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R DAY TRACTOR RALLY: COPS TO DECIDE, SAYS SCNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said the Delhi Police should decide on the entry of protest-ing farmers into Delhi on Republic Day, as it heard a plea seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor rally scheduled on January 26. Stating that it is a law and order matter, the apex court said, “Police is fi rst authority to decide who should be allowed to enter Delhi. We are not going to tell you what you should do. We will take up this matter on Jan 20.” P5

GOVT: REACTIONS, 2 DEATHS NOT LINKED TO VAXNew Delhi: A total of 3.8 lakh people have been vaccinated since the rollout of the coronavirus vaccines three days ago, the government said on Monday. Among them, 580 cases of adverse reactions have been observed & 7 persons have been hospitalized. Two persons have died also but neither deaths are related to vaccines, the government said. 1,48,266 healthcare workers were admin-istered the vaccine on Monday. P6

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Nandigram (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister and Tri-namool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that she will contest from Nandigram As-sembly seat in the state election that is due in just a few months.

The Chief Minister’s return to Nandigram is a direct challenge to Su-vendu Adhikari, who has led an exodus of Trinamool leaders to the BJP over the past few weeks. Over 40 Tri-namool Congress lead-ers joined Adhikari as he defected to the BJP in a mega rally in De-cember in the presence of Union Home Minis-ter Amit Shah.

“I will contest from Nandigram Assembly. If possible I will contest from both Bhawanipur and Nandigram,” she said while addressing a rally here.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives for a public meeting in Nandigram on Monday.

Didi sounds bugle for WB polls from NandigramHer former right hand man Adhikari, who represented the seat, but crossed over to BJP, says ‘CHALLENGE ACCEPTED’

ADHIKARI ACCEPTS DIDI’S DARE, SAYS WILL DEFEAT HER IN NANDIGRAM OR QUIT POLITICSKolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday accepted the challenge thrown by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from his Nandigram

assembly seat, asserting he will defeat her in the election or quit politics. He, however, said the fi nal decision to fi eld candidates will be taken by BJP leadership after thorough discussion and not in an arbitrary way like in the ruling TMC. “If I am fi elded by my party from Nandigram, I will defeat her by a margin of at least 50,000 votes or I will quit politics,” he asserted. “I don’t know from where I will be fi elded, whether I will be fi elded,” he said, addressing BJP workers after a three-km road show. Banerjee, Adhikari alleged, was playing with the sentiments of the people of Nandigram.

Lucknow: Tandav, a po-litical drama series streaming on Amazon Prime Video, has creat-ed furore over its al-leged portrayal of Hin-du deities in a ‘bad light’ and use of ‘casteist scenes and dialogues’. In this regard FIR has been lodged in Lucknow against the makers of this web series and also Amazon’s India head of original content for al-legedly depicting Hindu gods in a manner hurt-ful to religious senti-ments of the people.

The FIR against Apar-na Purohit, the head of Amazon’s India head of original content, direc-tor of the series Ali Ab-bas, producer Himan-shu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, and an unknown person was lodged late on Sun-day night by senior Sub Inspector Amar Nath Yadav at the Hazratganj Kotwali police station in Lucknow.

The makers of web series ‘Tandav’ on Ama-zon Prime Video Mon-day issued an uncondi-

tional apology for “un-intentionally” hurting sentiments of public.

“The cast and crew did not have any inten-tion to offend the senti-ments of any individu-al, caste, community,

race, religion or reli-gious beliefs or insult or outrage any institu-tion, political party or person, living or dead. The cast and crew of “Tandav” take cogni-zance of the Turn to P6

‘Tandav’ over web series for hurting sentiments, makers say sorry after FIR

SECURITY INCREASED AT SAIF, AMAZON’S OFFICESNew Delhi: Joining the list of leaders opposing the content of Saif Ali Khan-starrer web series ‘Tandav’, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday said that some scenes of the series “hurt the religious and ethnic sentiments” of peo-ple and it would be appropriate to remove them to maintain peace and harmony in the country. BJP leader Kapil Mishra too sent a legal notice to Amazon Prime Video demanding immediate removal of the web series from its platform.

With night curfew gone, brighter days ahead!

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given instructions to end the night curfew applicable in the 13 district head-quarters of the state and the closure of the mar-ket at 7 pm in view of the continuous decrease in the cases of corona

infection for some time. Along with this, he

has relaxed the rule for mandatory prior ap-proval of the District Collector for various so-cial, religious and politi-cal events, although the maximum number of people attending these events will remain as before. However, instead

of permission, a notifi-cation for the event will have to be provided.

Meanwhile cinema and theater will be closed till January 31 in

state and night curfew will be applicable in the Containment Zone till January 31.

Gehlot was reviewing the status of Covid-19 in-

fection and vaccination at a video conference at the CMR on Monday.

“Despite the decline in corona cases in the state, we have to follow the Covid protocol of wearing masks, main-taining two yards dis-tance and keeping away from crowded places. Only then will we be able to stop the spread of corona infection. A situation where we have to enforce lock-down again, should not befall us,” Gehlot said

as he directed to reduce the rate of RT-PCR test-ing in private hospitals and labs from Rs 800 to Rs 500. Gehlot said that the condition of Corona in Rajasthan is very much under control with excellent manage-ment and cooperation of the people. “The state’s recovery rate has reached 97.53 per cent against the national av-erage of 96.58. The num-ber of active cases are also continuously de-creasing. Turn to P6

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot taking review meeting on Monday.

AS CORONA CASES DIP AND RECOVERY RATE REACHES 97.53 %...

n RT-PCR test to be done in private hospitals for Rs 500 now

n However, CM appeals to people to continue to follow Corona health protocol

CEC arrives in Assam to review poll prepsGuwahati: Chief Elec-tion Commissioner Sunil Arora and other EC functionaries on Monday arrived in As-sam on a three-day visit to review preparedness for the forthcoming As-sembly polls in the state, officials said.

Arora chaired a closed-door meeting with Chief Electoral Of-ficer Nitin Khade and senior police officers of Assam at a city hotel in the evening soon after reaching here.

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ECI team led by CEC Sunil Arora alongwith with Sushil Chandra & Rajiv Kumar in Guwahati on Monday.

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BD Kalla Govind Singh Dotasra Dr Raghu Sharma

BD Kalla, Govind S Dotasra, Dr Raghu Sharma and a galaxy of public representatives and bureaucrats attended a glittering ceremony—‘Salute First’—hosted by First India to award Corona Warriors, at Hotel Marriott on Monday in Jaipur. The event was part of an ongoing series of ‘Salute First’ Awards across Rajasthan.

—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR

HONOURINGCORONA WARRIORS

Jagdeesh Chandra addresses the gathering where BD Kalla was chief guest and Dr Raghu Sharma presided over the event to honour Corona Warriors at Hotel Marriott, Jaipur, on Monday. The honourable dais included (from left) Tikaram

Jully, Mamta Bhupesh, Ashok Chandna, Bhanwar S Bhati, Govind S Dotasra, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Pratap S Khachariyawas, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Niranjan Arya & Ramcharan Bohra. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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Jaipur: The controver-sial web series Tandav on Monday evoked sharp reaction from Congress and BJP lead-ers who sought action against the makers of the web series.

Transport minister Pratap Singh Khachari-yawas said that insult to Hindu deities is objec-tionable and religious faith and sentiments of anyone should not be hurt. He, however, said

that BJP was trying to divert attention from farmers’ agitation through this issue.

BJP state president Satish Poonia said that people who have been jealous of the public welfare schemes of the Modi government are spreading sensation and insulting the de-mocracy of India, elect-ed public representa-tives, and Hindu deities, which is condemnable.

“It has come to my knowledge that in the

Tandav web series, in-decent comments have

been made on Lord Shi-va and the Prime minis-

ter which I strongly condemn. The indecent

slogans raised in JNU about freedom have also been depicted through this web series,” Poonia said.

Deputy leader of op-position Rajendra Rathore said it was an attack on Hindu cul-ture and a conspiracy to divide the society. Vipra Sena leader Sunil Tiwari even an-nounced a cash reward of Rs. 1 lakh on black-ening the face of web series creator Ali Ab-bas Zafar.

Cong, BJP leaders demand ban on the web seriesTANDAV OVER ‘TANDAV’

RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL TO BUILD SAFE ROAD CULTURE: KHACHARIYAWAS‘Repeating a mistake while driving may put the lives of others at risk’Kashiram Chaudhary

Jaipur: Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Monday said that it is the responsibility of all to build a safe road culture by following traffic rules on the road. He said that hu-man life is valuable and should be protect-ed.

He said this while launching the National road safety month at Jawahar circle here. The minister said peo-ple should strictly fol-low traffic rules. He said that repeating a mistake while driving may put the lives of others at risk.

He said that through efforts of the state gov-ernment, there was a decline of 19 percent in road accidents and 12

percent in road acci-dent deaths last year as compared to 2019.

Transport Commis-sioner Ravi Jain said that a model road map to reduce road acci-dents has also been prepared in the state

after studying the Ta-mil Nadu model and many initiatives were taken in the last one or two years.

Adarsh Nagar MLA Rafiq Khan, Mayor of Jaipur Heritage mu-nicipal corporation

Munesh Gurjar and senior officials of po-lice and transport de-partments were pre-sent in the function during which a cycle and a motorcycle rally was flagged off.

Khachariyawas rode

a cycle while the Nirb-haya Squad of Jaipur Police took part in the motorcycle rally. Dur-ing the month-long campaign, various awareness activities on road safety will be con-ducted.

Jaipur: The body of an 11-year-old boy Moham-mad Arslan Qureshi, who had been missing since January 16, was found in an under-con-struction building on Monday, police said.

The body of Arslan was recovered from the building in the Amer area on the basis of in-formation provided by one Aasif (20), who was detained on the suspi-cion of having kid-napped the boy, they said. Aasif along with another accused had kidnapped Arsalan for ransom while he was flying kite on Saturday. They took the boy to an

isolated place and tied his hands and legs. Aasif told the police that the boy died before he could call his father for ransom, the police said. During the investi-gation, the needle of suspicion pointed to-wards Aasif and he was detained.

When questioned, he confessed to having kid-napped the boy, they said. On the basis of the information provided by Aasif, Arsalan’’s body was recovered from an under-con-struction building. It was found hidden in a sack under a pile of bricks, they added. —PTI

Bharat Dixit 

Jaipur: A massive pro-test was organised by ABVP in Rajasthan University to put forth their 11-point demands. It was also done to mark their problems in the University including demanding money by the student union offi-cials in the name of cul-tural programs, in-crease of 25 percent seats in PG and revolt against the work done by the Vice-Chancellor.

The student leaders of the ABVP shouted slogans and sat on the dharna at the universi-ty gate. The student

leaders also burnt the effigy of the university administration.

ABVP Pradesh Man-tri, Hoshiar Meena told that there are many problems persisting in the university for a long

time, but the VC isn’t paying attention. This massive protest is a warning to the Univer-sity that if the issues are not sorted, there will be a bigger demon-stration.

