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Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Haryana
sports Minister Sand-
eep Singh has been
booked on charges
of sexual harass-
ment and outrag-
ing modesty of
a woman after
a junior ath-
letics coach
filed a com-
p l a i n t
against the
Olympian.
A case un-
der Sections
354 (assault or criminal
force to woman with in-
tent to outrage her mod-
esty), 354-A, 354-B, 342
and 506 of the IPC has
been registered against
Sandeep Singh.
The woman, junior
athletics coach, held a
PC at office of Opposi-
tion INLD, which has
demanded that Manohar
Lal Khattar govt, Hary-
ana HM Anil Vij to set up
a Special Investigation
Team to probe matter.
She said Singh harassed
her from February to
November last year, by
repeated messages on
social media. He touched
her inappropriately and
also threatened her in
messages, she alleged.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi:
sports Minister Sand-
eep Singh has been
booked on charges
of sexual harass-
ment and outrag-
ing modesty of
a woman after
a junior ath-
der Sections
354 (assault or criminal
force to woman with in-
tent to outrage her mod-
esty), 354-A, 354-B, 342
and 506 of the IPC has
been registered against
Sandeep Singh.
The woman, junior
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CHANNEL NO
CM APPROVES `14.80 CRORE FOR STATE-OF-
THE-ART HOSTELS FOR TRIBAL STUDENTS
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The State gov-
ernment is committed
for the all-round devel-
opment of the tribal ar-
eas of the State. In this
direction, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
approved an additional
financial proposal of Rs
14.80 crore for various
schemes. With this,
sports facilities will be
made available for the
students in the area in-
cluding construction of
hostels, classrooms.
THAKUR RINGS IN NEW
YEAR IN GOLDEN CITY
Suryaveer S Tanwar
Jaisalmer: Union Min-
ister for I&B Anurag
Singh Thakur celebrat-
ed his New Year in Jais-
almer. The minister vis-
ited a number of tour-
ists places in Jaisalmer
during his two-day visit
and interacted with lo-
cals. Thakur visited
shooting range in Dab-
la, indoor stadium and
Akashwani Kendra
during his tour. “The
tourists here are wel-
comed by the beauty of
this place and people.
Jaisalmer has a glori-
ous history and we take
pride in its art and cul-
ture. I wish everyone a
happy 2023,” said
Thakur. He also appre-
ciated shooting range.
 7-storey hostel
being built for girl
students in Udaipur
 Indoor stadium,
gym and coaching
room facility will
also be available
 Hostels will prove to
be milestone for the
tribal students here
7-STOREY HOSTEL
IN UDAIPUR
With this approval, a
7-storey hostel (Centre of
Excellence with Modern
Facilities) will be built
in Chitrakoot Nagar of
Udaipur. It will have
accommodation facilities
for 120 girl students.
Two-storey basement will
be built here, in which
basketball , volleyball
arena , gym facilities will
be available. The reception
room , waiting room and
two rooms will be ready
on the ground floor. There
will be kitchen and other
facilities on the second,
third and fourth floors.
HOSTEL OF 50 PAX
IN RAJSAMAND
With this amount, a hostel
of 50 student capacity will
be constructed at Nathuwas
in Rajsamand. Rs 2.80
crore has been sanctioned
for this. State-of-the-art
coaching class rooms are
also being prepared.
CLASS ROOMS WILL
INCREASE IN SCHOOLS
Addl classrooms will also be
constructed in govt schools
in tribal areas from the
Tribal Development Fund at
a cost of Rs 4 crore. Tribal
Devp Fund of Rs 500 crore
was constituted by CM in
the budget of 2022-23.
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NEW COMMERCIAL CYLINDER PRICE IN RAJASTHAN IS `1,788
ANIL LAHOTI
TAKES OVER
CHARGE AS NEW
CRB CHAIRMAN
New Delhi: The price of commercial gas cylinder has increased after seven
consecutive reductions. The price of a 19-kg LPG commercial cylinder has
increased by `25 kg on Sunday. Domestic cylinders cost remain unchanged.
New Delhi: Anil Kumar Lahoti has taken over the
charge of new Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) on
Sunday. The appointments committee of the
Cabinet approved his appointment.
20 PLAYERS
SHORTLISTED
BY BCCI FOR
WORLD CUP ’23
New Delhi: BCCI secy Jay Shah has opened up on
India’s plans for the 2023 ODI World Cup which
will take place later this year on home soil. Shah
revealed that the board has already shortlisted a
total of the 20 players for quadrennial event. P6
PRICE OF COMMERCIAL GAS CYLINDER UP BY `25
Sandeep Singh, accused
of sexual harassment,
gives up his sports portfolio
Complainant is a junior
athletics coach, she urges
CM Khattar to set up SIT probe
Coach alleges that she
had to quit social media
due to constant harassment
ATTEMPT TO SPOIL MY IMAGE: SINGH
Sports Minister Sandeep Singh has handed over his port-
folio to the Chief Minister ML Khattar, and dismissed the
allegations as an attempt to ‘spoil his image’. “There is an
attempt to spoil my image. I hope there will be a thorough
investigation into the false allegations levelled against me. I
hand over the responsibility of the Sports department to the
CM until the report of the investigation comes out,” he said.
More such women who have been harassed
will come forward if the Sports Minister is
arrested. After all, how long will a person
remain silent? The Sports Minister has officially, men-
tally harassed me. Singh invited me to his home and
forcefully engaged me in sexual misconduct.
—Junior athletics coach
3 DEAD, 6 INJURED IN
SUSPECTED TERROR
ATTACK IN RAJOURI
Jammu: Three civilians
were killed and six others
were injured in a suspected
terrorist attack in a village
in Rajouri district of
Jammu and Kashmir on
Sunday evening. ‘The firing
incident happened at upper
Dhangri village of Rajouri
district’ Mukesh Singh,
ADGP, Jammu Zone, said
after the incident.
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3 KILLED IN STAMPEDE
AT CHANDRABABU’S
RALLY IN GUNTUR
Hyderabad: 3 women have
died in a stampede at a rally
of Telugu Desam president
and former Chief Minister
Chandrababu Naidu in AP’s
Guntur district. This is 2nd
incident in a span of 4 days
that people lost their lives at
a public event of Naidu.
HARYANA MINISTER
BOOKED
Politicians, well-wishers attend
prayer meet for Modi’s mother
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: A prayer
meeting was organized
in memory of Heeraben
‘Hiraba’ Modi, the
mother of PM Naren-
dra Modi in Vadnagar
on Sunday. The prayer
meeting was held be-
tween 9:00 am and 12:00
noon at PM’s birthplace
Vadnagar. Heeraben
Modi, 100, passed away
at around 03:30 am on
Friday at the UN Mehta
Institute of Cardiology
and Research Centre in
Ahmedabad, according
to a bulletin from the
hospital. She was hospi-
talized on Wednesday
after her health deterio-
rated. Modi performed
last rites of his mom in
Gandhinagar on Friday
.
A prayer meeting was organised in memory of PM Modi’s mother
Hiraba at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, at Vadnagar on Sunday.
India, Pakistan
exchange list
of the nuclear
installations
10 die, 8 injured
after big blast
outside Kabul’s
military airport
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In continu-
ing a 32-year practice,
India and Pakistan on
Sunday exchanged a list
of their nuclear instal-
lations under a bilater-
al pact which prohibits
the two sides from at-
tacking each other’s
atomic facilities.
The exchange of the
list took place under the
provisions of the agree-
ment on the prohibition
of attack against nu-
clear installations and
facilities, the MEA said.
First India Bureau
Kabul: At least 10 peo-
ple were killed and
eight others seriously
injured in an explosion
that rocked Kabul mili-
tary airport on Sunday
.
Abdul Nafee Takkur, a
spokesman for the Tali-
ban Interior Ministry,
reported that an explo-
sion caused injuries
close to the military air-
port’s main gate in Ka-
bul. No one has taken
responsibility for the
attack as of yet.
RELEASE PRISONERS
SOON: IND ASKS PAK
MAY THE NEW YEAR
BRING INSPIRATIONS:
PREZ MURMU, MODI
GREET CITIZENS
India on Sunday asked
Pakistan to expedite the
release and repatriation of
631 Indian fishermen and
2 Indian civilian prisoners,
who have completed their
sentence and whose nation-
ality has been confirmed and
conveyed to Pakistan.
New Delhi: President Drou-
padi Murmu greeted people
on the occasion of New Year
and hoped that the year
2023 brings new inspira-
tions, goals and achieve-
ments in the lives of people.
PM Narendra Modi also
extended New Year greetings
and hoped that it will be
filled with hope, happiness
and lots of success.
Tragic! 12 lives lost
in Sikar, 11 more
in 5 mishaps in Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 23 people died
in separate accidents in
the State on Sunday and
Saturday night.
Sikar: 12 people, 7 of a
family, died in a fierce
collision of three vehi-
cles in Sikar on Khan-
dela-Palsana road on
Sunday evening. 20 peo-
ple in the pickup were
returning after visiting
Ganesh Dham temple in
Khandela. A pickup and
a bike collided near
Maji Saheb’s Dhani and
both the vehicles col-
lided with the truck
coming from the front.
Hanumangarh: 5 per-
sons died on Saturday
night after their car col-
lided with a truck on
the Rawatsar- Sardar-
shahar Megha Highway
in Pallu PS area.
Kota: Couple was killed
and three others were
injured when a speed-
ing car lost its balance
and rammed into a tree
on NH near Sehnali.
Chomu: Two people
were killed while half-a-
dozen people were in-
jured in Hadota area on
Sunday evening after
two speeding cars col-
lided with each other.
Jaisalmer: Two minor
girls were killed when
car overturned while
returning to Sumerpur
in Pali. Full Report on P2
Anurag Thakur being greeted by
locals in Jaisalmer on Sunday.
WELCOMING 2023 WITH PRAYERS!
Devotees offer prayers at the Moti Dungri Temple on the occasion
of NY in Jaipur on Sunday. P3 —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Fierce collision of 3 vehicles on Khandela-Palsana road on Sunday.
 SC to pronounce its
judgment on a batch of
pleas over govt’s 2016
decision to demonetise
`1,000, `500 notes today
 At least nine people
died, most aged between
10 and 20, in a shopping
mall crush as revellers
rang in the NY in Uganda
Sandeep Singh
CM Ashok Gehlot

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2023
02
12 KILLED, 5 INJURED IN SIKAR
20 people in the pickup were returning after visiting Ganesh Dham temple in Khandela on Sunday
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: Twelve people
died and five were in-
jured in a fierce colli-
sion of three vehicles in
Sikar on Sunday
. Seven
deceased were from the
same family The acci-
dent took place in Khan-
dela area on Khandela-
Palsana road at 4.30 pm
on Sunday. 20 people in
the pickup were return-
ing after visiting
Ganesh Dham temple in
Khandela.
According to the po-
lice, a pickup and a bike
collided near Maji Sa-
heb’s Dhani. Mean-
while, both vehicles col-
lided with the truck
coming from the front.
The accident was so
gruesome that twelve
people died on the spot
while one died later.
The dead include hus-
band and wife riding a
bike and eight people
riding a pickup.
After the information
of the accident, MP
Sumedhanand Saras-
wati and former Union
Minister Subhash Ma-
hariya reached SK Hos-
pital Sikar to meet the
injured.
5 die, 1 injured in car-truck collision
Hanumangarh (ANI):
A total of five persons
died on Saturday night
after their car met with
an accident in the Pallu
police station area of
Hanumangarh.
According to the po-
lice, the car carried six
persons when it collided
with a truck on the Raw-
atsar- Sardarshahar
Megha Highway
, of
which five died on the
spot while the sixth per-
sonwasreferredtoahos-
pital in Bikaner as he
was critically injured.
