. Later, an FIR was registered by Siya in Pratap Nagar Police Station. A case of assault has been filed
against the miscreants and the matter is being investigated and soon accused would be arrest and put behind bars,” police added.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has implemented bond in Medical Colleges of state. It is for the first time that bond has been implemented in PG-Super Specialty courses in the state. However, the bond came into force as per the agreement with the resident doctors. Medical Education Secretary Vaibhav Galriya issued the bond orders. Relaxation has been given for batches of the year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 and bond amount was reduced from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 10 lakh once. During this, the period of service has been kept at two years. If a candidate wants to be free from bond by serving only one year, he will have to deposit Rs five lakh.
Jaipur: Unemployed youths protesting against the Rajasthan govt will intensify their protest. Youths, who have been on a satyagraha in Gujarat for the last 28 days, will now oppose CM Ashok Gehlot and Rajasthan ministers in Gujarat.
State President of Rajasthan Unemployment Unified Federation, Upen Yadav said that until now we have been protesting peacefully, but Congress leaders have not addressed their issues. “The future of lakhs of youths of Rajasthan is in danger. Now, we will fight a battle even at the cost of our lives,” he said.
Yadav said that there is a huge difference between the words and deeds of the Congress
Jaipur: On the occasion of world stroke day a public awareness programme was organised at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Sitapura here.
On the event, Prof Dr RK Sureka, Head of Dept , Depart of Neurology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital said that first 4 hrs after stroke are golden
hours where if treated can reduce the risk. He told that in world every 6 second there is a stroke & in India 3-4 thousand stroke patients monthly. Dr Sureka told that Mahatma Gandhi Hospital has a separate stroke unit where rapid treatment is started in first 4 hours. On this occasion Dr Gaurav Goyal, Dr Amit Agarwal were also present.
Jhunjhunu: Ex-Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore attended a program of All India ExServicemen Service Council here on Saturday. Several senior officials of Indian Army including Major General Rank officers also participated in programme at Khemi Sati temple complex.
He paid tributes to martyrs at the Shaheed Smarak and said it was a privilege for him to attend the function on the land of Jhunjhunu. War widows were also honoured in function.
An army official said that more responsibilities come on the shoulders of soldiers after
retirement, so they should never consider themselves retired.
In the programme, discussions on various issues related to ex-servicemen were held. During the event he said that in past, when soldiers used to retire, their pen-
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In Pink City Press Enclave, Patrakar Nagar, Nayla, 571 allottee families, who are struggling for the lease of their plots, held a mass meeting at planning site on Saturday and organised a meeting and demanded the
CM Ashok Gehlot to get the lease of the plots at the earliest. On this occasion, the allottee fam-
ilies, expressing their faith in the CM for justice, raised slogans of Ashok Gehlot Zindabad.
Under the aegis of Chalo Nayla organization, Diwali Sneh Milan and Annakoot celebrations were organized in the main park of Nayla Patrakar Nagar from 12 noon on Saturday, in which a fair was organized with arrival of a large number of journalists of Jaipur in hosting 571 families. There was movement of men, women and children This is the second event of allottees.
sion was fixed on that day, which did not increase again. I remember ex-service men struggled for 40-50 years to increase their pension. It was only Modi govt who implemented One Rank One Pension Scheme as soon as it came to power.
leaders. “In Gujarat, where Congress leaders are promising employment to the youth, the election promises made to youth of Rajasthan have not been fulfilled so far. Besides, future of the youths is stuck because the recruitment
process that was going on has been marred by paper leaks,” he said.
Upen also said that written agreement with ministers of govt have not been fulfilled yet. “Now we will take on the Congress leaders in Gujarat,” he said.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Senior BJP leaders and old friends Om Prakash Mathur and Kailash Meghwal met on Saturday. Mathur reached to meet former assembly speaker Meghwal. He hugged Meghwal. Discussion from the era of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat till today was held between the two during the political and courtesy meeting.
Meghwal was very close to Bhairon Singh. He also has been a union minister and home minister in the state.
In that period, Om Prakash Mathur was on various positions including general secretary (organisation).
Since then Mathur & Meghwal have had good friendship. Today both leaders remembered old days after talking. On the other hand, Mathur took blessings from BJP’s former state president Hari Shankar Bhabhra. He also visited Ex- IPS officer Haidar Ali Zaidi at his residence. Mathur & Zaidi Know each other for nearly 31 years.
Jaipur: The enforcement squad of JDA took action at different places in & around the city. The action was taken at Kesar Nagar located on Muhana Mandi road, where an illegal building was erected in Plot No. 245. A basement and a 4-storey building was constructed in 166 square yard
Unlike the Army, ammunition is not used, instead, technology is used the most. Attacks made on target, but through dummy missiles
Jodhpur: The joint exercise Garuda between the Air Force of India and France has taken off in Jodhpur. Through this maneuver, pilots of both Air Forces will share their experiences with each other. The maneuvers of the Air Force differ from the maneuvers of the ground Army in many aspects. In this, unlike the army, ammunition is not used, instead,
dummy missiles.
Everything gets recorded as to how accurate the dummy missile was. After coming back to the ground, it is checked by extracting the data. After this, all the pilots are told about their shortcomings.
area. The affected party had filed a petition in the JDA Tribunal.
Hence, legal action was taken as per the order of the JDA Tribunal. While in a similar action, enforcement squad of JDA demolished an illegal colony of Chavand Ka Mand Gate situated at Zone-10 Ecological Area. Construction of an illegal colony was being set up on 4 bigha agricultural land, which has now been demolished.
Mahwa (Dausa): Nearly 80 people, including both men & women, fell ill in Sint village of Mahwa town after consuming contaminated Annakut Prasad. Sources informed prasad was prepared at a temple in Mahwa town on Friday.
technology is used the most. In this maneuver also, attacks are made on target, but through
Prior to the Garuda series, there were six maneuvers that wree done between the Air Forces of both countries. Three of them happened in India and three in France.
“On Saturday morning, victim complained of vomiting and diarrhoea, following which, they were given treatment. 5 were sent to the CHC for further treatment. Almost every-
one’s health deteriorated after eating Kari Bajra. victims were discharged after treatment,” said BCMHO Shiv Charan Gurjar.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Surat: Under fire over reports of “auctioning” of girls on stamp papers in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the Congress party had exposed such cases which had been happening during the previous regime of the BJP in the State.
“The incident happened in 2005 when BJP was in power. In 2019, we came and exposed it. ...21 accused were arrested, three died and one is absconding. Two children died, and the rest went to their homes. It was turned into national news,” Gehlot said addressing a press conference here.
The NHRC, the NCW, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the Rajasthan
Bhilwara: The district administration of Bhilwara has refuted the claims of any alleged auctioning of girls on stamp papers to settle disputes over loan repayments.
The officials said that such reports relate to an old incident and any such incident did
Jodhpur: Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has called for making the process of getting justice quick, affordable and smoother by bringing the judiciary closer to the common man. He said that efforts should be made for judicial awareness.
Mishra said this during the inauguration of the first two-day regional conference of West Zone organised by the National Judicial Academy at Rajasthan State Judicial Academy Auditorium on “Contemporary Judicial Development and Strengthening Justice
for Law and Technology” in Jodhpur on Saturday.
Chief Justice of Rajasthan Pankaj Mithal, Director of National Judicial Academy AP Sahi, High Court judges and judicial officers from Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat participated in
the programme.
Addressing the judges, Mishra said that they are not only the main watchdogs of the judicial system but also of the laws related to the constitution. He called for strengthening the justice and legal system in the country.
Swati Maliwal had also written to Gehlot seeking action against the
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: Three doctors have been found guilty while the services of two contractual employees have been terminated after two infants were killed due to overheating of a radiant warmer at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Bhilwara.
The district administration has found Dr Kuldeep Singh, male nurse Sunil Porwal and Salim Mohammad guilty and initiated action against them.
