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SHAH TO
CHALLENGE
GEHLOT...
ON HIS HOME TURF ON CAA
Aditi Nagar
Jodhpur: In a major BJP
move to corner Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot over
CAA, who has been carry-
ing a major frontal attack
on Narendra Modi and Amit
Shah for the last couple of
months, towering Union
Home Minister, popularly
known as a new Sardar
Patel, will be ad-
dressing a mas-
sive BJP work-
ers and pub-
lic rally at
Jo d h p u r
this morning, the town
which is considered as an
epicentre of Gehlot’s poli-
tics. Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat, the union cabinet
minister for Jal Shakti,
who hails from Jodhpur, is
the organiser of this rally.
Aimed at removing the sen-
timent around Citizenship
Amendment Act (CAA), the
rally was earlier planned
for state
capital
J a i p u r,
h o w e v e r,
BJP senior
leadership
later changed
the venue to Jodh-
pur to reach out to thou-
sands of Hindu migrants
from Pakistan, who
are settled in Jodh-
pur and surrounding areas.
It is the saffron party’s
thought that reaching out to
those who have fled from the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
so that the horror stories the
migrants faced, can be brought
out and their support gar-
nered in quelling the negative
perception about CAA.
While the BJP think-tank
has a point in its “theo-
ry”, there is another
angle to home min-
ister’s ‘landing’
to Jodhpur.
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Interestingly, in a mood to again take a
direct confrontation and refute Shah’s
claims, Gehlot himself is reaching
Jodhpur this morning by state plane.

Raise voice against Pakistan, ‘Ready to

target PoK
7 killed, 24 injured as bus
not persecuted minorities: Modi if asked’
New Delhi: The new
falls into gorge in Rajouri
Tumakuru: Prime Chief of Army Staff
Minister Narendra COUNCIL OF General MM Nara-
Modi on Thursday hit MINISTERS vane has said the
out at Congress for MEET TODAY army has “various
opposing the amend- plans” for operations
New Delhi: A meet-
ed Citizenship law, ac- in Pakistan-Occupied
ing of the Union
cusing the party and Kashmir and is ready
Council of Ministers
its allies of taking out for “any task”.
is scheduled to be
rallies against perse- In an interview with
cuted minorities in
held in New Delhi on a new channel, asked if
Pakistan while keep-
Friday. The meeting India can look at mili-
ing mum about atroc- of the Union Council tary operations in PoK
ities inflicted on them of Ministers will be as something than can
by the country. held at the Pravasi be achieved, General
Addressing a rally in Bharatiya Kendra. Naravane said: “We
Karnataka’s Tumaku- PM Narendra Modi speaking at the foundation stone laying With economic woes have our forces de-
ru, Modi defended the ceremony for the memorial museum of His Holiness Dr. Sree Sree persisting and ployed all along the bor- A young boy injured in the road accident in Rajouri district, being shifted to hospital in Jammu.
Citizenship (Amend- Sree Sivakumara Swamigalu in Siddhaganga Mutt, on Thursday. leading to the hike der including Jammu
ment) Act, saying “we of railway fares for and Kashmir and we Jammu: Seven people Thursday, police said. in the mishap, they
have a responsibility to stan’s atrocities of the India as refugees. But the first time in five have various plans and were killed and 24 in- The bus was on its said. Some of the in-
protect the persecuted past, he said. “Paki- Congress and its allies years, the focus of if required, those plans jured, some of them way from Surankote to jured passengers have
minorities in Pakistan” stan was formed on don’t speak against Friday’s meet will be can be put into action. critically, when a bus Jammu when the acci- been shifted to the GMC
and that they can’t be the basis of religion, Pakistan, instead they on ministers holding We will carry out and skidded off the road dent happened at Siot- hospital in Jammu for
left to their fate. religious minorities are taking out rallies portfolios that have carry out successfully and rolled down into Lambari in Rajouri dis- specialised treatment,
“Anti-CAA protes- were being persecuted against these refu- direct link to the na- any task that we are a deep gorge in Jam- trict, they said. they said, adding relief
tors should raise their there. The persecuted gees,” he added. tion’s economy. tasked to do.” mu and Kashmir’s Seven people were and rescue operations
voice against Paki- were forced to come to Turn on P4 Turn on P4 Rajouri district on killed and 24 injured are underway.

Gehlot tweets to blunt Maya’s political barbs on Kota deaths

Kartikey Dev Singh sick infants in JK Lon
Hospital in Kota. There
Jaipur: Tweeting on should be no politics
criticism over the over the issue. Infant
death of 100 infants mortality at this hospi-
at Kota’s JK Lon Hos- tal is steadily decreas-
pital, Chief Minister ing. We will try to re-
Ashok Gehlot on duce it further. It is our
Thursday said the is- top priority that moth-
sue should not be po- ers and children remain
liticised and his gov- in good health,” Gehlot
ernment was sensi- tweeted and empha-
tive to it. The three- sised that the first ICU
time Chief Minister’s for children in Ra-
remarks came amid jasthan was established
criticism by the BJP by the Congress govern-
and BSP supremo ment in 2003.
Mayawati, who ac- “We also established
cused the state gov- an ICU for children in
ernment of being in- Kota in 2011,” he added.
sensitive. Gehlot said the aim of
“The government is ‘Nirogi Rajasthan’ was
sensitive to the death of a priority for the gov-
ernment and an expert
team from the Centre
could further help im-
prove health services in
the state. “We are ready
to improve medical ser-
vices in the state
through discussions
and cooperation with
an expert team from the
Centre,” he said.
Interestingly, an-
other important as-
pect of this entire un-
fortunate episode is
that some people in
and outside Gehlot
government are try-
ing to settle scores
with towering chief
minister under the
The government is sensitive to the death of sick infants in JK Lon Hospital in Kota. There pretext of Kota chil-
should be no politics over the issue, tweeted Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. —FILE PHOTO dren deaths. While
CM has been target-
ed, the next target in
the “scheme of
things” is Gehlot-Avi-
nash Pande favourite
health minister
Raghu Sharma.
In fact, Gehlot coun-
tered the “narrative”
around the entire issue
on Thursday and said
that whatever is being
played in certain sec-
tions of media is not
correct. “The entire is-
sue is being given a
hype to deviate from
CAA and NRC, the en-
tire issue is being
raised on the directions
of few leaders. I want
Union Health Minister
Harshvardhan to visit
Kota see for himself.
Although the deaths
are decreasing each
year, but why should
even a single child or
mother die,” Gehlot
said showing concern
over the issue.
Meanwhile, in a
surprise develop-
ment, things have
reached even upto the
Congress President
Sonia Gandhi, who in-
formally shared her
concern on the issue
with Avinash Pande,
who visited her this
morning at 10 Jan-
path, to extend invita-
tion for his son’s mar-
riage on January 14
and 15. Turn on P4
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Governments justify the curb on the freedom to communicate by citing public order. And it is clear that
the hyper-speed with which information – true or otherwise – travels online is creating problems
INDIA LEADS
THE WORLD IN
SNAPPING ACCESS
A
n annual report
tracking internet
freedom across
the world has found
global declines for the
ninth consecutive year.
Underpinned by do-
mestic election inter-
ference and social me-
dia surveillance, the
report identified inter-
net freedom deteriora-
tion in more than half
of the 65 countries as-
sessed.
Titled Freedom on
the Net, this annual re-
port is published by
Freedom House, a non-
governmental organi-
zation promoting de-
mocracy and civil
rights. Freedom House
is primarily US Gov-
ernment funded, how-
ever, since its founding
in 1941, it has attempt-
ed to track the ebb and
flow of global freedoms
from an apolitical
standpoint. This inter-
net freedom report has
been published annu-
ally since 2009, and this
report marks the 10th
year of the survey. Ini-
tially only chronicling
15 countries, the report
gradually increased its
scope and since 2014
has analyzed internet
freedom in 65 coun-
tries.
The report surveys
internet freedom in
countries from three
perspectives: Obsta-
cles to access – evalu-
ating social and eco-
nomic factors limiting
internet access, as
Social media
surveillance is
perhaps the biggest
A Shutdowns aren’t always statewide
focus of the 2019 s of 2018, India led the
internet freedom world in internet shut-
downs, according to a
report
report by internet advocacy
group Access Now, account-
ing for 67% of the total re-
corded worldwide.
well as governmental An internet shutdown is a
efforts to block access; suspension of internet ac-
Limits on content – cess ordered by the authori-
evaluating govern- ties. Telecoms companies
mental control of con- then turn off the cellular
tent, from diversity of networks at transmitting
news media to specific towers providing mobile
content censorship; phone internet services in
and Violations of user the area.
rights – measuring Countries with far more
how many protections restrictive control over the
citizens have against internet, such as China and
surveillance, and what North Korea, did not feature
kinds of legal reper- prominently in the numbers
cussions users can compiled by Access Now be-
suffer from online ac- cause of the lack of publicly
tivity. The two biggest accessible data, the group
global factors identi- noted. Since January 2012,
fied in the report as there have been 373 halts in
responsible for driv- India’s internet service, ac-
ing the majority of in- cording to the Software Free-
ternet freedom de- dom and Law Center (SLFC),
clines have been an which has been tracking the
increase in social me- suspensions since then.
dia surveillance, and India’s Home Ministry re-
election interference
through digital media.
The report disturb-
ingly identified so- INDIA: WORLD’S UNDISPUTED LEADER, ACCOUNTING FOR 134 INTERNET SHUTDOWNS
phisticated social me-
I
dia surveillance pro- raq has periodically
grams in 40 of the 65 curbed the internet
countries surveyed, as violent protests
and citizens were ar- have spread through-
rested for political, so- out the country. In
cial, or religious Ethiopia, enforced out-
speech posted online ages have become so
in 47 countries. frequent that they are
damaging the econo-
my, costing an estimat-
ed US$4.5m a day, ac-
cording to figures from
a digital rights group.
Reports of outages
from Venezuela are so
frequent that they can
barely be counted, said
Taye Berhan Taye, a
senior policy analyst
at Access Now. “It’s
like a child is at the
switch, turning it on
TALKING POINT JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020
02
An internet shutdown is a
suspension of internet
access ordered by the
authorities. Telecoms
companies then turn off the
cellular networks at
transmitting towers
providing mobile phone
internet services in the area
Indian citizenship.
Assam, Tripura, Megha-
laya, Arunachal Pradesh and
parts of West Bengal, Karna-
taka and Uttar Pradesh have
also experienced shutdowns
in response to protests.
Shutdowns aren’t always
statewide. Some, such as the
one in Delhi, are instituted
across a few districts for a
short span of time.
Most of Jammu and Kash-
mir has had no internet ser-
vice for more than four
months, after the Indian gov-
ernment clamped down on
communications following
the revocation of the state’s
autonomy on Aug. 5.
In total, the Jammu and
Kashmir region has had 180
shutdowns since 2012, ac-
counting for nearly half of
Vast majority of countries undergoing elections over the past 12 months saw some form of digital election interference. the country’s suspensions.
The maintenance of law
ferred inquiries about inter- formation Technology. The due to protests over the bill, and order was not the only
net shutdowns to the Infor- latter ministry said such which makes it easier for reason stated for shutdowns.
mation and Broadcasting shutdowns were a matter for non-Muslim minorities from In some states, including Ra-
Ministry, which in turn re- local police departments. Afghanistan, Bangladesh jasthan, the internet has
ferred questions to the Min- Delhi is not the only state and Pakistan who settled in been halted in order to pre-
istry of Electronics and In- to have its internet cut off India prior to 2015 to obtain vent cheating during exams.
and off whenever they services and education. 2018, India struggled to
fear something is hap- In its early days, report- contain rumours of
pening,” she said. ers were forced to fly to child kidnappers on the
Since India’s first re- Delhi to deliver their loose that travelled fast-
corded use of the tac- material or hang er and more widely
tic, six times in 2012, it around the airport in than authorities could
has become the world’s the capital, Srinagar, track, whipping up
undisputed leader, ac- and persuade the pas- mobs who lynched at
counting for 134 inter- sengers flying out to least 30 people across
net shutdowns last carry memory cards the country. A few
year, around 68% of containing the videos, months before, Sri Lan-
the global total. This pictures and stories of ka’s government
week, it broke the re- those left behind. blocked social media to
cord for the longest Governments justify curb the spread of hate-
continuous outage for the curb on the freedom ful posts that were help-
any democracy: 137 to communicate by cit- ing to spark deadly an-
days and counting in ing public order. And it ti-Muslim riots. “The
the restive region of is clear that the hyper- whole country could
Kashmir. speed with which infor- have been burning in
The blackout there mation – true or other- hours,” the country’s
has wreaked havoc on wise – travels online is information minister
businesses, medical creating problems. In at the time said.
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Raj will promote sports culture: CM
CM Inaugurates State Games-2020 where approximately 8,000 sportspersons and coaches from across state will participate
CM Ashok Gehlot presenting a memento to tennis star Sania Mirza in presence of
Ministers Ashok Chandana and Bhanwar Singh Bhati. —Photos By Santosh Sharma
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur : State govern-
ment will not lag behind
in developing the infra-
structure for sports and
to promote sports tal-
ents. All efforts would
be done to encourage
the sports culture in the
State, said Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Thursday while launch-
ing the ‘State
Games-2020’ at Sawai
Man Singh Stadium.
Gehlot inaugurated
the games by lighting
the torch. It is to be men-
tioned here that after
Independence, it is for
the first time that State
Games are being organ-
ised in Rajasthan.
These will continue
till January 6 in which
approximately 8,000
sportspersons and
coaches from different
parts of the state will
take part.
Addressing the inau-
gural function as chief
guest Gehlot said that
there is no dearth of tal-
ent in Rajasthan. He
JDA’s decision to pave way
for clearance of old projects
First India News
Jaipur : Jaipur Devel-
opment Authority
(JDA) has finalised pro-
cess to dispose off land
use change cases. This
will pave way for clear-
ance to projects stuck
all these years due to
arbitrary way in which
JDA officials had inter-
preted Rajasthan HC’s
order.
With go ahead to land
use change, the JDA
can expect to earn much
needed revenue and
people too can get their
stuck projects cleared.
HC had ordered that
land use change should
be done only in the mat-
ters of public interest
but the JDA officials
used it as per their con-
GUP
SHUP
BUGGED? Or is it the
grapevine... . First India
begins a column that
brings to you gossips or
tete-e-tete from the
corridors of power
RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020
03
CM Ashok Gehlot, Speaker CP Joshi and Minister Ashok Chandana felicitating CM Gehlot, CP Joshi, Ashok Chandana and Sadulpur MLA Krishna Poonia felicitating
veteran cricketer Salim Durrani. Dronacharya Awardee Virendra Poonia. Incidently Virendra is Krishna’s coach & husband.
called upon Industrial
houses to come forward
and adopt a game and
subsequently help in de-
veloping facilities for
the game and preparing
players at international
level.
Assembly Speaker CP
Joshi while presiding
over the function ex-
pressed hope that new
talent will get opportu-
nity through State
Games and these play-
ers will further earn a
name for the State and
the Country.
Arjun Awardee sport-
spersons and those who
had brought laurels for
Rajasthan were felici- CM Gehlot, CP Joshi, Sania Mirza and Vishvendra Singh declaring the State Games open at SMS Stadium on Wednesday. CM Gehlot and ACS Finance Niranjan Arya at SMS Stadium.
tated. Arjun Awardee
athlete Ram Singh IN FULL ATTENDANCE INAUGURAL EVENT
Shekhawat, Deenaram,
Gopal Saini, Krishna
Punia, Jagseer Singh,
Sundar Singh Gurjar,
Archer Rajat Chauhan,
Shooter Shagun Choud-
hary and Apoorvi Chan-
dela, kabbadi player
Pradeep Narwal, State’s
famous cricketer Salim
Durrani and others
were felicitated. Ministers Raghu Sharma and Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
Girls get down from tank 25 vehicles involved in pile
after CM’s assurance
up near Behror due to fog
venience to put every- area will not be convert- First India News
thing on hold. Many ed.
cases of petrol pumps The land use change Alwar: A major acci-
too got stuck. JDA’s of agriculture land can dent took place on Na-
building plan commit- be done as described in tional Highway 48 Del-
tee (BPC) had cancelled master plan’s develop- hi-Jaipur Highway on
lay out plan of many ment control regula- Thursday morning, in
petrol pumps in city. tions. Decisions will be which around 25 vehi-
Recently, JDA sought taken at Zone level. OSD to CM Lokesh Sharma speaking to girls via megaphone. cles collided with each
legal opinion on HC or- The land use change other in front of a pri-
der following which the of non-agriculture land Jaipur: The students his office at 3 pm. These vate hotel in Behror at
building plan commit- from other than permis- who had climbed atop a girls had climbed on the around 7.30 am, due to
tee in its meeting in sible land use change in water tank in RU cam- water tank on Monday fog. These vehicles in- The pile up of vehicles along Delhi-Jaipur Highway on Thursday.
early December decided master plan develop- pus to get the date of the and did not get down af- cluded trucks, contain-
to adopt a procedure for ment control regula- Lecturer Recruitment ter repeated efforts for 3 ers, cars, SUVs, etc. had to go to the hospi- removed the vehicles
land use change. Subse- tions will be done by Examination extended days. Visibility was very tal, who were also dis- from the highway with
quently, JDA issued or- government. finally came down on The family members low due to fog in the charged after first aid, the help of crane. It is
der to clear land use The building plan Thursday afternoon af- of these girls had also morning and so drivers say police sources. being said that the pile
change cases without committee will send ter a delegation sent by tried to convince them failed to see the collided After the accident, up may have been
violating HC order. such cases to state level Chief Minister Ashok to get down, but in vain. vehicles resulting in a there was a long traffic caused by one of the ve-
Under the new proce- land use change com- Gehlot and led by OSD However, when the pile up. The collision jam for about an hour hicles suddenly apply-
dure, the land ear- mittee. to CM Lokesh Sharma CM’s delegation men- was so severe that all on the Delhi-Jaipur ing brakes. In the last 10
marked in the master Non-commercial convinced them to get tioned about getting the vehicles were badly highway. Teams of days, 2 major accidents
plan 2011 as ecological land’s conversion will down. them to meet CM Ge- damaged. Thankfully, Behror, Neemrana Po- occurred near Behror-
zone, recreational park, be decided in the state After that, the girls hlot, they agreed to get no one suffered serious lice stations and NHAI Neemrana on the Delhi-
open space or facility level committee. went to meet Gehlot at down. injuries. Only 3-4 people reached the spot and Jaipur highway.
THIS BRAVO ENJOYS HOW SOME SPs FAILED KHACHARIYAWAS NEW SPONSORED BIRTHDAY
BLIND FAITH OF TIGER TO PERFORM TASK ENTRANT IN CM HOARDINGS OF A
SAHAB! GIVEN TO THEM! GEHLOT’S CAMP! MANTRI TALK OF TOWN
Ilookfblind-faith
you ever wanted to see how
TTheeninPHQ‘failing’
SPs have been ‘successful’
A new “Core Group” of CM Ashok
O ne mantriji celebrated his
works in real life, a task given by PHQ. Gehlot seems to be emerging birthday on the first day of
no closer than this “Tiger had directed district these days at Jaipur which includes the year. While greetings by his
sahab” of Jaipur Commissionerate SPs to take action to reduce road his old favourites Dr Raghu supporters and well wishers is
who sits in his plush office near accidents in their respective areas. Sharma, Mahesh Joshi. However, a normal thing, an interesting
Birla Temple. Tiger has handed all However, a report by ADG traffic now a new entrant, Pratap Singh thing occurred this time when
decision making responsibilities, reveals that 10 SPs have failed Khachariyawas, has also been hoardings were plastered
informally, to a Bravo sahab. When miserably and instead of the deaths included in core group. Earlier across the Pink City, not by any
Bravo gives nod, so does Tiger. A
few months back, Bravo had been
going down in their districts,
accidents and death cases have
Khachariyawas was considered to
be close to Pilot camp, however,
enthusiastic supporter but by a
university! While the hoardings
feeling demotivated and wanted to seen an increase. These districts it is believed that in the past few carry pictures of several of
leave, however, after Tiger gave him include Sikar, Ganganagar, Bikaner, days he has had a change of heart minister’s supporters, however,
a free hand, Bravo has displayed Bhilwara, Nagaur, Jodhpur East, and is now considered as a trusted all have been sponsored by the
great confidence. However, a Gama Jodhpur Rural, Rajsamand and lieutenant of Gehlot. Interestingly, university. Even the Congressmen
posted in the same office said, “It Jaipur East. This “achievement” Congress leader Dharmendra are now questioning if the
is Bravo who has got Tiger posted will be registered as a negative feat Rathore played a major role in University has been “blessed” by
here. Obviously, he will work in the overall performance of the Khachariyawas’s “Ghar Waapsi” mantriji or the blessings are yet to
without problems.” SPs. which has left Pilot camp surprised. be “received”!
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‘Previous BJP govt failed to ‘Urban local bodies must upload