The police have
identified the deceased
persons as Raju (24),
Naresh Kumar (28), Da-
naram (32), Bablu (28),
and Murli (28), all be-
longing to Bisrasar vil-
lage in Rajasthan’s Ha-
numangarh. Mean-
while, the injured per-
son was identified as
Ashok Kumar (30) of
Bisrasar.
The bodies of all the
dead have been kept in
the mortuary of the
Pallu Government
Hospital.
Car blown into pieces on the Rawatsar- Sardarshahar Mega Highway.
A pickup and a bike collided near Maji Saheb’s Dhani. Both vehicles then collided with a truck coming from the front on Sunday.
Farmer working in a field during a cold winter on New Year morning
in Ajmer on Sunday. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
Mercury below 10
degrees in major
cities across State
Jaipur (PTI): Cold
conditions prevailed in
most parts of Rajasthan
where all major cities
recorded minimum
temperature below 10
degrees Celsius, the
MeT department said
on Sunday
.
At 1 degree Celsius,
Fatehpur of Sikar was
the coldest on Saturday
night, followed by Chu-
ru, which recorded the
minimum temperature
of 1.6 degrees Celsius.
HanumangarhandChit-
torgarh recorded 3.3 de-
grees, Sikar 3.5 degrees,
Bhilwara 4 degrees, Ka-
rauli 4.2 degrees, Alwar
and Pilani 4.8 degrees,
Dabok 6 degrees, Phalo-
di 6.2, and Anta 6.3 de-
grees Celsius. Other
places recorded mini-
mum temperatures be-
tween 6.5 degrees and 10
degrees Celsius.
Shallow to moderate
fog engulfed a number
of places in the state.
Some places were re-
ported to be weather-
ing a cold to severe
cold wave.
JAN AAKROSH YATRA
BJP leaders attack Congress Govt for
making a mockery of democracy
Ashish Choudhary
Rajsamand: Senior
BJP leaders including
BJP State President
Satish Poonia, Union
Minister Arjun Ram
Meghwal, and Rajsa-
mand MP Diya Kumari
on Sunday participated
in Jan Aakrosh Yatra in
Rajsamand. The leader
in their address at-
tacked Congress govt
over various issues. MP
Diya Kumari said that
earlier women were
afraid to step out of the
house only at night, but
now women are not safe
even in the afternoon.
“New records of crime
against women are be-
ing made in Rajasthan.
In 2023, the BJP will
also win the Nath-
dwara assembly con-
stituency, and we must
work hard for this,”
said MP Diya Kumari.
BJP State President
Satish Poonia visited
Rakt Tawai, Chetak me-
morial, and Pratap Me-
morial and paid his flo-
ral tributes.
People protest
in Rawatbhata
over Deva
Gurjar murder
First India Bureau
Kota: Inthecaseof Raw-
atbhata’s famous Deva
Gurjar murder case, po-
lice lathi-charged at
Deva supporters, taking
out a rally demanding
speedy trial and punish-
ment for the murderers,
at Phase II Ambedkar
Circle. According to po-
lice sources, an attempt
was being made to spoil
the atmosphere of the
city by calling outsiders
to Rawatbhata through
social media.
Despitenopermission
granted by the city ad-
ministration,arallywas
being taken out in Raw-
atbhata. Seeing the dete-
riorating atmosphere
during the demonstra-
tion near Phase II
AmbedkarCircleduring
the rally
, the police used
mildforcetodispersethe
people involved in rally
.
Congress established
Jungle Raj in the
State: GS Shekhawat
Ashok Kumawat
Sirohi: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Ga-
jendraSinghShekha-
wat on Sunday took
part in the Jan Aak-
rosh Rally in Sirohi.
While addressing the
gathering, Union
Minister Gajendra
Singh targeted the
Congress govt and
said that ‘Jungle Raj’
has been established
in the state in the
past four years of the
Congress govern-
ment. “Rajasthan
tops in rape cases
and crimes against
Dalits and poor has
also increased in the
state. There is strong
opposition against
the Congress govern-
ment in the state.
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal has insult-
ed men of state by
making controver-
sial remarks,” said
he said. “The govern-
ment has played with
the future of 70 lakh
youths as papers of
various competitive
exams have been
leaked since 2018.”
Jan Aakrosh Rally organised
in Adarsh Nagar of Jaipur
Satish Poonia, Arjun Ram Meghwal & Diya Kumari participate in
Jan Aakrosh Yatra in Rajsamand on Sunday.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
in Yatra in Sirohi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP leaders in-
cluding Dausa MP
Jaskaur, MP Ram-
charan Bohra, Ashok
Parnami, Gyan Deo
Ahuja on Sunday took
part in the Jan Akrosh
Rally in Adarsh Nagar
assembly constituency.
The public rally was or-
ganised in KK Paradise
located on Agra Road
under the Adarsh Na-
gar assembly constitu-
ency. The BJP leaders
attacked the Congress
government over issues
like law and order and
others. Large number
of BJP office bearers
and workers were pre-
sent in the rally
.
Ashok Parnami addresses the
rally on Agra Road.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
It is very sad that many
people died in road acci-
dent on Palsana-Khandela
road in Khandela area of
Sikar. My deepest condo-
lences to bereaved family
members. May God give
them strength to bear this
loss, may souls of
the departed
rest in peace.
Wishing
the injured
a speedy
recovery.
Om Birla
@ombirlakota
The death of many people
in the horrific road acci-
dent in Sikar (Rajasthan)
is heartbreaking. May
God give peace to the de-
parted souls and strength
to the bereaved families
to bear this loss. My
deepest sympa-
thies are with
the bereaved
families. I pray
for the speedy
recovery of
the in-
jured.
2 GIRLS DIE IN
CAR ACCIDENT
IN JAISALMER
CHOMU: 2 DEAD &
SIX INJURED AS
CARS COLLIDE
Jaisalmer: In a horrific
road accident, two died
and one was severely
injured. The accident took
place on the National
Highway near Ramdevra.
The family that came to
Jaisalmer from Sumerpur
(Pali) to celebrate the New
Year became a victim of
a painful road accident.
The accident of the Swift
car took place when the
family was returning to
Sumerpur from Jaisalmer.
The car became uncon-
trollable and overturned
after overtaking a passen-
ger bus when a stray dog
suddenly came in front of
it. Apart from the husband
and wife, their two sons
and two daughters were
travelling in the car.
Chomu: Two people were
killed while half-a-dozen
people were injured in the
Hadota area of Chomu on
Sunday evening after two
speeding cars collided.
Police officials informed
the driver of the swift car
lost its balance after an
animal suddenly came
in front of the car and
rammed into a Tavera car
coming from the opposite
direction. “Due to fog on
the highway, the car driver
could not spot the animal
and realized only after
coming near to the animal.
The driver lost the car’s
balance and rammed it into
another vehicle. The bod-
ies of the deceased have
been kept at mortuary and
are yet to be identified.
COUPLE KILLED, 3 INJURED AS
CAR RAMS INTO TREE IN KOTA
Kota: A couple was killed and three others were
injured in Kota when a speeding car lost its bal-
ance and rammed
into a tree. Police
informed the incident
occurred at Sehnali
village on Kota-Eta-
wah-Sheopur State
Highway - 70. “The
deceased has been
identified as Ram-
siya Meena and her
husband Shiv Charan
Meena, residents
of Jini Manpur in Madhya Pradesh. The victims
were heading towards Kota when the speeding car
rammed into a tree. The collision was so strong
that the car was damaged Two of them died on
the spot while three others, including two women,
were critically injured. —Lalit Bansal
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: It is the result
of a better environment
for investment in the
state that vigorous in-
vestment is now being
received in the petrole-
um sector as well. ACS
mines and petroleum
Dr. Subodh Aggarwal
said that due to depart-
mental efforts, Rs.
20,000 crore by Cairn
Vedanta, Rs 663 crore by
Oil India, Rs 1050 crore
by ONGC in the petro-
leum sector, and Rs 1125
crore by Focus Energy
under Invest Rajasthan
have been committed.
He said that all four
investors have started
bringing the invest-
ments to the ground
and works of the com-
panies worth Rs 6,200
crore have started. The
largest investment in
the petroleum sector is
being made by Cairn
Vedanta. Exploration
and other development
works are being done in
PML and PEL blocks in
Barmer and Jalore dis-
tricts against the in-
vestment agreement of
Rs 20,000 crore of which
works worth Rs 5671
crore have been done.
Due to this, the explo-
ration and mining work
in the petroleum sector
has gained momentum
in the state.
Suryaveer S Tanwar
Jaisalmer: RTDC
chairman Dharmen-
dra Rathore reached
Jaisalmer in the luxu-
ry train Palace on
Wheels on the first day
of the New Year on
Sunday. Rathore visit-
ed tourist places and
enjoyed boating in
Gadisar Sarovar and
saw sand dunes from
the helicopter joyride
in Sam’s Dunes.
Many office bearers
and workers of the lo-
cal Congress welcomed
him. Jaisalmer Con-
gress District President
Ummaid Singh Tanwar
and other office bearers
and workers at the rail-
way station also wel-
comed him.
During his visit, var-
ious suggestions relat-
ed to the further devel-
opment of tourism
were taken from the
people including the
tourists present there.
He also visited the
Tanot Mata Temple
along the Indo-Pak bor-
der with his family and
offered special prayers.
He discussed with the
people living in the
border areas and offi-
cials of BSF and the
administration regard-
ing the possibilities of
border tourism.
Rathore takes suggestions from locals
FROM SANDS DUNES OF JAISALMER
Dharmendra Rathore enjoying view of sand dunes from the
helicopter joyride in Sam Dunes in Jaisalmer on Sunday.
`6,200 crore committed for
petroleum sector: Dr Subodh
`1,000 CR BUDGET

RAJASTHAN
03
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: In 8 days from
December 24 to Decem-
ber 31, the arrival of
more than 3.39 lakh
tourists in Jaipur has
not only brought back
the beauty of the travel
trade, but also showed
strength of Rajasthan’s
rich cultural heritage
to whole world. More
than 42,000 tourists vis-
ited city on an average
daily, which is a new
record after Corona. Dr
Mahendra Singh Khad-
gawat, director of Ar-
chaeological Depart-
ment, said that the fore-
cast made by the de-
partment regarding the
arrival of tourists was
accurate. This is the
reason that even after
arrival of large number
of tourists at monu-
ments, there was no
shortage of any kind in
the system.
Hundreds of tourists
also reached Jhalana
Leopard Reserve,
Amagarh Leopard Re-
serve and other places.
AMER (MAX.) 95,087
HAWA MAHAL 71,919
JANTAR MANTAR 60,993
NAHARGARH 58,919
ALBERT HALL 48,291
ISARLAT 1,977
TOURISTS VISITED PINK CITY
(Dec 24 to 31 in 2022)
3.39 LAKH
AVERAGE TOURISTS DAILY
42,000
AMER
WITNESSED
THE
HIGHEST
FOOTFALL
IN 8 DAYS
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Dausa/ Su-
jangarh: A large num-
ber of devotes offered
prayers at Govind Dev
Ji temple in Jaipur,
Moti Doongri Ganesh
temple in Jaipur, Me-
hendipur Balaji temple
in Dausa, Galtaji tem-
ple in Jaipur and Sala-
sar Balaji temple in Su-
jangarh.
On the occasion of
the New Year unique
decoration was done at
Balaji temples and oth-
er temples. On the other
hand, devotees wel-
comed the new year by
standing in front of
Balaji’s gate reciting
Hanuman Chalisa. Fire-
works were done out-
side temples and hotels
across nearby hotels.
At most of the tem-
ples special arrange-
ments were made by
local police and temple
administration to en-
sure safety of devotees.
