On sunny Saturday afternoon, FIphotojournalistSunilSharma captured panthers Veena and Pakshi; cute, cuddling yet wild couple seen in playful mood at Nahargarh Biological Park, in Jaipur. The park also houses animals such as Asiatic lions, Bengal tigers, panthers, hyenas, wolves, deer, crocodiles, sloth bear, Himalayan black bear, wild boar, etc.
Itanagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Arunachal Pradesh's first greenfield airport the Donyi Polo airport, in Itanagar and said that the government is dedicated to serving the North-East sector. PM said "You know that we have brought a work culture where we inaugurate the projects of which we have laid the foundation stone. The era of 'atkana, latkana, bhatkana' is gone."
“Today even the remotest corners of the North-Eastern region are electrified. And through Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY the treatment cost of up to Rs 5 lakh is made available to the NE Region,” he said.
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Today Northeast is witnessing a dawn of new hopes and opportunities. Today’s event is a great example of New India’s approach towards development. Donyi Polo Airport is the 4th operational airport of AP. Within 8 years, the govt has constructed seven new airports which have improved connectivity.
Narendra Modi, PM
India will become the world’s third-largest economy by 2030 and the second-largest by 2050, adding that the country took 58 years to become a trillion-dollar economy, but will add an equivalent sum to GDP every 12-18 months hence. “I anticipate that withinnext decade, India will start adding a trillion dollars to its GDP every 12-18 months thereby putting us well on track to be a USD 30 trillion economy by 2050 & with a stock market capitalization that will possibly exceed USD 45 trillion,” said Adani
New Delhi: CM Ashok
Gehlot paid tribute to India’s first woman PM Indira Gandhi by reaching “Shakti Sthal” in Delhi on Saturday. “Her dedication towards public service inspired us to run public welfare schemes like Indira Ra-
soi Yojana, Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, Indira Gandhi Matritva Poshan Yojana in Rajasthan. Humble tribute on her birth anniv,” Gehlot tweeted. Later, Gehlot flew to Ahmedabad where he will campaign in Surat on Nov 20, Rajkot on Nov 21. More on P10
5 men, including 3 BSF personnel, arrested for allegedly gang-raping a woman in Sri Ganganagar district on Saturday —P8
A Tehsildar allegedly died by hanging himself from a tree in a forest area in Dholpur P3
Cops arrested 2 more accused in connection with explosives found in Som river under bridge in Gada Nathji village —P3
ATS finds 64 detonators, cartridges etc. from Ankit Suwalka’s home in connect with blast on the rly track
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Saturday said that the Bharat Jodo Yatra will come to Rajasthan on December 3rd or 4th.
“The control room of Bharat Jodo Yatra has been inaugurated. As long as this yatra continues, the control room will function 24 hours,” he said on the occasion of Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
Dotasra countered BJP leader Rajendra Rathore’s claim that Indira Gandhi had described Savarkar as a great son and got postage stamps issued on him while also giving Rs 11,000 to the trust. He said, “If Savarkar was brave, he would not have apologized to the British. It is recorded in the pages of history that Savarkar had apol-
ogised and told the British that I will be of use to you, give me pension and release me from jail. He compromised with the British to give information. Rajendra Rathore does such things because RSS and BJP leaders have no contribution in the freedom struggle.”
Meanwhile, minister Parsadi Lal Meena di-
rectly challenged the rivals parties and said that millions of people are waiting for Rahul Gandhi in Rajasthan.
“The yatra will be historic and disruption will not be tolerated during the yatra. Let anyone say anything but no one can dare to stop Rahul Gandhi’s yatra. Lakhs of workers will be with him” he said.
Jaipur: A Fortuner vehicle broke into the Secretariat gate and entered inside late Friday night. The speed of the car was so high that the gate was completely damaged. The car was being driven by a youth named Sarthak Dangaich (30) who immediately backed the car after the incident and ran away from the spot.
The number of the car was extracted on the basis of the CCTV camera installed in the
Jaipur: After a lot of pressure on the forest department post the video of the DJ party at Padao restaurant in Nahargarh went viral, the department finally registered an FIR under the Forest Act. A case was registered on Friday under Section 27 and 19 of the Forest Act.
Wildlife enthusiast Rajendra Tiwari had informed the department about the happenings on time but the department did not act.
Tiwari said that last Sunday, a DJ party was organised at Padav restaurant.
Hundreds of wildlife, including 18-19 bagheras roam in the Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
There have been complaints about the restaurant in the past as well and the restaurant had been closed after the NGT orders.
Secretariat and Dangaich was brought to the police station. A case of negligence has been registered at the Ashok Nagar police station.
The incident has raised many questions regarding security. Ve-
hicles from CM to Ministers come and go from this gate and in such a situation where it is being said that the gate is weak due to collision with Fortuner, the negligence of PWD officials is coming to the fore.
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Jaipur: The Congress has formed a 33-member state level coordination committee for preparations in Rajasthan for the historic Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. Veterans are included in this list but the names of UDH Shanti Dhariwal, PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi and RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore, who are facing action for convening a parallel Legislature Party meeting on September 25, do not figure in the committee.
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remembered the sacrifices of India’s first
Jodo
‘Bharat Ratna’ Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary,” she tweeted.Maderna also shared four pictures and a video in which she is seen walking with Rahul Gandhi. On the other hand, Rajasthan State Sports Council President Krishna Poonia also participated in the yatra. Olympian Krishna Poonia was seen walking with Rahul Gandhi for 15 km.The yatra entered the border of Maharashtra on November 7. Meanwhile, assembly speaker CP Joshi reached Bharat Jodo Yatra to meet Rahul Gandhi. He is accompanied by ministers Lal Chand Kataria and Udai Lal Anjana. Rajendra Yadav and MLA Rohit Bohra also reached in the yatra.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: A case has been registered in Jaipur for child pornography. The case was registered by Sodala SHO in Ramganj police station area.
Following inputs from the centre, the Jaipur police investigated the matter and traced a mobile number, obtained in the name of a woman identified as Parveen, to Sodala area.
When the police reached the address, it was informed that Parveen and her family
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Jaipur: Education Minister Dr BD Kalla on Saturday took part in a national-level seminar organised on the topic ‘Vocational Education’ in Jawahar Kala Kendra. The one-day seminar was organized by Remarkable Education.
Mayor of Jaipur Municipal Corporation (Heritage) Munesh Gurjar, Former Mayor Vishnu Lata were also present in the seminar. While
addressing the gathering as the Chief Guest, he said that in today’s era, parents need to support the academic preferences of children.
“Parents should not put
had shifted to Ramganj. The number is operated by her nephew. On the basis of the number, the FIR was registered at the Ramganj police station under IT and POCSO act.
Police said that a letter was sent to ATS Rajasthan by NCRB regarding the matter.
CM Ashok Gehlot, PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra, Sachin Pilot, Bhanwar Jitendra, Zubair Khan, Raghu Sharma, Harish Chaudhary, Govind Meghwal, Raghuveer Meena are in the list. Ashok Chandna to head Publicity Dissemination Committee, Ramlal Jat for Tent Arrangement Committee.
Jaipur: The new executive committee of Prasar (Public Relations and Allied Services Association of Rajasthan), an organization of officers of the Information and Public Relations Department of the state government, has been formed unanimously.
New office bearers include President Vijay Khandelwal, Senior Vice President Veer Sain, Vice President
(Provincial) Harishankar Acharya, Vice President Nitin Kumar, General Secretary Suraj Kumar Bairwa, Secretary Otaram Chowdhary, Joint Secretary Rajpal and Treasurer Harishankar Sharma.
Returning Officers Ashish Khandelwal and Alok Anand handed over the certificates to the newly elected office bearers in a function organized at Youth Hostel, Jaipur on Saturday.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Dr. NR Bhasin Memorial Lecture and Award for Excellence in Studies was organized by Rajasthan State Chapter of Indian Dairy Association. Sushma Arora, Administrator and Managing Director of Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation was the chief guest of the ceremony. Raktima Bhasin, wife of Dr. NR Bhasin was present on this occasion. Meritorious students of dairy and ani-
Sushma Arora speaking at Dr. NR Bhasin Memorial Lecture and Award for Excellence in Jaipur on Saturday.
mal husbandry sector were felicitated in the programme.
