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Kashmir: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday chaired a meeting of party leaders of Kashmir and slammed BJP for the ongoing eviction drive in J&K and termed it as a deliberate move by BJP to divert the attention of the people from real issues. P5
JAIPUR & MUMBAI
Jaipur:
INDIA GO 2-0 UP IN FOUR-TEST SERIES
HOSTS CLOSE IN ON WTC FINAL SPOT
JADEJA BAGS PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Team India retained the BorderGavaskar Trophy after beating Australia by 6 wickets in the second Test of a four-match series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. The milestone man Cheteshwar Pujara, playing his hundredth Test, cuffed Toddy Murphy’s ball through midwicket to wrap up a famous comeback victory for India. Pujara pumped his fists in the air towards the dug-out under the Virat Kohli pavilion, and a split-second later, his teammates rushed to the ground elatedly. P6
Virat Kohli added another feather in his cap on Sunday as he became the sixth and the fastest batter in the world to score 25,000 runs across formats during the second Test against Australia, which India won by six wickets. The 34-yearold Kohli, who made his India debut in 2008, reached the milestone in his 549th innings, the least among the six batters. Tendulkar had taken 577 innings to reach the 25,000-run mark.
I think I was enjoying my bowling. These wickets suit me because the oddball spins and some stay low. I knew they’d play sweeps and reverse sweeps, so my idea was just keeping it simple and straight. —Ravindra
Raut alleges `2,000 crore deal to ‘Buy’ name & symbol; BJP, Shinde camp hit back
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Mumbai: Amid a fierce battle between two Shiv Sena factions in Maha, Sanjay Raut on Sunday made shocking claims about highly contested ‘bow and arrow’ party symbol. Raut claimed that deal of `2,000 crore took place to allegedly purchase Shiv Sena party name and its ‘bow and arrow’ symbol. He said ` 2k cr is not a small amount to “purchase” name Shiv Sena. EC’s decision is a deal.
Naresh Sharma and Amit Mishra
Jaipur: 55 elected and 20 co-opted members have been appointed as AICC members from Rajasthan Pradesh Congress. Ministers Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi and RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore, all close to CM Gehlot, have not been made members, apparently as a punishment for holding a parallel legislative meeting on Sept 25 last year. Party high
RS member says his claim was backed by proof which he would disclose soon
IS SANJAY RAUT A CASHIER?: SADA
MLA Sada Sarvankar from the Sena camp led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was quick to dismiss the allegations by Sanjay Raut. “Is Sanjay Raut a cashier?” Sarvankar dismissed the claim and asked on Sunday.
BJP LEADER SUDHIR HITS BACK AT RAUT
Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar also hit back at Raut saying such baseless comments were an attempt to malign independent institutions like the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India.
DON’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED: SHARAD
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he has clarified his stand on the Election Commission’s decision to recognise Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real ‘Shiv Sena’ and allocation of the ‘bow and arrow’ poll symbol to it, and will not get involved in the controversy over it.
Shanti Dhariwal, Dr Mahesh Joshi and Dharmendra Rathore not in the list as an apparent ‘disciplinary action’
Action against these 3 leaders likely to be taken in the first week of March
After discussion with Gehlot, high command will take the final call
command had given them notice, Pilot camp has been demanding action against them. P8
Jadeja
HM
Pune: Sounding the bugle for Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the Congress saying that the UPA regime left the country in a mess, riddled with corruption and multiple security issues. P5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the passing away of Nandamuri Taraka Ratna, the grandson of legendary film actor and former AP CM late N T Rama Rao. “Pained by the untimely demise of Shri Nandamuri Taraka Ratna Garu. He made a mark for himself in the world of films and entertainment. My thoughts are with his family and admirers in this sad hour. Om Shanti,” PM Modi was quoted as saying in a tweet by his office.
India’s wildlife diversity has received a boost with 12 cheetahs arriving in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi @narendramodiI pay homage to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his Jayanti. His courage and emphasis on good governance inspires us.
WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE LIFE IN LADAKH EASY: PM
Modi asserted that his govt will leave no stone unturned to make life easier for people of Ladakh. He made the comment tagging a tweet by Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal in which he said Modi govt approved `1,681.51 crore for 4.1-kmlong tunnel to be completed by 2025 to provide all-weather connectivity to Ladakh.
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New Delhi: Citing budget duties, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday urged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to defer his questioning till the last week of February.
Following that, the CBI accepted the request seeking more time to join the probe. The CBI will now issue a fresh summon to Sisodia with a new date to join the investigation.
SANJEEVANI CREDIT SCAM
I have always cooperated with them and will continue to do so. This time, however, is crucial for the budget, each day is important, and a disturbance can affect budget preparations and this is why I have sought more time.
—Manish Sisodia, Delhi Deputy CMSHEKHAWAT SHOULD COME FORWARD, GIVE JUSTICE TO VICTIMS, SAYS GEHLOT
CM raises questions over Z security for Shekhawat, terms him accused in scam
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Jodhpur: After statement of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, the Rs 953 crores Sanjeevani credit scam has again come into the limelight. Gehlot has accused Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of having links with the
on Sunday.
Sanjeevani Credit Cooperative Society, which is accused of looting the investors’ money. Gehlot said that if
Shekhawat was sensing danger he could have written to the State government and security would have been pro-
vided. “What was the need for Shekhawat to seek security from the central government. It is a matter for the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to think about.
Shekhawat is an accused. He himself should come forward and clarify the situation. If Shekhawat has taken Z-category security, then I believe he is an accused in the scam. He was afraid that the SOG might arrest him. This is a serious matter.
12 cheetahs brought to India from South Africa, you read it on February 19, 2023.
Panaji (FIB): Addressing a function organised to felicitate Acharya Balkrishna in Goa’s Panaji, Yoga guru Ramdev Baba said, “I have come here for three days from Haridwar. The value of my time is more than that of Adani, Ambani, Tata, and Birla. Corporates spend 99% of their time in self-interest, whereas a seer’s time is for common good.”
Ex-Andhra CM NTR Rao’s grandson, dies at 39 Bengaluru/Amaravati: The Telugu film industry and the political landscape of Andhra Pradesh were left in shock and mourning as news broke of the sudden demise of actor-politician Nandamuri Taraka Ratna.
The grandson of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and legendary actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao and Jr NTR’s cousin, Taraka Ratna passed away at the age of 39 due to cardiac arrest on Saturday.
Taraka was taking part in a procession called the Yuvagalam Padayatra of
He
a heart attack and collapsed during the event.
‘RUN MACHINE’, ‘KING’ KOHLI FASTEST TO REACH 25,000 INTERNATIONAL RUNSShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut speaks to the media on Election Commission allotting the Shiv Sena name, bow and arrow symbol to the Shinde faction, in Mumbai on Sunday. Manish Sisodia speaks to the media in New Delhi on Sunday.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be on a visit to Jaipur on Monday. She will hold talks with leading industrialists and officials of financial organisations, she is also scheduled to interact with the media.
Bharatpur: Lashing out at the Haryana government for the Bhiwani lynching case, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Aftab Ahmed, on Sunday said the issue would be raised during the upcoming Assembly session scheduled to start on Monday. Ahmed has also appealed to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for ensuring the strictest punishment for the culprits and said that they should be hanged till death. Nasir (25) and Junaid (35), residents of Bharatpur were allegedly abducted and their charred bodies were found in a burnt car in Haryana’s Bhiwani.
It later came to light that after abducting the two youths from Rajasthan, the cow vigi-
lantes had first taken them to Haryana Police.
Ahmed and Haryana’s Punhana MLA and former minister Mohammad Ilyas who met the families of the two victims today, assured them of justice and held the adminis-
tration and the police responsible for the horrific incident.
The Rajasthan government has announced a compensation of Rs 15 lakh each to the families of the victims. Minister of state Zahida Khan has
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Jaipur : President of RCA Vaibhav Gehlot on Sunday assured financial assistance to budding female cricketer Moomal Mehar of Barmer. 14-year-old Moomal Mehar’s video of playing cricket went viral on social media, following which, legendary former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar also tweeted.
Vaibhav Gehlot as-
sured her help from the CM Relief Fund to promote her in the field of cricket and said that the association will give her financial assistance
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Jaipur: Malviya Nagar MLA Kalicharan Saraf inaugurated colourful fountains, twinkling lights, railings, tiles, flowers and beautification works at Guru Teg Bahadur Circle located at Royalty Crossroads worth Rs 11 lakh 15 thousand from the MLA’s Fund. The programme was presided over by Sardar Ajaypal Singh, President of Rajasthan Sikh Society.
Jaipur: BJP on Sunday alleged that the paper of Community Health Officer (CHO) recruitment exam was leaked. The exam was conducted by RSSB on Sunday for 3,531 posts. The Board has refuted the allegations. BJP’s state spox Ramlal Sharma said that before the start of exam, the paper was leaked on social media and the questions which were there in the exam were the same. He demanded prompt investigation. On the other hand, RSSB Chairman Hariprasad Sharma rejected the allegation and said that the paper was not leaked.
of Rs 2 lakhs. The RCA president also let the family members of Moomal met the CM Gehlot. CM also praised the Moomal’s efforts.
announced assistance of Rs 5 lakh and another Rs 50,000 has been announced by Pahari Pradhan. The police have arrested one of the accused Rinku Saini while relatives of the other accused have been detained.
Jaipur: Raj Police has denied allegation of a woman who said her full-term pregnant daughter-in-law lost her child after she was assaulted by it during a raid at her house. Her son, Srikant Pandit, is an accused in a case of abduction and murder of two men by cow vigilantes. Pandit is a member of the cow protection group led by local Bajrang Dal leader Monu Manesar. Dulari Devi, Pandit’s mother, in her complaint also alleged that the police forcibly took away her two other sons but Bharatpur SP refuted these claims.
Tonk: While hinting at the lynching of Bharatpur’s youth in Haryana’s Bhiwani, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Tonk said, “Sometimes Muslims are killed by cow protectors in the name of cow slaughter and sometimes in the name of love jihad but no one supports Muslims,”.
