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Victoria Gowri sworn in as Madras
High Court judge; SC dismisses plea
First India Bureau
New Delhi: As lawyer
Victoria L Gowri was
being sworn in as a
judge of the Madras
High Court on Tuesday,
the Supreme Court dis-
missedpetitionsagainst
her appointment. A
bench of justices Sanjiv
Khanna and BR Gavai
said the court can only
decide the question of
Gowri’s eligibility to an
additional judge and not
her suitability
.
Senior lawyer Raju
Ramachandran, peti-
tionerappealingagainst
Gowri’s appt, said a per-
son taking oath as a
judge should bear true
faith to the Constitu-
tion. “This person has
been rendered unfit to
take the oath due to her
public utterances,” he
said. Manan Kumar
Mishra, the chairman
of BCI said, we have
checked and “there has
been absolutely no com-
plaints of misconduct
against the person.”
Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice T Raja with the newly sworn-in Madras High Court Additional
Judge Justice Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri during the ceremony, in Chennai on Tuesday.
 The Supreme Court on
Tuesday denied bail to
Christian Michel James,
an alleged middlemen in
AgustaWestland chopper
scam cases, who is
being probed by both the
CBI and the Enforcement
Directorate. The alleged
3,600-crore scam re-
lates to the purchase of
12 VVIP helicopters from
AgustaWestland.
 Supreme Court on
Tuesday dismissed the
plea of journalist Rana
Ayyub challenging the
summons issued to her
by a special PMLA court
in Ghaziabad in a money
laundering case lodged
against her by the ED.
 Delhi Police has
moved to the HC against
the discharge granted to
Sharjeel Imam and other
accused in the Jamia
violence case. Delhi’s
Saket court on Feb 4 dis-
charged Sharjeel Imam,
Asif Iqbal Tanha, Safoora
Zargar and eight other
accused in the Jamia
Millia Islamia University
violence case registered
in 2019.
There is a difference between eligibility and
suitability. On eligibility, there could be a
challenge. But suitability? Courts should not
get into suitability; whole process will become haywire.
—Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Supreme Court Judge
I also have a
political back-
ground, I have
been a judge for many
years and my political
background has not come
in the way.
—Justice Gavai said,
Supreme Court Judge
It is hate speech.
Hate speech
which is anti-
thetical to the Constitution.
That makes her unfit to
take the oath. It will only be
a paper oath.
—Raju Ramachandran,
Senior Lawyer
It is a huge responsibility on behalf
of the MPs to talk about the budget
to their constituency and tell peo-
ple what is in the budget for them and how
this budget comes in at a time in the world
is going through a major economic crisis.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
ABOUT GOWRI’S
APPOINTMENT
Collegium recommended
Gowri’s elevation to
the Madras HC on Jan 17,
prompting a discussion in
legal fraternity on her alleged
affiliation to BJP. Soon after,
her remarks against Islam
and Christianity, in a 2018
interview surfaced online.
“Like Islam is green terror,
Christianity is white terror,”
Gowri can apparently be
heard saying in the interview.
Later, 3 lawyers from Madras
HC filed petitions against her.
OTHER COURT NEWS
The court can only
decide the question
of her eligibility, not
her suitability, Apex
Court bench said
WRITTEN TO PREZ, CJI TO RECONSIDER APPT
OF GOWRI AS MADRAS HC JUDGE: VAIKO
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)
General Secy and MP Vaiko on Tuesday said he has
written to President and CJI to reconsider appt of Lekshmana
Chandra Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of Madras HC.
PM asks BJP MPs to spread
pro-poor aspects of budget
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Address-
ing the first BJP parlia-
mentary party meeting
after the budget was
presented by Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman on February
1, PM Modi on Tuesday
said that the recent Un-
ion Budget has some-
thing for every section
of the society and as-
serted that the inter-
ests of the poor have
been at the centre of
every budget presented
by his government. PM
Modi also asked the
BJP MPs not to show
any complacency and
reach out to people on
the ground. More on P5
(L) PM Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with JP Nadda on his
arrival at BJP Parl Party Meeting on Tuesday. Nirmala Sitharaman
and JP Nadda greet each in the presence of PM Modi and others.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI
I am monitoring
the situation.
54,000 tents
and 102,000 beds have
been sent to earth-
quake-hit regions so far.
Nearly 54,000 personnel
are participating in rescue
operations throughout
the impacted areas of the
earthquakes. 70 countries
have offered help.
—Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Prez of Turkey
Earthquake-hit Turkey,Syria:
Death toll soars past 5,000
EMERGENCY
3 Months 10 STATES
Moni Sharma
Hatay/Turkey: Two
fresh earthquakes of 5.6
and 5.7 magnitude hit
Turkey on Tuesday, a
day after 3 deadly
quakes - also felt in Syr-
ia, Lebanon and Israel -
rocked the country, hav-
ing killed over 5,000
lives, 20,534 had been
injured.
Rescuers here braved
freezing darkness
as they dug for
survivors bur-
ied by a string
of earth-
q u a k e s .
P r e s i d e n t
Erdogan has
declared a
3-month State
of emergency
in 10 provinces.
Prez of Turkey
Rescuers here braved
freezing darkness
as they dug for
survivors bur-
ied by a string
3-month State
of emergency
in 10 provinces.
Kahramanmaras
2 FRESH QUAKES
TURKEY
5.6 & 5.7 Magn.
FOURTH
5.6 Magnitude
12:05 pm (IST)
FIFTH
5.7 Magnitude
13:34 pm (IST)
‘TEARY’ PM MODI’S IMPROMPTU
‘HUMANITARIAN’ MOVE!
‘A FRIEND IN NEED IS A
FRIEND INDEED’
PM gets emotional on Turkey quakes, recalls 2001 Guj quake
New Delhi: Soon after
Centre dispatched its 1st
batch of relief material
to Turkey, the country’s
Ambassador to India Fi-
rat Sunel referred to
New Delhi as ‘A friend in
need is a friend indeed’.
“We appreciate quick
and prompt response
from India since it’s mat-
ter of life and death,” he
said. PM Narendra Modi
also turned emotional
and recalled 2001 Bhuj
earthquake that claimed
thousands of lives.
MoS MEA V Muraleedharan visited Embassy of Syria and
extended condolences to Ambassador Bassam Al-Khatib
for the devastation caused by the earthquake on Monday.
Conveyed PM Narendra Modi’s message of sympathy and
commitment to providing expeditious assistance & support.
India on Tuesday sent 99-member specialist search and rescue teams with dog squads, an
army mobile hospital team and relief materials in 4 military heavy lift aircrafts to Turkey.
COMMITTEE FORMED
TO DRAFT NEW NAT’L
COOP POLICY: SHAH
Giving a reply to a written
question, HM Amit Shah
on Tuesday said that a
National level committee was
constituted on September 2
under the chairmanship of
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu to
formulate the New National
Cooperation Policy.
PARLIAMENT BUDGET SESSION
Govt is favouring Adani:
Rahul; BJP hits back
New Delhi (FIB): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Tuesday attacked
PM Modi accusing him
of helping of helping
Gautam Adani expand
his business. While re-
plying to Prez Murmu’s
address in LS, Rahul
said, “From TN, Kerala
to HP we have been lis-
tening one name every-
where ‘Adani’. Across
entire country, it’s just
‘Adani’, ‘Adani’...people
used to ask me that Ada-
ni enters any business
and never fails.” Mean-
while, BJP leader Ravi
Shankar Prasad said,
“We condemn the base-
less allegations levelled
by Rahul Gandhi.”
Rahul Gandhi speaks in the
Lok Sabha session on Tuesday.
RIFT IN MAHA
CONG: THORAT
QUITS POST,
BLAMES NANA
PETITION IN
BIHAR COURT
AGAINST
BHAGWAT
New Delhi: Result of the first session of JEE Main
2023 is out. Nipun Goel and Nikunj Goel, twin
brothers from Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, have scored
100 and 99.99 percentile, respectively, in session 1.
ADANI LAWYER MOVES SC TO GAG MEDIA
New Delhi: A plea was filed in SC seeking a gag
order to prevent media from carrying statements or
allegations related to Adani group firms unless they
are filed with and verified by market regulator SEBI.
Mumbai: Maha CLP leader Balasaheb
Thorat wrote to Cong chief Mallikarjun
Kharge resigning from post on Tuesday.
On Monday, he said he cannot work with
Maha Congress president Nana Patole.
Muzaffarpur: A complaint was filed
before a Bihar court on Tuesday,
against RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for
allegedly denigrating Brahmins in a
recent speech.
JEE MAIN TWIN TOPPERS FROM UP
WILL BJP GET MP PAPER LEAK
ISSUE PROBED BY CBI: GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid BJP’s de-
mand of CBI inquiry in
paper leak incidents in
Rajasthan, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Tuesday asked whether
theBJPwillgetthepaper
leak in Madhya Pradesh
investigated by the CBI.
GehlotsaidonTwitter
that the recruitment of
contractual staff nurses
of National Health Mis-
sion in Madhya Pradesh
hasbeencanceleddueto
paper leak. He said that
paper leak incidents in
Gujarat, Jammu and
Kashmir and other
states in the past few
daysareamatterof seri-
ous concern.
“There is a need to
find a solution to the
countrywideproblemof
paperleaks.WilltheBJP
get a CBI inquiry into
the paper leak in MP?”
he asked. The Opposi-
tion BJP in Rajasthan
has been targeting the
Ashok Gehlot govt in
State over the incidents
of paper leak and has
demanded CBI inquiry
.
CM Ashok Gehlot
OTHER TOP
RAJ STORIES
ACB arrested RVPNL
XEN Kunj Bihari Gupta,
XEN Jinan Jain, JEN Vipin
Chauhan and contractor
Kalpvan Vyas in the
matter of taking `1.25
lakh bribery. P3
An IndiGo flight from
Jeddah to Delhi made an
emergency landing in
Jodhpur after a 60-year-
old woman passenger fell
ill — and was later
declared brought dead by
a local hospital. P3
In G-club firing case,
police arrested the hotel
operator on Tuesday.
During the search, `9.68
lakh and jewellery were
found in one of the
drawers of the hotel.
THERE IS NO ANTI-INCUMBENCY
AGAINST CONGRESS GOVT: RANDHAWA
Kota: Congress in charge for Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa on Tuesday said that he will fulfill his duty
in the state with full responsibility. He said there is no
anti-incumbency against the Congress government PCC
president Govind Singh Dotasra said that the factor of
anti-incumbency is against the BJP and Modi government.
—BHANWAR S CHARAN
Randhawa and
Dotasra will go to
Delhi today at 3 pm
and are likely to meet
the high command

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2023
02
BIKANER VETERINARY UNIVERSITY ROW
PIL to challenge VC Dr
Garg’s appointment
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The Jodh-
pur Bench of the Ra-
jasthan HC has
sought response
from the concerned
parties in the matter
regarding the ap-
pointment of the
Vice Chancellor of
Rajasthan Veteri-
nary and Animal
Sciences University,
Bikaner. The Public
Interest Litigation
challenging the ap-
pointment of Vice
Chancellor Dr. Satish
Kumar Garg has been
filed by Rajasthan
Youth Board member
Sunil Sharma.