minutes of meeting on websites’
provide funds to Kota hospital’
Vikas Sharma RESIDENT DOCS EXPRESS GRATITUDE
First India News

Jaipur: In a historic
ruling, the State Infor-
the officer refused to
provide the informa-
tion despite the fact
that the minutes of
mation Commission board and empowered
Jaipur: Political slug- has asked for disclo- committee are public
fest over deaths of chil- sure of minutes of the in nature,” commis-
dren at Kota’s JK Lon meetings of the board sioner said.
Hospital continues as and empowered com- According to him,
health minister Dr mittee of municipal such information is
Raghu Sharma blamed bodies. State infor- granted to be given
previous BJP govern- mation commission- when sought under
ment for pathetic condi- er Ashutosh Sharma the RTI Act. He said
tion of the hospital. in an order asked for also imposed a fine of under section 4 (1) B
Reacting to state BJP uploading the minutes Rs25000 on the execu- and 4 (2), such info
president Satish Poon- on websites to enable tive officer Shravan should be automati-
ia’s statement, health people to know about Kumar. Khan had cally disclosed to the
minister said BJP did Health Minister Raghu Sharma meeting people at his residence. the decisions taken by asked Kuchaman mu- public.
nothing to improve the board and empow- nicipality for informa- In his order, Shar-
health infrastructure go when you came to The health minister lease a single paisa. ing burden of patients ered committee. tion of empowered ma said municipal
whereas the Congress power in 2013?” the min- further alleged that the “The hospital admin- on this hospital but to While disposing of committee’s meeting bodies must upload
government believed in ster asked cryptically to BJP government did istration had asked for no avail. an appeal filed by Ku- but the executive of- and update informa-
doing work and very the state BJP president. not provide funds to Rs eight crore in 2015. “Then BJP MLAs Om chaman municipality ficer refused on the tion on their websites
soon things will get bet- According to the the hospital despite re- The next year it asked Birla, Prahlad Gunjal councilor Ahmed Ali ground that it was re- including minutes of
ter in the hospital. health minister, if these peated demands by the for Rs 9.5 crore then 30 and Bhawani Singh Ra- Khan, in his order, lated to third party. the board and empow-
Sharma said 60 beds beds were purchased hospital authorities. crore in 2017. However, jawat had raised the Sharma came down Khan had filed appeal ered committee meet-
had been sanctioned for then two children would Releasing data of three no money was provid- matter in the state as- heavily on attempts against with the com- ing. He has given them
the hospital during the not have to share a sin- years, he said that ed,” he claimed. sembly. There was de- and attitude of bu- mission. deadline of three
previous Congress gov- gle bed. “You (BJP) do against Rs 47-crore de- Moreover, he said mand for 300 bed hospi- reaucracy to keep the “It is surprising months to comply
ernment in 2012. the crime and then mand, the then BJP BJP’s own leaders kept tal but nothing hap- decisions secret. He and unfortunate that with this order.
“Where did those beds blame us,” he said. government did not re- raising issue of increas- pened,” he said.

‘Sonia too took citizenship

now Cong opposing CAA’
Cong misleading people on CAA: Union MoS Prashasnik
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‘NO THREAT TO MUSLIMS LIVING IN INDIA’ where other communi-
ties are persecuted.
Sewa Sangh
Jaipur: Union minister However, he evaded Prez writes
Jaipur: The visits of of state Krishan Pal question about similar
senior BJP leaders are Gurjar has justified treatment to Sri Lankan to PM Modi
increasing in Jodhpur CAA while accusing the Tamils saying this mat-
in view of BJP National Congress of creating ter should not be First India News
President Amit Shah’s confusion over it. Gur- brought into discussion.
January 3 visit. Senior jar told media persons Meanwhile Yadav Jaipur: The non-
BJP leader Rajendra in Alwar that the Con- claimed that party state civil service
Rathore held a press citizenship and now she gress has been mislead- would launch aware- officials are angry
conference during his and her party are work- ing people thus creating ness programme in with the state gov-
stay at Circuit House on ing to challenge it. This chaos and animosity Muslim areas in future. ernment for cancel-
Thursday where speak- act is not against the between different sec- However, when Gurjar lation interviews
ing on CAA and NRC, he people of the Muslim tions of the society. him in trouble, district journalists asked him he was sending across was asked that since the for promotion to
said that whoever has community, it is to give He appealed to the BJP president Balwan that why he was only his message through party did not give ticket IAS from other ser-
read the bill properly citizenship to those Muslim community to Yadav abruptly ended appealing to the Mus- media because it is a to any Muslim in UP, vices.
understands it well. who have come here af- not be misled on this is- the press conference. lim community and powerful medium. He then with what face it Dr Bhajan Lal
Our Act is of 1955, on ter being harassed in sue. However, the min- However, when the not all citizens of the also said that govern- will go to them for can- Rolan, president of
the basis of section 6 of Islamic countries like ister faced some tough journalists protested, country. And, if so ment’s stand was cor- vassing? The minister Anya Prashasnik
the Act, the biggest lead- Bangladesh, Afghani- moments when the me- the minister said that than why didn’t he go rect as the three coun- said that ticket issue Sewa Parisangh has
er of Congress, Sonia stan and Pakistan, not dia posed difficult ques- he was ready to answer to Muslim areas? tries mentioned in the should not be brought written a letter to
Gandhi, has also taken to take citizenship. tions. In fact, sensing their questions. The Gurjar clarified that CAA are Islamic states into this matter. PM Modi, Lok Sab-
ha Speaker and un-
ion MoS for person-

SEEKING DIVINE BLESSINGS HC questions Police Commissioner over nel. In the memo-
randum, Lal has de-
manded that the

delay in probe involving senior cop cancelled interview

should be held to
complete the selec-
First India News the ACP, including the the victim filed a peti- affidavit that why the tion process.
misuse of rights, was tion in HC. probe was not complet- UPSC has stopped
Jaipur: After probe done by then DCP North While presenting an ed on time and why promotion process
into a case registered who presented report in application before the probe officer changed from state services
against a police officer, ACJM no. 8 Jaipur Met- HC, the victim said that once it was complete. in Rajasthan where-
a DCP submitted the re- ro on August 19, 2019. the investigation should The rape victim filed as, special selection
port, assuming charges The report stated that have been completed in a complaint in the low- process has been
were proved in court. prima facie charge two months, according er court that she was completed in many
On the other hand, against accused officer to the court order, but it being threatened by the states in December
another DCP ter med was proved under Sec- was not completed on police for an agreement last, he said. State
the case as fake after tion 166A of IPC. It also time. Also, an attempt is with the accused. government had
conducting probe. mentioned that accused being made to save the On Court order, FIR sent names of 20 of-
Now, High Court has officer did not appear accused police officer. was filed by Jyotinagar ficers for promotion
questioned the for interrogation even After that, Public police station and on four posts. How-
Governor Kalraj Mishra and the first lady of the state Satyavati Mishra visited the Govinddevji
Jaipur Police Com- after giving a notice. Prosecutor said that po- probe was given to a SI. ever, the interview
Temple on Thursday where both prayed for the prosperity of the state. Later the Governor
heard ‘Shabad Kirtan’ at Rajapark Gurdwara organised on the occasion of 353rd Prakash missioner about the After that, another lice have presented FR On this, victim filed a was cancelled after
Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh. Mishra also congratulated the players who have come to Jaipur reason for not com- DCP investigated the in the case and probe is petition in HC that the the names of two
from various districts of the state to participate in the State Games. Meanwhile Tourism pleting probe on time case and submitted a correct. On which, charge is against an DoPT officers were
Minister Vishvendra Singh called on the Governor at Raj Bhavan on Thursday on the occasioon and changing the IO. final report in lower Judge Mahendra Ku- ACP level officer and not included in the
of New Year. The Principal Secretary, Tourism Department, Shreya Guha also met the Governor. The investigation on court, while denying al- mar Goel asked Com- an SI must not investi- panel.
the allegations against legations. Reacting to it, missioner of Police on gate the case.

FROM PG 1
SHAH TO... Through this rally, in the next major Citizenship (Amend- pre-emptively strike at frontal attack and even vance and rationale of children is extremely
Over the recent past, organised at Adarsh “battle” of our times. ment) Act intensified, the sources of terror”, tried to rope in Priyan- BJP in raising this is- saddening and
Chief Minister Ashok Vidhya Mandir in Kam- Raise voice... with Union Law Minis- he said. ka Gandhi when the sue in an out of propor- heart-wrenching. The
Gehlot had been mak- la Nehru Nagar area of Modi’s remarks came ter Ravi Shankar Over the last four BSP President ques- tion manner, whereas death of children is a
ing attacks after attacks the sun-city, Shah will amid widespread pro- Prasad reading Consti- years, the armed forces tioned the silence of their own government blot on a civilised soci-
on PM Narendra Modi try to make a dent in the tests against the amend- tutional provisions to have carried out two Congress leader Pri- in Uttar Pradesh led by ety, human values and
and Union Minister popular perception ed law which grants state governments, say- much publicised opera- yanka Gandhi Vadra on yogi adityanath, had feelings.
Amit Shah. Political amongst the Mus- citizenship to non-Mus- ing they would have to tions in keeping with the death of infants in seen death of 77 chil- It is extremely sad
observers feel that lims in the state over lim minorities from Pa- implement the Act. the government’s tough Kota district and said dren in ten days in Au- that Congress president
Gehlot is deliberately CAA, as a huge three kistan, Afghanistan, ‘Ready to... line on terror. she should have met the gust 2017 at state-run Sonia Gandhi and gen-
carrying these at- lakh strong crowd led and Bangladesh. At Asked if that can in- Gehlot tweets... women who had lost BRD medical college eral secretary Priyanka
tacks to position him- by CM Ashok Gehlot least three Opposition clude operations in PoK Notably, Gehlot had al- their children due to hospital in Gorakhpur Gandhi Vadra, despite
self as the next prime has taken out a peace ruled states — Kerala, on a larger scale, he told ready sent a detailed the “laxity” of the Ge- hospital. being women, are not
minister of a Con- march in Jaipur last Punjab and West Ben- the channel, “Should report to Sonia three hlot government there. Interestingly, Uttar able to understand
gress led alliance, if month. With over gal — have said they that be the mandate”. days back on the issue In a series of tweets, the Pradesh Chief Minister the sorrow of the moth-
it at all comes to pow- twenty five thousand will not implement the The army chief had and the Congress Presi- former UP chief minis- Yogi Adityanath on ers,” he added.
er in 2024. And it is migrants living here, new citizenship law, tough words on Paki- dent was apparently ter also slammed Thursday attacked Con- In another tweet, he
this “development” who welcomed the and a clutch of peti- stan and the terror it “satisfied” with the the Rajasthan govern- gress president Sonia said it would have been
which, according to a passing of CAB with tions wanting it to be sponsors after he took steps taken by Gehlot ment for the death of Gandhi and general sec- better had Priyanka
few political think- open arms, it would struck down are before over from General Bip- government on this infants. retary Priyanka Gand- met and consoled the
ers, that the saffron not be wrong to say the Supreme Court. in Rawat on Tuesday. In subject. At this juncture, one hi Vadra, in a series of aggrieved mothers in-
party wants to count- that Shah has blown On Wednesday, politi- such a situation, India Earlier in the day, senior congress leader tweets and said, “The stead of indulging in
er. the conch, ushering cal acrimony over the “reserves the right to Mayawati carried a has questioned the rele- death of 100 innocent politics in UP.
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JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020
05

CAA ROW ‘Bhagavad

ILLEGAL: KERALA GUV ON RESOLUTION

Gita should
be taught in
schools’
Slamming the state legislature, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said, “This resolution has no legal or constitutional validity”
Nadda to addresses public
T h i r u v a n a n - houses of Parliament
thapuram: A day after have passed the CAA, it
Union Law Minister cannot be implemented

awareness rally in Goa today

Ravi Shankar Prasad as the act was against
slammed the Kerala constitutional values,
government for passing the CPI-M veteran said.
a resolution against the
Citizenship Amend-
While all members
of two fronts unani- 4 pro-CAA Cong Begusarai: Union
ment Act (CAA), Kerala
Governor Arif Mo-
mously supported the
resolution and vehe-
leaders quit, 3 of Minister Giriraj
Singh said that Hin-
hammad Khan too has
come out and said the
mently criticised the
Centre, O Rajagopal,
them join BJP du religious text
Bhagavad Gita
Kerala state assembly’s the lone BJP MLA in Panaji: Four Goa Con- should be taught in
resolution is illegal and the 140-member house, gress leaders resigned schools to impart
unconstitutional. opposed the resolution, from the party to pro- traditional values
Slamming the Kerala terming it as “illegal test against its stand on in children.
government, Governor DEMAND ALSO IN MAHARAHSTRA and unconstitutional.” the CAA and three of While appealing
Arif Mohammad Khan Rajagopal rejected them later joined the that Bhagavad Gita
said, “This resolution
has no legal or constitu-
tional validity.”
C the charge, saying the
Act was being “misin-
terpreted” and lies were
BJP, ahead of the saf-
fron party’s rally on
Friday. Former Panaji
should be taught to
students, Singh
courted controver-
Khan said the Kerala being spread by the —FILE PHOTO Congress block commit- sy by alleging that
assembly’s resolution is fronts for narrow politi- Panaji: BJP national ‘JANJAGRAN’ tee president Prasad most of the stu-
unconstitutional “be- cal gains. working president JP Amonkar, former block dents who visit
cause citizenship is ex- Nadda will address a committee secretary abroad for higher
clusively a central sub- DMK asks Tamil public awareness rally Dinesh Kubal, former studies start con-
ject.” “This (the assem- Nadu govt to on Citizenship Amend- youth leader Shivraj suming beef.
bly’s resolution) actu- follow suit ment Act (CAA) on Fri- Tarkar & North Goa mi- “Bhagavad Gita
ally means nothing,” In Tamil Nadu, opposi- day at Azad Maidan in nority cell chief Javed should be taught in
Governor Arif Moham- triggered nationwide tion Ramesh Chennith- tion DMK has urged rul- Goa. Addressing a press Sheikh quit the party in schools. We send our
mad Khan said. protests. Setting aside ala of the Congress, ing AIADMK to follow conferenc, BJP state the morning, saying children to mission-
their political differ- who seconded it, al- Kerala example. “It is president Vinay Ten- they were in favour of ary schools and they
WHAT IS THE ences, Kerala’s CPI(M)- leged that the CAA was the desire of people that dulkar said that Nadda, the amended citizen- get through IIT and
RESOLUTION led Left Democratic an attempt to make In- every state assembly who will be visiting Goa ship law. Amonkar, become engineers,
ABOUT? Front(LDF) and Opposi- dia a religious nation. should adopt such a res- for the first time after Kubal and Tarkar later collectors and SPs or
On Tuesday, the Kerala tion Congress-headed The chief minister olution to guard basic being appointed as the joined the BJP, ahead of they go abroad. Most
assembly passed a reso- United Democratic said the implementa- features of the Constitu- working president of the party working pres- of them start eating
lution demanding Front(UDF) once again tion of the act will lead tion,” DMK chief MK BJP, will address the ident J P Nadda’s public beef. Why? Because
scrapping of the Citi- came together to launch to religion-based dis- Stalin said. Stalin urged public on CAA. “Over awareness rally on the we did not teach
zenship Amendment a joint offensive against crimination in granting CM K Palaniswami to 25,000 people along with Citizenship Amend- them our culture
Act (CAA). With this, the Centre on the CAA. citizenship, which was adopt a similar resolu- party workers, ministers ment Act here on Fri- and traditional val-
Kerala became the first Kerala Chief Minister against the secular val- tion in TN Assembly on and MLAs will be attend- day. They were wel- ues....the values of
state to oppose legisla- Pinarayi Vijayan, who ues enshrined in the Jan 6 when the House ing the rally, which will with a public meeting at comed into the BJP by Sravan Kumar,” the
tively the controversial moved the resolution Constitution. convenes for the first start from EDC Patto at Azad Maidan,” Ten- party MLA from Panaji Minister said. —ANI
citizenship law that has and Leader of Opposi- Just because both session of 2020. —PTI 3.30 pm and conclude dulkar said. —ANI Atansaio Monserratte.

PAYING LAST RESPECTS Centre rejects West Bengal’s tableau

proposal for Republic Day Parade
Kolkata: In what could
spark fresh tensions be-
NO MUM TABLEAU
tween West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee and the BJP-
led centre, the Union
Ministry of Defence re-
jected her state’s tab-
leau proposal for the
Republic Day parade on
January 26.
“The tableau propos-
al of West Bengal gov-
ernment was examined
by the expert commit-
tee in two rounds of Mamata Banerjee has repeatedly said that she will not allow Bengal to be a part of the proposed
meetings. The tableau nationwide NRC, an assertion that the BJP claims is proof of her minority appeasement strategy.
proposal of the West
Bengal government as 56 tableau proposals duration of the parade, because West Bengal step taken by the cen-
was not taken forward - 32 from states and un- only a limited number has been opposing the tral government
for further considera- ion territories and 24 of tableaux can be centre’s CAA (Citizen- against West Bengal,”
tion by the committee from various ministries shortlisted for partici- ship Amendment Act) Roy added.
after deliberations in and departments - re- pation in the parade,” and the NRC (National The Trinamool Con-
the second meeting,” ceived by the central the statement read, Register of Citizens) gress-led Bengal gov-
the ministry said in its government. adding that West Ben- plans,” Trinamool ernment is at logger-
statement. “The expert commit- gal was shortlisted for Congress MP Saugata heads with the central
Twenty two propos- tee examines the pro- the 2019 Republic Day Roy said. government over sev-
als comprising 16 states posals on the basis of parade through a simi- “West Bengal is eral issues, and the ex-
and union territories theme, concept, design lar process. known to be living state panding presence of the
and six ministries and and visual impact be- “The rejection of the as far as culture, in- BJP in the eastern state
departments have been fore making its recom- West Bengal tableau cluding arts, music and ahead of the 2021 as-
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays his last respects to the mortal remains of NCP leader shortlisted for the pa- mendations. Due to for the Republic Day other things are con- sembly elections has
DP Tripathi, who passed away on Thursday after a prolonged illness. —PHOTO BY PTI rade. The shortlist was time constraints aris- parade is discrimina- cerned. So obviously, further intensified
compiled from as many ing out of the overall tory. It has been done this is a discriminatory their rivalry.

‘PARIKSHA PE CHARCHA’ MHA RE-ORGANISES WORK

RE-SCHEDULED TO JANUARY 20
New Delhi: ‘Pariksha Pe
Charcha’, during which
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will share valuable
tips so that students
take exams in a relaxed
environment, has been
rescheduled to January
20 from January 16. The
ministry said in a tweet
that the programme
has been re-scheduled
due to festivals across
the country. “Students,
ParikshaPeCharcha2020
has been rescheduled
from Jan 16 to Jan 20 on
account of various festi-
vals across the country,”
it said. An official release
from the office said the
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will share valu-
able tips to ensure that
children take exams in a
relaxed environment.
UP: VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ALLOCATION, 2 DIVISIONS MERGED
ALLAHABAD UNIV RESIGNS New Delhi: The Ministry
Prayagraj: Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad Univer- of Home Affairs has re-or-
sity Rattan Lal Hangloo has resigned from his ganised the Divisions and
post following corruption allegations against allocation of work at the
him. Along with him, the Registrar & PRO have level of Joint Secretary.
also resigned. Hangloo was appointed as the The Internal Security-II
Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University in 2015. Division has been merged
“It is correct that I have resigned. The reason was with Internal Security-I
that, repeatedly, baseless enquiries were initiated and its nomenclature will
against me. On several occasions it was proved now be known as Internal
that there was no substance in the complaints. I Security (IS) Division.
resigned because I was totally fed up,” he said. They were divided a few
years back for the better-
ment of the division but
now have been merged.
“Joint Secretary (Women
Safety) will look after the
Internal Security Divi-
sion in addition to own
charge of Woman Safety
Division; Officer will be
designated as JS.” From
now on, all the files of AS
(Police Modernisation)
will be routed through
Secretary.
FIREMAN SUCCUMBS TO
INJURIES IN PEERAGARHI FIRE
New Delhi: One Delhi Fire Services person-
nel succumbed to his injuries on Thursday
after he was trapped and later rescued from
a major fire in a factory in Peeragarhi area
here, officials said. The fireman succumbed to
his injuries at a hospital here. As many as 14
people, including 13 fire brigade personnel,
were injured in the blaze which broke out in the
factory at Peeragarhi earlier in the day. Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal condoled the
demise of the fireman.
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06

ISRO POISED
IN-DEPTH

THE BALANCING ACT

Most important thing in human life is that you transcend the limitations of the physical
FOR TWIN
GIANT LEAPS
Space agency has planned for more
than 25 missions in 2020

I
ndian Space Research Organiza-
tion is all set to scale new heights
in space as it announced to take
two mega projects, Chandrayan-3,
country’s third lunar mission and
maiden human space flight Gaganyaan with
four astronauts, all experienced pilots of In-
Your mind has to
dian Air Force onboard. take instructions
The two projects, to be launched simulta- from you, that is
neously this year, are bound to cement In-
dia’s pre-eminence globally as ISRO jugger-
the most
naut rolls on. These two projects will take important thing.
Indian clout as a space-faring power to diz- In many ways,
zier heights.
Once launched the giant leaps will put India
it has been
with a selected group of countries with proven expressed – not
space technology. India has already launched just in India but
two lunar missions and one of them Chan-
dryan-2 proved to be a failure as Chan-
all over the world
drayaan-2 lender Vikram made a hard-landing
on the virgin southern pole of the moon last
year, falling short by just a few kilometres dur-
ing its journey of 384,400 km, the distance be- is all a human being can do. in India but all over the world.
tween earth and moon.
SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION When it comes to external Even Jesus went to the extent of
In many ways, ISRO has become an effec- Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in situations, there is no such saying this, ‘If therefore thine
tive brand ambassador of India worldwide India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and a New thing as perfect balance. Within eye be single, your body shall be
than the iconic Taj Mahal. No other agency of York Times bestselling author Sadhguru has been myself, I may be absolutely bal- filled with light.’ That is, in
Indian government has brought India laurels conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government anced, but in activity it is still a your physicality, there is always
worldwide than ISRO which has already of India in 2017, the highest annual civilian award, constant adjustment. There is If you lose balance in you and me. If you want to bal-
launched over two hundred foreign satellites, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service nobody on this planet who has your thought, it is ance anything, there must be
thus bringing precious foreign exchange for balanced his outside activity called insanity. If you two, only then balancing be-

L
India. ife is balance. Everything that
However, since nothing in this world is per- you see as life, everything that
fect or ever can be, ISRO too has to surmount you see as yourself is beautiful
a formidable challenge. It lacks the ability to only when it is in balance. Your
launch communication satellites heavier than body, your thought, your emo-
four metric tonnes. But for the last two years, tion, your activity, everything is
ISRO has been working hard to overcome this beautiful only if it is in balance.
straitjacketing factor and trying to augment Sitting is balance, standing is
the power of electric propulsion for heavier balance, walking is supreme
satellites. balance. Just two feet! The way
ISRO is working on Electric Propulsion Sys- you are walking, do you know
tem (EPS) which can reduce the dependence how much balance is needed?
on chemical propellants. A 4-ton satellite with Do you know how much is in-
EPS can do the work of a 6-ton satellite with volved just to keep you balanced
the same efficiency. In addition, it will also when you walk? It is a big thing.
have a few extra years of life compared to If you lose balance in your
chemical propulsion. thought, it is called insanity. If
The space agency has planned for more you lose balance in your emo-
than 25 missions in 2020 and in order to tion, you know how horrific it
achieve the target, it has sought Rs. 14,000 can become. Emotion, the very
crore from the government in fiscal 2021. In- juice of life, if it loses balance,
dia has a fleet of nine navigation satellites as it becomes torture, both for
part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satel- yourself and for others. Isn’t it?
lite System. It plans to launch another naviga- So, how to bring this balance
tion satellite with a homegrown atomic clock into one’s life? What is the basis
— a key instrument that improves accuracy. of this balance? Balance is just
ISRO has earmarked Rs 600 crore towards that you are made such that
Chandrayaan-3, a spacecraft that is designed even if you are in the battle-
to land on the moon and a rover that would field, you are still balanced. If
travel 500 metres on the moon’s surface. Isro your inner balance is absolute,
is looking at SSLV, a rocket that can be assem- you can harness the external,
bled in three to five days for launch, as a vehi- your body, and your mind, to the
cle to hurl small satellites. highest possible level – and that
perfectly. I may believe this is
perfect, but somebody else says
this is nonsense. Isn’t this hap-
pening within the family?
So external situations are al-
ways going to need an adjust-
ment. It constantly needs to be
calibrated depending upon the
needs of the situations in which
we are placed, but if you are
physically, mentally, and emo-
tionally absolutely balanced
within you, this will naturally
find expression in your activity.
It is not the activity that is bal-
anced. If you can get this physi-
cal body and this mind to func-
tion at its highest potential, that
means whatever you could do in
this world, you are doing to the
best of your ability, depending
upon the opportunity and the
situation. That is all you can do.
So, when we say balance,
what would be your idea of bal-
ance? Today if the day goes off
well, would you call that bal-
ance? For me, balance means –
if I shut my door and sit down
for four or five days, I won’t have
a single thought in my mind. I
am not trying not to think; if I
want to think I have to think,
lose balance in your
emotion, you know
how horrific it can
become
otherwise nothing comes in my
mind. I am just empty headed,
because not a single thought
arises in my mind unless I
think, but that is not the case
with everybody. They have not
known a single moment of no
thought in their life unless they
were grabbed by something out-
side, isn’t it? It never happened
by yourself simply because you
are identified with something
that you are not. The moment
you are identified with some-
thing that you are not, thought
is an endless process.
So if you want to get to this
state, what do you have to do?
Your mind has to take instruc-
tions from you, that is the most
important thing. In many ways,
it has been expressed – not just
comes a necessity. If your expe-
rience of life has transcended
the duality of who you are right
now, if you transcend the limi-
tations of the physical, some-
thing beyond the physical be-
comes a living reality and now
you have a single eye. You have
one eye, you are looking at eve-
rything the same way.
Now everything is in perfect
balance. You don’t strive for bal-
ance anymore; existence is bal-
ance. It is only the physical real-
ity which is fluctuating. Every-
thing else is in perfect balance.
It is only the physical which is
going up and down. So, the most
important thing in human life
is that you transcend the limita-
tions of the physical. You are
the only creature on this planet
who has come with that capabil-
ity; all the other creatures are
trapped in their physicality. You
are capable of rising beyond the
physicality but not going
against your physicality. This is
not about rejecting the body,
this is about going a little deep-
er, not remaining on the sur-
face. This is one thing that must
happen to every human being.

Human collaboration can beat screen habit

T
he tech honey- Douglas Rushkoff ’s new but equally crisp minia- bond, learn from, and even
moon is over. book, Team Human, de- ture. heal one another. We hu-
Students in cries the human damage Rushkoff ’s theses to- mans are all part of the
Brooklyn, New done by digital technolo- gether form a manifesto same collective nervous
York, walked gies, some of which I against “the machine,” a system. This is not a reli-
out in protest against a helped create. He says the social broadside reminis- gious conviction but an in-
tech-heavy educational nemesis of humanity is cent of Martin Luther’s 95 creasingly accepted bio-
program. The very first “team algorithm,” and I theses on the church door logical fact.”
conference on “screen ad- was Silicon Valley’s first 500 years ago. The Wall There are all kinds of
diction” attracted 200 “algorithm officer.” He de- Street Journal caricatured scientific “facts.” The
teachers, parents and psy- nounces smartphones, and Rushkoff ’s book using the most common so-called
chologists from three con- I collaborated with the guy phrase “Users of the facts are at the evidence-
tinents, almost all paying who invented them. He World, Unite!” end of the truth spectrum,
their own way. Facebook says we need to get back Perhaps The WSJ paint- facts gathered with time
CEO Mark Zuckerberg was into lived, touchy-feely ex- ed him as a has-been hippie and money, often incentiv-
grilled on the US Senate perience — for years I because of this quote: ized and organized to
floor. France banned cell- wrote my own code and ald’s, or communism, take “Capitalism’s vision of the serve an agenda and,
phones in schools. still live by math. your pick. individual as a completely therefore, even worse
The more technology Rushkoff, an American The more Team Human is cleanly self-interested being, than hearsay. At the other
technology tries whose survival was a Dar- end of the truth spectrum,
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JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020
07

BHAGWAT IN INDORE FOR RSS MEET

Senior leaders of the organisation would be holding ‘informal talks’ over various issues during the conclave
POWER Gallery
DR DHANANJAI MOHAN IS NEW
DIRECTOR, WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA
Indore: Amid protests here on Thursday. THE AGENDA will be discussed. Dr Dhananjai Mohan has been appointed as
against the Citizenship It is significant as the Around 30 senior RSS Director, Wildlife Institute of India (WII). He is
(Amendment) Act, country has been roiled leaders, including gen- a 1988 batch IFS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
Rashtriya Swayamse- by protests against the eral secretary Suresh
vak Sangh chief Mo- amended act and the Bhaiyyaji Joshi, will 25 IRS-CUSTOMS PROMOTED TO CC/DG
han Bhagwat and oth- National Register of take part in the delibera- OF CUSTOMS GRADE
er senior leaders of the Citizens (NRC) in the tions. Bhagwat arrived
organisation would be last few weeks. here on Thursday. As many as 25 IRS-Customs officers
holding “informal A release issued by Apart from conduct- have been promoted to the grade of Chief
talks” on the situation the local unit of the RSS ing a review of activi- Commissioner/Director General of Customs
in the country between said that national func- ties, the participants and Central Excise. They are: Rajiv Talwar,
January 5 and 7. tionaries of the organi- ditions prevailing in would discuss Sangh’s Alok Tewari, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Mallika
A five-day conclave sation will hold “infor- the country”, without strategy for the new year Arya, S Kannan, Alok Shukla, Satish Kumar
of RSS leaders began mal talks over the con- specifying which issues during the meet.—PTI Agarwal, Pawan Kumar Sinha, Pradeep
Kumar Goel, Mandalika Srivas, Pramod
Kumar Agarwal, V Rama Mathew, Mallika

I have been IN THE COURTYARD Mahajan Sinha, Suresh Kishani, Alok Raj,
Rangisetty Manga Babu, Shashank Priya,
Krishna Akshaya Mishra, Pramod Kumar

detained at home, Reinstating Mistry: Tata Sons approach SC Singh, Nishith Goyal, Vivek Ranjan, Uma
Shankar, Ajay Dixit, Neeta Lall Butalia and
New Delhi: The Tata The tribunal, how- Hemambika R Priya

says Iltija Mufti Sons Limited on Thurs-

day approached the Su-
preme Court against
ever, clarified the resto-
ration order will be
operational only after
TWO IAS OFFICERS BECOME PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY IN JHARKHAND
Srinagar: Iltija Mufti, the order of the Na- four weeks, thus allot-
daughter of detained tional Company Law ting time to Tatas to Two IAS officers: Nitin Madan Kulkarni
PDP chief and former Appellate Tribunal file an appeal. and Ajay Kumar Singh have been promoted to
Chief Minister Me- (NCLAT) which rein- The Mumbai bench the grade of Principal Secretary in Jharkhand.
hbooba Mufti, claimed stated Cyrus Mistry as of National Company
FIVE IAS OFFICERS PROMOTED TO
she too had been de- executive chairman of Law Tribunal had dis-
tained. Mufti alleged the company. has not yet been fixed NCLAT had restored missed petitions filed SECRETARY GRADE IN JHARKHAND
Srinagar Police stopped The company has for hearing and will Cyrus Mistry as the Ex- by 2 investment firms As many as five IAS officers: Rajesh Singh,
her from leaving her sought early interim only come up after the ecutive Chairman of Cyrus Investments Pri- Manoj Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, Deepak Kumar
residence to visit the relief ahead of the apex court opens on the Tata Group and vate Ltd & Sterling In- Shahi and C M Prasad Kashyap have been
grave of her grandfa- board meeting which January 6 after the held that the appoint- vestments Corpora- promoted to Secretary grade in Jharkhand.
ther - two-time former is likely to be held on winter break. ment of N Chan- tion, challenging Mis-
Chief Minister Mufti COPS IN DENIAL January 9. The matter On December 18, the drasekaran was illegal. try’s removal. —ANI SANTOSH KUMAR UPADHAY PROMOTED
Mohammad Sayeed. TO DGP GRADE IN ODISHA
Mufti made a similar
claim in August last
year, shortly after her
Senior DRI official, 2 others Agusta deal: I-T department Santosh Kumar Upadhay has been promot-
ed to the grade of Director General of Police
mother, along with two
other former Chief
sent to judicial custody conducts raids at 25 locations (DGP) in Odisha. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer
of Odisha cadre.
Ministers - the National New Delhi: A CBI New Delhi: The In-
Conference’s Farooq court sent a senior of- come Tax Department M AKHAYA GETS PROFORMA PROMOTION
Abdullah and his son, ficial of the Directo- conducted searches at TO DGP GRADE IN ODISHA
Omar Abdullah - was rate of Revenue Intel- 25 locations in Pune &
among hundreds of ligence (DRI) and two Delhi-NCR at proper-
M Akhaya, who is on central deputation, has
politicians detained by others to judicial cus- ties belonging to Su-
been given proforma promotion to the grade of
the centre in August af- tody till January 6 in shen Mohan Gupta Director General of Police (DGP) in Odisha. He
ter it controversially connection with an and Pune-based in- is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.
withdrew special status alleged Rs 25 lakh dustrialist Dinesh
PADMAKAR RANPISE PROMOTED TO
to Jammu and Kashmir bribery case. Munot in connection
under Article 370. The Central Bureau with Rs 3,600 crore with Finmeccanica’s ADGP GRADE IN ODISHA
“I wanted to go to the of Investigation had on accused to judicial cus- VVIP AgustaWest- British subsidiary, Padmakar S Ranpise has been promoted to the
mausoleum of my Wednesday arrested an tody till January 6 after land chopper deal. AgustaWestland, for grade of Additional Director General of Police
grandfather for his ADG, DRI, Ludhiana concluded the argu- Gupta was arrested supplying 12 VVIP (ADGP). He is a 1995 batch IPS officer.
fourth death anniver- and 2 private persons ments. Advocate San- on March 26 this year choppers to Indian Air
sary (January 7). I sent including a friend of jay Abott, who repre- by ED on charges of Force, over alleged LT GEN Y K JOSHI A PROBABLE
my personal security the public servant in sented one of the ac- money laundering. A breach of contractual CANDIDATE AS NEXT NORTHERN ARMY
officer and driver to Group (SSG) protectee. an alleged bribery cused in the case, op- special CBI court had obligations & charges
seek permission from “I have been detained case. Special CBI judge posed the remand ap- in June granted him of kickbacks worth Rs
COMMANDER ?
the authorities, but it at home and not allowed Kiran Bansal has de- plication filed by the bail. In 2014, India had 423 crore being paid to Lt Gen YK Joshi presently Chief of Staff, North-
was denied,” said Muf- to move anywhere,” she cided to send all three CBI. —ANI scrapped a contract secure the deal. —ANI ern Command could also be a probable candi-
ti, a Special Security told news agency PTI. date for post of Northern Army Commander if
Lt Gen Ranbir Singh is appointed as next Vice

Activist mother meets toddler
after 14 days following arrest
Varanasi: Environ-
ment activist Ekta
Shekhar met her tod-
dler Champak after
14 days. Ekta, along
with husband Ravi
Shekhar, was arrest-
ed during protests
against CAA in Vara-
CAA protest: Court pulls up DGP over security Chief of Army Staff.
Bijnor: The Director- government property. DIRECTOR ENGINEERING TO JOIN MIB
General of Police and “Actions are being
Gaurishankar Kesarwani will join the Ministry
Principal Secretary taken and will be tak-
Home Department of en only on the basis of of I&B as Director. He was Director (Engineer-
Prayagraj were pulled strong evidence. I ing) in Prasar Bharati.
up by the Bijnor court want to assure that no
DEPUTATION TENURE OF DR SHIVALLI M
over the security ar- action will be taken
rangements made in against those who CHOUHAN EXTENDED
the city to tackle the were not involved,” Bi- The deputation tenure of Dr Shivalli M Chou-
protests being held jnor DMRamakant han working as Director in the Department of
against the Citizen- Pandey had stated. Expenditure, has been extended for a period of
ship (Amendment) Act Protests erupted in three months with effect from January 4, 2020.
nasi on December 19. and NRC. several parts of the He is a 1997 batch IDAS officer.
The couple has been The court also said country, including UP,
granted bail. Ekta that they would seek over CAA, which MERLA APPOINTED AS TECHNICAL
said, “My baby help from the Central grants citizenship to MEMBER, NCLAT
daughter Champak government to protect Hindus, Sikhs, Jains,
is dependent on my the premises of the cials had been sum- cember 25 issued no- Parsis, Buddhists, and The NaMo administration appointed Shreesha
milk, I was worried courts if the state ad- moned on December 20 tices to 43 people to pay Christians fleeing reli- Merla to the post of Technical Member in the
about her. It was very ministration failed to after a shootout took for the damage as they gious persecution from National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
tough for me.” do so. It should be not- place at Bijnor court. were identified while Pakistan, Afghanistan, (NCLAT).
ed that both the offi- The police on De- vandalising public and and Bangladesh.—ANI

MP GOVT ANNOUNCES INCREASED DA ALLOWANCE FOR 10L EMPLOYEES

AIIMS PROF SURESH CHANDRA Anirudh Tiwari At present, employees are getting On October 14, the Central Govern- INTEGRATED HELPLINE NO 139
SHARMA IS CHAIRMAN OF NMC 12% DA, but the state government ment had increased the dearness FOR PASSENGERS: RAILWAYS
New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Bhopal: In the New Year, the Kamal may take a decision to increase the allowance of employees from 12 New Delhi: The Indian Railways announced an
Cabinet appointed Suresh Chandra Sharma as Nath government is expected to DA by 5% soon. The decision to to 17%. Generally, DA has been integrated helpline number “139” for assistance,
the chairman of National Medical Commission give a gift of increased dearness provide dearness relief to pensioners increased by 2% at a time, but this enquiry & grievances redressal during travel.
(NMC). Sharma is the professor and head of ENT allowance to more than 10 lakh can be taken simultaneously, but the time, it has been increased by 5%. “To overcome the inconvenience over multiple
head-neck surgery department at AIIMS in New employees of the state. State payment will be done after getting The General Administration Depart- helpline numbers for grievances & enquiry during
Delhi. In August last year, the Parliament passed Government employees have consent from Chhattisgarh. Accord- ment has increased DA of members railway travel, Indian Railways has integrated
NMC Bill to create National Medical Commission been waiting for an increase in ing to sources, Finance Minister Ta- of All India Services by 5% in the railway helplines into single number 139 for the
in place of Medical Council of India. The Appoint- DA for a long time. As per the run Bhanot has given instructions to state from July 1, 2019, but the passengers for quick grievance redressal and
ments Committee of the Cabinet has approved sources, the government may put forth the proposal for increasing decision is yet to be taken on the enquiry during their journey.” “it will be easy for
the appointment of Sharma for a period of three increase DA before the new dearness allowance for the employ- state employees. The condition of passengers to remember this number & connect
years or till the age of 70 years. financial year. Its proposal will be ees and pensioners of the state for treasury is not so good that govern- with Railways for their travel needs.”
introduced in the Cabinet. consideration in the Cabinet. ment can pay at one go.
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08

Shah to address BJP booth Avoid Pakistan route:

US cautions air carriers
workers meet on Jan 5
The conference is going to be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi
New Delhi: Ahead of
Delhi Assembly polls,
BJP national president
Amit Shah will address
‘Guru was devoted
the party’s booth work-
ers conference at the
Indira Gandhi Indoor
against injustice’
Stadium on January 5. New Delhi: Union Union Civil Aviation
“Booth workers con- Home Minister Amit Minister Hardeep New Delhi: The US avia- from attacks against air- Balakot airstrike by the
ference is going to be Shah on Thursday Singh Puri also took tion regulator Federal ports and aircraft in Pa- IAF and the subsequent
held at the Indira Gan- paid his obeisance to to twitter to extend Aviation Administra- kistan, particularly for capturing of Indian Air
dhi Indoor Stadium on Guru Gobind Singh his wishes and pay tion has issued an advi- aircraft on the ground Force Wing Commander
January 5. The booth on his birth anniver- respects to Guru sory to all air carriers and aircraft operating at Abhinandan Vartha-
workers are the real chism and nationalism. sary and hailed the Gobind Singh. and commercial opera- low altitudes, including man by Pakistan in Feb-
strength of BJP. Na- BJP stands by the truth
JODH VISIT tenth Sikh Guru say- “I join the sangat in tors against flying into during the arrival and ruary last year, besides
tional president Amit and nationalism where- ing that he devoted paying obeisance to or crossing the Pakistan departure phases of escalating tensions be-
Shah will address this as Aam Aadmi Party himself to fight Sri Guru Gobind Sin- airspace citing “extrem- flights. tween India and Paki-
conference,” said Un- stands by falsehood against injustice and gh Ji on his Parkash ist/militant activity”. “The ongoing pres- stan over the Kashmir
ion Minister Prakash and anarchism,” added wrongdoing. Purav. Spiritual lead- “There continues to ence of extremist/mili- issue.
Javadekar while ad- Javadekar. “On the occasion er, philosopher and be a risk to US civil avia- tant elements operating It has also cited pres-
dressing a conference. Javadekar held the of Guru Gobind Sin- warrior, Guru Sahib tion from attacks in Pakistan poses a con- ence of extremist
“BJP will contest Aam Aadmi Party gh’s Prakash Parv founded Khalsa against airports and air- tinued risk to US civil groups in Pakistan. “Be-
these elections with a (AAP) and the Con- (birth anniversary), I Panth and gave Sikhs craft, particularly for aviation from small- tween 2014 and 2019, ex-
positive agenda and gress responsible for pay my obeisance the tradition of five aircraft on the ground arms fire, complex at- tremist/militant groups
win the elections ... the violence during and bow on his feet. K’s,” Puri tweeted. and aircraft operating at tacks against airports, operating in Pakistan
Our main issue will be protests against the The tenth Sikh Guru Meanwhile, Bihar low altitudes, including indirect weapons fire, have demonstrated their
the complete develop- Citizenship (Amend- and the founder of Chief Minister Nit- during the arrival and and anti-aircraft fire, ongoing capability and
ment of Delhi for which ment) Act, 2019 in the the Khalsa Panth, de- ish Kumar offered departure phases of the any of which could oc- intent to target civil avi-
we have always been national capital, said a kan’ which will be dis- voted himself to prayers at Patna Sa- flight,” reads advisory. cur with little or no ation through multiple
working,” he said. release. tributed by the Delhi fighting against in- hib Gurudwara, in The US regulator said warning,” it said. attacks on aviation in-
“This is the fight be- The BJP leader also Development Authori- justice and wrongdo- Patna on this occa- in its NOTAM that there In justification to the frastructure, including
tween falsehood and issued a form for ‘Ja- ty (DDA) in the unau- ing”, Shah tweeted. sion. —ANI continues to be a risk to advisory, the FAA also airports,” the advisory
truth, between anar- han Jhuggi-Wahan Ma- thorised colonies. —ANI US civil aviation sector makes mention of the reads. —Agencies

Uddhav, Aaditya Sri Lanka extends free tourist visa scheme

attend Police Colombo: Sri Lanka
on Thursday extended
tating bombings that
killed 258 people.
INDIA HAD ISSUED TRAVEL WARNINGS Thawheed Jammath
(NTJ) carried out sui-
Easter Sunday bomb-
ings, the industry suf-

raising day event

the free visa-on-arriv- On July, the island cide bombings which fered mass scale can-
al scheme till April 30 nation added more killed over 260 people at cellations of prior
for the citizens of 48 countries, including three luxury hotels and bookings. In May last
countries, including India and China after three churches on year the arrivals suf-
India, Tourism Minis- it re-launched the free April 21. fered over a 70 per cent
ter Prasanna Ranatun- visa on arrival scheme, Sri Lanka’s tourism slump.
ga said, as the country which was implement- arrivals had received a The tourism industry
tries to revive the ed from August 1. boost by early 2019 with officials said the arriv-
tourism sector which “We have decided to over 10 per cent in- als during 2019 were
was hit by the Easter extend this facility due the Easter Sunday waived off. crease in arrivals year well below the 1.9 mil-
Sunday bombings. to requests from the bomb attacks, the $20 Tourism which con- on year. The Lonely lion arrivals target. The
On April, Sri Lanka stake holders. A Cabi- visa fee for South tributes 5 per cent to Planet had by then first 11 months data for
suspended its plans to net paper would be sub- Asian travellers and the island’s GDP was named Sri Lanka as a 2019 had showed arriv-
grant visa-on-arrival mitted for this pur- $35 fee applicable to dealt a severe blow af- top tourist destination als had been 1.67 mil-
to citizens of 39 coun- pose,” Ranatunga said. visitors from the rest ter the ISIS linked local in the world. lion down by nearly 20
tries after the devas- In the aftermath of of the world were terror group National However, after the per cent. —ANI

CM Uddhav Thackeray, Minister Aditya Thackeray during the event .

Mumbai: Maharashtra the platoons,” Uddhav Jaju files petition in Rajasthan bags Krishi Hum Do Humare Do: Min
NHRC against AAP Karman Award 2017-18 on population control
Chief Minister Uddhav said.
Thackeray along with The Maharashtra
his son and minister Chief Minister told re-
Aaditya Thackeray on porters that he will take First India News public hearing at PCC,
Thursday attended the care of training facili- Jaipur: BJP vice-pres- ing Hindu refugees of First India News Thursday. Meghwal said that I am
Maharashtra Police ties given to police per- ident Shyam Jaju has the basic facilities A trophy, certificate Jaipur: Another minis- talking about ‘Hum Do
raising day event at sonnel as well as pro- filed a petition in the which are part of the Jaipur: Rajasthan and Rs 2 cr were ter of the Gehlot gov- Humare Do’ so that peo-
Marol police training viding them homes. National Human fundamental rights as bagged the Krishi awarded under the ernment has comment- ple do not discriminate
grounds. Several pla- The amount of Rs Rights Commission mentioned in the con- Karman Award 2016- Krishi Karman ed in favour of popula- between boys and girls.
toons of Police person- 225.13 crores has been (NHRC), seeking action stitution. 17 and Praise Award Award. Prakash Fu- tion control. Minister It is a matter of pride
nel did a march past and sanctioned for the said against the Aam Aadmi The petition further 2017-18 for produc- nat of Dungarpur and of Social Justice and for the girl child to be
the Chief Minister was project. On the occa- Party (AAP) govern- said that a BJP delega- tion of pulses. PM Samu Devi of Pali Empowerment Master born. Today, the girls
accorded a guard of sion, Director General ment in Delhi alleging tion, led by Jaju, recent- Modi presented the were awarded in the Bhanwarlal Meghwal are making their par-
honour. CM said that he of Police Subodh Ku- violation of human ly visited and inspected award to Naresh category of Progres- spoke about population ents proud.
is committed to giving mar Jaiswal, ACS rights against the Hin- the refugee camps lo- Pal Gangwar Prin- sive Farmers and control at the PCC on The matters related
all world-class facilities Home Department San- du refugees from Paki- cated at the Signature cipal Secretary were given Rs 2L each, Thursday. Meghwal to electricity, transfers,
for training and other jay Kumar, Mumbai Po- stan who are living in Bridge in New Delhi (Agriculture) and along with a citation. said that after Congress roads and criminal cas-
purposes to the police lice Commissioner New Delhi. and found that the refu- Omprakash Com- Similarly, one crore talked about population es were reported to the
force in Maharashtra. Sanjay Garve and Dep- In its petition, Jaju, gees were forced to live missioner of Agri- rupees and certifi- control by enacting the minister. Meghwal ad-
“I am proud on being uty General of Police who is the in-Charge of in severe conditions in culture in a ceremo- cates were awarded vasectomy law, the gov- vocated the visits of the
a part of these raising (Housing) Bipin Biha- BJP’s Delhi unit, has the absence of basic fa- ny held at Tumkur under the Praise ernment did not win ministers and officers
day celebrations and ri, among others were alleged that the Delhi cilities of water and in Karnataka on Award. the elections. in-charge and described
handing over the flag to also present. —ANI government is depriv- electricity. After holding the it as a good step.

 Rajasthan HC will hold a
hearing on death reference
in Jaipur bomb blast case on
Friday. It will hear appeals
to confirm death sentence,
given to the accused Salman,
Saif, Sarwar and Saifur
Rahman on December 20.
BRIEF
a mike were installed during
the night. The wire of the
mike got entangled with the
mesh of overhanging wires of
11,000 volts. The three men
died on the spot while two
others were severly injured.
Officers have been promoted.
Promotion orders of IAS, IPS
and IFS officers have been
issued.
 In the case regarding the
death of a child by severe
burns in a paediatric ward,
atmosphere. It is required that
the workers go door to door
and let people know about
this law. Poonia targeted the
Gehlot government and said
that Congress had mentioned
about giving citizenship
to Pak migrant Hindus in
the locust attack in Western
Rajasthan.
 Rajasthan HC division
bench of Chief Justice Indrajit
Mahanty and Justice Inderjeet
Singh has issued a notice to
ACS UDH, Jaipur Municipal
master plan 2011. However,
with the connivance of JDA,
land acquirers have damaged
the forest. The case is about
conducting commercial activ-
ities on the unexplored land
situated on Ajmer Road.
have computer teachers. In
the hearing on the bench of
Justice Sangeet Lodha, the
High court reprimanded the
state government over this
issue. The High Court also
sought about the prescribed
qualifications for computer

Death reference appeals were  PM Modi wished BJP the hospital administration its manifesto, but they are Corporation Commissioner,  Due to drop in mercury, teachers.
in

filed by the state government.
Justice Sabina’s bench will
hold the hearing. The matter
has been listed.
 3 people died of elec-
trocution while two others
were injured in Jaipur on
Wednesday. The incident
took place while the youth
were returning home in a
truck in which a digi box and
National Vice President
Om Prakash Mathur on his
birthday on Thursday. Home
Minister Amit Shah, BJP
national executive presi-
dent JP Nadda, former CM
Vasundhara Raje along with
other BJP leaders including
Raghuvar Das also conveyed
good wishes to him.
 In Jaipur more than 65 AIS
agreed to give financial aid
to the child’s family. ADM
Ramcharan Sharma handed
over a check for Rs 30,000 to
the family on Thursday.
 BJP State President Satish
Poonia reached Ajmer on
Thursday to attend the CAA
workshop organised by
Ajmer BJP. Poonia said that
Congress is creating a wrong
opposing it now. Commenting
on the death of children in
Kota, Poonia said that there
were not enough resources in
the hospital and none of the
government ministers went
to Kota after the death of chil-
dren. Poonia claimed victory
in the panchayat elections
and called upon the workers
to start the preparations. He
also expressed concern about
JDA Secretary, Jaipur Vidyut
Vitran Nigam Limited and
Pollution Control Board.
The notice has been issued
on the PIL filed while citing
illegal use of acquired nursery
(orchid). Advocate Bharat
Vyas representing petitioner
Rajesh Bagra informed that
the land was reserved and
acquired for the orchid in
the 1975 sector plan and
district collectors of Tonk,
Jalore, Dausa, Sriganganagar,
Pratapgarh and Sawai Mad-
hopur have extended winter
vacations for the students
of class 1 to 8 till January 4.
Students from senior classes
will attend classes from 10
am to 4 pm.
 Around 14 thousand
schools in the state do not
 Election schedule in more
than 166 panchayats changed
due to negligence and lack of
coordination.
 A teacher was honey
trapped by a girl on social
media in Sikar. She conned
Rs 41K out of him as
ransom after threatening to
implicate him in a rape case.
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09

A total of 24 countries are competing in the ATP Cup, which will be played from January 3 to January 12

NEW TENNIS ERA KICKS OFF TODAY

SCHEDULE: DAY 1
Brisbane - Group F
EST 10AM: Greece v
Canada
EST 5:30PM: Germany
v Australia
Perth - Group D
EST 10AM: USA v
Norway
EST 5:30PM: Russia
v Italy
Sydney - Group C
EST 10AM: Belgium v
Moldova
EST 5:30PM: Bulgaria
v Great Britain

Sydney: The ATP Cup Players to watch HOW TEAMS QUALIFY FOR THE ATP CUP GROUPS FOR THE
NOVAK DJOKOVIC & RAFAEL NADAL TOO CALLS FOR MERGER
will kick off the 2020 out at the ATP Cup ATP CUP 2020

ATP Tour season with
broadcast coverage se-
cured in more than 180
territories worldwide,
the ATP announced on
Thursday.
Ross Hutchins, ATP
Cup Managing Director,
said: We’re delighted
with the broadcast
agreements in place
that will ensure that
fans all over the world
will be able to tune into
the action to follow the
start of the season as
the players go head-to-
head for their countries
in a bid to win the inau-
gural ATP Cup.”
The host broadcast of
the ATP Cup will be pro-
duced by Tennis Aus-
tralia, with domestic
rights held by Channel
9 in Australia, while the
international broadcast
sales and distribution
are handled by ATP Me-
dia, the broadcast arm
of ATP Tour. World’s
leading broadcasters
O (SEEDING)
Serbia: Novak Djoko- n September 13, the top 18 teams were an-
vic Novak, Spain: Ra- nounced based on the singles ATP rank-
fael Nadal, Russia: Da- ing of each country’s No. 1 singles player. Group A: Serbia (1),
niil Medvedev, This means that Serbia is the first seed at the France (9), South Africa
Austria: Dominic Thi- tournament as Novak Djokovic was still world (14), Chile (20)
em, Germany: Alexan- no. 1 at that time. The remaining 5 teams were
der Zverev, Greece: Ste- announced on November 13 based on the Group B: Spain (2),
fanos Tsitsipas, Petros rankings. A country needs to have at least two Japan (7), Georgia (13),
Tsitsipas. players in the ATP singles rankings to be eli- Uruguay (22)
gible to qualify. Each team can comprise of a
Missing ATP Player minimum of 3 players and a maximum of 5. Group C: Belgium (10),
9 of top 10 players are Great Britain (17), Bul-
on board so far (the The format of ATP Cup garia (19), Moldova (23)
notable exception be- The teams have been divided into six groups
ing the late-withdraw- of four each that will play a round-robin for- Group D: Russia (3), Italy
ing Federer) and 26 of mat. The winners of each group and the two (8), United States (15),
the top-30 with Feder- best second-placed teams will qualify for the Norway (24)
er, Wawrinka, Other quarterfinals in Sydney.
have committed to the strating the wide inter- notable absentees are Group E: Austria (4),
event, with live cover- est in the ATP Cup and Andy Murray and What’s up for grabs? Croatia (11), Argentina
age being shown via reflecting the variety of Kei Nishikori both Total prize money of AU$22 million or US$15 (12), Poland (21)
free-to-air TV, pay TV, platforms on which pulling out with million. A player who remains undefeated
online and via OTT sport is viewed. ATP injuries and neither throughout the tournament will earn 750 Group F: Germany (5),
products depending on will offer very unique competing at the Aus- ATP ranking points. Doubles player can win Greece (6), Canada (16),
the territory, demon- in the world of tennis. tralian Open. a maximum of 250 points. Australia (18)

CM Ashok Gehlot Jaipur Polo: Five tournaments Ish returns to RR as in

BRIEF
unveils trophy for to be played in this season spinner consultant Chanu is eighth in
Olympic Rankings
Naresh Sharma Naresh Sharma
—PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN

Polo exhibition tie

New Delhi: On course
Jaipur: Zambia team Jaipur: Rajasthan Roy- to seal a berth for the
Tokyo Games, former
will also play during the als appointed New Zea- world champion Mira-
Jaipur Polo season land leg-spinner Ish bai Chanu maintained
which started from Jan- Sodhi as their spin con- her eighth spot in the
uary 1. The team will sultant for the 2020 edi- Olympic qualifiers
play in the internation- tion of the Indian Pre- ranking list released by
the International
al match with the most mier League. The
Weightlifting Federa-
goals (18-20 goals) hap- 27-year-old was part of tion (IWF) on Thursday.
pening for the first the Royals squad in the
time. Also, there will be 2018 and 2019 before be- WWE’s Charlotte
a women’s polo match The SMS Gold Vase Cup goal) from January 13 ing released ahead of and Chief Operating Flair gets engaged
this season which will (8 goal) will be played to 19 and Sawai Bhavani last month’s IPL auc- Officer Jake Lush Mc- New Delhi: WWE su-
run till 2 February. from January 1 to 5. Singh Cup (12 goal) from tion. As part of his new Crum. Sodhi has repre- perstars Charlotte
Flair and and United
Padmanabh Singh, Later, Diya Kumari Cup January 20 to 26 and the role with the franchise, sented Royals in eight
States Champion An-
From the club said that (8 goal) will be organ- Sirmoor Cup (14 goal) Sodhi will be working IPL matches, taking drade Cien Almas got
5 tournaments will be ised from January 6 to will be from January 27 closely with bowling nine wickets at an econ- engaged as the couple
played in this season. 12. Gayatri Devi Cup (10 to February 2. coach Sairaj Bahutule omy rate of 6.69. kicked off the New
Year celebrations with
a social media post re-
vealing the big news.
LEGEND SPEAKS
Emeritus David

‘Kohli-led team can win ICC tournaments’

CM Ashok Gehlot with Vishal Mathur (left) and Minister Stern dies at 77
Bhanwarlal Meghwal (right). New Delhi: David
Stern, the former com-
Jaipur: On Thurs- ment in sports, this missioner of the US
day, Chief Minister match being organ- New Delhi: West Indies “I think they are defi- National Basketball As-
 sociation (NBA), has
Ashok Gehlot un- ized in his memory batting icon Brian Lara nitely capable of win- died at the age of 77. He
veiled the trophy for and will increase the Batting legend said the Virat Kohli-led ning all tournaments had been in a serious
an exhibition match spirit of youth and India side is definitely that they play. I think
Brian Lara
condition after suffer-
to be held on January children. Vishal Ma- capable of winning all what Virat Kohli and ing a brain haemor-
11 at the Rambagh
Polo Ground in mem-
thur grandson of Ma-
thura Das Mathur
believes the ICC tournaments that
they play. One of the
company and the Indi-
an team has to appreci-
rhage in December.

Sunita Lakra
ory of former home told that match is be- Indian cricket greatest batsmen to ate the fact that every- retires
minister of the state,
Mathura Das Ma-
ing organized in col-
laboration with the team, under have played the game,
Lara says Virat Kohli
body sort of target In-
dia. Everybody knows
New Delhi: Indian
women’s hockey team
thur. Remembering Rajasthan Polo Club. Virat Kohli, is and his team must ap- that some point of time defender Sunita Lakra,
the late Mr. Mathur, Disabled children’s preciate the fact that one team is going to who was part of the
the Chief Minister from different capable of everybody sort of tar- and November. India days. India last won an play that important 2018 Asian Games sil-
ver-winning announced
said that besides be-
ing a vigilant public
schools and window
of Army officers are
winning all ICC gets India.
Virat Kohli-led India
have been reaching
semi-finals and finals
ICC tournament in 2013
when the MS Dhoni-led
match against India. If
it’s a quarter-final,
her international re-

representative, he
had a special involve-
invited as well as will tournaments it team will take a trip of the ICC tournaments side beat England in the semi-final and final,”
tirement, citing a knee
injury which would re-
be honoured.
competes in Down Under for the T20
World Cup in October
consistently but have
fizzled out on the big
final of the 50-over
Champions Trophy.
Brian Lara told the me-
dia giant.
quire another surgery.
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of achievement’ your need to

2ND FRONT
decide that your problems are
your own, Don’t blame anyone else, the
environment, family or government.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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PM DISBURSES `12,000 CR TO Sharma Memorial

Pandit Jhabarmall

SIX CRORE FARMERS IN ONE GO Lecture on Sat

Modi slams state not enrolled with PMKSY, saying such petty politics has done great damage to farmers
Bengaluru: Prime There was a
Minister Narendra time when a
Modi on Thursday
slammed states,
rupee was
which have not en- rolled out (by the
rolled with the Prad- government) for the
han Mantri Kisan poor person, only 15 Gulab Kothari Rajkamal Jha
Samman Yojana paise would reach him.
(PMKSY), saying that The middlemen would First India News Chief Editor Gulab
such petty politics Kothari will pre-
pocket the remaining
has done great dam- Jaipur: Rajasthan side over the func-
age to the farming
85 paise. Today, Patrika’s one of the tion. The function
community. whatever money is most prestigious is likely to be at-
“I expect that in the dispatched from Delhi, memorial lecture, tended by a galaxy
new year, those states the entire amount the 29th Pandit of who’s who in the
which are not associat- directly reaches the Jhabarmall Shar- town.
ed with the Kisan Sam- bank account of the ma Memorial Lec- Pandit Jhabar-
man Yojana will at least ture and Creative mall Sharma, a pio-
become a part of it this
beneficiary. Literature Award neer of literature and
year,” the Prime Minis- PM Narendra Modi presents an award to a farmer after he approved a proposal to extend the benefit of Rs 6,000 per year under the PM- —Narendra Modi, Ceremony will be journalism, had
ter said at a function in KISAN scheme, during his address to a gathering at Tumakuru district on Thursday. Also seen on his left is Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa. Prime Minister organised from penned several clas-
Tumakuru where he 10.30 am at Ra- sics like Bharatiya
disbursed Rs 12,000 Modi said political your aspirations and beneficiaries, Prime pocket the remaining ernment to improve the jasthan Patrika Godhan, Tilak Ga-
crore to six crore bene- considerations by the accordingly tried to Minister hit out at the 85 paise. agriculture sector such headquarters locat- tha and Guleri Gari-
ficiaries under the gov- state governments in implement the previous governments, “Today, whatever as completing the pend- ed at Jhalana insti- ma Granth, that gave
ernment scheme in implementing the PMK- schemes,” said Modi. when middlemen ruled money is dispatched ing irrigation schemes, tutional area in a new direction to
one-go. SY has caused severe He further said his the roost. from Delhi, the entire soil health card and 100 Jaipur on Satur- literature in both
Also, he gave away loss to the poor farmers. government never “There was a time amount directly per cent neem-coating day. Chief Editor of prose and poetry. His
the Krishi Karman “Such politics has saw agriculture in when a rupee was reaches the bank ac- in urea. Indian Express Ra- writings against the
Award to the selected never strengthened fragments but in its rolled out (by the gov- count of the benefi- Due to the initia- jkamal Jha will be British rule contrib-
farmers and distrib- the farmers. Our gov- totality. Claiming his ernment) for the poor ciary,” he said. tives of the govern- the keynote speaker uted immeasurably
uted fishing equip- ernment understood government has en- person, only 15 paise He told the gathering ment, agriculture in the ceremony. to the Independence
ment to the chosen your (farmers’) needs, sured that the entire would reach him. The about the various initi- production has gone Patrika group’s movement.
ones on the occasion. requirements and money reached the poor middlemen would atives taken by his gov- up, he said. —PTI

Avinash Pande meets Sonia, sets time KOTA INFANT DEATHS

for BSP MLAs’ formal meet today Visit and see best of facilities at hosp:
Gehlot to Union Min Harsh Vardhan
Aditi Nagar surgeon’s precision, Meanwhile, Avinash
the impeccable team of Pande met Sonia on
Jaipur: Nearly three and Gehlot-Pande, ma- Thursday morning at
a half months after six noeuvred through the 10 Janpath to extend
MLAs from the Bahujan quagmire of politics to invitation for his son’s Jaipur: Chief Minis- Vardhan said in a tweet.
Samaj Party (BSP) left the
“parent” bandwagon and
emerge “victorious”.
But subsequently, a
wedding. Various is-
sues including the death
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Thursday urged Un-
Vardhan has also
written to CM Ashok
Three more
jumped over to the Con- visibly upset Pilot had of infants at Kota hospi- ion Health Minister Gehlot, assuring him infants die, toll
gress party in Rajasthan, lodged his strong pro- tal were also discussed Harsh Vardhan to of all assistance, and
the six men will finally test with Sonia and Ra- during the meeting with visit the state-run JK urged him to initiate reaches 103
get their first chance to hul for his being side- the lady party president Lon hospital in Kota, measures to stop the Kota: Three more
meet Congress President lined and kept in dark here on Thursday, said where 100 infants deaths of children at children died in the
Sonia Gandhi at 10 Jan- over such a sensitive Congress’ Rajasthan af- died in December, and the JK Lon hospital. JK Lon hospital in
path on Friday morning party issue. Therefore, fairs in-charge Avinash see for himself the “We are ready to pro- Rajasthan’s Kota
around 9 am. With this, the PCC Chief had then Pande. “It was a pre- “best facilities” pro- vide any technical help district on the first
the “mission” of Ashok made the entire develop- scheduled meeting in vided there. or assistance. Let us en- two days of the new
Gehlot and Avinash Pan- ment a prestige issue, which various issues in- “I telephoned Central Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. —FILE PHOTO sure no child succumbs year, taking the
de, of a strong Congress and probably that is why cluding political ap- Health Minister @ to preventable causes or death toll to 103, an
in Rajasthan, will finally the MLAs could never pointments, and Pan- drharshvardhan ji and mischievously, know- pital to ascertain how due to lack of health official said on
have reached its goal. join the Congress in the chayat Raj elections requested him to visit ingly, unknowingly much funds will be re- system capacity,” Vard- Thursday.
The six MLAs will be PCC, however as the mat- were discussed. She is #Kota personally so that and also innocently.” quired for strengthen- han wrote. “In past two days, a
meeting Sonia in pres- ter reached Sonia, she serious about Kota issue he can see the best of fa- Earlier in the day, Var- ing it. “The high-level “I informed @ashok- total of three kids
ence of Rajasthan In- gave her assent to the (infant deaths). CM, who cilities and proper man- dhan had tweeted about team being despatched gehlot51 ji that Rs 91.7 have died. With this,
charge Avinash Pande same, thus paving way is equally sensitive and agement by State Health sending a high-level by @MoHFW_INDIA lakhs has already been the death toll has
and co-incharge Vivek for the legislators’ for- concerned on this entire Department and get team comprising ex- incl experts from AIIMS advanced to JK Loan reached 103,” a hospi-
Bansal. Interestingly, mal “baptism”. issue, had already sent himself apprised of the perts from AIIMS, Jodh- Jodhpur, Health Finance Hospital during 2019-20 tal official said. All
the entire matter was According to sources a detailed report to her facts,” Gehlot tweeted. pur and health econo- & Regional Director, under National Health three children died
kept under the covers close to 10 Janpath, this three days back,” Pande He further wrote, mists to assess the infra- Health Services Jaipur. It Mission. Kota District during the treatment.
even from PCC Chief time also ‘some people’ said, further adding that “Harsh Vardhan ji is structural gaps and will reach #Kota tomor- alone has an annual al- While one was ad-
Sachin Pilot, fearing that wanted to keep this en- politics should not be himself a doctor and measures to be taken to row. In my letter too to @ location of Rs 27.45 Cr for mitted due to dras-
a “leak” from any quar- tire Friday Sonia-BSP played on this tragic epi- if he visits the hospi- prevent further deaths. ashokgehlot51 ji, I’ve of- ‘19-20, from the annual tic weight loss, oth-
ter within the party could MLAs show a guarded sode. At this juncture, tal in #Kota, it will The health econo- fered all possible assis- budgeted amount of Rs er two were trans-
spell disaster for the par- secret to give one more where is Sachin Pilot? also clarify the situa- mists will analyse the tance to prevent any fur- 1788.97 Cr for Rajasthan ferred from another
ty and the government as surprise to ‘someone’ No one exactly knows. tion for people, who gaps in the infrastruc- ther deaths (sic),” Union state (sic),” Vardhan said hospital. —PTI
well. However, like a but the news leaked. Maybe abroad! are giving reaction ture of the JK Lon hos- Health Minister Harsh in another tweet. —PTI

Gehlot on 2-day Jodh visit from today

Rajiv Gaur Students’ union of- On the second day
fice. It will be followed of his visit, Gehlot
Jodhpur: People by New Year get to- will attend national
from Jodhpur can gether in Marwar Ra- tax conference to be
look forward to their jput Sabha Bhawan. held at SN Medical
New Year gifts from After that, CM will pro- College auditorium.
their dear leader and ceed for the inaugura- During the day, CM
Chief Minister tion of Sardar sports will also distribute
Ashok Gehlot who is academy. He will also lay supporting equip-
coming to his home- foundation stone of Os- ment to specially-
town for two-day wal women hostel. abled people at
visit beginning on In the evening, CM Ummed stadium.
Friday. Several pro- Gehlot will inaugurate Thereafter, CM will
grammes have been Western Rajasthan inaugurate the building
lined up for Gehlot’s handicraft mela at Ra- of blind development
packed scheduled. He van Chabutara Maid- institute at Chokha and
is expected to arrive on —FILE PHOTO an. It will be followed second floor of school
Friday morning. rangements and secu- pur. His first public by inauguration of for specially-abled. CM
The local adminis- rity preparations for engagement in the musical fountain and Gehlot is likely to fly
tration and police CM’s visit. He will city will be inaugura- other development back to Jaipur the
have finalised ar- spend a night in Jodh- tion of KN College works in Ratanada. same day.
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‘II live in a
bubble’
A
ctress Sun- Sunny said: “I don’t big deal’. If someone
ny Leone work in an office. I is bothering them at
feels she live in a bubble but I the work space or
lives in a do think and I do be- some place else, the
bubble, and lieve that the more more that they speak
says that she women talk about up, the more they
would like to these issues of sexu- make it aware that no
believe that the whole al harassment or (in- it is not okay ... I
dialogue around stances of people) think yes things will
women empower- making them feel un- change.”
ment and the #Me- comfortable at work, Sunny was glad
Too movement has whether it is women that a message
changed people’s or men... I have to say around the impor-
mindset. Asked to that it does happen to tance of consent was If someone is bothering them at the work
comment on the men as well. It is just included in web se- space or some place else, the more that they
change that has come not recognised be- ries ‘Ragini MMS Re- speak up, the more they make it aware that no
with the #MeToo cause ‘he is guy turns Season 2’. it is not okay ... I think yes things will change.
movement, what is the —IANS
Sunny Leone

Sibling goals 101! ‘I am very critical of

my performances’
K
riti Sanon made course, and I don’t have a
her Bollywood de- film background. What-
but five years ago ever I have learned is on
with ‘Heropanti’, the job. My acting pro-
and since then has never cess is very organic and
looked back. spontaneous but it does
Kriti feels she is evolv- require a bit of home-
ing as an actor. work. There’s no fixed
“I have definitely formula. One should be
evolved as an actor over able to understand his or
the years. I had no train- her craft better, and fig-
ing in any filmmaking ure out what’s working
and what’s not. Or, one
needs to work by hit and
...her Instagram post
trial or think of how else

A
ctress Sara Ali
Khan is enjoying
her vacation with
her brother Ibra-
him Ali Khan, and the post-
card worthy moments have
gone viral on the Internet.
Sara and Ibrahim are
Sara Ali Khan on a vacation in Mal-
dives, and they wel-
comed 2020 with a splash.
Recently, the ‘Simmba’
star posted a series of post-
card-worthy pictures on In-
stagram. “When feeling
blue isn’t a bad thing,” she
wrote along with the photo-
graphs.
She shared more pictures
from the vacation, writing
you can surprise the au-
“Muffins and cupcakes for dience. All these things
breakfast. If only days like keep me growing,” she
this could last”. said.
On the film front, Sara “I have learned from
will soon be seen in the re- mistakes and by doing
make of ‘Coolie No. 1’ this, I feel I have broad-
with Varun Dhawan and ened my horizon. Now
in director Imtiaz Ali’s I look at things from
sequel to ‘Love Aaj different perspec-
Kal’. —IANS tive,” she added.
Kriti is all set to
woo her fans with

Jacqueline,Varun in Switzerland
the role in
‘Mimi’ in which
she will be
seen play-

J
acqueline Fernan-
dez has joined the
Bollywood band-
wagon holidaying
in Switzerland this holi-
day season. The actress
was having fun in Switzer-
lands Gstaad where she
has bumped into love-
birds Varun Dhawan and
Natasha Dalal.
In Gstaad, Jacqueline
was spotted having lunch
with her ‘Judwaa 2’ co-
star Varun and his girl-
friend Natasha. She
ing a sur-
shared the photo on Insta- rogate
gram and captioned: mother.
“First lunch of 2020 with —IANS
these amazing people!”
Commenting on her
post, Varun joked: “The
dr is waiting for u 2020
jacqkoline”.
Varun and Jacque-
line also had super fun,
skiing in the ice. Shar-
ing a video of their
skiing adventure, Jac-
queline wrote: “I lost
then I won then I
fell”. —IANS

KHALEESI
IN JAIPUR!
Did ‘Game Of
Thrones’ star Emilia
Clarke celebrate
New Year in India?
More on P12 Jacqueline Fernandez ...her Instagram post Kriti Sanon
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Is the

AY
ED
D

TH
id ‘Game Of Thrones’ star Emil-

OF
ia Clarke celebrate New Year in

CE
FA
India? Is she in Delhi? Social

mother of
media has been abuzz with such
questions ever since a viral im-
age started doing the rounds,
which claims that the queen of
dragons ushered the new year in Jaipur
with her mother.

dragons in
The pic was shared by Mumbai-based
photographer Viral Bhayani on Insta-
gram. “#GameOfThrones actress
#EmiliaClarke snapped by @shreyaan-
bathla at the Jaipur airport. She was
snapped with her mom as she boarded

Jaipur?
an Air Asia flight to Delhi. This will be
her second trip to India as she had ear-
lier been here and had shared her im-
ages from her trip on her Instagram
handle @emilia_clarke. But she enjoys
the simplicity and not a very lavish or
luxurious stay on the basis of the pic-
tures she has posted,” the lensman cap-
tioned the image. DARSHIKA GOSWAMI, Blogger
However, the image does not show
Clarke’s face. We only see two women
with their back to the camera.

YOUR DAY
Last August, Clarke was in India
along with ‘Game Of Thrones’ co-star
Rose Leslie. She described her experi-
ence in India “brain altering”.
Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva
Clarke, who played Daenerys Targa-
ryen in the fantasy series ‘Game Of
Thrones’ (GoT), had posted a series of IF IT’S Try to work hard even more
as your goals are big. You
the photographs from her India visit
along with Leslie, who was seen as YOUR will be able to fulfil your
dreams only when you are
Ygritte in the show, on Instagram. She
visited Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, back
BIRTHDAY being honest about it. You
have excellent health and you
then.
“NAMASKAR India,” Clarke wrote
TODAY are satisfied with yourself.

as she began her post.

“NAMASKAR #AnandaSpaHimala- ARIES TAURUS
yas this is not an ad, this is just two gals Viral Bhayani’s Instagram post MAR 21 - APR 20 APR 21 - MAY 20
You will be You will solve a
buzzed off our faces on India, peace, financially critical problem
being robbed blind by monkeys, (we independent in office today.
hardly put up a fight) the best two books soon. Overseas You will go and
I’ve read in years #TheOverStory travel is on the cards for the meet your parents today
sole purpose of business. after long time. Let
should be mandatory reading the world You must do whatever it nothing affect your spirit.
over), yoga, spice, mamma earth and takes to reach your Love life keeps you
figuring out that all you’re ever looking destination as you are not satisfied and your partner
for can be found within. Corny as hell one of those who gives up plays a big role in taking
easily. Don’t get in any away your stress and he/
but my God is it true,” she added. controversial relationship. she always supports you.
Clarke used quite a few hashtags to
describe her affair with India --
#BreatheBabyAndLetTheMadnessMelt- GEMINI CANCER
Away, #BrainAlteringJoy, #RoseLeslie- MAY 21 - JUNE 21 JUNE 22 - JULY 23
New financial Don’t be hasty in
HasMyHeartAndSoulWrappedUpin- prospects will the matter of
Hers, #Don’tForgetTheLovePeople, come for you. love, give time
#BollocksDoesThatMeanItsTimeToW- You love to do and take time.
orkNow. shopping and sometimes You can expect some
your obsession exceeds guests at home today. You
The actress, who had earlier confessed your necessity, so, work on will enjoy the new phase of
that her grandmother was half Indian, it. Don’t be high headed in your life. A school picnic is
shared a glimpse of her vacation, which the matters of love. You are on the cards for some. You
included lighting a Diya at one of the working on your tempera- may like to be on your own
ment and its a good sign of today and make sure others
ghats, getting robbed by monkeys at her improvement. respect you for that.
hotel room, experiencing peace by visit-
ing Indian temples. —IANS
Emilia Clarke LEO VIRGO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 AUG 24 - SEP 23
On professional You can say
front, you must goodbye to all
look for the right your worries as a
opportunity at the new phase of life
right time. Your family is will start soon. You can
trying their best to help you expect a baby, so
in fulfilling your dream. You congratulations is on the
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DEEPIKA
LOVES FOOD
MORE THAN
RANVEER
D
eepika Padu- In the clip, Kartik,
kone, who is
gearing up for
the release
who hosted
Screens Award cere-
mony, asks Deepika,
the
Last Color makes
it to Oscar race
of her up- “Aapne apne baare
coming film mein sabse ajeeb
Chhapaak, re- afwah kaunsi suni

T
cently shared the hai?” Deepika, who
stage with Kartik Aar- can be seen sitting he Last Color, the directorial debut of renowned
yan at an award show next to him on a bench, chef Vikas Khanna, has made it to the race of
and that moment was replies, “Afwah toh Oscars as the film found a place in the list of
caught on camera. The nahi kahungi but ba- feature films for the Academy Awards. The chef-
video is actually about hot log sochte hain ki turned-filmmaker soon took to Instagram and Twitter
what a foodie Deepika kyunki mai actress to share his excitement along with a few stills from the
is. So much so that the hoon toh khana bahot Neena Gupta-starrer film. He also penned a long heart-
actress thinks more kam khati hoon.” felt post describing his journey with the decision of
about ‘khana’ than she Ranveer, sitting in taking the plunge to debut with the film.
does about her hus- the audience, agrees Actor Neena Gupta who plays a central role in the
band, Ranveer Singh. with her. film reacted to Khanna’s tweet and said that she cannot
The viral video was Deepika then adds, believe that the film is in the Oscar race. The Last Color
recently shared by “Ye bilkul sach nahi has not been released in Indian theatres but was pre- A still from the movie
A still of Neena Gupta from the movie
Deepika on Twitter hai, mujhe khane ka miered at the Mumbai film festival this year. —ANI
and while Tweeting bahot shauk hai, mai
the video, Deepika bahot badi foodie
wrote, “Join @ hoon, in fact Ranveer

The Big Bull is out! Alia chilling with buddies

TheAaryanKartik and se zyada main khane
me as we welcome the ke bare mein sochti

A
New Year and cele- hoon.”

A
brate Malti’s Journey “Haan haan apne lia Bhatt and Ranbir Ka-
of Triumph over haathon se khilata bhishek poor have been on many
Trauma! Tonight only hoon main,” Ranveer Bachchan holidays together but
on the Star Screen quips, leaving the au- took to Ins- rarely has the actress
Awards at 8 PM! dience in splits and tagram shared a picture of two of
#Chhapaak @Star- Deepika, blushing. and shared his first them together. With the be-
Plus.” —Agency look from ‘The Big ginning of the New Year, Alia
Bull’. ‘The man has shared a new picture
who sold dreams to with Ranbir Kapoor and di-
India’ – read the cap- rector Ayan Mukerji from
tion of Bachchan’s their New Year vacation.
upcoming Alia and Ranbir ring in
crime- the New Year together.
drama Alia wrote, “Best boys (&
film pro- good girl).” Ayan is seen
duced taking a selfie of the
by Ajay Devgn and Anand Pandit. three as Ranbir hugs
The film is directed by Kookie Gulati Alia and Ayan in the
and also stars Ileana D’Cruz in a piv- picture. —Agency
otal role. The film is based on the life
of Indian stockbroker Harshad Me-
hta. Harshad committed many fi-
Kartik and Deepika during the award show nancial crimes. The film is giving us
major The Wolf of Wall Street feels.
The Hollywood superhit film
Ye bilkul sach nahi hai, mujhe starred Leonardo DiCaprio in lead
khane ka bahot shauk hai, mai role. Abhishek Bachchan was seen
bahot badi foodie hoon, in fact on the big screen in Anurag Kashy-
Ranveer se zyada main khane ap’s Manmarziyaan in 2018. —Agency
ke bare mein sochti hoon. Abhishek Bachchan st
Alia’s Instagram po
BUZZ OVER THE INTERNET!

MAN RESCUES STRANDED CAT DEER PLAYING FOOTBALL DOGGY’S DAY OUT IN RIKSHAW
A A W
video of an elderly man n adorable video of a inters aren’t easy for
rescuing a cat has gone deer playing football stray, many dogs
crazy viral on social in a park is doing struggle to cope with
media as it is winning hearts rounds on the internet and cold and many even die. But
online. The sixteen-second clip it imparts an important life thanks to some animal lovers,
was shared on Facebook by an lesson. Indian Forest Service our furry friends will stay
account called ALi’s Diary on (IFS) officer Susanta Nanda snug during the cold days to
January 1 and has already been took to Twitter to post the come. A viral tweet on a dog
viewed over nine lakh times so heartwarming video on Janu- wrapped up in a blanket is giv-
far. The cat somehow man- ary 2. In the video, a deer ing our hearts a lot of warmth
aged to climb on top of a tin can be seen scoring a goal in the chilling winter. An image
roof over a shop. Stranded, it was in a helpless situation. The elderly while playing football. Delighted with the achievement of managing a shared by a Twitter user @sevdazola is going viral for the most heart-
man spotted the cat and held a chair over his head so as to rescue it. goal, the deer then celebrates its victory with an endearing gesture - it warming reasons. She captioned, “Zoom in on the rickshaw and thank
Thereafter, the cat, with visible apprehension, jumped on to the chair breaks into dance. IFS officer Susanta Nanda posted the video with the heavens later.” The picture shows a Rickshawala riding his vehicle on
as the man pulled it down. “This made my day,” reads the caption of the caption, “Always be happy in achieving your goal, even if there is the streets, but when one looks closer at the picture it shows a dog cosily
the post followed by several heart emoticons. —Agency no opponent in front.” —Agency sitting on it with a blanket wrapped around its body. —Agency
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14

Kids of ‘Apna Ghar’

shine at Rambagh Palace

Group photo of children from ‘Apna Ghar’ NGO with GM,

Glimpses of the Mount Abu Winter Festival Rambagh Palace, Ashok Rathore at Rambagh Palace

CHILLS IN
CITY FIRST CITY FIRST

P A
eople from across the round 50 chil-
globe visited the re- dren from

THE HILLS
nowned Mount Abu Jaipur based
Winter Festival, held NGO, ‘Apna
during the last week Ghar’ celebrated the
of the year 2019, at New year at Sawai Man
the resplendent hill Mahal at Rambagh Pal- GM Ashok Rathore serving lunch to the
station. The festival embodied ace. The children en- NGO children at Rambagh Palace
the true cultural and tradi- gaged themselves in
tional spirit of Rajasthan creating greeting cards pared for them at Sawai Later, the children
with mesmerising dance per- using various craft ma- Man Mahal. also participated in a
formances, local sports, pro- of fireworks in the night at the terial. The cards pre- In-charge of Apna cultural programme
cessions, activities and much same venue. pared by the children Ghar, Daksha Parashar which involved rap, mu-
more. It is worth noting that During the three-day festi- were later distributed said that ‘Apna Ghar’ sic and dance perfor-
Collector Sirohi, Surendra val, numerous attractions, to the General Manager has been in operation mances. The day ended
Kumar Solanki; Chairman, performances, competitions of Rambagh Palace, since 1982 and has been with an energetic and
Municipality Mount Abu, and activities such as Dog Ashok Rathore, various running a shelter home enthusiastic live dance
Jitu Rana and SDM Mount Show, Turban Tying Competi- heads of the depart- since 1994. The organi- session with the chil-
Abu, Ravindra Goswami were tion, Mehendi Competition, ment (HODs) and em- sation aims to provide dren and the employees
also present during the inau- Best of Rajasthan, Live Music ployees of Rambagh quality education to the of the hotel. The GM
guration. and more were organised. Palace. Furthermore, children which will along with various
The concluding day of the Much to the delight of the the children enjoyed a help them in finding lu- HODs were also present
festival began with ‘Cycling’ visitors, there were also sev- delicious and interac- crative job opportuni- on the occasion.
in the morning. This was fol- eral competitions between the tive lunch specially pre- ties in the future. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
lowed by Mr & Miss Aravali locals and tourists like – Mat-
competition in the afternoon ka Race and Matka Fod as
and a Heritage Walk in the
evening. The evening also wit-
well as Tug of War. Yet anoth-
er feature of the festival was
IN THE PINK CITY!
nessed vibrant and colourful a grand procession, which
cultural performances by Na- started from the Bus Stop and
gar Palika at the Polo Ground ended at Nakki Lake.
followed by a beautiful display cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

Jagdeesh Chandra attended the New Year’s get-together organised by Pranav Panwar and
extended best wishes to the family. (From left) Bhagirath Singh Shekhawat, Padmini Singh,
Pranav Panwar, Narendra Panwar and KD Maheshwari at Rasala Farm.

Rajkumar Sharma, Rajiv Arora, Subhash Garg, Raghu Sharma, Krishna Poonia, Deepak Dandoria,
Vibhuti Sharan Sharma and Nirmal Pawar taking the oath to save the girl child

Rashtriya Mahashakti Yuva Sangh organised an event on January 1 at Amar Jawan Jyoti, where homage was paid to the martyrs and the youth were motivated
to stay away from all intoxicants and save the girl child. Many renowned persons attended the event. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

SPOTTED!

Jagdeesh Chandra with (from Left) Gaurav Gaur, Mona Gautam, Charvi Tanya Dutta and
Samridhi Gautam, when they paid a courtesy call at his residence on the occasion of New Year.

On the occasion of New

Year, the members of
Sadulpur Rajgarh Citizen
Council distributed milk
to people at Amrapali
From Left: Mrs Avinash Rai Khanna, Dr Rekha Bhandari, Prem Bhandari and Avinash Rai Khanna Circle with the aim to
spread the message of
quitting alcohol. This
Prem Bhandari, Chairman, activity was started by
Jaipur Foot USA, with his MLA Krishna Poonia.
wife Dr Rekha Bhandari,
visited Governor of Punjab,
VP Singh Badnore, in
Chandigarh, to extend New
Year’s greetings on Tuesday.
Bhandari apprised the
Governor on the activities
of the Jaipur Foot USA
Chapter and the Governor
promised all support. He
also tweeted about the
same. On Monday, Bhandari
also visited Avinash Rai
Digvijay Singh, Padmanabh Singh and Narendra Singh during the event
Khanna in Hoshiarpur to pay
Indian Tennis player Sania Mirza was condolences on the demise The Winter Jaipur Polo Season has begun. It will be on till February 2. One different feature of this
spotted at Jaipur International Airport on of his beloved mother who season will be that there will be a women polo match on January 25. This is for the first time that
Dr Rekha Bhandari, Prem Bhandari
Thursday. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN left for the heavenly abode and VP Singh Badnore
such as match is being organised. This was informed by Padmanabh Singh on Thursday at an
last month. event held at Rajasthan Polo Club. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN