First India Rajasthan-Rajasthan News In English 11 Feb 2020 edition

1. JAIPUR l TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 246 DELHI ELECTION RESULTS TODAY New Delhi: Tight security arrangements have been put in place at various centres across the national capital where the counting of votes polled in the high- stakes February 8 Delhi Assembly elections will take place on Tuesday. The curiosity among people to know the outcome of the elections to the 70-mem- ber Delhi Assembly has heightened post-exit polls, that has forecast a big win for the ruling AAP, and the delay in announcement of the fi nal voter turnout by authorities. A woman protestor shouts as police stop many others during their march against the amended Citizenship Act, NRC and NPR, near Jamia Nagar in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI JAMIA PROTESTERS DETAINED ON WAY TO PARL ‘DON’T BURST CRACKERS IN VICTORY CELEBRATIONS TO PREVENT POLLUTION’ New Delhi: A day ahead of election results, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked AAP volunteers not to burst fi recrackers during victory celebrations to prevent air pollution. Party functionaries said though preparations are underway to celebrate the victory in the polls, whose results will be announced on Tuesday, Kejriwal has asked party volunteers not to burst fi recrackers as it contributes to pollution. protesters, including several women, began their march from Jamia’s gate no 7. The protesters raised slo- gans like “Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge’ (We will not show documents) the protesters refused to end their agitation. Police said the protesters did not have permission to march towards Parliament. Amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the university, the The protest call was giv- en by the Jamia Coordina- tion Committee (JCC), an organisation of Jamia stu- dents and alumni. Despite repeated ap- peals from the police and the varsity authorities, New Delhi: Scores of Ja- mia Millia students and residents of Jamia Nagar on Monday got into a scuf- fle with police after they were stopped from carry- ing an anti-CAA march towards Parliament. Turn on P4 How can you block public road? SC issues notices to Centre, Delhi govt, police on Shaheen Bagh Guj ATS nabs Mum serial blasts accused ‘Can 4-month-old take part in stir?’ Sabrimala: Can refer larger bench  Caught travelling to Dubai from Mumbai on a Pakistani passport New Delhi: “Can a 4-month-old child be taking part in such (Shaheen Bagh) protests?”, the Supreme Court asked on Monday while warning some women lawyers for making “explosive submissions” that kids participating in these anti-CAA demonstrations are being called names, ‘terrorist’, ‘gaddar’ (traitor), ‘Pakistani’, in school. New Delhi: The nine- judge bench of the Su- preme Court on Monday held that questions of law can be referred to a larger review bench. The nine-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde, passed the verdict on more than 50 review petitions challenging the top court’s earlier judg- ment on Sabarimala.  Wanted in Rs 1,500 cr narcotics smuggling case First India News New Delhi: The Su- preme Court on Mon- day said the anti-CAA protesters at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh cannot block public roads and create inconven- ience for others. The apex court is- sued notices to the Centre, Delhi govern- ment and the police on pleas seeking re- moval of protesters from Shaheen Bagh. “There is a law and people have grievance against it. The matter is pending in court. Despite that some people are pro- testing. They are entitled to protest,” a bench com- prising justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said. “You cannot block the public roads. There cannot be indefinite pe- riod of protest in such an area. Ahmedabad: In a late Sunday night swoop, the Gujarat Anti-Ter- rorist Squad on ar- rested Munaf Halari, a prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts and wanted in a Rs 1,500 crore narcotics smuggling case. He was picked up when he was going to Dubai from Mumbai via a transit flight, on a Pakistani passport. Halari was arrested on the basis of a spe- cific intelligence re- ceived by KK Patel, ACP of Gujarat ATS Gujarat. He was wanted in a case of heroin smug- gling through Gujarat Coast in which five Pa- kistani nationals were arrested from high sea Munaf Halari in ATS custody. on January 2, 2020. The ATS said Munaf Halari is also a prime accused in the Mumbai serial blasts case, “in which he had played vi- tal role” and Red Cor- ner Notice was issued against him on the re- quest of CBI. He is a close associate of Tiger Memon, one of the main conspirators of the 1993 Mumbai blasts of the year 1993. It may be recalled that a series of bomb explo- sions in Mumbai on March 12, 1993, claimed 257 lives and injured 713 people. It caused de- struction of properties worth more than Rs 27 crore. SC upholds constitutional validity of SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018 Apex Court seeks Raj govt’s response on Kota deaths New Delhi: The Su- preme Court on Mon- day sought response from the Rajasthan government on a plea seeking probe into the death of over 100 in- fants at a hospital in Kota recently . A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bob- de and Justices BR Ga- vai and Surya Kant issued a notice to the state government on a plea filed by noted doctor KK Aggarwal and social worker B Mishra seeking probe into the death of new- born babies due to lack of equipment at a government hospital in Kota. an FIR under the act and the approval of senior police offi- cials is not needed. The Act also does not provide for antici- patory bail to the ac- cused being charged with SC/ST Courts can, Turn on P4 of the March 20, 2018 judgment court which had di- luted the provisions of the Act. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said a preliminary inquiry is not essen- tial before lodging New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday up- held the constitu- tional validity of the Scheduled and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atroc- ities) Amendment Act of 2018 enacted to nullify the effects of the Castes Act. Turn on P4 Turn on P4 From home to House... Gehlot logs into Assembly! Naresh Sharma BJP swarmed around Gehlot. Rajendra Singh Gudha was even seen running towards Ge- hlot to greet him! More- over, even deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore called on CM at CMR in the afternoon and the duo met for for- ty minutes. Notably, had gone to extend an invitation to CM for a family Throughout the day Gehlot met four doz- en MLAs and min- sters including BJP MLAs. Jaipur:While the oth- er ministers MLAs were seen ab- sent on the first day of the budget session of Rajasthan Assem- bly, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot held fort as he spent a long time in the house. Ac- tively taking part in giving a befitting re- ply to the opposition’s barb’s Gehlot short BJP Madan claim that there was a derth of doctors in and the crop damage, CM also rejected opposi- tion’s allegation claim- ing that the state gov- ernment has done ex- ceptionally well in deal- ing with the crisis. When deputy leader of BJP Rajendra Rathore accused the state gov- ernment of failing in locust control, Gehlot retorted that Rathore was speaking without having knowledge. “The union minis- ter said in Rajya Sab- ha that Rajasthan government had done good work in locust control do you believe him or not,” Gehlot asked. Interestingly, Gehlot, as always was the cen- tre of attraction of all the MLAs in the house. The sheer excitement of MLAs on having Ge- hlot with them was ap- parent as the MLAs, both from Congress and government hospitals and thus people ap- proach quacks. Informing the house, Gehlot countered the MLA’s claim and said that the government will take effective ac- tion against quacks while also announcing ban on advertisements promoting ‘miracles’. Moreover, when the opposition tried to cor- ner the government over locust attacks and Rathore function. cut MLA Dilawar’s Turn on P4 Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot being greeted by Ayes lobby prior to the CLP meeting on Monday.

2. NEWS JAIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 02 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia ‘Evacuation of Indians from Wuhan a logistical nightmare’ The embassy is exploring all avenues to help the 80 Indians still in Hubei, said Indian envoy Misri OFF THE RECORD WHO WILL OCCUPY AJITABH’S ROOM? A from CMO, now it will be interesting to see whether Gehlot will bring someone on this vacant slot or the post would itself stand abolished? If no new face arrives at CMO, then it will be really interesting to see who capture Ajitabh’s va- cant room, which is consid- ered a comparatively well equipped and decorated place in CMO building? The front runners are none else but the two Ajitabh Col- leagues ie Arti Dogra and Amit Dhaka. Both offi cials are from 2006 batch but Arti is senior to Amit in the civil list. fter Ajitabh Sharma’s ‘elevated’ departure VALENTINE WEEK’S MAGIC STRONG WITH THESE LOVESTRUCK OFFICERS V were spotted in the Jaipur Collectorate. Govt employees can’t stop discussing the mad in love couple. The man in love is an ADM while the woman with rosy cheeks is another offi cer madam. Madam is more than often found in the ADM’s offi ce, so much so that even people approaching madam for offi cial work directly go to the ADM offi ce to meet Madam. Despite the hush hush, gossip in the Collectorate says that the love birds have their duet on. Indians on cruise ship as new cases emerge Beijing: India’s efforts to evacuate its citizens from the coronavirus- hit Hubei province and its capital Wuhan were a logistical nightmare since the entire opera- tion had to be done in a region sealed from all sides, Indian Ambassa- dor to China Vikram Misri said on Monday . As the news of the outbreak began emerg- ing in the middle of January , the Indian Em- bassy stepped up efforts to locate hundreds of Indians, mainly stu- dents, residing hun- dreds of kilometres apart in Hubei province and Wuhan - the epicen- tre of the virus out- break, Misri said. It was a logistical nightmare as data had to be collected about In- dians stranded in the virus-hit areas while many left for home for the Chinese New Year holidays, he said. India issued its first travel advisory on Jan- uary 17 which was fol- lowed by more strin- gent measures includ- ing cancellation of vi- sas for Chinese and foreigners travelled to China as the virus grew more virulent. Misri said that about 80 Indians were still in Hubei and the embassy is in touch with them through e-mail, social media and phone calls. “The embassy is ex- ploring all avenues” He furthur added. —PTI alentine week throws in another love story. This time the love birds Tokyo: An unspecified number of were among the nearly 3,000 passengers and crew members on board a cruise ship quaran- tined off Japan due to diagnosis of coronavi- rus cases, the Indian Embassy here said on Monday . Cruise ship Diamond Princess, carrying 3,711 people, arrived at the Japanese coast early last week and was quar- antined after a passen- ger who de-boarded last month in Hong Kong was found to be the car- rier of the novel virus on the ship. Around 60 people tested positive of the virus on Monday, tak- ing the total number of those infected on the ship to 130. Authorities had initially nearly 300 people when the ship arrived at the Japanese coast. Indian Embassy in Tokyo on tweeted the informa- tion about the Indians on the ship. —PTI Indians Kejri: Gargi college molesters should be strictly punished New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- wal on Monday termed the molestation of women students during the annual cultural fes- tival at Gargi College as “disappointing” and de- manded strict action against the culprits. “Misbehaviour with our daughters in Gargi College is disappoint- ing. This cannot be tol- erated at any cost. The culprits should be caught and given strict punishment. The secu- rity of our children studying in colleges should also be en- sured,” Kejriwal tweet- ed in Hindi. Earlier in the day, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chair- person Swati Maliwal said that the Commis- any action in the mat- Medical workers attend to patients at the Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center. India lifts ban, clears medial gear exports to China Beijing: India has cleared some consign- ments of medical gear placed by China to com- bat the deadly coronavi- rus after setting aside export bans on all kinds of personal protection equipment, Indian Am- bassador to China Vikram Misri said. On January 31, India banned exports of all personal protection equipment. However, some of the protective clothing and personal protection equipment like masks have been cleared for exports to China, Misri said. The embassy is in touch with the Chinese authorities about the assistance re- quired. Misri said China also preparing to com- Days and nights of ‘true guards of the border’ over falling growth New Delhi: Opposition in Lok Sabha on Mon- day expressed concern over the declining growth and falling in- vestment and asked the government to take cor- rective measures to ar- rest the slowdown and generate employment. Participating in the debate on the Union Budget 2020-21 in Lok Sabha, BJD member B Mahtab called for finan- cial sector reforms to revive rapidly declining investment. “We are measuring GDP growth... more the investment, the growth would be faster and quicker,” he said, add- ing that adequate cor- rective measures were necessary to boost growth which is esti- (growth)”. COMPLAINT LODGED ter. Delhi Commission of Women is issuing a notice to both the col- lege and the police to find out why an FIR has not been registered nor have any arrests taken place?” Maliwal said. Police have begun a probe into alleged har- assment and sexual abuse of women stu- dents in the college by a number of unidentified men during their annu- al cultural fest on Feb 6. tested sion will issue a notice to both the Gargi Col- lege administration and police to find out as to why no action has been taken. “We met many stu- dents at the Gargi Col- lege today who narrated horrifying faced by them during the fest held on Febru- ary 6. Neither the col- lege administration nor the police have taken Monday Indian embassy is in constant touch with Chinese authorities. bat its major outbreak in the country . A special screening committee of officials is meeting on daily bas- es to review the restric- tions on the export of medical equipment, Mi- siri said. —PTI has placed big orders to import some of the med- ical gear required. Exports of some of the medical gear has been banned by India, considering India’s own requirements as it is ordeals Oppn concerned Lunaram Darji mated to slip to five per cent in 2019-20. Banks were not in a position to lend to infra- structure, Mahtab said and asked the govern- ment not to lose sight of wider reforms in the public sector. “There is a need to bring competition with- in the banking sector,” he said. The NCP’s Supriya Sule termed the budget as “long and tiresome” and said it has exposed the failure “of this gov- ernment when it comes to fiscal health”. She said the govern- ment talks achieving USD 5 trillion economy but “we are not even barely cross- ing five Barmer: The histori- cal, habitual and con- tinuous attempts by Pakistan on Indo-Pak border hardly raise any eyebrows in the coun- try not unless there is some bloodshed something to make it to the headlines. But this is not true for the peace keepers who diligently & duti- fully ensure security, integrity and peace at the border even without media or public atten- tion. The Border Secu- rity Force (BSF) is oblivious to all else other than their duty 24x7x365. stan share 3323 kms of International Border out which 1037 is in Ra- jasthan itself and it is or Border Security Force Jawans patrolling the border area and keeping an eye on the rangers across the border. ly poisonous snakes and scorpions. Saving self so that rest can be safe is the way of life, day in and day out for the BSF. Close coordina- tion with Army, local Police and people living near border make this force what it is – True Guards Of The Border. rency in to India. To spot the moles on the Indian side spying for the enemy keeps the BSF on its toes, special- ly with some cases of honey traps set through social media surfacing. The desert poses its own challenges, sand dune shifting and dead- eyes not only have to observe & analyse the Pak army mood & movement on land but also be on guard for Un- manned Aerial Vehi- cles (UAV’s) in the sky. Pakistan does not only attempt terror export but also tries to throw in drugs and fake cur- The BSF, irrespective of the temperature touching zero in win- ters and as high as 51 degree Celsius in the summers, simply knows day and night. At day- time, a jawan is posted every 500 meters and at night a jawan every 250 meters. The ever alert the safety and security of this stretch which is primarily taken care of by the BSF. Welcome to Barmer, where the BSF not only keeps a eye on the Pak rangers across the bor- der, but, take immediate steps if anything unto- ward is noticed. about India-Paki- per cent BUILDER & EMRALD JEWELLER TURN BLACK MONEY WHITE A where hoards of black became white. The emerald man has invested in real estate after getting his daughter married. Emerald man has offi ces in Adarsh Nagar in Jaipur and in US, China and Bangkok. Now the MI road is all set to see the JV project. IAS SAHAB CLEARS LAND DISPUTE B amused. Word is that the land cleared for an IAS. The senior white collar man got the sub division through. The sun division solved the dispute between 3 involved parties. An investor in the CREDAI meeting gave the long and short of the matter in no uncertain words..”Had the sahab not been a benefi ciary of the deal, the land dispute would never have settled”. Sahab has settled with 9 Bighas of this land for which a buyer offered him Rs 25 Crores but the sahab is not in a mood to dispose off the prize yet. ONE WHO DOESN’T GIVES UP, WINS THE DAY S registered SNG Dusad Garden project with RERA. The deal has been struck for 8280 square yards of land in the Sanganer area and has been picked up for Rs 31 Crore and 31 Lakh. A Dubai based businessman had invested in the project which unfortunately was being stalled again and again for quite some time now. But in true never say die spirit, the builder has taken loan from Jumbo Finance Company for this project. builder and a emerald specialist jeweller join hands resulting in transaction of crores of rupees uzz around the 22 Bigha land on Gandhi path, Vaishali Nagar is keeping concerned NG group has given another reason for the market to smile. The group has Realty Check FIRST INDIA speads its vistas... we shall now recount bytes and buzz in the real estate sector NERVIK BUILD HOMES GROUP TO WORK ON SWAPNALOK N construction of their RERA registered project ‘Swapnalok’ project. The deal has created a buzz in the market. ervik Build Homes Group has struck a deal for 3 bigha land. The presented cost for the project is Rs 40 crore. Directors of the group Vivek Jain, Ram Gupta are set to begin

3. RAJASTHAN 03 J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia TO VOICE FARMERS’S PLIGHT MLA BRINGS DAMAGED CROP TO HOUSE Opposition corners govt on many issues including locust attack, crop damage power tariff ‘Govt doing good work, BJP has nothing to protest about’ Yogesh Sharma share of Rs 11,000 crore. But, the fact is that it has not even been able to perform its duty as a worthy Opposition,” he said. If the BJP talks about power tariff than why it couldn’t launch an agi- tation, he asked. He said Congress is united under the leader- ship of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, which is why it won Assembly by-elec- tion and municipal elec- tions whereas the BJP is troubled by differences as someone wanted to become Governor while another one wanted to become leader of oppo- sition and rest are try- ing to sabotage an estab- lished leader. Sharma said that Congress is united and government is ready un- der CM Ashok Gehlot’s leadership to tackle the Opposition as our floor management is strong but the BJP is divided. Jaipur: Health Minis- ter Dr Raghu Sharma said that Congress gov- ernment has done ex- ceptional work under Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s leadership thus leaving nothing for the BJP to protest. Speaking to First In- dia, the health minister also ridiculed BJP’s claim that Congress was dogged by internal con- flicts. “Not Congress but it is the BJP, which is the party with differences. It has failed to launch a movement on issues that concern people. We will give a befitting re- ply to their allegations and also tell people about our ments,” he claimed. When asked about BJP’s claim that the party would corner the government on issues of law & order, locust at- First India News Jaipur: The Budget Session on Monday wit- nessed the Opposition trying to corner the treasury benches on some key issues. MLA Gyanchand raised the issue of crop damage replying to which revenue minister Harish Chodhary told the House that the crop damage in Rohat tehsil in Pali due to natural causes will be compen- sated as per NDRF- SDRF rules. Chodhary elaborated on reasons for delay in giving the compensation. He said it was a lengthy procedure from Patwari to the govt level which was being expe- dited through making the entire process on- line. He assured that the Parakh Raghu Sharma tack crops and power tariff hike, Sharma dismissed it saying that govern- ment has fulfilled 24% promises in the mani- festo within a year. “We have done great things in health, educa- tion, employment and refinery . We have creat- ed conducive atmos- phere for industries. If the BJP really cares about people it should ask the Central govern- ment to get the state its that destroyed MLA Raisinghnagar Balvir Singh Luthra came with damaged mustard crop in Assembly on Monday. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR Shanti Dhariwal Kiran Maheshwari Higher Minister Bhanwar Sin- gh Bhati informed fi- nancial approval has been given to fill 920 aca- demic and non-academ- ic posts in government colleges of the state. Education govt has written to Cen- tral health minister and secretary and now the ball was in their court. RSRDC has been direct- ed to prepare a DPR for the medical college in- formed Sharma. ical College Health Min- ister Raghu Sharma clarified that the medi- cal college there doesn’t qualify under MCI rules as the district already has a private medical college still the state farmers whose docu- ments were already sub- mitted will be immedi- ately compensated after verification of the same through DBT. Replying to a ques- tion on Rajsamand Med- achieve- IN THE ASSEMBLY GUV ADDRESS: 16 hrs GIVEN FOR DEBATE T of thanks to the Governor’s address. The ruling Congress has got 8 hours and 31 minutes, the main Opposition BJP 5 hours and 46 minutes, Independent MLAs one hour, RLP 15 minutes, CPM and BTP 10 minutes each and Lokdal 5 minutes. Rajkumar Sharma opened the debate for Congress. RATHORE TAKES DIG AT CONG OVER MISSING MLAs C to the speeches made by three MLAs during motion of thanks to the Governor’s address. However, only three or four ministers were there in the House when Gehlot was present. This gave the Opposition a chance to take a dig at the ruling party. BJP’s deputy leader Rajendra Rathore mentioned this during his speech in the House on Monday. BAC MEETS IN SPEAKER’S ROOM T Speaker’s chamber to decide on future business of the House. Speaker Dr CP Joshi, chief whip Dr Mahesh Joshi, parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal and Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria along with other senior members attended the meeting. CONG LEGISLATIVE PARTY MEET HELD C over the meeting in the ruling party lobby. EX-SPEAKER MEGHWAL WRITES TO JOSHI OVER MLA ACCOMMODATION F modation. Meghwal asked Joshi that it would not be prudent to ask MLAs to vacate government accommo- dation in a hurry since the Budget session is underway as it might affect them in performing their duty as MLAs. He said that Rs 30,000 per month is inadequate to find a house on rent in the vicinity of the Assembly and the MLAs must be provided complete information about the new multistory accommodation. ongress legislative party meeting was held on Monday evening at 5 pm. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presided hief minister Ashok Gehlot was present in the House and listened he business advisory committee met in the he House would devote 16 hours to debate on motion ormer speaker Kailash Meghwal has written a letter to speaker Dr CP Joshi regarding MLAs accom- LAHOTI RAISES ISSUES OF HIS PEOPLE S drains in over 350 colonies of his constituency. He raising the issue in Assembly saying thousands of people living in self developed colonies, which were 30-40 years old, can’t be denied basic development in name of regularisation. anganer MLA Ashok Lahoti raised the issue of absence of basic amenities like drinking water, roads, sewage and Six held for parading youth naked for making TikTok video Two MLAs protest over murder case First India News Jaipur: Two MLAs sat on a dharna in the well of the Assembly on Monday, trigger- ing a rebuke from Speaker CP Joshi who said there is a view that legislators should be disquali- fied for such action. MLA Sanyam Lod- ha entered the Well of the House in pro- test over police probe in murder of Pankaj Suthar, who killed in Sirohi’s Pin- dwara on January 21. Lodha was joined by Pindwara BJP MLA Samaram Gar- asiya. Joshi said en- tering the Well of the House was a wrong tradition. Jaipur: Jawahar Nagar police have arrested six persons in connection with viral video of a boy being beaten up and the paraded naked in full pubic view. The police have ar- rested the man who had shot the video and also seized two bikes used during the act. The vid- eo went viral on social media on Sunday while the victim has reported the incident on Satur- day while the accused and his sister filed a counter case POCSO Act against the victim to pressurise the police. The police acted after the incident sur- bally and subsequently stripped him while beat- ing him and made his video viral. The boy is seen apolo- gising in the viral video, while another could be heard scolding him and telling him how they have taught him a les- son for filming the Tik- Tok video. faced in the media. DCP Rahul Jain divulged that both the boy and girl worked at the same hotel and had uploaded a normal video on popu- lar mobile app Tik Tok. This upset the girl’s brother who took the boy near teela no 3. First they made the boy un- derstand the matter ver- was under GUP SHUP A TIGER LOVES TO TALK MINES A mines with mine owners whenever he gets time from his office. Tiger while posted in Jaipur had taken a one sided decision in an important matter and now he has the present posting as a gift. Everybody at PHQ is keeping a watch on the strides by this Tiger. Tiger has mines on the mind. Yes a Tiger posted in one of districts of Marwad is seen discussing acquisition of KRIPA ON MANAGEMENT GURU SUBORDINATE T drew a unique arrow out of his quiver. Actually, the City Chief is master manager so he devised a system which ensures the existence of top boss on his existing chair without having to bother for a routine transfer. Now, who wouldn’t be a fan of such a management guru subordinate. So now the ‘Kripa’ is not only direct but consistent for the City Chief from the Top boss. A CURIOUS CASE OF PETER’ LOVE NEST T be Cupid was looking for an easy target but in this case Peter was dying to have a head on collision with the arrow. So now the buzz is that he is found, less at home and more at his 3 BHK love nest, most of the time in a tete a tete on pretext of checking files. Aware of this 3 BHK file checking a Gama did away with all protocol for his Superior. Another Gama tried to cool the upset Gama but repeater Peter, oblivious to all this, is busy with another season of his love series. his one is about a Peter from the commissionerate who seems more of a Repeater. Yes, he is involved again. May he ‘Kripa’ from top doesn’t reach everybody under is a understood reality so the City Chief GAMAs GOING OUT OF SIGNAL AREA UPSETS TIGER A from some other powerful tower so the status quo was maintained. After suspension of only one Gama of the current lot, Tiger is rightfully restless. Tiger in Jaipur is restless due to many subordinate Gamas going out of signal area. Tiger, in order to bring order to the force, called on his superior to tame the lot. But the Gamas were receiving signals