Yogesh Sharma

Jaipur: Senior party leader Rahul Gandhi should take the reins of the Congress party as per the sentiments of the party workers, Ra-jasthan Congress Com-mittee president Govind Singh Dotasra said.

He said that AICC will decide where to conduct the Congress session. “From the land acquisition act to the

farmers’ movement, Ra-hul Gandhi has stood firmly with the farm-ers. He has not re-mained silent for even a second and will contin-ue to raise voice for the

farmer,” he said.Regarding accidents

due to high-tension lines, Dotasra said that every life is pre-cious and no electrici-ty line should be passed from over a school or colony. He said that it has been decided to provide electricity to the farm-ers during the day and the power is being pro-vided in 10 to 12 dis-tricts during the day.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Chief Judi-cial Magistrate, Jaipur on Monday issued a con-tempt notice to the MP Diya Kumari, SDM Jamwa Ramgarh, Assis-tant Devasthan Commis-sioner, and 17 others. The petition was filed by tem-ple priest 61-year-old Bhagwati Prasad Shar-ma in connection with the management and

worship dispute of the ancient Jamwai Mata temple located in the Jamwa Ramgarh tehsil of the district. Judge Sonal Shukla has sought a reply in the matter till January 20. The petition was filed under Order 39 Rule 2A, read section 151 CrPC. The row over man-agement and worship started after the death of the priest Kalyan Sahay.

Rajiv Gaur 

Jodhpur: A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Jodh-pur on Monday.

The accused, who hails from Bihar, com-mitted the crime when her father had gone to work. Her mother was also not present at home when he allegedly raped the girl, ACP West Noor Mohammad said.

He said that both the victim and the accused lived in rented accom-modation in the same

house.“When her mother

returned, she came to know about the inci-dent and she informed her husband.

Medical examina-tions of the girl and the accused have been con-ducted.

Suryaveer Singh

Jaisalmer: The family of Kanvraram Jat went through extreme grief on Monday when their only six-month-old son Gajendra, born after three daughters, was burnt alive in their hut in the Mohangarh canal area.

The entire family of Kanvraram left for wa-tering the crop. His son was sleeping inside the hut while two daugh-ters – 1.5 years and 3 years – were to take care of the boy. Kanvar-am’s third daughter had gone to the village. In the afternoon, a fire

broke out in the hut due to a spark rising from the stove. The two girls came out screaming seeking help to save their brother. While the family members and others standing at a dis-tance rushed to save him, it was too late. The hut had turned into ashes engulfing the six-month-old Gajendra.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan Roadways has received the Road Safety Award for the minimum acci-dents in the category of roadways having buses of 4,000 to 6,000 in the country. Union Road Transport Minis-ter Nitin Gadkari con-ferred this award to the Executive Director- Mechanical of Road-ways on Monday. Ra-jasthan Roadways was awarded a trophy and cheque amounting to Rs 3 lakh for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 at an all-India level. Road-ways have been receiv-ing the Award since 2009-10 for minimum accidents.

Raj roadways gets National award

Pratap Singh Khachariyawas riding a cycle at Jawahar circle in Jaipur.

Student leaders burnt the effi gy of the university administration. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Missing minor’s body found, accused held

ABVP burns effigy of varsity admin over various demands

Rahul Gandhi should head Congress: Dotasra

Three-year-old raped, accused held

Six-month-old charred to death in hut fire

Notice to Diya, others over Jamwai Mata temple management

CRIME BRANCH

Jodhpur: A sanitation inspector of the Jodh-pur Municipal Corpo-ration (JMC) has been suspended by officials for seeking sexual fa-vours from a woman sanitation worker on the pretext of granting her a day’s leave, po-lice said.

After getting the in-

formation about the incident, sanitation workers of the con-cerned ward assem-bled at the ward office and allegedly thrashed the inspector. After the video of the thrashing went viral, the JMC administration imme-diately suspended him, they said.

Commissioner (North) Rohitashwa Singh Tomar said that the accused has been suspended and an in-quiry by the JMC com-mittee under the Vishaka Guidelines has been initiated, which would submit its report.

—PTI

Laxmikant Sharma

Dausa: A man and a woman were found hanging on a neem tree on Monday at Kansala hamlet of Khawaravji village. Police reached the spot and sent the bodies for post-mortem. The de-ceased have been iden-tified as Mahesh Saini and Meena Saini. When the family came to know in the morn-ing, the Nangal Ra-jawatana police was informed. Prima facie, the case seems to be of a love affair. It is being told that both of them were missing since Sunday evening.

JMC inspector suspended for seeking sexual favours from sanitation worker

Man, womanfound hangingfrom a tree

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: A 35-year-old woman was gang-raped by three men after she was taken to a rural area in Mandore on the pre-text of purchasing sanitary items on Saturday evening. On Sunday, the vic-tim’s condition dete-riorated and she went to Mandore po-lice station with her

family and lodged a case. Police are now searching for he trio.

The main accused was called for sani-tary work at the vic-tim’s house. He asked the victim to come to a market for purchas-ing the required san-itary items on Satur-day but took her to a secluded place where the trio raped her, the complaint men-tioned.

Woman gang-raped in Mandore area

Ashok Gehlot@ashokgehlot51I request all the driv-ers, non-motorized vehicle owners, and the public to follow the traffi c rules and al-ways be aware of the safety of yourself and others. Considering your duty, participate actively in all activities during ‘National Road Safety Month’.

People protesting outside Hatwara police post.

Govind Singh Dotasra

Hut turned into ashes.

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Jaipur: Former CM and BJP national vice president Vasundhara Raje on Monday target-ed the state government for the deaths due to the high-tension electricity lines in the state.

“I can understand the situation of the fami-lies who have lost their loved ones in these ac-cidents. They cannot forget this pain throughout their life. But regrettably, the

Congress government of the state only gives a strong condemnation on the incident and gets

away in each case,” she said. In the last few days, three people died after 11,000 KV wire col-

lapsed on a passenger bus in Achrol. In Ban-swara, a scooter-borne teacher succumbed to

death due to the electric wire. On Saturday night, a bus carrying devotees in Jalore

caught fire due to the high-tension line lead-ing to the death of 6 peo-ple, Raje added further.

Raje seeks strict action against negligent employeesPOWER LINE TRAGEDIES

Students gleeful as schools, edu hubs reopenTurnout was low on the first day when schools reopened since March 21, 2020; classes were conducted as per the Covid-19 protocols

COVAX DRIVE IN SWING!

Bharat Dixit

Jaipur: Students from class 9 to 12 were excit-ed on Monday after their schools reopened after nearly ten months of closure due to corona pandemic. The colleges and the coaching cen-tres were also reopened. The turnout was, how-ever, low on the first day. Teachers gave the students warm wel-come and conducted teachings as per the Covid-19 protocols. Edu-cation minister Govind

Singh Dotasra, IAS and RAS officers conducted visits in schools to check the arrange-ments. Dotasra, who visited a few schools in Sikar and Jaipur, said the students were confi-dent and are prepared for exams after March.The students wearing face masks were al-lowed to enter into the school after thermal scanning. Seating ar-rangements were made as per the government directions. Jaipur divi-sional commissioner

Samit Sharma inspect-ed several schools and also taught the stu-dents. College educa-tion commissioner Sandhya Nayak also visited a government college in Jaipur. The schools have to follow 50 percent seating capaci-ty, students can attend school with consent of their parents. For stu-dents of coaching insti-tutes coming from other states, they will have to get themselves tested for Covid-19 a day be-fore joining classes.

Efforts on to complete syllabus soon: BhatiFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Higher Educa-tion Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati on Monday said that no decision has been taken to reduce the syllabus at the moment but efforts are on to com-plete it before exams.

“The online classes are being continuously conducted and exams are mere 2 to 3 months away. Efforts will be tak-en to complete the syl-labus within the stipu-lated time. If it isn’t covered, extra classes

will be conducted,” said Bhati while addressing a gathering at the state-level award distribution ceremony of the Nation-al Service Scheme at the Rajasthan Sangeet San-sthan as a chief guest. He said that those who have served in the Covid period have been hon-oured and such events will help other people get inspired.

25 awardees from dif-ferent districts, who have contributed their best for the NSS, were honoured in the event.

First India Bureau

Sikar: Education min-ister and PCC chief Go-vind Singh Dotasra on Monday said that the examinations could be conducted after April 24 and a final decision in this regard would be taken soon. He said the study will not be al-lowed to suffer.

The minister said this in Sikar while on a surprise inspection of the schools that opened after nearly ten months. Dotasra walked into classrooms, took feed-back from children and the schools and assured to solve them. Many education officers ac-companied the minis-ter. “A team of adminis-trative and education officers has been formed separately for auditing of implemen-tation of corona guide-lines,” said Dotasra. He also said that classes

from 1 to 8 will also start soon in schools. Education Minister fur-ther announced Rs 2.50 lakh for Mahatma Gan-

dhi government school, Sikar when the school administration sought Rs 2 lakh for a play-ground.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The corona vaccination drive is in full swing in Rajasthan. About 68.72 percent beneficiaries received the vaccine on the sec-ond day in the state. Among the total 16,426 health workers regis-tered for all 33 districts, 11,288 health workers got corona vaccine.

The numbers com-prise of 501 in Ajmer, 627 in Alwar, 311 in Ban-swara, 213 in Baran, 185 in Barmer, 209 in Bharatpur, 422 in Bhilwara, 468 in Bikan-er, 248 in Bundi, 212 in Chittorgarh, 252 in Ch-uru, 178 in Dausa, 304 in Dholpur, 372 in Dungar-pur, 181 in Srigangana-gar, 163 in Hanuman-garh, 1057 in Jaipur, 224 in Jhalawar, 529 in Jodhpur, 335 in Kota, 331 in Pali, 185 in Pratapgarh, 280 in Ra-jsamand, 329 in Sawai Madhopur, 378 in Sikar, 164 in Tonk and 635 in Udaipur. Sikar district got the maximum, 97 percent immunization.

Exams anytime after April 24, says Edu Min Dotasra

Over 68.72 per cent beneficiaries vaccinated on 2nd day in the state

#NEW NORMALSANITIZER ADDS TO STATIONERY

Govind Singh Dotasra visits a school in Sikar on Monday, grabs a knowhow of Covid-19 guidelines and precautions taken there.

When schools reopened after nearly 10 months, the students were welcomed with traditional tilak ceremony by teachers on Monday at city’s MN Modern School. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Students maintain social distancing as they attend a class in Government girls school in Gandhi Nagar on Monday.

Teachers to look more on books, less on screens from Monday.

Doctors, health workers seem excited taking pictures while a woman inoculates dose of vaccine on the second day of vaccination drive at SMS hospital on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Six were charred to death in Jalore bus tragedy.Vasundhara Raje

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NO MASK, NO ENTRY!

Jaipur: Neurologist Dr Dinesh Khandelwal at the SMS hospital got dizzy after getting the vaccine and he laid down on the second day of vaccination on Monday. Dr Khandel-wal was immediately admitted to ICU ward. However, after some time he became nor-mal. Hospital Super-intendent Dr Rajesh Sharma and other staff rushed to the spot.

Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma and senior Congress leader Dharmendra Rathore will visit the homes of Jalore bus tragedy victims in Ajmer and Beawar today and hand over the cheques of Rs 2 lakh each to the families as fi nancial assistance. The state government has issued orders for Jodh-pur divisional commissioner Dr Rajesh Sharma to investigate the tragic incident.

POST JAB EFFECT! NEUROLOGIST DR KHANDELWAL ADMITTED TO ICU AFTER RECEIVING VACCINE

SHARMA, RATHORE TO HAND OVER ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS’ FAMILIES

3 DEATHSJaipur: Rajasthan recorded three fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Monday, taking the death toll to 2,750, while 213 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 3,15,393 in the state, according to a health depart-ment bulletin.

Barmer : A 16-year-old girl was found dead with her throat slit in Barmer district on Monday with police suspecting that she was raped before being mur-dered.

According to the po-lice, the body was recov-ered from a field behind her house in Suwala vil-lage in the Sheo police station area. Her throat was slit and it, prima facie, seems the girl was murdered after rape,

Barmer SP Anand said that sexual assault can be confirmed only after the post-mortem report

is received. Several vil-lagers gathered at the spot demanding justice for the girl and strict ac-

tion against the ac-cused. Two neighbour-ing youths who are sus-pected to be involved in it are on the run, the police said.

According to the girl’s family members, she had slept in the house Sunday night. But, they found her body in the field behind their house on Monday morning. Police said that family members were yet to file any complaint with the police. —PTI

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The family members of a patient who died at the trauma center of SMS hospital allegedly manhandled resident doctors on Sun-day night.

The resident doctors also had heated talks with security in charge Dr Ranawat and others when they had gone to the superintendent’s chamber to report the incident. The residents demanded immediate arrest of the accused involved in the case.

It is the second incident in 20 days in the hospital. Earlier, a nursing staff of the trauma center was beaten by the family members of a man who died in the hospital. Resi-dent doctors say that pan-ic buttons have been in-stalled in the hospital for any emergency situation but the button did not function when the inci-dent occurred last night.

It is also being alleged that some of the securi-ty guards, who were sup-posed to be on duty in the hospital, have been deployed elsewhere.

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: A contractu-al guard posted in trans-port dept was arrested for taking a bribe of Rs 600 in Jodhpur on Mon-day. The accused guard had demanded the bribe from complainant to give the RC of his mo-torcycle.

ASP-ACB Durg Singh Rajpurohit said that due to some reason Sin-gh’s RC post returned to RTO. When Singh ap-proached office to col-lect RC, guard Anop demanded money for it.

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: The hearing into ED’s petition seek-ing permission from the Rajasthan HC to detain and interrogate busi-nessman Robert Vadra, husband of AICC gen-eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi, was on Monday postponed to January 28. The matter pertains to a money laundering and land deal case of Bi-kaner. The hearing could not take place due to lack of time. There is a stay on Vadra’s arrest in the matter.

16-yr-old girl found dead, rape suspected

SMS hospital resident docs manhandled again

ACB nabs RTO guard for taking bribe of Rs 600

Vadra hearing postponed to January 28

Police investigating at the spot where girl was found murdered.

—PHOTO BY SUM

AN SARKAR—

PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

16,426 health workers registered for 33 districts.

11,288 health workers got corona vaccine.

1,057 administered in capital city

Sikar got max, 97% immunization.

Minor side effects in 15 health workers such as headache, nervousness.

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ridgerton, Netf-lix’s hit of the season, which is adapted from the historical

fantasy novels of Julia Quinn, plays fast and loose with history. It opens in 1813, the year in which Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was published, Napoleonic war raged in Europe and London’s West-minster Bridge was illumi-nated by the world’s first public gas company.

Bridgerton is far from an accurate portrayal of the historical Regency pe-riod in which it is set – named for the transfer of power from the incapaci-tated King George III to his son George IV in 1811 until the king’s death in 1820. However, it does get some things right.

In the show, London’s so-cial set are abuzz with gos-sip provided by the anony-mous column of Lady Whistledown. The column-ist’s salacious writing is in step with the time: gossip newspapers circulated in Regency London, detailing the exploits and scandals of the “Bon Ton”, or fash-ionable elite, during “the season”.

As Bridgerton’s histori-cal consultant Hannah Grieg has detailed, this was the six months each year during which the daugh-ters of Britain’s richest families would be present-ed at court, and advanta-geous marriages arranged.

Some have expressed surprise at Bridgerton’s depiction of sex on screen. But, while Daphne Bridg-erton’s (Phoebe Dynevor)

extensive outdoor copula-tion against a backdrop of triumphant baroque archi-tecture may not have been every new bride’s experi-ence, sex was everywhere in Georgian England. For two shillings, tourists in London could purchase

Harris’ List of Covent Gar-den Ladies, a catalogue of sex workers in the city that later informed the show Harlots.

Scandalous elopements, abductions and unfaithful spouses within the upper classes were all fodder for

the gossip columns. The adultery trials of aristo-cratic women proved par-ticularly popular, among them Seymour Fleming, known as Lady Worsley in 1782, and Lady Anne Foley in 1786.

Another thing Bridger-ton has received attention for its clumsy handling of issues of race in the Re-gency period. The show is one of several recent cos-tume dramas looking to make the historical pres-ence of people of colour in Regency England visible.

Another thing Bridger-ton has received attention for its clumsy handling of issues of race in the Re-gency period. The show is one of several recent cos-tume dramas looking to make the historical pres-ence of people of colour in

Regency England visible.While the decision to in-

troduce racial diversity to the story has been lauded by many, including the nov-els’ author, Julia Quinn, Bridgerton has faced strong criticism from scholars and viewers alike.

Bridgerton’s visual cul-ture is no less implicated. Across its luscious sets, paintings copied from real-life artworks give depth and legitimacy to the Re-gency world created on-screen. A group portrait of the Bridgerton brothers, hung in the stairwell of Bridgerton house and to which the camera returns throughout the series, rep-licates Sir Joshua Reyn-olds’s 1760s depiction of the British politician Hen-ry Fane and his friends.

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n big corporate houses, there are various departments to achieve company goals. They have a group of senior manag-ers leading each department. They also have a department called Market Analysis which enables them to stay connected with the market of their seg-ment, but small companies do not have such facility of de-partment segmentation. In a small company, there will prob-ably be a small team – maybe four or five employees. The pro-moter will be thoroughly in-volved in every aspect of the business – from production to sales and finance and service. The small company may not af-ford the cost of Managers and Leaders. At such a time, if the

promoter or company owner does not have progressive thinking, then the company will not grow.

Also, some small entrepre-neurs believe that whatever they know is true. They give great importance to their tradi-tional thinking for the compa-ny’s operation. They always try to find some other kind of fault with new things or ideas. They are too much into their own world. They often give more importance to a process driven by people and if a particular manager remains absent for a day they become conscious. They never try to invest in pro-cess Automation or system de-velopment. They believe and have over-confidence in their own skills, but whenever they face a sudden challenge in the company, they get confused and start panicking.

If the Head of a company possess such a hollow view then the company has to bear a heavy loss at some or the other point in time. The Head of the company needs to change its mindset. If the company wants to be on the path of develop-ment, then the Head of the company should keep a pro-gressive approach and connect with some outside expert fol-lowing the vision of the com-pany’s business.

Today let’s talk about one such progressive company’s

entrepreneur, Keyur Shah, Pro-moter and CEO of Reyes Tech-serve Pvt. Ltd. This company is a renowned IT company offer-ing innovative technologies and software to the healthcare industry and most of its busi-ness comes from the USA. In order to keep the company pro-gressing for the last 17 years, Keyur has been continuously offering new ideas and innova-tive products to the customers. The company’s philosophy is to give more than what is re-quired at any corner of the world, and also within the fixed time limit.

Keyur believes that if you want to keep your customers happy, then you have to keep employees happy. Mr. Keyur is an outspoken partner who has

participated in the vision of the company so that employees are optimally participating in the development of the com-pany. With the help of external Experts, Keyur has been pro-moting employees to become a part of the company’s growth. Every single employee has been given a fixed goal, they are all made to feel responsible for the task they have been del-egated. The company has im-plemented the Flexible Work-ing Hours Policy. Keyur, who gave the company an MNC-like atmosphere, has adopted a five-day working culture.

Reyes TechServe is now look-ing forward to becoming a lead-ing IT company making busi-ness easier, and all the credit goes to Keyur’s company em-ployees and progressive cul-ture of the company. In his words, if you want to develop continuously, and need to be a step ahead of the market and it requires expert opinion then it is advisable to take one.

The conclusion of the whole discussion is if the company has to develop with a progres-sive mindset and develop skills to look at both sides of a coin, then you need to encourage progressive and expert person-alities to participate in your company’s vision leading to the ultimate benefit of people.

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THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Some small entrepreneurs believe that whatever they know is true. They give great importance to their traditional thinking for the company’s operation. They always try to find some other kind of fault with new things or ideas. They are too much into their own world. They often give more importance to a process driven by people and if a particular manager remains absent for a day they become conscious

IF THE COMPANY WANTS TO BE ON THE

PATH OF DEVELOPMENT, THEN THE HEAD OF THE

COMPANY SHOULD KEEP A PROGRESSIVE

APPROACH AND CONNECT WITH SOME

OUTSIDE EXPERT FOLLOWING THE VISION

OF THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS

BHAVESH UPADHYAY

BUSINESS/ HR EXPERT

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LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES OF COIN

IT’LL BE NANDIGRAM ONCE AGAIN

fter Mamata Banerjee’s confidante Suv-endu Adhikari defected to the BJP, the move was nothing short of a political quake in West Bengal. Adhikari’s depar-ture from Trinamool Congress was sig-

nificant because of the influence he commands in not one or two but 65 Assembly constituencies across six districts. He was the face of the Nandi-gram protests over land acquisition by the Left government in 2007 in which 14 people were killed. Mamata herself was deeply involved in the pro-tests and coined the “Maa, Maatee, Manush” slo-gan which catapulted her to power in Bengal in 2011. Now Mamata has locked horns with Adhi-kari by announcing her decision to contest from Nandigram, which is the latter’s home turf. She will also contest from the Bhawanipore seat.

“I have always started my campaign for the as-sembly polls from Nandigram. It is a lucky place for me,” said the West Bengal chief minister who is a legislator from Bhawanipore in south Kolkata. The announcement is tantamount to throwing a gaunt-let which was promptly accepted by Suvendu Adhi-kari. The former transport minister responded by saying that if he can’t beat Mamata by “half lakh votes” he will “quit politics”, making it one of the most prestigious contests in the coming elections.

Usually, politicians contest from two seats when they are unsure of retaining their constituency. They then look for a safe seat. But here Didi is entering the lion’s den. Although the size of a political rally does not guarantee votes, the Bengal chief minister’s rally on Monday showed she is ready to take on the BJP.

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SIBAL REMINDS CONG OF PROMISED REJIG

n December last year, Congress Presi-dent Sonia Gandhi pacified a group of 23 dissenters (G-23) by accepting in princi-ple their demand for inner-party democ-racy, which implied holding elections for

the Congress Working Committee and the new chief of All-India Congress Committee. Even after five-hour long deliberations between Sonia Gandhi and G-23, the issue of Rahul Gandhi’s return as party president remained unresolved. With nearly a month gone, there is no indication that the Con-gress leadership is in any hurry to keep that prom-ise. Rahul Gandhi remains a reluctant leader even as the disenchantment in the party is growing.

Internal issues plaguing the Congress once again resurfaced with senior leader Kapil Sibal question-ing the delay in effecting the much-needed changes in the party. “Since the meeting on December 19, we’re almost one month down the road. We’ve had no response on how and when this will happen. We hope that that response comes in the next few days,” said Sibal who could not attend that meeting as he was travelling abroad. Also absent from the meeting were Randeep Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Rajiv Sa-tav, and some other loyalists of Rahul Gandhi.

The revival of Congress is imperative for its sur-vival. It has already faced electoral reversals in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala. Its prospects don’t look good in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Assam. With internal strife persisting and no clar-ity on party president, sentiment against the Gan-dhis is growing. Yet, they seem to think that pana-cea lies in procrastination and not in taking the problems head-on.

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New Delhi: The Su-preme Court said on Monday the entry of protesting farmers into Delhi on Republic Day to be decided by the Del-hi Police due to it being a “law & order issue”.

The apex court was hearing a plea seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor rally on January 26. “We said this last time that entry to Delhi has to be seen under Delhi police. Who should not be allowed and the num-ber of people who can enter are all matters of law and order to be dealt with the by the po-lice,” the top court said.

“We have indicated to the Attorney General and Solicitor General that it’s totally up to the

police to decide who should enter and who should not. Does the Union of Indian want police to be told that they have powers under the police act?,” said the bench, after the AG sought an adverse or-der against the tractor rally.The matter has been adjourned till Wednesday.

In an application filed through the Delhi police, the Centre told the court that any planned rally or demon-stration that aimed to interrupt and disrupt the festivities of Repub-lic Day would cause the nation to be “embar-rassed”.

After the hearing, Union Agriculture Min-ister Narendra Singh

Tomar said that the re-forms brought in by Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi were “coura-geous” and would ben-efit farmers.

Agitating farmer un-ions have remained firm on holding a trac-

tor rally on the Repub-lic Day and vowed to continue their stir till the Centre’s farm laws are repealed. Agricul-ture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday urged them to discuss alternatives to scrap-

ping the legislation at the next meeting sched-uled for January 19.

However, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait told reporters in Nag-pur that the farmer groups were prepared

to sit in protest till May 2024. “Our demand is that the three laws be taken back and the gov-ernment provide a legal guarantee on the MSP,” he said.

In an application filed through the Delhi po-lice, the Centre told the court that any planned rally or demonstration that aimed to interrupt and disrupt the festivi-ties of Republic Day would cause the nation to be “embarrassed”.

Meanwhile, union leader Yogendra Yadav said at a press confer-ence at the Singhu bor-der protest site that the agitating groups will carry out a tractor pa-rade on the Outer Ring Road in Delhi on Repub-lic Day. —Agencies

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JIO TO EMBED E-COMMERCE APP INTO WHATSAPP IN 6 MONTHSBengaluru: Reliance Industries plans to embed its ecommerce app JioMart into WhatsApp within 6 months, sources reported on Monday, as the conglomerate looks to ramp up its retail and grocery business in the country. Reliance, which has been trying to move away from its mainstay oil and energy business, had

last year raised about $26 billion from investors like Google & Facebook for its digital and retail arms as it takes on Amazon.com Inc and Walmart-backed Flipkart in India. The move to integrate JioMart with WhatsApp will allow hundreds of millions of users to order products from Reliance without having to leave the app.

INTER-DISTRICT SNOW RUGBY C’SHIP HELD IN BUDGAMBudgam (Jammu and Kashmir): A fi rst of its kind inter-district snow rugby championship was held at Dharmuna in Budgam district of North Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to encourage youth of the valley to take up sports. The event

was organised by the District Rugby Association, Budgam. Overwhelming partici-pation of the youth was observed at the sports event. It was a great opportunity for partic-ipants to display their athletic skills during this winter season.

PARL PANEL SUMMONS FB, TWITTER OFFICIALS ON JAN 21New Delhi: The Parlia-mentary Committee on Information Technology has issued summons to offi cials of Facebook & Twitter for January 21, to question them over misuse of social media/online news platforms. The allega-tions of a Facebook bias

towards the BJP were reported in The Wall Street Journal in 2020 & had claimed Ankhi Das, the platform’s then India Policy Head had opposed the idea of removing hate posts by BJP leaders, warning that this could hamper “commercial interests”.

SENSEX TANKS 470 PTS; NIFTY DROPS BELOW 14,300Mumbai: Equity bench-mark Sensex plunged 470 points on Monday, tracking losses in index majors Infosys, HDFC and ICICI Bank amid a weak trend in global markets After a choppy session, the 30-share BSE index ended 470.40 points or 0.96 per cent lower at 48,564.27. Sim-ilarly, the broader NSE

Nifty tumbled 152.40 points or 1.06 per cent to 14,281.30. ONGC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 5 per cent, followed by Sun Pharma, PowerGrid, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, Dr Reddy’s and Maruti. On the other hand, Re-liance Industries, Titan, HDFC Bank and ITC were the gainers.

‘POLICE TO DECIDE ON FARMERS ENTERING DELHI’Farmers’ protests: Centre opposes the entry of protesting farmers in Delhi, fears law & order violation

Rakesh Tikait, the National Spokes-

person of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), on Monday reiter-ated that the farmers’ leaders have said that they would take out a parade on Outer Ring Road in the national capital so the police should come and talk to them and remove the roadblocks for the parade.

He was responding to the order of the Su-preme Court delivered on Monday which said that the Delhi Police should decide on the entry of protesting farmers on Republic Day as it is a matter of ‘law and order’ while

hearing a plea by the centre that sought an order against the proposed tractor rally by farmers on Republic Day.

“The highest court has taken cognizance of the matter. It is a good thing that the law and order situation must be looked into by the police, said Tikait

The farmers protest-ing against the farm laws have announced a ‘Tractor March’ on Republic Day.

Tikait said the citizens of the country cannot be stopped by constitutional institu-tions or the police from celebrating the Repub-lic Day. —Agencies

We will not quarrel, but celebrate R-Day: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait

New Delhi: Distanc-ing itself from Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday said it was not associated with the “all-party meeting” attended by Chaduni.

In a press note, SKM said a committee has been formed to look into the matter and give its

report in three days’ time.“SKM is not associ-

ated with the “all-party meeting” taken up by Chaduni with political parties. SKM, after taking note of Gurnam Singh Chaduni’s ongoing activi-ties with political parties, after a due discussion on the same in a general body meeting of SKM yesterday, has formed

a Committee that will inquire into the matter and give its report in 3 days’ time. SKM will take further steps thereafter,” the statement read.

Punjab union leaders

Darshan Pal, Balbir Singh Rajewal and Jagjeet Singh Dallewal, as well as Rashtriya Kisan Maha-sangh leader Shiv Kumar Kakkaji, All India Kisan Sabha leader Hannan

Mollah and All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordi-nation Committee leader Yogendra Yadav, signed the letter.

Asserting to continue to protest against the BJP rallies, Chaduni on January 10 said his organisation had not let the Haryana CM Mano-har Lal Khattar to hold a rally in Karnal. BKU is

is protesting against the three newly enacted farm laws Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilita-tion) Act, 2020, the Farm-ers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, & the Essential Com-modities (Amendment) Act, 2020. —ANI

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha distances itself from BKU chief after

political outreach allegation

New Delhi: The Un-ion Minister of Road Transport and High-ways Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the government aims to bring down road acci-dents and its related deaths down by 50 per cent before 2025.

While inaugurating the National Road Safety Month at Vig-yan Bhawan today, Ni-tin Gadkari said, “If we wait till 2030, 6-7 Lakhs more people will die.

So, we have made a commitment that be-

fore 2025, road acci-dents and deaths due to it will be brought down by 50 per cent with help of people’s participation.”

Highlighlight the achievements of the Ministry, Nitin Gad-kari said, “We have achieved the target of constructing 30 kilo-metres of road per day. I believe that by the end of March, per-haps we will achieve the target of con-structing 40 kilome-tres of road per day.”

The inaugural func-tion was launched by Defence Minister Ra-jnath Singh and Union Minister for Road Transport and High-ways, Nitin Gadkari.

Minister of State for Road, Transport and Highways, General (Retd) V.K Singh and CEO, Niti Aayog, Am-itabh Kant also partici-pated.

Activities planned during the month in-clude the launch of a film on Road safety, flagging off of a Na-tional Championship Safe Speed Challenge from Wagah border to Kanyakumari, and giv-ing away of awards for Road Safety, stated the press release by the Ministry. —ANI

New Delhi: Central Bu-reau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior railway officer of Northeast Frontier Railway and four others in an on-going investi-gation of a case related to alleged bribery of Rs 1 crore. The five ac-cused were arrested on Sunday. As per CBI, it has arrested a Chief

Administrative Officer (a Senior Railway Of-ficer), Construction-II, North Eastern Frontier Railway(NFR), Mali-gaon (Assam); a Deputy Chief Engineer, NFR, Agartala; an Assistant Executive Engineer, N.F. Railway (NFR), Agartala (Tripura); an employee of a private company based at

Guwahati (Assam) and a private person (a rela-tive of CAO, North-Eastern Frontier Rail-way) in an on-going in-vestigation of a case related to alleged brib-ery of Rs 1 crore. The statement read, another sum of Rs 18.5 lakh (ap-proximately) & Rs 6.5 lakh have been recov-ered from the premises

of Deputy Chief Engi-neer & Assistant Execu-tive Engineer (AEN). Thus, a total amount of Rs 2.39 crore (approxi-mately) has been recov-ered. This includes an alleged bribe of Rs 1 crore, which exchanged hands yesterday, is stat-ed to be one of the big-gest bribe money trapped. —ANI

Before 2025, we intend to bring down road accidents by 50 pc: Nitin Gadkari

CBI arrests senior Railway officer, four others in Rs 1 crore bribery case

HC disposes PIL seeking removal of Amitabh Bachchan’s voice

IN THE COURTYARD

New Delhi: All district courts of Delhi on Mon-day resumed physical hearing on an alternate day basis. The courts will continue taking up the matters through ‘video conferencing’ on non-physical days.

Many lawyers prac-ticing in district courts welcomed the decision and said that it will heal the lawyers of trial court who had suffered financially due to lim-ited hearing in the courts.

Bharat Lal Shivhare, a counsel, said that the decision to resume par-tial physical hearing will help those lawyers, who were suffering fi-nancially. Another young lawyer Mehul Prasad, who is practic-ing in lower courts, ex-pressed happiness about the resumption of physical hearing and said that many lawyers are not technology-friendly and were una-ble to argue in virtual hearings. —ANI

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court said accept-ing new privacy policy of WhatsApp was a “voluntary” thing & one can choose not to use that platform if one did not agree with its terms & conditions. The court said if the terms & conditions of most mobile apps are read, “you would be sur-prised as to what all you are consenting to”.

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that Vijay Mallya’s extradi-tion has been raised at the highest political level, but the UK gov-ernment has refused to share the details of the confidential proceed-ings delaying his extra-dition. “In December 2020, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jais-hankar raised the issue with UK Foreign Secre-tary Dominic Raab and most recently in Janu-ary 2021, the Home Sec-

retary of India raised it with the UK Permanent Under Secretary of Home. UK’s response remained the same”, said Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a bench headed by Jus-tice UU Lalit. Mehta added that in November last year the foreign sec-retary of India raised the issue of Mallya ex-tradition with UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, who responded that the UK’s legal complexities were preventing Mal-lay’s quick extradition.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court was on Monday informed that Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s voice has been removed from the caller tune on precautions against the Covid-19 viral infection, leaving the PIL invalid.

The bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the submission of the petitioner who

sought removal of the actor’s voice from the

caller tune in his plea as it was infructuous

Taking note of the submission, the court disposed of the petition as not pressed.

The petitioner had sought removal of the voice of the megastar from the caller tune on the ground that the ac-tor himself, along with some family members, had been infected by the virus. —ANI

Delhi district courts resume physical hearing

Don’t join WhatsApp if not accepting new policy: HC

Jaishankar raised Mallya’s extradition: Centre to SC

Nitin Gadkari

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‘Tandav’ over...concerns expressed by the people and uncondi-tionally apologize if it has unintentionally hurt anybody’s senti-ments,” series director Ali Abbas Zafar shared the statement on his Twitter handle.

Didi sounds...Adhikari had won the Nandigram seat as the TMC candidate in 2016. Traditionally, Banerjee has always contested from Bhawanipur.

“I will come again and again as Nandi-gram is my lucky place. In the 2016 election, I announced my election

from Nandigram. To-day also I came to Nandigram. TMC will win in 2021.

Mamata had swept into power defeated the ruling Left with a land-slide victory in the 2011 Assembly election.—ANI

With night...In many districts, posi-tive cases have come down to zero. In such a situation, the ban on night curfew has been lifted and markets can now open for longer du-ration. In order to en-sure availability of beds in private hospi-tals for patients with other critical illnesses,

the number of beds re-served for Covid in pri-vate hospitals with a capacity of more than 100 beds should be re-duced from 40 percent to a minimum of 10 beds,” he instructed.

Gehlot said that dur-ing the review of vacci-nation programme in the state, it is encourag-ing that 73.79% health workers in the state were vaccinated on the first day which is about 10% more than the na-tional average of 63.66%. He said that the vaccine is completely safe and in order of pri-ority, people who have to get this vaccine

should get vaccinated without any hesitation.

Secretary Medical Education, Vaibhav Ga-laria said in the presen-tation that the number of Kovid patients ad-mitted to RUHS is only 24. On the first day, 12 thousand 258 health workers got vaccinated at 167 centers. In Jodh-pur, Ajmer, Bundi and Alwar, 100% vaccina-tion targets were achieved.

In the meeting, the Chief Minister also in-quired about the prepa-rations for the launch of the new phase of the Ayushman Bharat Ma-hatma Gandhi Ra-

jasthan Health Insur-ance Scheme. He said that this ambitious scheme will be launched on January 30, with a view to provide health security to 1 crore 10 lakh families of the state. After Chief Min-ister Free Medicine Scheme and the Chief Minister Free Test Scheme, this will be a major step of the state government in terms of health security.

Gehlot also decided to include Covid-19 and Hemodialysis diseases in the list of packages of Ayushman Bharat Mahatma Gandhi Ra-jasthan Health Insur-

ance Scheme. The Chief Executive Officer of Rajasthan Health Insur-ance Agency, Aruna Ra-joria said that in the new phase of the insur-ance scheme, the num-ber of packages availa-ble for treatment has been increased to 1572.

Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan Medical Health University, Dr. Rajababu Panwar, Prin-cipal of SMS Medical College, Dr. Sudhir Bhandari and other spe-cialist doctors of SMS Hospital including Dr. Virendra Singh said that despite the decline in infection, we have to follow the rules of so-

cial distancing with the same alertness and vig-ilance so as to avoid a third wave of infection like in European coun-tries and Japan.

Medical and Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma, Minister of State for Medicine and Health Dr. Subhash Garg, Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya, Direc-tor General of Police ML Lathar, Principal Secretary, Home Abhay Kumar and other offi-cials took part in the review meeting.

CEC arrives...The CEC is accompa-nied by 7 senior officials

of the Commission. The EC team would hold sep-arate meetings with the chief secretary, home secretary, director gen-eral of police, district election officers and the superintendents of po-lice, officials said. Other members of team are Election Commission-ers Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar, Director General Dharmendra Sharma, Deputy Elec-tion Commissioner Chandra Bhusan Ku-mar, Senior Principal Secretary Narendra N Butolia Director of Ex-penditure Pankaj Sriv-astava & EVM Consult-ant Vipin Katara. —PTI

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FOUR OFFICERS GET ASSIGNMENTS IN ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATEFour offi cers in the Additional/Joint Director level have been given jobs the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Accordingly, Ms Monika Sharma has been appointed as Additional Director, (HIU-1, Training, Systems, Adjudication), Headquarters, while Kapil Raj was given the charge of HIU-2, Penalty Recov-ery, Headquarters and Rohit Dwivedi is assigned Administration, Establishment and Vigilance with additional charge of intelligence, Headquarters. Besides, Yogesh Sharma has been appointed as Additional Director, Mumbai Zone offi ce-II.

10 TOP EXECUTIVES OF A PSU UNDER SCANNER The Vigilance Department is whispered to have served notices - regarding fi nancial irregularities - on 10 Top Executives in a Public Sector Under-taking (PSU). The Executives came under scanner after they allegedly siphoned off the company’s money to different sector.

WHERE IS THE FILE OF 13 BANK ED’S? The fi le pertaining to the appointment of 13 new ED’s in various banks is said to have been stuck up. Guessing game is on. NHRC’ CHAIRMAN’S POST TO REMAIN VACANT TILL MAY ? Post of the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is lying vacant. It is said that the post will remain vacant till May. MAJOR OVERHAULING OF IRS OFFICERS AFTER BUDGET A Major overhauling in the CBDT and the CBIC is expected to take place after the budget is presented. MAHARASHTRA CHIEF SECRETARY TO RETIRE NEXT MONTH Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar is retir-ing in February end. He is 1984 batch IAS offi cer. LOKPAL ORDERS PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO 21 COMPLAINTS Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has ordered preliminary inquiry into 21 complaints – 18 by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and three by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS STUCK UP? Appointment of members of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal seems to have stuck up. J Khanwilkar Committee sent recommendations in October 2019. Supreme Court Constitution Bench Judg-ment came in November 2019. Another judgment of Supreme Court came in November 2020 to clear the appointments. Still there is no process undergoing in any ministry. In the meanwhile, all other tribunals like NGT, RCT, NCLT, APTEL, IPAB have been facilitated with recruitment. Tribunal has vacancy of more than 60 members and crores of rupees tax is stuck and VSVS scheme has not reduced the litigation at all. WHO WILL MOVE TO SRINAGAR ? After the merger, about half a dozen IAS offi cers of UT cadre are likely to move to Srinagar. CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF DR Y L P RAO ENDS The central deputation tenure of Dr Y L P Rao working as Deputy Director General, UIDAI, HQ, New Delhi has come to an end. He is a 1986 batch IFS offi cer of Maharashtra cadre. 19 PRIVATE SECRETARIES OF CSSS PROMOTED �As many as 19 Private Secretaries of the Central Stenographers’ Secretariat Service (CSSS) have been promoted as Principal Private Secretaries. Those promoted are: S P Bhatnagar, Sanjay Dhawan, Hema Narang, Mahendra Singh Rawat, V Ravi, Anita Arora, R N Sahai, Indira Mohan Kar-tikeya, Neeraj Jaitly, Rita Devnani, Sanjeev Sharma, Archana Bhatnagar, Gulshan Kumar, Punam Verma, Geeta Negi, Sudha Bhardwaj, Deepa Rajesh, Gul-shan and Sarita Peghwal.

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PM’S VEILED DIG AT CONG: PREVIOUS GOVT LACKED MODERN APPROACH FOR METRONew Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi on Monday took a veiled dig at previous Con-gress-led United Pro-gressive Alliance (UPA) regime, saying that the previous government had no modern ap-proach and policy for metro.

Speaking at the ‘Bhoomi Poojan’ of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Su-rat Metro Rail Project via video conferencing, the Prime Minister said over 450 kms of metro network became opera-tional in the last six years.

“Work on projects worth Rs 17,000 crore is starting from today. This shows that the country’s efforts for new infrastructure pro-jects is increasing dur-ing COVID-19. Ahmedabad and Surat are cities that will em-power self-reliant India. Ahmedabad and Surat are receiving very im-portant gifts today. Met-ro will further strength-en the connectivity in two major business cen-tres of the country - Ahmedabad and Su-rat,” he said on Monday.

“These metro pro-jects are being concep-tualised to meet the needs of the future. Our cities will get better fa-

cilities,” PM Modi said.He added that during

the previous regime ex-pansion of metro rail-ways in the country was comparatively ‘less sig-nificant’, adding that

around 1,000 kms long metro lines are being laid in 27 cities.

“Before 2014, only 225 kms of metro line be-came operational in 10-12 years. In last 6 years,

over 450 kms of metro network became opera-tional.

Once there was no modern approach for metro, and there was no metro policy. As a re-

sult, there are different metro in different cities based on different tech-niques and facility. There was no integra-tion of metro with oth-er public transport me-

diums,” the Prime Min-ister asserted.

“Today, we are devel-oping transportation system of cities as inte-grated system. We are developing cities’ trans-port system like inte-grated system, which means that bus, metro, rail will not ply as per their own design but work as collective sys-tem, complementary to each other,” he added.

Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi highlighted that Surat is eighth big-gest city in terms of population and fourth fastest growing city in the world.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the inauguration of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project in Gujarat, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday.

New Delhi: India's to-tal COVID-19 recover-ies have surpassed the active caseload by more than one crore, the Union Health Min-istry said on Monday, terming it as a land-mark achievement.

The total number of Covid-19 recoveries has touched 1,02,11,342, while the active cases in the country stand at 2,08,012 today.

"The gap between the two has progressively grown to touch 1,00,03,330. The total recovered cases

are nearly 50 times the ac-tive cases in the country," the Health Ministry un-derlined.

New Delhi: North In-dia will continue to reel under the grip of an in-tense cold wave for few more days even as the dense fog will lift by Tuesday, a senior offi-cial at the Indian Mete-orological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

RK Jenamani, the senior scientist, IMD, said that the warning for the cold wave in North India has been extended till January 22. Earlier, the IMD had issued a cold wave warning for January 13-15 and then extended it till January 18.

However, RK Jenam-ani said that the dense fog spread across north-ern plains in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Utta-rakhand will begin lift-ing from Tuesday re-sulting in hotter days and colder nights.

New Delhi: The Bom-bay high court observed that ‘media trials’ can obstruct the adminis-tration of justice, and is in violation of pro-gramme code under the Cable Television Net-work Regulation Act, impacting the ongoing investigations.

The high court on Monday made the ob-servation while dispos-ing of a batch of public

interest litigations (PILs) filed by former police officers, activ-ists, lawyers and NGOs from Maharashtra in the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in June 2020. They had requested the

court to issue restraint orders to media report-ing on the actor’s death. After hearing out the arguments of various parties for weeks, the court had reserved its judgment on November 6, 2020.

SSR DEATH CASE‘Media trials’ can obstruct administration of justice: HC

NCP DEMANDS JPC ON PURPORTED CHATS BETWEEN GOSWAMI AND DASGUPTA

‘STAFF ONLY’ R-DAY @INDIAN EMBASSY

IMD extends cold wave warnings

Recoveries exceed active Covid Cases by over one Crore: Health Ministry

Covid vax shots may help India by leaps and bounds.

Arnab Goswami

Somnath Temple trust looks after the management of the Jyotirlinga Somnath temple. On Monday. A virtual meeting of the trustees took place in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been unanimously elected as the chairman. He will be holding this post for one year. He is the second Prime Minister to chairman of the trust after late Morarji Desai.

PM NEW CHAIRMAN OF SOMNATH TRUST

Late Sushant Singh Rajput

DESPITE COVID, INDIA SERIOUS ABOUT INFRA DEVELOPMENT: MODIA fter the Bhoomi Pujan,

Modi said, “Today, in-frastructure projects worth Rs 17,000 crore are going to start, which shows that the country is serious on initiatives related infrastruc-tural development project even during the Covid pandemic.”He further said that after Ahmedabad, Surat is one of the biggest city in Gujarat

which will be connected with modern transport.“In Surat, the metro project will connect the important business centres with each other,” the PM said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi further highlighted that besides cities, vil-lages in Gujarat have also witnessed unprecedented development. “Specially the roads, elec-

tricity and the supply of the water have improved in last two decades.”, PM Modi who had served three terms as the the Chief Minister of the state said. Modi also pointed out that many of us seen the time when the water was sup-plied in the villages through tankers and trains.“Now 80 per cent of the population in the state is

getting water supply from pipeline,” he said.Modi said that under the Jal Jeevan Mission, 10 lakh new water connections have been distributed. “And very soon, every household in Gujarat will be getting water supply through pipe-line,” said Narendra Modi Modi, while enumerating the acheivements of the mission.

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SALUTING FRONTLINE WORKERSFIRST INDIA HONOURS CORONA FRONTLINE WORKERS AT A GLITTERING CEREMONY HELD IN JAIPUR ON MONDAYFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The Corona Warriors, including health workers, doc-tors, nurses, police and administrative offi-cials, were felicitated at a glittering ceremony organised by First India on Monday. In this, first of its kind event, titled ‘Salute First, Chief Guest was Energy Min-ister BD Kalla while Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma presid-ed over the event.

Leaders across politi-cal spectrum, bureau-crats and religious lead-ers attended the event held at Hotel Marriott.

Channel head Jagdeesh Chandra while welcoming the honourable guests spelled out the details about the unique initiative by the chan-nel, which was praised by all.

BD Kalla, Govind S Dotasra, Jagdeesh Chandra, Pratap S Khachariyawas, Mamta Bhupesh, Tikaram Jully, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Ramcharan Bohra, Kalicharan Saraf, Ashok Lahoti and Rafiq Khan at the event to honour Corona Warriors at Hotel Marriott on Monday. Jagdeesh Chandra greets Niranjan Arya.

BD Kalla & Jagdeesh Chandra

Tikaram Jully, Mamta Bhupesh & Ashok Chandna.

Dr Raghu Sharma, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Pratap S Khachariyawas & Satish Poonia

Mamta Bhupesh, Govind S Dotasra, Jagdeesh Chandra, BD Kalla & Pratap S Khachariyawas during the event at Hotel Marriott on Monday.

Mahant Kailash Sharma, Ashok Parnami at the event.

BD Kalla, Dr Raghu Sharma, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Pratap S Khachariyawas, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Jagdeesh Chandra in rapt attention as a message from CM Ashok Gehlot is being played.

Dharmendra Rathore

Pratap S Khachariyawas, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Mahesh Joshi and Ramcharan Bohra at the event.

Dr Raghu Sharma, BD Kalla, Bhanwar S Bhati, Mamta Bhupesh, Jagdeesh Chandra, Tikaram Jully, Ashok Chandna, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Ashok Parnami, Ramcharan Bohra, BL Soni during lamp lighting ceremony.

Sanyam Lodha & BL Soni.

Pratap S Khachariyawas, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Mahesh Joshi & Ramcharan Bohra at the event.

Ramlal Sharma, Rafiq Khan, Indraraj Gurjar, Wajib Ali & Dr Somya

—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR & SANTOSH SHARMA

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New Delhi: Parlia-mentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) of Lok Sabha Secre-tariat is organising ‘Presentations by Emi-nent Social Workers for the benefit of Mem-bers of Parliament’ from January 18 to January 22, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla said here on Monday.

Twenty Padma Awar-dees will make presen-tations online in their respective field of ex-pertise the next five days. Every day four Padma Awardees will make a presentation of 45 minutes each from 10.30 am to 2.00 pm. “Lok Sabha has taken a unique initiative of pro-viding a platform for the Members of Parlia-ment where best prac-

tices from various field of social and develop-mental work will be shared by Eminent So-cial Workers from vari-ous states of the coun-try who have been awarded prestigious Padma Awards for their immense contribution to their field of work,” read an the official re-

lease. Accredited per-sons, who are recog-nized by the govern-ment of India for their distinguished contribu-tion in social service and other related fields and are awarded by the prestigious Padma Awards, will make a presentation on the sub-ject of their expertise. “All the distinguished people of the country who have been awarded the Padma Awards by the Pride Institution of the LS Secretariat, MPs of India are sharing their experiences through virtual medi-um. They have done commendable work in different areas of the society through social service, through hu-man welfare, through science, agriculture,” said Om Birla. —ANI

Padma Awardees to share best practices with MPs: Birla

NEED FOR RESEARCH WORK IN AGRI VARSITIES: GEHLOT

Complete pending works on time: Goyal

PM’s dream will materialise when states give priority to research, the CM said

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Mon-day, emphasised the need for focussing more on research work in ag-ricultural universities. Addressing the second convocation ceremony of the Jodhpur Agricul-ture University, he said a good progress has been made in animal husbandry and agricul-ture sector in the state. “There are five agricul-tural universities in the

state and our focus should be on research, which will benefit the country and the state,” Gehlot said in the vir-tual programme.

He also said the

prime minister’s slo-gan of doubling farm-ers’’ income will mate-rialise when all states give priority to re-search through agri-culture universities.

Gehlot also ex-pressed his concerns about depleting groundwater levels. “The water level is de-pleting and it is a mat-ter of concern. We need to encourage drip irri-gation and sprinklers in farming,” he said. He said the state gov-ernment has not in-creased the power tar-iff for farmers and brought a new food pro-cessing policy. —PTI

Abhishek Shrivastav

Jaipur: Cases were ap-proved in the meeting of building plan com-mittee (layout plan) of Jaipur Development Authority on Monday.It was decided in the meeting that in future, the orders under sec-tion 90-A to be issued by zones should only men-tion use of non-agricul-ture from agriculture.In the meeting chaired by the JDA Commis-sioner Gaurav Goyal, maps of Kedia Prakash avenue in Sirsi village, Radha Rani residential scheme in Keshyawala, Sanganer, Rukmani Na-gar in Chatarpura, San-ager were approved.

Apart from them, cases of approach road in Chatarpura, Sangan-er, restructuring of

plots in scheme of Mu-tual Housing Coopera-tive Society Limited and layout plan of a petrol pump in Chomu were also approved. The committee decided to refer a case related to single patta in Teela-wala, Sanganer to state government as the area is more than 1,500 sq meters. Goyal instruct-ed engineers to com-plete 29 road sector pro-jects in stipulated time. “Pending works worth Rs 8 cr should be com-pleted in time,” he said.

Om Birla

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS!

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday, called upon Governor Acharya Devvrat at the Governor House in Gandhinagar on his birthday and wished him a long life.

Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: Continuing with its success in the auction festival, the Ra-jasthan Housing Board will sell fifty of its pre-mium properties through e-auction from Jan 19 -22. “A total of 50 residential / commercial premium properties of Jaipur, Kota, Bikaner & Dausa will be sold through e-auction from Jan 19 to Jan 22, 2021. These include e-auction of 32 premium proper-ties in Jaipur, 5 in Kota, 2 in Dausa & 11 in Bikan-er,” Said Pawan Arora, Commissioner, RHB.

He informed that the process of participating in e-auction of these pre-mium properties has been made very easy. “Any person can partici-pate in the e-auction by sitting at home or visit-ing the e-mitra & regis-

tering & paying the pre-scribed security deposit. In order to allow maxi-mum peoples’ participa-tion, the security deposit has been changed from 5% to 2%. Along with this, huge discounts have also been provided in payment terms,” he said, further adding, “under the Mansarovar Yojana of Jaipur, 14 commercial & 1 resi-dential plot are being e-auctioned. Similarly, 10 residential & 7 com-mercial plots are being e-auctioned under Pratap Nagar scheme. One can also visit the RHB website to partici-pate in the auction.”

RHB prepares to sell 50 premium properties via 4 day auction driveSecurity deposit lowered from 5% to 2%

CM Ashok Gehlot virtually addresses the second convocation ceremony of the Jodhpur Agriculture University on Monday.

‘EAST RAJ CANAL PROJECT BE GIVEN NATIONAL STATUS’

PRE-BUDGET MEETING

Dr Rituraj Sharma

Jaipur: Rajasthan has suggested the Centre that in view of the weak econom-ic situation of the state due to corona pandemic and eco-nomic recession, the period for grant of GST compensation to states should be in-creased by 5 years, from June 2022 to June 2027.

Parliamentary Af-fairs Minister Shan-ti Dhariwal Monday took part in pre-budget meeting held by Finance Minister Nirmala Sithara-man and also re-quested the Centre to increase the ratio of centre to 75 per-cent in the centrally sponsored schemes, a release said.

He said that high import duty on gold and silver should be reduced from 12.5 to 4 percent, which will benefit the state fi-nancially.

Saying that no project of the state has been given the status of national project, Dhariwal re-quested the Finance Minister to make necessary provision in the budget for giv-ing the status of na-tional project to Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project.

COVID-19 UPDATE

RAJASTHAN2,750

DEATHS3,15,394

CONFIRMED CASES

GUJARAT 4,367 DEATHS 2,56,367 CASES

DELHI 10,754 DEATHS 6,32,590 CASES

WORLD20,43,643

DEATHS9,56,75,684

CONFIRMED CASES

INDIA1,05,82,458CONFIRMED CASES

1,52,588DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA50,473 DEATHS 19,92,683 CASES

UTTAR PRADESH8,580 DEATHS 5,96,904 CASES

KARNATAKA12,175 DEATHS 9,32,432 CASES

People who volunteer to help others simply because it has to be done are true

symbols of humanity and love.

—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Is the long wait of Congress legis-lators, both from Ge-hlot and Pilot camps, finally over? Are the days of being included in the state cabinet fi-nally here? Well, the fi-nal word is here - NO. Highly placed sources in Congress party both in Jaipur and at New Delhi, have confided in First India that at the moment there is no possibility of cbinet ex-

pansion, thereby, put-ting to rest the rumours doing the rounds that cabinet expansion will certainly take place prior to January 31.

On the contrary, sources claim that there is no possibility of expansion till the first week of February. Governor Kalraj Mishra is out on tour from January 22 and Gehlot himself will tour Kerala on January 22 and 23. The rumour mill had started spew-

ing after Gehlot called on Governor Mishra on Sunday, however, the

courtesy meet was to inform the Governor about the corona vacci-

nation drive & the up-coming budget session. Interestingly, the meet-

ing was scheduled at the initiative of Gover-nor Kalraj Mishra who had phoned up Gehlot to say his New Year ‘Hello’. Notably, a source close to the High Command has claimed that due to the constant pressure from Pilot camp, expansion is the party’s priority however, no decision on the probables has been taken as yet! It will be only after Ge-hlot speaks to Ajay Maken and KC Venugo-

pal that he will meet Sonia in New Delhi and after a ‘go ahead’ from the High Command will the ‘ceremony’ be held. As of now, Maken is going out of Delhi for two days owing to his wedding anniversary on January 21. Interesting-ly, several Congress MLAs like Rita Choud-hary have suddenly made a beeline for Ajay Maken’s office in New Delhi. Notably, it is being said that more than a dozen new faces - 9 from

Congress, 3 independ-ents and 2 former BSP men, will be included in the cabinet while non-performer ministers will be shown the door.

Meanwhile, Gehlot has convened an impor-tant meeting of his cabinet at 5 PM today to discuss and finalise the government and par-ty’s strategy for the up-coming Assembly ses-sion and also to have a brief review of ongoing Corona vaccination drive across the state.

NO CABINET EXPANSION AT THE MOMENT!THE WAIT CONTINUES...

Kalraj Mishra Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot

Gaurav Goyal

Shanti Dhariwal

GOVERNOR SPEAK

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ne of India’s most proficient and im-portant designers in the fashion pan-theon, Rajesh Pratap Singh is originally from

Jaipur and now runs his fashion empire from New Delhi. His minimalist view-point and his super-luxuri-ous execution ensure his position in the industry and he is often celebrated by his peers.

His seasonal offerings in-clude the most beautiful winter basics and outer-wear. Known as one of the most intellectual of design-ers, his work is widely ap-preciated for the complex development of his fabrics. Not for him the conveni-ence of ordering woollen fabrics from China and Ita-ly, for he maintains that In-dian wool counts amongst the finest in the world and all it needs is the correct production guidelines to make a difference and up-grade Indian wool to global standards.

To achieve this, he set up his own looms in Neemrana just outside New Delhi and hired the very best of weav-ers to produce his fabrics

under his masterful super-vision. At Rajasthan Herit-age Week, he showed his mastery over the medium with a series of exquisitely made woollen ensembles for men & women.

Here, he worked with the Khadi wool of Rajasthan right from its original source, choosing the best quality of raw material that was processed accord-ing to his exacting stand-ards. This raw wool was hand-spun into fine yarn and woven by the Master Weavers of the State, like Sitaram Ji of Barmer who painstakingly wove the fab-ric into the yardage that would form the foundation of his collection.

Once the fabric was ready, he shipped it back to New Delhi for the finishing and dyeing process. Some of the finished product also returns to Rajasthan for hand block printing by the master artisans, and then again back to New Delhi to be made into his interna-tionally celebrated gar-ments.

This is what sets Rajesh Pratap Singh apart from the quotidian. His fabrics are virtually impossible to replicate, creating an ex-clusivity that appeals to the purists of fashion, for they know that to wear his col-lection is literally a badge of sartorial honour. While many designers are content to buy fabric from the usu-al Chinese/Turkish/Italian

import houses, Rajesh will never compromise his exacting standards, developing his fabrics from the ground up sea-son after season.

This winter, he used wool in an extremely re-stricted colour palette

of white and off-white com-bined with grey and black anthracite to send out a col-lection at once strong and sophisticated. His fabrics were woven into chequered, striped or jacquard designs, sometimes inspired by sim-ple tribal blankets and sometimes by traditional European classics. His block printed woollen fab-rics created a sensation, for the furry surface texture of wool does not lend itself easily to block printing, and especially with vegeta-ble dyes. This was perfectly executed by the artisans.

Embellished with subtle detailing like Kantha em-broidery and resist dyeing processes to create a batik effect, his International sil-houettes were dramatic and his tailoring impecca-ble. From blazers to great-coats, and from three-piece suits to separates, each piece reflected his personal philosophy. Gender fluidity played a big role in his im-aginative offerings, blur-ring lines as his men wore skirts and the women wore sharply tailored ensembles inspired by menswear.

There is no one quite like Rajesh Pratap Singh in the Indian Design firmament, and for me, he is truly the most important and cere-bral designer in a market space flooded with spurious western knock offs and cop-ies. With a loyal band of customers the world over acquiring his collections, ensuring that their ward-robe features timeless piec-es that can be worn for a lifetime of style.

With serious investment and funding, the Rajesh Pratap Singh label is per-fectly poised to become an international brand.

THE RAJESH PRATAP SINGH WINTER COLLECTION FEATURES THE FINEST WOOL HE DEVELOPED WITH THE

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LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Maintaining good health becomes your priority and sets you on a fi tness trail. A senior will repose full faith

in you for tackling a man management situation at work. Situation on the fi nancial front will remain satisfactory, despite rising expenditure. A property issue may create tension.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Businesspersons are likely to fi nd a new venture progressing satisfactorily. A profi table day is also

indicated for professionals. There is much that needs to be done, so tighten your belt. Good health is likely to provide you with oodles of energy and enable you to fi nish work.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Good diet and regular exercise will keep you both physically and mentally robust. At work, you are

likely to remain in control and see a project to completion. Financially, you remain in a comfortable situation. Travelling long distance is not recommended today.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Realising a handsome amount from someone is possible on the fi nancial front. Your efforts on the

professional front will be noted by those who matter. A child or younger sibling can make you proud by his or her achievements. Good health keeps you energetic all throughout.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

Returns from previous investments are likely to make your fi nancial worries disappear. A new

exercise regime may need to be dovetailed to your requirements to benefi t. Your professional rivals are likely to punch holes in your cost-cutting ideas for a project.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

Salary enhancement cannot be ruled out. An alternative to your staple diet may prove immensely enjoyable.

An argument with senior can make you feel insecure. You may fi nd the atmosphere on the home front serene and most welcoming. Places of tourist attraction may be on the agenda.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

Money comes in a steady stream and promises to make you fi nancially comfortable. Self-discipline

and not succumbing to temptations will help in maintaining good health. Some of you may get tied up in offi ce and reach home late today. It may become diffi cult to fi nd time.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Money multiplies, as you get an opportunity to add to your wealth. Time has arrived to reap rich

rewards of your hard work. Parents or elders may nag you into doing something you don’t want to, but you will manage to wriggle out of it. You will start working out.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

A profi table venture is likely to fi ll up the coffers of some businesspersons. You may be held responsi-

ble for a deed that you have not committed at work. Fitness classes will prove immensely benefi cial, especially for those in the middle age group.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

On the fi nancial front, a new source of income is likely to be tapped soon that may get your coffers

brimming! Health counselling will do wonders for those longing to come back in shape. You are likely to win much appreciation by completing a task in record time.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Increased expenditure can be expected and may get you worried. It is important to get back into the thick of

things on the work front. Renovation work of a property owned by you is likely to enhance its market value. This is a very positive day, in which you get to achieve much.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Some of you can end up paying more than intended for a product or service, but it will be worth it.

Taking up a good health scheme will prove benefi cial. A practical solution may be found for a complex problem on the professional front. Support of family members everywhere.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

here are people who call it “green blood” and credit innumerable ben-efits to it. As per claims, wheat-grass juice can

have dramatic effects in the management of diabe-tes, hypertension, heart diseases, infertility, low li-bido, obesity, thalassemia, hemolytic anemia, skin sores, aging, diseases of teeth, eyes, muscles and joints. Claims are made about the significant role in the management of asthma, allergies, inflam-matory bowel diseases, cancers, arthritis and loss of mental functions!

They base their claims on hemoglobin like struc-ture in wheatgrass where magnesium replaces iron and claim that almost eve-ry mineral and antioxi-dant is present in this so-called “wonder” herb.

Doesn’t this all sound utopian? There is an old saying that too many friends mean no friend. How can a single herb con-tain so many ingredients and can have so many ef-fects that it can treat al-most every sickness under sun! Have you ever looked closely at a wheatgrass leaf ? It looks like a stroke of green by a painter with no veins and scaffolding like other green leaves of plants and trees. It is in these veins and scaffold-ing that the minerals and other substances are stored. You will see no

such veins and scaffolding in wheatgrass leaf. This means the leaf mainly contains chlorophyll pig-ment which is responsible for photosynthesis in which carbon is extracted from soil and oxygen and hydrogen are taken from the water, then with the help of sun rays, it synthe-sizes carbohydrates which are food for the plant and are essential for the sur-vival of the plant.

The theory that it is a good source of magnesi-um stands on the loose ground because magnesi-um deficiency in human

beings is rare as all the grains, seeds, leafy green vegetables and all vegetar-ian and non-vegetarian fiber contain plenty of magnesium. Wheatgrass is neither a unique nor a dominant source of this mineral whose require-ment to the human body is also minimal.

The leaf is mainly com-posed of chlorophyll and some traces of minerals and this story of green blood holds no ground as magnesium can not carry oxygen which iron in hemoglobin does and the theory of similarity of

structure with dissimilar constituents appears il-logical. Secondly, human intestines can neither breakdown chlorophyll nor absorb it so, by simple logic, chlorophyll is of no use to the human body. Some people claim that wheatgrass juice removes cancer cells from mouth cancers and intestinal tu-mours but no widespread studies have been conduct-ed and any beneficial claim at this juncture should be considered as an over-en-thusiasm.

Studies conducted to date on the usefulness of

wheatgrass “wonders” are mainly restricted to test tubes, no clinically signifi-cant research has been conducted on a large hu-man population. But the enterprising businessmen have found an opportunity to make some quick money as dreams are always easy to sell to gullible people who are always in search of shortcuts to great health.

Lastly, your logical que-ry is what you should do? Well, if you are a fan of “green blood”, stay so be-cause fans are usually

overwhelmed by emo-tions, not logic. They, most of the time, follow some unproved line of thoughts, usually non-factual but the longevity of belief in miracles is unending. Let wheatgrass juice be the “green nectar” of your morning drink and nur-ture the euphoria of health, vitality, virility and longevity. Forget the fact that you don’t need and can’t perform photo-synthesis, drink a glass of green as it is palatable and

as such, causes no harm. Furthermore, being drawn from a plant source, it might do some, yet un-known, good as well.

But if you expect a mira-cle, then there might be many disappointments but once again, habits die hard, a myth has its own survival strength so, drink if you feel good but do not forget your cucumber, to-mato, potato and spinach, plus remember cabbage, cauliflower, cluster beans and coriander.

WHEATGRASS JUICE: A PERSPECTIVET

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Leone in action

Sunny Leone has surprised Vikram Bhatt with her acting and stunts for the upcoming web-series Anamika. Taking every-

one by surprise, she has performed most of the stunts by herself which is adding a natural touch to the screen. The bold and beautiful Sunny will be seen in the 10-episode series along with Sonnali Seygall.

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Naseeruddin Shah ex-presses his views You-Tube channel named Karwan-e-Mohabbat In-

dia about Love Jihad. Calling it a ‘tamasha’, he further com-ments that, ‘I don’t think that anyone would be so stupid to ac-tually believe that Muslims will overtake the Hindu population, it is unimaginable. For that, Muslims will have to have so many ba-bies. So, t h i s w h o l e n o t i o n is unre-al.’

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Virat Kohli who was blessed with a baby girl on 11 Janu-ary with wife Anushka Sharma has changed his

Twitter bio. The new bio reads: ‘A proud husband and father’ with a heart emoji. Virat definitely is grateful for the blessing. —Agency

NASEERUDDIN ON LOVE JIHAD

From the sets

First steps first

Rajkummar Rao has shared a throwback video on Insta-gram from his shoots of The White Tiger with Priyanka

Chopra Jonas. Priyanka is seen revealing her favourite candy and its hysterical. Rajkumar Rao has often praised PeeCee for her im-mensely chilled out attitude at the sets with her co-actors. —Agency

Slammed BACK

ennifer Lopez recently slammed back at a com-mentator! The Ain’t Your Mama singer shared a post on Insta-gram, where she was talking about her skin-

care, which is when a social me-dia user took to the comment section and accused the actress and singer of getting botox. “But can I just mention that brows and forehead don’t move at all when you talk or try to ex-press… you definitely have Bot-ox. And tons of it. And it’s all good. Just saying,” the com-menter wrote. Jennifer Lopez then snapped back at the troll and said: “LOL that’s just my face!!! ….For the 500 millionth time… I have never done Botox or any injectables or surgery!! Just sayin.”

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Birthday special Grateful for the wishes

Love & Thunder

FRIENDS reunion?

Breaking Rules

Gabrielle Union recently shared the sweetest video as a tribute to her husband Dwyane Wade on the occa-

sion of his 39th birthday! The ac-tress posted a moving montage that featured Wade and Union’s relationship, as husband and wife and also as parents. The adorable video showed several sweet mo-ments between Wade and his chil-dren as well as some makeout mo-ments with Gabby. —Agency

Sidharth Malhotra who cel-ebrated his birthday on Sat-urday pens down emotional notes for all his well-wish-

ers on Instagram with a thankful note and a suave picture. He

feels grateful for all the love and blessings he has

received from his fans. Bollywood celebs Ki-

ara Advani, Hritik Roshan, Katrina

Kaif, Vicky Kaushal and Kri-ti Sanon among others showered birthday love on him. —Agency

The brimming cast of Thor: Love and Thunder have welcomed another super-star as their cast. Matt Da-

mon who had a noteworthy cameo in Thor: Ragnarok is reportedly in Australia to shoot for the upcom-ing film. It’s not yet disclosed whether which character shall he take on but the team has welcomed him aboard. —Agency

Lisa Kudrow has revealed on Rob Lowe podcast that the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. reunion is definitely happening. She

also revealed that she has pre-shot something for the show. The crew is about to shoot soon in the early spring and who knows what to ex-pect after 17 long years, but, alas, the wait is over. —Agency

The UK has gone under a lock-down yet again owing to the new variant of COVID-19 virus spreading through the

country. During the lockdown, sev-eral amenities including gym have been directed to remain closed. It seems like a London gym has its door opened for Tom Hardy. An on-looker claimed the Venom actor has been training at the venue on Friday afternoon. —Agency

Kriti embracing her GHOOMAR SIDE

Kriti Sa-n o n w h o h a s

wrapped up shooting for her film Bach-chan Pandey in Jaisalmer was seen m a t c h i n g steps with a traditional Ra-jasthani danc-er. After the long schedule, she was enjoy-ing some downtime on the film’s sets.

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Jennifer Lopez

Dwyane and Gabrielle

Matt and Chris

Lisa Kudrow

Tom Hardy

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Kriti Sanon

Sidharth Malhotra

... with Vikram Bhatt and Sonnali Seygall

Sunny Leone

Naseeruddin Shah

Priyanka and Rajkummar

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WHAT’S HAPPENING!

RAJ: A few fishermen were spotted capturing fishes in Anasagar Lake of Ajmer on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANAND SHARMA

RAJ: The poster launch of the upcoming National Level Beauty Pageant which will be organised by Venus Films and Entertainment, ‘Mr and Miss India and the Women Business Tycoon Award’ was held on Saturday.

The national-level beauty pageant WEAA Miss and Mrs India Season 2, completed its second round of audition at the Publicity Lounge in Pune on Sunday. The contestants demonstrated their glamorous fashion style through their ramp walk and skills. The grand finale will be held on 11 April in Jaipur.

RAJ: MLA Rafiq Khan met the general public at his residence on Monday and heard their problems. He also appointed the concerned departments to address their problems.

RAJ: On the occasion of his 50th birthday, Pandit Salil Bhatt filled the ambience of Kirishnayam Auditorium, JKK with the touch of magic and soul in his classical music. During the evening, he was joined by the remarkable folk artists Kootla Khan, Goram Khan who blended their tunes in his ragas.

EVENTS!

RAJ: Prakash Purab of Guru Gobind Singh will be celebrated on Wednesday, 20 January. On the occasion, Secretary, Gurudwara Nehru Nagar, Gurmeet Singh shared that ‘Sahaj Path’ and ‘Prabhat Pheri Kirtan’ is being held at the Gurdwara from 10 January. The Diwan will be held on Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning and evening. ‘Asa Di Vaar Kirtan’ and ‘Sahaj Path’ will conclude from 6 am. Ragi Manmeet Singh from Delhi will perform Kirtan and narrator, Harmitar Singh from Amritsar will throw light on his discourses and the teachings of Guruji. 

Dr Mayank Agarwal, hailing from Jaipur, has received the ‘Hail Your Heroes Award’ recently for his exemplary medical skills as one of the top doctors by the prestigious UK newspaper, ‘The Sun’. He has been recognised for his selfless contribution as a front line worker during the Covid pandemic. Despite having a lung condition, he risked his own health to help the most vulnerable patients at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in South London.

CITY FIRST

Muskaan Foun-dation for Road Safety has been awarded

the National Award for exemplary work in the field of road safety by the Minis-try of Road Transport and Highways, Govern-ment of India on Mon-day at the inaugural cer-emony of the National Road Safety Month at

Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The award was given by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Trans-

port and High-ways and Ra-jnath Singh,

Union Minis-ter for Defense.

Shantanu Bhasin, Managing Trus-tee of Muskaan received the award in the

presence of above digni-taries and General V.K Singh, State Minister

for Road Trans-port and H i g h w a y s , A m i t a b h Kant, CEO Niti Aayog and experts in the domain of Transport and Traffic from all over India.

P r a m o d Bhasin the Founder and

Trustee of M u s k a a n F o u n d a -

tion said, “We are very pleased with the recog-nition of our work by the Ministry and it has given us an impetus to work further.”

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AWARDED!

TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY

CITY FIRST

ringing the dreams to real-ity happens only when an i n d i v i d u a l works hard, day in and day out,

just like the renowned fashion designer from the Pink City, Moon Bohra. Moon has always been passionate about designs and has always had the urge to learn more about the same. Af-ter learning the art of fashion from cutting to stitching and working with her husband’s ex-port company, Moon later created her own line of gar-ments, her initial creation being tradi-tional women’s wear.

Her innate flair for style and design enables her to create collection after collection. But more importantly, her designs voice the taste of the new age 21st-cen-tury Indian woman. Known as the designer who embodies empathy and reincarnates the clothes in her creations, it is her understanding of the uniqueness of

each woman’s own beauty, grace, body and the pulse of a woman’s

desires, ambitions, dreams and sensuality that inspires her to cre-

ate her fashion which ensures that every Indi-an woman finds her complimentary fashion statement.

Despite the fact that her identity is with her brand DUNGARI, it is by no means her only great-est achievement. Her lat-est line of clothing works with sustainable fabrics and also with tra-ditional crafts into a ver-satile range of stylish wardrobe-essentials.

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FOREVER THE CROWNCITY FIRST

The poster launch of the upcoming National Level Beauty Pageant

Forever Miss India 2021 and Forever Mrs India 2021 was held in collabo-ration with Forever Star India Awards. Forever

Mrs India 2021 has two categories in which peo-ple with 20 to 35 and 36 to 50 age group can par-ticipate. The audi-tion shall start from February and the grand finale of the pageant will be held in May. The organiser Sa-hil Chaudhary and di-

rector Kirti Chaudhary are encouraging partici-pants from far and wide

corners. Founder and CEO Rajesh Agarwal informed that registrations of

this pageant have already been started and the event is much awaited. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

GUJ: A magnificent Snow World Park was launched in Ahmedabad on Monday at One Mall, Vastrapur. Commenting on the launch, Paramjit Singh Gupta, General Manager – Operations said, “The indoor snow park is a magical snow-filled winter wonderland, spread across 20,000 sqft where you can enjoy the cold temperatures in the heart of the city with a temperature of -10 degrees Celsius throughout the year.”

MAGICAL SNOW WORLD

—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI

Making A Statement

With the paradigm shift that mens-wear has wit-nessed towards

fresher, more experimental designs over the past decade, there’s no bet-ter time to be alive than now for a man who loves using fashion as a form of expression. If you’ve got your finger on the style pulse and often find your-self complaining about the lack of menswear options,

then Couturier Bharat Ahuja’s Delhi-based ‘Desire Design Studio’ have got you covered. Known for his ver-satility, Ahuja shared, “I always had a flair for fash-ion and style since I was a child and wanted to start my menswear brand. Since 2015, I have been tirelessly working towards my goal to make it India’s leading

menswear brand.” From making Bigg Boss 13-fame Paras

Chhabra look edgy in his latest music video to creating a dapper look for TV actor Muhsin Khan, the Delhi-based designer taps on the sartorial fantasies of his clients.

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Bharat Ahuja Jatin Khirbat

Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari awarding Shantanu Bhasin

Design by Dungari Studio

Moon Bohra and Mona Gautam

Sahil Choudhary, Kirti Choudhary and Jaya Chauhan