In the PIL, the
court has directed the
Chief Judicial Magis-
trate of Bikaner to
get the notice
served immedi-
ately to the Vice
Chancellor. A
division bench
of High Court
Justices Sand-
eep Mehta and
R a j e n d r a
Prakash Soni
has summoned
the response of
the Vice Chan-
cellor along with the
parties concerned.
Sunil Sharma has
challenged the Raj
Bhavan’s order dated
6 August 2021 through
advocate Moti Singh.
The way has been cleared to complete the Jhotwara elevated road as the houses and shops coming on its alignment have been removed. One side of the road has
been completed and gives hope of earlier completion of the project. The project is scheduled to be completed by June 2023. The project work was stuck due to 3
dozen houses and 4 temples and suffered slow pace due to Corona epidemic. —PHOTO SANTOSH SHARMA
JOGGERS COMPLAIN OF
‘POLITICAL POLLUTION’
Central Park Joggers’ Association has complained to the govt
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the run
of MLA Baljeet Yadav,
with a number of his
supporters, in Central
Park on Monday, other
park visitors and jog-
gers are offended and
have complained to the
State government over-
turning the peaceful
park into a political
adda.
Central Park is be-
coming the centre of
protests these days,
they complained. Peo-
ple come here in the
morning and evening
for walking and jog-
ging. They also reach
with family to spend a
couple of moments
peacefully
.But when po-
litical people come here
with political agenda
than “political pollu-
tion” spreads in the air
of Central Park, they
complained.
The Central Park
Joggers’ Association
has complained to the
government.Independ-
ent MLA from Alwar’s
Behror constitue-
cy Baljeet Yadav on
Monday took to run-
ning in Central Park of
Jaipur to press for vari-
ous demands pertain-
ing to youths and farm-
er labourers. He took 22
rounds of Central Park.
A LOOK BACK
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The result of
the January session of
JEE-Main 2023, the
country’s largest engi-
neering entrance exam-
ination, was released by
the National Testing
Agency on Tuesday.
Jaipur’s Karthik topped
scoring 999920 percen-
tile, while Darsh Jain
secured the second po-
sition with 999854 and
Divyansh Gupta se-
cured the third position
with 99.9823. Allen
Jaipur scored 100 per-
centile in Physics, one
student scored 100 per-
centile in Chemistry
.
The chairman of the
institution, Brijesh Ma-
heshwari, said that six
students of Allen have
scored overall 100 per-
centile. These include
Kaushal Vijayvargiya,
Deshan Singh, Harshal
Sanjay Bhai, Soham
Das, Divyansh Hemen-
dra Shinde and Krish
Gupta Vidyarthi. The
JEE-Main exam was
held between January
24 and February 1.
Jaipur’s Karthik tops JEE-Main 2023
Darsh Jain secured
2nd position and
Divyansh Gupta
secured 3rd position
20-point prog: MP Devji
Patel, Dangi nominated
Police externs 300 involved in criminal acts
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur Police
has externed more than
300 people, who were di-
rectly and indirectly
involved in criminal ac-
tivities happening in
the city. All the DCPs
were ordered by the
Jaipur commissioner to
identify such people. Af-
ter this, SHOs were
asked to conduct a door-
to-door search by all the
DCPs.
More than 300 people
were identified from all
the districts of the com-
missionerate.Addition-
al Commissioner of Po-
liceAjayPalLambasaid
that in view of the in-
creasing incidents of
snatching, loot, assault,
and firing in the city
, the
SHOs conducted search-
es in their respective
areas.Preliminary in-
vestigation revealed
that these people are di-
rectly and indirectly in-
volved in criminal ac-
tivities. Most of these
people are involved in
supplying liquor,
snatching, and giving
shelter to miscreants.
Maru Nirman padyatra
enters 2nd
day in Jaipur
Doctor couple parties in
hosp, BCMHO seeks reply
Manoj Tank
Jhunjhunu: A video of
a doctor couple celebrat-
ing their wedding anni-
versaryatagovernment
hospital here is going
viral. Music was played
and a party was organ-
ized on the anniversary
,
which has now become
a topic of discussion. In
this regard, BCMHO
has summoned the an-
swerfromtheconcerned
doctor couple
According to the in-
formation, the party
was organized on the
wedding anniversary of
dentist Suman Meena
and Mukesh Meena.
Nursing staff and doc-
tors and other employ-
ees joined the party in
the Govt CHC premises.
There is a report that
the patients were dis-
turbed, but the doctors
are denying it.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The fake cur-
rency notes supplying
gang have been busted
by the police in the state
capital. The police ar-
rested four accused on
Tuesday, out of them
one has also been caught
in the paper leak case of
the Rajasthan Police Re-
cruitment Examination.
The Kardhani police
have recovered fake
notes amounting to Rs
2,93,300 from the ac-
cused. The arrested ac-
cused are Rakesh Ku-
mar (Sikar resident),
Dhanna Ram (Nagaur
resident), Satveer Singh
Khaded (Jhunjhunu
resident), and Ajay Sin-
gh (Jhunjhunu resi-
dent), however, the
search for the kingpin
continues. The accused
lived in different flats in
the city
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has issued an
order nominating Lok
Sabha MP Devji Patel
and Rajya Sabha MP
Neeraj Dangi in the dis-
trict first level commit-
tees constituted for
planning, implementa-
tion and coordination
of the twenty-point pro-
gramme.
Joint Government
Secretary of Planning
(Twenty Point Pro-
gramme) Department
Sushil Kumar Kulhari
said that after the ap-
proval of the Lok Sabha
Secretariat, Patel has
been nominated as a
member of district first
level committees of Ja-
lore district and Dangi
of Sirohi district. Patel
is second time MP from
Jalore Sirohi Lok Sab-
ha constituency from
BJP and Dangi is Rajya
Sabha MP from Con-
gress.
In the committee,
Congress leaders have
been made president
and vice-president.
Similarly, a state level
twenty-point pro-
gramme planning, im-
plementation and coor-
dination committee has
also been constituted
and Dr Chandrabhan
has been given the re-
sponsibility in this.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With their
pending demand for a
separate state, Maru
Pradesh, the dhar-
nacomprisinghundreds
of farmers has entered
the second day near the
Udaipuriya. The de-
mand to make a new
state called Maru
Pradesh by taking 13
districts of Western Ra-
jasthan into its fold. The
farmers from Sriganga-
nagar on foot march via
Camel cart reached
Chomu. There were
hundreds of farmers in-
cluding Maru Pradesh
Yuva Morcha spokes-
person Mahipal Mahla
was in attendance at the
dharna site.
6 students of ALLEN scored overall 100 percentile.
Baljeet Yadav and others running in Central Park on Monday.
Accused in the police custody onTuesday.
Jaipur police commissionerate. —FILE PHOTO
RESULT FOR SESSION 1
Sec 144 imposed in Sikar till March 5
ahead of Khatu Shyamji Mela
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: In view of the
large crowd at the Kha-
tushyamji, the adminis-
tration has imposed Sec-
tion 144 in Sikar. Section
144 was implemented in
Sikar from February 7
to will last up to March
5. It is to be noted that
after 85 days, the doors
of Khatushyamjitemple
were opened on Monday
.
Sub-Divisional Officer
DantaramgarhPratibha
Verma has issued or-
ders to impose section
144. Seeing the crowd,
the administration de-
cided to keep the temple
open for 24 hours.
Devotees at Khatu Shyamji in Sikar on Tuesday.
Jalore (PTI): A group of
villagers in Jalore district
allegedly caught a man
who had come to visit
a girl, tied him to a tree,
thrashed him and poured
urine into his mouth, police
said on Tuesday. They
have detained six people
after a video of the assault
surfaced on social media.
They also slapped a case
against the man under the
POCSO Act. According to
the police, the victim had
allegedly come to meet
a girl in a nearby village
on Sunday night. He was
caught and beaten up
brutally after being tied to
a tree by the villagers and
family members of the girl.
Ajmer (PTI): Police
registered a case in Ajmer
after a video on social
media showed a couple
hugging as they sat
opposite each other on a
moving motorcycle. SHO
of Christian ganj police
station Karan Singh said
on the basis of the video,
the case for rash driving
was registered. The case
was registered under
IPC section 279 (rash
driving) and 294 (obscene
acts and songs) against
a 24-year-old bike rider
and a girl, who is a minor.
The video showed the girl
sitting on the motorcycle’s
petrol tank facing a man
and hugging him.
NEWS DIGEST
MAN THRASHED,
FORCED TO DRINK
URINE; SIX HELD
POLICE REGISTER
CASE AGAINST
HUGGING COUPLE
Forbetterconnectivity!
The Jodh-
pur Bench of the Ra-
jasthan HC has
sought response
from the concerned
parties in the matter
regarding the ap-
pointment of the
Vice Chancellor of
Rajasthan Veteri-
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Neeraj Dangi
Devji Patel
4 held for supplying fake currency
notes, 1 also accused in paper leak

RAJASTHAN
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SEARCH OP INSIDE JAIL
Pratapgarh District Jail officials recover 13 mobile phones, 13 data cables, 4 chargers, 7
earphones, and 6 spare batteries from the cavity made under the tiles in the bathroom,
during a search operation. The case has been handed over to Cyber Police Station.
Jaipur (PTI): Hoard-
ings put up in the city
by the Rajasthan Gov-
ernment ahead of the
State Budget on Friday
10 are suggesting that it
will be a populist one in
the election year.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, who also
holds the finance port-
folio, said the budget
will be fabulous, fo-
cused on youths and
fulfil the aspirations of
the people of the State.
The hoardings with a
photo of the chief min-
ister say in Hindi that
the Rajasthan budget is
coming on February 10,
with a tagline -- ‘Bachat,
Rahat, Badhat’ (saving,
relief and progress).
The hoardings have
been put up at key
places in the city, in-
cluding Sahkar circle,
Ambedkar circle and
Gandhi circle.
“It is our endeavour
to make Rajasthan the
number 1 state in the
country. The govern-
ment has introduced
several such schemes
which are not there in
other states. The state
budget to be presented
on February 10 will take
it forward.
“The budget will be
focusedonyouths,which
willalsofulfiltheaspira-
tions of all sections. It
will be an inclusive
budget,” the Chief Min-
ister has said recently
.
Gehlot assures a ‘fabulous’ Budget
‘BACHAT, RAHAT, BADHAT’
lll
Responding to a
post with
hoarding’s
picture, Satish
Poonia also
posted a photo
with a replaced
tagline ‘Apradh,
Bhrashtachar,
Paper leak’
ACB NABS 2 XENs, JEN,
CONTRACTOR FOR GRAFT
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: In a big crack-
down on Tuesday
, the
Anti Corruption Bu-
reau arrested Ra-
jasthan Vidyut Prasa-
ran Nigam Limited
(RVPNL) XEN Kunj
Bihari Gupta, XEN Ji-
nan Jain, JEN Vipin
Chauhan and contrac-
torKalpvanVyasinthe
matterof takingRs1.25
lakh bribe. The action
was carried simultane-
ously at three locations
in Jaipur and Udaipur.
Gupta, posted in the
office of Assistant Di-
rector Operation Of-
fice, RVPNL, and Vyas
were held in Jaipur
while XEN Jinan Jain
and JEN Vipin Chau-
han were held from
Udaipur. Vyas brought
Rs 2 lakh bribe from
Udaipur to Jaipur
when he was nabbed.
