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‘MISOGYNY, BRAZEN’

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leaders on Thursday hit out at West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh for again making disparaging comments on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

“Mamata Banerjee is the Chief Minister of Bengal. She should re-spect Bengal’s culture. A woman in a saree is show-ing her legs repeatedly is not Bengal’s culture,” Ghosh said during cam-paigning on Thursday.

The BJP chief ’s com-ments come a day after he had mocked Mamata for “displaying” Turn to P6

Jaipur: BJP has fielded the daughter of former minister Late Kiran Maheshwari on Ra-jsamand assembly seat which is among three assembly constituen-cies going to bypolls in Rajasthan next month. The party declared Deepti Maheshwari, former MLA Ratanlal Jat and former minister Khemaram Meghwal as the party candidates from Rajsamand, Sahada (Bhilwara) and Sujangarh (Churu) seats

respectively BJP national general secretary Arun Singh released the list in New Delhi on Thursday after approval from the parliamentary board of the party. Deepti Maheshwari, a new face in the politics, is the daughter of Kiran Mahehwari who was the MLA from Rajsamand and died due to corona infection in November last year. Ratanlal Jat is former chairman of Rajasthan Seeds Corpo-ration Turn to P6

BYPOLLS: BJP FIELDS KIRAN MAHESHWARI’S DAUGHTER FROM RAJSAMAND

Mumbai: Nervousness in the Chinese market, coupled with a steep rise in the daily Covid-19 in-fections back home along with monthly ex-piry of the derivative contracts, turned mar-kets volatile on Thurs-day. Even though bulls tried to wrestle back and took the benchmark Sensex 647 points higher from the day’s low, bears had the last laugh.

Among the key indi-ces, the BSE barometer of 30 shares ended at 48,440 levels, down 740 points or 1.5 per cent. On the NSE, the broader 50-share index ended at 14,348 levels, down 201 points or 1.4 per cent.

Maruti Suzuki, Bhar-ti Airtel, Hindustan Uni-lever, Bajaj Finance, ONGC, UltraTech Ce-ment, and Reliance In-dustries were the top laggards on the Sensex, while Indian Oil Corpo-ration, Hero MotoCorp, Coal India, Eicher Mo-tors, and Britannia were the additional losers on the Nifty. These stocks were down between 3 per cent and 4 per cent.

On the upside, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, L&T, HDFC, and Dr Reddy’s Labs were the top gain-ers on the indices,

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Sensex ends 740 down at 48,440 points

CONGRESS LEADER HARISH RAWAT AIRLIFTED TO AIIMS DELHI DAY AFTER HE TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUSDehradun: Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat who tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, was airlifted

to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, on Thursday in an air ambulance. Jasbeer Singh, a close aide of Rawat said that the Congress leader had gone to the Dehradun

Government Hospital on Thursday morning for a CT scan. “As he is 72 years old and has comorbidities like diabetes, doctors there advised that he be shift-ed to AIIMS Delhi for treatment. Accordingly, he was airlifted to AIIMS Delhi. He has been admitted there for proper treatment,” he said.

FARMER UNIONS’ CALL: BHARAT BANDH TODAYNew Delhi: New Delhi: Rail and road transpor-tation services are likely to be affected and mar-kets may remain closed in parts of the country on Friday as farmer un-ions protesting against the three agri laws have called a complete ‘Bharat Bandh’, even as it will not be observed in four poll-bound states and Puducherry.

According to the Samkyukta Kisan Mor-cha, the nationwide shutdown will start at 6 am and it will be in force up to 6 pm across the country on March 26 which marks four months of the farmer agitation at Delhi’s three borders -- Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri.

In a video message, SKM leader Darshan Pal said that supplies of vegetables and milk will also stopped by the protesting farmers.

The Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, an um-brella body of protest-ing unions, appealed to protesting farmers to be peaceful and not get in-volved in any kind of illegitimate debate and conflict during the

‘bandh’.“All shops, malls,

markets and institu-tions will remain closed under complete Bharat Bandh. All minor and big roads and trains will be blocked. All ser-vices will remain sus-

pended except for am-bulance and other es-sential services. The effect of Bharat Bandh will be observed inside Delhi as well,” SKM said in a statement.

Senior farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal

said that road and rail transport will be blocked, claiming that markets will also re-main closed.

The Morcha said that the ‘bandh’ will also be observed in the nation-al capital. Turn to P6

Three soldiers burnt alive, five critical as vehicle catches fireFirst India Bureau

Sriganganagar: Three soldiers, including a subedar, were killed and another five in-jured on Thursday when the Army vehicle they were travelling in overturned and caught fire in Sri Ganganagar district, police said.

CM Ashok Gehlot, former CM Vasundha-ra Raje and several other leaders expressed grief over the incident.The accident occurred in Rajiyasar area in the border area adjacent to the Indo-Pakistan bor-der on the early hours of Thursday, they said.

Turn to P6 The ill-fated jeep.

DILIP GHOSH DEFIANT, SAYS SHOWING LEGS IN A SAREE NOT BENGAL’S CULTUREBengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, shredded by political leaders over his shocking comment that CM Mamata Banerjee should wear Bermuda shorts if she wished to display her legs, remained defiant. It is inappropriate for a sari-clad woman to show her legs, he told the media.

All shops, malls, markets and institutions will remain closed under complete Bharat Bandh. All minor and big roads and trains will be blocked. All services will remain

suspended except for ambulance and other essential services. The effect of Bharat Bandh will be observed inside Delhi as well —Samkyukta Kisan Morcha

6 AM TO 6 PM

TMC hits back at Dilip Ghosh over Mamata ‘saree’ comment

The Bandh will not be observed in four poll-bound states and Puducherry.

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A HOLI MILAN TO REMEMBER!

RAJPUROHIT, GURJAR COMMUNITIES THANK ‘SENSITIVE’ GEHLOT!Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, while ad-dressing a delegation of Rajpurohit society at his residence on Thurs-day, said that on the le-gitimate demand of Ra-jpurohit community, the government has taken a quick decision and has recommended to get the Manohar Ne-tra case investigated by the CBI. “The govern-ment will provide its

utmost cooperation in this case with utmost sensitivity. Action will

be taken on every legiti-mate demand of the community,” Turn to P8

Mahamandleshwar Nirmaldas Maharaj, Shishupal Singh Nimbara and Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai giving letter of thanks to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at CMR on Thursday.

NOW CORONA COMPENSATION TO SCRIBES & OTHERSThe Ashok Gehlot gov-ernment has extended the scope of giving compensation of Rs50 lakh in case of death of corona warriors to accredited journalists & ration delaers. The state finance dept issued orders for the same Thursday.

(Above): Govind S Dotasra lighting the lamp in the presence of (from left) Bhajan Lal Jatav, Lal Chand Kataria, Vaibhav Gehlot, Jagdeesh Sharma, Jagdeesh Chandra, Niranjan Arya, Rafiq Khan and Ramlal Sharma during the Holi Milan Samaroh hosted by First India on Thursday evening at Hotel Marriott. (Top Right): BD Kalla, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Amin Kagzi and Jagdeesh Chandra during the event. (Bottom Right): Mamta Bhupesh, Rafiq Khan, Satish Poonia, BL Soni and Jagdeesh Chandra. Dr Subhash Garg, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Mahesh Joshi, Ravi Jain, Jogaram, Prahlad Krishniya, Antar Singh Nehra, Ashok Parnami, Mahant Kailash Sharma, Rajeev Arora, Sangeeta Beniwal, Dr Somya, Archana Sharma, Suman Sharma, Rukshmani Kumari, Ved Prakash Solanki and others attended the event and appreciated the initiative by First India. Full Report P7 —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR & SANTOSH SHARMA

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Petrol and die-sel prices were cut on Thursday for the sec-ond straight day as in-ternational oil prices cooled fell on prospects of speedy recovery in consumption getting clouded by second wave of COVID-19 cases.

Petrol price was cut by 21 paise per litre and diesel by 20 paise, ac-cording to a price notifi-cation of state-owned fuel retailers. Petrol now costs Rs 97.31 per litre in Jaipur and a litre of die-sel comes for Rs 89.98.

Rates have been re-

duced across the coun-try and vary from state to state depending on the local incidence of taxation (VAT). Prices

were reduced by 18 pai-se a litre on petrol and 17 on diesel in the first reduction in six months on Wednesday.

Aishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: Leader of Opposition Gulab-chand Kataria on Wednesday said has there would be no impact of the bandh call given by Sanyukt Kisan Mor-cha tomorrow.

“This bandh is not going to have any ef-fect because there is no ordinary farmer involved in the move-ment,” he said.

“Only those work-ing among some so-called peasants and those associated with political par-ties attended the mahapanchayat. In the name of Sany-ukt Kisan Morcha, such Kisan Ma-h a p a n c h a y a t s were held at many places before but it did not have any considerable ef-fect,” he said.

First India Bureau

Alwar: A contract worker working at the medical store at the Government Janana Hospital in Alwar, Man-ish died by suicide after hanging in his house on Wednesday evening. Manish was married

only 9 months ago and his wife gave birth to a boy four days ago.

When Manish went to meet his child in the hospital, the in-laws did not allow him to meet his newborn child and assaulted him. The po-lice have registered a case and started an in-

vestigation.Manish, a resident of

Charoti Pahad, was married to Pinky, a resi-dent of Hirabas, in Al-war city on 29 June 2020. After having a quarrel between the two, Manish’s wife came to her parents about four months ago.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: To extend the date of the REET for one week, Poonam Chand Bhandari, the convenor of Sanyukt Jain Samaj Sangharsh Morcha, and his wife Namrata Bhandari are on a hun-ger strike for the second day. Their son Abhinav Bhandari also fasted on Thursday.

The exam is sched-uled to be held on Ma-havir Jayanti. There was a slight decline in Bhandari’s health on Thursday, however, the doctor said that there is a slight weakness due to fasting, but

there is nothing to wor-ry about.

Bhandari informed that on Thursday Ashok Jain (co-convenor), Dr Himanshu Jain (co-con-vener) and others sat on dharna.

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Jaipur: A friendly cricket match between the office bearers of Ra-jasthan Cricket Associ-ation (RCA) and jour-nalists was played at the RCA academy here.

Journalist XI decid-ed to bowl first after winning the toss. RCA XI played first and scored 146 runs in the scheduled 20 overs.Mahendra Nahar scored 55 runs for RCA, while RCA president

Vaibhav Gehlot con-tributed 11 runs.Akshay and Ashutosh

Sharma, Sachin Shar-ma and Lalit Verma from Journalist XI took

one wicket each. Jour-nalist XI made a bril-liant start while chas-

ing the target, Captain Aditya Atre played the innings of 49 runs.

Journalist XI chased the target and made 144 runs in 20 overs. RCA XI won the thrilling match by 2 runs. While Ratan Singh took 2 wickets for RCA, Amin Pathan, Ab-hinav Jain got 1 wicket each. RCA captain Vai-bhav Gehlot bowled brilliantly. Mines min-ister Pramod Jain Bhaya gave the trophy to the winning and run-ners-up team.

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Gurjars warn against tweaking MBC reservationCOMMUNITY LEADERS DEMANDED ACTION IN DEATH OF VIJAY GURJAR WHO THEY CLAIMED DIED IN POLICE ASSAULT

First India Bureau

Bharatpur: Gurjar community members on Thursday gathered at the Gurjar dharam-shala near Bus Stand in Nagar town of Bharatpur and protest-ed against any attempt to tweak the MBC res-ervation and against the death of a youth Vijay Singh Gurjar al-legedly by after beat-ing of cops in Langra police station.