Over 3.39L tourists visit Jaipur in 8 days
BOOM IN RAJ TOURISM
Liquor worth `111 cr consumed on NY Eve
First India Bureau
Jaipur: People con-
sumed liquor worth Rs
111 crore in New Year’s
celebrations across the
State, highest in the
last two years. This
time 150 temporary li-
cences were issued for
New Year celebrations
in Jaipur.
According to the re-
port of the Excise De-
partment, on two days
(30 and 31 December),
beer worth Rs 19.95
crore was sold in Ra-
jasthan, while Indian
Made Foreign Liquor
(IMFL) i.e. English liq-
uor worth Rs 87.82
crore was sold. This
was the highest ever
record liquor sale at
the year end this year.
Earlier in the year
2019, liquor worth Rs
104 crore was sold from
godowns on 30 and 31
December. At that time
also there was no re-
striction on event. Peo-
ple jammed heavily in
hotels, pubs, farm hous-
es & resorts.
Along with beer and
IMFL, this time import-
ed liquor was also in
great demand. Within 2
days, foreign liquor
worth Rs 35.26 cr was
sold in state. Additional
Excise Commissioner
Rakesh Sharma said
more than 150 licences
were issued in Jaipur.
2023STARTSWITHPRAYERS,REVELRY
Morning aarti and special prayers were offered at temples across Rajasthan; devotees were seen waiting in queues to offer prayers
BSF troops, who are keeping away from their families, began the New Year with aarti
of Tanot Mata located on the border of India and Pakistan.
Walled City witnessed traffic snarls due to New Year. People were on outing with families for shopping and visit to tourist spots.
Police checking vehicles at Sanjay Circle on Sunday. More than 4447 people were challaned.
Prasadi of paush vada was offered at Galtaji
Temple on Sunday morning.
Devotees offer prayers at Govind Dev Ji temple, Jaipur with special aarti in the morning. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA RHB’s City Park in Mansarovar witnessed huge footfall on Sunday as tourists and locals rushed to the park to ring in New Year.
Kingpin and 2 others of Akki
gang held, weapon recovered
Two more held in gangster
Raju Thehat murder case
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Three mem-
bers of the Akki Gang
were nabbed by Vaisha-
li Nagar Police and DST
west team on Sunday.
Noted criminal and
prime accused Akram
Mirza and two others
were arrested by police.
The police also recov-
ered a country-made
weapon and a live car-
tridge from the posses-
sion of the accused.
“The miscreants had
committed a crime on
December 26. A boy,
identified as Shahid,
was brutally beaten by
the accused.
The miscreants also
fired gunshots in the air
and fled from the spot.
Special teams were
formed to nab the ac-
cused and based on spe-
cific inputs, the accused
have been arrested and
are being interrogat-
ed,” police said.
Akram Mirza has
seven cases registered
against him in the past,
including those under
the Arms Act, attempt
to murder, robbery, kid-
napping and theft.
First India Bureau
Bikaner: In the Raju
Thehat murder case,
the Gujarat ATS and
SOG arrested main
arms supplier supplier
Vijaypal from Mehsana.
The action was taken on
the inputs given by the
Bikaner police.
Meanwhile, another
accused Dhanraj Ge-
hlot, who lives near
Panchmukha Hanuman
temple, was also arrest-
ed and handed over to
theSikarpolice.Accord-
ing to the Sikar police,
accused Dhanraj Gehlot
had provided weapons
to the shooters.
The Sikar police will
now interrogate the ac-
cused thoroughly about
when and what kinds of
weapons were made
available from Bikaner.
Sikar Police has so far
arrested Manish alias
Bachchiya,VikramGur-
jar, Jatin Verma alias
Johnny Pahalwan, Sat-
ish Kumar alias Pahal-
wan, Sakil Khan,
Ganesh Ojha, Rakesh
Ojha, Mukesh alias Bal-
lu, Sarjit Singh, Gulzha-
ri alias GL, Nemichand
Gurjar and Umesh Ge-
hlot, in the Raju Thehat
murder case.
Accused in the Vaishali Nagar
police custody on Sunday.
Tourists and school children throng Amer Fort on New Year morning on Sunday.
POLICE REMAINED
ALERT, 4447
PEOPLE FINED
Jaipur: The traffic police
and officials of Jaipur Police
Commissionerate remained
on their toes on December
31. The cops kept a close
eye on incidents of drunken
driving in the New Year
Eve. Officials informed that
extra police personnel were
deployed at more than 50
check points in the city. “The
police force was deployed
between 8am to 1am on
Sunday. In order to maintain
law and order on New Year
Eve, police officials from
traffic, police stations and
reserve police lines were
deployed. A total of 4,447
people were fined (Challan)
in a single day while the
number of drunk driving
cases were 17,” Additional
Commissioner Ajay Pal
Lamba said during a media
briefing on Sunday.
Devotees offer prayers at Salasar Balaji Temple on New Year’s Eve. Prasadi was served at various
places to the devotees (inset) Deities decorated with garlands. —PHOTO BY TANUJ LATA
PAST CASES
Dhanraj Gehlot in custody.

PERSPECTIVE
04
rime Minister Narendra Modi
appears to be in perpetual elec-
tion mode with a current focus
on the north-eastern state of
Tripura in India where the next
round of state assembly elec-
tions are scheduled as well as
the southern state of Karnata-
ka in the coming months. And
yet, the Modi juggernaut has
also upped the ante on the in-
ternational political landscape
for a high stakes gambit likely
to transcend India as a major
world player to pitchfork the
Indian premier into the race for
the next Nobel peace prize.
The latest endorsement of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
came a couple of days ago when
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr
Zelenskyy called him up osten-
sibly to congratulate him on
ascending to the presidency of
the G20 formation of nations.
Zelenskyy tweeted thereafter
and said, “I had a phone call
with@PMOIndia.”
Narendra Modi wished a suc-
cessful G20 presidency. It was
on this platform that an-
nounced the peace formula and
now, I count on India’s partici-
pation on its implementation. I
also thanked for humanitarian
aid and support in the UN
(United Nations).” Earlier, Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
had also paid glowing tributes
to an emergent India under PM
Modi’s leadership evidencing
his amiability to India playing
a mitigating role to end the Rus-
sian conflict with Ukraine.
While Modi plays peacemak-
er on the global stage currently,
his international role during
the global Covid 19 pandemic
has also been acknowledged as
a game changer by the world.
Even the World Health Organi-
sation (WHO) had acknowl-
edged India’s professional and
sanitized response to deal with
the Covid 19 pandemic right
since its outbreak in February
2020 considering the herculean
task of protecting and vaccinat-
ing a 1.38 billion plus popula-
tion in India was concerned.
PM Modi’s emphasis on the de-
velopment of an indige-
nous vaccine in the country
that was also subsequently dis-
tributed free of cost to several
underdeveloped nations of the
world came in for particular ac-
claim globally.
“India’s Prime Minister
played the role of a catalyst,
even providing Rs 3,000 crore in
funding, for the accelerated de-
velopment of a vaccine against
nCov through public-private
enterprise that proved crucial
in the battle against the nCov.
Not only that, he also exported
the Indian vaccine free of cost
to less developed nations of the
world that were reeling under
the impact of the pandemic
even as exorbitant costs de-
manded by European vaccine
manufacturers ruled out their
ability to purchase those vac-
cines,” a senior BJP leader told
First India. He added, “While
Balakot played an important
role to ensure a 300 plus Lok
Sabha result in favour of the
BJP in 2019, the Prime Minis-
ter’s proactive human service
record is expected to secure the
political future of party even in
2024 general elections when the
party expects to further con-
solidate its presence across In-
dia by achieving a target of
electing over 350 Members of
Parliament in Lok Sabha.”
The only political reversal
that may adversely impact the
BJP prospects in the 2024 polls
is the looming worry regarding
Supreme Court of India’s likely
verdict on the issue of political
reservations for the other back-
ward caste communities (OBC)
coming before the general elec-
tions are announced, the senior
BJP leader noted.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
P
RENNI ABRAHAM
The writer is Honorary Consulting Editor,
First India Mumbai
India’s Prime Minister played
the role of a catalyst, even
providing Rs 3,000 crore in
funding, for the accelerated
development of a vaccine
against nCov through public-
private enterprise that proved
crucial in the battle against the
nCov. Not only that, he also
exported the Indian vaccine
free of cost to less developed
nations of the world that were
reeling under the impact of the
pandemic even as exorbitant
costs demanded by European
vaccine manufacturers
ruled out their ability to
purchase those vaccines.
—A SENIOR BJP LEADER
TOLD FIRST INDIA
Narendra Modi wished a successful G20
presidency. It was on this platform that announced the
peace formula and now, I count on India’s participation on its
implementation. I also thanked for humanitarian aid
and support in the United Nations
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For the lord takes delight in his people;
He crowns the humble and salvation.
—Bible
Narendra Modi@narendramodi
Birthday greetings to Union Min-
ister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia
Ji, who is working to ensure a
vibrant aviation sector with a
focus on connectivity and boost
the steel sector. May Almighty
bless him with a long and
healthy life.@JM_Scindia
TOP TWEETS
Amit Shah@AmitShah
Birthday greetings to the Chief
Minister of Manipur, Shri @
NBirenSingh Ji. Your commit-
ment towards the development
of Manipur and the welfare of
people is commendable. May
God bless you with a long and
healthy life.
REST IN PEACE POPE BENEDICT XVI
enedict XVI
leaves behind a
complex legacy
as a Pope and
theologian. To
many observers, Benedict,
who died on Dec. 31, 2022 at
the age of 95, was known
for criticizing what he saw
as the modern world’s re-
jection of God and Christi-
anity’s timeless truths. But
as a scholar of the diver-
sity of global Catholicism,
I think it’s best to avoid
simple characterizations
of Benedict’s theology,
which I believe will influ-
ence the Catholic Church
for generations.
While the brilliance of
this intellectual legacy will
certainlyendure,itwillalso
have to contend with the
shadows of the numerous
controversies that marked
Benedict’stimeaspopeand,
later, as pope emeritus.
PRIEST & PROFESSOR
Benedict was born Josef
Alois Ratzinger on April 16,
1927, in Marktl am Inn, Ger-
many
. During World War II,
he was required to join the
Hitler Youth, a wing of the
Nazi Party
. He was later
drafted into an anti-aircraft
unit and then the infantry
of Nazi Germany
.
CARDINAL AND POPE
As a skilled theologian,
Ratzinger was chosen by
Pope John Paul II to head
the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith,
which oversees and en-
forces Catholic doctrine.
In this position, Cardinal
Ratzinger disciplined a
number of theologians.
CONTROVERSIES
After his election, Pope
Benedict XVI had to con-
front a growing sexual
abuse scandal in the Catho-
lic Church. While a cardi-
nal, he had publicly down-
played the extent and seri-
ousness of the crisis. And
it was under his leadership
that The Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith
decided not to remove Law-
rence C. Murphy from the
priesthood, even though
Murphy had been accused
of molesting more than 200
boys at a Catholic school
for the deaf in Wisconsin.
THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS
As pope, Benedict contin-
ued his theological writ-
ing and produced three
important encyclicals or
papal letters. The first en-
cyclical, Deus Caritas Est,
or “God is Love,” defends
“charity” as love that is
freely given. Charity is not
simply a good deed but an
act that changes both the
giver and the recipient.
LEGACY OF BENEDICT
When Benedict resigned as
pope in 2013, it took the
worldbysurprise.Insaying
thathecouldnolongerbear
the burdens of the Papacy,
Benedictpromisedtolivein
seclusion. His official title
became “Pope Emeritus.”