RAJ POLICE KEEPING STRICT VIGIL AGAINST TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS, WOMEN: ML LATHER
Jaipur: Stepping up vigil on crimes against women in the state, special watch is being kept on the cases related to atrocities against women. Director General of Police ML Lather said that the police are continuously monitoring and collecting information at sensitive locations regarding horse-trading and immoral acts. “In the past, in some societies, social evils like prostitution of women were prevalent. These incidents have been controlled to a great extent by the Rajasthan Police. As soon as information is received
culprits for auctioning of girls on stamp papers to settle disputes
regarding such activities, immediate legal action is taken by the police,” he said. Lather said that in 2019, Operation Gudiya was run in Bhilwara district in connection with trafficking of girls. Prostitution rackets were busted by the police in several other areas.
over loan repayments in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan.
Sawai Madhopur: Amid row over auctioning of girls in Bhilwara, National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma on Saturday tweeted that in Sawai Madhopur minor girls are been pushed into flesh trade by so called families.
Sharma also said that from here girls are being sent to Mumbai and other parts of the country. Soon, a report will be prepared and sent to the Union Home Ministry, she added.
“So called because no one verified till today whether they are trafficked or belong to the family. Everything is happening on main road next to Mahila thana.
Saw it all last night as I
visited the place without official vehicle and today again I visited the place with officials. State government is playing mute spectator in all this. After my insistence started doing survey. Hoping it will not be another eye wash,” she tweeted.
“I felt there is a big racket here, young girls being pushed into flesh trade. Admin has to see if these girls were brought here, girls are also being sent out. Every house here has 5-6 young girls. I feel they are not their own,” she further added.
Jaipur: Jaipur Airport has been lagging even behind Srinagar when it comes to passenger load until September. Between April and September, 20.52 lakh passengers travelled from Jaipur while 22.97 lakh passengers travelled from Lucknow during the same period. 23.31 lakh passen-
gers travelled from Guwahati airport and Srinagar, one of the smallest among these,
saw a passenger load of 23.96 lakh.
A total of 3,33,132 passengers travelled from
Jaipur airport in September. That is, 11,104 passengers travelled daily. This average was 14376 at Jaipur airport in December 2021. This shows that traffic of passengers decreased by 3,000 daily in nine months. Between April to September, the total passengers were only 20,52,002. The average every month is 3.42 lakhs, which is very less.
Subham JainAjmer: Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) has released the examination calendar from November 2022 to May 2023. Recruitments will be made for more than 10 thousand posts.
The recruitment exam for Sanskrit Education Department professor for 102 posts will begin from November 15.
Senior Teacher Grade II exam for recruitment to 9760 posts in the Department of Secondary Education will be from December 17 to 24. Candidates can see the calendar on the commission’s website.
RPSC is conducting the recruitment drive to fill up 200 posts of Food Safety Officers.
RPSC releases exam calendar, to fill more than 10,000 posts
New Delhi (PTI): The counter-terror sanction regime of the United Nations has been effective to put countries on notice that turned terrorism into a state-funded enterprise, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, in an apparent reference to Pakistan.
In an address at the meeting of the UN Security Council CounterTerrorism Committee in Delhi, Jaishankar described terrorism as “one of the gravest threats” to humanity.
He said despite efforts by the UN, the threat of terrorism is only growing and expanding, particularly in Asia and Africa.
“The UNSC, in past two decades, has evolved an important architecture, built primarily around the counter-terrorism sanctions regime, to combat this menace,” he said.
“This has been very effective in putting those countries on notice that had turned ter-
New Delhi (PTI): IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said while social media norms require platforms to remove illegal content within 72 hours of being flagged, he feels the timelines are “too long” and platforms should takedown such content “as fast as possible”.
rorism into a statefunded enterprise,” Jaishankar said. “Despite this, the threat of terrorism is only growing and ex-
New Delhi (ANI): The Supreme Court has decided to hear a plea on October 31 that sought direction to the Election Commission to remove symbols from ballot and EVMs and replace it with ‘name, age, educational qualification and photograph’ of candidates. The plea sought direction to declare the use of party symbol on EVM as illegal-unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 15, and 21 of the Constitution of India. The petition stated that the best solution to weed out corruption and criminalisation in politics is to replace the symbols of political party on ballot and EVM with the name, age, educational qualification and photograph of the candidates.
handrasekhar said the IT Ministry had been keen on prescribing a 24-hour timeline for removal of illegal content (as specified under rules) given that “virality and velocity” of misinformation tends to be much higher, but then finally settled for 72 hours after wide consultations.
panding, particularly in Asia and Africa, as successive reports of the 1267 Sanctions Committee Monitoring Reports have highlight-
ed,” he added. The minister said the ethos of open societies is being used to attack freedom, tolerance and progress.
New Delhi (PTI): The Ukraine conflict and the situation in IndoPacific figured prominently in talks between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and visiting British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. Cleverly arrived in India on Friday on a two-day visit primarily to attend a special meeting of the UN Security Council
Counter Terrorism Committee. “Delighted to welcome UK Foreign Secretary @ JamesCleverly on his first India visit; shortly after our meeting in New York last month,” Jaishankar tweeted. “Noted the progress in our Roadmap 2030. Also discussed the Ukraine conflict and the Indo-Pacific,” he added.
New Delhi (PTI): The apex court has sought response from the Centre on a plea against the age restriction of 35 years on women’s reproductive rights for conducting pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic tests. The plea contended the age bar is a restriction on the reproductive rights of women. The top court was hearing a plea that contended that the age restriction of 35 years in Section 4(3)(i) of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 is a restriction on the reproductive rights of women.
Asansol (PTI): A special CBI court here on Saturday rejected the bail plea of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in a cattle smuggling case and extended his judicial custody for 14 days till November 11. Claiming that Mondal was unwell and needed proper treatment, his lawyers had moved the bail plea. Opposing the prayer, the counsel representing CBI said that the TMC Birbhum president was a powerful politician who could try influence the probe. The agency pleaded that the TMC strongman’s custody be extended.
Mathura (PTI): A fast track court here has sent a man to life imprisonment for killing a lady doctor over four years ago, an official said here on Saturday. Additional District and Sessions Judge Neeru Sharma on Friday also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Ravindra after convicting him for the murder. “On the evening of July 13, 2018, the accused entered the residence of physiotherapist Khushbu Agrawal and slit her throat when she resisted his loot attempt,” Additional District Government Counsel (ADGC) Subhash Chandra Chaturvedi said.
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court has taken cognisance of a charge sheet filed against former deputy superintendent of Tihar prison Narender Meena and other jail officials in a case related to the death of gangster Ankit Gujjar last year, citing “prima-facie” sufficient material to proceed with the case. Meena is currently in judicial custody along with then ASPs Deepak Dabas and Ram Avtar Meena, Head Warder Dinesh Chikara, and warders Harphool Meena and Vinod Meena. The accused were charged with Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC.
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court has quashed a case pending in a lower court against a car driver who was charged for causing an accident that led to the death of a petitioner’s pet dog. Prathap Kumar G was driving his SUV in Vijayanagar, Bengaluru, on Feb 24, 2018 when his car hit a pet dog named Memphi. Dhiraj Rakheja, whose mother was taking the dog for a walk, filed a complaint. The Vijayanagar police investigating officer conducted the investigation and filed a charge sheet against the petitioner for offences under the various sections.
Surat (PTI): Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will announce on November 4 the name of its CM face for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections on the basis of opinion given by the people of the state.
Addressing a press conference, AAP’s national convener urged people to contact the party through SMS, WhatsApp, voice mail and e-mail to give their
Dehradun: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday confirmed that he has given instructions to all state departments to rename all the symbols of British slavery. All the departments have been asked to present a report on such names, he added.
views about who should be the CM candidate from the party.
“Today, I would like to ask the people of Gujarat as to who they want to see as the next CM of Gujarat. To know
the opinion of the public, we are releasing a number — 6357000 360. You can send SMS, WhatsApp messages, and leave voice messages. We are also releasing e-mail — aapnocm@gmail.com,” Kejriwal said.
He said people can give their choice in four ways - SMS, WhatsApp, voice mail or e-mail till 5 pm on November 3.
“We will announce the result on November 4,” he said.
Coimbatore: The 29-year-old engineering graduate killed at the wheel of a car that exploded in front of a temple in Coimbatore last Sunday was possibly a suicide bomber whose relative inexperience in handling explosives spared the locality the damage he might have intended to cause, investigators said as the NIA chased more evidence.
A witness told the cops that the car blew up soon after Jameesha Mubin, whom the NIA had interrogated in 2019, stopped in front of the Sangameswara tem-
New Delhi (PTI): BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address six rallies in two days in pollbound Himachal Pradesh starting from November 1.
He will also hold closed-door organisational meetings during his two-day visit to the hill state, his office said.
Shah will stay the intervening night of November 1 and 2 in Shimla and is likely to hold a meeting with the senior leaders of the BJP’s
state unit, sources said.
He will hold a rally each in Bhattiyat, Karsog and Kusumpatti assembly segments on November 1. The next day, he will hold a rally each in Dhramshala, Nandon and Nalagarh.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The notification of promotion of 16 PCS officers to IAS cadre in Uttar Pradesh will be issued soon.
This includes PCS officers of 2000, 2002 and 2004 batches.
The DPC of 23 PCS officers in Lucknow was held on October 7 under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary.
The panel of officers from UPSC had come to the DPC.
Sources said that 16
out of 23 PCS officers may get promotion in IAS cadre while the envelope of 7 PCS officers can be closed.
Central government had declared 23 vacan-
cies for UPSC’s selection in 2021. Prosecution proceedings are going on against 4 PCS officers while other action is going on against 3. Ashutosh Mohan Ag-
nihotri of 2000-batch posted as Special Secretary to the Chief Minister is at the top among the PCS officers to be promoted in IAS.
Manju Lata, Alka Verma, Santosh Kumar, Sunil Kumar Singh Chitralekha Singh, Satish Pal, Madan Singh Gabriyal, Vipin Kumar Mishra, Rekha S Chauhan, Anil Kumar Singh and Reena Singh are among the other PCS officers who would become IAS officers after promotion.
ple at Kottaimedu at 4am on Diwali-eve. He stepped out of the vehicle covered in flames before slumping on the ground a few feet away, a source privy to the probe quoted the witness as saying. The body was charred before anyone in the vicinity, including cops at a nearby checkpoint, could react.
Many houses along the road leading to the shrine could have been affected had the explosion, caused by one of two LPG cylinders in the car, occurred in the manner it had been planned, the investigators said.
Jammu (PTI): One person was killed on Saturday and five are feared trapped after a landslide hit an area where labourers were constructing a link road near a power project site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said.
Five people were also injured in the incident that occurred in the Ratle area, they said.
Labourers were working on the construction of a link road near the Ratle power project site and a JCB machine was digging when a big boulder rolled down, trapping the workers, Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav said.
A rescue operation was launched immediately and five people were pulled out from the debris and taken to the hospital. One person died in the incident, he said.
Five people are still feared trapped under the debris. Army, police and administration are carrying out the rescue operation, Yadav said.
Shimla (PTI): Union Minister Anurag Thakur here on Saturday lashed out Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, calling him “a symbol of anarchy”.
The Union minister of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) was responding to a query during his press conference regarding Kejriwal’s appeal to incorporate images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha on currency notes. “Arvind Kejriwal
who used to oppose (construction of a grand) Ram temple is a symbol of anarchy. He does fake talking. He does new propaganda to divert attention of the people from his fakeness,” Anurag Thakur further said.
The Union minister further asked AAP supremo Kejriwal that will his government also provide Rs 18,000 to temple priests, gurudwara granthis and church priests on the pattern of
maulvis in Delhi. Regarding “chargesheet” of Congress against Jai Ram Thakur-led BJP
government in pollbound Himachal Pradesh, Thakur said “Those whose national
The Union minister further said that the “double engine government” has taken all necessary steps for the all-round development of Himachal Pradesh and it is necessary for the BJP government to come to power again to carry forward the pace of development.
leadership is on bail have no moral right to issue “chargesheet” against others.
The Union minister said that the power of double engine government is visible in every sector.
PCPNDT: SC NOTICE TO GOI ON AGE BAR ON WOMEN’S RIGHTSIN THE COURTYARD Alka Verma Chitralekha Singh
New Delhi (Agencies): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Siso dia on Saturday played an audio clip of an al leged BJP man purport edly luring a TRS MLA in Telangana and dis cussing the party's bid to poach AAP MLAs in the national capital.
He also showed the photograph of three men in the briefing and al leged that “all three Da lals (brokers) have been caught with Rs 100 crore kept aside for poaching the TRS MLAs.”
Addressing the media, Sisodia alleged, “Today, a huge example has come to the fore of operation lotus, which is being car ried out by the BJP. The
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Saturday stayed the ongoing investigation into ‘MLAs poaching’ case till further orders. A single judge bench of the court passed the interim orders on a petition by the BJP seeking probe by the CBI into the alleged attempt to buy four MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Justice B Vijaysen Reddy asked the state government and other respondents to file the counter by November 4. Petitioner’s counsel Rachna Reddy said the court deferred the investigation temporarily until further orders of the court.
way they buy legislators, they topple the elected governments.. such links have been found in Delhi and Telangana.
AAP has proof of it.”
On October 27, three men were arrested dur ing raids in Telangana and Rs 100 crore were
Hyderabad: Three accused in the ‘MLAs poaching’ case were re-arrested by the Cyberabad police on Sat urday, hours after the Telangana High Court set aside the lower court’s order rejecting their remand. Ram achandra Bharathi alias Satish Sharma, Kore Nanda Kumar alias Nandu and Simhayaji, allegedly linked to the BJP, were arrested from Nandu’s residence. They were later taken to Cyberabad Police Commissioner ate and from there to Moinabad police station.
Hyderabad: Minister and TRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) alleged that BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay had desecrated Sri Lakshmi Nara simha Swamy Devasthanam and the devotees should clean it. He said BJP is asking for votes by telling the works done by TRS. He said that a chargesheet was filed against the BJP during the previous by-polls.
seized, Sisodia said. “All three men are linked to the BJP. There were attempts to poach four TRS MLAs.
On October 28 (Friday), audio clips surfaced, which further gave de tails of the conspira cy,” Sisodia alleged.
Aurangabad (Agen cies): At least 50 people, including some police personnel, were in jured after a huge fire broke out in Bihar’s Au rangabad district, caus ing an LPG cylinder blast in the early hours of Saturday.
The incident hap pened in the Shahganj locality of the Aurang abad town around 3.30 AM after a short circuit led to a huge fire at a shop. The mishap took place when a family was preparing “pras ad” for Chhath Puja, sub-inspector incharge of the Town po lice station Vinay Ku mar Singh said.
Fire tenders were im mediately rushed to the spot to douse the flame but the cooking gas cyl inder explosion further fuelled the blaze.
More than seven po lice personnel, includ ing a woman consta ble, suffered burn in
Hyderabad (ANI): Con gress leader Rahul Gan dhi surprised everyone with his dancing skills during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Telangana.
On Saturday, Rahul took to Twitter and shared a video in which he is seen dancing with members of tribal com munities in Telangana.
Indore (ANI): MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone of 69 CM Rise Schools in Indore on Saturday. He said that CM rise school would bring a social revolu tion. CM Rise School would be better than any private school. He said, “CM rise schools will have proper facilities which include a grand building, proper lab, li brary, smart classrooms, playgrounds, sports equipment and good teaching faculty.”