“No leader will come for you from heaven or earth, you will have to become leader yourself, and not only this, you will also have to take decisions for your rights. Votes are sought in the election in the name of secularism, but after winning the election no one bothers,” he added. He said that the govt gives different compensation on death. Rs 50 lakh and a govt job was given in Udaipur beheading. “But in Alwar and others, only assurances are given on the death in the name of cow smuggling. This is a dual policy,” he said.
AIMIM leader said his party will contest from 30 seats in State including Tonk
Ziauddin Khan
Tonk: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi reached Tonk on Sunday to explore the political ground for the upcoming Assembly elections. Tonk is the constituency of former deputy CM Sachin Pilot.
In a public meeting organized at Gandhi Khel Maidan Tonk, Owaisi advised Pilot to forget Tonk and find finding a new Gurjardominated seat. He said that his party will contest from 30 seats in the State including Tonk in the upcoming Assembly elections. He also de-
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Bikaner: Education Minister Dr BD Kalla on Sunday participated in the felicitation program of Registrar of Rajasthan Nursing Council, Dr Shashikant Sharma, in Bikaner. The felicitation program was organised by the Nursing Teachers Association of India in the new examination hall located behind the Super Specialty Building. While addressing the
gathering, Dr BD Kalla said that e-learning has been adopted by Rajasthan Nursing Council through various innovations in the last
First India Bureau Udaipur: ADG Crime
Dinesh MN issued guidelines for effective monitoring of crime & paper leak cases during a meeting with police officers in Udaipur on Sunday.
He reviewed the crime situation in detail. The ADG also reviewed the progress of the paper leak cases and directed to constitute a special team to arrest the wanted accused. The officer directed the Investigating Officer to personally present in the court for the
cancellation of the bail of the criminals who were involved in paper leak case and to arrest the absconding criminals immediately. Dinesh MN said that these cases would be per-
sonally monitored by him and full help of local and other police forces would be taken to arrest the absconding criminals. Detailed guidelines were issued to prevent paper leaks.
sixteen months and it has been developed as the country’s first ecouncil. “Students of Bikaner Nursing College should go ahead
and bring laurels to this college and city. Sardar Medical College of Bikaner is the second-largest medical college in the state after SMS. Efforts are being made to provide state-of-the-art medical facilities here.
A new building of Nursing College and new hostel of Medical College are being constructed while many announcements have been made for the college in the budget also,” said Education Min BD Kalla.
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Jaipur : A 16-year-old minor girl was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend in the Pratap Nagar area, police said. Police informed the victim was strangled to death by the accused after he had engaged with some other girl which led to arguments between them.
“The accused has been identified as Kamal Dhobi (20) and his brother Ravi Dhobi (23), residents of Pilwa road in the Chandwaji area. Kamal Dhobi had an af-
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The State government is commited to promote the geo heritage sites of the state and boost the geo tourism, says ACS Mines Dr Subodh Agarwal
Jaipur : The state government is serious about the conservation and promotion of the geo heritage sites of the state to boost geo tourism. Additional Chief Secretary Mines, Petroleum and PHED Subodh Agarwal said that keeping in view the archaeological importance of Geo Heritage sites of the state, an action plan will be prepared for their
maintenance and protection.
Dr Agarwal gave this information dur-
ing his visit to the nephelin syenite of Kishangarh and the Sendra granite sites
associated with Beawar-Pali along with the officials. The sites are Geo Heritage sites.
The Kishangarh nepheline syenite was formed by tectonic activity between 1590 and 1890 million years ago. It is an alkaline intrusive igneous pluton in the Aravalli Craton. Sendra granite is made of tectonic activity that happened 900 million years ago. Special shapes found in it are pot holes, skeleton
fair with the girl. However, Kamal got engaged to some other girl, following which, the victim had frequent arguments with the boy. On Jan 17, Kamal killed the girl and threw her body in the Kanota Bandh with the help of his brother Ravi,” police said.
manded to give 10 percent reservation to Muslims. Owaisi was welcomed in the road show from Bada Kuan to Ghantaghar including Cantonment, Gol Haveli. Cornering the Congress and the BJP, Owaisi said that at the time of elections both the parties use Muslims as a vote back. He said that the reason for this is that neither in the Parliament nor in the Vidhan Sabha, there is any representation.
First India Bureau Bikaner: The indefinite protest against the change in name of Temdarai Temple Marg in Deshnok ended on Sunday after Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati met the protestors and gave them assurance. Later, the minister also offered prayers at Shri Karni Mata Temple. The minister assured that the name of this road will not be changed.
“The construction of this road will be done by the PWD under the budget announcement of the state govt. The municipal board passed the proposal due to human error,” said Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati. Meanwhile, the former minister Devi Singh Bhati threatened the govt and said that if the name of the road is changed, he will set things on fire.
head, snake head, eagle shape, tor rock granitic landforms which are made of weathering and erosion by water and wind.
During the inspection, superintending geologist Sunil Kumar, Bhanwara Ram, Senior Geologist Rajendra Kumawat, geologist Irshad Khan, mining engineer Pushpendra Singh and Vineet Gehlot, Amit Kumar and others gave detailed information.
First India Bureau Udaipur: The Udaipur police on Saturday late night arrested the prime accused in the killing of Bajrang Dal activist Rajendra alias Raju Parmar. Police informed the accused has been identified as Pritam alias Bunty and was arrested from Kewade Ki Nal.
“Rajendra was killed owing to a property dispute with one Dilip Nath, who is lodged in Udaipur Central jail.
Pritam along with Vijay
Accused Pritam alias Bunty in police custody on Sunday.
Meena shot him dead and fled away. Vijay was arrested a few days ago while Pritam was arrested on Saturday night. A pistol and seven cartridges were also recovered from his possession,” said Udaipur SP.
Outline of new plan has been prepared by the officials of the Personnel Dept & the PWD Principal Secy
Dr Rituraj SharmaJaipur: The plan for the construction of hitech buildings in the Secretariat as per the budget announcement of the CM has now been changed. The outline of this new plan has been prepared by the officials of the Personnel Department and the PWD Principal Secretary. Under this, the main building of DIPR is set to move out of the Secretariat premises, while a new building is proposed near the Saras canteen.
On May 23, 2022, CM Ashok Gehlot had announced the construction of a new 5-storey building by including the ground floor in view of the shortage of rooms in the Secretariat. A big auditorium in the building is also planned. The outline is ready and a detailed plan is being prepared.
Earlier, under Plan A, only the area from the Secretariat Employees Union’s canteen to the water tank was to
be vacated, but now the planning of both the buildings is being implemented simultaneously and the CS is monitoring it every week.
The secretariat is now divided into four parts - Main Building, Food Building, SSO Building and Panchayati Raj Block. Besides, there are ministerial buildings and CMOs in the secretariat. Around 2,500 personnel sit in the main building.
More than one thousand employees work in the food building.
About 800 employees work in the SSO building, more than 300 personnel sit in Panchayati Raj block. But right now there is a shortage of rooms. Even the DS level officer is not allotted room in some departments. IAS officers who have been trans -
ferred several times also hardly gets a room. Besides, the main four blocks of the present buildings are old and rain water drips from the roofs.
CM Ashok Gehlot announced a big building with an auditorium as the present one does not have.
However, if the archives building is demolished, there could be a problem as it has valuable documents related to the lands of the time of kings and emperors. The dispensary is in the archives building itself. It has crores of testing equipment and it would be problematic to shift them. Plan is to shift the dispensary near the reception. Besides, thousands of employees may be affected by including archives and other branches.
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z The new building will be built at a cost of about Rs 130 crore.
z There will be a separate corridor for the Chief Secretary and his office.
z A separate building will be built in the Secretariat.
z The Finance Department, Home, Personnel Department can be shifted here.
z Part of the buildings and canteens to the east of the Panchayati Raj block will come under
this purview.
z From Panchayati Raj section till IT building, the new building will be built in 50 thousand square feet area.
z Canteen, dispensary, water tank will be constructed.
z The new building will have five floors with two basements and a ground floor.
z A hi-tech auditorium will also be constructed.
z Parking areas will also be made.
z In this planning, the main building of DIPR will move out of the secretariat complex.
z Land is being identified near Jalupura, Technohub and Sitapura.
z This hi-tech DIPR building is to be built at a cost of Rs 150 crore. There will be a work station for social media on the upper floor.
z Luxury chambers and rooms for DIPR officials will be built on the lower two floors.
z A grand studio will be built for the electronic media on the ground floor. Sujas bulletin and other stories, news, special
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Jaipur: A nine-member delegation of the United States’ senate headed by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and the US Charge d’ Affairs Ambassador Elizabeth Jones inspected the making of the world famous Jaipur Foot on Sunday. The delegation visited the Jaipur Foot centre in Bhagwan Ma-
haveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) where the delegation
was received by D R Mehta,the founder and the Chief patron of the
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Jaipur: The two-day literary festival ‘Shahar Nama’ began at ITC Rajputana Hotel on Sunday. The literature festival is being jointly-organised by the Department of Tourism and the Prabha Khaitan Foundation. While addressing the gathering, Minister Vishwendra Singh said
that it is the efforts of the Gehlot government that folk arts and folk artists should remain alive in
Rajasthan as they play an important role in the development of tourism and society.
BMVSS, S S Bhandari and Satish Mehta, the two executive Presidents of the BMVSS, the two secretaries Bhupendra Mehta and Dr Deependra Mehta and the Chief executive Officer R K Agarwal.
The Senators led by Charles Schumar inspected the making of the Jaipur Foot and gathered information about its cost and efficiency level and its durability.
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Sikar: A team from State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) on Sunday imparted the training of civil defence to police officials and security staff of Khatu Shyam Ji Temple in Sikar ahead of the annual Lakhi mela of the temple.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Under the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of SMS Medical College, plastic surgeons from all over the country brainstormed regarding jaw surgery in the capital Jaipur on Sunday. The Department of Plastic Surgery of the Medical College and the Rajasthan Association of Plastic Surgeons participated in the session organized at JMA Auditorium. It was inaugurated by SMS
Medical College Principal Dr Rajeev Bagrahatta and SMS Superintendent Dr Achal Sharma.
