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Kavita Pant
New Delhi: Five to 10%
of active Covid cases
this time so far needed
hospitalisation but the
situation is dynamic
and may change rapid-
ly, the Centre said on
Monday & asked states
to keep a watch on cases
under home isolation
and in hospitals.
Union Health Minis-
ter Dr Mansukh Man-
daviya on Monday ad-
vised five States and
one Union Territory to
ensure that all kinds
of oxygen infrastruc-
ture is functional and
operational, in view
of the surge in COV-
ID-19 cases across the
country.
He met health minis-
ters, officials from Gu-
jarat, Rajasthan, Mad-
hya Pradesh, Goa,
Dadra and Nagar Have-
li, Daman and Diu, and
Maharashtra on Mon-
day to discuss COVID-
situationinthesestates.
STATES, UTs TOLD
TO KEEP TAB ON OXY
Govt warns: 5-10% cases requiring hospitalisation this
time but situation may change; Mansukh Mandaviya
meets Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, Goa, Maha, Dadra and
Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu’s health ministers
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Monday
said it would set up a
panel headed by its for-
mer judge to probe the
security breach during
PM Narendra Modi’s re-
cent visit to Punjab and
stayed the parallel in-
quiries by committees
of Centre and state gov-
ernment into the lapses.
SC stressed that was
not undermining im-
portance of PM’s secu-
rity & dealing it with all
seriousness. The bench
headed by CJI NV Ra-
mana, took note of sub-
missions of SG Tushar
Mehta about the time
frame within which
court-appointed panel
should give the report &
said it will keep this as-
pect in mind. SC also
took note of concerns
of Punjab govt that its
officials are being con-
demned by the central
government panel. —ANI
PM SECURITY BREACH
SC to form probe panel
headed by retired judge
SC to hear PIL
on alleged
hate speeches
New Delhi: Supreme
Court Monday agreed
to hear a PIL seeking a
direction to ensure in-
vestigation and action
against those who made
hate speeches during
two separate events
held recently at Dhar-
am Sansad’ in Harid-
war, Uttarakhand, and
in the national capital.
A bench comprising
CJI NV Ramana & Jus-
tices Surya Kant and
Hima Kohli took note of
the submissions of sen-
ior advocate Kapil Sibal
that no action has been
taken against those
who made hate speech-
es despite FIR by the Ut-
tarakhand police.
“I have moved this
PIL in respect of what
happened in Dharam
Sansad in Haridwar on
December 17 & 19 (last
year),” Sibal said. —ANI
HC’s interim bail to
SAD leader Majithia
in NDPS case
Chandigarh: The Pun-
jab and Haryana High
Court granted interim
bail to SAD leader
Bikram Singh Majith-
ia on Monday in con-
nection with a NDPS
case against him.
The Shiromani Akali
Dal (SAD) leader’s coun-
sel, Damanbir Singh
Sobti, said Majithia will
join the investigation at
11 am on Wednesday
. He
also said the court has
granted interim bail to
Majithia in the matter.
“After seeing all the
records, the high court
gave directions that this
is a case where he can
join the investigation
and when he joins the
investigation, he will
not be arrested,” Sobti
told reporters.
Court has fixed Janu-
ary 18 as the next date
of hearing in the matter,
he said. The SAD has
been alleging that the
FIR against Majithia is
a result of “political
vendetta”.
Reacting to the relief
granted to Majithia,
SAD chief Sukhbir Sin-
gh Badal, in a tweet,
said “justice prevails”.
Reacting to the develop-
ment, Punjab CM
Charanjit Channi said
interim bail does not
mean the case is over.
—ANI
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An Australian judge reinstated tennis star Novak
Djokovic’s visa, which was canceled after his
arrival last week because he is unvaccinated.
Judge also ordered govt to release Djokovic from
hotel quarantine within 30 min of his decision.
Britain’s Rolls-Royce Cars created history last year
selling most cars it has ever sold in its 117-year
history. Luxury carmaker sold 5,586 cars globally
last year, which is 1,836 more than in COVID-
wrecked 2020 & 461 more than 2019 record.
The Indian equities markets witnessed strong rally
on Monday defying concerns over rising COVID
cases & weak global cues. The Benchmark Nifty 50
crossed psychologically important 18,000 points
mark and Sensex climbed 651 points.
OZ JUDGE
REINSTATES
DJOKOVIC’S
VISA
ROLLS-ROYCE
HITS RECORD
SALES IN
PANDEMIC
NIFTY SOARS
PAST 18K
MARK; SENSEX
CLIMBS 651 PTS
Now CM Gehlot comes to the
rescue of Sugarcane farmers
14th round of India &
China talks on Jan 12
New Delhi: India is
looking forward to
“constructive” dialogue
with China to resolve
issues in remaining
friction points in east-
ern Ladakh, sources in
the security establish-
ment said on Monday
ahead of the 14th round
of military talks be-
tween the two sides on
the 20-month row.
The talks will take
place on January 12 at
the Chushul-Moldo
meeting point, on the
Chinese side of the Line
of Actual Control in
eastern Ladakh, the
sources said. The ‘Sen-
ior Highest Military
Commander Level
(SHMCL)’ talks will be-
gin at 9:30 am, they said.
“Indian side is look-
ing forward to construc-
tive dialogue to resolve
the balance friction ar-
eas,” a source said. It is
learnt that major focus
of the talks will be on
disengagement in the
Hot Springs area. —PTI
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Taking an im-
portant decision in the
interest of sugarcane
farmers, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved an increase of
Rs50 per quintal in the
purchase price of sug-
arcane by the Rajasthan
State Ganganagar Sug-
ar Mills for the crushing
season 2021-22. With
this decision of CM Ge-
hlot, sugarcane growers
will get remunerative
price for their produce.
It is noteworthy that
there was a demand
from the sugarcane
growing farmers to in-
crease the purchase rate
of sugarcane. Taking a
heartfelt decision on
this demand, Gehlot has
approved the increase
in purchase price of
sugarcane. With this,
the sugarcane growing
cultivators of the state
will get an additional
income of about Rs5
crore per season.
After this decision of
the Chief Minister,
Ganganagar Sugar Mill
will now purchase early
variety sugarcane at
Rs360 per quintal, me-
dium grade sugarcane
at Rs350 per quintal and
late variety sugarcane
at Rs345 per quintal.
CM Ashok Gehlot
CRUCIAL READ
PM SENDS 100 PAIRS OF JUTE SHOES
FOR KASHI VISHWANATH STAFF
ACB REGISTERS FIR
IN GREATER JMC
BRIBERY CASE
New Delhi: PM Modi has sent 100 pairs of jute footwear
for those working at Kashi Vishwanath Dham. During his
visit to Varanasi to inaugurate KVC, PM learnt that most
people working at the temple performed their duty bare-
footed. This is because it’s forbidden to wear footwear
made of leather or rubber at the temple premises. The
PM immediately had 100 pairs of jute footwear procured
and sent them over to Kashi Vishwanath Dham. —ANI
Jaipur: On Monday,
ACB registered an
FIR in Greater Jaipur
Municipal Corporation
bribery case naming
two officers and three
contractors. ACB has
also learnt that Com-
missioner Yagyamitra
Singh, allegedly, used
to charge 2% on bill
amount, as allegedly
confessed by contrac-
tors. Meanwhile, ACB
team searched for files
from 10 AM to 7 PM
and seized 20 impor-
tant files while also
questioning various
junior staff in JMC. P8
BJP’s LOBO QUITS
AS GOA MINISTER
I-T RAIDS: `800-CR
FOUND IN AP, TG
Panaji: Ahead of Goa
assembly polls, BJP MLA
Michael Lobo on Monday
resigned from the post of
Goa Minister. Lobo said he
is in talks with other politi-
cal parties and will soon
resign from BJP. “I’ve
resigned as Goa minister;
hope people of Calangute
constituency will respect
my decision,” he said.
New Delhi: Income Tax
Department has detected
unaccounted cash trans-
actions of `800 crore after
it recently raided 3 real
estate groups in Andhra
and Telangana, the CBDT
said on Monday. The
unidentified groups are
engaged in the business
of land development and
construction. —ANI
COVID ALERT!
z Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar & Karna-
taka CM Basavaraj S
Bommai test +ve
z BCCI postpones
Cooch Behar Trophy
knockout games
z 25 international pax
offloaded at Delhi air-
port after testing +ve
z Cyprus finds Covid
infections that com-
bine Delta & Omicron
z Vaccination a
‘weapon’, needn’t
interfere in curbs for
unvaccinated on local
trains: Bombay HC
z AIIMS Director
takes ‘precautionary
dose’ of vaccine
DEFENCE MIN
RAJNATH SINGH
TESTS POSITIVE
FOR COVID-19
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh on Monday said
he has tested positive
for COVID-19. In a
tweet, he said he has
“mild symptoms”
and is under home
quarantine. “I have
tested positive for
Corona today with
mild symptoms.
I am under home
quarantine. I request
everyone who have
recently come in my
contact to isolate
themselves and get
tested,” Singh said.
INDIA STARTS BOOSTERS AS
CASES TOUCH 1,80,000 MARK
New Delhi: Amid surge
in COVID cases driven
by Omicron variant, In-
dia began administer-
ing ‘precaution doses’
to healthcare, frontline
workers and senior
citizens with comor-
bidities on Monday.
Beneficiaries hailed the
government’s decision
and said that it is a
good initiative.
‘3RD
WAVE: SHARP RISE IN JAN END,
SHARP DECLINE IN MID-MARCH’
Kanpur: Amid surge in COVID-19 infec-
tions in the country, IIT Kanpur professor
Manindra Agrawal on Monday stated that the
peak of the infection will hit the nation in the
January-end. He also said that the virus cases
will overtake the cases recorded during the
second wave. “As per preliminary data, cases
(nationally) will peak by end of this month
& are likely to cross second wave numbers.
Since this time the peak is coming up very
rapidly, the rise is very sharp,” he said. —ANI
BJP CHIEF JP NADDA
TESTS COVID +VE
HIGHLIGHTS
FIGURES
SAY IT ALL
New Delhi: BJP National
President Jagat Prakash
Nadda tweeted on Monday,
“I got my COVID-19 test
done after witnessing initial
symptoms. My report has
come positive. I am feeling
fine now. On the advice of
doctors, I have isolated
myself.”
PM TO INAUGURATE 11 NEW MEDICAL
COLLEGES IN TAMIL NADU ON JAN 12
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate 11
New Govt Medical Colleges across Tamil Nadu & new
campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai
on January 12 at 4 PM through video conferencing,
informed PMO on Monday. New medical colleges are
being set up at an estimated cost of `4,000 cr, out of
which `2,145 cr has been provided by Centre. —ANI
PROPOSED PANEL ‘GETTING THREATS
TO STOP PROBE’
One retired SC judge to
head the panel. Members
would be DGP Chandigarh,
IG National Investigation
Agency, Registrar General
of the Punjab & Haryana
HC and one more person
from Punjab.
Several SC lawyers wrote
to SC alleging they have
received calls threatening
judges over security
breach case. They claimed
calls were made allegedly
by pro-Khalistan org SFJ.
4,033
cases of the Omicron
variant reported so far
1,216
in Maharashtra
529
in Rajasthan
513
in Delhi
1,552
patients infected with
Omicron have
recovered.
69,15,75,352
tests conducted so far,
says ICMR data.
