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Manik Saha 2.0 in Tripura...
POWERED BY ‘BRAND MODI’
Architects of BJP’s Northeast
win; Modi, Shah, Nadda and
Himanta attended oath ceremony
Manik Saha takes oath as Chief
Minister of Tripura along with
eight-member cabinet team with him
Moni Sharma
Agartala: Manik Saha
took oath for the second
time as Tripura Chief
Minister on Wednesday
after the BJP clinched a
victory in the February
16 Assembly polls.
Eight other ministers
were sworn in on
Wednesday
.
During the oath cer-
emony here, top BJP
brass was accompanied
by Assam CM Himanta
BiswaSarma,Arunachal
CM Pema Khanda, Ma-
nipur CM N Biren Sin-
gh and Sikkim CM PS
Tamang. Also on the
stage was BJP’s Biplab
Deb, who was replaced
by Saha mid-term.
However, three cabi-
net berths have still
been kept vacant antici-
pating that the second
largestpartyTIPRAMo-
tha would join the gov-
ernment, if not, then
these would be filled up
in the next phase, the
BJP sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tripura Governor SN Arya greets crowd in presence of Manik Saha and others during the oath-taking
ceremony of State CM-designate Manik Saha and newly sworn-in State Cabinet Ministers, at Swami Vivekananda Stadium, in Agartala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
exchanges greetings with Amit
Shah, JP Nadda, Himanta Biswa
Sarma, N Biren Singh and Pema
Khandu in Agartala on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pats
on the shoulder of newly sworn-in
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha
at the Swami Vivekananda Stadium,
in Agartala on Wednesday.
THE NEW SAHA TEAM INCLUDES...
NO TALK OF ALLIANCE: TIPRA MOTHA
CHIEF AFTER MEETING SHAH, NADDA
IND VS AUS, 4TH TEST: PM MODI &
AUSTRALIA PM TO ATTEND TODAY
WAAH! PM NARENDRA MODI
CONGRATULATES SAHA
4new ministers was retained from previous govt. They
are Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit Singha Roy , Shantana
Chakma and Sushanta Chowdhury. BJP inducted 3 new
ministers from within its ranks - Tinku Roy, a close
confidante of Biplab Deb, Bikash Debbarma, chief of
BJP’s Scheduled Tribes Morcha, and Sudhanshu Das.
BJP’s ally IPFT, which was routed in these elections, got
one ministerial berth. Sukla Charan Noatia from IPFT
took oath as minister.
HM Amit Shah along with JP Nadda, Manik Saha and
Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday met Tipra Motha
supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma in Agartala amid
speculations that the tribal party, which had made an
impressive show in the assembly elections, is likely to join
hands with the BJP ahead of the 2024 general elections.
Debbarma took to Twitter to clarify that issues such as
alliance and cabinet were not discussed. He said Shah has
started process for a constitutional solution for indigenous
people of Tripura and an interlocutor for this process
would be appointed within a specified time frame.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said
he and Prime Minister Modi will be at the toss for
the fourth and final Test for the ongoing series
between India and Australia for Border-Gavaskar
Trophy, at Ahmedabad on Thursday. In a radio in-
terview with NOVA 93.7 Perth ahead of his ongoing
visit to India, Albanese confirmed to hosts that he
and PM Modi will be at toss for Ahmedabad Test.
PM Narendra Modi congratulated Manik Saha on taking
oath as Tripura Chief Minister and said he and his team
of newly sworn-in ministers will certainly deliver on the
mandate given by the people of the State once again.
I am committed to the development
of the state with any political con-
sideration. I believe in a democracy
people have the right to vote for Opposition
parties and the co-existence of the ruling party
and opposition is the beauty of India, which
led to development and prosperity. Under the
guidance of PM Modiji we shall drive Tripura
into a model state.
—Manik Saha, Tripura Chief Minister
BJP LEADERS USING PULWAMA WIDOWS TO
GAIN POLITICAL MILEAGE, SAYS CM GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlotonTuesdaytargeted
the BJP
, saying some of
its leaders were disre-
specting widows of mar-
tyrs, using them to gain
political mileage. This
comes 2 days after rela-
tives of 3 CRPF person-
nel killed in 2019 Pulwa-
ma attack reached Con-
gress leader Sachin Pi-
lot’s residence and de-
manded a meeting with
the party high com-
mand, accusing State
govt of not fulfilling
promises made to them.
Without directly nam-
ing BJP RS MP Kirodi
LalMeena,whohasbeen
sitting on ‘dharna’ with
widows,CMGehlotsaid,
“Some BJP leaders are
disrespecting the wives
of the martyrs by using
them to gain political
mileage.” Turn to P8
 Help has been given from our side to the
Pulwama martyrs’ dependents as per the
rules of this package, says CM Ashok Gehlot
 Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, a minister
in the Gehlot government, met the martyrs’
widows protesting outside Pilot’s residence
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Should we
create such
a difficult
situation in front of
wives of martyrs
because rules made
at present have been
made on the basis of
past experiences. How
can it be justified to
deny the rights of the
children of martyrs
and give jobs to other
relatives? What will
happen to the children
of martyrs when they
become adults.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister
A grand welcome for Australian PM in India
Anthony Albanese’s first India trip starts with Sabarmati Ashram, Holi celebration in Ahmedabad
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad:Australian
PM Anthony Albanese
onWednesdayvisitedthe
Sabarmati Ashram, a
place closely associated
with Mahatma Gandhi,
afterarrivinghereonhis
first India visit. Alba-
nese,whoisonafour-day
trip to India, was wel-
comed at airport by Gov-
ernor Acharya Devvrat
& CM Bhupendra Patel.
“Honoured to cele-
brateHoliinAhmedabad,
India. Holi’s message of
renewal through the tri-
umphof goodoverevilis
an enduring reminder
for all of us. No matter
what your faith is or
where you’ve come
from—we celebrate and
value what unites us,”
said Albanese.
Anthony Albanese pays floral
tribute to Mahatma Gandhi
during visit to Gandhi Ashram,
in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Anthony Albanese with Acharya
Devvrat and Bhupendra Patel
during the Holi celebrations at
the Raj Bhavan in Ahmedabad.
Preps underway at Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of final
test match of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
is being received by Gujarat
Governor Acharya Devvrat,
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel
and Gujarat BJP President
CR Paatil upon arrival at
the Ahmedabad Airport, in
Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
A true privilege
to pay homage
to Gandhi’s leg-
acy at Sabarmati Ashram
in Ahmedabad.
—Anthony Albanese,
Australian Prime Minister
I am looking
forward to de-
liberations with
my Australian counterpart
Anthony Albanese to
further the friendship be-
tween the two countries.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
GUV MISHRA WRITES TO CM GEHLOT
ON DEMANDS OF MARTYRS’ WIDOWS
Politics has intensified in the case of Pulwama
martyrs’ ‘veerangana’. Governor Kalraj Mishra has
written a letter to CM Ashok Gehlot on the demands
of these women. After the
memorandum of March 4 of
the widows and the demand for
euthanasia, the Governor has
written a letter to the CM asking
him to consider the demands.
The Governor has written, “It
is the responsibility of the state
to take care of the families of
the brave sons who made the supreme sacrifice for the
country and give them due respect. Considering the
request, ensure action according to the ideology of the
welfare state. Looking at the special nature of this mat-
ter, immediate positive action should be taken on it.”
IN chopper meets
with accident off
Mumbai coast
ED summons
Telangana CM
KCR’s daughter
Mumbai (FIB): An ad-
vanced light helicopter
(ALH) of the Indian
Navy on Wednesday met
with an accident off the
Mumbaicoast.TheNavy
said 3 crew members
were safely rescued by a
naval patrol craft. An in-
quiry to investigate the
incident has also been
ordered, it said “The In-
dianNavyALHonarou-
tine sortie off Mumbai
ditchedclosetothecoast.
Immediate Search and
Rescue ensured safe re-
covery of crew of three
by naval patrol craft,”
the Navy said in a brief
statement.
New Delhi (FIB): Tel-
angana CM K Chan-
drashekar Rao’s daugh-
terK Kavithaarrivedin
New Delhi on Wednes-
day hours after the ED
summoned the BRS
leader in connection
with a money launder-
ingcaselinkedtoalleged
irregularities in the
Delhiexcisepolicy
.Kavi-
tha,44,hasbeenaskedto
depose on Thursday be-
foreagencyinDelhi.She
has asked for the deposi-
tion date to be set for
March 15. She said she
would fully cooperate
with probe agency but
would seek legal help.
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NISAR SATELLITE
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ISRO TO LAUNCH
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New Delhi: Former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been assigned
to a segregated ward due to security reasons, Delhi prison officials said here
on Wednesday. The statement comes after the AAP raised objections over
Sisodia being kept in Tihar Jail number 1 with dreaded criminals.
Bengaluru: The US Air Force in a major step
towards building Indo-US ties on Wednesday
handed over NISAR, an earth observation satellite
jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, to the
Indian space agency in Bengaluru.
KEY VOTE ON
BIDEN’S CHOICE
FOR INDIA
AMBASSADOR
Washington: The foreign relations committee of
the US Senate will vote on whether Eric Garcetti,
President Joe Biden’s choice for Ambassador to India,
can take over the post. Garcetti’s appt to key envoy
post has been held up due to sexual allegations.
SISODIA LODGED IN SEGREGATED WARD; TIHAR JAIL
CRUCIAL READ
INDIA IMPOSES PMLA PROVISIONS
ON CRYPTOCURRENCY SECTOR
New Delhi: The govt has bought a range of virtual
digital asset (VDA) transactions under ambit of
Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA) 2002.
Finance Ministry said exchange between virtual digital
assets and fiat currencies, exchange between one or
more forms of virtual digital assets, transfer of virtual
digital assets, will fall under purview of the PMLA Act.
LANKA PRESIDENT
THANKS FM SITHA
IAS HELD HOSTAGE,
THRASHED IN GUJ
Colombo: Sri Lankan
President Ranil Wickrem-
esinghe on Wednesday
lauded 3women leaders,
including Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, for
providing much-needed
assistance to the debt-rid-
den island nation during
ongoing economic crisis.
Himmatnagar: Gujarat
IAS officer Nitin Sang-
wan was allegedly held
hostage and thrashed by
a group of men associ-
ated with fishing activity
during his visit to a village
near the Dharoi dam in
Sabarkantha district, said
police on Wednesday.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2023
02
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Sharpening at-
tack on Ashok Gehlot
led Congress govern-
ment, BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia has
said that Rajasthan un-
der the Congress rule
has come under the cat-
egory of disturbed
states and left behind
Bihar in crime.
Talking to the media
at his residence, Poonia
said that earlier the ex-
ample of Bihar was giv-
en for maximum crimes
but now Rajasthan is
leading and has come
under the category of
disturbed states.
“Law and order has
deteriorated in Ra-
jasthan.Criminals,mur-
derers and mafia rule is
there in the state,” he
said. Poonia said that
the reason for increas-
ing crime is the weak-
ness of policing. He al-
legedthatinGehlotrule,
an attempt has been
made to influence the
police through political
interferenceandthemo-
rale of the police force
has been brought down.
“Out of four and a
half years, two years
were spent in the corona
pandemic. Corona acted
as a lifeline for the Con-
gress. There was anger
among the people in the
beginning of the rule.