He raised a slogan “Khelenge Kudenge, Ashman Ko Chhoo Lenge, Padhenge Likhenge, Ashman Ko Chhoo Lenge.” He ap pealed to teachers,
Indore: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said the state govt would resume efforts to bring back the idol of goddess Vagdevi (Saras wati) kept in a museum in London. Although demand by Hindu community to bring back Vagdevi's idol to India is old, Chouhan's announcement comes in the wake of Rishi Sunak becoming the first Indi an-origin PM of Britain.
“Teach the students wholeheartedly and prove that Madhya Pradesh’s teachers are no less than a Guru. This is my request to all of you that create history.”
Rahul wore tribal headgear as he partici pated in “Kommu Koya” ancient art form dance with the tribals in Telangana’s Bhad rachalam. “Our tribals are the repositories of our timeless cultures & diversity. Enjoyed matching steps with the Kommu Koya tribal dancers. Their art ex presses their values, which we must learn from and preserve,” he captioned the clip.
Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began on Sep tember 7 from Kanya kumari, will cover a further distance of 2,355 km in its 3,570-km march. It will end in Kashmir next year. It is the longest march on foot by any Indian poli
New Delhi (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday extended a congratulatory mes sage to Elon Musk on his Twitter takeover. In a cryptic tweet, Rahul Gandhi showed alleged Twitter followers manipulation data in an image he attached with the congratulatory message directed to Elon Musk. “Congrats @elonmusk. I hope @Twitter will now act against hate speech, fact-check more robustly, and will no longer stifle the opposition’s voice in India due to government pressure,” Gandhi Tweeted. Last year in December, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the number of his followers on the micro-blogging site Twitter was being restricted.
tician in the history of India, the Congress claimed earlier in a statement.
The yatra has already
New Delhi: Mallikar jun Kharge has taken over as Congress Presi dent. On Wednesday, he took the chair in the presence of both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi at party headquarters at 24, Akbar Road, becom ing an important part of the history of the 137-year-old Congress party. Now his name is included among politi cal behemoths like Ma hatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru are
If it happens, it will not be a very good thing for the Congress
named. However, with him becoming the Pres ident, the discussion has started whether the party will appoint a Vice President or Work ing President to aid the 80-year-old Kharge! Congress has a tradi tion of both. Rahul Gan dhi has worked with Sonia Gandhi as the Vice President. Arjun
Singh has been the Vice President of the party in the past as well. Ji tendra Prasad has also worked as Vice Presi dent. For some time now, the Congress has started the practice of making several work ing presidents along with the president in the states. However, its advantages or disadvan tages have not been as sessed. Informed sourc es in the Congress stress that Kharge will either be accompanied by one or two vice-presidents or at least two working presidents.
covered parts of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, after having been flagged off in Ta mil Nadu.
New Delhi (PTI): Congress on Saturday alleged that Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai tried to bribe jour nalists by sending Rs 1 lakh cash gifts to them on Diwali and demanded the regis tration of a case and his resignation. The Congress demanded a judicial inquiry into what it called “Chief Minister’s Office ‘sweet box bribe’ to journalists”. CMO sources said Bommai has said he was unaware that “cash” was given to journalists. Addressing the media in New Delhi, senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said, “The Bom mai govt’s bribegate is now out in the open and this time the responsibility lies at the doorstep of the chief minister himself.” “This time, Mr Bommai has sur reptitiously, overtly and in a conspiratorial fashion tried to bribe the entire journal istic fraternity by sending 1 lakh cash to every journalist in Karnataka. Hats off to our journalist friends who open ly exposed the bribegate,” said Surjewala.
New Delhi: Will Mall ikarjun Kharge change the Congress organiza tion after becoming the president or will he con tinue with the old team? This is a big question because the old team is made up of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and the people they trust are in this team. There have been some changes in the organization re cently. Like the entire team of media has been changed a few months back. Jairam Ramesh was made in-charge in
Arrah: Two policemen were killed on Saturday after the motorcycle they were riding was knocked down by a truck in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, an officer said. Bhojpur Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh said that the accident took place on a national highway near Arrah town around 10 AM when the both the policemen were travelling to their homes for Chhath festival. The truck lost control after the accident and overturned. The driver fled the spot by the time a police team reached there, he said.
juries in the firefight ing operations.
The owner of the shop, Anil Goswami,
said that the incident took place when his wife was preparing food for Chhath Puja.
Ferozepur (PTI): A drone from Pakistan was spotted close to the international border here, said officials on Saturday. The unmanned aerial vehicle flew back to Pakistan after the Border Security Force troops fired at it, they said. The BSF personnel fired at least 18 rounds towards the drone, they said. A search operation is underway, they said.
9 BOOKED FOR 400 FORCED RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS IN UP Meerut (Agencies): Nine people have been booked in Meerut for forcing 400 peo ple to convert to Christiani ty. The victims approached the police and complained that they were lured to convert to Christianity. The incident happened in Malin village in Mangat Puram. The victim alleged that they were coerced to do away with the idols and deities of Hindu gods and goddess es. The accused, who forced people to convert into other religions illegally, came in contact with the victims during Covid-19 induced lockdown.
3RD IN A MONTH: VANDE BHARAT RAMS INTO CATTLE Mumbai (PTI): The Mum bai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Superfast Express rammed into cattle near Atul station in Gujarat on Saturday morning (October 29), causing a delay of 20 minutes in reaching its destination, a railway offi cial said. Railway sources said the incident left the trains front panel dam aged and also dented the underbelly equipment of its first coach. This is the third such incident involving this semi-high-speed train so far this month.The incident occurred around 8.20 am, the official said.
Basti (PTI): A girl was injured in a clash between police and locals here during an idol immersion procession, following which a sub-inspector was suspended from duty. Residents in Munderwa town were taking out the procession to immerse idols of deities Lakshmi and Ganesh in river on Friday night, but the police claimed that they did not take necessary permissions and hence asked them to vacate. Sources said the police al legedly beat up a tractor driver and forcibly removed a generator. This led to a clash between the two parties.
Recently, some changes were made in the party organization
place of Randeep Sur jewala and Pawan Khera and Supriya Sri net were given big re sponsibility along with him. This team is also doing a good job, so the question of replacing it does not arise.
Now talking about the party general secre taries, what changes will Kharge instill
there? The Congress has 10 general secretar ies, one of whom is Pri yanka Gandhi Vadra and the rest nine are trusted leaders of Sonia and Rahul. Everyone knows about Ajay Mak en, Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, Jiten dra Singh and KC Venu gopal that Rahul trusts them a lot. Oommen Chandy hails from Ker ala, where the Congress is focussing on the elec tion, and Tariq Anwar is the only Muslim face. Then there is Mukul Wasnik whose powers have been curtailed.
Sri Ganganagar: At Sherpura post near An upgarh in Sri Gangana gar, a youth trying to infiltrate into the Indi an side taking advan tage of the thick forest cover on the India-Paki stan international bor der, on Friday night was first stopped by the se curity forces but when he did not stop, he was gunned down by the BSF jawans.
BSF DIG Amit Ku mar Tyagi said that Pa kistan tries to take ad vantage of the dense forest. The youth killed in this connection had also tried to enter India from the forest.
The infiltrator had come into the Indian side of the border about 250 metres from the zero line. When he did not stop, the soldiers started firing. Eight rounds were fired and the man
was killed. A contingent of BSF jawans was pa trolling there.
On receiving infor mation about the en counter, higher officials of the BSF also reached the spot. The DIG said that no material has been found from the de ceased’s possession. The deceased was around 22 years old.
Sri Ganganagar: A mentally challenged man from Pakistan, who entered the Indian side at the inter national border, was pushed back into the Pakistan territory. The incident happened in the Rais inghnagar area. The man, identified as 70-year-old Fida Hussain, was pushed back after the flag meet ing. He had entered the Indian side on October 27 evening. BSF jawans caught him near pillar number 345 of 40 PS check post of the border.
