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AHMEDABAD l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 79 In pursuance of the commitment of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi during the 4th BIMSTEC summit held at Kathmandu in 2018, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is organising the conference. Amit Shah to inaugurate Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking for BIMSTEC New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah would be inaugurat- ing the two-day ‘Con- ference on Combating Drug Trafficking’ for BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Tech- nical and Economic Cooperation) Partner Nations, in New Delhi tomorrow. In pursuance of the commitment of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi during the 4th BIMSTEC summit held at Kathmandu in 2018, Narcotics Con- trol Bureau (NCB) is organizing the conference. It is believed that this platform will provide the opportunity to all the member nations to deliberate on the increased threats posed by drug trafficking and the collective steps that are required to negate comprising seven Mem- Russian public sector major keen on Rupani’s dream high-speed rail project —FILE PHOTO ber States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Ben- gal i.e. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Ne- pal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand besides India, constituting a contigu- ous regional unity . Regional maritime connectivity and trade through the Bay of Ben- gal are imperative for the shared prosperity and economic growth of the entire BIMSTEC region. However, while providing unhindered maritime access, security challenges at sea and coastlines are a threat. One of the most prominent of such challenges is drug trafficking through the sea. It necessi- tates collaborative efforts at sea, including further strengthen- ing of effective coor- dination in opera- tions and information sharing partner nations, to combat this menace. The recent seizures of Methamphetamine (1156 kgs and 371 kgs) by NCB establish the fact that Bay of Ben- gal region is impegn- erated with the drug trafficking menace. NCB is the apex agency for exercising powers and functions of the Central Government under the Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and is also the nodal agency for matters per- taining to drug law en- forcement in India. It coordinates and actions were taken by various agencies of Central and State Governments related to drug law enforce- ment in the country and matters pertain- ing to drug abuse. the threats by learning from the best practices adopted by member countries. Delegations from each BIMSTEC Na- tion have been invited to participate in the conference. Further, various Central and State drug law en- forcement agencies of India and other stakeholders also been invited. In the changing drug trafficking sce- nario, Asian countries are increasingly being affected drug trafficking and BIMSTEC, being the key link South Asian Southeast Asian Na- tions is one of the most effective platforms to tackle this global threat. The BIMSTEC is a regional organization amongst have Narcotic by between and Haresh Jhala necting ports to freight corridors of other major stations, passenger railways and goods train in future projects. Primary estimate of the 220 km project is Rs 11,300 crore, while the annual growth rate of travellers Ahmedabad and Rajkot is nine percent. Accord- ing to State Govern- ment data, in the year 2007, 19 lakh commut- ers commuted between Ahmedabad and Rajkot and the number rose to 45 lakh in 2017. K Kailas- hnathan, Chief Princi- pal Secretary to CM, MK Das, Principal Sec- retary to CM, Indus- tries Commissioner Ra- hul Gupta and Indus- trial Extension Bureau Managing Neelam Rani were present in the meeting. Gandhinagar: sian public sector gi- ant, RZD Internation- al LLC, has expressed keen interest to de- velop Ahmedabad speed railways in a joint venture with Gujarat Government. It is a dream project of Chief Minister Vi- jay Rupani, which his government had announced in November 2019 and within 15 days floated tenders inviting bids for technical studies. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani met RZD Inter- national LLC’s head of representative and other executives, where the latter evinced interest in designing the project and its exe- Rus- Rajkot- high between public sector is interested in the project the government will seek guidance of the central government. Rupani hopes that if the high speed rail- way is functional between Rajkot Ahmedabad, it will reduce traffic burden on the national highway between the two important cities con- necting Saurashtra and North Gujarat. Vladimir Finov has also shown interest in development of last- mile connectivity con- cution. The delegation even showed keenness in financing the project. Considering the interest shown by the Russian public sector, the Chief Minister has convened a meeting on February 14 to put the project on the fast track. During the meeting, RZD’s Vladimir Finov assured the State Gov- ernment that once the design is within two years time they will complete the project. This Russian company has also prepared a Detailed Pro- ject Report (DPR) for the 580 km Nagpur- Secunderabad high speed rail project. It has successfully completed 625 km long rail project between St. Pittsburgh to Mos- cow. This distance can be covered in 3 hours and 15 minutes. The State Govern- ment’s own Gujarat Railways ture Development Cor- poration was assigned to prepare a DPR, but now when the Russian to Infrastruc- finalised, office Director CM MEETS RUSSION DELEGATION: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani with Vladimir Finov head of representative offi ce RZD international LLC.

TALKING POINT 02 AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia (INVESTIGATION) RAJASTHANTHE SPIRIT OF THE SPIRIT OF MAHENDRA SINGH DG INCOME TAX The annals of polo in Jaipur invariably speak of the ‘Invincible’ Jaipur polo team led by Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II, that travelled to England in 1933 and won n every tournament there S the age of 21, he has already been on the Indian Polo team for several years now. When asked about his love for the game of polo, he gushingly acknowl- edged, “for me, it is an addiction. It’s the most rewarding thing I’ve done — to be able to work with an animal, to be able to risk your life based on an animal. I don’t think there’s a more beautiful sport”. Unlike most other team sports, polo is unique for the symbiotic relationship between a human and an animal: the rider and his horse. The two of them, in effect, get fused in thought and action to emerge as a formidable combi- nation of speed, agility, control and courage in this fast-moving and often dangerous competitive sport. A rela- tively small human rider in full control of a galloping 500 kg mass of sweaty animal flesh is a wonderful sight to behold. Team sports are often a substitute for war. That would be true for the game of polo in two ways. Firstly, this folk team game started, per- haps 2,500 years back, among horse riding troops in Central Asia as a means for developing and hon- ing the requisite skills for war, both for the rider and his mount. From there it spread along by a penalty of a free hit to the offended team. The severity of the threat decides the nature of the penalty . Given the high tempo of the game, a horse cannot be used for two consecutive chukkas, and the riders have to keep changing their mounts. Initially , the use of local breeds for polo such as Ma- nipuri or Marwari ponies was common. With the globalisation of the sport, thoroughbred horses, bred from Arab stallions and English mares, by UK breeders have become almost the exclusive polo ponies among the current professional players. These thoroughbreds are a perfect blend of speed, stamina and a calm temperament for the swiftness and agility required in modern polo. In India, the thoroughbreds, usually imported from England, the US or Argentina, can cost up to 50 lakh rupees each. Two matches played at the Ra- jasthan Polo Club grounds in Jaipur were witnessed by me on the 1st and the 2nd of February , 2020. The exciting Raghu Sinha Mala Mathur Memorial Cup was won by the Malarpan team against RPC with a score line of 6 goals to 3. Next day , the Shree Cement Sir- mur Cup was a thriller that saw the Sahara Warriors finally emerge as the winner against the Garcha Hotels team by just one goal, the final score reading eight is to seven. The players, with mea- gre financial returns from the games, were there primarily for the love of the sport. Neverthe- less, the champagne flew freely at the accompanying lunch and high tea. That is the spirit of this Game of the Kings. yards distant in the centre of both the far ends. The teams, with four players each, try to hit the hard white ball with their stick-like mallets between the goalposts of the opposite side. The game is organised in seven and a half minute chukkas and a match may extend from four to eight chukkas, depending on the level of the tournament. There is a three-minute break after every chukka. The rules of the game are meant to ensure the safety of the riders and their horses. An important rule is a bar on a player crossing the ‘line of the ball’ (a presumed line along the trajectory of the moving ball) to avoid dangerous col- lisions. Two mounted umpires keep track of threats to the safety of the players and their horses, and any infraction is visited Akbar reportedly being an ac- complished player. After that, polo in India survived in its two extreme corners – Manipur and Ladakh. It was in the former that the British Army officers, Joseph Sherer and Robert Stewart, witnessed a local version of the game. Fascinated, they intro- duced the sport to the army in Calcutta and gradually the game spread to the UK and to the other British colonies. Today , at least 16 countries play competitive polo, with Argentina being the modern powerhouse of the sport, both for the competence of its players and their horses. Traditionally, polo would be played on whatever ground was available locally. The modern game has standardised the polo field to be 300 yards long and 160 yards wide, with two goal posts 8 the Silk Route from Constantino- ple to China and gained royal patronage in Persia. Secondly, as in the volatile north western bor- derlands of Pakistan around Chitral, Gilgit and Baltistan, the game of polo serves as a vent for territorial and other disputes. The respective teams, competing in a hard-fought version of polo that is watched and cheered vo- ciferously by their partisan sup- porters, end up fighting a proxy war. These traditions have been carried forward from the dim, impenetrable recesses of an- cient history to our modern times by various cavalry units of modern armies. The annals of polo in Jaipur invariably speak of the ‘Invinci- ble’ Jaipur polo team led by Ma- haraja Sawai Man Singh II, that travelled to England in 1933. They won every tournament there. On this formidable record, Raja Ha- nut Singh, a member of that team, remarked with supreme self-confidence, bordering on ar- rogance, “we were the best strik- ers; we had the best ponies, we were the best horsemen. What could the others do?”. That team also won all tournaments in India from 1930 to 1938, with only the onset of the Second World War bringing their unprecedented run to an abrupt halt. The Alwar, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Patiala, Golconda and Bhopal have been the other successful polo teams of that princely era. The history of polo in India records the death of the Delhi Sul- tan Qutub-ud-din Aibak in 1210 from a fall while playing polo. The Mughals were enthusiastic patrons of polo, with Emperor awai Padmanabh Singh, HRH, Jaipur, as he is still referred to, is an accom- plished polo player and at

AHMEDABAD l THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 79 PRODUCTION DIPS, INFLATION SHOOTS Industrial production contracts, inflation too highest since May 2014 inflation rises to 7.59% in Jan 2020 Saeed jailed for 11 years in terror funding cases CAPITALISATION OF 3 PUBLIC SEC INSURANCE COS. New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the capitalisation of three Public Sector Insurance Compa- nies-- National Gen- eral Insurance, United India Insurance and Oriental Insurance Company with Rs 2,500 crore. Lahore:Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai at- tack and Jamat-ud- Dawa chief, was sentenced to 11 years in two terror financing cases on Wednesday, four days ahead of a crucial meeting of the Financial Action Task Force in Paris where Pakistan will present its case to escape from being blacklisted. Saeed, a UN designated terrorist whom the US has placed a USD 10 million bounty on, was arrested on July 17 in the terror financing cases. The 70-year-old fiery cleric is lodged at the high- security Kot Lakhpat jail here. Anti-terrorism court Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta sentenced Saeed and his close aide Zafar Iqbal to five and a half years each and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 in each case. A total of 11 years sentence will run IIP growth contracts 0.3% in Dec 2019, New Delhi: The country’s factory output, which is measured in terms of Index of In- dustrial Production (IIP) witnessed a con- traction of 0.3 per cent on-year to 133.5 during the month of December 2019, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). The IIP had grown by 2.5 per cent in De- cember 2018. The industrial growth during the period of April-December rose 0.5 per cent from the corresponding period year ago. The IIP growth was 4.7 per cent during the same period last year, the data showed. As per the data, the manufacturing sector output declined by 1.2 per cent on-year to 134.2, and the electricity ‘Friend’ Modi told millions will welcome me in India: Trump LPG CYLINDER PRICES HIKED BY OVER `100 New Delhi: The state-run Indian Oil on Wednesday raised the prices of non- subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders across metro cities in the country. The new rates are applicable from Wednesday. The last price hike of non- subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) happened on January 1, 2020. As it stands, a 14.2 kg Indane gas cylinder will now cost Rs 858.50 which was previously priced at Rs 714, recording a spike of Rs 144.50. GANGOTRI OF TERROR: GIRIRAJ ON ISLAMIC SEMINARY IN UP New Delhi: Union minister Giriraj Singh, rarely pulled up by his party, the BJP, for his outra- geous hate speeches, has con- tributed one more. This time, he has alleged that Islamic seminary Deoband in Uttar Pradesh is an “aatankvaad ki Gangotri (source of terrorists)”. “I had once said that Deoband is the Gangotri of terrorists. All most-wanted terrorists of the world came from Deoband, including Hafiz Saeed or any of the others,” said Giriraj Singh. 