ADG ACB Hemant
Priyadarshy said that
a source information
was received at the
headquarters that Ji-
nan Jain was promot-
ed from AEN to XEN
and he did not want to
be transferred out of
Udaipur. “There was
information about
transaction of bribe
worth lakhs for stop-
ping the transfer out of
Udaipur. Kunj Bihari
Guptahassoughtbribe
which was being taken
by his broker contrac-
tor Kalpvan Vyas. At
thisinformation,atrap
was laid and all the ac-
cused were arrested,”
said Priyadarshy
.
On the basis of in-
telligence received
from developed sourc-
es, the trap was laid
under the leadership
of ACB ASP Bajrang
Singh Shekhawat.
First India Bureau
Kota: Congress in-
charge for Rajasthan
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa,PCCpresidentGo-
vind Singh Dotasra and
other senior leaders of
the party held an inter-
action with the party
workersof Kotadivision
regarding Haath Se
haath Jodo campaign.
MLABharatSinghsat
in the back row and left
after some time. Earlier,
many office bearers and
councillors were seen
jostling at the gate to en-
ter the venue to partici-
pate in the programme.
Addressing the pro-
gramme, Dotasra said-
“It is the common work-
erof thepartywhotakes
us to this platform.
Workers come even in
our dreams at night.
There is no atmosphere
of anti-incumbency
against the government
in Rajasthan.”
After the programme,
Congress councillors
met Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa. PCC chief
Dotasra, Dhariwal were
also there. The coun-
cilors gave a detailed de-
scription of the develop-
ment works being done
in Kota city
.
Earlier, an accident
took place by the con-
voy of Sukhjinder Sin-
gh Randhawa on Bundi
road. While going to
the resort located on
Bundi Road, a Punjab
Escort vehicle running
in the convoy hit an el-
derly person.
Shiv Prakash Purohit &
Dixit Parihar
Jodhpur: A private air-
line from New Delhi to
S r i n a g a r
had to make
an emer-
gency land-
ing in Jodh-
pur after
the health
of a woman deteriorat-
ed on Tuesday
.
The airport staff took
thewoman,identifiedas
Misra Bano (60), to
Goyal Hospital on
Residency Road in Jodh-
pur, where doctors de-
clared her dead. The
woman was a resident
of Jammu and Kashmir
and was going to Srina-
gar from Saudi Arabia.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Foundation (RF) has
launched helpline num-
bers to assist the Non-
R e s i d e n t
Rajasthanis
(NRRs) re-
siding in
the earth-
quake-hit
areas of
Turkey and Syria. The
Helpline Numbers are
+91 83060 09838, 0141-
2229111 and 011-
23070807.
Rajasthan Founda-
tion Commissioner
Shri Dhiraj Srivastava
saidthattheFoundation
is anguished over the
loss of lives due to the
recent massive earth-
quakes that occurred in
Turkey and Syria. As
the Indian NDRF team
is reaching to render
help to the victims in
the affected areas, the
Foundation has also
launched the helpline
numbers to ensure that
no NRR goes unattend-
ed during this crisis.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Union Minis-
ter Smriti Irani’s daugh-
ter, Shanelle Irani’s wed-
ding ceremony will be
held at Khimsar Fort in
Nagaur from February 7
to 9. Smriti Irani’s hus-
band, Zubin Irani,
daughterJoyceIraniand
familymembersreached
Jodhpur on Tuesday
.
SmritiIraniwillreach
Jodhpurtoday
.Daughter
Shanelle Irani and her
fiance Arjun Bhalla
reached Jodhpur on
Monday
. They stayed
overnight in Jodhpur
andleftforKhimsarFort
on Tuesday morning.
The two will tie the knot
on February 9 and the
Sangeet ceremony will
be held on Wednesday
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 30-year old
man was awarded life
imprisonment for rap-
ing a mentally chal-
lenged minor girl in
Jaipur.
The special POCSO
court convicted Krish-
na Kumar Verma, who
is father of two girls,
for raping the 14 year
old victim in 2019 in
Murlipura police sta-
tion area.
Judge Govind
Vallabh Pant said that
Krishna Kumar Verma
raped the girl and did
unnatural sex and
there cannot be any le-
niency towards him.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Pathai Khan,
a resident of Dhanau
block in Barmer, who
earlier lodged FIR
against Yogguru Swami
Ramdev over his contro-
versial remark against
the Muslims, has now
backtracked from his
stand. Complainant al-
leged that he has no
idea about the com-
plaint and he has been
duped by his lawyer.
On February 5,
Pathai Khan lodged an
FIR against Ramdev for
making provocative
statements promoting
enmity, hatred and bit-
terness against Muslim
community. The FIR
was lodged under IPC
section 153A (promot-
ing enmity between two
groups on grounds of
religion, race, and resi-
dence); 295A (deliberate
and malicious acts in-
tended to outrage reli-
gious feelings) and 298
(uttering words with
intent to wound reli-
gious feelings).
The alleged com-
ments targeting a par-
ticular community
were made on February
2 by Ramdev at Tarata-
ra Math in Barmer.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: There was a de-
tailed discussion on the
construction of Family
Court building, on Tues-
day with Kuldeep Ran-
ka, Principal Secretary
totheChief Minister,for
half an hour. Ranka
spoke to the Law Secre-
tary on the phone and
instructed to inspect the
land allotted to the Fam-
ily Court on Gandhi Na-
gar mode and the rooms
built on it and repair
them. Advocate Poonam
ChandBhandari,Patron
of theFamilyCourt,was
part of the discussion
along with Chairman
DS Shekhawat.
Earlier, Bhandari and
Shekhawat had submit-
ted a memorandum to
the Chief Minister that
the building should be
constructed soon on the
land allotted to the Fam-
ily Court at Gandhi Na-
gar and in that regard
the building committee
of the High Court would
get permission for the
construction of the
Family Court building.
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: A protest was
held on Tuesday at the
main gate of Rajasthan
Public Service Commis-
sion office under the
leadership of Rajasthan
Unemployed Integrated
Federation regarding
releasing the result of
school lecturer recruit-
ment exam at the earli-
est. There was a ruckus
and police lathicharged
the protesters to dis-
perse the crowd.
Police took Rajasthan
Unemployed Integrated
Federation President
Upen Yadav and one
more into custody
. They
were taken to the Civil
Line police station.
Yadavsaidthathewas
there because the school
lecturer’s examination
was conducted in Octo-
ber and the results were
notreleasedyet.Besides,
theprotestersdemanded
that the culprits in the
paper leak case should
be arrested at the earli-
est and the matter be in-
vestigated by the CBI.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the I-T raids
on four groups of real
estate, hotel, and jewel-
lery, big cash haul,
gold and other valua-
bles have been seized.
Till the 7th day of the
action, more than 400
kg gold along with doc-
uments of undisclosed
assets worth more
than Rs 550 crore have
been seized.
About 1.5 dozen un-
announced lockers are
yet to be scanned.
Raids are being carried
out at the locations as-
sociated with Man-
galam Builders Group.
Guerrilla action has
also been taken on
Derewala Jewelers
group. The Income Tax
Department team
started raids on Thurs-
day morning at around
30 locations of Man-
galam Builders, R-Tech
Builders, SSB Group.
Acccording to the
sources, the connec-
tions of the business
group are also connect-
ed abroad. The Income
Tax Department team is
also searching the bank
lockers of the business
group. Documents re-
lated to black money
investments have also
been recovered.
The bureau was keeping an eye for the
last one and a half months and heard
hundreds of phone calls
Dotasra praises
party workers, denies
anti-incumbency
against State Govt
Nearly 1.5 dozen
unannounced
lockers are yet to be
scanned by officials
Foundation workers
coordinating with
NRRs to ensure
all the assistance
Arrested accused XEN Kunj Bihari Gupta, XEN Jinan Jain, JEN
Vipin Chauhan and contractor Kalpvan Vyas.
Goving Singh Dotasra speaks during a dialogue with Congress
workers regarding Haath Se Haath Jodo campaign, in Kota. GR
Khatana, Ministers Shanti Dhariwal, Ashok Chandna, Pramod Jain
Bhaya and other Congress leaders were also present at the event.
Poonam Chand Bhandari, DS Shekhawat and others.
A car is seen over the wreckage of a collapsed building in Turkey.
A policeman is seen pushing
Upen Yadav inside the jeep.
Randhawa, Dotasra, others discuss Haath
Se Haath Jodo drive with Cong workers
Raj Fdn issues helpline numbers
for Non-Resident Rajasthanis
QUAKE-HIT TURKEY AND SYRIA
Day 7 of I-T raids: Over 400
kg gold, `500 cr seized so far
Irani’s daughter
to get married on
Feb 9 in Jodhpur
Man gets lifer for
raping mentally
challenged minor
Complainant against
Ramdev backtracks,
says duped by lawyer
Ranka orders inspection of land
allotted for Family Court building
Cops baton-charge
youths,arrest Upen
Ailing woman
passenger dies
after emergency
landing in Jodh
A hoarding put up by State Govt ahead of State Budget 2023-24.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
The programme of ‘Hath Se
Hath Jodo’ campaign, sched-
uled to be held in Bharatpur
on Wednesday, has been
postponed. Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa would go to Delhi
and therefore the Bharatpur
tour has been postponed.
Randhawa will stay at the
circuit house in Jaipur to-
night. Dotasara is also likely
to go with Randhawa.
RANDHAWA’S DELHI
VISIT HALTS DRIVE

PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in faith so that you overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
—Bible
Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam!
Humanitarian assistance
along with search rescue
equipment rushed to earthquake
hit Türkiye. India stands in
solidarity with the people of
Türkiye in their hour of need.
TOP TWEETS
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
@JM_Scindia
In order to connect difficult
areas by air #UDAN , helicopter
services are being started in
Assam. This is an important
step towards the Prime
Minister’s @narendramodi ji’s
LookEastPolicy and resolve to make the North Eastern
states the engine of the country’s development.
TURKEY’S BUILDINGS FALL LIKE PANCAKES
pair of huge
ear thquakes
have struck in
Turkey, leaving
more than 3,000
people dead and unknown
numbers injured or dis-
placed. The first quake,
near Gaziantep close to the
Syrian border, measured
7.8 in magnitude and was
felt as far away as the UK.
The second occurred nine
hours later, on what ap-
pears to be an intersecting
fault, registering a magni-
tude of 7.5.
Adding to the devasta-
tion, some 3,450 buildings
havecollapsed,accordingto
the Turkish government.
Many of the modern build-
ings have failed in a “pan-
cake mode” of structural
collapse. Why did this hap-
pen?Wasitsimplytheenor-
mous magnitude and vio-
lence of the quake, or is the
problemwiththebuildings?
THOUSANDS OF YRS
OF EARTHQUAKES
Earthquakes are common
in Turkey, which sits in a
very seismically active re-
gion where three tectonic
plates constantly grind
against one another be-
neath Earth’s surface.
CONSTRUCTION IS A
KNOWN PROBLEM
Many of the collapsed
buildings appear to have
been built from concrete
without adequate seismic
reinforcement. Seismic
building codes in this re-
gion suggest these build-
ings should be able to sus-
tain strong earthquakes
(where the ground accel-
erates by 30 percent to 40
percent of the normal
gravity) without incur-
ring this type of complete
failure.
RECONSTRUCTION
Even though Turkish au-
thorities know many
buildings are unsafe in
earthquakes, it is still a
difficult problem to solve.
