NADDA IN HIMACHAL, THAKUR IN GUJARAT
CBI BOOKS ANIL AMBANI’S RELIANCE
BJP chief JP Nadda will conduct a roadshow in Himachal’s Kangra. Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur will be in Gujarat on Friday, where he will hold meeting with PBI officials in Gandhinagar. He will also attend Ayush Investment’s closing session and Innovation Summit.
12 STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS AT IIT MADRAS
JAIPUR l FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022 l Pages 14 l 3.00 Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases reported in some parts of India, around 12 people have tested positive for the virus at IIT Madras. Health secretary J Radhakrishnan will inspect the campus to direct officials to sanitise locality and follow safety Covid-19 safety norms.
RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 3 l Issue No. 314 BLAST HITS SHI’ITE MOSQUE IN NORTH AFGHANISTAN, KILLS 10, INJURES 40
THE FATE OF THE BESIEGED PORT CITY OF MARIUPOL HAS BECOME TOTEMIC AS RUSSIA BATTLES TO COMPLETE A LAND BRIDGE COVERING TERRITORIES OF UKRAINE ALREADY UNDER ITS CONTROL, INCLUDING CRIMEA AND OTHER PRO-RUSSIAN REGIONS
DAGGER IN UKRAINE’S
HEART! Russia claims Mariupol ‘liberated’, leaves Ukrainian defenders holed up Russian President Putin orders siege 1 instead of assault on a steel plant tunnels in Mariupol where last Ukrainian troops are suspected to be hiding Putin orders blocking off tunnel paths so 2 tight that “Not Even Fly Can Escape”
The Ukranian President said Ukraine still did not have enough weapons, despite billions in Western military aid that has forced Russia to re-focus its offensive away from Kyiv and towards the east of the country.
A powerful explosion in a Shiite Muslim mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 10 worshippers and injured another 40, according to a hospital official. The explosion in northern Mazar-e-Sharif occurred as scores of worshippers knelt in prayer.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW & NEW DELHI
NOT ENOUGH WEAPONS: ZELENSKYY TELLS WORLD
Six months after ex-J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik claimed he was offered `300-crore bribes to clear two files, the CBI has booked Anil Ambani’s Reliance General Insurance Company and officials of Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt Ltd. P5
BODIES AFTER BODIES FOUND
In morgues around the capital, the bodies of some 1,020 civilians are being stored after Russian troops withdrew from the region, said Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna. The bodies of nine civilians, some showing signs of torture, have been found in the town of Borodyanka outside Kyiv.
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steel works. In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin said there was no need for a final confrontation with the last defenders who were boxed in after surviving nearly two months of Russia’s siege. “I consider the proposed storming of the industrial zone unnecessary,” he told Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
India is following ideals of Gurus: PM from Red Fort The BJP has been trying to reach out to the Sikh community ever since it decided to go it alone in the Punjab Assembly elections following the breakdown of the old alliance with Akali Dal over farm laws New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the Red Fort on Thursday to mark the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur. The Prime Minister addressed the nation from the lawns of the Red Fort and not its ramparts. “I felt at peace while listening to the shabad. I am happy that the country is following
in a televised meeting at the Kremlin. “I order you to cancel it.” “There’s no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities,” he said. “Block off this industrial area so that not even a fly can get through.” Shoigu estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters remained inside the steel plant.
z PM Modi is the first prime minister to deliver a
speech at the Mughal-era monument after sunset.
z The fort was chosen as the venue for the event as it
was from here that Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had given orders for the execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, in 1675, as per culture ministry officials.
the path of our gurus. When Guru Teg Bahadur was born, it was said that this child will eliminate sorrow of the marginalised. Gurdwara Shish Ganj Sahib, which is close to the Red Fort, is a symbol of Guru Teg Bahadur’s sacrifice,” said PM Modi. PM said the government is making efforts to connect pilgrimages of Sikh tradition. He
lauded the dedication of the Sikh community and pushed for a selfreliant India. “India works for the welfare of the world,” he added. PM also released a commemorative coin and postage stamp on the occasion. Guru Tegh Bahadur is the ninth Sikh guru who stood up against forcible conversions by the Mughals.
JOHNSON’S DAY OUT IN GUJARAT!
Nat’l database on internal
Don’t lecture judiciary: Supreme security in works: Shah Court to Centre over Salem’s plea NIA RAISING DAY New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Centre is working on a national database related to internal security covering bomb blasts, terror funding, fake currency, narcotics, hawala, arms smuggling, and terrorism. He said the database will
help the central agencies and police in states and union territories in investigations. Shah said the database on terrorism will go a long way in helping inve s t i g at i o n s and securing convictions of terror accused. He added NIA, National Intelligence Grid, and the Intelligence Bureau were working on this.
In a rare case, teenager girl gets 5 months jail for fake rape case Udaipur: A POCSO court here on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old girl to five months jail and `500 fine for filing a false rape case due to which the accused spent six months in jail. The court, however, has given her 1 month time to get bail from the High Court else she will have to face jail. In May 2021, the girl, a resident of Ambamata police station area of Udaipur, alleged that Naveen Kumar raped her after giving intoxicants in a cold drink and also made an obscene video. The girl had alleged that the accused wanted to
New Delhi: On gangster Abu Salem’s petition against his jail sentence exceeding 25 years, the Supreme Court on Thursday used stern words while rejecting the Union Home Ministry’s stance that the plea is premature. The Supreme Court also objected to the Centre asking it to decide on the case. “Don’t lecture the judiciary. We do not take it kindly when you tell us to decide something
SC WARNS OF ‘SERIOUS VIEW’ ON JAHANGIRPURI DRIVE THAT WENT ON POST ORDER
which you have to decide,” Justice SK Kaul told the Home Ministry. “The Home Secretary is nobody to tell us to decide the issue,” the judge said.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Jahangirpuri demolition drive for two weeks and says it will take a serious view if found that the demolition drive continued on Wednesday even after the SC’s status quo order was passed.
CM RECALLS POLITICAL CRISIS BEFORE BABUS!
‘Someone else would have been at my place, if MLAs did not stand by me’ MLAs got `10 crore offers: CM
keep her forcibly as his wife. She gave the statements to the police and in the court also. Special Public Prosecutor Chetan Puri Goswami said that in the third statement, the girl turned hostile and said she gave a false affidavit in the court. She started blaming the police for the false case.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson climbs onto a JCB at the new JCB Factory in Vadodara on Thursday. (Left) PM Johnson, center, poses with Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, in front of the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple, in Gandhinagar. The UK PM is scheduled to meet PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Naresh Sharma & Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday opened up his heart about the political crisis that his government faced in 2020. Gehlot said that all MLAs stayed in hotel for 34 days in political crisis.
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the Civil Servants at OTS, HCM RIPA, Jaipur on Thursday.
“The crisis was big, but the government got saved by your prayers,
otherwise someone else would have stood there. I am the only MLA of
my caste in Rajasthan. For 34 days, MLAs stayed with us and did not even look at the offer of Rs 10 crore. The MLAs used to see my body language whether the government would be saved. They used to listen to old songs with me, I liked it,” Gehlot said while addressing the closing ceremony of Civil Services Day-2022 at OTS, HCM RIPA on Thursday.
CRUCIAL READ GUJARAT MLA MEVANI ARRESTED
SC TO HEAR PLEA OF MALIK TODAY
last night, reportedly on a complaint by a BJP leader over now-removed tweets on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was arrested in Palanpur at 11.30 pm on Wednesday and taken to Assam on Thursday.
Nawab Malik filed against an order of the Bombay High Court which had rejected his interim application seeking immediate release in a case of money laundering being investigated by the ED.
ujarat MLA Jignesh he Supreme Court on G T Mevani was arrested Friday will hear a plea by the Assam Police late of Maharashtra Minister
PK’S PLAN FOR CONG 2.0 INCLUDES COUNTERING PREVALENT NEPOTISM
Kishor’s presentation on Congress Ptherashant revival plan and strategy to win polls included creation of a new Congress for the masses. Destroying a sense of entitlement and sycophancy. Fixing the alliance conundrum. ‘One Family, One Ticket’, to counter prevalent nepotism. He is likely to meet party top brass again on Friday.