Gurjar leader Vijay Singh Bainsla said that 73 Gurjars died for res-ervation and it is due to

the unity of the Gurjar community that they received reservation. “If now someone fid-

dles with it and takes away our right, then it will not be acceptable to us. If MLA Wajib Ali

had to raise demand for reservation for Mus-lims then he should have raised a demand

not from MBC and we would have supported them. If the Gurjar res-ervation through MBC is changed, then its con-sequences will have to be faced,” Bainsla said.

Vijay had died when police were chasing his tractor on Tuesday evening. Villagers al-leged he died of police beating. Former MLA Anita Singh and former minister Jawahar Sin-gh Bedam also con-demned the incident. Gurjar community members accused MLA Wajib Ali of shielding the accused.

POONIA, RAJE EXPRESS ANGUISH, SEEK COMPENSATION

BANDH ON APRIL 10

Petrol-diesel prices reduced for second consecutive day

There will be no impact of Bharat bandh, says Kataria

New father dies by suicide

REET: Bhandaris onfast for date change

Six independents file nominations for by-polls

GIRL WANTS TO JOIN POLICE AS CHILD MARRIAGE ANNULLED

Khachariyawas writes to Gadkari over transport taxesFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: To cancel the proposed lump sum tax system on commercial vehicles by the centre, state Transport Minis-ter Pratap Singh Khachariyawas has written a letter to the Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari putting forth the Rajasthan gov-ernment’s views about the new system.

Khachariyawas met

commercial tour vehi-cle operators on Thurs-day and he termed the Centre’s proposed lump sum tax policy on com-mercial vehicles in-cluding taxis, car and tempo travellers as against the common people. Vehicle opera-tors Youth Congress members burnt effigy of Nitin Gadkari at col-lectorate circle.

Under this policy, whether commercial vehicles travel be-

yond the boundaries of the state or within the boundary, the owner has to pay a lump sum yearly tax of the vehicle.

He said given the troubled circumstances due to corona, the cen-tre should have re-frained from levying such anti-people poli-cies which will have grave implications on lakhs of taxi and com-mercial vehicles, own-ers and staffs.

Social worker Rupmati Deora helped Chhota Devi in fi ling the case.

Commercial vehicle operators burnt effi gy of Nitin Gadkari at collectorate circle on Thursday.

Vaibhav Gehlot, Pramod Jain Bhaya & Amin Pathan with the winning team on Thursday.

Jawahar Singh Bedam addressing the gathering where Vijay Singh Bainsla, Anita Gurjar, Bhura Bhagat, and other Gurjar leaders were present on Thursday.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Five inde-pendent candidates on Thursday filed nomination papers for assembly bypolls in Rajasthan.

Dinesh Kumar Sharma filed nomi-nations in Sahada (Bhilwara), Mohan Lal, Giriraj Kumawat and Nerruram Kapri filed nominations in Rajsamand while Trilokchand Meghw-al filed nominations in Sujangarh (Churu) today. The nomina-tion started on Tues-day and so far only

six candidates filed nominations, Chief electoral officer Praveen Gupta said.

Last date of filing nomination is March 30, scrutiny of nomi-nation papers will be held on March 31 and nominations can be withdrawn by April 3. Polling will be held on 17 April from 7 am to 6 pm and counting will take place on May 2. Gupta in-formed that candi-dates who have crim-inal cases against them will have to get its information pub-lished in print media.

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: A family court in Jodhpur has annulled a child mar-riage that took place 7 years ago.

The girl who was married off at the age of 14 years has attained adulthood and her mar-riage could be annulled with the efforts of so-cial worker Rupmati Deora. Nyay Mitra Ra-jendra Kumar Soni fought her case for free.

Born in the year 1999 in Silari village of

Pipar tehsil of Jodhpur district, Chhota Devi was married in the year 2013 to Mahendra Siyag of Khejdla. At that time, Chhota studied in class ninth. In 2016, the girl was sent to her hus-band under ‘Gauna’ but she returned to her par-ents after staying in the in-laws’ one day only. She said her husband was a drug addict and it was dif-ficult for her to spend her whole life with him. Apart from this, she wanted to complete her studies and get a job in police.

कारायालर आबकारी आरुक्त, राजस्ान उदरपुरदेशी मददरा, दिदेशी मददरा एिं बीरर की कमपपोदजट ररटेल ऑफ दुकानों के

अनुज्ापत्र हे्तु आिेदन एिं ई-नीलामी आमंत्रण बाब्त सूचना फेज-IV

क्रमांक : प.32(बी)(1)आब/एल/2021-22/2529 दिनांक :25.03.2021

1. सर्वसाधारण को सूदित दकया जाता है दक दरत्ीय रर्व 2021-22 के दलए राजय में आबकारी बनिोबसत हेतु िेशी मदिरा, राजस्ान दनदम्वत मदिरा (RML), भारत दनदम्वत दरिेशी मदिरा (IMFL) एरं बीयर की ररटेल ऑफ िुकानों (कमपोदजट िुकानों) के अनुज्ापत्र जारी करने के दलए आबकारी नीदत 2021-22 के अनुसार भारत सरकार के उपक्रम एम.एस.टी.सी. दलदमटेड के माधयम से ई-नीलामी (ई-बोली) आयोदजत की जा रही है। फेज-I में पांि दिरसीय ई-नीलामी दिनांक 10.03.2021 फेज-II में िो दिरसीय ई-नीलामी दिनांक 19.032021 एरं 20.03.2021 एरं फेज-III में एक दिरसीय ई-नीलामी दिनांक 24.03.2021 को समपन्न हो िुकी है।

2. फेज-IV में दनम्नदलदित दतद् अनुसार ई-नीलामी (ई-बोली) आमंदत्रत की जाती हैक्र.स. नीलामी की ददनांक आिेदन करने की अंद्तम द्तद्

1 01.04.2021 31.03.2021

नीलामी का समय पूरा्वनुसार प्ातः 11.00 बजे से सायं 04.00 बजे तक रहेगा। नीलामी एक काय्व दिरस में नयूनतम पांि घणटे की होगी एरं उसके पशिात् जब तक बोली लगती रहे तब तक दमनट के अन्नत दरसतार (Indefinite extension) तक जारी रहेगी।

3. आिेदन: फेज-IV के दलए आरेिन की प्दक्रया दिनांक 26 माि्व 2021 को प्ातः 11:00 बजे से प्ारमभ है त्ा दनधा्वररत नीलामी की दिनांक से एक दिन पूर्व को रात 11:59 पी. एम. तक िालू रहेगी।

4. यदि आरेिक द्ारा दिनांक 12.02.2021 के पशिात् https://www.mstcecommerce.com पर पंजीकरण कराया है तो उनहे पृ्क से पंजीकरण कराने की आरशयकता नहीं रहेगी। पूर्व में आरंदटत यूजर आई.डी. र पासरड्ड के माधयम से ई-नीलामी हेतु आरेिन कर सकते हैं। यदि पूर्व में पंजीकरण नहीं कराया है तो https://www.mstcecommerce.com पर जाकर दनःशुलक पंजीकरण करा सकते हैं।

5. सफल बोलीिाता H1 के दकसी कारण से बैंकआउट होने पर दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता H2 को सफल बोलीिाता H1 द्ारा प्सतादरत रादर्वक गारनटी रादश पर उस मदिरा िुकान को लेने हेतु अरसर दिया जायेगा त्ा दद्तीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता H2 द्ारा सहमदत िेने पर पूर्व में उललेदित प्दक्रया अनुसार रादश जमा कराने पर उसके पक्ष में अस्ाई अनुशापत्र की सरीकृदत जारी की जारेगी।

H2 द्ारा उपयु्वकत अरसर के बाि सहमती नहीं िेने पर उसे उसकी सरयं द्ारा बोली गई कीमत H2 पर मदिरा िुकान िेने का अरसर दिया जारेगा। यदि इस कीमत पर भी H2 द्ारा मदिरा िुकान नहीं ली जाती है तो उसकी अमानत रादश जबत कर H3 को क्रमश: H1 एरं H2 द्ारा प्सतुत प्सतादरत रादर्वक गारनटी रादश पर उस मदिरा िुकान को लेने हेतु अरसर दिया जायेगा।

तृतीय उच्चतम बोलीिाता H3 द्ारा सहमदत िेने पर पूर्व में उललेदित प्दक्रया अनुसार रादश जमा कराने पर उसके पक्ष में अस्ाई अनुज्ापत्र की सरीकृदत जारी की जारेगी। H3 द्ारा उपयु्वकत अरसर के बाि सहमती नहीं िेने पर उसे उसकी सरंय द्ारा बोली गई कीमत H3 पर मदिरा िुकान िेने का अरसर दिया जायेगा। यदि इस कीमत पर भी H3 द्ारा मदिरा िुकान नहीं ली जाती है तो उसकी अमानत रादश जबत कर ली जायेगी।

6. अनय शतते पूर्वरत रहेगी।उपयु्वकत के संबंध में दरसतृत दिशा-दनितेश, शत्व त्ा अनुज्ापन हेतु उपलबध िुकानों की दनधा्वररत सूिी मय दरररण दरभागीय रेबसाईट https://wwww.rajexcise.gov.in एरं एम.एस.टी.सी.दलदमटेड की रेबसाईट https://www.mstcecommerce.com पर उपलबध है।

आबकारी आरुक्तराजस्ान उदरपुर

MALE FOETUS FOUND IN A PUBLIC URINALFirst India Bureau

Dungarpur: A three-month-old foetus was found in a drain of a public urinal at the Haridev Joshi general hospital on Thursday. A sanitation staffer no-ticed the foetus and af-ter which the police was called. A team from Kot-wali police station took the fetus to a morgue and have started an in-vestigation to trace the origin of the foetus. Ac-cording to the police, the doctors said the foe-tus is of a boy and seemed to have been thrown there on Wednesday night.

Poonam Chand Bhandari on fast in Malviya Nagar.

—PHOTO BY SUM

AN SARKAR

PILOT GETS JAB, TO CAMPAIGN IN ASSAM ON MARCH 28Jaipur: Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot got vaccinated on Thursday at the IDH centre of SMS Medi-cal College under the supervision of Principal Dr. Sudhir Bhandari. Pilot visited the IDH Centre after vaccination and praised the facilities. “I feel perfectly fi ne & urge everyone to remain vigilant as Covid cases are begin-ning to rise once again,” he tweeted. Pilot is scheduled to visit Assam on March 28 for election campaign. He will reach Silchar City by special aircraft on March 28 morning and after a roadshow he will reach Karimganj in the afternoon for another roadshow.

MAN GAVE COVID NEGATIVE REPORT FOR `200, HELDSikar: The police arrested a computer operators on charges of preparing Corona negative reports of people visit Khatu Shyam ji mela in Sikar dis-trict. The accused was charging `200 per report, police said on Thursday. The Covid-19 negative report is mandatory for those attending the annual Lakkhi fair of Baba Shyam ji. ASI Chhaganlal said the accused Hariram was arrested and is being further questioned about how many fake reports he prepared and issued.

Sachin Pilot getting the jab

COVID-19: SLACK SCREENING DUE TO LESS MANPOWERSTATE RECORDED 715 FRESH CASES ON THURSDAY OF WHICH 77 ARE FROM JAIPUR

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The health au-thorities on Thursday started checking Cov-id-19 test reports of pas-sengers reaching from other states even as the number of fresh cases spiked to 715 of which 77 were reported in Jaipur. The exercise, however, turned out to be a mere ritual at the railways station and the bus stand due to lack of the teams.

The state govern-ment has made it man-

datory to bring a corona negative report, of not later than 72 hours, on entry into the state.

Random checking of passengers was done at the airport. About 4,800 passengers deboard at Jaipur from 43 flights daily.

At railway station, a team was present at just one gate while passen-gers left without check-ing from other gates. On Thursday, about 8,500 passengers arrived at Jaipur Junction, but samples of only 400 were collected.