Many of the buildings are
already built, and seismic
retrofitting may be expen-
sive or not considered a
priority compared to oth-
er socio-economic chal-
lenges.
In addition to substan-
tive loss of life and infra-
structure damage, both
earthquakes are likely to
have caused a myriad of
environmental effects,
such as ruptured ground
surfaces, liquified soil, and
landslides. These effects
may render many areas
unsafe to rebuild on – so
reconstruction efforts
should also include plan-
ning decisions about what
can be built where, to low-
er future risks.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
A
Adding to the massive
devastation, some
3,450 buildings have
collapsed, according
to the Turkish
government. Many of the
modern buildings have
failed in a “pancake mode”
of structural collapse
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etajiSubhasChandraBose
is remembered every day,
every moment and it will
remain so... FOREVER…
However, after so many
years, currently the re-
ported “ownership” of the
great freedom fighter’s
legacy is being claimed by
one and all parties and
this is so very evident on
January 23rd each year on
his birth anniversary
.
Bengal or in that matter,
India, will remember Ne-
taji forever but the clam-
our for “Whose Netaji he
is?” Crosses all limits of
decibel especially on this
day
.Andthisyear,itwasno
different… On the contra-
ry, this year the clamour
had created quite a din.
We look at all the argu-
ments and counter-argu-
ments that took place be-
fore, during and after the
birth anniversary pro-
grammes. It may be re-
called that days before the
RSS had planned to cele-
brate Netaji Subhas Chan-
dra Bose’s birth anniver-
sary in Kolkata, his
daughterAnitaBose-Pfaff
had said that the organi-
sation’s ideology and the
nationalist leader’s ideas
of secularism and inclu-
siveness were “poles apart
and do not coincide”.
She agreed that the fan-
fare over the celebration
of her father’s birth anni-
versary is to “partially
serve their (BJP
, RSS) own
interests”. As far as ideol-
ogy is concerned, the Con-
gress has a lot more in
common with Netaji than
any other party in the
country, she said.
BJP and RSS do not re-
flect the idea of respecting
all religions as preached
by Netaji, who was a de-
vout Hindu but believed
in respecting other faiths.
He was in favour of pro-
ductive cooperation be-
tween members of differ-
ent religions, Bose-Pfaff
said. “The RSS and BJP do
not necessarily reflect
this attitude ...If you want
to put a simple label, they
are rightists and Netaji
was a leftist,” she had told
PTI in an interview over
phone from Germany
.
“FromwhatIhearabout
the RSS ideology, I would
agree that it and Netaji’s
ideology are poles apart.
The two value systems do
not coincide. It will cer-
tainly be good if the RSS
felt it wanted to embrace
Netaji’s ideals and ideas.
Many different groups
want to celebrate Netaji’s
birthday in different ways
and a number of them nec-
essarily agree with his
ideas,” Bose-Pfaff said.
LAUDS BJP
Speaking on the recent
pomp and fanfare over Ne-
taji’s birth anniversary
celebrations, she lauded
the BJP-led government
at the Centre for taking a
“lot of initiatives” to hon-
our him.
“This has two aspects.
After Independence, the
official Congress stand
on Netaji was reserved
and not shared by all
Congressmen. It wanted
to keep the narrative that
it was only the civil diso-
bedience movement that
led to the country’s free-
dom. But after Netaji
files were declassified,
we came to know that the
Indian National Army
(INA) played a very key
role in it,” she said.
“The BJP has made a
lot of effort to honour Ne-
taji. With any politician,
you have first to allow
them to look at his/her in-
terest. If Netaji was alive
today and held a different
view from that of the gov-
ernment, then the BJP
would not have honoured
him. So (in this case) it is
their interest that is
served,” she said.
POLITICAL
‘POW-WOW’
It may be recalled that the
Trinamool Congress and
BJP had locked horns to
appropriateNetaji’slegacy
on his 125th birth anniver-
saryaheadof theassembly
polls in 2021. In 2015, the
West Bengal government
released 64 files on the
leader held by the home
department.Thenextyear,
the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment at the Centre re-
leased 100 files on him.
COMMISSION AFTER
COMMISSION
After Independence, the
Centre had formed three
inquiry commissions to
unravel the mystery of
Netaji’s disappearance.
Two of them -- the Shah
Nawaz Commission and
Khosla Commission were
formed by the Congress
governments and con-
cluded that Bose died in
an air crash on August 18,
1945, soon after taking off
from Taihoku airport in
Taiwan. The third one --
the Mukherjee Commis-
sion formed by the BJP-
led NDA government said
he did not.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
NETAJI’S LEGACY: THERE’S
A SCRAMBLE FOR IT?
N
BJP’s state spokesman
Samik Bhattacharya,
however, said that
the opposition parties
are unnecessarily
politicising the event.
“First of all, RSS is not a
political outfit, whose
aim is to strengthen
Indian society. RSS
is above all politics.
Secondly, praying in
tribute to Netaji cannot
be the monopoly of
any particular political
party since Netaji
remains in the hearts of
the Indians. There is
no need for such
unnecessary politics
over the matter,” he said.
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
WHAT BJP
STATE UNIT SAID
WHAT NETAJI’S GRAND NEPHEW SAID
WHAT MOHAN BHAGWAT SAID
WHAT CPI (M)
MEMBER SAID
On 126th birth anniv of freedom
fighter Subhas Chandra Bose,
his grandnephew Chandra Kumar
Bose had said, Netaji was the only
leader to date who was inclusive
and secular. “RSS Chief Mohan
Bhagwat must be clear about
what he wants, you can’t follow
Savarkar Netaji together, they
can’t be on the same page,” Chan-
dra Kumar Bose added. Bhagwat
had praised Netaji’s contribution
to India’s struggle for independ-
ence and urged everyone to
adopt Bose’s traits and principles
and work toward making India a
“vishwa guru”. “We remember
Netaji not only because we are
grateful to him for his valuable
contributions towards the freedom
struggle but also to ensure that we
imbibe his qualities. “Netaji Loho
Pronam” at Shahid Minar Ground
in Kolkata, Bhagwat stated that
even though circumstances and
paths may diverge, destination
remains the same.
“Subhas babu (Netaji) was
first associated with the
Congress and followed its path
of ‘satygraha’, and ‘andolon’, but
when he realised that this was
not enough and there was a need
for freedom struggle, he worked
towards it. Paths differ, but the
goals are the same,” he said. The
RSS chief also said, “We have
Subhasbabu’s ideals in front of
us to follow. The goals he had
are our goals too... Netaji had
said India is a smaller version of
the world and the country has
to provide relief to the world.
We all have to work towards it,”
he said, “there can be different
paths, and these are described as
‘isms’ (ideologies), which might
differ but what is important is
the goal.” He noted that “Netaji’s
legacy has remained alive” in the
hearts of millions of Indians even
though “no substantial efforts
were made to keep it alive” after
the independence.
According to the CPI-M
central committee member
Sujan Chakraborty, “this is
part of a bigger ploy of pro-
jecting Netaji as a Hindu rather
than a believer in inclusive
politics’’.
“They are
organis-
ing the
pro-
gramme
just
keep-
ing in
mind the
panchayat elections in the
state this year and the Lok
Sabha elections in 2024. Even
Netaji’s daughter has endorsed
there is no common element
of connection between RSS’
divisive politics and Netaji’s
inclusive ideology irrespec-
tive of caste, language and
religion,” he said.

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INDIA
05
Noscope ofcomplacency,take
Budget to masses:PMto BJPMPs
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
asked the BJP MPs not
to show any complacen-
cy and reach out to peo-
ple on the ground.
PM Modi participat-
ed in the BJP parlia-
mentary party meeting
on Tuesday. BJP chief
JP Nadda felicitated
Modi on arriving for the
meeting. Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sithara-
man was also felicitated
by Nadda for presenting
the Union Budget 2023.
The weekly meeting
of the BJP in the Parlia-
ment takes place every
Tuesday when the
House is in function.
Addressing party
MPs, Modi lauded his
govt’s effort to bring in
a budget at a very diffi-
cult time, said sources.
He said the budget
has something for every
stratum of society. PM
asked party MPs to take
the budget to the people.
“It is a huge responsi-
bility on behalf of the
MPs to talk about the
budget to their constitu-
encyandtellpeoplewhat
is in the budget for them
and how this budget
comes in at a time in the
world is going through a
major economic crisis,”
PM Modi said.
Prime Minister also
asked BJP MPs to con-
tinue participating in
various activities, in-
cluding contests and
sports to reach out to
the youth and also to
reach out to people in
border district areas.
“Even if the BJP has
been able to get a major-
ity in 2014 and 2019 and
public at large is happy
with the efforts of the
party
. But, there is no
scope for any compla-
cency
,andonemustkeep
ear to the ground,” PM
advised to party MPs.
The budget session of
Parliament started on
January 31 with the
joint Address by Presi-
dent Droupadi Murmu.
Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
presented the Budget
2023-24 on February 1.
Since then there has
been no business in
Parliament because of
the continued logjam
over the Adani issue.
The Opposition has de-
manded that the gov-
ernment should come
up and respond in Par-
liament about the Ada-
ni stock issue following
which disruption has
been witnessed in both
the Houses.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, BJP National President JP Nadda
and others during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Even if the BJP has
been able to get a
majority in 2014
and 2019 and public
at large is happy
with the efforts of the
party. But, there is
no scope for any
complacency, and
one must keep ear to
the ground.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
Make4,500NDMCstaff
regular:KejriwaltoHM
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal
has written to Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, seeking the regu-
larisation of 4,500 New
Delhi Municipal Coun-
cil (NDMC) employees.
TheseRegularMuster
Roll employees are wait-
ing for years for their
regularisation against
theexistingvacanciesin
the NDMC, he said.
A proposal for the
regularisation of the
employees is pending
with the Union Home
ministry. The employ-
ees had recently ap-
proached Kejriwal for
his support and inter-
vention in the matter.
“I would like to draw
your kind attention to
the issue of approval of
Recruitment Rules of
Group ‘C’ posts in
NDMC for grant of per-
manent employee sta-
tus to Regular Muster
Roll (RMR) employees
of New Delhi Munici-
pal Council (NDMC),”
Kejriwal wrote to Shah.
“The proposal for ap-
proval of draft Recruit-
ment Rules of Group C
posts in NDMC had
been sent to MHA vide
letter dated 25.09.2020
after approval of the
Council in its meeting
on 4th August, 2020 and
subsequently, revised
proposal was sent vide
letter dated 16.04.2021,”
Kejriwal pointed out.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren meets Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Delhi’s Education Ministry under Manish Sisodia
had proposed to scrap 244 posts of school principals and
these were “deemed abolished” as they could not filled for
five years, the Lt Governor’s office said on Tuesday, days
after Sisodia alleged the LG was withholding appointment on
these posts. LG office also said contrary to the claims made
by Sisodia, it did not agree with the proposal, and instead ad-
vised the government to get a study conducted on the aboli-
tion or creation of posts of principals. It also rejected charges
levelled against Saxena by Sisodia, terming them patently
false, bereft of facts, wrong deliberately misleading.
EDU MINISTRY UNDER SISODIA HAD PROPOSED
ABOLITION OF 244 PRINCIPAL POSTS: LG OFFICE
PM effected transformation in
Tripura, northeast, claims BJP
NewDelhi(PTI): Tripu-
ra and the entire north-
east have witnessed a
“transformation” with
PM Narendra Modi at
power in the Centre, the
BJP said on Tuesday,
expressing confidence
that it will retain power
in the poll-bound state.
“The ‘Look East’ poli-
cy of the Congress was
so hollow that it never
touched the ground re-
alities. It was PM Modi
who actually brought a
transformation by re-
placing that policy with
an action-oriented ‘Act
East’ policy
. His model
of ‘HIRA’ will ensure
further prosperity in
Tripura,” Union minis-
terSarbanandaSonowal
told media here.
The term “HIRA” is
used by the BJP to refer
to the government’s
thrust on highways, in-
ternet, roads and air-
ports. Not only nation-
ally, but Tripura has
now earned fame inter-
nationally too as its ex-
ports and strong infra-
structure have put it on
the path to develop-
ment, Sonowal said.
Attacking the Left
andtheCongress,which
have joined hands in
Tripura, Sonowal al-
leged that terrorism,
drugs and corruption
had affected the north-
eastern state under
their four decades of
collective rule as they
had neither policies nor
any intention to develop
the region.
The BJP has not only
policies and intention
but also a great leader in
Modi, who has worked
to ensure social security
and economic uplift for
Tripura, he said.
At press conference,
the Public Policy Re-
search Centre, a think-
tankaffiliatedtotheBJP
,
released a report, claim-
ing that the farmers’ in-
come saw a massive rise
underthesaffronparty’s
rule in Tripura since
2018 and piped drinking
water has reached more
than 58 per cent house-
holds in the state from
the earlier less than 3.5
per cent. Public Policy
Research Centre’s direc-
tor Sumeet Bhasin re-
leased the report.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (R) with Director of PPRC,
Sumeet Bhasin (C) at BJP office in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Agartala: The Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Saha conducted
a rally in State Capital Agartala. Tripura CM Manik Saha held a
door-to-door campaign at booth no. 41 ward no. 39 of his
assembly constituency Town Bordowali. Tripura will go to As-
sembly polls on February 16. The counting of votes will occur
on March 2 along with those of Meghalaya and Nagaland. The
election campaign in the state of Tripura is on full fledge. On
Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Tripura Chief
Minister Manik Saha held a roadshow from ‘Ashram Chow-
muhani’ to ‘Chowmuhani Mode’ at Banmalipur in Agartala.
TRIPURA CM SAHA CONDUCTS DOOR TO DOOR
CAMPAIGN IN AGARTALA, BEFORE STATE POLLS
BJP NEARLY ENDED
EXTREMISM IN N-E:
RAJNATH IN TRIPURA
CONGRESS IS BJP’S
‘TEAM B’, SAYS
DIDI IN TRIPURA
Agartala: Union Minister
Rajnath Singh on Tuesday
drew a parallel between
the old CPI(M) regime
and the ongoing BJP rule
in Tripura and said that
the former only “exploited
the poor” while the latter
nearly ended extremism
in the northeast. He as-
serted that both CPIM and
Congress will be wiped
off from Tripura in these
Assembly elections .
Agartala: Attacking the
BJP and Congress ahead
of the Tripura Assembly
polls, West Bengal CM
and TMC chief Mamata
Banerjee on Tuesday said
Congress is BJP’s ‘team
B’. Keen on expanding her
party’s footprint in other
states, Mamata Banerjee
held a march with TMC
workers and supporters in
Agartala on Tuesday.
ED grills suspended Congress MLA
Kachchap in money laundering case
Yamunanagar (ANI):
Suspended Congress
MLA Rajesh Kachchap
was grilled by the En-
forcement Directorate’s
office in connection
with the seizure of Rs
49 lakhs in cash in West
Bengal from him and
two other party legisla-
tors last year.
The ED summoned
Kachchap for the sec-
ond time. Three Con-
gress MLAs Irfan An-
sari, Rajesh Kachhap,
and Naman Bixal Kon-
gadi were arrested in
Kolkata on July 30 last
year and a sum of 49
lakhs was recovered
from them.
It is alleged that a
conspiracy was hatched
to topple the Jharkhand
government.
The ED probing the
case has called him to
its office for question-
ing. The ED is probing
the money laundering
angle in the cash scam
involving MLAs.
MLA Irfan Ansari speaks to the
media outside ED office.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
“Khattar govt
has failed to
control crime”
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Former Haryana
CM Bhupinder Singh
Hooda on Tuesday said
theBJP-JJPgovernment
of Haryana has failed to
protect the life and prop-
erty of the people.
Reacting to Haryana
lagging behind in the
Social Progress Index
released by the Central
government, Hooda
said Haryana is at the
bottom with just 33
points in terms of civil
security
.
This report, made on
parameters like murder
and other heinous inci-
dents, shows the people
of Haryana do not feel
safe. The report has
stamped the fact that
the coalition BJP-JJP
government has proved
to be a complete failure
in handling law and or-
der, Hooda said.
2nd SCO Young Scientist Conclave gets underway in Bengaluru
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: UnionMin-
ister of State (MoS)Dr
Jitendra Singh said that
the growth of SCO de-
pends on its success in
science, technology and
innovation sectors and
there is a need to trans-
form this landscape.
Dr Singh, delivering
his inaugural address at
the Second SCO Young
Scientist Conclave in
Bengaluru noted that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, at the 19th
Meeting of Council of
Heads of State of SCO,
had coined an acronym
HEALTH(‘H’forHealth-
care cooperation, ‘E’ for
Economic cooperation,
‘
A’ for Alternate Energy
,
‘L’ for Literature and
Culture ‘T’ for Terror-
ism free society, ‘H’ for
Humanitarian Coopera-
tion). He said that SCO
brings together the
colorful and distinctive
cultures of Central and
South Asia.
He said the SCO con-
sists of approximately
42% of the world’s popu-
lation, 22% of its land
area, and it contributes
20%totheglobalGDP
.He
said the SCO countries
have demographic ad-
vantage of having large
numberof youngpeople.
Dr Singh highlighted
Food security as a major
area of concern for SCO
economies, as it ac-
counts for a combined
population of over three
billion people. He said
thattechnologywillplay
a critical role in enhanc-
ing both, the quality and
quantity
,acrosstheagri-
culturevaluechainfrom
the use of inputs at the
pre-production stage to
post-production and
marketing to improve
the income of farmers.
“SCO’S SUCCESS DEPENDS ON SCIENCE”
Growth of SCO depends on collaboration
among Youth on science, technology and
innovation sector: MoS Jitendra Singh
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh virtually addressing the event. Delegates and dignitaries at the lamp lightening ceremony.
IN THE COURTYARD
HC UPHOLDS MAULVI’S SIX-YEAR IMPRISONMENT
FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MINOR GIRL
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has upheld the six-year jail
term awarded to a Muslim cleric for sexually assaulting a six-
year-old girl, saying great faith and trust is reposed in a ‘maulvi’
who teaches others the tenets of holy Quran and is looked up
to with reverence. The high court refused to either set aside
his conviction or reduce the sentence, stressing he does not
deserve any indulgence as the convict held a position of great
trust and faith which he breached by sexually assaulting a
gullible girl child.
HC: REMOVING MINOR
GIRL’S INNERWEAR
EQUIVALENT TO RAPE
Kolkata: Forceful remov-
al of the innerwear of a
minor girl is equivalent
to rape even if rape,
as per medical terms,
has not been done by
the accused or convict,
the Calcutta High Court
has held. A single judge
bench made this ruling
while hearing a case in
which Robi Roy was
declared as guilty by a
lower court in Dinajpur
district in 2008. On
May 7, 2007, Roy was
acccused of alluring a
minor girl in his locality
to a secluded place after
promising her an ice
cream. There he first
asked her to remove her
innerwear. When the vic-
tim refused, he forcefully
removed her innerwear.
SC TO HEAR PLEA AGAINST BAIL
TO SAD LEADER BIKRAM MAJITHIA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on
Tuesday said it will hear after four weeks
an appeal filed by the Punjab govern-
ment against a Punjab and Haryana High
Court order granting bail to former
minister Bikram Singh Majithia
in a drugs case. At the outset, a
bench comprising justices An-
iruddha Bose and Sudhanshu
Dhulia was requested to pass
over the hearing, so that it
can be taken up after other
listed matters.
MCD MAYORAL POLL: APEX COURT
TO HEAR AAP’S PLEA TODAY
New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed
to hear on Wednesday a plea filed by
AAP mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi
and others seeking early holding of the
mayoral election for the Municipal
Corporation of Delhi. A bench
comprising Chief Justice DY
Chandrachud and Justices PS
Narasimha and JB Pardiwala
took note of the submissions
of a lawyer, appearing for
the AAP, seeking urgent
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CBI NABS WESTERN
COALFIELD OFFICER
IN BRIBERY CASE
CRPF JAWAN
INJURED IN BLAST
IN JHARKHAND
ISHA FOUNDATION
REJECTS REPORTS
ON RECEIVING FUNDS
RAKHI SAWANT’S
HUSBAND ADIL KHAN
DURRANI ARRESTED
New Delhi: The CBI has ar-
rested a sub-area manager
of Western Coalfields Limit-
ed for allegedly demanding
a bribe of over Rs 3 lakh
for allowing a company to
lift coal from the Ghonsa
open cast mine, officials
said. The agency acted on a
complaint from a transport
company, Shree Transport,
that Jitta Trading Company
had purchased 8200 MT
coal through e-auction.
Mumbai: Rakhi Sawant’s
husband Adil Khan Durrani
has been reportedly arrest-
ed after the actor filed an
FIR against him. The actor
had alleged that Adil was
mishandling her funds,
while she was participating
in Bigg Boss Marathi last
year. Rakhi also alleged
that Adil was responsible
for her mother’s death as
he did pay money on time
for her surgery.
Jharkhand: A Jawan of
the Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) suffered
injuries in a blast triggered
by an Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) in Jharkhand’s
chaibasa area, police said.
The blast took place when a
CRPF party of 60 battalions
was conducting a search
operation on Tuesday. “The
injured jawan was evacuat-
ed from there and shifted to
a hospital in Ranchi for the
treatment,” Police said.
Bengaluru (PTI): Isha
Foundation clarified that it
has not received any funds
or land from the Karnataka
government for its project
in Chikkaballapura district.
It condemned the false
information being spread
regarding the Rs 100 crore
budget allocated by the CM
Basavaraj Bommai headed
government towards state
ecological activities with
emphasis on soil conserva-
tion to forest department.
CRUCIAL READ
Jabalpur (PTI): A doctor posted at the government-run
Katni district hospital in Madhya Pradesh was caught
by Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday while allegedly ac-
cepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a divyang person for
issuing him a disability certificate, an official said. The
complainant in the case, a resident of Reethi tehsil in
Katni district, suffers from disability in both legs and
the government doctor demanded Rs 40,000 as bribe
from him for issuing a medical document certifying 40
per cent disability, said deputy superintendent of police
(Lokayukta) Dilip Jharbade.
GOVT DOCTOR CAUGHT TAKING `15 000
BRIBE FROM PERSON WITH DISABILITY
‘RSS, NSA Ajit Doval coerced
Agniveer scheme on Army’
RaGa criticises Agnipath scheme also asked BJP to disclose amount it received from Adani
RAHUL GANDHI IN 1st PARLIAMENT SPEECH POST BJY
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Tuesday alleged
that Agniveer scheme
didn’t come from the
Armybutwas“coerced”
by National Security
Advisor (NSA) Ajit Dov-
al, Home Ministry and
the Rashtriya Swayam-
sevak Sangh (RSS).
“People talked about
the Agniveer scheme
but the youth of India
pointed out them being
asked to leave after four
years. The retired sen-
ior officers said that Ag-
niveer Yojana came
from RSS and Home
ministry, and not from
the Army,” he said in
the Lok Sabha.
The Cong leader said
that Ajit Doval “coerced
theschemeontheArmy
.
“Retired officers said
that if people are being
given arms training
and then asked to go
back to society, it will
lead to violence. They
(retired officers) have
in their mind that Ag-
niveer scheme didn’t
come from the Army
and that NSA Ajit Doval
coerced the scheme on
Army,” he added.
The Wayanad MP
also alleged that the
farmers had not got
money under the PM-
BIMA Yojana.
“We ask youth about
their jobs, many said
they are unemployed or
drive Uber, farmers
talked about not getting
money under PM-BIMA
Yojana, their land being
snatched away while
tribals talked about trib-
al bill,” Gandhi said.
ADANI HELPED PM
IN ‘RESURGENT GUJ’
‘ADANI GETS DEALS
FROM PM VISITS’
‘OPPN DISCUSS
STRATEGY FOR PARL’
SENA BOYCOTTS
PARL DEBATE
New Delhi: Rahul attacked
industrialist Gautam Adani
alleging he helped PM
Modi to construct the idea
of a “resurgent Gujarat”.
“Relationships begin many
years ago when Modi was
Gujarat’s CM…one man
stood shoulder to shoulder
with PM Modi, he was
loyal to the PM and helped
Modi construct idea of a
‘Resurgent Gujarat’.
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi
alleged that the govern-
ment was favouring only
one corporate, Adani
Group, ‘who gets all the
contracts. “Earlier he used
to travel in Adani’s aircraft
and now Adani travels with
Modiji in his aircraft. Rahul
made allegations, includ-
ing that Modi helped Adani
bag overseas contracts in
various sectors.
New Delhi: The opposi-
tion parties on Tuesday
met to “decide the day’s
strategy” regarding
their demand for a Joint
Parliamentary Committee
(JPC) into the Adani Issue.
Congress leader Jairam
Ramesh tweeted that the
Opposition wants the par-
liament to function but the
government (Modi Sarkar)
is afraid of it.
CANNOT ANSWER OPPOSITION'S QUESTIONS IF HOUSE IS
NOT WORKING: PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Meeting of BJP took place on Tuesday. Vari-
ous issues including the parliament logjam
were discussed, informed the Parliamentary
Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. He said that
he has talked to the opposition leaders and
all of them have assured him individually to
let the house function. “They (opposition)
are blaming that government is not answer-
ing but how will the government answer if
the house is not working,” he added.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi speaks in the Lok Sabha at the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address during the Budget
Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah while chairing a meeting of
Parliamentary Consultative Committee for Ministry of Home Affairs,
at Parliament in New Delhi, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Uddhav
Thackeray’s Shiv Sena on
Tuesday announced its
boycott of the Parliament
debate on the Motion
of Thanks on President’
Address, claiming the
government had turned
down its demand for a dis-
cussion on the Adani issue
and a Joint Parliamentary
Committee (JPC) probe in
the matter. “We have de-
cided to boycott the debate
on the Motion of Thanks
on President’s Address in
both Houses of Parlia-
ment. We remain steadfast
on our demand for a Joint
Parliamentary Committee
probe,” Vinayak Raut, a
Lok Sabha member of Shiv
Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray), told PTI. He
said the government had
also termed down the
demand of the Thackeray
faction of for a separate
discussion in Parliament
on the Adani issue.
‘Committee formed
to draft new Nat’l
Cooperation Policy’
New Delhi (ANI): Giv-
ing a reply to a written
question on ‘National
Policy on Cooperation’
in Lok Sabha on Tues-
day
, Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Tues-
day said that a National
levelcommitteewascon-
stituted on September 2
underthechairmanship
of Suresh Prabhakar
Prabhu to formulate the
New National Coopera-
tion Policy
.
The committee com-
prised of experts of the
cooperative sector, rep-
resentatives from Na-
tional/ State/ District/
Primary level coopera-
tive societies, Secretar-
ies (Cooperation) and
RCSs from States/UTs,
and officers from Cen-
tral Ministries/ De-
partments to formulate
the New Policy
.
The formulation of
the New National Coop-
eration Policy will help
in realising the vision
of ‘Sahakar se Samrid-
dhi’, promoting the co-
operative-based eco-
nomic development
model, strengthening
the cooperative move-
ment in the country
and deepening its reach
up to the grassroots.
In this regard, con-
sultations were earlier
held with stakeholders
and suggestions for for-
mulating the new Poli-
cy were invited from
the Central Ministries/
Departments, States/
UTs, National Coopera-
tive Federations, Insti-
tutions and also from
the general public.
The National level
committee will analyse
the collated feedback,
and policy suggestions
and recommendations
to formulate the draft
of the new policy
.
A number of steps
has been taken by the
Government, after the
formation of the Minis-
try of Cooperation, to
strengthen India’s coop-
erative architecture
syncing it with the
country’s economic and
social needs, inter-alia.
Chennai (ANI):Several
flights were delayed
while a few had to be di-
verted to Bengaluru due
to heavy fog in Chennai
on Tuesday Morning,
according to Chennai
airport authorities.
Seven flights from
Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
Mumbai Dubai were
unable to land in Chen-
nai and kept circling in
the sky
.
Chennai and its sub-
urbs were suddenly af-
fected by heavy fog after
7:30 am. As a result,
flights arriving and
landing at Chennai air-
port were delayed.
An Indigo Airlines
flight from Bengaluru
which was scheduled to
land at Chennai at 8
am, circled the sky for
a while left for Ben-
galuru. Similarly,
Emirates Airlines
flight which came from
Dubai to Chennai cir-
cled for a long time and
was finally diverted to
Bengaluru.
Several flights
delayed and
diverted as
dense fog
engulfs Chennai
Seven flights from
Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
Mumbai Dubai were
unable to land in
Chennai and kept
circling in the sky
Mumbai: Reliance Jio
today announced the
launch of its True 5G
services across 10 cities
namely Hindupur,
Madanapalle, Prodda-
tur (Andhra Pradesh),
Raigarh (Chhattis-
garh), Talcher (Odisha),
Patiala (Punjab), Alwar
(Rajasthan), Mancheri-
al (Telangana), Gorakh-
pur (Uttar Pradesh),
Roorkee (Uttarakhand),
taking the total count
of cities enjoying Jio
True 5G to 236.
Reliance Jio has be-
come the first and the
only operator to launch
5G services in majority
of these cities. Jio users
in these cities will be
invited to the Jio Wel-
come Offer, to experi-
ence Unlimited Data at
up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at
no additional cost.
“We are proud to roll-
out Jio True 5G servic-
es in these 10 cities.
These newly launched
True 5G cities are im-
portant tourism and
commerce destinations
as well as key education
hubs of our country”,
said Jio Spokesperson.
Jio 5G services in 10 more cities; total number hits 236
FASTEST TELCO TO ACHIEVE THE FEAT

The company
invited the users
in these cities
for the Jio
Welcome Offer
which offers
unlimited data at
up to 1 Gbps
speed
Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani during the
launch of 5G services in India in New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
Jio True 5G has a
three-fold advantage that
makes it the only TRUE
5G network in India:
 5G architecture with ad-
vanced 5G network with Zero
dependency on 4G network
 The largest best mix of
5G spectrum across 700 MHz,
3500 MHz, 26 GHz bands
 Carrier Aggregation that
seamlessly combines these
5G frequencies into a single
robust “data highway” using
an advanced technology
called Carrier Aggregation
NDRF on fourth int’l mission
in Turkey since its inception
New Delhi (ANI): Ac-
claimed globally after
Japan’s triple disaster
in 2011 and Nepal earth-
quake in 2015, the Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF)
has been given the task
for the fourth time since
its inception to handle
the tragedy of the mas-
sive earthquake in Tur-
key, which has claimed
over 4,000 lives so far.
Always led from the
front by displaying a
high level of dedication
and commitment, the
NDRF, which was con-
stituted in 2006, was
first time sent for an in-
ternational rescue op-
eration in Japan in 2011
to help the country fac-
ing triple disaster, fol-
lowed by Bhutan river
rescue operation in 2014
and Nepal earthquake
in 2015, NDRF DIG
Mohsen Shahidi said.
This is the fourth in-
ternational disaster
rescue operation when
the NDRF team has
been tasked to help.
A C-17 Globemaster IAF aircraft departed India and is en route
to Turkey carrying NDRF teams and High availability disaster
recovery (HADR) equipment on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Will give appropriate
reply to aggression,
says NAC Lt General
Srinagar (ANI):
Northern Army Com-
mander Lieutenant
General Upendra
Dwivedi on Tuesday
said that eastern
Ladakh is being domi-
nated by physical and
technical patrolling by
the Indian Army to en-
sure the territorial in-
tegrity of the country
.
Referring to the situ-
ation at the Line of Ac-
tual Control (LAC),
where a clash erupted
between the Indian
Army and Chinese
troops at a place near
Yangtse in Arunachal
Pradesh’s Tawang sec-
tor, the Northern Army
Commander said, any
adverse aggressive de-
signs or attempts will
definitely be met with
appropriate posturing
of the forces and a
strong intent with com-
plete synergy amongst
the three services.”
Northern Army Commander
Lieutenant Gen Upendra Dwivedi
“Insurgency
killed over 8K,
result of parallel
aspirations”
Assam (PTI): ‘Parallel
aspirations’ of people
living in a particular
area usually lead to is-
sues like insurgency,
which has claimed over
8,000 lives in three-and-
half decades of armed
rebellions in Assam,
top police officers said
on Tuesday
.
Addressing the ongo-
ing Y20 summit, Assam
Director General of Po-
lice Gyanendra Pratap
Singh said the govern-
mentisworkingwiththe
strategy to address the
“parallelaspirations”of
the people in order to
solve insurgency prob-
lem from the state.
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business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Green energy
company Goldi Solar has
plans to recruit 5,000
people over the next two
fiscals in the area of solar
manufacturing and after-
sales services, company’s
MD Ishver Dholakiya said.
“Goldi Solar plans to cre-
ate jobs at the grassroots
level. The skill develop-
ment programme will
help the company’s vision
to recruit over 5,000 peo-
ple across various func-
tions by FY25,” Dholakiya
said after signing an
agreement with LT Pub-
lic Charitable. —PTI
GOLDI SOLAR PLANS
TO GIVE 5,000 JOBS
BY FY25, SAYS MD
New Delhi: Gold prices
rose by `128 to `57,275
per 10 grams in the na-
tional capital on Tuesday
amid firm global trends,
according to HDFC Secu-
rities. In the previous
trade, the yellow metal
had ended at `57,147 per
10 grams. Silver, howev-
er, declined by `38 to
`67,975/kg. “Spot gold
prices in the Delhi mar-
kets traded at `57,275/10
grams, up `128/10
grams,” said Saumil Gan-
dhi, Senior Analyst -
Commodities at HDFC Se-
curities. In the overseas
markets, gold was trading
higher at $1,874/ounce
while silver was flat at
$22.42/ounce. —PTI
GOLD JUMPS `128
BUT SILVER PRICES
FALL BY `38 PER KG
Mumbai: Electric passen-
ger vehicles retail sales
declined by 10.51% se-
quentially to 3,346 units
in January 2023 over
3,739 vehicles sold in De-
cember last year, accord-
ing to automobiles body
FADA. Tata Motors’s elec-
tric PV sales were down
17% at 2,426 vehicles in
January as against 2,926
units delivered in Decem-
ber 2022. MG Motor sales
volume also dropped
12.55% to 425 units
against 486 units sold in
the month earlier. —PTI
ELECTRIC PV’s
RETAIL SALES
DECLINE BY 10.51%
New Delhi: Telecom op-
erator Bharti Airtel on
Tuesday reported a 91.5%
year-on-year rise in con-
solidated net profit to
`1,588 crore for the Oct-
Dec quarter of 2022-23.
Total revenue rose nearly
20% year-on-year to
`35,804 crore in the Dec-
quarter (Q3FY23) “backed
by strong and consistent
performance delivery
across the portfolio”. Its
consolidated net income
(after exceptional items)
stood at `1,588 crore for
the just ended quarter,
translating into an in-
crease of 91.5%. —PTI
BHARTI AIRTEL’S
THIRD QUARTER NET
PROFIT ZOOMS 91.5%
08
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 57,275.00 128.00 0.22 (Per 10g)
SILVER 67,975.00 38.00 0.05 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.70 0.06 0.07
GBPINR 99.44 0.13 0.13
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
‘NO PROPOSAL TO
INCREASE AMOUNT
UNDER PM-KISAN’
New Delhi: The government
on Tuesday informed Parlia-
ment that there is no proposal
at present to
increase the
amount under
the Pradhan
Mantri Kisan
Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
from the existing `6,000 per
annum per beneficiary. Under
the scheme, eligible farmers
are provided with a financial
benefit of `6,000 per year
in three equal instalments
of `2,000 each every four
months. —PTI
RCAP: NCLAT NOTICE
TO TORRENT ON
LENDER'S PLEA
New Delhi: The NCLAT on
Tuesday issued notices to Tor-
rent Investments and other re-
spondents on
a petition filed
by the lender
of Reliance
Capital seek-
ing a second round of financial
bids for the debt-ridden firm,
currently going through
insolvency resolution process.
A two-member NCLAT bench
headed by Chairperson Justice
Ashok Bhushan issued no-
tices, directing respondents to
file replies within 3 days. —PTI
CNG, EVs HYBRID VEHICLES SHARE LIKELY TO
REACH 30% OF TOTAL AUTO SALES IN 5 YRS: ICRA
Mumbai: CNG, EVs and hybrid vehicles may grab up to 30% share
in total auto sales in next five years even as petrol cars are likely to
dominate passenger vehicle volumes in
medium-term, a report said on Tuesday.
Demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) has
increased exponentially in the last two
years with the government’s push, in-
creasing awareness, and new launches,
domestic rating agency Icra said in its
report. However, the share of EVs in the
overall PV (passenger vehicle) industry remains low, at 1% cur-
rently, it stated. —PTI
GREENER TRADE, INVESTMENT CRUCIAL TO
TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE IN ASIA PACIFIC: ADB
New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday said
greener trade and investment are crucial for tackling climate
change in Asia Pacific, and incorporating
a separate chapter on efforts to mitigate
environmental concerns in regional
trade agreements can help ensure their
effectiveness in achieving climate goals.
The Asian Economic Integration Report
(AEIR) 2023, released by ADB said Asia
is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change risks, yet
it emits the largest volume of carbon dioxide. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
Adani Ports Q3 net profit declines 12.94%
New Delhi (FIB): Adani
Ports and Special Econom-
ic Zone (APSEZ) on Tues-
day reported a 12.94% de-
cline in consolidated net
profit to `1,336.51 crore for
the third quarter ended De-
cember 2022.
The country’s largest in-
tegrated logistics player
had clocked a consolidated
profit of `1,535.28 crore a
year ago, according to a
regulatory filing.
Its total consolidated in-
come increased to `5,051.17
crore in the December 2022
quarter from `4,713.37 cr in
the year-ago period.
The company’s total ex-
penses in October-Decem-
ber 2022 rose to `3,507.18
crore compared to `2,924.30
cr in the year-ago period.
Karan Adani, chief ex-
ecutive officer and
whole-time director of
APSEZ, said, “The com-
pany also conclud-
ed the transac-
tions of Haifa
Port Company,
IOTL, ICD
Tumb, Ocean
Sparkle and
G a n g av a r a m
Port, and is pro-
gressing well on
transition-
ing its
business model to a
transport utility”.
APSEZ is targeting FY24
EBITDA of `14,500-
15,000 crore, he added.
“Besides an estimated
capital expenditure of
`4,000-4,500 crore, we are
considering total loan
repayment and pre-
payment of around
`5,000 crore, which
will significantly
improve our net
debt to EBITDA ra-
tio and bring it clos-
er to 2.5x by March
24,” Adani
said on
Tuesday
.
TO `1,336.51 CRORE
ADANI ENTERPRISES
SHARES JUMP 25%
Mumbai (Agencies): Shares
in the flagship firm of troubled
Indian conglomerate Adani
rocketed as much as 25% on
Tuesday, clawing back some
of its recent huge losses, after
saying it would repay more than
$1 billion in loans. The group
owned by tycoon Gautam Adani
lost around $120 billion in value
after claims of accounting fraud
were levelled by short-seller US
investment group Hindenburg
Research on January 24. The
rise on Tuesday of Adani Enter-
prises and several other listed
units of India’s biggest conglom-
erate helped trim the total loss to
around $112 billion, Bloomberg
reported.
‘Cannot come at the cost of the poor’
Bengaluru (PTI): India,
the world’s third largest oil
consumer, on Tuesday said
it is committed to energy
transition but surviving
the present and cushioning
the vulnerable from price
volatilities is essential be-
fore moving to clean and
green energy
.
India has committed to
net zero carbon emission
by 2070 and has repeatedly
emphasised that ‘dirty’ fu-
els like oil and coal, on
which the economy is two-
thirds dependent, will have
to continue to be in use in
the foreseeable future.
An immediate shift from
low-priced coal and oil to
expensive fuels of the fu-
ture such as hydrogen will
entail huge costs in a nation
with low per capita income.
“Unless we survive the
present, we will not be able
to go into the world of clean
and green energy
,” Oil Min-
ister Hardeep Puri said.
“While affordable tradi-
tional energy resources are
essential for meeting the
base load requirements,
new sources of energy
which are cleaner, sustain-
able, and innovative, are
critical for combating the
menaceof climatechange.”
Geopolitical situations
last year led to a spike in
prices of crude oil - raw
material for petrol and die-
sel. “We have to make sure
our transition entails sur-
viving the present and
cushioning vulnerable
from volatility,” he said,
adding the transition has
to be affordable and sus-
tainable particularly for
vulnerable sections.
New Delhi (PTI): India, the world’s third-largest energy con-
sumer, will buy oil from wherever it can get on a predictable
and sound basis, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said em-
phasising the country will play its market card. India shunned
western pressures to raise imports from Russia in last year.
Russia, whose oil is available at discount due to some west-
ern nations slapping sanctions, is now India’s top oil supplier.
“I will be very frank, we will play the market card,” he said.
“We will import from wherever it is available on a predictable
and sound basis.”
‘INDIA WILL PLAY MARKET CARD ON OIL’
Bengaluru (PTI): India’s
largest oil and gas producer
ONGCwillthisyearreverse
years of decline in produc-
tion and gradually raise
output thereafter, as it in-
vests billions of dollars to
produce from newer discov-
eries, an official said.
Oil and Natural Gas Cor-
poration (ONGC) in fiscal
2021-22 produced 21.707 mil-
lion tonne of crude oil,
which is refined to produce
petroleum products like
petrol and diesel, and 21.68
billion cubic metre (bcm) of
natural gas, which is used
to produce electricity
, man-
ufacture fertiliser and as
CNG in automobiles.
“We are definitely look-
ing forward to increasing
production of oil and gas in
2023-24 and even in the cur-
rentyear,”ONGCchairman
Arun Kumar Singh said.
In the current fiscal year
(2022-23), crude oil produc-
tion is slated to rise to 22.823
million tonnes and gas to
22.099 bcm. In the following
fiscal year, oil production
will climb to 24.636 million
tonnes and 25.689 million
tonnes in 2024-25.
Naturalgasproductionis
slated to rise to 25.685 bcm
in 2023-24 and 27.529 bcm in
the following year.
ONGC to reverse oil
gas output decline
ACCORDING TO
ONGC OFFICIAL
z Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC) in fiscal
2021-22 produced 21.707
million tonne of crude oil,
which is refined to produce
petroleum products like
petrol and diesel, and 21.68
billion cubic metre (bcm)
of natural gas, which is
used to produce electricity,
manufacture fertiliser and as
CNG in automobiles
Coal import cannot be
zero, says Power Min
New Delhi (PTI): Coal im-
ports cannot be reduced to
zero as several thermal
power projects in India are
designed to utilise the im-
ported dry fuel for its high
calorific value and blend-
ing it with domestic coal is
also needed to maintain
fuel stocks, Parliament was
informed on Tuesday
.
“The power plants de-
signed for utilizing high
Gross Calorific Value
(GCV) non-coking coal, and
cement, sponge iron, alu-
minum customers are uti-
lizing high-ranked low ash
coal. The coal requirement
for such category of con-
sumers cannot be substi-
tuted by domestic coal.
Thus, import of coal can-
not be reduced to zero,”
Power Minister R K Singh
said in a written reply to
the Rajya Sabha.
During 2022-23 (till Janu-
ary 2023), Coal India Ltd
despatched 485.99 million
tonne (provisional) coal to
the power sector as com-
pared to 440.05 MT during
the same period a year ago,
registering a growth of
about 10%. However, he
stated that with the rise in
electricity demand, the in-
crease in supply of coal to
power plants is not com-
mensurate with the domes-
tic coal requirement.
Non-fossil power
capacity touches
174 gigawatt
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
non-fossil fuel-based power
generation capacity was at
174.53 gigawatt (GW) at the
end of December 31, 2022,
Parliament was informed
The country’s total pow-
er generation capacity, in-
cluding 235.81 GW from the
thermal base, was at 410
GW at the end of 2022, Min-
ister for Power, New and
Renewable Energy said.
“So far, a total of 174.53
GW power generation ca-
pacity from non-fossil fuel-
based energy resources has
been installed in the coun-
try as on 31.12.2022,” he
said. The capacity includes
63.30 GW solar power, 46.85
GW large hydro, 41.93 GW
wind power, 10.73 GW bio
power.
AI to be a game
changer in govt
audit space: CAG
Lucknow (PTI): Artificial
Intelligence (AI) is going to
be a game changer in the
public audit space as it will
help in quicker and more
detailed analysis during
both planning and execu-
tion stages, CAG G C Mur-
mu said on Tuesday
.
“Our intent is to use AI
not as a one-time solution
for a specific audit, but to
build an evolving AI model
that will allow for quicker
and more detailed analysis
during both the planning
and execution stages
through risk assessment
straddling multiple param-
eters and a far more com-
prehensive evaluation than
afforded through sam-
pling,” he said.
Mkts decline for 2nd day on selling in FMCG
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark equity indices Sensex
and Nifty closed lower on
Tuesday due to selling in
FMCG, metal and auto
shares amid rising con-
cerns over interest rate
hikes by central banks.
The 30-share BSE barom-
eter declined by 220.86
points or 0.37% to close at
60,286.04 as 22 of its constit-
uents ended in the red. The
index opened flat amid
mixed global trends. It
moved in a range of
60,655.14 to 60,063.49 during
the day
. The broader Nifty
of the National Stock Ex-
change fell by 43.10 points
or0.24%tosettleat17,721.50,
with 31 of its scrips ending
in the red. The index
touched a high of 17,811.15
and a low of 17,652.55 dur-
ing the session.
Among Sensex stocks,
Tata Steel fell the most by
5.23% after posting weak
financial results. ITC, Sun
Pharma, Maruti, MM,
Tata Motors, HCL Tech,
Wipro, Infosys, HUL, Bhar-
ti Airtel and Reliance were
among the major losers.
FALL BY 0.37%
ON TUESDAY
z The 30-share BSE barometer
declined by 220.86 points or
0.37% to close at 60,286.04
as 22 of its constituents
ended in the red
` GAINS 6 PAISE TO END AT 82.70/DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated 6 paise to close at 82.70
against the US dollar on Tuesday, as a weak American currency
against major rivals overseas boosted investor sentiments. At the
interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened strong at
82.68 and touched an intra-day high of 82.62 and a low of 82.80
against the greenback. It finally settled at 82.70, up 6 paise over its
previous close of 82.76.
OIL MIN SAYS, ENERGY TRANSITION

Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: A unprecedent-
ed event, which will
write the bureaucratic
history of the state, is
going to happen on
Wednesday
, February 8,
as Rajasthan Assembly
SpeakerDrCPJoshihas
summonedallAddition-
al Chief Secretaries,
Principal Secretaries
and Secretaries of the
state govt to the State
Assembly at 3 PM. The
reason of these ‘sum-
mons’ is to find out the
reasonfornotproviding
timelyreplytotheatten-
tion motions, special
mention proposal and
notice of assurance
from the various ses-
sions of the 14th and
15th Raj Assembly
. The
officers have been given
notices to bring with
them a list of officials
that were the cause for
delay
. The officials have
been told to be present
in person, with all fac-
tual details that has
been asked, and given
this issue the highest
priority
.
The meeting notice
has clearly mentioned
that even after a long
time has passed and the
required information
has not been provided,
thus the Speaker and
Questions committee
has considered the con-
cerned officials and em-
ployees to be indifferent
towards state work.
It has happened for
the first time that top of-
ficials of various de-
partments have been
summoned to appear
before the Speaker in
person. Although the of-
ficialshavebeenappear-
ing before various com-
mittees in their individ-
ual capacity
, but it will
be for the first time that
all the top officials will
appearbeforetheSpeak-
er representing the
state’s bureuacracy
.
Word is that Speaker
Joshiisahardtaskmas-
ter who does not like ir-
responsible, indisci-
plinedandlackadaisical
attitude. He even ‘runs’
the House with utmost
discipline and thus
when the bureaucratic
officials showed indif-
ference, he had to take
strong action and call
the officials to appear in
person. The State bu-
reaucracy is shocked
and officials are wor-
ried as to what wil hap-
pen in the meeting?
However,on the other
hand, experts in Parlia-
mentary Affairs and
state work claim that
Speaker’s step is wrong
and unconstitutional.
According to Justice PC
Jain, “Speaker has no
business and no power
to call officers directly
.
The Constitution and
rules of business do not
allow him to take such
action.Anyenquiryand
information can be
sought from concerned
ministers and not from
Secretariesof thegovt.”
Professor Ramesh
Aroraisalsoof theview
that “Speaker has vio-
lated his jurisdiction.
The duties and powers
of Speaker are defined.
Calling officers directly
and chairing a meeting
is not part of duty”.
Retired IAS Ravis-
hankar Srivastava goes
several notches up and
says, “Officers are only
answerable to their re-
spective ministers and
even ministers are not
answerable towards
Speakerbuttowardsthe
Assembly
. If the Speak-
er over-rules the minis-
ter and communicates
directly with officers
then the entire system
will get affected and the
‘existence’ of ministers
will come in question.
The officers sit in the
‘Officers Gallary’ in the
House only to aid the
ministers and they can
not take part in House
proceedings.
As such, Speaker can
only communicate with
ministers as officers
have no role in House
proceedings. Senior
journalist Rajendra
Bora is also of the view
that “Speaker’s action is
unparliamentary and
not in accordance with
set traditions. This will
create a direct confron-
tation between legisla-
tive and executive.
Speaker can direct the
ministers or speak to
CM. Speaker calling of-
ficials to Assembly is
wrong and will set an
unconstitutional prece-
dent,” So now it appears
that Speaker’s meeting
withofficialsonWednes-
day could give rise to a
new controversy!
NEWS
09
IN A FIRST, NOW SPEAKER JOSHI TO
‘PRESIDE’ OVER A ‘HOUSE’ OF BABUS!
‘Disciplined taskmaster’ Dr Joshi summons top bureaucracy in Assembly to question delay in providing
response to various questions raised in House, however, some quarters call the move, unconstitutional!
Good news, RHB to come up with 4,300 new flats
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: There is a good
news for the people
waiting to buy flats, vil-
las and other properties
made by the Rajasthan
HousingBoard(RHB)as
new schemes are being
broughtbytheBoardfor
more than 4300 multi-
storeyed flats and inde-
pendent houses across
the state. Soon the Min
Shanti Dhariwal will
launch the schemes.
Inanimportantmeet-
ing held under the
chairmanship of RHB
Commissioner Pawan
Arora, the entire pro-
gressrelatedtoregistra-
tionof residentialbuild-
ings remaining in old
and new schemes in
various cities of the
state, the cost of the
schemes and their re-
spective launches were
reviewed.
Commissioner Arora
told that a scheme will
be launched with a total
1332 in Pratap Nagar
sector 22-23 and 26 of
Jaipur, 10 in Churu, 57
in Khoda of Kis-
hangarh, 45 in Dhaul-
pur, 317 in Lakheri of
Bundi, 77 in Niwai of
Tonk, 1090 in Badli of
Jodhpur, 72 in Chaupas-
ni, 504 in Hanuman-
garh, 189 in Abu Road,
22 in Bhinder, 16 in
Salumbar, 38 in Patel
NagarinBhilwara,46in
Shahpura, 71 in Nimba-
heda of Chittorgarh, 74
in Badi Saadi, 80 in Ban-
swara’s Partapur, 63 in
Durgapur and 24 HIG,
MIG, LIG and EWS cat-
egory houses in Hiran
Magri of Udaipur.
“Preparations for the
new launching have
been completed and res-
idential schemes will be
launched soon with
some remaining works.
A total of 78 schemes
have been registered
withRERAbytheBoard
so far,” Arora informed.
CP Joshi to meet bureaucrats on Wednesday. —FILE PHOTO
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora
during the meeting on Tuesday.
HARD TASK MASTER!
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LSadjournsforsome
timeoverChittorgarh
MPCPJoshi’sremark
First India Bureau
New Delhi: BJP MP
from Chittorgarh CP
Joshi lashed out at the
Gehlot govt in Parlia-
ment on Tuesday. Ac-
cusing the Gehlot govt
of appeasement, he
said that the govt or-
ders electricity for 24
hours during rozas,
but does not worry
about Navratri. Giving
credit to the Modi gov-
ernment for the Ram
temple being built in
Ayodhya, the MP said
that the Gehlot govern-
ment is getting tem-
ples demolished.
Taking a jibe at the
tussle between CM
Ashok Gehlot and
Sachin Pilot, he taunt-
ed Rahul Gandhi’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra and
said that first join
both the leaders in Ra-
jasthan. Joshi also ac-
cused Rani Padmavati
of erasing her sym-
bols when the mem-
bers of the Opposition
including DMK ex-
pressed objection and
started creating ruck-
us. They accused the
MP of supporting the
practice of Sati. The
proceedings of the
House had to be post-
poned for some time
amidst the uproar
from both sides.
CP JOSHI COMPARES PRESIDENT MURMU
TO SHABARI AND PM MODI TO RAM
MAN HELD FOR
RAPING LIVE-IN
PARTNER’s MINOR
DAUGHTER
During the debate on the President’s address in Parlia-
ment, CP Joshi on Tuesday called President Droupadi
Murmu as Shabari and PM Modi as Ram, which might trig-
ger a political controversy. “The PM takes pride in consider-
ing himself as a chief servant, not a ruler. One Narendra was
the one who said, don’t stop till the goal is achieved. There
is a Narendra who has set out for the service of country by
adopting the principle of keep going. Mother Shabri was ea-
ger to welcome Shri Ram in Treta Yug. When the President
was entering the Parliament today, it seemed as if Shabari
was welcoming Shri Ram in Tretayug,” he said.
Baran: A 48-year-old man was arrested in Baran district for allegedly
repeatedly raping the 13-year-old daughter of his live-in partner, re-
sulting in her pregnancy, police said. The accused, identified as Kedar
Singh, was arrested on Sunday. Singh, an alcoholic, had allegedly
been raping and sexually exploiting the girl for around eight to nine
months, Chabra police station SHO Rajesh Meena said.
Raje corners Congress govt,
Minister Anjana defends
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: The mur-
der mystery of Vikas
alias Bunty Anjna,
which took place in
Nimbaheda town four
days ago, has been dis-
closed and four accused
have been named. 3 ac-
cused who gave shelter
and help to these ac-
cused have been arrest-
ed and 4 live cartridges
have been recovered.
Former CM Vasund-
hara Raje
has con-
d e m n e d
the inci-
dent of
broad day-
light mur-
der of BJP
l e a d e r ’ s
son in
C h i t t o r -
garh. “Af-
ter contin-
uous inci-
dents of
m u r d e r,
once again the son of a
BJP leader was mur-
dered in broad daylight
in Nimbahera. It is
clear from this that
State has now become a
hub of crimes. After
this incident, despite
thecontinuousdemand,
the Gehlot govt has not
yet come held the ac-
cused,” she tweeted.
On the other hand,
cooperative minister
Udai Lal Anjana said
that the allegations on
him and his nephew are
baseless and earlier
also, a youth died in
Kesunda in which his
another nephew was in
jail but he never defend-
ed him.
Ajmer: In an attack on
the state govt, state BJP
president Satish Poonia,
during
his visit
to Ajmer
has
alleged
that the
murder
of a Ba-
jrang Dal
worker in Udaipur was a
targeted killing. Accusing
the State government of
adopting a policy of ap-
peasement, Poonia, who
came to attend the inau-
guration of the students’
union office at Samrat
Prithviraj Chauhan Govt
College and MDS Univer-
sity, Ajmer, said that for
some time now the govt
has been giving protec-
tion to organizations like
PFI, which has increased
instances of targeted
attacks.
—Shubham Jain
‘BAJRANG DAL WORKER’S MURDER
IN UDAIPUR A TARGET KILLING’
Three accused who cooperated with the killers in the Bunty murder
case during police custody on Tuesday.
Vasundhara Raje
Udai Lal Anjana
3 HELD IN BUNTY ANJANA MURDER

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