First India Rajasthan-Rajasthan News In English 15 Feb 2020 edition

1. SC NOTICE TO CENTRE ON CAA VALIDITY PLEA The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the consti- tutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Register of Citizens. P5 NCP SLAMS GOVT OVER BHIMA-KOREGAON CASE NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Maha government’s decision to transfer Bhima-Koregaon case to the Centre is constitutionally wrong as the investigation falls under state’s jurisdiction. P7 JAIPUR l SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 250 FURIOUS SC TEARS INTO TELECOS ‘Open to tweaking inside & outside of Budget for growth’ After Supreme Court rap, telecos ordered to clear dues by midnight TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS New Delhi: The gov- ernment has asked tel- ecom companies to pay their dues by 11.59 pm on Friday, Press Trust of India report- ed, hours after the Su- preme Court’s dress- ing down on unpaid dues. Companies Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have been issued notices by the Department of Telecom, according to the news agency. The telecom compa- nies have to pay ad- justed gross revenue (AGR) worth 92,000 crore to the government. This morning, the court ripped into tele- com companies as well as the government over the dues remaining un- paid despite its orders. “We don’t know who is creating this nonsense, is there no law left in the country,” the Su- preme Court asked, summoning company bosses for contempt.  “I am anguished. I feel I should not work in this court,” a Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra, S Abdul Nazeer and MR Shah said on the petition fi led by Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleser- vices. “Our conscience has been shaken by the way things are happen- ing in the country,” they remarked. the government.  “We will initiate con- tempt against the offi cer and the companies. Not a penny has been deposit- ed... Is it not the outcome of money power?” the Supreme Court said today, referring to a “desk of- fi cer” in the government who had put on hold the top court’s order. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. LIVELIHOOD OF 80 MN HOUSEHOLDS AT STAKE WITH PM’S DAIRY PUSH The Narendra Modi government is wooing US President Donald Trump with offers of duty concessions on dairy products and chicken to seal a trade deal with the United States during the up- coming visit of Trump and his entourage. New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Fri- day said that she is open to more tweak- ing inside and out- side the Budget for economic growth based on the feed- back given by econ- omists and experts. “If more has to be done beyond Budget 2020, we are willing to do that. I am open to take steps beyond it. We are open to hearing from all of you so that as and when tweakings have to happen or more has to be done beyond the Budget, we are willing to do that, the Finance Minister said in a panel discussion. like  “I am totally at loss how to work in this sys- tem and in this country... A desk offi cer considers himself judge and stays our order.  The Supreme Court had ordered the telecom companies to pay adjusted gross revenue (AGR) worth Rs 92,000 crore to Turn on P4 the Rs THE LETTER THAT ENRAGED COURT SENSEX CLOSES 200 PTS LOWER New Delhi: A “desk of- fi cer’s” letter asking that no coercive action be taken against telecom companies for not pay- ing dues was the trigger for the Supreme Court’s tongue-lashing for the government and a no- tice to telecom compa- nies for contempt. The top court summoned Mumbai: Equity bench- mark indices ended lower after a volatile trading session on Fri- day following Supreme Court’s rejection of the telecom companies’ plea. The BSE S&P Sensex closed 202 points lower at 41,258 while the Nifty 50 slipped by 61 points to 12,113. INDIA, PORTUGAL INK SEVEN PACTS PM Narendra Modi and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa signed pacts to provide for cooperation in areas of investment, transport, ports, culture and industrial and intel- lectual property rights. telecom Turn on P4 Turn on P4 Turn on P4 SC notice to J&K on plea by Omar’s sister for his release Apex Court judge faints during Nirbhaya trial, hearingdeferred Shaheen Bagh invites PM with heartily cut-outs New Delhi: Whether Omar Abdullah’s deten- tion under the stringent Public Security Act (PSA) is valid will be examined by the Su- preme Court, which is- sued notice today to the Jammu and Kashmir administration. The Su- preme Court said it would take up the case again on March 2, re- jecting senior lawyer Kapil Sibal’s request to hear it earlier. Omar Abdullah’s sister Sara Abdullah Pilot had petitioned the Supreme Court against his detention and had asked that he be produced in court and freed im- mediately. tion and this writ peti- tion is liable to be dis- missed,” it said. Vinay Sharma had claimed in the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind did not consider the “men- tal stability” he suf- fered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was “fit and of sound mind”. This was part of the con- vict’s last-ditch effort to escape the death sen- tence handed to him and three others for the bru- tal sexual assault on a 23-year-old physiothera- py intern on December 16, 2012. New Delhi: A Supreme Court judge fainted in the courtroom on Fri- day while she was dic- tating an order on the centre’s petition seek- ing separate execu- tions for the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Justice R Banumathi regained consciousness even as court staffers rushed to her aid, PTI said, adding that she was subsequently taken to her chamber in a wheel- chair. The three-judge bench, also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Ashok Bhushan, said that the order will be passed in-chamber. New Delhi: Protestors at Shaheen Bagh on Friday held heart- shaped cut-outs urg- ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit them at the pro- test site. ‘PM Modi come to Shaheen Bagh’ read the cutouts. The heart-shaped cutouts were held by five men in the gathering. The pro- test at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act has been continuing for the past nearly two months. Omar Abdullah Sara Abdullah Pilot Earlier this month, the former chief minister -- in detention since Au- gust 5 when the govern- ment ended special sta- tus to Jammu and Kash- mir -- was charged under the stringent law that al- lows detention without trial for up to three months, and this can be extended. “We were hoping that the release would be sooner...,” said Sara Ab- dullah Pilot. “We have full faith in the justice system. We are here in hope that the people of Kashmir have the same rights as the rest of India. We are waiting for that day,” she added. please Justice R Banumathi tion by President Ram Nath Kovind. “We do not find any ground for exercise of judicial review of the order of the President of India rejecting the petitioner’s mercy peti- In a related develop- ment, the same bench dismissed the plea of Vinay Sharma -- one of the four death row convicts in the case - challenging the rejec- tion of his mercy peti- Turn on P4 Turn on P4 CM Gehlot’s solidarity at Raj’s ‘Shaheen Bagh’ Says if required he will be the first one to go to detention camp SPECIALS OFF THE RECORD The chief minister claimed that informa- tion on birthplace of par- ents was being sought for NPR. “If I am not able to furnish the de- tails, I too would be asked to live in a de- tention centre. You stay assured, if such situation comes then I would be the first to go there,” Gehlot said, add- ing that the BJP govern- ment in Assam has re- fused to implement NRC. “It is the right of a government to make a law but a govern- ment should rule as per the sentiments of the people. Citizenship Act to main- tain peace and harmony in the country, Gehlot said at the protest ven- ue, “The NDA govern- ment should reconsider the Citizenship (Amend- ment) Act (CAA), which is against the spirit of the Constitution, and should come forward to withdraw it so that peace and harmony can be maintained,” he said. Gehlot assured the protesters that the Congress party and Rajasthan ment were with them and if required, he would be the first to go to a detention centre. Bureaucratic corridors are not just about heavy fi les and red-tape, but also tug-of-war and internal tussles run high in its alleys fi lling the most coveted job with elements of spice. FI brings whispers from the world of babudom... Kartikey Dev Singh Shaheed Smarak, an ode to those fallen men who died for the nation in line of duty. And yet again Gandhian Gehlot has come out strongly in favour of the anti- CAA protestors as on Friday evening the Con- gress stalwart reached Shaheed Smarak and offered his support to the protesters. Demanding that the Central Government led by PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah withdraw the amended Jaipur: While Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh has be- come a symbol of non- violent protest, three hundred kilometers south-west of nation- al capital Delhi is lo- cated yet ‘Shaheen Bagh’ where anti-CAA protestors have been staging an indefinite sit-in. The location, right in the heart of Rajasthan’s capital Jaipur, is inci- dentally called P2 another Realty Check govern- FI speads its vistas... we shall now recount bytes and buzz in the real estate sector Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and MLA Rafeek Khan greeting crowd at Shaheed Smarak on Friday. 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2. NEWS JAIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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 HC grants Amazon interim relief in CCI investigation Hyderabad: Amazon has received interim re- lief in the investigation ordered by the Competi- tion Commission of In- dia last month. The Karnataka High Court on Friday grant- ed an interim stay on the January 13 CCI or- der in which the compe- tition watchdog had ini- tiated a probe on alleged anti-competitive prac- tices of both Flipkart and Amazon. This decision of the HC comes on the writ petition that Amazon had filed with the court earlier this week asking that the CCI order be quashed while seeking an interim stay till the disposal of the petition. Amazon had said that in the absence of a stay, on which CCI had or- Bombay: Justice Dharmadhikari resigns I the most senior judge after the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, told an advocate appearing before him on Friday that he had de- mitted his office, and that he had resigned. Advocate Mathews Nedumpara told The Hindu that when he was mentioning a matter be- fore Justice Dharmadhi- When asked about certain developments in K’taka man ‘breaks’ Bolt’s 100 m record in 9.55 secs Kannada: A Karnata- ka villager and Kamba- la jockey has become an overnight sensation af- ter he ran the tradition- al buffalo race, covering 142.50 meters in just 13.62 seconds. The timing was enough to make 28-year- old Srinivasa Gowda the fastest runner in the history of the tradition- al sport of the coastal region, breaking a 30-year-old record. It also led to comparisons with Bolt’s world record sprint of 100 meters in just 9.58 seconds. As Gowda ran 142.50 meters in 13.62 seconds, people simply calculat- ed what his speed would have been for 100 me- tres. It turned out to be just 9.55 seconds, .03 seconds faster than Bolt’s record. Some even suggested No flights at Jaipur Airport for 6 hours Kashiram Chaudhary day filed a supplemen- tary charge sheet in a Delhi court naming Hyderabad-based busi- nessman Sana Satish Babu, a close aide of controversial meat ex- porter Moin Akhtar Qureshi, in a money laundering case. Special Judge Anu- radha Shukla Bharad- waj put up the matter for consideration of the second charge sheet filed in the case for Feb- ruary 15. The charge sheet, filed through Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta, stated that the probe agency has found new evidence of money trail in the case. Babu was earlier ar- rested and granted bail by the court in August last year. The ED is probing the purported purchase of shares worth Rs 50 lakh of a company linked to Qureshi by Babu. —ANI BRIEF  The division bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vijay Bishnoi of Rajasthan HC have fi led a PIL and issued a notice to Secretary and DGP of Home Department, regarding increasing addiction of drugs among youth. member. CAIT spokes- person Praveen Khan- delwal has said that both CAIT and the Del- hi Vyapar Mahsangh will file an appeal against the Karnataka High Court’s order for an interim stay and that they are consulting with lawyers. Amazon contested the CCI order over the issue of jurisdiction, arguing that both the e-com- merce companies are already being investi- gated by the enforce- ment directorate under the FDI policy . The ED had informed the Delhi High Court last year that it was investigating Amazon and Flipkart on whether they have vio- lated provisions under FEMA.  Two people died while 9 others were injured on Friday morning in a collision between a van and a recklessly driven car. The accident occurred near Alampur in Har- sora PS area. the government should train him for the Olym- pics. Under pressure from some rights activists, Kam- bala was banned a few years ago as it involves the jockeys whipping buffaloes to make them run faster.However, then Congress govern- ment in Karnataka led by chief minister Sid- daramaiah passed a special legislation al- lowing it. Although the records cannot be directly com- pared, since the Kam- bala jockey was run- ning alongside a pair of buffaloes and the speed generated was also by the animals. But the race was run in a slushy field, which can only be a speed deterrent. Even without the comparisons, Gowda’s feat is remarkable on its own. dered the probe, the Confederation of All India Traders ( CAIT), as well as Flipkart and Amazon. Amazon had made Flipkart a re- spondent in the peti- tion, and Flipkart also made arguments dur- ing the hearing. The CAIT had impleaded to be heard in the case, cit- ing that the Delhi Vya- par Mahasangh is its ‘irreparable loss & in- jury would be caused’ to the company, its reputa- tion & goodwill. The high court has given all the parties in the petition two months to respond with their arguments. The parties in the petition include the CCI, the Delhi Vya- par Mahasangh, which had filed the complaint animal  RPSC announced interim result for 11,322 posts of Clerk Grade II Recruit- ment-2018 and issued the list of selected candidates. The step has been taken in accordance with CM’s directions. —Agencies —Agencies PMLA case: Qureshi’s aide an accused New Delhi: ED on Fri- the Bombay High Court. He was due to retire in January 2022. He was elevated as a judge of HC on November 14, 2003. He has passed sev- eral strictures against government officers. He has been constantly ex- pressing his displeasure over the pace of the probe conducted by CBI and SIT into killing of rationalists Govind Pan- sare and Dr Narendra Dabholkar. —Agencies happened in between, which were not known to him, because of which he was left with an option either to shift to Odisha or resign, and that he was reluctant to move to Odisha because of the short tenure. Born in 1960 to a fam- ily of lawyers, Dharma- dhikari started his prac- tice as an advocate in June 1983 and later went on practice on the origi- nal and appellate side of kari in the morning, the latter said, “I cannot grant you any relief as today is my last day”. Mr. Nedumpara asked, “Is your lordship being elevated?”. Dharmadhikari said, “I am demitting my office”. He later told journalists in his cham- ber that his resignation was because of ‘family reasons and purely per- sonal’. n a shocking move, Justice Satyaranjan C Dharmadhikari, extended parallel to the runway till the end to- wards the Jagatpura stretch. Also, the work of connecting the taxi track and runway will be done. During the NOTAM, flights will not operate for 7 hours. The completion of the taxi track would in- crease the capacity of landing and take-off of flights at the Jaipur Air- port, which would result in saving 3-4 minutes of each flight. From Febru- ary 16, there will be no 2-hour NOTAM taken in the day, which means the flight would take place from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Jaipur: There will be a big change in the opera- tion of flights at the Jaipur Airport from Sat- urday as the flights will not operate in the night from 10:30 pm to 5:30 am and the runway will be closed. The schedule would be followed till June 30. During this time, the work of con- structing a taxi track parallel to the runway will be done. In the past, NOTAM has been taken 4 times to make the taxi track, but the work has not been completed yet. The taxi track will now be Justice then him being elevated as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and that the discussion had started in 2019, he said UP doctor booked with NSA for anti-CAA speech Mathura: Uttar Pradesh doctor Kafeel Khan on Friday was booked under the National Securi- ty Act (NSA) over his speech alleg- edly against CAA at Aligarh Mus- lim University in December last year. The state govern- ment slapped NSA on RECENT RESHUFFLE BRINGS HOPE N of the govt were in limbo but after the recent trans- fer list the coming days seem to be bright. Both labour and skill develop- ment ministers Tikaram Juli and Ashok Chandna were at loggerheads with Commissioner & director Dr Samit Sharma. Even the secretary Naveen Jain found it tough to get it through Samit and as a result nothing seemed to be moving in these two departments. But with Both Naveen and Samit themselves moving out now both departments see things really moving. OFF THE RECORD ot very long ago a couple of departments operation Khan as he waited to be released. “Dr Kafeel Khan was to be released today morning. But before that, we received an order from Ali- garh DM that he has been booked under the NSA.” Shailendra Mathura Jail Superin- tendent said. —ANI CHATTY IAS STEAL SPOTLIGHT AT ASSEMBLY SESSION N but it seldom happens that bureaucrats sitting in the gallery steal the show. So much so that even some MLAs couldn’t take their eyes off the two IAS, with the same initials, engrossed in whispered chat during the question hour. One of these IAS has been recently transferred. While one was uncomfortable during last govt’s tenure but is breathing easy now, the other is fruit of every season who somehow fi nds a cozy place in every govt. The smiling duo was center of attraction for many. CHANGE IN FLIGHT SCHEDULE FLIGHT FLIGHT NUMBER INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS Thai Smile WE-344 Air Asia D7-195 Air Arabia G9-436 Air India IX-195 DOMESTIC FLIGHTS Indigo 6E-6806 Indigo 6E-218 Indigo 6E-838 Indigo 6E-6314 ormally whenever assembly session is on, the focus is on house proceedings TIME CHANGE 2:15 am to 10:15 am 11:15 pm to 9 pm 4:05 am to 6:20 am 5:45 am to 6:35 am Maitrey, After J&K visit, EU wants India to lift remaining restrictions swiftly New Delhi: A day after the second batch of for- eign diplomats conclud- ed a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, the European Union (EU) on Friday sought immediate lifting of ex- isting restrictions in the Union Territory . “The visit confirmed that the government of India has taken positive steps to restore normal- remaining restrictions Cancel 5 am to 5:35 am 11:10 pm to 10:15 pm 10:40 pm to 10:25 pm be lifted swiftly .” Noting the “positive steps” initiated by the union government to restore normalcy in the region, Battu-Henriks- son said the visit pre- sented a “welcome op- portunity” to see the situation on the ground and to interact with lo- cal interlocutors in Jammu and Kashmir. cy. Some restrictions remain, notably on in- ternet access and mo- bile services, and some political leaders are still in detention,” said Virginie Battu-Henriks- son, EU spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. “While we recognise the seri- ous security concerns, it is important that the BIRTHDAY GREETINGS! DR LIYAQAT, NEXT PRINCIPLE OF SP MEDICAL COLLEGE? S is Sardar Patel Medical College. The race for the post of principal of the college is on. Reportedly two names have reached the govt. One is of Dr Liyaqat Ali Gauri while the other is Dr GL Meena. If the Bikaneriis pata is to be believed then Dr Liyaqat, said to be from the in power Kalla camp, is the frontrunner although the offi cial an- nouncement is yet to happen. ummer is still some time away yet the sand dunes of Bikaner seem to be turbulent. This time the epicenter of the turbulence (L-R) IAS Sudhansh Pant and IAS Sanjay Malhotra celebrated their birthdays on February 14, Friday. We wish them all the best! —Agencies WINDSOR HOMES PROJECT AT SITAPURA T Private Limited, constructed in 1282 sq yards of land in Sitapura of Jaipur, was sold for Rs 9 crore. Sudhir Agrawal and Vivek Jain are the directors of the builder group. BUILDER INFAMOUS FOR STUCK PROJECTS CREATES BUZZ T Ventures (JVs). Wherever there is a scope of a JV, his proposal is the fi rst one to reach the client. This builder has projects right from C-Scheme to Vaishali Nagar. He is sort of an expert in getting projects stuck midway. He would simply forward an advance, get in to the deal and then let it languish. This strategy of his has stalled many projects of his JV partners. This builder also has an old habit of poking nose in disputed property deals. He has become a pain in the neck for most land owners and builders. These days he is making news with his projects in Vidhayakpuri and C Scheme. ONCE A KING OF JVS FACING DARK TIMES O His kingdom spanned from Banipark, C-Scheme to Bapu Nagar. He has to his credit more than 50 residential housing projects. But that was the story sometime ago, now he is in real disarray. One by one all his projects have failed. Now no land owner is ready to go for JV with him. The situation is so grim that he is unable to fi nish his old projects also. Worse that few of his old JV deals are getting cancelled now. His last hope is this commercial project he is involved in. If this project fails any how then the market would certainly write his commercial obituary. he RERA registered project Pearl Project by Spytech Buildcon he real estate has its own characters. This one is both famous and infamous for his Joint nce upon a time, not very long ago, there was this builder knows as the ‘King Of JVs’. Realty Check FIRST INDIA speads its vistas... we shall now recount bytes and buzz in the real estate sector MANGALAM ADHAR SOLD AT `9 CRORE A sold for Rs 9 crore. Sanjay Gupta and Vinod Goyal are the directors of the RERA registered project. nother project by Mangalam Home Constructions Company, Mangalam Adhar Vaishali Estate Project, built in 21 bigha land, was

3. RAJASTHAN J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 03 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia BJP, Cong lock horns in Assembly First India News ‘Govt trying to reduce roadways losses’ ASSEMBLY STALWARTS Jaipur: Congress and BJP locked horns over farmers’ issues in the State Assembly on Fri- day. The BJP accused the Congress Govern- ment of delaying dis- bursal of money to farmers under the ‘PM Kisan Samman Nidhi,’ while Minister for Co- operative Uday Lal blamed the BJP Gov- ernment in the Centre. Anjana Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria and Deputy LoP Ra- jendra Rathore’s at- tacks. Responding to Rathore’s Anjana said that it is a farmer’s discretion to apply for ‘PM Kisan Nidhi.’ He informed that till February 6, 67.10 lakh farmers had applied for the same, out of which 63.41 lakh have been up- loaded on PM Kisan portal and 47.32 lakh farmers had received first installment, 46.50 lakh farmers were giv- en second installment, 36.51 lakh got third in- stallment and 15.85 lakh got 4th installment. The remaining 1.75 lakh ap- plications were under verification process. First India News ized by the BJP govt. He informed house that due to such decisions the roadways was in green for the first time on October & December months. Ear- lier replying to the question by Brijndra Singh Ola, minister briefed on the pending issues like retirement benefits, earned leaves, pay scale arrears and surplus al- lowance. He informed that the retirement benefits of 4,103 em- ployees were pending for which he tabled de- pot wise report. the Jaipur: Transport min- ister Pratap Khachariyawas on Fri- day said that the govt was earnestly trying to reduce the roadways losses. Khachariyawas was replying to supple- mentary raised by members dur- ing the Question Hour. Enumerating steps taken by his dept he mentioned the seizure of Rsone crore per month contract with Sa- hara saving the same. He informed the House that the Congress govt Singh Independent MLA Sanyam Lodha claimed in the House that the Governor’s speech on Roadways was false. Lodha based his comments on a report published in a Hindi daily. He also picked up the issue of electricity companies and cor- ruption rampant in the department. had not only reversed the preceding govt’s decision to issue permits to Lok Pariva- han buses on national- ized routes and no such permits have been is- sued so far but also again categorized the routes as nationalized which were de-national- questions Affairs, Anjana BJP gratuity, thwarted Lodha takes on discoms in House, alleges rampant graft However, the BJP leaders alleged that verification was not completed on time, therefore, the data was not uploaded and farm- ers didn’t receive the money. Anjana said that veri- fication has no role in it, the money has not been reimbursed due to lack of funds. “When the Central Government did not re- lease money, how would farmers get it,” he asked. When about the Government’s plan to save the land of the farmers, Anjana mentioned about the loan waiver scheme. But he refused perma- nent stay on attachment of farmers’ properties. question, First India News bills of more than 80 lakh compared to actual consumption. He said that Kota Mu- nicipal Corporation’s bill used to be Rs 20 lakh, which is now Rs one crore. He demanded probe of scams in pow- er companies. On the other hand, Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore alleged scams in educa- tion department. He said that government agen- cies have been purchas- ing paper for books at higher cost. Scams are taking place openly in the transparent govern- ment, he said. ‘Govt has formed panel for Sambhar Lake’ Jaipur: The stat gov- ernment came into fir- ing line of Independent MLA Sanyam Lodha over ‘loot’ by power companies. Lodha who usually supports the government was livid that power companies purchasing one lakh unit but raising bill of 3 lakh units. Alleging corruption, Lodha said that neither the BJP government nor the present one is concerned about con- sumers. He said that 32 connections received First India News mentary raised by house mem- bers. He informed house that the Sambhar lake was spread in Ajmer, Jaipur and Na- gaur districts. There was no bird death in Ajmer. The first bird death infor- mation came Jaipur area and team was sent there. He re- plied that there was no need to arrange for food & water for the birds. question dent in future, had con- stituted Wetland Au- thority and a inter de- partment standing com- mittee. He said that the death of migratory birds was jointly investigated by the forest dept, animal husbandry dept, Navan municipality and the civil defense team. This team rescued the injured birds, count- ed the dead and also buried them. Vishnoi was replying to supple- Jaipur: The forest & en- vironment minister Sukhram Vishnoi on Friday told the House that the govt had consti- tuted a committee to effectively monitor and act on matters pertain- ing to Sambhar lake. He informed the House that after the large scale death of migratory birds the govt, in order to act & monitor and to prevent such an inci- the Narayan Beniwal grabbed attention of House by his fiery speech where he advised Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas to hold sudden inspec- tion of Roadways buses and staff. He also said House wasted time on is- sues like CAA. asked from Div Commissioner chairs a meet over Internet ban First India News ‘Learning English would boost confidence of kids at govt school’ Soaring temp signal onset of Summers The rising temperatures Jaipur: night have signaled the onset of summers. The State capital witnessed a temprature of 16.2 de- grees celsius, which was the highest in the state. Ganganagar re- corded a temperature of13.2 degrees celsius while the arid Fatehpur district recorded 4.4 de- grees celsius. nights here are still cold. Acc to a forecast by the IMD, the overall weather conditions will be dry till Feb 17, with clear skies although Saturday might see a fall in minimum tem- perature by 2-3 degree celsius. The maximum temperature in Jaipur will hover around 30 de- gree celsius in the be- ginning of the week, but by Thursday, the haze will give way to bright sunshine. First India News Jaipur: It was proba- bly a first major move by the State Govt when the Divisional Commis- sioner, KC Varma tried to find an alternate to find a solution to the problem of complete restriction on the inter- net services. Varma continuing with an im- portant chaired a meeting of a working group consist- ing of representatives of telecom service pro- viders, WhatsApp, Po- lice and DOIT. He told the group that whenever the in- ternet is restricted un- der pressing situations, it also adversely affects many ‘net- dependent’ important services like health, banking etc, which fur- ther has serious impact on consumers. In order to resolve this serious Jaipur: The initiative of opening English me- dium Government schools in the State has been a tremendous suc- cess. Through learning English, children in Government will gain confidence and be at par with chil- dren of private English medium schools. They will not suffer from in- feriority complex which weakens the country. This was stated by Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot at the inaugura- tion of the Jagatpura- based ‘Jayshree Peri- wal Global School’on Friday . He further stated that there is no dearth of tal- ent among Hindi-speak- ing populus. However, in today’s time, the im- portance of English has schools initiative The tire country and the solution depends on overcoming technical challenges. The working group has already met thrice since January and an- other round will take place on March 3 this year. Now the working group expects the rep- resentatives of the so- cial media sites and applications to come up with a feasible tech- nical answer to the problem. issue, a working group consisting of repre- sentatives of BSNL, DOT, social media apps like facebook & What- sApp was constituted in January. He added that since finding a solution was an technical issue, so all the stake holders should seriously think about it. Most probably, it is the first such at- tempt to search for op- tions to the problem of internet ban in the en- various CM Ashok Gehlot, DB Gupta, Govind Singh Dotasara, Rupinder Periwal and Jayshree Periwal during the inauguration of Jagatpura-based ‘Jayshree Periwal Global School’on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR in tandem with govern- ment schools to ensure access to quality educa- tion for all children. In the first Budget, the CM declared Rs 1581 crores for improving the qual- ity of education in the State as well as opening 1260 schools across the State. tion, Government of Rajasthan, Govind Sin- gh Dotasra said that the Government intends to provide quality educa- tion to every child whether they are study- ing in private or gov- ernment schools. The Government intends to support private schools increased greatly in all sectors of life. Hindi- speaking children are not getting as many op- portunities as those who are fluent in Eng- lish. So, we need to pro- gress on this front as well, he said. Minister of Primary and Secondary Educa- transport, ACB nabs Vet and Asst for taking bribe Ajmer man about to set ablaze woman, held Ajmer: A 28-year-old man was arrested while he was moving with a can of petrol to set ablaze a woman and her daughter over failed marriage talks in Pal- ghar district, police said. Accused Bhairavs- ingh Rathod, a native of Ajmer, was angry that the woman’s fami- ly had stopped mar- riage talks for their daughter with him as he was jobless, SI Dashrath Patil said. “The girl got engaged to some other person. Rathod was moving to the woman’’s house when we nabbed him.” GUP SHUP WHEN A GAMA TAKES CLUE FROM AN EPIC! O ‘Mahabharata.’ Just like Arjun had set his target on a bird’s eye, similarly the PETER SAHAB BEING LAUDED BY HIS SENIORS S ‘Peter’ is posted in the east district of Jaipur Commissionerate and although he is posted in the State Capital, which is considered to be a hectic and challenging posting, the sahab manages to stay calm and cool. Interestingly, the sahab was posted in Commissionerate’s West district on probation prior to the current posting and it was here that the sahab met with an ‘accident’. The police station, where the sahab was posted, came under ACB’s radar and the bureau sleuths conducted a raid in the PS following which, the Gama fled from the spot. Not able to fathom what was going on, the Peter also fled from the spot however managed to ‘hold on’ to his ‘chair.’ while the sahab had no role in that ‘accident’, the shy sahab is now being lauded by his seniors and has received a ‘gift’ i.e. a posting in the East district. ne Gama has been behaving like the famous archer Arjun from the Epic, o let us tell you about this shy ‘Peter sir’ of Jaipur Commissionerate. The First India News Gurjar had reported that the veterinary doc- tor had demanded a bribe of Rs 7,000 against preparing the postmor- tem report of a sheep. When the ACB team verified the complaint, it was found that an amount of Rs 500 was given and Rs 5,000 were to be taken by the doc- tor on Friday . While taking action, the ACB team arrested the Doctor and the Livestock The accused doctor is the resident of Taseeng village situated Behror district. Alwar: A team of ACB officials in caught red-handed a Veterinary doctor of Grade I posted at the Veterinary Hospital in Bansur, Dr Rajendra Prasad and livestock as- sistant, Ravi while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000. The officials recovered the amount from the Livestock According to the Circle Officer of the Anti-Cor- ruption Bureau, Ma- hendra Meena, com- plainant Gama has set his ‘target’ on his senior Peter Sahab. The Gama has been doing everything Alwar OF AN INTERESTING CASE OF COP DUO I maintaining law and order. However, what if the cops keep investigation of special cases on the ‘back burner’? something on these lines, appears to have happened in an investigation related to trap of two cops at Bhilwara by the Anti Corruption Bureau. The ACB had nabbed the duo wherein, the SHO ran away from the spot resulting in suspension of the SHO. But interestingly, the ACB has not started its investigation against the arrested man whereas, a challan has already been filed against the duo. nvestigation by police officials is a major factor in ‘uprooting’ crime and possible to ‘trouble’ his superior to the extent that he is feeding the top cops about the Peter’s inefficiancy, while also taking credit for all the good that happens in Peter’s ‘domain’. well truth be told the Peter has levelled severe allegations against the Gama in the past due to which the cop faced tough times and even to this day, is not sure how long he will continue to hold charge of his police station. Thus, the Gama has decided that offence is the best defence! Yadav Assistant. Assistant. in Tarachand

4. RAJASTHAN J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 04 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia in Sunny ‘shines’ three lives Cadaver Transplant at SMS: 17-yr-old’s kidneys & liver give new lease of life Vikas Sharma BRIEF z Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will visit Kota on Saturday and will attend some programmes in the district on February 15 and 16. Birla will also inaugurate public welfare schemes, exhibition on the first day of his stay, fol- lowed by attending an award ceremony and cultural programme in the evening. On February 16, he will attend some local pro- grammes. He will leave for Jaipur by road at 2 pm. From Jaipur, Birla is expected to go to Ahmedabad by air. ‘SMS TO BE PIONEER CENTRE FOR LIVE & CADAVER ORGAN TRANSPLANTS’ Jaipur: Taking forward the thinking of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s organ donation as the big- gest donation, the SMS Hospital made a sort of hattrick of cadaver trans- plant within a month. A 17-year old brain dead Sunny gave a new lease of life to three. Within a span of three weeks, the hospital has created his- tory by optimising three patients for organ dona- tion, on Friday . Two heart transplants have been done by CTVS team headed by Dr Anil sharma at the SMS Medi- cal College and Hospital, one of the biggest Centre of excellence in the country . While the first heart transplant patient was discharged recently . The patient of the sec- ond heart transplant, which was done on Feb- ruary 8, is recovering well and is already off the ventilator, said hospi- BJP leaders staged a sit-in at Malviya Nagar on Friday. S created four posts for liver transplant surgeons at SMS. Now we are looking forward to regular liver and lung transplant programme in addition to kidney and heart. We have proposed a separate department of transplant medicine at SMS which is for the first time in any medical college institute. Also we plan to make other medical college hospitals as NTORC (non transplant organ retrievable centres), where our consultants would go and train faculty there, said Dr Sudhir Bhandari. MS Hospital is going to be a pioneer centre for live and cadaver organ transplants. Recently government BJP leaders stage demo demanding suspension of SHO First India News Sunil Kothari and a large number of party functionaries came in support of the agita- tion. Additional commissioners Ashok Gupta, Ajay Pal Lamba and Dr Rahul Jain (DCP East) came to the spot for talks but flatly re- fused the suspension of anybody in the 20 min- ute dialogue with the BJP leaders inside the Police Station. The entire contro- versy started on Thurs- day when Suman Shar- ma sitting on dharna was demanding arrest of unidentified mis- creants involved in burning some kiosks and Congress leader Archana Sharma too arrived there to review the scene. Both their supporters clashed resulting in light use of force by the police in which Dhar- ma Chodhary was in- jured. BJP will now demonstrate at commis- sionerate on February 17 on the issue. Jaipur: The impasse over suspension Malviya Nagar SHO Arun Punia continued even on Friday morn- ing when BJP leaders and supporters started their sit-in at Malviya Nagar thana at 10 am. Apart from SHO’s suspension they were also demanding action against ACP Mahendra Sharma and policemen involved in lathi charge on Thursday in which one Dharma Chodhary suffered head injury . By 12 pm, the BJP leaders tried at every- thing at disposal to pressurise the police to act favourably . Apart from BJP lead- er Suman Jaipur MP Ramcharan Bohra, MLAs Kalich- aran Saraf and Narpat Singh Rajvi, former state president Ashok Parnami, former MLAs Rajpal Shekhawat, Surendra Pareek, ML Gupta, ex-mayor Sheel Dhabai, city president Brain dead Sunny’s (inset) organs were donated to three people by his family. of Department of Anaes- thesia, Biochemistry , pa- thology , microbiology , medicine, neurology , car- diology , blood bank and the operating faculty from CTVS and Urology departments. As per Dr Bhandari intense monitoring of clinical and blood pa- rameters is done minute to minute and it re- quires most precise fine tunning pre and post transplant. available in Jaipur or all over the country . His de- tails have been put on NOTTO website. Principal and Control- ler of SMS Medical Col- lege Dr Sudhir Bhandari while complimenting the Sotto team for their great work said transplant pro- gramme requires ex- treme coordination and fine tunning of consult- ants of various depart- ments. Dr Bhandari thanked all the faculty of and gave consent for or- gan donation. Both the were given to a match- ing recipients at the SMS Hospital itself. For kidney transplant the urology team comprised of Dr Vinay Tomar and Dr SS Yadav. Liver was sent by cre- ating a green corridor to NIMS Hospital while Sunny’s heart could not be transplanted as no matching recipient was police tal sources. On Thurs- day , 18-year-old boy Sun- ny , a resident of Dausa, who was declared brain dead gave lease of life to three people. Sotto team of SMS Hospital which compris- es Dr Amarjeet Mehta, Dr Munish Sharma and Dr Ajit Singh along with Dausa MLA Murari Lal Meena and minister Mamata Bhupesh coun- seled the family who was extremely receptive Two held for duping people in name of Bitcoins z Efforts of Health Minister Raghu Sharma bore fruits when renovation work began in Fatehgarh Fort after Rs3.60 crore budget was released for a 3-year work for rejuvenation of the historical heritage fort. Earlier on Friday, Sharma participated in a puja at the Swasthya Bhawan in Jaipur. kidneys z On the occasion of Valentine’s Day, DCP East Rahul Jain reached Ish Cafe serving illegal hookah in the Jawahar Circle police station area. Af- ter getting information, Jain reached the cafe as a customer, but he was denied entry. He, however, managed to get in where couples were having hookah inside the cafe. Jain informed the special team and seized hookah and arrested the owner. Shifting to normal jail: Criminal on hunger strike First India News First India News hails from Jodhpur while Avika is from Ch- uru and both currently reside in Jagatpura from where they were nabbed while they were planning to flee abroad. They promised their victims 1% return per day on their investment through seminars. Sharma, fered Bitcoin invest- ment in Forex trading, Crypto trading and AR- BITAG platform. Initial estimates sug- gests the duo has cheat- ed people of about Rs10- 15 crore in the state alone and operations outside can’t be ruled out. Accused Manoj one Manoj Patel and Avika Mishra was re- ceived accusing the duo of cheating in name of investing in Bitcoins. Upon investigation, the duo was found to be operating a company MLM I Max Capital in a organised manner with a website where they of- Jaipur: The SOG on Friday arrested two persons accused of dup- ing people of crores of rupees in the name of investment in Bitcoin. Addl DG ATS & SOG Anil Pailwal informed that a complaint against Ajmer: Hardcore crimi- nal, Bahadur Singh, is on a hunger strike and has given up food and water since the past 5 days while demanding transfer from high-secu- rity jail to normal jail. The Ajmer Jail offi- cials have tried to con- vince him to end his hunger strike but in vain. As per rules, the review regarding shift- ing of prisoners is done on the instructions of Prison Headquarters, but such a review has not occurred for the last 3 months. At the same time, a team of doctors is con- stantly monitoring Sin- gh’s health. Also, the concerned officials of the jail administration are keeping an eye on the entire development. In a similar manner, the family of dacoit Jag- an Gurjar, who was shifted from Dholpur to the high-security jail, has also handed over a letter to the District Col- lector of Dholpur alleg- ing that Gurjar has stopped eating drinking in the jail. Also, they have alleged that Gurjar is being har- assed in the jail. Raj mountaineer Magan Bissa dies in accident in Pune z The inauguration of the departure hall of the Jaipur Airport could be done by Air- port Authority Chair- man Arvind Singh on Saturday. IN THE COURTYARD Ayurveda Nursing Recruitment: HC relief to woman ror. After that, the peti- tioner submitted a peti- tion through his advo- cate Yashpal Khileri. After the hearing, Jus- tice Dinesh Mehta or- dered to provide an ap- pointment to the peti- tioner woman in two months. was an applicant in the Scheduled Caste di- vorced category, but the e-mitra employee mistakenly applied in the married quota. Due to this, she was denied an appointment, de- spite informing the de- partment about the er- HC STAYS ORDER OF LIABILITY the candidate. Along with this, court com- mented in the case that the state has given res- ervation to divorced women for the purpose of securing financial assistance and pres- tige. Bhilwara resident Samok Kumari Meena Jaipur: In the Ayur- veda Nursing Recruit- ment case, the High Court has provided re- lief to woman candi- date. The court has said in its order that punishment of the er- ror of e-mitra employ- ee could not be given to z Jaipur Rural Police, under leadership of Jaipur Rural Cyber Cell incharge Ratandeep, on Friday arrested 4 members of inter-state Bawaria gang involved in more than 100 fraud incidents in various places. The miscreants used to carry out the recce using expensive cars and also used to keep a woman with them at that time so that the police do not doubt them. Rantand- eep was monitoring the movements of the gang for the last 15 days, along with track- ing their location. SP Shankar Dutt Sharma congratulated Ratand- eep and his team and gave citations and cash prize. First India News Bikaner: Well known Mountaineer Bissa passed away on Friday in a shocking in- cident at Pune. The adventurer from Bikaner was in Pune when during monkey crawling demo, his rope snapped and he fell from great height. He was immediately rushed to a hospital, where he took his last breath. Bissa was the director of National Ad- venture Foundation in Rajasthan and Gujarat. CM Ashok Gehlot condoled Bissa’s death saying Rajasthan has lost an adventurous climber in his death. His contribution in the Magan JUNIOR CLERK JOBS: NOTICE TO OFFICIALS J aipur: HC has summoned reply in 4 weeks by issuing a show cause notice to Principal Secretary DoP and RPSC Secretary, in the case of not filling vacant posts of Junior Clerk Combined Competi- tive Examination 2011 from the waiting list. The single bench of Justice SP Sharma has given this interim order on the petition filed by the Nagaur resident Surajmal Sharma. On behalf of Sharma, Advocate Laxmikant Sharma Malpura informed that on May 17, 2011, the RPSC had issued a release for the posts of 350 junior clerks. After that, the RPSC increased number of posts to 1,397. Under this recruitment, petitioner applied in Divyang category and passed both typing test and written exam, but was kept in the waiting list. The vacant 22 posts, which were to be filled in 6 months, were not filled. Jaipur: HC has stayed the order of liability of about Rs17 crore given by the Commercial Court in the dispute related to con- struction of Sikar bypass on NH-11. The Commer- cial Court had consid- ered the decision of the Tribunal in favour of the road construction com- pany, which was chal- lenged by AAG Rajesh Maharshi, on behalf of govt, by filing an appeal against the order in HC. In 1998, MSK Project India Limited was given a contract to construct 19.4 km road on high- way. After completion of the contract, company issued a notice to gov- ernment to compensate for the loss. Company then filed a complaint before arbitration, which ordered state govern- ment to pay Rs10.65 crore as compensation, in addition to 15% inter- est. On Friday, division bench of Justices Pankaj Bhandari and Prakash Gupta stayed the order of the Commercial Court. field of mountaineer- ing will always be re- membered. Energy Minister BD Kalla too expressed con- dolence on his death. He said, “I have myself travelled with Bissa from Gangotri to 18 km far Gomukh.” Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati also grieved Bissa’s un- timely demise. and Minister, FROM PG 1 CM Gehlot’s... Like Delhi’s Shaheen bagh, protests are being held at many places across the country, in- cluding Rajasthan. The government should un- derstand public senti- ments,” he said. Gehlot said several chief ministers were against the CAA. “We want the Centre to re- consider its decision,” he added. Apex Court... The Letter... the officer besides tele- com bosses over non- payment of dues of Rs 92,000 crore as Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR). The Department of Tel- ecom, given one hour to withdraw the letter, has now done so. “Should we wind up the Su- preme Court? A desk officer considers him- self judge and stays our order. Who is the desk officer? A desk officer says coercive action not to be taken until further orders. How can he stay our orders,” Justice Arun Mishra had de- manded of the govern- ment, represented by AGR in spectrum usage charges and 8 per cent as licence fees. G Companies have long argued that the AGR should comprise just revenue accrued from core while the government says it should include all revenue. G According to the Telecom Department, Bharti Airtel around Rs 23,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Rs 19,823 crore and Communications 16,456 crore. ‘Open to... Solicitor General Tush- ar Mehta. Top 10 developments... tion in the top court’s verdict to get more time to pay up. G The court had re- jected the telecom ser- vice providers’ plea seeking a review of its earlier order that al- lowed the government to collect dues worth Rs 92,000 crore from them. G The telecom com- panies want the top court to allow them to approach the Depart- ment of Telecommuni- cations (DoT) so that dues could be cleared beyond the January 23 deadline for payment. G Telecom providers in the country pay the DoT 3-5 per cent of their ommendation made by Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for the rejec- tion of his mercy peti- tion. Mr Singh says their signatures had not been obtained for the same, a claim rejected by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. SC notice... the court to move the hearing sooner than March 2, pleading: “It is a matter of liberty and can’t wait.” Similar orders of de- tention had been issued over the last seven months “in a wholly mechanical manner” to others, she argues. “The order conflates ‘Governmental policy’ with the ‘Indian State’, suggesting that any op- position to the former constitutes a threat to the latter. This is wholly antithetical to a demo- cratic polity and under- mines the Indian Con- stitution,” the petition says. ‘Budget & Beyond’, or- ganised by the NITI Aayog, the Finance Minister said that the immediate feedback to the Budget has been motivating, as it has had a “positive impact” on the currency, bond and equity markets. Furious SC... GWho is the desk offic- er? Where is the desk officer. Call him now here. Is there any law left in the country?” the judges fumed. “No com- pany has deposited any- thing for many years. They should have de- posited some money,” they said. G Telecom compa- nies including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices had approached the Su- preme Court in Janu- ary, seeking modifica- services, The managing direc- tors of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL, Reliance Com- munications, Tata Tele- communication others were summoned to the court on March 17. “I am anguished. I feel I should not work in this court,” bench said. owes Mr Abdullah’s father Fa- rooq Abdullah and Meh- booba Mufti, also former chief ministers, have been detained under the same law, which is used mostly against terrorists and stone-throwers. Kapil Sibal requested MTNL, Reliance Rs and The top court had earli- er rejected the request of AP Singh, the coun- sel of Vinay Sharma, seeking the perusal of the original file of rec- Participating in an in- teractive session on

5. INDIA J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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 PM, OTHER LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TO CRPF MARTYRS PULWAMA ATTACK ANNIVERSARY CRPF remembers 40 jawans Srinagar: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday paid tributes to their person- nel who lost their lives in the Pulwama attack on this day, last year when their convoy was targeted by a suicide bomber of Pakistan- based Jaish-e-Moham- mad (JeM). Umesh Gopinath Jad- hav from Maharashtra was the special guest at the wreath-laying cere- mony at CRPF campus here to mark a year of the attack. Jadhav took a 61,000 km long jour- ney across India to meet families of jawans who lost their lives in the attack. Jadhav met the fami- lies of the Pulwama martyrs and said that he collected the soil from their houses. “I am proud that I met all the families of Pulwama martyrs, and sought their blessings. Parents have lost their sons, wives lost their New Delhi:PM Modi led the nation in paying tribute to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in a terror attack in Pulwa- ma a year ago and said India will never forget their martyrdom. Congress leader Ra- hul Gandhi, ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani and Puri as well as AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal were among those who remembered killed when a convoy of vehicles carrying security was attacked on Febru- ary 14 last year. “Tributes brave martyrs who lost their lives in the grue- some Pulwama attack last year. They were ex- ceptional individuals who devoted their lives to serving and protect- ing our nation. India will never forget their martyrdom,” Minister Modi tweeted. BJP president J P Na- dda also hailed the sac- rifice of the CRPF per- sonnel. “India will always re- member their martyr- dom. We should all unite to completely end terrorism from its very roots,” he said on Twitter. —PTI ‘SACRIFICE WON’T BE FORGOTTEN’ Hardeep the 40 those personnel to the husbands, children lost their fathers, friends lost their friends. I col- lected soil from their houses and their crema- tion grounds,” he said. PULWAMA PROBE REACHES DEAD END Srinagar: The case threw unique challenges for NIA, anti-terror probe agency formed in aftermath of Mumbai terror strikes in 2008, as it there is no solid information about mastermind behind the at- tack. “It was a blind case for us. There were lot of murmurs but everything needs to be established beyond doubt in the court of law,” an offi cial said. MOS HOME SLAMS RAHUL’S ‘PULWAMA BENEFIT’ QUESTION MoS Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy fi red a broadside at former Congress President Rahul Gandhi for playing politics on Pulwama attack. Gandhi had raised ques- tions on ‘benefi ciaries’ of fallout of the martyrdom of CRPF personnel. Reddy alleged that Gandhi was making such statements at the behest of “adversarial state” Pakistan. NIA FAILED TO NAB CULPRITS: MUFTI New Delhi: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti said that National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to nab the culprits of Pulwama terror attack even after a year. “No surprises that a year post-Pulwama attack, NIA failed to nab culprits. The same agency is now sheltering it’s pawn Davinder Singh who was caught with militants,” Mufti tweeted. ‘THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TODAY’VALENTINE’S DAY’ New Delhi: Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan remembered the martyrs of Pulwama and their sacrifi ce on the day of love. Am- itabh wrote on social media, “Suna ja raha hai aaj hai Valentine Day. Pyar mohabbat jatate hain foolon se aur dilon se. Dil Mohabbat ki baatein to honi chahiye pratidin. Ek hi din banaya kyu gaya hai ye hai to abhinn. Par soche zara saal bhar pehle hua jo. Isi din shaheed hue Pulwama mein veer jo Shraddha se natmastak hote hain aaj hum, fool barsaate hain unpar aaj hum.” RAGA RAISES THREE QUESTIONS ON PULWAMA ATTACK ANNIVERSARY New Delhi: Slamming the Centre on the fi rst anniversary of Pulwama attack, Rahul Gandhi questioned who has been held ac- countable for the “security lapses” and also asked about the outcome of the inquiry into the attack. “Today as we remember our 40 CRPF martyrs in the #PulwamaAttack , let us ask: 1. Who benefi tted the most from the attack? 2. What is the outcome of the inquiry into the attack? 3. Who in the BJP Govt has yet been held accountable for the security lapses that allowed the attack?” he tweeted. Prime SC notice to Centre on plea against validity of CAA Status report in Aircel-Maxis case filed IN THE COURTYARD served that the allega- tions mentioned in the charge sheet appeared to be “quite serious in nature.” The matter was earlier adjourned sine die. The case, which is be- ing probed by the CBI and ED, relates to al- leged irregularities in grant of Foreign Invest- ment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval in the Aircel-Maxis deal. both probing agencies. DJ Sujata Kohli after receiving the report ad- journed the matter for February 20. In January, the court directed the Central Bureau of Investiga- tion (CBI) and Enforce- ment Directorate (ED) to file a fresh status re- port in the Aircel-Max- is case. While issuing the directions, district judge Sujata Kohli ob- New Delhi: The CBI and Enforcement Direc- torate filed the status report in the Aircel- Maxis case in a Special Court in Delhi. CBI has informed the court that they have sent Letters Rogatory to Malaysia and there is some development re- garding it, and also that the agency is working on a new lead. ASG San- jay Jain appeared for SC DECLINES SAJJAN KUMAR’S PLEA FOR BAIL IN 1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS CASE New Delhi: The Su- preme Court on Fri- day issued a notice to the Centre plea challenging the constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) 2019, and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The apex court has sought the Central gov- ernment’s reply and tagged the matter along with similar pending matters. The petition was filed by Jamiat Ule- ma-e-Hind. Earlier on February 7, the top court issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the consti- tutional validity of CAA and effective im- plementation of the As- sam Accord. Over a hundred peti- tions have been filed in the apex court for and against the amended citizenship law. on a Act, New Delhi: SC declined former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s plea seeking interim bail in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Appearing for Kumar, Senior lawyer and former ASG sought the interim bail, citing the need for private medical treatment. A bench headed by Chief Justice SS Bobde refused interim relief to Kumar and scheduled the matter for hearing after the Holi vacation. HEARING ON CONGRESS’ MANIFESTO PLEA FOR 2019 LS POLLS ADJOURNED SC ALLOWS KARTI TO TRAVEL ABROAD CBI MOVES SC AGAINST BAIL Hearing on CBI probe in Gargi college incident on Feb 17 ‘BOOKIE’ CHAWLA MOVES HC OVER CUSTODIAL REMAND New Delhi: SC allowed Congress MP Karti New Delhi: CBI moved SC against the J’khand Chidam- baram to travel abroad, for attending a tennis HC’s order granting bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad New Delhi: Delhi HC said that it will hear on Feb 17 advocate ML Sharma’s petition seek- ing a CBI probe in the Gargi college incident. Sharma mentioned his plea before a division bench of Justices GS Sistani & Justice C Hari Shankar seeking an ur- gent hearing in the matter. The bench en- quired Sharma about the urgency with re- gard to his plea. He re- New Delhi: London based businessman Sanjeev Chawla, who was extradited to India for his involvement in a match-fixing moved Delhi HC chal- lenging his 12-day cus- todial remand nounced by House Court. He, through his counsel, challenged custodial remand grounds that it was against extradition treaty signed between U K & India. New Delhi: The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of a plea seeking to declare manifesto of Indian National Congress for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as “unfair” and against the Model Code of Conduct, as the party had promised freebies to voters in an attempt to bribe them. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde posted the matter for hearing after two weeks. The petition seeks to declare null and void the winning seats of Congress party. One Adarsh Kumar Agarwal has fi led this petition against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. racket, tournament and asked him to deposit Rs 10 crore with the apex court registry. A three- judge Bench of the apex court, headed by CJI Sharad Arvind Bob- de passed the order. Yadav in the fodder scam case. After the former Bihar CM completed half of his jail term in connection with Deoghar treasury scam case, HC had granted him bail. pro- sponded by stating that there are chances of destroying evidence re- lated to the case. The advocate told the court that nothing major has been done so far. Patiala on FELT BAD: DIDI ON NOT BEING INVITED TO E-W METRO FUNCTION Kolkata: Attacking the BJP for not inviting her for the inauguration of Phase I of East-West Met- ro corridor, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said a lot of hard work was put on the work of metro but they don’t have the courtesy to call and in- form.”We worked hard for the metro and it feels bad SOULS OF GANDHI FAMILY ARE CORRUPT , SAYS SAMBIT PATRA New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra slammed Rahul Gandhi for targeting the government on Pulwama terror attack anniversary, saying that the souls of Gandhi family are corrupt. “That was a Dastardly attack.. And this is a dastardly comment.. Who Benefi tted the most? ..Mr Gandhi can you think LEFT PARTIES TO PROTEST AGAINST TRUMP’S VISIT TO INDIA New Delhi: The Left parties will stage a protest against US President Donald Trump’s visit to India scheduled for later this month. Trump will pay a two-day visit to India from Feb 24 at the in- vitation of PM Modi. “CPI and CPI (M) will stage a protest against Donald Trump’s visit. The agi- tation is likely to take place on February 24,” CPI General Secretary D Raja said. “Left parties are of the view that people should express their strong opposition to Trump when he is visiting India & there are several reasons to oppose his visit. PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT VARANASI ON SUNDAY New Delhi: PM Modi is slated to visit his Par- liamentary constituency, Varanasi, on Sunday (February 16). Modi is scheduled to participate in the closing ceremony of the Centenary Celebra- tions of Shri Jagadguru Vishwaradhya Gurukul. He shall also be releasing the translated version of the Shri Siddhant Shikhamani Granth in 19 languages, according to an offi cial statement. Dr Chandrasekhar Shivacharya Mahaswami, Head of the Gurukul, said Modi would also release a mobile app of the Granth. that even for a small route they don’t have the cour- tesy to call me and in- form,” said Banerjee while speaking at the Assembly. Her comments come after Banerjee’s name was missing from the invita- tion of the inauguration of Phase I of East-West Metro corridor between Salt Lake Sector-V to Salt Lake Stadium. beyond Benefi ts? ..off course not..this so called “Gandhi” family can never think beyond Benefi ts ..not just materialistically corrupt..their Souls are also Corrupt,” tweeted Patra. Hitting out at Cen- tre on fi rst anniversary of Pulwama attack, Rahul Gandhi asked who has been held accountable for the “security lapses.”

6. PERSPECTIVE SC judgment on tainted netas… a moral victory for EC! 06 J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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-DEPTH PLIGHT OF INDIA’S WOMEN hat is common between Delhi, the national capital and Bhuj, a town in the far-flung Kutchh region of Guja- rat? At both these places, girl stu- dents have been subjected to the most shameful treatment in recent times. Stu- dents of Delhi’s prestigious all-women Gargi College had a harrowing time when they were sexually molested by “outsiders” at a college event a few days ago. On Valentine’s Day , stu- dents of Sahjanand Girl’s Institute were humiliated by the principal and staff who allegedly asked them to remove their under- wear to prove they were not menstruating. As it is, educating a girl child is a challenge for various reasons. To make matters worse educational institutions are becoming night- marish places for them. The Bhuj incident not only highlights how we treat girls but also the medieval mindset which some of the so-called educated women carry . The institute’s principal and other female staff insulted and paraded the stu- dents forcing them to strip to check on their menstrual cycle. The reason, as given by an Ahmedabad newspaper: the institute, which is run by Swaminarayan temple follow- ers, believes in segregating its menstruating students to avoid physical contact with fellow students and prevents them from entering the kitchen or a temple. All this is happening in even as the SC is seized of the issue of Sa- barimala temple where menstruating women are not allowed entry to the sanc- tum sanctorum as that would defile the presiding deity . The incident also reminds one of the menstruating girls not going to schools to avoid “embarrassment”. More than action against the institute’s principal and staff, what is needed is a wide- spread campaign to change the mindset of the people who still follow 16th-century prac- tice against a normal and necessary biologi- cal phenomenon. For the time being a “dis- turbed” National Commission for Women has promised an inquiry into the incident. At Gargi College, outsiders forcibly en- tered the premises during a college festi- val and molested them. The incident hap- pened during the third day of the college festival Reverie on February 6, when hoodlum barged in and groped students besides indulging in other disgusting acts. Initially, the college principal too de- nied the incident and the police also refused to take cognizance of their complaint. But when students started giving a detailed ac- count of the shocking incident and mounted pressure the principal lodged an FIR. The police also moved into action as the issue threatened to get out of hand. If at Bhuj the institute’s principal and staff themselves humiliated the girl students, at Gargi College the Principal remained indif- ferent to the plight of her students who re- fused to take things lying down. If women work as enemies of their own, who will fight for their rights? Maybe, it is time to ponder. W KARTIKEY DEV SINGH @KARTIKEYBANETHI A fter the Election Commis- sion’s continued badgering of ‘weeding-out’ netas with a criminal background from Indian politics, Friday’s judgment of the SC is both a moral and strategic victory of the Election Commission in ensuring that the citizens of India get a legislative that is free of criminals or at least the voters’ fundamen- tal right to know about the criminal background of can- didates is secured. The lu- cidly written judgment of the SC on Friday, welcomed by the EC is a document that is a statement on the state of politics in the nation today . With the SC empowering a decisive and powerful Election Commission headed by the un- assailable CEC Sunil Arora, the political system may see fewer of unworthy men enter- ing the legislature. Armed with this order, the Election Com- mission should now be able to purge the system for clean pol- itics. Provided parties, too, shun criminals for a healthy democracy . According to sourc- es, the EC is likely to come down heavily on the dispropor- tionate assets of tainted netas and election candidates. Point 3 of the judgment states, “On a perusal of the documents placed on record and after submissions of counsel, it appears that over the last four general elec- tions, there has been an alarming increase in the in- cidence of criminals in poli- tics. In 2004, 24% of the Mem- bers of Parliament had crim- inal cases pending against them; in 2009, that went up to 30%; in 2014 to 34%; and in 2019 as many as 43% of MPs had criminal cases pending against them.” It justifies the public perception that poli- tics has for long been a safe refuge for criminals in India. In 2002, the Supreme Court held that the voter has a funda- mental right, to know relevant such as whether charges have been framed, the con- cerned court, the case num- ber etc.) who have been se- lected as candidates, along with the reasons for such selection, as also why other individuals without crimi- nal antecedents could not be selected as candidates.” In its February 13 order the Supreme Court has made it mandatory for political par- ties to “publish, including on official social media pages, details of cases against their candidates” and also give a reason for their selection. Po- litical parties have been di- rected to publish all informa- tion about pending criminal cases within 48 hours of a candidate’s selection “or not less than two weeks before the first date of filing nomi- nation, whichever is earlier.” Notably , it has two points at the end that are very critical which empower the Election Commis- sion and will have long term positive implications in the pro- cess of cleaning up the political system, namely: “ The political party concerned shall then sub- mit a report of compliance with these directions with the EC within 72 hours of the selection of the said candidate. 6) If a po- litical party fails to submit such compliance report with the Elec- tion Commission, the Election Commission shall bring such non-compliance by the political party concerned to the notice of the SC as being in contempt of this Court’s orders/directions.” facts about the candidate includ- ing assets and criminal back- ground. (Union of India v/s As- sociation for democratic rights). The parliament then amended the Representation of people’s actions to nullify certain direc- tions of the Supreme Court. The amendment was that the candi- date had only to declare convic- tion and charge framed an of- fence punishable with impris- onment of two years or more. Supreme Court again in 2003 in the PUCL v/s Union of India reiterated that without knowing the relevant antecedents of the candidate the election cannot be free and fair. In 2013, the Su- preme Court in Lily Thomas v/ s Union of India ruled that any MLA, MP , MLC, who is convict- ed of a crime and given a mini- mum of two years imprison- ment loses membership of the house immediately . However, an attempt was made to overturn this direction by way of the or- dinance which failed. Still, there is no provision which blocks the way of criminals in legislatures, only a convict with two years or more imprisonment is barred from election and that too only if the conviction is not stayed by the appellate court. The general feeling is that shady characters win elec- tions using money and mus- cle power and become “maan- niyas” (honourable) over- night simply by donning white khadi. Their winnabil- ity and ill-gotten wealth make them a favourite of all political parties who have no qualms about fielding such elements and those with a criminal background also are not embarrassed when they give details of their an- tecedents at the time of filing nomination. On Friday , concerned over the alarming rise in criminaliza- tion of politics, a bench of Jus- tices RF Nariman and S Ravin- dra Bhat passed the significant order directing all political par- ties to comply with the order. The judges also asked the Elec- tion Commission to bring to their notice non-compliance of the order, if any , which would be treated as contempt. The judges said, “It shall be mandatory for political parties (at the Central and state level) to upload on their website detailed information regarding individuals with pending criminal cases (in- cluding the nature of offenc- es and relevant particulars With the SC empowering a decisive and powerful Election Commission headed by the unassailable CEC Sunil Arora, the political system may see fewer of unworthy men entering the legislature Why are some democracies happier than others? G ’96, Barack Obama in 2013, and Donald Trump in 2018-’19 did not in- crease public satisfaction. And in Australia, the re- volving door of prime ministers between 2013 and 2018 has left many voters dissatisfied. lobal dissatis- faction with de- mocracy has in- creased over the past 25 years, able to achieve high and rising levels of democrat- ic contentment? There are four factors that stand out in explaining why some democracies have – or have not – experienced an eroding democratic satis- faction. These can be summarised by four “Ps”: polarisation, pa- ralysis, perfidy, and powerlessness. that they have agency over the political process. A clear example of power- lessness is where there is low electoral integrity. Elections are one of the most visible aspects of de- mocracy, and unfair elec- toral practices decrease public satisfaction. The unlimited money pouring into US elections since 2010, its demonstra- bly gerrymandered elec- toral districts, active voter suppression, and contro- versies in vote counting have left many disillu- sioned with the electoral process. Canada is better off, but the circumvention of election finance rules by Conservatives in the 2006 election campaign and Robocall scandal in the 2011 Canadian federal elections did not enhance public satisfaction. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM according to our recent re- port. Drawing upon the HU- MAN Surveys project, the report covered 154 coun- tries, with 77 countries cov- ered continuously for the period from 1995 to 2020. Not surprisingly, gloomy headline finding – rising democratic dissatis- faction – attracted the most attention. Less widely dis- cussed, however, is the “good news” – that a small sample of coun- tries has bucked the trend, and have record high levels of satisfaction with their democracies. PERFIDY Perfidy – or, corruption and scandal – is one of the strongest predictors of dissatisfaction with democracy. These can be short-lived, as with the UK parliamentary ex- penses scandal of 2009, which saw dissatisfaction temporarily rather longer in duration, such as the “tangentpoli” investigations in 1990s It- aly which led to the col- lapse of the entire party system. the POLARISATION First, countries with in- creasing show rising dissatisfac- tion. This is especially the case in majoritarian elec- toral systems that gener- ate “winners and losers”, leaving close to half of the electorate dissatisfied following every election. polarisation the UK during the Brexit paralysis of 2019, in which the British cabinet and parliament jammed over whether to pass the EU withdrawal agreement, hold a second referendum, or call an election. The UK is not the only example: shutdowns in the US un- der Bill Clinton in 1995- Countries in southern Europe caught in the eurozone crisis, have experienced breakdown in democratic satisfaction TOP TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp High charging time & range anxiety are common issues faced by EV owners. Technologies are being developed to address these issues. Our PSUs are identifying alternative solutions to develop high-capacity chargers & battery swapping facilities to effectively cater to our EV fl eet. were log- spike, or ISLANDS OF CONTENTMENT Why are such countries – the Netherlands, Den- mark, or Switzerland – PARALYSIS Citizens abhor a political vacuum. Perhaps one of the clearest examples is government POWERLESSNESS Finally, citizens must feel G Vol 1 G Issue No. 250 GRNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor: Jagdeesh Chandra, responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act

7. INDIA J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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 Pawar slams Maha govt, Centre over Bhima-Koregaon case transfer POWERGallery ARMY HQ LIKE RESTRUCTURING NOW FOR AIR HQ? Army HQ like restructuring is reportedly now being made applicable to Air HQ with some seniors offi cers likely to be moved to opera- tional duties. Rajiv Bansal appointed as CMD, Air India Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Air India. He is a 1988 batch IAS offi cer of Naga- land cadre. Kolhapur: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said that the Maharash- tra government’s al- leged decision to trans- fer the Bhima-Koregaon case to the Centre is constitutionally wrong as the investigation of crime falls under state’s jurisdiction. “Behaviour of some people in Maharashtra Police (involved in Bhi- ma Koregaon investiga- tion) was objectionable. I wanted that the role of these officers is investi- gated. In the morning, there was a meeting of Maharashtra govern- ment ministers with po- lice officers. At 3 pm, the Centre ordered the transfer of the case to NIA. This is wrong as per the Constitution be- cause crime’s investiga- tion is state’s jurisdic- tion,” he said. “The Cen- COURT TRANSFERS BHIMA KOREGAON CASE TO NIA COURT BAIL PLEA OF NAVLAKHA, TELTUMBDE REJECTED Pune: A Sessions Court here on Friday passed an order in Bhima Koregaon case, transferring all records and further proceedings of the case to Special National Investi- gation Agency (NIA) court, Mumbai. All the accused in the case will be produced before the special court of NIA in Mumbai on February 28. The NIA had fi led a petition in Pune’s Sessions Court on January 29 last month seeking transfer of the case to the agency’s court in Mumbai. Mumbai: Bombay HC rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde in connection with Bhima Koregaon case. The court has given them a four-week time to approach the Su- preme Court. Navlakha and Teltumb- de were booked under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) follow- ing the violence at Koregaon Bhima village in Pune on January 1, 2018. RAJEEV RANJAN APPOINTED AS SECRETARY, FISHERIES Rajeev Ranjan has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Fisheries. He is a 1985 batch IAS offi cer of Tamil Nadu cadre. PAWAN KUMAR AGARWAL APPOINTED AS SECRETARY, CONSUMER AFFAIRS Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. He is a 1985 batch IAS offi cer of West Bengal cadre. have charged in the case,” Deshmukh had claimed. On January 1, 2018, vio- lence had erupted during the 200th-anniversary cel- ebrations of the Bhima- Koregaon battle. One per- son lost his life while several others were in- jured in the incident. Po- lice had filed 58 cases against 162 people. wrongly been gaon case to NIA with- out taking the state gov- ernment in the loop. “We have not received any letter regarding probe in Bhima Kore- gaon case. We will de- cide our next step after reading the letter and seeking a legal opinion on it. People from many organisation have told me that some people tre taking out investiga- tion out of state’s hands in this manner is wrong and Maharashtra gov- ernment giving support to their decision is also wrong,” he said. Last month, Maha- rashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had said that the Centre should not have trans- ferred the Bhima Kore- SARASWATI PRASAD APPOINTED AS SECRETARY, NCST Saraswati Prasad has been appointed as Sec- retary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST). He is a 1985 batch IAS offi cer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. TENURE OF IYER AS SECRETARY, DRINKING WATER EXTENDED The tenure of Parameswaran Iyer as Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation has been extended upto April 30, 2021. He is a 1981 batch voluntarily retired IAS offi cer of UP cadre. 81% Delhi voters received fake news during elections: Survey Arvind Kejriwal invites PM Modi for swearing- in ceremony on Feb 16 SAI MANOHAR TO RETURN TO MP NEXT MONTH JOINT DIRECTOR CBI, A Sai Manohar, is returning to the parent cadre Madhya Pradesh after completion of seven years deputation tenure next month. He is a 1995 batch IPS offi cer. ment back to power with a massive victory. The survey “Delhi – #DontBeAFool” conducted on a sample size of 400 people to in- terrogate tion, penetration and impact of fake news spread via social media on the elections. Rumours ahead of the elections included that women participat- ing in the sit-in protests at Shaheen Bagh were being paid to demon- strate against CAA and the proposed NRC. Tweets of renowned individuals proved to be volatile before elections. About 40% of people in survey were between 18- 25 yrs of age. New Delhi: Over 81 per cent of Delhi’s popula- tion received fake news through various social media platforms as the Assembly neared, according to a new survey by non-prof- it Social Media Matters and Institute for Gov- ernance, Policies and Politics. Facebook and What- sApp were the leading platforms that were used for the dissemina- tion of misinformation, showed the results. “The epidemic of fake news is threaten- ing the basic fragment of our democracy. When the voter is in a constant state of cogni- tive dissonance how are they expected to was AWASTHI LIKELY TO BE REGULAR DGP, UP As per available indications, Hitesh Chandra Awasthi is likely to be declared as a regular DGP of UP. He is a 1985 IPS offi cer and presently holding the additional charge of DGP. elections dissemina- IFS OFFICER IS PS TO PIYUSH GOYAL Mahesh Kumar has joined as PS to Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industries. He is a 2008 batch IFS offi cer. spread Delhi C M Arvind Kejriwal meets veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar at his residence in presence of AAP leader Sanjay Singh. allegations New Delhi: Arvind Ke- jriwal has invited PM Modi for his swearing- in ceremony on Febru- ary 16 in New Delhi. AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who spear- headed the party’s land- slide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, will take oath as the chief minister for the third consecutive time in a grand public cere- mony Delhi’s iconic Ramlila Maidan. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that he does not be- lieve that the contro- versial remarks made by BJP leaders dur- ing the Delhi Assem- bly election did not have the approval of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “He himself uses such aggressive lan- guage. I don’t believe that without knowledge Kejriwal was called terrorist and Ravan,” Singh told ANI. JAVADEKAR SPEAK ALLAHABAD HC STILL SHORT OF 11 PERMANENT JUDGES Allahabad High Court is still short of 11 perma- nent Judges as on February 1, 2020. elections were held on February 8. The re- sults declared on Feb- ruary 11 saw the Aam Aadmi Party winning 62 of the 70 seats, bringing the Arvind Kejriwal-led govern- make choice. As a nation, it has to be our priority to bring an end to it,” Am- itabh Kumar, Founder, Social Media Matters, said in a statement. The Delhi Assembly an informed NINE ADDL JUDGES RECOMMENDED AS PERMANENT JUDGES OF MADRAS HC The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of following nine Additional Judges of Madras High Court as Permanent Judges of that High Court: Ms Jus- tice P.T. Asha, Justice M. Nirmal Kumar, Jus- tice Subramonium Prasad, Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, Justice Krishnan Ramasamy, Justice C. Saravanan, Justice B. Pugalendhi, and Justice Senthilku- mar Ramamoorthy. Babri rubble petition soon in SC Nirmohi Akhara not ‘satisfied’ with temple trust Lucknow: The All-In- dia Babri Masjid Action Committee will move SC seeking rubble of demolished mosque in Ayodhya, said AIBMAC convener Zafaryab Jilani. He said that he would soon dis- cuss the issue with sen- ior lawyer Rajiv Dha- wan and would file a petition in SC later this month. “We could have raised the rubble issue during the review peti- tion’’s hearing, but the plea was dismissed. Ayodhya: Voices of dissent have started emerging from the Nirmohi Akhara here over the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, up by the Centre to su- pervise the construc- tion of a grand Ram temple. Nirmohi ‘‘Sarpanch’’ Raja Ram- chandracharya said that the new trust has ‘‘several faults’’. SACHIN DHANI RELIEVED TO JOIN CENTRAL DEPUTATION Sachin Dhania has been relieved to join central deputation as Deputy Secretary in the Depart- ment for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Delhi on deputation basis. Babri set Shah while accept- ing BJP’s defeat in Delhi polls, had said that the party had dis- tanced itself from some controversial remarks made by its leaders during Delhi elections. demolition of mosque was illegal & unlawful. “The pillars, stones & other wreckage of de- molished mosque should be handed over to Mus- lims. We will soon file a petition for this.” “According to the Sh- ariat, a mosque’’s de- bris cannot be used in any other construction. The apex court has not given any direction on the mosque’’s debris,” he said. SC stated that RAJENDRA KUMAR TIWARI IS NOW FULL TIME CHIEF SECRETARY, UP Rajendra Kumar Tiwari has been appointed full time Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1985 batch IAS offi cer of UP cadre. Akhara his Arvind has THIRD INDIAN DIAGNOSED WITH CORONAVIRUS ABOARD CRUISE New Delhi: Another In- dian aboard a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan has been infect- ed by the coronavirus, the embassy in Tokyo said. This takes the number of Indians infected by the highly contagious disease on board the Diamond Princess to three. A viral outbreak that began in China has killed 1381 SONIA TAKES FEEDBACK FROM CONG LEADERS AFTER DELHI DEBACLE New Delhi: Following the Congress debacle in Delhi Assembly elections, party interim president Sonia Gandhi has launched an exercise to meet leaders for a feedback on the dismal showing of the grand old party. Congress leader Alka Lamba, a former MLA from Chandni Chowk, met Gandhi to give a BAGHEL FIRST C’GARH CM TO SPEAK AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Raipur: Bhupesh Baghel will be the fi rst CM of Chhattisgarh to have been invited to deliver a keynote address at Harvard India Conference. A press release from DPR said: “It is a matter of pride for a tribal-dominated 7 agriculture-orient- ed state like Chhattisgarh.” “Although the CM has been invited to a discussion on the topic ‘Caste and Politics in Democratic India’, he will share his experiences on recent innovative initiatives in agriculture and allied sectors in Chhattisgarh with policymakers and researchers present there.” JHARKHAND ADGP SUSPENDED OVER 2016 RS POLLS CASE Ranchi: The Hemant Soren government ordered suspension of ADGP (CID) Anurag Gupta in con- nection with conduct of RS polls in state in 2016. Gupta, a 1990-batch IPS offi cer, was accused of working in favour of a BJP candidate at the behest of the then state govt headed by Raghubar Das. In an audio clip that went viral, the ADGP was heard talking to Cong leader Yogendra Sao and asking the latter to vote for his legislator wife. He was accused of using foul language against the then LoP & present CM Hemant Soren. people and infected nearly 64,000 on Friday since it began spreading in central Wuhan city in late December. The WHO has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and coronavirus that caus- es it. 219 people have the virus on the cruise ship isolated at a port in Japan’s Yokohama. feedback on the reasons for the poor showing in Delhi, where it was last in power from 2003 to 2013 on its own. Lamba said that they discussed the election results and the steps to strengthen the party in the national capital. Lamba said that she would meet people in her constituency to thank them for their support.

8. TALKING POINT 08 J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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 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 Antarctica logs hottest temperature on record Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica logs hottest Antarctica’s peninsula – the area that points towards South America – is one of the fastest warming places on earth, heating by almost 3C over the past 50 years. Almost all the region’s glaciers are melting A on record, with an Ar- gentinian research sta- tion thermometer read- ing 18.3C, beating the previous record by 0.8C. The reading, taken at Esperanza on the north- ern tip of the conti- nent’s peninsula, beats Antarctica’s previous record of 17.5C, set in March 2015. A tweet from Argen- tina’s meteorological agency on Friday re- vealed the record. The station’s data goes back to 1961. Antarctica’s penin- sula – the area that points towards South America – is one of the fastest warming places on earth, heating by al- most 3C over the past 50 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Almost all the region’s glaciers are melting. The Esperanza read- ing breaks the record for the Antarctic conti- nent. The record for the Antarctic region – that is, everywhere south of 60 degrees latitude – is 19.8C, taken on Signy Island in January 1982. whole continent. Renwick said higher temperatures in the re- gion tended to coincide with strong northwest- erly winds down mountain slopes – a feature of the weath- er patterns around Es- peranza in recent days. He said there were complex weather pat- terns in the area, but the Esperanza reading was likely a combina- tion of natural variabil- ity and background warming caused by ris- ing levels of green- house gases in the at- mosphere. He said: “The reason the peninsula is warm- ing faster than other places is a combination of natural variations and warming signals.” Prof Nerilie Abram, a climate scientist at the Australian University, has carried out research at James Ross Island at the north- ern tip of the peninsula. The lowest tempera- ture ever recorded in Antarctica – and any- where on Earth – was at the Russian Vostok sta- tion, when tempera- tures dropped to -89.2C on 21 July 1983. Prof James Renwick, a climate scientist at Victoria University of Wellington, was a mem- ber of an ad-hoc World Meteorological Organi- zation committee that has verified previous records in Antarctica. He told Guardian Australia it was likely the committee would be reconvened to check the new Esperanza record. He said: “Of course the record does need to be checked, but pending those checks, it’s a per- fectly valid record and that [temperature] sta- tion is well maintained.” “The reading is im- pressive as it’s only five years since the previ- ous record was set and this is almost one de- gree centigrade higher. It’s a sign of the warm- ing that has been hap- pening there much faster than the global average. “To have a new re- cord set that quickly is surprising but who knows how long that will last? Possibly not that long at all.” He said the tempera- ture record at Esperan- za was one of the long- est-running ntarctica logged its hot- test temperature has moving Mass melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet R warming ocean wa- ters are causing one of the world’s coldest places to melt. While we know that human activity is causing cli- mate change and driv- ing rapid changes in Antarctica, the poten- tial impacts that a warmer world would have on this region remain uncertain. Our new research might be able to pro- vide some insight into what effect a warmer world would have in Antarctica, by look- ing at what happened more than 129,000 years ago. We found that the mass melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was a major cause of high sea lev- els during a period known as the Last In- terglacial 116,000 years ago). The extreme ice loss caused more than three metres of aver- age global sea level rise – and worryingly, Last warming, 129,000 years ago – showing how sensi- tive the Antarctic is to higher temperatures. We think it’s likely this melting started well before the ocean warmed by 2˚C. This is concerning to us to- day , as ocean tempera- tures continue to in- crease, and the West Antarctic is already melting. The West Antarctic ice sheet can tell us a lot about the effect of warming ocean tem- peratures because it rests on the seabed. It’s surrounded by large areas of floating ice, called ice shelves, that protect the cen- tral part of the sheet. Despite 197 coun- tries committing un- der the Paris agree- ment to restricting global warming to 2˚C by the end of this cen- tury, our findings show that even minor increases in tempera- ture could have far- reaching impacts. Interglacial winds progressively gets older. We then were able to take sur- face samples on a straight, horizontal line across the blue ice area to recon- struct what happened to the ice sheet in the past. Our team many measurements. We first looked at the fine layers of volcanic ash in the ice to pin- point when the mass melting took place. Alarmingly, the re- sults showed that most ice loss hap- pened at the start of move the top layer of snow and erode the exposed ice. As the ice is removed by the wind, ancient ice is brought to the sur- face, which offers in- sight into the ice sheet’s history . While most Antarc- tic researchers drill deep into the ice to extract their samples, we were able to use a technique called hori- zontal ice core analy- sis. As you travel clos- er to the mountains of the ice sheet, the ice that been brought to the surface by these it took less than 2˚C of ocean warming for it to occur. To conduct our re- search, we travelled to an area on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and drilled into so- called blue ice areas to reconstruct the gla- cial history of this ice sheet. Blue ice areas are areas of ancient ice which have brought to the surface by fierce, high-densi- ty winds, called kata- batic winds. When these winds blow over mountains, they re- ising global tem- peratures some and National that’s took been on the (129,000- Source: The Conversation

9. SPORTS J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 09 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Vihari come to rescue on Day 1against NZ XI Eva de Goede wins FIH 2019 Women’s Player of the Year award ral FIH Hockey Pro League - where the team lost only 1 game & then gold at Euro- Hockey Champion- ships in Antwerp, where they beat Ger- many in the final. Over a career span- ning 14 years, 30-year- old de Goede has played more than 230 matches for the Neth- erlands and has two Olympic gold medals (Beijing 2008 & Lon- don 2012), 2 World Cup gold medals and three Champions Trophy gold medals to her name. This is the second consec- utive year that de Goede has won the FIH Play- er of the Y e a r award. Lausanne: Nether- lands women’s cap- tain Eva de Goede has been named as the 2019 FIH Wom- en’s Player of the Year by the Interna- tional Hockey Feder- ation (FIH). The mid- fielder took the prize ahead of Argentina’s Carla Rebecchi and Janne Muller-Wie- land of Germany, who finished second and 3rd respectively . Eva de Goede has been a fixture of the Netherlands’ nation- al women’s since her debut in 2006. With each year, the creative midfield- er seems to just get better and better. In 2018, she was voted Player of the Tourna- ment at the last Hockey Champions Trophy in China. She led her team to victory in the inaugu- India are playing against NZ XI in Hamilton before the start of Tests agement was failure of all the three open- ers. Shaw and Gill were undone by the extra bounce while Agarwal counter to seam move- ment. New Zealand pacer Scott Kuggeleijn (3/40) got the ball to rear up awkwardly length during his first spell and Shaw’s dis- missal was the ugliest one. Kuggeleijn, who was hitting the deck hard, got one into Shaw’s rib-cage leav- ing the batsman in no position to duck. The eyes were not on the ball with the bat face closed. The awk- ward hit ballooned up and was taken by Ra- chin Ravindra at short leg. Agarwal, who has been in horrible form of late, then edged an away going delivery to keeper Dane Cleaver behind the stumps. Hamilton: Hanuma Vihari’s hundred the seasoned Cheteshwar Pujara’s 92 were the bright spots in an otherwise batting performance by India on the first day of their warm-up game against New Zea- land XI here. All the 3 designated Mayank Agarwal (1), Prithvi Shaw (0) and Shubman Gill (0) failed the seam and bounce test, falling cheaply . With skipper Virat Kohli opting for an in- tense net session over the warm-up game, India managed only 263/9 with none apart from Vihari (101 re- tired) and Pujara able to score even 20 runs on a Seddon Park track that had liberal grass covering. What would worry the Indian team man- gutsy and failed to dreadful from team openers It was a beautiful crowd, it was beautiful weather and we won the gold, which was special. I just love to play those games. Eva de Goede, Captain Netherlands Applications requested for competition Naresh Sharma It’s Mahi way: Dhoni turns wildlife photographer, shares stunning pic Hanuma Vihari Kohli ‘Anxious & desperate’ post series defeat shocker New Delhi: India’s confidence is shaken as skipper Virat Koh- li looks ‘anxious & desperate’ ahead of crucial 2-match Test series, starting on February 21. As per reports, ru- mor has it in the wake of the 3-0 defeat in the ODIs. After winning the T20Is 5-0, li’s form. The world Jaipur: Applications are requested from civil service officials by Feb- ruary 19 for All India Civil Services Athletics Competition Men and Women’s com- petition will be held from March11 to March 14. Also, Power lifting and weightlifting matches are scheduled to be held from March 4 to March 8. Lawn tennis will be held in the wom- en’s and men’s catego- ries from March 23 to March 28. number one Test and ODI batsman strug- gled to get going in the ODIs, scoring just 75 runs in three innings. And Kohli was so shocked with the turn of events that he didn’t even get out of his pads after dis- missal in the third ODI. India were thrashed by the Black Caps in the three-match ODI series. India’s confi- dent must have taken a blow with the way they lost all the three games. What was more worrying for India during the se- ries was their batting mainstay Virat Koh- where just enough time to click a few pics.Visit to kanha was outstanding (sic),” Dhoni wrote on Instagram after flaunt- ing the photograph. Dhoni with his family and friends had visited the Kanha Tiger Re- serve in January . tograph of a tiger from Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Dho- ni revealed that he spot- ted the tiger and the Big Cat just gave him enough time to snap some photos. “When u spot the tiger on ur own and he obliges u with New Delhi: MS Dhoni seems to be making the best use of his time away from internation- al cricket. The World Cup-winning captain has been on an envious vacation spree. On Friday, Dhoni shared a stunning pho- former Ranji: Reeling Raj stare at innings defeat against Delhi Naresh Sharma WINNERS REWARDED ‘Exciting to be able to tell my story via biopic’ cheaply for just 2 runs. Earlier, the host Del- hi put up mammoth 623 in its first innings. How- ever, Rajasthan despite a fine knock by skipper Ashok Menaria who scored 119 was all out for 299. At one point, Ra- jasthan had lost seven wickets for just 199. But, Menaria with help of tail-enders added an- other 100 runs. Sima- rjeet Singh was chief wrecker of Rajasthan batting line up. Jaipur: Rajasthan is staring at innings de- feat in its last league match in Ranji trophy against Delhi. Forced to play follow on, Rajasthan struggled in the second as well. It lost two wickets quickly before Mahipal Lomror steadied the ship. He was not out at 64 at the stumps. Rajasthan was 128 for loss of two wick- ets. Ramniwas scored 28 while Manendra fell Mumbai: Tennis star Sania Mirza says she is excited about bringing her life sto- ry to the screen and is cur- rently in talks with direc- tors. It was announced last year that Sania, the only Indian women to win a Grand Slam title (in doubles), signed a con- tract with Ron- has Winner Shikha Gautam & Anjan pose with the trophy with Airport Director JS Balhara after winning both women’s singles and doubles titles, and mixed doubles and men’s doubles titles in the fi nals of All India Public Sector Badminton Competition organised by Airports Authority of India & Sports Control Board. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA nie Screwala’s RSVP movies. “I’’ve some meet- ings with directors and that’s why was in had AIMING FOR 7TH F1 TITLE Lewis Hamilton unveils new Mercedes car I day . It is a real privilege to be in this position.’ Hamilton returned to the Mercedes factory in Northamptonshire for the first time this year on Tuesday spent much of the off- season in America. guys have worked so hard to put the car to- gether and there are only two of us, Valtteri (Bottas) and I, who get to drive it. ‘It is pretty incredible, and we get to stretch its wings to- cord of seven world ti- tles. He is also just sev- en victories shy of the German’s all-time win record of 91. ‘At this time of the year you don’t really feel any pressure,’ said Hamil- ton. ‘You are focused but it is about enjoying the mo- ment. ‘The London: Lewis Hamil- ton has unveiled the new Mercedes he hopes will fire him to a record- equalling seventh For- mula One world cham- pionship. The 35-year- old British driver will be given the first taste of his new machinery during a shakedown test at Silverstone on Friday afternoon. Hamilton is this year bidding to match Mi- chael Schu- macher’s re- Mumbai... It’s still in the initial stag- es,” Sania said about the film. The sports star said she has always lived her life on her terms and it would be in- teresting for her to see her fans’ reaction to her journey. Sania believes athletes make for a good movie subject as people can relate to their strug- gle and hardwork. having

10. Kindness and helping others are the signs of a secure and happy person, only when we ourselves are fulfilled can we reach out to others. 2NDFRONT —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 J AIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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 EC set to ‘SVEEP’ out goon candidatesPeople should not suffer for petty issues: CM Gehlot First India News Jaipur: Emphasising that common people should not be made to come to the state capital for smallest of works, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday that responsibilities of officials and should be ascertained so that people do not have to suffer for petty issues. While holding a video conference with district collectors, Ge- hlot asked the bureau- crats to ensure that peo- ple get the benefit of good governance and that the should work s captains of districts to ensure better service delivery . During the VC, Ge- hlot took feedback from district collectors on free medicine, availabil- ity of medical equip- ment in hospitals, vac- cines, aid given to silico- sis patients and also holding review of com- CM Ashok Gehlot with CS DB Gupta and Kuldeep Ranka. ences related to Jan sunwai issued by the CMO. Registering his discontent on the fail- ure of officials in work- ing effectively Gehlot said, “How will things work? The Commission- er does not work, AEN do not work, simple documents like death certificate is not pro- vided and people have to come to Jaipur. The Col- lectors should visit are- as under them and hold public hearing while conducting night halts. Collectors should hold weekly review of these complaints and divi- sional commissioners should hold review eve- ry fortnight.” staffs A DRASTIC FALL CEC Sunil Arora being welcomed by Jagdeesh Chandra on his arrival in Jaipur. Seen with them are Collector Jogaram and Chief Electoral Offi cer Anand Kumar on Friday. CEC Sunil Arora with DEC Dr Sandeep Saxena and Consultant SVEEP Dr Rekha Gupta along with other offi cials during the meeting. Dr Rituraj Sharma as in spirit. Arora in a far- reaching gave directions to the officials of the State Election Commission to make separate and special SVEEP plans for each and every district. He added that the plans for Jaipur cannot be suc- cessfully implement- ed in Jaisalmer. As per the directions of Arora, the Nodal of- ficers have to submit an action plan in the proposed Feb 18 meet- CENSURE LAWYER FOR DEROGATORY COMMENTS ing, to improve the voting ratio. After this the revision of the Voters List will be done, a final list pub- lished and the dis- trict-wise plan will be approved hereafter. In Friday’s meeting Deputy Election Com- missioner Dr Sandeep Saxena, Chief Electoral Officer Anand Kumar, ACEO Krishna Kunal and Joint Adviser to the Commission, Dr Rekha Gupta along with other officials were present. and guidelines along with amended form of affidavit for ensuring publicity of criminal antecedents by the can- didates and the con- cerned political parties for the information of voters. This is being im- plemented in all the elections since Novem- ber, 2018. Now, the Com- mission proposes to re- iterate these instruc- tions with modifications in order to implement the direc- tions of the Supreme Court in letter as well The Election Com- mission has consist- ently espoused rigor- ous and loftiest nor- mative standards in public life and whole- heartedly welcomes the landmark order of the Supreme Court, given on February 13, which is bound to go a long way in setting new moral yardsticks for overall better- ment of electoral de- mocracy. Earlier, the Commission on Octo- ber 10, 2018 had issued detailed instructions decision Jaipur: CEC Sunil Arora announced on Friday that the Re- gional SVEEP Centre is going to be built in Jaipur for better co- ordination various states. For this a minimum of 1 acre land has to be re- served. Arora added that it would be ensured that the criminal record of the candidates fight- ing elections will be up- loaded within 48 hours on the website. SVEEP Collectors among plaints registered in CM Jansunwai and Sam- park portals. Gehlot in- structed the Collectors to personally read all the letter correspond- suitable The IPS lady Singhams of Rajasthan Police! Role models for young girls hoping to make a career in khakhi LOVELY KATIYAR Posted currently as SP (Crime Branch), Katiyar has served in chal- lenging border districts like Barmer and Sirohi while also serving a tenure in the ACB HQ at Jaipur. Her current assignment has brought her several applause from her peers. First India News woman IAS officer. He, however, did not name anyone. After the post went viral, all the women IAS officers stationed in Ajmer lodged com- plaints against him. Bhadel alleged that it was done to exert pressure on the wom- an officers and black- mail them. Meanwhile, former minister Kiran Ma- heshwari raised the matter through point of information. rate cases against him. The legislator added that the ac- cused has not been ar- rested. “Police did not take timely action and in the meanwhile, the accused got a stay from the court. The govern- ment should take legal action through court to get him arrested,” the MLA said. Earlier this month, the Rajesh Tondon, claimed on a WhatsApp group that there was an ob- scene video clip of a Jaipur: BJP MLA Ani- ta Bhadel on Friday de- manded that the gov- ernment take action against a senior lawyer for posting “derogato- ry” comments on social media against women IAS officers posted in Ajmer. Bhadel raised the issue in the Assembly during the Zero Hour, claiming that the law- yer wrote an “ob- scene” and “objec- PREETI CHANDRA Chandra, currently posted in Jodhpur Com- missionerate as DCP (West), Priti’s work speaks for itself and has been lauded as ‘out- standing’ by her senior offi cials. The cop had carved her own niche while she was posted in Karauli as district SP and was involved in arrest of several hardcore miscreants. Anita Bhadel Kiran Maheshwari there was an obscene video clip of a woman IAS officer. Following this, all four woman IAS officers posted in Ajmer lodged sepa- Diya hails Minister Goyal for increasing ‘rail-bus’ trips First India News tionable” post against the women IAS offic- ers a few days back. The MLA alleged that the lawyer wrote on social media that Shivendra Parmar lawyer, Jaipur: Several female IPS offi- cials of the Ra- jasthan Police have been carry- ing out various challenging and sensitive tasks that comes their way as police of- ficials. from crime to nab- bing miscreants and ensuring law and order in their juris- dictional area, these ‘Lady Sin- ghams’ are a league and out their jobs with sincerity conviction. Pande in JPR for anti- reservation protest on 16 First India News RASHI DOGRA Hanumangarh SP Dogra is every miscreant’s nightmare as her recently initiated drive against the mafi a have been well supported by the locals as well. Right solving ty CM sachin Pilot said on Friday, “The state level protest will be staged against the central government’s stand on reserva- tion.” Pilot has instructed party workers to take part in the protest in huge numbers. Notably, will reach around 10.10 AM and is scheduled to leave for Delhi the same day by 7.35 PM evening flight. Merta City to Merta Road. The rail bus ser- vice which helped peo- ple to commute from Merta City to Merta Road was shut down due to expiry of its ten- ure. And until a new rail bus service for the ease of the passengers is not introduced, the trips of DEMU train have been increased. A notifica- tion has been issued by the North Western Rail- way in this regard. Jaipur: AICC General Secretary and Con- gress state in-charge Avinash Pande will be in Jaipur on Feb 16 to take part in the pro- test being held by Congress against the anti- reservation stance of BJP at the Collector- ate Circle. Informing about the protest, PCC Chief and Depu- Jaipur: “Entire constit- uency is my home and all the people living here are my family . It is my good fortune that I got the opportunity to serve them”, Rajsa- mand MP Diya Kumari said on Friday. The MP expressed her gratitude to Railway Minister Pi- yush Goyal for increas- ing the trips of DEMU train which travels from TEJASWINI GAUTAM  The efforts made by the Churu SP have been lauded by none other than the top-cop DGP Bhupendra Singh Yadav. apart carry Pande Jaipur These female cops are role models for young girls hoping to make a career in the khakhi and provide a better environment for women in the society while also leaving their mark. utmost and TETE -A-TETE Richie Rich MLA needs a car drop PIED PIPER OF SOCIAL MEDIA! Kartikey Dev Singh I there is a race to gather as many followers as an individual can. While some people have to be part of the ‘rat-race’, there are those too who stay away from such ‘rush’ and instead carve their own niche result- ing in people following them without their mak- ing any effort in this re- gard. In this connection, one minister of Ra- jasthan government has come up to be the most Aishwary Pradhan A than not, their banter is ob- served by peers and junior workers. An interesting inci- dent occurred recently be- tween two Congress leaders, one of whom is a minister and hails from the western part of Rajasthan. The man- triji was leaving for home from a program when he was interrupted by a ‘powerful’ MLA who wantd to be dropped home. This raised the minister’s curiosity as the ‘vid- hayak mahoday’ is to cultivate an online image for the respective ministers, has single handedly managed to make a following of over 1 lakh (102K) fol- lowers. Moreover, the minister also uses his social media presence to ‘educate’ people of the decisions and ac- tions of his department through various up- dates and tweets. But it is not only a one way traffic for Dotasara and in fact he has been in- teracting on frequent basis with his followers as well and even takes up issues put in front of him with equal vigour. one of the few richest MLAs in the state assembly! Well, the minister could not curtail his habitual banter and immedi- ately quipped at the MLA saying, “where should I drop you? At CM Sahab’s resi- dence… or at Deputy CM sa- hab’s residence?” Although generally full of ‘one-liners’ to counter a verbal joust, the MLA was left dumbfounded as he had no reply to the min- ister’s ‘arrow’. Interestingly, other party MLAs even ob- served that the ‘rich’ MLA had not come to attend the program in his swanky car and thus wanted the minister to drop him! n a day and age when social media has come to dominate life to a huge extant, playful banter between friends and ‘party- mates’ is not a new thing and more often ister Ashok Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot. Dotasara, who operates his own social media unlike his peers who have hired high profile PR agencies ‘influential’ on micro blogging site - Twitter. Education minister Go- vind Singh Dotasara is the most followed minis- ter of state Congress trailing only Chief Min-

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, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2020 This issue is sponsored by Mahatma Gandhi Hospital This issue is sponsored by Mahatma Gandhi Hospital CRITICS BEST FILM: I Article 15 I Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota I Photograph I Sonchiriya I The Sky Is Pink Both the lead actresses in the film ‘Saand Ki Aankh’, Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu, have been nominated for the ‘Critics Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) category HI-5 @ 65! The most-awaited Filmfare Awards are being held today, February 15 at Guwahati. Various Bollywood biggies are all set to perform on the magnificent night, while others will cheer for their peers and be a part of the grand-award announcements. The 65th Filmfare Awards will be on-air soon BEST FILM Chhichhore CRITICS BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE): I Akshaye Khanna, Section 375 I Ayushmann Khurrana, Article 15 I Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Photograph I Rajkummar Rao, Judgementall Hai Kya DIRECTOR BEST Aditya Dhar, URI-The Surgical Strike Jagan Shakti, Mission Mangal Siddharth Anand, War Nitesh Tiwari, Chhichhore CRITICS BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE): I Bhumi Pednekar, Sonchiriya I Bhumi Pednekar, Saand Ki Aankh I Kangana Ranaut, Judgementall Hai Kya I Radhika Madan, Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota I Sanya Malhotra, Photograph I Taapsee Pannu, Saand Ki Aankh BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) Gully Boy BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE): I Arijit Singh, Kalank Nahi I Arijit Singh, Ve Maahi I Nakash Aziz, Slow Motion I B Praak, Teri Mitti I Sachet Tandon, Bekhayali Kareena Kapoor Khan, Good Newwz Alia Bhatt, Gully Boy BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE): I Neha Bhasin, Chashni I Parampara Thakur, Mere Sohneya I Shilpa Rao, Ghungroo I Shreya Ghoshal, Yeh Aaina I Shreya Ghoshal, Vaishali Mhade, Ghar More Pardesiya I Sona Mohapatra, Jyotica Tangri, Baby Gold Mission Mangal Rani Mukerji, Mardaani 2 Vidya Balan, Mission Mangal Kangana Ranaut, Manikarnika -The Queen Of Jhansi BEST ACTOR (MALE) URI-The Surgical Strike Ayushmann Khurrana, Bala Hrithik Roshan, Super 30 Akshay Kumar, Kesari Zoya Akhtar, Gully Boy War Ranveer Singh, Gully Boy Shahid Kapoor, Kabir Singh

12. HOLLYWOOD 12 JAIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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 Margot Robbie to star in Russell’s next F nominations — for ‘Ameri- can Hustle’, ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ and ‘[The Fight- er’ — in addition to two screenplay nominations. His most recent directing effort was Jennifer Law- rence’s ‘Joy’ for Fox. New Regency’s produc- ing credits include Oscar best picture winner ‘Bird- man’, ‘The Revenant’, ‘Lit- tle Women’, ‘The Light- house’, ‘Bohemian Rhap- sody’, ‘Ad Astra’, ‘Widows’, ‘Assassin’s Creed’ and ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’. best reviews of her career, as well as her second Oscar nomination. She was most recently seen in ‘Birds of Prey’ re- prising her role of Harley Quinn, and also recently finished production on ‘The Suicide Squad’, also playing Quinn. On the pro- ducing side, her LuckyC- hap Entertainment banner produced Young Woman’, which pre- miered at the Sundance Film Festival. Russell has received three best director Oscar ering a handful of options in the last few months as he waited for the right cast to come together this pro- ject. With Bale and Rob- bie’s schedules opening, the opportunity to direct his first film since 2015’s ‘Joy’ looks to be headed in the right direction. Robbie is coming off a busy 2019 that included ap- pearing in Quentin Taran- tino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’, where she played Sharon Tate, as well as “Bombshell.” The role earned her some of the ollowing her Oscar- nominated turn in ‘Bombshell’, Margot Robbie looks to have found her next pro- ject, signing on to co- star opposite Chris- tian Bale in a new David O. Russell film at New Regency. Russell would direct from his own script. Plot details are being kept un- der wraps. Matthew Bud- man, an executive produc- er on ‘Joy’ and ‘American Hustle’, is producing. Russell had been consid- ‘Promising —Agency Margot Robbie SOPHIE TURNER expecting 1st baby K two-year-old couldn’t get enough. Kylie even revealed on her Instagram story that Stormi told her to be quiet while they were watching! “We’re watching Frozen 2 for the first time and she’s really into it because I just turned to tell her I love her — I said, “Stormi I love you, do you love me?” — and she said, ‘Shhhh mommy!’ I was in shock. She’s never done that before. She obviously really loves this movie.” The mom and daughter duo were snuggled together in bed as they watched the animated flick, and Stormi couldn’t take her eyes off of the television screen as the movie played. Before this, Stormi’s favourite movie was Trolls — she even met Poppy from the film for Christmas — but it looks like Frozen 2 is creeping in! Kylie often posts sweet pho- tos and videos like this one of Stormi, giving us an in- side look at their quiet mo- ments at home and more. Stormi Webster TELLS KYLIE to be Quiet ylie Jenner showed her baby girl Frozen 2 for the first time on Feb. 11, and the C couple are reportedly expecting their first child together, eight months after their fairytale wed- ding in France. According to a source, the star is about four months along, and while it’s still ‘early’ days, the couple is ‘ex- tremely excited’. “They told their families recently and eve- ryone is ecstatic and so happy for them,” added the source. Both of their families are keeping their thoughts and feel- ings to themselves for the mo- ment since the pair hasn’t con- firmed the news on their own yet. “At the moment, they and the rest of the Jonas family are trav- elling through central Europe as they continue their Happiness Begins tour.” The couple attend- ed the Grammy Awards together in January, and were spotted in London days later with Turner wearing a baggy sweatshirt. Turner, 23, and Jonas, 30, tied the knot in a surprise Las Vegas cer- emony in May 2019 after the Bill- board Music Awards. ongratulations are in or- der for Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner and singer Joe Jonas. The Janet Jackson Fun of growing up with animals S growing up during a sit down with “The To- night Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, recall- ing the fun she had with them as a kid. “We had so many animals growing up,” she shared. “We had fawn, Mouflon sheep, peacocks, a giraffe ... just all kinds of ani- mals. It was my job to feed them, to clean them.” The singer said her busy schedule these days doesn’t allow her the time to care for such an extensive brood. “It’s very tir- ing,” she added. “You never get enough sleep... My mother did it (without a nanny), her mother did it, why not? Why can’t I? I’m sure I will need someone in the future for some help here and there, but I don’t have anyone, and I love it.” inger Janet Jackson once had an ar- ray of exotic animals for pets, includ- ing a giraffe. She looked back at the impressive pet animals she had —Agency Kylie Jenner with daughter Stormi Webster Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas —IANS —IANS FACE OF THE DAY YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 TAURUS APR 21 - MA Y 20 GEMINI MA Y 21 - JUNE 21 CANCER JUNE 22 - JUL Y 23 Your monetary conditions have improved for good. On professional front, you will fi nd yourself busy helping others today. Your sibling may do something incredible and will become famous. 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IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY LEO JUL Y 24 - AUGUST 23 You are a confi dent persona and you don’t fail to impress your boss on professional front with your work. It is important that you start understanding and respecting the individuals, remember you can never control others. Your spouse loves you and sometime even overlook your mistakes. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 You are fi nancially secure but you still want more, always remember there is no end to wealth so start feeling content no matter what and keep forging ahead. You are mentally very clear about your plans to settle abroad also about the country where you want to settle. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You will be there for your spouse no matter what. You are very close to your pets and you adore them like your own child. Scorpio women are fearless and you will stand for your respect at all costs if someone tries to harm it. You have learned in life, who matters and who doesn’t. You have to make efforts to get what you really desire. You just try to maintain healthy relationships with people on social front. Your lover will do something special for you that will make you very emotional. Your boss will really treat you special today because of your working abilities. Support from your colleagues will give you motivation. Keeping strict fi tness regime will make you completely motivated and hopeful in life. Enjoy your birthday! SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 You will remain in good health as you follow discipline in life. You must try and spend more time with people who are positive and motivating as the wrong guidance from the friends can effect your life so make wise choices. You will give some quality time to your friends after long time. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You may start a new business and an angel investor will approach you soon. On social front, you will fi nd yourself very busy catering to the needs of others. Today you will enjoy a lot with your family as you all may go out together for some family bonding time. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 When it comes to money put your fears to rest. You will earn money from many sources along with being in a full time job. On professional front, you will be assigned with many responsibilities. Great opportunities will knock at your door today. You are a healer and people get healed by merely talking with you. You may land up helping someone in need of monetary help without thinking twice. You will help your two mutual friends resolve their personal issues. There will be a temporary change of place. RAVEENA TEKWANI, Infl uencer

13. ETC JAIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 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 THE SPECIAL VALENTINE O wrote, “Throwback to July 2016 our first trip to Paris together, we had to take a cheesy Eiffel Tower picture! I love you forever my val- entine. Thank you for being thoughtful and so generous with your emotions, I’ve never been happier my love.” Anand Ahuja com- mented on the post, “Scandalousssss. Magi- cal, but scandalous!. Love you @sonamka- poor.” The couple often shares loved-up pic- tures on Instagram, leaving their fans in awe. n the occasion of Valentine’s Day, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja took to social media to share a lovely post wishing her Valentine, husband Anand Ahuja with a throwback pic- ture from their very first trip to Paris, where the duo are seen kissing each other in front of the Eiffel Tower. Sonam also men- tioned that this roman- tic picture is in fact a throwback from their dating days. The picture is from ... her Instagram post 2016 and we have to say with Paris’ heritage monument in picture, it couldn’t have been more romantic. With the cute photo, Sonam picture —Agency Sonam and Anand Ahuja SUNNY GOES VEGAN Disha’s special VALENTINE SPOTTED! S the global toxic leather industry . Urging people to ditch leather products, Sunny said, “With so many wonderful vegan shoes, bags, and jackets to choose from, there’s no reason to choose to hurt the environment and take a life by wearing an animal’s skin. After learning about the horrors of leather production from my friends at PETA India, I vow to save animals and the planet by kicking leather and urge my fans to join me.” —IANS unny Leone has recently launched a ve- gan campaign at Lakme Fashion Week. In association with People for the PETA, Sunny unveiled her new ad talking about A having a good time when they met at director Ahmed Khan and his wife Shaira Khan’s anniver- sary celebration. The talks of the actress being close to Tiger’s family were quite high but Disha’s gesture has given us clarification about the speculation. The actress surprised lady Shroff with a special bouquet of roses and teddy bears for Valen- tine’s day. Ayesha took to her Instagram to share the picture of the gift and captioned the picture by writing “The cuuuuutest valentine from my thaaaaaank you deeeeee- shu!! @dishapatani.” This just goes to show that both Disha and Ayesha are good friends. Disha com- s 14th February celebrates love, Disha Pa- tani has left no stone unturned in surpris- ing Ayesha Shroff. A few days back, the Disha Patani and Ayesha Shroff were seen Sunny Leone Money, Power and Haste —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO know how to handle all the money and power. And gets bitter in terms of his rela- tionships with his wife and brother by getting into drugs, alcohol and what not. The show is based in the 70s and was en- tirely shot in Mum- bai. My character has a dark side and is wrong most of the times but his broth- er, that is Ash- mit, would even kill for him,” shared Iqbal about his charac- ter in the series. ‘The Bull Of Dalal Street’ is all set to re- lease on Feb- ruary 21. fellow twin! VANSHIKHA GOUR vanshikha.gour@firstindia.co.in B web series ‘The Bull Of Dalal Street, shared about their roles in an exclusive interview with City First. Talking about his character, Ashmit said, “The script of this show thrilled me because of which, I chose to be a part of it. I am portraying the role of Iqbal’s younger brother on- screen. If one looks into my character deeply , they could say that I am the Lakshman to his Ram who would do anything for his brother, very ‘aagyakari’ one who would never do any- thing against his brother’s will. My character is highly straight- mented on the post by writing “Love aunty .” you ollywood actor Ashmit Patel and television star Iqbal Khan, who are all set for their upcoming —Agency Iqbal and Ashmit forward, honest, yet colourful.” However, Iqbal considers that his character has a grey shade to it. “My character is of a man who comes from a small town but he is really smart and he definitely knows how to multi- ply his money, really sharp or rather cunning when it comes to his money . From starting a basic restaurant to getting into a share market and how he ris- es. But somewhere, he doesn’t Bollywood actress Kiara Advani was spotted at Jaipur International Airport on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA Disha Patani MADHUBALA: TORMENTED GODDESS OF INDIAN CINEMA the heartbreaking end to her long courtship with Dilip Ku- mar but also great ill-health. And yet, she completely dom- inated the movie with her brilliantly powerful portray- al against iconic actors like Dilip Kumar and Prithviraj Kapoor. She died of a hole in the heart, literally and figu- ratively . An obedient and re- sponsible daughter had sac- rificed the love of her life and her Hollywood career- a woman of true character. It was the vicious irony of fate that she was born on Feb- ruary 14, Valentine’s Day . The full moon shone bright till the very end, until the shadow of death eclipsed it fully on February 23, 1969, leaving millions of her fans to bask in the eternal glow. azine ‘Theatre Arts’ printed a full-page photo of her un- der the title ‘The biggest star in the world, and she is not in Hollywood’. Famous direc- tors like Frank Capra came to offer her roles in Holly- wood movies, but unfortu- nately for Indian Cinema, her conservative father did not allow that. Madhubala was a meteor tearing across the film world, only to burn out at the young age of 36 after dominating Indian cinema from the age of 14 as a heroine opposite Raj Kapoor in his first movie as a hero. During the long shooting period of one of Indian cin- ema’s most iconic movies, ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1953-60), Madhubala not only suffered full moon- soft, hypnotising and magical, and the sex ap- peal of a love goddess. Her coquettish, slightly lopsided smile, revealing a perfect set of teeth, could seduce the staunchest celibate. Her eyes reflected the sparkle of her brilliant mind, the expres- sion of a genius actor and the pain of her torment. Incon- ceivable that a woman of such lush talent and mesmer- ising beauty would die heart- broken. She carried the pain and burden of an impoverished family . That agony ignited the fire that lit up the world. Even though it did not matter too much to her inner self, her stardom soon broke all glass ceilings, and in its Au- gust 1952 issue, the USA Mag- RAINU SINGH singh.rainu@gmail.com I billions of words must al- ready be in print. What needs to be highlighted is the singu- lar life of extreme pain for a person of such divine beauty and great talent. Madhubala had the most painful child- hood, heartbreaking adoles- cence, and a tragic and quick end to the most promising adulthood. All this in spite of being gifted with the beauty of a t would be futile to write about this extraordinary lady’s life-events, awards, movies, and much more as Madhubala

14. CITY BUZZ JAIPUR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 14 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Love in the BLUE CITY WHAT’S HAPPENING! Liva Miss Diva 2020, in association with Princess Diya Kumari Foundation, took place at Rajasthali Resort and Spa on Friday. Bollywood actress Lara Dutta graced the event with her presence and tested the contestants on various parameters. 2 1 3 SWATI JANGID swati.jangid@firstindia.co.in B B eauty comes from positive and we are in love with whom we are attached with posi- tivity. Love is beau- tiful, love is the shine in our eyes, love is the proud to be to- gether and called as a couple. Here is a glimpse of couples sharing bond of love showing chemistry in the Blue City, Jodhpur. Love is in the air- Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day! feelings, 4 5 glimpse of couples sharing bond of love showing chemistry in the Blue City, Jodhpur. Love is in the air- 1. Divya & Vipul Kataria 2. Harsha & Aman Rawal 3. Swati & Prakash Jangid 4. Nalini & Nikhil Singh 5. Ankita & Nitin Dhankani Lara Dutta —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO Jaipur Fashion Fest kickstarted at Cafe Lazy Mojo on Friday where many new designers, bakers and artists showcased their brands and talent to celebrate fashion, food and entrepreneurship. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO Jagdeesh Chandra in a ‘selfie-moment’ with Anirudh Bharatpur in Jaipur. Today, February 15, is the last day of ‘Ghoomar 2020’, an on-going festival at Rajasthan University. In the last two days, the audience has seen the participation of 19 universities. A thought provoking play ‘Aaropi Haazir Ho’, written and directed by Narendra Arora, took place at Kalaneri Art Gallery on Friday. The play was presented by Kalaneri Art Gallery and Ekjut Sansthan. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO The annual function of Mohanlal Sukhadiya University (Arts Department) 2020 - ‘Jhankar’ happened, where the event was conducted for students to showcase their talent. Many different cultural performances and fashion show happened where the winner of Mr and Miss Jhankar were Kuldeep Singh Devora and Yashika. —DIYA MEHTA In the memory of the martyrs of Pulwama Attack who sacrificed their lives for the nation on February 14, 2019, artist Mahavir Bharti and Nirmala Kulhari created a sculpture free of cost of martyr Rohtash Lamba who belonged to Jaipur. Senior Congress Leader Bina Kak celebrates her 66th birthday today, February 15. We wish her all the best! On the occasion of Valentine’s Day, author Kuldeep Singh Raghav talked about his book ‘Hai Ishq Mubaarak’ at Markmybook. He shared about the characters of the story and sent a beautiful message to the society. A social event ‘Sanskaar- Ek Soch Ek Pahal’, for approximately 150 specially children, took place at The Park Classic on Friday. This wonderful initiative was taken by Indian Circle Of Moms. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO Indian supermodel and actor Milind Soman visited the Pink City for a book signing session at Rajat Book Corner on Friday, where he signed his book ‘Made In India - A Memoir’ and interacted with the fans. Yasmin Khanna left for her heavenly abode on Tuesday. In her memory, a memorial service was held on Friday at All Saints Church for her loved ones to pay their respects. Dehavasan, father of Sanjay Johari, left for his heavenly abode on Wednesday. His funeral was held on Wednesday, and his loved ones gathered together to pay their respects.