Health staff checking Covid-19 test reports of passengers coming from other states at the Jaipur railway station on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

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3 held for raping mentally challenged womanFirst India Bureau

Udaipur: The police solved the case of gang rape of a mentally chal-lenged woman in Gogun-da town of Udaipur on Thursday and arrested three persons. The vehi-cle used in the crime has also been seized. District Superintendent of Po-lice Rajiv Pachar said that after the incident, the police formed sepa-rate police teams.

He also said that the biggest challenge be-fore the police was no mobile connectivity in

the forest area where the incident took place. The teams formed by the police worked day and night, while on the other hand, many piec-es of evidence were col-lected by the FSL team. Police teams tried to make arrests by raiding liquor shops, hotels, etc. Meanwhile, an inform-er revealed that a per-son named Laxman may be involved in this case. When the police questioned him in cus-tody, he confessed and gave information about his two companions.

Man robbed of `10L meant for marriageFirst India Bureau

Jhunjhunu: Robbery of Rs 10 lakh outside a bank in broad daylight has been reported from Jhunjhunu. The ac-cused snatched the money from a retired armyman Banwari Lal person who had come to the bank to withdraw money for marriage of his daughter on April 2. The police reached the spot after getting infor-mation about the inci-dent and the accused

are being identified.The incident oc-

curred near Saho Ka Kuan in the Kotwali police station area of the city. Banwarilal hailing from Bagad came out of the SBI Bank after withdrawal of ̀ 10 lakh. He kept the money in the side bag of his bike. Meanwhile, the two accused came on the bike and robbed the money. The police are scanning the CCTV cameras to identify the accused.

Pregnant woman, one more ‘hit’ by policeFirst India Bureau

Jhalawar: Two women, including a pregnant one, were allegedly as-saulted by a team of po-lice of the Asnavar police station in the Jhalawar district who had gone to capture the gamblers on Thursday. When the po-lice went to apprehend the gamblers, a pregnant woman was walking with her sister. As the po-lice started beating her family member, the wom-en went to save him and were assaulted.

Four killed in separate accidentsFirst India Bureau

Baran: Four people died in three different road accidents in the Baran district on Thursday. A biker and his minor girl were killed when the bike hit a roadways bus that applied sudden brakes at National High-way 27, near Kishanganj town. An elderly Mohan-lal Meena died in a car collision near the Balaji site. Meanwhile, a wom-an died in a bike acci-dent near Kelwara Poly-technic College.

Currency burnt: MLA Bharat seeks dismissal of tehsildar

First India Bureau

Kota: In the matter of burning of currency notes by tehsildar Kalpesh Jain in Pin-dwara, Sirohi on Wednes-day, Congress MLA from Sangod Bharat Singh on Thursday wrote a letter to CM Ashok Gehlot ap-pealing to consider the matter as the rarest of the rare and dismiss Jain from service immediate-ly without giving any notice and opportunity of hearing. He said burn-ing currency notes is a crime in itself.

Jain had locked him-self in his residence at Pindwara tehsil office premises and put bun-dles of notes on fire on Wednesday night while ACB team waited out-side. ACB had trapped RI Parvat Singh with bribe of `1 lakh and he confessed taking bribe for Jain. On Thursday, accused were produced in a court.

The burnt currency notes

National Games to be held in Rajasthan: Ashok ChandnaFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: In a meeting with State Sports Fed-erations on Thursday, Sports Minister Ashok Chandna assured that National Games would be organized in Ra-jasthan. He said he would talk to everyone concerned in this re-gard even if it involves going to Delhi. Besides, a high power committee will be constituted for organizing rural Olym-pic games, talent search scheme, accountability

of trainers and develop-ment of sports.

Chandna, while ad-dressing the officials of the sports associations, said that there is no

shortage of good play-ers and sports grounds in Rajasthan. He thanked CM Ashok Ge-hlot and said that it was only possible with his efforts that the players of Rajasthan were ap-pointed in state service.

He informed the CM made a provision of Rs 40 crore in the budget for Sports School, out of which Rs 16 crore has been given for Rehabili-tation Centre, where free treatment will be available to players of all sports.

Ashok Chandna being felicitated by Tejaswi Gehlot and Ramavtar Jakhar on Thursday.

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Ramcharan Bohra seeks Delhi-Jaipur bullet train

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Jaipur: BJP MP from Jaipur Ramcharan Bohra on Wednesday at-tracted the attention of the House in the Lok Sabha for running a bul-let train from Delhi to Jaipur. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the award of the bul-let train project on the Delhi-Ahmedabad route,

Bohra said said that Jaipur is a major centre of tourism where not only domestic but foreign tourists visit every day.

Today many indus-trial units are estab-lished in Jaipur, mainly handicrafts, dyeing-

printing, sculpture, dia-mond-gems etc. Entre-preneurs have to travel to many countries of the world for the promotion, exhibition and export of their products, he said. To save time for com-muting, one has to come to Delhi frequently by air route. As such only the domestic but foreign tourists, handicrafts workers, entrepreneurs associated with dia-mond-gems and dyeing-printing will get conven-ience in traffic if and a bullet train is provided on the route, he said.

He thanked PM Modi for bullet train project on the Delhi-Ahmedabad route

Ramcharan Bohra

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OPPOSITION CRIES FOUL AS PARL. PASSES

NCT BILLhe Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a Bill to bestow the Lieu-tenant Governor (LG) of Delhi with greater powers by taking away the right of elected repre-

sentatives. The Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday, seeks to amend the Government of NCT of Delhi (NCTD) Act, 1991. It was enacted “to supplement provi-sions of the Constitution relating to Legisla-tive Assembly and a Council of Ministers for the National Capital Territory of Delhi”.

Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress asked that if the LG has to be in-charge, “what is the point of holding elec-tions”. Abhishek Manu Singhvi described the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amend-ment) Bill was “coercive federalism” by the Central government. Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy defended the Bill and refuted the charge that the amendment is intended to curtail the powers of the elected government. The amendments, he said, were on “technical” grounds alone.

Reddy’s refutation is not convincing if one looks at the amendment being made to the term “Government”. “The expression Govern-ment referred to in any law to be made by the Legislative Assembly (of Delhi) shall mean the Lieutenant Governor,” the Bill states. The Bill provides that “before taking any executive action to exercise powers of Government, the opinion of Lieutenant Governor shall be ob-tained on all such matters as may be specified by the Lieutenant Governor.” Doesn’t that undermine the powers of the chief minister and his council of ministers?

These amendments go against the 2018 judg-ment by a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court which defined the powers of the Lieu-tenant Governor. In Government of NCT of Delhi versus Union of India, the SC had ruled that according to Article 239 AA of the Consti-tution of India, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor did not have any independent decision-making powers and had to follow the “aid and advice” of the chief minister-led council of ministers of the Government of Delhi on matters which the Delhi legislative Assembly could legislate on… The Supreme Court also said that “the LG has not been entrusted with any independent decision-making power. He has to either act on the aid and advice or is bound to act on the order of the President if a matter is referred to him”. And that was to be the exception.

The Opposition argued that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been out of power in Delhi for the last about 20 years, wants to grab power through the Lieutenant Governor and asked if the Central government will bring about similar changes in Pondicherry.

The Bill would mean that the people of Delhi will not have an effective representa-tion in the Assembly. A representative of the Union government, whom the people cannot oust from power, will decide their fate.

IN-DEPTH

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aving spent the early months of 2021 exiled from social media, Donald Trump

may be set to make a re-turn, circumventing his Twitter ban by creating a social media platform of his own. Jason Miller, the Trump aide who an-nounced the news, has said the platform could be ready in “two or three months”.

While the announcement might seem ambitious, building a social media platform is actually rela-tively easy. In 2004, a rudi-mentary form of Facebook was developed in just two weeks. Since then, advanc-es in software development and cloud computing have made it far easier to create a social media platform in a short space of time.

But keeping the new plat-form online after its release

could prove difficult. It’ll have to avoid the fate of “free speech” social media plat-forms favoured by Trump’s supporters. One such plat-form, Parler, found itself dropped from app stores and forced offline after being ac-cused of hosting content linked to the violence at the January 6 Capitol riot.

The platform will also likely become a target of hackers and “trolls” op-posed to Trump’s brand of politics, who may look to find ways to shut it down or cause disruption. Trump’s new social media platform may well go live in two to three months – but keeping it online and free from disruption will be the real challenge.

TRUMP DEPLATFORMEDTrump’s plan comes after Twitter and Facebook de-

cided to “deplatform” him in response to the January 6 Capitol riot. Twitter’s Trump ban is permanent. Facebook’s ban is current-ly under review.

Along with the suspen-

sion of Parler, these moves have forced millions, in-cluding many Trump sup-porters, onto a smattering of niche social media plat-forms. Many of these peo-ple are likely to flock to a

platform created by Trump, guaranteeing it a large user base at the very least. As Miller empha-sised in his statement: “It is going to be big.”

BUILDING A PLATFORMTechnically speaking, the new social media platform could be built and launched in a matter of weeks. Soft-ware developers have access to easy-to-copy coding tem-plates that mean it needn’t be built from scratch.

But to support millions of potential users, the new platform will require the infrastructure to scale quickly. If the correct infra-structure isn’t in place to support growth, Trump’s platform will simply crash under the strain of new us-ers after its launch. The cloud computing infra-structure necessary to

avoid crashing is typically provided by tech giants like Amazon’s AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, or Google’s Cloud.

Trump’s platform may be developed as a smart-phone app that features in app stores, a website acces-sible through web brows-ers, or both. An app would be especially vulnerable to the whims of leading app stores – those run by Goog-le and Apple – which could refuse to host the app if activity on it was seen to violate their terms of use.

One of the biggest chal-lenges for Trump is whether all these providers, who are essentially the gatekeepers of the web, will agree to sup-port his platform. Even if they do, the Parler prece-dent could see them with-draw their hosting at any time if users’ violent rheto-ric goes unpoliced.

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he word, cancer, sends an eerie chill down everyone’s spine, or cascading gunfire in one’s mind. In medical terms, cancer is a group of cells, usu-ally derived from a single cell that has lost its normal control mecha-nism. The consequence is unfettered cell growth. Cancer can begin almost anywhere in the body. While cancer cells from the primary — or, initial — site can spread, or metastasise, throughout the body, the disorder per se represents a group of more than one hundred different diseases — all of them highlighted by uninhibited, anomalous growth of cells. Cancer also spreads to and affects the lymph nodes — the tiny bean-shaped struc-tures that filter the flow of lymph, an important part of the body’s immune system. Clusters of lymph nodes are sited in different parts of the body — the neck, groin, and armpits.

Trying to ‘crack’ what causes can-cer is synonymous with searching for a needle in a haystack. The factual cause of cancer is subject to conjec-ture. One may, for the sake of con-venience, think of substances, or carcinogens, that are known to cause cancer — for example, nicotine. Sounds simple; actually, it is not. Be-cause it’s often easier said than done to prove what substances cause can-cer, most clinicians acquiesce to the fact that the treacherous disorder results from the complex interaction of genetic and environmental fac-tors, not just solitary threats.

Such factors may be external and internal. The former includes life-style indiscretions — smoking, chew-ing tobacco, alcohol overuse, obesity, and so on. Environmental factors that may have a say in cancer are ex-posure to chemicals and radiation

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for the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. The reason is simple and insightful — the earlier the disease is detected, the more effective the treat-ment.

Cancer cells develop from healthy cells. The process — called transfor-mation — is as complex as the disease itself. The first step, where cancer cells grow from healthy cells, is called as initiation. A change in the cell’s ge-netic material, especially in the DNA, and at times in the chromosomal structure, propels the cell to become cancerous. This may happen instinc-tively; it is also, contextually, triggered by genetic mutations and/or carcino-gens — chemicals, tobacco, viruses, radiation, and sunlight. All the same, there are no set rules for the progres-sion of cancer. Also, not all cells are vulnerable to carcinogens. What makes cells weak is a genetic fault, not to speak of prolonged physical abnor-mality. The rest is disaster epitomised.

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EYEWITNESSES RECOUNT PANIC DURING GTB HOSPITAL SHOOTOUTNew Delhi: When I heard gunshots, I got scared and sat down inside my food stall from where I could see people running for their lives, said a shopkeeper near the GTB hospital here where a gunfi ght broke out on Thursday between the police and those who had come to aid the escape of a notorious criminal.

The fi erce gunfi ght left one assailant dead and triggered chaos with patients and their relatives running for cover, offi cials said. While the criminal escorted by the police managed to fl ee, the police nabbed one of his six associates who was injured in the gunfi ght, they said.

CANDIDATES SPICE UP CAMPAIGN FOR TN POLLSChennai:Amusing spectacles unfold everyday with candidates attempting a variety of things from donning the role of a chef to washing clothes to woo voters, spicing up the campaign for the April 6 Assembly polls in TN. Amid laughter and claps, AIADMK candidate from Royapuram here, D Jayakumar fi lled a pot fully with water for a woman by manually operating a roadside handpump. Also, the Fisheries Minister Jayakumar dons the signa-ture ‘MGR’ cap sometimes and goes around his constituency on a cycle-rickshaw to seek votes.

MAHA TOPS IN VACCINATION DRIVE, SURPASSES RAJMumbai:Maharashtra has emerged as the leader in the COVID-19 vaccination drive as it has administered vaccine doses to 43,42,646 people, an offi cial said. The state surpassed Rajasthan in the vaccination drive on March 24, he said. Rajasthan now ranks second as it has vaccinated 43,27,874 people, the offi cial said. “Maharashtra tops the list of states in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses admin-istered,” Dr Pradeep Vyas, principal secretary of Maharashtra Public Health Department, said.

KHAJURI KHAS ASSAULT: MAIN ACCUSED ARRESTEDNew Delhi: The main accused in the alleged assault of a man in north-east Delhi was arrested on Thursday, police said. In a video widely shared on social media, Ajay Goswami was purport-edly thrashing the man at Khajuri Khas and telling him to say “Hindustan zindabaad” and “Pakistan murdabad”. Goswami,

a resident of Old Garhi Mendu village in Shah-dara, was arrested and a case registered against him under relevant sec-tions of the Indian Penal Code, police said. The person who was record-ing the video has been identifi ed as Deepak Baisala, who is on the run. Action will be taken against him, police said.

IN THE COURTYARD

Kangana gets partial relief in defamation case

SC quashes FIR against Shillong Times journalist PatriciaNew Delhi The Su-preme Court on Thurs-day quashed the crimi-nal case registered against Editor of Shillong Times Patricia Mukhim, in relation to a Facebook post by her decrying violence against non-tribal peo-ple in the State.

The judgment was de-livered by a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Ravindra Bhat on a plea filed by Mukh-im, against the Megha-laya High Court’s order dismissing her plea to quash criminal pro-ceedings.

The criminal pro-

ceedings pertained to a Facebook post pub-lished by Mukhim seek-ing action by the State against an attack on some non-tribal boys in Meghalaya.

A case was filed against Mukhim alleg-ing the commission of offences under Sections

153-A (promoting en-mity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, lan-guage, etc), 500 (punish-ment for defamation) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code.

BJP faces tough challenge from oppn in upper Assam

SC directs Army to grant PC to officers

Dibrugarh: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing a tough fight from the Opposition in the upper Assam re-gion where 47 seats will go on polls in the first phase on March 27.

BJP is banking on Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi to pull off a victory in upper Assam where he has held five rallies so far whereas Congress has promised to stop the implementa-tion of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and increase wages of tea workers.

Assam BJP presi-dent Ranjit Kumar

Dass has exuded confi-dence that his party is going to sweep the elec-tions polls in the state. He has said that the party will soon imple-ment the BJP if it is re-elected to office. He fur-ther claimed that the CAA is not an issue in the upcoming Assem-bly elections in the state as people will vote logically, not emotion-ally.

Around 260 candi-dates are in the fray out of which 101 are crore-pati candidates and 41 candidates have de-clared criminal cases against them. —ANI

Mumbai: The Andheri court in Mumbai has granted bail to Bolly-wood actor Kangana Ranaut on Thursday after she moved the court for the cancella-tion of the bailable war-rant that the court is-sued against her in the defamation case, brought against her by

lyricist Javed Akhtar. She has been granted bail upon furnishing a surety of �15,000 and a cash surety of �20,000, Bar and Bench report-ed. On March 1, the court ordered a bailable warrant against the ac-tor as she failed to re-spond to the summons issued by the court.

Delhi water supply: SC directive to Punjab, HaryanaNew Delhi: The Su-preme Court order the Punjab and Haryana governments and Bhakra-Beas Manage-ment Board (BKMB) to maintain the status quo on the water supply to Delhi till Friday. The di-rective came after the Delhi Jal Board said the water supply could be reduced in the city by 25% because of closing of canal gates for repair.

Notices have also been issued to the gov-ernment of Punjab, Haryana and BBMB on DJB’s plea against the curtailment of supply

of water to Delhi.“Respondents are di-

rected to maintain status quo regarding the sup-ply of water to Delhi”, ordered the apex court bench. The bench, head-ed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, also said that it would hear the case on Friday as there is “urgency” in the matter.

New Delhi: The Su-preme Court on Thurs-day directed directed the Army to consider the grant of the perma-nent commission for women officers within a month and allow the permanent commis-sion within 2 months after following the due process. A bench of the Apex Court passed the judgment on hearing a batch of petitions filed by many women offic-ers for permanent Commission in the In-dian Army,.

1st phase: Campaigning ends in WB, Assam voting on SaturdayNew Delhi: The high-voltage campaign for the first phase of the poll in Assam and Ben-gal came to an end on Thursday evening. A total of 77 assembly constituencies (47 in Assam and 30 in Ben-gal) will go to the polls on March 27.

In Bengal, the 30 seats are spread across tribal-dominated Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, Purba Medinipur (Part 1) and Paschim Medin-ipur (Part 1) districts which were once con-sidered the citadel of the Left in the state.

The campaign for the seats saw high profile leaders of BJP, which has emerged as the main opposition to the ruling TMC, addressing poll rallies in Purulia, Jhargram and Bankura districts.

In Assam, where the fate of 264 candidates hang in balance, the hectic campaign wit-nessed the presence of several national leaders including Modi, Union HM Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, Congress’ Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, who crisscrossed the state to garner support for their respective parties.

Sachin Waze’s custody extended till April 3Mumbai: A special court extended the NIA custody of suspended police officer Sachin Waze, arrested in con-nection with the recov-ery of explosives-laden vehicle near industrial-ist Ambani’s house, till April 3. He had nothing to do with the crime and had been made a scapegoat, he told the special NIA court.

Waze (49), an assis-tant police inspector with Mumbai crime branch, was arrested on March 13 by the Nation-al Investigation agency.

The NIA, which has invoked the stringent provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against Waze, sought his custo-dy for another 15 days.

“I have been made a scapegoat and have nothing to do with the case,” Waze told judge P R Sitre during the hearing.

“I was investigating officer of the case for one and a half days, and didwhatever I could in that capacity. But there was suddenly change in some plan somewhere. I went to the NIA office on my own and was ar-rested,” the police of-ficer said, adding he had not confessed to anything. —PTI

State tops in FB political ad spend over othersKolkata: Among the four states and one union territory that are going to polls from March 27, West Bengal emerged as the topper in spend-ing for political ad-vertisements on Fa-cebook this year, ac-cording to data avail-able with the social media platform. Be-sides West Bengal, assembly elections will be held in three other states Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in the un-ion territory of Pu-ducherry.

The Facebook ad spend of the Trina-mool Congress which seeks to return to power in West Ben-gal for the third con-secutive term, ex-ceeds that of the BJP, the main rival of the Mamata Banerjee-led party, in 90 days till March 22, the data revealed.

EC NOTICE TO TIWARI FOR MANIPULATING

MITHUN LEADS MEGA ROADSHOWS IN BENGAL

SHARAD PAWAR TO CAMPAIGN FOR DIDI

Kolkata: BJP candidate from Pand-abeswar Jitendra Tiwari was issued a show-cause notice by the Election Commission (EC) for promising voters a free trip to the temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya if elected, offi cials said. Mr Tiwari made the remarks twice -- while speaking at a public meeting in Haripur on March 21, and later at a party meeting. The Trinamool Con-gress lodged a complaint with the poll body on March 22 over the issue.

Keshiary: Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty led two mega roadshows in the Jungle Mahal region of West Bengal in support of the BJP candidates. Chakraborty, who was in a white kurta with a long saffron scarf loosely wrapped around his neck, led the fi rst roadshow in Saltora in Bankura, while the second one was in Keshiary in the Paschim Medinipur district. Amid chants of ‘’Jai Shri Ram’’, Chakraborty greeted the enthused supporters & people went atop their houses and gathered near Chakraborty’’s car to have one look at the superstar. “The overwhelming response, the emotion of the people show change is inevitable and irreversible in Bengal,” he told reporters in Keshiary.

New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will travel to West Bengal to campaign Chief Min-ister Mamata Banerjee in the state As-sembly polls, said NCP spokesperson, Mahesh Tapase on Thursday. “NCP chief Sharad Pawar will campaign in West Bengal in support of Mamata Banerjee. He will be on a three-day visit to the state from April 1, to hold vari-ous rallies, press conferences and meet Mamata Banerjee and TMC workers.

ANIL DESHMUKH WRITES TO PROBE CORRUPTION CHARGES

‘NOBODY HAD HAND IN TRANSFERS’

BJP SLAMS SANJAY RAUT FOR RALLYING

Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desh-mukh informed that he has written a letter to CM Thackeray to investigate the corrupt malpractices allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh. Taking to his Twitter handle, Mr Deshmukh shared the letter written to Thackeray. “I have asked the CM to inquire into the allegations made against me by (former Police Commissioner of Mumbai) Param Bir Singh to bring out the truth,” he tweeted in Marathi.

Mumbai: The “phone tap-ping” by the intelligence department evoked angry reactions in the meet-ing of the Maharashtra cabinet, housing minister Jitendra Awhad said. NCP leader Mr Awhad alleged that then Commissioner of Intelligence Rashmi Shukla intercepted calls without permission.

Mumbai: Maharash-tra BJP leader Pravin Darekar on Thursday hit out at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut for his re-fusal to seek state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s resignation despite “seri-ous” allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh.

Athawale demands President’s rule in MahaMumbai: Union Minis-ter Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said that he had met President Ram Nath Kovind and demanded President’s Rule in Maharashtra.

“The situation in Ma-harashtra is out of con-trol. The government is not able to control the surge in COVID-19 cas-es in the state. They are not able to handle the law and order of the state,” Athawale told.

Referring to the alle-gations of the former Mumbai Police Com-missioner Param Bir Singh over the involve-ment of home minister Anil Deshmukh’s in-volvement in severe “malpractices”, he said, “No inquiry can take place until the Maha-rashtra government is removed.”

Athawale had earlier sent a letter to the Un-ion Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding President’s Rule in Ma-harashtra. —ANI

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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said it is not right to call the RSS and its associated groups ‘Sangh Parivar’ as a family has women, re-spect for elders, com-passion and affection, and the organisation has none of these.

Gandhi’s remarks come a day after he said the alleged harassment of nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congrega-tion in Uttar Pradesh was a result of the Sangh Parivar’s “vi-cious propaganda” to

pitch one community against another and trample on minorities.

In a tweet in Hindi on Thursday, he said he will no longer refer to the Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh as ‘Sangh Parivar’, united family.

