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First India Bureau
Mumbai: In the ongo-
ing Videocon loan fraud
case investigation, the
Bombay HC has granted
bail to the former ICICI
Bank CEO Chanda
Kochhar and her hus-
band Deepak. The or-
ders by the Bombay HC
mentioned that both the
alleged accused have
been granted bail as the
arrests were “not in ac-
cordance with the law.”
Release of both Koch-
hars has been ordered
on a cash bail of Rs 1
lakh. Since both were
arrested by the CBI in
December, they termed
their arrest “illegal”
and vouched against it.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
RS SODHI STEPS
DOWN AS AMUL
MD; JAYEN TAKES
INTERIM CHARGE
New Delhi: The Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said it has issued
a show cause notice to Air India regarding two incidents of passenger
misbehaviour onboard a flight from Paris to New Delhi last month. Both
incidents happened on the Paris-New Delhi flight on December 6, 2022.
Gandhinagar: RS Sodhi, Amul’s MD, was ousted
on Monday, and the position has been taken up
temporarily by COO Jayen Mehta. Shankarsinh
Rana, chairman of Gandhinagar Madhur Dairy
said Amul will get a new MD after a few months.
TN GUV SKIPS
PREPARED TEXT,
WALKS OUT OF
THE ASSEMBLY
Chennai: Governor-govt tussle intensified in the TN
Assembly on Monday with CM MK Stalin registering
objection over Guv RN Ravi digressing from prepared
speech. Ravi left Assembly in a huff even as CM was
addressing it & before national anthem was played. P6
DGCA ISSUES ANOTHER SHOW-CAUSE NOTICE TO AI
PM MODI INAUGURATES 17TH PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS CONVENTION IN MP’S INDORE
DEEPENING ‘BHARATIYA’ BOND!
Moni Sharma
Indore: “India has the
opportunity to become
not only the knowledge
centre but also the
world’s skill capital.
This skill capital can be-
come the engine of glob-
al growth,” PM Naren-
dra Modi said while in-
augurating the 17th
PravasiBharatiyaDivas
Convention in Indore on
Monday
. Noting the en-
thusiasm among the
next generation Pravasi
Bharatiya Youth, PM
Modi urged gathering to
tell youth about their
country & provide them
withoccasionstovisitit.
PM said that each
and every Bharatvan-
shi carries entire India
with him or her. “India
not only has capability
of becoming a knowl-
edge centre but also a
skilled capital. Our
youth has skills, values,
honesty and determina-
tion toward work. Our
skilled capital can be-
come world’s growth
engine,” Modi added.
Over 3,500 diaspora members
from 70 countries participate
PBD is taking place in all its
glory after a gap of 4 years
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAL
STAMP RELEASED BY PM
PM released a commemorative
postal stamp ‘Surakshit Jaayen,
Prashikshit Jaayen’ & inaugurat-
ed 1st-ever digital PBD Exhibition
on theme ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav - Contribution of Diaspora in
Indian Freedom Struggle’.
OTHER COURT NEWS
PM MODI
SPEAKS...
 I call all Indian
diaspora as brand
ambassadors of India.
You all are ‘Rashtra-
doots’. Your role as
India’s brand ambas-
sador is diverse
 G-20 is not just a
diplomatic event but
it should be turned
into a historic event
of public participa-
tion where one can
witness the spirit of
‘Atithi Devo Bhava’
 India’s unique
global vision and
its role in the global
order will be strength-
ened by Pravasi
Bharatiyas during the
Amrit Kaal
 In Pravasi Bharti-
yas, we see myriad
images of Vasudhai-
va Kutumbakam and
Ek Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat
PM Narendra Modi welcomes special guest of honour,
President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi at
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, in Indore on Monday.
PM Narendra Modi, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, S Jaishankar, Mangubhai C Patel, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and
other dignitaries launch the commemorative stamp at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, in Indore, MP on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM Narendra Modi meets the chief guest,
President of Guyana Dr Mohamed Irfaan
Ali at 17th PBD in Indore, MP on Monday.
‘NEW PARLIAMENT
BUILDING TO BE
READY BY JAN END’
New Delhi: The new
Parliament building will
be ready by the end of
January and finishing
touches to its interior are
being given at a very fast
pace, govt sources said on
Monday. They said decision
on whether Budget Session
of Parl will be held in new
building or existing one is
yet to be taken.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
INDIAN-ORIGIN MONICA,
FIRST FEMALE SIKH
JUDGE IN U.S. HISTORY
Houston: Indian-origin
Manpreet Monica Singh has
been sworn in as a Harris
county judge, becoming
the first female Sikh judge
in the US. Born and raised
in Houston, she was sworn
in as a judge of the Harris
County Civil Court at Law
No. 4 in Texas on Friday.
Bombay HC calls
Kochhars arrest
illegal, grants bail
PM MODI MEETS PREZ
OF GUYANA, SURINAME
Modi and Guyana’s Prez held
talks on energy, infra, develop-
ment, pharmaceuticals, health,
tech and defence. “Wide-ranging
discussions held between Modi
and Suriname Prez,” MEA said.
TOP STORIES
Other Raj
Other Raj
l Deepak alias Dilip, son
of Congress MLA Johari
Lal Meena arrested for
raping a minor girl P3
l 5 died due to suffoca-
tion caused by accumula-
tion of coal smoke in their
house in Sar village of
Ratangarh, Churu district,
police said on Monday. P3
 Top Court extended till
Feb 17 its interim order plac-
ing social activist Gautam
Navlakha under house arrest
 Gutka baron JM Joshi,
co-accused Jamiruddin,
and accused Farukh, were
convicted in a case of being
part of an organised crime
syndicate that was setting up
gutka manufacturing units in
Karachi for gangster Dawood
Ibrahim and his bro Anees.
Trio were sentenced to 10 yrs
of rigorous imprisonment for
offences under the MCOCA
 The Supreme Court on
Monday refused to entertain
a PIL challenging the deci-
sions of the Uttarakhand and
the Gujarat governments to
constitute committees for
implementing the Uniform
Civil Code (UCC) in their
respective states.
Illegal coaching centre
razed by JDA authorities
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The Jaipur De-
velopment Authority
(JDA) on Monday de-
molished a five-storey
building of a coaching
centre whose operator’s
name appeared in the
recent grade-2 teacher
recruitment examina-
tion paper leak case.
The enforcement wing
of the JDA found that
the Adhigam Coaching
Centre building was
constructed in viola-
tion of laws. More on P3
Brazil’s top court springs
into action, suspends Guv
Brasilia (FIB): In af-
termath of unprece-
dented protest in Bra-
zil, country’s SC ex-
pelled Governor of
Brasilia for 3 months
for failing to fix secu-
rity lapses in capital.
Action was taken af-
ter 3,000 pro-Bolsona-
ro protestors barged
into presidential pal-
ace, SC against Lula
being elected as Prez.
President Luiz Inacio
LuladaSilvalaunched
blistering attack and
complained about a
lack of security
.
Protest outside the Planalto
Palace building in Brasilia.
I’m deeply concerned
about Brazil riots: PM
PM Narendra Modi on
Monday joined world lead-
ers in conveying concern
about rioting in Brasilia
that broke out after sup-
porters of ex-President
Bolsonaro attacked presi-
dential palace and SC.
PAPER LEAK CASE
Notice was
served to build-
ing owner Anil
Agarwal and coaching cen-
tre operators as institute
was built on 2 residential
plots. After unsatisfactory
reply, the building was
demolished today.
—Raghuveer Saini, JDA
enforcement wing chief
Govt to channels:
Terms coverage
of Pant accident
very ‘distasteful’
New Delhi (FIB): Govt
on Monday termed tel-
evision news coverage
of cricketer Rishabh
Pant’s road accident
and some other crime
stories “distasteful”
and “heart wrenching”
and asked them to
strictly follow code laid
down under the rele-
vant law.In an advisory,
I&B ministry cited cov-
erage of the Pant’s car
crash, airing of images
of the dead bodies and
thrashing of an infant,
such reporting offended
good taste and decency
.
JASPRIT BUMRAH
RULED OUT OF ODI
SERIES AGAINST SL
New Delhi: India’s pace
spearhead Jasprit Bumrah
has been
ruled out of
the One Day
International
(ODI) series
against
Sri Lanka
over fitness concerns,
according to a BCCI press
statement on Monday.
BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA
MAY NOT CONSIDER ROHIT, KOHLI FOR T20s
New Delhi: The Indian cricket board and
team management is likely to sit down
with skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
about their future in T20Is in the coming
days. Matter will also be up for discussion
when Chetan Sharma’s new look selection
panel meets in the coming days.
BALE RETIRES FROM
INTERNATIONAL &
CLUB FOOTBALL
London: Wales legend
Gareth Bale announced
his retirement
from club and
international
football on
Monday. The
33-year-old
led Wales to
two UEFA Euros and also
their first-ever FIFA World
Cup since 1958.
‘SPORTING’ ROUND-UP
There have been over 16 incidents of paper
leak cases in Rajasthan due to which a large
number of youths were forced to commit
suicide. They play with the future of the youths.
—Anurag Thakur, I&B Minister
Rajasthan government’s schemes being
discussed across the nation: CM Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Monday that the public
welfare schemes imple-
mentedinRajasthanare
thesubjectof discussion
in the entire country to-
day
. “From electricity,
water to education,
health and social secu-
rity, the state has
emergedasamodelstate
in every field. There will
benoshortageof budget
for schemes run in pub-
lic interest in the state,”
Gehlot said while ad-
dressing public repre-
sentatives and common
people from different
areas of the state at
CMR on Monday
.
The Chief Minister
saidthateverysectionis
benefiting from the pub-
lic welfare schemes of
the state government.
“Women and girls are
being given 12 sanitary
napkins free of cost eve-
ry month through the
Udaan scheme, which
has improved their
health management.
Turn to P8
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot meets delegations from all over the
State at the Chief Minister’s Residence, Jaipur on Monday.
Anurag Thakur calls on Scouts
and Guides to build the nation
First India Bureau
Pali/Udaipur: Union
Minister Anurag Singh
Thakur has called upon
Scouts and Guides as
the future of the coun-
try. He was addressing
closing ceremony of
Nat’l Scout Guide Jam-
boree in Pali district.
Thakur during his Me-
war tour on Monday
fiercely targeted Rahul
Gandhi and the Ashok
Gehlot government. He
said that the crime
graph in Rajasthan is
increasing every day in
Rajasthan. More on P3
Anurag Thakur at closing event of 18th Nat’l Scout Guide Jamboree
in Pali on Monday. Dr BD Kalla and Niranjan Arya are also seen here.
Through
Chiranjeevi
Health
Insurance Scheme, the
common man has got
freedom from the
worry of expensive
treatment.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023
02
SUCCESS OF ‘JAY’ HAS PAVED
WAY FOR CONG’S EXIT: SINGH
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: In the trans-
port department, the
pendency of driving li-
cence and Registration
certificates is not reduc-
ing due to which the
people who buy new
vehicles and those who
get driving licence are
facing a lot of trouble.
People who bought
vehicle one and a half
month ago have not yet
received RC from trans-
port offices. The situa-
tion is that due to lack
of smartcardsinJaipur
RTO alone, RCs of
18,000 vehicles have not
been printed, while RC
pending for about 40,000
vehicles. Due to non-
availability of RC, the
police is challaning the
vehicles of the people.
On the other hand,
the company supplying
smart cards says that
their tender has ended
on October 31. The bal-
ance amount has also
not been paid.
Shortage of DLs & RCs plagues people
TROUBLE FOR PEOPLE
The BJP launched ‘JAY’ with an eye on the Assembly elections next year
Jaipur (PTI): BJP Ra-
jasthan in-charge Arun
Singh on Monday said
thesuccessof theparty’s
‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ has
paved the way for the
exit of the Congress gov-
ernment from the state.
There is huge resent-
ment among the people
of Rajasthan due to the
rising crimes against
women,atrocitiesagainst
Dalits, power shortage in
rural areas and recruit-
ment exam paper leaks.
The BJP launched the
‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ with
an eye on the assembly
electionsnextyearandto
corner the Congress gov-
ernment on its fourth an-
niversary
.“The Jan Aak-
rosh Yatra has received
tremendous support
from the people of the
state,” Singh said at a
press conference.
The yatra has paved
thewayfortheexitof the
Congress government
fromthestate,hesaid.He
claimedtheyoutharethe
most upset with the Con-
gress and in the mood to
oust it so that it does not
return to power in the
stateforthenext20years.
Singh said if the state
assembly elections are
held today, the BJP will
form the govt with a
three-fourth majority
.
During the yatra, the
BJP received numerous
complaints from people
which will be presented
before the chief minis-
ter in the coming days.
If these complaints are
not addressed, the BJP
will hold a massive pro-
test, he said.
He, however, said that
there is little hope that
these complaints will
be resolved as the state
govt has given good
postings to corrupt of-
ficials and sidelined the
honest ones.
Arun Singh, Satish Poonia, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Rajendra Rathore, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,
Gulab Chand Kataria, Chandrashekhar, Alka Gurjar & other leaders in meeting on Monday.
Satish Poonia addressing the public during Jan Aakrosh Yatra at Govindgarh in Jaipur on Monday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP’s Jan Aak-
rosh Sabha was organ-
ized at Krishna Talkies
Road in Kotputli on
Monday, which was at-
tended by thousands of
people. MP Kirodi Lal
Meena,Mayorof Jaipur
Greater Somya Gurjar,
and Jaipur District
Chief Rama Chopda
participated in the gen-
eral meeting. Local BJP
leaders Mukesh Goyal,
Karmaveer Bokan,
Shankar Lal Kasana,
Ravindra Singh Shek-
hawat, Hira Lal Rawat,
and Yadram Jangal wel-
comed the guests. BJP’s
Mahesh Chand Meena
presented swords on be-
half of Meena Samaj.
All the BJP office bear-
ers and local leaders of
the area were present at
the meeting.
While addressing the
meeting organized
against the misrule of
the Congress, the local
BJP leader Mukesh Go-
yal, attacked the govt
and administration.
‘CONGRESS
PROMOTING,
CORRUPTION
CRIME’
Karauli: In the Jan Aak-
rosh Yatra organized at
Masalpur in the Karauli
assembly constituency of
BJP, the state govt was
fiercely targeted. Former
minister Arun Chatur-
vedi, Sawai Madhopur
Tonk MP Sukhbir Singh
Jaunpuria and others
accused the state govt
of promoting corruption
and crime. Chaturvedi
said that Rahul Gandhi
had talked about waiv-
ing off the loans of the
farmers in 10 days. “The
loans have not been
waived off to date and
12 farmers committed
suicide. Unemployment
allowance did not come
even once in four years.
The copying mafia is
flourishing and papers
are being leaked,” he
said. —Manoj Jain
PENDENCY IN RTO REGIONS
BJP leaders raise Cong
misrule issue at JAY
Alka Gurjar lighting the lamp at a gathering in Kota. Gopichand
Meena is also seen.
Hundreds march seeking to
make Neem Ka Thana district
Wife kills hubby on
domestic dispute
Two run over by
speeding car in
Chomu, 2 injured
Sikar’s Anshul Garhwal
scores double century
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The youth bri-
gade of Rajasthan made
history in the Under-25
CK Nayudu Cricket Tro-
phy in Bhubaneswar.
Rajasthan defeated Sik-
kim after it had made
just 133 runs. Rajasthan
declared the first in-
nings by scoring 711
runs for six wickets. Ra-
jasthan’s Anshul Garh-
wal scored a double cen-
tury while Raj Sharma,
Zuber Ali, Rahul Bhatt
scored centuries.
Anshul Garhwal
scored 214, Raj Sharma
scored 110, Zuber scored
141 and Rahul Bhatt
scored 150 runs.
‘Meet & Greet’ organised for
Non-Resident Rajasthanis
‘Shekhawat biggest obstacle in
declaring ERCP a national project’
DenselayeroffogenvelopesState
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A ‘Meet and
Greet’ programme was
organized for the Non-
Resident Rajasthanis
(NRIs) who had come to
participate in the three-
day Pravasi Bhartiya
Divas convention. The
event organised at Ho-
tel Sayaji in Indore, was
addressed by the Addi-
tional Chief Secretary,
Industries, Govern-
ment of Rajasthan,
Veenu Gupta, and Com-
missioner, Rajasthan
Foundation, Dheeraj
Srivastava. On this oc-
casion, about 40 from
Kuwait, Kenya, Qatar,
Uganda, Poland, the
United States of Amer-
ica, England, Dubai
and many other coun-
tries participated.
Veenu Gupta said
that, “Our new NRI pol-
icy is based on the con-
cept of five ‘C’ - Connect,
Culture, Community,
Care, and Contribution.
The focus has been on
connecting NRIs & their
contribution to the de-
velopment of the state.”
First India Bureau
Dausa: Health Minis-
ter Parsadi Lal Meena
on Monday alleged
that Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat is
the biggest obstacle in
declaring the Eastern
Rajasthan Canal Pro-
ject (ERCP) as a na-
tional project.
Meena said that the
central government is
behaving step-mother-
ly with the state gov-
ernment.
He said that the Un-
ion Minister is more
concerned about the
water of Madhya
Pradesh than of
Rajasthan, whereas
there is surplus water
in the state.
“Both BJP and Gajen-
dra Singh will have to
bear the consequences
of creating hurdles in
ERCP,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A dense layer
of fog enveloped some
parts of Rajasthan as
cold wave conditions
prevailed in the state.
A MeT department
spokesperson said there
was no large change in
minimum tempera-
tures, even though a
slight rise in mercury
waswitnessedinJaipur
and Bikaner divisions.
The temperature was re-
corded above normal in
Jodhpur and Udaipur
divisions.
On Sunday night, Ka-
rauli and Fatehpur
were recorded as the
coldest, with the mini-
mum temperature at 3.2
and 3.5 degrees Celsius
respectively.
The minimum tem-
perature was recorded at
3.8 degrees Celsius in
Churu, 4 degrees Celsius
in Alwar, 4.7 degrees Cel-
sius in Sangaria, 4.8 de-
grees Celsius in Dholpur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A large num-
ber of people protested
at the Martyr’s Memo-
rial on Monday under
the leadership of MLA
Suresh Modi demand-
ing that Neem Ka Tha-
na be made a district.
After this, a delegation
of 11 members along
with the MLA went to
the chief minister’s
residence at Civil
Lines to meet CM
Ashok Gehlot.
The MLA said that
their rally started on
January 2 with the de-
mand of making Neem
Ka Thana a district.
“Walking about 120 kil-
ometres, our rally
reached Jaipur on Mon-
day,” he said.
After the rally, a del-
egation led by MLA
Modi proceeded to meet
Gehlot. They handed
over their demand let-
ter at the CM’s resi-
dence. After listening to
the delegation, the
Chief Minister assured
to make Neem Ka Tha-
na a district.
Udaipur (FIB): A
woman killed her hus-
band due to a domestic
dispute. She killed her
husband with an axe
and buried the dead
body by digging a pit in
front of the house. Ac-
cording to the police,
Rooplal was missing
from the house since
December 5. Harish
Meena, the brother of
the missing along with
Rooplal’s wife Sharda
had lodged a missing
complaint at the police
station on January 1.
First India Bureau
Chomu: A speeding car
rammed four pedestri-
ans at the Anatpura-
Chimanpura turn of
the Govindgarh area
located on NH 52. Two
people died and two
were severely injured.
With the help of the lo-
cal people, the injured
were admitted to the
government hospital,
while the deceased was
kept in the mortuary
for post-mortem. On re-
ceiving the informa-
tion, police reached the
spot and the car was
seized and the driver
was taken into custody
.
Suresh Modi marching with people at the Martyr’s Memorial in
Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Veenu Gupta & Dhiraj Srivastava addressing the Pravasi Bhartiya
Divas convention at Hotel Sayaji in Indore on Monday.
Parsadi Lal Meena speaking during inauguratioon of the Student
Union office at Government Girls College at Lalsot on Monday.
School students doing excercise in morning sunlight at SMS stadium in Jaipur on Monday.
—Image for representational purpose.
Anshul Garhwal
RTO RC DL
JAIPUR 15,000 -
JODHPUR 14,000 -
CHITTORGARH 11,000 1,200
ALWAR 2,500 2,500
PALI 5,014 3,721
SIKAR 6,122 4,384
BHARATPUR 8,000 -
AJMER 18,000 3,000
—PHOTO
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
Saras milk
gets costlier
by `2 in
Jaipur, Dausa
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Saras milk
has become costlier
as Jaipur Dairy Ad-
ministration has
hiked rates of Saras
milkbyRs2perlitre
in Jaipur and Dausa
districts. Saras Gold
milk will now be
availableatRs64per
litre. Saras Smart
DTM milk will be
availableatRs42per
liter,SarasStandard
Shaktimilkwillnow
be available at Rs 56
per litre. Cow milk
will be available at
Rs 52 instead of Rs
50. Saras Light milk
will be available at
Rs 14 for 400 ml. In-
creased rates will be
applicable from
Tuesday evening’s
supply. According
to sources, the price
of milk may go up
in other cities of Ra-
jasthan as well. Last
year, thousands of
cows died due to
the lumpy skin dis-
ease. This affected
milk supply
.
Vasundhara Raje did not attend the meeting
due to ill health. Om Mathur also did not
attend as he is on a visit to Chhattisgarh

RAJASTHAN
03
Subhash Trivedi
Pali: Union Sports min-
ister Anurag Thakur
has called upon the
youth of the country to
contribute to make the
country independent.
Terming the scouts
and guides as the future
of the country, Thakur
called them upon to
come forward and make
their contribution for
nation building.
Thakur was address-
ing the closing ceremo-
ny of 18th National
Scout Guide Jamboree
held in Rohet in Pali dis-
trict. He said that the
youths can leverage the
events like jamboree be-
ing organized under the
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
savtobuildandstrength-
en their network. The
minister also urged
them to associate with
the Fit India campaign
and do physical activity
daily for half an hour to
stay fit. “Like Scout and
Guide, every citizen
should have the spirit of
Team India and every
citizen will have to work
hard to make India a
world leader in the next
25 years”, he said.
Thakuralsoinspected
theparadebyscoutsand
guides taken out by dif-
ferent states. State Edu-
cation Minister BD Kal-
la, in-charge of the dis-
trict and Social Justice
andEmpowermentMin-
ister Tikaram JulLY,
Bharat Scout Guide
President Anil kumar
Jain were also present.
Contributetomakecountryindependent,Thakururgesyouth
SCOUTS & GUIDES NAT’L JAMBOREE CULMINATES
lll
At the closing
ceremony of
Jamboree, the
Scouts &
Guides showed
immense
enthusiasm in
the regular and
adventure
activities
BULLDOZER DELIVERS ‘QUICK JUSTICE’
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The JDA on
Monday demolished a
five-storey building of a
coaching centre whose
operator’s name ap-
peared in the recent
grade-2 teacher recruit-
ment examination pa-
per leak case. The en-
forcement wing of JDA
found that the Adhigam
Coaching Centre build-
ing was constructed in
violation of laws.
“Notice was served to
building owner Anil
Agarwal and coaching
centre operators Suresh
Dhaka, Bhupendra Sa-
ran, Dharmendra
Chaudhary and Chhaju
Lal Jat as the institute
was built on two resi-
dential plots, the road
was also encroached.
After not finding any
satisfactory reply, the
building was demol-
ished today,” JDA en-
forcement wing chief
Raghuveer Saini said.
In December, a total
of 55 people, including
37 candidates, were ar-
rested in the grade-2
teacher recruitment ex-
amination paper leak
case. Two separate cas-
es were registered in the
matter. A school princi-
pal, Suresh Vishnoi,
MBBS student Bhajan
Lal and Raita Ram
Chaudhary have been
arrested. The name of
Adhigam Coaching
Centre operator, Suresh
Dhaka, has also sur-
faced but he is evading
arrest, police said.
The Udaipur police
had intercepted a bus in
which some candidates
weregoingfortheexam.
Question paper was
found from the candi-
dates, following which
all were arrested.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High court has directed
the waqf board to ap-
point two officers to
look after the C-scheme
residency mosque. As
per the court’s direc-
tions, the board ap-
pointed two officers.
The board also started
preparations to take
the previous account
from the former com-
mittee. The board has
already given a notice
to the committee for
this in the past.
First India Bureau
Nathdwara: Former
CM of Maharashtra Ud-
dhav Thackeray visited
Shrinathji temple along
with his family on Mon-
day
. The Thackeray fam-
ily visited Shrinathji’s
evening aarti tableau,
where Uddhav Thack-
eray, his wife Rashmi
Thackeray, both sons,
former cabinet minister
Aditya Thackeray and
Tejas Thackeray were
with him. Thackeray re-
frained from answering
any questions and said
that his visit was per-
sonal. He accepted peo-
ple’s greetings at the
temple and after a brief
stay in Nathdwara, he
left for Udaipur.
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: The ACB on
Monday arrested fe-
male patwari Darsha-
na Sabal of Patwar
Halka Khanpura in
Ajmer red handed tak-
ing bribe of Rs 8,000
from the complainant.
ADG ACB Hemant
Priyadarshy said that a
complaint was received
that in lieu of opening
the nomination of the
complainant’s agricul-
tural land, the accused
sought bribe of Rs 8,000.
The complaint was veri-
fied by DIG Sameer Ku-
mar Singh and DSP
Rakesh Verma and a
trap was laid and the ac-
cused was held with the
bribe amount. Ajmer
ACB is conducting
searches at residence
and other places of fe-
male Patwari Darshana.
ACB has started investi-
gation by registering a
case under the Preven-
tion of Corruption Act.
Bikaner: Reader and constable Budhram Vishnoi of Naya
Sahar police station in Bikaner was arrested red-handed while
accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000. ACB police
inspector Sanjay Mishra said that in an NDPS
case, Budhram had offered Rs 50,000 in lieu of
not harassing the accused Pradeep in the police
custody, not extending his custody and not in-
volving his brother living in Haryana in this case
lodged at the Kotgate police station. On this the
complainant complained to the Bikaner ACB. —Laxman Raghav
Baran: The ACB caught red-handed Village development
officer Dilip Mehra for taking bribe of Rs 20,000 at Kunjed
of Atru subdivision of Baran. Complainant
Mukesh Kumar Meena, appearing in office of
Additional SP Anti-Corruption, Baran, lodged
a written complaint that he does contract work
of supplying construction materials. For releas-
ing his pending payment of Rs 4.5 lakh, Mehra
demanded a bribe of 5%. The complaint was
verified and a trap was laid to held the accused.—Hanspal Yadav
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
govt has banned kite fly-
ing in the morning and
evening across the state
on the occasion of Ma-
kar Sankranti. Citing
the orders of the High
Court, the Home Dept
has issued an advisory
to ban kite flying in the
morning and evening
hours. The Dept has
asked all collectors to
ban kite flying from 6 to
8 in the morning and
from 5 to 7 in the even-
ing as per the provi-
sions of Section 144.
Taking serious note
of the use of Chinese
manjha, the chairper-
son of the Rajasthan
State Commission for
Protection of Child
Rights, Sangeeta Beni-
wal has also asked the
collectors to ensure that
Chinese manjha is not
being sold and used.
Beniwal has written
a letter to all district
collectors in this regard
on Monday
.
First India Bureau
Churu/Bikaner: A
womanandhisdaughter
and mother in law died
duetosuffocationcaused
by accumulation of coal
smoke in their room in
Churu’s Ratangarh on
Sunday night, police
said. Sona Devi (60), her
daughter in law Gayatri
(30) and Gayatri’s 3 year
old girl and a two month
old son were sleeping in
a room in which a sigdi
or iron stove was kept.
Coal fire was lit in sigdi
to keep the room warm.
In the morning, when
they did come out of the
room, Sona Devi’s hus-
band knocked the door
and sought help of
neightbours, police said.
The gate was broke open
and four were found ly-
ing unconscious. They
wererushedtothehospi-
tal where barring the
infant, all three were de-
clared dead, police said.
In Bikaner’s Beechw-
al,couplediedduetosuf-
focation. Both were resi-
dents of Kooch Bihar
and used to work as a la-
borer in Karni industri-
al area. Anil (40) and
Poornima (36) slept in
the room at night after
lighting a coal heater.
A girl student walks through debris of coaching centre demolished by the JDA on Monday, which was
illegaly built run by the prime accused of the paper leak. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
Uddhav Thackeray and his wife Rashmi Thackeray seek blessings
in Shrinath ji temple on Monday.
House of the five deceased in Churu. (Inset)
The survivor kid on ventilator in hospital.
BJP LEADERS HAIL CM ASHOK GEHLOT
FOR THE ACTION, CALL IT ‘YOGI MODEL’
CONSTABLE CAUGHT RED-HANDED IN BIKANER
ACB NABS VDO IN BARAN WITH `20,000
Reacting to demolition of coaching building of
paper leak accused, state BJP spokesperson Ram
Lal Sharma said that the Gehlot govt has come late
and corrected but such action should have been taken
earlier. “The way UP CM Yogi Adityanath took action
to confiscate the property of criminals and demolish
their houses, the same model has now been adopted
by the Gehlot government. The Gehlot government
deserves congratulations for this. It is also public
sentiment to take such action against criminals,”
said Sharma. Rajya Sabha MP Kirori Lal Meena has
said that JDA’s action on Adhigam coaching under
the paper leak case is a welcome step but why is the
govt not confiscating properties of Suresh Dhaka and
Bhupendra Saran? —Aishwary Pradhan
n Coachingbuildingof Grade-2teacherrecruitment
paper leak accused demolished by JDA officials
Thackeray meets
and greets people
in market, temple
Fivedieofsuffocation
afterinhalingcoal
smokeinChuru,Bkn
HC asks Waqf
Board to appoint 2
officers in mosque
Maha former CM Uddhav
and family visit Shrinath ji
Female patwari in ACB net with `8,000
ACB IN ACTION ACROSS RAJ
Kite flying banned for 2 hrs in day;
RSCPCR issues advisory on manjha
Jaipur (PTI): A Ra-
jasthan Congress MLA’s
son was arrested on
Monday for allegedly
raping a minor girl, po-
lice said. Deepak alias
Dilip Meena, the son of
Congress legislator
from the Rajgarh assem-
bly constituency Johari
Lal Meena, is one of the
three accused in the
gang-rapeof the15-year-
old girl in February
2021, the police said. The
two other accused had
been arrested earlier.
The MLA’s son was
arrested on the direc-
tions of a special court
hearing cases under the
Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act. The court
sent him to judicial cus-
tody till January 13, Ma-
hua police station SHO
Jitendra Solanki said.
The gang-rape case
was lodged at Manda-
war police station in
Dausa district in March
2022, he said. In the com-
plaint, it was alleged
that the accused took
the girl to a hotel on the
M a h w a - M a n d aw a r
Road and raped her.
MLA Johari Lal Meena’s son
held,producedinPOCSOcourt
Dilip Meena
Anurag Thakur, BD Kalla and KK Khandelwal during closing ceremony of National Jamboree on Monday. A cultural show in progress.
NO RELIEF TO ADHIGAM COACHING
CENTRE FROM THE JDA TRIBUNAL
Anil Agrawal, the owner of the building in
which a coaching center was being run by
the accused of the senior teacher recruitment
paper leak case, did not get any relief from the
JDA tribunal court on Monday. During the action
of JDA, the building owner tried to get a stay by
filing a petition in the court in the afternoon. After
hearing the arguments given by JDA, the court
also refused to grant a stay. The court asked
to completely demolish the building. The court
also gave orders to remove the debris and glass
spread there in two days so that there is no loss
of life and property to the vehicles and pedes-
trians passing through there. At the same time,
the court also ordered that if any other adverse
action is taken in future, a fair opportunity of
hearing will be given.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The ques-
tions are again be-
ing raised over ap-
pointment of Dr
Satish Kumar Garg
as the Vice-Chancel-
lor of Rajasthan
Veterinary and Ani-
mal Sciences Uni-
versity
. It is alleged
that despite his be-
ing released on bail
from the Mathura
court and the mat-
ter pending in the
court, he was elect-
ed as the Vice Chan-
cellor.
But here the big
question is about
the search commit-
tee to choose the VC.
The new revelation
is that the members
of the search com-
mittee which had
selected Dr Garg
obliged the same
committee mem-
bers in just a fort-
night after becom-
ing the Vice-Chan-
cellor. The orders of
the Raj Bhavan dat-
ed 31 August 2020
have also been over-
looked in selecting
the members of the
Vice-Chancellor
Search Committee.
Questions over
appointment
of Garg in Vet
Varsity as V-C
Jaipur: Subhash Chowk
police raided a godown
on Monday evening and
recovered 488 reels of
dangerous Chinese manjha.
The godown owner has been
arrested after the Chinese
manjha was recovered from
his warehouse. Additional
DCP Dharmendra Sagar said
that Altaf Qureshi, a resident
of Ramganj, was arrested.
The accused has a godown
at Natwada House on old
Amer Road and a kite-reel
shop in Ramganj Bazar.
NWR WARNS PEOPLE AHEAD OF SANKRANTI 488 REELS OF CHINESE
MANJHA SEIZED IN
AMER BY POLICE
Jaipur: Amid concerns of Kite flying near railway tracks, Captain
Sasikiran, Chief PRO(NWR) said that most of the trains are
operated through electricity and a current of 25,000 volts passes
through the wires. If the kite string comes in contact with these
wires, a strong electric current can be felt leading to death. “Be-
sides, people can be crashed under express trains,” he added.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If you find no one to support
you on the spiritual path,
walk alone. There is no
companionship with the
immature. —Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TAMIL NADU GUV
AND GOVT FIND
ANOTHER ISSUE
TO MOVE APART
overnor RN Ravi
kicked up a row in
Tamil Nadu Assem-
bly by skipping refer-
ences to Dravidian
leaders like EVR Periyar, CN
Annadurai, K. Kamaraj and
their model of governance. He
even skipped reference to BR
Ambedkar, the father of the In-
dian Constitution. In doing so
he deviated from the official
speech provided to him. The
Constitution does not bar a gov-
ernor to deviate from the pre-
pared text but traditionally they
have stuck to speeches provided
by a government. The uproar
was also due to the portions
Ravi added to the speech. How-
ever, leaving out Ambedkar and
some of the DMK stalwarts
could have been avoided.
Relations between the Tamil
Nadu governor and the DMK
government MK Stalin have
soured over various issues like
the former sitting over about 20
Bills including one on banning
online gambling. The gover-
nor’s suggestion to rename Ta-
mil Nadu as Tamizhagam is the
latest irritant between the two.
The cooling of tempers is un-
likely soon.
TOP TWEETS
G
eattle in the Unit-
ed States is too far
away from India
to attract notice
but a suit filed by
some public schools against
social media companies must
be taken serious note of. The
lawsuit filed by the Seattle
Public Schools in a US dis-
trict court said that the social
media was responsible for
worsening mental health and
behavioral disorders like
anxiety, depression, disor-
derly eating and cyber-bully-
ing making it difficult to edu-
cate students. The companies
named in the lawsuit include
Alphabet Inc, Meta Inc, Snap
IncandTikTok-ownerByteD-
ance. Blaming the tech giants
for exploiting “the vulnera-
ble brains of youth” to hook
tens of millions of students
across the country to their
platforms.
The suit also said, “De-
fendants recommend and
promote harmful content to
youth, such as pro-anorexia
and eating disorder content.”
It even quantified the dam-
age done by these platforms
stating that in decade from
2009 to 2019 there was on av-
erage a 30 percent increase
with students feeling “so sad
or helpless almost every day
for 2 weeks or more in a row.”
The use of social media
has become a strong habit of
children in India too. A study
commissioned by National
Commission for Protection
of Child Rights showed that
42.9 percent of 3,400 school-
going children confessed to
having social networking ac-
counts. Besides, 37.8% and
24.3% of 10-year-olds sur-
veyed had Facebook and Ins-
tagram accounts, which was
against minimum age of 13
years for opening a account.
There’s little effort being
made by the government to
prevent children from falling
into the social media trap.
TRAPPED IN SOCIAL
MEDIA NETWORK
Lawsuit filed by Seattle
Public Schools said that
SM was responsible for
worsening mental
health, behavioral
disorders like anxiety,
depression, disorderly
eating and cyber-bullying,
making it difficult to
educate students
S
he increasing tensions with
China on our Northern Bor-
ders and strained relations
with Pakistan, the moderni-
zation of armed forces de-
mand huge investments by
our country year on year
forcing India to be a leading
importer of defence equip-
ment in the world. As per
sources, the Indian Defence
market is anticipated to re-
cord a Compound Annual
Growth Rate of over 4% be-
tween 2020 and 2026. This, in
turn, is likely to benefit self-
sufficiency and ‘Make in In-
dia’ Defence Projects.
So, what is meant by De-
fence offset? In simple words,
it is an obligation by foreign
suppliers to invest in India
and aid the domestic defence
industryeitherthroughdirect
investment or by partnering
withdomesticdefenceplayers
orbytransferof technologyto
an Indian defence enterprise.
Though the policy for offset
in defence deals was initiated
in 2005, the first offset con-
tract was made in 2007. How-
ever, it was only in 2012 that
the policy makers stated the
objectives for defence offsets
to support capital acquisi-
tions to develop Indian de-
fence industry by fostering
development of global com-
petitive enterprises, aug-
menting capacity for R D
related to defence and finally
encouraging development of
synergistic sectors like aero-
space, and internal security”.
As it generally happens,
the change of govt in Delhi
got the policy tweaked again
in 2016 and then in 2020. In
2016 amendment, the foreign
vendors were exempted from
providing all the details of
offset at the time of contract
and were given the leeway of
declaration either at the time
of seeking offset credits or,
twelve months before the dis-
charge of offset obligations.
But in my opinion, the ma-
jor change was brought in
2020 which raised the limit of
offset obligation of 30% of
the cost to the procurements
exceeding Rs 2000 crore
against the earlier limit of Rs
300 crore. In addition, the
changes specified that the
clause of offset are non op-
erative if the deals are gov-
ernment-to-government or it
is ab initio one vendor deal,
or inter-governmental agree-
ments. Nevertheless, all oth-
er foreign vendor competi-
tive deals were to continue
with the clause of 30% offset.
While the govt authorities
went gaga on their policy
making, the story was not as
rosy
, if read with the perspec-
tive of ‘The Comptroller and
Auditor General’ of our
country. Auditors had de-
fined relevant clauses as a
mechanism established with
a three-fold objectives of
firstly, partially compensat-
ing for outflow of Indian re-
sources. Secondly, ensuring
induction of sophisticated
new technology and thirdly,
enhancing capacities and ca-
pabilities of defence indus-
try in the country
. It was con-
sidered an obligation on the
supplier to either “reverse
purchase goods manufac-
tured in India or, execute ex-
port orders on such goods.”
Though the report submit-
ted by the CAG is not fully in
public domain, the sources in
media reveal that all is not
well in the defence offset
deals. From the first contract
signed in 2007 until March
2018, CAG said, 46 offset con-
tracts have been signed for
Rs 66,427 crore and till De-
cember 2018, Rs 19,223 crore
worth of offsets should have
been discharged. However,
the claimed discharge of the
offset obligation by the end
2018 was Rs 11,396 crore only
.
The balance of obligation of
Rs 55,000 crore is to be execut-
ed by 2024 for which the audi-
tors are not very hopeful.
The report further reveals
that besides financial fail-
ures, the offset policy has
also not been successful in
acquiring advanced technol-
ogies or even significantly
enhancing industrial or man-
ufacturing capabilities
which is against the stated
objectives of the offset policy
.
There is no doubt that In-
dia has giant aspirations for
its offset resources. But lam-
entably, the current state
does not appear to be steering
the country to its terminal
aim of self-reliance in de-
fence production.
If I may say, probably we
are lacking the required stra-
tegic vision and systematised
priority for implementing off-
set policy
. As a result, we put
the onus of developing offset
projects on foreign firms
whose natural inclination
will never be aligned with our
national aims. Moreover, In-
diaisnotindustryreadyason
date to absorb large volume
of offsets. The country’s pub-
lic and private Sector Under-
takings I defence are ineffi-
cient and lack adequate infra-
structuretoacceptstateof the
art technology
. This lack of
absorptive capacity will for
sure stymie our growth in de-
fenceindustrialdevelopment.
If we wish to leverage capital
acquisitionstodevelopIndian
defenceindustry
,theonlyway
is to augment the capacity for
Research, Design, and Devel-
opmentrelatedtodefencepro-
duction and services.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
Moreover, India is not
industry ready as on date
to absorb large volume of
offsets. The country’s public
and private Sector
Undertakings I defence are
inefficient and lack
adequate infrastructure to
accept state of the art
technology. This lack of
absorptive capacity will for
sure stymie our growth in
defence industrial
development. If we wish to
leverage capital
acquisitions to develop
Indian defence industry,
the only way is to augment
the capacity for Research,
Design, and Development
related to defence
production and services
The increasing tensions with China on our Northern
Borders and strained relations with Pakistan, the
modernization of armed forces demand huge investments
by our country year on year, forcing India to be a leading
importer of defence equipment in the world. As per
sources, the Indian Defence market is
anticipated to record a Compound Annual
Growth Rate of over 4% between 2020 and 2026
DEFENCE OFFSETS:
AN OVERVIEW
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker Corporate Trainer

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INDIA
06
GOVT APATHY CAUSE
OF JOSHIMATH
CRISIS: EXPERT
Gopeshwar: Geological
factors apart, failure of govts
to act on the warnings by ex-
perts about possible hazards
in Joshimath and adjoining
areas has emerged as a ma-
jor reason behind the land
subsidence crisis that has
now gripped the town, envi-
ronmentalist Chandi Prasad
Bhatt said. Yet another effort
has been made by the state
govt for a scientific study
with the help of satellite
imagery of the crisis in the
sinking town, Bhatt said.
However, a detailed zonation
mapping of Himalayas in
Uttarakhand and Himachal
Pradesh, warning of the
lurking dangers in Joshi-
math, was submitted to state
govt more than two decades
ago, he said.
‘UNFIT FOR LIVING’ BUILDINGS PAINTED
WITH RED X SYMBOL IN ‘SINKING’ TOWN
Joshimath: With the prevailing situation in Joshimath
grim in the wake of the land subsidence incident, the
Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana said all
dangerous buildings in the holy town have been marked
with a red ‘X’ symbol. After the district administration de-
clared these buildings as “unsafe areas which are unfit for
living”, the residents have been shifted to a safer place.
“Under the Disaster Management Act, we have marked
some unsafe areas which are unfit for living. These areas
include Sindhi Gandhinagar and Manohar Bagh,” Chamoli
District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana said.
DECLARE JOSHIMATH CASE AS NATIONAL
CALAMITY: CONG LEADER PAWAN KHERA
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday demanded that
Joshimath case be declared as national calamity and ap-
propriate compensation should be given
to the affected residents from Prime Min-
ister’s National Relief Fund. Addressing
a Press conference, AICC media and PR
chairman Pawan Khera said, “All the work
regarding the tunnel should be stopped
immediately which led to such calamity
and all railway work should be reviewed
first which is a threat to mountain ecosystem.”
U’khand CM Dhami meets NDMA officials
Saying that PM Modi is monitoring the developments, Dhami appealed to everyone to work as a team to save Joshimath
First India Bureau
Joshimath: Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
on Monday appealed to
everyone to work as a
team to save Joshimath,
adding that Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi is
monitoring the develop-
ments of the region.
“We’ve appealed to
everyone to work as a
team and save Joshi-
math. (People of) 68
houses that were in dan-
ger have been shifted. A
zone of over 600 houses
has formed efforts are
underway to shift them.
The PM is also monitor-
ing it has assured all
possible help,” said Utt-
arakhand CM.
National Disaster
Management Authori-
ty (NDMA) submitted
its report to Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
regarding recent dam-
age to buildings and
ground subsidence in
Joshimath.
An eight-member
team led by Disaster
Management Secretary
Ranjit Sinha submitted
the report after survey-
ing Joshimath.
The secretary and ex-
perts from different in-
stitutions and organisa-
tions did a field survey
on January 5-6, 2023, to
assess the exact damage
to buildings and ground
subsidence in Joshi-
math.
The report by disas-
ter management team
experts has pressed
that the recommenda-
tions made in the report
compiled in August 2022
on Joshimath should be
implemented.
The experts also sug-
gested that the houses
which have been dam-
aged to a large extent
should be demolished,
and debris should be re-
moved.
The report suggested
that an extensive sur-
vey of the soil and its
strength should be con-
ducted in Joshimath.
(Clockwise from left) SDRF personnel at a hotel after cracks
appeared due to the gradual “sinking” of Joshimath on Monday;
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami at a meeting to review the
situation; a resident shifts his belongings to a safer place.
JOSHIMATH
‘SINKING’
HIGHLIGHTS
Located at a
height of 6150
feet (1875 m),
Joshimath is a gateway to
several Himalayan moun-
tain climbing expeditions,
trekking trails and popular
pilgrim sites like Kedar-
nath and Badrinath.
More than
600 houses in
the area have
developed cracks in the
wake of the landslide and
subsidence, officials said.
A team from
Central Building
Research Institute
reached Joshimath to ana-
lyse the damages caused
to buildings for compen-
sation. The team will be
submitting its report to the
state government.
The cause of the
sinking is the NTPC
tunnel other
construction projects
for Char Dham. They
should be stopped
this situation should
be treated as a natural
disaster. Affected
residents should be
given relief aid like it
was done in Badrinath
Kedarnath.
Harish Rawat,
Former CM Uttarakhand
COURTYARD
in the
in the
“FILE AFFIDAVIT
OVER APPOINTMENT
OF NAGALAND DGP”
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday asked
the Ministry of Home
Affairs to file an affidavit
within a week indicat-
ing whether an officer’s
concurrence is neces-
sary before empanelling
him for appointment as
the Director General of
Police (DGP) of a state
even if he is on the
Center’s deputation.
A bench led by Chief
Justice of India (CJI) DY
Chandrachud has also
asked the MHA to place
the supporting rule relat-
ing to the concurrence.
TUNISHA DEATH: NO
RELIEF FOR ACTOR
SHEEZAN KHAN
Mumbai: A local court
in Vasai in Maharashtra
on Monday adjourned
the hearing on the Bail
Plea of Sheezan Khan, an
accused in the Tunisha
Sharma death case, till
11 January. “We have
asked for another date
further and we’ll be
keeping our perspective
in the court on January
11,” Tunisha’s family’s
advocate Tarun Sharma
said. The same court
had earlier adjourned
the hearing till January 9
(Monday).
MONEY LAUNDERING
CASE: NOTICE TO ED
ON POOJA SINGH
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Monday
issued notice to Enforce-
ment Directorate on a bail
petition moved by Pooja
Singh, said to be a close
aide of jailed Leena Maria
Paul, wife of conman
Sukesh Chandrashekar
in Rupees 200 crores
money laundering case.
Her bail plea was earlier
rejected by the trial court.
A bench on Monday
sought a response
from the financial probe
agency in the matter and
listed it for February 2.
CLEAR ARREARS
UNDER OROP TILL
MAR 15: SC TO GOI
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday gave
the central government
time till March 15 to
pay arrears under the
One Rank-One Pension
(OROP) to all eligible
pensioners of the armed
forces. A bench of Chief
Justice of India (CJI) DY
Chandrachud and Justice
PS Narasimha gave a
second extension for the
payment after the Central
government in June
sought an extension of
three months.
New Delhi (ANI):
AIMIM chief Asadud-
din Owaisi has said the
BJP will have a clear
edge over the Opposi-
tion in 2024 Lok Sabha
polls if a face is pitted
against Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Owaisi said the Oppo-
sitionneedstogalvanise
in each Lok Sabha con-
stituency to defeat the
BJP. He said, “The Op-
position should look to
put up a tough fight for
all the 540 parliamenta-
ry constituencies. If a
single opposition face
fights against BJP, the
latter will benefit. If it’s
Modi versus (Arvind)
Kejriwal or Rahul Gan-
dhi, the PM would be at
an advantage.”
In 2019, Opposition
had formed a grand al-
liance in a bid to unseat
the Modi govt. However,
the alliance did not suc-
ceed in its objective and
eventually fell apart.
With the focus now
on the 2024 Lok Sabha
polls, the AAP recently
claimed the battle for
2024 will be one between
Delhi CM Arvind Kejri-
wal and PM Modi.
A known baiter of
the BJP at the Centre,
Telangana CM K Chan-
drashekar Rao, too, re-
modelled his party, the
Telangana Rashtra
Samithi into the Bharat
Rashtra Samithi (BRS)
and got recognised as a
national party in a bid
to upstage the saffron
party in the LS polls.
About West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee,
the AIMIM chief said,
“Mamata Banerjee (re-
cently) held a meeting
with Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah. So one
is not certain if she
should be the Opposi-
tion face against PM
Modi.”
“Advantage to Modi if Oppn pits a PM face”
OWAISI’S TAKE ON 2024
If a single
opposition
face fights
against BJP, the latter
will benefit. If it’s
Modi versus (Arvind)
Kejriwal or Rahul
Gandhi, the PM would
be at an advantage.
Asaduddin Owaisi,
AIMIM chief
MCD HOUSE RUCKUS
AAP protests outside
BJP headquarters
New Delhi (PTI): The
AAP on Monday held a
protest outside the BJP
headquarters here over
thealdermennominated
bytheLtGovernortothe
MCD House being ad-
ministered oath before
the elected representa-
tives and accused the
BJP of flouting rules.
The protest was led by
Delhi minister Raaj Ku-
mar Anand, AAP chief
spokesperson Saurabh
Bharadwaj and party
leader Adil Ahmad
Khan. On January 6, the
maiden meeting of the
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD) House
was adjourned without
electing mayor and dep-
uty mayor as BJP and
AAP councillors ex-
changed heated words
and came to blows over
presiding officer Satya
Sharma administering
oath to the aldermen
first and not the elected
representatives.
Only four aldermen
could take oath before
the House plunged into
chaos. The AAP alleged
that the BJP made the
aldermen take oath
first in order to get
them voting rights for
the mayor and deputy
mayor elections.
“We are here to pro-
test against what was
done on January 6. We
feel that these nominat-
ed aldermen were ad-
ministered oath first as
they might be given vot-
ing rights. We want a
statement from the LG
that they will not vote
and only then our pro-
test will end,” said
AAP’s mayoral candi-
date Shelly Oberoi.
Lt Governor VK Sax-
ena had nominated 10
aldermen to the MCD
House on January 3.
The AAP had alleged
that all the nominated
members were BJP
workers and the civic
body sent their names
directly to Saxena with-
out keeping the city
government in the loop.
BJP MP Parvesh Verma was
detained during a protest
against AAP in New Delhi.
AAP activists raise slogans during a protest against BJP in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
DMK govt vs
Guv face-off hits
a new low in TN
Chennai: Tamil Nadu
Governor RN Ravi
staged an unprecedent-
ed walkout from the
stateassemblyfollowing
a face-off with CM MK
Stalin over the former’s
customary address to
members of the house
in its first session of the
year. In his address, Ravi
skippedafewportionsof
the draft prepared by the
government, prompting
Stalin to move a resolu-
tion to expunge from re-
cords all such comments
made by the governor
that didn’t conform to
the draft. It is customary
that the governor ad-
heres to the draft of his
speech prepared by the
government.
Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes
from Kurukshetra district
Kurukshetra (PTI):
The Rahul Gandhi-led
Bharat Jodo Yatra re-
sumed from Khanpur
Kolian here this morn-
ing as part of its Hary-
ana leg, and will wit-
ness an all-women walk
on Monday
.
The foot march had
entered Kurukshetra
district from Karnal on
Sunday with a large
number of people join-
ing the Yatra. State Con-
gress chief Udai Bhan
said the Yatra on Mon-
day witnessed an all-
women walk.
Former Army chief
Gen Deepak Kapoor
and many retired top of-
ficers of the defence
services had joined the
Yatra here on Sunday
.
During the Haryana
leg of the Yatra, Gandhi
has been accompanied
by senior party leaders,
including former chief
minister Bhupinder
Singh Hooda, Kumari
Selja, Randeep Singh
Surjewala, Deepender
Singh Hooda and Hary-
ana Congress chief
Udai Bhan. A large
number of people
joined the yatra as it
passed through Kuruk-
shetra district.
Rahul Gandhi during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Kurukshetra on Monday.

INDIA
07
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A cold wave has
gripped the national
capital severely this
time, breaking all re-
cords. Shockingly, the
minimum temperature
in Delhi has plunged
lower than the promi-
nent hill station of
Himachal Pradesh and
Uttarakhand.
According to India
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD), Delhi’s
minimum temperature
stood lower than Shim-
la (10.3 degrees), Manali
(6 degrees), Kangra (8.9
degrees), Dehradun (6.5
degrees), Mussoorie
(11.3 degrees), Nainital
(6 degrees), Muktesh-
war (7.6 degrees), Tehri
(9.2 degrees) Chamba
(8.7 degrees), Dalhousie
(9 degrees), and Dhar-
amshala (9.2 degrees)
for 5th consecutive day
on Monday
.
The minimum tem-
peratures in the nation-
al capital rose margin-
ally though. The Safdar-
jungobservatoryrecord-
ed a minimum of 3.8 de-
grees Celsius as against
1.9 degrees on Sunday
.
The weather stations at
Lodhi Road, Ayanagar,
and Ridge recorded a
minimum temperature
of 3.6 degrees, 3.2 de-
grees, and 3.3 degrees.
Delhi colder than Shimla, Nainital and Manali
FOR 5TH CONSECUTIVE DAY
New Delhi (ANI): Em-
phasizing national ef-
forts towards the ‘Make
in India’, Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh on
Monday said that the
self-reliance initiative is
the beginning of a new
paradigm of partner-
ship with other coun-
tries and added it was
neither isolationist nor
meant for India alone.
Singh addressing the
ambassadors’ round ta-
ble conference at Aero
India 2023 also said that
India has been working
towards enhancing its
defence manufacturing
capabilities, particu-
larly in the emerging
areas of drones, cyber
tech, AI, radars and
other equipment.
Underlining the ro-
bust defence manufac-
turing ecosystem in the
country he said that it
would have the advan-
tage of abundant tech-
nical manpower.
“We have created a
robust defence manu-
facturing ecosystem in
India which has the ad-
vantage of abundant
technical manpower. It
hasledtotheemergence
of India, as a leading
Defence Exporter in re-
cent years,” he added.
The Defence Minister
further said that the
country’s defence ex-
ports have grown by 8
times in the last 5 years
and now India is export-
ing to more than 75
countries.
He lauded the abun-
dant skilled workforce
which has led to the
creation of a thriving
innovation ecosystem,
led by start-ups in high-
technology areas.
“I believe that the In-
dian Aerospace and De-
fence manufacturing
sector is well prepared
to take up future chal-
lenges and capitalise on
emerging opportuni-
ties. India has domesti-
cally produced Light
Combat Aircraft. Manu-
facturing of Light Util-
ity Helicopters has also
commenced. Our large
population and abun-
dant skilled workforce
have led to the creation
of a thriving innova-
tion ecosystem, led by
start-ups in high-tech-
nology areas,” he said.
Highlighting India’s
G20 presidency he said
that the country’s en-
deavour is to build con-
sensus within the G20
and shape the agenda
for a more secure, pros-
perous, sustainable and
just world.
‘INDIA HAS ROBUST DEFENCE
MANUFACTURING ECOSYSTEM’
Says Def Min Rajnath Singh while addressing the ambassadors’ conference at Aero India 2023
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the Ambassadors’ Roundtable conference for the forthcoming Aero India 2023 in New Delhi on Monday.
DefenceMinister Rajnath SinghwiththerepresentativesfromacrosstheworldduringtheAmbassadors’
Roundtable conference for the forthcoming Aero India 2023 in New Delhi on Monday.
New Delhi (ANI): Min-
istry of Home Affairs
(MHA) on Monday de-
clared Khalistan Tiger
Force associate Arsh-
deep Singh Gill alias
‘Arsh Dalla’ a terrorist
under the Unlawful Ac-
tivities (Prevention)
Act, 1967 for his involve-
ment in heinous crimes
such as murder,
extortion and targeted
killings besides terror
activities.
The MHA made the
announcement through
a notification, stating
that a 1996-born, Gill,
who is a resident of Jag-
raon in Punjab’s Ludhi-
ana, is presently based
in Canada. Gill is very
close to Hardeep Singh
Nijjar, a designated ter-
rorist under the UAPA
andrunsterrormodules
on behalf of him, states
the notification.
As per the notifica-
tion, Gill is involved in
heinous crimes such as
murder, extortion and
targeted killings be-
sides terror activities.
Gill is involved in ter-
ror financing, cross bor-
der smuggling of drugs
or weapons on a large
scale and is accused in
various cases regis-
tered and investigated
by the National Investi-
gation Agency includ-
ing targeted killing, ex-
torting money for ter-
ror funding, attempting
to murder, disturbing
communal harmony
and creating terror
among the people in the
state of Punjab.
The notification said
the Central Govern-
ment believes that Gill
is involved in terrorism
and he is to be added as
a terrorist “in exercise
of the powers conferred
section 35 of the Unlaw-
ful Activities (Preven-
tion) Act, 1967”.
Canada-based Arshdeep
named terrorist by MHA
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia has recorded 170
new cases of Covid-19 in
the last 24 hours, the Un-
ion Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare said
on Monday morning.
As per Health Minis-
try
, India’s active case-
load stands at 2,371. The
Ministry further said
that the total number of
recoveries from the in-
fection has increased to
4,41,47,002with221inthe
last 24 hours alone. In-
dia’s recovery rate cur-
rently stands at 98.8 pc.
India’s Daily Positiv-
ity rate and Weekly
Positivity rate current-
ly stand at 0.20 pc and
0.11 pc respectively
.
The Ministry also in-
formed that 85,282 Covid
tests were conducted in
the last 24 hours, as on
Monday morning, and
conducted tests have so
far reached a total of
91.21 crores.
INDIA LOGS
170 COVID
CASES IN LAST
24 HOURS
Shubham Dubey
Agra: The first Special
Operation Group (SOG)
office of Uttar Pradesh
was inaugurated in the
Police Lines of Agra
Commissionerate.
While inaugurating
the office, Commission-
er of Police, Agra, Dr.
Preetinder Singh said
that there is a mess for
policemen, separate ar-
rangements for interro-
gation of the accused,
and facilities for fellow
policemen to stay in the
new SOG office. This of-
fice can also be jointly
used by the surveillance
cell and cyber cell along
with SOG. SOG in-
charge Inspector Kul-
deep Singh presented
saplings to officers and
guests. ACP Keshav
Chowdhary
, DCP Nagar
Vikas Kumar, DCP West
Satyajit, ACP Chatta Su-
kanya Sharma, ACP
Hariparvat Mayank Ti-
wari, ACP Lohamandi
Girish Kumar, and SOG
in-charge inspector Kul-
deep Dixit were present.
UP’s first SOG office
inaugurated in Agra
Commissionerate
(From left) DCP City Vikas Kumar, additional commissioner
of police Keshav Chowdhary, police commissioner Agra Dr
Preetinder Singh, SOG incharge Agra Kuldeep Dixit.
267 TRAINS CANCELLED DUE TO HEAVY
FOG, POOR VISIBILITY: RAILWAYS
An Indian Railways spokesperson said that 267
trains have been cancelled on Monday due to Delhi
weather. Delhi witnessed very dense fog conditions on
Monday, leading to poor visibility. Not only trains, many
flights were delayed and three were diverted to Jaipur.
The spokesperson said that out of the 267 cancelled
trains, 82 were mail express trains, while 140 were
passenger trains. As many as 40 sub-urban trains, one
parcel express and four empty rakes were cancelled on
January 9. Moreover, around 170 trains were running
late due to Delhi fog and low visibility. Meanwhile, three
flights were diverted from Delhi to Jaipur including Air
India Express’ Sharjah to Delhi, SpiceJet’s Ahmedabad
to Delhi and SpiceJet’s Pune to Delhi. This comes after
335 trains were delayed on Sunday, and 88 cancelled.
Around 31 trains were diverted and 33 short terminated.
TWO HELD FOR
CONSUMING
LIQUOR ON FLIGHT
CBI BOOKS EX V-C
OF AGRA UNIV
FOR EXTORTION
New Delhi (PTI): Two
passengers onboard
a Patna-bound IndiGo
flight were arrested on
Monday as they created
a ruckus mid-flight af-
ter consuming alcohol,
airport authorities said.
The incident took place
on IndiGo’s Delhi-Patna
flight 6E-6383. Accord-
ing to Robert Peter,
Patna Airport SHO,
no incident of assault
or molestation has
been mentioned in the
written complaint.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Central Bureau of
Investigation has reg-
istered an FIR against
Kanpur’s Chhatrapati
Shahu Ji Maharaj Uni-
versity Vice-Chancellor
Prof Vinay Pathak
others over allegations
of extortion cheating.
The FIR was filed after
the UP government sent
a letter to the Centre,
recommending a probe
against Pathak, Ex-V-C
of Dr Bhim Rao Ambed-
kar Univ, others.
Bengaluru (Agencies): A Go First flight took off from
Bengaluru this morning with a busload of passengers
still on the tarmac, some
passengers alleged on Twit-
ter, calling out the airline for
egregious negligence. Flight
G8 116 from Bengaluru to
Delhi took off around 6.30
am leaving over 50 passengers, according to com-
plaints on Twitter tagging the airline, Civil Aviation Min-
ister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s office. Go First Airways, responding to at least
three such tweets, urged users to share their details
and said: “We regret the inconvenience caused.”
FLYERS ALLEGE GO FIRST FLIGHT TOOK
OFF LEAVING 50 PASSENGERS BEHIND
CRUCIAL READ
Accusedwereawareof
Anjaliundercar:Sources
KANJHAWALA CASE
New Delhi: In a sig-
nificant revelation in
the Kanjhawala case,
in which a woman
died after being
dragged for several
kilometres by a car,
Delhi Police sources
said that the accused
were aware of Anjali
being trapped under
their car within min-
utes after her scooty
was hit by them.
“Theaccusedinthe
car did not take An-
jali out because the
accused were afraid
that if they got down
from the car and took
Anjaliout,theymight
get into legal trouble
if someone saw
them,” said the Delhi
Police sources.
The accused told
about their dilemma
during their interro-
gation with the Delhi
Police, however, the
police say that there
is a contradiction in
their statements, so
every angle is being
investigated closely
.
The six accused
will be produced in
court on Monday af-
ter the Rohini Court
on Saturday granted
bail to the seventh ac-
cused, Ankush, in
the hit and drag case
in outer Delhi’s Sul-
tanpuri area.
The accused in the car realised minutes after the accident
that the woman was trapped under their car.
THEY GOT OUT OF CAR 2 MIN AFTER HIT,
SAW SOMEONE STUCK, SAYS DELHI COPS
COURT SENDS SIX ACCUSED TO
14-DAY JUDICIAL CUSTODY
New Delhi: Delhi police said they are investigating the
‘conspiracy’ angle and statements of 20 witnesses
have been recorded so far. Police also told the court
that the CCTV footages revealed
that two of the accused got down
from the car two minutes after
the accident, and saw someone
trapped under the vehicle. The
accused had initially said they didn’t hear the woman
was trapped under their car, as the windows were
down and loud music was playing inside. However,
they have now admitted that they knew the woman
was stuck under the car, but did not stop out of fear.
New Delhi (PTI): A court on Monday sent 6 ac-
cused in the case involving the death of a 20-year-old
woman, who had got trapped in the underside of a car
and killed, to 14 days’ judicial custody. “14 days judi-
cial custody granted,” Metropolitan Magistrate Sanya
Dalal said. The prosecution said it was found during
their interrogation that the accused were aware of the
victim’s body being dragged under the wheels. The
additional public prosecutor, however, did not disclose
the identity of the 2 accused who got down from the
car to inspect what was under the wheels. He said a
new witness, who was around 100 metres from the
spot of the accident, has also joined the investigation.
—Representational Image
Train services continue to be disrupted due to the prevailing
weather conditions in northern India.
3 OF FAMILY RUN
OVER BY TRAIN
IN KARNATAKA
7 DEAD AS AUTO
COLLIDES WITH
TRUCK IN BIHAR
Chikkaballapur (PTI):
Three members of
a family including
husband and wife were
run over by a train in
Gauribidanur on Mon-
day, police said. How-
ever, police suspect it to
be a case of a suicide.
Police said the incident
occurred at Thondebha-
vi village in Gaurib-
idanur Taluk where the
mutilated bodies of a
man, his wife their
daughter were found on
the railway tracks.
Patna (Agencies): No
less than seven people,
including children, died
on the spot after an
autorickshaw collided
with a truck full of
passengers in Bihar’s
Katihar. The accident
occurred near High-
way 81 Dighri Petrol
Pump. At present,
the authorities have
reached the accident
spot and the bodies are
being pulled out of the
three-wheeler with the
help of locals.

Dinesh Tiwari
Jaipur: In the ‘Report-
ers, stringers, and news
informers meet – 2023’
of the First India held
on Monday here, about
300 reporters of all divi-
sions, district in-charg-
es and assembly constit-
uencies of Rajasthan
including the state capi-
tal Jaipur pledged with
Channel Head Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra for
the best coverage for the
upcoming assembly
elections in 2023. There
was enthusiasm among
thereportersandstring-
ers about the meeting
and they welcomed Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra, the
chief guest of the cere-
mony
.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
thanked all the corre-
spondents for working
tirelessly for the chan-
nel to make it number
one news channel of the
state. He encouraged all
the correspondents to
maintain continuous
success in the coming
times as well. “I and my
entire team always fol-
low the principle of
‘Khabar Hi Jeevan Hai’
(News is life). I am hap-
py that each and every
member of my team is
always ready for news,”
Dr Chandra said.
He said that the great
battle of 2023 elections
is about to come and
the team has to convey
the news of 200 state as-
semblies to the general
public.
“Whichever govern-
ment is there, we have
always been working as
a bridge between the
public and the govern-
ment and will continue
to do so,” Dr Chandra
said.
In his speech, Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra after
welcoming the gathered
correspondents from
across Rajasthan and
wishing them a happy
New Year, said that the
Stringer is the most im-
portant link in the me-
dia world. He added that
he is actually a Stringer
at heart and a true news
person is one for whom
the joy and celebration
in a big news Karari
Khabar
, when it runs
and the screen gets en-
livened, that is the most
empowering and won-
derful moment. The im-
pact of such a news is
far reaching like ripples
in a pond. The power of
a single hard hitting
Patti is more than a one
hour bulletin, and one
such is the patti that it
works across
beats and
boundaries.
Bharat 24 -
Vision of
New India,
The national
channel is also working
on the same lines and
will soon have a corre-
spondent in every con-
stituency
.
Dr Chandra said that
today the Smart Corre-
spondent keeps two in-
puts of news very close
to himself - one is the
social media and the
other is the source. Dr
Chandra exhorted the
gathering to reinvent
themselves
for the up-
coming elec-
tions and for
this New
Year 2023, to
break the
mould and face the chal-
lenge and raise the flag
even higher.
Addressing the meet,
Anita Hada said that it
is a matter of pride for
us that JC team is the
strongest and most reli-
able journalism team of
the state. “First India is
Rajasthan’s number one
channel in terms of
news due to direction of
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
and the hard work of all
the correspondents and
I hope that this hard
work of our team will
continue and provide
good election coverage,”
she said.
Editor Jinendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat said that
today First India News
is taking every news to
the public first and the
channel has the biggest
team of correspondents
among all the channels
that is why First India
News continues to be
number 1 in TRP
.
There was a lot of
craze among corre-
spondents for clicking
selfies with Dr Chandra.
Delhi News Editor
Aditi Nagar, First India
Editor Jinendra Singh
Shekhawat, Political
Editor Yogesh Sharma,
Bureau Chief Nirmal
Tiwari, Anita Hada,
Editor co-ordination
Mahesh Sharma, First
India’s Digital Head
Shishir Awasthi and
about 300 reporters,
stringers news in-
formers from state par-
ticipated in the event.
Every time we act with love
rather than fear, we become
more of what we are meant to
be, and we gently transform!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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VICE-PREZ DHANKHAR, OM BIRLA TO
INAUGURATE 83RD
AIPOC ON JAN11
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
during a press confer-
ence at Raj Assembly,
discussed important ac-
tivities, topics of dis-
cussion, better arrange-
ments made to make the
83rd All India Presiding
Officers’ Conference
memorable one. The
event will held on Janu-
ary 11 12 in Jaipur.
The conference will be
inaugurated on Janu-
ary 11 at 10:30 am by
Vice- President Jagdeep
Dhankhar LS Speak-
er Om Birla. A discus-
sion on leadership of
India in G-20 as ‘mother
of democracy,’ need to
make Parliament
Legislatures more effec-
tive, accountable pro-
ductive, Digital Parlia-
ment Convergence of
State Legislatures will
be discussed. A cultural
evening will be organ-
ised on Jan 12 wherein,
200 renowned folk art-
ists will perform for the
guests.
CM Ashok Gehlot, RS
Dy Chairman Hari-
vansh and presiding of-
ficers of legislative bod-
ies from across states
will attend the mega
event.
The 59th Conference
of Legistature Secys
will be held Hotel Mar-
riott on January 10.
From P1…
In Indira Rasoi, nutri-
tiousfoodisbeingserved
to the common man for
Rs.8. The state govern-
ment is giving a grant of
Rs 17 on each plate. 211
new colleges have been
opened in the state, in-
cluding 94 girls colleges.
The decision to open the
college has been taken
by the state government
on the enrollment of 500
girls in the school,” Ge-
hlot said.
The Chief Minister
highlighted that the
rights of food, employ-
ment, education etc.
have been given to the
common people by en-
acting laws in the coun-
try by the previous gov-
ernments. “Similarly,
Centre should give the
right of social security
to countrymenbyenact-
ing a law. State Govt is
giving pension to one
croreoldpeople,widows
and disabled under so-
cialsecurity
,sothatthey
can get financial sup-
port. The OPS has been
implemented from hu-
manitarian point of
view. This has brought a
sense of security to govt
employees about their
future. Cashless treat-
ment of govt staff is be-
ing done via RGHS.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is likely
to visit Bhilwara’s
Asind on January 28 to
participate in the pro-
gramme to be held on
the 1,111th birth anni-
versary of Lord
Devnarayan.
The preparations for
his visit were reviewed
in a meeting of state of-
fice bearers at the BJP
headquarters on Mon-
day.It has been decided
in the meeting that the
party will start the ‘Sa-
marpan Nidhi’ cam-
paign in February
through which the con-
tribution amount will
be taken from the peo-
ple for the party fund.
The party will raise
funds for assembly polls
to be held this year.
The drive was also
launched last year
money was raised from
people via digital trans-
actions. Targets of all
districts will be fixed by
party campaign date
will be announced soon.
First India Bureau
Kota: LS Speaker Om
Birla on Monday, laid
the foundation stone of
Dr Ambedkar Hostel be-
ing built by Hadauti
Bairwa Utthan Samiti.
Addressing the pro-
gramme, Birla said that
the youth should ensure
socio-economic change
in the country by fol-
lowing the path shown
by Dr Ambedkar. “Dr
Ambedkar dedicated
his life to bring forward
the deprived and down-
trodden in the society.
We should also take in-
spiration from him and
do work which will take
the society and the na-
tion forward. By imbib-
ing his thoughts and
moving forward, there
will be progress in the
society, and it will also
bring prosperity in the
country,” he said add-
ing, “The leaders of so-
ciety should try to en-
sure that sons daugh-
ters of society get qual-
ity education without
any discrimination.”
Shivendra Parmar
Udaipur: RHB Com-
missioner Pawan
Arora inspected
Udaipur-based Bhin-
der, Paneriyon ki
Madri, Sector-11 and
South Extension
Schemes issued
necessary guidelines.
He said that more
than 50 villas 250
flats housing scheme
will be brought on
about 20,000 square
meters of land in
Udaipur. He also di-
rected to start the
scheme of 24 3BHK
flats of S+6 category
in Hiran Magri Sec-
tor-11 at the earliest.
“Under the Bhin-
der scheme, the
Board has been di-
rected to send the
proposal of 60 bighas
of land received with
mutual consent to the
HQs,” Arora said. He
inspected construc-
tion work of 100 feet
wide road in Paneri-
yon ki Madri also
settled compensation
matter on spot for the
road which was being
obstructed by farm-
ers. Farmers were
also assured by Board
that allotment letters
of developed plots
will be issued soon in
lieu of unclaimed
land of Khatedars.
“After inspecting
the newly construct-
ed 112 flats in South
Extension Scheme,
the possession would
be handed over to the
allottees soon after
Malmaas,” Arora
said. He inspected 56
flats under construc-
tion expressed sat-
isfaction over work.
Pawan Arora takes stock of various RHB Schemes from the
officials during his visit to Udaipur.
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora during his visit to Udaipur,
inspects the Board’s Bhinder, Paneriyon Ki Madri, Sector-11
South Extension Schemes issues directions. Also seen
are GS Bhati, DC Agrawal, BD Sharma, MK Jain and others.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addresses during the FI
News Reporter’s Meet held at Indralok Auditorium
in Jaipur. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Dr Anita Hada addresses during the FI News Reporter’s Meet held at Indralok
Auditorium. Also seen are Jinendra Shekhawat, Shishir Awasthi, Aditi Nagar, Yogesh
Sharma, Nirmal Tiwari and Mahesh Sharma.
SELFIE CRAZE: There was an immense craze among the correspondents for
clicking a ‘Selfie’ with Dr Jagdeesh Chandra as Rajeev Gaur clicks one, while
Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Vishal Mathur and others look on.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with the team of FI reporters. Also seen are Dr Anita Hada, Jinendra
Shekhawat, Vishal Mathur, Aditi Nagar, Yogesh Sharma, Ashish Aman and others during the meet.
This is the 4th time that the
event will be held in Jaipur
CM Gehlot, RS Dy Chairman
Harivansh will also attend
‘Masses get healthy food
for `8 at Indira Rasois’
CM Ashok Gehlot meets various delegations from across different
sectors, who called upon the CM at CMR on Monday.
A breathtakingly beautiful view of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
decked up with lights ahead of 83rd All India Presiding Officers’
Conference to be held in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Dr CP Joshi addresses
the media during a press
conference at the Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly in Jaipur.
Birla: Youth must ensure change
by following Ambedkar’s footsteps
Arora solves hurdles,paves way
for Board’s progressive works!
I and my entire team follow principle of
‘Khabar Hi Jeevan Hai’: Dr Chandra
PM Modi likely to
visit Bhilwara on
January 28
Om Birla addresses the
gathering in Kota.
RHB COMMISSIONER’S VISIT TO UDAIPUR
FIRST INDIA REPORTERS, STRINGERS, NEWS INFORMERS MEET – 2023
This is the fourth time
that the Conference will
be organised in Pink City
The 83rd session will
focus on themes of con-
temporary relevance in
its day-long discussions.
There will be a discus-
sion on the leadership
of India in G-20 as the
“mother of democracy
and on the need to make
Parliament Legislature
more effective, account-
able and productive.
One of the key themes of
the Conference includes
the integration of State
legislatures with Digital
Parliament. There will be
a discussion on the need
to maintain a harmoni-
ous relationship between
the Legislature and the
Judiciary in accordance
with the spirit of the
Constitution.
A book exhibition will
also be inaugurated on
occasion.
ABOUT THE
CONFERENCE

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JAIPUR | TUESDAY,
JANUARY 10, 2023
irat Kohli and Anush-
ka Sharma are one of
the most loved couples
in town. Every time
they share pictures on
social media, they go
viral in no time. Re-
cently, the couple made news
after a video featuring them
and their daughter Vamika
stormed the Internet. The duo
jetted off to Vrindavan to visit
an ashram to seek blessings.
Vamika’s face was revealed in
the video. Netizens were seen
gushing over her cuteness. On
Monday afternoon, Virat took
to his Instagram handle and
dropped an aww-dorable pic-
ture with Anushka and Vami-
ka from their recent vacay
.
Virushka took their daugh-
ter to Dubai for celebrating the
New Year with family. Today,
the cricketer offered a glimpse
of their quick getaway. In the
picture, the trio is seen walk-
ing on the beach with their
backs on the camera. Virat
shared the picture with cap-
tion in Punjabi that read, “Rab-
ba bakshiyan tu enniyan me-
herbaniyan, hor terto kuch ni
mangda, bas tera shukar ada
kardan.” The picture is all
things cute.
V
J
ust last year we saw
Rakul Preet Singh in
the Sidharth Mal-
hotra starrer Thank
God. While the film did de-
cently well at the box office,
the actress has been swamped
with work. In fact, Rakul has
her hands full with multiple
films in Hindi, Tamil, and
Telugu. While she is busy jug-
gling multiple projects and
shoots
Rakul has been roped in
for yet another venture. If
what we hear is anything to
go by, then the actress has
been roped in for Sunir
Khetrapal’s next production
venture which will be direct-
ed by Nikhil Mahajan.
“Rakul does have her
hands full with multiple pro-
jects, and it is also true that
she has been signed on for
another venture,” confirms a
well-placed industry source.
The new film that Rakul has
signed is being bankrolled
by Sunir Khetrapal and
will be directed by Nikhil
Mahajan. The film will
be a full-blown mystery
thriller that will fea-
ture her as the fe-
male lead, sources
added.
F
ashion trends have
popped up again and
our thoughts about
the dress aren’t af-
fected. We recently got a
complete picture of what’s
comfortable and best in
one swoop for a travel
look. Deepika Padu-
kone and Ranveer Sin-
gh are back in town
from a vacation where
they recently ringed in
the former’s birthday on
the 5th. Their airport looks
said ‘twinning and cool’,
when does it not, though?
As an avid observer of all
new things on the celebrity
style block, many reports
prove this dress opted for by
the Pathaan actress is from
Joslin Studio. A shopping
success is what we define it,
as is always the case with
DP. The style setter donned
a midi dress curated from
organic cotton. Her Rs.
30,100.00 monotone white
midi number followed the
trapeze style and was honed
around a strong set of fea-
tures from the V neck with
button loop to pleat detail.
‘Twinning cool’
C
orsets are
back in the
fashion game,
and we can’t
deny how fast it has be-
come a rage. Corset out-
fits add a sense of royalty
and make one feel like maj-
esty. It’s perfect to accentu-
ate your curves and also to
add a feminine touch to your
boss lady look. Corsets are a
chic way to look dapper for
coffee dates, college, and
even parties. Known as a tal-
ented actress and internet
sensation, Palak Tiwari
leaves no stone unturned to
make jaw drops with her
bold and beautiful outfits.
There is no denying that
Palak has impeccable taste
in fashion, and the diva has
proved it several times by
flaunting her glamorous
outfits.
D
isha Patani drops
a viral video of
hers, kickboxing
to Run BTS by Ko-
rean boy band BTS,
and that is all the
Monday motiva-
tion and fitness
inspo we need
to take us
through the
rest of the
week. Check
health benefits of the
exercise inside
Just when we thought
nothing can push us out
of our warm cosy heated
rooms to face the cold
weather outside and
burn the calories at
gym, Bollywood hottie
Disha Patani made us
chew our thoughts and
spring out of our quilts
with rejuvenated ener-
gies to grind as she
dropped a viral video of
hers kickboxing
to Run BTS by Korean
boy band BTS. The diva
gave fitness enthusiasts
and fans a glimpse of
their kickboxing session
this Monday and that is
all the fitness inspo
and workout goals
we need to take us
through the rest of
the week.
PERFECT
FITNESS INSPO
Disha Patani
Ranveer and Deepika hand in
hand at Mumbai airport
Rakul Preet Singh
Palak donning a black corset
Anushka Sharma
Deepika Padukone
Virat’s post...
PALAK’S LOVE FOR CORSETS
Palak Tiwari
RAKULIN
NIKIL’S
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City First brings to you some more glimpses from the thrilling and fun Jaipur Dog
Show, a huge initiative by Jagdeesh Chandra, which was held at Dusshera
Ground in Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur on Sunday. Organised by the Rajasthan
Chapter of the Kennel Club of India (KCI) and presented by First India News
and Bharat24- Vision of New India, the dog championship was judged by
Tomonori Aizawa from Japan and Simon Sim from the Philippines.
Jagdeesh Chandra along with Virendra Choudhary, Director, First India
News, Lakshay Choudhary, and Manoj Jagyasi Chief Business Officer
Strategic Advisor, Bharat24- Vision of New India graced the occasion with their
presence.Viren Sharma, Secretary of the Rajasthan chapter of the Kennel
Club of India beautifully hosted the show. A large number of Indie pups were
also adopted from the adoption camp at the event and a record was made.
DOGS ARE MIRACLES WITH PAWS!
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADAOO AND SUNIL SHARMA
Jagdeesh Chandra, Virendra Choudhary and Alok Kumar presenting momento
to Mayank Gopaliya for making World’s Largest Cake.
Also seen are Hemang Sharma, Chef Arbind Sharma, Manoj Jagyasi,
Viren Sharma, Lakshay Choudhary and Simon Sin Jagdeesh Chandra, Virendra Choudhary and Lakshay Choudhary greeted by Viren Sharma and Surendra, as Manoj Jagyasi looks upon Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates IPS Rahul Kotoki Virendra Choudhary addressing the audience Sachin Saini with Mariam Abuhaideri
(L-R) Viren Sharma, Simon Sim, Gaurav Gaur and Tomonori Aizawa
Proud team cheering for the Winner Dog
Bhawana Sablani and Lalit Gangwani with cute Lio Kavita Chauhan with Alaskan Malamute Rishee Miglani and Gaurav Gaur Toshi Vijay and Hemang
Sandeep Singh Chauhan, Esha Chowdhary and Priya Joshi
Ashok Raj Singh Ravi Prakash Meharda
(L-R) Kalpana and Sheena with their furry friends
Khushi, Akanksha Bhalla and Tanu Choudhary with their paw friends

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CITY BUZZ
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GREETINGS! DURING THE DAY!
The convocation ceremony was held at the Convocation
Center located on the University campus, the function
was presided over by the Governor and Chancellor Kalraj
Mishra. And Higher Education Minister Rajendra Singh Yadav
attended as a special guest. Divya Rathore received 2 gold
medals from Rajasthan University in Journalism, gold medal
from Rajasthan Patrika and Dr. Shanta Bhanawat, for the last
many years girls are dominating
Under the leadership of High Court Staff Association
President Rituraj Sharma, the office bearers of the
association met Registrar General Chandra Prakash Shrimali
on Monday. During the occasion, discussion regarding
promotion and salary hike of the staff was also discussed.
The inauguration ceremony of ‘Devayani Jaipuria Tennis
Academy’ was organised by DPS Jaipur on the school premises
on Sunday.The tennis academy, helmed by Zeeshan Ali,
the national tennis and Davis Cup coach in India, will have
world-class training facilities.With the opening ceremony, the
‘Devayani Jaipuria Tennis Championship’ for the under-14 and
under-16 age groups was initiated on January 9 and will run
till January 20.The aim of this academy is to encourage sports
and promote sports harmony among people of all age groups
under the Fit India programme.
Swagat Jaipur Foundation
ICA Gallery remembered
actor Late Irrfan Khan on
his birthday on Saturday
through the program
‘Yaadon Ke Jharokhe Mein...
Irrfan’. On this occasion,
Irrfan’s brother Imran Khan
were present.The chief
guest of the program Ed
Guru Ajay Chopra, special
guest Padma Shri Syed
Shakir Ali and Chairman of
Urdu Academy Dr Hussain
Raza Khan inaugurated the
exhibition.
A solo exhibition of Dr Krishna Mahavar’s paintings will be inaugurated on Monday in the
Sudarshan Art Gallery of JKK. Hem Rana, the curator of the exhibition, told that about 33 canvas
paintings of Krishna Mahavar from the last 3 years will be displayed in this exhibition. PC Kishan
(IAS), Kartik Bijoria (Author Educationist) and Sadhna Garg (Social Activist) will be the chief
guests for the inauguration of the exhibition. In the paintings of the exhibition, the artist has
painted human faces and postures on canvas in his style with oil colours. Tamasa means deep
blue river which is deep. The title aptly suits the paintings of Dr Krishna as the human figures in
his paintings, painted in deep blue, dark green, dark brown and dark red, descend on the canvas
for infinite shadow light and create a metallic effect. The exhibition will run till January 13.
TRIBUTETOTHELEGEND
CITY FIRST
he last day of
Jaipur Film
Market was in-
augurated with
thebooklaunch
of the book ti-
tled ‘
Aur kuch
panne kohre reh gaye- Ir-
fan’ written by Ajay
Brahmatmaj.
The book launch was
followed by an insightful
session with panellists
Ravi Chaturvedi, Ajay
Brahmatmaj, and Late
Irfan Khan’s son Babil
Khan.
Explaining the moti-
vation behind writing
this book, Ajay said, “I
had always wanted to
writeabookonIrfanand
I was more pressured
when he had fallen ill.
Though I did not want to
use that as an opportu-
nitytosellmybook.This
book portrays the 360-de-
gree picture of Irfan’s
life and it includes mem-
oirs of 36 of his very
close people.”
The very eager crowd
waited upon Babil Khan
to share his memories
with his father and the
learnings he has re-
ceived from him. “Baba
has always taught me
that a person’s core val-
ues and preparedness
come out best when he/
she is under pressure.”
During the occasion,
Guru, Ravi Chaturvedi
said, “Irfan used to be
scaredtomentionthathe
wishes to work for films
infrontof mebecausehe
knew I would want him
to work on his acting
skillsfirstandthenmake
a choice. Irfan was a spe-
cial student because he
used to be completely in-
volved and immersed in
acting. His internal ac-
tions and inward nature
supported his outward
actions.”
Thenextsessionwasa
platform of great knowl-
edge sharing on Indian
States Film Policies for
the benefit of film pro-
ducers and directors.
For the first time at
any film festival around
the world, Jiff screened
4 films based on the
Yoga theme. Jiff Direc-
tor Hanu Roj said, “Nev-
er has it ever happened
before that films con-
cerning mental health
and wellness are
screened at a Film Festi-
val. We are glad we can
invite and screen films
on such topics.”
T
VOICEOFSAINTKABIR
CITY FIRST
T
he two-day
program of
the ‘Bhav Sali-
la’ festival or-
ganised by JKK con-
cluded with the pres-
entation of melodi-
ous hymns of Saint
Kabir on Sunday. In
the event organised
under the curation
of Sur Sangam San-
sthan, singer
Pooja Rai of Ba-
naras gharana
and singer-com-
poser Satish Dehra
took the teachings of
saints to the masses
through melodious
voices.
Accompanied by
the tunes, Pooja Rai
started the perfor-
mance with the
bhajan ‘Moko Kahan
Dhundhe Re Bande,
Main To Tere Paas
Mein’. With bhajans
like ‘Manat Nahi
Man Mera Sadho’,
and ‘Santan Jaat Na
Poochho Nirguniya’,
she put the feelings
of Saint Kabir in
front of the audi-
ence. After this,
Pooja embodied the
lessons of her Guru
Rahul Rohit Mishra
by singing the
hymn ‘Kaun
Thugwa Na-
gariya Lootal
Ho’ prepared by
her Guru Maa Pad-
ma Vibhushan Girija
Devi in the folk lan-
guage of Banaras.
Singer Satish Dehra,
took the audience to
a halt as he took the
mic and mesmerized
everyone by reciting
hymns of Saint Ka-
bir.
Esha Singh, daughter of Shamsher and Purnima Singh joined
Amazon at Chennai on Monday after her campus placement
from Maharaja Agrasen College, Indraprastha University, New
Delhi. Her father Shamsher Singh is a former Managing Editor
Bharat24-Vision of New India and a leading journalist.
ART AND CULTURE!
PROUD MOMENT!
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Aishwary Pradhan, of the
First India family, as he reached the former’s residence to
seek blessings on the occasion of his birthday on Monday.
CelebratingColoursinSky
CITY FIRST
T
he grand Sankranti celebration by Youth
Icon Rishee Miglani will take place at
COCO, a rooftop lounge on top of Hotel
Vienna at Gandhi Path, Jaipur from 7 pm
onwards on January 14. The place drips with
luxury and glamour and offers live music and
fun. During the night celebration, people from
Vaishali Nagar, Chitrekoot and Gandhi Path will
participate in the momentous celebration. The
lounge is managed by three people. The owners
said that they are looking forward to welcome all
Patang lovers. They appreciate that Vaishali has
a great different variety of crowds and will make
sure the services are up to the mark.
Karan Vijay Singh
Abhash Bhowmik
Mukesh Choudhary
(L-R) Ram Kumar Singh, Ajay Brahmatmaj, Babil Khan, Ravi Chaturvedi and Hanu Roj
Babil Khan and Hanu Roj
Ravi Upadhyay
Anupama Jain, Lokesh Jain, Aayu Khan, Dr Mani Bharti, Dr Krishna
Mawahar, PC Kishan, Sadhna Garg, Archana Bajoria and Kartik Bajoria
François Raffenaud
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Zeeshan Ali and Devyani Jaipuria
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Viren Sharma, Esha Chowdhary,
Surendra Mal, Ashok Raj Singh and Kavita Chauhan
Satish Dehra
Pooja Roy
WHAT’S HAPPENING!
Malviya National
Institute of Technology
Jaipur Alumni
Association on Sunday
provided a motorized
wheelchair to Saurabh
Gangwar, a first-year
student of the college.
Student Saurabh
Gangwar is suffering
from muscular
dystrophy, due to which
he cannot walk due
to weakness in the
muscles of the body.
A group of around 25 people, started a
trek at 6 AM under the cold and foggy
skies of Jaipur to spread the message
of how important fitness is for a healthy
living. The group started from fitcore
gym under the leadership of Jai Arora.
They trekked in the Aravali range of hills
for around 3 hours and reached atop
the hill at Naneta besides the Jaipur
Delhi highway. Trekker Yash Kalra told
that the aim of the group is to stay fit
and spread the message of fitness and
healthy eating to the youth around. His
concluding words were “Fitness is not a
goal, it’s a Lifestyle”.
Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Viren Sharma and Esha
Chowdhary after the success of the grand Dog show, an
initiative by Jagdeesh Chandra held at Dusshera Ground,
Jaipur on Sunday. Also seen are Surendra Mal, Ashok Raj
Singh and Kavita Chauhan. Chandra appreciated the efforts
of Viren and the whole team and wished them more success.

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