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
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...NOBEL PRIZE FOR
INDIA’S WORLD nCOV
VAX DRIVE, TITLE OF
PEACEMAKER WHO
ENDED THE RUSSIA-
UKRAINE STRIFE
PM MODI PLAYS PEACEMAKER ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
While Modi plays peacemaker on the global stage currently, his
international role during the global Covid 19 pandemic has also
been acknowledged as a game changer by the world. Even the WHO
had acknowledged India’s professional and sanitized response to deal
with the Covid 19 pandemic right since its outbreak in February 2020
considering the herculean task of protecting and vaccinating a 1.38
billion plus population in India was concerned.
PM NARENDRA MODI
WANTS 350 BJP MPs IN 2024
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INDIA
05
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: Lalu Pras-
ad’s party Rashtriya Ja-
nata Dal and Chief Min-
ister Nitish Kumar’s
JDU are not of the same
opinion on the post of
Chief Minister in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar said re-
cently that Tejashwi Ya-
dav will lead the Grand
Alliance in 2025. Nitish
had said this in front of
RJD leader and Deputy
Chief Minister of the
state Tejashwi Yadav
but Tejashwi or his par-
ty did not react to it.
Even before this, Nitish
Kumar had said that
Tejashwi will take care
of the development
work of Bihar. At first
glance, it appears to be
Nitish’s goodwill to-
wards Tejashwi, but
RJD leaders are seeing
it as a strategy to post-
pone Tejashwi’s corona-
tion for three more
years.
RJD leaders want Nit-
ish Kumar to leave the
post of Chief Minister
now and get involved in
the strategy of 2024 gen-
eral elections. RJD state
president Jagdanand
Singh has said in very
clear words that one has
to give up small things
to achieve big things.
What he meant to say
was that in order to be-
come the Prime Minis-
ter, Nitish Kumar
should leave the post of
Chief Minister. Other
RJD leaders also said
that if Nitish has to be-
comeacontenderforthe
post of Prime Minister
of theunitedopposition,
then he should hand
over the command of
thestatetoTejashwiand
work for coordination
with the opposition par-
ties across the country
.
JDU-RJD: Allies with no mutual trust?
FISSURES IN ALLIANCE?
2024 LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
BJP TO LAUNCH PRE-POLL DRIVE
IN MAHARASHTRA FROM TODAY
First India Bureau
Mumbai: BJP chief JP
Nadda will launch the
party’s pre-poll cam-
paign for the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections in Ma-
harashtra on Monday
.
He will visit Chan-
drapur constituency,
and hold a series of
meetings during his
day-longstayunder‘Lok
Sabha Pravas Yojana’.
The BJP has started
preparationsforthe2024
elections. Nadda will do
‘pravas’ (stays) in every
state to kick-start pre-
poll campaigns.
Of total 545 Lok Sab-
ha constituencies, the
party has shortlisted 160
constituencies where it
may face a tough con-
test. Maharashtra has
144 constituencies of
which 18 are tough it.
Prominent leaders
such as Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari, Deputy
Chief Minister Dev-
ender Fadnavis and
Minister Raosaheb
Danve will accompany
Nadda in his day-long
tour in Maharashtra.
BJP SETS TARGET OF 60 LS SEATS IN
SOUTHERN INDIA FOR 2024 ELECTIONS
KASHI TO DIBRUGARH VIA B’DESH: PM
TO LAUNCH 3,200 KM RIVER CRUISE
PM MODI TO ADDRESS 108TH INDIAN
SCIENCE CONGRESS ON JANUARY 3
New Delhi (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after cap-
turing fortress Karnataka has now started preparations
to spread its wings in other southern states as well.
According to the party sources, the preparations are in
full swing and seasoned BJP workers are being deployed
on more than 50 seats. Their training in this regard was
conducted in Hyderabad a few days back. There are 20
Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, 25 in Andhra Pradesh, 39 in
Tamil Nadu, 17 in Telangana and 28 in Karnataka. The
sources further said that the BJP has recently conducted
a training camp in Hyderabad, in which a complete plan
has been prepared to target about 60 Lok Sabha seats in
the Southern States of the country.
New Delhi: The river cruise from Varanasi in UP to
Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh, billed as the world’s
longest, will be flagged off by PM Narendra Modi on
January 13. The luxury cruise with foreign tourists will
cover around 3,200 km of 27 river systems including
Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly, Brahmaputra and West Coast
Canal in India in a span of 50 days. The cruise will cover
50 major tourist sites, including some heritage sites, the
famous Ganga Aarti at Varanasi and sanctuaries such as
Kaziranga National Park and the Sundarbans Delta.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address
the 108th Indian Science Congress (ISC) on January 3 at
10:30 am via video conferencing. According to the Prime
Minister’s Office (PMO), the focal theme of this year’s
ISC is “Science and Technology for Sustainable Develop-
ment with Women Empowerment”. It will witness dis-
cussions on issues of sustainable development, women
empowerment and the role of science and technology in
achieving this.
K’TAKA: BJP TO
WOO VOKKALIGA
LEADERS
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP is going to allure
several Vokkaliga lead-
ers from “panchayat to
Parliament” into its fold
from Karnataka’s Old
Mysuru region ahead
of the Assembly polls
in the southern state
due later this year, party
leaders said on Sunday.
They said the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
already been working on
the ground and reach-
ing out to like-minded
people in the run-up to
the election.
BENGAL BJP TO
SHIFT PARTY
HEADQUARTERS
Kolkata (Agencies): The
98-year long journey of
the state BJP headquar-
ters in West Bengal in
rented accommodation
at the congested and
narrow Muralidhar Sen
Lane in north Kolkata is
about to end this new
year. Instead, the state
headquarters of the
saffron camp will be
shifted to a new modern
office in Salt Lake on
the outskirts of Kolkata
which is considered as
the information technol-
ogy hub of the state.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda
addresses a public meeting, in Coimbatore, recently.
—PHOTO BY PTI
`1Lcrworthmobilephone
exportsisPM’svision:Min
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s vision for
2023 is to have mobile
phone exports with the
segment featuring in
the top 10 export catego-
ry from India, Minister
of State for Electronics
and IT Rajeev Chan-
drasekhar said.
While speaking with
PTI, the minister said
that the government
will take all the meas-
ures that are required
for boosting the elec-
tronics manufacturing
ecosystem in the coun-
try and in 2023 will look
at widening the manu-
facturing base beyond
mobile phone manufac-
turing.
“PM Narendramodi
Ji’s vision for 2023 is
mobile phone exports
worth Rs 1 lakh crore,
with mobile phones fea-
turing in the Top 10 ex-
ported category,” Chan-
drasekhar said.
R Chandrasekhar
says govt will take
measures needed
to boost electronics
manufacturing
ecosystem in India
“Take nation
into confidence
over India-China
border clashes”
VHP seeks strict
anti-conversion
law and UCC
Kolkata: The VHP has
passed a resolution
against religious radi-
calism, which it said
was responsible for ter-
ror attacks across the
world, and demanded a
stringent law to ban il-
legal conversions and
implementation of the
Uniform Civil Code. “A
comprehensive policy
has to be made at the
global level to deal with
the toxic effects of reli-
gious dogmatism. This
narrow-mindedness
and exclusivism has to
be neutralised at the in-
tellectual, social and
political levels,” VHP
said in a press note.
EitherGuvsignitorreturnittoassembly:
U’khandCMBaghelonreservationbill
Bharat Jodo Yatra left a huge impact on people: Vaiko
Chennai (ANI):
MDMK general secre-
tary and MP Vaiko on
Sunday said that con-
gress’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra has left a huge
impact on people.
Viako said,” Con-
gress’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra led by Rahul Gan-
dhi has left a huge im-
pact on people. The op-
position has to unite to
defeattheBJPinthe2024
general election. There
is a danger to Democra-
cy because of the poli-
cies of the Union Gov-
ernment”.‘BJPisstrong
in all aspects,” he added.
This statement comes
a day after Congress MP
Rahul Gandhi on Satur-
day claimed there is a
huge undercurrent
againsttheBJPandsaid
that his party will win a
landslide victory in the
upcoming elections in
Madhya Pradesh.
On Saturday, Rahul
Gandhi said “I can give
this in writing that Con-
gress is going to sweep
the Madhya Pradesh
elections. BJP will be
seen nowhere. I can
guarantee this for you.
Every person in MP
knows that BJP has
formed its government
using money
.”
Medical colleges in
each district of UP
this year,says Yogi
Lucknow (ANI): In or-
der to strengthen the
health infrastructure
of the state, the Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment will start 4,600
health ATMs in all well-
ness centers and medi-
cal colleges in every
district, informed the
government on Sunday
.
According to an offi-
cial release, the process
of appointing expert
personnel to assist the
people at all health
ATMs has also been ex-
pedited. “With its
launch, the patient will
be able to get the facility
of 60 tests. Teleconsul-
tation facilities will
also be available at
health centers. Further-
more, all the PHCs and
CHCs of the state will
be connected with SGP-
GI and people will not
have to run to the medi-
cal college for minor
problems. At the same
time, the facility of
medical colleges will
also start in almost all
the districts of the state
this year. Work is going
on in this direction on a
war footing,” it said.
The Yogi Govern-
ment’s special focus, for
this year, will be on the
health sector, law and
order, tourism, educa-
tion, and infrastructure
development.
The Government
wants to ensure that the
people of the state get
better health facilities
as well as technology-
based education.
Raipur (ANI): Chhat-
tisgarh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel once
again attacked the Gov-
ernor and BJP on Sun-
day about the issue of
delaying the reserva-
tion bill, which has
been passed in the state
assembly
.
He said, “A bill which
waspassedintheassem-
bly
, is called the proper-
ty of the assembly
. It has
left the assembly and
gone to the Raj Bhavan,
even that too is pending.
The Governor should
either sign it or return it
to the Vidhan Sabha.
The bill was passed in
the Vidhan Sabha on
2nd December. Even af-
ter one month, the fu-
ture of the students and
youth of the entire state
who want to get a job is
at stake due to the stub-
bornness of the govern-
ment.” CM Baghel was
speaking to the report-
ers at the event of the
blanket distribution
programme among the
labourers on the very
first day of the year.
Raipur North MLA
Kuldeep Juneja, Mayor
Ejaz Dhebar, and for-
mer Mayor Pramod
Dubey were present
during the programme
along with Chief Minis-
ter Bhupesh Baghel.
The assembly session
is about to start tomor-
row, as per the official
sources.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central govt should take
nation into confidence
about recent border
clashes between Indian
and Chinese troops, said
Congress leader Harish
Rawat on Sunday
. “The
whole nation wants to
know what is happening
at the borders,” Rawat
said in reply to a query
about Rahul Gandhi ac-
cusing Centre of hiding
behind the back of In-
dian soldiers. “Whenev-
er you start to question
this government wheth-
er on Galwan, Depsang
or Tawang or any issue,
whenyouquestionthem
on Chinese incursions,
when you ask them to
take the whole nation
into confidence on bor-
der issues, then the BJP
leadership says we are
raising questions about
the loyalty of Indian sol-
diers,” Rawat added.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel speaking to the
media. —FILE PHOTO
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Rajya Sabha
MP Vaiko speaks in the Upper House during the Monsoon Session
of Parliament, in New Delhi recently. —FILE PHOTO
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav
during the ceremony to distribute appointment letters to teachers
related to the Education, Science and Technology department, at
Gyan Bhawan, in Patna on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
J’KHAND NAXAL
ATTACK: CHARGE
SHEET AGAINST 14
New Delhi: The NIA has
filed a supplementary
charge sheet against 14
accused persons in a
case related to the Naxal
attack on former MLA
Gurucharan Nayak and
the killing of two police
personnel in Jharkhand’s
West Singhbhum district
on January 4 last year, the
agency said on Sunday.
The Central agency filed the
charge sheet on Saturday
before the NIA Special
Court in Jharkhand’s
capital Ranchi. The case
was initially registered
on January 5, last year at
Goilkera police station in
West Singhbhum district.
PASSPORT OFFICER CANNOT ACT AS THE
MOUTHPIECE OF JK CID, RULES HIGH COURT
Srinagar: The JK and Ladakh High Court has pulled up
authorities for denying passport to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s
mother, saying passport officer cannot “act as a mouthpiece”
of the CID. It said it appears, there is no ground to refuse her
request for issue or renewal of passport. “Even, there is not an
iota of allegation against the petitioner that may point out to any
security concerns. The police verification report formulated by
CID-CIK cannot override the statutory provisions of Section 6 of
the Passport Act 1967,” court said in an order on Saturday.
IN THE COURTYARD
EX-MP MINISTER SENTENCED TO THREE-YEAR
IMPRISONMENT IN CORRUPTION CASE
Gwalior: A local court has convicted Congress leader and
former minister Bhagwan Singh Yadav in a 2004 cooperative
bank corruption case and sentenced him to three-year
imprisonment. Besides Yadav, five other accused were also
handed jail terms for periods of three years and four years
while two others were absolved of the charges, according to
the prosecution. Special MPs and MLAs court judge Sushil
Kumar Joshi on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on Yadav,
government advocate Dharmendra Sharma told PTI.
UP’S PLANS FOR
$1tn ECONOMY
Uttar Pradesh State
Industrial Development
Authority (UPSIDA) has
prepared a landbank of
more than 15,000 acres
as part of the Yogi govt’s
goal to make the state a $
1 trillion economy and to
strengthen the infrastruc-
ture so that global compa-
nies coming to GIS-23 do
not face any problem.

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Science and
Technology Minister Ji-
tendra Singh on Sunday
said that science, tech-
nology and innovation
in 2023 will define In-
dia’s picture in 2047.
Union Minister Ji-
tendra Singh, while
speaking on ‘2023 Sci-
ence Vision’ said, “2023
holds significance be-
cause 2023 would out-
line India’s form in
2047. India’s picture of
2047 will be determined
in 2023 itself. This pic-
ture will be an outline
of the last eight years.”
He lauded Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s ef-
forts for giving a new
dimension to the coun-
try in the field of sci-
ence and technology,
which is recognized
worldwide and has now
started showing results.
“2023 is the last 25
years before 2047. India
will celebrate its hun-
dredth anniversary of
Independence in 2047,
so the last quarter will
also have 2023 as its first
year. It will be 2047
when India will be able
to see all the dreams of
its century come true.
This also because the
economy of India de-
pends on our innova-
tions, and our scientific
achievements to a con-
siderable extent.”
The minister further
appreciated PM Modi
for the respect he has
accorded to science in
the last eight years, the
way he has treated the
scientists by giving
them respectable posi-
tions and the way he
has simplified several
rules for the ease of do-
ing scientific work.
Giving an example,
the minister said,
“Space has been opened
for private public par-
ticipation, and as a re-
sult, private rockets are
being launched. As this
year ends, the country
would be filled with en-
thusiasm.”
“Gaganyaan would
be a matter of pride for
us. Being the first of its
type, Gaganyaan will be
the first human flight
that will take Astro-
nauts of Indian origin
to space. This will as a
result increase our self-
esteem,” Dr Singh fur-
ther added.
“Today’s actions will define India’s picture in 2047”
ROADMAP FOR FUTURE
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh talks to media in New Delhi on Sunday.
2 WORKERS KILLED
IN NASHIK FACTORY
BLAST AND BLAZE
TRIPURA MINISTER
NC DEBBARMA
DIES AT 80
KIN SEEK HELP TO
BRING BODY OF TN
BOY DIED IN CHINA
100 HOSPITALISED
IN KERALA AFTER
FOOD POISONING
Nashik: Two persons
were killed and 14 others
injured when massive fire,
following by a deafening
blast, engulfed a factory in
Igatpuri in Maharashtra’s
Nashik district on Sunday,
officials said. The explosion
and fire, reportedly in a
boiler, in the Jindal Poly-
films Company’s plant at
Gonde village, was reported
around 11.30 a.m., as peo-
ple were waking up after
the New Year celebrations.
Agartala: Senior Tripura
Minister and president of
Indigenous People’s Front
of Tripura NC Debbarma
died here on Sunday fol-
lowing prolonged illness,
family and hospital sources
said. He was 80. Debbar-
ma, who held the Revenue
and Forest Departments,
is survived by four sons,
three daughters and wife.
He suffered from a severe
brain stroke on December
30 and was admitted to the
Govind Ballabh Pant Medi-
cal College and Hospital,
where he breathed his last.
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old
student from Tamil Nadu
who was studying in China
for last five years has died
of an illness, and his eco-
nomically weak family has
requested the foreign minis-
try for help to bring back his
body. Towards the end of
his medical education, the
student, Abdul Sheikh, was
doing internship in China.
He had returned to India
recently and gone back to
China on December 11.
Pathanamthitta: Over
100 eople suffered from
suspected food poisoning
with one of them in a serious
condition after allegedly tak-
ing meals during a baptism
in a church near Keezhvaipur
in Pathanamthitta district of
Kerala. State Health Minister
Veena George ordered an
enquiry into the incident.
The probe is to be done by
the Food Safety Department
that has been asked to
submit a report immediately.
The police said they filed a
case against the caterers
who provided the meals.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: Members of Jain community protested in
several parts of the country against the Jharkhand govt’s
decision of declaring
‘sacred’ Shri Sammed
Shikharji a tourist place.
Jain community mem-
bers gathered in huge
numbers and protested
at the India Gate in Delhi
against the decision. Similarly, in Aligarh, a huge rally was
carried out from Ramlila ground. The rally comprised of
both men and women in huge numbers.
JAINS PROTEST AS SHRI SAMMED
SHIKHARJI DECLARED TOURIST PLACE
JK: SNOW-CLEARING PARTIES DEPLOYED
IN DODA AS TOURIST INFLOW CONTINUES
Doda (ANI): The Doda
civil administration has
deployed snow-clearing
parties after fresh snow-
fall on Saturday sus-
pended vehicular move-
ment in some places.
Snowfall in Kashmir
attracts tourists from
across the world at this
time of the year.
Due to heavy snow-
fall on the highway, ve-
hicular movement got
suspended, and the
tourists were facing dif-
ficulties, informed the
administration. Many
tourists had to wait for
a long till the road was
cleared. Indian Army
deployed along LoC in
the Uri sector continues
patrolling in harsh win-
ter conditions.
The India Meteoro-
logical Department on
Sunday said that mini-
mum and maximum
temperatures in Janu-
ary 2023 are most likely
to be below normal over
many parts of central
India and adjoining ar-
eas of peninsular, east
and northwest India.
As per IMD, above-
normal to normal mini-
mum temperatures are
most likely over south-
ern parts of the south
Peninsula, many parts
of northeast India and
some parts of north-
west India.
IMD also predicted
monthlyrainfallforJan-
uary 2023 over North-
west India consisting of
seven meteorological
subdivisions (East Uttar
Pradesh, West Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Haryana, Punjab,
HimachalPradesh,Jam-
mu Kashmir and
Ladakh)ismostlikelyto
be below normal (78 per
cent of Long Period Av-
erage (LPA)), IMD said
on Sunday
.
Rohit stays skipper,BCCI shortlists 20 players forWC
New Delhi (PTI): There
is no imminent threat to
Rohit Sharma’s ODI and
Test captaincy as the
BCCI brass hasn’t found
anything unsatisfactory
about his leadership in
the traditional formats,
according to sources in
the board. Skipper Ro-
hit, along with head
coach Rahul Dravid, at-
tended the review meet-
ing in Mumbai. The
meeting was conducted
by BCCI secretary Jay
Shah. Along with last
selection committee’s
chairman Chetan Shar-
ma, NCA head VVS
Laxman, president Rog-
er Binny also attended
the review meeting.
New T20 captain
Hardik Pandya wasn’t a
part of the meeting.
WINTRY WEATHER
IMD PREDICTS RAINS IN COASTAL
AREAS OF TN BETWEEN JANUARY 3-5
Chennai: The Regional
Meteorological Centre
(RMC) of the Indian
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) on Sunday
predicted light to mod-
erate rains in coastal
districts of Tamil Nadu
between January 3 and
January 5. “Dry weather
is likely to prevail in Ta-
mil Nadu, Puduwcherry
and Karaikal regions for
today and tomorrow,”
the RMC said in a state-
ment on Sunday.
JAY SHAH EXPLAINS INDIA’S 2023 ODI WC
ROADMAP AFTER THE REVIEW MEETING
BCCI’S FOCUS ON FITNESS OF PLAYERS
INJURY-PRONE PLAYERS TOLD TO SKIP IPL
U’KHAND CM DHAMI
VISITS RISHAB PANT
GOVT TO HONOUR
ROADWAYS STAFF
Mumbai: BCCI secretary
Jay Shah opened up on
plans for the 2023 ODI
World Cup to be held later
this year on home soil. The
BCCI has already short-
listed a total of 20 players
for the event.“BCCI has
shortlisted 20 players who
will be rotated till the 50
overs World Cup,” he said.
Mumbai: The BCCI will in-
crease its focus on player
fitness and consider who
have played a substantial
domestic season when
making selections for the
national team, it said on
Sunday following a review
meeting ahead of the 2023
World Cup.
Mumbai: Among several key decisions was also a
verdict on players’ participation in the Indian Premier
League (IPL). The top officials of the Indian cricket
board have decided that the World Cup-bound players
who are prone to injuries will not play in the IPL.
Dehradun: Uttarakhand
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
reached Dehradun’s Max
hospital on Sunday after-
noon to see the star crick-
eter Rishabh Pant, who is
undergoing treatment after
getting seriously injured in
a road accident near Roor-
kee. Dhami also inquired
about the treatment being
given to the cricketer.
Dehradun: After visiting
injured Rishabh Pant,
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami on Sunday
announced that his gov-
ernment will on Republic
Day honour the driver and
operator of Haryana Road-
ways, who saved the life
of star cricketer Rishabh
Pant who met with an ac-
cident recently.
ARMY IN URI CONTINUES PATROLLING
IN HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS
Baramulla: Indian Army deployed along LoC in
Uri sector continues patrolling in harsh winter
conditions.“We are doing our duty to keep the
nation safe. Till the time we’re deployed here no
infiltration attempt can be successful. No chal-
lenge big enough for a soldier,” an Army personnel
said.“These jawans are patrolling of fence despite
heavy snowfall and minus temperature,” he said.
ICG rescues 12
crew of sinking
vesselinGujarat
Ahmedabad (PTI):
The Indian Coast Guard
(ICG) rescued 12 crew
members of a sinking
supply vessel in the Ara-
bian sea off the Gujarat
coast, it said on Sunday
.
The operation was
carried out on Saturday
after a distress message
was received by the
Mumbai-based ICG
Maritime Rescue Coor-
dination Centre
(MRCC). The Motorised
Supply Vessel (MSV)
was reported to be heav-
ily flooded and sinking.
Asiteventuallysank,all
the 12 Indian crew were
taken onboard Motor
Tanker (MT) Searanger.
The call was made re-
garding uncontrolled
flooding onboard Indi-
an MSV
, ‘Nigahen Kar-
am’. After receiving the
call, the MRCC alerted
all the vessels operating
in vicinity of the spot
and coordinated with
Maritime Rescue Sub
Centre, Porbandar to
divert a Motor Tanker
Searanger to provide
immediate assistance.
A view of the snow-covered Gulmarg ski resort after heavy snowfall, in Gulmarg. —PHOTO BY ANI
Int’l Year of Millets 2023 kicks off
New Delhi (ANI): The
International Year of
Millets 2023 has official-
ly kicked off.
The government of
India under Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
spearheaded the United
Nations General As-
sembly (UNGA) resolu-
tion for declaring the
year 2023 as the Interna-
tional Year of Millets
and the proposal of In-
dia was supported by 72
countries. UNGA de-
clared 2023 as the Inter-
national Year of Millets
in March 2021.
New Delhi (PTI): Near-
ly 31,000 complaints of
crimes committed
against women were re-
ceived by the National
Commission for Women
(NCW) in 2022, the high-
est since 2014.
In 2021, the NCW had
received 30,864 com-
plaints while in 2022,
the number slightly in-
creased to 30,957.
Of the 30,957 com-
plaints, the maximum
of 9,710 were related to
the right to live with
dignity that takes into
account the emotional
abuse of women, fol-
lowed by those related
to domestic violence at
6,970 and dowry harass-
ment at 4,600, according
to NCW data accessed
by PTI.
About 54.5 per cent
(16,872) of the com-
plaints were received
from the most populous
state of Uttar Pradesh.
Delhi recorded 3,004
complaints, followed by
Maharashtra (1,381), Bi-
har (1,368) and Haryana
(1,362). According to the
data, the highest num-
ber of complaints re-
lated to the right to live
with dignity and do-
mestic violence were
received from Uttar
Pradesh.
Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumes
command of the western air command
New Delhi (ANI): Air
Marshal Pankaj Mohan
Sinha assumed com-
mand of the Indian Air
Force’s Western Air
Command on Sund ay.
The Air Marshal is a
graduate of the Nation-
al Defence Academy,
Pune and was commis-
sioned into the IAF as a
fighter pilot in Jun
1985. He is an alumnus
of the prestigious De-
fence Services Staff
College, Wellington,
said a press release by
the Ministry of De-
fence.
An experienced
fighter pilot, Category
‘A’ Qualified Flying In-
structor, fighter Striker
Leader, Instrument
Rating Instructor Ex-
aminer, Air Marshal
Sinha has more than
4500 hours of flying ex-
perience, added the
statement.
In his service career
spanning over 37 years,
the Air Marshal has
tenanted important
command and staff ap-
pointments.
NCW received
nearly 31,000
complaints of
crimes against
women in 2022
Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha receives the Guard of Honour.
140 Indian
embassies will
participate in
the global events
WHAT ARE MILLETS?
Millet is a common term
for categorizing small-
seeded grasses that are
often called Nutri-cereals.
Some of them are sor-
ghum (jowar), pearl millet
(bajra), finger millet (ragi),
little millet (kutki), foxtail
millet (kakun), proso millet
(cheena), barnyard millet
(sawa), and kodo millet
(kodon). An essential sta-
ple cereal crop for millions
of smallholder dryland
farmers, millets offer nutri-
tion, resilience, income and
livelihood for farmers.
—REPRESENTATIONAL PIC

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 55,350.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 10g)
SILVER 71,300.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.73 0.00 0.00
GBPINR 99.52 0.00 0.00
CURRENCIES
Swiggy delivers 3.50 lakh biryani orders
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Food delivery
app Swiggy delivered 3.50
lakh biryani orders on New
Year Eve and the app dis-
patched over 2.5 lakh piz-
zas across the country, ac-
cording to a report in PTI
which cited sources.
Swiggy also said as per
a poll it conducted on
Twitter, 75.4% per cent or-
ders came for Hyderabadi
Biryani, followed by
Lucknowi-14.2% and
Kolkata-10.4%.
“With 3.50 lakh orders,
Biryani was the top item
that was delivered,” sourc-
es said. The app had deliv-
ered 1.65 lakh Biryani or-
ders at 7.20 PM on Saturday
.
Bawarchi, one of top
biryani selling restaurants
in Hyderabad delivered
two biryanis per minute on
2021 New year Eve and for
December 31, 2022, it pre-
pared 15 tonnes of the deli-
cacy to meet the demand,
restaurant sources said.
NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS
RECORD NO.
OF ORDERS
 Food delivery app Swiggy
delivered 3.50 lakh biryani
orders on New Year Eve
and the app dispatched over
2.5 lakh pizzas across the
country
 Bawarchi, one of top
biryani selling restaurants
in Hyderabad delivered two
biryanis per minute on 2021
New year Eve
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Foreign inves-
tors pumped in `11,119
crore in the Indian equi-
ties in December, making
it the second consecutive
monthly inflow, despite
increasing concerns over
the re-emergence of Cov-
id-19 cases in some parts
of the world. However,
foreign portfolio investors
(FPIs) have turned cau-
tious in recent days. The
inflow in December was
much lower compared to
`36,239 crore invested by
FPIs in the month of No-
vember, data with the de-
positories showed. —PTI
FPIs PUMP IN `11,119
CRORE IN INDIAN
EQUITIES IN DEC
New Delhi: Eight of the
10 most valued firms to-
gether added Rs
1,35,794.06 crore in mar-
ket valuation last week,
with State Bank of India
and Reliance Industries
Limited emerging as the
biggest winners. Last
week, the 30-share BSE
benchmark climbed
995.45 points or 1.66%.
Hindustan Unilever Limit-
ed and Bharti Airtel were
the laggards from the
top-10 pack. Reliance In-
dustries remained the
most valued firm, fol-
lowed by TCS, HDFC
Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank,
Hindustan Unilever, SBI,
HDFC, Bharti Airtel and
Adani Enterprises. —PTI
MCAP OF EIGHT OF
TOP-10 FIRMS
JUMPS `1.35 L CR
New Delhi: Power deficit
in the country rose slight-
ly to 0.6% in April-No-
vember this fiscal year,
while electricity demand
has witnessed around
11% jump in the said pe-
riod. The latest govern-
ment data available
showed that the power
deficit in the country
stood at 5,691 mn units
(MU) in April to Nov
2022, while it was 4,058
MU in April-Nov 2021.
The power producers
supplied 10,12,249 MU in
April-Nov2022. —PTI
POWER DEFICIT
RISES SLIGHTLY TO
0.6% IN APRIL-NOV
New Delhi: India’s power
consumption logged a
double-digit growth of
over 11% to 121.19 bil-
lion units in December
2022 compared to the
year-ago period. The ro-
bust growth of power
consumption indicates
sustained momentum of
economic activities in De-
cember. Experts say pow-
er consumption and de-
mand will further increase
in January due to use of
heating appliances, espe-
cially in the northern
parts of the country, and
further improvement in
economic activities. —PTI
INDIA’S ELECTRICITY
CONSUMPTION
GROWS 11% IN DEC
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CIPACA TO PARTNER
WITH 25 HOSPITALS, TO
ADD 250 ICU BEDS
Chennai: Rural intensive care
unit service provider CIPACA
has planned to partner with 25
hospitals and
create about
250 ICU beds,
a top official
has said. The
city-based ICU care provider
hopes to forge partnerships
with 25 hospitals and cre-
ate about 250 ICU beds,
supported by the growing
enquiries from the hospitals in
small towns and rural areas to
establish emergency and ICU
care operations. —PTI
DGCA TOOK 305
ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS IN 2022
Mumbai: Aviation safety
regulator DGCA took 305
enforcement actions, including
imposing
financial
penalties
against vari-
ous operators
and individuals, among others
for non-compliance of various
norms during 2022, an official
statement said on Sunday. The
Directorate General of Civil
Aviation has the mandate to
enforce civil air regulations,
air safety and airworthiness
standards. —PTI
NEW HOUSING SUPPLY UP 51% IN 2022 ACROSS 7
CITIES; NCR SEES 20% FALL IN LAUNCHES: REPORT
New Delhi: New supply of residential properties rose 51% last
year to 3,57,635 units across seven major cities as builders
launched more projects to tap rising
demand, according to Anarock. In its an-
nual report for 2022, the leading housing
brokerage said new launches increased
to 3,57,635 units last year from 2,36,693
units in 2021 across seven major cities.
New launches of housing units were up
in five cities —Mumbai Metropolitan
Region (MMR), Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune, but
fresh supply fell in Delhi-NCR and Chennai. —PTI
PM MODI’S VISION FOR 2023 IS MOBILE PHONE
EXPORTS OF `1 LAKH CRORE: CHANDRASEKHAR
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi’s vision for 2023 is to have mobile
phone exports with the segment featuring in the top 10 export
category from India, MoS for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chan-
drasekhar said. The minister said that
the government will take all the meas-
ures that are required for boosting the
electronics manufacturing ecosystem in
the country and in 2023 will look at wid-
ening the manufacturing base beyond
mobile phone manufacturing. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The collec-
tions from Goods and Ser-
vices Tax (GST) grew by
15% to over `1.49 lakh
crore in December 2022, in-
dicating improved manu-
facturing output and con-
sumption demand, besides
better compliance.
This is the 10th month in
a row that the revenues
have remained above the
`1.4 lakh crore mark. The
collectioninNovemberwas
about `1.46 lakh crore.
“The gross GST revenue
collected during December
2022 is `1,49,507 crore, of
which CGST is `26,711
crore, SGST is `33,357
crore, IGST is `78,434 crore
(including `40,263 crore
collected on import of
goods) and Cess is `11,005
crore (including `850 crore
collected on import of
goods),” the ministry said.
The revenues for Decem-
ber 2022 are 15% higher
than the GST collection in
the same month last year,
which itself was close to
`1.30 lakh crore.
During the month, reve-
nues from the import of
goods were 8% higher, and
the revenues from the do-
mestic transaction (includ-
ing the import of services)
are 18% more than the rev-
enues from these sources
during the same month last
year. In November 2022, 7.9
crore e-way bills were gen-
erated, which was signifi-
cantly higher than the 7.6
crore e-way bill issued in
October 2022.
Revenues from GST
touched a record of about
`1.68 lakh crore in April.
In May, the collection was
about `1.41 lakh crore,
June (`1.45 lakh crore),
July (`1.49 lakh crore), Au-
gust (`1.44 lakh crore),
September (`1.48 lakh
crore), October (`1.52 lakh
crore), November (`1.46
lakh crore) December
(`1.49 lakh crore).
GST COLLECTIONS RISE
BY 15% IN DEC 2022
New Delhi (PTI): Corporate tax collections exceeded 3% of
the GDP after a gap of two years in 2021-22, reflecting overall
improvement in profitability of India Inc propelled by increase
in demand for goods and services. However, the corporate
tax collection is yet to surpass its five-year high of 3.51% of
GDP recorded in 2018-19. In actual terms, the net corporate
tax collection in 2021-22 stood at `7.12 lakh crore. The Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) at current market price was `236.64
lakh crore. The percentage of net corporate tax to GDP worked
out to be 3.01%.
CORPORATE TAX TO GDP RATIO EXCEEDS 3
PER CENT AFTER TWO YEARS IN FY’22
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
petrol and diesel demand
soared in December as in-
creased consumption in
agriculture sector helped
build on the momentum
generated by the festive
season, preliminary indus-
try data showed on Sunday
.
Petrol sales soared 8.6%
to 2.76 million tonnes in De-
cember, as compared to 2.54
million tonnes of consump-
tion in the same month last
year. Sales were 13.3%
higher than in COVID-
marred December 2020 and
23.2% more than in pre-
pandemic December 2019.
Month-on-month, the de-
mand was up 3.7% on the
high base festive season
created since October.
Diesel, the most used
fuel in the country, posted
a 13% rise in sales in De-
cember to 7.3 million
tonnes, as compared to the
same month last year.
Consumption was up
14.8% over December 2020.
Diesel sales, however,
dipped marginally by 0.5%
when compared with No-
vember 2022.
PETROL, DIESEL
SALES SURGE IN
DECEMBER 2022
‘Confident to surpass
700MT production
target in FY’23’
Kolkata (PTI): Coal India
chairman Pramod Agraw-
al remained confident in
surpassing the ambitious
700 million tonne produc-
tion target by March 2023
and said a “price revision
is essential” for the dry fuel
to get the company com-
pensated adequately
.
It will be another feather
in coal India’s cap, once the
company meets the annual
production target with
over 12% growth for the
first time set by the govern-
ment, while keeping the
coal price capped for nearly
five years to support the na-
tion containing the infla-
tion to some extent.
In 2021-22, the production
was 622.6 million tonne.
The company is extracting
more coal to meet India’s
growing energy demand,
but at the same time, it was
“taking several measures
to reduce emissions to sup-
port the country’s net zero
target by 2070”.
“The 700 million tonne
aim itself is challenging
and ambitious. So far we
are ahead of the progres-
sive target. In December,
we achieved 101% of the
year-on-date target. Our
coal companies are push-
ing hard,” Agrawal said.
INDIA’S COAL
PRODUCTION LIKELY
AT 997 MT IN FY’24
New Delhi (PTI): The country
is expected to produce 997.14
million tonnes (MT) of coal in
the coming financial year. Of
the projected figure, state-owed
CIL’s output is likely to be 760
MT, followed by Singareni Col-
lieries Company Ltd (SCCL) at
75 MT, and captive and others
at 162.14 MT, according to
government data.
New Delhi (PTI): Macroeconomic data announcements,
the Covid situation in China and global market cues
would guide Dalal Street in the first week of trading in
the New Year, analysts said. Markets
would also keep a track on rupee
movement, Brent crude oil prices
and foreign fund investment trends.
“As market players attempt to un-
derstand the Fed’s stance, Indian
markets may respond in lockstep
with their international counterparts when the FOMC
minutes are made public later this week. PMI data for the
mfg sector to be announced on Monday and services sec-
tor on Wednesday will also influence trading.”
Domestic PassengerVehicle sales rise 23% in 2022
New Delhi (PTI): Domes-
tic passenger vehicles sales
rose by 23% to a record of
37.93 lakh units in 2022 led
by the likes of Maruti Su-
zuki, Hyundai and Tata
Motors as the companies
rode on easing of pandem-
ic related challenges and
semiconductor shortages
to cash in on pent up de-
mand, specially for SUVs.
Other manufacturers
like Toyota Kirloskar Mo-
tor and Skoda India also
reported record sales in
2022. “The industry whole-
sales in January to Decem-
ber 2022 were just short of
38 lakh units. It was 37.93
lakh units against 30.82
lakh in 2021, which is a
growth of 23%,” MSI Sen-
ior Executive Officer, Mar-
keting Sales Shashank
Srivastava told reporters.
He further said the 2022
wholesales are “the highest
ever in the industry for a
calendar year” and the last
highest was in 2018 which
was 33.3 lakh units.
“So, this is about 14%
higher than the highest
ever,” he added.
On the reasons for the
growth, Srivastava said, “I
believe this resurgence to
the highest ever level is
partly because of the better
availability of semiconduc-
tors because last year was
badly affected by the semi-
conductor issue.”
37.93 LAKH
UNITS IN 2022
 According to MSI official
the industry wholesales in
January to December 2022
were just short of 38 lakh
units. It was 37.93 lakh units
against 30.82 lakh in 2021,
which is a growth of 23%
Electric two-wheeler
sales may miss target
New Delhi (PTI): Electric
two-wheeler sales could
miss the target of 10 lakh
units in fiscal 2022-23 by
20%, mainly due to with-
holding of around Rs 1,100
crore subsidy by the gov-
ernment, according to in-
dustry body SMEV
.
In 2022, sales of electric
two-wheelers stood at
around 6 lakh units, with
three major electric two-
wheeler (E2W) makers --
Hero Electric, Ola and Ok-
inawa -- crossing the 1 lakh
annual sales mark for the
first time, the SMEV said.
These OEMs dominated
the E2W market, control-
ling over 50% of the total
market share, and emerged
as the top players in the cat-
egory. Though the E2W in-
dustry performance in the
calendar year 2022 looks
positive with sales of
around 6 lakh units, “the
volumes are not keeping up
with the projections made
by Niti Aayog and many
other research agencies”,
SMEV said.
“December has raised a
red flag for the industry as
it has witnessed a 28% dip
in sales, reaching a total of
only 59,554 units compared
to 76,162 units in Novem-
ber, 22, as per the VAHAN
portal,” it added.
China Covid situation,
macro data to drive mkt
JSW GROUP MULLS
FORAY INTO
4-WHEELER EVs
New Delhi (PTI): Sajjan Jindal-
led conglomerate JSW Group
is considering a foray into
the manufacturing of electric
vehicles, according to a top
official of the group. “The group
had examined EV manufacturing
plans earlier also but now it is
becoming attractive,” JSW Group
CFO Seshagiri Rao said. The
group is looking to manufacture
four-wheelers, Rao added.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: With a recent
statement of state Con-
gress in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa that the par-
ty has started the sur-
vey for ticket alloca-
tions, the election anxi-
ety of the MLAs has
started. Some MLAs
and ministers have de-
cided to conduct their
own election survey
and are looking for neg-
ative points by forming
a team of workers.
Some legislators are
also resorting to inde-
pendent agencies. The
MLAs have also started
focusing on their re-
spective constituencies
and they have started
making a list of the re-
maining works in their
areas.
The MLAs will get a
chance to show their
might before the elec-
tions with their effec-
tive presence in the
budget session.
This year resolve on rebuilding
your self-relationship, know
your deepest values, fall in love
with your own self, again.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Bhanwar S Charan
Lalit Bansal
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla has urged
students coming to Ra-
jasthan’s Kota city to
study without any stress
and reach out to him in
case of any trouble.
Addressing the stu-
dents on New Year’s eve,
healsotoucheduponris-
ing concern among par-
ents over the aspirants
taking their lives after
failing to crack various
competitive exams.
“Students should not
be depressed about
their studies. Life is
full of challenges and
one who is determined
and works hard for his
goal never fails,” he
said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, on the
veryfirstdayof theNew
Year,LokSabhaSpeaker
Om Birla has taken a big
initiativefortheempow-
erment of women in ru-
ral areas. Inaugurating
the Suposhit Maa Abhi-
yan for pregnant wom-
en of rural areas in Ita-
wa, Birla said that the
women will be kept
healthy and they will
also be linked to self-
employment through
self-help groups.
Addressing the pro-
gram organised in the
Hanumanji temple
complex of the Akha-
ra, Birla said that in
Indian culture, women
are called the mother
of the world. He said
that pregnant women
suffering from nutri-
tional deficiency are
not able to give birth to
healthy babies.
“We do not want
these mothers to be un-
healthy and give birth
to unhealthy babies.
For this purpose, nutri-
tion kits will be given to
the identified pregnant
women for nine
months,” he said.
Speaker Birla urges students to study without stress, reach out to him
NEW YEAR WITH KOTA STUDENTS INAUGURATION OF SUPOSHIT MAA ABHIYAN

In Indian culture,
women are
called the
mother of the
world, Lok
Sabha Speaker
Om Birla said at
Suposhit Maa
Abhiyan event
YOUTH, WELFARE-ORIENTED BUDGET LIKELY
Jaipur (PTI): With spe-
cial emphasis on youth,
the last budget of the
present Ashok Gehlot-
led Congress Govern-
ment in Rajasthan is
expected to be focused
on social welfare
schemes to counter in-
flation, one of the key
issues on which the par-
ty would contest the as-
sembly elections in 2023.
The budget would
also have a reflection of
Rahul Gandhi’s sugges-
tions based on the feed-
back received during
his Bharat Jodo Yatra
which passed through
the state this month.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has al-
ready announced that
the state government
will give 12 cylinders in
a year for Rs 500 per
cylinder to poor fami-
lies to reduce the im-
pact of inflation.
During a public rally
in the Alwar district be-
fore the completion of
the Bharat Jodo Yatra’s
part in Rajasthan a few
days back, Gehlot also
said that the govern-
ment would consider
giving kitchen kits.
Also, the State Gov-
ernment is expected to
make provisions for the
protection of the rights
of the people working
in the gig economy sec-
tor, as suggested by Ra-
hul Gandhi a move that
political experts believe
will give an edge to the
Congress party in polls.
The term gig worker
refers to people en-
gaged in temporary
work for a certain pe-
riod or a project.
“Rajasthan will be
the first state in the
country to bring provi-
sions in the budget, es-
pecially for the gig
workers aiming to pro-
vide legal protection
and connect them with
welfare programmes,”
said a senior official
familiar with the de-
velopment.
The assembly ses-
sion is starting on Jan-
uary 23. He added that
in July, the state gov-
ernment conducted a
sample survey of gig
workers to find out
about their benefits
and challenges.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Minister of
State for Home Rajen-
dra Yadav met CM
Ashok Gehlot at the
CMR late on Saturday
night for about an hour
and repeated the de-
mand to make Kotputli a
district.TheCMislearnt
to have given assurance
to Yadav about this.
“It will take some
time for the report of
the Ramlubhaya Com-
mittee to come. There
are other things that
have to be included in
that. Demand for new
districts will be seri-
ously considered in the
budget,” Yadav told the
media while leaving
happily from the CMR.
From the CMR, Yadav
headed straight from
Jaipur towards his Gu-
ru’sashraminMathura.
Now Yadav will focus on
the State budget.
Yadav had in Novem-
ber last year wanted to
resign from his ministe-
rial as well as MLA post
if Kotputliwasnotmade
a district by January 1,
2023. It was in wake of
his warning that Yadav
called on the CM on Sat-
urday
. Yadav is consid-
ered close to CM Gehlot.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan
in-charge Arun Singh
said that he is also a son
of a farmer and the
farmers are not happy
in Rajasthan. The pric-
es of electricity have
been increasing contin-
uously and if the prices
of diesel and petrol are
highest then it is in Ra-
jasthan only
, Singh said
this an exclusive inter-
view with First India in
the agricultural fields.
“Raising the issues of
farmers prominently
will be our priority in
2023. BJP government
will be formed in the
state with three fourth
majority in 2023,” he
said. About the allega-
tion of internal bicker-
ing in state BJP, Singh
said that there could be
ideological differences
between the leaders in
BJP
, but not differences
in hearts. “There has
neverbeenafightforthe
Chief Minister’s post in
the BJP till date. We will
work hard in Raj under
the leadership of PM
Modi in 2023,” he said.
About the tenure of
BJP State President Sat-
ish Poonia, Singh said
that there should be no
question regarding the
state president as the
Central leadership has
to take decisions but
Satish Poonia who is do-
ing a good job. “He will
continue to lead the or-
ganisation in 2023 also I
feel like this. The rest of
the Central leadership
has to decide who will
lead in 2023,” he said.
About Vasundhara
Raje, Singh said that
she will have a big con-
tribution in forming
the next government.
He also spoke about
contribution of Rajen-
dra Rathore, Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat, Om
Mathur, GC Kataria, Ki-
rodi Lal Meena, Diya
Kumari Balaknath, Ar-
jun Ram Meghwal.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The New Year
has brought a new
dawn for the people of
Udiya Basti and Valmi-
ki Basti, the raw settle-
ments of Railway Colo-
ny area of Kota.
On the initiative of
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal, not only the
people of this colony got
freedomfromthestigma
of encroachers but also
from the filth. Instead of
a colony of hellish life,
the way to own a house
with all basic facilities
including road-water-
electricity was also
paved and all this was
possibleundertheGarib
Basti Punarvas Yojana.
Dhariwal handed over
the allotment letters of
the allotted plots to 199
families while complete-
ly rehabilitating these
two settlements situated
on the railway land.
Earlier, Dhariwal also
inaugurated the statue
of Babasaheb Bhimrao
Ambedkar in Railway
Colony area and also in-
augurated the Bhadana-
Northern Bypass Road,
completed at a cost of
about Rs 8 crore.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PresidentDrou-
padi Murmu will be on
a two-day visit to Ra-
jasthan from January 3.
President Murmu will
reach Jaipur on Tues-
day through a special
aircraft and later inau-
gurate a Constitution
Park at Raj Bhavan.
Following the inau-
guration, she will leave
for Mt Abu to attend a
programme at Brahma-
kumaris Spiritual Uni-
versity as a Chief
Guest. On January 4,
she will take part in the
18th National Jamboree
in Rohat of Pali district.
As per the scheduled
programme, the presi-
dent will inaugurate
the constitutional park
in Rajbhawan at 11 am.
Thereafter, lunch will
be organised for the
President at Raj
Bhavan. On January 4,
she will inaugurate the
National Jamboree in
Rohat. Later, the Presi-
dent will leave for Jodh-
pur and thereafter
leave for Delhi by army
helicopter at 4 pm.
On Sunday
, President
Murmu received New
Year greetings from stu-
dents of various schools
at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The case relat-
ing to not accepting the
resignations of 91 Con-
gress MLAs will be
heard in the High Court
on Monday. The bench
of Chief Justice Pankaj
Mithal and Justice
Shubha Mehta will hear
the case. Deputy LoP
Rajendra Rathore had
filed a PIL in the matter
and himself is advocat-
ing in the case.
Mins, MLAs begin their own
surveys to clinch poll tickets
The assembly session will begin on January 23. —FILE PHOTO
President Droupadi Murmu interacts with students of various schools at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New
Delhi on Sunday. 2) President Droupadi Murmu receives her portrait drawn by a student on Sunday.
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal and his son Amit Dhariwal being
garlanded during a land allotment event in Kota on Sunday.
Arun Singh interacts with Aishwary Pradhan of First India.
LS Speaker Om Birla poses for selfie with students in Kota. Speaker Birla during the Suposhit Maa Abhiyan in Kota on Sunday.
Yadav meets CM, demands ‘Kotputli dist’
Prez to inaugurate Constitution Park at Raj Bhavan on Jan 3
Aim is to provide legal protection and
connect gig workers with welfare
programmes of the Government
Budget would also have a reflection
of Rahul Gandhi’s suggestions based
on feedback received during BJY
 Important sugges-
tions from the feed-
back meetings will be
included in the budget
 Political experts
believe that gig employ-
ment is an emerging
sector and providing
them with social secu-
rity will give an edge to
Congress in the polls
 Rahul Gandhi had
publicly talked about the
plight of people working
under gig economy
workers such as
Swiggy, Zomato, Uber,
Ola etc.
 Some of the provi-
sions may include
an increase in social
security pension
HIGHLIGHTS
Raising farmers’ issues BJP’s
priority in 2023: Arun Singh
Min Dhariwal hands over allotment letters to
199 families under Punarvas Yojana in Kota
Congress MLAs’
resignation issue:
Hearing today
EXCLUSIVE
Arun Singh said that the paper leak scams will be investigat-
ed by CBI when BJP comes to power in the state. He also
indicated to change many district presidents. About tickets
in assembly elections, Singh said the tickets will be given by
balancing old and new leaders. He said there will be big move-
ment at the end of Jan Aakrosh Yatras in January itself.
CBI TO PROBE PAPER LEAKS IF BJP FORMS GOVT
surveys to clinch poll tickets
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA ON DECEMBER 31, 2022

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JAIPUR, MONDAY,
JANUARY 2, 2023
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
ed symbolises boldness, pas-
sion and love. It is a favour-
ite of both Cupid and fash-
ion enthusiasts. While Blue
depicts royalty and elegance,
both colours are the life of a
party. I’m here to talk about
the colours which will make you look
hot and elegant especially in New
Year season.
Even though they are among the
most stunning and brilliant
hues, it may be difficult to con-
trast. However, with a little
experimentation, you may
design looks that will set
you apart from the
crowd. Any shade of red,
including crimson, scar-
let, and wine, can quickly
improve your overall appear-
ance when combined with
brown, blue, or grey
.
Additionally, you may keep re pur-
posing this costume concept all year
long, regardless of the season. Ex-
plore our basic, straightforward, and
innovative concepts by sliding up! If
you have an eye for style, red and blue
may be a sophisticated pairing. For
formal meetings, you may layer a
powder blue leather jacket over a
muted red dress, or a blue chambray
blazer. Finish it off the other way with
a red hat and a red handbag. If red is
not your type then you may try Royal
Blue! You must be looking for the best
makeup looks to wear with a blue
dress right now if you want to seem
like a genuine blue princess at your
prom or wedding. Imagine yourself
wearing a blue outfit and looking per-
fect. Once you begin coordinating col-
ours and picturing how your eye shad-
ow or lipstick will appear, you may
start applying makeup. With consid-
eration for your skin, the colour of
your eyes, and the occasion, you’ll
need advice on whether to wear subtle
makeup and when to go dramatic.
R
RED AND BLUE ARETHE COLOURS OF FASHION, ONE CONVEYS LOVEWHILETHE OTHER CONVEYS ROYALTY. CITY
FIRST BRINGSTOYOU SOME AMAZING FASHION IN RED BLUEWHICHWILL MAKEYOU STAND OUT OFTHE CROWD!

10
ETC
hen it comes to
our children,
most kids, aid-
ed by us, their
parents, will
make generic
new year’s res-
olutions such as being
healthier, eating better, and
so on. Neither will our chil-
dren stay invested in these
statements, nor will we. I
propose that why not, for
the sake of our children
and their long-term happi-
ness, the resolution this
year, be directly related to
education. To correct, in
some measure, the dwin-
dling interest and ‘fun’ in
education and restore it us-
ing an experiential, practi-
cal approach?
FUN… WHY AMP; HOW?
As the very simple and
straightforward title of
this article suggests, Make
Fun-Learning and Travel-
Learning Approaches Your
Child’s New Year Resolu-
tion; why this specifically?
And what precisely do I
mean by Fun-Learning
amp; Travel-Learning
Approaches? Let us exam-
ine this.
Fact – children in class-
rooms read books. These
textbooks or reference
books serve as the primary
source of their knowledge.
Let us draw a parallel. We
eat food at home. It is our
primary source of nutri-
tion. It is good as well –
clean, sanitary, safe,
healthy, and in most cases,
tasty too! We still get bored
and want to eat at a restau-
rant, don’t we?
It works similarly with
learning. Reading a text or
a reference becomes a
chore and a bore. The mind
shuts off and becomes fa-
tigued by constantly hav-
ing to ingest knowledge in
this manner. It needs a
‘change’ in the scenario,
however temporary, short-
lived, or superficial.
This is where the FUN
aspect of learning comes
in. At home at least, in an
environment controlled
and administered by us
parents, we can ensure that
at least not ALL learning-
time, feels like the same-old
boring drag. How? By mak-
ing it fun. How?
Study outdoors. Don’t
subject your child to their
desk and chair. Gardens,
lawns, and parks are great
places to study
. These envi-
ronments positively pre-
dispose the child and put
the learner in a great frame
of mind to imbibe.
Curtail Tuitions. Lack-
ing in a certain subject?
Join yet another tuition.
This itself creates men-
tal fatigue and boredom.
Essentially
, we are recreat-
ing a second-school, post-
school, each day, for our
children. Let us stop this
and encourage them to self-
study
. It will be more fun, I
promise.
Make Time. As parents,
wehavenotimeforourchil-
dren. We may be justified to
an extent in the alibi that
the reason we don’t have
time is that we are building
a better life for them. Hav-
ingsaidthat,childrendon’t
just need ‘facilities and in-
frastructure’, they need
their parents! And they
don’t just need their par-
entsforemotionalgrowth,
having parents around can
be immensely beneficial in
making mundane things
fun. Study with your kids.
Theywillenjoyitinfinitely
morethanbeinginanextra
class!
TRAVEL - EXPERI-
ENCE Makes You
UNDERSTAND: A
Travel-led approach
to education also has
similar benefits to a fun
approach. Travel puts con-
cepts, fundamentals, and
bookish knowledge into a
real-world, practical per-
spective. It gives children,
students and learners a
chance to ‘experience’
something that hitherto
they could only read
about. A concept that oth-
erwise remains a concept
is turned into a real-
ity they can
share, see,
touch, and feel.
Travel also
simplifies and ex-
emplifies scho-
lastic lessons. Something
that might be difficult to
understand from a text-
book might become
more easily digested,
and permanent
when experienced
during travel. A
naturally occur-
ring phenomenon
such as birth, if
for instance,
viewed in the wild dur-
ing travel, will stay with a
student much longer than
merely being told about it
in class. The moment we
equate a lesson with a
practical, hands-on expe-
rience that travel pro-
vides, the learning is more
enjoyable, more immer-
sive, more permanent, and
deeper. It can be:
A field trip to a local res-
taurant where one practi-
cally experiences
various aspects of Com-
merce and Accounting
practices play-out
A holiday to Europe
that encompasses lessons
ranging from History to
the Arts, Literature to
many other subjects A
curated travel experience
that we design for our chil-
dren that is neither far
away or expensive, some-
thing as simple as a day
trip to a close-by farm,
where children will expe-
rience, and learn through
those experiences, vari-
ous aspects of multiple
subjects ranging from sci-
ence to mathematics. The
simple point behind all
this is to make learning,
which was once fun and
interesting, the same
again. To alleviate at least
some of the intense pres-
sure that our children are
in today, by making stud-
ies not ONLY about grades
and GPAs but also about
just being children, and
experiencing the joys of
discovery!
The education environ-
ment today has become a
toxic gas-chamber of un-
breathable proportions
with too much trauma as a
result of academic and so-
cietal expectations, ones
that are simply too unreal-
istic and out of reach. This
is deeply impacting chil-
dren’s mental well-being
and causing mental dis-
tress that manifests in var-
ious ways including and
not limited to physical ill-
ness and disease, emotion-
ally stunted growth and
academic as well as career
decisions that end up in
frustration and discontent-
ment.Allthiscanbeseized,
or at the very least, miti-
gated, by making learning
fun! And what better time
and opportunity to make
that change, than at the
cusp of a brand new year?
hen it comes to
our children,
most kids, aid-
ed by us, their
parents, will
make generic
new year’s res-
olutions such as being
healthier, eating better, and
so on. Neither will our chil-
dren stay invested in these
statements, nor will we. I
vides, the learning is more
enjoyable, more immer-
sive, more permanent, and
deeper. It can be:
taurant where one practi-
cally experiences
merce and Accounting
practices play-out
that encompasses lessons
ranging from History to
many other subjects A
curated travel experience
that we design for our chil-
dren that is neither far
away or expensive, some-
thing as simple as a day
trip to a close-by farm,
where children will expe-
rience, and learn through
those experiences, vari-
subjects ranging from sci-
ence to mathematics. The
simple point behind all
this is to make learning,
which was once fun and
interesting, the same
again. To alleviate at least
some of the intense pres-
sure that our children are
in today, by making stud-
ies not ONLY about grades
and GPAs but also about
just being children, and
experiencing the joys of
discovery!
ment today has become a
toxic gas-chamber of un-
breathable proportions
with too much trauma as a
result of academic and so-
cietal expectations, ones
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
TO ENHANCE CHILDREN’S
TO ENHANCE CHILDREN’S
EDUCATION!
EDUCATION!
W
KARTIK BAJORIA
(the author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills Educator Writer)

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