Arora said that a lot remains to be done in the dairy sector. “Since 6 months, I got a chance
to work in this field, the opportunities here are good, so the competition is also high. Livestock in India is high, but milk production per animal is low,” she said.
Jaipur: He was sad when he failed in his first attempt. His children told him that, “you are our superhero, you cannot fail, prepare hard for the next exam.”
any pressure on children and remarkable education is doing good work in this field. Such programs will be supported at the govt level,” said Dr BD Kalla.
After listening to the inspirational words of his children, Lokendra Singh Shekhawat, advocate of Rajasthan High Court, once again started preparing and he now topped the District Judge Cadre Recruit-
ment-2020 by securing the first position.
Jaipur: Chief Secretary Usha Sharma on Saturday inaugurated the three-day CS Challenger Cup Tennis and Badminton Tournament in SMS Stadium.
The sporting event, jointly being organised by the Department of Personnel and District Administration, will witness the participation of IAS, IPS, RAS and officials of 21 other services. While address-
has an important role in promoting a healthy lifestyle and that such tournaments will also enhance coordination among the officers.
trict Judge Cadre Recruitment-2020. Out of 3,000 candidates for 85 posts of advocate quota, only four were found eligible for the interview. At the same time, no officer was found eligible for 17 posts of judicial officer quota.
“I have been preparing for the exam for the last four years and even failed in the main examination earlier. After this, every day I prepared at home for 4 hours,” he said.
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ing the gathering at the inaugural session, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma said that sports
“Many officials are participating in this tournament which is a good sign. Rajasthan is the first state in the country to organize such a sports tournament for the officers. The number of women players should also increase in the upcoming tournament,” said CS.
Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP is going to start Jan Aakrosh Yatra from December 1. The party has appointed district-wise in-charge for the yatra. These include, Madharam Choudhary from Bikaner City, OP Mahindra from Bikaner Dehat, Ajaypal Singh from Sriganganagar, Dashrath Singh Shekhawat from Hanumangarh, Surendra Pal Singh TT from Churu, Madan Dilawar from
Jaipur City, Gajendra Singh Khinvsar from Jaipur South, Mohanlal Gupta from Jaipur North, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore from Sikar, Sumedhanand Saraswati from Jhunjhunu, Ramlal Sharma from Alwar North, Ramswaroop Koli from Alwar South, Ghanshyam Tiwari from Dausa. In Bharatpur, it is Mukesh Dadhich, Gyandev Ahuja in Dhaulpur, Kirodi Lal Meena in Karauli, Prabhu Lal Saini in Sawai Madhopur.
Jaipur (PTI): The Rajasthan Government has decided to set up a special welfare board for the upliftment of the Gadiya Lohar’ community.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given approval to the proposal of constitution of ‘Rajasthan State Gadiya Lohar Welfare Board’ to provide basic facilities to Gadiya Lohar community and to improve their living conditions, according to a release.
Udaipur: Preparations for the G-20 Sherpa meeting are going on in full swing in Udaipur.
Officers are holding constant meetings and field visits to ensure proper arrangements.
Aishwary PradhanJaipur: Former Prime Minister Late Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary was celebrated on Saturday at the State Congress Headquarters.
On the occasion of Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary, PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra said that everyone has offered flowers on Indira Gandhi’s portrait on her birth anniversary.
“Indira Gandhi was hailed as the Iron Lady. She worked for the unity of the country since childhood and laid down his life for its integrity.
She played an important role in keeping the country united. It is a matter of pride for the Congress party that we had such a leader who took this country on the path of development. Pakistan was divided into two pieces and Bangladesh was created. The poli-
Aaspur (Dungarpur): Aaspur police in Dungarpur arrested two more accused in connection with explosives found in the Som river under the bridge in Gada Nathji village. The two went to throw the explosives under the bridge after filling the explosives in the pickup at the behest of the magazine operator.
Arrested accused in custody.
The police have also seized the pickup. The magazine operator has been arrested.
Meanwhile, after sending the accused of Udaipur’s Oda railway bridge blast on remand, the father-son duo who sold explosives have also been sent on remand. The Udaipur ATS team reached the court with the father and son. Both will be presented after four days of questioning. Now, the ATS team will interrogate the four accused.
cies and schemes given to the country will be remembered by people for ages,” he said.
Stressing that Indira worked to uplift the poor, Dotasra took a jibe at PM Modi and claimed that the current PM made the poor poorer and made the industrialists richer.
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Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given approval to upgrade various Sub Health Centers in Nagaur, Sirohi, Rajsamand, Alwar and Tonk districts to Primary Health Centers (PHCs).
The board will propose various schemes for the development and welfare of Gadiya Lohar, a nomadic community.
It will have seven members -- one chairman, one vice chairman, and five other members.
The Social Justice and Empowerment department will be the administrative department.
Divisional Commissioner Rajendra Bhatt and Collector Tarachand Meena reviewed the preparations and visited several places. During the visit to Shilpgram, instructions were given for comprehensive cleaning of the premises.
Bhatt said that Udaipur’s good image should be projected among the foreign guests.
He said that no negligence in preparation will be tolerated. He also gave instructions
Officials of the Central Government visit City Palace in Udaipur to check the preparation for the G20 Sherpa meet. —FILE PHOTO
for comprehensive preparations for cultural programmes. He said
that all kinds of preparations can be done in 10 days.
Dholpur (PTI): A tehsildar allegedly died by hanging himself from a tree in a forest area in Rajasthan’s Dholpur district, police said on Saturday.
The victim was identified as Asharam Gurjar (35). He was posted in Masalpur Tehsil of Karauli district.
His body was found hanging in a forest area in his village Gadhi Jak-
hoda under the Badi Sadar police station area in Dholpur on Saturday,
police said.
Some locals spotted the revenue officer’s body and informed the police. He was recently transferred from Alwar to Karauli and after taking over the charge, he had come to his house two days ago, police said.
The body was shifted to a mortuary for postmortem, the police said, adding that the matter was being investigated.
Jaipur: The Jaipur-Varanasi flight has been discontinued by SpiceJet. With this, there is no air connectivity from the State capital to Mahadev’s Nagri. The SpiceJet flight was being operated till October 25 but the airline did not continue it. Daily three flights were available from Jaipur to Varanasi two years ago but there is not a single flight now. They have to take a connecting flight from Delhi to reach Varanasi. Also, the airline is not operating flight to Amritsar despite getting approval for it in the winter schedule.
Jaipur: The Government has recovered fines of 2.14 crores for illegal mining in Derawala hills of Jhunjhunu district. The government informed in the high court that Rs 2.14 crore penalty has been recovered from the lease holders. In the PIL, it is stated that illegal mining is taking place in the Derawala hills of Raghunathpura. Due to the illegal mining, flow of water in the pond has stopped and cracks have also appeared in many houses due to the blast.
Jaipur: Regional Passport Officer Neetu M Bhagotia received a special award at the Passport Officers’ Conference held in New Delhi. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar honored her with the ‘Individual Recognition Award’. Passport Officers Conference was held in New Delhi from 18 to 19 November. Bhagotia gave the credit of the award to her entire team.
He also gave approval to upgrade various Primary Health Centers in Jodhpur, Jaipur and Tonk districts to Community Health Centers (CHCs). At the same time, he approved a proposal to open a new subhealth center in Tonk district.
According to the proposal, sub-health centers at Parewadi in Nagaur district, Makroda, Dodua, Goyli and Badgaon in Sirohi district, Lamba, Jakmabad and Chanbassurya in Tonk district, Junda in Rajsamand district and Sili Bawdi in Alwar district will be upgraded to primary health centers.
Approval was also given to upgrade PHCs at Matoda in Jodhpur, Lambakalan in Tonk and Mandabhinda and Etawah Bhopji in Jaipur to Community Health Centers.
Jaipur: The 17th All India Late Shri Hanuman Singh Handball Championship began at the Sawai Man Singh Indoor Stadium here on Saturday. Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari will be the chief guest of the closing and prize distribution ceremony to be held at 4 pm on Sunday.
The first semi-final match will be played between Morsinghi
9 am,
while the second semifinal match will be played between Indian
and Hary-
ana at 10 am.
On Saturday, Rajeev Dutta, OSD to the speaker of the Lok Sabha and the chairman of the organising committee of the competition, was introduced to the players before the match played between Haryana and Aryavrat Sports Academy (New Delhi).
Organising secretary Yash Pratap Singh said that eight league matches were played on Saturday.
K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India
Leaders of the World’s wealthiest nations (G-20) met in Indonesian island of Bali on 22nd and 23rd of this month. The President of Indonesia, Joko Wido do, presided over the sum mit. President Vladimir Putin did not attend the conference. Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He left Bali before the con clusion of the summit.
The leaders of nineteen countries adopted a decla ration deploring Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in the strongest terms and demanded its uncondition al withdrawal. They also recognized that while most members condemned the war in Ukraine, there were other views and different assessments of the situa tions and on the severe sanctions imposed on Rus sia by some countries.
Most members were of the view that the war in Ukraine was causing im mense human sufferings and, “exacerbating exist ing fragilities in the global economy - constraining growth, increasing infla tion, disrupting supply chains, heightening ener gy and food insecurity and elevating financial stabil ity risks.”
development. Both sides, in their three hour meet ing did mention their dif ferences over Taiwan, trade restrictions and technology transfer. Nev ertheless the two agreed to keep in touch and avoid confrontation. The bilat eral relations between the US and China had plunged to a historic low after the visit to Taiwan by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.
The concrete results of the Biden-Xi meeting was that Antony Blinken, Sec retary of State, could pay a visit to China early in 2023.
The G7 and G2, the European Union and NATO seem to matter more than the United Nations. The annual meetings of the General Assembly - September to December do not cause New Yorkers to take notice of the deliberations of the Organisation. For decades the “Cry” has been the UN (particularly the Security Council) needs urgent reform. But reform is not on the horizon
The leaders also de nounced any threat of the use of nuclear weapons. This was quite clearly a re buke to Russia. To this the response of the Russian Foreign Minister, Lavrov was that in the absence of President Putin “politici sation of the meeting was uncalled for”. The Summit was preceded by a bilateral meeting between US Presi dent Joe Biden and Chi nese leader Xi Jinping. This was the first time the two had met since Mr Biden became President.
The meeting produced few tangible results, it was in a minor way a positive
Climate change was dis cussed at length. G-20 lead ers agreed to pursue ef forts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, reiter ating the 2015 Paris Agree ment on Climate Change.
The United States, Japan and their partners de clared that they would “mobilise” 20 billion dol lars of public and private financial institutions to help Indonesia shut coal power plants and bring for ward the sectors emissions date by seven years to 2030.
I have deliberately not quoted from the speeches of Presidents and Prime Ministers. These are writ ten by their advisers and
Modern diplomacy gives precedence to economics, science, technology, climate change, poverty elimination, population control, matters relating to health etc. Politics is now not given excessive importance. India, under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership played an admired and construc tive role. He took over as President of G-20 from President Joko Widodo of Indonesia. Some of his time now will be taken up by G-20 issues.
The leaders of 19 countries adopted a declaration deploring Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in strongest terms and demanded its unconditional withdrawal. They also recognized that while most members condemned the war in Ukraine, there were other views and different assessments of situations and on severe sanctions imposed on Russia by some countries
ambassadors. Broadly speaking controversy is avoided. Words and inane phrases are well chosen and seldom memorable.
Having participated in
several Heads of State and Heads of Government Summits I know this rou tine only too well. Modern diplomacy gives prece dence to economics, sci
As with every World Cup, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar the play ers will be using a new ball.
The last thing competitors want is for the most impor tant piece of equipment in the most important tourna ment in the world’s most popular sport to behave in unexpected ways, so a lot of work goes into making sure that every new World Cup ball feels familiar to players.
Despite controversies over corruption and human rights issues surrounding this year’s World Cup, there is still beauty in the science and skill of soccer. As part of my research, every four
years I do an analysis of the new World Cup ball to see what went into creating the centerpiece of the world’s most beautiful game.
Between shots on goal, free kicks and long passes, many important moments of a soccer game happen when the ball is in the air. So one of the most important char acteristics of a soccer ball is how it travels through air.
THE WORLD CUP BALL
Adidas has supplied balls for the World Cup since 1970. Through 2002, each ball was made with the iconic 32-panel construc
tion. The 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal panels were traditionally made of leath er and stitched together.
The new Qatar World Cup
er and shaped sort of like an ice cream cone.
Instead of using raised textures to increase sur face roughness like with previous balls, the Al Rihla is covered with dimplelike features that give its sur face a relatively smooth feel compared to its prede cessors.
ence, technology, climate change, poverty elimina tion, population control, matters relating to health etc. Politics is now not giv en excessive importance.
India, under Prime Minis ter Modi’s leadership played an admired and constructive role. He took over as President of G-20 from President Joko Wido do of Indonesia. Some of his time now will be taken up by G-20 issues.
The G7 and G2, the Euro pean Union and NATO seem to matter more than the United Nations. The annual meetings of the General Assembly - Sep tember to December do not cause New Yorkers to take notice of the deliberations of the Organisation. For decades the “Cry” has been the UN (particularly the Security Council) needs urgent reform. But reform is not on the horizon.
From 22 November to 18 December the Football World Cup, being held in Qatar, will be witnessed by millions and millions of people the world over. Foot ball is the richest game in the World. Ronaldo and Messi are probably worth - how much - certainly sev en digits. Which countries will make it to the final? My take. Any two from Germany, France, Brazil and Argentine.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONALHeartiest birthday greetings to our Law Minister Shri @KirenRijiju Ji. May he continue to serve the nation with the same zeal and enthusiasm. Wishing him an abundance of health, happiness and long life.
soccer ball is the Al Rihla. The Al Rihla is made with water-based inks and glues and contains 20 panels.
Eight of these are small triangles with roughly equal sides, and 12 are larg
To make up for the smoother feel, the Al Rih la’s seams are wider and deeper – perhaps learning from the mistakes of the overly smooth Jabulani, which had the shallowest and shortest seams of re cent World Cup balls and which many players felt was slow in the air.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATIONAccording to the vision of the National Education Policy #KashiTamilSangamam will prove to be a factor in preparing a modern new generation connected to the roots. The nectar emanating from this confluence of scholars and philosophies of North and South will become the banyan tree of knowledge, research and national unity. #VanakkamKashi
The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by. Buddha
Indore: Three women were killed and eight seriously injured when their bus overturned after hitting a road divider near Dewas in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, a police official said. The incident occurred in the evening when the bus was going from Indore to Dewas, said police. “As per eye-witnesses, the driver was speeding and lost control of bus. Two women died on the spot, while a third woman succumbed to injuries in a hospital. Eight have received serious wounds and are undergoing treatment,” police said.
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police arrested three students of New Horizon College of Engineering after a video of them shouting “Pakistan Zindabad” went viral on social media. The students, suspended by their college authority, were later released on bail as police said that “their act wasn’t intentional”. It happened at a event while the college was preparing to host an inter-college fest on November 25-26, when some students were seen chanting the names of their favourite IPL teams and countries.
New Delhi: JetSetGo’s owner Kanika Tekriwal Reddy has said its aircraft were not used for carrying cash or liquor, amid reports that the planes of chartered flight service provider were involved in the Delhi liquor scam.
Reddy is the wife of Sarath Chandra Reddy, a director of Aurobindo Pharma who is now in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged involvement in the scam.
Sarath Chandra Reddy is alleged to be one of the conduits for the kickbacks given to the public servants and politicians in the Delhi government.
Srinagar: The J&K Police on Saturday conducted massive searches at 12 locations in connection with threatening of journalists by terror outfit The Resistance Front. The searches were conducted in Srinagar, Anantnag and Kulgam districts. The premises where the searches were conducted included residences of several journalists as well as some suspects. The police had on Nov 12 filed a case against militants and handlers belonging to LeT and TRF, for sending threat letters to journalists.
New Delhi: Former bureaucrat Arun Goel was on Saturday appointed as Election Commissioner. A Punjab cadre officer of the 1985 batch, Goel will join Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the poll panel. His appointment was announced by the government in a press statement. Sushil Chandra had retired as the chief election commissioner in May this year after which Rajiv Kumar took charge.
New Delhi (ANI): Call ing for global action against the menace of terrorism, Home Minis ter Amit Shah on Satur day argued that no country — no matter how powerful it is — can deal with the men ace of terrorism by it self.
Speaking at the con cluding session of the 3rd ‘No Money for Ter ror’ Ministerial Confer ence on Counter-Ter rorism Financing, Shah said, “No matter how powerful a country or organization is, it cannot defeat the men ace of terrorism, on its own. The international community has to con tinuously and collec tively work to resolve this difficult and bor derless issue,” he said.
Shah said in the past decades, India has dealt with several challeng ing aspects of terror ism. “Zero terror policy, stringent framework on counter-terror laws, and empowerment of security agencies has resulted in a significant drop in cases of terror ism,” he added.
The conference of
New Delhi: In a meeting with FATF President T Raja Kumar, Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised that there is a need for FATF to continuously moni tor the tendencies of some of the countries to sponsor terrorism. In a tweet, the MHA said, “In the bilateral meeting with FATF President, T Raja Kumar, Hon’ble Home Minister Shri @AmitShah while appreciating the role of FATF, emphasised that there is a need for FATF to continuously monitor the tenden cies of some of the countries to sponsor terrorism.”
fered platform for par ticipating nations to deliberate on the effec
tiveness of the current international regime on Counter Terrorism
New Delhi : HM Amit Shah on Saturday said the international com munity must continue to fight shoulder to shoulder against this increasingly com plex and borderless threat. “In these terror havens, it’s neces sary to shackle their unrestrained activities along with economic crackdown,” he said.
Financing and the steps required to address emerging challenges.
Surat (ANI): With Gu jarat assembly elec tions round the corner, the ruling BJP is now at the peak of its cam paign and is banking on its most popular face to lead the charge. PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold close to 25 rallies, crisscross ing the state in the next fortnight or so. It will be an action-packed three-day schedule for PM Modi in his home state.
On Sunday, PM Modi will visit Somnath Tem ple and then address four rallies in Saurash tra region. Veraval, Dhorarji, Amreli and Botad have been final ised as the venues for four rallies. In last as sembly polls, BJP was not able to win a single seat in these constitu encies in Saurashtra.
On Day 3, PM will hold three rallies in Suren dranagar, Bharuch and Navsari. While Bharuch was the constituency of former Congress strong man Ahmed Patel, BJP state chief CR Paatil who hails from Navsari, has been winning his Lok Sabha seat with one of the top margins across the country.
Surat (ANI): Union I&B
Minister Anurag Thakur has taken a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s absence from poll-bound states stat ing that it was indeed “bizarre.” “It’s bizarre to see Rahul Gandhi nowhere in the pollbound states! They know they are going
to lose so they will put the blame on the new party president and not the first family,” Thakur said while campaigning in Surat. He praised the BJP-ruled Gujarat govt ahead of Assembly polls and said that BJP would win with big majority as people continue to trust PM Narendra Modi.
zamabad
Dhar mapuri Arvind on Sat urday threatened to beat Telangana Chief Minis
Rao with a ‘chappal’ amid his ongoing war of words with his MLC daughter K Kavitha.
Reacting to Kavitha’s alleged threats, the BJP MP said that he would beat her father and Tel angana CM KCR with a ‘chappal’ (footwear). He said here he would file a complaint with Telan gana police against al leged threats issued by the ruling TRS MLC and CM’s daughter K Kavitha.
The war of words be tween them started after the BJP leader on Thurs day claimed that Kavi tha had called up Con gress president Mall ikarjun Kharge and ex pressed her wish to join the Congress party.
Reacting to Kavitha’s statement of beating him with chappals, MP Arvind said on Satur day, “I don’t have trust on Telangana Police but trusting my advocate, I am giving a complaint.
I spoke with CV Anand (Hyderabad Commis sioner) he was talking like a TRS Karyakarta in next 10 months our govt (BJP) is coming.”
New Delhi (PTI): Nar co analysis on Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who is accused of killing his live-in partner Shrad dha Walkar, will be con ducted at Dr Baba Sa heb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini here, most likely on Monday. As Poonawala’s five-day police custody ends on Tuesday, the Delhi Po lice is running against time to get the test con ducted. However, Poon awala can be subjected to narco analysis only after he is deemed fit for it in pre-narco tests.
Mumbai: A Delhi Police team on Saturday recorded the statements of two men in Maharashtra’s Palghar from whom Shraddha Walkar, who was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala in May this year, had sought assistance after she was assaulted by the ac cused in 2020, the officials said on Saturday.
Gurugram: The Delhi Police investigating the killing of Shraddha Walkar searched for the murder weapon at a forest here using a metal detector on Saturday, but returned emptyhanded. The search at the forest in DLF Phase 3 area began on Friday after police suspected that accused Poonawala, Shraddha Walkar’s live-in partner, disposed the weapon here after allegedly killing her.
New Delhi: In November 2020 his friend Shraddha Walkar first spoke to him about Aaftab physically assaulting her. Two years later, Karan is left with chats detailing her abuse, a medical report from when she sought treat ment for an injured spine and neck. Walkar was about to approach the police but stopped after Poonawala’s parents intervened, Karan said as he comes to terms with Shraddha’s killing.
Mumbai: Residents of a housing society here were shocked after learning that a member of the family that shifted into their building last month, has been ar rested for killing his live-in partner and chopping her body into pieces. They said they have not seen Aaftab, arrested by the Delhi police.
Bengaluru (ANI): Con gress leaders reached Karnataka Election Commission (SEC) of fice on Saturday for fil ing a complaint against “electoral fraud” in the state allegedly at the be hest of the BJP govt.
New Delhi: Delhi Police probing the Shraddha Walkar murder have taken possession of all the clothes from accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala’s house in Delhi and they will be sent for forensic examination. They said the investigators have not recovered the clothes the two were wearing on May 18, the day the crime was executed.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivaku mar and other leaders arrived at SEC office today to file a complaint in connection with “electoral fraud”. The state Congress leaders reached the SEC office two days after Congress leader Randeep Surjew ala had launched an at tack against Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai alleging that he was di rectly involved in elec toral fraud.
DK Shivakumar told ANI, “We have to file a complaint to protect voter rights. This is the biggest fraud commit ted by BJP minister CN Ashwath Narayan and his team, who used data, collected fraud in formation and deleted lakhs of votes.”
New Delhi (ANI): Sev eral Congress leaders including Sonia Gan dhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, paid tributes to former Prime Minis ter Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary.
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chair person Sonia Gandhi and All India Congress Committee President Mallikarjun Kharge
also paid floral trib utes to the former PM on her birth anniver sary at Shakti Sthal in
Delhi. Earlier on Sat urday, Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Hooda also paid floral tributes to the former PM at the Shakti Sthal.
Prime Minister Nar endra Modi too paid tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth an niversary.
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and BJP MP Varun Gandhi, on Saturday, paid tributes to their grand mother and former PM Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. Rahul Gandhi said Indira was ‘Durga’ for the country and ‘Kali’ for enemies. "She grew up in the freedom struggle, learned from the great leaders of India, was her father's darling. Durga was for the country, Kali was for the enemies — fearless, Tejaswini, Priyadarshini,” Rahul tweeted.
K’taka Cong to complain SEC against state’s “electoral fraud”
“SHRADDHAStudents of Fergusson College protest demanding justice for Shraddha Walkar, in Pune on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind. —FILE PHOTO
Kota: Kota’s Additional District Court has sentenced five members of Bhanu gang to life imprisonment in 13-year-old case of double murders of Brajraj Singh and Jitendra alias Jeetu in Kota.
The court awarded sentence to Nandu alias Narendra, Bhaya alias Satyendra, Kishan Jangam, Wasim Khan and Shahina.
In the year 2009, Brijraj Singh and Jitendra Singh were gunned down by gangster Bhanu Pratap Singh near Joganiya Mata Mandir in Begu police station area. After this sensational murder, the police arrested gangster Bhanu Pratap and other members of his gang.
After the arrest, with the intention of taking revenge, the Shivraj gang killed Bhanu Pratap when he was being taken for hearing in a court in police custody. Gangster Shivraj Singh is still in Jail.
In view of mortal threat to witnesses, the High Court had in 2016 transferred the case from Chittorgarh to Kota District Court.
Jodhpur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday appeared before a Jodhpur court in over a decade-old case. The court of Additional Civil Judge Mahanagar Meenakshi Nathhas reserved the verdict in the matter.
President of Rajasthan High Court Advocate Association and Shekhawat’s advocate Nathu Singh said that Shekhawat appeared in the court on Friday in connection with the
Jhalawar: Electricity production has started from both the units of Kalisindh Thermal Power Plant of Jhalawar. For a long time due to substandard coal, there was frequent breakdown and this affected power generation. Earlier, wet coal was coming from Chhattisgarh, later coal started coming from Odisha, which had more dust. This affected power generation in both the units.
Jaipur: A 42-year-old man was allegedly murdered by unidentified miscreants in the Kardhani area on Saturday.
Police informed the deceased, identified as Bhawani Singh, a resident of Nagaur used to work at a petrol pump in Kardhani area.
“The throat of the victim was brutally slit by blade and knife. His body was found lying in a bloodied condition inside the toilet of the petrol pump. When one of the employees went to the washroom, he found the gate locked,” police said.
“An FSL team was called and samples were taken from the spot. CCTV footage is being gathered to nab the accused. The body has been kept in the mortuary of Kanwatia hosp and post-mortem will be held on Sunday.
After this, both the units were shut down due to frequent faults and this directly impacted power generation in Rajasthan.
Jhalawar Kalisindh Thermal Power Plant has two units of 600 MW each and produces 1200 MW power.
pending case of filing a false complaint under section 182 of IPC.
Shekhawat was the student union president of Jai Narayan Vyas University when he had lodged an FIR regarding some matter,
Churu (FIB): A BSF jawan was found dead under at a farm in Ratan Nagar PS area of Churu district on Saturday, police said. Vinod Kumar Saini (35) had come home on leave a few days ago. A suicide note was found from his pocket mentioning that it is going to be 4 years and two persons have not returned his money around Rs 8 lakh.
which was later found to be false in the investigation after which the police filed a case against him and started proceedings under Section 182 of the IPC. Shekhawat was granted bail in the year 2018.
Jodhpur: The Supreme Court has once again refused to grant bail to self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu, who is serving life sentence for raping a 16-year-old at his Chhindwara Ashram in Jodhpur in 2013. The apex court said that trial of a rape case against Asaram is also going on in Gujarat and in such a situation, bail cannot be granted to him. The matter will now come up for hearing in January. Notably, Asaram had filed a bail plea on medical grounds. In the petition, it was stated that the self-styled godman was suffering from many ailments and needed treatment for his deteriorating health and illness, which was not possible in jail. His counsel further said that the slow pace at which the trial was going on in the case, it looked like it would never end.
Kota (PTI): A local POCSO court has convicted two men for abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl. The court has also fined them Rs 50,000 each. POCSO Court III Judge Deepak Dubey convicted the duo despite four key witnesses, including the rape survivor, turning hostile. Sonu (22) and Ramavatar (18), both residents of Udhyog Nagar police station limits in Kota city, were convicted on the basis of DNA and medical reports, POCSO Court III Public Prosecutor Lalit Kumar Sharma said. Police had lodged a case against Sonu and Ramavatar under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO Act on January 14 on the basis of the girl’s complaint, he said.
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Didwana: A pall of gloom descended on Rodu village of Ladnun tehsil on Saturday when the news of Lance Naik Mukesh Kumar death reached his family members. Mukesh Kumar was among the three jawans who were killed when their patrol was hit by an avalanche in Machhil sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir on Friday.
Twenty-two-year-old Mukesh Kumar was posted in 268 field regi-
ment of 56 National Rifles. The mortal remains of the brave heart is likely to reach his native village on Sunday morning, following which, he will be laid to rest with full military honours.
New Delhi: There will be no case against the sacked policemen from Rajasthan Police. The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Rajasthan High Court. Four policemen were dismissed in the case of robbery related to Alwar’s Govindgarh. The matter was later settled between the complainant and the policemen. A copy of which was presented in the court, considering which the Rajasthan High Court had stayed it. There was a ban on the criminal prosecution of the dismissed policemen, which was challenged by the Govt in the Supreme Court.
Jaipur: In decoy operations conducted in the offices of SP, CO, ACP and SHO in the state, it was seen that the SHOs of many police stations are not conducting hearings in the police stations from 12:00 to 1:30 pm.
The check was done to check whether DGP Umesh Mishra’s instructions were being followed or not. The teams of vigilance conducted the operations on instructions of ADG Biju George Joseph.
The operation was conducted in Jaipur Commissionerate, Jaipur Rural, Kota, Baran, Nagaur, Bundi, Tonk. In Jaipur Commissionerate, the team
conducted decoy operations in 8 police stations. SHOs of four were found meeting the complainants while 4 SHOs were missing from the police station. These four SHOs will be given notice of 17 CC by the DGP on Monday.
Kota: GS Sandhu, Advisor to Urban Development and Housing department and RCA, on Saturday inspected all the projects of traffic, tourism development and public facilities in Kota and said that the projects were started in Kota on the initiative of UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal.
“All those projects have been completed within the time limit with quality and incor-
Sri Ganganagar (PTI): Five men, including three BSF personnel, were arrested on Saturday for allegedly gangraping a woman in Sri Ganganagar district, a police official said.
The victim informed the Raisingh Nagar police station about the
alleged incident that took place on Friday night, following which an FIR was registered, a medical examination of the woman was conducted and evidences were collected.
Five accused were arrested after the statement of the woman was recorded in front
of the magistrate. The accused include one head constable and two constables of the Border Security Force (BSF) posted in the local battalion, SP Sri Ganganagar Anand Sharma told media.
“The 35-year old woman reached the police station in the
morning and said that persons known to her took her to a place on the pretext of buying her ghee and other items. The accused took her to a secluded place where a BSF personnel was already present. The woman said that both of them then raped her,” he said.
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Mehandipur Balaji: ACB DG BL Soni visited Mehandipur Balaji with his family on Saturday. He also visited the Bhairav Baba Pretraj Sarkar. Trust Secretary MK Mathur offered Balaji Maharaj’s Prasad to him.
Kota: International wrestler and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Geeta Phogat on Saturday inaugurated a self-defence programme ‘Nirbheek’ organised by Anya Foundation in Kota for 3,000 girls studying in Government schools. On the occasion, she said that nothing is impossible if girls recognise their strength. “If they decide in their mind that
they are Rani Lakshmi Bai, then nothing can scare them,” she said.
Addressing the pro-
gramme in the presence of girl students from 10 government schools at the Souhard Auditorium
of Satyarth Bhavan, Allen, Geeta Phogat said that the only goal girls should pursue is to make themselves capable and earn name for their parents, Guru and family.
Anjali Birla, Founder of Anya Foundation, said that the training programme ‘Nirbheek’ is very important for school girls. If girls are fearless, they will be confident and achieve their goals. That is why this self-defence programme has been started.
Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be on a six-day stay in the parliamentary constituency Kota-Bundi from Sunday. During this he will participate in various programmes.
According to the information, Birla will inaugurate the road safety awareness marathon Yangathon organised at Umaid Club at 6.30 am after reaching Kota.
Talking to the media, Soni said that Balaji Trust has made good arrangements like CCTV cameras, cleanliness and security for the visitors. He, however, said that
the supervision and control in most of the departments were very weak and officers should have direct relation with the common man to curb corruption.
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a nearby Aanganwadi Kendra and easily gets sanitary pads free of cost. This may not have reduced her menstrual pains but certainly has prevented any suspected infection which she could have got through those dirty rags.
tive health of women who give birth to our future generations,” said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
In last two months, the life of Bhoori Devi, a daily wager in Tijara, Alwar has changed. Every month during her menstruation days, she would have tough time managing the bleeding. But now, she doesn’t have to look for an age-old unhygienic practice of using old clothes or dirty rags to manage menstrual flow. She simply visits
Bhoori is not the only one who is benefitting from one of its kind ‘I am Shakti Udaan Scheme’ launched by Gehlot government for providing free sanitary napkins to over 1.25 crore menstruating population of the state. This Rs 200-crore unique initiative is aimed at ensuring proper hygiene, period protection and reproductive well-being of women.
“Every woman has the right to access period protection. As a sensitive government, we feel their pain. We need to secure the reproduc-
The recently released National Family Health Survey states that 62 per cent of the women in the country are unaware of period hygiene and 24 per cent of adolescent girl students mark their absence from school during periods.
The survey also reveals that only 57 per cent women in the country have access to sanitary napkins, increasing the risk of grave gynaecological diseases in women not observing good menstrual hygiene.
Gehlot’s Udaan scheme is now all set to pad up the dignity of every women in the state.
“It’s really touching to see
a man resolving our problem. We have seen woman chief minister in the past. But neither she nor anyone else felt our pain. We will always be indebted to Gehlot Sahab for providing us with the cover of respect,” said Imarti Devi, a sanitation worker in Jhunjhunu.
Lali Jatav from Bharatpur hails Gehlot as an angel.
“I was suffering from severe infection in uterus. The doctor told me that this was due to using damp clothes and leaves during the periods. We don’t have the money to meet the basic needs. How can we buy pads? But now with free 12 sanitary pads every month available I am not scared anymore. My two daughters, who will soon enter puberty, will not suffer the agony I underwent,” she said.
from that, the government will also partner with NGOs for spreading awareness about women’s health.
cent girls and women in the 18-45 age group, benefiting
The women and child department is the nodal agency for implementation of this scheme which will ensure pink health of women in the state. The distribution of these napkins will also be through self-help groups which will be trained to manufacture these napkins and sell, market and distribute them to the target groups. Apart
“Like food grains, which are the basis of life, sanitary pad is the basic need for every woman. The government should also distribute sanitary napkins through neighbourhood ration shops for easy accessibility. The way families go to the ration shops for their monthly quotas of food grains, they can also get their monthly supply of napkins,” said Rachna Siddha, a social worker, who has been working towards women literacy and their overall well- being for last three decades.
- THE TRENDSETTERike every health scheme of Gehlot, ‘I am Shakti Udaan’ also has the potential to become trendsetter in the country. During his first term as the Chief Minister (1998-2003), Gehlot introduced free treatment, including surgeries, for poor families which was later replicated in many states. During his second tenure in 2011, he launched a revolutionary scheme-- free medicines for all. This scheme became a case study for the entire country and the BJP government at the centre
During his current tenure, Gehlot has expanded his horizon and launched state-sponsored Chiranjeevi Health Insurance
Scheme, universalising the healthcare in the state. The scheme provides free health insurance cover up to Rs 10 lakh for the beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act, small and marginal farmers, contract workers and poor families. All beneficiaries will be entitled to cashless hospitalisation in 1,092 government hospitals and 336 private ones in the state.
This is way better than the Central Governmentrun Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) which also provides a cover of Rs 5 lakh, but only for 40 per cent of the State’s population.
“Now the Udaan Scheme will take off and cover great distance. If other states also adopt this scheme, the problem of unhygienic period protection will be resolved for good,” said Dr Arti Bagotia, a medical practitioner engaged in healthcare of poor women.
Like every health scheme of CM Ashok Gehlot Gehlot, ‘I am Shakti Udaan’ also has the potential to become trendsetter in the country. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on December 19, 2021, launched “I am Shakti Udaan” Scheme, directly touching the lives of millions of young women with the reproductive cycle.
‘I am Shakti Udaan Scheme’ has been launched by Gehlot government to provide free sanitary napkins to over 1.25 crore menstruating population of the State.
This Rs 200-crore unique initiative is aimed at ensuring proper hygiene, period protection and reproductive well-being of women.
In the first phase, 26 lakh girls will be benefited through this scheme that will provide 12 napkins a month free of cost to each girl in Senior Secondary, Secondary and Higher Secondary schools.
In rural areas, 1,412 Anganwadi centres in 282 blocks of villages would distribute sanitary napkins to 3 lakh adolescent girls and women in the 18-45 age group, benefiting 29 lakh women and girls.
The distribution of these napkins will also be through Self-Help Groups which will be trained to manufacture these napkins and sell, market and distribute them to the target groups.
The recently released National Family Health Survey states that 62 per cent of the women in the country are unaware of period hygiene and 24 per cent of adolescent girl students mark their absence from school during periods.
The survey also reveals that only 57 per cent women in the country have access to sanitary napkins, increasing the risk of grave gynaecological diseases in women not observing good menstrual hygiene.
It’s really touching to see a man resolving our problem. We have seen woman Chief Minister in the past. But neither she nor anyone else felt our pain. We will always be indebted to Gehlot Sahab for providing us with the cover of respect.
—Imarti Devi, Sanitation WorkerEvery woman has the right to access period protection. As a sensitive government, we feel their pain. We need to secure the reproductive health of women who give birth to our future generations.
—Ashok Gehlot, CMI AM SHAKTI UDAAN SCHEME- TOUCHING LIVES OF MILLIONS Known for rolling out Secondary, Secondary GEHLOT THE SCHEME PRABHJOT KAUR The writer is a social worker and teacher with Jaishree Periwal Global School. I M SHAKTI
When Priyanka Gandhi took over the reins of Himachal Pradesh, she had enthusiastically told the cadre that ‘she can go around and will campaign for the Congress in Himachal and touch every assembly seat there.’ The Congress organisation had also prepared a plan for some 68 public
for her in the Himachal elections. But after this Priyanka went to her home in Mashobra in Himachal and her mobile phone was also switched off for two days. There was a stir in the state Congress, and that is when Virbhadra Singh’s son
Singh went to Mashobra to meet Priyanka at her house. In this meeting, it was decided that instead of 68, Priyanka would hold only 15 public meetings. However, in reality, only eight
could be held in Himachal elections. Angry Rani Sahib i.e. MP Pratibha Singh said on this – ‘In BJP, the leader carries the party on his shoulders, but in Congress, the leader has to be carried on workers’ shoulders.’
Jhunjhunu: Describing Swami Vivekananda as the golden representative of India’s youth potential and talent, Vice- President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday, that the country today is realising his dreams.
Dhankhar, while addressing a programme organised at the beginning of Vivekananda Sandesh Yatra in Khetri (Jhunjhunu), said that only youth have the ability to give new direc-
tion to the society. He said that Vivekananda’s message is always relevant for society.
Recalling Swami Vivekananda’s speech at Chicago, the VicePresident said that he
introduced India’s spirituality to the world. He expressed happiness that today India is realising the dreams of Swami Vivekananda and is moving on the path of continu-
In 50 days, the Vivekananda Sandesh Yatra will cover 33 districts of Rajasthan and will spread the ideas of Swami Vivekananda
ous progress. Earlier, the VicePresident launched the Vivekananda Sandesh Yatra from Khetri. This yatra, which will continue till January 7, is being organised by the
The
The State Energy Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati, the President of Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari AK Balakrishnan were also present on the occasion.
fter winning the Dhamnagar by-election in Odisha, the entire BJP is elated. The seat was vacant due to the death of a prominent BJP leader Bishnu Charan Sethi. On this seat, the BJP fielded Sethi’s son Suryabanshi Suraj, who defeated his nearest BJD candidate by 9,881 votes while Suryabanshi got total 80,351 votes. After this, the churning intensified in the BJP as to which face the party should field as its CM face in the coming assembly elections. Then a list of potential CM faces was prepared by the party. Then a public opinion poll was conducted by a favourite agency working for the party, but all these faces could not prove their usefulness on the scale of popularity. Then the General Secretary of the party, BL Santhosh, held a brainstorming meeting with the BJP leaders of Odisha in Delhi and wanted to know why the activism of these leaders in Odisha is so low that the general public does not know them properly.
Digvijay Singh wants to be the charioteer to take Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra to Bihar.’ Singh wishes is that Rahul’s journey starts from Digvijay’s maternal grandfather’s native place, Githor in Bihar & ends at Bodh Gaya by travelling a distance of 1,023 kms. Digvijay Singh & Jairam Ramesh have entrusted Yatra’s responsibility to Bihar’s ex- minister Awadhesh Singh. But problem for Bihar Cong is that who will bear expenses of Rahul’s trip, because Cong has been out of power in Bihar for years & the magnates have also kept a distance from party. It is said that cost of one day’s Yatra runs into crores. It was suggested that Yatra should be limited to Patna, but Awadhesh wants to take it to Gaya, as he is keen to contest 2024 polls from there.
T he barbaric manner in which Mumbai’s Shraddha Walker was murdered in Delhi’s Chattarpur, it seems that Delhi media has jumped into the market regarding this. There is such a rush to break the news that the channel is doing ‘piece to camera’ by sticking to the bathroom, kitchen and room of the accused Aftab Poonawala’s house. Delhi Police hasn’t yet been able to collect all evidence. The discussion is hot whether media, its cameras & journos are unknowingly tampering with important clues of the murder?
Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora is deeply troubled by these things.
The party’s powerful Organisation General Secy BL Santosh is said to be angry with the BJP MPs from Delhi. In fact, many local MPs including the names of Manoj Tiwari, Pravesh Verma and Hansraj Hans, are said to have submitted the list of claimants on their behalf to party High Command regarding civic polls in Delhi. However, field reports of most of them came negative, and their chances of victory in party’s opinion polls were also said to be bleak.
Complaints started piling up with Santosh, wherein, most plaints were about offering money for tickets. Annoyed, Santosh demanded resignation of all District Presidents of Delhi BJP in a hurry, warning the MPs to reform themselves, saying, ‘You reform yourself, otherwise, the Chhattisgarh model will have to be implemented in Delhi’.
Highly placed sources in Saffron Party & its parent organisation have hinted that a major brainstorming session of handful of top level RSS functionaries was held in Madives. According to sources, 35 prominent office bearers of the Sangh, who reached Maldives by a special plane during Oct end, mulled upon the strategy for post 2024 election during the 5- day long trip. These officials returned to Delhi by a charter plane.
Dhariwal reached Nayapura JK Pavilion Stadium & enjoyed cricket match being played between Raj & UP
Kota: In Kota also, events of other big matches including IPL will be held. UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal reached Kota’s JK Pavilion Stadium on Sat-
urday
Kota’s JK Pavilion Stadium will also be devel-
oped on the lines of national and international level stadium.
On the suggestions received from RCA and
Jaipur: It seems that young IAS Indrajit Singh Yadav is in a bit of a sorry state. Over the past 3 years, the officer has been transferred seven times with 4 different postings in Jodhpur itself. He was appointed as Dungarpur Collector in July & then transferred and made Pratapgarh Collector in 4 months. Moreover, the secret of removal from Dungarpur is yet unknown. While in Pratapgarh, condition of administration is bad with neither Zilla Parishad CEO, nor ACEO, nor
Jaipur: Remembering the first woman Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi on Saturday, CM Ashok Gehlot said that she had made an incomparable contribution in maintaining the unity and integrity of the country.
“She laid down her life for this noble cause. During her tenure, the Indian Army, displaying historic valour and might, defeated Pakistan and Bangladesh was created,” Gehlot tweeted.
any ADM posted there. All responsibilities are on a single Collector.
“What is relation between BJP & AAP only God knows. We are getting good support in Gujarat poll. AAP had withdrawn
Jaipur: Senior Congress leader and Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi met former Congress President Rahul Gandhi at Segaon in Maharashtra on Saturday during the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ Camp.
During this Rahul Gandhi’s body language surprised everyone as he held up his thumb and seemed to be asking
District Cricket Association regarding development, the government will make every possible effort to encourage cricket. He assured to fulfill the demand made by the office bearers of RCA and District Cricket Association for the development of the stadium.
Dhariwal reached Nayapura JK Pavilion Stadium on Saturday & enjoyed the cricket match being played between Rajasthan & UP.
in HP poll too,” he said. During his Delhi visit, Gehlot reached residence of RS MP Pramod Tiwari.
“Indira ji led the country on the path of self-reliance through
the Green Revolution. Indira ji’s whole life was devoted to making India self-reliant and standing in the line of leading countries of the world,” Gehlot further tweeted.
Jaipur: The foundation laying programme of Government Nursing Colleges will be held on November 22.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will participate in the state- level function at Pali.
The foundation laying functions will be held in Lalsot, Barmer, Dholpur, Karauli, Dungarpur, Nagaur, Sikar, Bhilwara, Hanumangarh, Pali, Jalore, Sirohi, Pratapgarh, Kum-
her, Chittorgarh, Banswara and Tonk.
The Minister incharges of these districts will also take part in the event.
The Medical and Health Department will also organise exhibitions at all the locations. The Minister in- charges of districts have been directed to attend the programme at 1 pm on November 22. After the foundation is laid, the ministers will also hold press conferences.
Jaipur: 41 inactive office bearers in Rajasthan Youth Congress have been relieved of their posts for being inactive.
Of these, 7 are state general secretaries, 13 state secretaries and 21 state co-secretaries. All of them have been accused of not being active in party activities.
The state in-charge of the organization, Mohammad Shahid has said that these office bearers were constantly absent in the meetings.
IAS Rohit Kumar, a 1997 batch officer of Rajasthan Cadre, has become Additional Secretary in the Central Cabinet Secretariat. He was empaneled for the post of Additional Secretary or equivalent post. Kumar has served as Joint Secretary in the past.ABOUT VIVEKANANDA SANDESH YATRA ROHIT KUMAR IS ADDL SECRETARY IN CENTRE CM Ashok Gehlot pays tributes to India’s first and only woman Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi on her 105th birth anniversary at ‘Shakti Sthal’ in New Delhi on Saturday. (Inset): CM Gehlot during the exhibition held to mark the occasion. Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi met Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra on Saturday at Segaon in Maharashtra. Ministers LC Kataria, Udai Lal Anjana, Rajendra Yadav, Rohit Bohra also met him.
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The scarves this season are fresh and lively, with vibrant colorblock designs and bold checkered prints. They usually come in knit, cashmere, or wool blend fabrics and offer lots of warmth while frequently adding a touch of luxury. An elegant touch can
be added to any outfit by wrapping a solid-colored scarf around a shirt and wearing it with pants. Feel free to tie your cable-knit sweater over your neck for the same effect while you decide which one to buy.
The colours navy and maroon are also very popular this season, as is wearing scarves open to create longer lengths. A silk scarf adds a sophisticated necktie to a straightforward all-black suit, giving it a chic, Parisian edge. Perfect comfort and fashion! It might be challenging to locate a scarf to match an outfit for an evening occasion, a shawl scarf can be worn in a more formal way by draping it over your shoulders, as well as more casually by wrapping it around your neck.
Here are some tips on how to keep your furry friends warm and cosy in the cold months.
Try to keep your pets indoors, especially during the night. Go out for walks with them during the late morning hours. Being exposed to the sun during these hours will give them much-needed Vitamin D.
If the temperature drops severely, your pet needs special attention. Ushija Asthana, pet parent of a dog Cooper and a cat Silver said, “The paws of your dog or cat need to be protected from the freeze as they aren’t covered by fur. If your pet is picking up their paws off the floor, it is a sign that the weather is too cold for them. In case there’s a drop in your pet’s body temperature, make sure you cover them up with warm blankets and feed them hot drinks like chicken broth.”
selves. Holding pee for too long can cause urinary tract infections in your pets. You can consider potty training your pets indoors. Pee pads and pee trays can be used to make sure as an option.
Ipsita Gupta, pet parent of a Labrador says, “During the winters, Mia sometimes ends up accidentally peeing in the house. I use a pet-friendly floor cleaner like ITC Nimyle, which is a 100% natural action floor cleaner made with neem that keeps the floors clean and also does not cause rashes on Mia’s skin, unlike other floor cleaners I’ve used before. Activated with the Power of Neem, Nimyle also has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.”
Never let your pet sleep on the cold floor during winter. Make sure
they have warm and cosy bedding. Place the bedding in a warm spot, preferably where they sleep every day. Make sure the area is cleaned regularly with water and a petfriendly floor cleaner. Unclean sur-
faces may lead to underbelly rashes. Many pet owners use pet-friendly heaters and warmers to keep the room temperature controlled.
Shehnaaz Gill is a highly reckoned name in the entertainment industry.
She won the heart of the audience and other contestants with her adorable looks and innocence. Post Bigg Boss, she has worked in a popular movie Honsla Rakh and some music videos also. She will be soon seen in multiple new projects. The actress recently shared a sweet video where she is seen dancing with Guru Randhawa.
In the post shared on social media, Shehnaaz is seen enjoying the cool breeze on a
yacht. She is accompanied by ace Punjabi Singer Guru Randhawa. He is seen dancing along with her on the Punjabi song Pai gayian shaman ne. Shehnaaz looks simple yet elegant with a green off-shoulder jumpsuit and Guru Randhawa sported a black T-shirt with a green jacket. The duo look adorable as they dance under the open sky. He wrote in the captions, “Pai gayian shaman ne with my fav @shehnaazgill Should we do a video together."
alaika Arora has a razor-sharp eye for style and it's unquestionable. She's giving our autumn style the elevated power of something that can be termed sultry. Mala is an all-rounder and definitely a learned fashion lady who looks stylish all year round. This month and the next, our calendars are blocked big for parties and there is something interesting that's available. This ensemble will soon be on the rise and some outfits around us may get a second or no preference.
The Jaime ensemble featured a satin ivory top that looked sleeveless on one side and the other was in its dramatic element with the long and broad cape which truly became the foundation for a party look. And, to this high-waisted and black straight-fit trousers were joined.
Malaika's look was accessorised with Christian Louboutin pumps, a micro handbag and a gold ring.
irat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are one of the cutest couples in Bollywood. These two never fail in giving couple goals and making our hearts flutter. Well, the couple was recently snapped at the Mumbai airport as they left for an undisclosed location. And now there are several pictures of the couple from Uttarakhand that are going viral. We can see Virat and Anushka posing with their fans in Uttarakhand with smiles on their faces.
In the picture, we can see the couple posing with several fans. Both of them had smiles on their faces as they posed.
Bollywood actress Tara Sutaria is said to be dating Aadar Jain for quite a few years now. While both of them have remained hushhush about their relationship, they do share some lovefilled posts for each other on special occasions. They are also often spotted together during family functions and other outings. Tara Sutaria is celebrating her 27th birthday today, and the actress has received many wishes on social media. However, the one that stood out the most was the lovely post from Aadar Jain! Aadar
Time and again, Kareena Kapoor Khan showcased her love for casual yet chic off-duty fits. This time she was spotted at the airport, sporting a casual blue sweatshirt with matching trousers. While comfort was the supreme element of her airport look, the actress decided to style it up with her Celine bag.
Kareena Kapoor Khan managed to stir up the airport-style dressing for the season as she stepped out in a mono-
tone outfit casual outfit that featured an oversized hoodie and matching relaxed-fit trousers. The diva stuck to sticking to the muted blue color palette and added a stylish twist to the classic off-duty look with her chunky black boots.
The actress teamed up her all-blue look with a Celine Calfskin Large Soft 16 Bag in Tan. This designer bag is carefully crafted with tan-hued leather and features a statement leather top handle with striking gold-tone hardware.
Jain took to his Instagram to post a picture with Tara Sutaria. The picture is from their France vacation, and the two lovebirds can be seen posing in front of the iconic Louvre pyramid. Wishing his ladylove, Aadar Jain wrote, “Happy Birthday ma chérie,’ along with a heart and fire emoji.
The post quickly garnered thousands of likes, and several comments from fans poured in.
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Uhe fourth edition of Jahan-eKhusro enthralled Sufi lovers at Albert Hall on Saturday night. Organised by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan in association with Rumi Foundation, Muzaffar Ali’s Jahan-eKhusro Manch presented spiritual thoughts by reviving a legend of Rajasthan.
The two-day event began with ‘Moomal: Rooh-e-Registan’, a musical ballet based on the famous folktale of Rajasthan about the timeless
beauty of Moomal. Shivani Verma as Moomal, Avenav Mukherjee as Rana and Dastango Askari Naqvi as the bard who narrates this tragic love story.
Voice of Meeta Pandit and Jassu Khan. This was followed by a performance called ‘Nara-e-Mas-
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The Mayoor School Jaipur, under the aegis of Mayo College General Council, Ajmer, will start its first academic session in April 2023. The school has been set up by the Global Institute of Technology Society, Jaipur. This launch is in line with the Mayo College General Council Strategy of strengthening its presence in the state.
This was informed by the Director, of Mayoor School, Jaipur, Naman Kandoi today at a Press Conference.
Kandoi further informed that the May-
oor School Jaipur boasts of a completely air-conditioned school zone which is part of the greater 10-acre education campus.
Senior Vice Chairman, Randhir Vikram Singh said that Mayo College, established in 1875, has a legacy of 150 years. A collaboration of Mayo College General Council, Mayoor School Jaipur will follow the best practices of the well-known public school. Situated in Sitapura, Mayoor School Jaipur aims to empower the children of the city with quality education along with exposure to worldclass facilities for overall development.
Dr Akhilesh Jain, Head of Psychiatry was awarded a membership by the National Academy of Medical Sciences at ESI Model Hospital, a unique institution under the ministry of health, which fosters and utilizes academic excellence as its resource to meet medical and social goals.
He conferred this membership in a convocation during the 62 National
conferences of the Academy by speaker Lok sabha, Om Birla. Academy elects health professionals from different specialities through a process based on their academic excellence, research work, and professional competence. Dr Jain has been doing awareness programs for a long time in the field of mental health and has also received Research Paper Awards at various international, national and state levels.
On the occasion of International Children’s Day, a special “Baal Panchayat” was organised at Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Bhavan, in which cabinet minister Ramesh Chand Meena interacted with the children. Child representatives from Rajawas and Jairampura Gram Panchayats of Jaipur participated in this special Baal Panchayat organised by Digital Baal Mela and UNICEF. Ankush Singh, Communication Specialist, UNICEF Rajasthan Office was also present at the event and described the campaign as an initiative which will give direction to the chil-
dren’s future. Dr Meena Sharma, the mentor of the Digital Baal Mela present on the occasion, said that we have demanded the state government to ensure child participation in gram panchayats and that the government should adopt the idea of Baal Mitra Panchayat in the state. It is worth mentioning that these Baal Sarpanchs were elected in the Baal Panchayats organized by Digital
Baal Mela and UNICEF in Jairampura and Rajawas.
The Rajasthan government is celebrating Children’s Week, under
which many programs are being organised. But in this Baal Panchayat event, the children got an opportunity to interact directly with the Panchayat Raj Minister and these children got to know the Panchayat Raj system closely. Jai Ram Pura Gram Panchayat Sarpanch -Jagdish Nitharwal and Rajwas Sarpanch -Meenakshi Meena, social worker Suresh Sharma, Panchayat Samiti members Bhagwan Sahay Jabadolia, Ramesh Devanda were present with the children.
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cooperation. Women should give a new dimension to the significance of their worldly form associated with the organ donation awareness mission. MFJCF aims to bring awareness about organ donation in society. Organisations