“I believe it is not right to call the RSS and associated organiza-tions Sangh Parivar -- there are women in the family, there is respect for the elderly, a sense of compassion and af-fection -- which is not there in the RSS,” he said on Twitter. —PTI

Karnal: The Bharati-ya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the agi-tating farmers were prepared for a long haul and will relent only when their de-mands are met. Tikait reiterated that the Centre must withdraw the new farm laws and provide a legal guar-antee on MSP.

He said the farm laws were not only adversely affecting the farmers but will impact other sections as well. “This fight is not just of farm-

ers but it is also for the poor, small traders,” said Tikait while ad-dressing a farmers’ ‘mahapanchayat’ at As-sandh in this district.

Asserting that farm-ers were prepared for a long haul, he said, “This agitation will go on for long. We have made preparations till No-vember-December.”

Referring to his late father Mahender Singh Tikait, he said, “Tikait sahib used to say that when Haryana stands in support of an agita-tion, govt shivers. —PTI

FEAR OF 2ND WAVE CONTINUES IN 6 STATESWith another 53,476 fresh new coronavirus cases, the nation saw the biggest single-day jump in total infections in nearly five monthsNew Delhi: Nearly 81 per cent of the new cor-onavirus cases record-ed by India in the last 24 hours were reported from six states - Maha-rashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattis-garh and Gujarat, the government said today. Of these, Maharashtra and Gujarat recorded the biggest single-day jump in total infections ever since the pandemic hit India.

As India logged the highest number of cas-es in a single day since October 23 with 53,456 new infections, Maha-rashtra, the worst-hit state by the pandemic, recorded 31,855 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total num-ber of infections in the state to 25,64,881. So far, over 53,000 people have died of coronavi-rus in the state.

India’s financial cap-ital Mumbai reported 5,185 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - the city’s biggest ever sin-gle-day spike, and a nearly 48 per cent in-crease from the preced-ing period. The city has banned celebration of Holi - which falls on March 28 and 29 - in public or private spac-es. Authorities will also carry out random Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) of people in pub-lic spaces.

Meanwhile, in Guja-rat, 1,790 fresh cases were recorded and the tally rose to 2,92,169.

In a statement, Health Ministry today said ten states - Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Chhattis-garh, Karnataka, Hary-ana, Rajasthan, Maha-

rashtra, Gujarat, Pun-jab and Madhya Pradesh - are showing an “upward trajectory in daily cases”.

Three states, Maha-rashtra, Kerala and Punjab, account for 74.32 per cent of total active cases in the coun-

try -3,95,192. Maharash-tra alone accounts for 62.91 per cent of the to-tal active cases in the country.

Across India, 251 peo-ple died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the government said. “Six states account for

78.49% of daily deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (95). Punjab follows with 39 daily deaths and Chhattisgarh reported 29 deaths in the last 24 hours,” the Health Min-istry statement further read. —Agencies

New Delhi: India is wit-nessing an increase in the daily new cases of COVID-19 since Febru-ary, “clearly indicating a second wave”, a report by the State Bank of India (SBI) said. The second wave may last up to 100 days, when counted from February 15, it said.

Based on trends till March 23, the total number of coronavirus cases in India in the second wave is ex-pected to be around 25 lakh, the forecast said.

The 28-page report

said localised lock-downs or restrictions have been “ineffective” and that mass vaccina-tion is the “only hope” to win the battle against the pandemic.

“Considering the number of days from the current level of daily new cases to the peak level during the first wave, India might reach the peak in the second half of April,” it said.

Focusing on the economic indicators, the SBI report said the business activity index, based on high

frequency indicators, has declined in the last week, adding that the impact of the lock-down or restrictions imposed by certain states might become visible next month.

The report also calls for an increase in the pace of vaccination across states. Increas-ing daily vaccination from the current 34 lakh to 40-45 lakh per day would mean that inoculation of citizens over 45 years can be completed in 4 months from now. —PTI

CURRENT WAVE COULD PEAK IN 2ND HALF OF APRIL: SBI REPORT

NEARLY 36,000 NEW COVID CASES IN MAHARASHTRA

NEGATIVE RT-PCR REPORT MUST FOR ALL PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN BENGALURU Mumbai: Maharash-tra reported 35,952 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, its single-highest surge in 24 hours since the beginning of the pandemic, along with 111 deaths.

The country’s finan-cial capital Mumbai too logged 5,504 new infections - crossing 5,000 for the second day in a row - to post a new single-day high.Maharashtra had logged 31,855 new cases a day before while Mumbai re-ported 5,185.

The rate at which

infections in Mumbai are doubling now stands at 75 days - a worrying figure - and it is decreasing rapidly, experts said. Authorities ordered people indoors in some towns in western India as the number of new coro-navirus infections hit 53,476 infections overnight, the high-est in five months, data showed earlier in the day.

Cases have surged across several states in since late February, following a near-full reopening of the

economy and flouting of safety measures such as the wearing of face masks and so-cial distancing, health officials say.

More than half the new infections were reported from Maharashtra, home to financial capital Mumbai, where mil-lions have returned to work in offices and factories. The local government imposed a full lockdown for ten days in the worst-af-fected towns Nanded and Beed following a cabinet meeting, an official said.

New Delhi: Karnataka health minister K Sudha-kar said that all passen-gers travelling to Ben-galuru, from any state, will have to produce an RT-PCR negative report. Addressing reporters, the minister said that this guideline will ap-

ply only to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits. For the rest of the state, an RT-PCR negative test report is mandatory for those arriving from Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharash-tra & Kerala. He said that a decision was taken to

expand these regulations to all travellers since Bengaluru has been reporting the highest number of cases in the state. Stating that 60 per cent of cases have an interstate travel history, Sudhakar said that the government is planning

to revive the stamping of hands of those who have to undergo home isola-tion. “Many youngsters who are supposed to undergo home isola-tion are freely walking around because they are asymptomatic. We need to curb this,” he said.

People flouting norms of social distancing throng at Sadar Bazar Market ahead of Holi Festival in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Farmer unions...Rajewal said that trade unions from organised and unorganised sec-tors, and transport and other associations have extended their support for the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call of farmer organisa-tions on March 26.

“Farmers will block rail tracks in various places. Markets and transport services will be closed during ‘Bharat Bandh’,” Rajewal told PTI.

He said that however, emergency services like ambulance and fire will be allowed during the nationwide shutdown.

Thousands of farm-

ers, mainly from Pun-jab, Haryana and west-ern Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur de-manding a complete re-peal of the three farm laws and a legal guaran-tee for the minimum support price on their crops.

Confederation of All India Traders, which claimed representation of eight crore traders in the the country, said that markets will remain open on March 26 as it is not participating in the ‘Bharat Bandh’.

“We are not going to participate in ‘Bharat Bandh’ tomorrow. Mar-

kets will remain open in Delhi and other parts of the country. The ongo-ing deadlock can be re-solved only through dia-logue process. There should be discussions on amendments in the farm laws that can make existing farming profit-able,” CAIT’s national general secretary Praveen Khandelwal told PTI.

Sensex ends...up in the range of 0.35 per cent to 3 per cent.

Pain in the broader market was even more severe. The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices closed 2.22 per

cent and 1.85 per cent lower, respectively.

The overall market breadth remained titled towards bears with 2,224 stocks ending the day in the red as against just 684 stocks that ended in the green on the BSE.

‘Misogyny, brazen’...her bandaged leg to peo-ple, and advised her to wear bermudas instead of a sari so that her leg can be seen “clearly”.

Reacting to Ghosh’s comments, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim tweeted on Thursday, “If the only sitting fe-male CM in the country can be disrespected so

brazenly, am afraid to imagine what they can say about our daugh-ters!”

Three soldiers...“The Gypsy overturned and caught fire. Five in-jured soldiers managed to come out of the vehi-cle but three were trapped inside it and died,” Station House Of-ficer (SHO) Vikram Ti-wari said.

After the accident, the army gypsy was completely gutted. The eight army personnel were carrying out some manoeuvers when the accident happened. The deceased personnel

were from the 47-AD unit of Bathinda.The police suspect gunpow-der or some other flam-mable material was kept in the vehicle for military exercise due to which it caught fire but the exact cause is being probed. The in-jured soldiers were ad-mitted to the Army Hos-pital in Suratgarh, said Army spokesman Col Amitabh Sharma.The villagers extinguished fire by pouring water on it.

Bypolls: BJP...and a prominent Jat leader in Bhilwara while Khemaram

Meghwal has been the minister of state for mines in the first ten-ure of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje.

These two leaders have worked with Raje.

Rajsamand was the only seat among the three seats which was held by BJP. Rest two seats, Sahara and Su-jangarh, were held by the ruling Congress.

Sahara and Sujan-garh (SC) seats were represented by Con-gress MLAs Kailsh Trivedi and Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal.

While Master Bhan-warlal Meghwal, who

was the social justice and empower minister in Ashok Gehlot cabi-net, died due to brain stroke in November, Kailash Trivedi was suffering from covid-19 and died because of the infection in October.

The polling will be held on 17 April from 7 am to 6 pm and count-ing will take place on May 2.

Filing of nomination is already going on and the last date of filing nomination is March 30, scrutiny of nomina-tion papers will be held on March 31 and nomi-nations can be with-drawn by April 3.

FROM PG 1

‘Will no longer call RSS Sangh Parivar’

Farmers prepared for a long haul: TikaitDon’t foresee anymore lockdowns, GDP

growth forecast remains 10.5%: RBI GuvMumbai: The rising COVID-19 infections across the country are a matter of concern, but it may not impact the ongoing economic revival as one does not foresee lockdowns, Re-serve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said today.

The economic re-vival will continue “unabated”, Mr Das said, asserting that there is no need for a downward revision of RBI’s 10.5 per cent GDP growth forecast for FY22.

Speaking at Times Network’s India Eco-nomic Conclave 2021, Mr Das said, “We have ‘insurance’ to protect economic revival like a fast-paced vaccina-tion drive, greater ability among people

to follow COVID proto-cols”, and one does not see lockdowns as well.

“The renewed surge in COVID cases in many parts of the country is a matter of concern,” the gover-nor said.

“I would feel that the revival of econom-ic activity, which has happened, should con-tinue unabated going forward. My under-standing and our pre-

liminary analysis shows that the growth rate next year the 10.5 per cent which we had given would not re-quire a downward re-vision,” he added.

It can be noted that India reported over 50,000 new COVID-19 infections on Wednes-day with states like Maharashtra report-ing newer highs, and a new strain of virus has also been found.

Some pockets of the country have already resorted to stricter lockdowns in the face of the rising infec-tions. It can be noted that a nationwide lockdown last year led to a deep economic im-pact and the GDP is set to contract by over 7 per cent in FY21.

“...at this point of time, one does not for-see a kind of lockdown that we experienced last year. Last year, it came as a huge shock,” Das said.

Governor affirmed the central bank’s commitment to use all its policy tools to fa-cilitate the economic revival from the de-bilitating impact of the pandemic while ensuring price and fi-nancial stability. —PTI

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das.

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait

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Phoolon Ki HOLIAur Aapka Saath!

BD Kalla, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Rafiq Khan and Jagdeesh Chandra

Pramod Jain Bhaya and Jagdeesh Chandra

Niranjan Arya and Jagdeesh Chandra Govind Singh Dotasra, Lal Chand Kataria, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Niranjan Arya, Vaibhav Gehlot and Jagdeesh Chandra.

L-R: Rafiq Khan, Mamta Bhupesh, Dr Mahesh Joshi, BL Soni and Ved Pratap Solanki enjoying the performance by artists during the Holi Milan Samroah at Hotel Marriott on Thursday.

Ravi Jain and Jagdeesh Chandra

Prahlad Krishniya and Jagdeesh Chandra

Archana Sharma and Jagdeesh Chandra with the artists during phoolon ki holi. Mamta Bhupesh flanked by Sangeeta Beniwal and Rukshmani Kumari during phoolon ki holi.

Dr Subhash Garg and Jagdeesh Chandra

L-R: Jagdeesh Chandra, Suman Sharma, Rafiq Khan, Mahant Kailash Sharma, Dr Mahesh Joshi, Ashok Parnami Ved Pratap Solanki and Dr Somya enjoying the performance by artists during the Holi Milan Samroah at Hotel Marriott on Thursday.

Antar Singh Nehra and Jagdeesh Chandra

Satish Poonia, Archana Sharma play phoolon ki holiRajiv Arora, Jagdeesh Chandra & Niranjan Arya

Mamta Bhupesh and Suman Sharma

BD Kalla and Satish Poonia exchange greetings and repartee as Jagdeesh Chandra looks on.

Jogaram and Vimal Katiyar.

Jagdeesh Sharma

Anita Hada

Jaipur: First India hosted a Holi Milan Sa-maroh on Thursday evening at Hotel Marri-ott. The magical even-ing replete with the fla-vour of Holi was beauti-ful in every sense. The flowers showered across were a symbol of the spirit of together-ness imbued in every minute of the show.

The special guests in-cluding BD Kalla, Go-vind Singh Dotasra, Pratap Singh Khachari-yawas, Bhajan Lal Jat-av, Mamta Bhupesh, Dr Subhash Garg, Pramod

Jain Bhaya, Lal Chand Kataria, Dr Mahesh Joshi, Satish Poonia, Ramlal Sharma, Rafiq Khan, Ameen Kagzi, Niranjan Arya, BL Soni, Ravi Jain, Jogar-am, Prahlad Krishniya, Antar Singh Nehra, Ashok Parnami, Ma-hant Kailash Sharma, Rajeev Arora, Vaibhav Gehlot, Sangeeta Beni-wal, Dr Somya, Archa-na Sharma, Suman Sharma, Rukshmani Kumari, Ved Prakash Solanki, Jagdish Shar-ma and others attended the event and appreci-ated the initiative by First India.

Jagdeesh Chandra welcomed the guests and greeted them on the festival of Holi.

Various dance perfor-mances by Attraction Dance Company under the direction of Vivek Mudgal and choreo-graphed by Arpit Shar-ma around the theme of Holi were showcased during the event, set-ting the mood for this festival of colours and joy. The much-awaited performance of ‘phoo-lon ki holi’ captivated the audience by sheer energy and beauty of the dance sequence. The shower of flowers

and the love of Lord Krishna accompanied by traditional songs made it a memorable occasion forever. A highlight of the even-ing was the poster launch of another ini-tiative by Jagdeesh Chandra, the First In-dia Lucknow Khadi Show, to be held in Luc-know on April 17 at Ho-tel Taj, which will be curated by Gaurav Gaur.

Holi special snacks like Gujiya, malpua, thandai, dahi bade, pa-koras, dal kachori, kan-ji vada etc made the evening a perfect one!

—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR

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Jaipur: Chief Secre-tary Niranjan Arya has instructed the officials to ensure effective de-livery of services to the people within the stipu-lated time frame. For this, he asked the offi-cials to conduct a weekly review in order to bring pendency to zero.

Chairing a meeting of the committee consti-tuted for proper imple-mentation of the Ra-jasthan Guaranteed De-

livery of Public Services Act-2011 and Rajasthan

Right to Hearing Act-2012, Arya issued neces-

sary directions to offi-cials for ensuring prop-

er and timely execution of the acts.

Arya said that good work has been done in disposing off old cases, but officers need to take more effective action in this direction. He also directed officials to strengthen the system of inspection and moni-toring of pending cases.

Ashwini Bhagat, Principal Secretary- Administrative Re-forms Department, Di-rector of Public Servic-es Harjilal Atal and other officers were pre-sent in the meeting.

Ensure effective & timely service delivery to people: CSGOOD GOVERNANCE

‘Community is thankful for your just action’

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Gehlot said. Gehlot, while informing the delegation of the budg-etary announcements, appealed to the general public to be vigilant.

On this occasion, Shishupal Singh Nim-bara, former Vice-Chairman of the Cen-tral Board of Child Labor, said that the honorable Chief Min-ister, while showing

sensitivity, immediate-ly accepted this de-mand of the society and recommended for CBI investigation.

“The community is thankful for your just ac-tion,” Nimbara said.

Moreover, Mahant Nirmdas Maharaj also thanked the Chief Min-ister and said, “we are convinced of your jus-tice and you are worthy of piety.” Meanwhile, another delegation, this

time from Gurjar com-munity, called on CM and thanked him for strongly advocating in-creasing the reservation threshold from fifty per-cent and giving 5% to MBC. The delegation

thanked Gehlot for op-posing the 102 amend-ment in the Constitu-tion. Notably, the delega-tion has sought Gehlot’s time for Friday too want-ing to ‘properly thank the chief minister’.

Members of Rajpurohit community honouring CM Ashok Gehlot.

Mobile towers to be set up on commercial lands: Govt

Its ‘Dilli chalo’ for Rohit, IAS unlikely to return to Raj!

Started my career from Jodhpur: Srivastava

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Lands used for installing mobile tow-ers will now be consid-ered as commercial land in Rajasthan. State Finance Department has issued a revised no-

tification in this regard. Sources said that

land use will have to be changed from residen-tial to commercial if towers have to be in-stalled on rooftops of houses & residential properties.

Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: Senior IAS Ro-hit Kumar Singh has been appointed as Ad-ditional Secretary in Ministry of Culture. Orders in this regard were issued by the Cen-tral DoPT on Thursday. The 1989 batch Ra-jasthan cadre IAS, Ro-hit Kumar Singh had returned to the home state in August 2018 af-ter deputation and upon his return, he was kept APO for 38 days.

For sometime there-after, he served as CMD of Metro and in Decem-ber 2018, he was hand-ed over the reins of Medical and Health De-partment. With the on-

set of Covid-19 in state, Rohit showcased exem-plary handling of af-fairs of the department till July 2020.

However, his stint in the Home Department was merely that of 47 days. His sudden trans-fer from the department was the talk of the town as the state government, after removing him from a powerful Home Depart-

ment, posted him in a lack-lustre Rural Devel-opment and Panchayati Raj Department as Ad-ditional Chief Secretary.

Singh was reportedly not too happy with this posting and since then had been making efforts to return to Centre on deputation. When the State government did not provide NOC for the same, a senior officer of the Central Government called Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya for pro-viding the NOC to Rohit.

Singh will retire in March 2024 and it is be-lieved that he will not return to Rajasthan since he might get pro-moted to the post of Sec-retary in the Centre.

Rajiv Gaur

Jodhpur: Dhiraj Sriv-astava, the Commis-sioner of Rajasthan Foundation, who was posted as SDM in Jodh-pur after entering the Rajasthan Administra-tive Service, was at Jodhpur for five days. During his visit, he re-freshed his old memo-ries as well as partici-pated in various pro-grammes.

During his visit to Jodhpur, Srivastava also visited Jalore, Siro-hi and Barmer, and held necessary discussions with the Collectors about the new works done to keep the expa-

triates connected. On Thursday, Srivastava also released the poster of a district level senior Chess competition at Circuit House which is going to be held in Jodh-pur on March 26 and 27. “I have always had an emotional connect with Jodhpur and this is the

place from where my career began. The young generation should participate in sports as it would bring their talent to the fore. When I was in school, Chess and badminton were my favourites,” he said.

Srivastava said that the far-sighted thinking of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has formed Rajasthan Foundation, which has led to a new beginning of contact and coordi-nation with the expatri-ates. He said that it is necessary to support the District Collectors to connect and work with the migrants.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The State government has ex-tended the suspen-sion period of the then SP of Dausa, Manish Agarwal by 120 days. Agarwal was suspended af-ter being arrested on February 2, in a case of bribery.

The committee, headed by Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya, had reviewed the matter and rec-ommended exten-sion of suspension as Agarwal is still in judicial custody. The suspension was ex-tended from March 24. Principal Secre-tary of Personnel Department, He-mant Gera is also in the committee.

Agarwal was ar-rested on February 2 and was suspect-ed after he re-mained in the ACB custody for more than 48 hours. Agar-wal is accused of indulging in brib-ery while being the SP of Dausa dis-trict. The ACB had arrested him after interrogation and investigation from some middlemen arrested in the case.

Bhanwar S Charan

Kota: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal has in-structed the contractors that if the construction period of the major de-velopment project slips by a single day, strict ac-tion will be taken and in such cases, the contrac-tor should be ready to pay the fine. During his visit to his hometown Kota, Dhariwal took stock of the various de-velopment works being carried out in the city. Collector Ujjwal Rathore, UIT Secretary Rajesh Joshi, OSD UIT RD Meena along with various engineers ac-companied Dhariwal.

During this period, Dhariwal also visited his dream project, Chambal River Front, which is being built on

the banks of the River Chambal at a cost of Rs 750 crore. Prior to this, he also inspected the work of Adalat Chora-ha, Vivekananda Circle, Antaghar Bypass and Oxygen Park Projects.

Earlier, while inspect-ing the construction work at Vivekananda Circle, the UDH Minis-ter instructed to install lights at the four-wall construction towards Mayur Cinema and put up railing around trees near footpaths. He in-structed officials to com-plete work while not compromising with quality. After inspecting the Chambal River Front, the UDH Minis-ter also instructed to ar-range for early drainage of the main gate and to build a parking lot near Nayapura culvert.

IPS Manish Agarwal’s suspension extended

Dhariwal inspects devp projects during Kota visit

Dhiraj Srivastava

Rohit Kumar Singh

CS Niranjan Arya chairs the meeting of the officials of Rajasthan Guaranteed Delivery of Public Service Rules, 2011 and Right to Hearing ACT-2012 via video conference. Principal Secretary of Administrative Reforms Department Ashwini Bhagat and Director of Public Services Harjilal Atal were present on the occasion.

Onus to preserve folk art & culture lies with artists: GuvFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra on Thurs-day, said that a conducive atmosphere should be created in the society for the preservation and de-velopment of folk arts.

The Governor, while addressing an award ceremony organised by West Zone Culture Cen-tre of Udaipur, suggest-ed that more opportuni-ties should be given for artists’ presentations by the documentation of traditional arts.

He said that folk art-ists have the responsibil-ity to preserve and pro-mote folk art and cul-ture. The governor also pointed out that the work and contribution of folk artists inspire new generations to learn from them. In the cere-mony, he presented Komal Kothari Life Time Achievement Awards for the year 2020 to noted folk artist Vinayak Vish-nu Khedekar of Goa and Kanta Kashinath Ga-vade, a folk musician and dancer from Goa.

Governor Kalraj Mishra virtually addresses the Dr Komal Kothari Life Time Achievement Folk Arts Awards ceremony for Western Zone Cultural Centre in Udaipur from Raj Bhawan on Thursday.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: In a major bu-reaucratic develop-ment, the Union Minis-try of Personnel issued orders announcing ap-pointment of Rajasthan cadre IAS - ACS Rohit Kumar Singh - as Addi-tional Secretary in Min-istry of Culture. A total of 26 IAS have been ac-corded posting on the position of Additional Secretary of which, Ro-hit is one. It is believed that the state govern-ment will relieve Rohit in the coming days, off his current assign-ment after which the senior IAS would head to New Delhi.

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday, condemned the attack on (CRPF) personnel in Jammu & Kashmir. Two CRPF personnel were killed and two jawans sustained injuries in the attack that took place in Lawaypora area on the outskirts of Srinagar.“Condemn the terror attack on CRPF personnel in Lawaypora, J&K. Salute the martyrdom of personnel, who made the supreme sacrifice. Heartfelt condolences to bereaved family members,” Gehlot tweeted. —PTI

Ashok Gehlot@ashokgehlot51Saddened to learn of an accident in Surat-garh, Sri Ganganagar in which three army soldiers have lost lives and five are injured.