2019 68-month high after it rose 7.59 per cent in the month of January 2020, a separate data by MoS- PI showed. The CPI was 7.35 per cent in December 2019 and 1.97 per cent in January last year. For the month in a row, the re- generation slipped by 0.1 per cent to 150.2. Mining sector output, however, grew by 5.4 per cent on-year to 120.6. Retail inflation (CPI) spikes 7.59 per cent The retail inflation, which is measured by the Consumer Price In- dex (CPI) climbed to a tail inflation data ex- ceeded the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper margin of 6 per cent. The government has mandated the central bank to keep inflation within the range of 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side. Terrorism ment (CTD) of Punjab police. Iqbal is the secretary of Al-Anfaal Trust, Saeed slapped with a prison sentence of five-and-a- half years Depart- concurrently . Saeed and Iqbal were sentenced in two cases against them in La- hore and Gujranwala cities on the applica- tion of the Counter registered was second Turn on P5 Turn on P5 OMAR ABDULLAH’S DETENTION PLEA ENVOYS’ KASHMIR RIDE Apex Court judge recuses from hearing Washington: US Pres- ident Donald Trump has said that he is looking forward to his visit to India later this month where millions of people would welcome him. “I look forward to going to Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, a day after the White House announced that he will be travelling to Ahmedabad in Guja- rat and New Delhi on February 24 and 25. “He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) is a friend of mine. He’s a great gentleman,” Trump said in response to a question. Trump said that he spoke to Modi over the weekend and during the conversation, the prime minister told him that millions and millions of people would welcome him from the airport to the cricket stadium. Referring to his New Hampshire rally held a day earlier, which was attended by an estimated 40,000 Three sets of three Congress MLAs corner govt over three issues New Delhi: A three- judge Bench of Jus- tice NV Ramana, Jus- tice Mohan Shanta- nagoudar and Jus- tice Sanjiv Khanna was scheduled hear the case. Another Bench of the apex court has agreed to hear the case tomorrow. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Sara, mentioned that he will not be available for the hearing on Thursday. Thus, the top court scheduled the matter for hearing on Friday (Feb 14). In her plea, Sara Ab- dullah Pilot, Omar’s sister and wife of Ra- jasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, said the order of detention is manifestly illegal and there is no question of him being a “threat to the mainte- nance of public order”. She also said that exercise of powers by authorities India,” to Extremely delighted that @POTUS @ realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS will visit India on 24th and 25th February. India will accord a memorable welcome to our esteemed guests. This visit is a very special one and it will go a long way in further cementing India-USA friendship Narendra Modi@narendramodi Members of 25 European Union Parlimentarian delegation ride on a shikara at Dal Lake, in Srinagar on Wednesday. The second batch of foreign envoys arrived for a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir for a first-hand assessment of the situation in the Union territory six months after the nullification of Article 370. —PHOTOS BY PTI 2 Indians test positive for coronavirus on ship quarantined off Japan coast New Delhi: Two Indi- an crew members have tested positive for Coronavirus on a cruise ship off the Japanese coast, the Indian Embassy in Ja- pan confirmed today . The ship was quarantined with almost tined till February 19. the largest stadium in the world. (They are) building it now. It’s almost complete and it’s the largest world,” Trump said. Responding question on a potential trade deal with India, Trump said that he will do it, if “we can make the right deal”. to 50,000 people, the president said in a lighter vein that he might not feel so good with that number. “When we have 50,000 people, I’m not going to feel so good… we’ll have five to seven million people just from the airport to the new stadium. And you know it is The cruise ship Dia- mond Princess is carrying 138 Indians and arrived at the Japanese coast early last week. A total of 174 people on the ship have been tested positive for the novel virus, the embassy said. 3,700 passengers and crew members aboard on February 3. A passenger carrying the virus had deboarded the ship last month in Hong Kong, the embassy said in a statement, adding it has been quaran- in the to a Turn on P5 Turn on P5 Haresh Jhala & Gargi Raval Dilip Kumar Rana to re- view previously invali- dated tribal certificates, citing that it would re- instate non-tribals to jobs meant for their community . A meeting was also held between some of their leaders with Trib- al Development Minis- ter Ganpat Vasava. The minister said, “We have noted their concern and we will think to find a solution for the same. of the General Admin- istration Department, which excluded better performing candidates from the open merit list. If the government is serious, then it should bring a written document before the candidates,” Solanki. He alleged women are threatened to con- clude their fast for the last two months. The MLAs have de- letter and publish it officially,” said Pooja Sagathiya, one of the protesters. In another case, three tribal Congress MLAs, Anand Chaudhary, Vajesing Panda and Chandrika were on the protest site of the Sacha Adivasi Adhikar Bachavo Sami- ti. For more than two weeks, the Samiti members have been protesting the decision of the tribal commissioner clared fast unto death for 72 hours starting from Wednesday. More than 40 women of the reserved categories are on fast to pressurise the government to withdraw dis- criminatory circular. “Though the government has declared withdrawal of the circular, we will continue our fast. We are not going to end our fast till the government gave a written Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD). The MLAs, Naushad Rutvik and Chandanji Tha- kor, declared their support to the reserved category candidates. They held the protest at the Satyagrah Chhavni, Gandhinagar. “The government is not providing justice to women. They are demanding the abolition of the biased circular Gandhinagar: State Opposition party was at its aggressive best on Wednes- day when three sets of three Congress MLAs on took the Gu- jarat Government by the horms over at least three issues. In one case, three Congress legislators announced fast unto death in support of the protesters of the Solanki, Makwana The Bariya, said the being Congress MLA from Patan Kirit Patel and Palanpur MLA Mahesh Patel sat on dharna at GUDM office demanding pumping station in Patan. Turn on P5

GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 Cong demands Lokpal in AMC 04 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia FARMERS DEMAND LIFT ON ONION EXPORT BAN First India News fetched very good prices on the crop (onion). We paid more to ac- quire good seeds and they fetched us very good prices. Farmers usually cul- tivate onion to earn good money. But now that the situation has reversed, we face a reality where we won’t be able to recover the investment we put into cultivation. This can only be stopped if the ban on export is lift- ed.” Farmers have cried foul over the government’s inaction when it comes to their sur- vival. They alleged that the government into action when con- sumers felt the pinch of price rise, by enforc- ing the export ban. But now that the farmers face loss, the government has chosen not to take any action. A’bad Municipal Corp seals three bogus doc clinics Hardik Patel, killed in a daring Bolly- wood-type gang war in broad daylight in Su- rat’s Katargam Wednesday . Police said it all be- gan after Marathe was attacked by Patel and five others when he was at his office Akhandanand College. He was stabbed several times with knives and Around 20 lakh to appear for boards —PHOTO BY NANDAN DAVE First India News Gandhinagar: About 20 lakh students will appear for the Class X and XII board exams starting later this month, State Education Minis- ter Bhupendrasinh Chudasama confirmed. To cut down incidents of cheating and copying at these examinations, CCTV cameras will be installed at exam centres, while centres without CCTV cameras will be monitored through tablets. Chudasama has said that 10.87 lakh students will appear for Class X board exams, 1.43 lakh students will take the Class XII science stream exams and a similar number of students will appear for Class XII practical exams. For GUJCET exams, 1.50 lakh are set to appear and 5.27 lakh students will appear for general stream exams. As many as 64,000 CCTV cameras will be installed at 60,000 exams rooms. ONION BURN Bhavnagar: A call for the lift of the ban on the export of onions has been made by farmers in the state. As winter crops enter the market, onion prices have crashed across the state, directly af- fecting the living of farmers. Last September, onion prices had skyrock- eted due to a shortage of supply and were being sold for Rs100 per kilo. This had prompted the central government to enforce a ban on the export of onions, in order to divert that supply to domestic channels. Nonetheless, thou- sands of metric tons of onion were imported from Turkey in Decem- ber. Now that farmers have flooded the Agri- Cong leaders during a press conference on Wednesday. First India News They have proposed fly- overs, foot overbridges, smart signals and parking lots, to ease the traffic burden on roads but, parking buildings remain empty . The budget is far away from reality .” He further added, “Most announcements made in previous budg- ets have either not been completed or have been shelved. The budget is directionless and there is no provision for primary issues related to the civic body .” MLA and councillor Imran Khedawala said, “There is no plan for the perennial drainage in the walled city, and the ruling party has no concrete plan to solve it.” Ahmedabad: The opposition party of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), on Wednesday, demanded the appointment of a Lokpal in the civic body . While addressing the media, the leader of opposition Dinesh Sharma said, “The BJP has wast- ed crores of funds due to mismanagement. demand that a Lokpal be appointed to investigate corruption-related issues in the civic body .” Talking about the budget for the next fiscal year, Sharma said, “The budget presented by the ruling party declared al- location of Rs5457 crore for capital expenditure. cultural Produce Mar- ket Committee (APMC) with onions, prices have crashed and the crop has been hardly fetching Rs7-14 per kilo. The current prices are way below the production cost, which has disheartened the farmers. Bhavnagar resident Ratilalbhai Patel said, “The months of Octo- ber and We swung issue of November Two history-sheeters killed in Surat gang war First India News other sharp objects to death. Locals said a police team reached the spot and took Marathe to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. The Marathe gang, however, fought back and attacked the rivals, leaving Patel critically injured. Patel’s com- panions took him to Prannath Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Police sources said CCTV footage shows members of Patel’s gang members retaliat- PARTNERS EARLIER Surat: Two history- sheeters, Surya Mar- athe and his opponent were on bery, among others, have been against both in recent years. land frauds, they turned foes due to an internal dispute. Several cases relating to murder, attempt to murder, extortion, rob- 6 dead, 11 injured in road mishap ed by attacking Patel and his gang in Katar- gam area. Patel was Marathe’s accomplice earlier, but gang barging into Mar- athe’s office with knives and other sharp weap- ons. Learning this, his near registered First India News our work hours. On Tuesday, we had sealed one bogus unit in the evening after 6 pm. Un- der the pretext of piles treatment, one doctor was found prescribing allopathic medicine.” “After sealing these units, we informed the police about certain doctors violating the Gujarat Medical Prac- tice Act. Now, the police will act accordingly . We followed up with the sealed units to make sure they have discon- tinued their tions,” added Shah. The sealed clinics be- longed to Dr. Samir Bis- was, who runs Raj Clin- ic, Dr. Girish Shah of Jalaram clinic hospital, and Dr SK Ray , who operates clinic. The Ahmedabad: health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation cracked the whip on bogus doctors in the city on Wednesday sealed three clinics. Ac- cording to health officials, the doctors were practicing allopathic medicine while possess- ing alternative medicine degrees. these units do not have any license for bio-medical disposal. Dr Tejas Shah, deputy health officer of the south zone, said, “Three teams had conducted the operation to find bogus doctors. There are some bogus clinics, which usually operate in the evenings, after HAVING A GALA TIME! (AMC) First India News According to local residents, five passengers died on the spot, whereas another passenger died while being treated at a nearby hospital. The remaining passengers have suffered injuries and are being ad- ministered care. An officer at Kheralu police station told First India that the labourers belong to Jabua, Madhya Pradesh. As per reports, the driver is absconding. Police have started probing the case. and Mehsana: In a deadly incident, six people died while 11 others were injured, when a taxi jeep rammed into a tree on the Siddhapur- Kheralu road, near Malekpur in North Gu- jarat. As per reports, a group of labourers had hired the cab to travel from Kutch to Himmat- nagar. The jeep, which was carrying 20 passengers, ran into a tree when the driver lost control of the vehicle. Also, medical opera- and —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI A nilgai (blue bull) frolics in the water at Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary near the city. Ray GUP SHUP A ‘TEACHING’ MOMENT I function. If a school seeks aid to construct a compound wall, it has to seek permission from the concerned authorities and request funds. What’s the worst that could happen? They would receive partial funds or not get any at all. But, will you believe if we told you that a minister asked a school management to raise funds by organizing dayro? What’s more, the school’s trustee shot back by saying that he did not need advice on raising funds. Dayro is essentially an act where folk singers perform and it’s usually organized for religious purposes. DO NOT ENTER! I comes to local authorities. In preparation for the visit, the civic body is ensuring that no ‘unwanted’ animals, birds or humans are found roaming in the Sabarmati area, which is located near the newly-renovated Motera Stadium. Yes, we get it. A VVVVIP is coming to town. Teams from the zoo, forest and animal control departments are busy with ‘tools’ to make sure that no stray animals, birds or humans greet our important guest. Guess, we all have our priorities, eh? EING POLITICALLY CORRECT! T Liquor (IMFL) and beer on Tuesday evening in Jamnagar. We heard that one of the two people caught is the brother of deputy mayor of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation. So, political connection? Check! When the police were asked about the case, they denied giving out any information. What does this tell us? A load of nothing! If you have violated any law, then you better have a solid political connection. Because if you do, the system has your back and your good name won’t be tarnished. Perks of having a political honcho in the family? Well, in this case, many! t looks like the next few days are going to be tricky for denizens of the city. With the impending visit of US President Trump, all hands are on deck when it n Government-affi liated schools rely on government funds to wo people were arrested with five bottles of Indian-Made Foreign BUGGED? Or is it the grapevine... . First India begins a column that brings to you gossips or tete-e-tete from the corridors of power OPPOSITION UNITES! B time, one will fi nd that most of the roads in the city are either dug up, newly built or being repaired again (especially during monsoon! Remember?). Rather than easing traffi c problems, RMC’s unplanned digging has become a menace for citizens. No wonder the budget for tar roads was increased by the standing committee from Rs51 crore to Rs91 crore. The budget allocated is probably not for building new roads but for repairing them. God knows when citizens will get the kind of roads they deserve, and not ones that have to be patched up now and then! uilding roads and rebuilding them seems to be the norm for Rajkot Municipal Corporation and that too, by spending taxpayers’ money. At any given point in

GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 05 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Industry bodies gear up for Trump They have been asked to follow strict security regime for high-profile visit Schools to get ‘interested’ students for Motera event First India News First India News Ahmedabad: As the Gujarat Government braces for the high oc- tane visit of US Presi- dent Donald Trump on February 24, eminent industries’ associations specially invited for the events have been given a tight briefing to ensure their participation. While the ceremonies have been scheduled in the second half of the day and the specifics are still being firmed up by the State Govern- ment, the industry bodies have been asked to properly submit the participation details of each of their members. All trade and industry associations in Gu- jarat have sent out similar instructions to their members. They have been clearly instructed that pre-registration was a must and all exhaustive details have to be sent to the Gujarat Government. Without Man hides 200 gm gold in rectum, held at airport One lakh learner’s licenses issued at ITIs —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI Ahmedabad: The Education Depart- ment, which has earlier been criti- cised for issuing circulars school principals and teachers to get students at government functions, has been wiser this time and has given oral instructions to mobilise students for Donald Trump visit. Several school teachers, request- ing anonymity , told First India that they have been asked by Ahmedabad Dis- trict Education Of- fice to bring students at Motera Stadium on Febru- ary 24, First India News Gandhinagar: In just over three months since Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) were authorized to issue learner’s licenses, more than one lakh applicants have been issued licenses at ITIs. In a bid to make the process of obtaining the license convenient for applicants, and to ease the rush at Road Transport Offices (RTOs), the state government had in November authorized 221 ITIs and 29 government poly- technics to conduct online tests for learner’s license and to issue the licenses. “The system of issuing learner’s license at ITIs is getting a good response since it is more convenient for applicants to go to ITIs rather than RTOs, which generally have a greater rush,” said Vipul Mittra IAS, addition- al chief secretary, Labour and Employment department. asking not mandatory to bring students, but only those interested and would need to send exhaustive list. Al- beit, this depends on whether the security give permission to take students. Mehsana district education officer Neetaben told First India that they are not bringing any students to the inau- guration event. Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the stadium. There are no instructions to bring students but we have asked teachers to prepare a list of students who wish to attend and take a chance to see the Prime Min- ister and Trump, said Rakesh Vyas, District Education Officer Ahmedabad (Ru- ral). He said it is —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI Police officials taking stock of security situation at the stadium. stadium, while pooled cars and buses will drop them to the stadium from there. Shah informed all the CII, Gujarat, members that, “Special Invitation has been extended to CII members for attend- ing the inaugural ceremony and cultural pro- grammes. Special seat- ing arrangement for industry members will be done on the green area (turf) ground.” of India Shri Narendra Modi.” “As part of the inau- guration multiple cultural pro- grammes planned at the Stadium and it is being expected to be attended by over 1 lakh people.” The invitees have been asked to reach the venue at least 1.5 hours in advance. They will need to park the vehi- cles in special parking zones allotted near the they prior registration, the government will not send the invites. A communique by Raju Shah, Chairman of the Gujarat State Council of the Confed- eration of Indian Indus- try, to all their members, states: “In his maiden visit, US Presi- dent will be inaugurat- ing the newly developed Motera Stadium, (the) game’s largest arena in the world, along with Hon’ble Prime Minister ceremony, agencies are also the Patel of of the when PREPING FOR HIGH-PROFILE VISIT First India News Surat: The customs department of Surat airport on Wednesday arrested a man for alleg- edly trying to smuggle 200 grams of gold into the city by hiding the metal in his rectum. The airport’s security staff arrested the man after noticing him be- having unusually. The accused, Chabariya, who is a resident of Mumbai, hid two capsules of gold worth Rs8.5 lakh. Chabariya was returning from Sharjah and is now being held in custody for further investigation. According to police reports, the accused admitted to at- tempting to smuggle the gold, after being investi- gated by the customs the metal. Chabariya was arrested under the relevant provisions of the Customs Act. According to an officer, all caught smuggling valu- ables in the current financial year were Indi- an passengers. They had boarded flights from airports in the Middle East and south Asia, including routes from the UAE, Oman, Kuwait and Thailand. department. Sources say customs noticed the accused taking another route to exit the airport instead of the way dedicated for those bringing valuable items with them at the airport. After being held by airport authorities, Chabariya was asked to walk through a metal detector gate and an X- Ray scanner, which caught two capsules of Rajesh smugglers The historic Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad being done up for the high profile visit of US President Donald Trump, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on February 24. —PHOTOS BY NANDAN DAVE AND HANIF SINDHI FROM PG 1 Three sets... We have also found 210 fake certificates to get tribal quota.” However, the Samiti will continue to protest till the government actually does something. Meanwhile, before it could address these issues, upper caste members have launched ag- itation in Gandhinagar demanding to continue the 2018 General Reso- lution of reservation. Three MLAs from Congress party have set on dharna at the Gujarat Urban Devel- opment (GUDM) to protest the delay in making pumping station functional in Patan town. Patan MLA Kirit Pa- tel had last week given three days time to the state government to make the Hansapur pumping station. He had written a letter to the chief minister to intervene and make the pumping station. He had threatened to sit on ment to take them “back to India and iso- late them”. “We just want to go back home,” she said. Dharna in front of Chief Minister’s office. As the state government did not respond to his complaints and the district authorities did not grant permission to protest in front of CM’s office. Kirit Patel along with Palanpur MLA Mahesh Patela and Tankara’s MLA Lalit Kagathra set on dharna GUDM office in Gandhinagar. Kirit Patel’s allega- tion is that a builder’s land is in adjacent to the Hansapur pumping station, to benefit him, the pumping station is not made operational. Some 40,000 residents in surrounding areas are not getting sewage connection and so they are compelled to dig pits for toilets. He has threatened to continue to sit on dharna till their demand is not met by the GUDM. monetary policy meeting held last week, the RBI had kept its key interest rates changed while main- taining an “accommo- dative stance”. The retail inflation has risen primarily due to a spike in vege- table prices that saw a 50.19 per cent year-on- year rise in January 2020. This apart, the puls- es and products seg- ment saw a rise of 16.71 per cent, while that of meat and fish rose 10.50 per cent and egg prices gained 10.41 per cent. (nCoV) infection, the ship has been quarantined by the Japanese authorities till Febru- ary 19, 2020,” the embassy said in a statement. The Indian members had sought assistance from the In- dian government. Binay Kumar Sarkar -- a chef from north Ben- gal -- had gone on social media to appeal to the government for help. “Please somehow save us as soon as possible. What’s the point if something happens (to us)...I want to tell the government of India, Modi-ji, please segre- gate us and bring us back home safely,” he said. The Indian Embassy in Tokyo had respond- ed with an assurance that it is “constantly monitoring” the situation. Sonali Thakur, an In- dian officer onboard the ship, has also ap- pealed to the govern- un- Apex Court... under the CrPC to de- tain individuals, including political leaders, was “clearly mala fide” to ensure that the opposition to the abro- gation of Article 370 of the Constitution is “si- lenced”. crew Production dips... Prior to this high, retail inflation had witnessed a spike of 8.33 per cent in May 2014. The Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) or the inflation in the food basket rose to 13.63 per cent in January 2020 against 14.19 per cent in the month. In January 2019, the CFPI saw a negative growth of (-)2.24 per cent, the MoSPI data showed. In its bi-monthly Mission Saeed jailed... and a fine of Rs 15,000 in each case. The sen- tences of both cases will run concurrently, Abdul Rauf Wattoo, a deputy prosecutor general said. “Saeed calm and cool when the ATC judge announced the verdict, another court official told PTI. preceding remained 2 Indians... “Due to the suspicion of novel Coronavirus

PERSPECTIVE 06 AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia WHERE DOES CONG STAND POST DELHI ASSEMBLY POLLS NEERJA CHOWDHURY work amongst people. This writer remembers one of the first rallies addressed by Ra- hul Gandhi in UP , in Phulpur. Soon after the meeting ended, the Circuit House where the entire brass of the Con- gress had camped, was empty within an hour of Rahul leaving, there was no one to take stock of how the meeting had gone, no one to put a followup plan in place. Two, while the Gandhis have played a stellar role in the Congress’ growth, today they are neither able to connect at the popular level, nor strategise and steer the Congress effectively. Has the time now come for the Gandhi family to take a backseat and allow others to take charge and lead from the front? One is beginning to hear voices now,and this should worry the Congress brass, that the Congress is “becoming a party of the past”. Politics brooks no vacu- um. Others will slowly or not so slowly fill the space once occupied by the Con- gress, and many Congress- men and women may well seek greener pastures, if given half a chance. AAP will want to spread its wings in other states, and the party may welcome es- tablished leaders from other groups in its fold in different states. India is witnessing the rise of a new leadership at various levels, and its early days to predict how it is going to pan out politically . The differ- ence Kejriwal and his team, Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh, Atishi Marle- na or Raghav Chaddha will be able to make to Delhi but also the role they ultimately play on the national stage. Or how Chandrashekhar Azad will galvanize the Dalit community . Or the impact young India, exercised about the principle of equality in the context of the amendment to the citizenship law, will come to have. Or the leadership that is being thrown up from amongst the Muslim women who have never come out on the streets but who now are in the vanguard of the anti- CAA/NRC protests. The inescapable question however is this and it remains unanswered: How will Congressmen and women themselves claim the Congress Party and impart it vigour and health again? THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL The author is a senior journalist and political commentator. A message was doing the rounds on whatsapp, a day before the Delhi poll results—“Dilli maen sab se sukhi Congress party hai, naa jeet ki chinta, naa haar ka bhaiy”. It was cir- culated by Congressmen watching the drama un- fold, with exit polls showing a victorious AAP and the BJP continued to maintain in a show of super confidence that they would bag 48 seats. When the results came, giving 62 seats to AAP, and 8 to the BJP, Congressmen celebrated the defeat of the BJP, and some are known to have even distributed ladoos. The BJP’s rout offered comfort to many in the Congress. For the AAP had managed what the Congress used to do in the not too distant past. The Congress’ devastat- ing showing in Delhi—zero seats and 4.5% voteshare, half of what it had mopped up in 2015 assembly elections and one fifth of what it had got only 9 months ago in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections--—did not come as a surprise to many. It is hardly a secret that the party organisation has been in shambles. Factionalism has afflicted the party in Del- hi for many years, and it continues unabated even after the party’s unprecedented defeat (PC Chacko blaming Shiela Dixit for the decline on the party). After the golden years of the Shiela Dixit rule between 1998-2013, the party was headed by several Congress chiefs, but none of them—Aravinder Sin- gh Lovely, Shiela Dixit again though by that time she was ailing, Ajay Mak- en or Subhash Chopra— were allowed enough time or a freehand to turna- round the party. Though the party was defeated in 2013, mainly due to the scams which had hit UPA II, Shiela Dixit had en- where elections are due over the next two years. Anger is simmering in the Congress, understandably among the younger leaders, who have 20-30 years of public life ahead of them, and who see the shutters coming down. The older Congress leaders may not want to take risks,and hope that one day the [party will win by default if Narendra Modi starts to lose ground. It is not surprising that Sharmishtha spokesperson of the Con- gress (and daughter of former President and veteran Congress leader Pranab Mukherji) should erupt after the Delhi results. She took umbrage at P Chid- ambaram’s tweet “saluting “ the people of Delhi for defeating BJP , and asked if the Congress had “out- sourced the task of defeating BJP to state parties?” If the reasons for the Con- gress’ woes were to be summed up, they are essentially two fold. One, and this is hardly a secret, the Con- gress has becoming a flabby, drawing room party and Con- gressmen and women have forgotton to work hard and 5 years, when it had the chance to strike, and there were many opportunities to do so—when the AAP split right down the middle three weeks after its runaway “67 member” success in Feb 2015, or when the centre put im- pediments in the AAP’s way, leading to ugly spats, or when Kejriwal himself made so many mistakes. But for the Congress, it remained “business as usual”. On the other hand, by his sheer grit, Kejriwal literally rose from the ashes once again, to claim a landslide victory for a second time. He had badly lost the municipal elections in 2017 and was rel- egated to number three position in 2019. What is true of Delhi today was also true of other states, and large ones at that, like UP , Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu which the Congress had lost. The point, again, is not that the party lost these states, but that India’s Grand Old Par- ty could never regain them over the decades. The party went on to lose Orissa, once its strong- hold, and Assam and the joyed enormous goodwill of Delhiwallas. makes Delhi a greater tragedy for the Congress is the strong organisation- al presence the party had here not so long ago. It is possible that the Con- gress did not put its best foot forward deliberately in Delhi 2020—there are unconfirmed stories about AAP’s poll strat- egist Prashant Kishore per- suading Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra to rein in their party—so as to prevent the BJP from winning seats because of a division in the anti-BJP votes. This time the Muslims themselves did not allow their vote to be split and opted lock stock and bar- rel for AAP which was best placed to defeat the BJP. In 2019, they had preferred the Congress—which led to its 22% voteshare—in the hope that it may emerge as the king pin of a national anti- BJP coalition. The point is not what the Congress could not do in February 2020, for, by then, the battlelines had been drawn between the BJP and the AAP . The point is what the Congress failed to do during the last What The inescapable question however that remains unanswered: How will Congressmen and women themselves reclaim the Congress Party and impart it vigour and health again? If the reasons for the Congress’ woes were to be summed up, they are essentially two fold. One the party has becoming a flabby, drawing room party who have forgotton to work hard. Two, while the Gandhis have played a stellar role in the Congress’ growth, today they are neither able to connect at the popular level, nor strategise and steer the Congress effectively. Mukherji, entire northeast to the BJP , and more recently, it even became the number four party in financially important Maharashtra it once dominated. And it has shown no signs of moving towards a plan to turna- round the situation in Bi- har, West Bengal or in UP , re- WORLD MUST UNITE TO FIGHT VIRUSES B communication. Accurate, trusted information is vi- tal in fighting a pandemic. But in most of the world, citizens do not trust politicians to tell the truth, so they turn instead to social media and other sources of information. Such platforms can facilitate greater transpar- ency and instant report- ing, which governments must not quash, as local officials in Wuhan initially did by threatening doctors who reported the new coronavirus. 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INDIA AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 07 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia DELHI ELECTION Downfall of Congress started when Sheilaji was CM, the senior congress leader had said earlier My statement on Sheila Dikshit misinterpreted, says Chacko Congress doesn’t have a leader to project: Sibal Nadda chairs meet to discuss polls New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday chaired a meeting of senior party functionaries at the party headquarters here to discuss organi- sational elections and other issues. Present in the meeting were Ram Madhav, Muralidhar Rao, BL Santhosh, Bhupendra Yadav and Arun Singh among others. meeting comes a day after the Aam Aadmi Par- ty (AAP) got re-elected to power in Delhi with a landslide while the BJP was restricted to single-digit seats despite launching a high-voltage election campaign spearheaded by Union Home Minis- ter Amit Shah. The Congress failed to open its account second time in a row in the national capital. AAP, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- wal, won 62 seats in the results declared Tuesday. Despite aggressive campaigning that lasted, the BJP lost heavily in the elections. The BJP had got all its top leaders, Union Min- isters and Chief Minis- ters to campaign, led by Home Minister Shah. ‘There was a shift in Delhi elections as people voted for winning candidates’ New Delhi: Senior Con- gress leader PC Chacko on Wednesday said that there has been a wrong- ful interpretation of his earlier statement where- in he had talked about Sheila Dikshit’s tenure while asserting that party’s downfall had started in the year 2013. Clarifying over his earlier remark, Chacko said, “I did not say that we lost in Sheilaji’s time, it is being wrongly inter- preted. We lost in 2013, even in 2014, 2015 and 2017. I know who the people behind all this issue are, there is a deliberate campaign against me and I have seen this earlier also.” Earlier today , during a conversation with ANI, he had said, “The downfall of the Congress party started in 2013 when Sheilaji was the Chief Minister. The emergence of a new party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took away the entire Congress vote bank. We could never get it back. It still remains with the AAP .” Earlier today , Chacko also tendered his resigna- tion from the post of Del- hi Congress in-charge. Priyanka Gandhi meets anti- CAA protesters in Azamgarh New Delhi: After his Congress’s drubbing in the Delhi Assembly polls, its leader Kapil Sabil on Wednesday said the party “does not have a leader to project”. “We do not have a leader to project. This is the issue within the party. We will look into it and resolve it at earli- est,” Sibal told ANI here. The former Union Minister further re- sponded on NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s statement that “Delhi has done tremendous thing to BJP and their defeat will not stop now”. “This kind of polar- ised politics and the card for dividing society that is being played by the ministers of the BJP is not going down well with people of Delhi and In- dia. You can see the re- flection of that in results emerging in states like Jharkhand and Chhatis- garh,” Sibal said. “Its time for them, especially Amit Shah to realise there is no point in dividing people of this country as it has an impact on electoral ver- dicts and as well on in- Raipur: Following party’s drubbing in assembly polls, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday that his party had received more votes than Aam Aadmi (AAP) in 2019 Lok Sab- ha elections but in assembly elections, Delhi- ites have chosen a candidate who could defeat the BJP, therefore, the votes shifted to AAP. “Congress got more votes than AAP in 2019 Lok Sabha election but in assembly elections, it seems that people have chosen a candidate who could defeat the BJP. I think that’s why the votes shifted to AAP,” the leader said. Speak- ing over BJP’s performance in Delhi assembly elections he said that there is a disturbance in the entire country due to the CAA and fear of detention camps which have been rejected by the people. The asserted WISHED KEJRI Party CHACKO RESIGNS, GOHIL NEW IN-CHARGE majority, C C C “There is a disturbance in the entire country due to the Citizenship Act. People are scared of going to the detention camp and this situation has been rejected by the people. Now the same will happen in Bihar and Bengal,” he said. He also demanded the scrapping of CAA and added, “BJP government should stop making Hindus and Muslims fight and re- voke CAA. There should also be an announce- ment that no NRC and NPR will be done, other- wise, the disturbance will increase in the country .” —ANI on drew a blank. AAP won 62 seats in the 70-member assembly, five seats short of its 2015 tally when it had won 67 seats. The BJP won eight seats, five more than its tally in the previous election. —ANI Yesterday, the ruling AAP had scored a landslide victory in Delhi Assembly elections for the second time in a row as it swept aside both BJP, which was again restricted to single dig- its and Congress which vestments in India as this would pester the confidence of the inves- tors,” he said. He further claimed that BJP will meet the “same fate like Delhi in Bihar Assembly polls,” scheduled to be held later this year. —ANI Congress needs introspection over Delhi poll results: Hooda Defence Ministry to have joint secretaries in military uniform ‘Security forces need technology, strategy to prevent attacks’ cause of concern,” he added. Meanwhile, he also slammed CM Manohar Lal Khattar led Haryana government ahead of state’s pre-budget discussion on February 17 and 18. “In 2014 when I was the Chief Minister of Haryana, the state was under debt of Rs 61,000 crores. Now the figure, which I am aware, has crossed Rs crores,” said the former Haryana CM. —Agencies New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minis- ter and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hoo- da on Wednesday called for introspection at a national level following the party’s failure to secure a single seat in Delhi polls. “In a democracy, I always respect the man- date of the people. Delhi elections results are a cause of concern that needs introspection at the national level. Con- New Delhi: Defence Ministry will now have joint secretaries wearing uniforms as a proposal has gone to the government for ap- pointing three Major General-rank officers from Army , Navy and Air Force to look after bureaucratic work related to their respective forces. The newly-created DMA under CDS General Bipin Rawat is also working hard to give a presentation on working of services to Parliamen- tary Standing Com- mittee meeting starting Feb 17. “The proposal for appointment of the three joint secretaries of the DMA including Major Narayanan, Rear Ad- miral RK Dhir and Air Vice Marshal SK Jha have been sent to the government for final approval,” sources said. —ANI New Delhi: MoS for Home Affairs, G Kis- han Reddy, Wednesday said the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) is gaining attention both in India and the world as it requires minimum effort and stressed that security forces should have technology strategy to prevent such attacks in the future. “Use of IEDs is gaining not only in India but also globally as it requires minimum effort. Security forces need technology, strategy and capa- bilities to prevent such attacks,” Red- dy said at a seminar at NSG headquarters. Last week, two suspected low-inten- sity IEDs were re- covered by police at two places in Guwa- hati, Assam. —ANI on military gress should make a plan for the future,” said Congress leader. “Win and loss in the not the question here- how Congress has per- formed is the main 1,81,000 the and ‘Make Hanuman Chalisa compulsory in all schools’ Manoj Tiwari offers to resign attention Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra interacts with a girl while meeting with Muslim women who have been agitating against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), at Bilariyaganj in Azamgarh. New Delhi: BJP’s Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari offered to resign from his post on Wednesday, just a day after the BJP faced a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Assembly polls. The party, however, has refused to accept his res- ignation. Tiwari met newly-elected MLAs at the party office on Wednesday . Bhubaneswar: Gen secy Kailash Vi- jayvargiya invoked ref- erences of Delhi CM-designate Kejriwal’s victory speech “Congratulations to Arvind Kejriwal Ji! Certainly , comes to Lord Hanuman gets his blessings. Now the time has come that Hanuman Chalisa recita- tion should be made compulsory in all schools, madrasas and other edu- BJP Her first rally will be on February 23 in East- ern UP’s Basti district. The Congress will take on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government on issues like stray cattle, payment of dues to sugar- cane farmers, irregu- larities in the procurement of paddy and sui- cide of farmers in Bun- delkhand. —ANI chief, Ajay Kumar Lal- lu. Priyanka also inter- acted with the people, who were injured in police action, during the protest against the CAA, NRC, and NPR. Later this month she is scheduled to address over six rallies in Uttar Pradesh starting from February 23 to take on the BJP government over farmers’ issues. Azamgarh: Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, Pri- yanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday met and in- teracted with protesters holding a demonstra- tion against CAA, Na- tional Register of Citi- zens (NRC) and Nation- al Population Register (NPR). She was accom- panied by Uttar Pradesh Congress General whosoever cational institutions of Delhi. Why should ‘Delhi’ children remain prived of the blessings of Bajrangbali?” —ANI de- Committee NOT AWARE OF ANY PROPOSAL TO MERGE NSG WITH CRPF: DG New Delhi: National Se- curity Guard (NSG) Di- rector General (DG) Anup Kumar Singh on Wednes- day denied to have any knowledge of a proposal to merge the country’s elite force with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). “I am not aware of any such proposal. NSG is an elite agency of our nation. It is our NO CONNECTION WITH JAHANGIR SAROORI: CONG LEADER SAROORI Jammu: Senior Congress leader from Jammu and Kashmir GM Saroori who was summoned by the National Investi- gating Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said that a militant had changed his name to Jahangir Saroori in Kishtwar and that he doesn’t have any connection with the latter. “I was summoned by NIA 5-DAY WEEK FOR MAHA GOVT EMPLOYEES FROM FEB 29 Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Wednes- day announced fi ve-day working week for its offi cers and employees from February 29. The decision was taken at the state Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray here. There are over 20 lakh offi cers and employees in government, semi-government and local bodies in the state. The Cabinet also decided that the state department for OBCs, SEBCs, VJNTs and special backward classes will now be known as the ‘Bahujan Kalyan Department’. CHANCELLOR DHANKHAR GETS NO INVITATION TO COVOCATION Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday expressed dismay after he was not invited to attend the convocation of Panchanan Barma University in Cooch Behar on February 14. “Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University will be held on February 14. Ministers Partha Chatterjee, Gautam Deb, Rabindra Nath Ghosh and Binay Krishna Barman are invited for the Convocation. Chancellor, who has the right to preside, has just no information! Where are we heading!” he tweeted. He is the Chancellor of state universities. federal contingency force and holds the position as one of the best forces in the world,” Singh told ANI. “NSG has its own important structure. I hope it will continue in its current form,” added Singh, saying the NSG is the country’s elite agency. The NSG is a counter-terrorism unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs. (National Investigating Agency) on February 10. I don’t know why I was summoned. In Kishtwar, there’s a militant Jahangir Mohd Amin Bhat, he has changed his name to Jahangir Saroori. I don’t have any connection with him,” said Saroori at a press conference here. “Jahangir is neither my relative nor a ‘Saroori’.

INDIA AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 08 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia POWERGallery IN THE COURTYARD NIRBHAYA’S MOTHER URGES KEJRI TO REMOVE LOOPHOLES IN LAWS WILL HARISH KUMAR BE NEW ED? Once again name of DG Investigations (IT), Harish Kumar is in circulation for the post of En- forcement Director. If Kumar gets this job before his superannuation on March 31, he would get two years tenure as ED. BARUN MITRA APPOINTED SECRETARY, JUSTICE Barun Mitra has been appointed as Secretary, De- partment of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice. He is a 1987 batch IAS offi cer of Manipur cadre. Court can give a decision in this regard. It has to be seen how much we have to strug- gle in this case. How long the guilty continue to take advantage of loopholes in laws,” she said. The Delhi High Court last week granted a week’s time to the four death row convict to avail all legal reme- dies available to them and said that the convicts cannot be hanged separately since they were convicted for the same crime. A Delhi court had issued a death warrant against the four convicts. —ANI New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi on Wednesday congratu- lated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Ke- jriwal for his huge victory in the Delhi As- sembly elections and urged him to ensure that loopholes in the law are removed for speedy justice. “The public have once again elected AAP for five years. So remove loopholes in the law due to which the convicts continue to take the law for granted for a longer period of time. The Delhi jail should bring changes in the manual so that no convict es- KEJRIWAL TO TAKE OATH ON FEB 16 A A A CS, DELHI LIKELY TO JOIN GOI Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev is likely to join GoI as Secretary. He is a 1987 batch AGMUT cadre IAS offi cer and has already been empan- elled as Secretary in the Central govt. SANJEEV RAZDAN IS NEW CMD, PAWAN HANS Sanjeev Razdan has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Pawan Hans Ltd (PHL) He is at present general manager in the PHL, the national helicopter carrier. He has been appointed as the CMD for a fi ve-year tenure, it said. does not have any mental disorder. “He is not mentally disturbed. He does not have any mental disorder. Now our last hope is on the guideline of the Supreme Court. Only the again that the top court will give a guideline in this matter tomorrow.” On the plea filed by convict Vinay Sharma claiming that he is mentally unwell, Asha Devi said that the convict gives a guideline tomorrow because Nirb- haya’s case is constantly going to the Supreme Court.” “The apex court has also given notice to the convicts in this case. We are hoping once capes the death penalty,” Asha Devi said. Talking about the case, Nirbhaya’s said: “The hearing in the Supreme Court on February 13 may be important. We hope the Supreme Court mother TRIPURA IPS OFFICER, RAMESH REDDY JOINS AP GOVT A Ramesh Reddy has joined Andhra Pradesh Government on inter-cadre deputation for a period of three years. He is a 2007 batch IPS offi cer of Tripura cadre. Supreme SC REJECTS NOMINATION REJECTION PLEA APPEAL IN HIGH COURT TO EXTEND JUDGE’S TENURE COURT EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH PROBE IN CASE INVOLVING ASTHANA ED QUESTIONS SHIVAKUMAR’S MOTHER, BROTHER IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE GIRIDHAR GOPALKRISHNA PAI RETURNS TO PARENT CADRE Giridhar Gopalkrishna Pai, Director, Department of Justice, is returning to the parent cadre in order to avail the benefi t of promotion. He is a 1999 batch IRS-C&CE offi cer. New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure with CBI investigation into a bribery case involving its former Special Director Rakesh Asthana and has put up the charge-sheet for consideration on February 19. Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal asked why certain accused, who seem to have a bigger role in the case, roaming free while CBI arrested its own DSP. “You also arrested your own DSP and ruined his career. Now, you have not found anything concrete and put him in column 12 of the charge sheet,” Aggarwal said. The CBI offi cer, while sharing charge-sheet details in the court, informed that a Look Out Circular has been opened against Asthana’s brother Somesh Prasad and letter rogatories are pending in further probe. —ANI Bengaluru: ED questioned Gowramma, mother of Congress leader DK Shivakumar, in connection with a money-laundering case. She was questioned at Shivakumar’s farmhouse in Kodihalli. DK Shivaku- mar’s brother and Congress lawmaker DK Suresh was also questioned by ED. The money laundering case was registered against him in September 2018, based on a complaint filed by I-T department, alleging tax evasion and hawala transac- tions running into crores. Last year, he was arrested by the agency on September 3 and was sent to judicial custody in Tihar jail on September 17. Prior to that, he was in ED’s custody for 14 days. On October 23, Delhi HC had granted bail to Shivakumar while taking into note that he had been extensively interrogated by the probe agency since his arrest. —ANI New Delhi: SC on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by 111 Independ- ent candidates who could not file nomination papers from New Delhi constitu- ency in Assembly polls. Notably, the New Delhi seat was from where CM- designate and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal won. The bench headed by CJI Bobde refused to entertain the plea citing that the polls have already been concluded and the petition is completely infructuous now. —ANI Mumbai: Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, a petitioner and father of a man who died in 2008 Malegaon blast, has submitted a letter to the Chief Justice of Bombay HC urging him to recommend extension of tenure of NIA Court Judge VS Padalakar till trial in the case is over. Padalakar is set to retire at the end of this month. Copies of the letter have also been sent to Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde, Home Minister Amit Shah and to NIA. —ANI ACC YET TO APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF A K SINGH AS CMD, NHPC LTD The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is yet to approve the appointment of Abhay Kumar Singh, ED, NHPC Limited, as Chairman-cum- Managing Director, NHPC Limited. A vacancy of this post arose on January 1, 2020 with the retirement of Balraj Joshi. O P SINGH TO SUCCEED PANDEY AS DIRECTOR (T&FS), ONGC ON APR 1 Om Prakash Singh, GGM, ONGC, will be taking over the charge as Director (Technical and Field Services), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) on April 2020. He will succeed present incumbent N C Pandey retiring in March 2020. Javadekar highlights welfare works in letter New Delhi: Union Min- ister Prakash Ja- vadekar has written to the ministers in the Central government asking them to design a campaign to highlight the welfare work done by their respective min- istries. In the letter, Ja- vadekar has asked his ministerial colleagues to inform the people about their ministry’s ‘public welfare work’ through television, newspapers, outdoor and digital mediums between February 15 and March 31. The Union Minister said that this campaign should be themed ‘Har Kaam Desh Ke Naam.’ —ANI RaGa: Govt not taking coronavirus seriously Bhim Army chief calls for Feb 23 shut down MRS SANGEETA GODBOLE APPOINTED AS PCIT IN PRCCIT, DELHI REGION OFFICE Mrs Sangeeta M Godbole has been appointed as PCIT(OSD) in the offi ce of Principal CCIT, Delhi region. She is an IRS-IT offi cer. Bhim Chan- New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the government is not taking the coronavirus threat seriously and called for timely action to prevent the spread of the virus. In India three cases of coronavirus have been detected so far but there has been no casualty . “The coronavirus is an extremely serious threat to our people and our economy . My sense is the government is not taking this threat seriously . Timely action is criti- cal,” Gandhi tweeted. The death toll in Chi- na due to novel coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 1,113 with 97 new New Army drashekhar Azad on Wednesday called for a Bharat Bandh on Feb- ruary 23 against the Su- preme Court’’s verdict on reservation in promotions. Azad asked leaders from the OBC to SC-ST and minority groups to participate in the shut down. He also warned that if the MPs and MLAs of the backward and Dalit classes did not support the call, there would be a dem- onstration in front of their houses. The Bhim Army has also demanded reservation in jobs and promotions in the private sector. —ANI Delhi: Chief Construction of Mandir may not start from Apr 2 ALLAHABAD HC STILL SHORT OF 44 ADDL JUDGES The Allahabad High Court is still short of 44 Ad- ditional Judges as on February 1, 2020. New Delhi: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Trust is yet to decide on date of construction of Ram Temple in Ayod- hya. “There are many hurdles in deciding the date and the Trust is working to resolve all those issues first,” a source clarified. The Trust will discuss the matter during its first meeting. Sources said that there will be 15 to 20 lakh people in Ayod- hya on Ramnavami. It will be difficult to start. Indian armed forces at cusp of transformation: Rawat RADM SANJAY VATSAYAN ASSUMES CHARGE AS EASTERN FLEET COMMANDER Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, NM has as- sumed charge as Commander of Eastern Fleet of Indian Navy. ‘INFORM PEOPLE’ fatalities reported most- ly in the worst-affected Hubei province while the confirmed cases of the virus jumped to 44,653. Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that causes illnesses ranging from common cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but the virus that has killed people in China is a novel strain. —ANI MAHENDRA PRAKASH GUPTA APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR, DEFENCE Mahendra Prakash Gupta has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Defence. He is a 2001 batch ITS offi cer. DEVESH KUMAR APPOINTED AS SECRETARY TO HP CM Devesh Kumar has been appointed as Secretary to Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He is a 1998 batch IAS offi cer of HP cadre. NIBM GOLDEN JUBILEE C PAULRASU APPOINTED AS CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER IN HP C Paulrasu has been appointed as Chief Electoral Offi cer (CEO), with concurrent charge of Secre- tary, Election in Himachal Pradesh. He is a 2004 batch IAS offi cer of HP cadre. calisation camps, he said what he meant was classification of people based on their views and the impact of relentless efforts to deradicalise young people. “When I said camps -- I meant groups of people. The classification of people based on their views and the impact of relentless efforts to deradicalise young people. The word camp got misunder- stood,” he said during an interactive session at a conclave organised by Times Now news channel. New Delhi: India’s armed forces are at the cusp of transformation, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday, noting that proxy war and cross-border terrorism remained key security challenges facing India. Gen Rawat also rejected criticism that armed forces are sup- pressing the rights of the people in Jammu and Kashmir and said required steps are being taken keeping in view ground realities and threats of terrorism in union territory . CM Mamata holds march against CAA, NRC in Durgapur GENERAL SAYS Durgapur: Chief Min- ister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday carried out a march against the Citizenship ment Act (CAA) and Na- tional Register of Citi- zens (NRC). The West Chief Minister been protesting against the CAA, NRC and the Amend- President Ram Nath Kovind with First Lady Savita Kovind, Maha Guv Bhagat Singh Koshyari and RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das releases postage stamps during the Golden Jubilee Celebration of National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) at NIBM Campus in Pune Bengal has Asked about his controversial that India has deradi- National Register for over a month. —ANI Population comments

SPORTS AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 09 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia in Shauna named as Britain’s first ever Olympic climber Shauna named as Britain’s first ever Olympic climber BRIEF Andhra bundled out for 177 Nadiad: Arzan Nagwas- walla (four for 18) and Axar Patel (three for 33) proved the chief de- stroyers for Gujarat as they blew their hosts Andhra away for 177 on day one. The hosts have Karan Shinde (49) and Bodapati Sumanth (40) to thank for getting them past the 150-mark, given that they were reduced to 67 for 5 after lunch. Earlier in the day, the openers gave Andhra a decent start with a half-century stand to begin with, before the left-arm spin of Siddharth Desai opened the floodgates. In reply, Guj reached 2 for no loss at stumps in Nadiad. Coxsey, a two-time overall World Cup winner in her favoured bouldering discipline, will be part of climbing’s Olympic debut at ing comprises of tackling fixed routes on a 4.5m wall, and lead will challenge climb- ers to get as high as possible on up to a 15m wall within a specified time. “I’m really excited to be part of Team GB and to have privilege of joining so many incredible athletes to represent our country and sport climbing on biggest sporting stage,” said Coxsey . —Agencies corn is the country’s most successful ever athlete in the sport, with Coxsey adding two bronze medals in the bouldering and combined events at the 2019 Climbing World C’ships to her WC triumphs. The format of sport climbing at Tokyo 2020 combines speed, bouldering, and lead. Speed climbing will see two athletes race against each other up a 15m wall, boulder- London: Shauna Coxsey has created history by becoming the first climber selected to represent Britain at the Olym- pic Games, the British Olym- pic Association nounced. Coxsey, a two-time overall World Cup winner in her favoured bouldering discipline, will be part of climbing’s Olympic debut at Tokyo Olympic Games. The 27-year-old from Run- has an- Tokyo Olympic Games Bopanna- Shapovalov in QF Kotterdam: India’s Ro- han Bopanna teamed up with Canada’s Denis Shapovalov to enter the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open with a hard-fought victory over Australia’s John Peers and Michael Ve- nus here. The Indo-Ca- nadian pair defeated Peers-Venus 7-6 6-7 10-8 in a thrilling match at the ATP 500 event. After winning the first set tie- break, the duo of Bo- panna and Shapovalov lost the second in another close tie-break, as fortunes fluctuated. However, the 39-year-old Bopanna brought all his experience into play and was helped by Shapovalov’s resolve to fight till the end. AUSTRALIA BEAT INDIA IN CLOSE ENCOUNTER RANJI TROPHY: SAURASHTRA TAKE HONOURS ON DAY 1 Rajkot: Saurashtra bowlers led by skipper Jaydev dished out a clinical show to restrict Tamil Nadu to 250/7 in their last Ranji Elite Group B match here on Wednesday . While the result of the game would not affect Saurashtra, as they have qualified for the knockouts already , it would have a bear- ing on Tamil Nadu’s prospects as nothing short of a win would help the side. For Tamil Nadu, the experienced Abhinav Mukund (86) and N Jagadeesan (61 not out) scored fifties. Jagadeesan’s knock ensured that the visi- tors reached the 250- run mark. Tamil Nadu openers Mukund (86 off 112 BRIEF SCORES Mumbai: 352/4 (Sarfaraz 169 not out, Aakarshit 122; Kuldeep 3-67) vs Madhya Pradesh. Baroda: 85/10 (A A Pathan 45; K Gowtham 3/25, A Mithun 3/26) vs Karnataka 165/7 (Nair 47; S Sopariya 3-40). Karnataka lead by 80 runs. HP: 220 (N R Gangta 49; A Khan 5/42, A Rajpoot 3/57) vs UP 23/1. UP trail by 197. Unadkat Trophy Kush Maini to race with R-ace GP New Delhi: Kush Maini, backed by JK Racing, finished second in the Rookie standings in the Formula Renault Eurocup Series in 2019 and 6th overall. He is looking to make a strong come back in the Championship in 2020 with R-ace GP that have consistently won this Championship over the last three years. The 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup is a multi- event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Eu- rope. The championship features drivers competing in 1.8 ltr For- mula Renault single- seat race cars that con- form to the technical regulations for the championship. Jaydev Unadkat also failed to convert his start even as left- handed Mukund continued his good form and notched up his 50 in 67 balls. However, Tamil Nadu slipped to 132/4 from 102/2, as Undakat (3-25) took two quick wickets.—PTI balls) Suryaprakash added 49 runs for the first wicket, before Dhar mendrasinh Jadeja (1-72) removed the latter at the SCA Stadium in Khand- heri. One-down M Kaushik Gandhi (17) and L (10) India opener Smriti’s 37-ball 66 went in vain as Aus claimed the tri-nation T20 series with a gritty 11-run win brakes on India’s scor- ing while at the same time taking wickets. It was the departure of skipper Kaur, in the 16th over, which dashed India’s hopes of a victory. “In the last three overs we couldn’t take the pressure and ended up losing wickets,” said Harmanpreet, reflect- ing on the loss. Earlier in the day, India’s Rajeshwari leaked 19 runs in the last over to let Aus off the hook and post a challenging total. Opener Mooney, who was adjudged player of the series for her 208 runs in the event, top- scored for the hosts with an aggressive 71 off 54 balls, hitting nine boundaries at the Junc- tion Oval. Melbourne: opener Smriti Mand- hana’s 37-ball 66 went in vain as claimed the tri-nation women’s T20 series with a gritty 11-run win following a sensational five-wicket spinner Jess Jonassen here on Wednesday . Set a target of 156, India were all out for 144 after being 115 for three in the 15th over. Seasoned spinner Jonassen was the star of the show with brilliant figures of 5 for 12 in four overs, making her only the third Australian bowler to return a five-for in the women’s T20 format. “It was a really good all-round performance. Getting Mand- India Australia Want to finish the bout in the first round: Ritu Phogat haul by Kohli continues at No 1 in ODIs Dubai: India captain Virat Kohli has main- tained his top spot in ODIs while leading In- dia pacer Jasprit Bum- rah has been displaced from the numero uno spot in the ICC ODI rankings. Kohli en- dured a rare lull with the bat garnering just 75 runs in the three- match ODI series against NZ which concluded on Tuesday with India losing all the three games in a row. left-arm the task at hand and smashed 12 boundaries in her knock at the Junction Oval. However, na’s dismissal in the 15th over, caught bril- liantly by Carey in deep mid-wicket, turned the match in Australia’s favour as they put the hana was the game- changer, whacking us all over the park,” said Austral- ian captain Meg Lan- ning. Opting to bat, Aus- tralia managed to post 155 for six in their stipu- lated 20 overs. Chasing a challenging target, Mandhana was up to she was Lakshmi to be 1st woman match referee at global event Mandha- —Agencies New Delhi: India’s GS Lakshmi will become the first woman match referee to officiate at a global ICC event when the Women’s T20 World Cup starts in Australia from February 21. On Wednesday, ICC announced the match officials for the league phase of the Women’s T20 World Cup, with three match referees and 12 umpires set to take the reins for the 23-match tournament. Lakshmi will officiate as referee in league match of tourney to be played between former champions Windies and 1st-timers Thai on Feb 22 at WACA in Perth. A NEW INNING Robin appointed UAE’s director of cricket training since her previous bout involved more focus on striking, a skill that is completely absent in wrestling but is integral to MMA. But she admits that her wrestling foundation gives her an advantage. “Yes it does help me a lot. Seven out of the top 10 fighters in MMA are those who came from a wrestling background. For me that is a big benefit,” Ritu said in Delhi, where she held her first open workout session on Wednesday . —Agencies New Delhi: It took Ritu Phogat about minutes to open her mixed martial (MMA) account in No- vember 2019 and she doesn’t want her second fight in the One Cham- pionship stable to last more than that. Ritu, the third sister of the famous Phogat family of wrestlers, will face Chinese Taipei’s Wu Chiao Chen on Febru- ary 28 at the One: King of the Jungle in Singa- pore. Ritu says that her Without a selection committee, Brown was forced to pick the teams for the series against Scotland and the United States at home last De- cember, and against Oman and Namibia in Muscat in January, for the World Cup League Two matches. Singh, who had represented India in one Test and 136 ODIs between 1989 and 2001, has over the years made a name for himself in coaching. Dubai: Former India all-rounder Robin Sin- gh was on Wednesday appointed director of cricket of the United Arab Emirates, local media reported. The 56-year-old’s appointment comes following the sacking of Dougie Brown as head coach, reports stated. The Indian takes over at a time when the UAE’s national team is trying to recover from the fixing scandal that rocked their cricket last three  Singh, who had represented India in one Test and 136 ODIs between 1989 and 2001, has over the years made a name for himself in coaching arts New UAE coach Robin Singh (third from left) with members of the Emirates Cricket Board on Wednesday. year, leading to suspen- sion of a few senior players, including captain Naveed, and disbanding of the selection panel. Mohammed —Agencies —Agencies

