First India|Rajasthan-Indian Newspapers In English-28 December 2019 edition

1. JAIPUR l SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 202 Protesters hold placards and fl ags during a rally in support of new citizenship law in Mumbai on Friday. Protesters hold placards during a rally against the new citizenship law in Mumbai on Friday. NO MORE ‘MUM’, IT’S A FACE-OFF Fadnavis clarification Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Deven- dra Fadnavis said on Friday that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act does not take away the citizenship of any Indian national. The BJP is creating awareness among people that the the Act intends to help the minorities from neighbouring countries who have faced religious persecution, he said. and saw participants holding placards against CAA and the National Register of Citizens exercise that some BJP leaders have been claiming would be held nationwide. Similar protests were held in Malva- ni in the northern suburb of Malad, though people here also shouted slogans in favour of the Mumbai police whose efficiency en- sured a massive ral- ly against CAA and NRC went off with- out any Act and the Decem- ber 15 police action against Jamia Millia Islamia students in Delhi. The protest march was held on 90- feet road in Dharavi Mumbai: Several thousand people participated in a march in Dharavi in Mumbai to protest against the Citizen- ship Amendment Turn on P4 Turn on P4 FACING THE CAACOPHONY: Shah, Rahul take potshots NRC-NPR tax on poor: RaGa attacks Modi CRUCIAL READ Armed forces have utmost respect for human rights laws: Rawat Foundation Day flag march said the armed forces have utmost respect for laws related to human rights and they not only ensure protection of human rights of people of the country, but also of its adversaries. He was addressing interns and senior offi cers of the NHRC on “Preserving Human Rights in Times of War and Prisoners of War” at the Manav Adhikar Bhawan. India-Save Constitution’ march, the rally will start at 10 am from Shaheed Smarak near Jaipur Police Commissionerate and will see the three Con- gress stalwarts - Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, AICC General secretary and Rajasthan Incharge Avinash Pande and PCC Chief Sachin Pilot leading from the front. Turn on P4 Congress A rmy chief General Bipin Rawat O n its 135th Foundation day, the Congress will take out a huge march in Jaipur on Saturday. Called the ‘Save P5 Raipur: Likening the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens with demonetisation, Congress leader Ra- hul Gandhi on Friday said these exercises are “tax” on the poor, Guj HC upholds death sentence to man for rape, murder of minor he Gujarat HC upheld a lower court’s order of death sentence to a man for raping and mur- dering a three-year-old girl in Surat in October last year. A division bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice A C Rao rejected an appeal fi led by Anil Yadav against the death sentence awarded to him by a special POCSO court in Surat in July this year. P8 (NRC) T RAHUL SHAKES A LEG WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITY: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday inaugurated a three-day national tribal dance festival and shook a leg with the tribal community on the dais in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur city. Earlier today, Gandhi took to the micro-blogging website Twitter and wrote, “This unique festival is an important step towards showcasing and protecting our rich tribal cultural heritage.” CAA doesn’t take away citizenship, says Shah away the citizenship of anyone,” he said speak- ing at a rally in Shimla. Shah referred to in- filtrators from Paki- stan as “aalia-malia- jamalia” who would kill Indian soldiers. “The Congress gov- ernment of Sonia-Man- mohan ji was there for 10 years. Back then, aalia-malia-jamalia from Pakistan used to infiltrate into India eve- ry day; they would cut and take ‘IF THERE WAS SECTION OF LIAR...’ Hours after Rahul called the NPR a tax on the poor, the rul- ing BJP hit back by dubbing him the “big- gest liar of 2019” for comments that it said had “embarrassed his party and family”. Un- ion minister Prakash Javadekar accused the Congress of try- ing to fan instability. Home Minister Amit Shah being presented a traditional Himachali cap. CAA GOOGLY IN PAK CRICKET FEW PLAYERS TARGETED ME: KANERIA Pakistan’s banned Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Friday said there were a “few players” who targeted him for being a Hindu during his time with the national team but he never felt the urge or the pressure to change his religion. ADIEU MIGNIFICENT 27 Shimla: Home Minis- ter Amit Shah on Fri- day accused the Con- gress of misleading people and that CAA has no provision to take anyone’s citizen- ship away. “Congress and com- pany are spreading ru- mours that this act will take away the citizen- ship of minorities, Mus- lims. I challenge Rahul baba to show even one clause in the act that has provision to take PCB STAYS AWAY FROM ISSUE The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday sought to distance itself from Shoaib Akhtar’s as- sertion that his former teammate Danish Kane- ria faced discrimination at the hands of fellow players. SHOWS REAL FACE OF PAK: GAMBHIR BJP MP Gautam Gambhir said Pakistani cricketer Danish Kane- ria’s comment that he was mistreated by a few teammates for being a Hindu showed the “real face of Pakistan”. who will suffer the same way they did af- ter the note ban in November 2016. He was talking to re- porters at the airport here after attending the inaugural function of the National Dance Festival. Turn on P4 Centre not clearing laws created by Raj for women safety: CM IAF on Friday de-commissioned MiG-27 aircraft after a ceremony held at Air Force Station Jodhpur. MiG-27 swing wing fi ghter aircraft had been the backbone of the ground attack fl eet of the Indian Air Force for the past four decades. The upgraded variant of this last swing-wing fl eet was the pride of the Indian Air Forces strike fl eet since 2006. All the other variants, such as MiG-23 BN and MiG- 23 MF and the pure MiG-27 have already retired from the force. Tribal Turn on P4 Naresh Sharma The CM expressed concerned young generation be- ing misled through so- cial media platforms, which according to him was not good for the democracy . IWF National Presi- dent, Aruna Roy com- mended Rajasthan for being the first state that not only strengthened Right to Information, but also did good work in women empower- ment and gender equal- ity . the Centre is yet to clear the same. Stating his govern- ment’s commitment to women empower- ment, Gehlot said that a resolution was passed in the State Assembly for one- third reservation for women in the State Assemblies and Lok Sabha. He said that women empowerment and in- dependence are im- portant to progress of society . In this regard, he reiterated his call to women to give up ‘ghoonghat’ asked males to take initiative against it. In an apparent refer- ence to ongoing coun- trywide protests and the way some state gov- ernments have been us- ing excessive force or calling them anti-na- tional, Gehlot strongly advocated freedom of expression. He said that dissenting with the gov- ernment cannot termed anti-national. ty, the CM said he won’t tolerate atroci- ties against women, which is why his gov- ernment has taken strong steps to stop such incidents. “We have formed a special unit for speedy investigation of hei- nous crimes that would ensure quick justice to the victims,” he added. According to him, the State Government has made strong against mob lynching and honour killing but about and Concerned Jaipur: over the security aspect of women in the state, a sensitive Chief Minis- ter, Ashok Gehlot, has claimed that his gov- ernment has enacted strong laws to deal with heinous crimes, includ- ing atrocities against women. Addressing Indian Women Federation’s 21st National Conven- tion, taking a firm stand on women safe- laws Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with IWF National President Aruna Roy during Indian Women Federation’s 21st National Convention, in Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA be Turn on P4

2. TALKING POINT 02 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 CAARWA CONTINUES A protestor holds the national flag during a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, after Friday prayers, at Jama Masjid in New Delhi on Friday A Act and concerns over National Register for Citizenships some Muslims clerics, intellectuals and law- makers will meet Prime Minister Modi and Home Minis- ter Amit Shah very soon. All Imam Organisa- tion Chief Dr Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi said, “A delegation of Muslims clerics, acade- micians, intellectuals, lawmakers and Madar- sa proctors will meet Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minis- ter Narendra soon.” Ilyasi said that the delegation will ap- praise the Prime Minis- ter and Home Minister about their concerns over the CAA and NRC. Political parties, dif- ferent organisations and institutions have organised against the citizenship act and NRC across the country . A major protest was also held in Jama Masjid area in Old Delhi following prayers last week. The Chief Imam also appealed the protestors to refrain from violence. “I would like to make an appeal to all the citi- zens of this country that peace must contin- ue. Staging a protest is our democratic right. We must protest, but peacefully ,” Ilyasi said. Violence had erupted during several protests against the citizenship act across the country . The new citizenship law grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists, and Christians fleeing reli- gious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who came to India on or be- fore December 31, 2014. Massive protests against citizenship law outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid mid protests against Citizenship Amendment the Delhi is completely under control. We have deployed appro- priate forces wherever required. Our senior officials are on the field and are carrying out patrolling. We are also monitoring social media. We would like to urge people to not believe any rumours and to peace,” MS Randhawa, PRO, Delhi Police told ANI. The were taken after a massive protest had broken out in Jama Masjid area in Delhi against the newly-en- acted citizenship law last week following the Friday prayers. Police and paramilitary forc- es were across north-east Del- hi in view of the Fri- day prayers. “The situation in precautions “Withdraw CAA”, “We condemn Communal Law”. Congress Alka Lamba was also seen at the protest showing support to the demonstrators. Earlier in the day, security was beefed up and patrolling was in- tensified across north- east Delhi to avoid any untoward ahead or after the Fri- day prayers. New Delhi: A large number of people have gathered outside Jama Masjid area of Old Delhi on Friday to pro- test against the newly- enacted Citizenship (Amendment) 2019. Protestors slogans against the Act and the central government. They can be seen carrying plac- ards that read, “Save the Constitution”, Friday prayers done peacefully in Uttar Pradesh (NRC), leader Narendra Act, personnel raised deployed maintain incident Left Front parties and Congress workers participate in a joint protest rally against CAA, NRC and NPR, in Kolkata on Friday. ‘PM lying about detention camps, sanctioned Rs 46 cr in 2018’ Modi Friday ment Act and the pro- posed NRC, while BJP’s Sanvidan Manch drew a massive crowd at August Kranti Maidan supporting the controversial law. Congress leader Alka Lamba hit out at the central government, saying “unemployment is the real issue in the county, but you (PM) are trying to put people in a queue for NRC, as it was done during de- monetisation”. detention centre at Ma- tia in Goalpara district of Assam for housing 3,000 illegal grants. Suddenly he says there is no deten- tion camp,” Gogoi said. In Mumbai, two ral- lies were organised on Friday —one against the amended Citizen- ship Act and another in favour of the new law. Students and activists gathered at Azad Maid- an to voice against the Citizenship Lucknow: prayers peacefully in Uttar Pradesh amid tight se- curity arrangements put in place after last week’s violence by an- ti-citizenship law pro- testers. “The entire state was peaceful,” Ut- tar Pradesh Director General of Police O P Singh told PTI. He said there was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere in the state. JDU minority cell leader quits party over Nitish’s stand on CAA Patna: The simmering discontent in Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United over the party’s support to the CAA claimed its fi rst casualty on Friday when the party’s minority cell general secretary Khawaja Shahid resigned from the party. Shahid, who was the general secretary of the par- ty’s minority cell, is the fi rst leader to exit from the party over the amended citizenship law. The resignation comes days after CM Nitish Kumar attempted to allay fears that the new citizenship law would be used against minorities and even “guaranteed” that minorities didn’t need to worry as long as he was around. Guwahati: Calling out PM Narendra Modi’s claim that there is no detention camp in the country, senior Con- gress leader Tarun Go- goi Friday termed him a “liar”, adding that the BJP-led government at the Centre had sanc- tioned Rs 46 crore for one in Assam’s Goalpa- ra district. “In 2018 the Narendra Modi govt had sanc- tioned Rs 46 crore for constructing the largest passed off Sanman immi- protests Friday Protestors take part in a march demanding for the release of their leader Chandrasekhar Azad and protest against the amended Citizenship Act, NRC and NPR, in New Delhi, on Friday. Amend- ‘Why illegal immigrants not identified, deported’ Guwahati: Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi questioned the Centre over identifi cation and deportation of illegal immigrants even as his party, Cong, strongly opposed the NRC. “They (BJP leaders) accuse that Congress is responsible for illegal immigrants. All right, then why don’t you detect and deport them?” Gogoi told. He said that PM Modi and Home Minister Shah, both, vowed to deport illegal immigrants which is yet to be done. “The Central govt promised to get rid of illegal immigrants. Why have you not identifi ed? Who has prevented you,” he asked. CAA: BJP’s Naqvi slams opposition for supporting protests New Delhi: Union Minister of Minor- ity Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday slammed Opposition for taking part in the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests and “manipulating” the issue. Speaking to ANI, Naqvi said, “Congress has become a synonym of political hy- pocrisy. They fi nd issues on a daily basis. They work with a negative mentality, which not at all in favour of the country. Their main job is to manipulate people.” The opposition alleged that the comments were political in nature and the Army Chief should desist from indulging in politics. Mamata has lost her ‘mental balance’, says Vijayvargiya Indore: BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday said Mamata Banerjee has lost her mental balance after the West Ben- gal Chief Minister stated that she would advise students to continue their protests against the amended Citizenship Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). “I think that Mamata Banerjee has lost her mental balance. After CAA, infi ltrators will be identifi ed and her vote bank (infi ltrators) will get affected. ‘No orders given on detention centres, haven’t seen any file’ Kerala: The CPI(M)-led Kerala government on Frid ay made it clear that it has no plan to build detention centres in the state to house illegal immigrants. Chief Minister Pinarayi Viijayan has denied reports that appeared in a section of the media on the subject and said some people were spreading ru- mours to confuse people. Many opposition-ruled states like West Bengal, Maharashtra and Rajasthan have said they will not construct detention centres in their states. Source: Agencies

3. RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 ‘Centre must take up issue of locust attack with Pak’ CM WRITES TO PM 03 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 Humane CM takes action over death of kids in Kota JK Lon Hospital Superintendent Dr HL Meena removed First India News Jaipur: Seeking help in effective control of lo- custs in several dis- tricts of Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a let- ter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The CM has request- ed the PM that the Un- ion Government should coordinate with neigh- bouring countries, in- cluding Pakistan, for control of locusts. Gehlot wrote that the neighbouring countries should be suggested to take effective measures so that birth of locusts could be controlled and growth of the pests could be terminated at their origin itself. He said districts at International Border with Pakistan namely Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ja- lore, Churu, Sriganga- nagar and Hanuman- garh etc. were under heavy attack of the lo- custs. The state govern- ment was working in close coordination with the locusts warning or- ganisation at Jodhpur for control of the in- sects, the CM wrote fur- ther adding that the damage caused to the crops in the fields could be minimised only if serious efforts were ini- tiated for control of Modi, Shah fuelling unrest: CM CM Ashok Gehlot on Friday accused PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of plunging the nation into turmoil and unrest with their ill-thought- out CAA and NRC. Gehlot asked the government to revoke CAA, via a series of tweets. It is unfortunate that PM and HM of the country have plunged the nation into turmoil and unrest with their ill thought out #CAA_NRC and now #NPR,” he tweeted. Instead of assuaging people’s fear about govern- ment’ intentions, Modiji and Amit Shahji are increas- ing uncertainly through contradic- tory claims. It has led to unrest. The PM must come out with facts and truth, he said in a series of tweets. Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Days after the issue of deaths of in- fants came to light at Kota’s JK Lon Hospital, the Hospital Superin- tendent Dr HL Meena was removed on Friday night and Dr Suresh Du- lara given his charge. On Friday morning, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had warned of strict action against those found guilty and had given instructions to medical education secretary Vaibhav Gale- ria to visit Kota and sub- mit a detailed report urgently . “The Chief Minister has taken this issue very seriously and hence, I am here to find out the reason of deaths. A special com- mittee will probe into the reasons to see if there were hygienic or clinical issues behind the death of these kids. Besides, all other issues will also be touched upon,” Galeria said af- ter visiting Kota. On being asked if there was a staff crisis State is witnessing such a heavy attack of locusts after 26 years. Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51 Have written a letter to the PM Shri Narendra Modi for help in effective control of locusts in several districts of #Rajasthan. Requested the Prime Minister that the Union Government should coordinate with neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, for control of #locusts. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said strict action will be taken against those found guilty in the issue of kids death in Kota’s JK Lon Hospital. ber 18, 2019, he had written a letter to the Union Agriculture Min- ister in regard to the at- tack of locusts in the state. “I requested the Min- ister for making addi- tional human, physical and technical resources available in order to control the locusts,” he stated while further adding that the state government was relent- lessly working on this. “Thirty seven vehi- cles have been made available for conduct- ing surveys and control exercises on locusts and farmers are being pro- vided 50% grant on in- secticides,” he wrote. these grasshoppers in Pakistan and neighbouring countries in the western side. In his letter, the CM wrote that locusts start- ed coming to Rajasthan in great number since May this year. General- ly, number and effect of these pests would de- cline by month of Octo- ber, but this time their attack continued even in December. Such a heavy attack of locusts was being witnessed after 26 years and the crops and other vegetations were in great danger due to these. The Chief Minister stated that on Septem- —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA other monitoring the investi- gations. Additional principal SMS college Dr Amar- jeet Mehta, senior pae- diatrician also visited Kota, along with Gale- ria. Seventy seven chil- dren have died in De- cember while 10 kids died on Monday and Tuesday . Hospital sourc- es said all children were brought in a critical con- dition to hospital. “Our investigation says that 10 deaths were normal and children did not die because of any negligence, said Dr H.L. Meena, hospital super- intendent. CHILD RIGHTS PANEL ORDERS PROBE A A A Barmer, out of 71 infant warm- ers were working. Some were also not working properly . The hospital administration is, how- ever, trying to hide all these facts, say sources. Sources at the CMO confirmed that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is taking the case seri- ously and is himself hitting the hospital, he said, “Crisis has in fact been here but I cannot comment upfront with- out complete investiga- tion. We are trying to figure out the lacunae present here and also trying to find solutions.” Sources said that of 535 life saving equip- ment, 320 were not func- tional. Besides, only 27 neonatal ventilators Birla writes to CM on issue of children’s death in Kota Hosp New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday urged Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to look into the deaths of 10 infants in the last two days at a hospital in his constitu- ency Kota and ensure necessary medical ar- rangements. Birla said the untime- ly death of infants at JK Lon hospital in Kota- Bundi parliamentary constituency is a matter of concern for all. He said 800 to 900 infants and 200 to 250 kids died every year in “this ma- jor hospital” due to lack of qualified personnel and non-functioning of life-saving equipment. Birla, in a letter to Ge- hlot, said as per his in- formation, ventilator, nebuliser and other life- saving instruments are not in working condi- CM sends advisor to take stock of Barmer Refinery TAKING STOCK PK Brijwal Untimely death of new- borns at a Barmer: Barmer oil re- finery is Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s pet pro- ject and he is very con- cerned about it. On Fri- day, chief minister’s advisor Govind Sharma reached Balotara on Friday to take stock of the construction work there. Recently, the CM had also gone to Barmer to check the progress of the project and had made it clear that he would not tolerate any delay and would regu- larly monitor the work. On Friday , apart from going to Sambhra, the site of the refinery for inspection of the work, Sharma also met HRRL officials to discuss the instructions given by the CM and also assess the progress. Later, Sharma told hospital in Kota, is a matter of concern. State govt should take immediate action in this matter. —Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker tion in the hospital and many posts for qualified doctors and paramedi- cal staff are also lying vacant. This is the main reason infants and kids die every year in this hospital, he said while urging Gehlot to form a panel to look into it. Birla said he has per- sonally requested the CM to look into the mat- ter and form a commit- tee to improve facilities at the hospital and make all necessary ar- rangements. —PTI Deputy CM Sachin Pilot returned to Jaipur on Friday evening. Immediately after landing, Pilot reached PCC offi ce and took stock of the preparations for the fl ag march to be held on the Foundation Day of Congress on Saturday. Seen with him are Congress CA Cell President Vijay Garg and Congress leaders Rajendra Sharma, Sanjay Shekhawat and Sadiq. Advisor to CM Govind Sharma met Pachpadra MLA Madan Prajapat over the refi nery issue. larly go there for in- spection. MLA Madan Prajapat also met Sharma and apprised him of major problems in his assem- bly constituency. He also demanded employ- ment for local people in the refinery and com- pensation to salt pro- ducers affected due to refinery work. the media that consid- ering the CM’s vision about the refinery, he would regularly visit the site. The government has been constantly dis- cussing ways to expe- dite construction work. Sharma said that fol- lowing the CM’s in- struction it was his first visit and he would regu- IMD predicts of severe cold wave New Delhi: Severe cold wave is likely to engulf parts of North, East and central India over the next two days, the IMD said on Friday . Several parts of north India have been reeling under a spell of three days and over north Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, sub- Himalayan West Ben- gal, Sikkim and Odisha during next two days and over northeastern India during next 4-5 days and abate thereaf- ter, it said. —PTI severe cold wave over the last week. Dense fog at isolated pockets also very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, north Rajasthan and Ut- tar Pradesh during next Delhi, GUP SHUP WORKING OF JAIPUR TRAFFIC COPS UNDER SCANNER! T their ‘work ethic’ is being questioned. Reason been non-enforcement of Motor Vehicle Act in state. However, traffi c cops have ‘enforced’ the ‘Act’ at their own level as after 10 pm, they become highly active. PHQ has given clear instructions to them to only look into drink & drive matters and not ‘trouble’ anyone in any other matter late at night. But cops have been trying to use this direction to its advantage and ‘milk’ those who fall in the trap. Jaipur South police district has registered best yield in this, only to provide the ‘cream’ to the ‘top’. A PROMOTEE IPS BRINGS HOPES FOR MANY OF HIS LIKES A IPS in the state. The “cold war” has started after a promotee IPS, holding the DIG rank, was posted in range after promotion to the rank of Inspector General. The promotee IPS, who held the charge in a range, is serving his time in PHQ these days, however, he has given a ray of hope to the other promotee IPS that they could also be posted in a range someday. Hoping to receive a ‘gift’ in the New Year, namely a promotion, a few cops are overly excited on the same, however, the direct IPS are “pained” over these developments. SPORTS COUNCIL MAKES THINGS TOUGH FOR ARCHERS T the Sports Council which has very conveniently installed a dome at the archery range at SMS Stadium. As the dome was established, national and international archers who used to practice here have stopped coming. Interestingly, it was after much diffi culty that a proper range was established as earlier during the IPL games, the RCA used this place for parking resulting in trouble in installing archery equipment. At that time, Council would accuse RCA of destroying the range, but it is following similar line now. ‘ROASTAR PURAN’ HAUNTING RTO OFFICIALS THESE DAYS T days. On Thursday, two clerks were transferred from Jagatpura to Transport Headquarters. Interestingly, this after the HQ demanded four information assistants from RTO and only two clerks were sent. However, there is another ‘game’ at play here. It is said that these two babus were a major hurdle in implementation of roaster as they were holding a ‘heavy’ seat. It is being said that Rs45 lakh have been handed to the “upper offi cials” and thus everyone is waiting for December 31 in the RTO. raffi c police’s working is under the scanner these days and as a result n internal tussle has ensued between direct IPS and promotee he Hindi saying “jab baad hi khane lage khet” seems apt for he ‘Roastar-Puran’ is being ‘recited’ in the RTO these 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

4. RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 MiG Bahadur passes into history in Jodh Commissioned into IAF in 1985, last squadron of MiG-27 took off for its last sortie & soared into skies of Jodhpur on Friday Rajiv Gaur The fleet also took an active part in Op-Par- akram. The upgraded version, because of its survivability had also participated in numer- ous national and inter- national exercises. The decommission- ing ceremony marked by impressive drills and performanc- es. The MiG-27, which served the IAF for over three decades, was also given a water cannon salute as per the tradi- tion of IAF. Air marshal SK Gho- tia, the air office com- manding-in-chief South Western Command was present at the event. NICKNAMES MIG-27 EARNED Jodhpur: Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday de-commissioned MiG- 27 aircraft after a cere- mony held at Air Force Station Jodhpur. MiG-27 swing wing fighter aircraft had been the backbone of the ground attack fleet of the Indian Air Force for the past four dec- ades. The upgraded variant of this last swing-wing fleet was the pride of the Indian Air Forces strike fleet since 2006. All the other variants, such as MiG- 23 BN and MiG-23 MF and the pure MiG-27 have already retired Live bomb seizure: Court sends man to 2-day remand WAS ACQUITTED was made an immense con- tribution to the nation, both during peace and war. The fleet made a stellar contribution in the Kargil conflict when it delivered rockets and bombs with accuracy on enemy positions. from the force. After serving the IAF for over three decades, the fleet of MiG-27 had their last sortie from the air base on Friday. Jodhpur air base had the squadron of seven MiG-27. These aircraft have of Air —PHOTO BY ANI Indian Air Force’s MiG-27 which retires today receives water salute at Air Force Station in Jodhpur on Friday. ‘Well’ done! Admin looks for girl in vain, traced with beau Bharatpur MC: Deputy mayor, MoS Garg spat Ravi Katara Bharatpur and MoS Subhash Garg were in- volved in an argument. After which spoke of Bharatpur to the fore- front of development and sought the cooper- ation of all councillors. The BJP councillors demanded development works in their wards from the Mayor. During this time, many women councillors were seen in the veil, on which Garg said that this prac- tice has been discussed many times by the CM. Also, many councillors spoke out loud about their de- mands in this meeting. A lot of enthusiasm was visible among the councillors in the first meeting. Poonia becomes state BJP prez unopposed Laxmikant Sharma zure of the live bomb. Serial bomb blasts had occurred in Jaipur on May 13, 2008 which left 71 people dead and 185 injured. The live bomb was seized near Ramchandra which was defused by bomb disposal squad. “Investigation in the case of live bomb re- covery is underway. They were arrested in the case on production warrant on Wednesday and one of them, Shah- baz Hussain, is in two- day police custody. He is being interrogated and will be produced before the court on Sat- urday,” investigating officer and Additional SP ATS Hari Prasad said on Friday. own accord and thus started looking for her friends, one of whom was located in Jaipur. The Lalsot rushed to Jaipur and based on the location, the youth was found at Pratap Nagar. To the team’s utter surprise, the girl was also with the youth. Upon find- ing the girl, the author- ities, still involved in the digging, were asked to stop operations. The girl’s family was called to Jaipur and she was handed to them. Interestingly, the cops are silent over the entire issue and sourc- es claim only once any case is registered will the cops be able to speak in the matter. Jaipur: A local court has remanded a man acquitted in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts case to two-day police custo- dy in connection with a case of a live bomb sei- zure on day of blasts. The anti-terrorist squad of the Rajasthan Police had taken five people, four who were awarded death penalty by a special court last week and the one who was acquitted, on pro- duction warrant from the Jaipur Central Jail here on Wednesday . They were produced before a local court on Thursday where the magistrate sent Mo- hammad Saif, Moham- mad Sarwar Azmi, Mo- hammad Salman and Bharatpur: A dispute arose in the first meet- ing of the Bharatpur Municipal Corporation held at the Municipal Corporation Auditori- um on Friday . Actually, Mayor Girish Chaud- hary did not sit with the Mayor Abhijeet Jatav, which was strongly op- posed by the BJP and Independent council- lors present in the meet- ing. They also demand- ed that the Mayor and his deputy to sit togeth- er in the meeting. A total of 32 agendas, including water, roads and stray bulls, were discussed in the meeting. Chaud- hary and MLA from Garg Dausa: A girl from Anooppur village in Dausa kept the police and administration on its toes for ten hours af- ter she vanished from the village. The girl posted a sui- cide note near an open borewell and left her clothes there. The fam- ily, thinking that she had committed suicide, were devastated and as the rescue operations were initiated, it was realised that the girl was not in the borewell, but several kilometers away in Jaipur with her boyfriend. As the news of the incident was broken, administration called bringing police temple Deputy Saifurrehman to judi- cial custody and re- manded Shahbaz Hus- sain to two-day police custody . Shahbaz was acquitted in the blast case while the re- maining four were awarded death penalty. All of them were lodged in Jaipur Cen- tral Jail and the ATS, which had investigat- ed the blast case, re- arrested them in con- nection with the sei- A JCB in action at Anooppur village in Dausa on Friday. Hussain in heavy earth moving machinery which start- ed the digging process at 12 noon. For the next nine hours, adminis- tration relentlessly kept digging and by 9 pm, a pit had been dug out. Administration meanwhile learnt that the girl might have gone missing on her women electricity, Accountability Bill to soon become a reality Aishwarya Pradhan national officials from Delhi insisted spreading a greater pub- lic awareness in Ra- jasthan on the Citizen- ship Amendment Act. Poonia recalled late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Vijayaraje Sundar Singh Bhandari, Bhairon Singh Shekha- wat, Raghuveer Singh Kaushal and Madan Lal Saini and called Haris- hankar Bhabhra and Bhanwar Lal Sharma as his idols. Later, after his elec- tion, Poonia visited Shekhawats home to pay tributes to him and met his son-in-law Nar- pat Singh Rajvi and other family members. Rituraj Sharma for and compliance of guarantee of services and accountability of officers. The bill will work on three levels, namely, good governance, ac- countability of all of- ficials and grievance mechanism. The special aspect of this bill is that the organisations will be ranked based on their services, as per the feedback given by the public. The people will be asked to provide a rating out of 10 for the services. non-monitoring on Jaipur: Satish Poonia was duly elected the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the BJP state office on Friday . On the occasion, Poo- nia made it clear that while teaching the les- son of discipline, there would be no margin for error, whether someone is small or big. The organisation elections under the BJP organisation structure ended with the election of State President Sat- ish Poonia. At that time, 25 national members were elected. All the promi- Jaipur: After the ap- proval of Chief Minis- ter Ashok Gehlot and the Cabinet, the dream of good governance by the CM is turning into a reality. Rajasthan will become the first state to implement the public and social ac- countability bill on the ground after Right to Information (RTI). The public will now be able to seek replies on delay in their work process. Moreover, the officials not doing the work appropriately will be punished for it. Scindia, Ex-IAS Ramalubhaya taking a meeting where Panchayati Raj Special Secretary Aarushi Malik, Labour Commissioner Samit Sharma and other offi cials are present. public redressal website, the commit- tee has now prepared complete draft of the bill. Under this, the District Public Prose- cution Redressal Au- thority and Rajasthan Public Grievance Re- dressal Commission will be formed to en- sure fines and action In Rajasthan, differ- ent laws and rules re- garding the guarantee of services and ac- countability of offi- cials have brought under one bill. After preparing the draft of the bill and taking suggestions and objections through State BJP Chief Satish Poonia fl anked by supervisors Vijayant Jai Panda and Nityanand Rai after his election on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA been ers. The leaders said that now the next chal- lenge before the work- ers is to win the pan- chayat elections. At the same time, the party’s nent leaders congratu- lated Poonia and praised his leadership ability on the occasion, along with speaking of a strong bond among the work- council also FROM PG 1 “The opposition is deliberately trying to create misunderstanding among Indian Muslims about the Act. For vote bank politics, opposition is trying to create unrest,” he alleged. Centre not... She said India is a secu- lar country and the Constitution and Gand- hiji’s principles must be upheld. CPI leader Atul Kumar Anjan said multiculturalism and shared inheritance is foundation of our coun- try . He said that Gandhi would always remain in our thoughts. tisation. Ten to fifteen people of the country were benefited with Rs 3.50 lakh crore...Nobody is buying anything and factories are getting shut. It’s a simple eco- nomics. It seems PM is not able to understand it,” he said. PTI ed about in the world that India is reeling un- der violence; women are not allowed to roam free- ly on roads and the un- employment rate is at a 45-year high. But PM Narendra Modi is not able to understand it.” “Apparently he is not able to understand what happened and how it happened,” he said. “Earlier, he used to make mockery, but now he is not able to dis- charge the duties of a PM...The time of the country is being wast- ed,” Gandhi added. “The money of poor people and farmers was snatched after demone- people,” he said. Asserting that the poor people are asking how will they get jobs, Gandhi said although the economy earlier grew at nine per cent, it has now declined to four per cent, that too if measured through a new technique. “But if we measure the growth rate through the old method, then it will just be 2.50 per cent. Poor people are asking that after robbing them of their entire money, what have they got (in return),” he said. Hitting out at Prime Minister Naredra Modi, he said, “It is being talk- in the country. “This Act has a provision to give citizenship to the those belonging to the minority who came from Bangladesh, Paki- stan and Afghanistan,” Shah said. Shimla police had made adequate arrange- ments for the security and traffic management near the venues. money from your ac- count. Entire money went to the pocket of 15- 20 rich people. This (NPR or NRC) is the same thing,” he said. He was responding to a query on the Centre’s claim that the NPR has no link with NRC. “Poor people will have to go to officers and show their docu- ments and give bribe. They will have to give bribe if there is a slight mistake in their names. Crores of rupees will be pulled out of the pock- ets of the poor and will be given to the same 15 people. This is the truth. It is an attack on the CAA rally, with partici- pants hailing the Nar- endra Modi govern- ment for the Act. Fadnavis clarification... king to reporters before participating in a rally organised by his party in support of the Act, Fadnavis accused the opposition of misleading Indian Muslims. “Pakistan did not fulfi ll the (implicit) assurance during Partition that mi- norities will be protected (in both the countries). Hence India has to look after them because they are our people,” said the former chief minister. Congress Foundation... After covering around a km on foot, the march will end at the PCC headquar- ters and Congress’s fl ag will be hoisted. The march is being organised against the “anti-people policies” of the Centre. Late on Friday, Pilot conducted an inspection of the march route to ensure that ev- erything was as per plan. CAA doesn’t... our soldiers’ heads. And the prime minister won’t even make sound,” he said. He said under this Act there was no provi- sion to take away the citizenship of anyone, even those belonging to a minority community country’s FACING THE... “Whether NPR or NRC, it is a tax on poor people of the country. You un- derstand demonestisa- tion. It was a tax on poor people. Go to banks and give your money but do not withdraw NO MORE... untoward incident on Thursday at August Kranti Maidan near Grant Road station. In Ghatkopar, a BJP stronghold in the me- tropolis, several people came out for a pro- a ‘uff’

5. INDIA JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 05 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 Onion at eye-watering ` 150/kg, imports underway The prices have failed to cool down despite several measures undertaken by the government in last few weeks which is importing the key kitchen staple on behalf of the govern- ment, has contracted 49,500 tonne of onion so far. Some shipments will arrive next month. Onion prices have shot up sharply due to estimated 25 per cent fall in kharif pro- duction of 2019-20 crop year (July-June) compared to the previous year because of late monsoon and even- tual excess rains in the major producing states. The prices ‘Special status of HP restored during Modi govt’ onion prices were rul- ing at Rs 100/kg. In Itan- agar, the prices were at Rs 150/kg. “Imported have started arriving. About 1,160 tonne has reached India. Addi- tional 10,560 tonne of shipments are expected to arrive in the next 3-4 days,” a senior ministry official told PTI. Both red and yellow onions have been im- ported from Turkey, Egypt and Afghanistan. New Delhi: Retail on- ion prices on Friday re- mained higher at up to Rs 150 per kg even as the imported supplies have started arriving to boost the domestic availabili- ty and check prices. In metros, retail price of onion was ruling at Rs 120 /kg Kolkata, at Rs 102/kg in Delhi and Mumbai and at Rs 80/ kg in Chennai, as per the data maintained by the consumer affairs ministry . In most cities, failed to cool down de- spite several govern- ment measures in the last few weeks. The gov- ernment has already banned export of on- ion, imposed stock lim- its on traders and is also supplying buffer stock at a cheaper rate. Traders and experts are of the view that on- ion prices will continue to remain firm till Janu- ary when late kharif crop will start hitting the market. —ANI TAKE NOTE onions The landing at Mumbai port, the official said. State-owned MMTC, shipments are have BJP MP slams Sandeep Dikshit for cop remarks CAA STIR Not a bad thing: VK Singh on Army Chief’s statement on CAA protests BJP IN A HUDDLE OVER CAA on CAA in its favour. The closed door meeting that is on at BJP headquarters in Delhi is being chaired by BJP’s working president JP Nadda. The meeting was also attended by BJP Na- tional General Secre- tary (organisation) BL Santosh, Union ministers Prahlad Pa- tel, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The in- clusion of its Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, a vocal new leader from the mi- nority who has articulated the party’s position on Article 370, has been tactical. New Delhi: As the initial volley of anti- CAA protests in the national capital seems to be waning after Prime Minister Nar- endra Modi’s claim that there is no talk of NRC at Sunday’s BJP rally here, the BJP went into a huddle on the matter on Thurs- day on how to swing the public perception dressing an event in the national capital on Thursday. The op- position alleged that the comments were political in nature and the Army Chief should desist from in- dulging in politics. Former Chief VK Singh elab- orating further said that the country be- longs to everyone born here even if their parents were foreigners. “Where are the doubts? About papers and certifi- cates required, this is a false narrative. I ap- peal to reasonable people, can’t do this with unreasonable people. It pains me. Those who are born in India are Indians and no one can take away their citizen- ship.” —ANI New Delhi:The Nar- endra Modi govern- ment came to the de- fence of Army Chief General Bipin Rawat after he drew flak from several quarters over his remarks criticis- ing those leading pro- tests and guiding stu- dents to carry out ar- son and violence. Union and former Army Chief Gen (Retd.) VK Singh defended the comments made by Bipin Rawat asked the opposition not to politicise eve- rything. Singh also said that there was nothing political in asking students to maintain peace while protesting. “In our great coun- try, the opposition can turn anything into a controversy . ‘Armed Forces driven by insaniyat’ community of abrogation OF ECLIPSES, HURDLES AND THE ACTS: Prime minister Narendra Modi took time out to watch the solar eclipse even as the coun- during foundation stone laying ceremony for the integrated development of East Delhi. NOT CAABIL? GEN RAWAT’S JIBE ON PROTESTING NETAS RAISES BROWS HAS GENERAL EXCEEDED HIS BRIEF? Turn on P4 trywide protests against CAA were on the wane for quite some time now while Home minister Amit Shah attacked divisive forces —PHOTOS BY PTI Opposition including Congress attacked Gen Rawat, who is due to retire on December 31 as Army Chief university and college students, the way they are leading masses of crowds to carry out ar- son and violence in our cities and towns. This is not leadership,” the Army Chief said at a health summit. He further said, “A leader is one person who leads you in the correct Gives you the right advice and then en- sures that you care for the people you live.” ‘APOLITICAL STATEMENT’ A senior officer at the Army headquarters clarified that Gen Rawat had (basically) talked about leader- ship qualities. “There were no political statements. He did not mention either the CAA or the NRC. He expressed con- cern about the law and order situation,” he went on to say. Leaders are not those who lead people in inappropriate direc- tions, the way they are leading crowds to car- ry out arson and vio- lence in our cities and towns. This is not leadership Gen Bipin Rawat, Army Chief Time to punish ‘tukde-tukde’ gang for violence New Delhi:Even as the Cabinet recently approved the post of CDS and General Bi- pin Rawat’s name is doing the rounds, on Thursday he criti- cised violence during protests over the citi- zenship law, saying “leaders are not those who lead masses in arson and violence.” He was immediately called out for taking sides while still in a post that must be neu- tral and apolitical. Panchayat polls in January Jaipur: Over 9,000 pan- chayats will go to the polls in Rajasthan next month, said an official here on Thursday. The elections to elect 9,171 sarpanch- es and 90,400 panches will be held in three phases on January 17, 22 and 29. The polling will held from 8 am to 5 pm and the counting will be held on the same day. As many as 34,525 zenship law. Shah also accused the opposition par- ties, which are oppos- ing the CAA, of spreading misinfor- mation and causing violence. “When sions on the Citi- zenship ment Bill (CAB) were held in Parlia- ment, no one was willing to say any- thing. After coming out, they started spreading misinfor- mation and disrupt- ed peace in Delhi,” he said. In the last few days, several broke out in the na- tional capital against the new citizenship law. One such protest in Jamia Nagar ear- lier this month had turned violent, New Delhi: In the wake against the Citizen- ship Amendment Act (CAA) in the national capital, Home Minis- ter Amit Shah on Thursday Congress of support- ing violence in the city’s streets and said it is time to “punish the tukde-tukde gang”. “It is time to pun- ish the tukde-tukde gang, which is re- sponsible for the vi- olence in the streets of the national capi- tal with the help of the Congress party. The people of Delhi should them,” Shah said while addressing a public rally here. The BJP has ac- cused Congress of inciting during against the new citi- direction. protests of those who lead people in inappropriate direc- tions, as we are witness- ing in a large number of Parts of UP go offline, cops brace for fresh protests Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh ment has blacked out Internet connec- tivity in eight dis- tricts of the state until evening over con- cerns of further protests against the Citizenship Amend- ment Act erupting after the Friday ber 31 as Army Chief, for making remarks on po- litical issues. “Leaders are not The opposition party, including the Congress attacked Gen Rawat, who is due to retire on Decem- Turn on P4 accused discus- Amend- crore women, will exer- cise their franchise in the elections. The state govern- ment this time has abol- ished the condition of minimum educational qualification for sar- panches. As per the criteria set by the previous BJP government, the person from general category wanting to contest for the sarpanch was re- quired to be Class 8 pass. polling booths had been set up for elections to 9,171 pachayats across 33 districts, said state Election Commissioner P S Mehra on Thursday. He said EVM ma- chines would be used for the election of sarpanches for the first time while the election of panches would be conducted through ballot pa- pers. As many as 3.08 crore voters, including 14.7 it had also witnessed clashes between the police and protesters last week. “We’ve deployed security personnel in different districts of the state and held talks with the peo- ple. Internet services have been suspended in eight districts for a day, prayers. Until reports last came in, Internet con- nectivity was sus- pended in western Ut- tar Pradesh’s Bijnor, Bulandshahar, Muzaf- farnagar, Agra, Firo- zabad, Sambhal, Ali- garh and Ghaziabad. No such action was taken in state capital Lucknow, even though govern- tomorrow protests punish Army Turn on P4 violence protests Turn on P4 stroying the image of our forces, They are calling them corrupt. They are dam- aging their morale. It is a kind of anti-demo- cratic thinking,” he told ANI. Rao accused Con- gress of backing those committing crimes. Sandeep Dikshit had said earlier that more than half of police forc- es in the country were “corrupt.” —ANI New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP GVL Narasimha Rao on Fri- day , slammed Congress leader Sandeep Dik- shit for stating that most police forces were “corrupt”, and said the party leaders have “anti- democratic thinking.” “From Sonia Gandhi to Sandeep Dikshit, all leaders of the Congress are corrupt. In every manner, they are de- Confident Gehlot says Congress will do well in p’yat polls YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA DECEMBER 27, 2019 Turn on P4 said this time there will be more medicines in the kitty and people could undergo more tests too. CM said that the state government’s decision to have a medical college in every district is a big step. Gehlot also spoke about agreement with hospitals in Gujarat for heart treatment of kids. He said the government has been paying Rs 5,000 towards transpor- tation expenditure. The CM also vowed to break the backbone of mafia in the state. police... doing politics on na- tionalism,” he said. The CM even asked people, “Do we need to get certificate(s) from the Centre to prove that we are na- tionalists.” The tour began with inauguration of a free eye surgery camp in Nimbahera where he was accompanied by speaker Dr C P Joshi, Ministers Udaylal An- jana, Lalchand Kataria, Harish Choudhary and local MLAs. Gehlot made people aware about the ‘Nirogi Rajasthan’ campaign. He ernment has done ex- cellent work in the first year; therefore, people would back it (the gov- ernment). However, Gehlot also expressed his unhappi- ness with the BJP-led government in the Centre. “I get really an- gry and this anger comes straight from the heart,” he said. According to him, the central govern- ment has strayed away from real issues. “We want the country to be safe but the Cen- tre has been diverting from real issues by PK Agarwal Jaipur: Following pro- poor and pro-farmer welfare schemes and with the announcement of dates of panchayat elections, a confident Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was of the opin- ion that people will sup- port the party (Con- gress) because of sus- tained good work and good governance in the last one year. During a one-day tour of Mewar and Wa- gad region, the CM in an exclusive chat with First India said the gov- Minister Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot greets the public during the Kisan Sammelan at Simalwara in Dungarpur district on Thursday, even as Assembly Speaker CP Joshi looks on. “If I play football, the opposition will say it’s politics. If you don’t understand the context, go and check with him. If he had given advice to stu- dents to not indulge in arson, it’s not a bad thing. Don’t what is so wrong in it?” Singh said. Sin- gh’s defence of Gen Rawat came a day af- ter the Army Chief’s remarks while ad- would have been to see the statement into con- text in which Army Chief has said a par- ticular thing. Ask him what he meant. I don’t see any politics in it. If I tell students don’t un- necessarily property , is it politics? Search your heart and ask this Cross-check Army Chief and in what context he might have said it,” he said. BJP Working Prez JP Nadda addressing a public rally. —FILE and Shimla: BJP working president JP Nadda on Friday said that the Congress government had scrapped the spe- cial category status of Himachal Pradesh add- ing that the Modi-led government restored the same. Special category is a classification given by the Central government in a bid to grant special assistance in the devel- opment of states that face geographical and socio-economic disad- vantages. “When the Congress party was in power in the Centre, Himachal Pradesh was removed from the list of special category states. However, when Modi Ji's government came to power in the year 2014, the government pro-actively restored it without any demands,” Nadda said. The BJP working president was address- ing a public rally to commemorate the par- ty's second year in power in the state, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur were also present. “Atal Bihari Vajpayee gave a special economic LEADER SPEAK damage know question. with ‘CONGRESS SHOULD APOLOGISE OVER DIKSHIT’S REMARK’ Ideal tionalism in a bid to stow away a misdeed. “More than half of the police forces in the country are corrupt. How do they eradicate it? Firstly, raise slo- gans on nationalism and show that we do such a job which can- not be questioned. When police or para- military forces raise such slogans, know that they are trying to hide a misdeed,” Dik- shit told ANI. The Congress leader added that if an organi- sation is “corrupt”, they will talk more about nationalism. Later, clarifying his stance, Dikshit said, “I said most of them [po- lice] are corrupt, did not say all are corrupt.” He said that the poli- ticians are “answera- ble to people” the same way public services are. —ANI New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Af- fairs, G Kishan Reddy on Friday, hit out at Congress leader Sand- eep Dikshit over his remark wherein, he had said that “more than half of police forces in India are cor- rupt” and demanded an apology from the Congress for its lead- er's statement. “No politics should be done on Police. Governments and go, but police work for 365 days. Congress party should apologise for this re- mark,” Reddy told ANI. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit, ear- lier in the day, said that more than half of the police forces in the country are “cor- rupt” while also as- serting that they or the paramilitary forc- es raise slogans on na- Forces are “‘insaniyat’ and ‘sharafat‘ (human- ity and decency)” and added that “they are extremely secular”. “The challenge is changing warfare tac- tics with the advent of technology . Unlike the attack by any Army, terror attacks remain unaccountable in in- ternational law. “Hence, terrorism and anti- insurgency tions have to be dealt in a manner of win- ning the hearts of the people by identifying and alienating the in- surgents among them without damage, which be- comes very challeng- ing and difficult,” he said. —PTI New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said the Armed Forces have the ut- most respect for laws related to rights and ensure the rights of even their ad- versaries are upheld. Rawat’s comments come a day after he faced flak for criticis- ing people leading pro- tests against amended citizenship law. Rawat had said leadership was not about guiding masses to carry out arson and violence across the country . Addressing interns and senior officers of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Rawat said, “The Indian Armed package to Himachal, which led to a lot of de- velopment in the state. But when the Congress government came to power, they withdrew the package granted for a period of 10 years within seven years,” Nadda said. He also outlined BJP government's initiative of presenting report card of its development work to public and said, “The BJP government started the practice to show a report card of the work to the people. Congress government did not have the culture of seeking votes on the basis of developmental work.” —ANI human come counter- the “The Indian Armed Forces not only ensure the protection of hu- man rights of our own people but also of ad- versaries and deal with Prisoners of War as per the Geneva Con- ventions,” Rawat said. In his address at the NHRC event, Rawat as- serted that the driving ethos of the Armed Forces are very disci- plined and have the ut- most respect for human rights laws and inter- national human rights laws,” reported PTI. He was speaking on “Preserving Human Rights in Times of War and Prisoners of War” at the Manav Adhikar Bhawan in New Delhi. opera- collateral MAMATA BANERJEE LIKELY TO ATTEND SOREN'S SWEARING-IN Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Hemant Soren as Jharkhand CM in Ranchi on Dec 29. With top opposition leaders scheduled to attend the programme, Hemant Soren's swearing-in ceremony is likely to be a “show of unity” in the wake of countrywide pro- EX- KOLKATA TOP COP RAJEEV KUMAR POSTED AS PRINCIPAL SECY Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Thursday night named former Kol- kata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, currently posted as the Addition- al DG of state CID, as principal secretary in the Information, Technolo- gy and the Electronics Department. According to an order issued by the state government, the IPS PRIYANKA TO ATTEND CONGS' FOUNDATION DAY FUNCTION Lucknow: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be in Lucknow for two days- December 27 & 28 to take part in the events on the occasion of the party's 135th Foundation Day. During her stay in Lucknow, Priyanka will attend the 135th foundation day function of the party today. At 12:30 pm on Saturday, Vadra will hold a meeting with the advisory council and strategists. On the same evening, she will attend the PCC meeting. This will be the 135th foundation day of the oldest party - the Congress in the country. ‘RAILWAYS TO RATIONALISE FARE, FREIGHT RATES’ New Delhi: The railways is in the process of “ra- tionalising” its passengers and freight fares, Rail- way Board Chairman VK Yadav said. He, however, refused to say if the prices will be increased. In a media briefi ng, Yadav said although the railways had initiated a number of measures to counter its dwindling revenues, increasing fares was a “sensitive” issue and it had to be discussed at length before a fi nal decision was taken. “We are going to rationalise the fares and freight rates. Something is being thought about. tests against the amended CAA and the proposed NRC. “We share a very good relationship with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha & Hemant Soren. So far, it has been decided that our party supremo along with some senior leaders would attend Soren's swearing-in ceremony on Dec 29,” a senior TMC leader said. offi cer replaces Debasish Sen, who was holding ad- ditional charges of the de- partment as the additional chief secretary. Sen will now be the CMD of the West Bengal Housing In- frastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HIDCO) with additional charge of Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority as its chairman, the order said.

6. PERSPECTIVE 06 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 THE ART OF PARENTING Process of loving should always be a liberating process, not an entangling process IN-DEPTH GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO CLERICS Government has finally woken up and reached out to influential Muslim clerics mid escalation of violence and suspension of internet services in various parts of the country over new citizen’s amendment act and proposed national register of citi- zens, the government has finally woken up and reached out to influential Muslim clerics urging them to defuse the tension and issue appeals for calm. The move seems to help the situation re- turn to normalcy as top Muslim clerics have responded positively and issued an appeal to the people asking them to continue to protest but in a peaceful manner without indulging in acts of vandalism. The timely interven- tion by the government and clerics is all set to play a vital role in stopping incidents of violence and destruction of government properties. The situation in Uttar Pradesh has come to such a pass that the state government has not only suspended internet services in as much as 21 cities and put the state on high alert to stem the violence that has killed at least 19 people so far. With 134 internets shut down cases reported, India topped the global list last year. The peace appeal issued by some of senior clerics in Uttar Pradesh is expected to work in the strife-torn state amid charges be- ing levelled by opposition parties that UP government has been indulging in Muslim bashing. In its attempt to engage religious leaders from the Muslim community in consultation process over controversial CAA and proposed NRC, the Modi government is trying to send a message to the aggrieved community that when CAA and NRC will be brought, there will be wider consultations. The govern- ment’s move to rope in clerics though taken a little late has convinced the clergy about the seriousness of the government that it is un- willing to impose two contentious legislation on a particular community . The move is also expected to cool down ris- ing tempers of the opposition parties as they have been mounting pressure on the govern- ment to come clean on the controversial is- sues that have put the entire country on fire. The tension could have avoided had the gov- ernment taken this step in the beginning by making it clear that the implementation of CAA and NRC is not on the cards right now. Besides, the government has also launched an extensive campaign through social media and other means to allay apprehensions and differences between CAA and NRC. The government in Uttar Pradesh said it has suspended internet services in some ma- jor cities to stop spreading of rumours among people that lead to violence and killing of people. In fact, the government is worried because protesters are using the internet for mobilisation of people. A Home should not be a place of imposing your culture, ideas and morals upon the child. It should be a supportive atmosphere where there is no imposition upon the child and his intelligence is encouraged SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION to learn his own ways. You don’t try to counter-influence him with your own morality and values. You just help him to look at his life with more intel- ligence, rather than being influ- enced by this or that. Home should not be a place of imposing your culture, ideas and morals upon the child. It should be a supportive atmos- phere where there is no imposi- tion upon the child and his in- telligence is encouraged. If the child feels most comfortable at home, he will naturally try to spend more time there than outside. Right now, a street cor- ner may feel like a more com- fortable place for him than be- ing at home because of the im- positions in the home ground. So, if that discomfort is not there, he will not make the street corner his sanctuary . But that does not mean he is not go- ing to be exposed to the hard realities of the world. He will always be, and they will influ- ence him in some way or the other. But always, the parent encouraging the child to learn to think for himself, to use his own intelligence to see what is best for him is the best insur- ance you have so that the child grows up well. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL love, care and support for the child to grow. Good parenting is not about teaching the child what to do and what not to do, it is just about creating an at- mosphere. If you want to grow your garden, you don’t sit there every day and try to extract flowers or fruits out of it. You just maintain the atmosphere and it grows well, isn’t it? That is all you can do, and that is all that should be done. If parents are truly con- cerned about their children, they must raise their children in such a way that the child will never have any need for the par- ent. The process of loving should always be a liberating process, not an entangling pro- cess. So when the child is born, allow the child to look around, spend time with nature and spend time with himself. Create an atmosphere of love and sup- port and don’t try to impose your morals, ideas, religion or whatever in any way . Just allow him to grow, allowing his intel- ligence to grow and helping him look at life on his own terms, as a human being – not identified with the family, or your wealth or whatever else. Just helping him to look at life as a human being is very essen- tial for his wellbeing and the wellbeing of the world. Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017, the highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN TEACH YOUR CHILD – WHICH YOU HAVE TO, TO SOME EXTENT – IS HOW TO SURVIVE BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE ITSELF, A CHILD KNOWS MORE ABOUT LIFE EXPERIENTIALLY, BY D ost adults assume that as soon as a child is born, it is time to become teachers. When a child enters your house, it is not the time to become a teacher, it is time to learn, because if you look at yourself and your child, your child is more joyous, isn’t it? So it is time you learn life from them, not the other way around. The only thing that you can teach your child – which you have to, to some extent – is how to survive but when it comes to life itself, a child knows more about life experi- entially, by himself. He is life; he knows it. Even with you, if you take away the influences you have imposed upon your mind, your life energies know how to “be.” It is only your mind which doesn’t know how to “be.” An adult is capable of all kinds of sufferings – imag- ined sufferings. A child has still not gone to that. So it is time to learn, not teach. The only thing that you can give is an atmosphere of HIMSELF At the same time, the perils of living in this world are al- ways there. It could be drugs, it could be an accident, it could be various perversions – all these things are there. But what you need to understand is, whether you like it or not, today or to- morrow, your child has to learn to live with his own intelli- gence, making his own choices as to how much of what he has to do in his life. So the sooner he gets equipped for this, the better. This does not mean you push a young child on the street What’s next for the digital living room? F content For example, he said that while he has access to plenty of good content through his cable provid- er’s ecosystem, it doesn’t offer everything he wants to watch. “Now that we have all these streaming services, we increasingly have the problem of con- tent not being available across different platforms — and that’s getting worse,” Werbach noted. As more streaming ser- vices popped up, content became further siloed. “For a while, if you paid for Netflix, you got most of the stuff you wanted to get. Now there’s Netflix, there’s Amazon, [there’s the upcoming] new Disney service and AT&T/Time Warner [service] and so forth,” Werbach said. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.FAIROBSERVER.COM fragmentation. of competing business in- terests, Werbach Companies race to become the main provider of video and music in the home but also seek to dominate in digital services broadly to corral consum- ers into their ecosystem. “The economics make it difficult,” he explained. “For the foreseeable future, it’s going to be this co-ope- tition (cooperative compe- tition) landscape where it’s never quite in anyone’s interest to give consumers what they want, which is one subscription and one set of devices that give them everything.” Back in the mid-2000s, Werbach recalled, challenge in the digital liv- ing room was “hardware systems not talking to each other.” These days, the issue is less about tech- nical ability but rather leap in broadband adoption in households and the ad- vent of smartphones, tab- lets and other devices, the digital living room is no longer a TV-centric area in the home. Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant and con- nected devices are chang- ing the way people search for and consume content. Google is doing the same thing with Google TV , Google Home and YouTube, as is Apple with its Home- Pod, Apple TV and Siri. Meanwhile, Facebook has become a source of content for people as they interact within the social media site’s platform. But while the digital liv- ing room may look vastly different now, it still isn’t the unified and open eco- system consumers want. “We’re certainly much fur- ther along, but there still isn’t true integration of all ifteen years ago, Microsoft, Sony , Dell and HP were some of the leading said. companies jostling for su- premacy in the digital liv- ing room — where comput- ers, TVs and content came together to deliver home entertainment. Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 console not only played video games, but also DVDs and CDs. It streamed music from MP3 players and connected to the company’s Windows Media Center on PCs. So- ny’s TVs, sound systems and computers formed an integrated entertainment hub, while Dell and HP had “media-ready” computers that also acted as content servers in the home. Today , these four players have been overshadowed by Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook. Fueled by a more the different devices and services,” said Kevin Wer- bach, Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics. True integration, he said, is a digital environ- ment where consumers can link “every device and eve- ry piece of content on eve- ry service and be able to experience them together.” This quasi-utopia re- mains out of reach because Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant and connected devices are changing the way people search for and consume TOP TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Gratitude to the people of Balangir for being a part of this program despite the adverse weather conditions. This huge gathering is a testimony of people’s support and trust in Hon. PM @narendramodi ji’s welfare program for the development of Balangir district. the content G Vol 1 G Issue No. 202 GRNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor: Jagdeesh Chandra, Managing Editor: Robin Roy, responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act

7. INDIA JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 Net back in Kargil after 145 days A lockdown & communication blackout was imposed in J&K to prevent protests against the change to the state’s constitutional status and re-organisation POWERGallery Only BSNL operated in Lko on Dec 27 KAUN BANEGA INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO US? The name of Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Perma- nent Representative to UN is circulating as a probable candidate as India’s next Ambassador to United States whose retirement is in April 2020. He is an Indian Foreign Service officer of the1985 batch. WILL GUPTA BE NEXT DG,NICFS Name of Rakesh Kumar Gupta is doing the rounds for the post of new DG of National Insti- tute of Criminology & Forensic Science(NICFS). S Jaweed Ahmad, present DG, NICFS is going back to his parent cadre UP. A 1984 batch IPS officer, is schedule to retire in March next year. Gupta is a 1986 batch WB cadre IPS officer and has been empanelled as DG in GoI in June this year. 12 IPS OFFICERS RETIRING IN DECEMBER As many as 12 IPS officers of various cadres and batches are retiring in December, 2019. They are: R J Savani of Gujarat; Surinder Kumar of J&K; Ranjit Kumar Prasad of Jharkhand; Mohd B S Yasin of Kerala; V K Suryavanshi of MP; P P Mutyal of Maharashtra; Amar Singh Chahal of Punjab; Dr Bhupendra Singh of Rajasthan; Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar and Pramod Kumar of UP and M Hari Sena Verma of West Bengal cadre. ADMIRAL KARAMBIR SINGH SENIOR-MOST WHEN GEN BIPIN RAWAT RETIRES Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Naval Staff will be the senior-most officer among the tri-services Chiefs when General Bipin Rawat retires on December 31, 2019 as Army Chief. But Admiral Karambir Singh has just a year left to retire. Is he being considered for the post of Chief of Defence Staff ? Nobody can tell right now. CDS POST TO BE ROTATIONAL? The post of Chief of Defence Staff(CDS) is likely to be rotational so the next Chief can be from other services. M S RAO TO BE CHIEF SECRETARY OF MEGHALAYA? M S Rao is likely to be new Chief Secretary of Meghalaya. He will take over on Jan 1, 2020. He is 1987 batch IAS office of Assam/Meghalaya cadre. 11 EMPANELLED IPS OFFICERS RETIRE NEXT YEAR 11 out 14 IPS officers of 1986 batch empanelled are due to superannuate in 2020. Akhil Kumar Shukla is retiring in January, Aaloka Prabhakar and Rakesh Kumar Mishra retire in March, Anil Kumar and R P Agrawal in April, N R K Reddy, Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma, Aaliok Kumar Pate- ria and A Hemchandran are schedule to retire in May, Ashok Kumar Verma in June and Shambhu Nath Singh will retire in November next year. Bhupendra Singh retiring this month. BHUSHAN TO TAKE OVER AS SECRETARY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT ON JAN 1 Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary (Coordination), Cabi- net Secretariat, will be taking over the charge as Secretary, Department of Rural Development on January 1, 2020. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. HEAVY INDUSTRY TO GET NEW SECRETARY FROM JANUARY 1 Arun Goel, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, will be taking over the charge as Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry on January 1, 2020. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre. SANJAY KUMAR TO JOIN AS ADDL SECY, ROAD TRANSPORT ON JANUARY 1 Sanjay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, will be taking over the charge as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways on January 1, 2020. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Nagaland. PRAVEEN KUMAR TO TAKE OVER AS SECRETARY, SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON JAN 1 Praveen Kumar presently Special Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, will be taking over as Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on January 1, 2020. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. DR EKKA TO BE PS TO NEW JHARKHAND CM? Dr Rajeev Arun Ekka is likely to be appointed new Principal Secretary (PS) to the new CM Hemant Soren. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre. CHOUBEY TO JOIN CMS SECRETARIAT? Vinay Kumar Choubey is likely to join the Chief Minister’s(CMs) Secretariat in Jharkhand. He is a1999 batch IAS officer. Ladakh: Mobile inter- net services have been restored in Kargil dis- trict of the Union Terri- tory . The development comes days after it was reported that the Min- istry of Home Affairs has withdrawn 72 com- panies of Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) from J & Kwith immediate effect. "The Ministry has decided to withdraw 72 Coys of CAPFs (CRPF-24, BSF- 12, ITBP-12, CISF-12 and SSB-12) with imme- diate effect from Jam- mu and Kashmir and revert back to their re- spective locations," the ministry stated. The Ministry of Home Affairs had started with- drawing forces from J&K from the second week of December.Com- munication restrictions CURRENT SCENARIO Lucknow: Mobile In- ternet services and sms messages of all mobile service providers ex- cept BSNL remained suspended in Lucknow on December 27. The an- nouncement was made in a notification dated December 26 and under- signed by Additional Chief Secretary, Awan- ish Kumar Awasthi. Furthermore, Inter- net services were sus- pended in several other districts of the state. In Bulandshahar, it will remain suspended till 6:00 am on December 28. In Agra, Internet Ser- vices remained sus- pended till 6:00 pm on Dec27 while in Mathu- ra, Sitapur, Muzaffar- nagar, Firozabad and Sambhal, it will remain suspended till further Central orders. It will also re- main suspended in Bi- jnor till the night of December 28. Meanwhile, the Infor- mation & Communica- tion Department of Ut- tar Pradesh said that 498 people have been identified in connection with the damage caused to public property dur- ing recent protests in Lucknow, Sambhal, Rampur, Mu- zaffarnagar, Ferozabad, Kanpur Nagar, Mau and Bulandshahar. A lockdown and com- munication was imposed in Kash- mir while hundreds of political workers and leaders, including three former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, and Mehboo- ba Mufti, were detained to prevent against the change to Jammu and Kashmir’s constitutional and reorganisation.—PTI cision to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories. Divisional Commis- sioner Kashmir Baseer Khan refused to give a timeline on restoration of internet in the Val- ley . “We are evaluating. There is a need to meet all the people con- cerned including secu- rity agencies, only then we can say anything,” he said. were imposed in the erstwhile state of Jam- mu & Kashmir in the wake of abrogation of Article 370 in August this year. Centre had in August this year, announced the decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Con- stitution, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jam- mu and Kashmir. It had also announced the de- blackout protests Meerut, status 'Solving traffic congestion in agenda for next 5 yrs' Tehsildar removed over objectionable post ‘6.5L houses to be build under Awas Yojana’ till further direction. According to the order, the officer misused her social media account to post a non-objective comment, misused her official position and misbehaved with the people. "The officer will be provided subsistence pay for the duration of the suspension," the or- der added. The officer had alleg- edly posted an objec- tionable comment on a social media post on December 21. Earlier, Pratibha served a notice to Tomar and sought a re- sponse within 24 hours, after which she was suspended. —ANI New Delhi: Addressing traffic would be a focus area of the AAP government in next five years if it is reelected, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- wal said today . Kejriwal, addressing people in a town-hall meeting in Pitampura, said the AAP manifesto will be released around mid-January and it will consist of all issues that would be addressed in the next five years. "These issues will be decided by holding dis- cussions with people. Yesterday (in another town-hall meeting) we decided to clean Delhi and today we decided to deal with traffic conges- congestion New Delhi: The Centre on Friday approved con- struction of 6.5 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Ur- ban), taking the total number of houses being funded under the scheme to over one crore. Addressing a press conference, Union Hous- ing & Urban Affairs Min- ister Hardeep Singh Puri said in the next three- four months, the minis- try will sanction all the 1.12 crore houses, a tar- get set by the govt. —ANI Amita Singh Tomar Sheopur: A woman tehsildar from Sheopur was suspended for al- legedly posting an ob- jectionable post on her social media account over the Citizenship Amendment Act. In a suspension or- der dated December 26, Chambal Commission- er Renu Tiwari sus- pended Tehsildar Ami- ta Singh Tomar and at- tached her to Bhopal Delhi C M Arvind Kejriwal addressing the members of the Town Vending Committees & street vendors at Delhi Secretariat. "We have hired con- sultants to identify bot- tlenecks in the city where traffic conges- tion takes place. They will submit their plan in the next couple of months and based on their suggestion we will try to solve the problem of traffic congestion," he said. —ANI tion in the next five years," he said. Responding to peo- ple's questions, Kejri- wal said addressing traffic would be a focus area of the AAP government in the next five years, pro- vided the party is ree- lected in the polls early next year. Collector Pal congestion had Seelampur violence: Court to hear bail plea on Dec 30 TALKING BUSINESS... today. The court has sought medical reports of both the accused from the jail authori- ties. The Delhi Police had arrested 14 people at the protest on De- cember 17. quently, the court sent them to 14-days judi- cial custody. The protesters had allegedly pelted stones at policemen and van- dalised three buses during the protest. —ANI New Delhi: Delhi’s Karkardooma will on December 30 hear a bail petition filed by two accused who were arrested af- ter a protest over the Citizenship (Amend- ment) Act turned vio- lent in Seelampur area last week. Additional District judge Brijesh Garg slated the matter for December hearing their petition court Subse- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the launch of internal Dashboard for Department of Defence at Ministry of Defence in New Delhi on Friday. Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar can also be seen. 30 after —PHOTO BY ANI NORWEGIAN TOURIST ASKED TO LEAVE INDIA OVER VISA VIOLATION Kochi: A Norwegian tourist has been asked to leave the country over visa violation, the Foreigners Regional Registration Offi ce said. The development came after Janne-Mette Johans- son was questioned for participating in a protest against the CAA in Kochi on December 23. The sev- enty-four-year-old Norwe- ACTOR KUSHAL PUNJABI, FOUND DEAD AT MUMBAI HOME New Delhi: Actor Kushal Punjabi who was last seen in Ishq Mein Mar- jawan was found dead in his Mumbai home. The actor was 42. The news came as a shock when ac- tor Karanvir Bohra shared the news of his demise on social media. Kushal Punjabi’s body was found hanging at his residence in Pali Hill, Mumbai. The 4-YR-OLD GIRL RAPED IN MUZAFFARPUR, CONDITION CRITICAL Muzaffarpur: A four-year-old girl was alleged- ly raped by a 22-year-old man in Muzaffarpur and has been admitted in a critical condition to Shrikrishna Medical College and Hospital, said Bihar Police on Friday. The accused identifi ed as Azad has been arrested by the police. "The incident took place in the area of Ahiyapur Police Station on the night of December 26 and the police have arrested the accused. The girl is in a critical condition and is currently undergoing treatment," said DSP Ram Naresh Paswan. gian took to social media on Friday, saying that an offi cer from the Bureau of Immigration met her in the morning and asked her to leave the country immediately. "A couple of hours back Bureau of Immigration showed up at my hotel again. I was told to leave the country at once, or legal action will be taken. Police has found a suicide note at his residence. Accidental Death Report fi led, further probe is underway. In his one-and- a-half page suicide note, Punjabi has mentioned his assets should be equally distributed among his parents and his three- year-old son Kian. His last rites will be held in Mumbai today at 4 pm.

8. NEWS JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 High Court upholds Surat rapist’s death sentence Division bench rejects appeal against special POCSO court’s death sentence of July First India News CAA protest: Muslims burn Ajmer dargah deewan’s effigy Bhupendra Bishnoi Ajmer: Large number of Muslims, including khadims of the Ajmer dargah, took out a pro- test march against the amended Citizenship Act on Friday, demand- ing a rollback of the controversial law. They also burnt an ef- figy of Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, the spiritual head of the dar- gah, accusing him of misleading Muslims on the issue of the amended Citizenship Act. “Centre should repeal the Act, which is an attack on the Preamble of the Consti- tution. The government should also say that the NRC (National Register of Citizens) will not be implemented (country- wide),” Sarwar Chisty , a khadim of the dargah, said. Slogans such as “long live communal harmo- ny” were raised by the protesters. The march started from the dargah and concluded at the col- lectorate, after passing through the crowded less than a death sen- tence will suffice.” Additional public prosecutor of the Gu- jarat HC, Himanshu Patel said that on Oc- tober 18, 2014, the mi- nor went missing in the Limbayat area of Surat city. found her body on the very next day from the residence of the accused. The accused had fled Surat but was caught and arrested last year by the Bihar Police, who handed him over to the Surat Police. The Surat po- lice filed its charge sheet in the POCSO court. After cross-ex- amining 38 witnesses and inspecting CCTV footage as well as FSL evidence, the court passed an order award- ing a death sentence to the accused in July. BACKGROUND A Ahmedabad: 22-year-old man con- victed of raping and murdering a three- year-old girl in Surat in October 2014 had his death sentence upheld by the Gujarat High Court on Friday, in what has been one of the fastest trials for rape cases in the state. The HC’s bench of justices Bela Trivedi and AC Rao on Friday rejected the ap- peal filed by Anil Ya- dav in opposition to the death sentence award- ed by the special Pro- tection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court in Surat in July. The trial court had passed its order after five months of trial and the HC disposed of appeal in four Protesters burning the effi gy of Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan. SPIRITUAL HEAD SUPPORTED CENTRE Police A A A This comes under the category of the rarest of rare cases, in which the court cannot show any leniency in such cases. The ac- cused has no regret for the ghastly of- fence he committed in a case where a helpless toddler suffered a lot. Nothing less than a death sentence will suffice. division Act was not against Muslims and they need not fear it. However, on Monday, Khan demanded that the government stopped the implementation of the amended Citizen- ship Act and wrote a let- ter to PM Modi in this regard. —PTI dargah bazaar. Chisty al- leged that the dargah deewan misled Muslims by stating that the amended Act was not against them, adding that therefore, his effigy was burnt. The spiritual head had last week said the amended Citizenship —Read the judgment no regret for the ghast- ly offence he commit- ted in a case where a helpless toddler suf- fered a lot. Nothing category of the rarest of rare cases, in which the court cannot show any leniency in such cases. The accused has months. The court, while up- holding the trial court judgement, observed, “This comes under the MP: WCD Min writes to CM on sand mines issue Shah performs SJVNL’s ground breaking ceremony IN HOLY PRESENCE Anirudh Tiwari eas. Responding to it, Imarti Devi complained about the ballast crush- er of Pradyuman sup- porters for causing pol- lution on December 6. After that, the dis- trict administration of Gwalior suspended the approval of crushers of Pradyuman supporters in Bilua and adjoining areas on the complaint of Imarti Devi. Follow- ing the incident, Imarti Devi has written a let- ter to CM Kamal Nath that 4 mines in Dabra and the adjoining area should be made func- tional again. The letter say sthat the issues, which led to closure of mines have been resolved. Shimla: Union Home Minister Amit Shah per- formed the breaking ceremony for 210 MW Luhri (Stage I) and 66 MW Dhaulasidh hydropower projects of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL). Governor Bandaru Dattatraya and CM JR Thakur were also present at the ceremony . The state government organized the ceremony as part of Himachal Global Sum- mit for fast-tracking the Bhopal: Women and Child Development Min- ister Imarti Devi has created a ruckus about the closed sand mines in the Dabra area. Imarti Devi has also written a letter to Chief Minister Kamal Nath asking why only the sand mines in her area have been closed when all the rest sand mines of the state are functional. Those mines in the minister’s area were closed after complaints by Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar. Tomar closed the mines which belonged to Imarti De- vi’s supporters in Dab- ra and surrounding ar- ground- Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the ‘1st Ground Breaking Ceremony of HP Global Investors’ Meet – 2019 in Shimla. million units of electric- ity annually , Dhaulasidh will have the potential to generate 247 million units annually . implementation memorandums of un- derstanding worth Rs 10,000 crore.The Luhri project will generate 758 of while Rising MP Jaipur (Rural) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore visited Deshnok in Bikaner and paid tribute to Karni Mata. He will hold a press conference today at Hotel Vrindavan in Bikaner. Priyanka: Understand saffron’s chronology Breath analyser test for pilots introduced Mining dept issues new directives ‘Stop giving misleading statements’ Kashiram Choudhary New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gan- dhi made a veiled attack on Home Minister Amit Shah and the ruling BJP over Shah’s “un- derstand the chronolo- gy” remark on NCR and CAA at an event. The youth in the country “will not budge”, Gan- dhi tweeted. In a sharply-worded tweet, Gandhi used the “understand the chro- nology” phrase to at- tack the ruling BJP. “Understand chronology ... First they will promise you two crore jobs. Then they will form government. First India News New Delhi: BJP urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to stop giving misleading comments over NRC and NPR and focus on the states where his party is in power instead. “Rahul Gandhi should stop giv- ing misleading state- ments and should in- stead focus on states where his party is in power. In Rajasthan, where there is a Con- gress government, in a single hospital 77 chil- dren have died in one month,” Javadekar said at a press conference in New Delhi. Jaipur: Airport direc- tor Jaideep Singh Bal- hara brought forward the initiative to intro- duce breath analyser test, to make sure that the pilots stay in the line and are not drunk at the time of duty . The ground staff and cabin crew is being caught drunk on daily basis. In just one week four such cases have come to light. These incidents may seem shocking but not necessarily a new devel- opment. The staffers caught recently might MEETING GEN-X Jaipur: The mining de- partment has issued new directives to check illegal mining transportation of illegal minerals. From Janu- ary 1, vehicle owners and drivers will have to get empty weight from transport department’s website. They should match real weight of their vehicle from the transport de- partment’s This would spare them unnecessary problem as their vehicle would not need pre load weighing. and Then they will ruin your universities. Then they will destroy the country’s constitution. Then you will protest. Then they will call you a “fool” but youngistan will not budge,” she wrote in Hindi. The Congress lead- er’s tweet comes as pro- tests continue across the country . have been drinking on the duty in the past too but escaped in the past because there was no breathe analyser test on the airport. According to the di- rector, when a staffer is caught then he or she is suspended for three months immediately. They are also removed from airport duty . vehicle’s the website. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra met Assamese students at Raj Bhawan on Friday.  The UIDAI on Friday announced that the Aadhaar project has now crossed the 125 crore mark. This means that over 1.25 billion resi- dents of India now have the 12-digit unique identity, said the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technol- ogy in an offi cial statement. chand Katariya conducted a jansunwai at PCC wherein he refuted the allegations laid by Gujarat’s Agriculture minister over locusts and said that the issue related to these pests is the Union Government’s matter. He informed that CM Gehlot has wrote to PM over the matter. Meanwhile, a representative of Jaipur Bar Association and Collector- ate Bar Association handed a memorandum to Katariya against shifting of Amber SDM Court.. information technology and communication Kuldeep Yadav, currently posted in la- bour department. The bureau conducted a search operation wherein various documents were recovered.  The tour of the second sub-committee of Parlia- mentary Committee on the offi cial language started on Friday. The Central Govern- ment offi ces and undertakings reviewed by this committee on the fi rst day include Food Corporation of India, Press In- formation Bureau and Central Warehousing Corporation. wal announced that compen- sation will be provided to the fl ood victims of Kota. Out of the 4629 people whose homes were damaged, 1370 people will be given com- pensation of Rs 1 lakh each. Compensation would be pro- vided through bank transfer on January 12, 2020. peacocks were found on the banks of Masuda pond in Ajmer. Villagers said more than 50 peacocks have died in 5 days. The offi cials said wild animals may be making preys out of peacocks. While some villagers believe that the killings are due to the fear of crop damage.  During the Karauli visit on Friday, RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot visited the residence of former president of the State Sports Council and Congress leader Shiv Charan Mali to offer condolences on demise of Mali’s mother Ram Kaur Devi. Vaibhav was accompa- nied by former RCA Secretary Subhash Joshi, former Vice President Sushil Sharma, Mo- hammad Iqbal, Rajiv Khanna and Bhavani Samota. BRIEF in  Almost 20 days after Disha’s accused were en- countered by police, father of one of the accused has been mowed down by Cyberabad Assistant Commissioner of Police’s private car during late-night hours of Thursday.  CPI leader Atul Anjan addressing a programme at Ravindra Manch made a statement on Army Chief Bipin Rawat. He said, “Army President should not make political statements. He low- ered the dignity of his post.”  A seminar for PwD was organised by CISF. Padma- bhushan DR Mehta while addressing the gathering said “ 150 PwDs come to us every day from around 590 districts, Sudha Chan- dran is our brand ambas- sador. A polite gesture can bring a lot of relief.”  ACB registered a com- plaint related to inappropriate assets against the deputy director of department of Police along with airport authorities and Air force reached Jodhpur Airport after the Police control room was alerted about a hijack at Jodhpur Airport. It was later revealed that the alert was a mock drill carried out by ATC.  Agriculture minister Lal-  UDH Minister Shanti Dhari-  More than 2 dozen dead

9. SPORTS JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 CAA GOOGLY IN PAK CRICKET Banned spinner sought help from Pak PM Imran Khan & cricket administrators, saying that his life is not in “good shape” CAANERIA Hindu players in Pak team tend to be attracted towards India: Madan T said that Hindu players in the Pakistan team tend to be attracted towards India. He also said that the lack of education is the prime difference between In- dian and Pakistan play- ers. He also expressed his sadness over the alleged treatment meted out to Kaneria he former India cricketer Madan Lal during his cricketing career. “There are just two Hindus that have represented Pakistan in cricket. I have noticed, that whenever Hindu players repre- sented Pakistan, they tended to be attracted more towards us, they liked talking to us. I have toured Pakistan, I have seen Hindus in that country, the dif- ference was obviously there,” Lal told ANI. “As team-mates, you need to support each other,” he added. ISSUE HOTS UP great players who supported me wholeheartedly as a cricketer. Also thankful to media, genuine cricket ad- ministrators, and citizens of Pakistan who supported me regardless of my religious affiliation,” Kaneria said. ‘Was targetted but never felt need to convert’ Karachi: In a statement, Kaneria, who was found guilty of spot-fixing while playing for English club Es- sex, said that over time, he has approached many indi- viduals in Pakistan and around the world to resolve his issues, only to receive no help whatsoever, even when the “issues of many (other) cricketers of Paki- stan have been resolved.” “My life is not in good shape and I approached many in- dividuals in Pakistan and around the world to resolve my issues. Yet, I have not received any help. Issues of many cricketers of Paki- stan have been resolved though. I gave everything possible for Pakistan as a cricketer and I am very proud of it. And in the hour of need I am positive that the people of Pakistan will help,” Kaneria said. “I need support from all legendary players of Pakistan includ- ing Honourable Prime Min- ister Imran Khan, cricket administrators of Pakistan and other countries to get me out the mess. Please come forward and help me out,” he added. The former Pakistani player lauded pacer Shoaib Akthar for his confession re- garding the treatment faced by Kaneria and said that whatever Akhtar said was true and he is very thankful to him for taking such a brave stand. At the same time, I am thankful to all Shows reality of Pakistan: Gambhir ‘Players should respond, not us’ T Gambhir said this is the real face of Pakistan and it is a shame that a player who has represented the country in so many matches had to go through this. Gambhir’s comment comes after former Pakistan player Shoaib Akhtar made a revelation regarding the treatment faced by Kaneria in the Pakistan. “This is the actual face of Pakistan. We had Mohammad Azharuddin as captain of our side and he captained us in 80-90 Test matches. This shows the reality of Pakistan, they have a sportsman (Imran Khan) as their Prime Min- ister, still, people in their country have to go through this. Kaneria played 60 matches for Pakistan, and it is shameful,” the former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir told the reporters. T Akhtar’s assertion saying that the PCB cannot be answerable for the allegation. Kaneria asserted that Akhtar’s statement was true and he would soon reveal names of the players who mistreated him because of his religion. “Look both Akhtar and Kaneria are retired players they are not contracted to us so they can do or say what they want. It is their opinion. And they are making allegations about behaviour of some play- ers not about the entire,” a PCB spokesperson said. “Inzamam-ul- Haq, Rashid Latif, Younis Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, all these guys captained Pakistan when Kaneria was playing. They should respond to what Akhtar and Kaneria are saying. Why should the board get involved?” he questioned. he former Indian cricketer & current BJP lawmaker Gautam he Pak Cricket Board sought to distance itself from Shoaib The leg-spinner also said there were a “few players” who targetted him for be- ing a Hindu during his time with the national team but he never felt the urge or the pressure to change his religion. The spinner has been brought into focus after former pac- er Shoaib Akhtar alleged that some Pakistani play- ers refused to even share food with him due to his faith. Speaking to ‘Samaa’ channel on Friday, Kaneria said a few players made re- marks about him behind his back. Kaneria, who played for Pakistan between 2000 and 2010, is only the second Hindu player to play for Pa- kistan, the other being Anil Dalpat, a wicketkeeper who played in the 1980s. Kaneria never reached the heights of Abdul Qadir & Mushtaq Ahmed despite possessing all the skills and 261 Test wickets, Kane- ria’s career ended when he was banned for life by the ECB in 2012 after being found guilty of corruption in a spot-fixing case. ICC should not allow teams to tour unsafe India, says Javed Miandad Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad echoed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani in saying that teams should stop touring India in the backdrop of the Citizenship Amendment Act pro- tests. “People should take note of what is going on in India. I urge the ICC to boycott them,” Mian- dad said in the video uploaded on an online portal. “Not Pakistan but India is not a safe country for any tourist or anybody. As human beings, we sportsper- sons should also stand up and condemn them. “The entire world is watching and talking about what is going on there. I am speaking on behalf of Pakistan that all sporting ties must be suspended with India. Food domes trouble Archers Naresh Sharma Ad-hoc committee to be formed in JDCA Australia takes commanding position on Day 2 Melbourne: lia’s pacemen struck twice to leave New Zea- land vulnerable at 44 for two on day 2 of the Box- ing Day test held at the melbourne ground after Travis Head scored a sparkling century to put the hosts firmly in command. Tom Latham was nine not out with Ross Taylor on two, and New Zealand facing a moun- tain to climb to reel in Australia’s first innings total of 467. CITY SPORTS CK Nayudu: Raj scored 150 runs on Day 1 Jaipur: Team Ra- jasthan bowlers per- formed brilliantly in the CK Nayudu Un- der-23 Cricket Trophy when they dismissed Vidarbha for just 66 runs. By the end of the first day play, Rajasthan scored 150 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the first innings. Mean- while, Rajasthan- Andhra Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy match started in Mulapadu, Andhra Pradesh, Ra- jasthan team was all out on 220 runs in their first innings. Naresh Sharma accused of changing the minutes after which Joshi refused to sign on the minutes. Mahesh Joshi expressed his dis- satisfaction with Soni for delaying the process and asked him to cor- rect the minutes. Now, the decision on the new elections of JDCA is once again deferred. On December 30, JDCA Secretary will be given a final chance to reply. It is believed that an ad- hoc committee could be formed in the JDCA. Austra- The state Jaipur: games will be held from January 2 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Several lakhs of rupees will be spent on these games and vari- ous playgrounds are also being prepared, however, preparations have been made to de- stroy this recently made green field. Instead of shaping the ground in a better way , the ground is being destroyed. Ar- chers of national and international level are Jaipur: As per instruc- tions given by Jaipur District Cricket Associ- ation (JDCA) President Mahesh Joshi, a meet- ing was called by Secre- tary Bimal Soni for the purpose of announcing the election, however, no decision were made due to the ongoing con- troversy. In the meet- ing, when it came to acknowledging the min- utes of previous meet- ings, many members cricket —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA Archery ground in SMS stadium. facing difficulty in set- ting their targets. Earli- er, RCA was named for spoiling the field, and now the Sports Council has started to make their bad image. Council has set up a food dome on this ground for the State Games and about half of the ground has been occupied domes. Archers are now seeing their field ruined before their eyes, but the matter operated by the government, that’s why the silence has been maintained. Actually, the Sports so by these Mr Jaipur Body Building C’ship on December 29 Jaipur: Under the aegis of Jaipur District Body Building Association, the 44th Mr. Jaipur Body Building Championship will be held on Decem- ber 29 in the auditorium of Pinkcity Press Club. The weight of the play- ers will be taken at 10 am and the final round will start from 2:00 pm. Ronaldo teaches friend Djokovic ‘how to jump’ Paris: Christiano Ron- aldo taught his Serbian friend Novak Djokovic ‘how to jump’. Taking to Instagram, forward shared a video where he is seen teach- ing, the world number two, Djokovic how to jump high. Both the ath- letes attempted the jump while they were train- ing in the gym wearing workout shorts. “Teach- ing @djokernole how to jump!! Was a pleasure to see you and train with you my friend!!” Ronal- do wrote in a post. OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS Mary Kom & Nikhat Zareen in final clash of trials tent international per- formances. An irate Zareen then demanded chance” against the cel- ebrated Manipuri, who is also a Rajya Sabha member. In other trial bouts on Friday, world youth gold-medallist Sakshi Chaudhary de- feated Asian silver-win- ner Manisha Maun in the 57kg category, while former national cham- pion Simranjit Kaur got the better Pavitra in the 60kg opener. India’s flip-flop on the selection policy for the Olympic Qualifiers. Mary Kom had main- tained that she would abide by the selection policy laid down by the BFI, which ultimately decided to have trials This was after BFI Pres- ident Ajay Singh trig- gered the storm by an- nouncing at a felicita- tion ceremony Mary Kom would be se- lected for the Olympic qualifiers without any trial due to her consis- New Delhi: Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom and Nikhat Zareen will clash in the 51kg category finals of the women’s boxing tri- als for next year’s Olym- pic Qualifiers claiming unanimous victories in their respec- tive first-round bouts in New Delhi on Friday . Zareen reigning national cham- pion Jyoti Gulia, while multiple-time champion Mary Kom got the better of Ritu  Zareen had kicked up a storm a few weeks ago by demanding a trial against Mary Kom after the BFI flip-flop on the selection a “fair Juventus Rajasthan Roll Ball teams announced Jaipur: As per the Di- rector of Rajasthan Roll Ball Association Dwar- ka Sharma, Roll Ball National Champion- ship will be organised from December 28 to De- cember 31 in Guwahati Assam. The names of men’s and women’s team has been released. after defeated that Grewal. The two-day competition will end on Saturday after the fi- nals. Zareen had kicked up a storm a few weeks ago by demanding a tri- al against iconic six- time world champion MC Mary Kom after the Boxing Federation of Asian policy

10. We fear what we don’t understand. Understanding will come from experience to not fear to experience. 2NDFRONT —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 Not right to say all Indians are Hindus: Athawale to Bhagwat “If Mohan Bhagwat means everyone is an Indian, then it is good”, says the Union Minister MAKE PEACE Kazakhstan plane crash kills at least 12 people Nur-Sultan [Kazakh- stan]: A plane belong- ing to Bek Air Company with 100 people aboard crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday . Quoting the Minis- try of Industry and Infrastructure, Sput- nik news agency re- ported that at least seven people were killed in the incident. According to the Min- istry, the aircraft lost altitude after take-off and crashed into a two-story building. In a Facebook post, Almaty airport author- ities further added that some people have also survived the accident. But numbers are yet to be confirmed. There were 95 pas- sengers and five crew members on board. The plane was travel- ing from Almaty to Mumbai: Union Minis- ter Ramdas Athawale, an ally of the BJP, has disagreed with a state- ment by the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamse- vak Sangh (RSS) that the Sangh regards the 130 crore people of In- dia as Hindu society, irrespective of their re- ligion and culture. “It is not right to say that all Indians are Hindus. There was a time when ev- eryone was a Bud- dhist in our country. If Mohan Bhagwat means everyone is an Indian, then it is good. In our country, people are from Bud- dhist, Sikh, Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain, Lingayat faiths and different communi- religion. That will not happen until the Constitution made by Ambedkar exists. This land believes in all religions,” AIM- IM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said. “Entire society is ours and the Sangh aims to build such a united society,” Mohan Bhagwat said. He also said the country is “Hindutvavadi” by tra- dition. Ramdas Athawale, however, agreed with Army chief Bipin Rawat’s criticism of the violence during protests over the citi- zenship law, saying “leaders are not those who lead masses in arson and violence”. es of the incident are clarified, all flights of planes of this type will be suspended,” the ministry added. The airport author- ities also said that they have suspended flights of Fokker-100 planes following the air crash. The Bek Air airline uses ker-100 planes for the flights from Almaty to Nur-Sultan. —ANI the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan but disap- peared from radars. The rescue operation is currently underway. The Kazakh govern- ment has created a spe- cial commission to in- vestigate the incident. “The commission is heading for the crash site. All the details and causes [of the crash] will be found. Until the circumstanc- RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Union Minister Ramdas Athawale ple of India is Hindu society,” he said. The comments by chief of the BJP’s ideological was also condemned by opposition parties such as Mayawati par- ty and AIMIM chief Asaduddin “RSS wants India should have only one meeting of the organ- isation in Hyderabad: “The son of mother India, whether he may speak any lan- guage, from any re- gion, follow any form of worship or not be- lieving in worship of any, is a Hindu...In this regard, for Sangh all the 130 crore peo- ties live here,” the Union Minister of State for Social Jus- tice said. Ramdas heads a faction of the Republican Party of In- dia (RPI), founded by Dr BR Ambedkar. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had made the remarks at a Athawale mentor Fok- Owaisi. —Agencies IT’S FAMILY TIME! COURTESY MEET AHMED VISITS VILLAGES Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel listening to people’s issues during his visit to remote villages of Ikhar and Tankaria of Gujarat on Friday. Jagdeesh Chandra called on Avinash Pandey at AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Friday afternoon. CM MEETS GOVERNOR SMS row ends, State games opening on Jan 2 Naresh Sharma instead of Jan 3. CM Ashok Gehlot will inau- gurate the state games. On Jan 3, the inaugu- ration ceremony of the state games was an- nounced by Sports Min- ister Ashok Chandana, while a Ranji match was scheduled to begin on the same day. But the matter was resolved after a discussion between RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot and Chandana. Jaipur: The RCA finally succeeded after a 3-day tussle between the asso- ciation and State Sports Council. The match between jasthan and Andhra Pradesh will be held from Jan 3 at SMS Sta- dium. The State Sports Council has now shifted the opening ceremony for the state games on Jan 2, Ranji Ra- (Above) Chief Secretary of Rajasthan DB Gupta along with wife Veenu Gupta at Ahmedabad International Airport. (Top) CS Gupta with wife and other family members visited Statue of Unity on Thursday. Gupta is on a family visit to Ahmedabad. The day also marked Veenu Gupta’s birthday, who celebrated with family members in Kutch. The Gupta family will be in Kutch till December 29 and will reach Jaipur on December 30. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot called on Governor Kalraj Mishra on Friday evening at Raj Bhavan. The courtesy meet lasted for nearly 30 minutes. Avinash Pande is back! Aditi Nagar missions in Jaipur will be to further strengthen his ongo- ing “coordination mission” between Ge- hlot and Pilot, with the eye of putting a united face of Con- gress in the coming Panchayat polls. In Jaipur and Del- hi, there is also specu- lation that a Gandhi family loyalist and a close Gehlot friend Pande is likely to be given a Rajya Sabha ticket from Rajasthan in March-April for his outstanding contribu- tion to buildup a grass root organisa- tional structure in the state. morning i.e. January 3, Pande will be attend- ing Shanti Dhariwal’s grand daughter’s mar- riage in Jaipur. His wedding pres- ence is a part of Pande’s well thought political strategy to take care of all Congress workers and to attend their im- portant family func- tions. In the recent past, Pande had made it a point to attend the wed- ding functions Pramod Bhaya’s daugh- ter at Baran, Babulal Nagar’s family function at Jaipur and Govind Dotasara’s son at Sikar, along with CM Gehlot. According to sources, one of Pande’s main ing time with family at the turn of the year. Notably , recently his mother had been seri- ously ill, which virtually compelled Pande to not leave his hometown, even to attend a Decem- ber 17 Gehlot govern- ment anniversary cele- brations and also a De- cember 22 massive peace protest against the Citi- zenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Jaipur. Pande is scheduled to come back to New Delhi on January 2 morning, where he is likely to meet Con- gress President Mrs Gandhi to discuss cer- tain organisational matters. The very next will host a flag at the AICC headquarters. There is a sense of dis- content among the people against the laws brought in by the union government, the government’s fail- ure of economic poli- cies and damaging the Constitution.” Notably , Pande was confident of good results in the Pan- chayat elections and claimed that the people will vote for Congress because of the work done by the party . Meanwhile, Pande is likely to return to Del- hi today itself by 1.30 PM Air India flight, before again leaving for Nagpur for spend- Pande’s man-Friday Dr Raghu Sharma, who is away to UAE with his family for the New Year holidays. Before leaving for Jaipur, Pande spoke to Pilot on phone and briefly discussed Satur- day’s flag march’s ar- rangements, made by PCC. Later on, by responding to Pan- de’s gesture, Pilot, who was scheduled reach Jaipur on Sat- urday morning, ar- rived at Jaipur on Fri- day evening itself along with his two handsome kids. Inci- dentally, Pilot was ac- companied by minister Rajendra Yadav and Jaipur: After a span of 19 days, the powerful Congress General Secre- tary and a natural Ashok Gehlot ally Avinash Pande is back in town, mainly to give impe- tus to a Congress flag march “Save India- Save Constitution” on Jaipur roads morning. To partici- pate in this impressive show along with Gehlot and Pilot, Pande landed at Jaipur airport on Fri- day night around 9.35 by a delayed Air India flight. At the airport, he was received by a Gehlot loyalist Ashk Ali Tak in absence of being this to in Congress General Secretary Avinash Pande and Ashk Ali Tak at Jaipur Airport on Friday evening. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA Sawai Madhopur MLA Danish Abrar. After reaching Jaipur Pande spoke with the media saying, “It is an important day for Congress as it is the foundation day of the party . Congress Presi- dent Sonia Gandhi

11. 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 JAIPUR, SATURDAY DECEMBER 28, 2019 MAIN TERA BAN JAUNGA FILM: KABIR SINGH; SINGER: AKHIL SACHDEVA GAATA RAHE MERA DIL... CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME OF THE SONGS THAT WE ALL SANG, HUMMED, SWAYED, CRIED AND DANCED TO IN 2019 GHUNGROO TOOT GAYE FILM: WAR; SINGER: ARIJIT SINGH & SHILPA RAO pleasant one. The songs that we sang along, swayed, cried grooved to are on the list of City First. These are a few songs that are going to be con- sidered ‘Old but Gold’ 20 years down the line and TERI MITTI MEIN MIL JAWAAN FILM: KESARI; SINGER: B PRAAK TUM HI AANA FILM: MARJAAVAAN; SINGER: JUBIN NAUTIYAL BEKHAYALI MEIN BHI TERA FILM: KABIR SINGH; SINGER: SACHET TANDON VANSHIKHA GOUR vanshikha.gour@firstindia.co.in M usic is the way to a hu- man’s soul and Bolly- wood has played an im- mensely wonderful role to satisfy the music lov- ers. Evergreen songs like ‘Inn Aankhon Ki Masti’, ‘Lag Jaa Gale’, ‘Tum Aa Gaye Ho Noor Aa Gaya Hai’, to name a few, are still ruling the hearts. But with years passing by, a lot more ‘ear- candy’, chart bust- er songs like ‘Bekhaya- li’, ‘Filhall’, ‘Ghungroo’, ‘Tera Ban Jaunga’, ‘Ve Maahi’, ‘Teri Mitti’, etc. made the year 2019 a APNA TIME AAYEGA FILM: GULLY BOY;SINGER: RANVEER SINGH APNA TIME AAYEGA FILM: GULLY BOY;SINGER: RANVEER SINGH MAIN KISI AUR KA HOON FILHAAL ALBUM: FILHAAL; SINGER: B PRAAK ALBUM: FILHAAL; SINGER: B PRAAK DIL HI TO HAI FILM: THE SKY IS PINK; SINGER: ARIJIT SINGH and can be enjoyed in the upcoming genera- tions as well. These songs have made a huge impact on the hearts of the audience. The listen- ers can pretty much re- late to most of them. Here’s the list of the 10 best songs of 2019 that have been a companion to each and every one of us, be it in high spirited moments or the low ones and we hope to have a lot more songs like these in the year 2020. VE MAAHI FILM: KESARI; SINGER: ARIJIT SINGH BADA PACHTAOGE ALBUM: JAANI VE; SINGER: ARIJIT SINGH

12. LISTING JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 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 Hollywood Hummed City First brings to you some of the best Hollywood songs, which we all sang along and grooved to in the year 2019 and made a wonderful impact on the music industry. We look forward to have a lot more peppy numbers in the upcoming year! Senorita by Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes Love You To Love Me by Selena Gomez Roxanne by Arizona Zervas Old Town Road by Lil Nas X Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Adore You by Harry Styles YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY You are focused, talented and always involved in doing something creative. You will achieve the fi nancial stability that you dreamt for. Your life partner may expect you to be more involved at home and in family life. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 TAURUS APR 21 - MA Y 20 GEMINI MA Y 21 - JUNE 21 CANCER JUNE 22 - JUL Y 23 LEO JUL Y 24 - AUGUST 23 Your monetary conditions have improved for good. On professional front, you will fi nd yourself busy helping others. Your sibling may do something incredible and will become famous. Don’t be reluctant when it comes to career choices. On academic front, you will be in limelight today. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 You will spend quality time with your parents today after a long time. Improved earnings will help you buy things that you wanted for a long time. Don’t get involved in others’s affairs. Be wise with your responsibilities. A new vehicle is on the cards. Life will take a beautiful turn and everything will be alright. You are in right frame of mind today to take any fi nancial decisions. You will get a lot of encouragement from family. You are people’s person. You will soon acquire property for which you have been struggling for a long time. You love your family more than anything. You are confi dent and you don’t fail to impress your boss on profes- sional front. It is important that you start under- standing and respecting all the individuals, you can never control others. Your spouse loves you with whole heart and sometime even overlook your mistakes. You have to make efforts to get what you really desire. You just try to maintain healthy relationships with people on social front. Your lover will do something special for you that will make you very emotional. Your boss will really treat you special today because of your working abilities. You take your responsibilities seriously. It takes time for a business to start giving profi ts, remain patient. Your actions will decide what will happen tomorrow therefore make sure that you make right causes. You will fi nd your life partner and there may be an early marriage. LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Right opportunity will strike at the right time so have patience when it come to your career. You are very passionate about your hobby and you may fi nd it hard to understand whether you should pursue it or not as a full time career. You may buy a joint property with someone close. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You are trying hard to balance your personal and work life and so far you are doing a good job. There is no problem that you cannot resolver if you decide to act upon it. You much socialise more often to develop profes- sional contact for the future sake. Your love life is on natural pace. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 Take one step at a time while claiming the success ladder. You love the company of your friends and you will manage to take some time out. Your parents will be always there for you to guide you in life. You are good at sports and you get lots of encouragement from those who love you. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You will earn a good commission today in some deal. You will be ultra effi cient at work today and you will defi nitely get the promotion. Keep having a balance diet so that you keep getting strength to exert. You are getting closer to becoming number one academically. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 Your working schedule will keep you on your toes but you need to take care of your health. You will spend time with your parents today trying to make them understand your point of view towards some situation. You will travel long distance for the work purpose. Your effects in the direction of your endeavours will pay for you and you will get the success that you desire very soon. You don’t believe in wasting money and you save wherever and whenever possible for you. You may travel abroad to attend some important event.

13. ETC www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 201913 ARPITA WELCOMES A BABY GIRL AYAT S Sharma. Confirming the news, the family has issued a statement that reads: “With great joy and immense pleasure, we announce that we have been blessed with a baby girl. On this joyous occasion, we would like to thank our family, friends and all our well-wish- ers for their unconditional support. We also extended a humble thank you to our media friends and to our fans for their constant love and sup- port. This j o u r n e y couldn’t have been complete without you all. Lots of Love, Aayush, Arpita & Ahil/Khan & Sharma Family”. Arpita wanted her baby to be born right on her brother’s birthday and hence she opted for a C-section deliv- ery. This indeed is the best gift Salman has received on his 54th birthday as he turned mamu again! alman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma delivered a baby girl, right on the superstars birthday! The baby has been named Ayat Arpita Khan Sharma and Aayush Sharma Models posing in their Khadi outfits KHADI IS NOT JUST A WEAVE, A CLOTH. IT IS A STATEMENT OF EMPOWERMENT. A SYMBOL OF INDEPENDENCE. IT IS THE FABRIC OF FREEDOM —IANS KHADI KI KHOOBIYAN Dabangg Khan TURNS 54! NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in Salman’s birthday celebration R I birthday cake along with his nephew Ahil, father Salim, mother Salma and close friend Iulia Vantur, is doing the rounds on social media. Industry friends who reportedly turned up to wish the superstar includ- ed Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Huma Qureshi and Daisy Shah. Another viral video, Salman is see- ing cutting a four-tier cake, holding his nephew Ahil in his hands. He is seen surrounded by Salma, Salim and Helen in the video. Arpita Khan can also be seen cheering for the ‘Wanted’ actor. On the acting front, Salman’s latest release ‘Dabangg 3’, which also fea- tures Sonakshi Sinha and Saiee Man- jrekar, has crossed the Rs 100 crore benchmark at the box- office. He is now gearing up for his next titled ‘Rad- he’, which is slated to re- lease in 2020. —IANS ajasthan Khadi Board is all set for its annual national exhibition cum fashion show presented by the Fash- ion Design Council of Ra- jasthan will be held on Sat- urday at Ramleela Maidan. The Exhibition started on December 13 and will continue till January 13. Show organiser Puneet Khatri, Pres- ident, FDCR, stated that there is go- ing to be a designer showcase by five national designers, presenting the concept of khadi to be woven in day to day life. Farah Ansari, Nitu Bhutra, Suchi Miplani, Rita Das and Amresh Singh are the designers showcasing their collection. Jaipur based designer Farah Ansari is close- ly associated with the women arti- sans of Rajasthan, bringing about a positive change in their lives. Her idea of working with ex- tremely sustainable khadi fabric is handcrafted con- temporary designs that have made her a known face in the Rajasthan fashion galore. Nitu Bhutra said that her theme this time is a combination of deserts of Ra- jasthan, the sub- tlety in the winds, the lakes of Pushkar, and the colours of a c o m m o n household. The pattu, w o o l l e n and cotton khadi fab- rics have been used to enhance the boho feel of the collection. The use of Kacchi work adds soul to every piece. t was a room full of family members and friends as Bollywood’s ‘Da- bangg’ star Salman Khan celebrated his 54th birthday on Friday. A photograph of Salman cutting his Abhimanyu Singh Tomar Show Director Abhimanyu Singh Tomar shared that he is super excit- ed to work for the Rajasthan Khadi Board for the first time and would be choreographing a subtle yet power- ful show for the designers with 30 Rajasthan based models from Style Skool. Deepali Chugh, Director, Siz- zlin Scizzors, will be working on the creative looks of the models through her makeup skills and Dipesh Verma who shot the cam- paign will also be covering the show with his lens. Salman Khan

14. CITY BUZZ JAIPUR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 FILM FILLED WITH GOODNESS 14 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO An attempt is being made to create a new World record of making 125 metres long painting by 125 artists in Jaipur Enchanting KIRTI CHAUHAN KRISHNA T he Jaipur city has the vibes to make and set new stand- ards every day in life with the mind-set to bring something new to this world. With the thought of breaking the existing world record of 100 meters long painting and while setting up a new World record, 125 artists from all across India painted 125 me- tres long painting on canvas, portraying different forms of Lord Krishna, on Friday dur- ing the ongoing five-day art exhibition ‘Art Fiesta’ in Shilpgram at Jawahar Kala Kendra. Art Fiesta is being organised by the Traditional Art Promotional Society, Del- hi, and the Art Boss. The different forms of Lord Poster of the film chanting Krishna’ during the event. Artists, with their unique art form, be it abstract, conceptual, Modern, Impres- sion, Expression, Surreal or any other, painted the charis- matic personality of Krishna on the canvas. To enjoy the mesmerising view, the Presi- dent of ISKCON Temple, Pan- chratna Das and Balbhadra Das, were also present at the event. More than 250 artists, around 100 from Jaipur and remaining from different parts of India, are exhibiting their artworks and participat- ing in various demonstra- tions, discussions and ses- sions during the art fest. kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in GOOD NEWWZ DIRECTOR Raj Mehta CAST & CREW KAVITA CHAUHAN cityfirst@firstindia.co.in Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Diljit Dosanjh, Adil Hussain, Tisca Chopra RATING: G Varun Batra (Akshay Kumar) his wife Dipti (Kareena Kapoor Khan), Honey Batra(Diljit Dos- anjh) and Monika Batra (Kiara Advani), comes like a breath of fresh air as we come close to end of 2019. Deepti is desperate to have a child, Varun less so, and the couple’s peri- odic attempts at the ba- by-making lead to hi- larious scenes in the first half of the film. The couple finally seeks professional ad- vice. The Joshis (Adil Hussain and Chopra) are in vitro fer- ood Newwz, a light-hearted comedy that involves film does well in keeping the film short and succinct, switching scenes before things get monotony sets in. He gets the fla- vour right and can safe- ly be put on the list of directors to watch out for. The actors in the film are brilliant and will not let you have any boring moments. An urbane comedy with the fresh subject of a pregnancy switch- eroo, Good Newwz is out and out a family en- tertainer. The audienc- es will definitely come out of the theatres with smiling faces. tilisation specialists and the beaming bearers of “good news”. However, apart from Deepti and Varun Batra there’s an- other pair of Batras from Chandigarh, Hon- ey (Diljit Dosanjh) and Monika (Kiara Advani) who are going through the same process at the same hospital. A mix-up ensures that Honey’s sperms are transferred into Deepti’s while Varun’s in Moni- ka’s belly . From here starts the roller coaster ride of the Batra’s. The newbie director, Raj Mehta, however, Artists painting during the event Krishna, from his Baal Leela to Raas Leela, from a lively youth to a minded warrior, were seen in making on the theme of ‘En- Land of unlimited fun Jio Wonderland! CITY FIRST A the opening ceremony was attended by many Bollywood celebrities. Some of the names seen there were Tusshar Ka- poor, Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan. Chairperson and found- er of the Reliance Foun- dation Nita Ambani ar- rived at the launch of Jio Wonderland along with Mukesh Ambani, daughter Isha Ambani and son Akash Ambani. This brand new en- womb Tisca mbanis intro- duced Jio Won- derland Mumbai IN THE PINK CITY! in and Karan Johar with Ruhi and Yash Isha Ambani, Mukesh Ambani and Akash Ambani Xmas tree which is 100-foot-tall. The pre- miere night, gave audi- ences a preview experi- ence. Many celebs were seen with their younger ones to enjoy at the new entertainment park. for kids such as Ferris wheel, trampoline parks, photo booths, and magic shows among others. Among many other attractions, Jio Wonderland has India’s largest sustainable tertainment tion Jio Wonderland made its launch in Mumbai at Jio World Garden. It is an exqui- site winter carnival that has fun activities and attractions lined up destina- A 7-day special camp, as a part of Rashtriya Seva Yojana, was organised for the students of Subodh PG Girls College, where the girls learned a few subjects like self-defence, stress management, first-aid, disaster management, yoga and digital payment. Nita Ambani HAPPY B’DAY! —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA Young children rendered Kirtan on the occasion of the ‘Shahidi Diwas’ at Nehru Nagar Gurudwara. As a part of the ongoing event ‘Hasya Natya Samaroh’ at Jawahar Kala Kendra, a comic play ‘Hasyachoodamani’, written by Mahamatya Vatsaraj and directed by Saurabh Anand, was staged in Rangayan at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Friday. IAS Veenu Gupta (top), IFS Sangram Singh Katiyar (middle) and IPS Sanjay Agarwal (above) celebrated their birthdays on December 27, Friday. We wish them all the best! A 3-day National Annual Conference on Chemistry began on Thursday at Jaipur National University. Organised in collaboration with the Indian Council of Chemists (ICC), Agra, the conference was inaugurated by IAS Mugdha Sinha, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Rajasthan, who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. More than 500 delegates from renowned scientific institutions and universities of the country have participated and approximately 390 show letter are being presented in the conference. A grand event was organised by Gangaur Group in order to promote Rajasthani folk dances and songs. The aim of the event was to spread awareness about their hidden talent and raise their voice against social evils among the women. The event was graced by dignitaries like kalbeliya dancer Padam Shri Gulabo Sapera, international designer Kirti Rathore and Shikha Hada to name a few.