My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved fami-lies. May they find strength in this difficult time. Prayers for speedy recovery of those injured.

ACS ROHIT K SINGH TO BE DEPUTED AS ADDL SECY

GEHLOT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON CRPFPERSONNEL IN JAMMU & KASHMIR

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Jaipur: The budget ses-sion of the Lok Sabha ended on Thursday with the productivity touching 114 percent. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has been continu-ously making records one after the other and has showcased how to run the Lower House of the Parliament, more than the stipulated time. Another 'talent' displayed by Birla has been his ability to end lockjams in the House. It was entirely due to Birla's abilities to get

opposing parties on same footing that the House could function till late in the hour.

The budget session went on for an extra 48 hours and 23 minutes and Birla has come out as the 'Hero of Zero Hour'. Interestingly, while twenty MPs are al-lowed to speak on an is-sue during Zero Hour, Birla allows them to complete their speeches and avoids binding them in time. Interestingly, this is why Parliamen-tary Affairs minister has termed Birla 'Hero of Zero Hour'.

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Actor Abhishek Bachchan is again in the headlines after his next film titled The Big Bull trailer released star-

ring Ileana D’cruz and Nikita Dutta. The film is inspired by the life of Harshad Mehta and the famous scam of 1992. The makers dropped the teas-er of the first song ‘Ishq Namazaa’. Abhishek Bachchan had also tweeted about the song and also gave a glimpse of the romantic number. The full song

has released on Thursday. Taking it to his official Twitter handle, Abhishek Bachchan wrote,“Aur jabse mile hain, gumshuda hain saara jahan Multiple

musical notes #IshqNamazaa, song out now”. The song is a compilation of how their love journey, mar-

riage, and life. The lyrics are very

soothing and will soon

tug with y o u r heart.

—Agency

Interior designer Sussanne Khan is quite ac-tive on social media and on Thursday neti-zens went crazy with a response from ex-husband Hrithik Roshan. Recently, Sussanne

dolled up in smart casuals to head out in the town, she clicked a mirror selfie and gave fans a glimpse of her look. While the photo surely was stunning and Sussanne looked gorgeous, it was her hilarious caption that evoked a re-sponse from ex-husband Hrithik Roshan. Sus-sanne wrote, “Sometimes in my head.. I think I am a boy...” The gorgeous designer left fans in complete awe of her look. However, Hrithik chimed in and shared his take on her look in a comment. He could not stop laughing at the cap-tion but wrote, “Hahaha nice pic” with a clap-ping emoticon. —Agency

I am a boy!

After Aamir Khan tested positive for COVID 19, fans have been

praying for his recovery. Now, as per a report, Ki-ara Advani will have to undergo a COVID 19 test

again as she was shooting with Aamir for an ad

film. Earlier this week after Kartik

Aaryan tested COVID 19 pos-itive, Kiara had undergone a test too. Now, as per a report by Filmfare, the actress was apparently filming an ad film with Aamir and director Nitesh Tiwari. A few days back, Kiara had shared a photo on social media with director Nitesh Tiwari and hinted at shooting something big with him. —Agency

Richa Chadha is currently filming Six Sus-pects, the screen adaptation of Vi-kas Swarup’s acclaimed novel of the same name. Keen to

familiarise herself with the gritty universe of the murder mystery, the actor devoured the book be-fore reporting to the shoot with co-star Pratik Gandhi. Her ef-forts to become one with the character got a boost when the diplomat-author dropped in on the set of the Tigmanshu Dhulia-directed web se-ries in Mumbai on Wednesday.“Vikas is such an amazing writer, and that shows in his work. When I met him in person, I truly understood his nuanced vi-sion, and by extension, my role better. Meeting him on the set fur-ther helped me do justice to this character,” said Chadha, who plays one of the prime suspects in the murder of a poli-tician’s son, who was in turn ac-quitted in the mur-der case of a Delhi bartender. —Agency

f there is one actress in Bollywood who has managed to leave everyone in awe of her looks as well as style, it is Katrina Kaif. Not just this, she is known to be a fitness lover and often shares a sneak peek into her workout regimen via her social media handles. From sweating it out at Pilates class to dancing it out, Katrina

uses various ways to stay fit and fans always are intrigued to know the secret behind her fit body. Katrina strongly believes that her fitness not just comes from her exercising but her healthy routine that she never fails to follow. Undoubtedly the ac-tress leaves her fans drooling. —Agency

IFitness Freak

COVID 19TEST AGAIN

SIX SUSPECTS

Bunty Aur Babli 2

BIG NEWS

There has been a rise in the cases of Coronavirus cases across the coun-try. In some parts, the lockdown has been announced. And seeing the

pandemic situation getting worse, Aditya Chopra’s Bunty Aur Babli 2 which was slated to release on April 23 has been pushed till further notice. “Aditya Chopra is playing the big game of making theatri-cals make a huge comeback and he is ex-tremely confident that Bunty Aur Babli 2 will entertain the whole of India. The film is a popcorn entertainer that the entire family can watch and enjoy. He wants to hold the film. —Agency

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is all set to return to the big screen after a long gap. He will be next seen in director Siddharth

Anand’s much-awaited action-packed mov-ie Pathan. The shooting has already begun in full swing. Musical duo Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani will be reuniting with Shah Rukh Khan and will create mu-sical magic for the film. The news was con-firmed by Vishal Dadlani on his Twitter.

—Agency

It has been a tough few days for the In-dian Film Industry as several stars f r o m showbiz

have tested positive for COVID 19. On Wednes-day this week, Aamir Khan had tested posi-tive for the novel Coro-navirus and was in-home quarantine. His 3 Idiots co-star, actor R Madhavan also an-nounced in a post on Twitter that he tested positive for COVID 19. However, he an-nounced with a 3 Idiots twist. —Agency

TOUGH WEEK

‘Ishq Namazaa’ Out

Katrina Kaif

Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji

Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani

R Madhavan’s tweet

Ileana D’CruzRicha Chadha

Kiara Advani

Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan

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LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Someone close may pay you a visit and brighten your day. If you are a working mother, you may

fi nd it diffi cult to balance home and offi ce as of now, but this will be a temporary phase. A property deal is likely to be sealed, as you are able to complete all the formalities.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Good earning promises to keep you in an upbeat mood today. Worries regarding a health issue

are likely to disappear, as you make quick recovery. Do not misunderstand the motives of someone trying to help you. Spend quality time with your family.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Your initiative will help mend fences with someone you were not in talking terms. You can join your

friends or family in undertaking a trip to a holiday destination. A chance to prove your mettle on the professional front will be nicely availed by you. Things will work in your favour.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Your effort to keep in touch with everyone will come in for appreciation by all on the social front. A good turn

done to someone is likely to be returned with interest. Luck favours you today both personally and professionally. A diet plan adopted recently will suit your system well.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

Some of you may want to opt for a break from the monotonous routine. This is the best time to forge

your own path, as there are opportunities galore. You remain on a safe wicket on the fi nancial front. Adding to your wealth is possible. Keeping minor ailments at bay.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

An excellent time is foreseen for those taking a break from the daily grind. A match-making process may

get underway for the eligible. You will fi nd yourself much more active on the social front and will make efforts to remain in touch with all. You will be able to buy property.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

An ancestral property is likely to come in your name. Luck favours you on the academic front. Career

wise, you are likely to fare well as per the expectations of your seniors. You will need to get a hang of things, before you chip in with suggestions. Be more assertive.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

A fun time is foreseen for those planning to invite people over to their place. Good command over a

particular subject may fi nd you amongst the top positions on the academic front. You are likely to discharge all your domestic responsibilities to the satisfaction.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

Money from an unexpected source may delight you, so keep your fi ngers crossed .Academic front looks

promising. Some of you are set to enjoy a trip out of town. Setting up a new house is on the cards for some. Money well spent may give you inner satisfaction.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

You make all the right moves on the social front and manage to retain your popularity. A property may

fi nally come into your name, as the paperwork is slated to get over soon. Bank balance of the salaried will remain in a healthy state, despite rising costs.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Success is foreseen for those playing the stocks. Intelligent application on even unfamiliar territory on

the academic front will keep your fl ag fl ying high. A windfall can be expected on the property front. Some of you may crave for a change of scene and plan an outing today.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You will succeed in asserting your authority on the social front by having your way. A property issue

gets resolved amicably. You will be able to establish yourself fi rmly on the professional front. You manage to stabilise expenses and bring yourself into the saving mode.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

t’s the month of Phalguna and right from Ma-hashivratri to Holi the herbal milk of choice of ayurve-dic seers and com-

mon folk is the super food – Thandai! And with the many health benefits it of-fers, there is no reason it shouldn’t be. It is energiz-ing, anti-inflammatory, im-munity boosting, high in protein, calcium and flavor. So let’s take a closer look at each of the ingredients and their ayurvedic benefits.

MILKAccording to Ayurveda, drinking milk promotes ‘Ojas’ or the state of proper digestion. It is also a com-plete food rich in iron, cal-cium and protein along with a host of other micro-nutrients. Cold milk is know for its anti acid ef-fects.

SAFFRONNot only is it one of the most expensive ayurvedic herbs, it is also tri-doshik in nature, meaning it is effec-tive in balancing all three doshas. It is an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ox-idant and anti-depressant. In other words – it is your new best friend.

ALMONDPower packed with healthy fats, protein and Vitamin E, almonds will give you healthy hair, glowing skin and improved heart health. It’s also a great source of

dietary fiber.

PISTACHIOHigh in vitamin B6, Pista-chios help in hemoglobin production that will boost your immune health. Add-ing pistachio to your milk will help you ditch those seasonal flus as well.

FENNELThey are good for all three doshas (vata, pitta and ka-pha) and have a pleasing flavor a bit like licorice. Some of the many benefits of fennel seeds include dis-pelling flatulence (gas), stopping cramping, aiding with heartburn, calming tummy aches, and soothing acid indigestion.

PEPPERCORNPepper is considered as the king of spices as it has me-dicinal benefits attributed to the piperine in it.

WATERMELON AND PUMPKIN SEEDSRich in Omega3 fats and di-etary fiber, seeds are a great boost for sluggish diges-tion. They are also rich in iron and zinc which are necessary for your body to produce blood. Consuming seeds will also help you achieve that ‘pink of health’ glow. They are rich in min-eral-magnesium, which is natures natural relaxant.

POPPY SEEDSLinoleic acid in poppy seeds protect from heart diseases. They also help with seasonal headaches, coughs, asthma and other Kapha ailments.

ROSE PETALS Rose petals are great for di-gestion and menstrual ir-regularity. It’s also a great coolant for the digestive system.

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Now that’s a powerhouse of super foods! While the teachings of Ayurveda are an-cient the way we implement these teaching can be reinvented for a more approachable and exciting experience. Here is an Italian twist to this very Indian recipe –

THANDAI PANNA COTTAIngredients:– � 1/3 cup milk� 7grams gelatin powder � 2 ½ cups heavy cream� ½ cup white sugar� 4 teaspoons Thandai mix (see recipe

notes)

Method:-1. Pour the 1/3 cup milk in a bowl and stir

in the gelatin powder and set it aside. Make sure the gelatin is of good quality to avoid the synthetic flavor. If you are a vegetarian you can use vegetarian gela-tin or agar agar powder

2. In a saucepan add the heavy cream and sugar. Take the pan over medium flame stirring continuously to dissolve the sug-ar. Keep the flame low to medium till the cream comes to a full boil but make sure to watch it vigilantly as cream boils over faster than milk.

3. Stir in the milk and gelatin mixture con-tinually for one minute. Make sure the gelatin is completely dissolved. Remove the mixture from the flame

4. Add the Thandai mixture. This step may vary. For this recipe I used 4 tsps of Gu-ruji thandai liquid mix. You can make your own thandai paste; use a thandai powder or any other thandai syrup of your choice. Add the mixture gradually to the cream tasting after every addition. You can use more or less mixture as per your preference. Once you have achieved the desired taste pour the mixture into individual ramekin bowls. (This is enough for 6 bowls or servings)

5. Cool the ramekin bowls to room tempera-ture, then cover it with cling film and put the bowls into the refrigerator for a min-imum of 4 hours or until set. For best results, leave it in the refrigerator over-night

6. To serve run a butter knife along the edg-es of the ramekin bowl and invert it onto a plate. Add the garnishing of your choice

Wishing you a very happy holi – one that kindles your Ojas, Tejas and Prana!

Chrissy Teigen, who has been known for her quirky

social media persona, has now announced that she’s quitting Twitter. Teigen decid-

ed to take this step cit-ing rising negativity on the app. Chrissy in a series of tweets ex-plained why she took this decision and even mentioned how she

has been hurt by the low blows made by certain ac-

counts on Twitter. The 35-year-old author and TV personality also had US Pres-ident Joe Biden among her followers. —Agency

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Huge

Rev

elat

ion wyneth Pal-

trow and Chris Mar-tin’s whirl-wind ro-mance was one for the

books! The actress and Coldplay singer met in the early aughts, fell in love and got married a year later. In a re-cent podcast epi-sode with Anna Farris on “Anna Faris Is Unquali-fied”, Gwyneth opened up about taking the difficult de-cision of di-vorce with Chris. Reveal-ing that she never wanted to divorce, G w y n e t h said, “I’ve learned so much from something I want-ed least in the world. I never wanted to get divorced. I never wanted to not be married to the fa-ther of my kids, theoretically.”

—Agency

G Miley Cyrus may have long past out-grown her Hannah Montana days but the 28-year-old singer will al-ways keep her iconic alter-ego close

to her heart. As the Disney show celebrated its 15th anniversary on March 24, Cyrus took to Twitter and Instagram to share a heartfelt love letter dedicated to Hannah whilst adorably

taking the nostalgia route and using a Han-nah Montana letterhead to pen her inner-most thoughts.Talking about how it’s been a while for her and Montana, Cyrus disclosed she didn’t know that the first time she slid those trademark blonde bangs over her fore-head in the best at-tempt to ‘conceal’ her identity and then slipping into a puke pink

terry cloth robe with a bedazzled HM along with a heart is where Han-

nah would live for-ever. —Agency

Greatest gift Hilarious meme

Nick Jonas re-cently released the music video of his song,

‘This Is Heaven’ from his new album Space-man. The song received a lot of love from fans for its 80s vibe and love-filled lyrics. Nick gave it a rather funny twist by adding a hilarious caption to it. Jonas’ post has certainly become one of the most relata-ble memes for everyone on the internet on Thursday. The singer made a meme out of the music video moment where Nick is seen rest-less, gazing through the window, looking out for his love. —Agency

Goodbye TwitterFAMILY FIRST

Justin Bieber recently released a new album Justice and one of the songs that has particu-larly caught on and has fans

in love with it is Unstable. The singer in his recent interview with Siri-usXM revealed that it was, in fact, his relationship with his wife Hailey Baldwin that inspired it. The singer spoke about enjoying the predictabil-ity and reliability that marriage has brought to his life and stated that prioritising his family is what mat-ters to him most now. Bieber told SiriusXM, “I think boundaries for me have been so pivotal in my growth as a human and just my nos being just as powerful as my yeses and knowing when to say no to certain things has been so helpful in my growth.” —Agency

FULL OF GRATITUDE

Queen Elizabeth has had a rough last one month to deal with as husband Prince Philip was hos-pitalised. Juggling multiple cri-

ses on the family front, the Queen took some time out and sent a gratitude filled note as well as flowers to St. Bartho-lomew’s Hospital, where Prince Philip underwent a heart operation. In the note, the Queen thanked the hospital for their “immeasurable service”. The thank you note came as part of a National Day of Reflection in the UK. The day was initi-ated by the Marie Curie charity to mark one year since lockdown. —Agency

Kourtney Kardashian and boy-friend Travis Baker seem to have reached an important milestone in their relationship. The couple

has now professed their feelings for each other and Kourtney recently did the cut-est thing for Barker as she wrote him a love note. Travis recently shared a pic-ture on his Instagram story showing a note which reads, “I love you” written on it along with a heart sign. This ges-ture of the Keeping Up With the Kar-dashians star has been winning hearts over the internet. —Agency

Only trouble seems to be mounting for Armie Ham-mer! The Call Me By Your Name actor, who is currently

under investigation by the Los Ange-les Police Department amid rape al-legations, the reason why Kenneth Branagh’s film Death On The Nile has been delayed. The ensemble film starring Gal Gadot, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Ali Fazal and Armie was set to release last year. However, the film got pushed from October to December 2020. From there, the thriller was then set for a September 2021 release. It’s looking at a Febru-ary 2022 release. —Agency

Pushed to 2022?

Britney Spears has been making headlines for multiple reasons. From her conservatorship to court battle, the ‘Piece of Me’ singer drew at-tention for her cryptic Instagram posts. Taking

to social media, the singer shared a series of photos and a video and left fans wondering what she was exactly up to. However, fans did not spot a single reference to red leaving them confused. In the first post, Britney wrote, “Twisted elegance … introducing red,” with emojis of a rose, lips and lipstick. In the second post, the ‘toxic’ singer captioned it, “no lipstick… blush or foundation cause i was in a rush… but you get the idea!!!!! red!!!!!” —Agency

Gwyneth Paltrow Miley Cyrus

Nick Jonas

Queen Elizabeth

Kourtney KardashianBritney Spears

Armie Hammer

Chrissy Teigen

Kardashian professes love

SUPER CONFUSED FANS

Justin Bieber

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CITY BUZZ

ce Fashion Designer, Costume Designer and Fashion Chore-ographer Ken Ferns launched his label in 2010 & has been showcasing his line

of creation at the LAKME Fashion for over 8 sea-sons and The IBFW -In-dia Beach Fashion Week (Goa) extensively.

Ferns has taken the televi-sion industry to another level of Style And Fashion, and has been on board as a Wardrobe Stylist and De-signer for India’s biggest re-ality shows, Bigg Boss from the past 7 seasons, Nach Baliye for the past 6 seasons and Jhalakh Dikhla Jaa for the last 6 seasons! He is deep-

ly involved in the styling and wardrobe direction of vari-ous Fashion/Film and Tele-vision enthusiasts and celeb-rities.

Ken Ferns is now associ-ated with the Fashion De-sign Council of Rajasthan They will help in promoting the upcoming fashion de-signers of Rajasthan in Mumbai and the Bollywood industry.

When asked about his in-terests as a kid, Ken said, “ I was always inclined towards clothes- colour, design and art. As a kid, I used to dress up my cousin sisters barbie dolls for Christmas, and, ironically, today I’m playing with real barbie dolls as models make some hand-made clothes out of spare fabrics.”

On asking about any tips for aspiring fashion design-ers of India, he said, “Read more, Stay focused and step ahead only if you’re ready to work hard.”

The Trailblazer

CITY FIRST

Epilepsy is a disease with many superstitions and misbeliefs. Purple Day is celebrated throughout

the world on March 25 to spread awareness about the disease. Dr RK Sureka, President of Indian E p i l e p s y A s s o c i a -tion Jaipur C h a p t e r and Limca and Guinness world record holder for work on rural epi-lepsy addressed the patients and brought forward the results of his rural study published in RMJ recently on 6993 patients of Epilepsy. Dr Sureka also pointed out that only around 40 % of patients were married probably due to misconceptions about marriage in epileptics.

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PURPLE DAY: Spreading Awareness

Rajasthani Academy

CITY FIRST

Rajasthani Academy organised 30th Kavy-itri Sammelan and 8th Naari Gaurav

Sammaan 2021 on Wednes-day at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi on the occa-sion of International Wom-en’s Day & Holi. Rajasthani Academy is a 30-year-old or-ganisation founded by Ram Niwas Lakhotia for the pro-

motion of Rajasthan Art & Culture in Delhi NCR. President Gaurav Gupta present-ed a welcome address and welcomed all guests with gifts and patka. Chief Guest of Kavyitri Sammelan were Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Delhi Po-lice and CK Khanna, Former president of BCCI.

This year, in the ‘Naari Gaurav Sammaan 2021’ 26

women were awarded for their tremendous work towards service of the society along

with achieving great heights in their profession. The chief guest of the awards ceremony was Arjun Lal Meena, Member of Parlia-ment from Udaipur along with Ranjeeta Kohli, Mem-ber of Parliament from Bharatpur.

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Jagdeesh Chandra greets senior journalist Anil Sharma on his birthday.

Jagdeesh Chandra launched the poster of ‘Dehdan Angdan’ (body-donation) camp to be held on March 27 at SMS College, Jaipur. Also seen with him are (from left) Pt. Vishnu Dadhich, Girija Sharma and Nandnarayan Mishr.

MEET & GREET!

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

Swavalamban Sashakt Mega Campaign by the Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) is a series of one-day awareness, outreach and business opportunity programmes in association with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Stand Up India. The series focuses on developing entrepreneurship opportunities for women. The first episode inaugurated on February 3 and will be conducted each week on Wednesday, till June 9.

Gang of Foodies organised an ice-breaking food ceremony in the Beetles restaurant for all its foodie gang members on Thursday. The idea of GOF was introduced in lockdown by Arvind Malhotra aka Dollar Baba. The group achieved huge success with the support of Nimish Bhutani, Sanjay Kaushik, Shivam Bhala, Satya Parkash Nata, Manas Madan, Ritika, Harish Thomas and Hardeep Arora. They now have chefs from India and abroad and are serving mouth-watering delicacies.

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KEN FERNS, A CELEBRATED FASHION DESIGNER FROM MUMBAI, WHO PURSUES HIS INTERESTS IN FASHION DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN, CORPORATE UNIFORMS & LUXURY DESIGN, IS NOW

ASSOCIATED WITH THE FASHION DESIGN COUNCIL OF RAJASTHAN!

EVENTS!

GUJ: The team of Khokhra Police Inspector along with Janpatinidhi took the initiative to make the citizens of the Khokhra area aware of the Dhuleti festivals during corona in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

RAJ: Fiza Make-up Academy held a Convocation Ceremony on Tuesday to award its students who have performed exceptionally well during the session of the course. Certified by ISO-9001, Fiza Make-Up Academy has been training students by teaching them the national and international modes of make-up in the institute. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

HAPPY B’DAY!

IPS Dr Kiran Kang Sidhu and IPS Deepak Yadav celebrated their birthdays on Thursday, March 25. We wish them all the best!

RAJ: Hanumangarh based Kushboo Gill, bagged a gold medal in shotput and two silver medals in 100-meter and 200-meter race at the 17th Athletic Championship organised in Patna. She dedicates this success to her coach Pritam Singh Rathore.

Ken Ferns

Dr RK Sureka

During the Naari Gaurav Sammaan 2021

The Plastic Cow Campaign and Wilfred College reached out to more than 100 households in Patel Marg, Mansarover to help them understand the importance of waste segregation and the link between plastic and cow deaths in a door-to-door activity on Wednesday. “It is time people become aware of how their actions are killing not only nature as a whole, but also the cows of Jaipur,” said Mariam Abuhaideri, founding member of the Plastic Cow Campaign.

CHAMPION!

Jagdeesh Chandra attended the first birthday celebration of Former Union Secretary, Raj Government, Bhawani Singh Rajawat’s grand-daughter Dedipyashree Pari on Thursday at The Fern Hotel. Seen here with him are Bhawani Singh Rajawat and Pari with her father.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA