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GEHLOT’S REPLY ON STATE BUDGET TODAY

KaamyaabhongeHum

Aditi Nagar

fter reading out the longest Budget speech till date in the history of Rajasthan Assembly, Chief Minister Ashok Ge-hlot is expected to be at his oratory best on Thursday, when the leader of the House will present his reply to the Opposi-tion’s attacks on the budget announcements. Known for be-ing a master of ‘to-the-point-sarcastic-remarks’, Gehlot will ensure that his message goes out clearly to the Opposition and the general public. The message being that he will make sure all of his announcements see fruition on ground and that the government is ‘Kaamyaab’ (successful) in imple-menting and completing the announcements, on time.

Knowing Gehlot to be the ‘Jadugar’ with words, his reply can be expected to be replete with puns (intended) and car-rying the exact information that will keep the Opposition mum and ‘his team’ in high spirits. It will also be the time for point-to-point answering the Opposition on its charges on the alleged ‘lacunae’ in the Budget, made over the course of arguments in the House these past weeks and how the state government will ford over the claimed ‘pit-falls’ of the budget.

With an experience of thirteen years in heading and managing the state’s finances and treasury, and an even bigger experience in floor management, expect Gehlot to be the firebrand yet jovial leader, who would dine out on the Opposition’s remarks, making them look blank and even ill-prepared while taking on the ‘behemoth’ that is Gehlot!

Amidst all this, Team Gehlot—Niranjan Arya, Kuldeep Ranka and Akhil Arora—must be equally keen and curious to watch the reply of their charismatic leader Ashok Gehlot in the House!

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SEX, PORN DRIVE

POLITICS IN KARNATAKA

sex-for-job scandal has rocked the Karnataka government. The con-troversy erupted on Tuesday over a video CD in which Water Re-sources Minister Ramesh Jarki-

holi is shown getting intimate with an uni-dentified woman. A complaint filed against him alleges that the woman was lured with a job offer. Jarkiholi resigned “on moral grounds” after the opposition parties began baying for his blood but claimed the allega-tions to be untrue. Jarkiholi was earlier with the Congress but crossed over to the BJP along with other MLAs in 2019. He was in-strumental in the fall of the JDS-Congress government of HD Kumaraswamy.

This is not the first time that Karnataka leaders have been involved in inappropriate conduct. One can draw this inference going by the frequency with which the state’s legis-lators across party lines have been grabbing headlines. An alleged forgery case is pending against Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa (BSY). In January 2021 the Supreme Court stayed his arrest with the observation, “You are a sitting Chief Minister. Who can issue an arrest warrant against you?” In 2011 also Yediyurappa faced serious charges of corrup-tion in a mining scam which forced him to resign. He was later acquitted and went on to regain the CM’s office. Apart from BSY, the Reddy brothers of Bellary, who allegedly plundered India’s natural wealth in Rs 16,500 crore, also got away scot free. There were al-legations that they were set free as the BJP needed them to win elections. Reddy brothers were said to be close to BSY. The chief min-ister’s image remains tarnished. What is im-portant is that BSY and the Reddy brothers are match winners for the BJP.

When BSY chose party leader Laxman Sa-vadi for the post of deputy chief minister in 2019, he was neither a member of the state As-sembly nor of the Legislative Council. His one claim to fame was a porn clip he was caught watching on his mobile phone in the Assembly when the House was in session. Savadi was then a minister and was watching the risqué video along with another minister C.C. Patil. Both had to resign after newspapers reported the incident. In his defence Savadi said that he was “watching the footage to prepare for a dis-cussion on the ill-effects of a rave party”.

In January a Congress member of the Leg-islative Council, Prakash Rathod, was also caught watching a porn clip on his mobile phone when the House was in session. Rathod argued that he was deleting messages from his phone, although photographs showed him watching the video.

It is not that some politicians in other states don’t indulge in risqué behaviour but watching porn clips in the Assembly or Coun-cil is rare but not unheard of.

IN-DEPTH

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eading aloud is an activity that we associate with the cosy comfort of chil-

dren’s bedtime stories. Cer-tainly, children’s classics from The Gruffalo to the Alice books are produced knowing that when they come to be read, the chanc-es are that an older person will be reading them aloud to a younger one.

The extensive benefits of reading aloud to children are well documented. Re-searchers have found that toddlers who are read to be-come children who are “more likely to enjoy strong relationships, sharper focus, and greater emotional resil-ience and self-mastery”.

Unsurprisingly, then, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends reading aloud to children. It is even used by sociolo-gists as one of the most im-

portant indicators of life prospects.

But if reading aloud is so good for us, why has it be-come primarily the pre-serve of childhood?

HOW SILENT READING TOOK OVER

Of course, it was not al-ways this way. As Meghan Cox Gurdon, the Wall Street Journal’s Children’s book critic, points out, since the advent of the written word until the 10th century, “to read at all was to read aloud”.

Even after silent reading became more common, it co-existed with what Eng-lish Literature professor Abigail Williams refers to as “communal” and “so-cial” forms of reading well into the 19th century. Only when the voices of mass media entered the home through radio and TV sets did reading as a shared

public activity between consenting adults specifi-cally start to wane.

But as books themselves reveal, reading aloud could be more than merely socia-ble. It can be deeply seduc-tive, forging intimate as well as communal bonds.

Azar Nafisi’s memoir

about life as a woman and as a literature teacher in post-revolutionary Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003), features students Manna and Nima, who “had fallen in love in large part because of their common interest in literature”. If a love of literature draws this

couple together, it is read-ing it aloud that cements their relationship. The words they read aloud con-jure a safe space from the difficulties of their word.

Likewise, in Mansfield Park (1814), Jane Austen uses reading aloud as a highly charged turning

point in the relationship between protagonist Fan-ny Price and her recently declared suitor, Henry Crawford. When Henry reads aloud to the gathered assembly, his skill and sen-sitivity is such that Fanny is forced to sit up and listen despite herself.

Her needlework, upon which she determinedly focuses all her attention at first, eventually drops into her lap “and at last … the eyes which had appeared so studiously to avoid him throughout the day were turned and fixed on Craw-ford, fixed on him for min-utes, fixed on him in short till the attraction drew Crawford’s upon her, and the book was closed, and the charm was broken.”

This insistent repetition makes for fairly steamy stuff in the Regency draw-ing room.

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The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? —Jeremiah 17:9

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f you have a habit of ventur-ing into something only af-ter trying and testing it in several aspects, then it’s bet-ter you do not enter into business. Caution is impor-tant but many a times un-wanted fear or negative im-agination stops you from doing something new or in-novative. When you are working in a company or do-ing a business, there are many decisions you have to take applying logic and out of your own experiences.

Many times, your mind is flooded with negative thoughts. Mind is surrounded by unnec-essary anxieties. Even if things are moving smoothly in your business, your mind suspects a looming danger. Human mind is incomprehensible. It is con-tinuously swirling with thoughts. According to a sur-vey, only 2 per cent of people can live in the present. Rest of the population is consumed with thoughts of the future and thinking and worrying about untoward occurrences. Many people are lost thinking about the past and engage their minds thinking about good and bad occurrences of the past.

There was an officer who would get scary shivers just at the mere ringing of the phone. He would be preoccu-pied with fearful thoughts like thinking that the MD would call any moment now or there would be some un-pleasant news delivered any moment. Such individuals pass their entire lives worth-lessly waiting for such un-pleasantness and thinking negatively all the time. If the phone extension has the driver calling, just the buzz puts them in a fearful mode and they receive the call fear struck. Such people pass their lives living with fear of failure or living in unwant-ed fear.

The question that arises here is that what is this fear of fail-ure? It can be defined as the

mental fragility of humans. People, who possess a negative nature, get engulfed in the fear of failure very easily. People who are not mentally stable and people who do not possess positive thoughts, such people always fear that at any moment something untoward will occur and they perpetually live in this fear. Many top executives are also consumed worrying and thinking about maintain-ing their positions and keeping control over their juniors along with prevalence of favorable situations at all given times. Because of such anxiety, not only do they remain mentally strained, but they also spread negativity in the company’s en-vironment as well.

Let’s take a reference of an interesting instance here. It’s about a remarkable ex-ample of the industry giant, JRD Tata. When he would engage in discussions with the top management of TATA Company, he would al-ways talk about the art of positive thinking. He always says, Keeping self restraint, one has to create a positive environment. Leadership means to inspire people and to create a positive environ-ment. To maintain your leadership, you need to talk to fellow employees with a

compassionate attitude and create an environment of trust. For this, it is essential that your thoughts be pure and positive. According to JRD Tata, in all conditions of life, positivity is a prereq-uisite. Negative thoughts pollute your mental frame-work including the environ-ment surrounding you. It shakes your confidence and

fills you with unwanted fear.A business leader should

exuberate positive energy at all times. He would tell his leaders that always remember the com-pany runs because of its peo-ple. It is the prime responsibil-ity of leaders to see that each and every employee positively remains engrossed in their tasks. If the leaders themselves are feeble minded, then the company’s atmosphere would never be enthusiastic.

The gist of it all is that if you want to ward off the fear of failure, then you have to be strong minded.

Few tips for an employee/Business leader:z Remain positive at all times. In any given situation, look for the positive aspect first.z Always think about the ultimate goal of your life so that you get rid of everyday struggles.z Remain strong minded. Take decisions of the company rely-ing on your own experiences and logic. Not to be fearful at instances every now and then.z Stay away from negative news at the start of the day and to inspire people whole day long.z It is important for the business leader to remain joyful and to keep people happy.

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THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

FEAR OF FAILURE DOESN’T WORK IN BUSINESS

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Many times, your mind is flooded with negative thoughts. The mind is surrounded by unnecessary anxieties. Even if things are moving smoothly in your business, your mind suspects a looming danger. The human mind is incomprehensible. It is continuously swirling with thoughts. According to a survey, only 2 percent of people can live in the present. The rest of the population is consumed with thoughts of the future and thinking and worrying about untoward occurrences

A BUSINESS LEADER SHOULD EXUBERATE

POSITIVE ENERGY AT ALL TIMES. HE WOULD TELL

HIS LEADERS THAT ALWAYS REMEMBER THE

COMPANY RUNS BECAUSE OF ITS PEOPLE.

IT IS THE PRIME RESPONSIBILITY OF

LEADERS TO SEE THAT EACH AND EVERY

EMPLOYEE POSITIVELY REMAINS ENGROSSED IN

THEIR TASKS. IF THE LEADERS THEMSELVES

ARE FEEBLE-MINDED, THEN THE COMPANY’S ATMOSPHERE WOULD

NEVER BE ENTHUSIASTIC

BHAVESH UPADHYAY

BUSINESS/ HR EXPERT

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New Delhi: Covaxin is 81 per cent effective in preventing Covid and can work against the UK variant of the virus, Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday as it re-vealed Phase III trial results for a vaccine that was cleared in January amid concerns over its safety and efficacy.

“... Covaxin demon-strated 81 per cent in-terim efficacy in pre-venting COVID-19 in those without prior in-fection after the second dose,” Bharat Biotech said in its statement.

The company said the

“first interim analysis is based on 43 cases, of which 36 cases of COV-ID-19 were observed in the placebo group ver-sus seven cases ob-served in the BBV152 (COVAXIN) group”.

The data has yet to be peer-reviewed.

Bharat Biotech said it expects to share further details as additional data becomes available.

“An additional interim analysis is planned for 87 cases, and the final anal-ysis is planned for 130 cases. All data from the second interim and final analyses will be shared

via pre-publication serv-ers as well as submitted to a peer-reviewed jour-nal for publication,” the company said.

The trial, which be-gan in November last year, involved 25,800 participants - between 18 and 98 years old - across 25 sites, who were randomly divided into two groups.

The participants in-cluded 2,433 people over the age of 60 and 4,533 with co-morbidities.

One group was given the vaccine and the oth-er got a placebo.

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CURFEW IN DUNGARPUR’S BOHRAWADI; 215 CASES IN RAJ ON WEDNESDAYDungarpur: Corona is making a comeback in the state as 215 cases were reported on Wednes-day, 40 of which are in Jaipur. Curfew has been imposed at Bohrawadi area of Sagwara town in Dungarpur on Wednesday after 26 new corona cases were reported. The area has recorded 50 cases in a week, said SDM Rajiv Dwivedi. P5

GET A COVID VACCINE JAB 24X7 AT YOUR CONVENIENCE: HARSH VARDHANNew Delhi: Hospitals don’t necessarily have to stick to a fi xed schedule to vaccinate people against COVID and can extend or advance sched-ule any day, the government said. This will help speed up the vaccination drive as more and more people become eligible for the life-saving jabs.

‘Covaxin shows efficacy of 81% in Phase 3 trial’

President Ram Nath Kovind receives the fi rst dose of COVID-19 vaccine, during the second phase of a countrywide inoculation drive, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Sensex zooms 1,148 pts, Nifty tops 15,200; financials steal the showMumbai: Continuing their winning run for the third session in a row, the BSE Sensex surged nearly 1,148 points to breach the 51,000-level and the NSE Nifty recaptured the 15,200-mark on Wednes-day, propped up by in-tense buying in finan-cial and energy stocks.

At the closing bell, the 30-share Sensex was up 1,147.76 points or 2.28 per cent at 51,444.65 - the biggest single-day rise since February 2. Intra-day, the index swung 1,243 points.

Likewise, the NSE Nifty climbed 326.50

points or 2.19 per cent to end at 15,245.60.

The Sensex rally was driven by Bajaj FinServ, Reliance Industries, Ba-jaj Finance, ICICI Bank, HDFC and Axis Bank. Of the 30 Sensex con-

stituents, 27 closed in the green. Foreign in-vestors had bought eq-uities worth Rs 2,223.16 crore on net basis in Indian capital markets on Tuesday, exchange data showed. Turn to P6

Properties of Anurag, Taapsee raided by I-T dept in PunePune: Filmmaker Anu-rag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu, among the biggest critics of Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi’s administra-tion in Bollywood, are being questioned by In-come Tax officials in Pune following raids on their properties all day over alleged tax eva-sion, sources said on Wednesday.

Searches took place at 30 locations in Mum-bai and Pune, including premises linked to a tal-ent agency as well as the now-defunct Phan-tom Films, which was

co-promoted by Anurag Kashyap, producers Vi-kas Bahl and Madhu Mantena. Talent agen-cies Exceed Entertain-

ment and KWAN were also searched. Exceed has been managing ac-tor Saif Ali Khan for several years. Turn to P6

New Delhi: Expressing views that are different from government opinion will not attract the offence of sedition, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing a petition against Jammu and Kashmir MP Farooq Abdullah, Bar & Bench reported. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta said that expressing views which are different from the opinion of the government will not be seditious, Bar & Bench reported. The petition against the National

Conference leader is linked to his comments protesting against the centre’s move to scrap the special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. The petition fi led by Rajat Sharma and Dr Neh Srivastava, both belonging to an organisation Vishwa Guru India Vision of Sardar Patel, alleged that the former chief minister is trying to “hand over” Kashmir to China and thus, he should be prosecuted for Sedition. “Mr Farooq Abdullah Turn to P6

DISAGREEING WITH GOVT NOT SEDITION, SAYS SC, DISMISSES PIL AGAINST FAROOQ ABDULLAH

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu

Students travel towards their school on a horse-cart, after schools re-opened since its closure on March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, on the outskirts of Jammu on Wednes-day. In an effort to raise morale and motivation, the students who were going to school for physical classes for the fi rst time in almost 11 months were welcomed with fl owers, balloons, sweets, and chocolates by the teachers.

CM nod to allowing free travel to women, girls in roadways buses on Women’s DayJaipur: Known as a leader who goes out of his way to work for the betterment of women, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Wednesday, approved a proposal to allow women and girls to travel free of cost in state roadways buses across Rajasthan on Women’s Day, i.e. March 8. In return, the state government will reim-burse the roadways for the ticket. However, the free travel facility will not apply to AC and Volvo buses but women

will get to travel free in all ordinary and ex-

press buses.Notably, if anyone

boards a bus leaving the borders of Ra-jasthan and entering another state, then the ticket will have to be purchased as free trav-el facility will not be provided on inter-state travel.

Interestingly, Ra-jasthan government provides free travel fa-cility to women and girls in roadways buses twice a year. Along with Women’s Day, free trav-el is also provided in roadways buses on Rakshabandhan.

Jaisalmer: A BSF jawan was killed and four were injured in an incident during fi ring practice at the Lathi fi ring range in Rajasthan’’s Jaisalmer, police said on Wednes-day. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, they said, add-ing that a “premature blast” in the muzzle of a gun resulted in splinter injuries to fi ve Border Security Force (BSF) personnel taking part in fi ring practice. Three of them sustained critical injuries and were evacuated to the

primary health centre in Pokhran, where Satish Kumar (32) was declared brought dead, the police said, adding that the family mem-bers of the deceased have been informed about the incident.

Chennai: Weeks ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly elections, V K Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and close aid of late Chief Minister J Jay-alalithaa, on Wednesday announced “she will stay away from poli-tics,” but would pray for the “golden rule” of the late party supremo. In an announcement that came as a bolt out of the blue, she urged “true supporters of Amma” to work like siblings and ensure Jayalalithaa’s “golden rule continues.” “I will

stay away from politics and keep praying my sister Puratchi Thalaivi (Jayalalithaa), whom I consider as God, and the Lord Almighty for the establishment of the golden rule o Amma,” she said in a statement.

BSF JAWAN KILLED, 4 INJURED AT PRACTICE RANGE FIRING MISHAP

STAYING AWAY FROM POLITICS: SASIKALA AHEAD OF TN POLLS

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

A BSF offi cer pays tribute to the killed soldier.V K Sasikala

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Jaipur: The neglect on the part of bureau-crats and ministers in the House proceed-ings and their perpet-ual absence has not gone down well with Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi. On Wednesday, an im-mensely serious Joshi asked ministers and bureaucrats to sit in the House during Zero Hours and not talk among them-selves thereby dis-turbing the proceed-ings of the House.

Joshi has registered his displeasure over the neglect by bureau-crats of various depart-ments to the issues raised by legislators during session and is-sued a directive that

matters raised by the MLAs should be regis-tered and forwarded to the ministers of the concerned department.

Joshi gave these in-structions in relation to a question raised by Me-varam Jain, who during

the session said that in the last budget session he had raised an issue regarding sewerage in Barmer, however, UDH Minister Shanti Dhari-wal said that he did not receive any complaint in this matter.

Joshi said that if necessary, the legisla-tors should move out of the House only with permission from the Seat. He said said the dignity of the Legisla-tive Assembly should be maintained.

Speaker Dr CP Joshi in the House on Wednesday.

Pvt schools harassing for fee: Saraf

MLA Bharat Singh corners govt over corruption issue

RLP to contest all four assembly seats: Beniwal

Rafiq corners BJP over fuel price increase

Piped water DPR before Aug 30: Kalla

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The matter re-lated to fee collection by private schools created furore in the House on Wednesday when BJP MLA Kalicharan Saraf raised the matter dur-ing Zero Hour. He claimed that private school operators are harassing parents by misinterpreting the or-ders of interim relief given by the SC and are pressurizing the par-ents to deposit the fees. The legislator demand-ed the govt to bring a bill or make laws to pro-vide relief to parents. 70 lakh parents of the state are worried about the matter, he said.

“The school directors

had approached the SC against the orders given by the Raj HC wherein

the Apex Court gave an interim relief & provid-ed that the school opera-

tors would be able to col-lect the fees in six in-stallments,” he said.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Congress MLA Bharat Singh cornered the state government over the issue of corrup-tion during the Ques-tion Hour. He asked what the compulsion of the state government was to appoint such of-ficers, who have a cor-rupt track record, as district collector and SP.

He said that the crime rate declined during the Corona pandemic but corruption cases did not decrease. The Speaker CP Joshi did not allow him to go beyond the question. Singh had asked a question about a police inspector who

was terminated from services last year. Parli-aentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal replied the govt has not reinstat-ed the officer in service.

BJP MLA Vitthal Shankar Awasthi said that Cong leaders have Modi phobia but Modi will return as PM for the third time, and for the next 30 years, Yogi is get-ting ready.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The RLP has announced to field candidates in the up-coming by-elections in 4 assembly seats in Rajasthan. Party chief and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal also targeted the BJP national president JP Nadda’s visit to Jaipur. He said that the BJP is on the verge of breakdown in the state. Nadda has come here to han-dle it. Beniwal an-nounced to contest the by-elections in Sujangarh of Churu, Vallabh Nagar of Udaipur, Sahada of Bhilwara, and Rajsa-mand assembly seats.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: MLA Rafiq Khan on Wednesday at-tacked BJP in the House

saying that Rs 45 per litre petrol crossed Rs 100 and Rs 400 cylin-der has

now gone up to Rs 825. PM Narendra Modi only does his ‘maan ki baat’ and not people’s ‘maan ki baat’, he said. This led to intense debate be-tween Khan and BJP MLA Ashok Lahoti. The debate was related to ra-tion distribution during the lockdown. Khan said ‘Hum ah bhi karte hain to ho jaate hain badnam, wo qatal bhi karte hain to charcha nahi hota’.

Jaipur: A detailed pro-ject report (DPR) for the proposed door-to-door piped water connection announced in the state budget for 2021-22 will be prepared before August 30, Public Health Engi-neering Minister BD Kalla said on Wednesday.

The state government is committed to provide fluoride-free drinking water to the people of

the state, Kalla said, re-plying to a question by BJP legislator Narayan Singh Deol.

After preparing the DPR of the project, ad-ministrative and finan-cial approval will be is-

sued on the basis of its actual cost and the imple-mentation of the project, he added. Replying to a supplementary question, the minister said Rs 20.98 crore compensation amount of a contractor has been withheld for negligence in providing fluoride-free drinking water in the Assembly constituencies of Bhin-mal and Raniwara. —PTI

RATHORE APOLOGISES FOR DEVNANI’S BEHAVIOUR

GOVT PAID RS 842.40 CR AS UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE

Jaipur: The BJP legislators on Wednesday participated in pro-ceedings of the Rajasthan As-sembly after DoP Rajendra Rathore apologised for the behaviour of former minister Vasudev Devnani. Devnani had entered the well of the House on Monday, raising the issue of ABVP members being allegedly beaten up during a dharna in Jaipur following which Speaker CP Joshi had passed a resolution to bar him from House proceedings for the day and further until he apologised for his behaviour.

Jaipur: The govt has paid Rs 842.40 crore as unemployment allowance

to 2,49,433 eligible youth under the CM Yuva Sambal Yojana since 2019. Out of the total number of eligible unemployed youth, 1,81,286 candidates belong

to general and other OBC, 37,234 of SC and 30,913 of ST respectively, the govt said on Wednesday in a reply to an unstarred question raised by BJP legislator Satish Poonia in the House. After the commencement of the scheme from Feb 2019 till Dec 2020, 4,56,678 applications were received.

BD Kalla responding to a question in the House on Wednesday.

Tikait, Dr Sahdev discuss farmers’ issues

JDA approves ̀ 100 cr development works

Yunus Gasawat

Nagaur: Farmer lead-er Rakesh Tikait reached Nagaur on Wednesday where he was welcomed by farm-er leader and former deputy Zila Pramukh Dr Sahdev Chaudhary along with farmers and union leaders from across the district. Dr Chaudhary and other members held a long discussion with Tikait and others on the three

farm laws as also on the stay on the calves of Nagauri cows.

In his address, Ti-kait of the Kisan Un-

ion demanded that res-ervation policy should be implemented in the Assembly and Lok Sab-ha also for the differ-

ently abled so that they too get rights. Further-more, he said that pen-sion to MPs and MLAs should also be stopped. Tikait said that the farmer agitation will continue and the Modi government will kneel before the farmers. In the coming days, Kisan Mahapanchayat will be organized in other districts of Rajasthan and also in Orissa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Assam.

Abhishek Shrivastava

Jaipur: The PwC meeting was held on Wednesday in the Manthan Auditorium of JDA under the chairmanship of Jaipur Development C o m m i s s i o n e r Gaurav Goyal.

The list of develop-ment works where the sanctioned Rs 100 crore amount would be utilised include development of parks and their main-tenance, renovation and construction of

various roads, sur-vey work.

Under the Smart City Phase-1, 2, 3, Rs 14 crore for the operation and maintenance of smart solutions equip-ment installed at vari-ous locations in Jaipur city, Rs. 18.69 crores for electrification in West-Way Heights, Rs. 3.16 crores for rein-forcement and renova-tion from Goner-Bada-padampura Road to Ring Road-Village Badapadapura in Zone-14 had been ap-proved in the meeting.

Rakesh Tikait and Dr Sahdev Chaudhary in Nagaur on Wednesday.

Man sentenced to death for killing wife, 3 kidsArif Mansoori

Jhalawar: A man ac-cused of killing his wife and three chil-dren by poisoning them and then stran-gling them to death has been sentenced to death. Shakir, a resi-dent of Dhablakinchi village, Bhawani Mandi was awarded the death penalty by the Additional Dis-trict and Session Judge Dr Prabhat Ag-garwal on Wednes-day. Public prosecu-

tor Lokesh Gupta said that on October 8, 2019, Shakir mur-dered his wife Zahida Bi and three chil-dren, Muskan (14), Alfiya (12), and Alfaiz (10), by poisoning them and later stran-gling with a rope. Af-ter murdering them, he escaped from the village. However, he was arrested by the police after some days. In this case, Sunel Police Station had presented chal-lans in court.

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Jaipur/Dungarpur: After sliding to the dou-ble digit figure, the co-rona tally has been wit-nessing a constant rise for the last one week. Alarm bells rang up on Wednesday when the state recorded 215 cases, 40 of which are in Jaipur.

On Tuesday, the state had recorded 102 new cases while on Monday 123 new cases were re-ported. The district ad-ministration in Dun-garpur ordered imposi-

tion of curfew at Bohrawadi area of Sag-wara town after 26 new corona cases were re-

ported. Area has re-corded 50 cases in week, said SDM Rajiv Dwivedi. With 215 new

cases, tally has risen to 3.21 lakh, health dept said. No fresh death was recorded in on Wednesday.

Guv Kalraj Mishra, CM Ashok Gehlot, and Dr Raghu Sharma have been appealing masses to apply restrain, pre-cautions. Meanwhile, Former min Vasudev Devnani, Justice Vijay Kumar, Justice Karni Singh, Ex-CS Ashok Jain, NC Goel, Mahen-dra Surana, Col Ran-veer Vikram Singh, Col JS Sisodia got vacci-nated on Wednesday.

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Jalore: Uproarious scenes were witnessed on Wednesday at Jakhal in Sanchore where for-mer Indian skipper Ma-hendra Singh Dhoni came for inaugurating a school building. The fans got uncontrolled during the programme. The police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the crowd and control the situation.

Forest minister Sukhram Bishnoi’s son Satyendra Bishnoi re-ceived Dhoni at Sanchore and from there, they moved to the village. Minister Bish-noi, MP Devji Patel in-

augurated the building after Dhoni left follow-ing stampede.

Amid the uproar, Dhoni left for Ahmedabad by road. Fans were eager to take autographs and a glimpse of Dhoni that led to stampede. The po-

lice appealed the crowd several times to be re-strained, but they did not agree. The police force later drove the fans from there. After leaving the inaugural program, Dhoni halted at a hotel on a road for tea break.

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Jaipur: Health Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma said that the problem of deafness can be reduced to a great extent through awareness and information. Dr Shar-ma was addressing a state-level seminar or-ganised on World Hear-ing Day at Panchayati Raj Sansthan on Wednesday. He said that NPPCD was started in 2014-15 in 12 districts, which now is being car-ried out in all the dis-

tricts. Health Secy Sid-dharth Mahajan said to make this programme a success, its importance has to be explained to every household and

family. In the event, Naresh Kumar Thakral, Dr KK Sharma, Nirma-la Sharma, Dr LS Ola, doctors across the state were also present.

Satpal Singh

Dholpur: Armed ac-cused fired at police-men and threw chilli powder on them in a bid to free dacoit from the police custody in a filmy style.

Policemen were car-rying accused back to Saver jail in a roadways bus when the accused countered them near Parvati river. Police-men, however, did not budge. Some of the pas-sengers were injured along with a child. SP Kesar Singh Shekha-wat, other officers reached spot. Police-men snatched illegal weapons from accused who managed to escape.

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra on Wednesday appealed to people to take precautions against the new mutated strain of Covid-19. It is worri-some that Kerala, Maha-rashtra and other neigh-

bouring states have reported a new strain of corona. The spreading of the virus is not over yet and the new form of coronavirus is more dangerous as it spreads rapidly, Mishra said. He

urged people to take all precautions and protect themselves by following prescribed measures even after getting vacci-nated. According to the doctors, Covid vaccine is completely safe.

Sawai Madhopur: In the surprising news from the Khandar area of Sawai Madhopur, an Anganwadi worker in March 1 corona report tested positive even after getting the Corona vaccination. Anganwadi worker was found posi-tive. Interestingly, woman

was given both doses of Corona. However, CMHO Dr Tejram Meena says that it takes 14 days after 1st dose for antibodies to develop. Also, anti-body takes another 14 days after second dose to develop completely. The infected woman has

received second dose about 8 days ago. Moreo-ver, corona vaccine has an efficacy of only about 62%. However, any vac-cinated person won’t be a corona spreader even if he’s infected. The district admin, health dept are still monitoring the situation.

2,15,213 VACCINATED AT

1,833 CENTERS IN RAJ ON WED

TARGET WAS TO VACCINATE 1,78,7801,95,144

ELDERLY PEOPLE ABOVE 60 YEARS GOT VACCINATED

13,591 PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DISEASE GOT VACCINATED

Amid new virus strain scare, Governor appeals people to take all precautions

Dacoit’s aides fire, throw chilli powder on cops

Curfew imposed in Bohrawadi of Dungarpur where 26 cases reported

Medic inoculates vaccine to Vasudev Devnani at RUHS on Wednesday.

Police used force to control crowd. Dhoni left the event after stopping for half an hour.

Dr Raghu Sharma addressing a seminar on World Hearing Day.

ANGANWADI WORKER TESTS +VE AFTER 2 VAX DOSES IN S’MADHOPUR

Stampede as fans throng to seek Dhoni’s autograph

Cases of deafness can be reduced with awareness, information: Dr Raghu

GOVT IN NO MOOD TO RAISE RETIREMENT AGE

Dr Raghu Sharma has clarified that there is no proposal to raise retire-ment age of medical teachers from 65 to 70 years. He said, it was just rumour that govt was planning to in-crease retirement age. Minister said that when govt is opening new medical colleges, then there is no justification for increasing retire-ment age of doctors.

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‘Covaxin shows...43 people (seven from the group that got the vaccine) were found to have coronavirus.

Interim analysis also showed that severe, seri-ous, and medically at-tended adverse events occurred at low levels and were balanced be-tween vaccine and pla-cebo groups, Bharat Bio-tech said.

The company also said that “analysis from the National Institute of Virology indicates that vaccine-induced

antibodies can neutral-ise the UK variant strains and other heter-ologous strains”.

Data from the third stage of trials - which measures the vaccine’s success in protecting against the coronavirus - has been widely antici-pated amid concerns over Covaxin’s safety and efficacy, particu-larly as mutated, and more infectious, strains of the virus are circu-lating in the world.

Covaxin is one of two Covid vaccines to have

been cleared for emer-gency use. The other is Covishield, which was developed by AstraZene-ca and Oxford University and is produced by Pune-based Serum Institute. Covishield has an effica-cy rate of 70 per cent af-ter the second dose.

Properties of...“The Income Tax de-partment probes some-one based on whatever information they get. The issue goes to court later,” Union Informa-tion and Broadcasting

Minister Prakash Ja-vadekar said during a BJP briefing.

Rejecting allegations that the raids against Mr Kashyap and ms Pannu were linked to their political views, he said, “This is too much.”

Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu are out-spoken critics of the gov-ernment and have lent their voice to various causes, including the on-going farmer protests against central laws.

Kashyap, 48, known for critically acclaimed

movies like ‘Black Fri-day’, ‘Dev D’ and the two-part crime saga ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, had visited the Jawaha-rlal Nehru University and Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh during the pro-tests against the cen-tre’s controversial citi-zenship law last year.

Pannu had recently criticised the involve-ment of celebrities in a gover nment-backed campaign to counter pop star Rihanna’s post drawing attention to the farmers’ agitation.

“If one tweet rattles your unity, one joke rat-tles your faith or one show rattles your reli-gious belief, then it’s you who has to work on strengthening your val-ue system not become propaganda teachers for others,” the 33-year-old had said on social media last month.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav called the raids a “condemnable act” and slammed the centre. “They first employed IT, CBI, ED to conduct raids

on vocal and upright po-litical rivals for their character assassination. Now Nazi govt is chasing social activists, journal-ists & artists to threaten them against calling spade a spade,” the Bihar politician tweeted.

Disagreeing with...has committed an of-fence punishable under section 124-A of Indian Penal Code. As he has made the live statement that for restoring Article 370 he would take help of China which clearly

amount to seditious act and therefore he is liable to be punished under section 124-A of the IPC,” the plea said.

Sensex zooms...Elsewhere in Asia, stock markets extended gains on Wednesday de-spite an overnight re-treat on Wall Street.

Meanwhile, Brent Fu-tures rose by 1.84 per cent to trade at USD 63.77 per barrel. On the forex mar-ket front, the rupee rose by 65 paise to end at 72.72 against the US dollar.

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New Delhi: Amid at-tacks from the group of 23 dissenting Congress leaders, former party chief Rahul Gandhi said that he was criti-cised by his own party leaders after he pushed for Youth Congress and NSUI elections. Re-sponding to a question about Congress’ inter-nal democracy, Gandhi, who was attending a webinar organised by US University Cornell through video confer-ence, said he was the “first-person” to say that democratic elec-tion within the party is absolutely critical.

“I am the person who pushed elections in youth organisation and student organisation and got a serious beat-ing in the press for that. I was literally crucified for doing elections. I was attacked by my own party people. I am the first person that says democratic election within the party is ab-solutely critical but it is

interesting to me that this question is not asked about any other political party,” he said.

“I am the first person that says democratic election within the par-ty is absolutely critical but it is interesting to me that this question is not asked about any other political party. Nobody asked why is there no internal de-mocracy in BJP, BSP, and Samajwadi Party,” he added.

The Wayanad MP said Congress’ ideology is the ideology of the Constitution so it more

important for the party to be democratic.

“But they ask about Congress because there is a reason. We are an ideological party and our ideology is the ide-ology of the Constitu-tion, so it is more im-portant for us to be democratic,” he said.

Rahul Gandhi’s re-marks come in the backdrop of a recent rally in Jammu of Con-gress leaders, including the G-23 or the 23 senior dissenting leaders, who had last year ques-tioned the party’s func-tioning in a letter. —ANI

New Delhi: Asserting that India has already tested hydrogen vehi-cle, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the focus of the country is to make industry-ready to utilise hydro-gen as a fuel for trans-portation.

“India has tested the Hydrogen Vehicle. Now have to make ourselves industry-ready to uti-lize it for transport”, he said.

Urging experts to come up with road-maps to make the coun-try “self-sufficient in the Energy sector”, PM Modi said, “Future fuel, green energy are very important to make ‘Energy’ self-sufficient. Hence, ‘Hydrogen Mis-sion’ announced in the Budget .”

Emphasising that language should not be-come an obstacle, Modi said, “There are talents in every house. In the new National Educa-tion Policy, the use of the Indian languages has been encouraged. It is the responsibility of the experts of every language, how the con-tent of the world should be available in Indian languages.” —ANI

IN THE COURTYARD

SC posts for March 4 hearing on Amazon Prime head bail plea

New Delhi: The SC on Wednesday postponed for Thursday hearing an appeal of the com-mercial head of Ama-zon Prime Video Apar-na Purohit, against the Allahabad High Court order that denied an-ticipatory bail to her, in the ongoing investiga-tion against the web se-ries ‘Tandav’. A Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said it will hear the appeal of Purohit on Thursday.

The High Court on February 25 declined to give protection from ar-rest to Purohit by dis-

missing the anticipato-ry bail application of her. The Uttar Pradesh Police had filed an FIR against the top Amazon Prime executive for the derogatory depiction of Hindu deities and pro-moting religious enmi-ty through the series. The High Court in its order has noted that “such people make the revered figures of the religion of majority community source of earning money in a most brazen manner taking benefit of the lib-eral and tolerant tradi-tion of the country.”

NEED TO BE INDUSTRY-READY FOR HYDROGEN FUEL: MODI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a webinar on effective implementation of Budget provisions regarding the Education sector, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

GOVERNMENT HAS OPENED SPACE & DRDO SECTORS FOR YOUTH: MODI

PM Modi on Wednes-day said that the Central government has opened up sev-eral sectors including agriculture, space, atomic energy and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the youth of the country, adding that keeping knowledge and research within limits is an injustice to the nation. “It is an injustice to the nation to keep knowledge and research within limits. With this mindset, we are opening up several sectors such as agri-culture, space, atomic energy and DRDO for our youth that is full of potential,” PM Modi said.

FOCUS ON EDUCATION AFTER HEALTH REFORMS

PROTECT FORESTS & SAFE HABITATS FOR ANIMALS: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed on the need to reform the education sector by including skill development, research and innovation for a ‘self-reliant India’. “To build Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the youth of the country needs self-confidence which is directly connected to their education, knowledge and skill.”

New Delhi: On the occasion of World Wildlife Day, PM Modi laid emphasis on the protection of forests and safe habitats for animals and also extended gratitude to those working towards wildlife protection. Taking to Twitter, he highlighted that India is seeing a steady rise in the population of various animals.

PM free to visit Bengal 20 times or more: TMC

Kolkata: The Trina-mool Congress on Wednesday said PM Modi is free to visit the state for BJP’s election campaign “20 times or more” to see for him-self the spree of devel-opment under the TMC dispensation and com-pare it to that of states ruled by the saffron party.

West Bengal minister and party spokesman Bratya Basu told re-porters that Modi is welcome to attend as many meetings, say 20 or more, he wishes to and come to the state as many times he wants to see for himself how Bengal has left behind states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on develop-ment parameters.

Basu was replying to a query whether eight-phase assembly polls in the state, beginning on March 27, would enable BJP heavyweights to address multiple meet-ings in different parts of the state. “We don’t bother. May be they want to see for them-selves how much Ben-gal has progressed,” Basu said. —PTI

BJP TO FINALISE SEAT-SHARING FOR ASSAM IN SHAH, NADDA’S PRESENCE

DILIP DISMISSES SPECULATION OF GANGULY JOINING BJP

Guwahati: The seat-sharing arrangement for the Assam assembly elections between the ruling BJP and its allies—AGP, UPPL and GSP—would be finalised in Delhi in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda, senior party leader and Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday. After Bodoland Territorial Council polls in December last year BJP had forged an alliance with UPPL and the GSP, discarding its old ally Bodoland People’s Front (BPF). —PTI

Kolkata: Days ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Dilip Ghosh has dismissed speculations of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly joining the party, saying he had no idea about it and it had not been discussed. “I have no idea about it, nor has there been any discussion in the meeting,” Ghosh said while speaking to reporters. —ANI

RaGa hits out at G23, says was attacked by own partymen

BJP sources said Modi is slated to address multiple rallies during the eight-phase polls in the state

Girls allegedly stripped, forced to dance by cops; Maha govt orders probeMumbai: The Maha-rashtra government has formed a four-member committee to conduct a probe into an incident where girls were al-legedly stripped and forced to dance by po-licemen at a hostel in Jalgaon, home minis-ter Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday. The minister made the announcement in the state Assembly af-ter the issue was raised by opposition members.

According to media reports, some girls

from a hostel in Jal-gaon complained that people from outside and policemen were allowed to enter the facility on the pretext of a probe and some girls were forced to strip and dance. A video clip of the same has also surfaced. “It is a very unfortunate incident. A four-member high-level committee of offi-cials has been formed to conduct a probe into it..they have been asked to submit a report in two days,” Deshmukh said. —PTI

Guidelines for buying books for librariesChandigarh: Punjab School Education De-partment on Wednes-day issued instructions to constitute commit-tees at school level to procure books for li-braries.

According to a spokesperson of the de-partment, with the aim of purchasing books for libraries, a high level committee of eminent writers was formed.

Based on the recom-mendations made by this committee, new guidelines have been is-sued to the schools.

As part of the series of initiatives that are being taken by the state government to impart vocational education to the students in the gov-ernment schools, Pun-jab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Tuesday said that an amount of Rs 23.65 crores has been re-leased for setting up the skill labs in 379 govern-ment schools. —ANI

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State govt sets fresh criteria for formation of new municipalitiesPer capita income and livelihood of residents have been included for the first timeAbhishek Srivastava

Jaipur: The State Gov-ernment has set the cri-teria for the formation of new municipalities in the state. Apart from population, for the first time other criteria has also been included.

Section 5 of the Old Municipal Act 1959 and Sections 3 and 5 of the existing Municipal Act 2009 provide for the set-ting of criteria for the formation of new mu-nicipalities and up gra-dation of municipali-ties. However, the crite-

ria for urbanisation, the necessary compo-nents, including popu-lation, were not set.

The State Govern-ment had constituted 17

new municipalities in the past few days. How-ever, a petition was filed in the HC against the formation of munici-palities wherein the

matter of setting up the municipality without setting the criteria was raised. The HC issued a stay order on the forma-tion of municipalities.

When HC stayed the process, the depart-ment ended the exist-ence of 17 new munici-palities formed by issu-ing notification.

Meanwhile, SC also ordered to set the crite-ria for the formation of a municipality accord-ing to the constitution in a case.

The local-self govern-ment department has recently issued a notifi-cation and the criteria for the formation of new bodies have been set under this notifica-tion.

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Jaipur: Commission-er of the Rajasthan Foundation, Dheeraj Srivastava visited Guwahati on 26-27 Feb-ruary 2021 to meet ex-patriate Rajasthanis. During his visit, Sriv-astava also attended the 15th National Con-vention of Marwari Yuva Manch of North Eastern Region.

While thanking the organisrs during the inaugural ceremony of the session on 26 February, Srivastava said that the Rajastha-ni migrants are con-nected to their roots even though they live in Assam, far away from Rajasthan.

“In view of the en-thusiasm of the mi-grants, efforts will be made to open a new chapter of Rajasthan Foundation in Guwa-hati under the leader-ship of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot,” he said. The Chief Minister of Assam also addressed the gathering as the

chief guest at the inau-guration ceremony.

Shrivastava, who was the keynote speak-er at the session on the topic of Rajasthani Language and Culture on 27th February, said that Rajasthani lan-guage is the identity of Rajasthan’s culture, heritage and pride.

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: Wildlife lov-ers have demanded proper assessment and monitoring of animals in Rajasthan saying despite in-crease in population, there is no arrange-ment for effective monitoring, which is taking a toll on wild-life.

The experts also in-sisted that the govern-ment should make ef-forts to ensure chee-tah’s reintroduction in Rajasthan apart from relocating Asi-atic lions. “These two steps can change the picture of the state,” the experts believe.

The state has many

wildlife sanctuaries, 3 national parks and ti-ger reserves, 2 Ram-sar sites and one gha-rial sanctuary, in spite of this, wildlife lovers are expecting to have cheetah relocation.

“It is the biggest need of the state’s wildlife at this time. Cheetah relocation in India is almost in final stage and several loca-

tions in different states are being con-sidered for it. Sher-garh Sanctuary and Mukundra Tiger Re-serve of Rajasthan are among the potential sites,” an expert said.

Wildlife expert Anil Rogers explained that Mukundara’s enclo-sure can be a better option for African cheetahs.

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Jodhpur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajen-dra Singh Shekhawat said that BJP is all set to win the upcoming by-elections to be held in the four assembly seats in Rajasthan.

He said the people of the state have no faith in the ruling Congress gov-ernment and people will give befitting reply to Congress government during the by-polls in the state. Jal Shakti Minister reached his parliamentary constitu-

ency on Wednesday. He also addressed the me-dia persons before the training workshop of BJP workers at Steel Bhawan in Jodhpur.

Commenting on the victory of BJP in the district panchayat and municipal elections, he

said that the people of the Rajasthan have re-jected the Congress gov-ernment and despite all the confusion created by the Congress party in among the people, Bharatiya Janata Party registered its victory with majority.

TEARFUL FAREWELL

Minister of state for health Subhash Garg and MLA Rajendra Gudha paying tributes to martyr Vikram Singh Naruka at Bhorkee village in Jhunjhunu district on Wednesday. The last rites of the Army Jawan, was performed at his ancestral village Bhorkee. Naruka died in Ladakh while performing his duty. The martyr was given a guard of honour before the funeral. His two sons lighted the funeral pyre.

Dheeraj: Raj Foundation to open new chapter in Guwahati

Cheetah’s introduction will change wildlife’s fate in state, say experts

BJP all set to win upcoming by-polls: Shekhawat

Commissioner of Rajasthan Foundation, Dheeraj Srivastava addressing the function in Guwahati.

NEW GUIDELINE

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Kota: Ankur Padia, accused in the case of kidnapping mur-der of a 7-year-old boy Rudraksha in Kota for ransom, was given relief by a divi-sion bench of Justice Sabina and Justice Manoj Kumar Vyas in the Rajasthan High Court. While hearing the appeal petition of Pandia and other ac-

cused, the division bench changed the trial court’s order of capital punishment to life imprisonment. However, the court has continued the punishment to other accused ordered by the lower court.

On October 9, 2014, 7-year-old Rudraksha was kidnapped from a park in Jawahar Nagar in Kota. The kidnappers had de-manded a ransom of

Rs 2 crore from the boy’s father, but later they killed the boy for fear of being caught. The police arrested the accused Ankur Padia, his brother Anoop Pa-dia, servant Mahavir and Delhi-based mo-bile SIM seller Karanjit Singh.

The trial court sentenced the ac-cused Ankur Padia to death on 26 Febru-ary 2018.

Rudraksha murder: HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment

GS Shekhawat addressing a programme in Jodhpur.

Mahesh Sharma

Jaipur: Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who had been keeping mum for the past several weeks, has suddenly taken on a aggressive role against the state government, a day after BJP nation-al president JP Nadda came to Jaipur and met all state party leaders.

On Wednesday, she opened a front against Gehlot government through three consecu-tive tweets, where she tried to corner admin-istration on self immo-lation of a mother in Jalore after police failed to act in a case of her daughter’s kid-napping.

“Disgusted by the

negligence of the police in the kidnapping of a minor daughter in Ram-sin police station area, Jalore, where the moth-er committed suicide. What kind of goondaraj

is there in the state, where the system itself protects crime and the victims also escape the demand for justice. Congress government should answer, when

will justice be done?,” she tweeted. In another tweet she said, “The promise was to give lakhs of jobs every year but (people were) cheat-ed. The main examina-

tion of AEN was con-ducted in December 2019, but the result has not been released even after 15 months. What kind of misrule does the Congress government have on the dreams of unemployed youth in the state?

Meanwhile, in a show of strength, Raje is all set to embark on a religious yatra on her birthday on March 8 and leaders who are considered close to her have been fully en-gaged in the prepara-tions and are mobiliz-ing people from villag-es for the yatra.

Former minister Yu-nus Khan is monitoring Raje’s ‘Dev Darshan’ yatra programme while ex-MLA Anita Singh is active at district level.

DEV DARSHAN PROGRAMMEA target has been set to bring around 350 vehicles from each As-sembly constituency. Also, arrangements for accommodation, food for more than 5,000

people are being made for Raje’s March 8 Dev Darshan event.

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Jaipur: The represent-atives of Mehta & Asso-ciates of Indore reached Jaipur to give detailed presentation on various points of construction and structuring of Ra-jasthan Cricket Associa-tion’s (RCA) own inter-national cricket stadi-um on Wednesday. Tout-ed to be third largest stadium in the world, it is expected to be ready at a cost of around `280 crores and foundation could be laid in May.

RCA’s Chief Patron

Dr CP Joshi, President Vaibhav Gehlot, vice president Ameen Pa-than, secretary Mahen-dra Sharma, treasurer Krishna Nimawat, ex-

ecutive member Devram Chaudhary, RCA advisor GS Sand-hu, RCA curator Taposh Chatterjee and other of-ficials were present

during the presenta-tion. In first phase of construction the stadi-um will have players’ Dressing Room, Presi-dential Lounge, Press

Block, East & West Stands for spectators with a sitting capacity of 40,000, Water Har-vesting system and Re-cycling Process, con-struction of facilities such as solar power, etc. While second phase will have an audience capac-ity of 35,000.

Dr Joshi and Vaibhav instructed firm’s repre-sentatives to make available drawing and tender document to RCA at the earliest so that the stadium can be constructed in a time bound manner.

RCA’s swanky stadium to cost ̀ 280 cr

39 liquor shops fail to get allotted in 1st roundKashiram Choudhary

Jaipur: The opening response for online auc-tion of liquor shops was not much encouraging as 39 out of total 1669 shops could not be allot-ted in the first round held on Wednesday.

Also, there were sin-gle applications for 461 liquor shops.

The online auction will take place in five rounds till 10 March which started on Tues-

day. So far, more than 30,000 registrations have been done for the auction of 7665 liquor shops across the state.

However, on the first day, there were 500 shops for which either there was only one ap-plicant or there was no candidate.

39 shops could not be auctioned because there was not a single applicant for these shops. Now, a fresh date will be announced for

the auction of these 39 shops.

The response in Jaipur was compara-tively better than other

cities. On an average, 3 people applied for one shop in Jaipur.

There are a total of 404 liquor shops in Jaipur city and online auction of 81 shops was held today. The mini-mum reserve price of many of the shops in Jaipur is between Rs 1 to Rs 3 crores and there is high competition for these shops.

The state govern-ment has given a reve-nue target of Rs13,000

crore to the excise de-partment and to achieve this, the department has started several ef-forts.

This time, liquor shops are being allotted through online auction instead of the lottery system and the depart-ment has received around 30,000 applica-tions so far.

However, only about a quarter of these appli-cants have submitted the application fee.

Aggressive Raje targets Raj govt on crime, joblessnessRaje’s upcoming religious yatra on her Birthday is being seen as a show of strength

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Jaipur: A day after BJP National President JP Nadda visited Jaipur and took stock of the state unit’s workings, the Rajasthan Congress has quipped on Nadda’s visit. PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra claimed that Nadda had come to Jaipur to bridge the gap in the party, yet he could not do so.

“Nadda tried to show unity but their leaders are fighting among themselves. They are pushing each other around in order to get ahead. BJP is now di-vided in two factions,” he said. “An attempt was made to push each of them closer, but they failed. The BJP has split into pieces. Rajen-dra Rathore is frustrat-ed, Gulabchand Ka-taria is so dull. Vasund-hara Raje has been so aggressive. Satish Poo-nia has come into de-

fensive mode. Still their problems are ris-ing and they are unable to control the situa-tion,” he said.

After Dotasra’s state-ment, Poonia said, “BJP is united. There is no quarrel. The ru-mours about infighting in BJP are being ped-dled in a sponsored manner. The quarrel is in the Congress, but they feel that by blam-ing others, they will divert attention from their own quarrels. This is their illusion.

Ever since the Con-gress was thrown out of power at Centre, their leaders have been in pain and their pain does not seem to be ending anytime soon.”

Meanwhile, on the is-sue of serving food to Nadda and others dur-ing the national presi-dent’s Tuesday visit, Poonia said, “I was a worker, I am a worker and will be a worker. I am younger than many people in age and expe-rience. That is why I served food yesterday.”

First India Bureau

Jaipur: In a dramatci development around Salman Khan Black Buck Poaching case, the actor, has appealed to transfer 3 cases in Dis-trict and Sessions Court to the High Court. On Salman’s plea, Justice Vijay Vishnoi of Ra-jasthan HC refused to hear the case. Now the second judge of HC will hear the appeal. If the cases related to Salman reach HC, then the dis-

posal of these cases will be expedited.

Lawyer Hastimal Saraswat, on behalf of Salman, submitted a pe-tition in HC, urging

him to transfer the 3 cases in the sessions court to HC. It was said in the petition that the acquittal of Saif Ali, Neelam, Tabbu and Sonali from trial court in Black Buck Case has been challenged by the State Government in HC. All three cases re-lated to Salman are re-lated to state govern-ment’s challenge in the High Court. In this case, simultaneous hearing of cases of the same na-ture will be better.

Dotasra: BJP a divided house!Poonia calls it an illusion

Salman appeals for transfer of 3 cases to High Court

Dr CP Joshi, Vaibhav Gehlot, Ameen Pathan, Mahendra Sharma, Krishna Nimawat, Devram Chaudhary, GS Sandhu, Taposh Chatterjee, Manish Sharma and others at the Vidhan Sabha.

Satish Poonia Govind Singh Dotasra

WORLD WILDLIFE DAY: CM ROOTS FOR WILDLIFE

CONSERVATION Ashok Gehlot

@ashokgehlot51

On #WorldWild-lifeDay, let’s raise awareness regard-

ing signifi cance of fauna & fl ora,

essential for planet earth & survival of human life.

It’s important to create conditions for ecosystems to survive & wildlife to fl ourish. Sus-taining biodiver-

sity is essential for humankind.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s life & signifi cant contribution to

India’s independ-ence is a story of

courage & determi-nation. He inspired people to dedicate their lives to the

cause of independ-ence. #DeshKiD-

harohar

Ashvini Yadav

Behror : A Kranti Ral-ly was organised by the BJP in Alwar’s Behror, where prominent party leaders from Alwar dis-trict were present.

Recently, in Behror, Mohit Yadav, son of for-mer minister Dr Jas-want Yadav, who con-tested Assembly elec-tions from BJP, was beaten up by some youth in which 8 accused have been ar-rested so far by the po-lice but three are yet to be arrested.

A dharna and protest rally was earlier organ-ized by the BJP, however on Wednesday again a Kranti Rally was called on be-half of Mohit Yadav and his father Dr Jas-want Yadav.

The rally was attend-ed by thousands of peo-ple, who reached Behror police station on foot and submitted a memorandum to Bhiwadi SP Arun Machia, demanding an end to the atmosphere of chaos and arrest of the culprits.

Rally held in Behror to demand arrest of accused

MOHIT YADAV ASSAULT CASEDaughter-in-law, grand kid killed woman for money

First India Bureau

Bikaner: The case of an elderly wom-an’s murder has been resolved by the Nokha police in Bi-kaner district. The murder took place last month. The de-ceased woman’s law-yer son, who initially lodged the FIR for his mother’s murder, was shocked to know that his wife and daughter turned out to be the killers of his mother. The daughter-in-law was annoyed with her mother-in-law, as she gave Rs 50,000 to her younger son.

The deceased el-derly woman, Chan-dra Kanwar, has two

sons, Tikamchand (elder son) and Kishore. On morning of February 13, Chandra’s body was found in her hut.

Tikamchand re-ported the murder to the police. The police cyber cell team traced the individual mobile locations of the fam-ily members. The mobile location of Ti-kamchand’s wife San-tosh and his minor daughter was found near Chandra’s hut.

After strict inter-rogation, the mother and daughter con-fessed to the crime. Santosh Kanwar has been arrested by the police, while the mi-nor daughter is sent to Nari Niketan.

Murder accused Santosh Kanwar

Vasundhara Raje will embark on proposed religious yatra in Bharatpur on March 8.

PAYING OBEISANCE

Newly appointed Lokayukta Justice Pratap Krishna Lohra & his wife offering prayers at Moti Dongri Ganesh Temple on Wednesday in presence of Mahant Kailash Sharma. It may be recalled that Governor Kalraj Mishra had on February 27 issued a warrant for the appointment of Justice Lohra as the Lokayukta of Rajasthan.

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he perfect combination of ‘smarts and beauty’, Rajasthan based Shashi Bhati is proof that if you dare to dream big, work hard with dedication, then you can pave the way to your success.

Not only did she started her ca-reer at the age of 19, but she has also be-come an inspiration in her family and com-munity.

While talking about her inspiration, the model said, “I was inspired by Priyanka Chopra and her story. She started her ca-reer from scratch with a lot of criticism and no family background in the industry. Be-ing from a small town, I faced the same thing. When I shared my passion for avia-tion, my relatives suggested me to finish my studies and get married, but I had a very clear aim, for which I was ready to work hard.”

She added, “Being from a Rajasthani fam-ily, pursuing my passion wasn’t easy be-cause my family constantly forced me to-wards more “stable” careers such as bank-ing, IAS, RAS etc. I asked my family to give me a chance and I made it worth it by mak-ing them proud by becoming a successful air hostess and a model.”

Shashi holds a crown of miss beautiful eyes along with the top 8th rank at Elite Miss Rajasthan 2020. On being asked about her future goals, she said, “I want to become a successful model and actress so I can in-spire other girls to pursue their dreams.”

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City First shares the journey of Shashi Bhati, who turned her dreams into reality with passion, motivation and dedication!

t is said that in In-dia, after every 100km, the lan-guage and culture changes. If that is true would it be in-sane to believe so

does the cuisine? Hold on to that thought!

It is very common to not know of veggies or fruits that are not regularly available in your region but are in the staple diet of another. One such vegeta-ble, that also gets mistaken as a fruit, is Wild Melon or Cucumis callosus/pubes-cent or Kachri. Kachri has many names depending on the region – in Gujarat and Rajasthan it is called Kachri, in Konkani lan-guage, it is known as Chib-din, in Maharashtra it is called as Shinde and in Ne-pal, it is known as Gurmi.

Kachri grows in rather hot and arid regions of the western part of India like Rajasthan. Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, and Bar-mer areas to be precise and are available from the

rainy season till October. It is said that when Ra-jasthan was dunes domi-nated the landscape, the Kachri vegetation amongst a few others were the only ones that survived the cli-mate and were the only source of greens.

Kachri growers say that it has traits of pest resist-ance and drought resist-ance, probably which is why growing Kachri is easier. Kachri has hairy stems, yellow flowers and triangular leaves. It resem-bles a miniature watermel-on but the taste would throw you off your game. It initially tastes bitter but becomes tangy with a hint of sweet when ripened.

Kachri is used as a veg-etable for everyday recipes in the western parts of In-dia, for chutney prepara-tion, as a souring ingredi-ent and even dried to make a powder that lasts longer. Kachri powder is used ex-tensively in rural Ra-jasthani cuisine, one may confuse it with ‘amchoor’ at first sight. Though both work the same with that mildly sweet tangy taste provider.

Kachri is also said to have medicinal proper-ties like soothing gas-trointestinal pains, having antioxidant properties and boosting immunity. It is known for be-ing rich in protein as well.

Dehydrated forms of Kachri are also used as souring agents in traditional dishes like Panchku-ta ki sabzi in Ra-jasthan. Here are a couple of recipes to make Kachri dishes:

KACHRI KI CHUTNEYThis delicious 5-minute chutney can save you a lot of trouble when trying to

impress guests. Take some Kachari melons (a handful should do the trick), an on-ion, some green

chillies and grind them into a mixture. Add some salt and red chilli powder to the mixture (give it an-

other whirl). Take ghee in a pan, heat it and

add the chutney, cook it for two

m i n u t e s and it

is ready to serve.

LASAN KACHRI KI CHUTNEYPeel and cut Kachri, add garlic cloves, dry red chil-lies, cumin, salt and curd, grind it well. Heat ghee in the pan and add cumin seeds then pour in the mixture, cook it for 3-4 minutes while stirring it continuously. We all love some garlic chutney, let’s

try this Kachri version for a twist.

KACHRI PHALI KI SABZITake beans and Kachri for this preparation. Boil the beans and strain them; cut the Kachri into small piec-es. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin, asafoetida, turmer-ic, chilli powder, coriander powder mix and add Kachri to it. Mix it for a while before adding the boiled beans and add salt to taste. You may choose to add some amchoor but do remember Kachri is sour in itself.

KACHRI FRIEDYou may choose to eat Kachri by just shallow fry-

ing it in ghee. Add some salt for taste. It tastes amazing with veg fried rice or khichdi. In Ra-jsthan, they eat it with ‘ba-jre ka kheechda.’

ALOO KACHRI KI SABZIHeat mustard oil in a wok, add cumin seeds, green chillies and onion, stir till light brown then add cube-sized potatoes. Mix until golden then add Kachri to the mixture and stir until everything turns golden. Add some turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder, garlic (chopped finely) and salt as per your taste. Add lit-tle water and mix well un-til the spices are cooked properly. The delicious Dhaba style aloo-Kachri is ready to be served.

Note: Do remember to taste the Kachri before preparing to avoid any bitterness.

If you chance upon Kachri in the vegetable market, feel free to try the tangy and sweet melon out. Dip your toes in the age-long cuisine of Ra-jasthan with these easy to make recipes. And if you don’t find any green Kachri, you can always switch to Kachri powder instead of amchoor. It can be ordered online easily. The goodness of using Kachri in daily meals has many old tales in the Ra-jasthan region, why not try what grandma used to

say!

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LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Getting into a favourable situation on the academic front is possible. Good luck promises to brighten your

day. Some positive changes can be expected on the home front. This seems a good day for job seekers. New avenues for earning open up as you get more determined.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

A family youngster is likely to do you proud. A business trip is indicated and will achieve much.

Your strategy to promote yourself on the professional front will bear fruits. You may need to speed up things on the academic front to remain ahead. Something special awaits you.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Excellent opportunities may knock at your door. Professionals will be able to give their best in a new

situation. Financially, this day may prove lucky for you, so go ask for the raise that is keeping you on tenterhooks. Don’t take any chances with your health today.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Good performance on the academic front will help enhance your reputation at work. Some favourable

developments on the social front are foreseen. Buying new furniture or a major appliance is possible. With good networking, a prized posting can be yours.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

Your performance at work will be commendable. Your own happiness is in your hands today. Spouse may

need her space, respect that. This is a favourable day for completing pending jobs. Financially, no problems are foreseen. It is best to avoid outside food.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

A new deal is likely to come through and give you a taste of success. Those fond of travelling may get their

chance soon. This is the time when you enjoy yourself with a new group of friends or colleagues. A change of job is likely to give you better salary and perks.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

Success is foretold on the academic front. Your reputation is likely to boost your image on the social

front. On the work front, you will manage to keep your superiors in good humour. This is an excellent day to spend time with family. Those seeking love are likely to get lucky.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

You are likely to take up someone’s cause and earn appreciation from all quarters on the social

front. Remaining on the good side of those who matter on the academic front will help you achieve much. Good tidings of your well wishers will keep you going.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

You may wait for someone’s invitation for a trip. Your professionalism in handling problem areas

will be appreciated. Tenant troubles are foreseen for some house owners. You will fi nd family life more than fulfi lling. A senior is likely to put in a good word for you .

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

Your desire for an exciting time on the social front is likely to be fulfi lled today. Those looking for buying a

house can get a good bargain. Appreciation is in store for some homemakers. A professional victory is yours if you play your cards well today.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

You will have to be more focussed on the academic front. You may get busy organising something on

the social front. You may need to put your ideas into action, if you want to prove yourself. A party may be thrown in your honour at work. Health-wise a good day is foreseen.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You will manage to achieve what you had aimed for on the academic front. A celebration can fi nd you in

your element today. Praise and honour are likely to greet you in something that you have managed to achieve. You will be a pillar of strength to a friend or an associate.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

ABOUT CAULDRON SISTERSRatika & Richa Khetan, two Sisters, started Cauldron Sisters in 2015. It started as an exotic food gift hamper business, but their love for food encouraged them to start culinary workshops, food deliveries, and slowly and gradually it turned huge as restaurants and cafes started approaching them for consultancy.

5 Famous Recipes Of Kachri aka The Wild Melons Straight From Rajasthan

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CELEBRATIONS AND BLESSINGS! CS NIRANJAN ARYA THREW A GET-TOGETHER AT HIS OFFICIAL RESIDENCE ON TUESDAY EVENING WHERE ALL THE

MLAS WERE INVITED TO BLESS THE NEWLY WEDS. CM ASHOK GEHLOT, DR CP JOSHI, SATISH POONIA AND ALL POLITICAL LEADERS CUTTING ACROSS PARTY LINES ATTENDED AND IT BECAME AN EVENING OF BONHOMIE AND

TOGETHERNESS FOR ONE AND ALL, CREATING A TRULY MEMORABLE AND BEAUTIFUL OCCASION.

CM Ashok Gehlot and Dr C P Joshi share a mutual smiling greeting as Govind S Dotasra and Niranjan Arya are all smiles too

CM Ashok Gehlot in conversation withKrishna Poonia as Niranjan Arya looks on

Dilip Choudhary, Lal Chand Kataria, Rajendra Yadav, Dr Mahesh Joshi, Dr C P Joshi, the newly weds Swarit andRitika, Govind S Dotasra and Uday Lal Anjana

Narendra Nagar, Kaluram Meena, Niranjan Arya,Babu Lal Nagar, Indraj Gurjar and Sangeeta Arya

Kalicharan Sarraf with Niranjan and Sangeeta Arya

Satish Poonia with Niranjan Arya and Sangeeta Arya

Divya Maderna with Niranjan and Sangeeta Arya

Gulab Meena withNiranjan Arya

Ruparam Meghwal with Niranjan andNilay Arya

Niranjan Arya, Balveer Luthra, Bihari Lal Bishnoi,Govind Meghwal and Pukhraj Garg

Shanti Dhariwal, B D Kalla and Niranjan Arya

Pratap Singh Khachiryawas and Dr Raghu Sharma

Vinod Lilawali with Niranjan Arya,also seen Rajendra Singh Gudha

Gopal Khandelwal, Rakesh Pareek, Mahadev Singh Khandela,Rajendra Singh Gudha, Swarit & Ritika, Niranjan Arya and Suresh Rawat

CM Ashok Gehlot, Shanti Dhariwal and Nirnajan Arya applaud the peformance and enjoy a moment of togetherness

Govind S Dotasra and Abhilash Dotasra with Niranjan and Sangeeta Arya

Abhnesh Maharishi with Niranjan Arya Pratap Singh Singhvi with Niranjan Arya

Gulab Chand Kataria and Ashok Lahoti with Niranjan and Sangeeta Arya

Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, Ganesh Ghoghra, Bharosi Lal Jatav,Pandit Bhanvar Lal Sharma, Swarit and Ritika and Niranjan Arya

CM Ashok Gehlot with Shanti Dhariwal, Niranjan Arya,B D Kalla, Gulab Chand Kataria, Dr C P Joshi and Govind S Dotasra enjoy the evening

Rajendra Rathore congratulates Niranjan Arya,also seen is Joginder Singh

Sudarshan Rawat with Niranjan Arya

Gulabo Sapera during her magnificent performance

Rajasthan State Annual Session 2020-21 and Rajasthan Business Conclave 2021 was organised under the guidance of CII Rajasthan on Tuesday, where certain criteria were discussed to uplift business and gross income in Rajasthan. During the meet, Kalraj Mishra, Governor of Rajasthan, gave a virtual presence.

RAJ: The Artist Collaboration Series Episode-2: ‘Lok Anuranjan’ - a Virtual Series organised by the Department of Art & Culture, Government of Rajasthan and

Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) concluded on Wednesday. The episode featured a Sufi and Qawwali performance by Rehman Harfanmaula & Group featured on the Facebook page of JKK.

RAJ: Under the ongoing Ram Janmabhoomi construction program, Shankar Sachdeva of Basant Bahar Colony collected a cheque worth ` 3,00,000 and presented it to MLA Kalicharan Saraf in the presence of social workers Shankar Rathi and Pradeep Jajani.

CITY FIRST

Simran Sharma was appointed as the official representative of India for Miss Grand Interna-tional 2020 by the organisa-

tion of Glamanand Supermodel In-dia to be held on March 27 this year in Thailand. Hailing from Jaipur, Simran is 23-years-old. She pur-sued her education in the commerce field and works as an actress and professional model.

Yogesh Mishra, mentor and Miss Rajasthan organiser informed that Simran is not new to the world of a beauty pageant as she was Miss Rajasthan 2017 and later represented India at Miss Multinational 2018. After winning the crown of Miss Multination-al India 2018, Simran men-tioned, “This is just not a title for me but a responsi-bility to make my India, my mentors, family and all those who have sup-ported me proud. I am overwhelmed and excited to represent India in Miss Multinational 2018.”

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On the occasion of Tiger Shroff’s birthday on Tuesday, Pratham Sharma from Jaipur wished him all the best!

Bollywood actors Ridhi Dogra, Monica Dogra and Ekta Kapoor were spotted at the Jaipur Airport on Wednesday as they arrive in the city to promote their upcoming project ‘The Married Woman’. Actress Sushmita Sen was also seen in the Pink City as she shoots for her upcoming web series Arya-2.

SPOTTED!

HIGH TEA @ CITY PALACE!CITY FIRST

iya Kumari has invited Content czari-na and OTT disruptor Ekta Kapoor for high-tea at her

family heritage, City Palace. Ekta Kapoor is currently stationed in Jaipur for the promo-tion of her much-talked-about show, ‘The Married Woman’ fea-turing Ridhi Dogra and Monica Dogra as the central characters. Based on celebrated au-thor Manju Kapur’s bestseller novel ‘A Mar-ried Woman’, the trail-er of the show has re-ceived humongous re-sponses from the viewers, frater-nity and critics alike. Besides a meet and greet session with the

women author’s club in Jaipur, Ekta is also ex-pected to have a private meeting with Diya Ku-mari.

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DURING THE DAY!

RAJ: Young Congress leader Sharad Gaur was recently nominated as the National General Secretary of Rahul Gandhi Vichar Manch. He has been appointed as in-charge of the three states: Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Sikkim.

HAPPY B’DAY

CONGRATULATIONS!

Satish Poonia lovingly feeds a sweet to his wife Mohini on the occasion of their wedding anniversary on Wednesday. We wish them all the best!

WELL-DONE!Jagdeesh Chandra felicitated Resident Editor Kavita Pant, Bureau Chief Kartikey Dev Singh and the entire team of First India for bringing out one of the best editions till date, on March 03. The team promised that it was just the beginning of many more to come!

International Representation

GUJ: Artist Trupti Dave displayed her paintings exploring the theme, ‘Nirgun across the sea of virtues’ in an exhibition at Gufa Art Gallery, Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The launching ceremony of ‘Pillar of Iron Awards for Men’ was held at Moon & Shine Cafe, Hauz Khas, Delhi on Tuesday. Organizers Vrinda Bhandari and Harish Soni mentioned that the award show is exclusively for men where they may showcase their talents. Shweta Singh Chaudhary, Geeta Bhandari, Harish Gupta, Lipi Sariwal and Sumit Sariwal were present as dignitaries during the event. The grand finale of the event will be held on May 30.

RAJ: Jaipur Jewellers Association appointed the following members as office bearers on Tuesday at the official premises: Ram Sharan Gupta as President, Alok Sonkhia as Vice President, Ashok Maheshwari as General Secretary, Neeraj Lunawat as Joint Secretary and Raju Mangodiwala as Treasurer. Rajesh Dhamani was elected as the Convener of the JAS Jewellery Show. Jaipur Jewellers Association is the largest organisation of jewellers of Jaipur with a total of 6252 jewellers and companies as members of the association.

Swati Jangid celebrated her birthday on March 3, Wednesday at MadPops Rooftop Lounge, Jaipur with her friends and family.

Tripti Arora, Priyanka, Swati, Soni kumari and TanuSwati Jangid and Prakash Jangid Priyanka, Swati, Gaurav Gaur and Akansha

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

RAJ: A two-day Marwari Horse Show-2021 was organised on Wednesday at Jaisa Stud Farm, Jodhpur. ACP Rajveer Singh Champawat with daughter Anshu Rathore was also present during the event.

Diya Kumari

Ekta Kapoor

Simran Sharma

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UKESH KIRADOO

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