CM approves
increase of `50
per quintal in
purchase price
Stays probe by
Centre, Punjab

ENCROACHMENT ON RATNAKAR DAM: PIL
REJECTED DUE TO LACK OF WITNESS
Jaipur: As the prosecution failed to produce any witness
to prove the existence of Ratnakar dam, a Division Bench
of the High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest
litigation (PIL) filed in this regard. Justices MM Srivas-
tava and Anup Kumar Dhand of the Bench ruled that the
allegations of encroachment of its catchment area cannot
be substantiated if the existence of the dam cannot be
proved. The petitioner had claimed that the dam is situat-
ed in Umrain Panchayat Samiti area of Alwar.
RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT MAKES
PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTY IN RTE CASE
Jaipur: Hearing a right-to-education (RTE) case on
Monday, the High Court added a private school as
a party to the case. Terming the Cambridge Court
School as an ‘intervener’ in the PIL filed by Smile For
All Society and others, the Division Bench of Jus-
tices MM Srivastava and Manoj Kumar Vyas ruled
that children eligible for admission into pre-primary
classes must get the benefit under RTE Act. They
postponed the hearing of the case for three weeks.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: State BJP
president Satish Poonia
on Monday said that the
ruling Gehlot govern-
ment has no right to cel-
ebrate its anniversary.
Terming the ruling gov-
ernment as the most
corrupted and useless
government, the BJP
leader said that the
chief minister who
claimed zero tolerance
on corruption, himself
accepted that even his
own office is not un-
touched by corruption.
Poonia was address-
ing the BJP worker on
the last day of his three
days visit to the district.
He claimed that corrup-
tion is at its peak in the
state and even the chief
minister seems helpless
in controlling it. Poonia
said that the present
government has totally
failed in delivering its
promises made in the
election manifesto. He
said that whether it is
the issue of farm loan
waiver, unemployment
or law and order, this
government has failed
on every front.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Intervention
of Rajasthan High court
in the matter of death
of a man from Udaipur
in Russia has led to a
surprising revelation
that the Indian Embas-
sy in Russia and the
Ministry of External
Affairs kept the infor-
mation about Hiten-
dra’s death hidden from
the relatives based in
Udaipur for 6 days (from
August 11 to August 16).
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP councilors
and office bearers led by
Jaipur party president
Raghav Sharma on
Monday staged a dhar-
na at Amar Jawan Jyoti
against corruption in
Jaipur Greater Munici-
pal Corporation.
Deputy Mayor Puneet
Karnawat said that ACB
actioninthecorporation
hasmadeitclearthatthe
officers, employees and
contractorsof thecorpo-
ration are indulging in
corruption. He alleged
thatthecorruptionisbe-
ing patronised by the
state government.
“The image of the
Municipal Corporation
is getting tarnished due
to the rampant corrup-
tion under the patron-
age of the state govern-
ment. There is a percep-
tion among the common
people that no work can
be done in the munici-
pal corporation without
bribes,” he said.
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का्या ्य आ कार आ्यु्त राजस्ान द्यपुर
ा च ना
श च ा चव श च ा व च
ान न ा व न व
न ा ा सिना
1. वित्तीय िर्ष 2021-22 के विए पडत/बेक आउट कमपपोविट रिटेि ऑफ दुकानों के अनुज्ापत्र
िािती किने हेतु भाित सिकाि के उपक्रम एम.एस.टी.सी. विवमटेड के माधयम से फेि-XVIII
के विये वनम्नविवित वतवि अनुसाि ई-नतीिामती (ई-बपोिती) आमंवत्रत कती िातती है : -
क्र.स. नीलामी की दिनांक आवेिन करने की अंदिम दिदि
1 19.01.2022 18.01.2022
नतीिामती का समय पूिा्षनुसाि प्ातः 11:00 बिे से सायं 04.00 बिे तक िहेगा। नतीिामती एक
काय्ष वदिस में नयूनतम पांच घणटे कती हपोगती एिं उसके पशचात् िब तक बपोिती िगतती िहे तब
तक 10 वमनट के अन्नत विसताि (indefinite extension) तक िािती िहेगती।
2. दुकानिाि नयूनतम रििि्ष प्ाइस ि कमपपोविट फतीस विभागतीय िेबसाईट https://www.
rajexcise.gov.in पि दव््षत है। द्ा्षई गई ‘नयूनतम रििि्ष प्ाईस’ िावर्षक (12 माह के विए)
है। िासतविक गािंटती िाव् एिं िावर्षक कमपपोविट फतीस कती गणना अनुज्ापत्र हेतु िािती सितीकृवत
कती वतवि से आनुपावतक आधाि पि कती िाएेगती।
3. आिेदन ्ुलक पूिा्षनुसाि ‘मूि नयूनतम रििि्ष प्ाईस’ के अनुसाि हती िहेगा।
4. अमानि रादि - आबकािती एिं मद्यसंयम नतीवत 2021-22 के वबनदु संखया 2.7 में अमानत
िाव् के बािे में प्ािधान वकये गये हैं। पिनतु वकसती भती फेि में एक बाि यवद वकसती कम्पोदिट
मदिरा िुकान के विए बपोितीदाता द्ािा बेकआउट वकया गया है तपो ऐसती कमपपोविट मवदिा
दुकानों के विए िर्ष 2021-22 हेतु वनम्नविवित प्काि से अमानत िाव् वनधा्षरित कती िातती है।
्ेर दुकानों के विए अमानत िाव् पूि्षित िहेगती।
श्ेणी (मूल न्ूनिम ररिव्व प्ाईस वाली िुकान) अमानि रादि (रु.)
50 िाि रूपये तक 2,00,000
50 िाि रूपये से अवधक एिं 2 किपोड़ रूपये तक 3,00,000
2 किपोड़ रूपये से अवधक 5,00,000
5. आवेिन:- आिेदन कती प्वक्रया वदनांक 11.01.2022 कपो प्ातः 11:00 बिे से प्ािमभ है तिा
वनधा्षरित नतीिामती कती वदनांक से एक वदन पूि्ष कपो िात 11:59 पती.एम. तक चािू िहेगती।
6. सफि बपोितीदाता द्ािा समपूण्ष धिपोहि िाव् वदनांक 25.01.2022 तक िमा किानती हपोगती।
7. सफि बपोितीदाता कपो ‘दनरा्वररि अदरिम वाद््वक गारनटी रादि’ एिं ‘दनरा्वररि कम्पोदिट
फीस’ वदनांक 28.01.2022 तक िमा किानती हपोगती।
8. एम.एस.टती.सती. हेलप-डेसक पि काया्षिय समय में माग्षद््षन विया िा सकता है।
9. अनय ्ततें पूि्षित िहेंगती।
उपयु्षकत के संबंध में विसततृत वद्ा-वनददे्, ्ततें तिा अनुज्ापन हेतु उपिबध दुकानों कती वनधा्षरित
सूचती मय विििण विभागतीय िेबसाईट https://www.rajexcise.gov.in एिं एम.एस.
टती.सती. विवमटेड कती िेबसाईट https://www.mstcecommerce.com पि उपिबध है।
आबकारी आ्ुकि,
रािसिान उि््ुर।
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राजस्ान सरकार
कोविड-19 से मृत व्यक्त्यों के पररजन को
अनुग्रह रावि हेतु आिेदन पत्र आमंवत्रत
कोविड-19 से मृत व्यक्त के रिशतेदाि / परिजन को िाज्य सिकाि द्ािा 50
हजाि रूप्ये की अनुग्रह सहा्यता िावि दे्य है :
1. कोविड-19 से ग्रवसत होने के उपिांत असपताल अथिा घि में वजनकी मृत्यु हुई
है तथा वजनके मृत्यु प्रमाण-पत्र में मृत्यु का कािण कोविड-19 दज्ज है।
2. िे व्यक्त वजनकी मृत्यु, कोविड जांच में पॉवजविि आने की वदनांक अथिा
्लीवनकली कोविड पॉवजविि पा्ये जाने के 30 वदिस के भीति हुई है, भले ही
ऐसी मृत्यु असपताल के बाहि हुई हो एिं व्यक्त इससे पूि्ज कोविड नेगेविि हो
चुका हो।
3. ऐसे कोविड पॉवजविि िोगी वजनकी मृत्यु वनिंति असपताल में भतती िहने के
दौिान हुई है भले ही िे नेगेविि आ ग्या हो।
उपिो्तानुसाि कोविड-19 मृत्यु का प्रमाण पत्र संबंवित असपताल द्ािा जािी
वक्या जा्येगा, ्यवद मृत्यु असपताल में हुई है। अन्य समसत प्रकिणों में वजला
कल्िि के सति पि गवित कमेिी द्ािा वनण्ज्य वक्या जा्येगा।
उपिो्तानुसाि जािी कोविड-19 मृत्यु प्रमाण पत्र के आिाि पि मृत व्यक्त
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DIPR/C/------/2022
GOVT PROTECTING CORRUPT
OFFICIALS, SAYS RATHORE
‘Out of 273 corruption complaints received by the ACB, only 15 cases were registered’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore on Monday said
that the ACB has just
done a token action by
arrestingtheFAandtwo
touts,whoallegedlytook
money in the name of
CEO of Jaipur Munici-
palCorporationGreater.
“The state govern-
ment, like every time,
willnotapprovethepros-
ecution of this case and
will reduce the edge of
the ACB by taking the
side of the big fish
caught, he charged.
When the govt itself will
dotheworkof savingthe
guilty officers, then hav-
ing and not having ACB
is the same thing,”
Rathore said.
He also said that the
ACB received 273 com-
plaints of corruption,
including misuse of of-
fice, land allotment, em-
bezzlement, tender rig-
ging, road construction
irregularities, against
theofficialsof 36govern-
ment departments, but
unfortunately the state
govt registered only 15
cases.Itisclearfromthis
that the government is
only working to save the
corrupt officials.
SI caught red-handed
while accepting bribe
ACB team at Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater office.
Satish Poonia being felicitate by BJP workers in Barmer.
BJP councillors protest against corruption in JMC Greater at
Amar Jawan Jyoti on Monday.
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: A local team of
Anti-Corruption Bureau
(ACB)caughtaSIof RPF
red-handed when he was
accepting a bribe of Rs
5,000atKanakpurainthe
city on Monday
. The po-
lice are now raiding his
house and some other
placesinthisconnection.
Acting on the com-
plaint of a person ac-
cusing SI Sunil Kumar
of demanding Rs 20,000
from him for not nam-
ing him in a theft case,
the team laid a trap and
nabbed him when he
was receiving Rs 5,000
as the first installment.
Meanwhile,theACB’s
Jaipur rural team on
Monday arrested the
feeder in-charge of Bha-
bru GSS and a private
person under the junior
engineer office of
Jaipur Vidyut Vitran
Nigam of Biratnagar
areawithRs15,000bribe
in lieu of of providing a
power connection.
BJP Councillors hold protest at Amar Jawan Jyoti
Corrupt officials and criminals
under the rule of this government
are fearless and are continuously
challenging the administration.
—Rajendra Rathore, Deputy LoP
Gehlot Govt has no right to
celebrate its anniv: Poonia
MEA, Embassy hid
info on Hiten’s
death for six days
NEWS DIGEST
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Justice Manin-
dra Mohan Shrivastava
and Justice Birendra
Kumar o Monday, while
hearing the PIL of peti-
tioner Nazima Khanam,
passed an order that it
was unfortunate that
the husband of the peti-
tioner died due to mis-
management of the
JNU Hospital and the
High Court Registry
must send this Writ Pe-
tition to the Single
Bench and the same will
now be heard as Writ
Petition and the Court
is not inclined to hear
this matter as PIL. The
matter was argued by
Advocate SK Singh
along with Rekha Dixit,
Saurabh Chatterjee,
and other advocates, via
Video Conference.
Medical negligence death:
Singlebenchtohearmatter
COURTESY MEET
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted BJP leaderAshok Parnami during
a courtesy visit by the latter at his residence on Monday.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: On Monday, Di-
rector General of Police
ML Lather held a press
conference, revealing
the previous year’s data
of crime and policing
and informing about
the priorities of Ra-
jasthan police in the
current year. Stressing
that the police force apt-
ly managed law and or-
der in the state, Lather
said that the police will
do a better job in main-
taining law and order
this year as well, further
adding, “the police de-
partment, along with
encouraging the police-
men, has made special
efforts for the problems
of the policemen.
Steps taken at PHQ
Steps were taken at the
Police Headquarters
level and 73 policemen
were given special pro-
motions. Cash prizes
and citations were given
to294policemenwhodid
remarkable work. Also,
14,661policeofficersand
employees were given
DGPdiscs.Notonlythis,
Rs 5,16,00,000 was sanc-
tioned from Rajasthan
Police Benevolent Fund
as scholarship for ad-
vance education to the
children of policemen.”
Increasing crime in
state
Increasing crime in the
state seems to be prov-
ing a major challenge
for the Rajasthan Police,
however, the khaki
claims that that is be-
cause all the cases are
being registered. Mean-
while, for 2022, the State
Police has fixed its pri-
orities for the preven-
tion of crimes and
maintenance of law and
order. But it is not easy
to fulfill these priorities
for the police depart-
ment, which is facing
shortage of policemen
and resources.
DGP: There is no political
interference in police dept
...the investigation
of cases related to
women and SC/ST
is being done in
record time
CRIMES COMMITTED IN 2021
SPL DRIVE AGAINST ILLEGAL WEAPONS
z The year gone by was bad for women and
the SC-ST category
z Cases of atrocities against women were
registered 17% more than 2019
z Cases of atrocities against SC-ST category
increased by 8%
z 76 cases were registered for not allowing Dalit
grooms to sit on horses during wedding pro-
cessions, challan was presented in 62 cases.
z Dacoity increased by 2.63%, cash-robbing
by 17.04%, theft by 21.53% and property-
related offenses by 20.99%, pendency of
such cases 18.66%
z Rajasthan has 14% less crime than national
average and the conviction rate is higher
than national average
z 5,357 cases were registered in the state
under Arms Act.
z 5,924 criminals were arrested
z 2,121 illegal arms recovered
z 3,904 cartridges recovered
z 2,989 drug-related cases registered
z 5,610 accused arrested in drugs
z Alargequantityofnarcoticswerealsorecovered
SIUCAW has been formed under
the leadership of an ASP level of-
ficer to stop atrocities against
women in the state. Heinous Crime
Monitoring Unit has been constituted
to monitor heinous crimes including
sexual abuse of women and minors.
There is no political interference in the
police, that is why the investigation of
cases related to women and SC/ST is
being done in record time.
— ML LATHER, DGP
DGP ML Lathar

Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra and his
wife Satyavati Mishra
were administered
“precautionary” dose
of coronavirus vaccine
on Monday. The state
began administering a
third or “precautionary
dose” to people aged 60
or more, healthcare
workers and frontline
workers who took their
second dose of vaccine
nine months ago.
“The Governor start-
ed the vaccination pro-
gramme by getting the
precautionary dose at
Raj Bhavan,” according
to a spokesperson of the
Raj Bhavan.
Mishra has appealed
that all eligible senior
citizens, health workers
and corona warriors
must get precaution
doses of Covid-19 vac-
cine to avoid the third
wave of corona.
RAJASTHAN
03
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: JDA will now
repair and maintain
roads of 60 feet or more
width, which so far are
under the jurisdiction
of both municipal cor-
porations and PWD.
UDH minister Shan-
ti Dhariwal took the
decision to hand over
all roads with width of
60 feet and more, whose
work is not approved in
any scheme or not in-
cluded in Defect Liabil-
ity Period, to JDA.
The JDA will repair
and renovate such
roads. After the deci-
sion, the JDA has
sought a list of such
roads from Municipal
Corporations and
PWD. A committee has
also been constituted
by JDA for this work.
Municipal corpora-
tions will continue to
work on roads within
the walled city area.
As per an estimate,
the length of such
roads in the corpora-
tions’ areas is about
1500 km. The JDA will
have an extra financial
burden of Rs 70-80
crore per annum.
JDA to maintain 60 feet roads
PRECAUTIONDOSESTARTS,6,095NEWCASES
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Omicron vari-
ant, which is consid-
ered to be dreadful in
the country and the
world, has infected Ra-
jasthan. Principal Med-
ical Secretary Vaibhav
Galriya, in a special
conversation with First
India, said.
It seemed around 90
per cent of the corona
cases are of Omicron
variant in the state even
though the genome se-
quencing results are
slow to arrive.
He said there is great
enthusiasm for vaccina-
tion among children of
15 to 18 years of age.
9,184 doses were admin-
istered to children
across the state on Sun-
day. Since Jan 3,
18,33,569 children got
first dose of co-vaccine
while target group in
Raj is about 54 L. Pre-
caution dose will be ap-
plied to more than 24 L
people. Precaution dos-
es can be given after 9
months of second dose.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Raj Health
Minister Parsadi Lal
Meena on Monday said
that the medical &
health department has
made all preparations
to deal with third wave
of infection in state.
In a video conference
chaired by union health
minister Mansukh
Mandaviya, Meena in-
formed that 50,000 gen-
eral, 28,000 oxygen and
6,000 ICU beds, 1500
NICU and PICU beds
are available in medical
institutions of the state.
He said that there is
adequate buffer stock
of 30 days of critical
medicines indicated by
Government of India.
Meena said that there
is an increase in corona
cases in the state but
the death rate is very
low and the state
government is fully
alert to prevent the
thirdwave.Heinformed
that the weekly positiv-
ity rate in the state is
5.26 per cent.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Protests
against the Rajasthan
Board of Secondary
Education for opening
up a divisional office in
Bikaner are gaining
steam in Ajmer.
MLA from Kekdi and
former Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
has written a letter to
the Chief Minister say-
ing that instead of the
division, instructions
from the Education
Department and the
Board administration
are necessary
.
Earlier, Arvind
Kumar Sengcha, Secre-
tary, Board of Second-
ary Education Ajmer,
in a letter sent to the
district education
officer stated that in
view of the need for
additional space for
expansion of work, the
board has decided to
set up a divisional
office in Bikaner and
requested for two and a
half thousand square
yards of land free of
cost in order to begin
construction work.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ajay Phatak
was appointed Drug
Controller-I (HQ) in
place of Rajaram Shar-
ma, who has been sent
on awaiting posting or-
der on Monday. Now,
the moot question is
whether Phatak, who
has been made HoD
will be able to rise to
expectation of Medical
Health & Services Min-
ister Parsadi Lal Mee-
na. Social media is al-
ready agog with discus-
sions on “pendency
cases” in the depart-
ment.
This is second jolt to
outgoing Drug Control-
ler Sharma within a
month and a half.
Krishna Kumar Shar-
ma has been replaced
by VK Mahur as the
Director (Public
Health). KK Sharma
was considered to be
close of former Health
Min Dr Raghu Sharma,
that is why was ap-
pointed to imp post of
director.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The exams of
Board of Secondary
Education Ajmer will
be held as per the
schedule. Education
Minister BD Kalla took
this decision in a meet-
ing held at the Secre-
tariat on Monday
.
However, it was also de-
cided in meeting that
the review will be done
again around Jan 30 &
31 in view of situation
of corona epidemic.
It was also decided in
the meeting that if
children come corona
positive in any exami-
nation centre, then in-
stead of inside that
exam will be conducted
in another centre.
In view of this, instruc-
tions were given to
make alternative ar-
rangements. It was
considered in meeting
that in view of current
situation, it is believed
that peak of epidemic
will be around Jan 30-
31 and by then govt will
have to review exam.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In Raj, 6,095
fresh Covid cases have
been reported in the
last 24 hours and two
died. Active cases in
statehavecrossed25,000
on Monday. More than
100 cases were reported
from 10 districts.
According to Health
Department, maximum
number of 2,749 pa-
tients found in Jaipur.
Jodhpur has 601,
Udaipur 324, Alwar 375,
Kota 325, Ajmer 128, Bi-
kaner 201, Barmer 234,
Chittorgarh 180 & Sikar
has 173 cases.
A maximum of 12,238
cases are in Jaipur.
Malviya Nagar has be-
come a hotspot with 104
cases, Vaishali Nagar
90, Vidyadhar Nagar 74,
Tonk Road 83, Sodala 73
, Sitapura 89, Sanganer
88, Pratap Nagar 99,
Patrakar Colony 55,
Murlipura 52, Mansaro-
var 88, Lalkothi 73,
Adarsh Nagar 55, Ban-
ipark 53, Durgapura 87.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the fixed
prices of RTPCR test of
corona in Raj, now the
government has also
fixed the prices of Rap-
id Antigen Test (RAT).
Nowanamountof more
than Rs 50 will not be
charged for getting the
antigen test done
anywhere in Rajasthan.
At present, the govern-
ment has fixed the rates
of Rs 350 for RTPCR
test. In Rajasthan,
the state government is
currently conducting
more than 62,000 corona
tests.
90% cases seem to be
of Omicron: Galriya
Prepped for 3rd wave;
Parsadi to Mandaviya
84,914 people were given
precaution dose, this
include health care, front
line workers, & 60 above
51 +ve in Khatushyamji
Administration declares
zero mobility curfew in
500 m around the temple
Governor Kalraj Mishra gets first precaution dose on Monday.
Students queuing up for vaccination on Monday.
9,82,272
TOTAL CASES
6095 IN A DAY
9,48,210
TOTAL
RECOVERED
8,974
TOTAL DEATHS
2 IN A DAY
25,088
ACTIVE CASES
12,238 IN JAIPUR
COVID-19
UPDATE
6,095 new cases in 24 hours,
2,749 cases in Jaipur alone
After RTPCR,
now RAT price
fixed at ` 50
RESTRICTIONS
FROM TODAY
SUNITA GEHLOT
TESTS POSITIVE
After CM Gehlot
tested positive, his
wife Sunita Gehlot
has also tested
positive. MP from
Jaipur Rural & for-
mer Union Minister
Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore & MLA from
Rajsamand Deepti
Maheshwari & min-
ister Rajendra Singh
Yadav have tested
positive.
RBSE protest: Dr Raghu
writes letter to CM
Ajay Phatak appointed
new Drug Controller
RBSE exams as per schedule: Kalla
BD Kalla takes a metting at Secretariat on Monday.
z With the increase
in corona infection
in Raj, new restric-
tions implemented
from Today.
z Complete curfew
on Sunday. From
11 pm on Satur-
day to 5 am on
Monday.
z The entry of
outsiders has been
banned in secre-
tariat after more
than 45 officers
and employees,
including two IAS,
found positive.
z There is also ban
on people stand-
ing and roaming
in groups in the
secretariat.
z For entry into
the Secretariat, a
visitor has to take
permission over
the phone and also
show certificate of
both doses.
z 10 corona positive
passengers found
again at Jaipur
airport on Monday
z Air India flight to
Dubai gets positive
passengers
z Rapid PCR check
at airport before
boarding the flight
z Passengers sent
for home isolation
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

PERSPECTIVE
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under the PRB Act
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
To keep the body in good
health is a duty, for
otherwise we shall not be
able to trim the lamp of
wisdom, and keep our
mind strong and clear.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
From today, health workers, frontline
workers and citizens above 60 years
of age across the country have started
getting the vaccine for protection
against Covid. Under the leadership of
Prime minister @narendramodi ji, he
has played an important role in giving
impetus to the ongoing vaccination
campaign. Be sure to get a ‘vaccine’.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Govt’s policy on ‘Prashasan Gaon Ki
Aur’ is taking essential services to
every citizen. Tremendous possibilities
for startups to improve last-mile
delivery of these services through
value addition.
TOP TWEETS
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
GIVES BJP TACTICAL
ADVANTAGE IN UP
ASSEMBLY POLL
he Election Commis-
sion’s decision to re-
strict physical cam-
paigning till January
15, has left political
parties to rely on virtual cam-
paigning. If Omicron cases con-
tinue to rise, they’ll only have a
virtual medium to reach out to
their voters. With its digital war
room better equipped and more
efficient the BJP is ahead of its
other political rivals. Samajwa-
di Party president Akhilesh Ya-
dav has asked the Election Com-
mission for funds to provide a
“level-playing field”. The BJP,
Akhilesh told the EC, has better
(digital) infrastructure and to
match it the regional parties
need to be funded. It is not only
the digital infrastructure but
also the financial resources in
which the BJP is way ahead of
its rivals. With IT and ED raids
on their purported financiers,
these parties find their channels
of funds choked.
The SP and BSP ought to have
worked on their digital set-up as
it has been in vogue since 2014.
Of course, the going would not
have been easy
.
T
t the heart of Con-
gress leader DK
S h iva k u m a r ’s
marathon march
of about 94 km
over Karnataka’s Mekedatu
project may be yet another
watersharingrowwithTamil
Nadu. And, like the Cauvery
water sharing dispute, the
Mekedatu project is unlikely
to be resolved soon. Shivaku-
mar’s walk for water may not
serve any purpose other than
gaining political brownie
points over an emotive issue
and embarrassing the Basa-
varaj Bommai government.
The Mekedaku dam pro-
ject is caught in a legal battle
with the Tamil Nadu govern-
ment filing a batch of peti-
tions in the Supreme Court.
Tamil Nadu’s argument is
that the implementation of
the project will cost enor-
mous damage to the environ-
ment. The construction
work, Tamil Nadu claimed,
will affect large tracts of Re-
serve Forests and wildlife
sanctuaries. Karnataka’s ob-
jective is to provide adequate
drinking water to Bengaluru
and generate hydroelectrici-
ty. The dam’s construction
will block the free flow of wa-
ter into Tamil Nadu from Me-
kedaku area, which is the
last free point from Karna-
taka, as release of water will
be in the control of the BJP
government.
Thethemeof Shivakumar’s
10-day march “Namma Neeru
Namma Hakku” (our water,
our right) should not lead to
parched throats in Tamil
Naduwhereshortageisequal-
ly, if not more, acute than in
Bengaluru where encroach-
ments have led to the disap-
pearance of its many water
bodies. Shivakumar would do
well to first chalk out another
water-sharing formula with
Tamil Nadu before starting
the dam’s construction.
The Congress leader’s defi-
ance against getting himself
tested for Covid while defy-
ing Covid-19 protocol also de-
fies logic.
CONG STIRS ANOTHER
DISCORD OVER WATER
Shivakumar’s walk for
water may not serve any
purpose other than
gaining political
brownie points over
an emotive issue and
embarrassing the
Basavaraj Bommai
government
A
Promoted by
Shree Cement Limited
nfighting and in that matter to
be precise… unrest has been
an integral part of West Ben-
gal BJP especially since the
poll debacle on May 2, 2021. Of
late, the party has been hit by
a huge revolt within after Un-
ion minister of state for ship-
ping Santanu Thakur and sev-
eral newly-elected MLAs have
left the party’s WhatsApp
group for not getting posts in
the recent rejig in the party
stateunit’sorganizationunder
the leadership of Balurghat
MP Sukanta Majumdar.
The reshuffle within which
took place in December, saw
the ouster of several old-tim-
ers of the BJP and the emer-
gence of a section of youth
leaders,includingsomewitha
RSS background, in the par-
ty’s state unit. This, however,
dashedthehopesof manywho
did not get a place in the state
committee or other bodies
even after getting elected
through the ballot and had be-
comepeople’srepresentatives.
Coming a day after the BJP
was massively trounced in
the Kolkata municipal polls
and six months after the saf-
fron camp secured 77 of the
state’s 294 assembly seats
against the mighty TMC’s 213
(then), the strategic rejig was
undertaken following consul-
tation with the central lead-
ership in Delhi.
The general sentiment of
the old-timers was that prob-
ably, “There was no visible
effort to project people who
have worked with the Rash-
triya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), which used to be the
old practice, and keep out for-
mer TMC leaders.”
The West Bengal unit of
BJP announced its new state
committee on December 22
evening, replacing several
veterans and triggering un-
rest in the organisation by
retaining many who had
come from the TMC.
Most of those who quit the
group are followers of Santa-
nu Thakur, who is from the
Matua community and is also
MP from Bongaon region in
West Bengal. He was peeved
over the fact that he found
himself sidelined and none
of the five MLAs from the
community of Hindu mi-
grants (Matuas), who were on
his side, was included in any
of the committees.
Thakur even told report-
ers… “I will not say anything
now. I will act when the time is
right.”
Thakur is closely associ-
ated with the All India Matua
Mahasangha.
At the epicenter of vote
bank politics… Matuas… a
Scheduled Caste group with
a population of over 3 crore
across the state, have influ-
ence in over 70 assembly con-
stituencies and is spread
across North 24 Parganas,
South 24 Parganas, Nadia
and other smaller pockets of
South and North Bengal.
West Bengal has 10 out of
42 Lok Sabha constituencies
reserved for the Scheduled
Castes and has the second
highest SC population in the
country
. In the 2019 Lok Sab-
ha elections, the BJP man-
aged to win four of 10 SC
caste seats and thereby stir-
ring the Matua vote mainly
on the issue of the Citizen-
ship Amendment Bill.
As a result, this group be-
came extremely important
even for the TMC and both
parties have been focussing
on the Namasudra vote bank.
Thakur has spoken several
times over the delay in the
implementation of the Citi-
zenship (Amendment) Act.
Coming back to the recent
crisis in the BJP state unit,
thelegislatorswhoareunhap-
pyareAsimSarkarof Haring-
hata, Ambika Roy of Kalyani,
Subrata Thakur of Gaighata,
Mukut Mani Adhikari of
Ranaghat South and Ashok
Kirtaniya of Bongaon North
MLA. Subrata is also the
brother of Santanu. Santanu,
alongwiththefiveBJPMLAs,
had quit the party’s What-
sApp group on January 3.
He later said: “The present
leadership of the Bengal BJP
does not need me or the Mat-
uas’ vote bank. So, I do not
need to be there.” Having
said that… Santanu Thakur
held a closed-door meeting
and set four demands for the
appointment of the five
MLAs in various posts before
the party
.
Recently
, another MLA, Hi-
ran Chatterjee, left the party’s
WhatsApp group and vented
his ire by saying, “It is point-
less to be in the party’s What-
sApp group when I have not
been given any responsibility
.
The state leadership and the
central leadership are talking
differently on the affairs here.
Since I have been elected as
an MLA, I will rather keep
myself focused in that role
only,” said the actor-turned-
legislator from Kharagpur.
Reacting to the develop-
ment, BJP state president
Sukanta Majumdar said,
“We will sort out any misun-
derstanding with Thakur. He
is very much a part of the
BJP parivar.” Asked to com-
ment, Trinamool Congress
Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu
Sekhar Roy told reporters
that the BJP had used the
Matua community for its
own electoral gains.
“But it (BJP) was not con-
cerned about their real devel-
opment. It is clear now,” he
added.
On the other hand, Adhi-
kari went on to say that the
aspirations of the people of
his constituency may not get
fulfilled under the newly
formed BJP state committee.
Post May 2021… West Ben-
gal unit of BJP has been
hugely affected by defections,
infighting and unrest and it is
high time, the state unit Pres-
ident, Sukanta Majumdar, ad-
dresses these issues which
have been heavily pulling
down the party’s fortunes es-
pecially with the Lok Sabha
elections just two years away
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
WHAT’S UP WITH WEST
BENGAL’S BJP UNIT?
I
He later said: “The present
leadership of the Bengal BJP
does not need me or the
Matuas’ vote bank. So, I do
not need to be there.” Having
said that… Santanu Thakur
held a closed-door meeting
and set four demands for the
appointment of the five
MLAs in various posts
before the party
Of late, the party has
been hit by a huge
revolt within after Union
minister of state for
shipping Santanu Thakur
and several newly-
elected MLAs have left
the party’s WhatsApp
group for not getting
posts in the recent rejig
in the party state
unit’s organization
under the leadership
of Balurghat MP Sukanta
Majumdar
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The elec-
tions in five states are a
test of ambition of Aam
Aadmi Party’s national
convener and Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal. The
results of these elec-
tions may give wings to
his all-India political
ambitions or he may sit
in tatters. Although Ke-
jriwal has had the ambi-
tion of doing all-India
politics for a long time,
but after forming the
govt in Delhi for the sec-
ond time in 2020, his
hopes have increased.
This time he is expect-
ing good performances
in Punjab, Uttarakhand
and Goa. In Punjab, his
party is looking at the
possibility of forming
the govt. Several pre-
poll surveys have pro-
jected the AAP to be the
single largest party.
However, even in
the 2017 elections,
many survey agen-
cies were forming
the AAP govt in
Punjab. Fur-
thermore,
the BJP
has created a ‘wave of
sympathy’ towards
AAP by getting a BJP
leader elected as Mayor,
despite AAP winning
the Chandigarh Munic-
ipal Corporation elec-
tions.
In Uttarakhand, Ke-
jriwal has made retired
army officer Ajay Koti-
yal as the chief
ministerial candi-
date and is mak-
ing many lofty
claims rang-
ing from
free elec-
t r i c i t y,
water to employment.
In Goa too, he is contest-
ing elections on similar
promises. His attempt
is to open an account in
Uttarakhand. So their
effort in Goa is to some-
how win two-four seats
so that AAP can play a
role while forming the
govt in a hung assembly
.
He wants to get enough
seats in Punjab, Goa
and Uttarakhand that
his party can go ahead
to become a national
party
. After that he will
focus on Gujarat and
Himachal Pradesh.
A test of Kejriwal’s ambition!
ELECTIONS OF 5 STATES
New Delhi: Rahul Gan-
dhi will hold a huddle
with the Goa Congress
leaders in Delhi on
Tuesday to discuss the
possibility of an alli-
ance with Mamata Ba-
nerjee’s Trinamool
Congress in the coastal
state that votes next
month, sources said.
Gandhi met senior par-
ty colleagues KC Venu-
gopal P Chidambar-
am to strategise over
state elections on Mon-
day. Meanwhile, Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Monday said the
upcoming assembly
elections are a right
time to defeat hatred.
Assembly elections
in five states including
in UP will be held in
seven phases starting
February 10 to March 7.
Elections right time to defeat hatred: RaGa
TRINAMOOL + CONGRESS FOR GOA POLLS? RAHUL GANDHI’S HUDDLE, LEADERS CALLED TODAY
Jairam Ramesh
pushes for online
Parl committee
meetings
Punjab Lok Cong
gets party symbol
New Delhi: In the wake
of the rise in Covid cas-
es in the national capi-
tal, the meetings of sev-
eralParliamentarycom-
mittees have been can-
celled after over 400
Parliament staff tested
positive for Covid-19
during random testing.
“I requested the
Chairman of the RS on
the last day of the Win-
ter Session to allow on-
line meetings of stand-
ing committees. And yet
again it was disallowed.
Now,importantcommit-
tee meetings are being
cancelled. I simply can-
not understand why on-
line meetings cannot be
held,” Congress leader
Jairam Ramesh said.
Chandigarh: Former
CM Amarinder Singh’s
newly launched politi-
cal outfit Punjab Lok
Congress on Monday
said it has got a party
symbol. ‘Happy to in-
form that Punjab Lok
Congress has received
its Party Symbol --
Hockey Stick with Ball.
#Bas Hun Goal Krna
Baki (Making goals
only left now),’ the Pun-
jab Lok Congress said
in a tweet.
Kochi: The actor in the
assault case in which
actor Dileep is an ac-
cused spoke out public-
ly on Monday for the
first time, saying even
though she was not the
one who committed the
crime, there have been
attempts to humiliate,
silence and isolate her.
The survivor, using
her Instagram handle,
said her name and iden-
tity were suppressed for
the last five years.
“This has not been an
easy journey. The jour-
ney from being a victim
to becoming a survivor.
For 5 years now, my
name and my identity
have been suppressed
under the weight of the
assault inflicted on me.
Though I am not the
one who has committed
the crime, there have
been many attempts to
humiliate, silence and
isolate me,” she said in
her post.
The survivor thanked
everyone who had stood
by her and said some
have stepped forward to
keep her voice “alive”.
“Now when I hear so
many voices speak up
for me, I know that I am
notaloneinthisfightfor
justice,” she said. —PTI
‘I’m not alone in fight’: Actor Dileep
case sexual assault survivor speaks out
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vi-
jayan on Monday con-
demned the murder of
an activist of the SFI in
Idukki district and said
attempts to create riots
in colleges will be not
allowed. Dheeraj Rajen-
dran (21), a student of
Idukki Engineering
College, was stabbed to
death during a scuffle
with Kerala Students
Union (KSU) activists,
police said.
In a Facebook post,
Vijayan wrote, “Murder
of Dheeraj Rajendran, a
student of Govt Engi-
neering College, Iduk-
ki and an SFI activist,
is extremely sad and
condemnable. Police
have been directed to
bring Dheeraj’s killers
before law.”
The Kannur resident
was stabbed around
1pm on Monday, police
said, adding he was
rushed to the local med-
ical college, but could
not be saved. —ANI
SFI activist murder: Won’t allow bid to
create college riots, says Pinarayi Vijayan
Congress gears up for virtual
campaign, prepares for battle
ASSEMBLY POLLS
New Delhi: After the
ElectionCommissionof
India banned physical
rallies till January 15 in
the five poll-bound
states due to a surge in
COVID-19 cases, the
Congress is gearing up
to conduct virtual ral-
lies. According to Con-
gress sources, a green
roomwillbesetupatthe
party headquarters in
Delhi, state capitals and
several districts of the
poll-bound states so that
the leaders can virtually
connect with the people.
Green rooms will
also operate from the
residences of Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gan-
dhi, the sources said.
Congress will also use
social media platforms
for its digital campaign.
Twitter will be used to
set the narrative from
the latest data and Face-
book and Insta-
gram will be used on
several issues. Live vid-
eo content will be put up
on social media plat-
forms. The sources stat-
edthatthepartywillpay
special attention to the
contentof thedigitalral-
lies. The content will be
new, attention-grabbing
and energizing to en-
gage the general public.
BJP fully prepared for digital
rallies in Uttarakhand: Bhatt
New Delhi: Union Min-
isterof StateforDefence
and Tourism, Ajay
Bhatt, on Monday as-
sured that there will be
no connectivity issue
during digital rallies in
Uttarakhand because
BJP is fully prepared for
it. The ECI on Saturday
announced the schedule
for the upcoming As-
sembly elections in Ut-
tar Pradesh, Goa, Pun-
jab, Manipur and Utta-
rakhand and directed
that no physical politi-
cal rallies and road-
shows will be allowed
till January 15. Speak-
ing to ANI, he said,
“BJP workers are law-
abiding, we always fol-
low the instructions of
ECI. We are fully pre-
pared for the digital ral-
lies. We have done such
a rally earlier. There
will be no connectivity
issues during digital ral-
lied in Uttarakhand be-
cause people here are
very cooperative and
they do whatever told to
do by the govt.”
‘GAME-CHANGER’:SIDHUASACTORSONU
SOOD’S SISTER JOINS CONGRESS
Moga: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood’s sister Malvika
Sood on Monday joined Cong in presence of Punjan
CM Charanjit Singh Channi and state Cong president
Navjot Singh Sidhu. The the development comes as
a “game-changer” ahead of the February 14 assem-
bly polls. Speaking on the occasion, Malvika Sood
said she has taken the political plunge to dedicate
herself to serve the people. Referring to Malvika
Sood’s joining Cong, Sidhu said, “In the cricketing
world, it is called a game-changer.”
BJP MLA RADHA KRISHNA JOINS SP
Lucknow: In yet another jolt to the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP), its sitting MLA from Bilsi Assem-
bly seat in Badaun district Radha Krishna Sharma
joined the
Samajwadi
Party (SP)
on Monday.
SP shared
a picture of
Sharma with
party presi-
dent Akhilesh
Yadav. The party said in a tweet, “Expressing faith
in the leadership of the national president, MLA
from Bilsi, Badaun Radha Krishna Sharma has
taken the membership of the Samajwadi Party.
Warm welcome and greeting to you.” This is the
second jolt to the ruling BJP within a week. Last
week, BJP MLA from Nanpara in Bahraich district
Madhuri Varma also joined SP. —Agencies
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: A plea
has been moved in
Delhi High Court
seeking direction to
quash Section 14 of
the impugned Nation-
al Commission for In-
dian System of Medi-
cine (NCISM) Act,
2020 that mandated a
common NEET for
taking admission in
all the disciplines of
medical education
like MBBS, BDS,
BAMS, BSMS, BUMS
and BHMS.
The bench of Jus-
tice DN Patel and Jus-
tice Jyoti Singh on
Monday issued notice
to Union of India Min-
istry of Ayurveda,
Yoga and Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha and Ho-
moeopathy (AYUSH),
National Commission
for Indian System of
Medicine, National
Commission for Ho-
moeopathy, National
Testing Agency and
others and tagged the
matter with other sim-
ilar pending matters.
The Court listed the
matter for March 30,
2022, for further hear-
ing the matter.
Plea in HC challenges NCISM Act mandated in
NEET for admission in all medical disciplines
New Delhi: The SC
Monday said it
would hear on Janu-
ary 25 the arguments
on a batch of peti-
tions which have
raised issue con-
cerning interpreta-
tion of certain provi-
sions of the PMLA.
The top court, which
was scheduled to
hear the pleas on
Tuesday, deferred
the hearing after
senior advocates Ka-
pil Sibal and Mukul
Rohatgi,whoarerep-
resenting some of
the petitioners, men-
tioned the matter
and requested the
bench to defer it for
some time. Sibal told
abenchof JusticesA
M Khanwilkar and C
T Ravikumar that
they are ready with
the matter but the
problem is that their
juniors are down
with COVID. -PTI
PMLA matter: SC to hear
batch of petitions on Jan 25
Court sends ‘Bulli
Bai’ case accused
to police custody
Mumbai: Two accused
inthe‘BulliBai’appcase-
Shweta Singh and Ma-
yank Rawal- have been
sent to Mumbai Cyber
Police custody till Janu-
ary 14 by the Bandra
court on Monday
. The
court initially remanded
Shweta Singh and Ma-
yankRawaltopolicecus-
tody till January 10.
Meanwhile, the Bandra
CourtsentVishalKumar
Jha, another accused in
the same case to 14-day
judicial custody
.
New Delhi: A plea has
been moved in the Delhi
HC seeking direction to
the Centre through the
Ministry of Law and
Justicetoenactlawsand
guidelines regulating
the activities of private
detectives on account of
their conduct being in
violation of Article 21 of
the Constitution of In-
dia. The petition further
seeksdirectiontoconsti-
tute a State Board, com-
prising of a member
from the Judiciary
, from
the State Home Depart-
ment, a member from
theStateIntelligenceDe-
partment, a member
from the State Police De-
partment, a nominee
member from the Na-
tional Human Rights
Commission of India
andtwoeminentperson-
alities. The matter on
Monday got adjourned
for February 21 as the
main counsel from the
petitioner side was un-
well. The matter was
listed before the bench
of Justices DN Patel and
Jyoti Singh. —ANI
Direct Centre to
frame laws for
pvt detectives:
PIL in Delhi HC
SC restrains Tripura cops from acting
against activist’s tweets on violence
New Delhi: The SC
Monday restrained
TripuraPolicefromact-
ingonitsnoticetoTwit-
ter Inc with regard to a
journalist’s tweet about
alleged communal vio-
lence in the state.
Abenchof JusticesD
YChandrachudandAS
Bopanna issued notice
on the plea and tagged
the plea of Samiullah
Shabbir Khan with oth-
erpendingmatters.The
bench said, “Issue no-
tice. Pending fur-
ther orders, there
shall be an ad-inter-
im direction stay-
ing the first re-
spondent (Super-
intendent of Police
(Cyber Crime)) from
acting on communica-
tion dated Nov 22, 2021
with regard to the peti-
tioner in these proceed-
ings”, the bench said.
COVID-19 PIL: SC JUNKS PLEA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dis-
missed a plea alleging that China is deliberately
spreading the COVID-19 virus as a biological
weapon. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul
and MM Sundresh dismissed a plea filed by a
Karnataka-based lawyer who has contended that
virgin coconut oil can dissolve the virus and
sought directions to the Central government to
stop China from spreading the virus. The Bench
said the petition was only a publicity move. —ANI
E
E
E
SURVIVOR WRITES TO CM
Ajay Bhatt
Jairam Ramesh
Rahul Gandhi
Pinarayi Vijayan
Malvika Sood with Charanjeet Singh Channi and Navjot
Singh Sidhu in Moga.
Arvind Kejriwal

INDIA
06
Chennai: Apple Inc
supplier Foxconn will
reopen an iPhone man-
ufacturing facility in
India on Wednesday
with 500 workers, gov-
ernment officials and a
legislator in the region
where the plant is lo-
cated said.
The Foxconn plant,
in the town of Sripe-
rumbudur near the Ta-
mil Nadu state capital
of Chennai, employed
about 17,000 people but
was closed on Decem-
ber 18 after protests
over 250 of its workers
who fell sick with food
poisoning.
Apple has since
placed the factory on
probation after discov-
ering that some dormi-
tories and dining rooms
did not meet required
standards. Foxconn and
Apple did not immedi-
ately respond to a re-
quest for comment.
K Selvaperunthagai,
a member of the state
assembly for the area,
said the Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister MK Sta-
lin told the Assembly
late on Friday the plant
would reopen on
Wednesday with 500
workers. Government
officials have said Fox-
conn intended to re-
sume production grad-
ually but have not said
when the full workforce
would be back on the
job. Foxconn has been
making the iPhone 12
and testing production
of the iPhone 13 at the
Sriperumbudur facility
,
its only plant in India,
government officials
have said.
Selvaperunthagaisaid
the state government
would build a hostel fa-
cility with a capacity to
house tens of thousands
of workers from various
industries. —Agencies
Foxconn’s iPhone plant near Chennai to reopen
FOXCONN TO RESUME OPS
zzz
Tamil Nadu, one
of the country’s
industrialised
State, is called
the “Detroit of
Asia”. It is home
to factories of
cos including
BMW, Daimler,
Hyundai, Nissan
NAIDU, BIRLA SEEK COVID NORMS REVIEW
Presiding officers of 2 Houses asks officials to chalk out measures to hold a safe Budget Session as 400 staffers tested +ve
New Delhi: Amid a
surge in Covid cases
across the country and
around 400 Parliament
staff members testing
positive for the infec-
tion, presiding officers
of the two Houses on
Monday asked officials
to chalk out measures
to hold a safe Budget
Session.
Rajya Sabha Chair-
man M Venkaiah Naidu
and Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla on Monday
directed the secretaries
general of both the
Houses to examine in
detail the prevailing
scenario of the Covid
pandemic and suggest
measures for the safe
conduct of the Budget
session, sources said.
Though the dates
have not yet been an-
nounced, the Budget
Session usually begins
at the end of January
.
According to sources,
Naidu had called up
Birla and the two took
stock of the situation
and directed both secre-
taries general accord-
ingly
.
The Monsoon Ses-
sion of 2020 was the
first full session held
under Covid protocol
with the Rajya Sabha
meeting in the first half
of the day and Lok Sab-
ha during the second
half.
The same protocol
was followed for the
first part of the Budget
Session during 2021.
For the second part
of the Budget session,
and the Monsoon and
Winter sessions last
year, Rajya Sabha and
Lok Sabha reverted to
normal timings with
members sitting in the
chambers and galleries
of Parliament. —ANI
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Covid behaviour, vaccination main
shields against variants, says expert
New Delhi: Noting that
there has been a sudden
rise in Covid-19 cases
across India, a health
expert has advised peo-
ple to follow Covid ap-
propriate behaviour
and get vaccinated say-
ing that precaution is
the only important
thing to protect from all
mutations of virus.
“For all variants of
Covid-19, be it Delta,
Omicron or any other
variant, precaution is
most important, which
we call as Covid behav-
iour. This involves so-
cial distancing, wear-
ing masks, and getting
vaccinated. —ANI
Teenagers pose for the photo after recieving a dose of Covaxin at
Haryana Guest House, in Guwahati on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
NO SYMPTOMS OR NOT AT
‘HIGH RISK’? DON’T GET
TESTED, SAYS CENTRE
New Delhi: Contacts
of Covid-19 patients,
unless identified as
high-risk, don’t need
to be tested, the Gov-
ernment’s top medi-
cal body said on Mon-
dayina new advisory
.
Asymptomatic in-
dividuals in commu-
nity settings, pa-
tients who stand dis-
charged as per home
isolation guidelines,
also patients dis-
charged from a Cov-
id-19 facility and in-
dividuals undertak-
ing inter-state do-
mestic travel need
not be tested, said the
Indian Council of
Medical Research.
Those with cough,
fever, sore throat,
loss of taste or smell,
breathlessness and
other respiratory
symptoms) individu-
als should be tested,
said the body
.
—Agencies
z DDMA decides to
close restaurants, only
take away facility al-
lowed: Delhi LG Baijal
z Health Ministry joint
secretary advises Omi-
cron patients to go in for
home isolation, rely on
only authentic sources
z CRPF reports 931
active Covid-19 cases
across all formations
z Karnataka police
lodged an FIR against the
State Congress president
DK Shivakumar, Opposi-
tion leader Siddaramaiah
and 30 others for carry-
ing out padayatra despite
Covid curfew order.
z Nick Kyrgios tests +ve
ahead of Australian Open
z Surge in cases forces
Sports Authority to shut
its training centres
z 25 international fliers,
found Covid +ve, de-
boarded at Delhi Airport
HIGHLIGHTS COVID
POSITIVE
TN ALLOWS
JALLIKATTU THIS
YEAR WITH CURBS
Chennai: Tamil
Nadu Government
has allowed the
famed Jallikattu
event this year with
Covid-19 restric-
tions. According to
the circular, only 150
spectators or 50 per
cent of the seating
capacity will be al-
lowed. The specta-
tors must carry full
vaccination cer-
tificate or negative
RT-PCR test report.
New Delhi: The
Centre made it
clear to States
and UTs that no
time limit has
been set for the
operationalisation
of vaccination
centres, and that
they can operate
till 10 pm.
About 1K Delhi
Police personnel, 46
prisoners in Delhi
l Rajnath Singh l
BJP Leader Khushbu
Sundar l Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar l BJP
chief JP Nadda l
K’taka CM Bommai
l Union Minister
Ajay Bhatt
Bhopal: A Madhya Pradesh police constable who
was placed under suspension for keeping his hair
and moustache long in alleged
violation of service rules for uni-
formed personnel was reinstated
on Monday, with a senior official
stating that the order to take
him off duty was not issued by a
competent authority. Constable
Rakesh Rana, posted as a driver in the police’s motor
transport wing, was suspended, as per an order of
Prashant Sharma, Assistant Inspector General, Coop-
eratives Fraud and Public Service Guarantee. —PTI
Mumbai: The Mumbai
International Airport
skirted a major fire
incident when the vehicle
that tows the plane —
pushback aircraft tow
tug — caught fire on
Monday. The aircraft
tug which was to push
back Air India flight
AI-647 caught fire near
the plane. The plane was
destined to Jamnagar
with 85 passengers on
board. —Agencies
Banihal/Jammu:
The Jammu-Srinagar
National Highway was
reopened for traffic today
after remaining closed
for the past three days
due to heavy snowfall
and multiple landslides in
Ramban district, officials
said. The clearance of
debris is still going on to
ensure smooth move-
ment of traffic. —ANI
Balrampur: Six people,
including ex-Balrampur
MP of Samajwadi Party,
Rizwan Zahir, and his
daughter have been
arrested for their alleged
involvement in kill-
ing of former Tulsipur
panchyat chairman Firoz
Khan Pappu on January
5, police said. Pappu
was hacked to death on
January 4 night by some
persons, SP Hemant
Kutiyal said. —PTI
Dehradun: In yet another
decision to please the
priest community after
withdrawing the Chard-
ham Devasthanam Board
Act, the Uttarakhand
government has recon-
stituted the Badrinath-
Kedarnath Temple Com-
mittee under a new head
to manage the affairs
of the two Himalayan
shrines. —ANI
MP COP SUSPENDED FOR REFUSING
TO TRIM MOUSTACHE REINSTATED
CLOSE SHAVE FOR
85 FLIERS AS TUG
CATCHES FIRE
JAMMU-SRINAGAR
NH REOPENS
AFTER 3 DAYS
EX-MP, DAUGHTER
AMONG 6 HELD FOR
MURDER IN UP
BADRI-KEDAR
TEMPLE PANEL
RECONSTITUTED
Kottayam: Seven people have been arrested from
Karukachal in Kerala for their alleged involvement
in a case relating to partner swapping, police said.
Seven people, including the husband of a woman
who had filed a complaint that she was being
forced by her husband into unnatural sex, were
arrested. The gang was busted during the investi-
gation into the complaint of the woman, they said.
According to the complaint, the woman was forced
into unnatural sex with other men. The gang is said
to have used Telegram, Messenger apps. —ANI
‘PARTNER SWAPPING’ RACKET BUSTED IN
KERALA,7 ARRESTED,SAY COPS: REPORT
CRUCIAL READ
No time limit
set for vaccine
centres: Govt
I’m ashamed: Kerala Guv on
denial of honouring President
Kerala: The ongoing
tiff between Kerala
Governor Arif Moham-
med Khan and Pinarayi
Vijayan-led State Gov-
ernment over the denial
of giving the Honorary
D Litt to President of
India took a turn for the
worse, with the former
slamming the Kerala
University Vice-Chan-
cellor.
Speaking to the me-
dia soon after arriving
from Delhi, Khan said
he is ashamed and has
to hang his head in
shame.
“Kerala University is
one of the oldest uni-
versities in the country
and the Vice-chancellor
cannot even write five
lines correctly. He also
cannot even speak prop-
erly. I was really
ashamed,” said Khan.
Khan said he was
surprised to find out
that no convocation has
been held at the Kerala
University for the past
10 years, so he told the
V-C to hold one.
“After a month he
came back to me and I
told him that I will per-
sonally go to the Presi-
dent of India to come
and attend the convoca-
tion. But on 5th Decem-
ber he calls the Raj
Bhavan and I was
shocked to hear what he
was saying. It took me
10 minutes to regain
myself when I heard
what he was saying.
Soon after that, I called
the Chief Minister,”
said Khan. —ANI
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan
70-km long march seeking
repeal of AFSPA begins
Dimapur: Hundreds of
Nagas joined a two-day
walkathon on Monday
from Nagaland’s com-
mercial hub Dimapur
to state capital Kohima,
a distance of more than
70 km, demanding the
repeal of Armed Force
Special Power Act (AF-
SPA) and justice for the
14 civilians who were
killed in Mon district.
The walkathon,
which stemmed out of
social media posts fol-
lowing the Mon kill-
ings, gained the support
of various tribal bodies
and civil society organi-
sations in the State.
It began at the Super
Market area of Dima-
pur with volunteers and
participants holding
placards, demanding
the repeal of AFSPA.
Rukewezo Wetsah,
one of the coordinators
of the walkathon, said
it was a peaceful, silent
and democratic meas-
ure to convey the re-
sentment of the people
over AFSPA, and reas-
sert “our dignity as hu-
man beings”. —PTI
Outrage over actor’s tweet on Olympic Bronze medallist Saina
New Delhi: Actor Sid-
dharth’s tweet on bad-
minton player Saina
Nehwal’s comment on
PM Narendra Modi’s
recent security scare
has run into a contro-
versy over outright sex-
ist overtones.
Nehwal had raised
concerns over PM’s con-
voy’s being stopped for
some 20 minutes.
“No nation can claim
itself to be safe if the se-
curity of its own PM
getscompromised.Icon-
demn, in the strongest
words possible, the cow-
ardlyattackonPMModi
by anarchists,” Nehwal,
anOlympicBronzemed-
allist, tweeted.
Retweeting Nehwal,
Siddharth posted, “Sub-
tlecockchampionof the
world... Thank God we
haveprotectorsof India.
Folded hands. Shame on
you Rihanna.” —Agencies
New Delhi: The
National Commission
for Women on Monday
said that it has written
to Twitter to block the
handle of actor Sid-
dharth for a tweet on
shuttler and BJP leader
Saina Nehwal calling it
“misogynist and outra-
geous” and the Com-
mission has also asked
the DGP to investigate
the matter and register
an FIR. Siddharth, who
primarily works in Ta-
mil and Telugu cinema.
—ANI
NCW ASKS TWITTER TO BLOCK ACTOR’S
HANDLE FOR ‘MISOGYNIST’ COMMENT
—FILE PHOTO
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NEWS DIGEST
BIKE- BORNE MISCREANTS LOOT
JEWELLERY, CASH FROM BIZMAN
ARMY MAN SHOOTS SELF WITH
SERVICE RIFLE IN JAISALMER
3 SISTERS BURNT WHILE ASLEEP
AS LPG CYLINDER CATCHES FIRE
Ajmer: In a case of daylight robbery, three bike-
borne miscreants snatched a businessman’s bag
containing jewellery and cash
worth lakhs and fled. Victim
Padmachand Jain, a resident
of Kishangarh, in his com-
plaint said that he carries the
gold and silver from the fa-
mous jewelers of Kishangarh
to Ajmer on a daily basis. On Sunday,he was robbed
jewellery and lakhs of rupees on Ajmer Road.
Jaisalmer: An Army jawan, Balram Gurjar, a
resident of Dausa, posted at 128th Infantry Ter-
ritorial Army Paryavaran
Raj Ref (Environment Task
Force), committed suicide
by shooting himself with his
service rifle on Monday at
Jaisalmer’s Mohangarh while
on duty. Mohangarh SHO
Bhavani Singh Singh said that Gurjar resumed duty
on December 1 after returning from leave.
Kota: In a tragic case, three sisters were badly
burnt while asleep as the LPG cylinder caught fire
and engulfed a house in Vyas Chauk area of the
city on Monday. The young girls have suffered
50% burns and are undergoing treatment at the
MBS Hospital here. LS Speaker and local MP Om
Birla spoke to the distressed family provided
financial assistance of Rs 25,000 to them.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya
during a meeting of the
State Level Monitoring
Committee at the Sec-
retariat here on Mon-
day, directed the offic-
ers to make a strategy
for each protected area
and work on the volun-
tary displacement of
the people living in
those areas and the
benefits of the dis-
placement package
given by the govern-
ment. He directed the
officers of the forest
department that for the
protection of tigers
and other wildlife, it is
necessary to expedite
the process of displace-
ment of people living
in protected areas.
Arya directed the of-
ficers of the depart-
ment and the district
collectors concerned
that separate strategies
should be made for the
three tiger reserves --
Ranthambore, Sariska
and Mukundra.
Principal Secretary,
forest department,
Sreya Guha gave de-
tailed information
about the progress
made so far. Additional
Principal Chief Con-
servator of Forests and
Chief Wildlife Warden
Arindam Tomar said
that the displacement
scheme would provide
adequate space to ti-
gers and other wildlife.
Villagers living around
the tiger project area in
all three tiger reserves
are being shifted.
Expedite process of shifting people
from protected areas: CS to officials
CONSERVING WILDLIFE
CS Niranjan Arya chairs the meeting of the State Level Monitoring Committee at Secretariat on
Monday. Also seen here are Sreya Guha, Arindam Tomar, Deep Narayan Pandey and others.
Its necessary
to expedite
displacement
of people living in
protected areas.
Separate strategies
should be made for
Ranthambore, Sariska
Mukundra Tiger
Reserves. Niranjan Arya,
Chief Secretary
Change in
master plan
by ADA
reaches HC
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Justice Inder-
jeet Singh issued notic-
es on Writ Petition filled
by Petitioner against
the UDH Department
Ajmer Development
Authority
. Advocate SK
Singh along with Rekha
Dixit, Saurabh Chatter-
jee, Keerti Harsha
Chatterjee, on behalf of
the Petitioner argued
that respondents want
to change the Master
Plan of Ajmer City and
called the objections in
this regard. The present
Petitioner has submit-
ted various objections
to ADA Commissioner,
with respect to the
change in the Master
Plan. The respondents
were further directed to
remove the encroach-
ments within a period
of four months from the
date of order which was
passed in the Contempt
Petition No. 679/2019
entitled “Sunil Kumar
Singh Vs. Ms. Chinmoy
GopalOrs.”Vide order
dated 20.11.2021.
MISSION HOUSING FOR ALL
‘Construction won’t
be stalled due to
installment delay’
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Now the work
of house construction
under ‘Mission Hous-
ing For All’ will not stop
due to delay in install-
ment. The construction
of the house will be
completed without de-
lay. The state govern-
ment instructed the lo-
cal bodies to bear the
amount of installment
to be received from the
Centre.
The amount of in-
stallment will be given
by the local body to the
beneficiary
.
UDH and LSG De-
partments have in-
structed to all the local
bodies that in case of
delay in installment of
grant, in case of indi-
vidual housing con-
struction, if the con-
struction of the house
is stuck in any case, the
concerned body will be
able to make the install-
ment amount available
directly to the benefi-
ciary at their own level.
Later, on receiving the
grant amount, the bod-
ies will be able to com-
pensate their given
amount.
One-Time Reg process beneficial
for aspirants, says RPSC chief
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: One Time Reg-
istration in Rajasthan
Public Service Commis-
sion was launched to-
day. In the very first
month of the new year,
a generous gift has been
given by the Commis-
sion which will benefit
not only the candidates,
but also the Commis-
sion. This information
was given by the Acting
Chairman of RPSC Dr
Shiv Singh Rathore.
One- Time Verifica-
tion will also be started
soon. Candidates will
be allotted a unique
number on registra-
tion. This will elimi-
nate the need to submit
original documents
every time a form is
filled, further saving
time and effort. It was a
long-standing demand
of the candidates.
Recently, instruc-
tions were given to the
IT Department to expe-
dite the implementa-
tion process of the
scheme. Information
regarding this was also
given in the meeting of
Standard Committee
held on January 7. The
move was praised by
the Chairpersons of all
the States’ PSCs.
Withthis,therewillbe
no need for the candi-
dates to give name, qual-
ification and other de-
sired information re-
peatedly
, while applying
for different recruit-
ments. By simply enter-
ing the unique number
given by the Commis-
sion, the details entered
in the profile by the can-
didate will be automati-
callyenteredintheform.
There will also be a facil-
ity to update the profile
from time to time.
RPSC Chairman Dr Shiv Singh Rathore launches the ‘One Time Registration Process’ for candidates
at RPSC premises on Monday. Also seen here are HL Atal and Akhilesh Mittal.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Despite ad-
verse circumstances
due to the Covid pan-
demic, the Mines de-
partment has success-
fully created a condu-
cive environment for
investment in the min-
ing sector in Rajasthan.
As a result of team-
work by Mines Minis-
ter Pramod Jain Bhaya,
ACS Subodh Agarwal,
and Mines Director KB
Pandya, 396 Memoran-
dum of Understanding
worth Rs 28,552 crore
were signed in an in-
vestors’ summit on
Monday.
The event was organ-
ised virtually wherein,
the officers of the de-
partment highlighted
the potential of the
state and investment
opportunities in the
mining sector.
Pandya said that
MoUs/LoIs worth Rs.28,
552 crore were signed.
This includes 12 in the
sector of major miner-
als, 4 in oil and natural
gas and 380 in minor
minerals.
The status and pros-
pects of mining areas in
state were highlighted
through a presentation.
The director called
upon investors to invest
in mineral sectors. He
also informed the inves-
tors about the areas of
the auction of blocks of
major minerals and al-
lotment of plots of mi-
nor minerals.
He also apprised
them about auction’s
action plan being done
by the department in
coming year. Other of-
ficers including RSMM
MD Om Kasera, Addl
Director Mahesh Ma-
thur were also present.
` 28,552 cr MoUs inked by Mines Dept
THE SCHEME
z Under Centre’s
‘Mission Housing For
All’ scheme, a person
is given a grant for
construction of a
house on his own land
or for expansion of an
existing house.
z A grant of Rs 1.5
lakh is made available
to the beneficiary by
the Central Govern-
ment.
z There is a provi-
sion to provide this
grant in three install-
ments of Rs 60,000,
Rs 60,000 and Rs
30,000 according to
the different phases of
construction.
Govt facilitating investors to
set up industries in Raj: Bhati
Puneet Chaturvedi
Dungarpur: Dungar-
pur Investor Summit
was held by Dungarpur
district administration
and District Industries
Centre at Lake View Ho-
tel on Monday. Energy
Minister and district in-
charge Minister Bhan-
war Singh Bhati said,
“There is an excellent
environment for indus-
trial development in the
state. The state govern-
ment is providing every
facility to investors to
set up industries. Ef-
forts have been made to
remove all the minor
problems faced by in-
vestors. Investors from
several countries have
shown interest in set-
ting up industries in
Rajasthan.”
Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Ganesh Ghoghra, Suresh Kumar Ola, RK Sethia and others during the
Investor’s Summit in Dungarpur on Monday.
NK Kothari, PR Ameta, Girish Kacchara, Dr TR Agrawal, PR Prajapat, Sanjay Shrimali, LS Sardalia, DP
Gaur, Madusudan Paliwal and Mahesh Mathur during a state level online programme organised at
the headquarters of Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Limited, Udaipur on Monday.
Officials of the
department
highlighted
investment
opportunities in
mining sector
‘SIROHI HAS POTENTIAL TO EMERGE AS STEEL HUB’
Sirohi: Minister-in-charge of Sirohi district, Mahendra Singh Choudhary
attended the Invest Summit programme organised by the Industries and
Commerce Department at a hotel in Maval Second Phase, located at Abu
Road RIICO Industrial Area. While addressing the gathering as the Chief
Guest, he said that steel plants are being set up in RIICO region at a fast
pace. Saying that Sirohi district has a strong potential to emerge as the
steel hub in the coming days, he assured to address the problems faced
by the entrepreneurs. Industrial development in the state has been given a
push to attract more investors and to provide employment to the youth. He
further added that the work of building a ‘dry- port’ is starting in the district.

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
55,07,612
TOTAL DEATHS
25,97,14,030
TOTAL RECOVERED
4,29,65,125
ACTIVE CASES
30,81,86,767
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
4,83,936
TOTAL DEATHS
3,45,00,172
TOTAL RECOVERED
7,23,619
ACTIVE CASES
3,57,08,442
TOTAL CASES
As the National Road Safety
Week begins, let us all pledge to
be better ‘on the road’ and obey
traffic rules!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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Political
appointments
before Makar
Sankranti in
Rajasthan!
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: In the JMC
Greater bribery case,
ACB has now regis-
tered an FIR naming
Assistant Accounts Of-
ficer Yatendra Sankh-
la, AA Shrikant Pa-
reek, Contractor Go-
vind Ram, Contractor
Ganga Ram Meena, as
well as contractor Ab-
hishek Jain alias Titu.
Apart from this, along
with other officers and
employees posted in
JMC Greater, ACB will
also investigate the
role of individual con-
tractor and broker.
On Monday, ACB
team reached the Mun
Corp and searched the
files in the finance
branch for about 8
hours, later seizing the
files.
It has been revealed
that for the last 4
months, the ACB team
was keeping an eye on
all the movements and
learnt that FA Acha-
leshwar Meena used to
often visit the house of
brokers.
He would mostly go
to the house of Anil
Agarwal and Dhan Ku-
mar Jain and there-
fore, the ACB had tak-
en their phones under
surveillance during
which sleuths heard
thousands of phone
calls.
Meanwhile, contrac-
tor Dhan Kumar has
also spilled many se-
crets in front of ACB
and told the Bureau
sleuths that he is a mu-
nicipal corporation
contractor and if he
did not send the
amount on demand of
the officials, they
would have stopped his
work or create trouble
in getting his bill
passed. “I am well ac-
quainted with the offic-
ers posted in the JMC
Greater. In lieu of for-
warding and paying
their pending bills, the
bill amount is collected
from me in the form of
commission bribe
amount. Commission-
er of JMC Greater Yag-
ya Mitra Singh Deo
takes 2% of the bill
amount. Accountant
and Double AO charge
14% of the bill amount
and 0.012% goes to the
clerk as commission
from the contractors of
the firms associated
with us. In lieu of for-
warding the bill and
making payment, the
amount of bribe is
collected and given to
the concerned officer.
Meanwhile, a com-
puterized list was
found at Achaleshwar
Meena’s house, in
which, in front of the
names of several con-
tractors, the amount is
written in number. A
total of 4 pages have
been found by the ACB
and the first name
mentioned in the list is
of Sri Shyam Builders
and Contractors with
the number 10.42 men-
tioned right in front of
it. Similarly, on the last
page the name Guru
Construction is men-
tioned with the num-
ber 6.11.
When questioned
about it, Achaleshwar
confessed that the pa-
per was handed to him
by Dhan Kumar.
Interestingly, when
the ACB team was
searching Achalesh-
war Meena’s house, at
the same time, Govind
Kumar Agarwal
reached Achaleshwar
Meena’s house. When
the ACB sleuths asked
the reason for Govind
coming to meet Acha-
leshwar, he confessed
that the payment of
civil works of around
150-200 contractors,
from July 2020 to De-
cember 29, 2021 and to
the tune of Rs 5964.96
lakh was due and he
had come to speak to
Achaleshwar about
that.
The man was carry-
ing an 18-page list that
marked all the contrac-
tors whose payment
was pending. ACB got
the man to sign the list
and seized it.
First India gets its hand on the
transcript on how the accused
used to interact on phone calls
regarding work and bribe
FIRST INDIA BRINGS TO YOU AN EXCERPT FROM THE CONVERSATION OF FA ACHA-
LESHWAR MEENA (9799229861) WITH CONTRACTOR ANIL AGARWAL (9314874078)
ON OCTOBER 23, TALKS WERE
HELD ON THE MOBILE NUMBER
OF CONTRACTOR ANIL AGARWAL
(NUMBER 9314 531177)
Anil: I don’t take tensions nowa-
days, whatever he wants will
happen.
Govind: One thing in the Greater,
who gets the bill passed by some-
one. Who gets the bill from the CO
to the CO?
Anil: What is your work?
Govind: A SD is lying. It’s been a
long time before he was not doing
it.. now he is doing it, first, he
asked 2%, now yesterday he said
3%. Such a loot, yesterday the call
came for 3%.
Anil: You stay calm, I will handle it
Govind: Who will get it done
Anil: Brother, I will tell you, no pa-
per comes out without the system.
Govind: Will they take 3%
Anil: No two, who told you this
give his number. Listen to me, do
not talk like this on the phone, will
you get me fixed. WhatsApp me
when needed, you want to get me
fixed?
Govind: WhatsApp...I am doing
WhatsApp
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA ON JANUARY 10, 2022
ACB files FIR against 5, learns JMC Greater
Commissioner charged 2% on bill amount
Aditi Nagar and
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In what
could be termed as a
‘festive’ gift for hun-
dreds of waiting
Congress leaders,
the state govern-
ment may undergo
political appoint-
ments even before
Makar Sankranti!
Informed sources
have indicated that
political appoint-
ments may happen
in the next 48 to 72
hours. Earlier there
was news that ap-
pointments would
be done after Mal-
mas, but now Con-
gressmen can get
the ‘good news’ be-
fore Makar Sank-
ranti.
Interestingly, it
has been learnt that
the government has
found a new path for
political appoint-
ments through
which it can ap-
point more leaders.
Sources reveal that
the posts of vice-
president are being
created in the
Boards and Corpo-
ration as many
boards and corpora-
tions do not cur-
rently have the post
of vice president.
According to
sources, verbal in-
structions have
come from the CMO
in this regard after
which some depart-
ments have started
the exercise of
changing the con-
stitution of the
Boards and Corpo-
rations.
EVEN THOUGH THE MEN USED TO GET THEIR WORK
DONE AND PAY BRIBE TO OFFICIALS, THEY WOULD
NEVER SHY AWAY FROM ‘BAD-MOUTHING’ THEM
TOO, EXPRESSING THEIR ANGUISH AND ANGER
TOWARDS THE OFFICIALS.
ON 14.10.2021 AT 21:54:51 PM, ANIL AGARWAL.
9314874078 AND NARESH KUMAR AGRAWAL SPOKE
TO EACH OTHER.
Naresh: Yes Anil ji.
Anil: What happened to Salim?
Naresh: Salim is saying that he is stuck in some work.
Couldn’t get out of it. He said he will withdraw it from
the bank early in the morning and will give it to you.
Anil: Look, only he is left, it has come from all else.
Naresh: I will give the rest.
Anil: I should tell you one thing now, what is the spe-
cial thing about this collection? I have reached ninety
nine percent in this collection, I have kept one percent
left.
Anil: I have kept one with me. (Bad mouths) Last time
the money came from my pocket.. about two to two
and a half lakh rupees.
Naresh: Rest all have taken a U-turn
Anil: Hundred percent. (Badmouths)
Naresh: What is the payment amount
Anil: According to me it is Rs 7 crore rupees, no, its 7
lakh. It is of four crores.
Naresh: Rupees four crores?
Anil: Yes
Naresh: Now all these things of June and July will
come ahead
Anil: Will you speak on the phone only
Anil: Let’s get it done tomorrow
#1
Achaleshwar Meena: Did he
meet Shrikant yesterday? (Sri-
kant is AA in Greater Municipal
Corporation)
Anil Agarwal: Sir gave us to as-
sent to go-ahead
Meena: When will you get tea
time
Anil: Come on, I am home sir
Meena: Ok
Anil: Ring me half an hour before
coming. Have kept prasad bribery
amount) for you, take that with
you too
Meena: Okay
After this, on October 18, Meena
reached house of contractor Anil
at C-Scheme held talks for
about 45 mins.
#2
Contractor Anil Agarwal and AA
Shrikant’s conversation on Oct 21
Anil Agarwal: Hello Shrikant ji,
how are you doing?
Srikanth: All well
Anil: How far did you handle? Till
20?
Shrikant: Yes
Anil: Come on, come to my
house
Shrikant: Okay, either I will come
today or tomorrow
Anil: Well, I will not let you get
troubled under my rule
CROP
DAMAGE
Agri productivity
badly affected
Compensatory action will be taken by the dept on the
basis of the report received by District Collectors
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok
Gehlot has directed to
conduct special girda-
wari with immediate
effect to provide re-
lief to the farmers in
view of the damage
caused to the crops
due to the continuing
cold wave, frost and
hailstorm in various
districts of the state.
Gehlot has directed
that after assessing
the damage, the work
of the special girda-
wari should be com-
pleted at the earliest
to give compensation
to the affected farm-
ers as per rules.
Revenue Dept
directs District
Collectors
On the instructions of
the Chief Minister, the
Revenue Department
has directed the Dis-
trict Collectors to send
a special girdawari of
the damage caused to
the crops sown in their
district in the Rabi crop
2021-22 and send the re-
port to the Joint Secre-
tary, Disaster Manage-
ment, Aid and Civil
Defense Department.
It is noteworthy
that preliminary
i n fo r m at i o n
has been re-
ceived about
damage to
crops due to cold
wave, frost and
hailstorm in vari-
ous districts of the
state. On the basis
of this, the Chief
Minister has direct-
ed to send the re-
port at the earliest
by doing special
girdawari. Compen-
satory action will be
taken on the basis of
the report.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has approved the propos-
al to release an amount to the Zilla Parishads by
making an additional provision of Rs.302 crore
for the Rajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojana. With
this approval of CM, maximum harvesting of
rainwater, conservation and judicious use of
available water sources will be ensured in the
state. This amount has been provisioned under
the head of Water Conservation Cess Fund.
GEHLOT APPROVES ADDITIONAL PROVISION
OF `302 CRORE FOR RGJSY
CM OKAYS PROPOSAL OF
154 POSTS FOR RSFDC
CM DIRECTS REVENUE DEPT TO CONDUCT
SPECIAL GIRDAWARI TO HELP FARMERS
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has approved the pro-
posal for creation of 154 posts for the operation
of the newly formed Rajasthan State Forest Devel-
opment Corporation under the eco-tourism policy
of state govt. These posts will be created for
the regional offices located at Jaipur,
Bikaner, Suratgarh, Udaipur and
Ajmer. Gehlot has also approved
for transfer of Rs 24,93,09,000
for salary, allowances of these
newly created 154 posts.
Ashish Aman
Jaipur: Day after a newspaper carried news
that a photoshoot of CM Ashok Gehlot failed,
the DIPR has issued a response to news
published in the newspaper and released facts
on Twitter. The DIPR has claimed that all the
facts published in the news were factless and
stressed, “There is an attempt to tarnish the
image of dept. No special photo shoot was
done on completion of three years. Photo was
provided by empaneled agency authorized by
the dept. It is completely untrue that 100 ad
films were produced by one company. A total
of 70 films have been made from January 1,
2021 to December 31, 2021 and in these 65
ad films and 5 documentary films were made.
Total of 14 films were made in Nov-Dec on
completion of 3 years and off these, 13 films
have been telecast and one is under process.”
DIPR TERMS CM GEHLOT’S SHOOT
AS ‘FAKE NEWS’; AN ATTEMPT TO
TARNISH DEPARTMENT’S IMAGE!
CM Ashok Gehlot

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to Tokyo, Japan to pursue
his business idea, he set
up Sogani Jewellers in
Japan as well. Continu-
ing the dream of his fa-
ther, Priyatam Sogani
commenced her journey
by opening an exclusive
showroom of Gold Plat-
inum Jewellery in Jaipur.
Started in 1989, Sogani
Jewellers Pvt. Ltd. is the
backbone of the enter-
prise. Equipped with
state of the art technolo-
gy, Sogani Jewellers em-
ploys over 200+ skilled
craftsmen in India, Japan
and London. Over the
years, we have grown
synonymous with the
finest and luxuri-
ous Gold, Plat-
inum Sil-
ver jewellery
c o l l e c t i o n
presenting
every product
meticulously
carved with natural cer-
tified diamonds and pre-
cious gemstones.
Being ahead of the
curve with a vision to de-
liver value to the custom-
ers, www.soganijewels.
com was launched in
2021. With sheer bril-
liance, every
piece from
necklace to rings and
bracelets to earrings is
an expression of excel-
lence, elegance and ulti-
mate luxury
. Their Jewel-
lery is designed to be
passed on to generations,
as it is Timeless, Classic
and Beautiful!
BESPOKE INSPIRATION
The Fashion
Connect season 11
will be held on
March 12 at Oaks
Ibn Battuta Gate
Hotel Dubai.
Sogani jewellers,
the official jewellery
partners aim to
make the designs
just as exciting and
intriguing as the
moment when one
tries on their
finished piece for
the very first time!
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
S
FASHION
CONNECT
SEASON
11!

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