Education is the key to development, self development and of the society and nation. Educate oneself and once you are done, do something to educate others. —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 2ND FRONT 10 AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Govt buys `1.6k cr worth groundnut from farmers First India News EVMs can malfunction but can’t be tampered with: CEC New Delhi:Chief Elec- tion Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesday asserted that the electronic vot- ing machines cannot be tampered with and that there was no question of going back to the ballot paper. He also said that the Commission would engage with political parties in the coming days on various electoral re- forms and the model code. Addressing the 'Times Now Summit', the CEC lamented that day-to-day dialogue is becoming "more coarse " and it should be "avoided". He said EVMs can malfunction like a car or a pen but they cannot be tampered with, adding the machines are in use for 20 years now and there was no question of returning to the ballot paper. Various courts, including the Supreme decision is taken, the ers “and it will see that all 56 lakh get the cards.” Farmers had suffered huge losses during October and No- vember due to unsea- sonal rains. The State Govern- ment had declared special relief package, under which 32 lakh farmers have filed applications. So far, the government has made payment of Rs 1895.95 crore to 25.18 lakh farmers and remaining applications will be attended and relief dis- bursed soon. In December, the government announced Rs 3,795 crore package for the farmers. Some 28.61 lakh farmers will receive compensation of Rs 6,800 per hectare with a cap of two hec- tares, while 22 lakh farmers will receive Rs 4,000 per agriculture family . Gandhinagar: State Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Vi- jay Rupani, was on Wednesday dominated by discussions on farmers’ issues and the controversial LRD reservation circular. Farmers in the State have been grappling with one problem after the other. At present when their crop is up for sale, it isn’t fetching sufficient prices that can even recover their cost. They have often been seen dumping their products on roads or donating to Gausha- la. The government is finding it tough to keep the farmers happy . Agriculture Minis- ter R C Faldu told media persons after the Cabinet meeting that during the groundnut procurement season, the State Government City cops to seek restriction on sisters passports Ahmedabad:At present, whenever the passports of Nithy- ananditha and Tatt- vapriya are stamped at entry port of any nation, cops get the info late. If passports are restricted, they would be stuck in one particular country. While the blue corner notice does not seem to be working wonders for Ahmedabad Rural Po- lice who are trying to bring Janardhana Sharma’s adult daugh- ters to India as part of habeas corpus petition in HC, the cops feel a restriction on their In- dian passports might just help the case. C u r r e n t l y , Ahmedabad Rural Po- lice investigating the case is getting the whereabouts of Lopam- udra, now known as Tattvapriya (21), and Nandita, now known as Nithyananditha (18), only two or three days after they cross an in- The Agriculture Minister RC Faldu briefing reporters in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. benefits 3,132.45 crore trans- ferred in their account. The State Govern- ment is committed to farmers and agricul- tural development and so issue that hampers them is immediately being addressed, the Agri- culture Minister said. He added that the government has already released Kisan Credit Cards to 28 lakh farm- and Rs has groundnut from 2,41 lakh farmers and already Rs 1,662 crore has been paid to them. “The groundnut procurement is still going on. There is not a single complaint of non payment or de- layed payment.” Faldu also said that under Prime Minister Kisan scheme, many as 47.70 lakh farmers have received purchased CEC Sunil Arora with MD & CEO of Times Network MK Anand, Editor-in-Chief on Times Now Rahul Shivshankar, Group Editor- Politics, Times Network Navika Kumar and Chief Editor IPs, Times Network Mihir Bhatt lighting the lamp. (Right) CEC Arora speaking during the event. Court, have upheld the use of the machines to cast votes, he pointed out. Responding to a question on holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections simulta- neously, Arora said the call on the subject has to be taken at the political level. Once a vote for elections in Rajasthan while remaining in the Tamil Nadu capital. He clarified that this does not mean people can vote from home but will have to visit designated places to exercise their fran- chise. It may require changes in law, an EC official later said. —PTI Commission can only facilitate its imple- mentation. He also informed the gathering that his colleagues in the EC are collaborating with IIT-Madras to set up a "block chain" system where, say a person from Rajasthan working in Chennai can as Jaishankar files caveat over plea challenging election to RS New Delhi:External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has filed a caveat in the Su- preme Court that will be heard if the court decides to take up any petition filed by Con- gress leaders challenging his election to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in July last year. A caveat is a notice given by a person, informing the court that another person may file a suit or ap- plication against him and that the court The minister filed proach the top court. two Rajya Sabha seats of Gujarat were held on July 5 last year. The seats fell vacant after BJP leaders Amit Shah and Smriti Irani were elected to the Lok Sabha. The Congress leaders had approached the Gujarat Court to hold and de- clare the EC's actions to treat the seats having fallen vacant as of different categories which required bye-election held separately for both the seats. —ANI The Gujarat High Court on February 4 this year had dismissed a batch of petitions filed by Congress leaders challenging the election of Jaishankar to the Rajya Sabha. The High Court's order came on the pleas of Congress leaders Gaurav Pan- dya, Chandrika Chu- dasama and Paresh Dhanani challenging the election of Jais- hankar and BJP leader Jugalji Thakor to the Upper House of Parliament. The Congress leaders had challenged the election in the High Court on the ground that the Elec- tion Commission's notifications, treat- ing the two vacant seats, to be of different categories and re- quiring bypolls to be held separately, were "illegal and in viola- tion" of provisions of the Constitution, Rep- resentation of People (RP) Act, 1951 and Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. The elections to the must give the cavea- tor (person filing the caveat) a fair hearing before deciding any matter brought before it in the relevant case. Jaishankar filed the caveat through advocate Swarupama Chaturvedi in the apex court registry saying that he should be heard before the court enter- tains and passes some directions on the petitions that may be filed against the Gujarat High Court order. High S Jaishankar the caveat apprehend- ing that Congress leaders, whose pleas were dismissed by the High Court, may ap- to be Tattvapriya ternational border. Checks on their passports would mean that whenever stamped at the entry port of any nation, the information the police here, but with delay . Thus, this information is pointless, said sources. Even if police come to know which country they entered, it would be impossible for local police officers travelling abroad to pin down their location as they could leave the country and the officers would get that information too late. Tejas Express to have luggage restrictions they are ALL SET TO WELCOME POTUS reaches will attract a penalty . The luggage rules aren’t new in Indian Railways. If you travel long-distance on Indian Railways, you are expected to keep your luggage in check. In terms of weight, it ranges from 70kg for AC First Class to 35kg in Second Class—all this to ensure the train doesn’t turn into one large freight express. Ahmedabad:IRCTC, which operates In- dia’s first train, Ahmedabad Tejas Ex- press, will strictly enforce luggage restrictions, and penal- ise those who travel overweight. In the train, the luggage limit for Executive Chair Car is up to 70kg and for Chair Caris 40kg. Anything above Motera Stadium was illuminated with lighting on Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump’s visit to Ahmedabad. private Mumbai- CAPITAL DEBACLE BJP’s big guns, including CM Rupani failed to win Delhi for party First India News they failed to fulfil. Congress did not get even a single seat in the Delhi Assembly elections. The party leaders from state of failed to convey the message of the party to the common people. In any other states assembly polls, the result has been in the favour of Con- gress and thus it was celebrated, but in Gujarat it was awk- ward silence. paigned. The results of the Delhi assembly elections were declared on Tuesday, in which the Congress could not win a single seat. More than 40 party leaders had paigned for the Con- gress in Delhi, yet no positive result was seen. State incharge Rajeev Satava was entrusted with the responsibility screening committee in Delhi elections, in which he failed to prove. The Congress organisation lost all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat following which the structure was abol- ished, and till now, Congress could not announce the new structure. More than 40 Con- gress leaders and work- ers from Gujarat campaigned in Delhi for 14 days. Certain responsibility was assigned to these leaders which Chief Minister addressed the rallies at Vikaspuri, Rajouri Garden, Shakurbas- ti, Rohini, Chandni Chowk, Model Town and Madipur in Del- hi. Out of these seven seats, the only BJP candidate that has won is Virendra Gup- ta from Rohini con- stituency. Meanwhile, gress in Gujarat also laid behind and BJP also lost seats wherever CM Rupani cam- also Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Vijay Ru- pani along with several union ministers and other CMs of BJP-ruled campaigned in the Delhi elections. CM Rupani himself campaigned for BJP candidates in seven constituencies for six days in two weeks. Out of these, on six constituencies, the BJP faced defeat. The the Gujarat states cam- Con- of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani campaigning in Delhi. —FILE PHOTO

www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 11 AHMEDABAD, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2020 LITTLE JOYS OF Jaipur-based designer Gazal Mishra will be showcasing her new collection ‘Cupcake’ at Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on February 14 styling are also done in a way to complement the whole look by giving pop colours to the eyes and keeping lip colour nude. Style Skool Models Gurkeerat Kaur, Dil- preet Kaur, Garima Chaudhary, Manushree Sharma, Meenakshi Gulia, and Prachi loved wearing the beautiful collection for campaign shoot as it was comforta- ble, yet stylish. The creative campaign was shot in Jaipur by photographer Jiten Agarwal and cine- matographer Abhishek Dubey . with vibrant colours brought together with subtle serenity, that captures the essence of childlike beauty of life. On talking about the collection, Gazal shared, “The air is full of romance, and it’s the time is to sit back and rejoice the music. I have been inspired by the delicate beauty and vibrant colours from delicate corals, washed up hue to the pale blue of the ocean. From lem- on tart yellow to bubblegum green, the collection is all about celebrating the joys of life, its delicious- ness in little things, and bringing the childlike innocence.” She added, “Celebrating life through these delicious cupcakes, the collection is curated on the rich heritage In- dian fabrics like cotton, silk, chanderi, and doria, whereas ruffles, pleats on the neck, and floral embroideries are used to enhance the mood of the look.” Stylist Abhimanyu Singh Tomar stated that the makeup and hair- NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in J aipur’s very own designer Gazal Mishra is all set to showcase her next collection at prestigious ‘Lakme Fashion Week’ on Valen- tine’s day, February 14 in Mumbai. The collection that will be showcased is called ‘Cupcake’, which is crafted by hand, and inspired by the love for cupcakes. Breezy fabrics, delicate- ly embroidered accents, and blooming patterns are used for sunny days and sultry nights and de- fine the beauty of an independent woman ready to live life her way. The collection is fresh and flowery,

HOLLYWOOD AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 12 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia POSITIVE BY CHOICE H ollywood star Jennifer Aniston did not get her buoyant personality from a pleasant past. In fact, she credits her ‘unsafe’ childhood household for developing her positive attitude towards situations when things don’t go the right way . During an interview for Interview magazine, the 51-year-old beauty was praised by Sandra Bullock for having “a way of pushing joy and positivity” in her life. When pressed what was the driv- ing force behind it, Aniston said: “I think that it comes from growing up in a household that was destabilized and felt unsafe.” “Watching adults being unkind to each other, and witnessing certain things about human behav- ior that made me think: ‘I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to be that. I don’t want to experience this feeling I’m having in my body right now. I don’t want anyone else that I ever come in contact with ever to feel that.’ So I guess I have my parents to thank,” she said. “You can either be angry or be a martyr, or you can say, ‘You’ve got lemons? Let’s make lemonade’.” Asked the thing that can take her down the quickest, Aniston said: “Turning on the television, listening to the news, reading the paper - that can make me really sad and really angry .” She elaborated her answer by pointing out at “the division that’s been taking place” and “the complete chaos that’s existing.” “When people show greed and bad behav- iour and a lack of gratitude,” she added. Robert Hoffman coming to India A Robert Hoffman is all set to arrive in the city to explore the Indian music scene as well as perform here. Instru- mental in getting Hoffman to India is Arsala Qureishi, who shot to fame co-scripting 2015 film, ‘ Angry In- dian Goddesses’. Hoffman will be ex- ploring the Indian music and dance scene and will soon launch his first concert. He is very keen to learn more about Bollywood. merican actor-danc- er-choreog- r a p h e r the Jennifer Aniston —IANS —IANS Elizabeth spends weekend in Jaisalmer A dress as she spent the weekend with some old friends in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer. The 54-year- old dressed in elaborated getup took to Ins- tagram to share the moments night. “A magical weekend with old friends in Jaisalmer. It may take some time to recover Thank you to @tany- adubash and @arvind- dubash for being the best hosts #lebalorien- tal,” the actor captioned the post alongside a series of pictures. Elizabeth was decked ctor and model Elizabeth Hur- ley looked stun- ning in a sheer from the ... her Instagram posts Famous people from the Bollywood fraternity including Neha Dhupia, An- gad Bedi, Amrita Arora, Malaika Arora, Khan, Karan Johar, Ma- heep Kapoor, Poonawalla Chunky Pan- dey , and Rahul Khanna also attended the event. Dubash Dubash, for having her and being the best hosts. The event was a grand birthday celebration of Arvind Dubash, who is the husband of executive director and chief brand officer at the Godrej Group, Tanya Arvind Dubash. and Arvind up in a purple shade sheer dress and accessorised it with dramatic jewellery. She completed the look with a dazzling headpiece and went for a smoky eye makeup look for the evening. Further, the star even thanked the hosts Tanya Gauri Natasha Elizabeth Hurley —ANI FACE OF THE DAY YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 TAURUS APR 21 - MA Y 20 GEMINI MA Y 21 - JUNE 21 CANCER JUNE 22 - JUL Y 23 You are a fi t and strong person who keeps challenging yourself to do better. Financial status appears to be good so nothing to worry. You will see a visible change in working atmosphere in offi ce today. Someone will come in your environment today and will lighten up everyone’s mood. Lazy attitude is the thing of the past, all are all new and motivated. You will reinvest your money in a scheme that can make you rich. On professional front, someone will try his/her best to help you out if you’ll be stuck somewhere. You have a desire for an exotic life. You may fi nd yourself inclined towards herbs as medicine. You may start taking your hobby seriously and can make lots of money from the same. You will do really well in academics and your parents will be really proud of you. Lady luck is in your favour, your lover can really help you. Excess of everything is bad so make sure you eat moderately and healthy. You can soon expect a boost in salary. You will fi nd yourself relaxing at home today by keeping all your worries on a side table. You will have some happy fun time with friends today. You may shift to a bigger house. IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY You will surely have a fun and frolic day today. You might receive a good news from your family that will keep you happy for the whole day. Overall happiness is assured on this day. LEO JUL Y 24 - AUGUST 23 You are really into fi tness and you are leaving no stone unturned to reach your fi tness goal. You may take interest in politics. Sometimes you need to check your temperament. Some family ties will strengthen and some may cut loose forever. You may soon travel abroad with your family. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Money is all around you and you are putting a lot of it in your bank. You may be confused about your career but not for long as someone’s guidance will change your life. Don’t try to change your lover as per your wish rather expect them for who they are. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You are strong from outside but sometime gets soft from inside. Listen and value the opinions of those who matters in life. Don’t be rigid in family matters as there is always a scope of change. You are soon moving abroad leaving behind all the negativities for good. Your partner is your mirror who is always introducing you to your true self and help you improve. You will be very lucky with money today and will grab many opportunities. You will do something really special for your wife. You must never feel jealous from someone’s success. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 You are fi t and you don’t require anyone to remind you about the discipline. You easily misunderstand people sometime without even listening to them so try and be a patient listener. Don’t overreact in the professional matters. Your presence in the social gathering will be really appreciated. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You should be very specifi c about your need with your partner as a clear communication is a must need. You will spend a lot of money in fullfi ling your kid’s dream. Friends are really important for you and you always make sure to make them feel important. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 You must talk to your colleagues freely if you stuck somewhere as you will get their full support. On domestic front, you will be treated kingly by your spouse as today is your super lucky day. Your sibling will play a big role in your career and you will be grateful. You are following a strict diet plan and you will begin to see the changes very soon. You must always keep a check on your anger so that it doesn’t go against you in offi ce. You have a good family life and you always make efforts to understand each other. You will buy a vehicle. ADITI NEGI, Fashion Blogger

ETC AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 202013 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia LOVE AAJ Nahi- Censor Board K artik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan’s soon-to- release Love Aaj Kal has been granted a U/A certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). However, the makers have apparently paid a heavy price for it. As per the censored list, the kissing scene, in the very beginning of the film, has been reduced to a flash and the lovemaking sequence has also been modified. The board has even asked the makers to blur the visuals of cleavage that is shown after the lovemaking scene. The report adds that in another scene, the Board objected to shots of the lead actors undressing themselves and thus, asked the makers to do away with them. Besides that, audio censoring has also been done. A sexually abusive word was asked to be replaced with a less objectionable term, ‘a**.’ While the ‘f’ words have been muted wherever they are heard, a Hindi abuse ‘Haraamzaadon’ has been replaced with ‘Saale besharmon.’ Love Aaj Kal is the second instalment of the 2009 film, that starred Saif Ali Khan and Deepi- ka Padukone in lead roles. The current film also focuses on two love stories - one between Kartik and Sara, set in 2020, and the other set in 1990, between Kartik and newcomer Arushi Sharma. The film is scheduled to release on February 14. Sara Ali Khan —Agency Kartik Aaryan ALERT! MOM WALKING N distance walkathon for preg- nant women on February 23. This one-kilometre walk is organised with the pur- pose to inspire moms-to-be to take #BiglittleSteps towards a whole new world of becoming a mother. yourself second.” TRIPLE role is not a ‘Satya’ SNAPPED! J coming ‘Satyameva Jayate 2’. Recently, rumours started doing the rounds that the action star has three roles in the Milap Zaver directed film, but it now seems like all such unconfirmed reports could just be publici- ty hoax and not much else. According to John, ‘Satyameva Jayate 2’ will be very different in its treatment from the first film, released in 2018. In an interview, he said: “The original was primarily a film for the masses. This time, we aim to get the classes in, too, by tackling relevant issues.” On rumours if a triple role, the actor avoided a direct reply . “Milap is still in the process of developing certain characters and he might like me to play other roles, too. But that’s still up for a lot of discussion. So, I can’t say if The Bio-Oil Pregathon focuses on encouraging them to discover the importance of self-love and stay fit throughout their pregnancy . Neha said, “From the moment you find out that you are going to be a mother, it is a natural instinct to feel overprotective for your child and you tend to put eha Dhupia and actor Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput will launch a short ohn Abraham is non- committal about rumours that he has a triple role in the up- John Abraham Mira, a mother of two, shared: “During my pregnancy, I real- ised I would forget to look after myself and understood the importance self-care the second time around, like eat- ing right, exercising and doing things that just make you happy .” She added, “I urge all ex- pectant moth- ers to come and take big little steps towards self- care.” —IANS there’s going to be one, two or three of me in the film,” he told the tab- loid. After breaking records with his action drama, director Milap Mi- lan Zaveri is of ready to helm the second instalment of ‘Satyameva Jay- ate’. Divya Khosla Kumar, who will star opposite the leading man, John Abraham. Satyameva Jayate that released in 2018, became a mass hit making it Milap and John’s second-biggest box office success. SPECIAL SPECIALITIES Mira Rajput Kapoor Neha Dhupia —Agency CITY FIRST J mance this Valentine’s week. From escapist get- aways that will always be remembered to inti- mate dinners, Sunday brunch, and valentine delights, one is sure to fall in love with their valentine week special offerings. Valentine’s Delights at Jaipur Baking Com- pany: Add a sweet spark to your beloved ones with delicious delights, a romantic dessert creation that teases the taste buds and delights the senses- Exquisite heart-shaped pastries, cookies and many more. Created by Pastry Chef Pradeep Per- aipur Hotel is welcom- ing guests eager to experience ro- Marriott are available. Saffron will also be serving its sump- tuous a la carte menu. Valentine’s Brunch at Okra: All the elements for a picture- perfect themed dished are in Okra. Guests can savor a wide range of multi-cui- sine buffet and enjoy turns up the romantic heat with a Valentine set menu designed by Execu- tive chef Jatinder Dhali- wal. Available Thursday, February 14, romantics can linger over a dinner that includes scrumptious north Indian delicacies, Chef special amenities selected sparkling pairings soya, its creator says, “Beautiful to look at and delicious to taste, our 2020 Valentine delights has everything you need to steal someone’s heart- just add champagne!” Romantic candlelight dinner at Saffron: Saf- fron, the most romantic dinner setting in Jaipur, Theme Team of Chefs at Hotel Marriott Jaipur Valentine’s their choice of chef-prepared entrée and finally to end with a lavish dessert buffet is sure to de- light every Valentine. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in (From top) Disha Patani was spotted with her pet dog, while Aditya Roy Kapur was snapped outside his house in Mumbai.

CITY BUZZ AHMEDABAD | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 14 CITY FIRST A DIVYAANG SHAKTI! —PHOTOS BY NANDAN DAVE performance with a twist was held at IIM Ahmedabad on Wednesday, with differently-abled artists from Dr- zya showing off their tal- ents. The event, held at the RJM Auditorium at IIMA’s old campus, featured about 10 perfor- mances including a contemporary dance performance, a patriotic wheelchair performance, a classical wheelchair performance, yoga on wheels, martial arts on wheels and Bollywood dance performance on wheelchairs. The event was organized in association with IIMA’s Equal Opportu- nity Office. Drzya (pronounced Drishya) is In- dia’s only firm to bring differently- abled and unique performers from across the world together on one platform, for talks and workshops. cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com What’s cooking, kids? CITY FIRST S ticipated in a cooking competition They were given the theme “Healthy Food Preparation - Cold and Hot”, on which they delivered beautifully . The competition was judged by Swayam Thakkar from Food Certainty . He also delivered a lecture on career options related to the culinary industry . cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com tudents of CU Shah College here in Ahmedabad par- Science recently . Asmit Patel IT’S ALL IN THE STORIES! CITY FIRST A recently hosted a storytelling workshop focusing on ‘Personal hygiene and cleanliness’ for Balgram children at Shreyas Foundation. Balgram at Shreyas Foundation provides equal opportunities to children from varied socio-economic back- grounds and destitute children. The UIP aims to equip the students with stra- tegic thinking, leadership skills and how to connect their domain knowledge with real world issues. creative short story Bull in the City the actors described their experiences and challenges of working on a web series and discussed their future and upcoming projects. “The Bull of Dalal Street is based on the story of a fearless man who tries his fortune in the stock market and achieves success in a very short period. Due to his policy and approach, he soon reaches the pinna- cle of success. However, there are some risks behind every success and in this case, even the person who rules the entire city and market at one time becomes insolvent due to adverse circumstances,” the makers say of the show. cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com CITY FIRST A web series ‘The Bull of Dalal Street’, announced by Ullu App, which is known for pro- ducing content such as Ha- lala, Guardian and The Choice. The web series is about the journey of a poor man who comes to the city of dreams Mumbai and rises instantaneously to become one of the most influential brokers. It is the story about a common man’s rise to a position of prominence in the stock industry , his flashy life- style, multi-crore frauds, and his fall from During their visit to the city, s part of the Ur- ban Impact Pro- ject (UIP) at MICA, students ctors Iqbal Khan and Asmit Patel visited Ahmedabad to pro- mote their upcoming MICA Kuldeep Rajpuro- hit, Zubin Darbar, Mal- lika Fatehpuria and Mohammad Khan are a part of the Balgram project. cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com writer to explain the importance of cleanliness and hygiene to 15 children of Balgram through storytelling and drawing activities. Four students As part of their ongo- ing work, the students had recently invited Mahashweta Mahesh- wari who is a social science researcher and a Salman grace. of Iqbal Khan

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