After Thanagaji inci-
dent, the law and order
situation deteriorated,”
he said. The BJP leader
said that paper leak and
unemployment were
two major questions be-
fore the govt. On CM’s
allegations on Union
MinGSShekhawat,Poo-
nia said that such state-
ments are unforgivable.
“Theinsecurityof the
chair has upset Gehlot
so much that he talks
like this,” he said.
Raj under Cong rule lagging behind Bihar
POONIA CORNERS CM GEHLOT
Dr Raghu Sharma puts
demand for new dists
Min Bhati meets people
in Kolayat on Holi
Saraf, locals gherao
Bajaj Ngr Police Stn
HOLI CELEBRATED WITH ENTHUSIASM ACROSS RAJ
Advoates agitation:
Raj Vidhan Sabha
gherao on Mar 13
Governor Mishra
appoints VCs of
two universities
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: After Harish
Chaudhary
, former min-
ister of Gehlot govern-
ment Dr Raghu Sharma
has also come out in
support of the demand
for new districts.
Sharma said that the
time has come to form
new districts according
to the geographical con-
ditions and needs. He
also reiterated the de-
mand to make Kekri, his
constituency in Ajmer
district, a new district.
He said that CM Gehlot
should announce new
districts in the assembly
on March 17. The for-
mer minister also said
that the Congress gov-
ernment will repeat in
the next assembly
. “If
the party leaders fight
the assembly elections
together, we will defi-
nitely win,” he said.
At the same time, the
Congress leader also
launched a scathing at-
tack on BJP leaders.
Talking to reporters at
his residence here,
Sharma cited the exam-
ple of Chhattisgarh, Gu-
jarat, Haryana and UP
in context of require-
ment of new districts.
“Many districts in the
state are very big and
Collector and SP are un-
able to visit the entire
district. No new district
has been formed since
last 15 years,” he said.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Energy Minis-
terBhanwarSinghBhati
onWednesdayvisitedthe
Kolayat assembly con-
stituency and met people
and exchanged Holi
greetings. While speak-
ing to First India, Bhan-
warSinghBhatisaidthat
due to development in
Kolayat,thepeopleof the
opposition are making
baseless allegations.
“Roads worth more
than Rs 1000 crores have
been constructed and
many government col-
leges and hospitals have
also been opened. I and
the people of Kolayat
constituency express
gratitude to the M. Peo-
plewhoarejealousof the
development works are
makingfalseallegations.
I will contest the next
election from Kolayat
only and this has been a
workplace for my family
and me,” said Bhati.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra has is-
sued orders for the ap-
pointment of vice-chan-
cellors to two universi-
ties in consultation
with the state govern-
ment. According to the
official statement is-
sued on Wednesday,
Professor Ramesh
Chandra has been ap-
pointed as Vice-chan-
cellor of Maharaja
Surajmal Brij Univer-
sity, Bharatpur while
Professor Sheel Sindhu
Pandey has been ap-
pointed as the Vice-
Chancellor of Raj Rishi
Bharthari Matsya Uni-
versity, Alwar.
The two Vice-chan-
cellors have been ap-
pointed for a term of
three years or till they
attain the age of 70,
whichever is earlier.
Jaipur (FIB): The agi-
tation of advocates,
which started from Feb-
ruary 20 with a demand
of the Advocates Pro-
tection Act, continued
on Wednesday
.
The agitating advo-
cates have a program to
gherao the state assem-
bly on March 13. To en-
sure the presence of
lawyers in the gherao,
the office bearers of
The Bar Association,
Jaipur and other Bar
Associations will start
inviting the member
lawyers by distributing
‘Peele Chawal’ or yel-
low rice from Thursday
.
They said that the
agitation will continue
till the Advocates Pro-
tection Act is imple-
mented.
On Wednesday, law-
yers boycotted judicial
works in courts in sup-
port of their demands.
H
oli, the festival of colours
was celebrated with
fervour and joy across
Rajasthan on Monday and
Tuesday. On the occasion,
Governor Kalraj Mishra
extended his greetings and
wished for the prosperity
of the people of the State.
Delegations of various organi-
sations and common people
met with CM Ashok Gehlot
in Jaipur and wished him on
the occasion. The CM too
congratulated them. Foreign-
ers celebrated Holi in Pushkar
of Ajmer district on Tuesday
and in Jaipur, where the tour-
ism department organised an
event after a gap of almost
two years to mark the festival
of colours. At the Holi event
organised by the tourism
department at Khasakothi,
domestic and foreign tourists
played with colours and ‘gu-
lal’, and danced to the beats of
traditional Rajasthani tunes.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Vinod Bairwa
was murdered in Gau-
tam Nagar last night in
the city by the liquor
mafia Rahul Mahavar.
Hundreds of local peo-
ple did a gherao around
the Bajaj Nagar police
station. On receiving in-
formation about the in-
cident MLA Saraf
reached the spot. Saraf
spoke to the Bajaj Nagar
police station in-charge
and inquired about the
whole incident, and di-
rected that all the cul-
prits should be caught
by the evening. If not,
there will be a dharna at
the police station on
Thursday
.
Saraf said that Bajaj
Nagar police station has
been informed several
times in the past also
about illegal liquor and
cannabis business ac-
tivitiesshouldbetapped,
however, the police
didn’t pay any heed to it.
The station in-charge as-
sured that action will be
taken against culprits.
Dr Raghu Sharma interacting
with media on Wednesday. Energy Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati met the officers, employees
of Vidyut Vibhag Rest House in Bikaner on Wednesday and greeted
them with love and affection on the occasion of Holi.
Kalicharan Saraf during the protest on Wednesday. Sanjeev Sharma,
CP Sulania, SP Tailor, and hundreds of locals were also present.
Satish Poonia celebrated holi and met people of his constituency
at Jan Samvad Kendra in Amer on Wednesday.
Governor Kalraj Mishra participated in the Holika Dahan program, organised at Raj Bhavan on
Monday. He prayed for the happiness and prosperity of the state by offering prayers on Holi.
CM Ashok Gehlot with his wife Sunita Gehlot bowing down to his
parents picture at CMR on the occasion of Holi.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla celebrated festival of colour, Holi
with the people of his constituency in Kota on Tuesday.
CM Ashok Gehlot performing Holi Pujan at the CMR on Monday
and wished for the happiness and prosperity of the people
of the state. Sunita Gehlot, Vaibhav Gehlot, Himanshi Gehlot,
Kashvini Gehlot and others are also seen.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra met and greeted Governor Kalraj Mishra on the occasion of Holi.
Rajendra Rathore playing ‘chang’ on the occasion
of Holi in Churu on Tuesday.
Dharmendra Rathore celebrated Holi at the
Int’l Holi fest organised in Pushkar on Tuesday.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat celebrated the fest
with fervor and played ‘dhol’ in Jodhpur.
Sachin Pilot participated in a Holi Milan function
organized at New Sanganer Road, Mansarovar.
Vasundhara Raje celebrated Phag Mahotsav on
Monday by visiting Shri Govind Dev Ji Temple.
Raj cops celebrate Holi
IAS ASSOCIATION HELD SNEH
MILAN AT CS RESIDENCE
Jaipur: Policemen across the state celebrated Holi on
Wednesday just a day after the festival is celebrated by
the public. Special arrangements were made in Jaipur
and Jodhpur Commissionerate on this occasion and
cops with colourful faces and attires were seen dancing
to the foot-tapping songs from Hindi films, private
albums to Rajasthani songs. The festival of colours was
also celebrated in the Police Stations of Jaipur. In Jaipur,
DGP Umesh Mishra, Commissioner Anand Srivastava,
Additional Commissioner Kailash Vishnoi, Kunwar Rash-
tradeep and DCPs of all four districts were also present
in Reserve Police Lines during the celebration. Female
police officers also participated in the Holi celebration.
Asneh milan
samaroh was
organised by the IAS
association on Tuesday
at the Holi festival. For-
mer and serving IAS
officers reached the
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma’s residence
and exchanged greetings of Holi. Special
lighting was also done on this occasion.
Special arrangements were also made for
parking during the program.
Jaipur CP Anand Srivastav
celebrating on Wednesday.
Bharatpur IG Gaurav Srivastav
singing song onWednesday.
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla participat-
ed in the effigy burning
programme of Hiran-
yakashyap on the occa-
sion of Holi at Vibhis-
han Temple located in
Kaithoon town of Kota
on Tuesday. Birla said
that our culture, tradi-
tions and heritage con-
nect us very deeply
with our rich history
.
“Such programs
strengthen this connec-
tion further. Wishing
everyone a very happy
Holi,” he said and called
upon everyone to work
with collective determi-
nation to end social
evils, inequality and
disparities.
Om Birla participates in the ‘Hiranyakashyap Putla Dahan’ at the
Vibhishan Temple situated in Kaithoon town of Kota district on the
occasion of Holi on Tuesday.
Festivals connect us with rich
culture,traditions: Om Birla

RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On Internation-
al Women’s Day
, women
were offered food free of
cost at Indira Rasoi’s lo-
cated in Jaipur Munici-
pal Corporation (Herit-
age) area.
Mayor Munesh Gur-
jar informed that on In-
ternational Women’s
Day, free-of-cost food is
being provided to wom-
en in Indira Rasoi.
“In all the Indira
kitchens falling under
the municipal limits of
Heritage Nagar Nigam,
women were given free
meals for both times. A
cost of Rs 8 per meal will
be borne by me,” said
Munesh Gurjar, Mayor
of Jaipur Municipal
Corporation (Heritage).
Heritage Mayor bears cost of food at Indira Rasoi
FREE FOOD SERVED TO WOMEN ON INT’L WOMEN’S DAY
Jaipur Airport ‘subpar’
for sixth time in survey
Fund OK’d for
4 med colleges
for books, other
equipment by CM
STATE POLICE
TO GET NEW
MANUAL SOON
Bones scatter on road as
teacher crushed by truck
Jaipur (ANI): Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved Rs 56.08 crore
for the purchase of
equipment and books
for the medical colleges
of Sriganganagar, Dhol-
pur, Sirohi and Chittor-
garh, according to an
official statement.
“CM Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal of
financial consent for
the purchase of equip-
ment and books for the
medical colleges of
Sriganganagar, Dhol-
pur, Sirohi and Chittor-
garh. Rs 56.08 crore will
be spent on this work,”
the statement said.
TheCMalsoapproved
the creation of total 28
new posts including 1
Principal and 2 Associ-
ate Professors for Horti-
culture College in Dur-
gapura, Jaipur.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Nearly after
two decades, the new
manual of Rajasthan
Police is being prepared
by Police Headquarters.
The previous police
manual was prepared
in 2001, but since then
there has been a lot of
change in the working
of police. Sources in-
formed that a require-
ment of new police
manual was being ob-
served from long time
and now the work has
been started to prepare
a new police manual.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A truck
rammed over a female
school teacher in the
city. The accident was
so grave that Shanim
Saxena, a female teach-
er living in Amer Kun-
da, near Surajpol Anaj
Mandi on Delhi Road in
the city died on the spot.
The body was pound-
ed so much that the
bones were lying on the
road. The police called
the people around and
packedthebodyinasack
and sent it to the mortu-
ary of SMS Hospital.
Galtagate police sta-
tion said that at around
4 pm, the woman was
returning home from
school. Meanwhile, the
truck running behind
hit the woman on the
Delhi road. Due to this,
the woman fell on the
road. The truck did not
stop due to speed and
fled from the spot.
The woman’s hus-
band Pankaj Mathur
told that his wife had
called him two hours
ago. She informed him
that she would reach
home by 5:30 pm.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Jaipur airport
has lagged behind in
the survey conducted
by Airport Council In-
ternational for the sixth
consecutive time.
The results of the
survey conducted on
the best airports in the
world have come out
but Jaipur has failed to
secure a place this time
also.
In this survey, 4 air-
ports of the country
have won awards in dif-
ferent passenger load
categories.
In 2015 and 16, Jaipur
airport was number
one airport in the world
but after that, the air-
port did not perform
well in the survey and
the situation did not im-
prove even after taking
over of the operations
by the private company
.
There has been an in-
crease in the number of
passengers and flights
at Jaipur International
Airport in the last 6
years, but the passenger
facilities at the airport
are not increasing in
that proportion.
Because of this, the
worldrankingof Jaipur
International Airport
is not showing any im-
provement.
Tiruchirappalli In-
ternational Airport has
received the award in
the category of airport
with annual passenger
load up to 20 lakhs while
there is no airport in
India in the category of
20 to 50 lakh annual pas-
senger load.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The State Gov-
ernment has issued a
clarification regarding
the provision of con-
struction of houses on
private land under
Chief Minister Jan
Awas Yojana.
The clarification is
for the old provision of
the scheme, 3C.
In cases where the
developer has deposit-
ed the amount, the lay-
out plan of the scheme
will be issued in the old
provision. However, in
cases in which the de-
veloper has not depos-
ited the amount, then
action will be taken un-
der the new provision
even if a demand letter
has been issued.
In the new provision,
it is necessary to build
houses in 40 per cent of
saleable area. The cost
of the house is also
fixed whereas in the old
provision this parame-
ter was 20 per cent and
the price of the houses
was not fixed.
Privatisation fails
to improve ranking
of airport; ranked
best in 2015-2016
FRIEND KILLS BJP
WORKER, CLAIMS
RESPONSIBILITY ON FB
Alwar: A BJP worker
was gunned down by
his friends in a temple.
After killing the youth,
the accused also took
responsibility for the
murder on Facebook Live.
According to the police,
the attack took place over
a five-year-old enmity.
The victim died during
treatment in the hospital.
An accused has been taken
into custody in this case.
TWO DROWN IN A POOL
IN BHARATPUR’S
PATHWARI VILLAGE
Kaman: In a painful
incident two youths died
due to drowning in a
deep pool on Wednesday
evening in Pathwari village.
A teenage boy along with a
youth died due to drowning
in a puddle. As per the
police, some youths and
boys went to bathe after
playing Holi in the Pathwari
village. As there was a boat
present in the puddle, the
youth and children sat in
the boat.
DIGEST
News
News
BROTHER,SISTER DIE AS
SWING TIED TO PILLAR
COLLAPSES IN DEOLI
Deoli: A brother and sister
died while swinging on a
brick pillar on the roof of
Sahu Dharamshala in the
city. The two were swinging
by tying a saree to the two
brick pillars on the roof,
and when the pillar fell on
them they got buried under
it. The last rites of both
children will be performed
in their native village.
Women travel free in roadways buses
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the occa-
sion of International
Women’s Day, females
travelled for free in
Rajasthan govern-
ment buses on
Wednesday. Sources
informed that females
were welcomed at the
bus depot and nearly
double the number of
women travelled in
buses on Wednesday.
In Sikar, women pas-
sengers were made to
sit inside the bus and
were given flowers
and cakes. Similarly,
in Kota and Baran,
women passengers
were welcomed with
tilak and flowers.
State Govt issues clarification regarding
construction of houses on private land
Tourism Dept steals
show at ITB Berlin
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The Depart-
ment of Tourism is re-
ceiving good responses
in the ITB Berlin, the
world’s largest travel
trade fair, these days.
People associated with
the travel trade have
shown good interest in
the Rajasthan pavilion
at the ITB fair in Ber-
lin (Germany).
“Tourists and people
associated with the trav-
el industry are taking a
lot of information about
Rajasthan tourism. A
lot of B-to-B meetings
are being done and Pal-
ace on Wheels is expect-
ing to get bookings for
the next season,” said
Principal Secretary
Gayatri Rathore.
Int’l Women’s Day: Book on
cyber fraud launched at JKK
First India Bureau
Jaipur: International
Women’s Day was cel-
ebrated in Jawahar
Kala Kendra (JKK) on
Wednesday. The pro-
gramme was jointly
organised by the De-
partment of Women
Empowerment and
NABARD wherein
Minister Mamta Bhu-
pesh was the chief
guest while Chief Sec-
retary Usha Sharma
presided over the cer-
emony. Principal Sec-
retary Shreya Guha
was also invited as
special guest.
On this occasion, a
women’s week was in-
augurated and a state-
level women’s econom-
ic empowerment
workshop was also
held. A book based on
awareness of cyber
fraud was also
launched on this occa-
sion. City-based wom-
en entrepreneurs like
Kamla Poddar, Mudri-
ka Dhoka, Nidhi Tosh-
niwal, Lalita Kuchhal,
Sunil Shekhar, Anu-
pama Soni and others
were also present dur-
ing the programme.
CS Usha inspects e-filing
work at State Secretariat
DGP asked to form spl
teams in‘Sahara’ case
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma inspected
the work of e-filing in
the State Secretariat on
Wednesday.
She inspected the func-
tioning under e-filing in
the department of per-
sonnel. She was in-
formed about the com-
plete process of e-filing
by the officers.
She was told about the
efforts made to create bet-
ter working arrange-
ments as well as adequate
arrangement of light and
air in the room.
She said that other de-
partments and sections
should also work on the
basisof thismodelsection.
The chief secretary per-
sonallysawtheworkingof
e-filing by visiting the Per-
sonnel Litigation Depart-
ment, Personnel Rules De-
partment, Joint Secre-
tary’s Office and Principal
Secretary’s Office.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State Con-
sumer Commission has
asked the Director Gen-
eral of Police to consti-
tute a special team to
execute arrest and bail-
able warrants issued in
all 115 cases related to
Sahara Prime City re-
garding non-payment
despite orders.
The commission has
asked its registrar to
personally contact the
DGP to ensure that the
team to be constituted
is headed by an officer
of the rank of Addi-
tional Superintendent
of Police and includes
an officer of the rank
of Inspector of Police
as a member.
Apart from this, the
DGP is also expected to
contact the IG of UP to
ensure the execution of
the warrant.
JMCH Mayor Munesh Gurjar serving food to women on
International Women’s Day, in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Minister Mamta Bhupesh, CS Usha Sharma, Shreya Guha
during the programme at JKK in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Gayatri Rathore, Rajesh Sharma, Shikha Saxena, Pradeep Bohra
and others represent Tourism Department’s pavilion at ITB Berlin.
Women boarding roadways bus at Sindhi Camp on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
CHIEF MINISTER JAN AWAS YOJANA
Cases where amount is deposited,
layout plan of the scheme to be
issued in the old provision
Locals collect her body parts in a jute bag near Surajpol Mandi.

PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
It is better to conquer yourself than to win
a thousand battles. Then the victory is
yours. It cannot be taken from you.
—Buddha
Amit Shah @AmitShah
India is proud of its resilient Nari-
Shakti. While they contribute to
building the nation with countless
sacrifices, their individual stories
of courage, grit and determination
ignite our minds with inspiration.
I salute all of those strong women
on International Women’s Day.
TOP TWEETS
Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh
Congratulations to Dr. Manik
Saha Ji and all others who
took oath in Tripura today. I
am confident that his team will
deliver good governance to the
people of Tripura and build on
the pro-people pro-poor work
done in the last five years. @DrManikSaha2
JAPAN’S WORRY OVER AGEING
apan’s Prime
Minister Fabio
Kishida’s advi-
sor Masako
Mori has made
a scary prediction about
his country. “The country
will cease to exist if it can’t
slow the fall in its birth
rate that threatens to shat-
ter the social safety net
and economy.” The state-
ment came after a record
slump in the number of
babies born in the country
last year. In 2022 Japan re-
corded less than 8,00,000
births and around 1.58 mil-
lion deaths. If the trend
continues, the country will
disappear. Faced with a
high proportion of popula-
tion aged 65 and above, the
sharply declining birth
rate poses several prob-
lems like weakened indus-
trial and economic
strength. Prime Minister
Kishida has promised “un-
precedented” steps to tack-
le the problem of social
distortions.
Japan is not the only
country which is saddled
with an ageing population
and falling birth rates. A
report by the World Eco-
nomic Forum said that fer-
tility rates have been fall-
ing globally for the last 70
years with a total decline
of 70 percent. The report
attributed the main rea-
sons for this to women’s
empowerment in educa-
tion and workforce, lower
child mortality rate and
higher cost of raising chil-
dren. Ageing population,
the report said, is the out-
come of increased life ex-
pectancy and lower fertili-
ty rate. The increased
population of silvers has
its own problems like
shrinking workforce and
higher costs of healthcare.
As for higher education
and lower fertility India is
an example. The fertility
rate has declined by 20 per-
cent in 10 years and female
participation in the work-
force has risen from 18.6
percent in 2018-19 to 25.1
percent in 1920-21.
J
Japan’s Prime Minister
Fabio Kishida’s advisor
Masako Mori has made a
scary prediction about his
country. “The country
will cease to exist if it
can’t slow the fall in
its birth rate that
threatens to shatter
the social safety net
and economy”
l Vol 4 l Issue No. 270 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur.
Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act
KUDOS TO SAHA FOR
BJP’S MANIK ‘SARKAR’ 2.0
PARTY, HOWEVER, MUST INTROSPECT RESULT; IPTA, BJP’S POLL ALLIANCE WAS NOT
ONLY TORN APART BY THE EMERGENCE OF TIPRA MOTHA BUT IT LOST ITS SHEEN TOO
eventy-year-oldBJPleader
Manik Saha on Wednes-
daytookoathas chief min-
ister of the sensitive bor-
der state of Tripura. Eight
more ministers, including
Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit
Singha Roy
, Santana Chak-
ma, Tinku Roy and Bikash
Debbarma were also
sworn in by Governor
Satyadeo Narain Arya.
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, Home Minister
Amit Shah and BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda as well as
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
wereamongthedignitaries
present on the occasion.
However,behindtherosy
picture,BJPmustacknowl-
edge the fact how Manik
Saha albeit very little time,
managedtosteerallcontro-
versies and bickerings and
kept his flock together and
despitethefactthattheBJP
and its alliance were down
from its last time tally of 44
to 33 seats this time, man-
aged to snatch the thunder
in a keenly fought Assem-
bly polls.
Manik Saha had been
made chief minister earli-
erin2022,replacingBiplab
Kumar Deb, in a brand re-
newal exercise after it was
found that his popularity
rating was plummeting on
account of the poor law
and order situation in
Tripura’s hinterland.
The BJP brought in
Manik Saha as the chief
minister in May last year.
That was just months af-
ter he made it to the Rajya
Sabha as a BJP member.
Just in March, Manik Sa-
hah became the first BJP
leader from Tripura to get
elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Manik Saha’s not being
a veteran politician
helped him get acceptance
among the common peo-
ple of Tripura, most po-
litical pundits feel.
In January
, Chief Minis-
ter Manik Saha had oper-
ated upon a 10-year-old boy
for oral cystic lesion. He
emerged from the operat-
ing room in January and
declared“Therewasnodif-
ficulty in performing the
surgerythoughitwasafter
alonggap.Thepatientisin
good condition now.” And
it also now looks that the
BJP’s surgery in Tripura
worked out well too!
And understandably
, af-
ter the northeast Assem-
bly results were out, Holi
had arrived “earlier” in
Tripura for the BJP, but
the celebrations were not
that boisterous for the Saf-
fron might especially with
the emergence of the Ti-
pra Motha!
A recap of the last elec-
tion results would reveal
thattheSaffronmightmay
have maintained its win-
ning streak, but the results
will present the Big Pic-
ture clearly to one and all.
The Tripura Assembly
has 60 seats. The BJP
managed to get 32 seats
and its ally IPFT one seat.
CPM bagged 11 and the
Congress just three. The
Tipra Motha Party man-
aged to get 13 seats and
emerged as the second-
biggest party. However,
the 2018 Assembly polls
saw the BJP-led NDA win
44 of the 60 seats.
THE COMPLEX
TEXTURE
In Tripura there are
around 12 to 16 seats with
a considerable amount of
mixed population and the
tribal population in these
seats roughly range be-
tween 20 and 30 per cent.
Taking a shrewd move
this election, Tipra Motha
jumped onto the poll band-
wagon to garner the sup-
port of around 8,000 to
10,000 votes in these seg-
ments thus denting the
fortunes of IPTA and the
Left heavily! Of course,
the IPTA seemed to be a
bigger loser.
If you take a closer look
at the results, the break-
up will reveal that in 2018
BJP won 36 seats on its
own and the IPTA bagged
the rest to take the NDA
tally to 44. With the emer-
gence of Tipra Motha, all
that is history “now”,
IPTA has won in 1 while
BJP, too, had to remain
satisfied with a lesser
score than last time.
However, BJP’s timely
intervention and removal
of Biplab Deb as its CM is
seen as an astute master-
stroke by the central lead-
ership as political analysts
believe that in the remain-
ing few months to the run-
up to the 2023 polls, the
dental surgeon, Manik
Saha, managed to scram-
ble home with the pro-peo-
ple schemes or else the
mood of the voters with
Biplab Deb around would
and could have been differ-
ent for the Saffron might!
The party must reckon
Saha’s contribution who
also in the face of the Tsu-
nami-like emergence of
the Tipra Mohta managed
a decent win and the maxi-
mum loss was inflicted on
Left and Congress alliance
that appeared to look as a
strong contender (at least
this time).
After the results, Manik
Saha tweeted his thanks to
PMNarendraModi…“The
landslide victory is the re-
flection of people’s trust in
your development goals”.
THE RISE OF
TIPRA MOTHA
Before the results were out
onMarch2,2023,themedia
was full with speculations
that Pradyot Kishore Man-
ikyaDebbarmawouldplay
the role of a kingmaker or
atleastasadecidingfactor.
Now, that the results are
out, it can be easily said
that the thoughts were not
just plain fancies. Tipra
Motha, was also projected
to play a key role in the for-
mation of the government
in the state. It was, howev-
er, a touch and go affair for
the Tipra Motha.
Tipra Motha had also
rejected proposals of an
alliance from the ruling
BJP as well as the CPI(M).
And after the results, Ti-
praMothaemergedstrong
especially for the battered
IPTA and anyone with the
slightest political acumen
cannot politically ignore
the Tipra Motha, now. Ti-
pra Motha alone won 13
seats. The two-year-old
party proved to be a strong
political force to reckon
with in the tribal areas
and was next only to the
Saffron might.
The party fielded candi-
dates in 42 of the 60 seats
in Tripura. It may be re-
called that the Tipra Mo-
tha chairperson Pradyot
Kishore Manikya Deb-
barma announced on the
last day of the campaign
in Tripura that he would
resign from politics after
the election and never
seek votes as ‘Bubagra’
(the king).
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
S
However, BJP’s timely
intervention and removal of
Biplab Deb as its CM is seen
as an astute masterstroke by
the central leadership as
political analysts believe that
in the remaining few months
to the run-up to the 2023
polls, the dental surgeon,
Manik Saha, managed to
scramble home with the pro-
people schemes or else the
mood of the voters with
Biplab Deb around would
and could have been different
for the Saffron might!
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
DENTING THE IPTA
The party’s demand for a Greater Tripaland consolidated its grip
over the tribals and it sounded a death knell of sorts and led to
large-scale desertions from IPFT to its ranks.
AT A GLANCE...
l Manik Saha defeated his
nearest rival Ashish Kumar
Saha of Congress by a margin
of 1,257 votes. He overcame
detractors within his own party
who predicted a “tough time”
for him in the prestigious con-
stituency of Town Bardowali.
l Saha had only 10 months as
the Chief Minister of Tripura af-
ter replacing Deb but managed
to lift the state government’s
image before the February 16
assembly polls.

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INDIA
05
‘SisodiakeptinTiharjail
withdreadedcriminals’
New Delhi (ANI): Aam
Aadmi Party MLA Sau-
rabh Bharadwaj on
Wednesday launched
an attack on the BJP-led
central government
over the arrest of for-
mer Delhi deputy chief
minister and party vet-
eran Manish Sisodia
and alleged that the lat-
ter was refused the
‘vipassana cell’ and
lodged with dreaded
criminals in Tihar Jail.
“The reason behind
holding this conference
today on Holi is to ex-
pose the Centre’s con-
spiracy due to which
Manish Sisodia is be-
hind the bars,” Bharad-
waj said while addresss-
ing a press conference.
He alleged that Siso-
dia’sarrestinthealleged
Liqour Scam case was
part of a major conspir-
acy
. “He (Sisodia) has
been kept under Jail
No.1of Tihar,whilesuch
first trial people are not
kept there. Jail no.1 is
home to some of the
most dreaded criminals
andmurderers,”hesaid.
Bharadwaj also took
a jibe at the BJP govern-
ment for failing to de-
feat the AAP in the
Delhi assembly and
MCD elections.
“We are political ri-
valsof BJP
,butdoesthis
kind of enmity happen
in politics, we want to
know from BJP, you
could not defeat us in
Delhi, MCD, will the
Prime Minister take re-
venge for this defeat in
thisway
,”hequestioned.
Bharadwaj further
alleged that the BJP
was conspiring to kill
his party leaders. “Why
is PM Modi silent on
the matter. You are not
able to harm AAP po-
litically, you have even
sent them to jail and
now the conspiracy has
reached the point of
killing our leaders,” the
AAP leader said.
He also claimed that
as per the court’s order,
“Sisodia was supposed
to be kept in a Vipas-
sana cell but why is he
being kept with such
dangerous criminals.”
“Today Manish Siso-
dia and Satyendar Jain
are not among us but
there is also concern
whether the central
government will also
carry out political kill-
ings,” Bharadwaj said.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj
SISODIA JAIL INMATES ARE ‘HARDCORE
CRIMINALS’, CONSPIRACY OF CENTRE: AAP
New Delhi (Agencies): AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj has
accused the central government of hatching a conspiracy
to endanger Manish Sisodia's life. He questioned the jail
administration's move to lodge the former
Delhi deputy CM in Jail No. 1, despite the
court order to lodge him in a Vipassana Cell.
Bharadwaj highlighted that the Delhi court had
clearly directed that Manish Sisodia should be
lodged in a cell where he can do his medita-
tion. “However, the BJP government has de-
liberately housed him with the most hardened
criminals in Tihar Jail. This is a clear sign of the government's
vindictive attitude towards its political rivals,” he said.
DELHI PRISON TRASHES AAP’S “PLOT TO
KILL MANISH SISODIA IN JAIL” CHARGE
New Delhi (Agencies): The Delhi prisons department today
trashed the AAP’s allegation of a plot to murder its senior
leader Manish Sisodia in Tihar jail. Manish Sisodia’s bail
petition will be taken up on Friday. The prisons department
said in a statement that Manish Sisodia “has been assigned
to a segregated ward keeping his security in mind”. “The
ward of CJ-1, where he is lodged has minimum number
of inmates who are not gangsters and are maintaining
good conduct inside the jail,” the prisons department said,
responding to AAP’s allegation that Sisodia has been lodged
with dangerous and violent prisoners.
BJP to propose resolution against
BBC documentary in Guj Assembly
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Gujarat BJP MLA Vi-
pul Patel will move a
resolution on Friday in
the Assembly seeking
“strong action” against
the “concocted” find-
ings shown in a BBC
documentary, which he
alleged “once again at-
tempts to blame the
then-state government”
forthe2002post-Godhra
riots. The proposed res-
olution will likely say
the BBC documentary
was a “low-level at-
tempt” to tarnish In-
dia’s global image.
“India is a democratic
country and freedom of
expression is at the core
of its Constitution, but
that does not mean that
a news media can abuse
such freedom,” accord-
ing to a summary of the
proposed resolution
shared by the Assembly
secretariat on Tuesday
.
The two-part BBC
documentary, titled “In-
dia: The Modi Ques-
tion”, claimed it investi-
gated certain aspects
relating to the 2002 Gu-
jarat riots when Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi was the chief
minister of the state.
“If someone behaves
or acts like this (BBC),
then he cannot be taken
lightly
. BBC is losing its
credibility and seems to
be working with some
hidden agenda against
India the Indian gov-
ernment. Hence, this
House requests the Gov-
ernment to take strict
action against the mind-
bogglingfindingsshown
in documentary
,” said a
note on the resolution to
be moved by Patel.
Dhankhar
appoints
personal
staff on 20
house panels
New Delhi (ANI): In an
unprecedented move,
Rajya Sabha Chairper-
son Jagdeep Dhankhar
on Tuesday appointed
eight members of his
personal staff on 20
committees under the
ambit of the Upper
House Secretariat.
Eight members of Mr
Dhankhar’s personal
staff, including four
posted in the Vice-Pres-
ident Secretariat, have
been appointed on the
20 committees, an order
issued by the Rajya Sab-
ha Secretariat said.
Eight committees in-
clude four department-
related parliamentary
standing committees
and four other parlia-
mentary standing com-
mittees. These include
committees headed by
non-BJP and opposi-
tion MPs.
Among those ap-
pointed to the commit-
tees include the Officer
on Special Duty (OSD)
to the Vice-President,
OSD to the Chairman
and Personal Secretary
to the Vice-President.
Jagdeep Dhankhar
BJP misuses CBI, ED only to defame
Opposition, says SP leader Ram Gopal
Etawah (ANI): Senior
Samajwadi Party lead-
er Ram Gopal Yadav on
Tuesday criticized BJP
and alleged the rival
party was continuously
misusing the central
agencies against the op-
position parties.
Addressing reporters
here Yadav said, “BJP
continuously misuses
the CBI, the ED and
other institutions.
There are several in-
stances in which noth-
ing has been found but
still such actions are
taken to defame opposi-
tion among the people”.
The SP leader further
stated that there will be
an increase in raids
with Lok Sabha 2024
elections drawing close.
“As the elections of
2024 draw near, there
will be no opposition
leader left who is not
raided by income tax,”
He said.
He pointed out that
BJP needs to learn les-
sons from the past while
drawing parallel com-
parisons between the
current BJP and how
Indira Gandhi treated
the opposition.
Yadav said “Indira
Gandhi had made eve-
ryone go, even at that
time there was no oppo-
sition leader left to cam-
paign. When the elec-
tions came, Indira ji did
not get any seat except
the Chhindwara seat of
MP. These people do not
want to learn anything
from history. No one
can stay in power by
misusing power.”
Ram Gopal Yadav
AKHILESH,MAYAWATI
QUESTION ENCOUNTERS
New Delhi: The Sama-
jwadi Party and the BSP
have raised questions on the
encounters being carried out
after Umesh Pal’s murder in
Prayagraj. Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh Yadav
said, “What is the govern-
ment trying to conceal by
eliminating the accused
through encounters?’
OFFICIALS LET MLA’S
WIFE MEET HIM: COPS
Chitrakoot: About Rs 6 lakh
cash, a car, 2 mobile phones
were recovered from the
houses of eight jail officials
who were arrested in connec-
tion with the illegal meeting
of MLA Abbas Ansari and his
wife in a prison. Two officials
were arrested in connection
with the meeting of Ansari and
his wife in the jailor’s room.
BJP AT THE HELM
HM Amit Shah, BJP National Prez JP Nadda, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, and newly
sworn-in Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Saha visited Matabari, on Wednesday.
Conrad Sangma,Neiphiu Rio
take oath as new Chief Mins
New Delhi (Agencies):
Nationalist Democratic
Progressive Party’s
Neiphiu Rio and Na-
tional People’s Party
chief Conrad Sangma
took oath as the Chief
Minister of Nagaland
and Meghalaya respec-
tively on Tuesday
. Both
the ceremonies were
graced by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
Taditui Rangkau Ze-
liang and Yanthungo
Patton take oath as Dep-
uty chief ministers of
Nagaland in Kohima.
During the oath-tak-
ing ceremony in Megha-
laya, Governor Phagu
Chauhan swore in
12-member council of
ministers including
NPP’s Prestone Tyn-
song and BJP’s Alexan-
der Laloo Hek.
Prime Minister Modi
arrived in Guwahati in
the morning, where he
was received by Assam
Governor Gulab Chand
Kataria. He then left for
Shillong on a helicopter
where he was received
by Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah and BJP
president J P Nadda,
who had reached there
on Monday
.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Meghalaya CM Conrad K
Sangma during the swearing-in ceremony, in Shillong.
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BY
ANI
BJP-Cong slugfest continues
on Rahul’s London statement
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Bharatiya Janata
Party and Congress are
at loggerheads over Ra-
hul Gandhi’s state-
ments in London on
various platforms with
the BJP alleging that
the Congress leader
tried to get intervention
from the West.
The Congress, how-
ever, has countered this
and said that the BJP is
twisting the facts.
Now, the Congress is
saying that the BJP is
rattled since he at-
tacked the RSS. “It is
built along the lines of
the Muslim Brother-
hood and the idea is to
use the democratic con-
test to come to power
and then subvert the
democratic contest af-
terwards. And it
shocked me at how suc-
cessful they have been
at capturing the differ-
ent institutions of our
country -- the press, the
judiciary, Parliament,
Election Commission --
all the institutions are
under pressure, under
threat and controlled in
one way or the other,”
Rahul Gandhi had said.
While the Congress is
countering the BJP, by
highlighting that Rahul
Gandhi said, “Look,
first of all, this is our
problem, it is an inter-
nal problem and it is an
Indian problem and the
solution is going to
come from inside, it is
not going to come from
outside. However, the
scale of Indian democ-
racy means that democ-
racy in India is a global
public good, it impacts
way further than our
boundaries.”
The Congress said
that he kept Indian de-
mocracy above all when
he said, “If Indian de-
mocracy collapses in
my view, democracy on
the planet suffers a very
serious, possibly a fatal
blow. So, it is important
for you too. It is not just
important for us. We
will deal with our prob-
lem, but you must be
aware that this problem
is going to play out at a
global scale, it is not
just going to play out in
India and what you do
about it ...is of course
up to you, but you must
be aware that in what is
happening in India, the
idea of a democratic
model is being attacked
and threatened.”
The Congress even
challenged to debate all
the issues raised --
whether it is weakening
democracy, unemploy-
ment or high prices and
all that he has spoken
on China.
Congress Supriya
Shrinate said, “So,
where is the problem? Is
this jealousy, is that
complex what are you
embroiled in? You
should be happy that
here is an Indian Parlia-
mentarian, who has
been asked to deliver a
lecture in a country
that ruled us for 200
years. We look them in
the eyes and say that we
will decide what the fu-
ture of democracies in
the world will be.”
Former Union minis-
ter Ravi Shankar Pras-
ad criticised Rahul Gan-
dhi over his statement
in which he asked for
America and Europe’s
interference to restore
democracy in India.
During his recent visit
to London, Rahul Gan-
dhi said at an event that
the “US and Europe are
not doing enough to re-
store democracy in In-
dia” as they are “getting
trade and money” from
the country
.
Ravi Shankar Prasad
13 BJP FUNCTIONARIES QUIT PARTY
IN TAMIL NADU TO JOIN AIADMK
Chennai (ANI): A total of 13 functionaries from the Tamil
Nadu’s BJP on Wednesday quit the party to join its alliance
partner the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(AIADMK). The 13 belonged to the BJP’s IT wing in Chennai
West The development comes as the State unit of the BJP
accused the the Edappadi Palaniswami-led AIADMK over
allegedly “poaching” its leaders. BJP IT Wing District presi-
dent Anbarasan in a statement said, “I have worked for BJP
for years. People know that I have never expected any posi-
tion. Considering the unusual scenario in the party for the
past few days I have decided to resign from the party.” The
statement bears the signatures of 10 IT Wing District Secre-
taries and two IT Wing District Deputy Secretaries. Several
BJP MLAs have resigned and joined AIADMK recently.
BJP TO HOLD CONFERENCES IN WESTERN
UP TO CONNECT WITH MUSLIM VOTERS
Lucknow (PTI): With an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls,
the ruling BJP is planning to hold conferences in various
parliamentary constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh
starting from Muzffarnagar next month to connect with
the Muslim communities having an influence in the region.
“Muslim Jat, Muslim Rajput, Muslim Gurjar and Muslim
Tyagi communities have a sizeable number of voters in
western Uttar Pradesh. In almost every Lok Sabha con-
stituency of Western UP, their population is on an average
2.5 lakh,” UP BJP Minority Morcha president Kunwar Basit
Ali said. “The party will try to connect with these voters by
organising ‘Sneh Milan: Ek Desh, Ek DNA, Sammelan’ in
various West UP districts,” he said, adding these confer-
ences would start after Eid next month in Muzaffarnagar.
Rahul Gandhi Supriya Shrinate

Tikamgarh: Five peo-
ple were killed while
several others were in-
jured after a four-wheel-
er collided with a tree
on Jatara Road in Ti-
kamgarh, Madhya
Pradesh on Wednesday,
the police said.
Sub Divisional Police
Officer Abhishek Gau-
tam said that four peo-
ple died on the spot
while one succumbed to
injuries while being
taken to the hospital.
According to the po-
lice, the driver lost con-
trol as he was over-
speeding the car which
led to the collision with
the tree.
Officials said that all
the injured have been
sent to Tikamgarh Dis-
trict Hospital In Rajna-
gar village of the dis-
trict.
INDIA
06
First India Bureau
New Delhi: President
Droupadi Murmu said
that the country has a
good representation of
women in decision-
making institutions at
the grassroots level but
as we move up in the
hierarchy, we see fewer
women.
Extending her wish-
es on the occasion of
International Women’s
Day, Murmu shared an
article on the indomita-
ble spirit of Indian
women on Internation-
al Women’s Day
.
Her article “Every
Woman’s Story My Sto-
ry!” talked about the sta-
tus of women in society
.
Lauding examples of
women empowerment,
the article said, “ In the
21st century, when we
have made unimagina-
ble progress in every
field, till date no woman
has become the head of
state or government in
many countries.”
“My election as the
President of the world’s
largest democracy is a
part of the story of
womenempowerment,”
she added. Today,
countless women are
contributing to nation-
building by working in
their chosen fields, she
further stated. She ob-
served, “We have a good
representation of wom-
en in decision-making
institutions at the
grassroots level. But as
we move upwards, the
number of females
gradually decreases.”
She further observed,
“I strongly believe that
there is a need to change
the mindset prevailing
in the society
. In order to
build a peaceful and
prosperous society
, it is
necessarytounderstand
and break free from in-
grainedprejudicesbased
on gender inequality
.”
World would be happier place if women made equal partners: Murmu
PRESIDENT’S PITCH FOR GENDER EQUALITY
End violence against women girls
by terrorists: India at UNSC debate
India calls for the adoption of a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of terrorism
United Nations (PTI):
India has told the UN
Security Council that
violence perpetrated by
terrorists against wom-
en and girls remains
rampant and should be
strongly condemned
while calling for the
adoption of a zero-toler-
ance approach to all
forms of terrorism.
India’s Permanent
Representative to the
UN Ambassador Ruchi-
ra Kamboj said on Tues-
day that Member States
must provide a condu-
cive environment for
the participation and
inclusion of women in
political processes and
decision-making.
“Terrorism and vio-
lent extremism contin-
ue to be the biggest vio-
lators of human rights
and a persistent threat
to global peace and se-
curity. Needless to say,
women and girls suffer
invariably and dispro-
portionately,” she said.
Speaking at the UN
Security Council open
debate on ‘Women,
Peace and Security: To-
wards the 25th Anniver-
sary of Resolution 1325’,
she said violence
against women and girls
perpetrated by terror-
ists remains rampant.
“This deserves the
strongestcondemnation
and calls for the adop-
tion of a zero-tolerance
approach to all forms of
terrorism,” she said.
India’s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj.
Five killed, several injured after
car collides with tree in MP
Woman’s body
found stuffed in
suitcase on
Rohtak highway
Panipat (ANI): A wom-
an’s body was found in
a suitcase on the
Rohtak-Jaipur highway
near a railway over-
bridge in Panipat city
of Haryana, police said.
After getting infor-
mation about the inci-
dent a Haryana Police
team reached the spot.
Forensic Science Labo-
ratory team also
reached the spot and
inspected the suitcase
and the spot where the
suitcase was found.
IPS officer Mayank
Mishra, ASP Panipat
zone also reached the
spot with his team.
TMC leader sent to custody till
March 10 in cattle smuggling case
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Wednes-
day sent TMC leader
Anubrata Mondal to ED
custody till March 10 in
an alleged money laun-
dering case related to
West Bengal cattle
smuggling case.
The midnight court
passed the order on a
plea moved by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED), which sought his
14-day custody and said
the accused was re-
quired to be quizzed.
Special Judge Rake-
sh Kumar directed the
agency, represented by
Special Public Prosecu-
tor Nitesh Rana, to pro-
duce the accused on
March 10 before the
regular court.
The ED on Tuesday
got custody of arrested
Trinamool Congress
(TMC) leader Mondal
after doctors at Joka-
ESI Hospital in West
Bengal found him fit to
travel to New Delhi.
Anubrata Mondal
8 crores cash
from Arecanut
sale: MLA facing
corruption charges
85 women CRPF officers to ride
1,800 km to Maoist stronghold
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A team of 85
women bikers of the
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) will un-
dertake 1,848 km-long
expedition from Delhi
to one of the most Left
Wing Extremism af-
fected areas of Chhat-
tisgarh.
“We will cover 1,848
kilometres in 16 days
and it’s a challenge con-
sidering bullet is a
heavy bike but we love
new challenges,” said
Anjilee, who comes
from Muzaffarpur in
Uttar Pradesh.
“On a bike I feel pow-
erful as powerful as
shakti. I don’t fear any-
one nor do I get tired,”
said Anjilee, who has
been riding a bike since
school days.
“I would like to say
never think of yourself
as someone who won’t
be able to accept any
challenge we should al-
ways conquer our fears
and participate in eve-
rything,” said another
woman officer.
The level of josh and
motivation can be
judged from the way
they are revving their
bikes.
Davangere: The embat-
tled BJP MLA Madal
Virupakshappa, who is
facingcorruptioncharg-
es after Rs 8.23 cr was
seized from his house
and office said that he
got the money from sale
of arecanut (supari).
Channagiri MLA
Virupakshappa, who
wastheKarnatakaSoaps
and Detergents Limited
chairman,toldreporters
at Channeshapur after
getting bail from the
High Court this was the
first in the history of In-
dia that a raid has been
carried out against a rul-
ing party MLA.
India to send 20K MT of
wheat to Afghanistan
Afghanistan (PTI): In-
dia and five central
Asian countries assert-
ed that Afghanistan’s
soil must not be used for
any terrorist activities
and called for formation
of a “truly inclusive”
political structure in
Kabul that respects
rights of all Afghans in-
cluding women and mi-
norities. At the first
meeting of the India-
Central Asia joint work-
ing group on Afghani-
stan, New Delhi also
announced a fresh
tranche of assistance of
20,000 metric tonnes of
wheat to Afghanistan
and the consignments
will be sent through the
Chabahar Port in Iran.
Wheat shipment to Afghanistan.
The ride will begin from the India Gate on March 9 and will end at
Jagdalpur in south Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on March 25.
President Droupadi Murmu applies tilak to a student as she receives
Holi greetings from students at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
WOEFUL WEDNESDAY
3 DIE IN BIHAR AFTER MORTAR SHELL FALLS
OUTSIDE ARMY FIRING RANGE, SAYS POLICE
Gaya (PTI): Three villag-
ers were killed in Gaya
district of Bihar when an
Army mortar shell fell and
exploded well outside the
firing range in the early
hours of Wednesday, a
senior police officer said.
Senior Superintendent of
Police, Gaya, Ashish Bharti
said the incident took place
in Gularved village, falling
under Barachatti police station area, where six people got
injured when the mortar shell fell and burst. All of them were
rushed to the Anugraha Narayan Magadh Medical College
and Hospital in the town where three of the injured villagers,
including a woman, died while undergoing treatment.
4 LOSE LIVES AFTER CAR FALLS INTO GORGE
Shimla (ANI): Four persons
were killed and one gravely
injured after the car they were
travelling in fell into a gorge
in Shimla district on Wednes-
day. The incident happened
near Nerwa village of Chaupal
Tehsil. “A car carrying five
people fell into a gorge on
its way to Nerwa village. The
accident took place 5 kms
away from Nerwa,” the police
said. Further, as per police,
3 persons died on the spot
while another succumbed to
his injuries during treatment.
“A fourth occupant of the car
sustained critical injuries and
is undergoing treatment at
the hospital,” he added.
MAN TRANSPORTING
COWS SHOT AT IN UP,
PROBE LAUNCHED
Lucknow (ANI): A truck
driver was shot near a culvert
in the Mohan Nagar area of
Lucknow while transporting
cows, the police said. The
victim has been identified as
Prem Singh Yadav. According
to Police, “Driver Prem Singh
along with his owner Sanjeev
Singh was transporting cows
from Gorakhpur to Lucknow
in a DCM truck. On their
way, some unknown persons
came and opened fire at the
driver.” “The assailant fled
after committing the crime,”
added police. Upon receiv-
ing the information, a team
of police reached the spot
and the driver was rushed to
hospital. His condition was
said to be stable. Further
investigation is underway.
“UNWORTHY TO EVEN RESPOND”: INDIA
SLAMS PAK MINISTER’S KASHMIR REMARKS
United Nations (PTI): India tore into Pakistan after its
foreign minister raised the issue of Kashmir at a Security
Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it
is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and
false propaganda”. Responding to Pak Foreign Minister
Bilawal Bhutto’s remarks on Kashmir, India’s Representa-
tive to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj termed
his statement as “baseless and politically motivated”.
“Before I conclude, let me dismiss the frivolous, baseless
and politically motivated remarks made by the delegate of
Pakistan regarding the Union Territory of JK,” she said.
AIR INDIA GROUP FLEW 90 ALL-WOMEN
CREW FLIGHTS TO MARK WOMEN’S DAY
New Delhi: Air India, along with Air India Express
and AirAsia, flew over 90 all-women crew flights in
the run-up to Women’s Day since March 1. 90 was
the chosen number as tribute to the 90th Anniversary
of Bharat Ratna JRD Tata’s first commercial flight, a
statement read. The Air India Group has been operat-
ing these all-women crew flights since March 1.
ACHIEVE ACCESS FOR ALL WOMEN AND
GIRLS TO DIGITAL INNOVATIONS: WHO
“FACTUALLY INACCURATE”: INDIA SLAMS UN
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR COMMENTS ON JK
United Nations: India voiced regret over comments by
the UN’s human rights commissioner on the situation in
Kashmir, terming the reference as “unwarranted and fac-
tually inaccurate”. “We regret the High Commissioner’s
unwarranted and factually inaccurate portrayal of the hu-
man rights situation in the Union Territory of JK. Let me
reiterate that the matters pertaining to the Union Territory
of JK are an internal affair of India and we do not see
any role for the OHCHR in it,” Representative of India to
the UN in Geneva Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey said.
New Delhi (ANI): WHO is calling for intensified action
across the world to ensure that every woman and
girl, everywhere has timely and equitable access to
digital innovations and technologies that can protect,
promote and support health and well-being, and ac-
celerate gender equality,” said, Dr Poonam Khetrapal
Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia.
IN COLOURFUL VIBE
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag
Singh Thakur takes a selfie with Union Minister of Law
and Justice Kiren Rijiju, External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar, US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo,
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and others during Holi
celebrations, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi@narendramodi
On International Women’s Day, a
tribute to the achievements of our
Nari Shakti. We greatly cherish the
role of women in India’s progress.
Our govt will keep working to
further women empowerment.
Amit Shah@AmitShah
India is proud of its resilient Nari-
Shakti. While they contribute to
building the nation with count-
less sacrifices, their individual
stories of courage, grit and de-
termination ignite our minds with
inspiration. I salute all of those
strong women on International
Women’s Day.
AYODHYA MOSQUE
CONSTRUCTION TO
BEGIN AFTER RAMZAN
WOMAN ‘CAUGHT
SMOKING’ INSIDE
FLIGHT TOILET, HELD
5 HELD IN ASSAM FOR
SUPPLYING SIM CARDS
TO PAK AGENTS: COPS
SHARMILA DETAINED IN
HYD DURING PROTEST
ON WOMEN’S DAY
Uttar Pradesh: The
construction of a mosque
in Ayodhya is likely to start
after the holy month of
Ramzan. The Ayodhya De-
velopment Authority (ADA)
has given clearance to the
mosque complex layout in
Dhannipur village in a recent
board meeting. Nitish Ku-
mar, district magistrate and
chairman of ADA, Ayodhya,
said, “All pending clearanc-
es to Ayodhya’s mosque
cum complex project have
been cleared in the recent
board meeting.
Bengaluru: A 24-year-old
woman allegedly caught
smoking in the toilet on an
Indigo flight from Kolkata
was arrested on her arrival
in Bengaluru. She was later
released on bail. As per
police complaint, Priyanka
C, who boarded the Indigo
6E-716 flight from Kolkata
on March 5, was suspected
to be smoking in the toilet
mid-flight by the cabin
crew, who asked her to
open the toilet door. When
the door was opened, a
cigarette was found lying
in the dustbin and the crew
put it out with water, ac-
cording to the complaint.
Guwahati: Five people
were arrested from Nagaon
and Morigaon districts
of Assam for allegedly
supplying SIM cards to
Pakistani agents, a police
spokesperson said. Several
mobile phones, SIM cards
and other incriminating
materials, including a hand-
set used to share defence
information with a foreign
embassy, were seized, he
said. Assam Police said the
arrests were made during
an operation carried out on
Tuesday night.
Hyderabad: Police on
Wednesday detained YSR
Telangana Party (YSRTP)
leader Y S Sharmila
when she staged a silent
protest against atrocities
on women. Sharmila was
leading the protest to com-
memorate the International
Women’s Day. Talking to
media persons, she said
that Telangana has turned
into a place filled with
landmines for women
under KCR’s rule. She
further said the state now
has the dubious record of
registering most number
of rapes and kidnapping
cases against women.
CRUCIAL READ
Ghaziabad: A gym trainer who was allegedly assaulted by
a group of youths after he objected to “obscene acts” by
a man and a woman while riding a scooter in Ghaziabad
has died of his injuries, police said. Six accused have been
arrested and charges under IPC section 302 (murder) will
be added in the FIR, they said. Virat Mishra, around 27
years of age, was assaulted in Sahibabad area, according
to Bunty, who knew the victim and also got thrashed in
the episode while intervening in it. “Virat had objected to
the man, identified as Manish, and the woman engaged
in objectionable acts, saying it was a residential area and
they should go somewhere else. “On this, Manish called
up some his friends who immediately reached the spot
and attacked Virat on his head and body with stones and
sticks,” Bunty claimed in his complaint to the police.
MAN WHO WAS BEATEN FOR OBJECTING TO
“OBSCENE ACTS” IN PUBLIC DIES, SAYS UP COPS
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First India Red enters
QF of PPL-2023 edition
Mahipal Singh, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Kartikey Dev Singh, Ashish Aman, Bharat Dixit, Lalit
Gangwani, Santosh Sharma, Apaso, Mahendra Saini, Ajay Pandey, Hukum Singh, Anita Sharma
and others pose for picture after First India Red wins match at KL Saini Stadium on Wednesday.
Rahul Faujdar
Jaipur: In Press Pre-
mier League 2023 First
India Red defeated Na-
tional Media 11 by 15
runs at KL Saini Sta-
dium on Wednesday
and entered the Quar-
terfinals. The match
was reduced to 15
overs due to rain and
bad weather. First In-
dia Red elected to bat
first after winning the
toss and scored 114
runs in 15 overs, Na-
tional Media team was
stopped for 99 runs
due to tight bowling
and tight fielding of
First India Red while
Mahendra Saini was
chosen man of the
match for his all-
round performance
with ball and bat. First
India Red will now fo-
cus on winning the
quarterfinals and are
prepared to rock the
crowd with their elec-
trifying displays.
ENTRY FEE TO BE CHARGED
IN CITY PARK FROM TODAY
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: In Jaipur’s sec-
ond biggest park built
in Mansarovar in
Jaipur, people will now
get entry by paying an
entry fee from Thurs-
day. The Rajasthan
Housing Board has de-
cided to charge Rs 20
from every visitor. How-
ever, no fee will be
charged for children of
12 years of age or
younger. This fee will be
collected from the visi-
tors who enter after 9
am. Those who come for
morning walk from 6
am to 9 am will not have
to pay any fee. Apart
from this, now money
will have to be paid for
shooting pre-wedding,
film-serials in this park.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora told that
25 to 30 thousand people
come to visit City Park
everyday. “Because of
this, dirt and wear and
tear have started in-
creasing here. To main-
tain the beauty of this
park, it has been decid-
ed to collect entry fee
from the visitors. It is
very important to keep
the park world-class
and attractive,” he said.
He told that the entry
will be free for the
morning walkers com-
ing from 6 am to 9 am,
after that the entry fee
will have to be paid by
the visitors to the park.
“However, entry fee will
not be charged for chil-
dren in the age group
up to 12 years. An an-
nual pass will also be
made for the daily visi-
tors to the park, which
will cost Rs 999. Apart
from this, a fee will also
be charged for parking
for which a parking fee
of Rs 20 will be charged
from two wheeler and
Rs 50 from four wheeler.
This charge will be for
a maximum of 3 hours,”
Arora said.
For a long time people
have been coming to the
City Park to shoot pre-
wedding shoots and
other short films. In
view of this, the Hous-
ing Board has also fixed
thefeesforpre-wedding,
film-serial shoots. Ac-
cordingly, 10 thousand
ripped for pre-wedding
shoot while 50 thousand
rupees will have to be
paid per day for film or
serial shooting.
—FILE
PIC
Search for new heads of
4 medical colleges starts
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Search for the
new heads of four medi-
cal colleges operated un-
der RajMES has started.
Interviews for the post of
principal of medical col-
leges of Ajmer, Kota,
Udaipur, and Sikar were
conducted in the secre-
tariat today by the medi-
cal education dept.
A total of 38 doctors
were called in the inter-
view out of which 33 doc-
tors participated in the
interview process. The
interview process was
conducted by the selec-
tion committee chaired
by CS Usha Sharma.
Principal Secretary
-Medical Education T Ra-
vikanth, Principal Secre-
tary -Personnel Hemant
Gera, Vice Chancellor of
Rajasthan University of
Health Sciences Dr. Su-
dhir Bhandari and other
officers were present.
SELECTED DOCS TO BE
SENT TO HEALTH MINS
Atotal of 38 doctors were
called in the interview
out of which 33 doctors
participated in the interview
process. On the recommen-
dation of the selection com-
mittee, the panel of selected
doctors will be sent to the
Health Minister from there the
file will be sent for approval at
the higher level.
Video of couple
romancing on
bike on Holi
eve goes viral
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a public
display of affection,
a couple was seen ro-
mancing on a mov-
ing bike in Jaipur on
Tuesday on the festi-
val of Holi.
A video of the cou-
ple went viral follow-
ing which police
started looking for
the couple. In the
video shot near
Jawahar circle, the
woman is seen seated
in front and opposite
to the man riding the
Bullet bike having
RS 14 QD 3094 as its
registration number.
The police have
started identifying
the couple on the ba-
sis of the registra-
tion number so that
action against them
can be taken.
Miscreant demands `20 lakh
extortion from lady judge in Jpr
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of
blackmailing a woman
judge has come to light
in Jaipur. The miscre-
ant reached the court to
blackmail the judge.
When the judge did
not give the report in
the first instance, the
accused reached her
house.
To threaten the
judge, the criminal sent
parcels at the court and
her government resi-
dence. He also threat-
ened to kill if she did
not fulfill the demand
of Rs 20 lakh. The par-
cel contained a box of
sweets, a red envelope
containing Shagun’s
one rupee coin and a
yellow envelope.
The accused also sent
her edited pornograph-
ic photos.
An FIR in this regard
has been registered and
police are making ef-
forts to identify the vi-
cious person on the ba-
sis of his appearance
captured in the CCTV
footage installed in the
court premises.
On the basis of the
footage, the route chart
of the criminal can be
prepared. Police is tak-
ing the help of cyber
experts who are tracing
the IP address that was
used for searching the
social media account of
the judge.
Owaisi to visit
Rajasthan on
March 11
First India Bureau
Jaipur: AIMIM Presi-
dent Asaduddin Owaisi
willbeonaone-daytour
to Ra-
jasthan on
March 11.
Owaisi will
hold public
meetings in
Jodhpur and Barmer to
garner support for his
party in the upcoming
assembly elections. It is
expected that AIMIM
may field candidates in
40 assembly constituen-
cies of Rajasthan.
‘RaGa considers Italy his motherland’
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Rajasthan
Tourism Minister
Vishvendra Singh’s
son Anirudh has criti-
cised Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi while ac-
cusing him of speak-
ing against the country
on foreign soil.
Anirudh said that
insulting India in an-
other country’s Parlia-
ment reflects that he
(Rahul Gandhi) has
gone bonkers or he
considers Italy as his
homeland.
“He has gone bonk-
ers. Who insults one’s
own country in anoth-
er country’s Parlia-
ment. Or perhaps he
considers Italy his
homeland,” he said in
a tweet.
Reacting to Rahul
Gandhi’s statement
given the UK that BJP
is not going to be in
power eternally, Anir-
udh tweeted, “Can he
not speak all this gar-
bage in India? Or does
he genetically prefer
European soil?”
When many Twitter
users raised questions
on calling Rahul Gan-
dhi Italian, Anirudh
further wrote – Italian
mafia is grabbing land
in India.
Vishvendra Singh’s son Anirudh
Dr Joshi to
visit Mumbai
for legislators
conference
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Assembly
speaker Dr CP
Joshi will take part
in the
m e e t -
ing or-
ganized
f o r
p re p a -
rations for the Na-
tional Legislators
Conference in
Mumbai on March
11. The conference
is scheduled to be
held in Mumbai
from June 15 to 18.
The preparations
for the conference
will be finalized in
the meeting. Prior
to this, Dr CP Joshi
will reach Nath-
dwara on March 9.
He will attend Holi
Milan Samaroh on
March 10 in Nath-
dwara and then
leave for Mumbai.
He is scheduled to
return to Jaipur
from Mumbai on
March 11.

The power of self- discipline is the
biggest power which can change
your life, as and when you want.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Gehlot directs officials to conduct Girdawari
to assess crop loss due to unseasonal rainfall
NursingSuperintendent
nowa‘gazettedOfficer’
FROM P1…
Jaipur (ANI): As the protests by widows
of soldiers who lost their lives in the 2019
Pulwama terror attack reached its tenth day,
BJP leader Kirori Lal Meena attacked Gehlot
govt for not fulfilling promise. Meena also
staged a protest outside Congress leader
Sachin Pilot’s residence on Wednesday. Talk-
ing to the media, BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena
said, “Two state ministers came here on
Tuesday. They accepted the demand of the
widows of the Pulwama attack and said that
their family members will be given govern-
ment jobs. But, a few hours later, the Chief
Minister changed the stance.” “BJP is not
doing any politics, we are only serving the
people. The government has made huge
promises, but it’s been 4 years, and nothing
has been done, because of which the widows
are still sitting on protest,” Dr Kirodi Meena
added. Talking to ANI, he had said, “They
were promised jobs but they didn’t receive
any. Schools, colleges and roads have not
been named in honour of those killed in
action. We want to make them meet CM here
but police officials say we can not sit here,”
he added.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The widows of
three martyred CRPF
personnel who are sit-
ting on dharna along
with MP Kirodi Lal
Meena for the last ten
days to press for their
various demands, have
now got the support of
the BJP organisation.
A BJP delegation led
by Dy LoP Rajendra
Rathore submitted a
memorandum to Gover-
nor Kalraj Mishra seek-
ing his intervention,
demanding justice for
them.
The BJP leaders also
reached the protest site
and met the widows of
the CRPF personnel
who got martyred in
Pulwama terror attack.
“At the time of the fu-
neral, many announce-
ments were made by
ministers. Now they are
demanding that the an-
nouncements which
were made by the min-
isters should be imple-
mented,” Rajendra
Rathore said.
Former BJP State
President Arun Chatur-
vedi opined, “Today
the entire matter has
been placed before the
Governor Kalraj
Mishra. He is the Con-
stitutional Head of Ra-
jasthan,” he said.
A BJP delegation led by Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore including
Ramlal Sharma, Ashok Lahoti and Arun Chaturvedi, submits a
memorandum to Governor Kalraj Mishra in support of widows of
Pulwama martyrs at Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Wednesday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas, State minister
Shakuntala Rawat
BJP MP Kirodi Lal Mee-
na on Tuesday met pro-
testing widows of sol-
diers who lost their
lives in the 2019 Pulwa-
ma terror attack.
They have been pro-
testing outside Sachin
pilot’s residence de-
manding to meet Gan-
dhi’s family to put for-
ward their demands.
“It’s our responsibility
to respect the ‘Viranga-
nas’. Our govt has
agreed to their de-
mands,” State minister
Khachariyawas said.
The women have
been staging a dharna
for several days in
Jaipur. Police allegedly
ill-treated women when
they wanted to meet
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot over their de-
mands.
The protest is against
the alleged non-fulfil-
ment of promises made
to them by the state gov-
ernment. The women
were staging a dharna
outside Sachin Pilot’s
residence on Tuesday
.
Minister Shakuntala
Rawat said, “The gov-
ernment is standing in
honour of martyrs. Our
government has given
the maximum package
to the families of the
martyrs.”
The women sitting in
dharna say that they
hope that Sachin Pilot
can make them meet
Gandhi’s family
.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas meets widows of pulwama terror attack martyrs outside Sachin pilot’s
residence in Jaipur. Shakuntala Rawat also met the martyrs’ widows.
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena along with the ‘Veerangnas’ stage a dharna on a footpath outside Sachin Pilot’s
residence in Jaipur.
Gehlot’s ministers meet widows of
pulwama martyrs, assure justice
BJP delegation seeks
Guv’s intervention in
Veeranganas’ matter
The ministers
made the an-
nouncement
then and now they re-
tracted. This is an insult
to those brave martyrs.
If the ministers were not
aware of the rules and
regulations then why
did they make this an-
nouncement? Dozens of
such occasions have
come when jobs have
been given by relaxing
the laws.
—Rajendra Rathore, Dy LoP
It’s our responsibility to respect the ‘Viran-
ganas’. Our govt has agreed to their
demands.
—Pratap S Khachariyawas, Food Civil Supplies Minister
The government is standing in honour of
the martyrs. Our government takes a soft
approach towards the martyrs and their
families. Our government has given the
maximum package to the families of the martyrs.
—Shakuntala Rawat, Industries Minister
PROTEST BY WIDOWS OF PULWAMA MARTYRS ENTERS 10TH
DAY
WE ARE NOT DOING ANY POLITICS: BJP LEADER HITS BACK AT CM
New Delhi (ANI): Union De-
fence Minister Rajnath Singh
on Tuesday spoke with CM
Ashok Gehlot
on the issue
of alleged
misbehaviour
with three
widows of the
soldiers killed
in the Pulwama attack in
2019. “Rajnath Singh spoke
with Rajasthan CM Ashok
Gehlot on the matter of
misbehaviour with widows
of soldiers who lost their
lives in the Pulwama attack,”
a source told ANI, adding
that Rajasthan CM assured
of action in the matter.
Jaipur: Senior Congress
leader Sachin Pilot on Mon-
day met the kin of Pulwama
martyrs who visited his resi-
dence and accused Raj govt
of not fulfilling
its promises
made to them.
“The behavior
of police
cannot be
called right,”
Pilot said. The aggrieved kin
claimed as state govt hasn’t
fulfilled any of its promises
made to them CM Gehlot
was also not meeting them,
their only option now was to
convey their grievances to
the Congress high com-
mand. “If there any changes
that have to be made in rules
then the state government
should do it. The matter is
related to family members of
martyrs,” Pilot said.
Cops misbehaved with widows. The
government should take action
against guilty officers: Dr Kirodi
We’ll remain in Dharna till we meet
Gandhi’s family, says Manju Devi,
wife of slain soldier Rohitash Lamba
RAJNATH SPEAKS
TO CM GEHLOT OVER
‘MISBEHAVIOUR’
WITH WIDOWS
SACHIN PILOT MEETS
WIDOWS OF MARTYRS
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: On Wednesday,
victims of Sanjivani
Credit Co-operative So-
ciety met Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot. After
the meeting, Gehlot
tweeted saying, “ Met
the victims of Sanjiva-
ni scam on the eve of
International Women’s
Day
. Tears and agony of
the victims are expos-
ing the dishonesty of
the culprits of the San-
jivani scam. We prom-
ise to get justice for the
people of the State. We
can understand the
pain of betrayal. Our
government will pun-
ish the culprits of this
entire episode. I can un-
derstand the pain of
losing money deposited
for treatment. I stand
with you and your fam-
ily in this fight for jus-
tice. Our farmer broth-
ers toil day and night in
harsh summer and win-
ter to earn money
. They
invested their hard
earned money in Sanji-
vani Society for their
needs. But due to deceit,
today they are forced to
stumble door to door.
We are determined to
help get justice to these
food providers.”
Our govt will punish culprits of Sanjivani Scam: CM
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Jal Shakti Minister
GS Shekhawat on Mon-
day recorded his state-
ment before Delhi’s
Rouse Avenue court in
a defamation case
against CM Ashok Ge-
hlot. After recording
the complainant’s wit-
ness in matter, ACMM
Harpreet Singh Jaspal,
listed matter for further
recording of complain-
ant witnesses in matter
on March 7, 2023.Union
Minister has alleged
that CM Ashok Gehlot
made defamation
speeches against him
regarding Sanjeevani
scam.
Sr Advocate Vikas
Pahwa with advocates
Ajit Sharma, AV Singh,
Abhishek Pati and San-
skriti S Gupta, Coun-
sels appeared for the
complainant. “There is
irreparable damage
caused to his reputa-
tion,” Shekhawat has
alleged in his criminal
defamation Complaint.
Jaipur (FIB): Former
CM Vasundhara Raje
on Wednesday celebrat-
ed her
b i r t h d a y
with close
ones in
D h o l p u r.
PM Modi,
Guv Kalraj
Mishra, LS Speaker Om
Birla, CM Gehlot, As-
sembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi, Congress leader
Sachin Pilot other
leaders wished her hap-
py birthday on Wednes-
day on social media
Raje thanked everyone
for their warm wishes.
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with victims of Sanjivani society scam,
who called upon him at CMR on Sunday.Also seen here are Pratap
S Khachariyawas, BS Bhati, Dharmendra Rathore and others.
Commuters protect themselves with umbrellas as they walk through a busy road at the Narayan Singh
Circle in Jaipur after rains lashed the city on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST CM
Union Minister GS Shekhawat
records statement before court
NURTURING
NATURE...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waters a sapling at
the State Guest House, Koinadhara Hills, as Assam
Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and State Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma look on, at Khanapara, in
Guwahati on Wednesday.
PM, CM
Guv wish Raje
on birthday
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has given
instructions for special
Girdawari for early as-
sessment of damage
caused to crops due to
unseasonal rains and
hailstorms.
Rabi crops have suf-
fered major damage due
tounseasonalrains,hail-
storm and strong winds.
The harvesting of wheat
and gram crops was go-
ingoninKota,Jhalawar,
Chittorgarh,Rajsamand
areas when the unsea-
sonal rains occurred.
On Tuesday
, many cities
including Kota, Jhala-
war, Chittorgarh, Rajsa-
mand, Udaipur received
rainfall. Hailstorms also
occurred in some parts
of thestate.Accordingto
report released by
Jaipur Meteorological
Centre and Water Re-
sources Dept, Kota’s
Chechat receivedamax-
imum of 25MM rains.
Ramganj Mandi,
Kanawas, Sangod also
received rains with hail.
Thunderstorms with
heavy rain occurred in
parts of Dungarpur,
Banswara, and Barmer.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: On Wednesday,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot gave a big gift to
nurses cadre. Now ga-
zetted officer will be
Nursing Superinten-
dent in the state. In this
regard, orders were is-
sued by the Rules Divi-
sion of the Finance
Department under the
Raj Medical and Health
Subordinate Service
Rules 1965.
Notably, nurses were
extremely angry and
agitated alleging ne-
glect in the recently
presented budget.
All nurses organiza-
tions including Ra-
jasthan Nurses Asso-
ciation had expressed
objection and along
with this the demand
was raised for the post
of Nursing Superin-
tendent to be given the
status of gazetted of-
ficer. The demand of
the nurses, who are
preparing for a big
movement, has been
found to be genuine by
the government and
therfore, the State gov-
ernment notified the
post of Nursing Super-
intendent as Gazetted
Officer.
BJP leaders...
CM Ashok Gehlot said
the widow of Hemraj
Meena, who was mar-
tyred in the attack,
wants a 3rd statue to be
installed despite 2 oth-
ers already put up at
the Govt College, San-
god, and a park in Vi-
nod Kalan, his native
village.
“Such a demand is
not appropriate keep-
ing in view other mar-
tyr families,” the CM
further added.
The wife of Rohitash
Lamba is seeking a job
for her brother-in-law,
in that case relatives of
all widows of martyrs
might start putting un-
due pressure on them.

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MARCH 9, 2023
Anita Hada, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat and
Megha Kaushik with awardees
(Sitting): (L-R) Dr Neha Batra, Kamlesh Sharma,
Ranu Uba, Mridul Bhasin, Nirmala Sewani, Suman Choudhary
(Standing): (L-R) Priyanshi, Aishwarya Jain,
Parul Beel, Nupur Jhankal, Priyambi Rajawat,
Vandana Chandna, Navya Tiwari,
Dr Swati Tomar, Dr Mala Airun
and Dharmendra Kanwar
“The woman who
follows the crowd will
usually go no further
than the crowd. The
woman who walks alone
is likely to find herself in
places no one has ever
been before.”
—Albert Einstein
T
he woman is the
epitome of
strengthandpower
and that’s why she
is also known as
SHAKTI. Women
today
, more than
ever, are defying male-dom-
inated communities and
civilizations. The miracu-
lous history of Indian Wom-
en is full of frontiersperson,
who have broken the
chained gender impedi-
ments, and stereotypes and
worked hard for the uplift-
ment of society and their
rights, making India proud
with their sterling record of
accomplishments in the
field of politics, art, social
work, etc. To celebrate the
power of women First India
organised an award show
titled ‘First India Women
Achievement Awards 2023’
on Sunday at the First India
News office, Sahakar Marg,
Jaipur.
Munesh Gurjar, Mayor -
of Jaipur Municipal Corpo-
ration Heritage graced the
occasion as the chief guest
and expressed her gratitude
to Jagdeesh Chandra for
this unique initiative and
saidthatwecannotmeasure
the tolerance of a woman
becausecompassionandtol-
erance are the greatest pow-
er of a woman.
20 women from various
fields were honoured for
their impeccable work fol-
lowed by a panel discussion
on Empowering Women
held with eminent women
guests and awardees.
Senior Editor Jinen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
and Anita Hada wel-
comed all the guests.
Ontheoccasion,Ani-
ta Hada proudly
shared her journey
,
proclaiming her
prideinbeingawom-
an she said, “I am
proud to be a daughter,
wife, mother, and most
importantly a woman be-
cause the female bond is so
strong when women sup-
port women incredible
thingscanhappenandalso
becausewearefantasticat
dealing with anything;
throw anything at us and
we can handle it. I am
grateful to Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra for his support
to me and every col-
league of mine at First
India and Bharat24 for
the opportunity for all
of ustogrowandbloom,
and also to all women
whohaveinspiredmeto
become the strong per-
son I am.
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STRONG WOMEN OF ALL TIMES!
On InternationalWomen’s day, First India honoured women achievers
from different fields with the First IndiaWomen Achievement
Awards 2023 and an insightful panel discussion was also held
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Jinendra Singh Shekhawat and Anita Hada greet Munesh Gurjar
Anticlockwise: Priyanshi Khandelwal, Nupur Jhankal,
Aishwarya Jain, Parul Beel, Priyambi Rajawat and Navya Tiwari

10-11
ETC
HONOURING THE TORCHBEARERS!
As First India conferred The First India
Women Achievement Awards 2023 to
these amazing women from various
fields on March 8, women's power
was celebrated in its true essence. It
was a treat to watch all these
superwomen- guests and awardees
stand strong for each other and for
women in general. International
Women’s Day was celebrated in true
spirit at First India!
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Anita Hada moderates the panel discussion, seen here are (L-R) Dr Neha Batra, Kamlesh Sharma, Ranu Uba, Mridul Bhasin, Munesh Gurjar, Suman Choudhary, Navya Tiwari, Nirmala Sewani, Dr Swati Tomar, Dr Mala Airun, Ranoo Srivastava and Dharmendra Kanwar
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating
Priyambi Rajawat for her impeccable work as young entrepreneur
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Dharmendra Kanwar for Conservation of Heritage
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Dr Mala Airun in Contribution to Medical Sciences
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Ranu Uba in Contribution to Social Work
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Aishwarya Jain in field of Fashion Designing
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Parul Beel in Contribution to Education
Anita Hada felicitating Ranoo Nathany Srivastava in Business Leadership Anita Hada felicitating Priyanshi Khandelwal for her impeccable work as young entrepreneur
Vandana Chandana for her impeccable work as young entrepreneur
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Navya Tiwari in field of Entertainment
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Nupur Jhankal in field of Entertainment
Kamlesh Sharma in Contribution to Social Work
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Nirmala Sewani for being Catalyst For Change
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Dr Neha Batra
on behalf of Dr Raaki Gupta in Contribution to Education
Dr Swati Tomar in Contribution to Medical Sciences
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Deepak Andrews
on behalf of her daughter, Priya Andrews in field of Entertainment
Anita Hada and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat felicitating Mridul Bhasin in Contribution to Social Work
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