Udaipur: A hotelier’s son in Ambamata area of Udaipur had a nar row escape on Friday night after two miscre ants fired gun-shots on him. Police informed the victim, identified as Dipesh Soni (22), was speaking to someone on phone outside his hotel when two scooty borne miscreants came and fired gun-shots. The miscreants fled from the spot. The reason behind firing is yet to be ascer tained,” police said.
Bundi (PTI): A day-old infant was among four killed in a collision be tween an SUV and a van on NH 52 in Bundi district, police said on Saturday.
Hansraj Meena, his wife Rekha (24) and his mother Nandubai (62) were returning home to Chandadhand vil lage with the couple’s infant baby in a van on Friday night when it suffered a head-on col lision with an SUV at Devkheda turn in Hin doli police station lim
Udaipur: A fire broke out in a bike showroom in Itali Kheda village of the Jhalara area. Due to the fierce fire, nearly 100 new bikes kept in the showroom were burnt to ashes. Along with this, the service centre and auto parts were also burnt to ashes. The fire started to erupt at around 2 am in the night. Two fire tenders from Salumbar Municipality reached the spot. Earlier, the villagers also tried to control the fire. The fire
destroyed the furniture including new bikes and auto parts of Hero Moto Corp worth about Rs 1 crore. The fire was brought under control after three hours.
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat attended the condolence meeting of senior BJP leader Inder Singh Bagawas’s mother. The condolence meeting of the Late Marudhar Kanwar was held at the residence of Inder Singh.
its, the police said. Rekha, Nandubai, the infant and van
Sri Ganganagar: Two members of Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang were ar rested in Gharsana town of Sri Gangana gar district, police said. Police informed that dreaded criminals Ash ish Vishnoi and Sand eep were arrested and a car, jeep and illegal weapons were seized
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Kota: The police ar rested a 50-year-old man on charges of raping a mentally challenged girl in Kota Cantonment area. The accused has been identified as Shaheed Mohammad.
The Gumanpura po lice has been interro gating the accused.
After hullabaloo over Rajasthan rak ing number one in the NCRB report, ADG Crime Ravi Prakash had sent some sugges tions to the Director of NCRB about the annual crime statis tics. In the annual crime report of NCRB-2021, Rajasthan ranked number one in the rape cases.
Bharatpur: A 20-yearold boy was killed in Bharatpur on October 28 while bursting a fire cracker under a steel glass. Police informed the victim, identified as Bittu alias Onkar, sustained injuries on his private part & later succumbed to injuries.
“The incident oc curred at Helena vil lage of Bharatpur dis trict on Friday late night. The children were performing stunts while bursting
crackers. Bittu along with other friends busted a cracker after keeping it under a steel glass. As soon as the
cracker busted, the glass split into pieces and pierced into his body parts. The private part of the victim was injured leading to ex cessive loss of blood. Bittu was rushed to RBM Hospital in Bharatpur and later re ferred to Jaipur for fur ther treatment. How ever, he succumbed to injuries on his way to hospital,” police said. The police informed that the boys were also making a video of this stunt while bursting firecrackers.
Jaipur: A tussle is there among legislators over the formation of new districts. Babulal Nagar wants Dudu to be the new district while team Lalchand Kataria is working in favor of Sam bhar. At the same time, Mahendra Chaudhary has put all the weight on Kuchaman whereas Kot putli is ahead in the race.
CM’s trusted minister Rajendra Yadav is MLA from Kotputli.
Jaipur: MLA Rajendra Bidhuri is touring Himachal Pradesh and giving inputs from his side in the election there. Bidhuri is clo=se to former CM Virbhadra Singh and his family. Bidhuri also has a business empire in Himachal Pradesh. He is also an expert in social information.
Jodhpur (PTI): Ra jasthan minister B D Kalla on Saturday said pressure must be exerted on the central government to include Rajasthani in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Kalla, the minister of education, art, culture and archeology, said the state assembly has al ready passed a unani mous resolution to in corporate Rajasthani in the officially recog nised list of languages, but the BJP-led gov ernment at the Centre has so far not given of ficial status to it.
“I do not know why the Centre has been sitting on this... But now is the time for the people (of Rajasthan) to unite for the cause by committing to ‘no recognition, no vote’”, Kalla said as he urged the people to boycott the BJP in the Assem bly polls due next year.
from their possession. “Two close aides of Lawrence Bishnoi were arrested in Gharsana town of Sri Gangana gar district on Saturday. A nine mm pistol, mag azine and eight car tridges were also seized from their possession. The accused were ar rested on apprehension to commit a major crime,” said police.
LEGISLATORS AT LOGGERHEADS OVER FORMATION OF NEW DISTRICTS
Jaipur: Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Ra jasthan from October 30 to November 1. On October 30, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of C-295 Aircraft Manu facturing Facility at Vadodara and visit Ke vadia the next day.
On 1 November, Prime Minister will reach Rajasthan's Ban swara district, where he will attend a public programme ‘Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Ga tha’. During the pro gramme, the Prime Minister will also pay homage to Bhil free dom fighter Shri Go vind Guru and also ad dress a gathering of Bhil Adivasis and oth er tribal population of
the region.
As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the government has initi ated several steps to celebrate unsung trib al heroes of the free dom struggle. These include declaring 15th November (birth anni versary of tribal free dom fighter Birsa Munda) as ‘Janjatiya Guarav Divas’, setting up tribal museums
M angarh Hill holds special importance for the Bhil community and other tribes of Rajas than, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. During the freedom struggle where Bhils and other tribes engaged in a long stand-off with the British, more than 1.5 lakh Bhils rallied at Mangarh Hill on November 17, 1913 under the leadership of Shri Govind Guru. Britishers opened fire at this gathering, leading to Mangarh Massacre where approximately 1500 tribals were martyred.
across the country etc to recognise the contri bution of tribal people to society and increase awareness about their sacrifices in the free dom struggle.
In yet another step in this direction, Prime Minister will at tend a public pro gramme — ‘Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Ga tha’ at Mangarh Hill, Banswara, Rajasthan,
Jaipur: A rally was organised on the death anniversary of Gan dhian thinker Dr Sub barao ji in which thou sands of youth came from every corner of the country gathered in Sanganer and took part in this yatra.
Congress leader and candidate of Sanganer Pushpendra Bharad waj said that Subbarao ji devoted his whole life for the unity, integ rity and goodwill of the country. He was an expounded Gandhian.
Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra has been a topic of dis cussion all over the country, due to which he is trying to revive the party.
Starting from the Chordia Petrol Pump through Malpura Gate
to the main market, reached the CTS bus stand, where on the way, Shankar Aakad, Jai Prakash, traders and common people of the trade board welcomed by showering flowers at dozens of places. The yatra was welcomed by raising patriotic slo gans like 'Bharat Jodo'.
Young men and wom en from different states were seen in their tradi tional clothes with plac
ards of their respective regions in their hands.
The rally was con verted into a meeting at the CTS bus stand.
Where after paying homage to Dr Sub barao ji, Sarva Dhar ma Prarthana was or ganised after which young artists from all over the country or ganised cultural pro grams about the integ rity, unity and goodwill of the country.
to pay homage to the sacrifices of the un sung tribal heroes and martyrs of the free dom struggle.
During the pro gramme, Prime Minis ter will also pay homage to Bhil free dom fighter Shri Go vind Guru and also address a gathering of Bhil Adivasis and other tribal population of the region.
Jaipur: Chief Secre tary Usha Sharma gave an ultimatum to the dis trict collectors to make the State begging-free by January 26, 2023.
The ultimatum is to rehabilitate all the beg gars in 3 months and provide them employ ment by making job cards under Indira Gandhi Urban Employ ment Guarantee Scheme, and arrange food from Indira Rasoi.
She gave instruc tions to ensure that they go to night shel ters and rehabilitation centers by teaching work through skill de velopment so that they can lead a dignified life and join the main stream of the society. For this the deadline of January 26 has been ap proved on file. She also ordered officials of all the districts to eat once at Indira Rasoi.
Jaipur: Former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot will campaign in Himachal Pradesh on November 1.
He will address an Elec tion meeting in Kutle har, Una at 10.40 am and then a meeting in Hamirpur at 12.30 pm.
After that he will take a meeting at 2.20 pm in Nalagarh, Solan.
Pilot has been ap pointed as the observer for Himachal assembly
polls along with Pratap Singh Bajwa. Pilot has been getting the respon sibility of star cam paigner in the elections in the past as well. Now he has been given the responsibility with Bhupesh Baghel for Himachal Pradesh. Baghel was given the responsibility of senior observer for Himachal Assembly polls.
Jaipur: The Congress government has become a target of the youths here after it reduced the posts of Level-2 teach ers from 31,500 to 25,500 in the Rajasthan Eligi bility Examination for Teacher (REET) exam.
The move has led to dis content among youth in various districts of the State and a demonstra tion has been called against the State Gov ernment in Jaipur on November 2.
On Friday, Education Minister BD Kalla, sensing the anger of the youth, decided to con duct a review at the de partmental level to in crease the posts.
In the months of No vember and December, the BJP has announced
to hold rallies, meet ings, dharnas, demon strations against the government in the state. Former Educa tion Minister Vasudev Devnani told Bhaskar that the Congress gov ernment has taken this decision to reduce the post in a hurry, which is completely anti-youth.
Kalla said that the de cision to reduce the post has been taken on the basis of enrollment of students in schools.
Jaipur: A minor girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the roof in Jobner area of Jaipur district on Saturday. Police in formed the victim’s parents work as la bourers and the rea son behind her sui cide is yet to be as certained.
“The girl, who is a class eleven student, died by hanging her self in the absence of her parents. Her younger brother and sister found her hanged after they broke open the door with the help of neighbours. Later, the deceased body was taken into custody and kept in the mor tuary of the Commu nity Health Centre in Jobner,” said police.
‘Begging-free’ State by Jan 26, CS Usha directs Dist Collectors
The swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge witnessed some turmoil, beginning with a glitch in the distribution of invitation cards. It was decided that the invitation for swearing-in would be sent to former Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, former Chief Ministers, State President, MPs, Working President of the Party, and Legislature Leaders etc. This action plan was implemented, but many important leaders of the party were seen bewildered in the Congress office in search of
invitation cards. Many names were in the list, but they couldn’t get the card, so first they were sent to the control room. Then, they were asked to go to room number 17, from where they were asked to head to the war room at 15 Gurdwara Rakabganj. The invitation cards were being handled by Manish Chatrath, who was very close to the late Ahmed Patel. Many big leaders didn’t even bother to come, like the absence of three big leaders of MP i.e. Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh and the Leader of Opposition Govind Singh also raised many questions. Seeing that many of the chairs behind the press gallery were empty, people standing outside were slowly called in so that a crowd could be seen at
hairs were set up on the
stage for Kharge’s swearing-in ceremony and there were sofas for VIPs in the front row.
Kharge had reserved his right and left chairs for Sonia and Rahul. But Rahul did not sit with Kharge at once, he left his chair for Madhusudan Mistry, and sat after Mistry. One of the front sofas was reserved for Priyanka Gandhi. Two Delhi Police personnel were also ready to monitor that sofa. Pawan Bansal, Bhupendra Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot were seated on the sofa next to it. By then the message of Priyanka’s arrival on wireless had arrived. In the meantime, Anand Sharma reached the stage and sat on the sofa reserved for Priyanka. The policemen immediately apprised
him that the sofa was meant for Priyanka, but Sharma ji did not get up from that sofa. By the time Priyanka enters, Pawan Bansal gets up in a panic and takes Anand Sharma to sit with him on his couch, holding his hands all the way. It seems that Priyanka was aware of this entire scene, so she did not sit on the sofa set for herself and sat in the row behind it. She met all the big leaders of the party smiling, but did not move towards Anand Sharma. Priyanka also met Ashok Gehlot warmly while Hooda and Anand Sharma were ignored by Rahul.
I t seems that Gandhi family’s ‘role’ in the Gujarat elections is less and the reason for this is no longer unknown. Recently, when KC Venugopal, who is considered very close to the Gandhi family, had reached Ahmedabad, a crowd of party leaders and workers surrounded him. After this Venugopal held a meeting with senior party MLAs. More or less all the Congress MLAs in the meeting were of the opinion that ‘Rahul Gandhi should also include Gujarat in his Bharat Jodo Yatra, since it can create an atmosphere for the Congress here. But Venugopal could not give any assurance from his side to the MLAs on this. In this, a legislator of two terms urged Venugopal that
he wants ‘to invite Priyanka Gandhi in his grand Garba programme as her participation can create a favourable atmosphere.’ Venugopal agreed to this and once the MLA learnt that his request has been cleared, the MLA got excited and bought a heavy garba lehenga worth Rs 45,000 for Priyanka’s Garba. But a few days before the programme, Priyanka was forbidden to visit. So, although the Garba happened, but Congressmen didn’t have much enthusiasm.
T he ‘fragrance’ of the political crisis in Rajasthan was seen scattered in the swearing-in ceremony. Even
Nathdwara: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that the message of love, brotherhood and goodwill is sent in the society by Ram Katha, which is most needed in the present times.
He said that Ram Kathas should be organised in every nook and corner of the country. Gehlot was addressing the inauguration ceremony of world’s largest Shiva statue ‘Vishwas Swaroopam’ at Nathdwara in Rajsamand.
Gehlot inspected the statue on the occasion. He warmly greeted Murari Bapu in the Ram Katha. He appreciated Madan Paliwal, who is behind the construction of the 369 feet high Vishwas Swaroopam statue.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also listened to the Ram Katha on the occasion.
Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria, Cooperative Minister Udai Lal Anjana, Minister of State for Home Rajendra Singh Yadav, Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria, Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari, MLA Sudarshan Singh Rawat, RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore were also present on the occasion.
Jaipur: CM Gehlot has given his consent to reimburse the airfares to Rajasthani students who have returned to India due to Ukraine crisis. According to a government statement, CM Gehlot has approved the proposal to this effect. After this approval, the amount of airfare of Rajasthani students returning from Ukraine to India will be reimbursed from February 1, 2022 to February 14, 2022.
The beautiful Shiva statue built with dedication and perseverance in a time span of almost 10 years, has been made to disseminate a positive message in the society.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM Vishwas Swaroopam has been constructed in Nathdwara with ten years of continuous hard work and dedication. —Dr CP Joshi, Assembly Speaker
The beautiful Shiva statue constructed in Nathdwara, is the largest Shiva statue in the world. There will be no shortage of development works in Nathdwara.
Dhariwal, UDH Minister
after all this, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot was meeting most of the people. There was an influx of leaders, who came to meet him. Although leaders like Jairam Ramesh did not walk up to Gehlot to meet him, but sitting in his place, he signalled ‘ Thumbs up’ to the Rajasthan CM. At the same time, Sachin Pilot, sitting in the back row of Gehlot, was smiling. Initially, he had put a mask on his face, but when the media cameras started clicking his pictures, he took off his mask. Mohan Prakash was seated besides Sachin. No one was coming to meet Shashi Tharoor, who had garnered 1,072 votes in the presidential contest against Kharge, but Tharoor looked confident.
lections are to be held on 182 seats of Gujarat Assembly.
Keep in mind that in the 2017 assembly elections, Congress had won
77 seats here, but after luring a dozen Congress MLAs, the political colour changed to saffron, so the count of Congress MLAs has reduced to merely 65. So, the focus of BJP strategists has now been reduced to these 65 seats and thus BJP has called for ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’ before the elections. Many Union ministers including BJP President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah are continuously participating in this yatra. The entire focus of the Gaurav Yatra is on the seats dominated by the Congress, but the Congress seems devoid of any concrete programme of counterattack. The Congress High Command also seems to have left the Gujarat elections to its own fate. Rahul Gandhi also does not seem ready to tour Gujarat and neither Sonia Gandhi nor Priyanka are displaying any enthusiasm in visiting Gujarat.
Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla visited Mandi, Chechat and other towns in his constituency on Saturday.
He was seen talking with the common people on the streets and enquiring about the well being of the villagers. During this, he also participated in Deepawali Sneh Milan celebrations at Chechat and Mandi.
During conversa-
tion with the locals, Birla said that many big industries will be established in Masala Park of Ramganjmandi soon. He said a Kisan Mela will also be organised.
Birla also appealed to Arhtiyas and Seeds traders not to buy grain of farmers who visit Mandi at a price lower than MSP so that farmers can get fair price of the produce.
MLA Madan Dilawar accompanied the LS Speaker during the visit.
Implemented RGHS. Give one chance for good governance in Gujarat and we will bring all the welfare schemes implemented in Rajasthan to Gujarat. Congress leaders are large hearted while they (BJP) are vengeful. Who soever may win, but it would be BJP that forms government, such is the situation. We have given jobs to more than three lakh youth and we do what we say. We have asked Modi ji to implement OPS,” Gehlot said.
Meanwhile, addressing a public meeting in Navsari, Raj CM pointed about mismanagement during Corona. “Tribals should come forward and form Congress government. Congress was the first party after independence which respects all. BJP had to adopt Gandhi to form govt. PM is visiting Gujarat repeatedly because this time their situation is bad. The want to create a hype before polls. Thus, you should support Congress,” he said.
Gehlot also took on the
Aam Aadmi Party, saying, “Medicines, tests & transplants have been made free in Raj & we will bring public welfare schemes in Gujarat. AAP doesn’t have the moral right to come here. They want to remove Gandhiji from currency notes. How dare you raise this demand to remove Gnadhiji? AAP doesn’t have a base here, so, they are buying people andbringing them to rallies saying that people are supporting them, Gehlot further claimed.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot approved the proposal to give exemption in electricity duty to the beneficiaries of Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme-2022 (RIPS-2022).
The units will be able to get benefit of the said exemption as per the rules of the RIPS-2022 scheme. RIPS-2022 has been started by CM Gehlot to provide a better environment for proper development and investment in the state.
Nathdwara: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal’s birthday was celebrated at helipad in Nathdwara on Saturday.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wished him a Happy Birthday and called for a cake at the helipad. Dhariwal cut the cake and celebrated the birthday.
Speaker Dr CP Joshi, ministers Lalchand Kataria, Udai Lal Anjana
were also present on the occasion.
From there, they reached the grand programme wherein, the Shiva statue, ‘Vishvas Swaroopam’ was inaugurated.
elena Gomez once said that I don’t know if I would’ve had the opportunity to be on ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ if it weren’t for my heritage. I realize everybody wants what they don’t have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what’s on the outside! And this inspired me to write an article on wizard clothing. But wait what? Wizard clothing??
Yes, because for me ‘Nobody knows what the future is except for wizards’.
Our favourite Harry Potter has given us many rounds of imagination that gave us a hint that wizards at large in the Muggle community may disclose themselves to each other by wearing the shades purple and green. However, this is no more than a verbal code, and there is no responsibility to blend into it. A bunch of members of the mystical society prefer to wear their favourite colours when out and about in the Muggle world or adopt black as a practical colour, especially when flying on their brooms at night. According to the movie, ‘The International
Statute of Secrecy laid down clear guidelines on the dress for witches and wizards when they are out
in public.’ Apart from the imaginary film, we all have grown up visualizing the cloak or pointed cony hats, long black boots and of course big magical flying broom. I am sure by far
now, wizard clothing has stayed out of fashion, although slight alterations have been made to such garments as dress robes. But Classic wizard clothing comprises plain robes, worn with or without the traditional pointed hat, and will always be worn on such formal occasions as christenings, weddings and funerals. Women’s dresses tend to be long. Wizard clothing might be said to be frozen in time, harking back to the seventeenth century, when they went into hiding. Their
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CITY FIRST
As per the Ministry of MSME’s Annual Report 202021, India has approximately 6 crore MSMEs that play an instrumental role in the country’s growth. They are regarded as the backbone of the Indian economy and contribute significantly to India’s GDP. However, a report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) stated that the merchant segment remains highly underserved with around 84 per cent of the credit demands of merchants being dependent on informal financing channels. In fact, despite the prevalence of MSMEs in India, more than 90% of them are micro-enterprises with a turnover of fewer than 5 crores. Also, more than half of them do not have access to formal digital payment solutions. Over the last decade, there has been a marked increase in the adoption of e-commerce and digital payments. This has opened the door to the use of technology to reach Indian merchants and offer formal financing and payment solutions.
“AU Small Finance Bank has been closely associated with merchants in India for the last 25 years. Having worked with merchants from different industries and geographies, we have developed a 360-degree understanding of the varying business and credit profiles in the country. Further, we have developed indepth risk management capabilities and a robust collection model. Over the years, while we have created a comprehensive basket of services and solutions for merchants, our specialisation lies in small-
ticket lending with Secured Business Loans being our largest asset franchise along with business banking facilities like CC/OD limits & bank guarantees.
Further, we have a strong network in the unorganised sector and
core geographies that boost our distribution capabilities,”said Manoj Tibrewal, Business Head – Merchant Solution Group, AU Small Finance Bank.
“In India, merchants face a lot of challenges including the lack of
instant recurring small-ticket financing, unavailability of credit through formal channels due to insufficient documentation, LTV constraints, or collateral appraisal, and the lack of value-added services. At AU Small Fi-
nance Bank, we offer a range of products and services to merchants including UPI QR with a sound box, POS (Point of Sale) devices, Current Accounts, Unsecured transactionbased lending, CMS facilities and other bank-
ing services. We are also working on an integrated solution encompassing digital collections and payments, digital trade and supply chain finance, and instant credit, in addition to the existing stack of products and services
that we offer to this segment. Further, we have leveraged the AU UPI QR as a low-cost merchant acquisition tool,” he added.
The Bank’s trust quotient, seamless onboarding experience, bouquet of products and services, and attractive financing options has helped us scale our proposition.
“Merchant and MSME segments have been very important and constitute significant numbers both in Liabilities and Assets at AU Small Finance Bank, and to fulfil their financial needs and solutions around this, we are strengthening our value propositions including various payment solutions, digital applications, and transaction-based lending. Also, we are acquiring new-to-bank customers through UPI QR codes.
Towards our aspiration of becoming a wholesome Digital bank, we are also implementing the OCEN framework and other such industry-leading aggregation initiatives,” said Manoj
Tibrewal.
“As of March 31, 2022, we have installed over 4.8 lakh UPI QRs and acquired around 1.2 lakh, new customers, in FY-2021-22. With a focused after-sales support team, we have managed to drive an activation rate of over 65 per cent. After installing UPI QR, we have seen a 68 per cent rise in CASA monthly average balances in associated current accounts. We have also commenced unsecured lending for overdraft loans to small merchants based on their transactions through UPI QR within a year of the launch”, Manoj further said.
With a strong management team and a technology-first approach, AU Small Finance Bank is wellpoised to empower merchants using digital solutions like lowcost acquisition (UPI QR), digital CASA accounts, holistic banking solutions, and digital lending solutions.
Ananya Panday shares a great bond with Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda. The two are childhood friends and are often spotted together at parties. Navya often features in Ananya’s Instagram pics along with their other friends Shanaya Kapoor and Suhana Khan. Ananya and Navya are also often seen hyping each other up on social media and sharing the cutest posts on each other’s birthdays. Speaking of which, Ananya Panday is all set to celebrate her 24th birthday on October 30.
While there are still 2 days to go, the actress has received an ‘early birthday surprise’ from Navya.
Ananya Panday shared a picture on her Instagram story, giving her fans a glimpse of what Navya sent her.
The picture shows a bunch of pink balloons kept in the middle of the room. One huge heart-shaped balloon had ‘Happy Birthday Ananya’ written over it, while other balloons were assembled below, over which ‘Happy birthday’ foil balloons were placed.
Alia Bhatt is undeniably one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood. She made her big screen debut in Karan Johar’s Student of The Year and then went on to collaborate for blockbusters like director Shashank Khaitan’s Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and Badrinath Ki Dulhania. The first part of the Dulhania franchise was released in 2014 and the second one followed after three years. According to some sources the makers are planning to develop the third film in this popular franchise. The Dulhania franchise is extremely special for Karan, Varun, Alia and Shashank and the team really wants to come together for part 3. They have discussed a few ideas among themselves, however, they are yet to finalise the script. Once the story is locked they will figure out the other logistics. Just like the first two parts, the third film too will thrive on romance, endearing characters and the overall innocence of the story and the characters.
The stage of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is set to raise the temperature as popular Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit is going to dance to the popular song from her film Devdas. And to accompany her on stage is none other than Janhvi Kapoor. The Dhadak actress will arrive as a guest on the show this weekend to promote her upcoming film Mili.
Janhvi was seen wearing a red bodycon dress and looked absolutely stunning in her attire. In the glimpses shared by the official Twitter handle of Colors TV, we can see Janhvi matching steps with Madhuri Dixit on the song, ‘Kaahe Chhed Mohe’. This song was very popular in the late 90s era and featured actress Madhuri Dixit and Shah Rukh Khan in lead roles.
atrina Kaif is on a promotional spree for her upcoming comedy horror film, Phone Bhoot and is appearing on various public platforms to talk about the film. Recently, she appeared on the Salman Khan-led reality show, Bigg Boss 16 and fans went bonkers to see the former couple share the same stage. As per the new promo shared by the channel, Katrina is seen asking Salman Khan, “If you would have ever got an opportunity to spy on someone as a ghost, who would it be?” Salman replies, “There is a man named Vicky Kaushal. I would spy on him.” On being asked the reason behind this, the superstar continued, “He’s loving and caring and now when I am speaking about him, you are blushing.” Katrina Kaif couldn’t stop blushing the whole while.
CITY FIRST
yslexia is a common prob lem among children. How ever, it should not be treated like a disease.
Many world leaders have also had dyslexia but still, they have been able to achieve a lot.
One can easily address the issue if the chil dren, teachers and par ents are sensitized about it at the right time. This was stated by Rajsamand MP, Diya Kumari while flagging off the ‘Walk For Dys lexia’ Awareness Walk organised by The Pal ace School from Ashok Club to Amar Jawan Jyoti on Saturday. She later joined the partici pants in the walk.
The Awareness walk
was initiated by The Palace School to mark World Dyslexia Awareness Month in October. This is for the first time that such an awareness walk has been organised in Jaipur. It was organised along with other schools like DPS, Maha raja Sawai Bhawani Singh School, MPS In
The Fit Body and Soul women’s forum organised the festive season Halloween after party in a grand manner for its members at Baramsi, Jai Club on Saturday. During this fun event, women entrepreneurs also discussed their business plans and took guidance from business experts. Founder Megha Gupta shared that FBS always plans meaningful and fun meetings and parties in a new way for its members. Prachi Khandelwal, Suchitra Bohra, Nisha Singh, Amita Makuana, Anisha Navati, Rashmi Kotawala, Mansi Kumar, Nandini Jeswani, Mamta Sharma, Juhi Ahwalia, Simran Sarf, Anugya Maharwal, Sonika Maharwal, Meghna Sanghi, Anisha Shevkhani, Jenny Christian, Unnati were present on the occasion.
ternational, Neerja Modi, Jeypore School and organisations like Pick A Book, Simply Jaipur and Babylon’s Newton ICAD.
Principal of The Pal ace School, Urvashi Warman informed that this walk is a joint ini tiative taken at the na tional level by various organisations in 6 dif ferent cities across the country on October 29 and 30, to spread awareness about this hidden disabil ity. The Palace School took the lead in Jaipur for this nationwide campaign.
Director, of Baby lon’s Newton ICAD, Dr S Sitaraman gave a brief talk to the partici pants explaining what Dyslexia is and how it can be treated. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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The celebration of the rich heritage of Kathak “Guru Naman Utsav”, fourth of its kind festival was organised at Maha rana Pratap Auditorium on Saturday. Dedicated to the “Guru Shishya Parampara”, the event was decorated with beautiful dances and rhythms of classical mu sic.
The dignitaries and artists of the city were present and encour aged the disciples and the audience appreciat ed the program very much. Under the aegis of the Geetanjali Music Society, which has been carrying forward this tradition for the last 41 years, this entire pro gram was conducted and organised by the disci ples of Guru Dr Shashi Sankhla.
In this festival, great personalities of art and music along with Kathak
dance have been honoured every year by Dr Shashi Sankhla.
This year, three top gu rus were honoured by the institution with the title of “Kala Kaustubh” for their incomparable contributions to the field of music and dance. The award was presented to Pandit Rajendra Ganga ni, Eminent Kathak Guru of Jaipur Ghara na, Hari Dutt Kalla, dance guru and structur
alist, and Ustad Nisar Hussain Khan, Senior Tabla player. The Chief Guests at the festival were eminent Kathak ex ponents Dr Shashi Sankhla and Pandit Ra jendra Gangani from Jaipur Gharana. The guest of honours includ ed Vice President (State Minister) Ramesh Bora na, and Dr Maya Tak, former Dean- The Fac ulty of Fine Arts, Ra jasthan University.
The grand open ing ceremony of “Kajal Makeup Artistry”, a sa lon with male and fe male service with state-of-the-art fa cilities at Shyam Nagar, was organ ised in Jaipur on Wednesday. During the occasion, profes sional models of the city repre sented the latest and trendy makeup collec tion through catwalks and photoshoot sessions.
Many makeups and fashion influencers also graced the occasion and dis cussed the changing trends in makeup and shared their ideas. Salon’s owner and Pro fessional Makeup
During the event, she informed that how in this winter environ ment one can look beautiful by doing cool and simple makeup and which products are better to use to get pim ple-free skin when do ing a hydra facial and de-tan. Along with this, he also shared informa tion related to skin, hair and body spa. Kajal further said that given the upcom ing bridal season, a lot of ad vanced tech niques will be used for makeovers.
Till now, the city was largely undergoing makeovers on a set pattern, which required a revolu
On the occasion of world stroke day a public awareness programme was organised at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Sitapura Jaipur. On the event, Prof Dr RK Sureka, HOD, Depart of Neurology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital said that first 4 hours after stroke are golden hours where if treatment started can reduce the risk of handicap. He shared that in world every 6 second there is a stroke in patient and in India 3-4 thousand stroke patients occur monthly. If treatment is started within 4 hrs, patient has very good response to treatment and suffers with minimal disability as a result of stroke. Dr Sureka shared that Mahatma Gandhi Hospital has a separate stroke unit where rapid treatment is started in first 4 hours.
The 16th edition of the JLF celebrates the power of imagination with a distinguished list of fiction writers from across the globe. The Festival is scheduled to run from January 19-23 2023 at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur. The second list of speakers, announced recently, has some of the world’s most critically acclaimed fiction writers, including the International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree, Amish, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Altschul, Anu Singh Choudhary and Anukrti etc.
Shreyans Juniwal, a 12th grade student from JPIS has used his entrepreneurial mind to help villagers. He led the team of 150+ volunteers effectively and accomplished what they had set out to do. His ambition is to “Make all his dreams come true” and said he “doesn’t focus on obstacles, rather focuses on goals”. He truly believes that “Anything is possible if sufficient hard work is done to achieve it”. His new aspiration is to create a unique sustainable technology at affordable prices. He raised lacs of rupees for these projects among the relatives, friends & by crowd funding from public.