Organizer Chairman of the workshop and HoD of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Dr
RK Jain said that there are many problems related to the jaw bone The method of correcting jaw deformities with the new technique of plastic surgery were discussed in the workshop.
features can be telecast.
z Parking and cafeteria are also proposed.
z When the DIPR is shifted, the room of the director or commissioner will remain there. The commissioner will come here daily for his work.
z There will be a place for the public relations officer attached to the secretariat near the existing director’s chamber.
z Camerapersons will also be available.
z All the administrative work will be shifted to the new building.
z Park, etc. will also be developed.
Jaipur: A man committed suicide on the footover bridge at Dhehar’s Balaji railway station in Jaipur on Sunday.
GRP police station collected evidence from the spot with the help of the City FSL team. Police have kept the body in the mortuary of SMS Hospital for postmortem. No suicide note has been recovered. SHO (GRP) Sampat Raj said that the body was found hanging around 7 am. The FSL team collected evidence. A driving licence was found in the pocket of the deceased. He was identified as Manoj Bansal (40), a resident of Laxmi Nagar Niwaru Road Jhotwara.
Jaipur police vehicle overturned in Haryana on Sunday.
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Jaipur: Jaipur’s Ramnagariya police station vehicle met with an accident near Palwal on Sunday in which four policemen suffered minor injuries and the kingpin of a conmen gang, Vinay Mehta, was also injured.
Constables Rajesh, Vikram, Dayaram and Gajanand were in the car. All the injured
were taken to Palwal Hospital.
According to information, Vinay Mehta, a resident of Palwal, was arrested by the Ramnagariya police station a few days ago. Mehta was going on police remand. Ramnagariya police station was taking Vinay Mehta to Palwal in search of his possible hideouts and other members of his gang.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The JDA on Sunday sealed three floors of a six-storey building constructed by merging two residential plots at Lal Bahadur Nagar, Girdhar Marg.
The action was taken to demolish the illegal construction in Golyawas of Prithviraj Na-
gar. JDA Chief Controller of Enforcement Raghuveer Saini said that the residential scheme in Zone 1, plot numbers B-20 and B-21
of Lal Bahadur Nagar, Girdhar Marg, violated building bylaws. Five storeys, including the basement and the sixth floor, have also been constructed. The JDA sealed the entire building except for the three floors. The enforcement squad took action with the help of the engineering wing.
WORKSHOP ON ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE HELD
Nephrologists from all over the country gathered in Jaipur on Sunday for a workshop on Acute Kidney Failure i.e. AKI under the banner of the Nephrologist Research Society. More than 150 doctors participated in the day-long session. Experts discussed in detail the causes of AKI, prevention, and treatment of patients.
THE BOOK, THE IMMORTAL SAGA: CELEBRATING INDIA’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM BY RAMOJI GROUP WITH THE FOREWORD BY RAMOJI RAO, HEAD OF RAMOJI GROUP, IS A LIFE-CHANGING BOOK WHICH CELEBRATES SPIRIT WHICH UNITES US, A MUST FOR ALL INDIANS TO READ, OVER AND OVER AGAIN...
The Immortal Saga — India’s Struggle for Freedom, released by the Ramoji Group as part of it’s tribute to the nation on the 75th Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is a book each one of us should not only read but keep with oneself and read it to our children and grandchildren. This simple action will be a ‘seva’ towards our Motherland as it will instil a deeprooted pride and love for the nation in the coming generation. This book holds in it’s pages the immense power to show the way ahead to each one of us. On the other hand, the detailed factual information, dates, places and timeline give an insight into the amount of detailed research that must have gone into this book. A treasure not just for the daily reader and history buff but also for the teachers and students of history.
The sanyasis, the fakirs, the poor, the rich, the illiterates, the highly educated, the mothers, the young men and young women and people belonging to all religions and castes became the symbols of fighting spirit. They all have contributed to the sunset over the British empire.
The power of this book is set out in it’s elegant and thought-provoking Foreword by Shri Ramoji Rao, the iconic head of the Ramoji Group, which will stir powerful feelings of patriotism and fill you with the need to sit quietly in a corner and lose yourself in the lives and times of our heroes because of whom we breathe freely today. Like Ramoji says, the Immortal Saga does not carry stories, but heart beats of the heroes who remain buried in the dark recesses of history, truly as you read the pages will hold the smiles of the great Martyrs who happily give their lives for the cause of the motherland.
Making this book a true manifestation of the spirit of patriotism, love for the Motherland and also the power of humanity, it carries in the words of Ramoji, ‘live sketches of our foreigner friends who developed attachment with the soil of India, and stood by our side in the struggle for freedom.’
Ramoji pays a strong tribute to the freedom fighters,
The Immortal Saga does not carry stories, but heart beats of the heroes who remain buried in the dark recesses of history, truly as you read the pages will hold the smiles of the great Martyrs who happily give their lives for the cause of the motherland
who united regardless of caste, religion, community, gender or region to fight for freedom, as he says, ‘The sanyasis, the fakirs, the poor, the rich, the illiterates, the highly educated, the mothers, the young men and young women and people belonging to all religions and castes became the symbols of fighting spirit.
They all have contributed to the sunset over the British empire. They have proved that great deeds cannot happen without involvement of common people. The footsteps of those martyrs should not be erased by the waves of the ocean called time. The tears of blood they had shed for the future of India should never be forgotten. I hope this effort by ‘Eenadu’ will help younger generations to draw inspiration from the great deeds of our freedom fighters.”
The content is set out in a unique way — 351 stories,
each story on one page, and the titles to the stories are an amalgamation of explanatory and cryptic but so penetrative that you will prefer to read all the titles first before opening page 1 for reading. The one-page stories are well-researched with simple language which is engaging and holds the reader giving insights and setting out the rich history of the times with amazing facts and figures. The stories beckon you to immerse yourself in the book and once you start reading time will fly past with no meaning as you lose yourself in the heart-rending stories.
You will enjoy reading how Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel swept the roads of Ahmedabad sweeping away untouchability and showing the way and how Durga Devi helped Bhagat Singh escape from Lahore after the gunning down of JP Sanders.
You will be devastated by how the British abandoned Indians during the global epidemic of Spanish flu and reading about Kalapani, truly a Veritable Hell. I read about the Chapati movement for the first time in this book and also about the Vagrant Europeans, makes a very interesting read. Readers will learn selfless devotion as they read the story of Annapurna Devi who donated all her jewellery for the freedom struggle and of Amarchand Bantia who supported Jhansi ki rani Laxmibai financially through a secret treasure fund. We will learn how Sevagram became the unofficial capital of the national movement and the heartrending story of Vidurashwatha village in Karnatakathe Jallianwala of South. I could go on and on but this is journey each one us should traverse for its learnings and our own, for us to grow within, become stronger and better humans.
So many times, I looked up, dazed, fists clenched, eyes bright with unshed tears to a modern day India, which breathes and lives due to our martyrs- these brave souls who walked into the sunset with head held high.
Ramoji Group has done a great service to the nation with the release of The Immortal Saga and a service to us also…showing us the path to tread ahead, head held high with Vande Mataram in our hearts and on our lips with the power of New India to shout it aloud for the entire universe to hear.
VANDE MATARAM! JAI HIND!
The Immortal SagaIndia’s Struggle for Freedom, released by the Ramoji Group as part of it’s tribute to the nation on the 75th Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is a book each one of us should not only read but keep with oneself and read it to our children and grandchildren.
The power of this book is set out in it’s elegant and thought-provoking Foreword by Shri Ramoji Rao, iconic head of Ramoji Group, which will stir powerful feelings of patriotism and fill you with need to sit quietly in a corner and lose yourself in lives and times of our heroes because of whom we breathe freely today.
The content of this book is set out in a unique way — 351 stories, each story on one page, and the titles to the stories are an amalgamation of explanatory and cryptic but so penetrative that you will prefer to read all the titles first before opening Page 1 for reading.
Pune (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was not just a name but an ideology as his inspiring lifestory taught generations to practice ones’s language & religion with pride and be prepared to lay down one’s life in discharging his moral duties & defending ‘Swaraj’. Shah while addressing the inauguration of the 1st phase of theme park ‘Shiv Shrishti’, which is based on the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji said, “This will not just depict inspiring lifestory of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj but will also convey life lessons and teachings to future generations. His teachings inspire people to practice their own language and religion with pride and be ready to sacrifice one’s life for ‘swaraj’,”.
Erode East (ANI): Political parties have started campaigning on Erode East roads ahead of the February 27 byeelection in the assembly constituency. Since the bye-election date was announced for Erode East, the constituency is in Thiruvizla mode. Political parties captured their places with their flags on the every nook and the corner of the roads. All the lodges in Erode got full with political top to bottom level leaders halted for campaigning.
To check cash supply, vehicle checkups are in full swing by setting up various check posts. Different troops of the CISF, RPSF and ITBP are conducting vehicle checks and guarding strong rooms. Tamil Nadu Special Force units are also involved in patrolling and security in Erode East.
Patna (ANI): Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that the latter’s dream to become the Prime Minister would never fructify because the people of the country believe in PM Narendra Modi and his leadership.
The theme park would also help realise the dreams of Babasaheb Purandare, an author and poet better known for his works on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The theme park would feature holography, project mapping, miniature motion simulation, 3d-4d technique, & sound technique. —Amit Shah, Home Minister
Agra (ANI): For the first time ever, the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is going to be celebrated inside Agra Fort. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will attend the celebrations to mark the 391st birth anniversary of the great Maratha warrior on Sunday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will attend the event virtually.
Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party President Y.S. Sharmila on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, terming him “Taliban”.
“Telangana is Afghanistan of India and KCR is its Taliban,” Sharmila told reporters in Hyderabad, hours after she was arrested by the police in Mahabubabad and her padyatra stopped.
Sharmila, who was brought to Hyderabad by police after arresting her at Mahabubabad on allegations of making
Jammu (ANI): People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP & alleged that the party does not want to build a nation but only intends to make India a “BJP Rashtra”.
The PDP chief alleged that the BJP considers J&K its “laboratory” where it conducts “experiments”. She alleged that the Hindus have become poor under the BJP regime.
“The BJP sold the entire country including Railways, airports, and banks. This is not na-
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tionalism. They only talk about Hindu-Muslim.
During the UPA regime, 26 crore people were lifted above the Poverty Line, the BJP again pushed them back to BPL, are they all Muslims? Are only Muslims the victims of the drug menace in J-K?” she said.
Mahabubabad: Telangana Police on Sunday detained Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Telangana Party (YSRTP) chief YS Sharmila for allegedly making inappropriate remarks against the Mahabubabad MLA and BRS leader Shankar Naik. The police moved her to Hyderbad to avoid any law and order problems in the town of Mahabubabad. They registered a case against her under section 504 of the Indian Penal Code [Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace] and section 3(1)r of the SC ST POA Act.
inappropriate remarks against a local MLA of ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), also termed KCR a dictator
and a tyrant. “There is no Indian constitution in Telangana. There is only the KCR Constitution,” she alleged.
While talking to ANI, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Nitish Kumar has requested and pleaded to make him the prime ministerial candidate while he is unable to manage the state of Bihar. Be it Nitish Kumar or any other leader they should know that under the leadership of PM Modi the country has progressed significantly.” He further said that the country has changed, and the people of the country have changed and they believe in PM Modi and his leadership, while Nitish Kumar has not been able to build political credibility.
“What has happened to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar? He isn’t able to handle Bihar, the state is in trouble. There is chaos in his party. Congress isn’t giving him any lift. Nitish ji, you want to become like Deve Gowda or Inder Kumar Gujral (former PMs),” added Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Earlier on January 18, Union Rural Development Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh launched a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that Nitish Kumar is desperate to become Prime Minister.
Kolkata: A day-long sit-in was organised by the Trinamool Congress on Sunday near the residence of Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik at Bhetaguri in Cooch Behar district, seeking justice for an “innocent Rajbanshi youth who was branded as cattle smuggler and shot dead by the BSF”.
According to local officials, Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed over a 150 metre-radius around the minister’s residence, with heavy security arrangements
made in the area to prevent any untoward situation.
The TMC, protesting over the death of 24-year-old Prem Kumar Barman in Dinha-
SP UPS THE ANTE IN BID TO WEAN NON-YADAV OBCS FROM BJP
Lucknow: History seems to be repeating itself in UP politics over social justice, which has flared up afresh in the wake of the Ramcharitmanas row kicked up by senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and MLC Swami Prasad Maurya’s remarks that certain sections of Tulsidas’s epic were disrespectful towards women, tribals, backward castes and Dalits.
‘WE KNOW OUR ROLE VERY WELL’, SAYS CONGRESS DAY AFTER NITISH REMARKS
New Delhi: A day after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said he was waiting for a signal from Congress to work towards bringing all Opposition parties together, Congress said the party knows its “role” very well & argued that Opposition unity would be neither possible nor successful without it. Cong slammed Oppositions, saying it was not like some of the parties that attend opposition meetings.
KC VENUGOPAL ADDRESSING A PRESS CONFERENCE
New Delhi (ANI): The 85th plenary session of the Congress will be held in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur from February 24 onwards and around 15,000 delegates have been invited to attend the session. The plenary session will discuss the roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a joint press conference party General Secretary KC Venugopal said the that the session will be called ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ and will be attended by Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Sonia Gandhi.
Lucknow (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Legislative Digital Gallery at Vidhan Bhavan in Lucknow on Sunday.
ta block, sought immediate action against those involved. The agitators raised slogans against the BJP-led Centre, the BSF, and Mr Pramanik.
During this, the CM observed the digital screen installed in the gallery, and then also learned about the legislative history of Uttar Pradesh through a short film. In a short film it was seen that on January 8, 1887, the first meeting of the Council was held in Allahabad under the chairmanship of the Governor.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath at the inauguration of Legislative Digital Gallery at Vidhan Bhawan, Lucknow —PHOTO BY ANI
In 1892, the powers of the Council were increased and in addition to the legislative functions, the members got the right to ask questions.
HC ISSUES BAILABLE WARRANT AGAINST IAS OFFICER
Bilaspur (ANI): The High Court of Chhattisgarh has issued a bailable warrant against an IAS officer for failing to respond to a contempt notice within the stipulated time period.
The court has issued the bailable warrant to IAS S Prakash, the then director in the panchayat department, for a sum of Rs 5,000 and directed the officer to appear before the court in person on March 24, said advocate Abhishek Pandey. As application was not disposed of, lawyer filed the petition in the High Court.
Kashmir (ANI): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday chaired a meeting of party leaders of Kashmir & slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the ongoing eviction drive in Jammu and Kashmir & termed it as a deliberate move by BJP to divert the attention of the people from real issues.
Notably, the administration of the Union Territory launched an eviction drive against illegal encroachment by ‘big land owners’ and ‘influ-
ential’ people and nearly 23,000 hectares have been retrieved during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in the
Jammu division. During the meeting, the former Congress chief exhorted party leaders to work for the betterment of peo-
ple. Gandhi expressed serious concern over the difficulties confronting people in absence of the democratic system in J&K while slamming the government for snatching the rights of people. Slamming the eviction drive in J&K, Gandhi said, “BJP’s deliberate move to divert the attention of the people from real issues especially rising unemployment, unprecedented price hike and other developmental issues concerning people.”
New Delhi (ANI): Despite woeful returns in his recent outings in Test cricket, opener and vice-captain KL Rahul retained his spot in Indian Test squad for the final two Tests against Australia in Indore and Ahmedabad next month. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the same 17-member squad as The All-India Senior Selection Committee had opted for the first two Tests.
Jaydev Unadkat was also named back in the squad after having been allowed to leave the team for the domestic season final in Kolkata, which coincided with the Delhi Test. Unadkat was also added to the 18-member three-match ODI squad against Australia. The Indian cricket governing body revealed that captain Rohit Sharma will miss the first ODI in Mumbai on March 17 ‘due to family commitments’.
Following the dominant victory in the series opener in Nagpur last week, where India won by an innings and 132 runs inside three days, India has now retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by securing a 6-wicket win over Australia in the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday afternoon. With this latest triumph, India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. In the second innings, the Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja showcased their prowess once again, when Australia seemed to be in a relatably stable position at 85/2 with Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne at the crease. —Garvit Narang
Panchkula (Haryana)
(ANI): Hundreds of Haryana government employees protest near Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's residence in Panchkula on Sunday demanding restoration of the Old Pension Scheme in the state.
The government employees were seen protesting amid heavy police force deployment.
The police could be seen using water cannons on the protesting employees.
A spokesperson of the Pension Bahali
The win ensured that India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and also recorded its 100th win over Australia across formats in international men’s cricket. India’s points percentage climbed from 61.66 to 64.06 with its 10th win in 16 matches in the 2021-23 WTC cycle. Meanwhile, tabletopper Australia saw its lead diminishing from 70.83 PCT to 66.66.
Skipper Rohit Sharma has refused to give up on KL Rahul. Speaking to the media at the press conference, Rohit pledged his support to ‘talented players' like KL Rahul, suggesting those with such potential will get a long rope by the team management. “Of late, there has been a lot of talk about his batting. For us, as team management, we always look at the potential of any individual, not just KL. I was asked in the past about a lot of players. If a guy has potential, he will get an extended run. Not just KL. If you look at the couple of hundreds he got, especially at Lord's, batting on that damp pitch. Centurion was another win. Both came in India winning both games. That's the potential he has,” Rohit said in the press conference on Sunday.
Dantewada (PTI): A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday night at the headquarters of the CRPF's 195th battalion in Barsoor police station area, around 400 km away from capital Raipur, an official said. The jawan succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Raipur at 1.40 am on Sunday, he said.
"Constable Gunin Das, belonging to CRPF's 195th battalion, shot himself with an Insas rifle at his barrack in the unit. On hearing the gunshot, his colleagues rushed there and found him seriously injured," he said. He was immediately taken to the unit's hospital, from where he was shifted to Dantewada district hospital.
New Delhi (PTI): Nearly two decades ago, the then governmentowned Air India had an "extremely small fleet" of aircraft that was also prone to frequent breakdowns. Then, aircraft were taken on lease and later the airline placed orders for 111 planes.
Sangharsh Samiti, Praveen Deshwal claimed, "Around 70,000 employees have gathered today to protest. In Rajasthan, the Old Pension Scheme has been implemented. This Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government does not talk to the employees. We will continue our peaceful protest."
So far the Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand governments have shown intentions to go back to the Old Pension Scheme, quashing the new pension scheme.
In the wake of Air India placing firm orders for 470 planes, V Thulasidas, who was the airline's chief from December 2003 to March 2008, said there was a necessity for fleet augmentation that will also help address the long-standing grievance that most of the Indians travelling international are carried by foreign airlines.
Prior to the latest order, the last time Air India placed orders for aircraft was in 2005 for 111 aircraft during the time of Thulasidas.
He also said India can have many such hubs as there are now worldclass airports and strong airlines.
AIR INDIA’S JUMBO ORDER BARES PILOT PINCH
Jumbo of air india group order for 470 planes
The spotlight has shifted to a major problem plaguing India’s roller-coaster aviation industry –the current pilot shortage that is about to widen. The big question on everyone’s mind within the airline and the larger industry is, “Where will the 7,000-8,000 pilots needed to fly these planes come from?”, especially at a time when India’s airlines have been plagued by delays and cancellations and have even been forced to find parking space for their planes due to lack of cockpit crew to fly them. And flight crew shortages are already taking their toll with pilots complaining of rising levels of fatigue, a less-than-reassuring trend in an industry where the margin for safety is negligible.
Agra: Two women were charred to death and another was injured when an LPG cylinder caught fire during a wedding preparation, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in the Sikandra locality of this Uttar Pradesh district. “One person was injured and is being treated at a hospital in Agra. The cylinder caught fire due to loosening of the pin and due to which it caught fire.
THREE MEDICAL STUDENTS DROWN WHILE BATHING
Budaun: Bodies of three students from Government Medical College, Budaun, who had gone missing after they ventured into deep water while bathing in Ganga, were fished out on Sunday, officials said. NDRF (National Disaster Relief Force) was pressed into search operation late Saturday night after the incident, and it resumed its operation Sunday morning.
New Delhi: Delhi Metro will soon launch an app which will enable commuters to buy a range of products and book various services, including those for last-mile connectivity. ‘Momentum 2.0’ India’s first virtual shopping app for the metro will also include features such as instant recharge of smart cards and payment options for other utility services, officials said on Sunday.
AIR INDIA EXPRESS FLIGHT FROM DUBAI SEEKS ASSISTANCE DURING LANDING
An Air India Express flight from Dubai to Thiruvananthapuram sought assistance from the airport after the pilot experienced some problem during landing, an airline source said. "The pilot felt something uneasy during landing and sought assistance from the ATC. It was a normal landing at the scheduled arrival time of 6.30 AM.
Shimla (ANI): At 14.4 degrees Celsius, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, recorded highest-ever minimum temperature on Saturday.
The mercury has been inching up in the hills and across the North Indian belt over the last few days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a western disturbance across the North Indian belt over the next 24 hours, with the mercury set to drop in the region after a few days.
“The
ruary 26, 2021,” said Surender Paul, head of IMD, Himachal Pradesh.
“The highest maximum temperature at Solan (located at 1,550 metres above sea level), as per our records, was 28.5 degrees Celsius on February 26, 2021. However, the record was broken on February 16 when the minimum temperature was recorded at 29.5 degrees Celsius,” he added.
“Both the minimum and maximum temperatures in the state are currently 4 to 5 degrees above normal,” he said.
TEMP RISING ACROSS NORTH INDIA
T he maximum daytime temperature is on the rise across North India, including Shimla, is on the rise over the last few days, with areas in the NCR region recording the highest temperature of 29.6 on February 18, according to data shared by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). No rainfall is expected in the North Indian belt over the next few days, the IMD said, adding that a minimum temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius was recorded on Sunday.
SATELLITES MADE BY STUDENTS LAUNCHED
Chengalpattu: The Martin Foundation in association with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation and Space Zone India on Sunday launched the APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission-2023 from the Pattipolam village of Chengalpattu district in Tamil Nadu. Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan was also present to grace the event.
The final NDRF team under Operation Dost returns from Türkiye, on Sunday. Three teams of 151 NDRF personnel and dog squads extended assistance to the earthquake-affected country.
Bhopal: An argument over offering prayers during Shivrathri devolved into an all-out battle between two communities in southwest Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, leaving at least 14 people injured. Members of the Dalit community alleged that some people from a so-called “upper caste” allegedly stopped them from entering a temple in the Khargone district.
Chennai: President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to the Defence Staff College, Wellington in Tamil Nadu on Sunday was cancelled due to inclement weather, officials said. The President was supposed to reach Coonoor, lay a wreath at the War Memorial and deliver a talk at the college.
New Delhi (ANI): The IMD on Sunday issued a warning for heat wave in the isolated coastal region specifically in Konkan and Kutch area of Gujarat for the next two days.
IMD Scientist Naresh said, “Presently, one Western Disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region.
NOTORIOUS
Kulgam: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said that it has arrested a notorious drug peddler and recovered 700 grams of Charas-like contraband substance from his possession in Kulgam district. The drug peddler has been identified as Shakir Gulzar Bhat. A case has been registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at Kulgam Police Station.
New Delhi: Foreign investors seem to have shifted their focus back on the Indian equity markets as they turned net buyers last week with an investment of over `7,600 crore. This came following a net outflow of `3,920 crore by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from equities in the preceding week (February 7-12), data with the depositories showed. As per the data, FPIs have purchased equities worth a net sum of `7,666 crore in the week ended February 17. —PTI
MCAP OF FIVE OF TOP-10 FIRMS JUMP `95,337 CRORE
New Delhi (PTI): India is likely to clock 6% growth rate next fiscal and the country can persevere with a high growth rate because of several reforms undertaken during the last eight years by the Narendra Modi government, former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday.
Kumar further said major risks going forward will emerge from a synchronized downturn in the North American and European economies.
“India has a good opportunity to persevere with a high growth rate because of the reforms undertaken during the last eight years. We will manage to grow at 6 per cent in 2023-24,” he said.
According to Kumar, there are several downside
risks, especially in the context of an uncertain global situation.
“These will have to be tackled through careful policy measures designed to support our export efforts and at the same time improve the flow of private investment both from domestic sources as well as from foreign sources,” he said. The Reserve Bank has projected India’s economic growth at 6.4% for 2023-24, broadly in line with the estimate of the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament.
GDP growth is estimated at 7% in 2022-23, according to the first advance estimate of the NSO.
The Economic Survey 2022-23 projected a baseline GDP growth of 6.5% in real terms for the next fiscal.
New Delhi: Five of the top 10 valued firms together added `95,337.95 crore in their market valuation last week, with index major RIL contributing the most. While Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, HDFC, ITC and Bharti Airtel were the gainers, TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever and SBI were the laggards. RIL continued to rule the chart of the most valued firms followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank, HUL, HDFC, ITC, SBI & Bharti Airtel. —PTI
GAIL IMITATING RELIANCE WITH US ETHANE PLANS?
New Delhi (PTI): To promote pumped storage hydro-power projects in India, the Ministry of Power has proposed giving incentives such as tax breaks, easy environment clearance and providing land at concessional rates.
The ministry has released draft guidelines on pumped storage projects (PSPs) to seek comments from states and state-run companies as well as private firms within a fortnight till March 2, 2023.
Keeping in view the immense utility of the PSPs in grid stabilisation as well as meeting the peaking power demand, a need for formulating separate guidelines
India is likely to clock 6% growth rate next fiscal and the country can persevere with a high growth rate because of several reforms undertaken during the last eight years by the Narendra Modi government
Replying to a question on high inflation, Kumar said the Reserve Bank has said that it will ensure that inflation rate is brought under control.
“Also a good winter crop will help in keeping the food prices low,” he noted.
The RBI lowered the consumer price inflation (CPI) forecast to 6.5% for the current fiscal from 6.7%.
India’s retail inflation in January was 6.52%.
Major risks going forward will emerge from a synchronized downturn in the North American and European economies
According to him, there are several downside risks, especially in the context of an uncertain global situation
To a question on India’s rising trade deficit with China, Kumar suggested that New Delhi should reengage with Beijing on finding greater market opportunities and access in the Chinese market.
“There are several products which India can export more to China.
First India Bureau Mumbai: Financing arrangements across the Adani Group conglomerate have sent a fresh chill through ESG markets as investors wake up to a new risk.
rectly supporting the dirtiest of fossil fuels.
New Delhi (PTI): With the third quarter earnings calendar coming to an end and no major domestic trigger in sight, equity investors will focus on global trends and foreign fund movement this week, analysts said.
Markets may face volatile trends amid derivatives expiry during the week, they added.
New Delhi: India’s largest gas firm GAIL is imitating billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd in planning to import ethane from the US to replace natural gas and naphtha as feedstock at its petrochemical plants.
“In a bid towards diversification of the feedstock, GAIL is looking to import ethane from ethane-surplus countries with matured export terminal infrastructure through water borne transportation to India and transport it further through GAIL’s pipeline systems to demand centres,” the company said in a tender document. —PTI
DROPS 38% IN 2022
to promote PSPs was felt to set the direction of its development, the minsitry said in the guidelines.
The CEA estimates regarding on-river pumped storage potential is 103 GW in India. Apart from this, a large number of off-river pumped storage potential is also available.
A Feb 10 public filing has since made clear that Adani is using stock from its Green companies as collateral in a credit facility that’s helping to finance the Carmichael coal mine in Australia, via Adani Enterprises Ltd.
KLP has blacklisted coal from its portfolio, so any indirect financing of the Carmichael project would represent a “breach of our commitments,” Kiran Aziz, KLP’s head of re-
sponsible investing, said in an interview. Since short-seller Hindenburg Research published its critical report on Jan 24, investors have responded to its allegations of fraud and market manipulation by selling Adani shares. But for investors with environmental, social and governance mandates, there’s an added layer of pain as they realise their green dollars were indi-
Prior to the latest order of 470 planes, the last time AI placed orders for aircraft was in 2005 for 111 aircraft
New Delhi (PTI): Nearly two decades ago, the then government-owned Air India had an “extremely small fleet” of aircraft that was also prone to frequent breakdowns. Then, aircraft were taken on lease and later the airline placed orders for 111 planes. In the wake of Air India placing firm orders for 470 planes, V Thulasidas, who was the airline’s chief from December 2003 to March 2008, said there was a necessity for fleet augmenta-
tion that will also help address the long standing grievance that most of the Indians travelling international are carried by foreign airlines.
Prior to the latest order, the last time Air India placed orders for aircraft was in 2005 for 111 aircraft during the time of Thulasidas.
While stressing the importance of international aviation hubs, he said India can have many such hubs as there are now
New Delhi: Mutual funds’ collection through new fund offerings (NFOs) remained subdued in 2022, with asset management companies (AMCs) garnering over Rs 62,000 crore through new schemes, which was 38% less compared to 2021. However, higher number of NFOs were launched in 2022 compared to the preceding year. A total of 228 new schemes were floated last year, which was way higher than 140 launched in 2021. —PTI
world class airports and strong airlines.
“It is us who gave away the (international) hubs to Singapore, Dubai and other places. This was because we did not have good airports and did not have large, strong airlines.
“Now, we have world class airports which can act as hubs and we are now gradually seeing very strong airlines coming up. With this combination, there can be international hubs in India.
Mumbai (PTI): Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is not considering any layoffs as it believes in grooming talent for longer careers once it hires an employee, a top official has said.
The country’s largest IT services exporter is also looking to hire startup employees who have lost their jobs, its chief Human Resource officer Milind Lakkad said.
“We don’t do that (layoffs), we believe in grooming talent in the company… (there will be) no layoffs,” Lakkad said, replying to a specific question on wheth-
The country’s largest information technology services exporter is also looking to hire startup employees who have lost their jobs
The company, which employs over 6 lakh people, will be announcing hikes which will be similar to earlier years
“Investments in other parts of the Adani Group are leaking into the funding of Carmichael,” said Ulf Erlandsson, chief executive of Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute, which has been tracking the Adani Group since mid-2020. “Investors who have restrictions on funding greenfield thermal coal mining should revisit potential exposures across the whole of Adani Group.”
More than 500 funds registered in the European Union as “promoting” ESG goals hold Adani stocks, either directly or indirectly, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
“Global cues and F&O expiry may cause volatility this week. Although FIIs have shown some interest in purchasing over the past few days, there were a few block purchases last week, so their flow will be crucial,” said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd. Brent crude oil movement and the trend in the rupee would also be in focus this week.
“With all major events behind us, the performance of the global markets, especially the US, will be in focus for cues. Besides, crude and rupee movement will continue to offer indications in between,” Ajit Mishra, VP Technical Research, Religare Broking Ltd, said.
The BSE benchmark last week climbed 319.87 points or 0.52%.
The lack of major triggers in the domestic market will attract global cues to dictate the market’s trend going forward, Nair added.
HERO MOTOCORP PLANS TO EXPAND ELECTRIC TWO-WHEELER RANGE OVER NEXT 12-18 MONTHS
New Delhi: The country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp plans to expand its electric two-wheeler range over the next 18-24 months as it looks to cater to demand across multiple customer segments, according to a senior company official. The company, which has already commenced sales of its electric scooter under Vida brand across Delhi, Bengaluru and Jaipur, plans to introduce the existing range in other cities as well in the next fiscal before it starts to roll out the new products. —PTI
GOVERNMENT MAY AUCTION 6 MINERAL BLOCKS IN FEBRUARY
New Delhi: The government is likely to put on sale six mineral blocks, including four iron ore mines, in the current month. The move would give a boost to mining sector’s contribution to the country’s gross domestic product. The notice inviting tenders for the mines -- Chhitpuri B iron ore block, Gomter – Wakeli, Bijapur, Hahaladdi, North Bastar Kanker, Lohhater, North Bastar Kanker -- were floated last year. —PTI
er there will be layoffs or involuntary attrition.
He said many companies are forced to take such a
step because they hired more than they wanted while the “cautious” TCS believes that once a staff
member joins, it is the company’s responsibility to make them productive and derive value.
FINANCE MINISTRY TO MEET HEADS OF BANKS ON FEBRUARY 22
New Delhi: The finance ministry has called a meeting of heads of public sector banks and top four private sector lenders to review the progress of the emergency credit line guarantee scheme to help businesses affected by COVID-19. The meeting is scheduled to be held on February 22 to review progress on ECLGS and Loan Guarantee Scheme for COVIDAffected Sectors (LGSCAS), sources said. —PTI
BANKS’ NET INTEREST INCOME SOARS BY A RECORD 25.5% IN THIRD QUARTER: ANALYSIS
Mumbai: Net interest income of banks grew by a record 25.5% to `1.78 lakh crore in the December 2022 quarter on-year, driven by a healthy credit off-take and higher yield on advances, according to an analysis.
The quarter saw banks booking higher yields on advances as the system-wide core profitability metric net interest margin (NIM) rose by 17 basis points (bps) to 3.28%. This was possible as banks repriced existing loans higher at a faster rate and also increased the new loan pricing, but kept deposit rates almost unchanged, according to an analysis. —PTI
Don’t put off doing the important things in life and in business, in favour of the easy and immediate tasks.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India
Jaipur: 55 elected and 20 co-opted members have been appointed as the AICC members from Rajasthan.The BSP MLAs who joined Congress have not
been made members. Similarly, independents who supported Gehlot at the time of Pilot’s rebellion have also not been made members of AICC.
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Panwar, Kishnaram Bishnoi, Meena Kanwar and others during the event.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on Sunday inaugurated the third phase of the Rajiv Gandhi Lift Canal that will play an important role in providing water till 2054. Rs 1,799 crore will be spent on the third phase of Rajiv Gandhi Lift Canal and the work of this project is to be completed in May 2025.
The event was held at Umaid Stadium in Jodhpur where PHED
Minister Mahesh Joshi, Former MP Badri Ram Jakhar, AICC member Vaibhav Gehlot, and other public representatives were also pre-
sent. Gehlot also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated many important schemes.
A total of 1,030 MLD will be produced jointly by the Rajiv Gandhi Lift Canal and the proposed pipeline. Drinking water can be supplied to estimated 80 lakh population of 2167 villages by the year 2054 including Jodhpur city, Phalodi, Pipar, Bilada, Bhopalgarh and Samdari towns and 1830 villages of Jodhpur district, 211 villages of Barmer and 126 villages of Pali.
“In 1983, the leaders of western Rajasthan were witnesses when Rajiv Gandhi gifted the work
of canal. I have seen the problem of water closely. I requested Rajiv Gandhi and got the gift of Indira Gandhi Yojana. No stone was left unturned to get rid of the water problem,” Gehlot said.
Speaking in the event, Osian MLA Divya Maderna expressed gratitude to CM Gehlot and said that CM Gehlot understood the problem of water after being an MP for 25 years.“CM has been serious about the arrangement of drinking water supply. He fulfilled my father’s dream in Osian region. My father’s dream was fulfilled in the first budget itself,” she said.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said that Hadoti is the land of devotion. There are historical temples of Chowmeshwar Mahadev, Kansua Dham and Keshavrai ji here. “Giving a grand appearance to these temples, a spiritual circuit will be developed by connecting them with other temples of the region. People coming to Hadoti including Kota-Bundi will be able to visit the centers of religious faith and belief here along with jungle and water safari,” he said.
Inaugurating the Sorti fair organised by Gram Panchayat Chauma Maliyan in Sangod
Vidhan Sabha constituency, Speaker Birla said that the officials of Archaeological Survey of India have been asked to prepare the project for Chaumeshwar Mahadev temple.
Addressing the program, former MLA Heeralal Nagar said that Birla has always worked with commitment for the develop-
ment of this entire region. He got money for the Parvan project. This project will be completed only because of their efforts.
Speaker Birla assured to complete the Parvan project during the programme. Birla said that money has been provided for this scheme from the central government.
Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, CP Joshi, GS Dotasra, Jitendra Singh, Raghuveer Meena, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Rameshwar Dudi, Lalchand Kataria, Raghu Sharma, Harish Choudhary, Mohan Prakash, Pawan Khera, Dheeraj Gurjar, Kuldeep Indora, Zubair Khan, Niraj Dangi, Bhajanlal Jatav, Mahendrajeet Malviya, Ramlal Jat, Pramod Bhaya, PS Khachariyawas, Shale Mohammad, Mamta Bhupesh, Tikaram Jully, Ashok Chandna, Govind Meghwal, Shakuntala Rawat, Rajendra Yadav, Murari Meena, Gurmeet Kunnar, Rajkumar Sharma, Rajendra Bidhuri, Rohit Bohra, Chetan Choudhary, Sudarshan Rawat, Danish Abrar, Hakim Ali, Divya Maderna, Krishna Poonia, Indira Meena, Ganesh Ghoghara, Pukhraj Parashar, Vaibhav Gehlot, Sitaram Agarwal, Lalit Tunwal, Jaswant Gurjar, RC Choudhary, Swarnim Chaturvedi, Rehana Riaz, Dinesh Khodania, Hem Singh Shaktawat, Abhishek Choudhary, Sitaram Lamba, Sanjit Sihag, Vijay Jangid, Sukhram Vishnoi, BS Bhati, Manju Meghwal, Amin Khan, Preeti Shaktawat, Prashant Bairwa, Jagdish Jangid, Amit Chachan, Indraj Gurjar, Sandeep Choudhary, Tarachand Bhagaura, Vijender Siddu, Naseem Akhtar, Pushpendra Bhardwaj, Deshraj Meena, MC Meena, Rafeek Khan, BD Kalla and Rukshmani Kumari.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot will be on a oneday visit to Sriganganagar on Monday. He will unveil the statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar at Gol Bazar and address the public meeting. The Congress leader will also inaugurate Mahatma Gandhi English Medium School built by the Municipal Council Chairperson Karuna Ashok Chandak and family, Chandrakala Chandak Bhavan at Indira Gandhi Chowk and Chandrakala Chandak Library at Jinagar Dharamshala.
Jaipur: The ‘inside story’ related to Mahesh Joshi’s resignation as Chief Whip is that CM Gehlot had told Joshi to resign. Joshi had already offered to resign but recently, due to the sharp statements made by Sachin Pilot, the things had already started moving at fast pace. The discussion was about the fact that Joshi will continue in the post till the current session of the Assembly. Discussion on Demands of Grant of various departments is yet to be held in the Vidhan Sabha and Joshi could continue for the floor management. But the situation became clear due to the sudden visit of Rajasthan Congress incharge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa to Jaipur with a message
CM APOLOGISED TO SONIA GANDHI BUT
HE WAS NOT AT FAULT: MAHESH JOSHI
While talking to reporters at the Circuit House in Jodhpur on Sunday, on the question of accepting the post of Chief Whip, Water Supply Minister Mahesh Joshi said that after the September 25 incident, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gave an apology to Sonia Gandhi and took responsibility for the entire incident even though he was not at fault. Joshi said that Congress party in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has linked his resignation with the September 25 incident but he would wait for action against those who try to weaken the Congress party.
of the high command.
After this Joshi resigned without losing a moment.
However, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, on being asked about the possibility for any further disciplinary action, said, “I will not send any report about this matter, but if the high command asks me to take any [further] action, I will do so with
immediate effect... I have done what the high command asked me to do.” Now the new leader will be selected for the post of Chief Whip. There is also a possibility that the new Chief Whip may also be from the Pilot camp. Till now only Mahendra Choudhary is considered suitable for the post of Chief Whip.
First India Bureau Sagwara (Dungarpur):
On the occasion of completion of two years of tenure of Sagwara Municipality, the inauguration ceremony of various development works was held on Sunday. The chief guest was UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal and the President of the programme was Revenue Minister Ramlal Jat.
Cabinet Minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, Minister of State for Tribal Area Development Arjun Singh Bamnia, former MP Tarachand Bhagora, social worker Dinesh Khodania, Sagwara Municipality Chairman Narendra Khodania etc. attended the ceremony as special guests.
Ramlal Jat, Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya during the inauguration of various development projects in Sagwara, Dungarpur on Sunday.
Dhariwal said that the face of Sagwada has changed during the two years tenure of the present municipality. He said that Rs 119 crore has been approved for the integrated water supply and sewerage project in Sagwara city.
Dhariwal said that the picture of the five ponds of Sagwara city is going to change in
the coming days.
Ministers Ramlal Jat and Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya also addressed the gathering on this occasion. Malviya said that seeing the development works in Kota, it seems that one has come to Dubai and the same level of development works will be seen in Sagwara in coming days.
MINISTER DHARIWAL REACHES KOTA FOR SEVEN-DAY VISIT
Kota: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Sunday reached Kota on his sevenday visit. He was received by officials of district and police administration and public representatives at the airport. The minister took part in the inauguration ceremony of the development works in Sagwara of Dungarpur district and later reached airport by helicopter. SP Sharad Chaudhary, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation (North) Anurag Bhargava, Secretary of UIT Rajesh Joshi, Deputy Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Rajesh Daga, former UIT Chairman Ravindra Tyagi, Dr. Zafar Mohammad, Shivkant Nandwana, Rajendra Sankhala were also present on this occasion. Dhariwal will stay in Kota till February 26.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Roadways
Chairman Anand Kumar has taken several powers from MD Nathmal Didel and as a result, Anand Kumar has complete say and involvement in Roadway’s work. It can also be said that the reins of Roadways are in Kumar’s hands. Actually this move had become a necessity also, because being a junior officer and a ‘newcomer’, Didel was unable to give required results.
2013 batch IAS, Didel is the most junior MD in Roadway’s history. He took the chair of MD from Sandeep Verma in October 2022, who was twenty years senior to him. Thereafter, Didel left for a month long training right after taking office. Due to this, he has not been able to completely bring under his grasp the work of MD.
Last week, by changing the rules of business of Roadways, the Chairman has taken over the power of transfer and
postings of depot managers and other senior officers. Apart from this, matters pertaining to purchases over twenty five crore rupees have now fallen under Chairman’s ambit. Therefore, the power of MD has been halved.
Notably, when in 2015, the rules of business in Roaways were rewritten, the Chairman and MD enjoyed similar powers in about two dozen matters. Due to this there were several clashes between the then Chairman Ravi
Matters pertaining to purchases of over Rs 25 crore have now fallen under Chairman’s ambit
took back much of MD’s powers and invested them with himself.
Shankar Srivastava and MD Alok. When Sandeep Verma became CMD, he empowered the post of MD and trans-
ferred most of the powers of Chairman to MD.
However, when new Chairman Anand Kumar came at helm, he
Sources claim that this was important since Roadway’s ‘movement’ had slowed down since Didel came to position and in fact, at the level of MD, a major lacunae occurred, in the budget presented by the state government on February 10. The PDF of budget that was uploaded on the day had three blanks in para number 101 which was related to the roadways. The names of new bus depots and bus
stands was left unspecified and when the new budget was re uploaded with corrections, it was then that the vacant spaces were filled.
The Roadways employees were not getting salary for three months and after Anand Kumar became active, with new powers, a payment of seventy two crore rupees was made to the employees for two months’ salary.
Now major decisions have to be taken in connection with purchase of new buses worth
crores of rupees and this responsibility can not be left to junior officer Nathmal Didel and this is why Anand Kumar has taken the power to decide on purchases over twenty five crore rupees.
1994 batch senior officer Anand Kumar has held several important posts and assignments in the past and is a hard working, experienced and result oriented officer who will be able to give better results in Roadways as an effective Chairman.
CM Gehlot had told Mahesh Joshi to resign, according to party sources
The 25th edition of Miss Rajasthan organised by Fusion Group which exuberantly celebrates and promotes the tradition, culture and
o l everage its vast knowledge and expertise in transforming women into confident and prosperous winners in life, Rajasthan’s biggest and oldest beauty pageant Miss Rajasthan organised by Fusion Group duly announced with the unveiling of the 25th edition at Blue Pluto Restaurant, EP, Jaipur on Sunday.
The first look of the grand pageant was unveiled by Pandit Suresh Mishra, WTP Chairman Anup
Bhartaria, Bollywood Film Distributor Raj Bansal, Vivo’s Mudit Sharma, Deputy Mayor Municipal Corporation Jaipur Greater Puneet Karnawat, Event Group Arshad Hussain, Pawan Goyal, Rohit Agarwal, Olympic Player Ajay Singh Meena, Rotary Club Metro K President Jai Singh and Nutritionist Kirti Jain, President of Jaipur Vyapar Mandal Subhash Goyal. The unveiling ceremony was followed by an impressive trunk show, during which, Rajasthan’s top models Miss Grand India 2020 Simran Sharma, Miss Intercontinental India 2021, Mithali Kaur, Miss Rajasthan 2021 Manasi Rathore, Miss Rajasthan 2022 Tarushi Rai, Priyan Sen, Paridhi, Riya, Sanjana, Bhavna Vaishnav and top models of Jaipur showcased Saundh’s Indo Western collection. Meenakshi
Solanki, director of Diva & Debonair, draped the models into astonishing outfits.
During the occasion, organisers Yogesh Mishra and Nimisha Mishra shared that in t 25th edition of Miss Rajasthan, more than 25 events will be organised in 9 cities of Rajasthan. In this series, Pageant Talks, a talk show will also be organised in which top models from the country will give information about beauty pageants.
The registrations for Miss Rajasthan have also started on MissRajasthan.org and the auditions will be scheduled in Jaipur in May and June.
Sleep is your body’s natural healing mechanism. A good night’s sleep prepares you for a productive day. You need 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night to feel rested and revitalized, yet getting adequate sleep can be challenging at times.
NATURAL HERBS CAN HELP
YOU SLEEP BETTER
Eachnight.com’s sleep specialists have revealed how natural herbs can aid those who struggle to sleep at night. Dr Nayantara Santhi has assessed this study medically.
HOW CAN HERBS HELP YOU SLEEP?
Natural herbs provide potent sleep-enhancing qualities, ensuring a restful night’s sleep. They can help you sleep by calming your nerves and soothing your senses.
Sleep deprivation is frequently caused by a busy lifestyle, anxiety, and stress. Stress reduces the production of the neurotransmitter serotonin, however, some herbal remedies can compensate.
Some natural herbs are abundant in tryptophan, an amino acid that improves serotonin synthesis. Increasing serotonin levels corrects the chemical imbalance that causes insomnia, the most prevalent sleep condition.
HERBAL TEAS
Make a herbal tea by combining 1 teaspoon of herbs with a cup of boiling water. Allow it to steep for 20 minutes before straining and drinking. You should have two to three glasses of herbal tea every day.
AROMATHERAPY OILS
Add herb-flavoured essential oils to a warm water bath before bedtime for a relaxing effect that induces sleep. Massage herb-infused oil blended with olive, grapeseed, or coconut oil into certain areas of your body, such as your forehead, neck, chest, wrist, chest, hands, or feet. If your skin is sensitive to essential oils, diluting them minimizes the likelihood of a reaction.
AROMATHERAPY
Aromatherapy candles allow you to inhale the fragrance of natural herbs.
Consume herbal extract supplements, which are sold over the counter in pharmacies. To find out how much to take per day, see the dosing recommendations on the product. “Sleep disturbances arise when the regular processes of waking and/or initiating sleep do not occur,” said a spokeswoman for Eachnight.com. This can happen because of a mix of genetic, environmental, sleep, and other psychobiological factors.
A spokesperson from achnight.com commented, “Sleep disturbances occur when the normal processes of waking and/ or initiating sleep do not happen. This can occur because of a combination of genetic, environmental, sleep habits, and other psychobiological factors. Most natural herbs have a long history of use for the treatment of insomnia. These herbal medicines were being prescribed by physicians since ancient times as natural sleep aids. Modern-day studies and research have supported the efficacy of taking these herbs for a great night`s sleep, so any of these options can be a good fit. Although many herbs are harmless and have no side effects it is worth talking to your doctor before making any drastic changes.”
SOURCE: https://www.medindia.net/news/lifestyleandwellness/top-5-natural-herbs-tobeat-insomnia-210391-1.htm
LAVENDER
Lavender’s anti-depressive, sedative, and soothing qualities aid with sleep. According to research, lavender herbs can help you relax, reduce anxiety, and stabilize mood problems. Reduced stress, anxiety, and a pleasant mood encourage daytime alertness and deeper sleep at night. Lavender is typically applied as a spray or inhaled.
PASSIONFLOWER
Passionflower contains nerve-relaxing flavonoids that aid in relaxation and sleep. This tropical flower has a pleasant flavour and is widely found in herbal, over-the-counter sedatives.
VALERIAN ROOT
The roots of the valerian herb are frequently used to alleviate patients’ sleeplessness, restlessness, and anxiety.
Valerenic acid, which is found in valerian roots, prevents the breakdown of the neurotransmitter GABA. This promotes greater sleep quality.
Valerian promotes deep sleep by using anti-anxiety medication principles.
Valerian is widely available and usually comes in the form of pills.
ASHWAGANDHA
Ashwagandha is a medicinal herb that is often used to treat insomnia since studies have shown that it improves sleep onset latency and quality of sleep. The true sleep-promoting ingredients of Ashwagandha are found in the plant’s leavestrimethylene glycol acts to decrease sensations of stress or anxiety, produce tranquillity, and assist you in falling asleep effortlessly. Because ashwagandha works with your body to naturally improve sleeping habits, it’s a terrific alternative to anxiety drugs or over-the-counter sleep aids. Ashwagandha pills can be purchased and consumed.
CHAMOMILE
Chamomile is a centuries-old medicinal herb recognized for its sedative properties. Modern research supports the use of chamomile. It relieves anxiety, calms your nerves, and helps you sleep. One study, for example, discovered that drinking chamomile tea at night for two weeks reduced sleep inefficiency and sadness in women who had given birth and struggled to sleep. Chamomile tea is a popular tranquillizer due to the presence of nerve-relaxing flavonoids. Even breathing the aroma of chamomile might provide a relaxing effect.
Alia Bhatt recently took to her Instagram story to share a picture, giving a glimpse of her Sunday binge plans. The picture shared by the actress shows The Night Manager playing on the television screen.
The thrilling four-episode series stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Anil Kapoor, and Sobhita Dhulipala debuted on February 17th, and it is the official Hindi remake of the British TV series of the same name, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. Sharing the picture, Alia Bhatt wrote, “Sunday binge,” and added a gif that featured a panda sitting on a couch. Check out her Instagram story below.
Alia Bhatt will next be seen in Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani which also stars Ranveer Singh, Shabana Azmi, Dharmendra, and Jaya Bachchan. Alia will also make her Hollywood debut with Heart Of Stone, which stars Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan. She also has Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa along with Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif.
Karishma Tanna is one of the most talented and popular actresses in the entertainment world and has a massive fan following as well. She has been a part of numerous projects over the years and stunned audiences each time with her acting prowess. Her gorgeous looks and amazing sartorial choices have also been the talk of the town for a while now and her social media handle is proof of this statement. Karishma Tanna, who has main tained an active social media pres ence never fails to stun fans with their amazing photos and videos. The ac tress recently took the internet by storm when she shares her stun ning photos on her Instagram handle. In these pictures, Kar
The diva is taking over the industry and has established herself as a fashionable and influential figure. When she provides enticing and engaging stuff on her social media profile to entice followers, the internet loses its cool and goes crazy. She’s extremely lovely and nice, and it’s no surprise that many divas around the country desire to appear as stunning as she does.
Vaani Kapoor wore a peach crepe saree with a sheer net and paired it with a V-neck fitted padded designer halfsleeves blouse. Vaani Kapoor styled her hair in a middle-parted wavy hairstyle. She accessories with a golden ring and a wristwatch. In the picture, she shows her curved waist posture with a starry gaze and a beautiful smile to the camera.
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Nikki Tamboli, who primarily worked in the Tamil and Tel ugu film industry, gained fame after her stint on ‘Bigg Boss 14’. A few days back, Nikki shared her bridal look wear ing heavy jewelry and a very chic and glamorous bridal couture photoshoot and her photos went viral in no time. On Friday, Nikki took to social media and dropped another urban-glam video of her.
The actor is seen dressed in a sheer green embellished lehenga and choli. Nikki is seen playing with her tresses as she blinks her eye and flaunts a kiss. Take a look at her viral video here:
The actor rules hearts with her bold and straightforward game plan. She is also known to be a fitness freak and often gets papped on her way to the pilate session.
Anushka Sharma has always been touted as one of the most relatable Bollywood stars by her fans and her latest Instagram story is proof of the same. Speaking of which, this morning too, Anushka shared a picture of how her Sunday morning is going. A few minutes back, Anushka took to her Instagram stories and
shared a glimpse of this morning. In the photograph, she can be seen meeting her caf feine needs as she sips coffee from an unusual huge, red coffee mug. She was seen wearing a white tee shirt. Sharing the pho to, she captioned the post, “The coffee cup I need this morning.”
The finals of the Jaipur Open for HH Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh, MVC Cup (14 goals) were played today at the Rajasthan Polo Club. Team Vimal Arion emerged victorious in this exciting match by defeating Jindal Panther/Carysil with a score of 11-8. On this occasion, Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur was the Chief Guest and Chairman and Managing Director, of Carysil Limited, and Chirag Ashwin Parekh was the Guest of Honour. Bollywood actress, Vaani Kapoor was the special guest and Padmanabh Singh was also present. Chris Mackenzie from Team Vimal Arion received the title of 'Most Valuable Player'. During this event, Jaipur Polo Book was also launched. The tournament was sponsored by Carysil. Post the match there was an extravagant high tea. Spotted at the do were Gauravi Kumari, Maharaj Narendra Singh, Shetal Parekh, Kirti Rathore, and Dr Rimmy Shekhawat, among others.
On the occasion of Mahashivaratri, bungee jumping was inaugurated at Vishwas Swaroopam Shiva Murti courtyard, Nathdwara prepared by Miraj Group. Manager Kiran Parmar said “The bungee jumping set up is 187 feet high, which is the second highest bungee jumping in the state and second in India, The world’s tallest Vishwas Swaroopam Shiva idol will attract tourists for the bungee jumping adventure.”
CITY FIRST
The 22nd foundation day ceremony of Khas Khabar.com was organised grandly at Pinkcity Press Club, Jaipur on Sunday. In the same episode, the Khas Khabar.com app and YouTube channel were also launched. Dr Subhash Garg, State Minister, Govt of Rajasthan-Technical Education and Ayurveda and Indian Medicine graced the occasion as the chief guest and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion as the special guest and greeted Giriraj Agrawal, Editor-inchief, Khas Khabar for the milestone.
The Jaipur Jewelery Show concluded on Sunday. On the occasion, Gokul Maheshwari of SGM Communication and Ramesh Manihar of Secure Global Logistics welcomed the executive members including Jyoti Totla, President of Maheshwari Mahila Parishad.
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The last day of the Annual Cultural Fest ‘COSMOS’ 2023 (Stardust) witnessed a mind-blowing performance by the popular star singer Stebin Ben on Friday. The concert was attended by a big crowd of Students and faculty members at IIS University. Dr Ashok Gupta, Chancellor of IIS (deemed to be University) with Registrar Dr Raakhi Gupta felicitated Stebin Ben with a painting and stole. The show was an absolute musical treat for the audience as Stebin Ben sang some of his most popular songs.
The grand opening of the multi-cuisine restaurant titled 'Hi Table' was organised by JD Maheswari recently. Elite Miss Rajasthan Models including Shweta Raje, Sheena Parashar, Varunavi Singh, Khushi Vijay and Yashvini Saraswat.
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glimpses from the glamour extravaganzas titled 'Indian Culture Week 2023', organised at Brookwood Garden 34 Silver Oak Farm, Ghitorni Delhi recently. Parimal Mehhta beautifully choreographed the culture week.
The fashion extravaganza was organised by Kinshuk Baduri, ce-
lebrity designer & Founder of Indian culture week and Amit Chauhan, DG collection & Co-Founder of Indian culture week. Jewellery styling was done exceptionally well by Designer Niharika Pratham with her latest collection from her brand Niara Tribe. Elina Chauhan, Akshay Jacker, Ritvik Gogna, Shivangi Shekhar, Anurag and Sourab were part of the team.
The 7th Annual Day Celebration 'Panchtatva' on behalf of Godship Academy was organised at Ravindra Manch on Sunday, in which the Chief Guest was Mahavir Prasad Sharma, Principal Secretary, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Guest of Honor was Animesh Pant, Joint Secretary, Shiksha Sankul. Chairman Swaraj Shaheed Bhawal was also present on the occasion. School director Sangeeta Bhawal shared that 300 students from play school to 8th standard participated in the programme.
The haematology conference by Dr Sudhir Mehta was organised in Bikaner on Sunday. During the conference, Dr Sudhir Mehta, senior professor at SMS Hospital Jaipur said, “Simple CBC can detect anaemia and its causes by reading graphs along with numerical values given in CBC report.” Conference was inaugurated by the Principal, SPMC Bikaner Dr Gunjan Soni and Dr Dhanpat Kochar senior physician.
Fogotsav was celebrated with pomp in Gokul Vatika Garden, Jaipur recently in the presence of Maharaj Premkumar Goswami, Hitendra Kumar Goswami Maharaj and Priyansh Goswami of Shri Dham Vrindavan. On this occasion, a tableau of Radha-Krishna was made. During the event, women played Holi with flowers.
CITY FIRST
Mother-daughter duo Disha Panjwani & Nitika
The Fit Body & Soul Women's Group celebrated Self Love as "Galentines Day" with its members recently at Rajpark El-Dorado. Founder Megha Gupta requested everyone to make love canvas letters to support each other. All the members were felicitated with gifts and prizes sponsored by FBS and White Candle Spa.
CITY FIRST
The magnificent collection of national-level designers, Nishant & Preeti Tak and MDK Jewelers by Ritika & Kamal of Jaipur were showcased by The Fashion Design Council of Rajasthan at the India Beach Fashion Week at Mercure Resort Goa recently. Secretary Akash Chhabra said, from time to time, the fashion designers of Rajasthan are promoted across the country by the council. In this
episode, this event was organized on the beach of Goa, in which arts and crafts were prominent. Kamal Makhija, the founder of MDK Jewellers, said, “Our jewellery
collection was in craft silver with a combination of copper and the polki work was done in it, the designs were created by the artisans with many months of hard work by hand. On the
other hand, Preeti Tak said that her collection was Bagh, in which she the designs incorporated nature. We have been working in this field for 12 years and it took us a year to prepare the garden.
Panjwani introduces a new camphor brand to the market titled 'APA camphor', a brand that promises to offer pure and organic camphor products that can be used for a variety of purposes. APA camphor provides pure Bhimseni camphor crystals, organic camphor cones, camphor essential oils, camphor candles, and home mists. Bhimseni camphor is known for its pleasant aroma and is believed to have several healing and medicinal properties.
When asked bout the vision, the founder
said "We realized that most of the camphor products available in the market are not pure and contain harmful chemicals. This is why we decided to create a brand that offers pure and organic camphor products for our customers."
The founders also mentioned that they want this brand to be a lifestyle brand rather than a religious brand. "We believe that camphor has a lot of benefits apart from religious purposes. It can be used to create a calming and soothing atmosphere. When diffused, camphor also relieves anxiety, and promotes deep sleep, it was also used by elderly people to cure congestion and pain," said Nitika.
