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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
SHAH CHAIRS CONF
OVER ROADMAP
FOR INTERNAL
SECURITY, OTHERS
New Delhi: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be 1st
chief guest from his country at India’s Republic Day celebrations,
the govt announced on Friday. This makes him only 5th leader
from the West Asian and Arab world to be the chief guest.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on
Friday chaired the annual DGPs-IGPs conference in
New Delhi, aimed at preparing a future roadmap for
robust internal security and a crackdown against
gangsters-terror nexus as well as cyber security. P6
YATRA ENTERS
KASHMIR: RaGa
IN JACKET; A 1ST
THIS WINTER
Srinagar: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, on
Thursday entered Jammu for last leg of his yatra.
Gandhi, who marched through north India in peak
winter wearing just a t-shirt, was for first time seen
in a jacket. It’s raincoat not jacket; Cong clarified. P5
EGYPT PREZ TO JOIN R-DAY PARADE AS CHIEF GUEST
MOHAN BHAGWAT
ON 5-DAY VISIT TO
CITY FROM JAN 25
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: RSS Chief
Mohan
Bhagwat
will come
on a five-
day visit
to Jaipur
from January 25 to 29.
January 26
He will participate in the
Republic Day program at
Keshav Vidyapeeth Jamdoli.
January 27
Bhagwat will hold a meeting
of Jaipur province.
January 28 and 29
RSS Chief will attend the
meetings and discuss
preparations for the cente-
nary year of the Sangh.
GEHLOT LAUNCHES ‘HATH SE HATH JODO’ CAMPAIGN
YOU PEOPLE WILL GET TIRED OF ASKING, I
WILL NOT GET TIRED OF GIVING, SAYS CM
Laxman Raghav and
Sunil Sihag
Sri Ganganagar: CM
Ashok Gehlot on Friday
addressed worker’s con-
ference here and start-
ed ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’
campaign of Congress.
Gehlot said in his ad-
dress that a new mes-
sage has been sent to
country by Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
and now Hath se Hath
Jodo campaign is being
started which will
reach the workers till
ground zero. On the de-
mand of MLA Gurmeet
Singh Kunnar, he an-
nounced to give the
same price to sugarcane
farmers as given in Pb.
Gehlot also men-
tioned about the refin-
ery in Barmer in his
address and said that
the BJP’s Vasundhara
government stopped
the work due to which
its cost has doubled. CM
mentioned several
schemes including Chi-
ranjeevi Yojana and
said that the schemes of
the state are becoming
an example in the whole
country
. Turn to P8
After the BJY, this
campaign will
unite workers at
grassroot, says CM
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses Congress workers in Sri Ganganagar on Friday.
Govind Meghwal,Amit Chanan, Balwan Poonia & Vinod Kumar are also seen.
IDENTITY OF MODI’S
GOOD GOVERNANCE!
71,000 MORE GET ‘ROZGAR’
New appointees thank PM Narendra Modi, laud
‘transparent and very rapid’ recruitment process
First India Bureau
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Friday dis-
tributed over 71,000 ap-
pointment letters to
newly inducted recruits
in govt depts and organ-
isations, via video con-
ferencing. He also ad-
dressed the appointees.
The new appointees on
Friday also shared their
experience of learning
from ‘Karmayogi Prar-
ambh’ module. ‘Kar-
mayogi Prarambh’ mod-
ule is an online orienta-
tion course for appoin-
tees. Noting that regu-
lar promotions were
hampered in the earlier
times, Modi underlined
that Centre has made
changes in recruitment
process of govt, making
it more streamlined and
time-bound. He also
took feedback from re-
cruits on online plat-
form iGot Karmayogi.
PM Narendra Modi addresses the first Rozgar Mela of
2023, via video conferencing, in Delhi on Friday. Also
seen here at Delhi Media Centre is Dr Jitendra Singh.
In the coming days, lakhs more
families are set to be recruited into
govt jobs. It is a testament to our
commitment towards keeping our promises. In
the business world, it is said, ‘The consumer is
always right’. Similarly, ‘Citizen is always right’
should be motto of governance.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
If demands of the farmers are fulfilled, not a
single seat will go to BJP in Hanumangarh
and Sri Ganganagar. Congress has lagged
behind in honouring the worker, but now no stone will
be left unturned. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
GOVT EMPLOYMENT
IS A ‘SERVICE’ AND
NOT A ‘JOB’: PM MODI
PM Modi is most
powerful person
on planet, says
UK Lawmaker
Reminding the recruits that
employment in the govern-
ment field is known as a
“service” and not a “job”, PM
Modi said, “Just like ‘con-
sumer is always right’ our
mantra has become ‘citizen
is always right’. With Seva
Bhav, we can create a posi-
tive effect on our citizens.”
London: British Parlia-
mentarian Lord Karan
Bilimoria referred to PM
Narendra Modi as “one
of the most powerful per-
sons on the planet”, while
underscoring the impor-
tance of the UK’s ties with
the fastest-growing major
economy in world.
BOMBAY HC GRANTS
INTERIM BAIL TO
VENUGOPAL DHOOT
Mumbai: The Bombay High
Court has granted interim
bail to Videocon Group
Chairman Venugopal Dhoot
in the ICICI-Videocon loan
fraud case. He will be out of
judicial custody provided he
furnishes `1 lakh bail cash.
DERA CHIEF RAM
RAHIM GRANTED
ANOTHER PAROLE
New Delhi: Dera Sacha
Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram
Rahim Singh was on Friday
again granted a 40-day
parole. The latest parole
to the Dera chief comes
three months after he was
granted a similar parole.
SUNDAR PICHAI
‘SORRY’ FOR THE
GOOGLE LAYOFFS
New Delhi: Google said on
Friday it will lay off 12,000
people from its workforce,
adding to slew of major US
tech companies cutting jobs
amid fears of recession.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai
said sorry for mass layoffs.
CRUCIAL READ
`30L fine on AI, pilot’s
licence suspended
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The DGCA
on Friday slapped a fine
of Rs 30 lakh on Air In-
dia and suspended pilot-
in-command’s licence
for 3 months for drunk-
urination incident on-
board its flight from
New York to Delhi in
which airline violated
its norms on handling
unruly passenger be-
haviour onboard flights.
Pilot didn’t inform the
security personnel on
ground, nor did crew
file a police complaint.
The airline didn’t in-
form DGCA about inci-
dent. The incident came
to light on January 4.
TAKING STEPS TO
ADDRESS GAPS POST
DGCA ACTION: AI
Meanwhile, reacting to the
aviation regulator’s action,
Air India acknowledged
gaps in their reporting and
said they are taking steps to
address them. “We’re also
strengthening our crews’
awareness of & compliance
with policies on handling of
incidents involving un-
ruly passengers,” Air India
spokesperson said.
PEEGATE: DGCA ACTION
It has taken a lot
of courage for us
wrestlers to come
together and protest
against WFI Pres-
ident. We fear for
our lives. If he is
not sacked then the
careers of all the
young who joined
the dharna will be
over. We will not
budge until Singh is
sacked.
—Wrestlers
If there is
no solution
then we
may put a wrestling
mat at Jantar Mantar
and train there only.
—Vinesh Phogat
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
INCONCLUSIVE
MEETINGS....
BRIJ TO SPEAK ON
JAN 22: PREZ’S SON
There’ll Be Tsunami If...: Wrestling
Body Chief Singh Amid Calls To Quit
HEAR OUR DEMANDS:
WRESTLERS ASK PM
MODI & AMIT SHAH
Wrestlers met with govt
officials during the day and
later met with Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur at his resi-
dence. However, both meet-
ings were inconclusive, with
the wrestlers insisting that
the WFI be dissolved immedi-
ately and govt requesting that
they end their protest. The
govt has asked WFI President
to respond to the allegations
by till Saturday evening.
WFI president Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh was slated
to speak to
the media on
Friday but
he decided
to duck the
questions and
has now rescheduled the
press conference for later
this week on Jan 22. His
son spoke to the media and
informed about the same.
As wrestlers protesting against
alleged sex harassment stayed
firm on demands for his res-
ignation, wrestling body chief
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on
Friday threatened revelations
that, he said, would cause a
“Tsunami”. “If I make a state-
ment, there will be a tsunami. I
am not here on anyone’s charity.
I am an elected representative,”
President Brij Bhushan said.
Olympian wrestler and 2022
Commonwealth Games
gold medallist Bajrang
Punia on Friday said that
they are fighting against
the Wrestling Federation of
India (WFI) and appealed
to PM Narendra Modi, HM
Amit Shah and Union Sports
Minister Anurag Thakur to
hear their demands.
DAY 3 WRESTLERS PROTEST: DEADLOCK CONTINUES
‘Dangal’ for justice!
Anurag Thakur tells to stop protest, WFI
Prez has been asked to resign in 24 hrs
Mary Kom, Dola Banerjee, Alaknanda,
Yogeshwar, Sahdev in the probe panel
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The Indian
Olympic Association
(IOA) on Friday formed
a seven-member com-
mittee to probe the al-
legations of sexual har-
assment against WFI
president Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh. The com-
mittee had a detailed
meeting and sources in
IOA are suggesting that
they will call all the con-
cerned parties as part
of the investigation.
Wrestlers protesting
sexual harassment alle-
gations against WFI
President Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh wrote to
the IOA President PT
UshaonFriday
,demand-
ing the formation of an
inquiry committee to
investigate the allega-
tions, resignation of the
WFI President, dissolu-
tion of the WFI and a
new committee to run
the affairs of the WFI.
Wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat speak during the protest on day 3 against the Wrestling
Federation of India (WFI) and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh against whom sexual harassment
allegations were made, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
IOA formed
7-member
committee
to probe
allegations
of sexual
harassment
 WFI to take action
against wrestlers not
at Gonda camp to
practice
 DCW Chief notes
down key pointers
related to wrestlers’
protest
 Indian boxer
Vijender Singh joined
the wrestlers’ protest
on Friday
 #SackBrijBhushan
is trending on Twitter
and supported by
everyone
 No time-frame has
been set for panel to
submit report to IOA
president

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Fri-
day said that chartered
accountants should
work to make the gen-
eral public aware of
economic, business and
taxation related rules
so that cases of eco-
nomic crimes and cor-
ruption can be reduced.
Mishra was addressing
the inauguration cere-
mony of the National
Conference Shrey-
an-2023 of The Institute
of Chartered Account-
ants of India at Birla
Auditorium on Friday
.
He said that CA is a
prestigious profession,
which is truly the back-
bone of the economy
and CA professionals
are continuously con-
tributing to economic
developmentof country
by effectively complet-
ing specific tasks like
direct and indirect tax
planning, auditing etc.
The Governor said
that country is presid-
ing over the G-20 group
this year and is taking
firm steps towards be-
coming an economic
superpower, hence CA
professionals should
alsomakeeffortstosim-
plify various aspects of
financial management
including GST compli-
ance and audit by mak-
ing maximum use of
Information Tech.
CAs can help to curb economic crimes: Guv
SHEKHAWATBLAMESCONGRESS
FOR STATE’s BACKWARDNESS
Union Minister Shekhawat inaugurated 3rd phase of ‘Rozgar Mela’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union Jal Shak-
ti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat has
blamed the Congress
government for Ra-
jasthan’s backwardness.
Shekhawat was in
Jaipur at the Central
Government’s pro-
grammeonFriday
,when
he said that papers of
more than 18 recruit-
mentexaminationshave
beenleakedinRajasthan
and the government is
trying to cover it up.
“The future of the
youths of the state is in
danger. But the leaders
of thegovernmentclaim
thatthepaperwasleaked
from the treasury of
their govt,” he said.
UnionMinisterGajen-
dra Shekhawatsaidthat
even before this, there
were papers of competi-
tive examinations in Ra-
jasthan. But ever since
the Congress govern-
ment came to power in
the state, the paper leak
mafiahasbecomeactive.
“Earlier, Rajasthan was
on the path of progress
but after the formation
of the Congress govern-
ment, the state is gradu-
allylaggingbehindother
states. It will take a long
time to make up,” he
rued. “The corrupt were
caught but the govt did
not allow prosecution.
SOG and ACB risked
their lives to catch the
corrupt but concrete ac-
tion is not being taken.
The accused caught in
the recruitment exam
paperleakcasewerealso
released after making a
weak case,” he added.
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
during ‘Rozgaar Mela’ in Jaipur on Friday.
Union MoS Parl Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal
during ‘Rozgaar Mela’ in Udaipur on Friday.
Guv Kalraj Mishra during National Conference Shreyan-2023.
Satish Poonia on Friday releasing the poster to add new voters for BJP during 2023 and 2024 polls.
Bhajan Lal Sharma and other party workers are also seen. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
BJP launches poster to
attractnewvotersinpolls
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia has
once again attacked the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment in the state while
blaming the Congress
party for political insta-
bility in the state in the
last four years.
Poonia said that the
condition is such that
every joint of the
Congress has pain,
now the people of Ra-
jasthan should not join
hands with them in
their ‘Hath Se Hath
Jodo’ campaign.
He said that the BJP
will gherao the collec-
torates across the state
after about one and a
half months against the
policies of the Congress
government.
“Political stability is
the factor of progress,
happiness, peace and
prosperity of any state.
In Rajasthan, the
Congress party is re-
sponsible for the politi-
cal instability in this
state,” he said.
BJP objects Mughal Tent’s name in JLF
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP State Pres-
ident Satish Poonia
reached Jaipur Litera-
ture Festival on Friday
and pointed out a tent
named as Mughal Tent.
“It would have been bet-
ter if name of Mughal
Tent would have been
named after APJ Abdul
Kalam”. GC Kataria
and Rajendra Rathore
also said that if the
name of a Muslim had
to be used, it could be of
APJ Abdul Kalam.
“The name of Maha-
rana Pratap could have
been written instead of
aMughal,”saidRathore.
Ramlal Sharma and Ji-
tendra Gothwal also
censured the move say-
ing names of Maharaja
Surajmal or Maharana
Pratap could have been
used. While talking to
the media, Poonia said
that now the people
want to know “who is
the traitor and who is
useless.Whoismagician
and who is Corona.”
Reacting to Sachin Pi-
lot’s remark to get the
BJP govt investigated,
Poonia said that the re-
marks of these Cong
leaders are contradict-
ing among themselves.
POONIA REACHES JAIPUR LIT FEST
DEATH PENALTY TO
BANSWARA MAN FOR
KILLING WIFE, SON
7 JUDICIAL OFFICERS
OF DISTRICT JUDGE
CADRE SHIFTED IN RAJ
Banswara: ADJ Court has
sentenced a man to death.
Accused Roopa had killed
his wife and 12-year-old
son Dilip 4.5 years ago.
Additional D&S Judge NK
Chaudhary gave this deci-
sion. Advocating on behalf
of the govt, Additional
Public Prosecutor and State
Advocate SK Pathan said
that the matter was taken
up in 2018. It belongs to
Danpur police station and
the court has declared it the
rarest of the rare.—Subhash
Jaipur: The Raj HC on Friday
issued 3 separate orders to
transfer 7 judicial officers of
District Judge cadre. As per
the order CP Shrimali, Nand-
ini Vyas has been appointed
as D&S Judge in Jaipur Metro
I, GP Gupta is Principal Secy
Law, Dinesh Kumar Gupta as
Director Law in JDA, Rajesh
Jain as Presiding Officer in
JDA Tribunal, Brij Madhuri as
Registrar, RSCW, Ashwini Vij
as D&S Judge Kota, & Ravi
Sharma as Presiding Officer,
Rajasthan Waqf Tribunal.
Bikaner: The court of Additional District & Sessions Judge
sentenced 18 people to life imprisonment, including four
womenin case of killing three people in 2008 in Ridi village
of Bikaner over a personal dispute. Four have been acquitted
in this case. The court convicted the accused in case for
murder. Trilok Nath, Lalnath and Ruparam were killed in the
dispute. More than 20 were accused in the case. The court
sentenced Prabhuram, Mamraj, Nanuram, Hariram, Gopal-
ram, Om Prakash Shravan Ram, Lichchuram, Bhairaram, Ra-
meshwar Lal, Dharmaram, Mohanram, Dularam, Budharam
and Lichchuram to life imprisonment. The four women found
guilty of murder are Aashi, Parameshwari, Sohani and Rami.
EIGHTEEN, INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN GET LIFE
IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER OF 3 IN BIKANER
BJP State president Satish Poonia signing the autographs to school
children during the JLF on Friday.
Vipra board chairman writes to
CM over EWS quota in SET exam
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Mahesh Shar-
ma, the Chairman of
Rajasthan State Vipra
Welfare Board, has
written a letter to Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
demanding a relaxation
of five percent marks
for the candidates of
EWS category in Ra-
jasthan State Eligibility
Test (SET).
He said that Ra-
jasthan State Eligibility
Test (SET) is being or-
ganized in the state af-
ter nine years, but the
EWS candidates are dis-
appointed due to the
flaws in the notification
of the exam. He added
that in the notification,
candidates belonging to
Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS) have
not been given relaxa-
tion of 5 percent marks
in the application of
SET, due to which lakhs
of candidates have been
deprived of the applica-
tion while other re-
served categories (SC,
ST, and OBC) have been
given the exemption.
Mahesh Sharma in Tonk during
‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ on Friday.
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NEW VOTERS WILL BE ENCOURAGED: POONIA
Kirodi to walk
from Jaipur to
Dausa seeking
CBI inquiry
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajya Sab-
ha MP Dr Kirodi
Lal Meena will
march from Dausa
Collectorate to the
state assembly on
January 24 de-
manding a CBI in-
quiry in the paper
leak case. While
speaking to media
persons, Dr Meena
said that a total of
16 papers of vari-
ous competitive
exams have been
leaked till now.
“Thousands of
people will march
from Dausa to
Jaipur on Janu-
ary 24. We will
gather at the state
assembly and de-
mand a CBI in-
quiry into the pa-
per leak matter.
The paper leak
has become a ritu-
al these days and
the law which the
government has
made regarding
paper leak is very
lax. We will also
raise various oth-
er issues during
the protest on
January 24,” said
Dr Meena.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: A road show
was organized on Fri-
day on the luxury train
of Rajasthan, Palace on
Wheels, in the interna-
tional tourism mart
‘Fitoor-2023’ in Madrid,
the capital of Spain.
Rajasthan Tourism
Development Corpora-
tion (RTDC) Chairman
Dharmendra Rathore
shared information
about the train with in-
ternational tourism
representatives.
“The culture, food
and heritage tourism of
Rajasthan is being re-
flected in the tourism
mart. CM Ashok Gehlot
has given to all the rep-
resentatives related to
travel operators, travel
agencies, travel plan-
ners and tourism from
different countries in-
cluding Spain, that
‘Padharo Mhare Des,”
Rathore said. High tea
was also organised in
the Rajasthan Pavilion
in which discussions
were held with tour op-
erators & travel agents
on new possibilities of
tourism in Rajasthan.
The international tour-
ism delegates were
served dishes like dal
pakoras, onion pako-
das, Jodhpuri mirchi
bada, samosas, etc.
In the fair, the Ra-
jasthan delegation
will hold around 200
B2B meetings with
tour operators,
agents and tourism
representatives from
different countries.
CM Gehlot has message for you
all,padharo mhare des: Rathore
RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore in Madrid, Spain on Friday.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: After demolish-
ing the building of Adh-
igam Coaching Insti-
tute in Jaipur, JDA de-
molished another four-
storey building in its
vicinity on Friday
. After
the demolition of the
building, fear gripped
other coaching institu-
tions operating on Go-
palpura Bypass as most
of the buildings here
are illegal.
Raghuveer Saini,
Chief of JDA’s Enforce-
ment Wing, said, “The
building built on plot
number 34 of Sukhvi-
har Yojana on Main Go-
palpura Bypass is on a
residential plot. It was
constructed without
permission and in viola-
tion of building by-
laws.” Saini said that
the technical team had
inspected the building.
It was found that this
building was construct-
ed without getting the
map of the building
plan approved. “There
was illegal construction
of 15 feet in the east, 10
feet in the west and 20
feetinthenorthtowards
the Gopalpura bypass
main road,” he said.
Another building razed
by JDA near ‘Adhigam’
The demoilshed building of the
Coaching centre on Friday.
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: Union Minis-
ter Arjun Ram Meghw-
al, during his visit to
Udaipur, lashed out at
the Congress party and
said that the kind of
rhetoric that is coming
out has made it clear
that the government is
divided into two camps.
“The brunt of this is be-
ing borne by the public
and the law and order
situation in the state
has also come to a
standstill,” he said.
Meghwal cornered
the govt on law and or-
der and said that there
is a rise in crime in
State. Cases of harass-
ment of women have
increased. He said that
examination papers are
leaked and youths have
to bear the brunt.
Cong is divided,
people bear its
brunt: Meghwal

RAJASTHAN
03
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Passenger traf-
fic at Jaipur Interna-
tional Airport wit-
nessed a record growth
of 15 per cent in the
month of December
2022. of the total 4,96,770
passengers, 4,53,884
were domestic and
36,597 were internation-
al travellers. In Novem-
ber 2022, total passen-
ger traffic was 4,31,691.
As per airport officials,
the per day average pas-
senger traffic in the
month of November
was 15,000 and trend is
likely to continue in
coming months.
“In December, pas-
senger traffic increased
by record 15 per cent.
Firstly, travel has be-
come easy with new fa-
cilities, airlines and buf-
fet of retail options.
Secondly, tourist and
festive season is on its
peak.So,moreandmore
people are travelling.
The growth trend is
likely to stay in the com-
ing winter months,”
said senior officials at
Jaipur Airport.
In November 2022, a
total of 4,31,691 trav-
elled through Jaipur
airport of which
3,94,550 were domestic
and 37,141 were inter-
national travellers. Be-
sides, 2023 being the
election year the politi-
cal movements is also
on the rise.
Record passenger footfall at Jaipur
International Airport in Dec 2022
TOURISM BOOST
Shanti Dhariwal reviews IPD
tower work at SMS hospital
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal on Fri-
day visited to take stock
of the IPD tower being
constructedinSMSHos-
pital. He directed the
firm and JDA’s officers
concerned to speed up
the work and to com-
plete it on time.
Dhariwal also in-
quired about the pro-
gress of the project
from the JDA officials.
During this, JDC Ravi
Jain and Director Engi-
neering Ashok Chaud-
hary informed the Min-
ister about the progress
of the work.
“Work is being done
atafastpacebytheJDA,
along with continuous
monitoring of the pro-
jects, and will be com-
pleted within the stipu-
lated time. Along with
IPD tower, Institute of
Cardiovascular Scienc-
es will also be construct-
ed in SMS Hospital.
Both the projects will be
built at a cost of about
Rs 588 crore,” JDC Ravi
Jain said.
JDC Ravi Jain
assures time-bound
completion of
development works
Minister Shanti Dhariwal along with DM Prakash Rajpurohit and
other officials inspects Indira Rasoi at Khasa Kothi on Friday.
DHARIWAL INSPECTS INDIRA
RASOI FOOD AT KHASA KOTHI
Jaipur: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal inspected Indira
Rasoi on Friday and said that the scheme is proving
to be a boon for the economically weaker section of
the State in which food is being provided at a nominal
cost. “The number of people coming in the State daily
in search of livelihood, students, unemployed youths
from all sections of the society and from other parts of
the country, Indira Rasoi is providing cheap, pure and
nutritious food to them,” Dhariwal said after inspect-
ing Indira Rasoi at Khasa Kothi and taking feedback
from the people present there. JMC Heritage Mayor
Munesh Gurjar was also present there.
Accused AdSP sent to
jail till Feb 3 for graft
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Special Opera-
tion Group’s Additional
SP Divya Mittal, arrest-
edinaRs2crorebribery
case, was presented in
Ajmer court by Jaipur
ACB on Friday
. The
court sent Mittal to jail
till February 3.
The Jaipur ACB is
lookingforthedismissed
constable Sumit, who
has been absconding.
Hisarrestwouldprovide
important clues in the
case. DySP Mangilal of
Jaipur ACB said that the
Mittal was presented in
Ajmer court for 15 days
JC remand. The judge
ordered that Mittal be
sent to judicial custody
until February 3.
Earlier on Thursday,
the State Home Depart-
ment had issued the sus-
pension orders against
Mittal. A searh opera-
tionwasalsocarriedout
by the ACB team to re-
cover Mittal’s mobile
phone and other docu-
ments, which she had
reportedly disposed of
in the Anasagar Lake.
ACB’s search operation continued on Friday. —FILE PHOTO
ACB RAIDS MITTAL’S
RESIDENCE IN JAIPUR
Jaipur: Some gadgets
belonging to Mittal will
be examined by the FSL
team. Her accounts are
also being examined.
The ACB raided Mittal’s
premises on Friday. ACB
searched the Hirapura
residence in Jaipur, where
Mittal often came.
Miscreants beat up cop,
vandalise his car in city
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: A police con-
stable was allegedly
beaten by miscreants in
the Kardhani area, po-
lice said. Police in-
formed constable Bhag-
yavardhan Singh, post-
ed in District Special
Team, was beaten after
his car was hit by an-
other car.
“Bha g yavardhan
was going in his car for
an investigation relat-
ed to drug smuggling.
As he reached near Ni-
waru Road bridge, his
car was hit by another
car. The miscreants sit-
ting in the car entered
an argument with the
constable and started
beating him. One of the
accused claiming to be
the brother of SSP
thrashed him. The mis-
creants also damaged
his car. The constable
has been admitted to a
hospital and an FIR has
been filed in this re-
gard,” police said.
Differences must be resolved
through dialogue: Sachin Pilot
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Former Depu-
ty CM Sachin Pilot on
Fridaysaidthatif there
are any differences in
opinions, the same
should be addressed
through dialogue.
“The issues are rele-
vant but often become
controversial at times.
But I think there is a
need for dialogue. If
there is someone’s dis-
agreement to under-
stand then we can also
protest. There is need
to understand each
other’s views but listen
politely
. If there are dif-
ferences, listen to each
other, from an open
platform with an open
mind,” Pilot said on
Friday while address-
ing the students after
inaugurating the Stu-
dent Union office at
Maharaja College here.
Pilot said he got a
chance to hold Kisan
Sammelans in differ-
ent districts and the
youth should get better
employment opportu-
nities.
Pilot inaugurated
Student Union
office at Maharaja
College on Friday
Sachin Pilot waves at students of Maharaja College on Friday.
Udaipurwati pradhan, 2 others in ACB trap
Pradeep Garhwal,
BR Gurjar Manoj Tak
Jhunjhunu: The ACB
has arrested three peo-
ple including a pradhan
on bribery charges.
Udaipurwati Panchayat
Samiti Pradhan Maya
Gurjar, her brother-in-
law Bholaram Gurjar,
former VDO and cur-
rentlyworkinginChuru
as Deputy Director of
Economic and Statistics
Department Babulal
Raigar have been arrest-
ed for taking bribe in
lieu of passing the bills.
DuringtheACBverifi-
cation, the complaint
was found to be true.
Pradhan’s brother-in-
law Bholaram gave the
amount of bribe, after
thatACBtookactionand
immediately took Prad-
han Maya Gurjar into
custody
. Pradhan’s hus-
band was in Hyderabad
at the time of the trap
but his role is also suspi-
cious in the matter.
One more person es-
caped after he got a clue
of ACB’s action. He has
already taken a bribe of
Rs 33,000 from the com-
plainant. ACB is raiding
the possible hideouts of
the accused to nab him.
MINISTER RAJENDRA GUDHA COMES IN SUPPORT OF PRADHAN, TERMS HER ‘INNOCENT’
Maya (L), Bholaram (C), and Babulal Raigar (R) in custody.
EX-PRADHAN BLAMES GUDHA FOR ‘ACTION’
Former Pradhan Shubhakaran Chaudhary dem-
onstrated outside the police station and accused
Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha of conspiring the
trap as Maya did not allow Gurjar community people
in Sachin Pilot’s recent rally. Gudha also reached
the police station to express sympathy with the ac-
cused. “Maya Gurjar a simple woman. She must not
be knowing anything in the matter,” he said.
JAIPUR-THAILAND
FLIGHT LAUNCHED
Jaipur: A new flight
started operation from
Jaipur to Bangkok
on Friday. Thai Smile
Flight has launched its
services from Jaipur.
Director of Tourism
Authority of Thailand
Vacchirchai Sirisump-
an informed that with
the commencement of
direct flight between
Jaipur and Bangkok,
Visa on arrival facility
for Indian travellers
will be available in
Thailand. “Precautions
are being taken due
to corona pandemic,”
informed Vacchirchai
Sirisumpan.
PIL OVER HIDING
‘CRIMINAL CASE’
HC directs Vet
University VC
to submit
reply by Feb 1
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A division
bench of Rajasthan
High Court conducted
hearing in a PIL filed
against the Vice Chan-
cellor of Rajasthan Uni-
versity of Veterinary
and Animal Sciences,
Bikaner.
A division bench of
justice Sandeep Mehta
and Rajendra Prakash
Soni heard the petition
in which the VC, Dr SK
Garg has been accused
of concealing informa-
tion regarding criminal
cases against him.
Petitioner said that
the cases against the VC
are pending but he con-
cealed this information.
It was alleged that an
incompetent person has
been appointed by the
chancellor of the state
universities.
The High Court gave
time to VC Garg to sub-
mit reply
. The next hear-
ing in the case will be on
February 1.

PERSPECTIVE
04
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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Empowering #YuvaShakti in the
#AmritKaal on mission-mode. PM
@narendramodi ji’s government is
committed to fulfil its promise of 10
lakh appointments in GoI through
#RojgarMela in a time-bound manner.
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Lauding PM Shri @narendramodi ji’s
leadership in ‘a fractured world’, WEF
Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus
Schwab says ‘India is a bright spot
amid the global crisis’. Commends
the country’s ‘decisive action on the
climate case for renewables’.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Woe to those who call evil
good and good evil, who
put darkness for light and
light for darkness, who
put bitter for sweet and
sweet for bitter.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
SC JUNKS PLEAS,
BIHAR’S CASTE
CENSUS CLEARS
LAST OBSTACLE
he caste census or-
dered by the Bihar
government got a
boost with the Su-
preme Court junking
petitions challenging Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar’s order.
The contentious census, which
began on January 7 and is due
for conclusion on January 21,
will enumerate 12.7 crore people
in 2.5 crore households. The Su-
preme Court called the petitions
“publicity interest litigation”
and dismissed them. The census
which Nitish Kumar said is a
survey to catalogue castes, and
not sub-castes, along with eco-
nomic status of each family
. The
survey’s objective is to find the
actual population of Other
Backward Classes (OBC) for a
redistribution of the 27 percent
quota. The Bihar alliance be-
lieves that OBC count was lower
than their actual numbers.
The exercise by the two Man-
dal-era political parties---JD-U
and the RJD---is likely to help
them seek greater share in ben-
efitsasperthepopulationof each
caste. Any change could also
yield political benefits, the rea-
son why BJP opposed the move.
TOP TWEETS
T
heRussia-Ukraine
war, the most dis-
ruptive in recent
times, is not going
to end anytime
soon. On the contrary, if Fri-
day’s crunch meeting at Ger-
many’s Ramstein air base is
anything to go by there is
every chance of the war esca-
lating in the near future. At
the Ramstein meeting of de-
fence ministers of the US and
all European countries it was
decided to beef up military
supplies to Kyiv to enable it to
defend itself.
The war toys on the supply
list of US and European lead-
ers include 600 Brimstone
missiles, “which will be in-
credibly important in helping
Ukraine dominate the battle-
field”, from UK, Poland is of-
fering S-60 anti-aircraft guns
with 70,000 pieces of ammu-
nition, Denmark is supplying
19 French-made Caesar how-
itzers, Sweden has assured its
Archer mobile howitzers,
besides 50 armoured vehicles
and anti-tank missiles. Pow-
erful military package, how-
ever, has one formidable ele-
ment missing -— German
heavy tank Leopard. Germa-
ny has so far baulked over the
idea of supplying Leopards to
Ukraine. Imploring Germa-
ny
, President Vladimir Zelen-
skyy said, “In plain language,
can you deliver Leopards or
not? Germany is reluctant to
supply the Leopard tanks, ac-
knowledged as the world’s
best, because it does not want
to be seen as militarily ag-
gressive. Also, Germany has
maintained closer ties with
Moscow than any of its other
European allies.
The Kremlin spokesman
said, “It will mean bringing
the conflict to a whole new
level which, of course, will
not bode well from a global
and pan-European security
viewpoint.
WAR IN UKRAINE
MAY ESCALATE
Russia-Ukraine war,
most disruptive in
recent times, is not
going to end anytime
soon. On the contrary, if
Friday’s crunch meeting at
Germany’s Ramstein air
base is anything to go by,
there is every chance
of the war escalating in
the near future
T
STABILITY IN
STABILITY IN
MONOTONY
MONOTONY
ong ago, a psychologist who
was a great observer of na-
ture wrote that life is the
same everyday
. The sun rises
and sets, the wind circles
round and round continu-
ously, the streams flow into
the sea.
Our eyes and ears are con-
stantly faced with this end-
less procession of repetitious
events, and with our short
life span, everything gives
the appearance of monotony
.
Today
, many are away from
nature due to the artificial
technological society around
them. Products of mass pro-
duction have tied many to
their jobs, in which, they re-
peat one small operation,
hundreds of times daily with
nothing to advance them
mentally, along with the un-
relenting pressure to excel in
profit making, thereby
, creat-
ing a treadmill that wears
them out. The kind of life,
with all its routine sameness,
brevity and emptiness causes
many to ask, is this all there
is to life?
In reality, the different cy-
cles in nature provide stabil-
ity and security to life and
not monotony. What if we
could not count upon the
sun’s rising at a certain time?
Or if we could not be sure
what season was to come
next? There could be no plan-
ning, no real work accom-
plished. There would be cha-
os and confusion.
There are certain things
inherent in us, certain repeti-
tions, without which one’s
mind and body will not func-
tion properly. A few of these
are — regular eating, sleep-
ing, bathing, dressing and
having a reasonable level of
work to do each day. Some
may seem to be mundane
chores at times, but one
would get sick if their regu-
larity is broken up.
Also, the regularity of
things causes one to desire
an established place to live, a
home. There are things that
need attention on a daily ba-
sis around the house. This
brings stability and a feeling
of security
.
Another aspect in which
the repetition of natural
things is seen as a necessity
are the supply of air, water
and food on which one is de-
pendent. In earth’s natural
purification system of evapo-
ration and condensation, life
is sustained.
Sunlight, wind and run-
ning water are sources of
energy and power which help
in the operation of electric
gadgets. This power is renew-
able and pollution free. The
natural cycles are many and
they are very complex. What-
ever new inventions one sees
are nothing more than the
application of principles al-
ready existing in nature.
The repetition of natural
cycles can affect one in such
a way that one’s sense of
hearing and seeing are not
satisfied but desire some-
thing new or novel. Despite
changing fashion, there is
nothing new in the events of
common day to day living.
There has been advance-
ment, regression, disappoint-
ment, oppression, corruption
and revolution, followed by
still more oppression and
corruption. People, in gen-
eral have had the same hopes,
desires and ambitions.
Generations of people
come and go but soon their
memory fades and is eclipsed
by those who are alive. Even
if any individual made a no-
table name or was outstand-
ing in beauty or ability, that
person is gone and probably
forgotten. Most people cannot
even remember the names of
their great grand-parents.
The pages of history are
filled with many names, but
thismeanslittleinthelivesof
people today
. Their influence
on others is gone. The very
fact that people try every-
thing within their power to be
remembered despite their
knowing that eventually they
will be forgotten show their
desire to live, even in memory
.
The temporariness of life
and the inability to gain per-
manence produces a feeling
of futility and causes one to
search for something differ-
ent only to find that it is the
‘same old story
.’
Stability comes when more
emphasis is given to relation-
ships than possessions,
strengthening the old and
buildingnew,giveshappiness.
Life’s situations keep
changing, so the prudent
course is to go about one’s
business using sound judge-
ment in dealing with the un-
pleasant aspects of daily life
and enjoy what one has now.
Just as roots of a plant are
hidden from view, but give
the plant stability and nour-
ishment. Similarly
, new expe-
riences and new learnings
help one to be properly root-
ed and balanced.
Even in the worst of times,
there may be things that pro-
vide moments of relief. A tar-
getachieved,adesirefulfilled,
a call from a friend, a tasty
meal, a good rest that proves
restorative, a glistening blue
sky and a refreshing breeze
— all of these and more may
come our way in a single day
for us to find satisfaction
amidstamonotonousroutine.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
L
Even in the worst of times,
there may be things that
provide moments of relief.
A target achieved, a
desire fulfilled, a call from
a friend, a tasty meal, a
good rest that proves
restorative, a glistening
blue sky and a refreshing
breeze — all of these and
more may come our way
in a single day for us to
find satisfaction amidst a
monotonous routine
Long ago, a
psychologist who was
a great observer of
nature wrote that life
is the same everyday.
The sun rises and sets,
the wind circles round and
round continuously, the
streams flow into the sea
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal
development skills facilitator.
rekhakumar@protonmail.com

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INDIA
05
PM Modi’s leadership critical in this fractured world: Schwab
Davos (ANI): Klaus
Schwab, Founder and
Executive Chairman,
WorldEconomicForum,
has said he met with the
Indian ministerial dele-
gation and many of its
top business leaders.
As per a statement,
Schwab said, “I had the
pleasure of meeting the
Indian ministerial del-
egation and many of its
top business leaders.” “I
commend the country’s
decisive action on the
climate case for renewa-
bles, its contribution to
the global healthcare
ecosystem, the focus on
an economic model for
women-led develop-
ment, and its leadership
on digital public infra-
structure. India re-
mains a bright spot
amid global geoeconom-
ics and geopolitical cri-
ses,” he added.
The WEF shares a 38-
year history with India
and looks forward to
continued partnership
with the country dur-
ing its G20 presidency
under the leadership of
PM Narendra Modi, the
forum said in a state-
ment. India is promot-
ing a just and equitable
growth for all in the
world during its G20
presidency
.
“India’s G20 presi-
dency comes at a cru-
cial time, PM Modi’s
leadership is critical in
this fractured world,”
Schwab said.
The World Economic
Forum Annual Meeting
2023 comes as multiple
crises deepen divisions
and fragment the geopo-
litical landscape. The
WEF is an independent
international organiza-
tion committed to im-
proving the state of the
world by engaging busi-
ness, political, academ-
ic and other leaders of
society to shape global,
regional and industry
agendas.
In Davos, world lead-
ers continue progress
onsolutionsforthemost
pressing crises affecting
the world. Governments
and business must ad-
dress people’s immedi-
ate, critical needs while
also laying the ground-
work for a more sustain-
able, resilient world by
the end of the decade.
The programme si-
multaneously address-
es immediate crises and
long-term future chal-
lenges and helps set the
scene for India’s G20
presidency
.
WEF founder Klaus Schwab speaks to PM Narendra Modi at WEF’s Davos Agenda through video conferencing. —FILE PHOTO
India’s G20
presidency comes at a
crucial time, Prime
Minister Modi’s
leadership is critical in
this fractured world.
Klaus Schwab,
Founder and Executive Chairman,
World Economic Forum
“Pakisolated,worldunderstood
whereterrorismstartsfrom”
Ghazipur (PTI): BJP
National President JP
Nadda on Friday said
“Pakistan has been iso-
lated” and the world has
understoodwhereterror-
ism is emanating from.
Nadda, whose term
as BJP chief was ex-
tended till June 2024 at
party’s national execu-
tive meet, also praised
India’s foreign policy,
which now “supports
our defence forces”.
During an interaction
with ex-servicemen, Na-
dda said, “Today Paki-
stan has been isolated in
the world ‘kyonki duni-
ya ko samajh aa gaya
hai ki aatankvaad ki ja-
nani kahan hai’ (as the
world has understood
where terrorism ema-
nates from). The world
has also understood
how India has fought
against terrorism.”
He also showered
praise on PM Narendra
Modi and said, “Who is
that prime minister to
have celebrated Diwali
with the jawans at the
border. This is a mes-
sage not only for the
jawans posted at the na-
tion’s border. The prime
minister and 130 crore
people of the country
are standing with you.
“PM Narendra Modi
is of the view that when
the Army becomes
strong, then the coun-
try becomes strong and
the country is secured.”
He said the biggest
change that happened
under Modi govt “is that
our foreign policy sup-
ports our defence forces
today
. PM Modi has con-
veyed to the world that
neither India supports
any kind of terrorism
nor will it tolerate it”.
“Today
, India is trans-
forming from the point
of view of the Army
and the border. Today is
that India which you
have not seen earlier...
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi has taken
tough decisions to pro-
tect the country. I take
pride in the fact that
India’s Army is consid-
ered to be the most pow-
erful in the world. Be it
any type of crisis, the
jawans of India have
protected us and the
borders,” Nadda said.
Nadda also hit out at
previous governments
at the Centre on defence
procurement and said,
“Before Modiji’s gov-
ernment, there were no
purchases. Our ‘fauji
bhaai’ (jawan brothers)
were in trouble but no
concern was expressed.
“There were scams in
the purchases of sub-
marines, helicopters,
fighter jets and bullet-
proof jackets. But after
Narendra Modi came
(to power), the Army
has been equipped.”
Nadda said, “(Earlier)
oursoldiersguardingthe
frontlines in Poonch had
to wait for orders before
replying to the enemy’s
bullet as it used to reach
Delhi after crossing
three reporting stations
in Nagrota, Ambala and
Chandi Mandir. After
Modiji became PM, the
soldiers were provided
authority to reply to en-
emybulletsinrealtime.”
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath during his visit to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, in Varanasi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP CHIEF COINS
‘HIRA’ TO HIGHLIGHT
MODI GOVT’S FOCUS
Ghazipur: BJP National
President JP Nadda on
Friday gave a new term
HIRA’ to the development
lexicon, highlighting that
the central government’s
focus has been on high-
ways, internet, railways
and airways. Nadda also
said when the entire
world is reeling under
a financial crisis, India
has become the world’s
fifth-largest economy,
surpassing Britain.
GUJARAT JEWELLER
CARVES PM MODI’S
BUST IN GOLD
Surat: A local jeweller
has carved a bust of PM
Narendra Modi, weighing
156 gm in 18-carat gold
to commemorate the
BJP’s landslide victory
in the recently held state
Assembly election. As
the BJP won 156 out of
182 seats in the polls
held in December, the
weight of the PM’s gold
bust was kept at 156 gm,
said Basant Bohra, owner
of Radhika Chains.
JP NADDA, YOGI
ADITYANATH ENJOY
TEA IN KULHAD
Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath and BJP National
President JP Nadda were
seen sipping pipping hot
tea from earthen kulhads
after offering prayers
at temples in the holy
city of Kashi. The BJP
leaders earlier performed
aarti and abhishek
at Kashi Vishwanath
Temple and Kaal Bhairav
Temple in Varanasi on
Friday morning.
l JP Nadda praises
India’s foreign policy,
which now “supports
our defence forces”
l BJP National Prez
also showers praise
on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Rahul Gandhi-led march
reaches its last leg in JK
Kathua (ANI): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Friday expressed
happiness on reaching
JK on Thursday for
the final leg of his
Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“It is a great pleasure
to reach Jammu and
Kashmir as I go back to
my home, where my an-
cestors had their roots. I
am learning about and
understanding more of
me,everystate,mycoun-
try
,” the Congress leader
said in a tweet in Hindi.
Congress’s Bharat
Jodo Yatra led by Rahul
Gandhi entered Jammu
on Thursday evening.
The Yatra entered the
region at Kathua’s
Lakhanpur area. Sup-
porters were seen car-
rying party flags and
torch lights as the Yatra
marched ahead later in
the evening (Thursday).
Former Chief Minis-
ter Farooq Abdullah,
Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) president
Mehbooba Mufti, Na-
tional Conference (NC)
vice president Omar
Abdullah, Shiv Sena
(UBT) MP Sanjay Raut,
and CPI (M) leader Mo-
hamad Yousuf would
also participate in the
yatra at the different lo-
cations, the Congress
leaders said.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the party’s
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Kathua, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
“LET ADMINISTRATION
DECIDE BJY ROUTE”
Srinagar: The Congress
wants to take the Bharat
Jodo Yatra, led by Rahul
Gandhi, through the interi-
ors of the Kashmir valley,
but has left the decision
on the route of the foot
march to security agen-
cies and the Jammu and
Kashmir (JK) adminis-
tration, a local Congress
leader Chetan Chauhan
has said here on Friday.
CPI-M SAYS NO TO
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Thiruvananthapuram:
The CPI-M on Friday said
that it will not take part in
the concluding events of
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat
Jodo Yatra in Kashmir.
However as per reports, it
will hold a combined rally
in Tripura, which goes
to the polls next month.
The CPI-M has decided
to duck the concluding
celebrations of the Yatra.
SC TO SET UP FRESH 5-JUDGE BENCH TO
HEAR POLYGAMY ‘NIKAH HALALA’ PLEAS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday
said that it will set up a 5-judge bench to
hear pleas challenging the constitutional va-
lidity of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ practice
among Muslims. A bench took note of the
submissions of lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay,
who has filed one of the PILs on the issue.
FIR LODGED IN RAPE, FORCEFUL ABORTION
CASE AFTER COURT’S INTERVENTION
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Police, after a court’s intervention,
registered an FIR in a case pertaining to rape, kidnapping,
and forceful abortion of a woman in Banaskantha. The police
have named eight persons, including the victim’s brother, in
the FIR lodged on Thursday. The victim had fallen in love with
one Mukesh Vaghela and both got married in October 2021.
Their marriage was not accepted by the victim’s family.
IN THE COURTYARD
GODDESS KALI
POSTER ROW: SC’S
REPRIEVE TO LEENA
New Delhi: In a reprieve to
filmmaker Leena Manime-
kalai, the Supreme Court on
Friday protected her from
coercive action in connection
with multiple FIRs registered
against her in various states
over a controversial poster
of her documentary film
‘Kali’. The poster, allegedly
showing goddess Kali smok-
ing a cigarette, attracted
criticism and led to filing of
FIRs against her. A bench
issued notices to the Centre
and govts of several states.
JDU-RJD are together in Bihar sans
any faith on Nitish vis-a-vis Tejashwi!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar has given a limit
till 2025 to his ally Rash-
triya Janata Dal and
said that Tejashwi Ya-
dav will lead the Grand
Alliance in the 2025
elections. But Tejash-
wi’s party does not have
to wait till that time,
rather his party is not
ready to wait even till
the 2024 Lok Sabha elec-
tions. An informed RJD
leader has claimed that
the party is feeling that
Nitish will take his re-
venge on the BJP in the
2024 Lok Sabha elec-
tions and then side with
the BJP again. Many
RJD leaders believe
that Nitish has made
RJD a weapon against
the BJP to avenge the
2020 assembly elections.
Keep in mind that in
the 2020 assembly elec-
tions, Chirag Paswan of
Lok Janshakti Party
fielded his candidates
against all the candi-
dates of Nitish’s party.
He had the indirect sup-
port of the BJP
. Chirag’s
candidates defeated
JDU candidates on
more than 30 seats, re-
ducing Nitish’s party to
43 seats. Thus, Nitish
Kumar wants to take re-
venge from BJP and can
do this work only by tak-
ing RJD and Congress
together. If the grand
alliance of these three
parties fights together,
then BJP can suffer a
major loss. RJD is feel-
ing that JDU’s only aim
is to reduce BJP’s ma-
jority by making it lose
some seats in the Lok
Sabha elections. After
that, JDU can go with
BJP on its own terms.
That’s why pressure is
being created from RJD
that Tejashwi should be
made the Chief Minis-
ter even before the 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with State Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi
Yadav at a function, in Patna recently. —FILE PHOTO
TN BJP passes
resolution
against Stalin
Chennai (ANI): Tamil
Nadu BJP on Friday
passed a resolution in its
executive
meeting at
Cuddalore
a g a i n s t
CM MK
S t a l i n
seekinghis
apology for ‘disrespect-
ful’remarksagainstGov-
ernor RN Ravi. This
comes after Stalin on
January 14 took a veiled
dig at Governor RN Ravi
without mentioning his
name during a Youth
wing event organised to
rememberDMKfounder
Peraringar Anna.
Delhigovtagainsends
teachers’filetoSaxena
New Delh (PTI): The
Delhi government has
“again sent” a proposal
to the Lt Governor VK
Saxena’s office to send
teachers of state-run
schools for a training
programme to Finland,
Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia said on
Friday, days after VK
Saxena allegedly reject-
ed a similar proposal.
Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal also
expressed hope that
permission would be
granted for the teachers
to travel abroad for the
programme.
The Delhi govern-
ment had alleged that
while returning the ear-
lier proposal, Saxena
asked them to first con-
duct a cost-benefit anal-
ysis of the programme.
Members of the AAP,
led by Atishi, protested
outside the Lt Gover-
nor’s residence last
week over the issue.
Manish Sisodia with JK
Cements Dy MD at a function.

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party is competing
with the AAP across the
nation. Congress started
its work even before the
leaders of the Aam Aad-
miPartyreachedKarna-
taka and started declar-
ing their election agen-
da. Three months before
the announcement of
the elections, the party's
state president DK Shiv-
kumar announced that
if the Congress govt is
formed, every family
will get 200 units of elec-
tricity free of cost. The
BJP, the ruling party in
the state, was criticizing
this, and in the mean-
time, Congress General
Secretary Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra an-
nounced at a rally that if
the Congress govern-
ment is formed, the
women head of every
familywouldbegivenRs
2,000 per month. The
party also said that to
reduce the burden of
everyday expenses in-
cluding cooking gas, the
party will give this mon-
ey under 'Griha Laksh-
mi Yojana'. Similarly,
Congress may now an-
nounce to restore the old
pension scheme. It re-
mains to be seen wheth-
er Priyanka announces
this at her next rally, as
she did in Himachal
Pradesh, or if Rahul
makes the announce-
ment, after concluding
his journey in Jammu
and Kashmir when he
goes to the polls in Kar-
nataka. Meanwhile,
Congress leader from
Haryana and MP Deep-
ender Hooda has an-
nounced that after Ra-
jasthan, Chhattisgarh,
and Himachal, now it is
Haryana's turn. He has
said that the old pension
scheme will be imple-
mented in Haryana.
However, apart from giv-
ing free electricity and
two thousand rupees,
the Congress in Karna-
taka will also make
many announcements
of 'free reward. By the
time Kejriwal, after
completing the election
of Mayor, etc. in Delhi,
enters the Karnataka
elections, the Congress
would have announced
all the issues and set
the agenda. Since Con-
gress is in a strong posi-
tion in Karnataka, its
promises will be be-
lieved by the people.
Congress competing with AAP in Karnataka
HOPING TO SET AGENDA
Colombo (PTI): Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar announced
on Friday that India has
given the required as-
surances to debt-ridden
Sri Lanka for the much-
needed IMF bailout
package, becoming the
first major lender to
publicly back the island
nation's efforts to re-
cover from its worst-
ever economic crisis.
Jaishankar, who is
here on a two-day visit,
called on President Ra-
nil Wickremesinghe on
Friday morning and
also held talks with For-
eign Minister Ali Sabry
.
My primary purpose
to visit Colombo is to
express India's solidar-
ity with Sri Lanka dur-
ing these difficult mo-
ments, Jaishankar
said in a press state-
ment along with Sabry
.
We've had a very
good discussion that
follows up on my meet-
ings with my counter-
part and other Sri Lan-
kan ministers yester-
day (Thursday) even-
ing, he said.
India has extended
about USD 4 billion in
terms of credits and
rollovers to help Sri
Lanka get through
its worst economic
crisis since independ-
ence in 1948.
INDIA BACKS SRI LANKA TO
SECURE IMF BAILOUT PLAN
India has extended USD 4 billion in terms of credits rollovers
S Jaishankar met Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo on Friday.
—Image for representational purpose
Former Sri Lankan
presidents Mahinda
Rajapaksa and his
younger brother Gota-
baya Rajapaska on Fri-
day held discussions
with External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
on a range of issues of
mutual interest and
thanked the Indian gov-
ernment for its stead-
fast commitment to as-
sisting Colombo during
its troubled times.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa,
73, fled Sri Lanka to the
Maldives on a Sri Lan-
ka Airforce plane in
July last year, as the
country plunged into
its worst economic.
''Called on former
President @PresRaja-
paksa today
. Discussed
the current challenges
faced by Sri Lanka and
India’sstrongsupportin
this hour of need,'' Jais-
hankar said in a tweet.
In September last
year, he was given spe-
cial security and a
state bungalow upon
his return here from
Thailand.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa,
an ex-military officer,
was appointed Sri Lan-
ka president in Novem-
ber 2019.
EAM Jaishankar meets Rajapaksa; latter
thanks India for supporting Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA CONVEYS
ITS 'PROFOUND'
GRATITUDE TO PM
MODI: FM TO EAM
Colombo (ANI): Sri Lankan
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on
Friday conveyed Sri Lanka’s
profound gratitude to PM
Modi, the Indian govern-
ment, EAM S Jaishankar and
the people of India for as-
sisting Sri Lanka in the face
of the economic crisis by
providing support amount-
ing to USD 4 billion. “We
are experiencing our most
serious economic crisis. It is
no exaggeration to say that
it was for the most part, the
enormous support amount-
ing to USD 4 billion worth of
credit line provided by India
for the import of essential
goods,” Sabry said.
Dehradun (PTI):
Snowfall and rain in
various parts of Utta-
rakhand on Friday in-
tensified the cold, add-
ing to the woes of peo-
ple from land subsid-
ence-hit Joshimath
living in temporary
relief camps.
Apart from Joshi-
math, located at a height
of around 6,000 feet,
many famous locations
inthehigheraltitudesof
ChamoliandRudrapray-
ag districts, including
Badrinath, skiing desti-
nation Auli, Kedarnath,
Hemkund Sahib, Nan-
da Devi National Park
also witnessed snow-
fall. Of the 47 villages
in the Chamoli district
affected by snowfall, 19
are in the Ghat sub-di-
vision, 13 in Joshimath,
eight in Gairsain and
seven in the Chamoli
sub-division, the Dis-
trict Disaster Manage-
ment office said.
Snowfall in Joshimath
adds to people’s misery
UTTARAKHAND CRISIS
DGP-IGP CONFERENCE CHAIRED BY SHAH
Srinagar (ANI): Jam-
mu and Kashmir Lieu-
tenant Governor Manoj
Sinha on Friday laid the
foundation stone of
transit accommodation
for Kashmiri Pandit
Employees in the Ze-
wan area of Srinagar.
Kashmiri Pandits
working under the
Prime Minister’s Re-
construction Plan will
benefit from this plan,
the LG office said.
The housing colony
being constructed on
113 Kanals of land will
have 39 blocks compris-
ing 936 flats, the LG of-
fice has tweeted.
LG lays foundation
stone of 936-flat
accommodation
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Friday chaired
the annual DGPs-IGPs
conference, aimed at
preparing a future road-
map for robust internal
security and a crack-
down against gangsters-
terror nexus as well as
cyber security, among
other major issues, here
in the national capital.
Organised by the In-
telligence Bureau (IB),
the three-day event
started at the Pusa In-
stitute in Delhi. Direc-
tor Generals of Police
and Inspector Gener-
als of Police from the
police forces across
the country as well as
from Central Armed
Police Forces (CAPFs),
and the National In-
vestigation Agency
(NIA), among others,
took part in the event
which will also be
chaired by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
on Saturday and Sun-
day in the presence of
the Home Minister.
Future roadmap for internal
security among other agendas
New Delhi (PTI): Lt
Commander Disha Am-
rith, a woman naval air
operations official post-
ed at a strategic base,
will lead the Indian Na-
vy’s Republic Day con-
tingent of 144 young
sailors and its tableau
will showcase the ‘Nari
Shakti’ in force. A Bach-
elor of Engineering in
Computer Science from
BMS College of Engi-
neering, 29-year-old
Amrith was part of the
National Cadet Corps’s
Republic Day team in
2008 and harboured the
dream of being part of
the marching c o n -
tingents of
one of the
three ser-
vices at
the cele-
brations
i n
Del-
hi.
Woman naval air
operations officer
to lead Navy’s
R-Day contingent
New Delhi: Forty students staging a demonstration outside
DU’s Hansraj College against a “ban” on non-vegetarian
food were allegedly detained by
police on Friday, a students’ organi-
sation representative said. Scores of
protesters had gathered outside the
college to protest against the decision
but the students claimed that the col-
lege refused them entry and locked its gates. No immediate
response was available from the police.
New Delhi: Days after Congress leader Ajoy Kumar was
allegedly attacked in Tripura, the Election Commission on
Friday conveyed its “displeasure” to the state chief secre-
tary and police chief and asked them to explain as to why
the situation got escalated despite presence of sufficient
number central forces, sources said. The poll panel also
took “stringent” action against some officers “for not tak-
ing appropriate action in time”. It ordered suspension and
immediate removal of Jirania sub-division, West Tripura
sub divisional police officer.
HANSRAJ COLLEGE STUDENTS PROTEST
AGAINST BAN ON NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD
EC TAKES ACTION AGAINST TRIPURA OFFICIALS
OVER ALLEGED ATTACK ON CONGRESS LEADER
NEWS DIGEST
Arvind Kejriwal
Karnataka: Two
days after the Ker-
ala High Court
hauled up the
state government
for delay in recov-
ery of damages
caused by banned
Popular Front of
India (PFI) activ-
ists during a
bandh to protest
c o u n t r y w i d e
raids and arrest
of its leaders, rev-
enue officials on
Friday began at-
taching the prop-
erties of those PFI
activists who were
arrested.
Across the vari-
ous districts in the
state, right from
morning, revenue
officials along
with a large posse
of police officials
began action by
taking into posses-
sion houses and
properties of sev-
eral PFI activists.
Among those
whose assets was
taken over by the
state government
included former
general secretary
of PFI- Abdul Sa-
thar at Karunaga-
pally in Kollam
district whose
two-storied house
and 13 cents of
land was attached.
Kerala Govt
attaching
properties of
PFI activists
S Jaishankar met Gotabaya
Rajapaska on Friday.
Manoj Sinha lays the foundation stone for the construction of
transit accommodation for PM Package Employees, at Zewan, in
Srinagar on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
GOVT TO PROVIDE HEATERS TO AFFECTED FAMILIES
Joshimath: Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami, while
reviewing the ongoing relief work
in land subsidence-hit Joshimath,
directed the officials to provide
heaters and bonfires to the affect-
ed families who have been shifted
elsewhere in view of the cold wave.
JK: UDHAMPUR RECEIVES FRESH SNOWFALL
Udhampur: Residents in Jammu
and Kashmir's Udhampur woke
up to a blanket of snow on Friday
morning as the district received
a fresh snowfall. According to
IMD, light to moderate snowfall
and rainfall is expected in the
state this week.
DEMOLITION WORK
HALTED DUE TO SNOW
Joshimath: The demolition
of the structures declared
unsafe after being affected
by land subsidence in
Joshimath has come to a
halt due to heavy snowfall,
which has added to the
woes of the residents.
Their belongings, lying
outside Hotel Mount View
and Malari Inn, are cov-
ered in snow.
SDRF, POLICE ON ALERT,
SAYS CHAMOLI DM
Chamoli: Chamoli District
Magistrate Himanshu
Khurana said that teams of
State Disaster Response
Force (SDRF) and police
are on alert if any tragedy
arises due to heavy snow-
fall in Joshimath on Friday.
“All preparations are being
done so that people living
in Shivirs do not face any
problems,” he told ANI.
K'TAKA 'LOVE JIHAD'
CASE: ACCUSED
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
SOLDIER SHOOTS
SELF IN JK'S
KUPWARA DISTRICT
Bengaluru: A Muslim man
in Karnataka, with whom a
Hindu woman — a moth-
er of four had allegedly
eloped, has been taken
into custody by the police,
an official said on Friday.
Prakash Gujarati, a resi-
dent of Gadag has alleged
that his wife Hemavathy,
had left him and married
Maqbool Bayabadaki. The
police are also ques-
tioning the woman who
eloped with the accused
and her daughter.
Srinagar: A soldier
shot himself to death on
Friday in JK’s Kupwara
district. Official sources
said Lance Naik Shiv
Kumar of 21 Rashtriya
Rifles (RR) shot himself
inside the Army camp
in the Handwara area of
Kupwara district. “He
was taken to the hospital
where doctors said he
was brought dead. “Police
have initiated inquest
proceedings under 174
CrPc”, sources said.
MAN DRAGGED ON
CAR BONNET FOR 1
KM IN ROAD RAGE
COBRA JAWAN
INJURED IN IED
BLAST IN J'KHAND
Bengaluru: A young
man was dragged on
the bonnet of a car for a
kilometre in a road rage
incident in Bengaluru
on Friday, police said.
The CCTV footage of the
incident has gone viral
on social media showing
one Darshan struggling
to stay put struggling
to stop the car, allegedly
driven by a woman identi-
fied as Priyanka.
Chaibasa: A jawan of the
CoBRA battalion on Friday
suffered serious injuries
in an IED blast, suspected
to have been triggered
by Maoists, in a forest in
Jharkhand, a senior police
officer said. The injured
jawan was immediately
airlifted to a hospital in
Ranchi, he said. It was
the third such IED explo-
sion in the forest in the
past 15 days.
RESOLVE ISSUES
PM Narendra
Modi to attend
DGP-IGP
conference today
tomorrow
Amit Shah chairs inaugural session of DGPs/IGPs Annual Conference, in New Delhi on Friday.

NEWS
07
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: State chief
minister Ashok Gehlot
isemphasizingsocialse-
curityschemesandhave
urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi several
timesthathemustbring
such schemes across the
country
.
But contrary to Ge-
hlot’s concern towards
socialsecurityschemes,
the scenario in Ra-
jasthan is totally differ-
ent as a central spon-
sored social security
scheme is getting the
cold shoulder in the
state. Here, we are talk-
ing about Pradhan
Mantri Shram Yogi
Maandhan. This is a un-
ion government scheme
meant for old age pro-
tection and social secu-
rity of Unorganized
Workers (UW). There
are approximately 42
crore unorganized
workers in the country
.
It is a voluntary and
contributory pension
scheme under which
the beneficiary would
receive a minimum as-
sured pension of Rs
3000/- per month after
attaining the age of 60
years and if the benefi-
ciary dies, the spouse of
the beneficiary shall be
entitled to receive 50%
of the pension as family
pension.
Modi’s social security scheme gets cold shoulder
IN GEHLOT’S STATE
lll
Gehlot has
recommended
PM Modi to
bring social
security
schemes across
the country but
the scenario is
different in
Rajasthan
Rajprepsfor8th
Assembly
sessionfromJanuary23
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Principal Sec-
retary of Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly,
Mahaveer Prasad Shar-
ma on Friday reviewed
the arrangements for
the upcoming 8th ses-
sion of the fifteenth leg-
islative assembly sched-
uled to begin on Janu-
ary 23. Principal Secre-
tary Mahavir Prasad
Sharma gave necessary
instructions to the con-
cerned departments to
ensure proper arrange-
ments during the as-
sembly session. He gave
instructions to set up
adequate staff, medi-
cines, and diagnostic
equipment in the
a l l o p a t h i c ,
ay u r ve d i c,
and homoeopathic dis-
pensaries operating in
the state assembly and
to make necessary ar-
rangements for food,
snacks, and tea-coffee
in the assembly prem-
ises. Instruc-
tions have
also been given to the
department of person-
nel and general admin-
istration to provide the
latest revised list of
names, departments,
residence addresses, of-
fice and residence tele-
phone numbers of cabi-
net members, Addition-
al Chief Secretary,
Principal Secretary,
Special Secretary, De-
partmental Heads, and
other officials.
Mukesh
Beawar: The 23rd anni-
versary of Sri Sankat-
mochan Hanuman Man-
dir located at Shree Ce-
ment Limited Bangad
Nagar, Andheri Deori
will be celebrated with
pomp from February 1
to 5. Composer Pritam
Chakrabortywillspread
the magic of his music
during the annual festi-
val. Acharya will arrive
from Pushkar on Febru-
ary 1 in a series of five-
day programmes.Simi-
larly
, on February 2, Dev
Sthapana and worship
and Akhand Valmiki
Ramayana, and on Feb-
ruary 3 recitation of
Akhand Ramayana and
Dev worship will be or-
ganised. On February 4,
there will be Mangala
Aarti, Shringar Aarti,
Dev Puja, Grand Shob-
ha Yatra, Sandhya Aar-
ti, and Shayan Aarti.
Similarly, Prabhat Fer-
ry, Mangala Aarti,
Shringar Aarti, Uttar
Puja and Visarjan,
Sports, Shobha Yatra,
various entertainment
programs, and Sandhya
Aarti will be organised
on February 5.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Railways will
operate 24 special trains
during Urs and addi-
tional staff will be de-
ployed at the ticket
counter of the station,
along with additional
counters. The first train
will run from Machili-
patnam on January 25.
The South Central
Railway will run a max-
imum of 5 pairs of
trains. These include
Machilipatnam-Madar,
A j m e r - T i r u p a t i ,
K a ch i g u d a - M a d a r,
Nanded-Ajmer, and Hy-
derabad-Madar up-and-
down trains. Five pairs
of trains are being run
by North Western Rail-
way. These include Ma-
dar-Bandra Terminus,
Ajmer-Bareilly, Madar-
Bhopal, Daurai-Bandra
Terminus, and Ajmer
Delhi. Two pairs of
trains Chhapra-Ajmer
and Mau-Ajmer are be-
ing run by North East
Railway. These trains
will operate from Janu-
ary 25 to February 1.
First India Bureau
Kota: A meeting of
MPs of the Kota Mandal
area was organised
with the Railway Gen-
eral Manager (GM)
where only four out of
11 MPs were reached
who raised the demand
to resume the trains
services discontinued
during the pandemic.
The meeting was held
at Umaid Bhawan Pal-
ace Hotel on Friday
. Ma-
thura MP Hema Malini
did not come for the
meeting but sent her
representative. When
GM SK Gupta asked MP
Dushyant Singh to pre-
side, he got angry and
said that they have been
demanding to resume
the trains, but they are
not being heard. He
said, “To provide con-
venience to the general
public, trains should
stop at low-income sta-
tions as well. The aim of
railways is not only to
earn but also it should
also provide facilities to
the people of rural are-
as,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has given
financial consent of Rs
273.25 crore for the con-
struction work of a new
office building on Gov-
ernment Secretariat
premises. The said con-
struction work will be
done by the Public
Works Department and
Public Health Engi-
neering Department.
Various works in-
cluding the construc-
tion of multi-storey
blocks, north and south
blocks, clean reser-
voirs, pipelines, and
submersible pumps
will be done. CM Ge-
hlot announced for the
construction of a new
office building at the
swearing-in ceremony
of the Secretariat Em-
ployees Union.
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: Member of
Parliament (MP) from
Amravati (Maharash-
tra) Navneet Rana on
Friday reached Jodh-
pur on a two-day visit to
attend a meeting of the
Foreign Ministry’s par-
liamentary committee.
While speaking to
media reporters,
Navneet Rana said that
there is a need for a rec-
itation of Hanuman
Chalisa in Rajasthan
too and when the time
comes, it will be recited
here also. Commenting
on the Bharat Jodo
Yatra of Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi, Rana
said, “First, they should
tell which part of India
is broken. India has
never been broken and
the BJP government
has worked to unite the
country
. Article 370 was
imposed to separate
Jammu and Kashmir,
but the BJP abrogated it
and made it united,”
said MP Navneet Rana.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: There was a lot of
uproar in the ongoing
meeting about ‘Hath Se
hath Jodo’ Abhiyan at
the Congress office in
Kota on Friday
. In the
presence of district in-
charge minister Parsadi
Lal Meena, two factions
of Congress got into a
scuffle.
The workers present
on the spot pacified the
matter by persuasion.
The minister said that
this is a normal thing in
Kota. District in-charge
minister Meena, organi-
sation in-charge GR
Khatana, and travel in-
charge Satyendra
Bhardwaj were conduct-
ing a meeting on ‘Hath
Se Hath Jodo campaign.
Sangod MLA Bharat
Singh was also present
at the meeting.Pradhan
Naeemuddin Guddu
from Ladpura was
speaking and pointed to
bad roads in Kota.
Interrupting him,
Kota North counsellor
Anil Suwalka objected
on taking the name of
the minister. After
which there was an up-
roar and workers of
both sides came face to
face.Onesideevenstart-
ed raising slogans of
Dhariwal Zindabad.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ajmer Dargah
Anjuman Committee
Secretary Sarwar
Chishti was interrogat-
ed for close to 3 hours at
NIA’s Jaipur headquar-
ters on Friday in cases
related to the banned
organisation (PFI).
Chishti was the main
speaker at the PFI rally
.
After interrogation,
Chishti said that no
questions related to PFI
were asked. Chishti
said, “The NIA team
questioned me regard-
ing the organisation of
Urs in Ajmer the num-
ber of people and coun-
triesparticipatinginit”.
Khwaja Sahib’s annual
Urs will start on Janu-
ary 23rd or 24th. This
year, it will be the 811th
Urs. Preparations have
been done by the Ajmer
Dargah Committee.
First India Bureau
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal of
an additional budget
provision of Rs 9 crore
for food items in state-
scheduled tribe hostels.
With the approval of
CM Gehlot, adequate
food items will be avail-
able for the hostels as
well as for their smooth
functioning. It may be
noted that a budget pro-
vision of Rs 10 crore
was made in the past,
which has already been
utilised. Notably, 175
hostels are being run by
the Social Justice and
Empowerment Depart-
ment under the Sched-
uled Tribes Scheme.
The admission capacity
in these is 8770 and in
this academic session,
7944 students have tak-
en admission.
Hanumagarh (PTI): A
father-son duo involved
in heroin smuggling al-
legedly set the house of
a man on fire over a fi-
nancial dispute killing
his seven-year-old son,
police said. Superinten-
dent of Police, Hanu-
mangarh, Ajay Singh
said the accused, Baaj
Singh (53) and his son
Sharaj (27), were appre-
hended from Punjab.
JasveerDas(36),hiswife
Manpreet Kaur (34) and
their son Ekmjit Singh,
residents of Pilibanga,
were sleeping when the
accused poured petrol
from under the door and
lit the fire.
Naresh Sharma
Jodhpur: The Ra-
jasthan team trounced
Chhattisgarh by 167
runs and registered an
impressive win in the
Ranji Trophy match on
Friday
. The match that
was played here at Bar-
katullah Stadium wit-
nessed Rajasthan win-
ning the Ranji match af-
ter almost 3 decades.
Chhattisgarh chased a
target of 430 runs in the
second innings but was
dismissed for 262 runs
post-lunch. RCA Presi-
dent Vaibhav Gehlot
congratulated the Ra-
jasthanteamforthewin.
Sri Hanuman temple to
organise event from Feb 1
to celebrate 23rd anniv
24 special trains from
Jan 25 to Feb 1 for Urs
MP Dushyant Singh
loses cool at rly meet
CM approves `273 cr to
set up new building on
Secretariat premises
MP Navneet Rana reaches Jodhpur to
attend Parliamentary panel meeting
Cong workers create ruckus at ‘Hath
Se Hath Jodo’ campaign meeting
NIA questions
Ajmer Dargah
Anjuman panel
Secy for 3 hrs
CM Gehlot grants
add’l `9 crore
funds for food in
tribal hostels
7-yr-old dies as
house set on fire
by smugglers
RANJI TROPHY:
RAJ SHINES
IN JODHPUR
PrincipalSecyMahaveerPSharma
reviewsarrangementsforthe
upcoming15thlegislativeAssembly
A press conference organised at Shree Theater on Friday.
Navneet Rana along with security officials in Jodhpur.
A scuffle between two groups during ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ Abhiyan
meeting at the Congress office in Kota on Friday.
INDO-EGYPT MILITARY EXERCISE
—Representational image
The first ever joint exercise between the
special forces of the Indian Army and the
Egyptian Army “Exercise Cyclone-I” is
undergoing at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The
exercise which began on January 14 is aimed
at bolster defence co-operation between the
two nations and focus on sharing professional
skills and interoperability of Special Forces
in desert terrain while undertaking counter
terrorism, reconnaissance, raids and other
special operations.
CM Ashok Gehlot

Laxman Raghv and
Kapil Sharma
Hanumangarh: Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
said on Friday that as
soon as the government
changes, the new gov-
ernment stops impor-
tant schemes, the bene-
fit of which is not avail-
able to everyone.
“That’s why if the gov-
ernment gets 10 years,
it can do a better job,”
Gehlot said while ad-
dressing the workers
while on a one-day visit
to Hanumangarh dis-
trict.
Gehlot said that the
people are parents and
it is the people who
form the government.
“The policy of the Con-
gress and the constitu-
tion of the party have
always been in favour
of the people. With the
blessings of the public,
I got the fortune of be-
coming CM thrice. I
have worked with all
the veteran leaders of
Congress. I got a chance
to work with Indira
Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi,
Narasimha Rao, Man-
mohan Singh and Sonia
Gandhi. The party gave
big responsibilities to
an ordinary worker like
me. I was made CM
thrice in Rajasthan. We
left no stone unturned
to work for the general
public. Despite this, los-
ing the election is pain-
ful. When a government
takes a visionary deci-
sion and in the mean-
time the government
changes, it affects the
pace of development,”
CM said and urged the
general public to repeat
the government in the
next elections. CM Ge-
hlot has indicated to re-
open the closed spin-
ning mill of Hanuman-
garh district.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The All India
Majlis-E-Ittehadul Mus-
limeen (AIMIM) is plan-
ning to jump into the
electoral fray of Ra-
jasthan in the coming
months.
A few sources in-
formed that AIMIM
Chief Asaduddin Owai-
si may announce candi-
dates in the Muslim-
dominated constituen-
cies of Rajasthan.
A report is being pre-
pared in this regard and
possibly the party will
field its candidates like-
ly in 20 constituencies
of the state.
In the meanwhile,
Asaduddin Owaisi is
also expected to visit
Rajasthan on February
17 and 18, 2023, say
sources. He may also
visit Rajasthan every 20
days till the elections.
You people...
Rajasthan in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa said that he has a
special attachment with
Sri Ganganagar. “If the
demands of the farmers
are fulfilled, not a single
seat will go to the BJP in
Hanumangarh and Sri
Ganganagar. The Con-
gress has lagged behind
in honouring the work-
er, but now no stone will
be left unturned. Every
worker will be respect-
ed. Block Presidents
should be seated at the
front of the dais. Lead-
ers who talk above the
party line, will not be
tolerated,” he said.
Meanwhile, Congress
State President GS Do-
tasrasaid,“Government
is formed only Cong
workers’sstrength.Govt
will be formed again
only if they are respect-
ed, everyone will have to
work hard, go from vil-
lage to village. There is
no split in Congress,
rather all leaders in BJP
have different paths.”
First India Bureau
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal to
constitute a committee
to study the promotion
related cases of the em-
ployees.
The Committee will
be constituted under
the chairmanship of
retired IAS Khemraj
Chowdhary. Joint Sec-
retary, Personnel (A-2)
Department will be the
Member Secretary of
the Committee and the
Administrative Depart-
ment of the Committee
will be the Department
of Personnel.
According to the pro-
posal, the Department
of Personnel constitut-
ed a separate commit-
tee to study the cases
and make recommen-
dations for guidance
regarding non-holding
of Departmental Pro-
motion Committee
meetings of cadres in
various departments
due to various reasons
and ensuring compli-
ance of notification re-
lated to the reservation
in promotion.
It is notable that in
the past, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot had
constituted the Em-
ployees’ Salary Dis-
crepancy Inquiry Com-
mittee, the report of
which was presented
before the State Gov-
ernment on December
30, 2022.
The best part of setting a goal
and achieving it, is not in the
reward or recognition, but in
what you become due to it.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora, on
Friday, held a meeting
with the committee
members in connection
with ‘Club House-21’
and discussed other top-
ics including online
registration, brochure,
fee structure and gave
necessary guidelines.
The Commissioner
said that like other pro-
jects made by the RHB,
‘Club House’ will also
emerge as the new hot
destination of Jaipur.
He informed that the
online application pro-
cess will be started from
January 26 for the mem-
bership of ‘Club House’
to be built in Raj Aan-
gan Yojana in Sector 24
of Pratap Nagar. Mem-
bership will be given on
the ‘First Come, First
Serve’ basis.
During the meeting,
Arora saw the presenta-
tion of all facilities pro-
vided to members in-
cluding banquet hall,
library, mini theatre,
sports arena etc. to be
built in Club House, via
power- point presenta-
tion and made neces-
sary suggestions. He
said that by starting the
membership process of
from January 26, it is
the topmost priority of
the board to make the
club convenient.
“A 7-member screen-
ing committee has also
been constituted for the
selection of online ap-
plications. About 1,500
people can be made
members . Membership
fee of Rs.3 lakh for NRI,
PIO OCI members, Rs.5
lakh for corporate
members, 20 % conces-
sion in membership fee
for Central State govt
staff 10 % concession
will be given to allottees
of Jaipur-based RHB-
schemes,” Arora said.
Countdown for membership of RHB’s ‘Club
House-21’ begins, online application from Jan 26
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora chairs
important meeting
with committee
members, gives
necessary guidelines
‘I became CM thrice with peoples’ blessings’
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses the gathering at Congress workers’ conference held ahead of the
‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ campaign in Sri Ganganagar on Friday. Also seen here are GS Dotasra,
Govind Ram Meghwal, Amit Chachan and others.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Sukhwinder S Randhawa, GS Dotasra, Govind Ram Meghwal, Vinod Kumar and
others during the Congress workers’ conference held ahead of the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ campaign
in Hanumangarh on Friday.
n CM: Raj tops in
terms of devp in
the nation as govt
has schemes for
all sections
n The one who
takes the worker
along, will move
forward, says
Randhawa
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In continuance
of Invest Rajasthan
campaign, the State
Government is set to or-
ganise an MoU Signing
Ceremony in Jaipur on
January 23 to bring in-
vestment of approx Rs
1.36lakh crore. The
MoUs for 26 projects
from Renewable Energy
and Tourism sectors
will be inked at the
ceremony which
will be generating
asmanyas13,000
direct and indi-
rect jobs in the
State.
The ceremo-
ny will be pre-
sided over by
theChief Min-
ister Ashok
Gehlot. While Minister
of Industries Com-
merce Shakuntla Raw-
at, Minister of Tourism
Vishvendra Singh and
Minister of State for
Power Bhanwar Singh
Bhati will be present for
this occasion.
Rawat says that the
state Government is
committed to create sus-
tainable partnerships
with investors for the
growth of the state. The
Invest Rajasthan cam-
paign is helping us to
collaborate with stake-
holders and fulfil
promises.
Veenu Gupta, ACS
Industries Commerce
says that the state re-
cently has organised In-
vest Summit and the re-
sponse from the indus-
tries has been over-
whelming. This MOU
signing will be a next
step to take our commit-
ments further. We are
dedicated to provide a
conducive and hassle-
free environment for
setting up of projects in
the state.
State govt in past
years has eased setting
up process of business-
es by introducing One
Stop Shop, Sector spe-
cificpolicieslikeNRR
Policy, Rajasthan
Start-up Policy
etc. Also, Ra-
jasthan Invest-
ment Promotion
Scheme 2022
launched recently
has widened RIPS
– 2019’s scope.
Rajasthan HC orders Asssembly
Secy to submit fresh affidavit
AIMIM likely to
field its
candidates in
Rajasthan polls
FROM P1…
CM’s nod to form a panel to
study promotion related cases
CM Gehlot to chair MoU Signing
Ceremony of 26 projects on Jan 23
25rooms will be built in the Club House, which will
be developed on the basis of international stand-
ards, where along with sports facilities, bar, all-weather
swimming pool and other facilities will be developed.
“On the basis of private participation, a link road will be
built connecting the carriageway of Haldighati Road to
Club 21 and the entire area will be beautified by devel-
oping an island on the remaining land. Separate entry
and exit gates of Club 21 will be made. On the basis
of private participation, Club-21 will be developed by
developing necessary facilities including decorations
and furniture,” RHB Commissioner Arora said.
FACILITIES FOR THE CLUB MEMBERS
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora chairs a meeting regarding
‘Club House-21’ with committee members. Also seen here are KC
Meena, Manoj Jain, Sanjay Sharma, Anil Mathur, Shekhar Garg,
Shashi Bhargava, Sanjay Harpreet, Alok Mehta and others.
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
High Court has ex-
pressed displeasure
over the delay in taking
a decision on the resig-
nations of 91 Congress
MLAs. The High Court
has ordered the Assem-
bly Secretary to present
a fresh affidavit in the
matter. A division bench
of Chief Justice Pankaj
Mithal and Shubha Me-
hta gave the order on
Friday
.
Advocate Mahendra
Singh appeared on be-
half of the Vidhan Sab-
ha. A hearing was held
in the High Court on
Fridayonthepetitionof
BJP leader Rajendra
Singh Rathore. Now, the
matter will be heard on
January 30. Rathore
himself advocated in
this matter.
In this matter, the
High Court had earlier
issued notices to the As-
sembly Secretary oth-
ers directed them to
submit their reply with-
in 3 weeks.
The bench observed
that the MLAs had sub-
mitted their resigna-
tions on Sept 25 and the
Speaker decided on
them on Jan 13. “It is not
right to delay so much.
It is natural to take rea-
sonable time but three
months is too much,”
the bench observed.
CONG MLAS’ RESIGNATION
A hearing was held in High Court on Friday on BJP leader Rajendra
Singh Rathore’s PIL. Now, the matter will be heard on January 30
Dr Mahesh Joshi, Mahendra Choudhary, Sanyam Lodha, Shanti
Dhariwal hand over resignations to Assembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi after three hours of political drama at Dhariwal’s residence
on September 25,2022. —FILE PHOTO
Mins Shakuntla
Rawat, Vishvendra
Singh Bhanwar S
Bhati will be present
Will work for
Congress, will
remain in party:
SS Randhawa
Hanumangarh: Con-
gress party’s Rajasthan
State in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa said that the
one who works for the
Congress, will remain
in the Congress. He ad-
vised the leaders sitting
on the dais that the one
who takes the worker
along with him, will
move forward. On the
infighting between Con-
gress, Randhawa blunt-
ly said that it is true
that only Congress de-
feats Congress, now we
have to break this myth.
The agony of the
Punjab election result
was clearly visible in
Randhawa’s mind. He
said, “We lost Punjab
due to infighting be-
tween the Congress and
the people of Punjab
are now missing the
Congress.”
He described the
schemes of the Gehlot
government as dedicat-
ed to public welfare.
BJP is creating
an atmosphere
of hatred in
country. This will take
time to convert into mu-
tual brotherhood. Rahul
Gandhi is spreading
love across the country,
but his voice will reach
the common people un-
der the Haath Se Haath
Jodo campaign.
—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
The leader who will not go between workers
and public, will not get ticket. MLAs, Min-
isters are made by the hard work of the
workers and the kindness of the public. I call upon
our leaders to visit the workers’ homes to know their
condition. If there is a problem, help them. People’s
representatives will be with you from January 26.
Millions of people are gathering in Rahul Gandhi’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra. —GS Dotasra, PCC Chief
Rajasthan has better health schemes than any other state in India.
However, their publicity is not done properly.
—Sukhjinder Randhawa, Congress Raj in-charge
On the question of magic,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot said that he has been
a magician since childhood.
“The magic continues to
this day. I reached here,
undertook the journey,
that’s why I became the CM
thrice. If there was no love
of 36 communities, who
would then become MP five
times and Union Minister
three times? That’s why I
say keep doing your work,
everything else is fixed. Our
government is definitely do-
ing a better job. We have to
fight the election together,”
the Chief Minister added.
I HAVE BEEN A
MAGICIAN SINCE
CHILDHOOD: CM

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JANUARY 21, 2023
The second day of
Jaipur Literature Festival
witnessed an impressive
line-up of speakers
enthral patrons. Jaipur
reverberated with the
best of ideas, music and
events with visitors
enjoying a truly
immersive insight at
Clarks Amer on Friday!
aipur Lit-
e r a t u r e
Fest, or
JLF, as the
holy grail
of fests is
popularly
known, witnessed a
magical response on
Day 2, to our delight.
The 16th edition is
being held between
19th - 23rd January,
2023 with its charac-
teristic flavour, sub-
stance and scale,
bringing together
writers, readers,
connoisseurs, influ-
encers, and
t h i n k e r s .
Apart from
being a tem-
porary home
to some of the
best authors
from around the
world, JLF is abuzz-
ing with discus-
sions in its regular
format at Hotel
Clarks Amer, Jaipur.
The second day
opened at Hotel
Clarks Amer, Jaipur
with a powerful Car-
natic music perfor-
mance by Aditya
Prakash accompa-
nied by the violin
and the mridanga.
At the Festival on
Friday, author
Tripurdaman Singh,
celebrated author
and politician Shashi
Tharoor discussed
the crisis of democ-
racy.
Philanthropist and
writer Sudha Murty
in conversation with
renowned journalist
Mandira Nayar dis-
cussed Murty’s first
publishing experi-
ence when she was
29.
Hindi, spoken in
several countries in
the world today, has
acquired diverse rep-
ertoires deriving
from cultural and
linguistic interac-
tions with the ambi-
ent environment.
Celebrated personal-
ities – iconic poet,
lyricist and screen-
writer Javed Akhtar
and acclaimed actor
and social ac-
tivist Shabana
Azmi dis-
cussed the dif-
ferences and
similarities
between their
respective fathers - po-
ets Jan Nisar Akhtar
and Kaifi Azmi - and
their perspectives on
love and romance.
One of India’s most
respected scriptwrit-
ers, directors, and
leading poets, Gulzar
was in conversation
with award-winning
translator, writer,
and literary histori-
an Rakhshanda Jalil,
to discuss A Poem a
Day
, a volume of In-
dian poetry selected
and translated by
Gulzar.
JLF 2023 is a con-
fluence of the world’s
most renowned au-
thors and writers.
Essentially, it’s a hub
for like-minded indi-
viduals to connect
and exchange ideas.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
J
(L-R) Janina, Elena, Clara, Sophia and Vera captured while capturing
Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi during their session on ‘Daaera and Dhanak:
Companion Volumes of Nazm by Kaifi Amzi and Jan Nisar Akhtar’
A visitor admiring the aesthetic
jewellery at the festival
The lovely literature enthusiasts posing for the camera at the festival
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

SUNIL
SHARMA

10-11
ETC
S
udha Murty dur-
ing her conversa-
tion with Man-
dira Nair on the
second day of JLF 2023,
talked vividly of her
childhood, family, and
writing.
Sudha who started
writing at the army age
of 14, only started writ-
ing in English at the age
of 15. When asked
about it, she said, I
am very much con-
nected to my culture
and mother tounge.
But, just like you
can ride to different
vehicle, you can also
write in two lan-
guages and I learnt
that at 52.
Sudha said that
there is so much can
learn their own chil-
dren. And it's very
important to keep
and open dialogue with
them.
There is so much
learn from children and
we adults are slow to
understand that. I al-
ways have so much to
learn from Akshata and
I treat her just like my
friend
When talking about
her early career days,
Sudha said, I was
very rebellious
and wanted
to persue applied sci-
ences and I did. For me
knowledge has no gen-
der
When talking about
Rishi Sunak on becom-
ing a Prime Minister of
United Kingdom, Sudha
plainly said, I am hap-
py for him, but that's
that.
We often talk but
never talk about
work. He is
serving his
country and I
am serv-
ing mine.
MY BOOK MY BELIEFS
WITH SUDHA MURTY
SALONI KHANDELWAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
British histori-
an, writer, ra-
dio host, and
speaker who
specialises in telling
the popular histo-
ry of China, In-
dia, and the
Far East,
John Keay re-
viewed his
book 'HIMA-
LAYA: EX-
P L O R I N G
THE ROOF OF
THE WORLD'
and discussed
some impor-
tant aspects and
his love for the
Himalayas in a
conversation
with Yashaswi-
ni Chandra on
the second day
of JLF.
John during
the session
stated that
The scope of
the book is virtually as
broad as the area. All of
these topics are cov-
ered, as well as a num-
ber of intriguing char-
acters whose lives are
connected to the moun-
tains. In a session with
Yashaswini Keay dis-
cusses his love of Asia,
the writing process, and
his motivation for tell-
ing the tale of the plan-
et's sole high altitude
eco-zone. He said it's re-
ally encouraging how
many schools are offer-
ing Himalayan studies
these days people are
finally taking the Hima-
layas seriously and
bringing all the compo-
nents together to agree
on what we can and
what we can not do.
On asked which re-
gion fascinates him the
most John replied I
know quite a major his-
tory of the Himalayas
and I have written a lot
about Kash-
mir and
Ladakh re-
gion so they
are my fa-
vourite re-
gion. I fell
in love
with them
when I
first saw
them.
HIMALAYA: EXPLORING
THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
The second day of the grand Jaipur Literature Festival witnessed prominent
personalities, legendary poets, amazing journalists and
the greatest minds under the same sky.
Photojournalists Mukesh Kiradoo and
Sunil Sharma caught the
magical glimpses of the
most intriguing
JLF 2023!
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO AND SUNIL SHARMA
V
eteran Script
Writer, lyricist
and poet Javed
Aktar's enchant-
ing poetry suffused the
air and left a crowded
lawn spellbound during
his and Shabana Azmi's
conversation with Rakh-
shanda Jalil at the 16th
edition of the Jaipur Lit-
erature Festival (JLF) at
the iconic Clarks Amer
on Friday.
The session began with
an introduction to the re-
spective books of Azmi
and Akhtar and how the
idea of the book came to
be and the way it pro-
gressed further. They dis-
cussed the differences
and similarities between
both the poets, Jan Nisar
Akhtar and Kaifi Azmi
and their respective per-
spectives on love and ro-
mance. The star couple
also highlighted their
sweet and sour but lovely
relationship and how
they managed to main-
tain their individual
identities, irrespective of
their interests and pas-
sion for poetries. They
also reminisced about
how they worked togeth-
er to bring out the book
on the writings of their
respective fathers-in-law.
Dhanak is a collection of
poems by poet and lyri-
cist Jan Nisar Akhtar
(Javed Akhtar’s father),
which has been selected
by Shabana Azmi and
translated from Urdu by
Sumantra Ghoshal.
‘Daaera’, is a collection
of poems by Kaifi Azmi
(Shabana Azmi’s father),
selected by Javed Akhtar
and translated from
Urdu by Mir Ali Hussain.
They are multi-lingual
anthologies that show-
case twenty-five nazms
of each of the iconic po-
ets. While expressing her
views on translating po-
etries, Shaban said,
Translating poetries
from one language to
other is like pouring per-
fume from one bottle to
another, spilling some in
the process. During the
engaging session, Sha-
bana recalled one cute
incident and said I re-
member that one day we
were walking through
the street and I said that
I like this flower and to
my surprise, Javed Sa-
hab bought the entire
flower shop for me. After
a few days, we had a fight
and Javed Sahab wrote a
Nazm for me and made
me fall in love with him.
On a satirical note, her
husband quipped I
guess, buying flowers
wholesale is much cheap-
er than buying a single
one. Famous lyricist
Gulzar, pop singer Usha
Uthup and Sudha Mur-
thy were also present
along with other poetry
lovers.
The session was fol-
lowed by a press confer-
ence of Aktar's biogra-
phy titled, 'Talking Life'
featured him and the au-
thor Nasreen Munni Ka-
bir in conversation with
Managing Director,
Teamwork Arts and Fes-
tival Producer Sanjoy K
Roy, where the veteran
screenwriter said, It’s
not a biography but a
conversational biogra-
phy which offers glimps-
es and stories
which I came across.
During the conference,
he shared many instanc-
es of his life, including
his creative process and
his journey and his expe-
rience with meeting var-
ious actors like Amitabh
Bachchan, Salim Javed
and Rajesh Khanna and
said, It took me 25 years
to be an overnight star
which says Success
isn't overnight. It's
when every day you get
a little better than the
day before. It all adds up.
At another conference,
India’s leading pop icon
Usha Uthup in conversa-
tion with the translator
of her biography
, Srishti
Jha, shared insights
about her journey of
how she became one of
India’s leading pop icons
and said, “...actually I
was thrown out of class,
my music teacher Ms Da-
vidson said that she
couldn't fit me in any-
where in the choir
but they all
knew I had lit-
tle music in
me…so I said
okay and I
stood on the
side but then
I realised very early in
my life that it was not
music that was my busi-
ness but communication
and how better could I
communicate with
everybody while
I am on the
stage.”
MAGICIAN OF WORDS
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
BRIDGETOIMAGINATION!
BRIDGETOIMAGINATION!
Sudha Murty signing the book for little literature enthusiast
Gulzar in conversation with Rakhshanda Jalil
during the session ‘A Poem A Day: 365 Contemporary Poems’
Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Tripurdaman Singh
during the session ‘Sustaining Democracy; Nurturing Democracy’
Prateeksha, Pranjal, Yashi, Saraa and Aashna
Fashion enthusiasts enjoying
the mouth watering snacks International guests at JLF Literature fest through her lense
Shabana Azmi recites a beautiful poem during the session
Daaera and Dhanak: Companion Volumes of Nazms by Kaifi Azmi and Jan Nisar Akhtar
Usha Uthup during the
press conference
Ravish Kumar in conversation with Satyanand Nirupam and Ravi Singh
MLA Sachin Pilot caught around media during the lit fest
John Keay in conversation with Yashaswini Chandra
during the session ‘Himalaya: Exploring the roof of the world’
John Keay
Jahnavi and Kanika
Literature lovers checking the JLF 2023 planner Dynamic artists painting the art canvas at the festival
Samridhi Vohra
Cute artists for the
children at the festival
A visitor flaunting
her aesthetic jewellery
A visitor flaunting her
striped trendy co-ord set
The little girl happily posing infront
of the feather wall decor
The lovely visitors caught in a candid
Gorgeous lady flaunting
her colourful jacket
Sudha Murty during her session ‘My Book My Beliefs’

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