4. RAJASTHAN 04 J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia in Liquor shop lotteries to be drawn on March 7 Applications for liquor contracts can be filed online between Feb 12 & 27 Walk down memory lane for health min at Maharaja BRIEF  Southern-Western Command Air Chief Marshal of the Air Force, Air Offi cer Commanding in Chief Surendra Kumar Ghotia visited Jaisalmer to in- spect the arrangements in the Air Force Station on Monday. Ghotia was also accompanied by his wife Nirmala, who is the president of the welfare organisation. The offi cer took the review of the current operational situation. First India News avoid such incidents the locations of shops and godowns would be approved online. The distance of the shop from school, religious place, Aanganbari and hospital would checked through online feed of coordinate data of geo tag. Liquor manufactur- ing will be traced and tracked electronically. The information would be collected from holo- gram linked QR code. Considering the senti- ment of the sector the the advance fees has been reduced from 18% to 14.5%, deposit reduced to 4% from existing 8% and composite fees has been set at 7% of yearly billing from existing 8%. For the first time country liquor will have minimum & maximum prices printed. ‘Modi govt will ensure BJP victory in Delhi’ Jaipur: The Excise de- partment nounced dates for the submission of applica- tion for liquor contracts for 2020-21. The applica- tions can be filed online between February 12 and 27. According to excise department, tion fee can be deposit- ed through internet banking, eGRAS chal- lan and DD. The appli- cant does not need to submit copy of applica- tion and challan to dis- trict excise officer if applied online and fee deposited online. The information re- garding lottery would be soon available on no- tice board in district collector and district excise officer’s offices. The lottery would be HC amicus curiae reports problems in govt hospitals has an- be  Chief Secretary DB Gupta took the interviews for the new Principals of Kota, Udaipur and Bikaner Medical Colleges on Monday. Dharmendra Rathore, Raghu Sharma and other dignitaries at the function on Monday. First India News was presided by for- mer Seed Corporation chairman Dharmen- dra Rathore and for- mer Alwar MP Dr Karan Singh Yadav was special guest. Ti- jara MLA Sandeep Yadav, former Jaipur collector Jagrup Ya- dav and RHC advocate Bharat Yadav were among prominent dig- nitaries present. Sing- er Jagjit enthralled the students attend- ing the inauguration. applica- JS Manoj Vishnoi, Sharma went down the memory lane re- membering his days as student at the same college. He informed the audience about his visits behind the prison bar for student issues at the age of 19 where he had to stay for 9 days, wining col- lege election while still in jail. He wished every- body present a bright future. The function Jaipur: Although of- ficially it was Student Union office inaugu- ration function at the Maharaja College but it turned out to be a flash back of sorts for the chief Health Raghu Sharma. Congratulating, the union president Ra- hul Yadav, Gen Sec Tanveer Shekhawat, VP Manish Nama and —Pic for representational purpose  Local police have arrested 5 persons accused of cricket betting but only after incessant complains by residents nearby. Police have confi scated papers estimating bets around Rs9 lakhs and Rs18,800 cash along with some equipment & laptop. The fi ve ar- rested are Dilip Modi, Bhanuprakash, Ra- manand Mundra, Vicky Nayak and Ravinder. It is worth noting that police were unaware of the betting racket despite it operating very near the PS raises suspicion on a collu- sion between police and the bookies. mum would be received. But in case, equal number of applications are received than the applicant would be al- lotted with the shop which has higher an- nual fee. A lot of times, people protest when shops are allotted near school and religious places. To applications drawn on March 7 at 11 am simultaneously in all district headquar- ters. The excise depart- ment, as usual has clar- ified that one person would only be allotted one shop. If a person submits more than one application, he would be allotted only one shop in which mini- guest, Minister OFFERING PRAYERS POONIA SPEAK First India News The HC had taken suo motu cognisance of children’s death and subsequently a PIL was filed and the court ap- pointed two amicus cu- riae to check and report status of health servic- es in government hospi- tals. They had conduct- ed surprise check in these two hospitals in Jodhpur. The bench on Monday asked state government to submit a report regarding ma- chines installed in hos- pitals. It has also or- dered to include Jodh- pur Municipal Corpora- tion as respondent in this case. Rajasthan Jaipur: High Court’s amicus cu- riae in the matter re- lated to children’s death in government hospi- tals across the state have reported various problems in Jodhpur’s Ummed and Mahatma Gandhi hospitals. Amicus curiae Rajv- endra Saraswat and Kuldeep Vaishnav in their report to the divi- sion bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta said that MG hospital has problems related to parking, sewerage and pharmacy .  A gang of thieves has become active during the wedding season. This gang uses children to carry out thefts. On Monday, one such case took place in the Kho Nagoriyan police station area, where a girl fl ed after taking a bag fi lled with cash and jewelry from Gems Garden situated in Prem Nagar on Agra Road. The act has been captured in the CCTV of the marriage garden, where a minor girl is seen carrying a bag. SHO Bhawani Singh said that Brahmpuri resident Ganesh Kumar Sharma lodged a report that a child ran away after taking a black bag having gold ornaments and Rs 35,000 cash. The incident took place around 8:15 pm. First India News He also met ex-minis- ter Ajay Kilak and local BJP functionaries Navratanmal Singhvi, Shivraj Chohan with others. Later in the day he visited the famous Charbhuja Meera Tem- ple. While, talking to media he claimed that BJP government will be formed in Delhi despite the exit polls predicting otherwise. Jaipur: BJP and Con- gress leaders continue reaching Dhandlas vil- lage of Merta City to condole the death of for- mer Central Minister CR Chodhary’s wife. Rajya Sabha MP and BJP national VP Avi- nash Rai Khanna paid his respects to the de- parted soul on Monday . Governor Kalraj Mishra and fi rst lady Satyavati Mishra offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi on Monday. Mishra will be chief guest during a function at Dhankya in Jaipur on Tuesday. IN THE COURTYARD TEARFUL ADIEU HC stays nurse grade 2 and ANM recruitment 2018 regularities in recruit- ment process for 6033 posts of nursing and 4935 ANMs on petitions filed by Sonu Verma, Leelawati and others who were represented by advocate RP Saini & Sudhesh Kasana. HC notice to state govt and RPSC Jaipur: HC has issued notices to the state gov- ernment and RPSC re- garding recruitment of assistant agriculture Jaipur: Rajasthan HC has stayed recruitment process of nurse grade II and ANM 2018. The matter is related to caste certificate of OBC, SC and ST. De- spite having certifi- cates, candidates from these categories were included in general category. Additional di- rector Mukul Sharma appeared before single bench of Justice S P Sharma regarding ir- officer. Chief Justice In- drajeet Mohanty’s divi- sion bench issued notic- es on petition filed by Aradhna Sharma and others for excluding widows and divorced women. They were rep- resented by advocate Laxmikant Malpura. Man gets lifer for raping 17-yr-old girl from Renwal in 2016, and raping her af- ter taking her to Phul- era, Ajmer, Ahmedabad and Pune, the special court of POCSO cases has sentenced accused Surendra Jat to life im- prisonment. Judge Dil- ip Singh imposed a pen- alty of Rs3.1 lakh on Jat, who was arrested in 2019. Defense argued that the victim was an adult and went with Surendra at her will.  Jodhpur ACB team under Durg Singh trapped owner of Jagan TT College, Shrawan Chodhary red handed. ACB team acted on a complaint by one Prakash, a student of BEd in the college. Col- lege owner demanded a bribe of Rs27,000 for sending his attendance to the university. Sharma Last rites of Naik Rajeev Singh Shekhawat were held at his native place in Kotputli on Monday which were attended by Sainik Kalyan Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan Rathore and Virat Nagar MLA Indraj Singh Gurjar. Shekhawat lost his life in a ceasefi re violation by Pakistan in Degwar sector of Poonch in J&K on February 8. Jaipur: In case of ab- ducting a 17-year-old FROM PG 1 From home... Meanwhile, later in the day Gehlot returned to the Assembly to chair the meeting of congress legislative party, after the house was ad- journed which was held in the ‘ayes’ lobby . Ge- hlot presided over the meeting and asked par- ty MLAs to prepare well to be able to counter the opposition. asked them to raise problem of their respec- tive constituencies ef- fectively . Gehlot also re- minded the MLAs to keep note of their pres- ence in the house and to raise questioned related of religion and violates the Constitution. They also allege that the CAA along with the NRC is intended to target the Muslim community in the country . students to disperse and not meddle with the po- lice. “The message has been sent. I request stu- dents in the crowd to go back to the university . Respect the law and peacefully go back,” he urged the students. The CAA allows easi- er citizenship for Hin- dus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis and Jains who came to India from Pakistan, Afghani- stan and Bangladesh before 2015 to escape re- ligious persecution there. Those opposing the CAA contend that it dis- criminates on the basis er on instructions of Tiger Memon, shifted to export-import of grains, especially rice. The ATS said in the guise of ex- port-import, Halari was trying to smuggle explo- sives and contraband to India. The interrogation of the 5 Pakistani na- tionals, who caught on the high-seas, revealed in their ques- tioning that the consign- ment belonged to Haji Hasan of Karachi. Haji Hasan had in telephonic conversations promised Halari that he will be able to infiltrate Gujarat Coast with explosives also. to their constituencies. The Chief Minister also asked the MLAs to put forward any sugges- tions to him over budget and assured them that important suggestions would be included. Deputy CM Sachin Pi- lot was not present in the meeting as he was out of station. roads as women walked ahead, waving the trico- lour and raising slogans of “Halla Bol”. “It has been two months since we are protesting. No one from the government has come to talk to us, so we want to go to talk to them,” said burqa-clad Zeba Anhad. A scuffle ensued as policemen tried to stop the protesters. Many of them jumped over barri- cades to continue their march towards Parlia- ment. Jamia Millia Islamia proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan appealed to the the other side and post- ed the matter for Febru- ary 17. Mumbai he had fled to Bareilly Pradesh, and then to Bangkok. His associate and conspirator of the serial blasts, Memon, got Pakistani passport prepared for Halari with the help of Pakistani authorities. His Pakistani passport is in the name of Anwar Muhammad. He was in constant contact with Tiger Memon and took shelter in Nairobi on the basis of assumed identi- ty of a Pakistani ma- tional. In Nairobi, he ran a business in the name of Magnum Africa and lat- in Uttar SC upholds... however, quash FIRs in exceptional stances. Justice S Ravindra Bhat has penned down a separate order concur- ring with Justice Arun Mishra and added a ca- veat that pre-arrest bail should be granted only in extraordinary situa- tions where a denial of bail would mean mis- carriage of justice. Tiger circum- How can... If you want to protest, it has to be in an area iden- tified for protest,” the bench said. The apex court fur- ther said that the protest at Shaheen Bagh has been going on for long but it cannot create in- convenience for others. The bench said it would not pass any di- rection without hearing were Jamia protesters... and “Jab Nahi Dare Hum Goron Se Toh Kyun Dare Hum Auron Se” (When we did not fear the British, why should we fear others). Men formed a human chain on either sides of He also Guj ATS... After the serial blasts in

5. INDIA J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 05 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia CAA STIR IN THE COURTYARD NHRC seeks report over police brutality during anti-CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh Lucknow: The Nation- al Human Rights Com- mission (NHRC) has is- sued a notice to UP Chief Secretary, DGP seeking a detailed re- port within six weeks on a complaint filed by Congress general secre- tary Priyanka Gandhi over the alleged police brutality against dem- onstrators during anti- CAA protests in state. "The Commission finds it appropriate to direct issuance of no- tices to the Chief Secre- tary and Director Gen- eral of Police (DGP), UP , calling for a detailed and specific report within 6 weeks on the allegations mentioned in the complaint," the notice reads. "Looking into the gravity and sensitivity of the mat- ter, the Commission ex- pects that the requisite report shall be sent by the authorities within the stipulated time, without any delay ," adds the notice. In her complaint sub- mitted to the NHRC, Priyanka Gandhi had requested an inquiry into the alleged "unlaw- ful and brutal conduct" of the Uttar Pradesh Police and the "abject failure" of the state gov- ernment in "upholding the rule of law" during the course of public demonstrations against the CAA and proposed NRC. In its letter to CS, NHRC said it has "re- ceived some more com- plaints alleging high- handedness & exces- sive use of force by po- lice in Lucknow & Kan- pur dists of UP during protests by the general public against the CAA and NRC." —ANI blies. —ANI our Constitution," he said. Sabarimala: Can refer questions of law to larger bench says SC New Delhi: The nine- judge bench of SC held that questions of law can be referred to a larger review bench. The nine-judge bench of the apex court, head- ed by CJI SA Bobde, passed the verdict on more than 50 review pe- titions challenging the top court’s earlier judg- ment on the Sabarimala issue. The apex court also framed seven is- sues to be heard by the nine-judge bench on matters relating to free- dom of religion under Constitution and faith. The bench had re- served its order on Feb 6 after hearing argu- ments on whether the top court can refer questions of law & what can be the compo- sition of the law on the issue of the review peti- tions pending before it. Abdullah’s PSA challenged in SC New Delhi: A petition has been fi led in SC challeng- ing the detention of former J&K CM Omar Abdullah, under the Public Safety Act (PSA). The plea was fi led by Abdullah’s sister Sara Abdullah Pilot. Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti were recently booked under the Act. Both the former J &Kchief CMs were detained after the government abrogated Article 370. In December, Farooq Abdullah’s deten- tion was extended for three more months under the PSA. SC notice on FIR against policemen New Delhi: SC issued notice to Union of India, Bar Council of Delhi, Govt of NCT of Delhi & others after hearing a petition fi led by lawyer Reepak Kansal, seeking FIR against every member of 3rd Battalion who entered Tis Hazari court premises without the permission of District Judge in the incident where the Delhi Police clashed with lawyers. A bench of Apex Court headed by CJI SA Bobde has issued notice to Bar Association of Tis Hazari and others. Women protestors show bangles to policemen during their march against CAA, NRC & NPR near Jamia Nagar in New Delhi. WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST CAA, NRC, NPR IN BENGALURU Bengaluru: A group of wom- en on Monday started a pro- test against Amendment Act (CAA), Na- tional Register of Citizens (NRC), and National Popula- tion Register (NPR) here near Bilal Masjid. Members of the transgen- der community on Sunday had also taken out a march here to express solidarity with those against CAA, NRC, and NPR. The newly enacted law is facing stiff opposition across the country with some states including Kera- la, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab refusing to im- plement it. Rajasthan, Kera- la, and Punjab have also passed resolutions against the amended citizenship law in their legislative Assem- FIR AGAINST 21 FOR VIOLATING SECTION 144 DURING PROTEST Lucknow: An FIR has been registered against 21 people for violation of Section 144 during a demonstration held at Lucknow’s Clock Tower against the Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed National Registrar of Citizens (NRC), Lucknow police has said, adding that 2 accused have been arrested so far. A case was also filed against the 21 named and several other unnamed ac- cused for sharing a social media post inviting people to the protest, police added. Lucknow’s Clock Tower has witnessed anti-CAA, NRC protests since January 17. As many as 50 people have been arrested, while 8 FIRs have been registered since the beginning of the protest at the named site. —ANI Citizenship Citizenship A child displays a placard during a protest rally against CAA, NPR & NRC. protesting 'PROTESTORS TRUE GANDHI FOLLOWERS’ Kurnool: Addressing his fi rst anti- CAA and (NRC) meet in Andhra Pradesh, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the true follow- ers of Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar will oppose the citizen- ship law. "This is the fi rst time in 70 years of our country's Parlia- ment that a law has been made based on religion. Never before an Act based on religion had been made in the Parliament. This is against the fundamental rights of 'CAA CANNOT BE QUESTIONED’ Puducherry: Days ahead of the special session of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly, Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi wrote a letter to Chief Minister V Narayana- samy stating that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, passed by the Parliament, is applicable to Pu- ducherry as well, which cannot be questioned or deliberated in any manner. The special Assembly session is likely to take up resolu- tions including against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Hearing adjourned in JNU case New Delhi: SC adjourned hearing in a petition fi led against the HC order, which had refused to pass any order for grant of sanction by State of NCT of Delhi for trial in the 2016 JNU sedition case. A bench headed by CJI S A Bobde, adjourned the matter for a week. Petitioner Shashank Deo Sudhi has sought a direction to the respondent, GNCT, Delhi to grant immediate sanction in a case titled as State versus Kanhaiya Kumar in the 2016 case registered at Vasant Kunj police station which is being deliberately delayed by GNCT, Delhi, by not granting sanction. He sought a direction to respondents, including GNCT, Delhi, for issuance of guidelines for expedi- tious prosecutions in respect of all sensitive criminal cases. ‘BJP governments eroding quota system’ New Delhi: Congress general secretary Pri- yanka Gandhi Vadra ac- cused the BJP and Rash- triya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of system- atically trying to end the quota system for the backward classes pro- vided in the Constitu- tion. In a series of tweets, Pri- yanka Gandhi said: “Un- derstand the system by which BJP wants to end the reservation: 1) RSS leaders keep giving statements against res- ervation. 2) BJP govern- ment in Uttar Pradesh appeals in the Supreme ernment immediately against the atrocities on It’s in DNA of BJP-RSS to try & erase reservations: RaGa PRIYANKA TO VISIT AZAMGARH ON FEB 12 K K K New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the BJP and the RSS are against res- ervation & progress of the SC/STs and Other Backward Castes in the country. “BJP& RSS’ ideology is against res- ervations. They never want SC/STs to pro- gress. They are break- ing the institutional structure. I want to tell SCs, STs, OBCs and Dal- its that we will never let reservations come to an end no matter how VIEWPOINT Rahul Gandhi ‘BJP is weakening the right of equality,’ said Priyanka Gandhi. Congress asked BJP to clarify its stand on reservation for STs & SCs in govt jobs and promotions. party had Dalit Adivasis. Now it is weakening the right of equality given by the Constitution and Baba- saheb (BR Ambedkar).” starts tampering with the rules of reservation. BJP first tried to tamper with the law made guments in SC, in a mat- ter which dealt with state govt’s duty to pro- vide reservation in pro- motions for govt jobs. Court that the funda- mental right to quota should be terminated. “3) Uttar Pradesh gov- much Modi Ji or Mohan Bhagwat dream of it,” he said. He also said this in reference to the Uttarakhand govt’s ar- I-T DEPT SUMMONS TAMIL ACTOR VIJAY OVER TAX EVASION CHARGES Chennai:The Income Tax Department on Monday summoned Tamil actor Vijay over charges of tax evasion and his alleged links with fi nancier Anbu Chezhiyan. The devel- opment comes after the IT Department on Friday carried out a raid at the ac- tor’s residence in Panaiyur area in Chennai. IT sleuths held searches in connec- MARANDI LIKELY TO JOIN BJP ON FEB 17 IN PRESENCE OF SHAH Ranchi: Former Chief Minister and president of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, Babulal Marandi is likely to join the BJP on February 17 in the pres- ence of Union Home Min- ister Amit Shah. Sources in the BJP said Marandi met party president J.P. Nadda and national vice president Om Prakash Mathur in New Delhi on RALLIES TO BE HELD UNDER KISAN JANAJAGARAN ABHIYAN Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress announced on Mon- day that they will be organising four big rallies under Kisan Janajagaran Abhiyan. The state Congress spokesperson has said that the public awareness campaign PERSON IMITATES PRINCIPAL ADVISOR TO PM MODI, HELD New Delhi: CBI has registered a case against an unknown person in connection with “subject imper- sonation by someone as Principal Advisor to PM”. Aman Sharma, Administrator, Mahe Region Pondicherry, had received a call tion with the success of a recent fi lm which was a box offi ce hit, collecting around `300 crore. As per sources, the IT Depart- ment on Thursday recov- ered `65 crore from the residence of Vijay’s alleged fi nancer in Chennai during raids which were carried out in the connection with the tax evasion case linked to AGS Cinemas. February 8 and discussed the merger. The JVM-P has called an executive body meeting on Tuesday where a resolution to merge the party with the BJP might be passed. “Till now there is no decision to join the BJP. Any such thing will be decided in the executive body meeting of the party,” said Marandi. will run for 40 days wherein four rallies will be held. The fi rst rally will be held in Basti district on February 23, the spokesperson added.It is speculated that Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will attend all the four rallies. from an unknown person, who named himself as PK Mish- ra, Principal Secy to PM, & asked some favour saying that his daughter is studying in JIPMER, Pondicherry. CBI has registered a case under Sections 120-B, 419, 420 of IPC.

6. PERSPECTIVE 06 J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia CHICKEN NECK... VULNERABILITY? Efforts by China for territorial swap with Bhutan for Doklam Plateau had been going since 1966 IN-DEPTH DEALING WITH PROTESTERS IN DEMOCRACY t is Jantar Mantar in the national capital where masses gathered to voice their dissent against the government of the day . Some call it the “heart of India’s space of dissent”. There are other places as well. The famous Ramlila Maidan from yoga guru Ramdev had to escape wearing a burqa. Mahendra Singh Tikait brought Delhi to a grinding a halt as farmers trooped in hundreds in 1988. Shaheen Bagh can now be added to the list of sites in Delhi for pro- tests, even though temporarily, for staging a sit-in lasting 58 days. As the Delhi elections are now the epicenter of anti-Citizenship Amend- ment Act protests at Shaheen Bagh could be cleared of women and men who have been there days braving harsh win- ters. There’s a plea in the Supreme Court seeking removal of protesters from the place as they are alleged to be causing pub- lic inconvenience. If not there, then where else can a sit-in, which is so integral to de- mocracy, by a few hundred people be al- lowed in Delhi? The apex court took up the matter on Monday and issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government and the Delhi police seeking their replies but refused to pass any order. While posting the matter for Feb- ruary 17 the court made clear to the agita- tors that they cannot block public roads and cause a problem to others. “If you want to protest, there can be some area where you protest. You cannot block a public road. Can you block a public area? There must be defined areas of protest,” the Supreme Court said. An appeal filed by an advocate, Amit Sah- ni, said that since December 15, when the protests began, the traffic on Kalindi Kunj- Shaheen Bagh stretch had been impeded. The apex court told the petitioner, “If it has lasted 58 days you can wait one week more.” He had earlier approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the police to ensure smooth traffic flow on that stretch of road. Being fundamental to democracy, non-vio- lent protest needs to be allowed as it provides a “vital corrective” to majority rule which aims “to override the rights of minorities”. Allotting space to those squatting at Shaheen Bagh in a remote part of Delhi would imply that the government neither wants to see them nor hear their voices. Once out of public gaze, even the media may lose interest after a point. In other words, they’d be ignored. That the protesters cannot afford. They also have to ensure sizeable numbers. If shifted, will pro- testers throng the new address in equal numbers? Democracies all over the world allow free- dom to protest. It is only when dissenters cross the line by disrupting normal life that they are crushed. So far that line has not been crossed at Shaheen Bagh. I COL DEVANAND LOHAMAROD T he “Chicken Neck” was recent- ly in news, when last week a radical Islamist youth accused of inciting anti-CAA violence was heard appealing people plan and establish a human blockade in Siliguri area with an aim to deny supplies and land-based military movement to the North-Eastern states (NE) of Bharat. It’s a narrow stretch of land of about 60 km in length and 22 kilometres in width (narrow- est) point connecting mainland with North Eastern states (NE) constituting about 8 % (2100 km) of Bharat’s land border and is a cartographic relic of decolonisation breaking Bharat in 1947 with Nepal and Bangladesh lie on either side of the corridor. Chumbi valley lies just 130 km from the corridor. The strategic threat to the corridor always existed and accordingly the military had well-rehearsed plans in place to defeat the enemy designs. It would be pertinent to men- tion here that the terrain in the corridor does not have any nat- ural or man-made obstacles. Although the military always has rare area security plans to deal with minor fringe elements within the backyard but to deal with any possibility of such ne- farious designs of organized threats by Naxalite / tukde tuk- de gang/ anti-national elements in the hinterland will require war-gaming at an appropriate level and formalizing of fool- proof countermeasures. The foreign threat in the corridor is mainly from Chi- na. 1962 war had witnessed ideological support to the en- emy by some groups but in view of recent exposure, the rear area security will consti- tute an important component of military planning. The Chi- nese may by-pass or para drops Special Forces in Siliguri Cor- ridor to cut off the Northeast for a short period only, but for the process of widen the corridor or create an alternate route of pas- sage through Bangladesh to be used both for military and civilian purposes. On lines of English chan- nel Underwater transport system, Bharat should cre- ate strategic underground freight corridor for connect- ing NE states, both for rail and road which should be able to withstand enemy aerial strikes in times of a military conflict.This would boost economic growth and en- hance trade/tourism of the NE manifold during peacetime. Presently, the land transpor- tation between mainland and Northeastern states is forced to uses a circuitous Siliguri cor- ridor until 4 km long Tetulia Corridor, connecting Chopra and Jalpaigudi via Tetulia in Bangladesh becomes effective as agreed vide India–Bangla- desh Trade Agreement 1980. While the Tetulia corridor would reduce the travel dis- tance by about 84 km, at the same time will provide an al- ternate route through third- country and alleviate the pos- sibility of severance of the north-east with the mainland. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL prolonged operation would re- quire link up with mainland forces. The rise in the level of construction activities of road, airstrip, and bunkers in its side of border and deployment of heavy caliber weapons/anti- aircraft weaponry/missiles is with a military purpose to fa- cilitate speedy mobilization of its forces. The efforts by China for the territorial swap with Bhutan for Doklam Plateau had been going since 1966. So far Bhutan had not obliged China. China’s efforts to seize control over the Doklam region will continue. The timely bold decision by the government of Bharat in Au- gust 2017 to intervene militar- ily forced china to retreat after three months standoff in Doklam. The Doklam dispute was not between Bharat and China but between Bhutan and China as Doklam falls within Bhutan’s borders. Even apart from the strategic impor- tance of it’s close proximity to the Siliguri corridor, Bharat serves as a security guarantor to the hill king- dom through Friendship Treaty. The corridor is of strategic importance as all rail and road Doklam dispute was not between Bharat and China but between Bhutan and China as Doklam falls within Bhutan’s borders China’s efforts to seize control over the Doklam region will continue. The timely bold decision by the government of Bharat in August 2017 to intervene militarily forced china to retreat after three months standoff in Doklam networks towards the NE run through it. The inclement weather and harsh terrain in the NE make the railway and roads subject to damage from frequent landslides and natural disaster. The cor- ridor, if blocked will isolate the complete NE and it being land- locked as there is no sea route available. Limited provisions can reach through aerial route. Hence, there is a strategic requirement to create an un- derground safe passage or the 2007 Commandments for writers (that go beyond clichés) E READ WIDELY To succeed as a writer, you must occasionally read. Yet there are wannabe-novel- ists who haven’t picked up a book in years. There are also, more tragically, writers too busy to en- gage with the end-prod- uct of our craft. If the only thing you’re reading is yourself, you are bound to miss out on valuable lessons. The same applies to reading only within a fa- vourite genre. A varied diet will strengthen your liter- ary muscles. very author is asked by new writers for ad- vice. There is, however, no all- finding a home. work, dealing with ex- posure, rejection, fear and impostor syndrome. It’s better you know this upfront, in order to fortify yourself. 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Passion doesn’t al- ways pay, but it increas- es the odds of your work Quite a lot of commonly-offered suggestions – ‘write every day’– don’t work for everyone and must be approached with caution WRITE No need to thrash out 1,000 words a day or pen a perfect poem before breakfast, but you do have to write. The fundamental qualification for being a writer is put- ting words on the page. If you aren’t doing that now, it’s possible you never will. TOP TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Met with Shri @nitin_gadkari and Shri @Gen_VKSingh along with fellow MPs from Odisha and reviewed various ongoing road projects undertaken by @NHAISocialmedia and National Highways in Odisha. BE BRAVE Writing is hard, intellec- tually and physically. It also takes emotional G Vol 1 G Issue No. 246 GRNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. 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7. INDIA J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 07 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Dhankhar dismayed over no live coverage KAMALNATH’S JIBE AT PM MODI POWERGallery ‘Difference in mincing words & running country’ He accused PM Modi of talking about nationalism to divert attention of people ED SANJAY MISHRA TO GET MORE IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT ? In the corridors of power, it is believed that ED Sanjay Mishra who is promoted to the rank of Secretary may get more important assignment ei- ther in North Block or South Block. He is a 1984 batch IRS (IT) offi cer. His two year tenure ends in the month of October this year. Kolkata: Firing a fresh missile at West Ben- gal’’s Mamata Banerjee government, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar ex- pressed dismay that his address to the Assem- bly was not “allowed” to be telecast live while the budget presented by Finance Minister Amit Mitra was granted the privilege. “The State Fi- nance Minister Dr Mi- tra’’s budget speech was live while the address of the Governor under Article 176, an impor- tant occasion, in sharp deviation to practice was not allowed live coverage and media was also kept away. Leave to judgement of the people of the State !” Dhankhar tweeted. Banerjee, however, dodged a scribe’’s ques- tion on the issue, saying it was not her subject. She said the question with sticks if he is un- able to address the is- sue of unemployment in the country. “The Prime Minister is delivering speeches now, but six months later, he will not be able to even leave his home.” “The youth of India will beat him up with sticks and make him understand that this country will not be able to make progress until jobs are provided to them,” the Congress leader had said while addressing a rally for the party candidate in Delhi polls. Sagar: Hitting out at Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi, Chief Minis- ter Kamal Nath on Sunday said there is difference hollow talk and run- ning the country ac- cusing the former of talking about national- ism and Pakistan in an attempt to divert the attention of people. “Modi ji will talk about nationalism and Pakistan to divert the attention of people. But he will not talk about youth and farm- ers. There is a lot of difference hollow talk and run- ning the country,” the WILL ASTHANA GET RELIEF ? All eyes are on CBI affi davit to be fi led in the Delhi High Court this month. This will decide the fate of Rakesh Asthana, a 1984 batch Gujarat cadre offi cer of the Indian Police Services (IPS). should be put to Speak- er Biman Banerjee, who can shed light on the matter. “That’’s a different is- sue. That Speaker can tell. You can ask the Speaker. It is not my subject,” said Banerjee. Dhankhar’’s Febru- ary 7 address to the state Assembly was not telecast live, unlike the last few years. The lack of television coverage of the Gover- nor’’s address came in the wake of a stand-off between him and the Banerjee government. between DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER ONLY FROM UT CADRE ? Top sources said that no outsider would be made Delhi Police Commissioner on March 1.Who will make it from the UT cadre? TOPNO TO CONTINUE WITH PRIME MINISTER PS to PM Narendra Modi, Rajeev Topno being the low profi le person will continue. Tenure of 1996 batch IAS offi cer of Gujarat cadre, Topno will be co-terminus with the PM. leader Rahul Gandhi had said that youth will hit Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi Chief Minister said while addressing a gathering here. Earlier, SANJAY BARVE TO RETIRE THIS MONTH END Extended service tenure of Mumbai Police Com- missioner Sanjay Barve is coming to an end this month end. 1987 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS offi cer Barve would retire. between Congress —ANI Birla cautions Moitra against making undue remarks Fresh batch of foreign envoys to visit J&K IndiGo captain suspended for 3 months IRS-IT OFFICER, YOGENDER CHAUDHARY DEPUTED AS ADDITIONAL PS TO HARYANA CM Yogender Chaudhry has been appointed as Ad- ditional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Haryana. He is an IRS-IT offi cer. New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA sus- pended an IndiGo cap- tain for three months for allegedly intimidat- ing and threatening a wheelchair-bound sen- ior citizen in a Chennai- Bengaluru flight on January 13, an official said. During probe, it was found that the pilot- in-command “insisted” on an apology letter from the passengers , the senior citizen and her daughter, which further delayed the mat- ter, detaining them for approximately 75 min- utes after the deboard- ing began at the Ben- galuru airport. The DGCA has suspended his license for a period of three months,” the official said. Delhi: Lok New Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday cau- tioned TMC member Mahua Moitra against making undue marks during debates and casting aspersions on the chair’s impar- tiality during proceed- ings of the House. The Speaker’s com- ments came after Moi- tra made certain re- marks on the chair af- ter she was not given an opportunity to ask a supplementary ques- tion on the country’s growth rate during the Question Hour. “Honourable mem- ber, please don’t make undue comments and that too when sitting in someone else’s seat. Whether I am impartial DHILLON TO SUCCEED RAJEEV SHARMA AS CMD, POWER FINANCE CORP ON JUNE 1 Ravinder Singh Dhillon, Director (Project), PFC, is expected to take over as Chairman-cum-Man- aging Director, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on June 1, 2020. He will succeed Sharma retiring on May 31, 2020. re- Those who will be part of the delegation include envoys from Eu- ropean Union and Gulf countries, the official said. A team of 15 en- voys, including US Am- bassador to India Ken- neth I Juster, paid a two- day visit to J& K in January. The central govt had on August 5, 2019 abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir into union territories, Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh. Srinagar: A fresh batch of foreign envoys will visit J&K this week to get first-hand informa- tion about the ground situation after the abro- gation of Article 370 in August 2019, officials said on Monday . The first batch of en- voys, including the US Ambassador to India, had visited Jammu and Kashmir last month. The fresh batch of foreign envoys will visit J& K later this week, an official said. Ten former rebel MLAs get portfolios in Karnataka BJP ISSUES WHIP TO ITS MPs FOUR ITS OFFICERS GET POSTINGS CONSEQUENT UPON REPATRIATION 4 Indian Telecom Service(ITS) offi cers in JAG got their new postings. Accordingly, Paritosh Kumar Shah posted in TEC, New Delhi, Umesh Kumar Sah goes to WB LSA, Anil Kumar joins Haryana LSA and Md Anis Ur Rehman will join DGT, Hq. SINHA JOINS AS PR ADVISOR, TRAI Rajiv Sinha has joined as Principal Advisor in TRAI Hq’s on deputation for two years. He is an ITS offi cer. or not, the House will decide...,” he said, ex- pressing his displeasure over Moitra’s comments which was not audible in the din. —PTI S K PANIGRAHI APPOINTED JUDGE OF ORISSA HIGH COURT The Central Government has appointed Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi as Judge of the Orissa High Court. BJP leader seeks ban on burqa, served notice THREE ADDITIONAL JUDGES APPOINTED IN CALCUTTA HIGH COURT The Central Government has appointed Justice Shampa Sarkar, Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur and Justice Arindam Mukherjee as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court. holds a rank equivalent to a minister of state in the Uttar Pradesh gov- ernment, told report- ers. Without citing his source, Singh linked burqa to Surpanakha, the demon who has her face disfigured in Rama- yana. According to Sin- gh’s version, panakha fled to hide in the Arab desert. “As her nose and ears were chopped, she used a burqa to hide her face,” he said, adding it is not necessary for hu- mans. Aligarh: A BJP leader, Raghuraj Singh de- manded a ban on burqa, calling it a security threat and provocative- ly linking it to demon king Ravana’s sister Surpanakha. He has been given seven days time to reply and has been asked why he shouldn’t be expelled for indiscipline and flouting party’s princi- ple. “Burqa should be banned in the country as has been done in sev- eral other countries,” Raghuraj Singh, who Bengaluru: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa al- lotted portfolios to 10 ministers who had joined the cabinet last week, largely fulfilling his gov- ernment’s promise of rewarding those who had helped the BJP grapple its way back to power in the state. All the 10 politicians - who had joined the BJP from the Congress and the Janata Dal Secular - were part of the previous coalition under HD Ku- maraswamy before they NEW RESPONSIBILITY IPS OFFICERS PROMOTED TO DIG GRADE IN ANDHRA PRADESH As many as 11 IPS offi cers have been promot- ed to the grade of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in Andhra Pradesh. The offi c- ers are: Dr Kolli Raghuram Reddy, Ake Ravi Krishna, (central deputation), Sarvashresth Tripathi, (inter cadre deputation), R Jay- alakshmi, (central deputation), G V G Ashok Kumar, G Vijay Kumar, S Hari Krishna, M Ravi Prakash, S V Rajasekhar Babu, K V Mohan Rao, PHD Ramakrishna. the path for them, 16 of the 17 disqualified MLAs joined BJP and 13 were given BJP tickets to con- test bypolls. As many as 11 won, and only one of them - Mahesh Kumatha- halli - has not been in- ducted into the cabinet. Sur- berths took a long time coming. Former Speaker Ramesh Kumar had dis- qualified the 10 rebels, prohibiting them from contesting any election until the end of the cur- rent assembly’s term in 2023. After the SC cleared withdrew their support and caused its collapse last July . BS Yediyurappa had openly acknowl- edged the role played by them in helping BJP form the government in the state, but their prom- ised reward of cabinet CUSTODY OF SISODIA’S FORMER OSD EXTENDED IN BRIBERY CASE New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court allowed the CBI to quiz Gopal Krishna Madhav, former Offi cer on Special Duty (OSD) to Dy CM Manish Sisodia till February 14 in an alleged bribery case of Rs 2 lakh. Special Judge SS Mann extended his custody till February 14 after he was presented before the court on expiry of his NC MP MOHAMMAD AKBAR LONE’S SON BOOKED UNDER PSA Srinagar: J&K admin- istration slapped the stringent Public Safety Act against Hilal Lone, the son of National Conference LS member Mohammad Akbar Lone, offi cials said here. Hilal Lone had been under preventive detention since August 5 last year when the Centre announced the abrogation of erstwhile MAMATA URGES PM MODI TO REFRAIN FROM ‘DIVISIVE POLITICS’ Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged PM Modi to refrain from the “divisive and communal politics”, stating that Union gov- ernment & Opposition should work together to revive the slowing Indian economy. “I request Prime Minister to refrain from political vendet- ta, communal politics and divisive politics. The government & Opposition shall work together to revive the Indian economy and for the develop- ment of the country. We are ready to have talks with Centre as it is a serious matter,” she said. MPs JOIN HANDS TO MAKE INDIA MALERIA-FREE BY 2030 New Delhi: Parliamentarians from across party lines have joined hands to support India’s efforts to eliminate malaria by 2030. The group called “Parliamentarians for Malaria Elimination” in- cludes 11 MPs belonging to different states. BJP lawmaker KJ Alphons, coordinator of the group, said, “India is well placed to eliminate malaria by 2030 and we, as Parliamentarians, must play an active role in helping the country achieve that goal. We will work at the central, state, and district levels to accelerate malaria elimination.” earlier CBI custody. CBI sought another seven days more custodial inter- rogation of the accused but was given only four days to quiz Madhav.CBI had arrested him in a late- night operation on Thurs- day for allegedly receiving a bribe of over Rs 2 lakh in a matter related to GST. Madhav was posted in the offi ce of Sisodia in 2015. J&K state’s special status besides its bifurcation into union territories. On Monday morning the Deputy Commissioner served him with a dossier informing him that he had been booked under the PSA as the union territory administration felt that his release could hamper the law and order situation in north Kashmir, they said.

8. TALKING POINT 08 J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia PARASITE IN PARADISE Cast of Parasite including Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Park So-dam, Cho Yeo- jeong, Lee Jung-eun, Jang Hye-jin, and Park Myung- hoonwere. Best International Feature Film  Corpus Christi  Honeyland  Les Misérables  Pain and Glory Parasite Best Director  Martin Scorsese, The Irish- man  Todd Phillips, Joker  Sam Mendes, 1917  Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  Bong Joon-ho, Parasite Best Picture  Ford v Ferrari  The Irishman  Jojo Rabbit  Joker  Little Women  Marriage Story  1917  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite theme in his films, be it monster movie “The Host” or his first full- fledged English-lan- guage film “Snowpierc- er”, starring Hollywood star Chris Evans and his favourite Song Kang Ho. “Parasite”, a cleverly crafted class satire, is Bong Joon Ho’s seventh film. —PTI Bong, 50, is not new to the western audiences and first broke on the international with his second South Korean language fea- ture “Memories of Mur- der”, based on a real incident and still con- sidered to be his best by many fans. The rich-poor divide has been a recurring allows, I would like to get a Texas chainsaw, split the Oscar trophy into five and share it with all of you,” he said through his interpreter Sharon Choi. He joked that after the win, which culmi- nates a busy award sea- son for the director, he would “drink till the next morning”. be nominated was a huge honor; I never thought I would win. “When people in the US were not familiar with my film, Quentin always put my films on his list. He is here, thank you so much. Quentin, I love you. And Todd and Sam, great directors that I ad- mire. If the Academy quipped. “When I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is ‘the most personal is the most creative’. That quote was from our great Martin Scorsese. When I was in school, I studied Scorsese’s films. Just to Laura Dern wins best supporting actress Oscar for ‘Marriage Story’ DERN HAILS CAST trophies. In his speech, the di- rector gave a shout-out to fellow nominees, sin- gling out “The Irish- man” director Martin Scorsese and “Once Upon a Time in Holly- wood” director Quentin Tarantino. “I thought I was done for the day and was ready to relax,” Bong Los Angeles: Director Bong Joon Ho scripted history by becoming the first Asian and South Korean filmmak- er to bag the best direc- tor Oscar for his class satire “Parasite” at the 92nd Academy Awards where it also walked away with the best pic- ture, screenplay and in- ternational feature film scene Martin COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS Best costume design  The Irishman  Jojo Rabbit  Joker  Little Women – WIN- NER  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Best documentary  American Factory – WINNER  The Cave  The Edge of Democ- racy  For Sama  Honeyland Best documentary short  In the Absence  Learning to Skate- board in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) – WINNER  Life Overtakes Me  St Louis Superman  Walk Run Cha-Cha Best supporting actress  Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell  Laura Dern, Marriage Story – WINNER  Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit  Florence Pugh, Little Women  Margot Robbie, Bombshell Best cinematography  The Irishman  Joker  The Lighthouse  1917 – WINNER  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Best sound editing  Ford v Ferrari – WIN- NER  Joker  1917  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  Into the Unknown, Frozen II  Stand Up, Harriet Best film editing  Ford v Ferrari – WIN- NER  The Irishman  Jojo Rabbit  Joker  Parasite Best visual effects  Avengers Endgame  The Irishman  1917 – WINNER  The Lion King  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Best actor  Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory  Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  Adam Driver, Mar- riage Story  Joaquin Phoenix, Joker – WINNER  Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes Best actress  Cynthia Erivo, Harriet  Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story  Saoirse Ronan, Little Women  Charlize Theron, Bombshell  Renée Zellweger, Judy – WINNER to the fore, Dern’s per- formance as a wealthy helicopter mom Renata Klein in HBO series “Big Little Lies” re- flected a change in time. The role of an angry woman on screen dur- ing the nascent stage of the #MeToo movement hit close to home and also won the actor her first Emmy for best supporting actress in a limited series or movie. She kick-started started her career in the 1980s but her offi- cial film debut was an appearance in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any- more” (1974), directly opposite her mother. Dern rose to promi- nence with Lynch’s 1986 neo-noir mystery “Blue Velvet”. She later received an Academy Award nomi- nation for best actress for her portrayal of the titular orphan in the 1991 drama “Rambling Rose”. The generation of the 1990s still recognis- es Dern as the soft-spo- ken, maternal opinionated Dr Ellie Sattler from Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” series. Besides Lynch and Spielberg, worked with directing greats such as Martin Scorsese, Demme, Paul Thomas Anderson, Clint East- wood, and Robert Alt- man. —PTI Los Angeles: Holly- wood star Laura Dern couldn’t have asked for a better birthday pre- sent than an Oscar as she won her maiden Academy Award in the best supporting actress category for her role in “Marriage Story”. The actor, who turns 53 on Monday, won the Oscar for playing Nora Fanshaw, a firebrand divorce counsel to Scar- lett Johansson’s charac- ter undergoing separa- tion from her husband, played by Adam Driver. Dern beat Johansson, nominated for “Jojo Rabbit”, and her “Little Women” co-star Flor- ence Pugh in the catego- ry. Other were Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”) Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”). “This is the best birthday present ever,” Dern declared as she ac- cepted her trophy . “Some say meet your heroes but I say if you are really blessed, you get them as your parents,” the actor said, dedicating the award to her parents, veteran actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern hailed the cast and crew of her film. She singled out director Noah Baumbach as she praised him for his “vi- sion” and “magic”. “Noah wrote a movie about love and about breaching divisions in the name and in the Taika Waititi, winner of the award for best adapted screenplay for Jojo Rabbit. Best sound mixing  Ford v Ferrari  Joker  1917 – WINNER  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Best original score  Joker – WINNER  Little Women  Marriage Story  1917  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Best original song  I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away, Toy Story 4  I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman – WINNER  I’m Standing With You, Breakthrough honour of family and home, and hopefully for all of us, in the name of our planet,” she added. A decorated actor who has largely been celebrated for her act- ing chops both on TV and in cinema, Dern to- day is at the top of her game. Her turn as the fierce yet charming and sup- portive Nora had al- ready earned Dern her fifth Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The actor has often talked about her affini- ty towards unassuming but sticky characters and as Nora she blazed the screen, especially with her much-talked about monologue in the divorce drama. But much “Marriage Story” came nominees David and never Critics and she has Jonathan Jonas Rivera, from left, Mark Nielsen, and Josh Cooley, winners of the award for best animated feature fi lm for Toy Story 4, pose in the press room at the Oscars. before

9. SPORTS J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 09 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Perry & Warner take headline prizes at Aus Cricket Awards The prizes of the Allan Border Medal and Belinda Clark Medal went to David Warner and Ellyse Perry, making it the third such win for each. Alyssa Healy also won big, taking home both Women’s ODI and T20I Player of the Year, while Men’s Test Player of the Year went to Marnus Labuschagne. The Belinda Clark Medal and Allan Border Medal are awarded to the players from the Women’s and Men’s side respectively, voted by players, umpires & media from all international cricket. Australia ODI and T20 captain Aaron Finch with wife Amy. Australian cricketer Marnus & wife Rebekah Labuschagne. Australian Test skipper Tim Paine with wife Bonnie Paine. Aus cricketers Alyssa Healy with husband Mitchell Starc. Australian cricketer Shaun Marsh with wife Bec. Molly Strano wins awarded Domestic Player of the Year. Tayla Vlaeminck wins Young Cricketer of the Year award. Ellyse Perry and David Warner pose with their prestigious medals during the Australian Cricket Awards. in Pride at stake for India in third ODI ICC to investigate India U19’s match spat with Bangla BRIEF Jaiswal, Bishnoi, in ICC U-19 WC New Delhi: The prolif- ic Yashasvi Jaiswal and highest wicket-taker Ravi Bishnoi were among three Indians named in the ICC U-19 World Cup Team of the Tournament on Mon- day . Bishnoi topped the wicket-taking chart by claiming 17 in six matches with a miserly average of 10.64. ries. though, will have the experience and leader- ship of Williamson for the final game as he has passed the fitness test. India went down in Hamilton despite set- ting New Zealand 348 and in the second ODI in Auckland, a Ravin- dra Jadeja special went in vain after New Zea- land rallied to defend 273 on a good pitch. The match is scheduled to start at 7.30 AM IST. New Zealand, Mount Maunganui: It will be matter of pride for India in their third ODI. After whitewash- ing New Zealand in the 5-match T20I series, In- dia lost only their 6th bilateral ODI series in the last 5 years but they still have a lot to play for when they take on the Black Caps in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday . India would expect its top order to fire to avoid a series white- wash, when it clashes Cairns Cup Chess: Harika beats former world champion Kosteniuk Jasprit Bumrah, Head Coach Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli during a practice session ahead of 3rd ODI. Sophie is 1st to get T20 milestone New Delhi: Sophie Devine scored maiden T20I hundred as New Zealand sealed 5-match series against South Af- rica women 3-1 with a game remaining. Devine, also created a world record with her extraordinary figures in the shortest format. with a high-flying New Zealand cricket team. Despite missing inspi- rational skipper Kane Williamson in the line- up due to a shoulder in- jury, the hosts shrugged off the T20 series deba- cle to claim the ODI se- BCCI to hire ombudsman, ethics officer New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India will discuss the appointment of the om- budsman and ethics of- ficer in the upcoming Apex Council meeting on February 16. The re- lease of funds for the Indian Cricketers’ As- sociation is also set to be discussed in the meet- ing along with the home season schedule of the Indian team for 2020-21. Public sector shuttling tourney to start in city maiden title at Sen- wes Park on Sunday . Priyam Garg calls reaction ‘dirty’ New Delhi: After the final of the U19 World Cup ended on a shocking note as Bangladesh and In- dia teams engaged in a spat, India U19 manager Anil Patel said International Cricket (ICC) will watch the video and decide ac- cordingly. Bangla- desh defeated India by three (DLS method) in the final of the tourna- ment to lift their points. Harika who is unbeaten after three rounds, is joint second with two points along with former champ Mariya Muzy- chuk (Ukraine) and Ka- teryna Lagno (Russia). Georgia’s Nana Dzag- nidze beat American player Carissa Yip in 55 moves with white piec- es, overcoming a stub- born challenge from the youngster. St Louis: India’s Hari- ka Dronavalli got the better of former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the third round of Cairns Cup. Meanwhile, Humpy, the other Indi- an in the fray in the 10-player tournament, drew with reigning world champion Ju Wenjun of China in 22 moves late on Sunday, to take her tally to 1.5 ‘Star’ Dinesh upper cuts to get gold in 75 kg category Real Madrid beat Osasuna Madrid: Real Madrid and Barcelona rebound- ed from disappointing Copa del Rey elimina- tions with away victo- ries in the Spanish league on Sunday to continue their closely fought title race. Three days after losing in the cup quarterfinals, Ma- drid routed Osasuna 4-1 and Barcelona edged Real Betis 3-2. The India U19 cap- tain Priyam Garg has termed Bangla- desh’s reaction after securing the U19 World Cup as dirty. Bangladesh U19 cap- tain Akbar Ali apolo- gized for his team’s part in the ugly scenes that scene breaking out as the match ended. world Council Koneru wickets were Sheffield beats Bournemouth New Delhi: Sheffield United beat Bourne- mouth 2-1 in Sunday’s only English Premier League game after Man- chester City’s match with West Ham was called off due to a storm. John Lund- stram scored the win- ning goal as Sheffield recovered from 1-0 down to claim a win. Assam gulps ‘PIL’ on IPL itinerary Jaipur: In the matter related to organising the IPL matches of Ra- jasthan Royals in the state, Assam Cricket As- sociation submitted an application on Monday to be a party in the PIL filed by Rahul Kanwat and others. The associa- tion has said that there is no team from the North East region in the IPL, therefore at least 3 IPL matches in the North East are essential for the development of cricket in the area. Naresh Sharma feat under patronage of his coach Pritam Singh Shekhawat. Many stu- dents participated in the tournament and hundreds of fans came to cheer up their fa- vourite team. Choudhary was con- gratulated by his coach, teammates and friends for winning the medal. They wished him best for the future. Choud- hary said that he would try his best to remain the best boxer of the star boxing club. Jaipur: Dinesh Choud- hary of Star Boxing Club has won gold med- al in 75 kilogram cate- gory in two day boxing tournament under the auspices of Manipal University . Choudhary credit of his victory to his coach Pritam Singh Shekhawat. He said that this med- al was just a beginning; he had to reach the sky . Apart from his coach, Choudhary also gave credit to his parents for Jaipur: 4th All India Public Sector badmin- ton tournament will be held in Jaipur by sports control board of Airport Authority of India. 13 PSUs of government of India will participate in the tournament. IAS and director general of Jawahar Kala Kendra, Kiran Soni Gupta will inaugurate the tourna- ment. Director Jaipur Airport J S Balhara and Gyan Batra, general Aditya wins Nat’l Snooker C’ship Pune: Ace cuiest Adi- tya Mehta defeated mul- tiple-time world cham- pion Pankaj Advani 6-2 to win the National Snooker Championship. Mehta started off with a bang after wining the first frame with a break of 103 while the score remained 103-17. gave Airport Director JS Balhara and Gyan Batra, General Manager HR. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA his blessing helped him achieve this success. He said that a teacher is necessary for guid- ance in life and he has reached achieved this success whose ticipate in the tourna- ment, which will see contests in singles, dou- bles & mixed doubles categories. The prize distribution ceremony will be held on Feb 14. manager (HR) and sec- retary AAI sports con- trol board will also be present. Junior national champions Kashyap and Maharba Luwang will also par- Akarshi

10. The best gift you can give to somebody is at times the most simple, a smile, a pat or your time. 2ND FRONT —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 J AIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia BIGOD: 9 KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN CRUISER JEEP AND BUS First India News China thanks India for offering help ed the authorities. By the time ambulance and authorities reached, nine people had died on the spot,” officials said. Meanwhile, the vil- lagers rescued a few passengers who were rushed to a nearby pri- vate hospital. “Owing to just one doctor being posted during night hours, the staff faced difficulties in treating the injured. The local administration reached the spot and called compounders and doctors from near- by areas for medical aid. Meanwhile, 10 criti- cally injured individu- als have been referred to Bhilwara,” officials said. Hoping that he will be able to overtake the tractor, and reach Bhilwara quickly, the driver executed the manoeuvre, however, he did take into con- sideration the risk involved. “The bus crashed head-on into the cruiser jeep which resulted in the complete destruction of the jeep. Due to the sheer force, the jeep even made sev- eral flips before coming to a halt. However, due to the forces, the pas- sengers were thrown out of the jeep and fell on the road sus- tained severe inju- ries. Hearing sound of the fatal crash, locals rushed to the spot and alert- ing 14 individuals from Santhar village of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh and was coming from Bhilwara. “The road- ways bus, on the other hand, was headed to- wards Bhilwara and was carrying passen- gers as well. The bus had gone some distance after crossing Paawan Dharm area when the driver saw a tractor in the front. The road wasn’t well lit, the driver could not fathom the distance between the bus and oncoming traffic and in a bit to quickly overtake the tractor, he veered on the second lane and pushed the accelerator,” offi- cials said. Govt’s ‘locust standi’ on pests Bigod:Nine people, including two wom- en, were reported dead and over a dozen injured in a horrific accident late on Mon- day night when a roadways bus crashed into a cruiser jeep near Bigod area of Mandalgarh town of Bhilwara district. The accident occurred near Paawan Dham when the bus and jeep crashed head-on as the bus driv- er tried to overtake a tractor in its lane, how- ever, he did not wait for the jeep to pass. As the news reached state capital, Health Minister Raghu Shar- ma immediately PM Narendra Modi with Chinese Prez Xi Jinping. —FILE PHOTO and people of China over the outbreak of the virus that has claimed over 900 lives in the neighbouring country .” We thank and ap- preciate India’s sup- port for China’s fight against the NCP Novel Coronavirus Pneumo- nia, the official name for coronavirus,” Chi- nese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Sh- uang said. Beijing: Monday appreciated PM Narendra Modi’s letter to President Xi Jinping offering soli- darity and assistance to deal with the dead- ly coronavirus out- break, saying it “fully demonstrated” Delhi’s friendship with Beijing.In a letter to President Jinping, PM Modi expressed solidar- ity with the president China on the also New Mangled remains of the cruiser jeep after the accident which occoured late on Monday night. the the spoke with authori- ties and asked them to extend all health care facilities to the injured. The jeep was carry- COURTESY MEET Kalla’s power point status on electricity Jaipur: Energy Min- ister Dr BD Kalla gave a statement on the electricity relat- ed discussion in the assembly on Mon- day and said that fuel surcharge in the state is current- ly only 30 paisa per unit, which keeps on fluctuating. A fuel surcharge is also collected in other states. In Gujarat, it is being charged at 90 paisa per unit. During the tenure of the pre- vious government, a fuel charge was taken on a quarterly basis. The rebate given to the consumers for de- positing bill before the due date has been increased, along with implementing household electrical rates for Gaushala, Dharamshala hostels. Kataria add- ed that about Rs 2,227 crore of the additional load was paid to Adani Power by the previous gov- ernment, after which Chairman of Maneesh Media, Jaipur, Chand Kumawat presented his coffee table book ‘Jewels of Rajasthan’ to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. In this book, 102 personalities from 15 countries, including Guv Dhankhar, are featured. Maneesh Media has published 41 coffee table books so far. Lalchand Kataria speaking at the assembly on Monday. First India News ing an official statement, Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria said that fresh swarms entered the country in December 2019 due to wind in- tensity and lack of ef- fective control over locusts by neighbour- ing country Pakistan. Kataria added that some countries have even had to declare a na- tional emergency due to locust attacks. Till date, the locust control exer- cise had been taken up on 5.29 lakh hectares and pesticides were given to farmers at 100 per cent subsidy . He was respond- ing to criticism by the opposition. Earlier, Dep- uty Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore said that the state govern- ment cannot shy away from its responsibility . TETE -A-TETE On the comment of opposition, CM Ashok Gehlot intervened and said that Rathore was speaking without complete knowledge. Gehlot said that your Union Minister in the Rajya Sabha has said that the Rajasthan government did the best job in locust con- trol. Even if you don't believe us, trust the union minister of your government. It was told in the as- sembly that the govern- ment conducted girda- wari for the first time during the Moreover, the FAO and the central government have appreciated the ef- forts of the state govern- ment. On the other hand, BJP MLAs demanded an inquiry into the ill ef- fects of pesticides. BD Kalla the Regulatory Com- mission has issued an order to take fuel sur- charge of 5 paisa per month in 36 months. Rebate of 0.15%, which was given to consumers on pay- ment of bill 7 days before due date, has been increased to 0.35% on payment of bill 10 days before. Per unit rebated has been increased from 10 to 15 paisa on pre- paid metres. Speak- ing about the base fare, Dr Kalla said that the fare is decid- ed by the Commis- sion for the expan- sion and mainte- nance of the electric- ity system and exten- sion of depreciation. Jaipur: Crop of over 1.49 lakh hectares has been damaged in vari- ous districts of the state due to locust attacks since May . Now, both the parties, BJP and Con- gress, are leaving no stone unturned to tar- get each in the state. Where one party is in favour of the centre, the party wants to po- liticise the work done for the farmers in the state. The locust at- tack continuing in the state was echoed in the assembly on Monday . During the discussion on the Governor's ad- dress, where many legis- lators raised this issue, the state government also made a government statement on this impor- tant issue. While giv- locust IN BETWEEN SESSIONS the disaster. and Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi with BJP MLA and Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore, Congress MLAs Sandeep Yadav, Rafiq Khan, Jogendra Avana interacting with media persons at Vidhansabha on Monday. When Malviya’s warmth achieved a ‘feet’ Cong govt coffers for Mishra’s RSS bonhomie! Yogesh Sharma W two political parties, es- pecially that of the BJP and Congress, cannot in any case have an amica- ble understanding and relationship, the reality is far from the percep- tion! During the first day of the budget ses- sion of Rajasthan As- sembly , an interesting episode when senior Congress leader and former minister Mahendra- jeet Singh Malviya Kashiram Choudhary T much debate amongst the relevant political quarters not just in Ra- jasthan but in New Delhi as well. Interestingly , the visit is also being dis- cussed by the state bu- reaucracy as well! The excellency’s visit was for the ‘far right’ group ie the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) but its ‘bill’ was released in the name of ‘centerist and secu- lar party’s govern- a younger individual. The former congress minister went up to Kataria, stooped low and touched his feet! While this caught Ka- taria off-guard as he had not thought of such a warm gesture from a junior politi- cian, even those pre- sent around the two leaders were surprised at Malviya’s actions. Those present pleasantly surprised at the friendly gesture be- tween the two men, who have invariably found themselves on the oppo- site end of the spectrum called Democracy! nor that made people ‘squirm’ rather the fact that the Governor attended a function of the RSS while being the Constitutional head of a Government of the Congress party! Interestingly , within the bureaucracy and the po- litical circles too there is a divide. While one groups feels that the Governor could have avoided the function, there are those too who claim that his ‘flight’ was not un- called for and as Gov- ernor he has the right to any seminar or function he desires. hile the gen- eral believes that members of he recent visit of Governor Kalraj Mishra to Vara- nasi has created public Kalraj Mishra Gulabchand Kataria Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya at 12 noon. After attend- ing the seminar at DAV PG College at Varanasi, the governor then visit- ed Kashi Vishwanath temple followed by a visit to a private hospi- tal. However, it was not the other ‘engage- ments’ of the Gover- ment ie Rajasthan gov- ernment’s exchequer. Governor Mishra at- tended a seminar of the RSS at Varanasi on Sunday for which a plane was chartered to fly the Governor, his wife Satyawati Mishra and son Rajan Mishra taria folded his hands in Namaskar and greet- ed his junior contem- porary . On seeing the senior leader standing and greeting him, Malvi- ya immediately respond- ed in a manner befitting immediately and senior BJP leader, former Home minister and currently Leader Of Opposition Gulabchand Kataria came face to face in corridors of assembly . Even though being el- der to Malviya, Ka- were the occurred

11. www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia11 JAIPUR, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2020 SAPPHO, LOVE POETRY FOR MOM K gram to thank everyone for their wish- es on the arrival of the munchkin in her life. She also praised the women who go through gruesome pregnancy . “Please welcome Sappho. Born 07/02/20. She just spent 9 month wrapped up like a momo in my uterus. Let’s give her some space...Thank you for all the good wishes and positive en- ergy pouring in. And respect to all the women who go through the intense and gruesome experience of birth, be it vaginal or C-section, so many of whom are not given credit or support for the biggest challenges they face, but are ex- pected to do it out of some kind of duty . DILO ME HOKEMALANG BOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR MOHIT SURI IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST ABOUT HIS LATEST FILM MALANG The process takes a huge toll both psy- chological and physical and should have the backing of an entire commu- nity to truly heal,” she wrote. Kalki also urged her followers to spread love. “And a reminder to each and every human being of where we started, be- ing formed from tiny molecules to con- scious, beautiful beings. We are survi- vors of the biggest battle, the one for life and existence, and should treat ourselves and others with that love and respect. ‘Some say an army of horsemen or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing on the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves’ ~Sappho~ circa 600BC,” she added. alki Koechlin, who welcomed a daughter a few days ago, has named the newborn Sappho. Kalki on Sunday took to Insta- Kalki Koechlin —IANS THAILAND GOES STAR STRUCK S rum in Thailand. The ac- tress, who was accompanied by her husband Daniel We- ber to Thailand, was feted with the Asia One Women empowerment Award, 40 un- der 40, Influential Asian Award, and India’s Fastest Growing Brand award for her cosmetic line StarStruck. Sunny said, “My cosmetic line is a reflection of me, and my team and we have worked really hard to get every as- pect of it right .The award completely belongs to the team StarStruck and Daniel that has got the brand global recognition.” The event was graced by prominent diplo- mats where she was bestowed with the profilic awards. On the acting front, Sunny will next be seen in ‘Koka Kola’. —IANS unny Leone received three honours at the 13th Edition of Asian Business & Social Fo- NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in B ollywood romantic-ac- tion-thriller film, Ma- lang, directed by Mohit Suri and featuring Adi- tya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani, Anil Kapoor and Kunal Khemu did really well in its first-weekend box-of- fice making a whooping `25.36 crores. Talking about the film’s success, Mohit Suri spoke about his experience on-shoot and a few insiders about the same, in an ex- clusive interview with City First on Monday . On being asked about his expe- rience shooting for the film, Mo- hit said, “It was really unusual. When you have Mohit Suri for it, who also had an aptitude for action and not just romance. Similarly , Anil Sir (Anil Kapoor) had played such roles in the past, and I wanted him to go back in time as he currently plays roles of a father or an uncle, and talk- ing about Disha, she’s a very popular face, but has not really made a lot of screen appearance.” The director does not stand by nepotism at all and stating about the same, he mentioned, “Nepo- tism has its plus and minus. If we talk about Alia, even if she wasn’t Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter, she would have made it big in this industry because of the wonder- ful actor that she is, and the same goes for Sara. If we look at Kartik here, he has come from an inte- rior of India and is doing excep- tionally well.” During the interview, Mohit said that is favourite genre is ro- mance, any day . “Even my thrill- er has a love story in it,” he said. Mohit is working on his next film ‘Villain 2’ which will have a fresher cast than the last one and will fea- ture Aditya Roy Kapur and John Abraham. an extremely crazy cast, you tend to enjoy every moment of the shoot. The entire experience was crazier and edgier, as the cast was really lovely .” Mohit always focuses on select- ing the most appropriate cast for his films. To this, he said, “I never cast anyone with their market perception; I cast whoever is perfect for the role. I al- ways felt that Adi (Aditya Roy Kapur) was perfect Disha Patani and Aditya Roy Kapur AND THE WINNER IS... PROMISE DAY Promise that you will be an equal partner, emotionally, physically and financially. South Korean drama ‘Parasite’ drew the loudest cheers at the Oscars 2020 as it created history by becoming the fi rst foreign-language fi lm to win the Best Picture award. Sunny Leone Penelope Cruz

12. HOLLYWOOD www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 12 JAIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 FACE OF THE DAY Brad Pitt for the Best Supporting Actor in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Hildur Gudnadottir for the Best Original Score for Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’ Joaquin Phoenix for the Best Actor SHAURYA SANADHYA, Blogger OSCARS 2020 A s the 92nd edition of the Academy Awards came to a close on Sunday after bestowing the most outstanding icons of the indus- try, here’s a look at the honours that made history at the cham- pagne-soaked event. South Korean drama ‘Parasite’ drew the loudest cheers at the ceremony as it created history by becoming the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award at Oscars. Alternatively, it also won the maximum number of awards at the ceremony as it swept four big titles - Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature. Di- rector Bong Joon Ho made a mark at the award ceremony by taking home three Oscars at the very first Oscar nod. ‘Joker’ star Joaquin Phoenix who is currently basking in the glory of three big awards - Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar - for his role also won his first Oscar after being nominated four times. Renee Zell- weger also lifted her first Oscar in the category of Best Actor for the portrayal of late icon Judy Garland in the biopic ‘Judy’. She had earlier been be- stowed with the honour in the Best Supporting Actor category for ‘Cold Mountain’ in 2004. Heart-throb Brad Pitt won the Best Support- ing Actor honour for his role in Quentin Tar- antino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ which marked his first Oscar win for an acting category. He had previously won in 2012 as a producer of Best Picture winner ‘12 Years a Slave’. Composer Hildur Gud- nadottir who won the award for the Best Original Score for Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’ became the third female composer to win the best score title and the first one to win the Original score title as the Acad- emy in 2000 combined the previous two categories of Original Score and best Dramatic Score into a single category. On the other hand, Former US President Ba- rack Obama’s production debut ‘ American Factory’ also won the Academy for the Best Documentary Feature. The documentary marks the first movie produced by Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama’s High- er Ground Productions. The 92nd edition of the Academy Awards went hostless for the second time and took place at the Dolby Theatres, Los Angeles, Cal- ifornia. Zazie Beetz Barack Obama with Michelle Obama for Debut Production of American Factory Timothée Chalamet Renne Zellweger for the Best Actor for the portrayal of late icon Judy Garland in the biopic ‘Judy’ —ANI Billy Porter You know the mantra for success and therefore you will surely excel in all your tasks this year. Your dreams will surely come true. You will involve yourself in some spiritual activities for sometime. IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva LEO JUL Y 24 - AUGUST 23 To move mountains in your career all you need is dedication and lots of hard work. No matter how much you spend on what, luckily all the money will fl ow back to your life as you are blessed with money. Never let someone’s words defi ne who you are. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 TAURUS APR 21 - MA Y 20 GEMINI MA Y 21 - JUNE 21 CANCER JUNE 22 - JUL Y 23 VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 Your childhood memories will come live as you are likely to spend quality time with your relatives. You seem to always solve problems for others and help them out. You have started working in the direction of achieving your targets. Your planning for building a house will turn out to be good. Being a supporting hand for your spouse will bring lot of happiness to them and they will feel grateful. You can expect a fi nancial boost in form of salary increment or getting money back from the borrower. Keep following the path you have chosen to have a good health. Don’t mind those who are insensitive to you, they don’t deserve your attention. Taking initiative will help you in seizing good opportunities on the business front. Your family will appear most responsive to your needs today. Your nature towards someone’s suffering will be appreciated. You must set a goal and then work hard in achieving it. Carefully read your work documents and specially those which involve your signatures. At workplace not everyone like us no matter how good we are so that should never bother you. Academi- cally, help others to an extent. Adjust yourself if you need to, specially when accomplishing your target is your priority. Do not leave any stone unturned when it comes to excelling in studies. Focus on improving your concentration power if you are feeling distracted lately. YOUR DAY LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Keep smiling as everything will just turn fi ne. Home makers Too much of everything is bad so don’t stress yourself beyond your limit. Keep a good distance from any money bet or something like that. A trip to abroad will materialise soon. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 All your stress will disappear if you indulge yourself in yoga and meditation. You can expect a big break in your career. You will attract money in bulk. You are quite satisfi ed with your life and you must not care about those who are not happy seeing you happy. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 Dedication is what you need to take your career on the next level. You may fi nd yourself being tempted to buy a lot stuff but resist the fancy desires for a while. Your contribution on work front, will be appreciated by everyone. You may just win a property in a lucky draw. Don’t be impatient. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You need to supervise your business to make sure there is no loophole. Watch your expenditure carefully as you may not realise while spending money. You will be very busy but make sure to take care of things on home front. You may need some space from home. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 You are very active these days and not can slow down your spirit. Your right actions of the past will give you great results in the present. You may not feel needed to bring about any improvement in yourself but life is another name for a change and to keep upgrading. Shun all the negative thoughts today and embrace life open heartedly. You will be in the saving mode and therefore you will spend each penny judiciously. You will realise your true potential and bring it to the full use. Many positive changes will come in your life.

13. ETC JAIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 202013 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia DEEPIKA’S PICTURE-SHARING SPREE I t seems like Deepika Padu- kone is on a picture sharing spree, as she teased her fans by posting exquisite pictures from her vacation with hus- band Ranveer Singh on so- cial media on Monday . The 34-year-old actor shared a snap from her exotic vacation and wrote, “two’s company ... #his & hers #vaca- tion” The beautiful frame captures two bicycles parked in a shed captured amid soothing sunlight. On Sunday, the ‘Padmaavat’ actor shared a pic- ture of two umbrellas with a lovely caption that reads, “come sunshine or rain... #his & hers #vacation.” Earlier, the ‘Chhapaak’ actor had shared a photo of her and Ranveer’s passports and air tickets. “His & Hers... #vacation,” she captioned the photo. While Deepika last appeared as an acid attack survivor in ‘Chhapak’, Ranveer will be seen in ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’ and sports drama ‘’83’. —ANI ... her Instagram posts Deepika Padukone ANANYA SHOOTS FOR 23 HOURS NON-STOP Sonu Hua Deewana B wana’ in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Pardes’ as the song that changed the course of his career. Sonu feels before that song released, filmmak- ers and fans alike would dismiss his talent, saying he was just another Mo- hammad Rafi clone. “Yeh he added. Sonu recently paid a visit to Ghai’s Whistling Woods film school, where he went down memory lane and recalled about his experience of singing ‘Yeh dil deewana’ for Shah Rukh in the film. Dil Deewana”, filmed on SRK in the 1997 Subhash Ghai film, changed all that, according to the singer. “No one discovered my originality till they heard ‘Yeh dil deewana’. I sang this song exactly how the director envisaged it, and both the song and film be- came superhit, and I be- came the Sonu Nigam,” ollywood playback star Sonu Nigam considers his popu- lar hit ‘Yeh dil dee- W hours at a stretch. “Ananya has been juggling be- tween shoots and other commit- ments. Recently , during a schedule of Khaali Peeli, she started shooting at 8 o’clock in the morning and contin- ued to shoot till the next morning. She shot for the film for more than 23 hours at a stretch,” a source said. Directed by Parvez Shaikh, ‘Khaali Peeli’ also features Ishaan Khatter. “Ananya has a very tight schedule but even then, none of her other work commitments She’s shooting for a song se- quence, attending events, reading scripts and has a line-up of films in 2020, which she is shooting for. She will kick-start the shoot for some of them by the end of February itself”, the source said, adding that the actress will begin shooting for her upcoming slate of films soon. The masala entertain- er is produced by Ali Ab- bas Zafar with Zee Stu- dios and Himanshu Kishan Mehra. —IANS ithout any sleep, actress Ananya Panday recently shot for her upcoming film ‘Khaali Peeli’ for almost 23 —IANS Sonu Nigam PUNJAB DA PUTTAR NEHAL NAYAR P Pink City on Sunday evening to perform at Hotel Clark’s Amer. Touching millions of hearts with his voice, B Praak happens to be one of the favourite singers of today’s youth and the major- ity of them have at least one song of his in their playlist. Being a music director- turned-singer, his first debut song was ‘Mann Bharrya’, which was a block- buster hit. His Bolly- wood debut as a singer was in the film ‘Kesari’ nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in Janhvi visits Tirupati with the song ‘Teri Mitti’, followed by many other hits till date. His performance in the Pink City was extremely mesmerising, as he per- formed his hit numbers. On being asked about what in- spires him to sing, or has there been any sad phase in his life that he sings such deep songs, B Praak during a candid conversation with City First said, “Well, I have not been through breakup or anything tragic to come up with such deep- ness in my voice or songs. I’m just the voice of the ones who are going through tough times in their lives, and I love what I’m doing. Seeing the love I’m getting from every- one across the globe really overwhelms my heart.” unjabi music sensa- tion Pratik Bachan, commonly known as B Praak was in the B on a religious trip to Tirupati Andhra The ‘Dhadak’ ac- tress took to Insta- gram on Sunday and posted a gamut of pho- tographs from her trip. According to comments on her images, Janhvi trekked it all the way to the top of Tirumala town to make it to the shrine. On the acting front, Janhvi has been shooting for two films -- ‘Gunjan Saxena’ and ‘Roohi- Afzaa’. —IANS suffer. ollywood ac- tress Janh- vi Kapoor is currently in Pradesh. any B Praak Janhvi Kapoor Successful Sustainable Development Sessions J ference on ‘Innovations in Technology, Man- agement and Design for Achieving Sus- tainable Develop- ment Goals’ (IC- SDG) on Febru- ary 7 and 8. The final day of the confer- ence began with a Plena- for sustainable development and villagers at the bottom of Shafkat Hussain, Social Poli- cy Specialist, UNICEF, Ra- jasthan, which had participa- tions from Tshwane Univer- sity of Technology, South Africa, University College London, UK, University of East London, UK and JK Lak- shmipat University, Jaipur. Chief Guest of the day, Dariya Singh Yadav, Director, Technical Education, Govern- ment of Rajasthan, stressed upon focusing on environ- ment, society and economy to increase the happiness index of mother earth for sustaina- bility . cityfirst@firstindia.co.in CITY FIRST K University , Jaipur, organised an in- ternational con- Lakshmipat From Left- Dariya Singh Yadav, YK Vijay, Dr RL Raina, Shafquat Hussain and Isabelle Bardem Dr RL Raina addressing the audience the socio-economic pyramid. This was followed by a spe- cial session on Innovations for Children, chaired by of any economy, as was the need to empower and im- prove the lives of farmers ry Session on Amongst other issues, the nexus of food-wa- ter-energy was highlighted Ananya Panday

14. CITY BUZZ JAIPUR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 14 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia WHAT’S HAPPENING! RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot wished Dheeraj Srivastava and his wife on their anniversary on Monday during a celebration at Delhi. During the day he also attended the wedding of Bittu, son of Rakesh Garg in Baari, Dholpur and he was warmly welcomed by the Congress officials and workers at MLA Giriraj Singh’s office. Vaibhav also paid tribute to Late Rajesh Pilot on his birth anniversary. Jagdeesh Chandra congratulated First India Reporter Naveen and Vijayshree on their engagement at Radha-Rani Marriage Garden in Bandikui on Monday evening. Naveen is the son of Nemi Chand and Beena Sharma, while Vijayshree is the daughter of Biharilal Sharma and Geeta Devi.  Rajasthan Great Contemporary Art Show 2020 kickstarted at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Monday. The show was inaugurated by Dr. BD Kalla. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO Empowering Womenfolk at Par on Budget 2020, organised by CREDAI Rajasthan, Women’s Wing, took place at the CREDAI Office on Monday. The key note speaker of the event was Nivedita Sarda. An exquisite fashion show of ‘Madhya Pradesh Mrignayani Festival’ was organised in Shilpgram at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Monday where the beautiful models of Style Skool walked down the ramp graciously. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO The online registration of Miss Rajasthan 2020 have been opened, after which, starting from April, fashion events will be organised in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Chittor, Bhilwara and Sikar. Auditions will begin in Jaipur in May and June and the grand finale of this competition will be held on August 9. 28 girls, who will be selected for the finale will be provided with grooming sessions by national as well as international grooming experts. On the occasion of farewell to class 12th students of Seth Anandilal Jaipuria Government School For Deaf and Dumb, the top special kids’ institution in Rajasthan, got a surprise when angel humanitarian & philanthropist couple Harish and Pramila organised a free trip to an amusement park for 100 boys and girls, first time in the history of this school. The concluding day of the World Peace Music Festival ‘Surjahan’ witnessed a melodious world folk music performance by award- winning band Coreyah from South Korea at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Monday. Their music was a reflection of the rich blend of tradition with modernity. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO Congratulations &Celebrations The wedding ceremony of Prateeti with Neeraj was held at Chandan Van in the Pink City on Sunday. Prateeti is the daughter of Pawan Kumar and Preeti Goyal, while Neeraj is the son of Roop Chand Agarwal and Anita Devi. A family member seeks blessings from CM Ashok Gehlot, while Ved Prakash Solanki, PK Goyal and others look on smilingly BD Kalla congratulates the happy groom, Neeraj —PHOTOS BY NAIM KHAN LARGE HEARTED DB One notable presence in the marriage was of CS DB Gupta, who was initially reluctant because of ‘obvious reasons’ but finally a requesting Goyal persuaded ‘large- hearted’ Gupta to attend the ceremony. Speaker CP Joshi with Sitaram Agarwal, the newly weds and Pawan and Preeti Goyal Ajitabh Sharma PK Goyal and Pawan Arora Jagdeesh Chandra with Prateeti & Neeraj, along with Rajendra Chhabra, BL Goyal and PK Goyal Rajeev and Isha Swaroop with the newly weds and Pawan and Preeti Goyal PK Goyal and Kuldeep Ranka BL Soni with PK Goyal