First India-Jaipur Edition-1st March 2023

BILL GATES, RBI GUV SHAKTIKANTA TALK FINANCIAL

Mumbai: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday met Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das and discussed various issues including financial inclusion, payment systems, microfinance and digital lending among others.

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HIGHEST Z+ SECURITY

TO AMBANIS IN INDIA, ABROAD: SC TO CENTRE

New Delhi: Supreme Court has directed to provide the highest Z+ security cover to Reliance Industries Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani and his family members throughout India and abroad. Entire cost for it will be borne by them, the court said.

CHINA’S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT DELHI FOR G20 MEET

New Delhi: China on Tuesday confirmed that its foreign minister Qin Gang will be visiting India on sidelines of G20 Foreign Ministers’ meet in March, during a press briefing, Mao Ning, official in Chinese foreign ministry said.

NEED CONSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE: COURT ON PUNJAB GOVT VS GUV

New Delhi: The latest stand-off between the AAP government in Punjab and Governor Banwarilal Purohit indicates a need of constitutional discourse, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, sending a strong message to both sides.

TWITTER ACCOUNT OF TMC ‘COMPROMISED’, SAYS DEREK O’BRIEN

Kolkata: TMC claimed that it’s official Twitter handle had been “compromised”.

TMC national spokesperson Derek O’Brien said party is in touch with Twitter to address issue. TMC’s name was changed to ‘Yuga Labs’ in official account.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES TO GET 25.1% STAKE IN AI GROUP

Singapore: Singapore Airlines’ deal with Tata Sons (Tata) will inject a further SGD 360 million (USD 267 million) into Air India. It will give SIA a 25.1 per cent stake in the enlarged Air India group following its takeover by Tata and merger with Vistara Airlines.

PM MODI’S YOUNGER BRO PRAHLAD MODI HOSPITALISED

Chennai: PM Narendra Modi’s younger brother Prahlad has been admitted at a private hospital in Chennai due to a kidney ailment, sources said. Without providing further details, sources at hosp in Ayanambakkam told that his condition is stable.

Ease of Living using Technology!

will become

developed nation by 2047: PM Modi

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed a post-Budget webinar on the subject ‘Ease of Living using Technology’, the fifth of the series of 12 webinars being organized by the government.

Addressing the gathering, PM said India of the 21st century is constantly empowering its citizens with the use of technology. He underlined that every Budget in last few years stressed ease of living for people with help of technology.

‘Tech-enabled CoWIN played a key role during Covid. Today every citizen is feeling change that now it is so easy to speak with govt,’ he said.

‘KNOCK HIGH COURT DOOR’

No Supreme Court relief for AAP’s Manish Sisodia

Moni Sharma

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday told Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to go to the high court if he wants to challenge his arrest by the CBI in the Delhi liquor policy case. CJI DY Chandrachud said, “Go to the High Court. Our doors are open, but we are not ready to hear it at this stage.”

“This will be a very bad precedent. You can’t do this just because you’re in Delhi,” Justice PS Narasimha said, referring to Sisodia’s request to rule arrest by CBI “illegal”. More on P6

`100 CR KICKBACKS, MONEY VIA HAWALA:

Sisodia was remanded in 5-day CBI custody by the Rouse Avenue court on Monday. CBI wants him to answer questions regarding the Rs 100 crore in kickbacks received in the excise policy case and also the alleged money received through hawala channels.

Sisodia and Satyendar Jain quit as ministers

Technology was the basis of the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ and due to this many poor started getting rations. Many departments can use technology to meet global standards of service.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ENHANCED FACILITIES FOR CITIZENS, SAYS MODI

PM Modi elaborated on the role of technology in this by giving examples of One Nation One Ration Card and JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile) trinity, Arogya Setu and CoWin App, railway reservation and Common Service Centres. With these decisions, he said that the govt has enhanced the ease of living of citizens.

AMID KCR’S EARLY POLL BUZZ IN TELANGANA... Amit Shah’s Telangana goal is ‘Praja Gosa, BJP Bharosa’

 HM Amit Shah and JP Nadda chair crucial BJP meeting

 PM Modi to hold mega rally after a month in Hyderabad

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New Delhi/Hyderabad:

BJP TOP BRASS TO HOLD MAMMOTH RALLIES

KEJRIWAL ACCEPTS RESIGNATIONS OF SISODIA AND JAIN

J ailed AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain have resigned as Delhi Deputy CM & Health Minister resp, and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignations. If sentenced to 2 years or more in jail, Sisodia and Jain may lose their seats and can’t contest polls for 6 years. Sisodia arrested by CBI for corruption in formulation and implementation of now-scrapped liquor policy. Jain arrested by ED for his involvement in a money laundering case.

EARLIER IN THE DAY LATER IN THE EVENING

When the matter came up, earlier in the day, for hearing in the Supreme Court, Singhvi cited the court’s judgment in the Vinod Dua case as the reason why Sisodia should be given relief, after which the court posted matter to 3.45 pm.

When SC took up Sisodia’s request again later in the evening, it said Vinod Dua case has no relevance whatsoever with his case as journalist’s matter was about freedom of speech, expression while his case is about alleged corruption.

BJP’s top leaders will hold high-intensity rallies for next one month in all 119 assembly constituencies in Telangana, where election is due later this year. The party decided on this battle plan after top leaders met at BJP chief JP Nadda’s home on Tuesday. Telangana BJP presi-

30k online child abusers detected, 4k may be held

Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sosodia’s arrest was illegal as his name was not in CBI chargesheet and the CBI’s allegation that he was not cooperating in the investigation was a weak excuse. —Abhishek Singhvi, Manish Sisodia’s lawyer

UPROAR IN ASSEMBLY OVER FAKE POLICE CASES

Dhariwal faces ire of minister Gudha, Oppn

I already knew about conspiracy that they do not want to listen, says Shanti Dhariwal

Yogesh Sharma and Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Parliamentary affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal and the members of the Opposition locked horns on Tuesday over fake police cases during reply over the grant demands of the police. When Dhari-

wal counted the figures of action taken against those who filed false

cases, he said that in the BJP rule, the action under section 182 was not

even known.

Meanwhile, Minister of State for Military Welfare, Rajendra Gudha said, “Even I have been falsely accused and a false case filed against me.”

At this Deputy Leader of the Opposition Rajendra Rathore and the Opposition MLAs stood up saying that when a minister is talking about false case against himself, what would be the condition of common people. BJP MLAs raised slogans and the

ruckus subsided after the intervention of Speaker Dr CP Joshi.

As ruckus subsided, Gudha again stood up to speak in the midst of Dhariwal’s reply, but the Speaker did not approve. Sanyam Lodha also wanted to speak but the Speaker did not allow him at which Lodha argued with the Speaker but faced reprimand.

“I already knew about conspiracy that they do not want to listen. They spoiled time,” Dhariwal said. More on P2

Bhopal (FIB): The USbased National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has identified more than 30,000 people in Madhya Pradesh who allegedly circulated suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including pornography, online enticement and contact offenses. List of 4,000 sent across 10 districts for action and Around 500 to 600 cases have been reported from other MP cities.

BJP’s top leaders will hold massive rallies in all the 119 assembly constituencies. Apart from this, BJP’s senior leaders including Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani will also hold at least 10 big rallies across Telangana.

dent Bandi Sanjay Kumar besides other party leaders were also present.

The BJP is concerned over reports that their rival and CM K Chandrashekar Rao may pre-

fer an early election before BJP can prepare their ground to fight KCR’s BRS. The BJP has named its new Telangana campaign “Praja Gosa, BJP Bharosa”.

‘Killers’ of Kashmiri Pandit killed in J&K

Army man martyred, another wounded in Pulwama shootout

Pulwama/Srinagar: 2 militants who “shot dead” a Kashmiri Pandit in Achan village, Pulwama, on Sunday were killed in an encounter in Padgampora village on Tuesday, Police said. An Army soldier was killed and another wounded in the shootout. J&K ADGP

Vijay Kumar said that 1 of the militants killed

Dog kills kid sleeping with mom in hospital

Ashok Kumawat

Sirohi: A month-old kid, who was sleeping next to his mother at a government hospital, was taken away by a stray dog and mauled to death in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday. The body was found outside the hospital ward, they said. Police said the CCTV footage showed that two dogs went inside the TB ward of the hospital late Monday night and one of them returned with the infant.

Sitaram, SHO, Kotwali said Mahendra Meena, the father of the child, was admitted in the hospital for silicosis treatment. He said the child’s mother, Rekha, who was attending to the patient along with her 3 kids, dozed off. P3

was identified as Aqib Mustaq Bhat, a resident of Pulwama (A category) who initially worked for the Hizbul Mujahideen but was later with LeT’s offshoot TRF.

OTHER TOP RAJ STORIES

The Gehlot cabinet meeting is proposed today at 7 pm in which various issues of State will be discussed with the ministers, said an official spokesperson on Tuesday. A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking guidelines on the practical implementation of the internet shutdown in wake of the recent suspension of the internet services in Jaipur. P3 Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given financial approval of `147.55 crore for Rajiv Gandhi Centre for IT Development and e-Governance to be established in Jaipur. P8

Shanti Dhariwal speaking in the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday.

‘Not me, but you are target’, Sisodia’s letter to Kejri states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Post Budget Webinar on ‘Ease of Living using Technology’, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw & Piyush Goyal and MoS Rajeev Chandrashekhar & Som Prakash lend ears to PM Modi virtually.

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RAJASTHAN TURNING INTO NET-BAN-STHAN!

PLEA IN SC SEEKING GUIDELINES ON NET BAN CITING RECENT SUSPENSION IN RAJ

These bans show incompetence to conduct exams, alleges petition

New Delhi (ANI): A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking guidelines on the practical implementation of the internet shutdown in wake of the recent suspension of the internet services in Jaipur and other places to conduct Teacher’s Recruitment Examination. The Petitioner Chhaya Rani through advocates Vishal Tiwari and Abhigya Kushwah apprised the SC about the suspension of Internet services in Jaipur, Bharatpur,

and several other districts to conduct the REET 2023 under the regulations of RSSB.

The petition said that such imposition merely shows the incompetence of the authorities to conduct such an

Internet shut in Kaman over Khatmika incident

First India Bureau

Sirohi hospital staff suspended as dog mauls infant

Naresh Sharma

Holi at Khasa Kothi to be held after 3 yrs on Mar

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The festival of Dhulandi will be organized at Hotel Khasa Kothi on March 7 by the Dept of Tourism. The festival will take place after three years wherein more than 2000 tourists are expected to participate. Dy Director of Tourism, Upendra Shekhawat informed that foreign tourists will be able to participate in the festival through tour and travel operators.

“The dept will make available a special Gulal for the tourists. Arrangements are also being made for the refreshments.

ADDITIONAL

WATER SUPPLY IN

JPR CITY: PHED

F ollowing the directions of PHED Min Dr Mahesh Joshi, the department has made preparations for additional water supply in Jaipur on the occasion of Holi. The excessive water will be supplied on Dhulandi for one hour from 1 pm to 2 pm. Officials informed that additional water will be supplied on Dhulandi as most people take bath during the afternoon hours on this day.

exam and such imposition is not at all necessary and unavoidable.

Hence the petitioner sought to enforce the fundamental rights, particularly the Right to life, liberty, and Dignity which is enshrined

under Article 21 to comply with the dictum laid down in Anuradha Bhasin vs Union of India and to further prevent such apprehension-based arbitrary, ultra vires internet shutdowns.

Bharatpur: In a bid to maintain a law and order situation in Bharatpur following the killing of two Muslim boys, police and district administration have suspended internet services for 48 hours in Bharatpur. Police officials informed that false and misleading information is being shared on social media regarding the incident and so internet services have been suspended for the next 48 hours. An order to his effect has been issued by Divi-

sional Commissioner Sanwarmal Verma. Internet services were suspended at 11 am on Tuesday and will be continued till 11 am on March 2.

Meanwhile, CM Gehlot is proposed to visit Ghatmika in Bharatpur on March 2 during which he can meet the family members of deceased Nasir and Junaid. On Tuesday, Minister Zahida Khan along with several officers of the district visited the village. Notably, two youths from the village were charred to death in Loharu of Haryana.

Jpr airport installs 2D barcode scanners to enhance security

Kashiram Choudhary

Jaipur: Jaipur International Airport has installed 2D bar code reader at entry gate of terminal 2 building for a hassle free travel of the passengers. The Central Industrial Security Force officials manning the terminal entry gate will now scan the barcodes instead of manually checking the flight tick-

ets or boarding passes in the mobiles.

This will help prevent the congestion at entry gate during peak hours and during holiday seasons. It will also save an average time of 20-25 sec-

onds per passengers, while entering the terminal building. The 2D barcode scanner is installed at departure entry as a pilot while three more scanners will be installed soon to improve passenger experience. The 2D scanners also prevents passengers from entering the terminal using fake or cancelled flight tickets thus enhancing the security.

Jaipur : In Sirohi District Hospital tragedy case, where one infant die by dog bite, CM Ashok Gehlot has taken action on nursing officer Suresh Meena and suspended him on Tuesday. Along with this, Ward Boy Ujjwal Devasi and Guard Bhavani Singh have also been removed from the hospital service.

Meanwhile, CM Gehlot’s advisor Sanyam Lodha, who hails from Sirohi , lashed out at his own govt in the Assembly on Tuesday over Sirohi dog incident. He demanded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh and action against those responsible. Minister Shanti Dhariwal got angry on this at which Lodha expressed his displeasure saying that Dhariwal would have felt the pain if his own child has

gone like this.

“This heart wrenching incident is a shame to humanity. Whatever officers are responsible for this strict action should be taken against him and the victim should be given a government job and compensation of Rs 10 lakh to his mother,” said Lodha.

On this, Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore also supported Lodha and demanded Rs 10 lakh compensation for the family.

SHRC TAKES COGNIZANCE OF DOG MAULING NEWBORN IN HOSPITAL

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of a matter involving a dog mauling a newborn to death in the district hospital of Sirohi. The news was telecasted on First India, following which, the human rights cowmmission took a suo motu cognizance in the matter. Justice Gopal Krishna Vyas issued a notice to the Superintendent of Sirohi District Hospital and Sirohi SP and directed them to submit a report on this matter after investigation. The matter will be heard on March 14.

72-year-old man undergoes penis reconstruction surgery ST-14 spotted with 2 cubs

Jaipur (PTI): Doctors here removed an elderly patient’s cancerous penis and replaced it with one constructed from skin, blood vessels and nerves of his hand.

Performed at the Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Center (BMCHRC) here, the surgery took around eight hours and was done by a 11-member medical

team, including five doctors. The doctors claimed that this the first such surgery in Rajasthan using a hand’s skin, blood vessels and nerves.

The 72-year-old patient from Bundi initial-

ly had refused to get treatment after learning that his penis would be removed during the procedure, Dr. Prashant Sharma said. However, later the patient agreed and the surgery was done, he said. Plastic surgeon Dr Saurabh Rawat informed the new penis was made exactly like the natural one and it allows the person to walk normally.

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur : The displacement of villages from Sariska Tiger Reserve has proved to be a boon for the wildlife. This was evident after tigress ST 14 gave birth to two cubs. Roop Narayan Meena, Field Director, Sariska, said that two newborn cubs, aged around two months, were spotted in DabliSukola forest area of Sariska Tiger Reserve, Akbarpur range.

FAREWELL AT JAIPUR MILITARY STATION

Lt General Bhinder relinquishes as South Western Army Commander

Jaipur (Agencies): Lt General Amardeep Singh Bhinder relinquished command of Jaipur-based South Western Army Command, on Tuesday and proceeded on superannuation. On the occasion, the General Officer paid tribute to the bravehearts at the Prerna Sthal, Jaipur Military Station.

An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, the General Officer was commissioned into the Deccan Horse in June 1983, which he later commanded. The Gen-

eral Officer is a Graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and also attended the Higher Command and National Defence College courses.

The General Officer took over the reins of the South Western Army Command on April 1, 2021. For his illustrious career he has

been conferred with VSM, AVSM, VSM and many medals. Upon relinquishing command, Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Bhinder extended his warmest greetings to all ranks of the South Western Army Command, Veer Naris, Army veterans, Civil Defence employees and their family members.

ARMY ASPIRANTS CAN ONLY APPLY ANNUALLY FOR RECRUITMENTS

T he Army job aspirants can apply only once a year for recruitment rallies with a common entrance exam held first, an Army official said. Briefing reporters about various stages involved in the new recruitment scheme, Brigadier Jagdeep Chauhan Deputy Director General Recruiting (Rajasthan) said that the common entrance exam will be held first and the physical and medical exam of the qualified candidates will be held later. In the earlier pattern of recruitment, the entrance exam used to be held after the physical test. He emphasized that aspirants should apply between February 16 and March 15 this year and they apply only once a year for recruitment rallies. The new recruitment system involves two phases.

Prima facie the movement of tigress ST-14 and both the cubs has been found normal. Monitoring of ST-14 and its cubs was increased and instruc-

tions were given for intensive monitoring. After human interference reduced in dense forest areas, wild animals have started moving freely.

Patwari held in RPSC paper leak

Udaipur (FIB): The police on Tuesday arrested a Patwari in connection with the RPSC teacher recruitment paper leak case. Police informed that Gamaram Khileri Vishnoi of Jalore has been arrested and is being interrogated. The accused was produced in court on Tuesday, following which, he was sent on police remand till March 3. The accused said that he had bought the paper from Bhupendra Saran for Rs 8 lakh.

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Lt Gen AS Bhinder saluting to the ‘Amar Jawans’ at Jaipur Military Station after relinquishing on Tuesday.

Candidates of teachers’ recruitment exam at MG Goverment School at Gandhi Nagar in Jaipur on Tuesday.

Lodha met Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena on Tuesday and sought govt job, `10 lakhs for victim’s family. Lodha also raised the issue in the Assembly.

‘GOKASTHA’ FOR HOLIKA DAHAN

To purify the atmosphere on Holi, the practice of burning cow dung cake has increasedr. In view of this, the JMCG will provide free ‘Gokastha’ (wood made up of cow dung) through Hingonia Gaushala. Mayor Dr Soumya released the poster of Gokastha Abhiyan on Tuesday.

CCTV grab of ST-14 with a cub in Sariska.

WITH NE EXIT POLLS OUT, BJP LAUNCHES MASSIVE OUTREACH DRIVE IN RURAL BENGAL

With the exit polls to Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya out, the West Bengal unit of the BJP has launched a mass outreach programme aimed at the rural population months ahead of the panchayat elections in West Bengal. BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar launched the “Gram Samparkha Abhiyan” in the Purba Medinipur district and without wasting time, the ruling Trinamool Congress claimed that the saffron camp has copied its programme.

“In West Bengal, under the corrupt TMC rule, the poor people do not have access to basic services like sanitisation and housing facilities. The Gram Sampark Abhiyan is to assure people and listen to their problems and ensure they get the benefits of the central schemes,” Majumdar said while launching the programme.

The mass outreach programme, which was launched with an eye on the panchayat polls likely to be held in AprilMay this year, will cover around more than 2,000 villages and 100 rural assembly constituencies of the state.

It may be noted that the programme comes nearly two months after the TMC had launched a mass outreach campaign, ‘Didir Suraksha Kavach’ (Didi’s Protective Shield), to check and ensure that people received benefits from the pro-people projects of the state government.

TMC’S POLL PROSPECTS IN NE

Political observers see the Meghalaya elections as the TMC’s best chance for expanding in the Northeast, a region it has been eyeing since its inception in 1998. The party, however, failed to build on some successes it had in the beginning.

IN-DEPTH SUICIDES BY DALIT, TRIBAL STUDENTS

Suicides by Dalit students is a worrying issue even for the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud who said he was disturbed by suicides by students from Dalit and Adivasi communities and called for a system of education that emphasized on empathy not excellence. Referring to the suicides by a Dalit student of IIT Mumbai and a tribal student of NLU Odisha the CJI said that these “numbers are not just statistics. These are stories sometimes of centuries of struggles”. Suicides by students from marginalised sections in top institutes have not been discussed as a social problem of caste and class discrimination. The problem was eloquently described by Rohith Vemula in his suicide note. A PhD student at Hyderabad Central University, Vemula’s suicide not read, “My birth is my fatal accident…I was always rushing…” He did not take any benefit as a Scheduled Caste and was, therefore, declared “not Dalit” by the probe panel. It is time to look into humiliation faced by marginalised students.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

Meanwhile, it may be recalled that the TMC, led by Mamata Banerjee, had stormed to power for the third consecutive time riding on the “Bengali Pride” poll plank and bagged 213 seats. TMC had propagated the ‘Bengali pride’ by coining the poll slogan, “Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chai” (Bengal wants its own daughter), and had created a poll narrative to counter and trounce BJP’s identity politics in the 2021 Assembly polls

“Apart from reaching out to the people with our policies and programmes, our mass outreach programme is aimed at reaching out to people in those areas, especially where the TMC leaders have faced protests,” said BJP. Reacting to BJP’s programme, the TMC dubbed the saffron camp as a “bad student who always wishes to pass an exam by copying from the topper in the class.”

“The BJP is just copying our programme. They don’t have any ideas, so they must resort to stealing our ideas. The BJP is like a bad student who always wishes to pass an exam by copying from the topper in the class. But despite copying our programme, it won’t yield any result in the

MISSING: CIVILITY IN DISCOURSE

In 2004, the party, however, got a breakthrough in Meghalaya when former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma, who had left the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), won from Tura Lok Sabha constituency. This success, was however, short-lived, as Sangma returned to the NCP the very next year. It may be recalled that in 2012, the TMC emerged as the main opposition in Manipur, winning seven seats, with a 17 per cent vote share. However, all this had turned sour when all the MLAs subsequently left the party to join either the Congress or the BJP.

The party’s Tripura unit opened in 1999, a year after the party was initiated in West Bengal, with former Tripura chief minister, Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar, heading the state unit. Though Majumdar did not win the Lok Sabha in 1999 from Tripura West sear, he overtook the Congress in terms of the

rural polls,” he said.

The BJP’s campaign comes at a time when the party looks to tone up its organisational machinery in West Bengal ahead of the panchayat elections, which has seen internal squabbles and defections in the party since the

Tussles between elected governments of opposition parties and BJP-appointed state governors have become an almost routine affair. Therefore there was nothing new in the spat between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the convening of Assembly session until the matter reached the Supreme Court which gave both a lesson in their constitutional obligations.

The contention of the government was that the governor was not heeding its advice on summoning the session. The governor pointed to the chief minister’s “extremely derogatory and patently unconstitutional

votes polled. But TMC’s Mission Tripura, the only Bengali-majority state in the region, came to a jolting halt in 2002 when Majumdar returned to the Congress.

However, its fortunes in Tripura remain dismal despite its attempts to revive its campaign in 2016 and 2021. The Left–Congress alliance and the rise of the TIPRA Motha in tribal-dominated areas have effectively turned the election into a triangular contest between the BJP, the Left-Congress and the TIPRA

2021 assembly poll results. Several senior leaders are engaged in feuds off and on social media, leaving little time for the actual growth of the party especially in the state.

The state unit of the BJP has been fighting hard to keep its flock together especially

There was nothing new in the spat between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit & CM Bhagwant Mann over the convening of Assembly session until the matter reached the Supreme Court, which gave both a lesson in their constitutional obligations

tweets” as reason for not convening the Budget session on March 3. The Punjab government moved the Supreme Court for necessary directions to the governor who

Motha. Despite Mamata Banerjee and other party leaders having entered the campaign, the TMC has not quite made it in big terms. Meanwhile, political analysts feel the Left–Congress combine would be the automatic choice for anti-BJP voters in areas where the Motha doesn’t have an impact. The TMC also could not do much to build on the local leadership. All eyes are now on March 2 when the results will be out and the real picture will be revealed.

after former union minister Babul Supriyo, party MP Arjun Singh and six legislators, including its national vice president Mukul Roy, switched to the TMC since the assembly poll results in 2021.

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wanted to seek legal advice on Mann’s tweets.

Moving a petition under Article 32 the state government appealed to the court to issue a declaration that the governor was bound to act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers. This is not something the Supreme Court should be telling a governor as the Constitution is clear on his role. That is what the Supreme Court bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud said, “However inappropriate the tweet of the CM may be, the Assembly session cannot be delayed.” The governor was bound by aid and advice of the government. At the same time the court also pointed to the need for more civil discourse between constitutional functionaries.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Bible

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‘CONG TO TAKE BJP HEAD-ON IN ASSEMBLY, LOK SABHA POLLS’

Our victory will set tone for the general elections next year: Party spokesperson Shrinate

New Delhi (Agencies):

Congress on Tuesday said that the party has firmly resolved to take on BJP in the upcoming state elections and the General elections. While asserting that it has taken three big moves post 2019 Lok Sabha polls, including Bharat Jodo Yatra, the party took credit for the scrapping of the farm laws and non-implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

In a press conference, party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said, “The third big work the party has done is electing a party president who rose from the block level to this position.”

Since 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the party has consistently and concertedly taken a series of steps to ensure institutional reforms within the party to strengthen ourselves and in turn to

combat a brutal authoritarian regime, she said.

It said that the Congress is combative on the street on issues of people. “We have repeatedly taken to streets against the CAA, we have taken to streets against antifarmers laws, we have taken to streets against the alarmingly high level

CRUCIAL READ

THREE SCHOOL BOYS DIE AFTER BEING HIT BY SPEEDING CAR IN TAMIL NADU

Chennai (Agencies): Three school students riding two bicycles on Tuesday were hit by a speeding SUV at Valaymaptu village near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu, police said. The three boys identified as S. Rafiq and two siblings, R. Vijay and R. Suriya, who were in their bicycles died on the spot. All the deceased studied in Class 8. While the brothers, Suriya and Vijay were riding the same bicycle, Rafiq was in another bicycle.

STUDENT JUMPS FROM 7-STOREY BUILDING, DIES

Bidar (Agencies): A 22-year-old MBBS student committed suicide by jumping off a 7-storey building in Bidar district of Karnataka on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Srirama Kadagi. As per police, Srirama was a final-year medicine student at the Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences (BRIMS). He was residing at the BRIMS hostel and committed suicide in the morning.

False and baseless charges: Sisodia in resignation letter

CONG CONTINUES ATTACK, DIRECTS

3 MORE QUESTIONS TO PM MODI

New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Tuesday alleged that Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani has a “central role” in the Adani Group and asked whether India’s “allpowerful agencies” will investigate allegations of “round-tripping and money-laundering” by offshore shell companies connected to their family. Posing a set of 3 questions to PM Narendra Modi as part of

the party’s “Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun” series, Cong gen secretary Jairam Ramesh said in its January 29 response to “serious allegations” against Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani, the Adani Group had tried to distance itself stating that he does not hold any managerial position in any Adani listed entities or their subsidiaries and has no role in their day-to-day affairs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi takes over as Western Naval Command chief

Mumbai (ANI): Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Tuesday took over as the new Flag Officer Commanding-inChief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command in Mumbai.

Vice Admiral Tripathi was posted as Chief of Personnel naval headquarters in Delhi.

New Delhi (PTI): AAP leader Manish Sisodia, in his letter of resignation from the Delhi Cabinet, alleged that a conspiracy has been hatched against him based on false and baseless charges and asserted that truth will emerge.

in Delhi. The truth regarding the allegations levelled against me will emerge and it will be proved that these are false.

of unemployment, we have taken to streets against back breaking high prices. And each time we have taken to the streets – our leaders have faced the agencies –which have become puppets of the government and the brutal police force.” Shrinate said, “The upcoming state

Army personnel pushed from moving train

elections in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana –will be fought with vigour and our victory will set the tone for the general elections next year.”

She said the plenary of the Congress with a Haath Se Haath Jodoa? as its central theme has

not just laid the ground for significant organisational changes which ensure a 50% reservation across all posts for SC, ST, OBC, Minorities and women, but will also ensure a more young and agile party with 50% of all posts to be filled in by people under the age of 50 years.

NCGG holds joint sessions to facilitate knowledge

Sisodia asserted that he worked with utmost honesty and has the blessings of lakhs of children and love of their parents.

“The biggest thing is that I have the blessings of thousands of teachers who were involved in ushering the education revolution

Aizawl to host 2nd B20 event from March 1-3

“These allegations are nothing but a conspiracy by those who are scared of Arvind Kejriwal’s politics of truth. I am not their target but their target is AAP. This is because not only Delhi but the entire country is seeing you as a leader with a vision for the nation and implementation of that vision could bring huge changes in the people’s lives,” he said.

An alumnus of Sainik School Rewa and National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, he was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1985.

A Communication and Electronic Warfare specialist, he served on frontline warships of the Navy as Signal Communication Officer and Electronic Warfare Officer, and later as the Executive Officer and Principal Warfare Officer of the Guided Missile Destroyer INS Mumbai.

He commanded Indian Naval Ships Vinash, Kirch and Trishul.

Lucknow faces crisis as Gomti water level drops

Lucknow (Agencies):

FOUR HELD FOR ACCEPTING BETS ON

PSL

IN PANAJI

Panaji (Agencies): Goa police has arrested four persons all residents of Delhi for allegedly accepting bets for Pakistan Super League (PSL) cricket match, in Panaji. North Goa Superintendent of Police Nidhin Valsan said that on receiving information about the betting for cricket match, they conducted raid at one villa in Anjuna, North Goa and arrested four people on February 26.

Hoshiarpur (PTI): An Army personnel was seriously injured after he was pushed from a moving train by three unidentified people when he resisted their attempt to snatch his bag, police said. The incident took place in the early hours of Tuesday when the Shalimar Express was passing Darapur by-pass Tanda here on the Jalandhar-Jammu rail track. The army personnel was travelling to Jammu from Ambala, police said.

New Delhi (Agencies): Two capacity-building programmes for the civil servants of Bangladesh and Arunachal Pradesh commenced at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Mussoorie campus. NCGG organised joint sessions to facilitate

knowledge and experience sharing. NCGG is dedicated to promoting collaboration & learning among civil servants in India and neighbouring countries, in line with the ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ philosophy espoused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NPCL takes steps towards sustainability with EV adoption

The company will use electrical vehicles for business operations

New Delhi (Agencies): Aizawl will host the second of four B20 India events scheduled from from March 1-3, 2023, in the Northeast. Business 20 (B20) is the official G20 dialogue forum for the global business community. As one of the most noticeable Engagement Groups of the G20, B20 represents the G20 business community and mobilises views of global business leaders on global economic and trade governance.

Early onset of summer has led to a drop in the water level of Gomti river to 1.4 feet below the normal 346.7 feet due to the extreme weather. No winter rains and unusually high temperatures in February are being cited as reasons.

According to officials, the normal level is the “intake point” below which the Jal Sansthan pumping station at Gaughat water works cannot draw water to supply it to many

Multimedia Expo on Int’l Year of Millets held in Panaji

Mumbai (Agencies):

areas of the Old city.

Sources said that the situation may lead to a drinking water crisis in the state capital, if the river is not provided fresh supply from Sharda canal by the irrigation department in the next six days.

5 children die

of respiratory infections in Kolkata

SON

PAYS `1 CR TO CONTRACT KILLERS TO GET FATHER KILLED IN BENGALURU

Bengaluru (Agencies): Karnataka Police said on Tuesday that it has cracked the murder case of a 71-year-old man in Bengaluru and arrested his son and two contract killers in connection to the crime. Investigations have revealed that the victim’s son, Manikantha (30), had hired the contract killers by paying them a sum of Rs 1 crore. The two other accused were identified as T. Adarsha (26) and Shivakumar (24).

Greater Noida (Agencies): Noida Power Company Limited has introduced a new independent cell called “Sustainability and Clean Energy” to ensure sustainable business growth in an environmentally friendly manner.

The company has already identified various areas for action to expand its footprint with-

MD P R Kumar during the launch of an electric vehicle on Tuesday.

in the ESG framework. The adoption of electric vehicles for commercial purposes is one of the key goals of the “Sustainability and Clean Energy” cell in order to reduce the

company’s carbon footprint. Towards this endeavour, the company purchased two electric vehicles as replacements for older diesel vehicles that had reached their useful life.

FASTEST 5G ROLLOUT

Central Bureau of Communication, Goa has organized a Multimedia exhibition on International Year of Millets at the Kadamba Transport Corporation Bus stand in Panaji. The exhibition was inaugurated by North Goa Superintendent of Police (SP), Nidhin Valsan today. Open to public till 3rd March, the exhibition aims to educate visitors about the importance of millets and encourage their in-

North Goa SP, Nidhin Valsan during the exhibition.

clusion in daily diets.

ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute have also set up a stall at the event where visitors can interact with subject experts on millets and see live samples of the same.

Kolkata (Agencies): Five children have died in West Bengal due to respiratory infections in different hospitals in the city in the last 24 hours fuelling fears of growing incidences of Adenovirus in the state, a health department official said. Doctors are, unsure whether the deaths were due to the infection. In children, Adenovirus usually cause infections in the respiratory and intestinal tracts.

Reliance Jio to bring 5G to every Indian city by Dec 2023: Akash Ambani

Akash said, it will make our cities smarter, society safer, utilities more stable, emergency services more responsive, industry more efficient

New Delhi (Agencies): Reliance Jio has launched True 5G service in 277 cities across the country and is on the path to achieve the declared goal to increase the Jio 5G footprint to cover every town, taluka and tehsil across the country by December this year, Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, said on Tuesday.

Addressing a postbudget webinar coordinated by the Ministry of

IT), he added that this will be the

IMPACT OF 5G ON INDIA’S GROWING

ECONOMY IS IMMENSE, SAYS AKASH

“The impact on 5G that will have on India’s growing economy is immense. There is no other technology that has given us various growth sectors like 5G has as a rapidly growing and emerging economy. India’s uniquely positioned to

take lead in the use of 5G technology for the betterment of society and livelihood of over 140 crore Indians,” Ambani said adding that the healthcare sector is poised to be among the most significant beneficiaries of 5G technology.

We are on the path to achieve the declared goal to increase the Jio 5G footprint month after month to other cities, towns and talukas of various states/UTs,” Ambani said.

Jio is leading the 5G network rollout in the country with the world’s largest standalone network architecture that is uniquely suited to cater to the requirements of True 5G technology. “Many novel-use cases are find-

ing their way to the market across sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture, smart cities and infrastructure, including entertainment and productivity,” he stressed. With 5G-enabled remote consultations, “patients can easily consult with doctors without physically visiting. This can save time, reduce the risk of exposure to infections, and dramatically lower healthcare costs,” Ambani added.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate. —FILE PHOTO

Arvind Kejriwal Manish Sisodia

College principal, lecturer in

ABC net with `5K in Jhalawar

Accused demanded ` 10,000 in lieu of marking complete attendance in the college

First India Bureau

Jhalawar: ACB Jhala-

war arrested Dr Gayatri Khandelwal Principal and Md. Aziz Lecturer Hindi of Dr Zakir Hussain MMTT College, Jhalawar Region while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from the complainant on Tuesday.

Hemant Priyadarshi, Additional Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau (Addl. Charge Director General) said that the complainant registered a complaint with the Jhalawar unit that the principal and the lecturer demanded Rs 10,000 in lieu of marking complete attendance in the college, sending the board examination form to the university and issuing the letter of internship.

Under the supervision of the SP, Alok Srivastava and the Jhalawar unit of ACB verified the complaint and arrested the two taking Rs 5,000 from the complainant. A probe is on and a case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

ACB ARRESTS GST SUPERINTENDENT FOR TAKING BRIBE

Baran: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested the GST superintendent in Baran for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 3,000. The accused official Kishan Lal had demanded the bribe for entering details of a firm in records. After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid and the accused was held while taking the bribe amount, according to ACB’s additional director Hemant Priyadarshy, who is holding the additional charge of DG ACB.

CS Usha hails Bikaner collector’s innovations

Dr Rituraj Sharma & Laxman Raghav

Jaipur: Chief secretary Usha Sharma on Tuesday held meetings of Industry, MSME, ARD, TAD departments on the budget work plan. She also held a VC regarding the innovations of Bikaner Collector.

She praised the Bikaner collector’s innovation and progress in developmental works. The chief secretary asked the collector

Patwari held taking ` 6K bribe in Karauli

First India Bureau

Karauli: The Karauli unit of ACB arrested patwari Shyam Singh Mali from Sapotra here while taking a bribe of Rs 6,000 from the complainant.

Hemant Priyadarshi, ADG, ACB (Addl. Charge Director General) informed that ACB’s Karauli unit received a complaint that Shyam Singh Mali demanded a bribe of Rs

Bhagwati Prasad Kalal to keep the momentum. Sharma praised innovations like Pukar, Shakti, DIQE, Sajag Anganwadi, etc.Kalal is a low-profile officer who is doing excellent work.

ACS Sandeep Verma gave a Presentation on technology. Meetings regarding the work plan of the budget of Petroleum, PHED, Ground Water Department, UDH, and cooperatives department were also planned.

11,000 in lieu of land transfer.

Under the supervision of Deputy Inspector General of Police, ACB Bharatpur, Kaluram Rawat, the complaint was verified.

PATWARI HELD WITH `15K BRIBE IN SAMBHAR

Jaipur: ACB Special Investigation Wing (SIW) unit, Jaipur arrested Rahul Swami Patwari for taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant in Sambhar on Tuesday.Hemant Priyadarshi, Additional Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau (Addl. Charge Director General) informed that SIW Unit received a complainant that Swami demanded Rs 20,000 bribe in lieu of opening a nomination.The patwari is being interrogated.

Navin Sharma

Cooperative society fraud cases to be heard in 313 courts in the State

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Cases of fraud connected to credit cooperative societies will now be heard in 313 courts in the state, up from the earlier 33, a senior official said here on Tuesday.

All 280 additional district and sessions courts of the state have been authorised to hear and dispose cases related to fraud in credit co-operative societies to ensure swift

MLA Baljeet wears black clothes, holds protest run for 14-pt demands

Sanjay Jain

Pratapgarh: Behror

MLA Baljeet Yadav held a protest run in Pratapgarh on Wednesday. Yadav wore black clothes and protested against the state government and demanded to give reservations to youths of Rajasthan in government jobs, connect canals for providing irrigation waters to farm-

ers, and reduce unemployment among other things.

He started his protest marathon from Ambedkar Circle in Pratap-

garh and ended at the court premises. He also extended his support to the protesting lawyers outside court premises and said that the Advocates Protection Act should be implemented in Rajasthan. Yadav is organising marathon protests in various assembly constituencies over his 14 point-demand and protesting various issues.

justice, Principal Secretary, Cooperative department, Sreya Guha said in a statement.

During the meeting, Sreya Guha directed officials that complaints received on Raj

Karauli: Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena’s mother Kesar Devi passed away on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 90 years old and breathed last in Jaipur on Tuesday afternoon. Her final rites were performed in the village Nayagaon Mandrayal where people from all walks of life paid their last respect.

Sahkar portal will be disposed of expeditiously.

She said that notices have been issued to about 20,000 victims for document verification. “So far more than 10,000 court complaints have been filed by the sub-registrar offices. Due to the election process in various co-operative societies for the last two years, there has been delay in filing of petitions,” said Sreya Guha.

Malpura chairman gets interim relief from SC

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Supreme court has given interim relief to the chairperson of Malpura Nagar Palika Sonia Soni. Soni was suspended by the government of Rajasthan in a case of corruption.

Rajasthan High Court had stayed the suspension against which the state government had approached

RAJASTHAN INTERNATIONAL EXPO

the Supreme court seeking the apex court’s intervention. However, the bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul rejected the petition because the matter is under consideration with the division bench of the high court.

Roadshow to be held in Kolkata to woo buyers

First India Bureau

New Delhi: With the aim of increasing the participation of overseas Rajasthanis and international buyers in the Rajasthan International Expo 2023, the Rajasthan Foundation is going to organize a road show in Kolkata.

The objective of the roadshow is to interact with the Rajasthanis

living in Kolkata. In the roadshow on Wednesday, a discussion relat-

ed to the expo will be held. Dhiraj Srivastava,

Commissioner of the Rajasthan Foundation, informed that Rajeev Arora, Chairman, Rajasthan Export Promotion Council and Rajsico, Mahendra Parakh, Commissioner, Industries and Commerce along will interact with the Rajasthanis and will introduce the programs being carried out by the Government of Rajasthan.

He informed that Rajasthani handicrafts, agro-food products, stainless steel utensils, furniture, and textile products will be specially displayed in the expo. He said that the first edition of Rajasthan International Expo will be organized in Jodhpur from March 20 to 22 at the Trade Facilitation Center in Boronada.

Dhiraj Srivastava attended Golden Jubilee year of Rajasthan Parishad and met Rajasthani diaspora, in Rourkela on Tuesday.

Minister Ramesh Meena’s mother passes away

Accused Dr Gayatri Khandelwal and Md. Aziz in the ACB custody, in Jhalawar on Tuesday.

You hold the power to change whatever you want in your life, within a year, month, a day- this very instant- so feel that power and colour the canvas of your life.

—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India

CM’S NOD TO SET UP RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR IT DEVP & E-GOVERNANCE IN JAIPUR

Financial approval of ` 147.55 crore given for the proposed centre to be established in Khaitan Polytechnic College, Jaipur

A provision of Rs 100 crore has been made for the year 2023-24

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The State Government will establish ‘Rajiv Gandhi Centre for IT Development and E-Governance’ in Jaipur to promote cyber security and data security. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given the financial approval of Rs 147.55 crore for the proposed centre. A provision of Rs 100 crore has been made for the year 2023-24 for this institute which is proposed to be established in Khaitan Polytechnic College, Jaipur.

A digital ecosystem will be developed at the institute for block chain, cyber security, IFMS and data security.

Necessary tools and software will be available to develop and implement useful IT prod-

ucts and IT solutions to strengthen e-governance. These software, tools and platforms etc. will be available as service for academic, industrial, government and start-up ecosystems. Research and other related work will be carried out with lat-

COURTESY MEET

Kota: LS Speaker Om Birla will flag-off a new train from Kota to Ahmedabad at 6:45pm on March 3 from Kota Railway Station, officials informed. The train will run two days a week from Asarwa railway station and will have two second class AC coaches, 4 third class AC coaches, 7 sleepers, two general and one coach for disabled and guard.

est technology in cyber range, block chain platform and IT sector. It is to be noted that in the budget 2023-24, the Chief Minister had announced the establishment of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for IT Development and E-Governance.

WILL HELP CURB CYBER CRIMES

l This Centre will be helpful in controlling cyber crimes in the state and creating awareness about online frauds, apart from capacity building of state technical graduates in modern technology.

l Also, expertise and skills required for the use of block chain technology will be developed at this institute.

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY

Governor Mishra urges masses to work with scientific vision

First India Bureau Jaipur: An audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on illegal mining in the State has found that there is a need for reforms to strengthen the government machinery to prevent illegal mining activities. Rajasthan has the largest number of mining leases in the country.

The report for year ended March 31, 2020, which was tabled in Assembly on Monday, shows that department didn’t use freely available new technologies such as remote sensing data to identify & stop illegal mining activities. Results showed that illegal mining was

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra while congratulating the people on the occasion of National Science Day on Tuesday, said that we all should pledge to work together for dissemination of science in Indian languages and work with scientific vision in all walks of life. ACS, Science & Technology Dept, Sandeep Verma met the Governor at Raj Bhavan and told the Governor about various events to be organised in the context

Bhaskar’s ‘ouster’ a surprise to IAS lobby!

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The entire IAS lobby of the State is surprised on handing over of the post of MD, Urja Vikas Nigam to MM Rinwa after being ‘snatched off’ from 1995 batch senior IAS Bhaskar A. Sawant Sawant had been handling the post, quite effectively, for the past 17 months and the cause of action of this sudden change has not come to light.

It should be noted that the reins of this corporation, which deals in the sensitive work of purchase of power worth crores of rupees, has been taken from an IAS and handed over to a technocrat. MM Rinwa is a retired

Chief Engineer of Jodhpur DISCOM. Prior to Sawant, the post has been handled by all IAS officials viz Rohit Gupta, Dinesh Kumar and Piyush Sharma. The IAS lobby has been worried on the issue that it is being ‘sent out’ of the Vidyut Bhawan. There are total six power companies in the State - Vidyut Utpadan Nigam, Prasaran Nigam, Jaipur - JodhpurAjmer Vitran Nigam,

10 IAS OFFICERS TO RETIRE IN 2023

Senior IAS Nilkamal Darbari retired on Tuesday. The 1987 batch official was on deputation at the Centre.

Notably, 10 more IAS will retire this year. Among these are Ujjwal Rathore who will retire in March, Vinita Srivastava in April, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma in June, Yagyamitra Singh in September, Renu Jaipal, Mahendra Parakh in October, Jitendra Upadhyay in November, and ACS Veenu Gupta, Chauthiram Meena and Sohanlal in December.

Akshay Urja Nigam and Urja Vikas Nigam. There was a time, when IAS officials were posted as MD of these companies and as of today, Ashutosh AT Pednekar is the only IAS posted as MD of Prasaran Nigam. But what is more important is the aspect that the technocrats that have been posted are those, who have served as engineers of these companies and

9TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF KOTA UNIV

of science dissemination in the State on National Science Day.

On the occasion, Mishra described the theme of National Science Day 2023, ‘Global Science for Global Welfare’ as important. He said that the science and technology ecosystem in the country has expanded rapidly during the last few years. Verma informed the Governor about the programmes to be held on Science Day across the State & about the events being held for science communication.

taking place near 34% mining leases. Dept inspected 14 mining leases pointed out by audit & found illegal mining of 13.37L metric tonnes of minerals costing Rs 1 billion 11 cr. Dept also failed to properly use application ‘DMGOMS’ meant for monitoring mining activities.

Dhariwal to launch various RHB Housing schemes today

Shivendra Parmar

have retired. For example RN Kumawat, the MD of Jaipur Discom, retired five years back. Similarly, Rinwa, who replaces Sawant, has also retired several years back. However, the process of choosing a retired person, and what grounds, and merit is open to debate and speculations. Then, another point of debate could be the topicwhether technocrats can give better results

Students should aid in nation’s development: Guv

lll

Founder Director of Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (Gwalior), Prof BR Srivastava was the chief guest of the ceremony

Bhanwar S Charan

Kota: Governor Kalraj Mishra on Tuesday chaired the 9th convocation ceremony of Kota University. Founder Director of Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (Gwalior), Prof BR Srivastava was the chief guest. While addressing the gathering, Kalraj Mishra said that the students should strive hard to make India a leader in scientific research. “Universities

should introduce such courses that students can contribute to devel-

opment of India in future. Under the NEP, Varsities are also ex-

pected to prepare our youth as job creators, not job seekers, with skill development and employment-oriented courses,” Guv said, adding that it was on this day that renowned scientist Dr Chandrashekhar Venkataraman had discovered the Raman effect. “He was awarded the 1930 Prize in Physics as the first Indian & Asian person for this discovery. Dr Venkataraman’s role in science is exemplary.”

‘OXYGEN PARK ONE OF A KIND IN ENTIRE STATE’

Guv Kalraj Mishra visited Oxygen City Park on Jhalawar Road in Kota and observed the development and beautification works. Describing Oxygen City Park as wonderful, he said that the park is unique in its kind not only in Kota but in the entire state. He said that the human-nature balance has been shown creatively and tourists coming to Kota must visit the Oxygen City Park at least once. Architect Anoop Bartariya, administrative and UIT Kota officials were present during the visit.

Jaipur: The RHB will launch various housing schemes of about 4,300 flats and independent houses today. The schemes will be launched by UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal. According to the intention of the Chief Minister and UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal, the Housing Board has decided to launch housing schemes in small towns and cities of districts of the state. A total of 1332 flats and independent houses will be launched in sectors 22, 23 and 26 of Pratap Nagar area in Jaipur.

RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora had recently reviewed final preps by meeting with concerned officials and informed that “All the preparations related to the housing schemes have been completed. Booklets and publications and the material work has also been completed,” he said.

Of meets, discussions, suspense & Pilot’s smile!

Yogesh Sharma

Raipur: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, held a discussion before leaving Raipur and met with his trusted leaders - Murari Lal Meena and GR Khatana. Pilot spoke to both at Fair Resort.

Notably, Pilot had met party’s national leaders a day before and is believed to have had a long conversation with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. It is possible that the output of this conversation was given to the trusted

leaders. Although the suspense has not ended in the mind of the supporters as a pro-pilot leader from Jhalawar clearly said, “Now is the time to take a decision. Enough of the ‘waiting politics’. Interestingly, Pilot listened to his supporter and smiled.

Governor Kalraj Mishra gets a badge pinned on his attire by ACS, Science & Technology Department, Sandeep Verma at the Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on Tuesday.

CM Ashok Gehlot & Sunita Gehlot with ACS, Science & Technology Dept, Sandeep Verma & Project Director, Dr Sadhna Mathur after getting a badge pinned on the National Science Day at CMR on Tuesday. Verma apprised CM about Dept’s various schemes.

ACS, Science & Technology Department, Sandeep Verma greets Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi after pinning a badge on his attire to mark National Science Day on Tuesday at the State Legislative Assembly in Jaipur.

CS Usha Sharma being pinned a badge by Dr Sadhna Mathur, Project Director, Department of Science & Technology at the former’s office in State Secretariat in Jaipur on the occasion of National Science Day on Tuesday.

ACS , Science & Technology Department, Sandeep Verma pins a badge on DGP Umesh Mishra’s attire to mark the National Science Day at the Police Headquarters in Jaipur on Tuesday.

CAG report shows increased illegal mining; need for reforms

Kalraj Mishra awards a degree to a student during the

The Governor of Assam, Gulab Chand Kataria calls upon Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.

FASHION EVOLVES THROUGH GENERATIONS AND TRENDS MAKE A COMEBACK ALL THE TIME! ONE SUCH TREND THAT THE WORLD OF FASHION WITNESSED WAS THAT OF THE ‘NEON’ COLOUR. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME COOLEST FASHION TRENDS OF ALL TIME!

This fashion season, neon colours were seen on the runways and in stores throughout the world. This season, expect to see a lot of vivid pink, orange, blue, green, and yellow in retailers. These vibrant colours may be seen every-

be scared to be noticed.

If you’re feeling bold and want to make a statement, go for the runway-inspired monotone fluorescent headto-toe look. Try a bright suit, a dress, or a fluorescent top paired with a skirt, shorts, or pants. We propose that you keep your shoes and accessories basic for this eye-catching style.

If you want to make a dramatic statement by mixing and matching different bright colours, the colour combinations must be perfect. Combining green and pink, pink and orange,

pink and blue, or yellow and blue is a good idea. You must select the proper bright colours to complement your skin tone.

This season, combining neon with print is popular. Polka dots, animal prints, and checks look great with neons. Having two dominant aspects in your clothing will actually balance everything out.

If you want to experiment with neons but prefer a more subtle aesthetic, we recommend starting with one bright outfit. Pair your outfit with neutrals like denim, black, or white.

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POWER OF SUPER INDIANS

City First brings to you glimpses from Super Indians event organised by Bharat24 and First India news channel and newspaper at hotel Radisson on Sunday. The event was held under the aegis of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra in which erstwhile Sirohi royal family scion Padma Shri Raghuvir Singh, Jodhpur divisional commissioner KC Meena, IG Jai Narayan Sher, collector Himanshu Gupta, former MP Badri Ram Jakhar, Chairman of Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission Justice Gopal Krishna Vyas and chairperson of the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Sangeeta Beniwal were also present as special guest. During the event, Film actors Govinda and Manoj Tiwari graced the event with their presence.

Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Ram Lal Chaudhary and Ram Lal Bishnoi Jagdeesh Chandra with Shyam Chhugani, Jai Narayan Sher, Govinda, KC Meena, Gopal Krishna Vyas, Laxmi Chhugani and Neha Chhugani

Jagdeesh Chandra with Himanshu, Badri and Mohini Devi

Jagdeesh Chandra with Himanshu, KC Meena and Jai Narayan Sher

Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Pramod Kumar Tak, Govinda, Sangeeta Beniwal

Jagdeesh Chandra with Sangeeta Beniwal and Gopal Krishna Vyas

Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Mayur Joshi and Sangeeta Beniwal Jadeesh Chandra with Raghuvir Singh Deora, Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena and Narayan Singh Manaklaw

Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Senu Sapera and team

Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Neeraj Mathur, Sangeeta Beniwal, Jawed Siddiqui, Gopal Krishna Vyas and Vishal Mathur

Pratiyuksha, Jitesh Jangid and Mona Jangid

Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Gyani Ram Malu, Jawed Siddiqui and a guest

Jagdeesh Chandra with Mohini, Badri, KC Meena, Narayanram Kali Rana and Govinda

Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Munni Devi Godara, Govinda, Harshit and Sangeeta Beniwal

Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Jinendra Shekhawat, Jawed Siddiqui and Sangeeta Beniwal

Jagdeesh Chandra with Rajiv, Jinendra Shekhawat, Manoj Jagyasi, Raghuvir Singh Deora, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Gyanendra Kumar Jain, Govinda, Sangeeta Beniwal and Gopal Krishna Vyas

Narayanram Kali Rana

Senu Sapera Jagdeesh Chandra with Rishabh Katta, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda and Sangeeta Beniwal

Tripti,

Tiwari and Manoj Jagyasi

Yogita, Manisha, Jayshree, Vinita, Mohini, Manoj Tiwari, Govinda, Munni Devi Godara and Ishika Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Tiwari and Govinda

Jagdeesh Chandra with Badri Ram Jakhar

Jagdeesh Chandra with Badri Ram Jakhar

Megha, Govinda, Shyam Chhugani, Piyush Doshi and Rajiv Mundra

Jagdeesh Chandra with Manoj Jagyasi, Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Kanha Ram and Surendra

Megha, Govinda, Gyanendra Kumar Jain and Suresh Chandra Buntolia

Jagdeesh Chandra with Jai Narayan Sher, KC Meena, Govinda, Mahendra Pratap Choudhary, Amit Choudhary and Sangeeta Beniwal

Narayan Singh Manaklaw, Sangeeta Beniwal, Tanuja Vyas and Gopal Krishna Vyas

GAME OF ROYAL FASHION

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Jaipur Couture Show (JCS), the three-day extravaganza was wrapped up with the third-look launch of the show at the Zarza, Sahakar Marg in the city on Monday. During the show, models showcased glimpses of garments created by the three designers including Itisha Jain from Label Wow Fashion, Krishna Singh from Label Kadam and Deepak Sankit from Craft Council of Weapons and Artisans.

Music composer and director Manmeet Sin-

gh graced the occasion as the chief guest and praised the local talent that emerged from Jaipur’s Elite Miss Rajasthan and Jaipur Couture Show. The show’s founder Gaurav Gaur, directors Ajit Soni and Ronnie Singh along with director Ravindra Pratap Singh of Ananta Jaipur were present. Showcasing a glimpse of her collection, among the designers, Itisha Jain said that fabrics like flat chiffon, satin base and organza would showcase gowns and jackets. Inspired by Indo-western design, these cocktail gowns will be perfect for partywear and daily wear. On

the other hand, Deepak Sankit shared that the traditional wear of Ra jasthan will beautifully showcase the Nutri on the ramp. The in spired de signs and colours have been given a real shape by Maha raj Devraj Sin gh. In which silver gottapatti and aaritari work has been prepared by the artisans of Jodhpur.

Along with this, designer Krishna Singh will showcase sarees made of Maheshwari and Chanderi silk under the theme ‘Shring ar’. Also, the en tire collection will be embel lished with block printing and maroongold colours.

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On the second day of the four-day Holikotsav being celebrated at the Aaradhya Dev Govind Devji temple, dance and singing performances enthralled the devotees. Temple Mahant Anjan Kumar Goswami worshiped Thakur ji in Satsang Bhawan.

Program coordinator Gaurav Dhamani shared bhajan singers and dancers left no stone unturned to make the atmosphere Falguni with their presence. In the singing, there was a fusion of folk songs with classical, religious songs, while in the dance, the devotees enjoyed the shade of folk dance including Kalbelia and Kathak. Padma Shri Gulabo Sapera enthrallewd the devotees by her mesmerizing performane.

Srivastava was solemnised at the Palace, Narsinghpura, Jaipur on Monday. Jagdeesh Chandra reached to bless the newlyweds and wished them a happy married life ahead. Various dignitaries including State Minister Dr Subhash Garg, Chief Information Commissioner DB Gupta and Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Veenu Gupta along with others also blessed the couple. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

The grand wedding ceremony of Chitrit, son of Chandramani and Sanjay Gupta with Shivangi, daughter of Runu Srivastava and Jitendra

Glimpse from the mesmerizing dance performance

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

Gaurav Gaur with (R-L) Priya, Kalpana, Neelanjana, Shivangi, Varunavi and Vinita

Sitting: (R-L) Nakul Vijay, Ajit Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Deepak Sankit, Ishita Jain, Krishna Singh Jadu and Gaurav Gaur Standing: Vinita, Priya, Shivangi, Neelanjana, Kalpana and Varunavi

Varunavi

Jagdeesh Chandra greets newlyweds Chitrit and Shivangi. Also seen are Dr BL Jain, VK Dadeech, Sanjay Gupta and DC Jain

Subhash Garg, Gaurav Goyal, DC Jain, Ashok Gupta and Sanjay Gupta

DB Gupta and Veenu Gupta

Gulabo Sapera

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO