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r acias
G GEHLOT

The quality of a one more MLA in Janu-

leader is reflected in the ary when results of
standards they set Ramgarh constituency
for themselves in Alwar were an-
—Ray Kroc nounced.
But the biggest shot
Mohd Fahad in his arm was when six
legislators of the Bahu-

I
f the above jan Samaj Party (BSP)
lines apply on joined the Congress,
someone, ditto, taking the party’s tally
it’s indeed on to 107. With further ef-
Chief Minister forts, now the state gov-
Ashok Gehlot. Unlike ernment stands at a
some who like to savour solid mark of 122 in the
the power, a maverick Assembly.
in politics, CM Gehlot Gehlot also cement-
remains on the road ed his place on the na-
consistently to read tional front and with-
people’s minds and give in the Congress party,
an earful to their griev- when he oversaw Ma-
ances, be it locust-hit harashtra MLAs in
farmers or jubilant fes- Jaipur, thus, foiling
tivities. any plans by the ri-
CM Gehlot began vals to indulge in
2019 on a shaky note horsetrading. The
since the Congress end result being Con-
had 99 MLAs in a gress coming back as
house of 200 mem- part of the govern-
bers. The party ment. He also showed
formed government his prowess on the na-
with one legislator of tional issues like Citi-
Rashtriya Lok Dal, zenship Amendment
with which it had a Act when he led a
pre-poll alliance. 3-lakh strong crowd
However, through the on ‘Save Constitution’
year, Gehlot tightened march.
his grip over the gov- As New Year 2020 will
ernment. Several Inde- come with its own set of
pendents, most of challenges and hope,
whom were Congress and with the magician
rebels and contested af- Gehlot at the helm of
ter they were denied the affairs, both govern-
party tickets, came ment and governance
around to supporting will continue to be in
him. The party also got the safe hands.
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Much has changed around in the last few years – socially and environmentally. But
there have also been changes in the lifestyles – how people express themselves

MOHIT

MILLENNIAL Giving Alexa

instructions
Bajaj scooter
Twasheupanmarkets opened
in the 90s, there

DECADE
MOHANAN
Tto listen
here was a time
when people used
unprecedented
surge of motorcycles in
Landline to Smartphones to their
favorite songs on
the Indian two-wheeler
space, both from other

W ith cellphones now accessible to every strata cassettes, using CDs
of the society, the Public Call Office, STD or a and DVDs. And, then
PCO booth that connected virtually every corner of came the iPod, which
the country, is a thing of the past. Also, nowadays, changed the whole
people don’t use a landline connection anymore. way of listening to the
Apart from bus stands and Railway stations, you song. But now the iPod
will hardly see a STD booth or a PCO? Kids who is also disappearing
will born in or after 2020 probably won’t even get to from the market as
know how these things worked. ‘Alexa’ is the one which
is replacing it. All you
want to do is connect
The World of OTT it to the WiFi and then
listen to whatever you
A n over-the-top media service is a stream-
ing media service offered directly to viewers
via the Internet. “Hey, guess what? Last night
want.
Indian companies as
well as Japanese manu-
facturers. And suddenly
the humble Chetak
also had to contend
against the first wave
of variomatic scoot-
ers in the form of the
Kinetic Honda, which
offered all the practical-
ity of the Chetak with
significantly increased
convenience.

I watched The Vampire Diaries, on Netflix. You Orkut to Instagram

said this because this what a casual conversa-
tion sounds like these days with your friends.
Roku, Amazon and Apple TV are becom- Ftask.oronBefore
some, living & breathing
social media is a regular
Facebook, Twitter or
ing the homescreens now which shows
everytthing you like directly to you. Instagram, there was a Google
product that first took the social
media by storm. It was Orkut.
However, Kids who born recently
Laptops not PCs don’t even know about it. The
name evokes a feeling of nostal-
Ethearlier, everyone used used to
have one desktop computer in
house. Now, every member
gia among a few even today.

in the family has a laptop, and BBM to iOS

there is no desktop. No shar-
ing, no awaiting your turn.
And even the desktops at Toriginal
he BlackBerry came
to India in 2004. The
phones were all
work are sleek, fast, and can
go for days without crash- black and targeted at
ing! Communication is not businessmen and execu-
the only thing we do with tives, because they could
laptops, a greater portion be synced to the office
of time is spent streaming mail system. There was
video on our laptops from also BBM – BlackBerry’s
one website or the other. private messaging sys-
Provided you have a fast tem. This feature made
and stable internet con- it wildly popular among
nection, you will have tons the youth. But the Android
of free online TV websites revolution was too much
to watch videos on. for BlackBerry to handle.

Zomato & Swiggy IPL 20-20

Tourhere was a time when
we use to go and collect
parcels for food but now
F ormer ‘Captain Cool,’
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is
one of India’s most successful
the trend has changed. Order- cricket skippers. He’s the only one
ing food never been easier for to have two World Cup wins to his
us and for the food companies to credit – the 2011 ICC trophy, and
reach their customers. Restaurant the 2007 T20 win. Purists may frown
delivery has grown 20% in the last at the 20/20 format, but it makes
five years; while estimates differ, online Gen Z happy. “It doesn’t take up the
food delivery sales are estimated to grow whole day like a 50-overs match,
as high as $220 billion by 2023 – 40% of which I can’t follow because I have
total restaurant sales. Online grocery may lag other things to do. 20/20 is fast and
behind restaurants in online delivery adoption, exciting,” says student Shubham
but it’s definitely growing. Choudhary.

Video games to Pubg Lovers are App International education

W ith almost each of us pos-
sessing a smartphone,
playing video games is no more re-
stricted to only those with gaming
consoles or gaming computers.
When Candy Crush was released in
2014, it became a hit with children
dating online based cabs
Pextolling
ick up a newspaper and chances
are you will see matrimonial ads
Tnowhefringe
online dating, once a
and stigmatised activity, is
over a $2 billion industry. Over 40
T here was a time when the
Indian roads were full of these
taxis. People have always visualised the
the virtues of a “convent-
educated” bride or groom. Today’s
trendy and popular schools, though,
million Americans have given online dat-
ing a try, and over a third of the American
Cameras to selfies older cities with these yellow and black
cars, known as the Premier Padmini which
often come with an international
tag, are co-educational (unlike most

and adults alike. Now, mobile
game lovers have turned towards
yet another addictive first person
shooter game - PUBG. Almost 400
million people around the world
play Player Unknown’s Battle
Grounds (PUBG).
couples married between 2005 and 2012
met online. India finally seems to be wak-
ing up to online dating applications which
have tripled their user base in the country
over 2018. A Google report released this
year said dating searches are catching up
with matrimony queries.
C
apturing a selfie has now become a common thing.
Today, people are taking selfies while doing eve-
rything (literally or figuratively). With the rise in the
number of smartphones and application filters, it has
become a common activity to pass time in private too.
Self-portrait has evolved into the selfie and the stuff is
so trending that it has got its own day i.e June 21.
were also portrayed in several Bollywood
movies has become a part of history. The
cabs remind of old memories related and
give a sense of nostalgia. People now
book cab by using OLA or UBER choosing
the location from the app installed on your
smartphone.
missionary institutes) and may offer
syllabus and exam patterns that mir-
ror those of the US and UK, though
some also offer the option of CBSE
or ICSE affiliation. The academic
pattern is also similar to their course
structure.

SOMETHING WHICH HAS NOT CHANGED

Legit age of drinking
Y ou vote at 18. But you have to
wait for three more years to raise
a toast at a party.The age for the
legal consumption of alcohol varies
across the different states in India,
and sometimes even varies depending
on the type of alcohol, which can be
confusing. In Delhi, it remains at 25
years, despite ongoing discussions
about lowering it. 25 years is also the
legal drinking age in Punjab, Haryana,
and Chandigarh.
Soaring exam scores
Tconfiheandnesability to apply the knowledge
skills learned within the
of a classroom gives rise to
a bigger question: how well-equipped
our current examination system is for
delivering it? Exams are supposed to
test the intelligence of the students
and work as a sieve for filtering out
the intelligent minds by allotting
marks. This year’s CBSE class 12 top-
pers scored a total of 499 on 500. And
there were two of them!
Love for pani puri
IPaani
t goes by many names such as Pani
Puri, Golgappa, Pakodi, Puchka,
Ke Patashe, water balls and
much more….But what remains con-
stant is its special place in the hearts
of people everywhere around the
globe. There might be little changes
in its textures and mixtures but one
thing that remains constant in all of
them is its delectable taste. There is
no way to get over the cravings for
the same.
Cricket & Bollywood Craving for noodles
W e might be carving a niche for our-
selves in many sports today; the
likes of the Phogat sisters, Sakshi Malik
may have become household names,
but cricket and Bollywood remain
national obsessions. One can’t get over
cricketers and bollywood celebrities as
people have a strong connection with
them. Moreover, many cricketers who
showed their pride on the cricket field
have become weak in the knees in front
of some Bollywood beauties.
S nacking options have never been
restricted in a country as varied
as ours. But somehow the two-
minute noodle captured our hearts.
It’s been comfort food for every
generation! Students enjoy it in their
hostel, people living at hill stations
also enjoy the same. Probably the
only dish you can never get wrong.
Soupy or a bit dry, it always turns
out just right! House party? Bring
out all the Maggi!
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AS THE SUN
WENT DOWN
Boys on Bicycles
pose for pictures in
the backdrop of the
last sunset of 2019 in
Agartala on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY PTI

NEW YEAR, DAWN & DECISIONS

Sitharaman unveils `102 lakh cr Internet in govt hospitals, SMS to be Once a month,
no pvt vehicles
infra projects for next five years restored in Kashmir from midnight
Srinagar: Internet cilitate students, schol-
Jaipur: Transport
Department em-
New Delhi: The Union crore of projects are services in govern- arship applicants, trad- ployees have been
government on Tues- likely to be added to ment hospitals and ers and others. Though told to shun private
day announced its this pipeline. SMS to all mobile the Jammu and Kash- vehicles once a
plan to invest Rs 102 These projects are phones in the Kash- mir administration al- month beginning
lakh crore in infra- on top of Rs 51 lakh mir Valley will be lowed service provid- New Year’s Day as
structure projects crore spent by the restored from mid- ers to resume machine- an initiative to re-
across India. Ad- Centre and the states night of December based messages, sub- duce pollution and
dressing a press con- during the last six 31, news agency PTI On December 10, scribers were not al- promote road safe-
ference in the nation- years, she said adding quoted Jammu and short message service lowed to send any mes- ty in the state, said
al capital, Finance the new pipeline con- Kashmir official (SMS) was enabled on sages from their mo- Minister Pratap Sin-
Minister Sitharaman sists of 39 per cent spokesman Rohit some mobile phones in biles, the officials had gh Khacha riyawas
said that the govern- projects each by the Kansal as saying. Kashmir in order to fa- said. Turn on P5 on Tuesday.
ment’s plan is based Centre and states and
on the findings of a the balance by 22 per
task force constituted cent by private sector. New Delhi: Hours
by the government in
line with the an-
She said the projects
identified are in sectors
after taking charge
as India’s new Chief ARMY
nouncement made by
Prime Minister Nar- Financial Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press
such as power, railways,
urban irrigation, mo-
of Army Staff, Gen-
eral MM Naravane CHIEF
TAKES
endra Modi in his In- conference regarding the launch of the national infrastructure bility, education and issued a strongly-
dependence Day pipeline, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI health. worded warning to
speech. The government is Pakistan to desist
Modi had in his Inde-
pendence Day speech
spoken of investing Rs
ture projects after
conducting 70 stake-
holder consultations
executed over the next
five years. The task
force, headed by the
also set to launch a Na-
tional Infrastructure
Pipeline (NIP) Coordi-
from sponsoring ter-
rorism, telling news
agency PTI “we re-
CHARGE
100 lakh crore in infra- in a short period of Economic Affairs Sec- nation Mechanism, serve the right to pre-
structure. Listing out four months. retary, will draw up a comprising the Centre, emptively strike at
the performance of In September this ‘National Infrastruc- states and private sec- sources of terror”.
the NDA government year, the Centre had ture Pipeline’ of Rs 100 tor, for detailed plan- The Army Chief
as the year ends to- constituted a task force lakh crore expected to ning, information dis- said India had “mul-
day, Sitharaman said to identify and prepare come up by 2024-25. semination and moni- tiple options across
the task force identi- a pipeline of infrastruc- The minister said toring implementation (the) Turn on P5
fied the infrastruc- ture projects that can be another Rs 3 lakh of the NIP framework.

48 IAS, 38 IPS & 19 IFS PROMOTED

Rajendra Chhabra

Gehlot rewards performance and integrity

Jodhpur commissioner-
ates and is considered a
Jaipur: In a traditional hardcore investigating
new year gift, a “con- cop, has also been pro-
cerned” Chief Minister moted to ADG rank.
Ashok Gehlot promoted Since these officials
105 IAS, IPS and IFS of- have been promoted as
ficers in different ADG in their respective
scales. posting, there would be
The move is basical- a shuffle of officials
ly aimed at promoting wherein new assign-
performance and integ- ments would be accord-
rity in the governance. ed as the rank of ADG
Most of the promoted Sanjay Malhotra Ajitabh Sharma Dinesh Kumar Rajesh Kumar Yadav Pawan Arora Biju George Joseph Dinesh MN at PHQ and ACB is al-
officers have been re- ready occupied.
tained on their present even after promotion distribution is done been retained on his ment. Moreover, secre- in level thirteen pay MN, who is consid- Notably, a total of
assignment, may be for to the rank of Princi- for Ajitabh, because present assignment tary roadways - Rajesh matrix. In all forty ered an honest and thirty eight IPS offi-
the time being. So now pal Secretary, has CMO already has one as ACS revenue, ap- Kumar Yadav - has been eight IAS have been upfront cop with a cials have been pro-
it is apparent that a been retained in Ge- post of Principal secre- parently till he is re- promoted to principal promoted on the new brilliant investigative moted including Dr
major transfer list of hlot’s CMO. Inciden- tary, where Kuldeep lieved for central dep- secretary. year eve. approach in the SOG Prashakha Mathur,
IAS and IPS officers tally, even a week Ranka is in complete utation. The other im- Moreover, RHB Similarly, in IPS and ACB, has been Jose Mohan, Smita
is in the offing. back, First India had control and command. portant promotions in- Commissioner Pawan cadre, there are two Gehlot’s blue-eyed Srivastava, Anshu-
One of the most predicted the reten- However, Sanjay clude, IAS Dinesh Ku- Arora, Yagyamitra significant promo- boy in this tenure. man Bhomia, Haidar
significant promo- tion of Ajitabh in Malhotra, who is all mar who has been pro- Singh Deo, Shuchi tions i.e. Dinesh MN Similarly, Biju George Ali Zaidi and others.
tion and placement CMO itself, even after set to take over as ad- moted to Principal sec- Tyagi, Virendra Sin- and Biju George Jo- Joseph, who has a Similarly, 19 IFS
relates to Gehlot’s his promotion. Now ditional secretary retary, mining and pe- gh Bankawat and sev- seph, who have both unique distinction of officials have also
own secretary it is to be seen, wheth- (power) in the govern- troleum from secretary enteen others IAS been promoted to serving as Commission- received the promo-
Ajitabh Sharma, who er any separate work ment of India has in the same depart- have been promoted ADG rank. Dinesh er of both Jaipur and tion gift.
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Strong economy must for growth: Gehlot

CM Ashok Gehlot has said that political
parties should take initiative to curb
use of black money in elections
First India News
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot believes
that the use of black
money in elections is
root cause of corruption
in the country. And, he
believes that electoral
bonds system intro-
duced by the Modi gov-
ernment is ineffective
and inept to deal with
this problem. CM said
this while addressing
national seminar of
Chartered Accountants
at Birla Auditorium on
Tuesday.
“If political parties
that the erstwhile UPA
government did com-
paratively better on the
economic front than the
present NDA govern-
ment lead by the BJP.
receive black money as “The economy can be
donation, how can we boosted by adopting for-
expect to get rid of cor- mer PM Dr Manmohan
ruption in the country,” Singh’s policies,” he
Gehlot asked while ad- claimed. Perhaps taking
dressing national con- a dig at corporate tax cut
vention of chartered by Modi government,
accountants. He said the CM said that, eco-
that it is for the political CM Gehlot addressing National Conference of CAs on Tuesday nomic revival was not
parties to take initiative A sensitive CM Ashok Gehlot distributing blankets to the needy at the rain basera at JLN Marg at Birla Auditorium. Also present were CAs Lokesh Kasat, possible until people get
to stop use of black mon- on New Year’s Eve. Also seen are Jaipur Collector Jogaram, PCC vice-president Archana Sharma, Pramod Boob, Prakash Sharma, Satish Gupta and PCC Vice money to spend. Many
ey in elections. MLA Rafiq Khan, Amin Kagzi and JMC Commissioner VP Singh. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA President Rajiv Arora. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN times people questioned
Questioning the elec- UPA government’s so-
toral bonds in which li- system for political have to take joint step to my. He said that develop- state government has opment policy, MSME cial security schemes
on’s share has been cor- funding. While asking block entry of black ment is impossible with- been holding the fort act and Rajasthan in- national food security
nered by the BJP and political parties to take money into political sys- out a strong economy and even trying to prop vestment promotion scheme and MNREGA
the source of funding is initiative, Gehlot said tem. yet according to him up the economy with scheme. Without men- but they increased peo-
unknown, Gehlot called that legislature, execu- The CM was also wor- despite the adverse eco- initiatives like Ra- tioning Modi govern- ple’s income and pur-
for a more transparent tive and judiciary will ried about weak econo- nomic conditions, the jasthan industrial devel- ment, the CM suggested chasing power.

Congress seeks apology from ‘Those killing police over Union min assures full help
Poonia for remarks against CM CAA are enemies of nation’ to farmers over locust attack
Bundi: BJP leader
Jaipur: The Congress Madan Dilawar said Lunaram Darji
on Tuesday sought an There can be that those who are incit-
apology from Ra- ideological ing violence and killing Jalore: Union minister
jasthan BJP president differences policemen over the Kailash Choudhary vis-
Satish Poonia for dub- CAA, and people who ited locust affected are-
bing Chief Minister
in parties & criticism are supporting them as and assured farmers
Ashok Gehlot as a per- can be based on that are “enemies of the that the central govern-
son suffering from but making such country.” ment will provide full
“short-term memory personal comments “Those who are burn- help to them.
loss” and “depres- cannot be tolerated. ing the country and kill- BJP leader Madan Dilawar The union minister
sion”. —Archana Sharma, ing police over CAA, visited locust affected
Pradesh Congress Vice-President, PCC and those who are sup- live in India, then they areas of Sarwana in
Committee’s vice-presi- porting them, are ene- can drown in the Indian Sanchore tehsil of Ja-
dent Archana Sharma mies of the country, be it ocean.” lore district on Tuesday. Union Minister Kailash Choudhary inspecting the affected area.
said Poonia’s remarks stooped so low in mak- should apologise for per- Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Addressing media He interacted with
were condemnable and ing the statement,” sonal comments against Gandhi or Rahul Gan- here, Dilawar said that farmers and listen to in to do the job. been serious about the
“reflected the negative Sharma said. the CM,” she added. dhi... They do not have the Act grants citizen- their woes and assured The union minister problem and instruc-
mindset of his party”. Sharma also hailed The BJP chief had on the right to live in this ship to people and does them about help from also emphasized on tions have been given to
“There can be ideo- the performance of the Monday said the CM country,” Dilawar said. not take it away. “Peo- the central govt. crop insurance. He ap- the locust control de-
logical differences in state government in the suffered from “depres- Asked where should ple are protesting Choudhary spoke ex- pealed to farmers to in- partment. Arrange-
parties and criticism past one year and sion and short-term they go, Dilawar said, against this in the clusively to First India sure their crops in ments like spraying
can be based on that but claimed that the BJP memory loss”. “If they love Pakistan country... these are the and said that crops have PMFBY. pesticides by drones
making such personal was finding it difficult Poonia had said that they should go there, if ones who don’t believe been severely damaged When asked about would be in place in the
comments cannot be to digest that. Gehlot was left with no they love Bangladesh in this country, they in Sarwana. Locust con- the failure of the locust future so that locust
tolerated. It appears “Poonia is trying to work other than chant- they should go there, want to break it and trol department has de- control department’s ef- cannot enter the coun-
that Poonia himself is divert public attention ing names of the RSS, and if both the coun- they have got support ployed vehicles to spray forts to control locusts, try from Pakistan. They
insecure about his posi- from the government’s PM Modi and Home tries don’t want them from the Congress”, pesticides and more em- the union minister said will be destroyed at the
tion. Therefore, he development works. He Minister Amit Shah. and they don’t want to Dilawar said. ployees have been roped that the central govt has border.

HC terms delimitation of
627 Gram Panchayats void
Jaipur: While deciding
on the challenge to the
delimitation notification
of 627 gram panchayats
in Rajasthan, the high
court has termed it void.
The state has now
moved the Supreme
Court through a special
leave petition against the
high court order, the
hearing for which is
scheduled on January 8,
2020.
“The state government
had issued delimitation
notification on 15-16 No-
vember this year. Then, it
issued another delimita-
tion notification on De-
cember 1 and again on
December 12,” Ashok Ku-
High Josh at RHB sports meet
First India News
mar Jain, deputy secre- Jaipur: The four-day
tary at the state election state level 26th Annual
commission (SEC), Ra- Employee Sports Com-
jasthan told The Wire. petition of Rajasthan
“The notifications is- Housing Board con-
sued after November 15- cluded on Tuesday at
16 were challenged in the Neerja Modi School,
HC, and the court turned Mansarovar.
them void. The delimita- While addressing the
tion has reconstituted 449 closing ceremony, RHB
gram panchayats and cre- Commissioner Pawan
ated 178 new gram pan- Arora said that the posi-
chayats because of which tive effect of team spirit
elections can’t be pro- developed through
cessed,” Jain said. sports is also seen in our
This means that out of work. The personal in-
the 11,142 gram panchay- terests of our colleagues
ats in Rajasthan, only are not known during
9,171 will go to polls dur- work, but sports provide
ing the panchayati raj an opportunity to do so.
elections. RHB Commissioner
—PTI Pawan Arora secured
Principal Secretary UDH Bhaskar A Sawant and Commissioner
RHB Pawan Arora awarding the winning team.
the first position in the
fast walk competition
on the occasion. Senior
officials of the board
had participated in this
competition.
At the same time, a
tug-of-war competition
was also organised dur-
ing the closing ceremo-
ny. Where one tug-of-
war team was led by
Pawan Arora
Chairman Bhaskar A
and
Sawant was the captain
of the other team.
The teams continued
to dominate each other
for a long time during
the competition, but
eventually, the rope
pulled towards the com-
missioner’s team and it
broke. This way, Pawan
Arora’s team was de-
clared the winner.
Madhu Malik got the
award of the best of the
tournament. Also, divy-
ang player Naval
Kishore Sharma was
honored on the occa-
sion. Pawan Arora and
Bhaskar A Sawant dis-
tributed the prizes to
the winners.
Wind and solar energy
make state powerful
Jaisalmer: Winds of
change in alternative
power generation are
sweeping across western
Rajasthan with wind and
solar energy producing
surplus electricity for the
tenth successive year con-
siderably reducing green-
house gas emissions.
In Jaisalmer region,
the total installed wind
power capacity is
3933.52 MW and solar
energy production is
113 MW. On an average,
the windmills generate
25 to 30 per cent of the
total installed capacity,
a senior official said.
The combined produc-
tion of solar and wind
mill energy is much high-
er than the average ener-
gy requirement varying
between 130 MW and 140
MW in Jaisalmer district.
This reduces the depend-
ence on thermal power
plants or gas turbines
which causes air pollu-
tion, the official said.
While wind power
generation started in
2001-02, solar energy got
a boost 5 years back in
western Rajasthan.
“Since the last ten
years, there has been no
power shortage in this
region with production
being higher than the
requirement,” the offi-
cial said. —PTI

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FIRE NOC WINS BREAD POSTINGS AT PHQ A BADE SAHAB AND HOW THE HATE WORD HAS
AND BUTTER FOR MAJOR BONE OF HIS BOND WITH SEPARATED TWO CLOSE
GAMA OFFICER? CONTENTION THIS WOMAN PAL POLITICAL FRIENDS

SHUP
A simple document as Fire NOC can
be a major “bread winner” for
those in power. Well a development
A posting in the PHQ is a
major bone of contention
between groups of officials
O ne Bade sahab posted in
the range has a special
“bond” with Jaipur city. Well,
A verbal spat between two politicians, who
are well known friends too, could be a well
thought of divide between their friendship.
on these lines at least proves to be so. in the police’s apex work- the “bond” revolves around However, only those who follow the “trade”
One “Gama sir” posted in the Jaipur house. One ADG has got a sahab’s female “friend”, for know its secrets. The two netaji, one currently
East district has “milked the cow” after female sub-inspector posted whom the sahab rushes to a minister and the other a former minister,
a major incident occurred in a hotel in in his office, and mind you, Jaipur to meet and spend some and both of the Libra sunsign, have come
BUGGED? Or is it the his territory. After the incident, the cop
found that the hotel did not have a Fire
without any proper orders to
this effect. The female SI is
quality time. Sources say that
the Sahab does not like to work
at loggerheads after one of them used the
word “Hate”. Taking on his friend and former
grapevine... . First India NOC and was one of the first officials posted to some other place, in the range since his “interest” minister, the minister has issued a threat
to reach the spot to the tune that he however, sahab has used is in “serving” in Jaipur only. saying, “He knows the real meaning of the
begins a column that forego his other important works. his power and brought the And thus the Sahab leaves the “hateful work” he has claimed. If I reveal his
brings to you gossips or However instead of taking action, the woman to his office. Now the range every week and reaches hateful actions, we will need a lot of time.”
Gama joined hands with the hotel entire PHQ is abuzz with the Jaipur on every excuse. The It is believed that the “message” has been
tete-e-tete from the owner and now it is being said that his development as to why has “love story” is being discussed provided to the “friend” and it is a separate
corridors of power “collaboration” has yielded “butter” to the SI been brought to the with great details in the PHQ matter that the friends whenever they meet,
the Gama’s “bread”. ADG’s fold. these days. their “issues” will be resolved.
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05

KOTA INFANT DEATHS

Govt gives docs clean chit on lapses

The panel found hosp is short Alwar: Fire at
of beds and its functioning
needs severe improvement
‘IMR reduced to 5.55% from BJP’s 7.62%’ hosp’s neonatal
Jaipur: Health Minis- There is a case), we won’t spare ward, infant
Bhanwar S Charan 150 per cent of its ca-
pacity, Rajasthan Medi-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
on Tuesday said that
need for that person”.
The minister further
sustains burns
Kota: Rajasthan gov- cal Education Secre- the Infant Mortality awareness added that BJP in its Alwar: An infant girl
ernment committee tary Vaibhav Galriya Rate (IMR) that stood among the tenure should have in- suffered burn injuries
found that Kota’s JK told PTI on Tuesday. at 7.62 per cent during people that they troduced a centralised when a minor fire broke
Lone Hospital is short But the committee BJP’s tenure in 2014 should immediately oxygen system in every out in the neonatal care
of beds and its function- ruled that the 10 infants has been reduced to seek clinical support hospital, however, unit of Alwar’s Geetan-
ing needs improvement who died on the two 5.55 per cent in 2019. nothing of this sort and Children Hospital
in case their infant is
but cleared the doctors days were given the “The IMR in the state was done. “They (BJP) on Tuesday, police said.
there of any lapses over right treatment. was 7.62 per cent in
weak or not well. themselves did not do The 15-day-old baby
the recent death of in- "The committee sub- 2014, 7.17 per cent in —Raghu Sharma, anything. The IMR girl suffered burn inju-
fants admitted there, an mitted that eight out of 2015, 6.66 per cent in Health Minister during their term was ries from the fire that
official said. At least 91 the 10 infants were re- 2016, 6 per cent in 2017 much higher, whereas broke out probably due
infants have died at the ferred from other hospi- and 6.11 per cent in we have reduced IMR to a short circuit. The
government hospital tals in a critical condi- 2018. We have reduced it Dr Sharma said. He especially anaemic port in case their infant and Maternal Mortali- other infants were shift-
during the past month, tion and two were born to 5.55 per cent in 2019. also stressed on the child, underweight or is weak or not well. It’s ty Ratio. We are bring- ed promptly by the nurs-
triggering opposition at the hospital itself,” IMR was 7.62 per cent need to create aware- premature baby. There extremely saddening ing in more facilities in ing staff and the fire was
criticism and a visit by Galriya said. “Due during BJP’s tenure ness in this regard and is a need for awareness even if one infant dies. the hospitals across the doused, Naresh Sharma,
a team from the Nation- treatment was given to and it has been brought said, “There is a need among the people that In case there is any neg- state. The government Circle Officer (city), said.
al Commission for Pro- all of them. The com- down by the current Ra- for mass awareness re- they should immedi- ligence in the reports has focused majorly on Alwar Chief Medical
tection of Child Rights mittee had checked jasthan government,” garding infant’s care, ately seek clinical sup- (Kota infant death the health sector,” Officer OP Meena said
(NCPCR). medical records. Who- the girl was shifted to
The three-member ever was to be put on JK Lon Hospital, Jaipur.
state government com-
mittee of doctors was
ventilator, the required
treatment was provid- BJP delegation visits JK Lon hospital The fire broke out in an
oxygen pipeline con-
sent to investigate the ed," he added. Jaipur: As 91 children dam from Meerut. same bed. nected to a radiant
10 deaths on December Moreover, the 10 in- died at JK Lon Hospital They met the family "It's trauma for all warmer around 5 am.
23 and 24. Earlier, the fants who died were at in Kota this month, a of deceased and pointed mothers who lost their He informed that the
NCPCR had served as higher risk due to pre- Bharatiya Janata Party to many lacunae after kids," the MP from West girl sustained burn in-
show cause notice to the term birth, he said. Gal- (BJP) women MP's team inspecting the hospi- Bengal said. Meena said juries on her face, chest
state government. "Pigs riya said the committee visited it on Tuesday to tal's wards. The family the hospital's negli- and shoulders. Family
were found roaming in- was instructed not only inspect wards and in- members told MPs the gence had come to fore. members of the girl ac-
side the campus of the to look into the cause of tensive care unit (ICU). hospital didn't look af- Even after a week of cused the administra-
hospital," its chairper- deaths but also the func- The team, set up by ter their kids, which deaths, the situation at tion of carelessness.
son Priyank Kanoongo tioning of the hospital. BJP working chief JP caused their death. the hospital continued A three-member com-
had said in it. The state government Nadda on Monday, in- Chatterjee said moth- to be the same. "If two mittee of the health de-
The state govern- committee included Dr cluded Locket Chatter- er of a deceased said kids are lying on a partment headed by joint
ment panel found that Amarjeet Mehta, Dr BJP MPs Locket Chatterjee from West Bengal, Jaskaur Meena jee from West Bengal, the doctor didn't visit warmer together, how director Dr SK Bhandari
the hospital was short Rambabu Sharma and from Dausa and Kanta Kardam from Meerut addressing Jaskaur Meena from the kid, and three chil- could the infection be from Jaipur reached the
of beds, functioning at Dr Sunil Bhatnagar. mediapersons in Kota on Tuesday. Dausa and Kanta Kar- dren were lying on the checked," she asked. hospital for an inquiry.

Go green: Transport staff Trader looted at gunpoint in Churu

Churu: About five when the five accused, he was carrying at gun-

to go vehicle-less for a day

armed men looted over travelling in a car, point, Sardarshehar
Rs 12 lakh from a grain rammed into grain police station incharge
trader in Churu dis- trader Saurabh Agar- Mahendra Dutt Shar-
trict, police said on wal’s bike. ma said. A case has
Jaipur: Transport de- Tuesday. The accused then been registered and in-
partment employees FROM NEW YEAR The incident hap- thrashed the trader vestigation has been
have been told to shun pened on Monday night and snatched the cash started, said officials.
private vehicles once a
month beginning New Sun rises amidst clouds during the last morning of 2019, in
Year’s Day as an initia- Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
tive to reduce pollution GUV IN JAISALMER
and promote road safe-
ty in the state. Cold wave unabated in
Raj, Sikar coldest at 1°C
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas on Tuesday
said all 20,000 employ- Jaipur: Rajasthan con- corded minimum of 2.8,
ees of the department Pratap Singh Khachariyawas tinued to reel under 3.1, 3.6, 5, 5.7, 6.2 and 7.7
in the state, from the cold wave conditions on degrees respectively,
security guard to the to reach my office on ferently abled and per- Tuesday even as there said Met department.
commissioner, will the first day of every sons who have ail- was a marginal in- Schools to remain
travel to office walk- month. The initiative ments, he said. crease in night temper- closed till Jan 4
ing, using bicycles or is aimed at sensitising On December 26, the ature in the state.
public transport on the the department em- minister had written a Sikar remained the In the wake of cold wave
first day of every ployees and creating letter to the transport coldest place in the gripping the state, all
month. Public trans- awareness about the is- commissioner asking state, recording a mini- classes up to standard
port includes auto rick- sues of road safety, air him to undertake such mum temperature of 1 eight will remain sus-
shaws and cabs. pollution and for con- a day in the depart- degrees Celsius on Tues- pended from January 1
Even official vehi- tributing in the reduc- ment. After imple- day. Ganganagar record- to January 4 in private
cles of senior officers tion of pollution, he menting it in the de- ed 2.1 degrees while and government schools
and the minister will said. partment, I will re- Jaipur and Bikaner across Churu, Jaipur, On the last day of his Jaisalmer tour, Governor Kalraj Mishra visited the War Museum
not be allowed to ply to Yet, there are exemp- quest the chief minis- shivered at 2.7 degrees. Ajmer, Tonk, Jalore, and encouraged the soldiers. The Governor also laid a wreath at the Shaheed Memorial
office on the day, he tions to the rule for ter to introduce this in Pilani, Ajmer, Churu, Dausa, Sriganganagar, to pay homage to the martyrs. He was given a Guard of Honour by the Army. Mishra also
added. those engaged in en- other departments Dabok, Kota, Barmer Pratapgarh and Sawai distributed sweets to the jawans on the occasion of New Year.
I too will use bicycle forcement duty, the dif- also, he added. —PTI and Jodhpur also re- Madhopur.

FROM PG 1
Internet in... Phones fell silent on respond to any act of Command, which bour is concerned they India has repeatedly and terrorism financ- China border. The Army
Kansal said it has now August 5, when the Cen- terror sponsored or guards India’s nearly are trying to use terror- blamed Pakistan for car- ing. “(The) Pakistan Ar- Chief also discussed
been decided that the tre revoked Jammu and abetted by Pakistan”. 4,000-kilometre-long ism as tool of state poli- rying out terrorist at- my’s all-out efforts to some of his plans for the
services will be re- Kashmir’s special sta- General Naravane, who border with China. cy, as a way of carrying tacks in the country and deflect attention from future, telling news
stored throughout the tus and reorganised the succeeded General Bip- “We have evolved a out proxy war against asked it to stop support- state-sponsored terror- agency ANI that he
Kashmir Valley. state into two union ter- in Rawat, also said his strategy of resolute pu- us. This can’t last long. ing terror outfits operat- ism have been a failure,” would work on procur-
On December 27, mo- ritories — Jammu and focus would be on ensur- nitive response against You can’t fool all the peo- ing from its soil. Paki- the Army Chief said, ing “better equipment,
bile internet services Kashmir, and Ladakh. ing the Army main- sponsored terrorism. If ple all the time,” he told stan has also been cau- adding that the coun- good tactics and strate-
were restored in Kargil Mobile phones in Kash- tained high standards Pakistan does not stop news agency ANI, de- tioned by the global try’s “proxy war design” gy” to help the armed
district of Ladakh, 145 mir buzzed back to life of operational readiness state-sponsored terror- scribing terrorism as community for failing to had been hit by “elimi- forces maintain opera-
days after they were after a gap of 72 days on to “face any threat at ism, we reserve right to “worldwide problem” act against terror fund- nation of terrorists and tional readiness.
snapped in the former October 14, but SMS fa- any time”. pre-emptively strike at but one India had been ing; in October the Fi- decimation of terror In October General
state of Jammu and cilities were stopped General Manoj sources of terror,” Gen- at the receiving end “for nancial Action Task networks”. Rawat, who was yester-
Kashmir on August 5 within a few hours after Mukund Naravane, who eral Naravane told PTI, a long time”. Force (FATF), a global “...aware terrorists in day appointed as the
when the Centre re- the Army claimed ter- was appointed to his po- adding, “...multiple op- “It is only now that terror funding watch- various launch pads country’s first Chief of
voked J&K’s special sta- rorists were using SMS sition this morning, as- tions across spectrum the entire world and dog, retained Pakistan waiting to cross over but Defence Staff, described
tus under Article 370 of services to mobilise sumes the new after he of conflict to respond many countries affected in a “grey list” of coun- we are fully prepared to Pakistan-occupied
the Constitution and bi- people. was appointed Vice to any act of terror with terrorism (that tries whose domestic meet this threat,” he Kashmir (PoK) as a “ter-
furcated the state into Army Chief... Chief of the Army in sponsored or abetted by they) are coming to real- laws are considered too added, also saying India rorist-controlled coun-
two Union Territories September. He earlier Pakistan”. ise what a threat it is,” weak to tackle challeng- would continue to im- try or a terrorist-con-
of J&K and Ladakh. spectrum of conflict... to headed the Eastern “As far as our neigh- he claimed. es of money laundering prove capacity along the trolled part of Pak.
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06

MESSAGE FROM SAI: COMPASSION

& KINDNESS FOR ONE AND ALL
Sai Baba often told his devotees, ‘Never turn away anybody from your door, be it a human being or animal’

ANITA HADA

I
look back at 2019, especially the last
few weeks, the teachings of Sai Baba
of Shirdi become all the more rele-
vant. We have seen a divide that
threatens the very fabric of the na-
tion and humanity and this breach
must be filled with sharing, love, and
kindness immediately, by whatsoev-
er means. It is time to remember that
we all are human beings first and
foremost and turn towards those who
teach this cardinal and eternal truth.
The followers of Sai Baba consti-
tute a family spread across the world,
a family whose members are bonded
together with a feeling of brother-
hood, humanity, and faith irrespec-
tive of religion, caste or colour.
Sai Baba of Shirdi has been a
guiding force who generates su-
preme faith and confidence among
his devotees looking for salvation
and in quest of coming out of the
drudgery of living. For believers,
he is a divine mother who has a love
for each one who seeks him. With
his mission of making people con-
scious about the divine within and Sai Baba of Shirdi has
transcending the limits of the mor- been a guiding force who
tal body, his teachings are guiding generates supreme faith
his devotees to the path of salva-
tion. People who follow his teach- and confidence among
ings are indeed blessed. his devotees looking for
Among the teachings of Sai Baba salvation and in quest of
of Shirdi, there are the cardinal coming out of the
principles of Sai Path called ‘Shrad-
dha’ and ‘Saburi’. Sai Baba looks for drudgery of living
these two qualities in his devotees.
‘Shraddha’ is a Sanskrit word,
which is beyond just faith and is a
combination of faith, love, and rev- ing of life, he would refer to Udi and
Sai Baba would erence. Such faith or trust is gener- taught that like Udi all the visible
demand ated out of conviction, which may phenomena in the world are tran-
‘Dakshina’ or not be the result of any rational be- sient. Through this example, Sai
alms from those lief or intellectual wisdom, but a Baba wished to make his devotees
who visited spiritual inspiration. According to understand the sense of discrimi-
Sai Baba of Shirdi, steadfast love in nation between the unreal and the
him. This
God is the gateway to eternity. Ba- real. Udi taught devotees discrimi-
explained the ba’s teachings, both direct and indi- nation or Vivek.
sense of non- rect explicate the significance of goal. This quality must be ingrained tees not to make austerity as an end Guru was the profound base of the Sai Baba would demand ‘Dakshi-
attachment to ‘Shraddha’. Baba reiterates the spir- in a seeker from day one, least he itself, lest they should indulge in path of devotion. Pointing to his na’ or alms from those who visited
worldly things. itual guidance of Shri Krishna to loses his stride and leaves the path physical mortification. Himself an physical frame, “This body is my him. This explained the sense of
Hence Arjun - “Whosoever offers to me halfway. For Sai Baba, it was not the epitome of compassion and love, Sai house. I am not here. My Guru (Mas- non-attachment to worldly things.
Dakshina with love or devotion, a leaf, a flower, purity of the body but inner purity Baba taught compassion among his ter) has taken me away”. He asked Hence Dakshina taught the devotees
a fruit or water, that offering of pure that mattered. No amount of physi- disciples. Baba often told His devo- for complete surrender to the ‘Guru’. non-attachment or Vairagya. As 2020
taught the love is readily accepted by me”. cal and external cleansing would tees, ‘Never turn away anybody Udi or the sacred ash was pro- dawns, let us strive to live each day
devotees non- ‘Saburi’; means patience and per- serve any purpose if the man re- from your door, be it a human being duced from the perpetual fire called of this year with love and compas-
attachment or severance. Saburi is a quality need- mained impure in mind and heart. or animal’.Sai Baba put Guru on a ‘dhuni’ lit by Sai Baba in Dwarka- sion in our hearts for all beings, ir-
Vairagya ed throughout the path to reach the Therefore, Baba cautioned his devo- high pedestal of reverence. For Him mai at Shirdi. Explaining the mean- respective of religion, caste or creed.

BJP blames Cong for agitation over CAA, NRC

R
attled with on-
going aggres-
sive and relent-
less agitation
all over the
country against conten-
tious issues of new Citizen
Amendment Act, National
Register of Citizens and
National Population Regis-
ter, the BJP is trying to
throw the ball in Con-
gress’s court accusing the
principle opposition party
of misleading minorities.
The attempt by some top
leaders of the ruling party
to dub popular unrest that
has now turned into almost
full-fledged people’s move-
ment as it has fanned out
from big cities to smaller
towns and localities, as one
sponsored by the Congress
and Left parties is aimed at
denouncing public anger.
The ongoing movement
against CAA, NRC and
NPR cannot be called a
movement backed by cer-
tain political parties par-
ticularly those which are in
opposition because all con-
tentious issues involved,
touch the much wider seg-
ments of Indian society.
Initially, started as a stu-
dent movement in the af-
termath of passage of CAA
by the Parliament, it has
now turned in to a people’s
movement as people have
started rising above their
caste, religion and political
considerations are joining
BJP is trying to
throw the ball in
Congress’s court
accusing the
principle
opposition party
of misleading
minorities
it because they are appre-
hensive of being forced
again to stand in a long
queue as it happened dur-
ing the demonetization
days to prove their creden-
tials as citizens.
The BJP has charged the
Congress for being irre-
sponsible. The party lead-
ers at the same time also
made efforts to separate
CAA from NRC claiming
they are not interlinked. It
proves the opposition has
scored over the ruling par-
ty on this count.
Why the agitation is con-
tinuing and gaining mo-
mentum despite clarifica- senior government minis- is imperative for the Con- taken to task at once. Hope
ters toe Prime Minister’ gress to cash in on any is- good senses prevail upon
TOP TWEET
tion by none other than
Prime Minister Narendra line whereas others insist sue that has the potential senior members on the Dharmendra Pradhan
Modi saying the govern- on the implementation of of embarrassing the gov- council of ministers to @dpradhanbjp
Inaugurated a public library at
ment has not held any dis- all three contentious legis- ernment and putting it on initiate negotiations with
Mahodadhi Mahaveer Club in Puri
cussion on the issues is lation, on the other. the matt. If Congress and agitators to bring the situ- today. Constructed by @IndianOilcl
because there is an ele- Before accusing others, the other opposition par- ation to normalcy and set-
ment of utter confusion it is better for the ruling ties are found to be in- tle down the issues that
under it’s CSR Initiative, this public
library will help quench the thirst
that exists within the gov- party to set its house in volved in fuelling violence hit larger sections of soci- of knowledge in our youth and
ernment and the ruling order because as a politi- to the agitation, they ety. Confrontation is no children and further engage them in
party. On the one hand, few cal party in opposition it should be condemned and alternative. reading and learning.

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INDIA
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020
07

Army ready for challenges: CDS POWER Gallery

S S DESHWAL IS ALSO DG, CRPF
Grateful for all the
New Delhi: The Indian He also extended new
Army is better pre- year wishes to the sol- S S Deshwal, DG ITBP, has been assigned an
pared to take on the diers and their families. additional charge of Central Reserve Police
challenges at Pakistan
and China borders, said
India’s first Chief of
General Rawat ex-
pressed confidence that
General MM Narawane,
support:Gen Rawat Force (CRPF). He is a 1984 batch IPS officer
of Haryana cadre.

the Defence Staff (CDS) who will be stepping in FOUR 1995 IAS OFFICERS BECOME
Bipin Rawat before de- his shoes, will take the PRINCIPAL SECRETARY IN ODISHA
mitting office of the Indian Army to new
Four IAS officers of 1995 batch have been
Army chief on Tuesday. heights. “I also wish to
promoted to the grade of Principal Secretary
Answering a ques- convey my best wishes
in Odisha. They are: Hemant Sharma, Bish-
tion by ANI whether the to General Narawane
nupada Sethi, Chithra Arumugam and Sushil
Army became better who will be assuming
equipped to tackle chal- office as 28th chief of
Kumar Lohani.
lenges on the Pakistan Army staff. We are con- N PRATEEP KUMAR APPOINTED AS HEAD
and China borders un- fident that he will,
OF FORESTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH
der his three years ten- through his compe-
ure, he said: “Yes, they Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat making his final remarks tence and professional- N Prateep Kumar, Vice Chairman & Managing
are better prepared.” as COAS in the visitors’ book at the National War Memorial. ism, take this army to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat paying tribute at the National War Memorial Director, AP Forest Development Corporation,
General Rawat said that even new heights,” he in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI has been appointed as Principal Chief Con-
he is focused on restruc- TRIBUTES AT NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL said and complimented servator of Forests (Head of Forest Force),
turing and modernis- Narawane’s wife who New Delhi: Outgoing facing the country, he Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1986 batch IFS
ing the Army. will be taking charge as Army Chief Gen Bipin said: “Yes, we are bet- officer of AP cadre.
“My focus was on the mantle of president Rawat on Tuesday ter prepared.”
army restructuring, of army wifes welfare thanked all the army Gen Rawat who inter- VIPIN KUMAR APPOINTED AS GM
weapon system mod- association. personnel and their acted with media per- (LEGAL), NHAI
ernisation, and non- “The army will con- families for extending sons after receiving the
Vipin Kumar, Director of Lok Sabha Secretar-
contact warfare,” he tinue to achieve greater full support to him dur- Guard of Honour in the
told reporters here. heights under their ing his three-year ten- forecourt of the South
iat, has been appointed as General Manager
During General Raw- leadership,” he added. ure at the helm of the Block also paid respects
(Legal) in National Highways Authority of
at’s tenure as the Army General Rawat took 1.3 million-strong force. to the fallen soldiers at
India (NHAI).
chief, artillery gun sys- over as Army chief on After a farewell the National War Me- SOMESH KUMAR IS NEW CHIEF
tems M777 American December 31, 2016, after Guard of Honour, Gen morial on a chilly win-
Ultra Light Howitzers civilians and their fam- and performed duty in superseding two offic- Rawat also exuded con- ter day. Gen Rawat also
SECRETARY, TELANGANA
and K-9 Vajra, and Sig ilies” for their support. keeping traditions of ers senior to him. fidence that the Army congratulated Gen Nar- A 1989 batch IAS officer, Somesh Kumar has
Sauer assault rifles were “As I demit the office armed forces,” he said. General Rawat will will rise to greater avane who on Tuesday been appointed as new Chief Secretary of
inducted in the force. of the chief of Army He said: “I thank de- take charge as the first heights under the new took charge as the 28th Telangana.
Speaking to reporters staff, I wish to convey fence civilians, their Chief of the Defence Chief of Army Staff Chief of Army Staff.
after paying tribute to my gratitude and com- families, veterans and Staff (CDS), a post cre- Gen Manoj Mukund “I congratulate Gen ANIL KUMAR KHACHI APPOINTED AS NEW
martyrs at the National pliment our soldiers, the their families who have ated to make it the Naravane. Naravane on being the CHIEF SECRETARY, HIMACHAL PRADESH
War Memorial, General ranks and files of Indian supported us, and me in main point of contact When asked whether next Army Chief. He is
Anil Kumar Khachi has been appointed as Chief
Rawat expressed grati- Army who have stood particular, in helping me for the government for the Army is better pre- a very competent and
Secretary of Himachal Pradesh. He is a 1986
tude to soldiers and steadfast under chal- perform my duties in an dealing with defence pared now to face the capable officer,” he
complimented “defence lenging circumstances honourable manner.” forces’ issues. —ANI said. —PTI
batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
security challenges
YOGENDRA TRIPATHY IS ALSO
CAA ROW SECRETARY, CULTURE

RaGa is the biggest fool, does not Akhilesh Yadav tears into
Centre over CAA, NRC
Yogendra Tripathy has been assigned an addi-
tional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Culture.

know what CAA is, says BJP MP

DR AJAY KUMAR GETS ADDITIONAL
Lucknow: Samajwadi CHARGE OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION
Party leader Akhilesh
Dr Ajay Kumar has been assigned an additional
Kaithal: Terming Ra- a ‘biggest fool’ among Yadav slammed the
charge of Secretary, Department of Defence
hul Gandhi the “biggest fools, then I think it is Central government
Production.
fool”, BJP MP from Rahul Gandhi, because over the new citizen-
Kurukshetra, Nayab he does not know what ship law and said: “the IS CHANDRA NOT GETTING EXTENSION ?
Singh, said that the the CAA is, and who it whole country is un-
Congress leader has no is meant for),” Singh happy with it and are Uncertainty prevails whether Subhash Chan-
idea what the Citizen- said. The newly-enacted protesting against it.” dra, Secretary, Defence Protection will get
ship (Amendment) Act law, CAA, grants citi- “They want to give the details which they extension. He is scheduled to retire on Dec31.
is all about. zenship to Hindus, citizenship on the basis want for the NPR are His farewell party has reportedly been arranged
Addressing media, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, of religion. They do not there in everyone’s in the Ministry. Is this the indication ? He is a
Singh said that the Con- Buddhists & Christians want Muslims to get Aadhaar card. What 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre
gress party has misled fleeing religious perse- citizenship. People in has happened to that
the country regarding cution in Pakistan, Assam are also unhap- data? What new infor-
NIA SET FOR BIG RESHUFFLE
this Act. He said, “Agar Afghanistan & Bangla- py,” he added. The for- mation are they trying The Premier investigating agency NIA is set
hum kahein ki murk- mujhe lagta hai ki Ra- yahi maloom nahi hai desh & who came to mer UP CM also ex- to get from the NPR? My to see a major reshuffle among IG level IPS
hon mein sabse bada hul Gandhi hain, kyun- ki CAA hai kya, kiske India on or before Dec pressed concerns over party is against the officers. After departure of GP Singh to his
agar murkh koi hai toh ki Rahul Gandhi ko liye hai (If there exists 31, 2014. —ANI the NPR and said, “all CAA and NPR .”—ANI cadre, one post IG is vacant. He was looking
after Intelligence & Operation.

Kerala Assembly passes BJP expected to ‘PFI should be banned’ Protest held RAJPUT GETS EXTENSION IN ED
Rahul Rajput JD, ED, has been given extension.
resolution against CAA brief foreign against CAA in He is an IRS - IT officer and posted in Delhi
New Delhi: The Kerala the only dissenting media on CAA Chennai Zonal office. He is from IRS(C&CE) service.
Assembly passed a reso- voice in the one-day spe- New Delhi: BJP is ex- Chennai: People from MAJOR IAS AND IPS RESHUFFLE IN
lution demanding cial session. pected to reach out to different organisations JHARKHAND ONLY AFTER MARCH ?
scrapping of the Citi- While presenting the foreign press & dispel held a protest rally
zenship Amendment resolution,CM Vijayan misgivings about the against the newly-en- Major IAS and IPS reshuffle in Jharkhand is
Act, which was said the CAA is law that has been duly acted Citizenship expected to take place only after March. Only
cleared by both against the “sec- passed in the recently (Amendment) Act minor changes in a week or two.
Houses of Parlia- ular” outlook concluded winter ses- (CAA) in Chennai.
ment last month. and fabric of the sion of Parliament. Amid heavy security,
AJAY GOYAL RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE
The ruling country and Within a week’s time, a Lucknow: Uttar involvement in the vio- the protestors also Ajay Goyal, Joint Secretary, Department of
CPI(M)-LDF and would lead to re- series of meetings have Pradesh DGP OP Singh lent protests against the raised slogans against Legal Affairs, has been accorded prema-
the Opposition ligion-based dis- taken place in party wrote a letter to the CAA that took place on the central govern- ture repatriation to his parent cadre on the
Congress-led UDF sup- crimination in granting headquarters to dele- Ministry of Home Af- Dec 19.’ “PFI should be ment. This comes amid grounds of availing promotion. He is a 1990
ported the resolution citizenship. It has dent- gate the party posthold- fairs, requesting to ‘im- banned. We have writ- widespread protests batch IRS-IT officer.
while BJP’s lone MLA ed India’s image in ers’ responsibilities to pose a ban on Popular ten to Home Ministry. across the country
and former Union min- front of the interna- reach out to masses and Front of India as inves- We expect investigation against the newly-en- NINE IAS OFFICERS PROMOTED TO
ister O Rajagopal’s was tional community. clear air about the law. tigations found PFI’s on the same,” he said. acted citizenship law. SENIOR TIME SCALE IN MP
As many as nine IAS officers of 2016 batch
have been promoted to Senior Time Scale in
Madhya Pradesh. They are: Ashish Tiwari,
Siddharth Jain, Anshul Gupta, Jayati Singh,
Swapnil G Wankhede, Kirodi Lal Meena, Gaurav
Bainal, Harendra Narayan and Misha Singh.

PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR SPEWS
VENOM: CHHATTISGARH CM
Raipur: Chhattisgarh CM
Bhupesh Baghel brewed
political controversy by
targeting BJP MP Pragya
Singh Thakur. While
addressing the media he
said, “I do not consider
Pragya Singh Thakur a
sadhvi. Whenever she
opens her mouth, she
spews venom. This is
not a characteristic of a
true sadhvi.” Baghel also
VEHICLE LIFTING GANG MEMBERS 161 IRS-CUSTOMS OFFICERS PROMOTED
MoS HOME NITYANAND RAI HELD, 8 STOLEN CARS SEIZED TO JOINT COMMISSIONER GRADE
backed Congress general SPENDS NIGHT WITH BSF TROOPS Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered in the matter As many as 161 officers of Indian Revenue
secretary Priyanka Gandhi Jalpaiguri: Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Police have arrested two after the accused duped Service of Customs have been promoted to the
Vadra over her ‘Saffron’ Rai, spent a night with security personnel at the members of an alleged a sub-inspector from grade of Joint Commissioner of Customs &
remark against UP CM Fulbari BSF post at India-Bangladesh border on interstate four-wheeler Kandagiri police station. Central Excise.
and said, “Yogi Adityanath Monday. During his visit to the border outpost, lifting gang and seized “Chinmaya Sahu claimed
wears saffron color but the minister interacted with the troops in a bid eight stolen vehicles from to be a used car dealer 180 IRS-CUSTOMS OFFICERS PROMOTED
has not renounced the to understand the challenges they face. He also their possession in Bhu- and offered to sell an SUV TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER GRADE
world, instead he has visited the border near the fencing where he was baneshwar. The arrested at Rs 14 lakh and showed
stuck to his chair. Caste persons identified as him (the sub-inspector) As many as 180 officers of Indian Revenue
briefed about the security challenges by senior
divisions are visible in Chinmaya Sahu and Gopal the SUV. But after taking Service of Customs and Central Exicse have
BSF officers. At the outpost, a senior officer
Uttar Pradesh today, they briefed him about how the force secures the bor- Mohanty were produced Rs 8 lakh in advance, he been promoted to the grade of Deputy Com-
are being promoted by der against adversaries, infiltrators & smugglers. before a court. Police did not hand over the car missioner of Customs and Central Excise.
Yogi Adityanath.” said that the case was or returned the money.”
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08

IN THE COURTYARD

Seemapuri case transferred to SIT

Seelampur protest:
New Delhi: The Delhi the Investigation Of-
Police on Tuesday ficer (IO) on the next
transferred the case date of hearing.
pertaining to violence
in Delhi’s Seemapuri
area to a special inves-
One of the accused
claimed to be a juve-
nile but after the ossi-
Two accused get bail
tigating team (SIT). fication test was con- New Delhi: A Delhi der copy of their bail to
A Delhi court had ar- ducted, the court found court on Tuesday grant- be handed over to the
rested eleven people in him not to be a minor. ed interim bail to two superintendent of Del-
connection with the The observations accused who were ar- hi’s Ram Manohar Lo-
protests against the were made on the rested after a protest hia Hospital.
Citizenship (Amend- basis of the reports of against the citizenship The counsel repre-
ment) Act and the the test submitted law turned violent in senting one of the ac-
National Register of yesterday following the Seelampur area ear- cused named Ali sought
Citizens (NRC) in the which it said that his lier this month. bail on the grounds
Seemapuri area of bail plea will be heard Session Judge that his client has thy-
North East Delhi in on the basis of merit Arrested 11 people were sent to 14-days judicial custody with a right to avail bail on Dec 21. —FILE PHOTO Brijesh Garg granted roid and gets regular
mid-December. They on January 6. bail for three weeks on fits in the jail.
were then sent to 14-
days judicial custody
with a right to avail the
On December 28,
senior advocate Nitya
Ramakrishna told
ED attaches Pixion Media in bank fraud
New Delhi: The En- floors of group compa- had initiated the inves- tors PK Tewari, Anand
medical grounds and
asked the accused - Ali
and Moinuddin - to pay
The court asked how
the other accused sus-
tained injuries to
bail on December 21. the court that there is forcement Directorate nies in Mumbai, Chen- tigation under PMLA Tewari, Abhishiek Rs 20,000 with a surety which the defence
The court slated the no evidence to ascer- (ED) has attached prop- nai, Noida, and Kolkata for fraud, cheating and Tewari and others under of like amount. The counsel said that he re-
matter for January 6 tain that his clients erties worth Rs 127.74 have been attached in causing wrongful loss relevant sections of IPC. court will now hear the ceived them during a
for hearing on their had the intention to crore of Pixion Media connection with an on- to public sector banks During the investiga- matter on January 21. lathi-charge.
bail petition. Assistant kill anyone and hence Pvt Ltd and its group going probe under the to the tune of about Rs tion, it was revealed that It has further directed The court expressed
Sessions Judge Gur- cannot be charged companies in a Rs 2600 Prevention of Money 2600 crore, an official the Tewaris had fraudu- the medical examina- apprehensions over it
deep Singh also sought with Section 307 of the crore bank fraud case. Laundering Act. Based release said. The FIRs lently availed loans to tion of the duo to be and said that it could
medical reports of in- Indian Penal Code Two commercial on seven FIRs and a CBI were filed against the the tune of Rs 2600 crore conducted. Inter alia, not be because of lathi-
jured policemen from (IPC). —ANI plots, nine commercial chargesheet, the ED companies and its direc- from various banks. —ANI the court asked the or- charge. —ANI

‘Priyanka Gandhi should change All is well, says Nitish Kumar

her name to Feroze Priyanka’ on BJP-JDU alliance in Bihar
New Delhi: Hitting CHAVAN CONDEMNS Patna: Amid the war of
back at Congress gen- REMARK words between Bihar’s Bihar Chief
eral secretary Priyan- Deputy Chief Minister Minister Nitish
ka Gandhi Vadra for Sushil Kumar Modi and Kumar with
cornering Uttar Congress President Sonia Gandhi with the new Congress JD(U) vice president cabinet minister
Pradesh Chief Minis- Ministers in Maharashtra Cabinet in New Delhi on Tuesday. Prashant Kishor, state Nand Kishore
ter Yogi Adityanath Chief Minister Nitish Yadav and MLA
over Saffron remark,
Union Minister Sad-
Sonia to regularly review work Kumar on Tuesday clar-
ified that “all was well”
Nitin Naveen
after paying
hvi Niranjan Jyoti on
Tuesday said that a
of new Cong Maha ministers between the two alliance
partners in the state.
tributes to former
BJP leader Navin
“fake Gandhi” cannot New Delhi: Congress harashtra government “All is well, there is no Kishore Sinha
understand saffron yanka has a problem interim president Sonia also met Rahul Gandhi. problem,” Kumar told on his death
and suggested that she with Yogi government Gandhi called a meeting “High Command will be ANI in response to a anniversary in
should change her as it is firmly taking of all the newly appoint- reviewing the work of question on the BJP- Patna on Tuesday.
name to “Feroze Pri- strict action against ed Congress ministers all the ministers. It is JDU alliance in Bihar.
yanka”. criminals. in the Maharashtra gov- important to review. The remarks by JD(U)
“Priyanka Gandhi “Priyanka has a ernment and instructed The leaders who have Chief comes after his Kishor for his state- Chief Minister Nitish
cannot understand saf- problem with Adity- that their work will be been assigned the minis- party’s senior leader ment and said that the Kumar’s leadership and
fron because she is a anth as he is taking ac- reviewed regularly. try should firmly imple- blazed gun over the alli- 2020 Assembly elections the role of JU(U) as the
fake Gandhi. She tion against criminals Gandhi instructed the ment the common mini- ance by asserting that will be fought under the biggest party in the 2015
should remove Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh. She newly appointed minis- mum programme in the his party was the senior leadership of PM Modi elections were decided
from her name and should come and make ters to firmly imple- state of Maharashtra.” partner in the alliance and Nitish Kumar. by the people of Bihar
change it to Firoz Pri- it clear if she is behind ment the Common Mini- said senior Congress and must get more seats. Responding to the and not by the leader-
yanka,” said Jyoti said. the rioters,” the Union mum Programme. Con- leader from Maharash- Late state’s dy CM Su- statement, Kishor out- ship of another party or
She also said that Pri- Minister said. —ANI gress ministers in Ma- tra Vijay Wadettiwar. shil Modi criticised lined that in Bihar, top leadership. —ANI

Air India has to be privatised, no SHAH’S MEET

other option, says Hardeep Puri

New Delhi: The gov- ENTRY ONLY WITH BIOMETRIC PASSES
ernment on Tuesday
said that privatisation
of debt-ridden Air India
has become a compul-
sion as fear grows about
the shutdown of the na-
tional carrier.
Union Civil Aviation
Minister Hardeep Singh
Puri said that the priva-
tisation is not an option The minister said keep it running. become a slave to or vic-
and it has to be done. “I that debt over the na- He said, “Air India tim of certain dead-
had said earlier also, for tional carrier has made over a period of time has lines, we are doing it
us, it is not an option. it unsustainable and the now gathered debt which seriously. We are trying
Air India has to be pri- national carrier needs could be described as un- to do it as quickly as Home Minister Amit Shah reviews functioning of the Sashastra Seema Bal during a visit to its Headquarters in New Delhi.
vatised,” Puri said. to go in private hands to sustainable. We do not possible.

AADHAAR PAN LINKING DEADLINE INDIAN SINGER PART OF OBAMA’S

EXTENDED TILL MARCH 31, 2020
New Delhi: The last
date for the mandatory
linking of the Permanent
Account Number (PAN)
with Aadhaar has been
extended till March next
year, the CBDT said.
The earlier deadline
was Tuesday, December
31.“The due date for
linking of PAN with Aad-
haar as specified under
sub-section 2 of section
RPF IS NOW INDIAN RAILWAY FAVOURITE MUSIC OF 2019 LIST ATOMIC PLANT TO COME NEAR
139AA of the Income-tax PROTECTION FORCE SERVICE New Delhi: Indian singer Miguel and “Go” by the DELHI, SAYS JITENDRA SINGH
Act, 1961 has been New Delhi: The Ministry of Railway has accorded Prateek Kuhad’s song band Black Eyed Peas. New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said
extended from December Organised Group ‘A’ status to Railway Protec- “cold/mess” has made “From hip-hop to country that India will soon have an atomic plant that will
31, 2019 to March 31, tion Force (RPF) and renamed it Indian Railway it to former US Presi- to The Boss, here are come up near to national capital Delhi. Singh, the
2020,” the department Protection Force Service. “Consequent upon grant dent Barack Obama’s my songs of the year. Minister of State in the Department of Atomic En-
said on its official Twitter of Organised Group ‘A’ status (OGAS) to RPF in favourite music of 2019 If you’re looking for ergy said: “We are going to have an atomic plant
handle.This is the eighth the light of cabinet decision arising from Hon’ble line-up. The list, shared something to keep you very close to Delhi just about 150 kilometres at a
time that the Central Court’s orders, it is hereby informed that RPF will by Obama on Twitter, has company on a long drive place called Gorakhpur in Haryana. It will be the
Board of Direct Taxes be known as Indian Railway Protection Force Ser- 35 songs which includes or help you turn up a first of its kind in north India.” “One of the greatest
(CBDT) has extended the vice,” a notice by Ministry of Railways stated. The “Hello Sunshine” by rock workout, I hope there’s a achievements of the Narendra Modi government
deadline for individuals notice in this regard was issued by Joint Director legend Bruce Spring- track or two in here that is that we have moved out both atomic energy and
to link their PAN with of Railway Board Amitabh Joshi on December 30. steen, “Show Me Love” does the trick,” the ex space from the limited zones. “ he added.
Aadhaar. of Alicia Keys featuring POTUS captioned the list.
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09

DASHING DECADE OF
VIRAT KOHLI ROHIT SHARMA
The stardom was born even before the start of the It has been a sensational year for Rohit, as he
decade, when he led his colts to victory in the ICC slammed 5 centuries in the WC and then was brilliant
U-19 Cricket WC in 2008. However, it is in 2010s that as an opener in Test cricket. Not only was he prolific

the cricketer from Delhi has gained a reputation as the
most consistent batsman and an aggressive leader.
Although he was part of the WC winning side in 2011
and the team that won the ICC Champions Trophy in
2013, the one thing that still eludes him is the Men in
Blue winning an ICC trophy under his captaincy.
P V SINDHU
Shuttler created history when she became the first
Indian badminton player to win a gold medal at the
World Championships in August 2019. What adds
to her glory is the fact that her achievements have
made her a household name in India, where cricket
players are often the more followed sports icons.
Heading into the new decade, all eyes will be fixed
on Sindhu in the biggest event of the year Tokyo
2020 as she prepares to upgrade her medal to gold
and end India’s 12-year wait for a 2nd gold medal.
WORLD OF SPORTS
as a batsman, he was an absolute match-winner for
India across all formats. The right-hander scored 1921
runs in victorious matches, it is the fourth-highest in
this decade for all batsmen who have scored a mini-
mum of 1500 runs in wins in a single calendar year.
Rohit finds his name thrice in the top 5 list
While India ended this decade with hits & misses as a sporting APURVI CHANDELA
nation, there is a lot to look forward to at start of the new From winning gold in the 10-metre air rifle event at
the 2012 National Championships as a 19-year-old
decade. The biggest multi-sport event, Olympic Games will be to repeating the feat at the 2014 Commonwealth
held from July 24 and India will be eyeing a decent show after Games in Glasgow, few would have doubted that
there were bigger things in store for Jaipur’s Apurvi
several breakthrough performances in the last few years Chandela. Her impressive showing in international
competitions this year saw her rise to the World No
1 spot in the rankings. Also, Manu Bhaker, showed
no fear even when faced with the best in the world.

HIMA DAS MARY KOM

Indian sprinter won five gold medals this year Managed to stay on top of her sport for almost
in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, Poznan two decades. She won gold at the inaugural
Athletics Grand Prix in Poland, Kutno World Championships for women in
Athletics Meet, Kladno Athletics 2002 and by the end of this decade,
Meet in Czech Republic and at her eight medals (6 golds, 1 sil-
the Tabor Athletics Meet in the ver, 1 bronze) are the most by
same country. The 19-year- any boxer (male or female).
old sprinter from Assam She also medalled at the
made India proud with London Olympics, first
her achievements in time that women’s
an area of sports boxing was a part
that is not of the Olympics,
always seen and also won
as India’s golds at the
strength. Asian and
Common-
wealth
Games.

FROM WORLD CUP TRIUMPH TO

SABBATICAL: DECADE THAT WAS FOR DHONI
W hen Cricket
Australia
named Mahendra
Singh Dhoni the captain
of their ODI team of the
decade we didn’t need to ask,
why. MS Dhoni is undoubt-
edly among the best cricketing
brains the history of sport has
ever seen. If you are ever going
to a casino, MS Dhoni would
be the only person you would
be wanting by your side. He is
a gambler in a cricketing field.
Dhoni’s retirement from Test
cricket came as a shock to his
fans. His ongoing sabbatical
from the sport was unpredict-
able. Many predicted Dhoni
would announce his retirement
after the 2019 WC, but he went
on to complete 15 years in
international
cricket. The “big
decision’ that every-
one is speculating on
would come next decade
but this decade has prob-
ably seen it all of Dhoni his
match-winning six in the WC
to end the 28-year-long trophy
drought to his lack of intent’ in
the 2019 WC semi-final.

in Rashid goes for most 1st tournament

BRIEF
Diego appointed expensive figures
of Polo 2020
to start today
Maria Sharapova to return next
as head coach
Paris: Inter Miami CF
has appointed 44-year-
old Diego Alonso as the
Adelaide:
leg-spinner
Premier
Rashid
Khan could not finish
Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Polo Season

month as Brisbane wildcard
first-ever head coach of 2019 on a high as he was 2020 will start from the
the side ahead of the in-
augural 2020 Major
taken to the cleaners in January 1, 2020 and 5 London: Former The five-times
League Soccer. Alonso the ongoing edition of tournaments will be world number one Grand Slam champi-
has good experience be- the Big Bash League played in this polo sea- Maria Sharapova on will join current
hind him as the only (BBL) where he plays son. SMS Gold Vase (8 will return to tourna- world number one
coach to win Concacaf for Adelaide Strikers. Goals) will be played ment action at the Ashleigh Barty,
Champions League
Afghanistan spinner from January 1 to Janu- Brisbane Interna- Naomi Osaka and
with 2 different teams.
Rashid, ranked No. 1 in ary 5 and Princess Diya tional next month Karolina Pliskova
Predator wins T20Is, was taken for 44 Kumari Cup (8 goals) after being awarded a in a strong field at
inaugural season runs in four overs, the who scored 63. will be played from Jan- wildcard to play in the Queensland
Jaipur: City boys Ka- most he has leaked in Sydney Thunder uary 6 to January 12. the Australian Open Tennis Cen-
beer age 14 years and the BBL against Sydney reached 168/5 after 20 The Rajmata Gayatri warm-up. tre from
Devansh age 19 years Thunder in front of a overs. Devi Memorial Cup (10 The 32-year-old January
successfully organized
packed festive crowd Earlier in the league, goals) will be played Russian, who last 6-12.
the season 1 of 5 a side
footsal tournament here on New Year’’s Rashid flaunted a new from January 13 to 19. played a competitive “It’s a
‘THE GAME WAR’ Eve. bat design. While play- Bhawani Singh Cup (12 match in the first fresh start after
which kicked off the Sydney Thunder won ing against defending goals) will be played round of the U.S. a tough last season,”
football series in a bold the toss and elected to champions Melbourne from 20 January to 26 Open in August, has Sharapova told Aus-
and extraordinary dis- bat first as Callum Fer- Renegades, Rashid was January. The high- dropped to 133rd in tralian Associated
play of bright lights,
high energy and ex-
guson top-scored for seen holding a bat that handicap Sirmour Cup the world after a sea- Press on Tuesday.
traordinary colour. The them with a 46-ball 73. had a depression on its (14 goals) will take son in which a “There were a lot
teams were divided in Rashid got Ferguson’’s back, giving it the look place from 27 January long-standing shoul- of ups and downs,
two categories of age, wicket but it was scant of a camel’’s back. to 2 February 2020. To- der injury restricted there were times
Under 17 years and consolation as the bat- Cricket Australia day’s match is 61st Cav- her to eight tourna- when I was ready but
open. The Game War
ter tonked him to all tweeted a picture of the alry Vs Chandna Group ments. the shoulder wasn’t.
Night Football Finale,
featuring the best of the areas of the park along bat and nicknamed it at 03.30pm at RPC
best from Jaipur, with with Usman Khawaja “The Camel.” ground.
face off in an extraordi-
nary extravaganza last
night, Predator winning
in both categories in FITNESS ASSESSMENT State Games will have
Khelo India app reaches historic mark
U17 as well as open.

IPL 2020 set to

begin on March
29 with MI
New Delhi: The 2020
edition of the Indian
Premier League is set to
get underway on March
29 at the Wankhede Sta-
dium in Mumbai with
Mumbai Indians kick-
ing off the campaign on
their home ground.
Speaking to IANS, a
Delhi Capitals official
said that starting date is
set to be March 29 with
defending champions
MI playing the opener at
Wankhede. “I am told
that the 2020 edition of
the IPL will start on
March 29 at Wankhede,”
official said.
a total of 180 matches
Naresh Sharma Games to be held from
 New Delhi: The fitness for height and weight January 2 to 6 at vari-
assessment of school (BMI), static balance Jaipur: For the first ous places including
This will lay the children through the (flamingo test) & coor- time in the history of Sawai Mansingh Stadi-
Khelo India mobile app dination (plate tap test). Rajasthan, the State um where 111 matches
foundation for has crossed a historic Secondly, the assess- Games will be inaugu- will be played of 8
creating a mark of 1.5 million in
less than a year since its
ment for the age group
of 9 to 18 takes place for
rated on January 2,
however the matches
games in the boys cate-
gory on the first day,
National Fitness launch by Prime Minis- speed (50 m standing will be played from and 69 matches in the
Index for each ter Narendra Modi on
February 27.
start), endurance (600
m run or walk), flexi-
January 3. A total num-
ber of 180 matches will
girls category.
Meena also informed
age-group & Over 8500 schools, bility (sit and reach be played on the first that preparations are
mostly belonging to the test), core (partial curl day of boys and girls going on for the main
will give a CBSE board, have regis- up 30 seconds) and category which will event to be held on Jan-
chance to tered over 24 lakh stu-
dents out of which over
muscular endurance
(push ups for boys and
have eight games.
Rajasthan State
uary 2. The players will
practice on Wednesday
identify a raw 15 lakh have been as- through a battery of for those between the modified push ups for Sports Council Secre- for the March Past (Pa-
potential talent sessed so far. The stu-
dents are being assessed
tests designed to target
two age groups. First,
ages of 5 and 8, the as-
sessment is conducted
girls) in addition to
height and weight.
tary Mahendra Meena
said that the State
rade) to be held during
the ceremony.
 The dawn of a new calendar year
is a time of resolutions and belief.

2ND FRONT
A time of Faith in all that is good
and positive. Peace and Joy to all of you.
Happy 2020!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
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Emergence of Modi, Shah as national

heroes made 2019 a significant year —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN

z According to you, In all Congress circles,

what were the most he is emerging as a
significant incidents hero. He is son of the
of 2019, which affect- soil and is a grassroots
ed the country’s poli- leader. If suppose he is
tics and decisions of given a choice to either
the government? be Congress President
Jagdeesh Chandra: or Chief Minister of
When we talk about the Rajasthan, he will pre-
incidents of 2019, the fer to be in Rajasthan.
incidents of Pulwama
and Balakot, rise of z Like CM Gehlot
Narendra Modi and him says that RSS should
becoming the Prime dissolve itself in BJP,
Minister again, Amit what do you think
Shah being the Home should RSS do?
Minister and being a See, the goodwill and
part of Indian politics reputation of RSS is
with the image of Sard- such that it holds the re- Jagdeesh Chandra taking questions from Divya, Shewta Aayushi, Aditi, Deepa, Khushbu and Ishika during The New JC Show.
ar Patel are some re- mote control of BJP.
markable things which People may say other- two jobs to him, one of 2024 will arrive, the are a bit concerned
took place in 2019. These wise, but I have amend- which is to bring a NRC will be complete. about the economic
things presented Shah ed the comment that at smoothness between As we ring in the New Year 2020, Editor-In-Chief Another issue which slowdown, but politi-
as a national hero in
front of the country. The
least 51 percent control
of the party is in the
Gehlot and Pilot and he
has succeeded. Second
of First India, Jagdeesh Chandra, in The New JC grab the eyeballs of
the public is reobtain-
cally they believe that
the majority does not
foundation of a Hindu hands of Modi and is the mandate of good Show, talks about various issues that have ing the POK and it have another option
Rashtra was laid in this Shah. This is my assess- governance so that the will be their main other than them. They
year. ment. But people don’t party gets re-elected af- impacted the nation as a whole, the newsmakers agenda. It will not be want to stay focused
Apart from this, the fail- agree with this and say ter five year term. So a big thing if they do on the Indian govern-
ure of Rahul Gandhi, as that RSS plays a major Pande is a discovery in of 2019 and how political stalwarts like Modi, it as the morale of the ment, rather than
he lost the Lok Sabha
election from Amethi,
role since it is claimed
that Amit Shah plays a
the INC. Shah, Rahul, Gehlot, Pande and others would Pakistani army is
down while their
keep their eyes on
states. So, we can say
Congress organisation major role in tactfully z How do you see the succeed in their respective roles in times (Modi, Shah) morale that their loss can be
being practically with- handling Mohan Bhag- BJP performing in is on a high that they attributed to various
out a leader and the wat so it does not seem 2023 elections? to come. Excerpts... can do anything. Is- factors including fall
party not deciding on that there is a difference See, BJP’s future is tied sues like NRC and in popularity.
whether Rahul will be in their thinking. Now, to Narendra Modi and Population Register
the party President or Ashok Gehlot has posed Amit Shah. It can be said himself intact as CM Prime Minister that he sent himself as the would get settled and z Will Rahul Gandhi
not were also some mat- a new question that RSS that BJP’s future and designate candidate. should work on the de- statesman of huge a new topic of POK be allowed to take
ters that dominated does politics under a Modi and Shah are tied velopment agenda while stature. If Modi gets could be raised in own decisions this
2019. The historical de- garb and why doesn’t it to each other. If they will z What will be the let him (Shah) work on a chance, he will con- 2024. time around as now
cisions of Supreme declare itself a political be in power, BJP will Raje factor in 2023 the political part, and test elections from he is getting back on
Court, the creation of a unit. This is his policy win in the states, be- elections? the PM did the same. America and win z Looking at the As- his own terms? If yes,
new post of Chief of De- decision and it is not a cause now BJP is cen- This is a million dollar The new face of BJP, there as well, as his sembly election re- what changes do you
fence Staff and the bad suggestion. trally dominated and is question. Everyone in Hindu Rashtra are all agenda is different. sults of Haryana, see in CM and PCC
emergence of Ashok not run from states. the BJP is also thinking because of Amit Shah. Modi has handed Maharashtra and Chiefs of five Con-
Gehlot as a national z How do you evalu- Elections have shown on the same lines. Be- It can be safely said that over the ruling and Jharkhand, people gress ruled states?
leader in the politics of ate Rajasthan In- that state polls will be cause even after being 2019 was completely responsibility of the have started saying After staying in a less
Congress were part of charge Avinash Pan- contested and won on lo- sidelined, her populari- Shah’s year. country to Shah not that Narendra Modi’s functional role, Rahul
the big occurrences in de’s role? Will he be cal issues and not na- ty, crowd pulling ability only on papers but in charisma is fading? has agreed to come back
2019. successful in achiev- tional issues. Thus, 2023 and public response is z During Modi 2.0 reality as well. Every See, election results say and it is being said that
ing the mammoth election is a major chal- not dwindling. Wher- government forma- Saturday, Shah takes a the same that the influ- he will return in or
z Why only Ashok Ge- task in Rajasthan? lenge for BJP because ever she goes, people tion, you had claimed review meeting of all ence of Narendra Modi around March. Only
hlot is making fron- Avinash Pande is a si- even after Modi and get attracted to her. that Shah will also the departments, apart and Amit Shah, both of time will tell how
tal attacks on Naren- lent performer. He is a Shah being at the helm, People chanted come- take oath and become from PMO. It can be whom I consider as na- much freedom Rahul
dra Modi and Amit 24/7 Congress worker party is losing in states. back Vasundhara Home Minister. Shah clearly stated that the tional heroes, has gone enjoys to take deci-
Shah, whereas, Con- and if he is told to be- It remains to be seen Raje during a recent has played his role as Home Minister and down a little, the graph sions on his own and
gress rules in five come CM or PCC Chief, who leads the BJP in function. You can more than no. 2. The Prime Minister are has declined a bit. How- will he be able to dis-
states? Is it Gehlot’s he will want to be the 2023 in Rajasthan. sideline Raje, but you way the graph is mov- made for each other. ever, there is another turb the present sta-
well thought strategy PCC Chief as he is not can’t ignore her. ing forward, do you The delegation of au- reason for the loss and it tus of CM and PCC
or a natural expres- lured by power. He is a z Do you think the think Shah can be- thority among the two is that the BJP could not Chiefs in Congress
sion or disappoint- mature & balanced BJP has shortlisted z From the start of come the Prime Min- leaders is such that form a proper alliance ruled states and bring
ment against Centre’s person who is known Gajendra Singh 2019, BJP, especially ister in future? Shah is depicted as the in these states. On the a change. For example
policies? for utmost focus and Shekhawat as the Amit Shah, had the Amit Shah has no real Prime Minister, contrary, Ahmed Pa- if we take Rajasthan,
Even I am surprised as is to the point. His 2023 CM candidate pressure of forming hurry to become a but he is not the PM tel was able to forge will he be able to change
this is a new Ashok Ge- perception is clear and how do you eval- the government again Prime Minister. He is and does not even wish good alliances in these Gehlot, if we speak on
hlot, who generally and his connection uate his performance because the party had 12 years younger than to hold the post. Recent- areas. So, declining the perception building
does Gandhian, non-vi- with the entire Gan- as a Union Minister? lost Assembly polls in Narendra Modi and ly, Shah said, “I am too popularity, Congress’s around the entire issue.
olent and humble poli- dhi family whether As far as shortlisting is three big states, in- has worked with him junior to be considered better alliances, third Personally, I don’t think
tics. Although attack- Sonia, Rahul or Pri- concerned, Gajendra cluding Rajasthan. as his no. 2. The loy- as a Prime Minister issue is economic so. Gehlot has gone so
ing your opponent does yanka, is the same. He Singh’s behaviour and Do you feel that the alty, commitment and candidate. He is happy slowdown, fourth is towering and has mass
not fall in this ambit. is an old student of role in Rajasthan cou- whole year and the state of mind of Amit being the Hanuman of the local issues and support in Rajasthan.
There are two points on the Ahmed Patel pled with blessings of incidents you men- Shah show that he Narendra Modi. fifth is the coming to- The governance is good,
the way he is attacking. school along with Modi and Shah, it ap- tioned about, can does not see himself gether of local leaders there is popularity, there
First is his moral cour- Mukul Wasnik. He pears that, what the prove that the entire as the PM. Also, while z After Ram Mandir, who were kept away is loyalty and achieve-
age. There is no Chief raised the party at party could not achieve year can be dedicated Modi being the PM, Article 370 & NRC, is from the power in the ments are also there. So
Minister in the country grassroots level in state earlier due to Raje’s to Amit Shah? Shah sees himself as there any other issue past five years, they I don’t think. And even
who could make such and although credit is dominance, they want to Absolutely, 2019 was Modi’s no. 2 or army that could be taken all came together. It is if we see objectively, en-
attacks on Modi or given to Pilot since he is justify their earlier deci- the year of Amit Shah commander. Practically, up by Modi & Shah? a package of five rea- tire Congress is stand-
Shah. Is he doing so due PCC Chief (we don’t sion by making him the in the history of Inde- Shah is in the role of There are infinite mat- sons. In totality, the ing with Ashok Gehlot
to disappointment to- deny that), but Pande CM. It looks that appar- pendent India. 2019 Deputy PM. If, I elabo- ters for them and they BJP which ruled al- and will Sonia Gandhi
wards the Centre or is knows each and every ently he has been short- and Amit Shah were rate, it can be said that have numerous issues. most seventy percent permit this? Similar is
it a strategy? And, if MLA. He has a huge listed. On the other synonyms. Whatever with consent, delega- They can create a new of the land, is now the situation with Ka-
that is so, then there is connect as during the hand, Shekhawat’s body happened in the coun- tion and approval by issue every day as they only in fifty percent mal Nath, while Chattis-
one explanation that he Delhi rally, he got his language, conduct and try, was decided as per Modi, Shah is virtually do politics 24/7 and area. For example, if I garh and Punjab are a
is making himself a men to call all the MLAs. behaviour have also the agenda, statement Prime Minister, domes- work hard for it by mak- were to travel from different matter alto-
strongman across Even Maharashtra grown to be that of a CM and aggressive style of tic affairs while Modi ing new plans. Specifi- Jaipur to Kolkata, I can gether. These are all
party lines against MLAs were listening to candidate and he has Shah. Article 370 fol- has taken over as the cally, they have a lot of reach Kolkata without speculations and even if
Modi for Prime Min- Pande instead of other been meeting people lowed by NRC are be- Prime Minister, Inter- matters. They have covering any one BJP suppose Rahul wants to
isterial candidate, leaders like Shinde and with that confidence. cause of Amit Shah. I national affairs. said that BJP will rule ruled state. But are Modi change even one of these
whether he be the Chavan. So Pande is a However, what is more have heard that when In this tenure, Modi for 50 years. What I and Shah worried of people, I don’t think he
Congress candidate phenomenon. Sonia important to see is if Shah took oath this wishes to receive a can see in near future this falling graph and will be able to bring a
or alliance candidate. Gandhi has delegated Shekhawat can keep time, he said to the Nobel Prize and pre- is that by the time the answer is no. They major change.
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BAJIRAO MASTANI
Ranveer and Deepika, their
love and the scale, grandeur
and attention to detail makes
Mastaani memorable. I also
remember this movie as in one
instant it explained to me the
impact of Bollywood on the
people when someone known to
me commented that she would
always remember the Great
Bajirao as a better ‘lover’ than
Majnu as he died for his love. I
rest my case.

ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com

B
ollywood or Hindi
films impact the life
of the average Indi-
an in more ways
than one. As the dec-
ade ends, I look back
at some of the mov-
ies which are still remem-
bered albeit for different rea-

ZINDAGI NA
sons. We all have our lists,
this is just a peek into my list

of the decade, 2010 to 2020.
The next decade till 2030
will probably be defined
more by the Web Series and
Real life video games than
the traditional two to three
hour Bollywood film or
maybe not even that! The
way the world and technol-
ogy is changing it is not easy
to predict the future of en-
tertainment!
BAND BAAJA
BARAAT
One film I loved because
of the fiesty character
played by Anushka and
the realistic love story.
I am quite fond of bread
pakoras too, so that too
played a part, maybe. The
movie balanced the reality
of a mundane wedding
planning and romance with
heartbreak and passion.
MILEGI
DOBARA
It remains an all time
favourite and was actually
a wake up call for many. ENGLISH VINGLISH
One could relate to it very Sridevi fumbled over her English and in the
closely and it was an ode dark cinema hall I coaxed her, as did many
to friendship. For me it is women with me. In this decade she became
a movie which celebrates the voice of the ‘Bhartiya Naari’ and as she
life and is a reminder , even stood up for herself, in those gorgeous
today, of what is important sarees and with limpid eyes, we all cheered
and should be held close. for her and also ourselves, all of us and our
mothers, aunts and friends- we the laddoo
makers of India.
GANGS OF
ROCKSTAR
WASSEYPUR The young boy with Jim
The sheer unconventionality Morrison in his heart which
appealed to me, the no one understands
unpredictability, the depth touched a chord
of characters - it is difficult within me. That
to say what made a deep he managed to
impact on me. Suffice to say, fulfil it and then to
GOW touched a deep core realize that there is
within ourselves which rarely far more to making life
sees the sunlight and made meaningful than fame and
us think. money, is what makes this
movie special for me. The
doomed love story and the
anti-climax added to the
charm for me.

GULLY BOY
Gully boy will stay with me
not only that for its rap but for
the raw passion that rules the
movie and for the acceptance
that an off beat interest can
give to a troubled young man
and a love that transcends
the mundane. For me
Gully boy is about how
young India dreams
and fights to find its
rightful place in the
humdrum unapologetic
reality of life.
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YOUR 2020
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
2020 will be all about balance
for the Aries zodiac sign. Even
though you will be ambitious,
you will be more realistic about
your goals. Stability will be seen in all
aspects of your life, especially your
relationships. Changes and new
opportunities in your profession will keep
you busy in 2020. Aries, everything will
work out in your favour. But you need to
take the initiative to make the first move.
Aries 2020 love predictions suggest your
love life will also stabilize this year. In past
years, your romances may have been
crazy or traumatic in the past, but this
year things will be better for you and your
partner. You can make things easier for
your relationships, romantic or not if you
remember to think before you speak.

From Left: Chanchal Singh,

TAURUS Khusboo Dahiya,
APR 21 - MAY 20 Tripti Sharma,
The 2020 astrology predictions Ritu Choudhary,
forecast a calm and steady year Mahima Sharma
for the Taurus sun sign. You will and Daisy Choudhary
be ready to settle down this
year. This is a year when important —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
choices need to be made. Be it
relationships or your job; be sure of what
you decide. Being impulsive in love is not
PISCES
an option for the bulls in 2020. Always be
open to suggestions from knowledgeable
people when it comes to financial
We hope that 2020 FEB20 - MARCH 20
The 2020 horoscopes for the
investments. Taurus 2020 love forecasts
suggest your love life will stabilize this will be a promising Pisces astrology sign foretell
that this will be a year of

year, which will be

year. You will find harmony with yourself excitement and adventure for
and your partner in 2020. This year is a the Fishes. You will be brave enough to
good time to find out whatever it is that be open to changes and try new things
you want out of your relationship. While
you may not feel comfortable making
changes in your relationship, but it will
filled with prosperity in life. You might even get pregnant.
Your job or business will serve as an
inspiration for you. You are in a
help in the long run.
and happiness. City comfortable position in life.
So don’t let your impulsive

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decisions spoil what is
working out for you.
GEMINI Pisces, this year your
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
The Gemini zodiac sign will
have a refreshing 2020. You
overview of the relationships are bound
to be better than they
have in past years. Your
have to set the pace for
yourself this year. If it feels too horoscope 2020 social life will flourish in
2020. If you are already

slow, then be more active. And if life
seems to be too fast, then slow down.
Love life will be fun and passionate. The
money will be stable, and your job will
keep you occupied for the most part of
the year. This is a year to improve the
different aspects of your life. Gemini, this
year your romantic life is bound to
become more intense. Things may have
been boring for you last year, but this is
a great year to spice things up with your
partner finally. However, this doesn’t
mean that you will be delighted in a
sex-based relationship. You will need
love and compassion to be truly happy in
a romantic relationship. You may get
bored sometimes, but that’s your cue to
try something new.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
The Cancer star sign needs to
be ready for changes in 2020.
The astrology forecasts for
2020 predict that improvement
in love and career is on the cards for the
crabs. But whether you choose to take up
the opportunities or let them pass,
depends entirely on you. Conflict at the
workplace needs to be dealt with.
Observing the tiny details in life will help
you overcome all problems in 2020.
Cancer love forecasts that in 2020 you are
likely to find harmony within your
romantic relationships. You will also feel
more romantic in general, which your
partner is likely to appreciate. If you are
currently a single Cancerian, then this is
also a great year to try to find love. Before
you look for a new partner you need to
take some time to figure out what it is that
you want out of a relationship.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Life will be full of twists
and turns for the Leo sun
sign in 2020. The Lions will
be filled with vitality and
vigour to achieve their dreams this
year. But you will also be sensible and
know when to draw the line. You will
be open to trying new food, new
exercises, and new relationships. A
job change or a new business too
might interest you. 2020 is a year for
change when it comes to
relationships, romantic or not. There
may be some problems in your
romantic life, Leo, if you are not with
the right person, or even if you are.
You can do two things when this
happens: try to work things out or
dump them. You are likely to want to
know more about your partner this
year, which could make things more
exciting or terrible, depending on
what you find out about them. Overall,
2020 will be an enjoyable year for the
Leos.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
The Virgo astrological
sign will be out of their
nature in 2020. Known to
be practical, the virgins
might make some very impulsive
decisions in 2020. This might lead
to bad relationships or breakups
and problems in the workplace. Or
even some bad financially loss-
making deals. The 2020 sun sign
predictions ask you to think twice
before making any serious
commitments in 2020. This is not a
year to be stagnant, but at the same
time, do not take rash decisions. If
you liked your loved life last year,
then you’re in luck foretells the
Virgo 2020 astrology. If things are
going well for you, then there’s no
need to change what you are doing.
You found, something that works
for you so you should do your best
to keep it up. If you didn’t like your
love life last year, then this year you
need to change some things.
predictions!
Sayali Bhagat
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
The Libra star sign will
have a relatively easy
2020. This is a year to
enjoy and make merry.
You will not have many
responsibilities towards family or
your job. Relax and rejuvenate your
mind in preparation for the coming
years. Single Librans will enjoy
flirting and moving from one
relationship to the other. And do not
forget to spend some good quality
time with your parents, spouse, and
children. Libra astrology 2020
forecasts that if you have had
relationship problems in the past,
don’t worry about them this year.
There is a slim chance of turmoil in
your relationship this year and a
very high chance for harmony
within your relationship. Make sure
that you do not forget the lessons in
love that you learned last year. They
are sure to be able to help you this
year too!
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
The zodiac 2020 predic-
tions foretell that this will
be a year of liberation and
freedom for the Scorpio
zodiac sign. You will feel free of all
restrictions and limitations in your
life. This is a good time to focus on
learning a new hobby or improving
your work skills. Use your positive
energy to help others move forward
in their lives. You can choose what to
do or not in 2020. So make the most
of it judiciously. Scorpio, your love
life will carry on in much of the same
vein that it did last year. There will be
a slight change though, as 2020 is
predicted to be a highly passionate
year, even for the most novice lovers.
If you are already in a relationship,
then you will be more inclined to have
more romantic dates and passionate
sex. If you are single, then you will
also have opportunities for things like
this, but you will need to act on it
quickly to get what you want.
Sonali Bendre
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
2020 is a year of resolutions
for the Sagittarius zodiac
sign. This is a good time to
let go of your past baggage
and clean up on different aspects of
your life that have been bothering you.
But to achieve success, you need to be
patient. You might be very social in the
coming year and open to meeting new
people. But don’t let that reflect on your
existing relationships. And you can
expect some major financial gains.
Sagittarius, you are likely to look for a
change of pace in your love life this year,
whether you are single or not. If you are
single, then it is a good time to begin
looking for a new partner. You are likely
to find love with someone new rather
than with a friend or an ex. You are
more likely to meet new people if you try
new things or go to new places. There
will also be changes in your friends and
family relationships in 2020. You will
need to be more optimistic around these
people to keep their spirits up.
in a relationship, then
things are about to get
sweeter. The more
optimistic that you are in
your social life, the more
new and wonderful people
you are bound to attract. If
you are already in a
relationship, then you may
make many new friends this
year. If you are single, then
you are likely to meet a new
love or two in 2020.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
2020 is the year to prove your
abilities, Aquarius! This is the
year to put people’s doubts to
rest. You will be at your
creative peak this year. So make the most
of it. Show your loved ones that you can
be the perfect spouse and the perfect
parent. Let your imagination and
innovative ideas speak for themselves at
the workplace. Just do not get carried
away by this new found energy and
remember to save for the rainy day.
Aquarius, you are likely to feel extra
passionate this year with your partner. If
you do not have a partner, then it’s a
great year to work on getting one. You
will feel more romantic and charming,
which can easily draw new people
towards you. When it comes to your
current partner, your spontaneous nature
will bring some fun and excitement into
your marriage relationship, which is sure
to spice things up a little bit.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
The 2020 birthday horoscope
for the Capricorn sun sign
shows that this year you will
strive for calm and tranquillity.
You will be tired of running the rat race
and ready to take a break. Learn new
ways to meditate and practice mindful-
ness. A spiritually healing vacation too
will prove to be beneficial for your
mental health. When you are at peace
with yourself, you will be able to make
the most of the opportunities that are
presented to you in 2020. Capricorn,
this year in 2020 your love life is likely
to be the centre of your life. It is time to
commit to your long-term relationships
if you are already in one. Taking things
to the next level, moving in together,
getting engaged or married, or even
having a baby together are great ways
to do this. If you are not already in a
relationship, but if you also want to be
in a relationship, then a great place to
begin your search is in the circle of
friends that you already have. These
people will likely make good partners
because you are likely to have more in
common with them than with strangers.
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A
s each year-end and an-
other begins, we have
so much to look for-
ward especially in Bol-
lywood. The year has
witnessed multiple hits
and firsts in the jour-
ney of Bollywood. Where in the
content-based cinema started
making a mainstream position
and gained a hearted acceptance
from the cinema lovers across
the world. From stars like Deep-
ika Padukone to Ranveer Singh,
Rajkumar Rao to Kangana
Ranaut and Ayushman Khura-
na to Vidya Balan, stars have
several films tired up in the com-
ing future and we thought about
to keep you posted.
So here are some movies you
would need to add to your calen-
dar for the year 2020.
CHHAPAAK - 10 JAN 2020
Released a few days back, the
trailer of Chhapaak is a re-
minder for all those struggling
with life. Inspired by the real
story of Laxmi Aggarwal,
Chhapaak is the movie that we
are eagerly waiting for.
Starring Deepika Padukone in
the lead alongside Vikrant Mas-
sey, the Meghna Gulzar film is
expected to bring a sense of cour-
age and pride among women.
TANHAJI : AN UNSUNG
WARRIOR - 10 JAN 2020
Ajay Devgn will be seen on the
big screen in director Om Raut’s
film. Which will bring Ajay and
wife, Kajol together after a gap
of nine years long The movie is
a historical drama based on
Subedar Taanaji Malusare, the
military leader in the army of
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,
who lost his life in the battle at
Fort of Sinhagad. Saif Ali Khan
will be seen playing a negative
role as Udaybhan Singh Rathod
in the film.
PANGA - 24 JAN 2020
With the rebellious cast like Ri-
cha Chadda, Kangana Ranaut &
Neena Gupta film Panga has
eyes on them. Sports Drama
Block the Dates in
film which is based on the life
of a Kabaddi player.
STREET DANCER - 24 JAN 2020
New year treat for Dance lovers
!! the most loved film of the dec-
ade ABCD and ABCD2 come
with another dance film ‘Street
Dancer’. This musical flick that
stars Shraddha Kapoor, Varun
Dhawan and Nora Fatehi in the
prominent roles will showcase
the various dance forms.
JAWAANI JAANEMAN -
31 JAN 2020
Saif Ali Khan’s film Jawaani
Jaaneman has been in the news
since the release of the poster.
Saif Ali Khan will be seen shar-
ing the silver screen with Tabu
after a very long time. Also, ac-
tress Pooja Bedi’s daughter Alia
Furniturewala is going to kick
start her acting career in Bol-
lywood.
LOVE AAJ KAL 2 - 14 FEB 2020
After giving some hits in the
year 2019, Sara Ali Khan and
Kartik Aryan will return to the
box office with a new love song.
An Imitiaz Ali’s film sequel of
‘Love Aaj Kal 2’ slated to be re-
leased on this Valentine’s Day.
SHUBH MANGAL ZYADA
SAVDHAN - 21 FEB 2020
Highlighting the taboo topics
with the worthy scripts is what
we deserve with the film. Star-
ring Ayushmann Khurrana
who will continue his onscreen
activism with the pinch of ho-
mosexuality to the mainstream
spotlight. The story was final-
ised on the subject of a same-
sex love story set in Prayagraj.
THE TRUE STORY OF GUNJAN
SAXENA - THE KARGIL GIRL -
13 MARCH 2020
Much appreciated with the de-
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but film ‘Dhadak’, Janhvi Ka-
poor is all set to be seen in her
next ‘The True Story of Gunjan
Saxena’ and as the title says, the
film is based on the story of In-
dia’s first Air Force Woman of-
ficer who went to war.
ANGREZI MEDIUM - 20 MARCH 2020
If you been a fan of the film ‘Eng-
lish Medium’ then there is good
news for you. ‘Angrezi Medium’
film starring Irrfan Khan and
Kareena Kapoor Khan is back to
take you for an emotional roller
coaster ride wherein Kareena
Kapoor Khan will be seen in the
role of a cop for the very first
time in her onscreen career.
SOORYAVANSHI - 27 MARCH 2020
Sooryavanshi is the upcoming
action thriller Bollywood mov-
ie that is helmed by Rohit Shet-
ty and features Akshay Kumar
in the lead characters. The
13
movie is scheduled to release on
27th March 2020.
‘83 - 10 APRIL 2020
The much loved real-life couple
would be back on screen with
the film ‘83, where Deepika
Padukone and Ranveer Singh
will be sharing the screen. The
duo is gearing up for the on-
screen retelling of India’s his-
toric win of the 1983 Cricket
World Cup. The film would be
based on the life of veteran
cricketer Kapil Dev.
GULABO SITABO - 24 APRIL
2020
Gulabo Sitabo is a new Hindi
movie which is helmed by
Shoojit Sircar. The movie stars
Amitabh Bachchan, Ayush-
mann Khurrana and Nalneesh
Neel in the lead roles and the
Gulabo Sitabo release date is an-
nounced to be 24th April 2020.
COOLIE NO.1 - MAY 1 2020
Bollywood actor Govinda’s icon-
ic movie Coolie No.1 will be re-
visited on the big screen with a
fresh star cast. With Director
David Dhawan, cast Varun Dha-
wan and Sara Ali Khan will take
on the roles of Govinda and Ka-
risma Kapoor respectively.
LAXMMI BOMB - 22ND MAY 2020
‘Laxmmi Bomb’ a Hindi remake
of the Tamil movie ‘Muni 2:
Kanchana’ will be showcasing
Bollywood Khiladi Akshay Ku-
mar in a very different shadow.
Wherein the story of the film
will be a light-hearted comedy
horror film.
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City First brings you

some of the most exotic
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I
t is truly said that the
world is one big family
and all we need to re-
member is that we are
all humans and belong
to the planet Earth. The
more we meet other
people, see their lives, the more
we move away from our preju-
dices and perceptions.
Not all travel has to be luxuri-
ous and cost a lot of money.
Budget travelling is the in thing.
Rather than spending our mon-
ey on expensive items just to
compete with the ‘Sharmas’ next
door, let us spend it on wonderful
and thrilling experiences. Edinburgh and Leith, United Kingdom
In the year 2020, let us try to
travel and witness the beauty of
the world. Try new cuisines,
learn about various cultures of
different countries, learn differ-
ent dialects and so much more.
Let’s flow with the feelings and
the wanderlust, meet other peo-
ple, visit places that are all mes-
merising in their own way. Let
us absorb it all and realise that
beneath all that, we are all just
human beings and the only thing
that we need to understand the
other is an open heart and mind.
City First brings to you some
of the most exotic locations
across the world from different
cultures, different traditions. Let
us try to visit at least one or two
of these beautiful places this
year. Absorb a little of every cul-
ture and leave a positive mark
somewhere in the hearts of peo-
ple that we meet and move on.
Life is all about experiencing it.
It is not just about materialistic
possessions but is it much more
than that. Let 2020 be about
much more!
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