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VOICE OF WORLD’S
VOICE OF WORLD’S
MOST POPULAR
MOST POPULAR
LEADER
LEADER
TO ECHO GLOBALLY!
TO ECHO GLOBALLY!
KARTIKEY DEV SINGH
s a nation, India is a
spectrum...of faiths, reli-
gions, dialects, languag-
es, geographical fea-
tures, cultures, and even
of the people residing
within. Throughout history, this di-
versity has been one of our strong-
est points, but also, at times, our
weakness too as it has been used
against us. But seldom there ap-
pears a factor that makes us forget
the difference and binds us together
in one string. For several decades
since Independence, cricket was
that one factor for which differenc-
es were set aside, and everyone
stood as one.
But in the ‘Amrit Kaal’ of our In-
dependence, has emerged one ‘play-
er’ who has captained India for 8
years and in these years has been a
catalyst of change, of power projec-
tion across the globe, and of bind-
ing the aspirations and hopes of
millions of Indians, into one unit -
of national development through
individual development!
Such an exemplary leader is
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
whose every move and every action
has seen success and thus propelled
the nation to carve a niche in the
League of Nations and world poli-
tics.
But how has this been made pos-
sible? The answer is simple: Modi
has ensured that he remains ac-
countable to the people and that he
establishes a strong two-way com-
munication channel. Enter ‘Mann
Ki Baat’. Started on October 3, 2014,
this monthly program has crossed
99 episodes where PM Modi came
across the people through various
mediums — radio, TV
, and mobile
— and not only interacted with the
common man but also showcased
the vision of a new India through
the government’s actions.
Now that Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’
will reach its century on April 30
and in an age where numbers mat-
ter, let us cite some facts. In a nation
of 1.4 billion people, 96% of people
know about ‘Mann Ki Baat’ which
is a huge number! About 1 billion
people have heard it at least once
since its start, with 23 crore people
being its regular listeners and an-
other 41 crore being occasional lis-
teners of the program.
Let’s talk about its effect on peo-
ple. 73% of listeners are optimistic
and claim that the nation is pro-
gressing. 58% of people claim that
their living standard has improved
and 59% have observed a new-found
trust in the government, while 60%
have expressed a desire to work for
national development.
With that huge effect on people,
it is obvious that the nation stands
with PM Narendra Modi and his
vision of a new India which he ex-
presses to people and gets their
approval through the ‘centenary’
platform — ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
A
PM Modi’s
MANN KI
BAAT
100
TODAY
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PERSPECTIVE
JAIPUR | SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2023
02
100TH EPISODE OF ‘MANN KI BAAT’ TODAY
HOPE REFLECTS IN
FEELINGS OF THE PEOPLE
ann Ki Baat’ is a kind of anthem
of experiences related to life. I
am saying this because I have
heard it continuously since it
first aired and have felt that
has, in a way, nurtured eternal
values in it. Sanatan means
‘Eternally New’. There is no
place for inertia in this.
‘Mann Ki Baat’ informs about
the progress happening in the
country, makes public the lives
of those people who have done
something unique and along
with it, is a radio program pro-
ducing a direction of the future
by including all the changes that
are coming in life.
I also believe that ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ is the statement of Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi in
the light of questions related to
our human heritage, philosophy
of life and calamities scattered
here and there across the coun-
try, which create ideals related
to life. The positivity can be
heard and multiplied. People
from all over the country are
represented in it, the opinion of
people from every corner, their
words, their experiences and
hopes are mixed in it.
It seems like yesterday when
this program was started by ra-
dio. It was on 3 October 2014,
when the program ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ was first telecast. Later in
2015, the day also came when US
President Barack Obama also
participated in it. In no time, the
time has come for its hundredth
episode to be broadcast.
The biggest thing about this
program is that there is a direct
dialogue between the Prime
Minister and the citizens. Vari-
ous important issues are dis-
cussed and the direction of the
program is determined by in-
cluding the opinion of the gen-
eral public. It is not preachy but
it is such a dialogue done in the
light of public sentiment, which
has innovation. People across
the country also have a direct
connection with it in the form
that the Indian public broad-
caster, Prasar Bharati, trans-
lates and broadcasts ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ in 52 languages and dia-
lects. Eleven foreign languages
are also included in this.
The Prime Minister of India,
the country’s largest democratic
nation, not only conveys his
message to the people through
this programme, but in a way
calls for the active participation
of the citizens in the nation
building process. How many
people listen to this can be
gauged from the fact that letters
are received from lakhs of peo-
ple from all over the country
regarding this programme, and
the Prime Minister himself
mentions them in the dialogue.
Many times it also happens that
Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi himself also calls directly
and talks to the people in the
programme.
I think ‘Mann Ki Baat’ is a
dialogue conducted by a vision-
ary and far-sighted Prime Min-
ister considering his accounta-
bility towards the citizens, in
which, understanding the re-
mote reach of audio media, the
intention of creating and set-
tling in the public mind lies
through it. Some say that the
days of radio are over, for them
‘Mann Ki Baat’ is the answer
which proved it. It is said that if
the subjects are related to the
public, if there is an initiative
of dialogue by involving them-
selves in it with an inclusive
thinking, then people take inter-
est in it. People especially listen
to it when it airs on Sundays.
This is a unique example of its
popularity, that at the time of
broadcast, people in typical vil-
lages, towns and cities tune into
the radio and listen to it. I had
this experience during the
Ramayana serial telecast by
Doordarshan that the roads
used to become deserted, the
market used to stop and people
used to go and sit near the TV at
the fixed time. The same hap-
pens when ‘Mann Ki Baat’ is
telecast. This is its success.
Radio is audio media. Its main
purpose is to inform, educate
and entertain. But if all these
three have been included in a
single programme, then that too
has happened in ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
I am saying this because there is
no blank information in the
‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, ed-
ucation is the path of light in
life and a healthy color for the
mind. The way Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi presents it
in a light-hearted manner, many
topics like environment, Covid,
climate change, Har Ghar Ti-
ranga, Swachh Bharat, Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao etc. are eas-
ily communicated. I remember,
in one episode of this pro-
gramme, Prime Minister Shri
Modi had given the word ‘Divy-
ang’ to the country instead of
handicapped. The one who is
physically disabled in some way
,
God has given him something
special different from the com-
mon people. That’s why such
people are not handicapped but
differently abled. Similarly, this
program has continuously
shared words and feelings re-
lated to the world with us. That’s
why this country has become
one of the most popular radio
programs not only in the world.
Many times while listening to
‘Mann Ki Baat’, I have also felt
that it is a contemporary narra-
tive related to the Indian tradi-
tion of knowledge. Knowledge
has been given the highest place
in our Vedas, Puranas and Upan-
ishads. It is considered to be the
most sacred. Knowledge does
not mean just external knowl-
edge of something. Direct expe-
rience by going into the depth of
the element through continuous
contemplation, descending into
it is called knowledge. This is
achieved through interest in
public issues. Despite his busy
schedule, Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has adopted this
program for continuous public
dialogue due to his interest in
public issues. This is a unique
initiative to collect information
about the people doing unique
work at some place and public
thinking on it. I listen and count
it many times as a ‘radio diary’
of the Prime Minister. There can
be so many dimensions of a per-
son’s thoughts and public con-
cerns, ‘Mann Ki Baat’ is an ex-
ample of that.
The depth of any subject, con-
text, episode, element related to
nature and life can be reached
only when the curiosity to know
something new remains in the
mind. I understand, ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ is the inspiration of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi ji’s cu-
riosity, probing the mind con-
nected with the people and con-
stantly learning something new.
This is a unique initiative of
dialogue on the country, its peo-
ple, their thoughts, geography,
culture, science and religion etc.
in their contemporary contexts.
In our place, the Brahma
Sutras begin with ‘
Athato Brah-
ma Jigyasa’. The first formula
of Purva Mimamsa is ‘Athato
Dharma Jigyasa’. Religion is
that which is to be followed. The
one in which we move forward
on the path of the future by mix-
ing the thoughts and vision that
we inherited, with new values
and thoughts and experiences
related to life. That’s why I give
the noun of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ as
‘Yoga: Karmasu Kaushalam’. It
means that skill in actions is
yoga. This is the sum of the
work-skills of the Prime Minis-
ter of a country, knowing and
understanding the country and
accordingly the policies of the
nation, taking it forward and up-
liftment of the people. It is not
just the program but the light of
audio media which can be expe-
rienced in Sanatan Samskaras.
Etreya Brahman’s well-versed
mantra is — Charaiveti,
Charaiveti. The civilizations
that continued to move forward.
Those who stopped, their devel-
opment also stopped. If water
remainsatoneplace,itstartsrot-
ting. Its significance lies in the
flow of water. That’s why Bud-
dha also said ‘charath bhikkhave
charath’ means monks, keep
moving. The one who walks gets
the elixir of life. Dr Mangaldev
Shastri has called ‘Charaiveti’
Shramgan. I agree that ‘Mann Ki
Baat’isalsotheanthemof Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi. I
have heard all the programs of
‘Mann Ki Baat’, will not discuss
them. But I must say this much
that this is the foundation of the
vision of a strong India. High-
lighting the national and global
successes of the country, creat-
ing a sense of pride in the citi-
zens, it is a dialogue-song to ori-
ent them towards cultural na-
tionalism. This is not just a radio
programme, it is the light reflect-
ed in the sentiments of the peo-
ple and their words..
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
‘
M
KALRAJ MISHRA
The writer is Governor of Rajasthan
The one who walks gets
the elixir of life. Dr.
Mangaldev Shastri has
called ‘Charaiveti’
Shramgan. I agree that
‘Mann Ki Baat’ is also
the anthem of Prime
Minister Shri Narendra
Modi. I have heard all
the programs of ‘Mann
Ki Baat’, will not discuss
them. But I must say this
much that this is the
foundation of the vision
of a strong India.
Highlighting the
national and global
successes of the country,
creating a sense of pride
in the citizens, it is a
dialogue-song to orient
them towards cultural
nationalism. This is not
just a radio programme,
it is the light reflected in
the sentiments of the
people and their words
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PRIME MINISTER
NARENDRA MODI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Governor Kalraj Mishra.
The Prime Minister of In-
dia, the country’s largest
democratic nation, not only
conveys his message to the
people through this pro-
gramme, but in a way calls
for the active participation
of the citizens in the nation
building process.
This is the sum of the work-
skills of the Prime Minister of
a country, knowing and un-
derstanding the country and
accordingly the policies of the
nation, taking it forward
and upliftment of the people.
KALRAJ MISHRA, GOVERNOR
SALIENT FEATURES
OF ‘MANN KI BAAT’
l The biggest thing about
this program is that there is
a direct dialogue between the
Prime Minister and citizens.
l Various important is-
sues are discussed and the
direction of the program is
determined by including the
opinion of the general public.
l It is not preachy but it is
such a dialogue done in the
light of public sentiment,
which has innovation.
l People across the country
also have a direct connection
with it in the form that the
Indian public broadcaster,
Prasar Bharati, translates and
broadcasts ‘Mann Ki Baat’ in
52 languages and dialects.
l Eleven foreign languages
are also included in this.

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FEMA VIOLATIONS
ED searches home, offices of Byju’s CEO
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: The ED on
Saturday said it has
conducted searches at
the office and residence
of edtech major Byju’s
CEO Raveendran Byju
in Bengaluru. The
probe agency carryied
out the searches at
three premises, two
business and one resi-
dential, under the pro-
visions of Foreign Ex-
change Management
Act (FEMA).
It said the action was
taken on the basis of
‘various complaints’ re-
ceived by private people
andallegedthatRaveen-
dran was issued several
summons but he re-
mained ‘evasive and
never appeared’ before
the ED. According to
the probe agency, offi-
cials have seized some
essential documents.
ThesearchesfoundthatRaveendran’s
firm, Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, got FDI
of over `28,000 cr during 2011-2023
Byju’s CEO Byju Raveendran
TWITTER LOCKS
ACCOUNT OF NEWS
AGENCY ANI, NDTV
New Delhi: NDTV and ANI
news agency both said on
Saturday their main Twitter
accounts had been locked,
without specifying a reason
for suspensions. Searches
on their accounts produced
the message, “This account
doesn’t exist. Try searching
for another.”
JEE MAINS RESULTS
ANNOUNCED, 43 BAG
PERFECT 100 SCORE
New Delhi: Forty-three
candidates have bagged
perfect 100 score in 2nd
edition of engineering exam
JEE-Main. “NTA scores of
15 candidates have been
withheld as they are under
scrutiny,” a senior NTA
official said.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
5 PEOPLE KILLED IN
SHOOTING AT HOME
NORTH OF HOUSTON
Cleveland: A Texas man
went next door with a rifle
and began shooting his
neighbors, killing an 8-year-
old and four others inside
the house, after the family
asked him to stop firing
rounds in his yard because
they were trying to sleep,
authorities said Saturday.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
FOR ANSARI BROS
Mukhtar Ansari gets
10 years in jail in the
kidnapping-murder case
His brother and BSP
MP Afzal gets 4 yrs
in jail, may lose LS seat
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A Ghazipur
MP MLA court convict-
ed jailed mafia Mukhtar
Ansari in a Gangsters
Act case and sentenced
him to 10 years impris-
onment. The court also
imposed a fine of `5
lakh on Ansari. The
same court also pro-
nounced a punishment
of four years along with
imposition of `1 lakh
against his brother BSP
MP Afzal Ansari in the
Gangsters Act case.
“Mukhtar Ansari ap-
peared before the court
through video confer-
ence,” said govt counsel
Neeraj Srivastava.
There were 10 prose-
cution witnesses in the
case. On the other hand,
BSP MP Afzal was pre-
sent in the court. This is
also the first case
against Afzal in which
he was convicted. This
might also end his Par-
liament membership.
Afzal Ansari
Mukhtar Ansari
RULE OF MAFIA HAS ENDED IN UP: WIFE
OF LATE BJP MLA WHO WAS MURDERED
INCRIMINATING DATA SEIZED: PROBE
AGENCY CONFIRMED AFTER SEARCHES
‘RESIGNATION IS
NOT A BIG DEAL, I
AM NOT CRIMINAL’
Earlier on Satuday, wife of late BJP MLA Krishnanand
Rai who was murdered in Ghazipur in 2005 allegedly by
Mukhtar Ansari and his brother Afzal Ansari on Saturday
said that the rule of mafia has ended in Uttar Pradesh
and that she has faith in the judiciary.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) said several incriminat-
ing documents and data were seized during search. BYJU’s
responded minutes after probe agency’s revelation, claiming
the searches were related to a “routine inquiry” under FEMA.
WFI President Brij
Bhushan Sharan
Singh on Saturday told
media, “I am completely
innocent, have full faith in
Supreme Court and Delhi
Police. I am ready to face
any kind of investigation.
Resigning as president of
Wrestling Federation of
India is not a big deal for
me, but I will not resign
as a criminal.”
AFZAL WAS PRODUCED IN THE COURT,
WHILE HIS BROTHER MUKHTAR ANSARI
ATTENDED THE PROCEEDINGS VIA VC
Wrestlers v/s WFI: ‘How did
the investigation details leak?’
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The coun-
try’s top wrestlers, who
are on protest against
the federation chief
over sexual harassment
charges, on Saturday
questioned the govern-
ment inquiry, saying
details of the probe, in-
cluding the name of an
underage accuser, have
been leaked.
“Who is leaking the
details of the investiga-
tion?” the wrestlers,
who have camped in
Delhi’s Jantar Mantar -
the designated spot for
public protests in the
capital, said. They also
accused police of mis-
behaving and not allow-
ing mattresses, provi-
sions meant for them.
Congress leader Pri-
yanka Gandhi and AAP
CM Arvind Kejriwal
visited protesting wres-
tlers expressing their
support for the protest.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra consoles Vinesh Phogat in presence
of Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and other wrestlers during the
wrestlers’ protest at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday.
No one is aware
of what is there
in FIR which
has been lodged. Why
they are not showing it?
When these wrestlers
win medals we all tweet
and feel proud but today
they are sitting on road
and not getting justice. All
these women wrestlers
struggle a lot to come to
this stage. Why govt is
saving him (Brij Bhu-
shan)?
—Priyanka Gandhi,
Congress leader
I have been saying from the beginning that some industrialists and
Congress are behind this protest. This is not a protest by wrestlers.
—Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, WFI president
2 Army jawans
die as ambulance
falls into gorge
Hindenburg-Adani
row: SEBI moves
SC for more time
Rahul case: Hearing in
Guj High Court on May 2
First India Bureau
Rajouri: As many as
two Army jawans were
killed and three others
were injured in a road
accident in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Rajouri dis-
trict on Saturday. The
accident happened at
Keri sector near Line of
Actual Control (LoC).
The officials told
news agency that the
ambulance driver and a
soldier died in the acci-
dent near Dungi Gala.
Their bodies were re-
trieved from the gorge
by rescuers, they added.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Market reg-
ulator SEBI has moved
the Supreme Court
seeking a six-month ex-
tension to complete its
probe into the allega-
tions of stock price ma-
nipulation by the Adani
group and any lapses in
regulatory disclosures.
SEBI had submitted
before the apex court
that in respect of the in-
vestigation relating to
12 suspicious transac-
tions, these are complex
and have many sub-
transactions.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The Gu-
jarat High Court said on
Saturday that it will re-
sume hearing the ap-
peal of Congress leader
and former MP Rahul
Gandhi against his con-
viction in criminal defa-
mation case on May 2.
Hiscounselsaidthere
were six basic grounds
on which the former
could seek a stay on his
conviction, which had
led to his disqualifica-
tion as an MP
. In his ap-
peal, Rahul had claimed
that the court treated
him harshly
.
Delhi police team to
provide security to
wrestlers alleging
sexual exploitation
by WFI chief Sharan
VOTE FOR DOUBLE ENGINE GOVT
IN KARNATAKA, SAYS AMIT SHAH
Udupi: For Union Home Minister Amit Shah conduct-
ed a road show in Mangaluru on Saturday as part of
the BJP’s election campaign for the upcoming State
Assembly elections. Addressing a The people of Kar-
nataka should choose a double engine government in
the State by voting for BJP in the May 10 Assembly
elections instead of a ‘reverse gear’ government
of the Congress. A large number of BJP supporters
gathered to witness Shah’s roadshow campaign. P6
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HUGE CROWD THRONG STREETS
AS MODI LED 3-KM ROADSHOW
TUNE IN TO PM’S ‘MANN KI BAAT’
100TH EPISODE @ 11AM TODAY
Bengaluru: Ending a busy day of electioneering
for the BJP in poll-bound Karnataka after back-to-
back rallies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took
part in a mega roadshow in north Bengaluru on
Saturday drawing an enormous response from a
huge crowd. Modi gave a new election slogan ‘Ee
baariya nirdhara, Bahumatada BJP Sarkara’ (This
time’s decision, majority BJP govt) for the ruling
BJP in Karnataka, ahead of Assembly polls. P6
New Delhi: The 100th episode of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat is scheduled to be
broadcast today at 11 am. This time, the PM’s ad-
dress will also be broadcast live at the United Nations
headquarters in New York. The episode will be broad-
cast on more than 1,000 radio stations including
TV channels, private and community radio stations
across the globe. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, in a
tweet, congratulated Modi on achieving milestone. P7
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul advances 6
grounds to seek
stay on defamation
conviction case
GEHLOT REITERATES HIS STAND ON SANJIVANI SCAM
I can send victims’ videos to Shekhawat, says CM Gehlot
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: CM Ashok Gehlot
on Saturday reiterated his
demand to sack Union
Minister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat from the Union
Cabinet. Gehlot claimed
that Shekhawat and his
family members are linked
to the Sanjivani Credit Co-
operative Society case and
has no moral authority to
continue as a minister.
Gehlot said in Sikar that
victims of the alleged scam
have met him thrice and
shared their pain. Gehlot
claimed if Shekhawat did
not want to meet them in
person, he could send the
Union minister a video re-
cording of his meeting
with the victims.
“I am not talking about
any politics in this. About
2.5 lakh people, including
soldiers, got caught in the
wheel of greed. Gajendra
Singh is not ashamed. All
his people are sitting in
jail. Gajendra Singh should
at least try to get the mon-
ey of those people. Thrice,
the victims who had tears
in their eyes came to meet
me. Two sisters are not get-
ting married. An old man
has to undergo 3 bypass
surgeries. His son is also
capable but that old man
has insisted that he will get
it done only when he gets
his money. Gajendra has
built farm houses in Aus-
tralia, Ethiopia,” he said.
RAVAN REMARK ON CM:
JADAWAT FILES FIR
AGAINST SHEKHAWAT
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: Two days after
Union Minister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat called Rajasthan CM
‘Ravan’ of politics, Congress
leader and former MLA Surendra
Singh Jadawat registered an FIR
against Shekhawat in Chittor-
garh district. Shekhawat at the
BJP’s Jan Aakrosh rally in Chit-
torgarh on Thursday had called
Ashok Gehlot Ravan of politics
in Rajasthan. FIR was registered
under IPC sections of 143, 153-
A, 295-A, 500, 504, 505 (2), and
section 511. Since Shekhawat is
Union Minister, FIR will be trans-
ferred to CID-CB. Jadawat also
gave a pendrive containing video
of speech, clippings of papers.
CM Ashok Gehlot being greeted by elderly women in Gusaisar Bada at Sri
Dungargarh in Bikaner on Saturday. Also seen here is Niraj K Pawan.
CM Ashok Gehlot being greeted by kin after unveiling martyers’ statues in
Soniasar, Bikaner on Saturday. Also seen here is Rameshwar Dudi.
CM Gehlot demands from Modi to sack
Union Minister Shekhawat from Cabinet
I am not talking about any politics in this. About 2.5
lakh people, including soldiers, got caught in the
wheel of greed. Shekhawat should at least try to get
the money of those people. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Brij Bhushan Sharan speaks to media in Gonda, UP on Saturday.

RAJASTHAN
04
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Rajasthan
Public Service Com-
mission (RPSC) mem-
ber Babulal Katara
and four other ac-
cused, arrested in con-
nection with the 2022
teacher recruitment
paper leak case, were
produced before
a court on Saturday
as the remand
period ended.
Babulal Katara and
his driver Gopal Sin-
gh have been sent on
police remand till May
2 by the court. Simi-
larly, other accused
Vijay Kumar and
Arun have been sent
to judicial custody.
Notably, Babulal Kata-
ra was sent on 10 days
police remand.
The SOG had col-
lected important infor-
mation regarding the
paper leak during the
interrogation of RPSC
member Babulal Kata-
ra. The SOG had earli-
er recovered a double
bed sheet, one lock, and
three keys from the
government residence
of Babulal Katara lo-
cated in Ajmer.
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: DGP
Umesh Mishra on Sat-
urday visited Jhunj-
hunu and took part in a
programme organised
in Pilani. While ad-
dressing the gathering,
DGP Umesh Mishra
said that the police slo-
gan proved meaningful
when thousands
of criminals were
nabbed recently under
the campaign.
Referring to the Su-
jangarh incident, DGP
Mishra said, “Enthusi-
asm among the police-
men, kept the criminal
under control even after
the constable was in-
jured. Cases of atroci-
ties against women have
decreased in Rajasthan,
but around 48 percent of
cases registered are
false, which is a matter
of concern. Cybercrime
is a serious problem and
policemen need to be
trained,” said DGP
.
False cases matter of concern: DGP Mishra
ADDRESSING SHORTCOMING

Cases of
atrocities
against women
have decreased
in Rajasthan,
but around
48 percent of
cases registered
are false, said
DGP Mishra
BJPworkers,copsclashinJalore
BJP protested against the misrule corruption of the Congress govt outside the District Collector’s office
CP Joshi addressing the Jan Aakrosh Mahagherao in the Jalore on Saturday.
BJP leaders to listen to‘Mann Ki Baat’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The 100th epi-
sode of the PM’s show
‘Mann Ki Baat’ will be
aired on Sunday
. BJP
StatePresidentCPJoshi
will listen to Mann Ki
Baat in Pathmeda
Gaushala located in
Sanchore. Similarly,
General Secretary (Or-
ganisation) Chan-
drashekhar will hear
‘Mann Ki Baat’ in the
Sikri area of the Nagar
assembly constituency
. ,
GajendraSinghShekha-
wat will hear ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ in Jodhpur.
Vasundhara Raje will
listen to Mann Ki Baat
in Sanchore, State co-
incharge Vijaya Rahat-
kar in Pathmeda Gaush-
ala Sanchore, Deputy
LoP Dr. Satish Poonia in
Pindwara, Arun Chatur-
vedi in Civil Lines Ryan
School, Ashok Parnami
in Adarsh Nagar.
Lunaram Darji
Jalore: The BJP on Sat-
urday organised Jan
Aakrosh Maha Gherao
in the Jalore district
and protested against
the misrule and corrup-
tion of the Congress
government. The pro-
test took place outside
the District Collector’s
office wherein State
BJP President CP Joshi,
MP Diya Kumari, MLA
Jogeshwar Garg, MLA
Chhagan Singh, MLA
Puraram Chaudhary,
MLA Narayan Singh,
BJP District President
Shravan Singh Rao, BJP
leaderDanaramChowd-
hary and other BJP
leaders were also pre-
sent. The BJP attacked
the Congress govt over
various issues.
In view of the BJP’s
Jan Aakrosh Mahagher-
ao programme, the po-
lice claimed that the se-
curity arrangements
have been made. The po-
lice stopped workers
marchingtowardscollec-
torate and clashed.
PM CONNECTED WITH
PEOPLE: MEGHWAL
Bikaner: Union Minister
Arjun Ram Meghwal during
a press conference regard-
ing the 100th episode of
Mann Ki Baat, said, “Having
100 editions in itself is a big
achievement. This was an
innovative experiment of the
PM through which he spoke
his mind. Our party leaders al-
ways give statements keeping
in mind the code of conduct.
According to a survey, 100
crore people listened to the
Mann Ki Baat programme.”
—Laxman Raghav
BudgetofCrop
SecurityMission
increased25times
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The separate
agriculturebudgetstart-
ed by CM Ashok Gehlot
from the last financial
year is now showing
positive results. The
CropProtectionMission
was started to protect
the crops of farmers
from stray animals, blue
bulls, etc. The special
thing has been that un-
der this mission, the fig-
ure of subsidy given to
the farmers in the wire
ban has increased more
than 25 times.
In the last year’s
budget, a target was set
for wire fencing in total
length of 1 crore 25 lakh
meters in two years in
the state. Under the
Mission, efforts are be-
ing made to prevent
damage to crops by Nil-
gai and stray animals.
FARMERS BENEFIT
Krishna Poonia supports
protesting women wrestlers
Pak migrant held for
attack on JDA squad
4 killed after car tyre bursts
on Kota-Chittorgarh highway
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Con-
gress, on Saturday,
said that wrestling as-
sociation president
and Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) MP Braj
Bhushan Singh is a
mafia and is trying to
put pressure on the
players and their
families who have ac-
cused him and he
should be removed
from the post immedi-
ately and arrested.
Congress spokesper-
son Deepender Singh
Hooda and Krishna
Poonia addressing a
press conference at the
party headquarters
here on Saturday said
that women players
who have won medals
for the country are
seeking justice and
protesting at the Jan-
tar Mantar. “The govt
is not listening to them
and is protecting presi-
dent of wrestling asso-
ciation who is exploit-
ing them by misusing
position,” she said.
Jodhpur (PTI): Police
have arrested a Paki-
stani migrant for alleg-
edly leading a mob of
encroachers that at-
tacked an eviction
squad of the Jodhpur
Development Authority
during a raze drive in
the Chokha area, offi-
cials said on Saturday
.
Bhagchand Bheel
was arrested late on
Friday and booked for
interfering in the dis-
charge of public func-
tion by government of-
ficials, they said.
Bheel has had previ-
ous run-ins with law
enforcement officials
and was also accused of
duping and exploiting
Pakistani migrants, al-
legedly through a nexus
with the police and the
local land mafia.
“We are checking
their visa status and
their role in illegal ac-
tivities and previous
cases against them,”
said a police official.
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: Four
people were killed
when the case they
were travelling in met
with an accident after
a tyre burst on the Ko-
ta-Chittorgarh high-
way. The accident
happened at around 11
am on Saturday in Be-
gun area of Chittor-
garh district.
SHO Bhagwanlal
Meghwal said that the
car riders were going
from Ahmedabad to UP
.
Asthetyreburst,theun-
controlled car collided
with the divider and
went to the other side
and collided with the
trailer coming from the
front there. The trailer
dragged the car for a few
meters. The driver of
the trailer absconded
after the accident.
The deceased were
identified as Ram Sa-
hodar(33),Umashankar
(32), Jitendra Kumar
(28), and Anil Kumar
Vishwakarma (28). The
four deceased used to
do furniture work in
Ahmedabad. They
were going to the wed-
ding of Ram’s relative.
Krishna Poonia addressing the protesting women wrestlers at
Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Saturday.
DGP UMESH MISHRA
Mangled remains of the car on the Kota-Chittorgarh highway.
Katara,driverinpoliceremandtillMay2
Babulal Katara presented in Udaipur ADJ-1 court on Saturday.
Man stabs
cousin for
raping daughter
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: A man
allegedly killed his
cousin brother in
Kherti town of Jhun-
jhunu district on Sat-
urday morning to
take revenge for rape
with her daughter,
police said. Police in-
formed the accused
stabbed the victim
multiple times. “The
victim was rushed to
a nearby hospital,
but he died during
treatment,” said ASI
Ramesh Kumar.
Efforts are being
made to prevent
damage to crops
PRAISING COPS
Two die after coming in
contact with live wire
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: Two peo-
ple were burnt alive in
Chittorgarh on Satur-
day after their vehicle
came in contact with
live wires, police said.
Police informed the de-
ceased has been identi-
fied as Driver Kishan
Khateek (44) and Shanti
Lal (28). “Two men and
as many mares died in
a fire when the pickup
van in which they were
travelling touched an 11
KV live wire hanging in
the middle of the road
and caught fire near the
Ramthali village in
Chittorgarh area early
on Saturday,” police
said. “The men were re-
turning from a wedding
function when the inci-
dent occurred. The bod-
ies were later taken to a
mortuary of the nearby
hospital,” police added.
RAJE THANKS PM
NARENDRA MODI
FOR INAUGURATING
91 RADIO STATIONS
Jaipur: Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje expressed grati-
tude to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on in-
augurating 91 FM radio
stations for 84 districts
of 18 states and two
union territories of the
country. Rajasthan has
also got the gift of 13
radio stations. “These
radio stations full of
modernity will prove
to be important in
the direction of social
connectivity for the
people of the region. My
heartiest congratula-
tions and many thanks
to the Prime Minister,”
Raje tweeted.
Vasundhara Raje
CM Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Pratapgarh: The
Pratapgarh Police on
Saturday raided three
fake DAP biofertilizer
factories in Madhya
Pradesh and detained
three people. Police
informed the raids
were carried out in
factories located in In-
dore, Devas and San-
rangpur districts.
“We received informa-
tion that four factories
at three places in MP are
making DAP fertilizer
from Kota stone and
ashed of thermal power
plants. The fake fertiliz-
ers were being supplied
to Rajasthan, Punjab,
Madhya Pradesh, and
Himachal. Eleven teams
were formed and sent to
factories in MP. The po-
lice team recovered
sacks of fertilizers la-
belled as original and
branded DAPs. The
three accused, who are
big brokers, have been
detained,” said Pratap-
garh SP Amit Kumar.
Pratapgarh SP Amit Kumar
Pratapgarh police raids
fake DAP factories in
MP, three arrested

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Yogesh Sharma and
Pooja Dubey
Jaipur: The internal
developments of Con-
gress in Rajasthan re-
main in focus on Satur-
day. Assembly Speaker
Dr CP Joshi remained
the lead role here. First,
former Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot arrived to
meet Joshi at the latter’s
residence and after him
State Congress In-
charge Sukhjinder Sin-
gh Randhawa also met
Dr CP Joshi.
It is believed that
there was a discussion
on the internal develop-
ments of the Congress
among the leaders. Pilot
had asked for time be-
fore the meeting. There
was also a message from
Delhi to meet after
which Pilot reached
Joshi’s residence.
Meanwhile, Congress
state in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa after meeting the
Rajasthan Assembly
Speaker CP Joshi on
Saturday said that CP
Joshi is the encyclope-
dia of politics.
“As far as taking feed-
back is concerned, feed-
back will be taken from
all the MLAs and Minis-
ters. Along with this
there is a preparation to
take feedback from the
MLAswhohavebeende-
feated under the banner
of Congress. As far as
rebellion on September
25 is concerned, if the
incident that happened
during the Corona peri-
od before that is consid-
ered as a rebellion, then
I would like to say that
leaving aside the things
of the past, we should
move forward in the fu-
ture. I do not talk about
the future and now we
should talk about the
future and take lessons
from what has hap-
pened in the past and
also take care that such
mistakes do not happen
again. The government
should focus on how it
should be repeated,”
Randhawa said.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The result of JEE
Main April 2023 was re-
leased on Saturday by
the National Testing
Agency
. With the regis-
tration of 9.40 lakh stu-
dents, Kota witnessed
celebrations.Kota’slarg-
est coaching institute
AllenCoachingInstitute
has claimed 3 out of top
5 ranks. Shrikant Vaira-
gade has secured All In-
dia 3rd Rank by scoring
300 out of 300 marks,
while Malay Kedia has
got All India 4th Rank
and Kaushal Vijayvar-
giya secured 5th Rank
with 300 out of 300
marks. Kota’s coaching
institutes have also
claimed dominance in
Top-50 and Top-100 slots.
IshaanKhandelwalof
Jaipur secured AIR 11
and he is Jaipur topper.
The All India Rank 1
forJEEMain2023isSin-
garaju Venkat Koundin-
ya from Telangana.
RAJASTHAN
05
Laxmikant Sharma
Dausa: Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma visited
Dausa on Saturday af-
ternoon to inspect the
inflation relief camps.
She reached the Dausa
Municipal Council
premises around 4 pm
and inspected the per-
manent camp of the in-
flation relief camp.
Meanwhile, Ward No. 50
councillor’s husband
Pinku Tiwari handed
over a file of complaints
alleging corruption in
the city council, on
which the Chief Secre-
tary assured action.
Many people also
complained to the Chief
Secretary about errant
electricity, no proper
lights on road, and non-
availability of drinking
water. During the visit,
the CS while interact-
ing with the women
who had come for regis-
tration, asked about the
plans of the state gov-
ernment. Looking at
the documents of a
woman, Sharma asked
if she knew what docu-
ments were needed for
registration in the
scheme and what bene-
fits she would get. Re-
sponding promptly, the
elderly woman said that
registration can be
done in all schemes
through Jan Aadhaar,
electricity bill and pass-
book of the gas agency.
Sharma said that regis-
tration can also be done
through digital copy of
the documents.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal on Sat-
urday cornered Union
Jal Shakti Minister Ga-
jendraSinghShekhawat
for his Ravan remark
aboutCMAshokGehlot.
“Gajendra Singh him-
self is an accused so he
has got bail from High
Court. But he will not be
saved and get trapped in
the case,” he said.
Attacking the BJP,
Dhariwal said that this
party does not have any
issue. “The Congress
government is going to
repeat due to the works
done by the Rajasthan
government,” he said.
He said that the BJP
only does politics of re-
ligion and people have
now understood every-
thing.
“BJP does not have
any plans to deal with
inflation, development,
and relief to the people.
Now the public also
knows this thing. That’s
why people are keeping
distance from BJP
,” said
Dhariwal, who is in
Kota. He participated in
a padyatra on Saturday
inWard42of KotaNorth
under the Haath Se
Haath Jodo campaign.
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: The family
members of Mohan
Singh took his dead
body and left for Gand-
har. The body was taken
from the mortuary
amid tight security and
heavy police force was
stationed outside the
mortuary. The talks
were held twice a day
but remained inconclu-
sive. Mohan Singh had
committed suicide by
hanging with a tree
near the agitation site
on Tuesday
.
Meanwhile, amid the
ongoing agitation of
Mali community in
Bharatpur for a sepa-
rate 12% quota, former
dputy Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot on Satur-
day tweeted that the
state govt should find a
satisfactory solution to
this matter in accord-
ance with constitution-
al provisions.
Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: Farmers’leader
Rameshwar Dudi and
Minister Govind Megh-
wal met in the presence
of State President Go-
vind Singh Dotasra. The
two leaders exchanged
sweets. This gesture is
being seen as a positive
sign towards reducing
their bitterness. This
meetingisimportantfor
Bikaner Congress in the
2023 assembly elections.
CS Usha inspects inflation relief camps in Dausa
MEHANGAI RAHAT CAMPS
CS Usha Sharma giving relief package of various Rajasthan Govt
schemes to a specially abled person in Dausa on Saturday.
Shanti Dhariwal and Amit Dhariwal in Kota on Saturday.
Agitators continue to block roads in Bharatpur on Saturday.
Mrinal Shrikant,
All India Rank 3
Rameshwar Dudi offering sweets to Govind Ram Meghwal in
Bikaner on Saturday. GS Dotasra is also seen.
Justice MM Shrivastava
Malay Kedia,
All India Rank 4
Kaushal Vijayvargiya,
All India Rank 5
Dr CP Joshi and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in discussion during swamani hosted by Joshi at Shri
Khole Ke Hanuman Ji temple in Jaipur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
CS Usha Sharma checking documents of a lady who had come
for registration during the camp in Dausa on Saturday.
Pilot condemns ‘Vishkanya’ remark
on Sonia, terms her strong leader
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: Former Dep-
uty CM Sachin Pilot
suddenly reached
Speaker CP Joshi’s
bungalow on Satur-
day. Pilot had a long
discussion with
Joshi. After holding
the meet, Sachin Pilot
gave a statement and
said that he has old
relation with Speaker
Dr CP Joshi.
“I have informally
met CP Joshi. A pras-
adi has been organ-
ized by CP Joshi in
the evening and since
it will not be possible
for me to go to the
program in the even-
ing, so I met him right
now,” he said.
Pilot condemned
Sonia Gandhi being
termed ‘Vish Kanya’
(venomous girl) and
said, “Sonia ji has
been the National
President of Con-
gress Party. She is a
strong leader. This
kind of language
used for her is con-
demnable and shame-
ful. Elections are in
their place, but the
level of language
should not fall.”
Meanwhile, Sachin
Pilot also spoke on
the 3 new in-charges
of AICC and said,
“Elections are com-
ing so they have
been given the re-
sponsibility. I think
it will be a good sign.
I myself gave sugges-
tions in AICC, that
should also be imple-
mented.”
‘Power-packed’meetsraiseinterest!
JOSHI-RANDHAWA-PILOT MEET DISCUSS INTERNAL ISSUES
Congress State in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa terms CP Joshi as
encyclopedia of politics; Pilot says he has old relation with Speaker CP Joshi
Sachin Pilot meets Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi
at latter’s residence on Saturday.
Dr CP Joshi and
Sachin Pilot have
long discussion at
former’s residence
Judicial infra
discussed in Raj
High Court’s State
level meeting
Dudi and Meghwal share
sweets together in Bikaner
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: Acting Chief
Justice Manindra Mo-
han Shrivastava Sriv-
astava held a State lev-
el committee meeting
in the conference hall
of Rajasthan High
Court, where judicial
infrastructure was dis-
cussed in the meeting.
The meeting lasted
for about an hour.
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma attended the
meeting. Additional
Chief Secretary Fi-
nance Akhil Arora
along with Principal
Secretary Law Gyan
Prakash Gupta, Regis-
trar General CP Shri-
mali and Registry offi-
cials were also present
in the meeting held at
the conference hall of
the Rajasthan HC.
DhariwalcornersGajendraShekhawat
forcallingCMGehlot‘Ravan’of politics
Sainis’ protest continues in Bharatpur;
family takes body of suicide victim
JEE main result out, 3 from Allen Kota
seal place in top 5; Jpr boy at No. 11
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress
Rajya Sabha MP and
in-charge of Hary-
ana, Shakti Singh
Gohil on Saturday
raised questions re-
garding Pulwama at-
tack and demanded
from Central govt to
issue a white paper
on the attack.
Talking to the me-
dia at PCC HQs in
Jaipur on Saturday,
Gohil said that the
people responsible
for the Pulwama at-
tack are now raising
questions. “After for-
mer JK Governor
Satya Pal Malik, now
former Army Chief
Shankar Rai Chaud-
hary also raised
questions on taking
the soldiers by road
instead of airlift. But
the Central govt re-
mained silent on
this,” he said.
Gohil said that
there was an attack
on the Akshardham
Temple, there was an
attack on the Parlia-
ment and the hijack-
ing incident also
took place, after
which the BJP lead-
ers went to Kanda-
har to release terror-
ists. “We never do
politics on these is-
sues but it is our re-
sponsibility to seek
answers,” he said.
SS Gohil raises
question over
Pulwama attack
Shakti Singh Gohil during the press conference in PCC HQs
in Jaipur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Corona Update:
Two more die of
Covid, Raj logs
280 new cases
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two more per-
sons died of corona in
the State, the health de-
partment bulletin re-
ported on Saturday.
The deaths were re-
ported from Barmer
and Nagaur. The State
also reported 280 new
Covid cases.
With two more
deaths, total deaths in-
creased to
9702. The
number
of ac-
tive pa-
t i e n t s
was re-
corded at 2830
and cumulative
positive increased to
13,24,810. Meanwhile,
471 patients also recov-
ered in the Saturday
bulletin of health dept.
The new cases in-
clude 48 from Jaipur, 32
Ajmer, 28 from Nagaur,
25 each in Bikaner and
Udaipur, 19 Jodhpur
among other places.
The number of active
cases are maximum in
Jaipur with 678 cases.
RANDHAWA FINALISES APARTMENT IN JAIPUR
TO HOLD CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATIONS
Rajasthan Congress in-charge Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa has taken an apartment in Civil Lines
here where very confidential political consultations
will be done. Randhawa will stay here but the state
circuit house room will also be open for meetings.
He also demands
from Centre to
issue white paper
on the attack

INDIA
06
Santo Domingo (PTI):
External Affairs Minis-
ter S Jaishankar has
formally inaugurated
the Embassy of India in
the Dominican Repub-
lic and said it will mark
a new phase of bilateral
cooperation as New
Delhi expands its foot-
print in Latin America
and the Caribbean.
“Privileged to join
Vice President of Do-
minican Republic @
RaquelPenaVice in in-
augurating the Embas-
sy of India in the Do-
minican Republic,”
tweeted Jaishankar.
Speaking at the event,
he said, “Today is a very
proud day for India and
for the relationship be-
tween India and the Do-
minicanRepublic.Ihave
the privilege to formally
inaugurate the embassy
that we have established
here. Your presence
(Raquel Pena, Vice Pres-
ident of the Dominican
Republic) exemplifies
the importance that the
Government of the Do-
minican Republic at-
taches to this.”
India officially estab-
lished its embassy in
Santo Domingo in 2022.
“The establishment
of this embassy will
mark a new phase of
our cooperation. We
will take this relation-
ship to still greater lev-
els,” the External Af-
fairs Minister said.
EAM inaugurates embassy in Dominican Republic
EXPANDING DIPLOMATIC TIES
lll
Jaishankar’s visit
to the
Dominican
Republic is the
first high-level
visit from India
since the
establishment of
diplomatic
relations in 1999
KARNATAKA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Retain double engine govt for growth: Modi
These polls are not about forming a govt in the state but about making Karnataka the number one state in the country, says Prime Minister
Bidar (Agencies):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Saturday
said for the continuity
of the developmental
projects and unhin-
dered economic growth
of the state, the people
should again vote for
BJP and ensure a dou-
ble engine government.
The elections are not
about forming a govern-
ment in the state but
about making Karnata-
ka the number one state
in the country
, he added.
Addressing a huge
public rally in
Humnabad of Bidar,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi maintained
that if India has to
emerge as a developed
country
, there must be a
developed Karnataka.
The people of the state
have suffered enough
due to coalition govern-
ments. The focus of the
coalition government
won’t be on the people.
When the JD(S)-Con-
gress coalition was
there, JD(S)’s loyalty
was towards the Con-
gress and not the people.
CONGRESS MADE
FALSE PROMISES
TO FARMERS,
SAYS PM MODI
Amit Shah hits out at
Cong, says it will take
Karnataka backwards
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a roadshow at Madikeri in
Kodagu district of Karnataka, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Bidar (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Saturday said that
the Congress lacks
capability to understand
poverty and is “full of
negativity”, while also
accusing it of doing
politics on develop-
ment. The PM accused
Congress and Janata
Dal (Secular), which are
contesting the Karna-
taka Assembly elections
separately, of harbouring
“hatred” for farm-
ers and said that they
created obstructions in
the implementation of
the central scheme for
farmers. “Congress will
never understand the
struggle and pain of the
poor. Congress slowed
the pace of houses here.
They have not seen
poverty. Congress is the
party which does politics
in the name of develop-
ment and is full of nega-
tivity. Congress had only
made fake promises to
the farmers and people
of Karnataka,” Modi said
at an election rally here.
Dharwad (ANI): Lash-
ing out at the Congress
in poll-bound Karnata-
ka, Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah said the
former would put the
state into “reverse
gear”, depriving it of
the benefits of “double-
engine sarkar”.
At a rally at the Nav-
algund Assembly con-
stituency on late Friday
,
Shah said, “One hand,
there is the Congress
under the leadership of
Rahul Gandhi and on
the other, is the BJP un-
der the leadership of
PM Modi. This (Karna-
taka Assembly) election
is an opportunity for
you to decide if you
want a double engine
sarkar led by PM Modi,
which will take Karna-
taka forward, or the
Congress’s reverse gear
sarkar, which will take
Karnataka backwards.”
Khanapur (PTI): BJP
leader and Union Min-
ister Smriti Irani has
said the Congress is
desperate to come to
power in Karnataka
and that it is getting
people from neighbour-
ing Maharashtra to win
the border constituency
.
She said the Congress
is fighting elections
raising the Marathi is-
sue but has not under-
taken any development
in this region, which is
dominated by Marathi-
speaking population.
She alleged the oppo-
sition party promoted
reservation based on
religion at the cost of
other deprived commu-
nities for the sake of
vote bank politics and
now has filed a petition
in the Supreme Court
after the Karnataka
govt scrapped the 4 per
cent Muslim quota.
“Desperate Cong
getting people
from Maha to win
polls in K’taka”
Rampur (ANI): Feared
of being shot dead in a
similar manner to gang-
ster-turned politician
Atiq Ahmed, Samajwadi
PartyleaderAzamKhan,
while campaigning in
Rampur for civic polls,
asked people whether
they want him and his
family to be killed in a
similar fashion.
“What do you want
from me and my chil-
dren? Do you want
someone to come and
shoot us in head? That’s
all that is left..., save
Nizam-e-Hind, save the
law, you don’t have to of-
fer anything, you just
have to encourage your-
self. Sit wherever you
get stopped and try to
move forward instead
of stepping back,” he
said. Khan took to the
stage after long time to
campaign for upcoming
civic polls in UP
.
“We will cast our
vote, it’s our birthright
but that too is being
snatched from us twice,
if itgetssnatchedthrice
then you won’t even to
the right to breathe,” he
said while referring to
disqualification of him-
self from the House af-
ter a court sentenced
him to three years in
jail in a hate speech
case. The case was reg-
istered against Khan
for levelling serious al-
legations against ad-
ministrative officials
posted in Rampur, PM
and UP CM in 2019.
AzamKhanfearsAtiq-likeshootout,asks
public“wantsomeonetoshootusinhead?”
New Delhi: CPI(M) MP
John Brittas has been
served a show-cause no-
tice by the Rajya Sabha
Secretariat over an
opinion piece in a news-
paperwhichwascritical
of Home Minister Amit
Shah, after a BJP leader
complained to Rajya
Sabha Chairman and
Vice-President Jagdeep
Dhankhar calling it “se-
ditious conduct”.
The Rajya Sabha Sec-
retariat sources con-
firmed that Brittas has
been summoned, and
served a show-cause no-
tice. The complaint was
filed by P Sudheer, Kera-
laBJPgeneralsecretary
,
over Brittas’s February
20 opinion piece criticis-
ing a remark made by
Shah on Kerala.
Vice Prez office sends
notice to CPM’s RS MP
Lucknow (ANI): The
state of Uttar Pradesh
is making rapid strides
toward becoming the
‘hub’ of manufacturing
medical devices and
medicines in the coun-
try, said a press release.
The Medical Device
Park, set to be built on
an area of 350 acres in
Gautam Budh Nagar,
will not only manufac-
ture medical devices
but also create employ-
ment opportunities on a
large scale, added the
press release. Accord-
ing to the data released
by the Yamuna Express-
way Industrial Develop-
ment Authority (YEI-
DA), a total of 59 plots
with each plot having
an area ranging from
4,000 square meters to
1000 square meters have
been allotted to compa-
nies manufacturing
medical device equip-
ment.
These companies will
be investing more than
Rs. 415 crores to set up
their own factories,
which will create em-
ployment opportunities
on a massive scale and
contribute to the
growth of the medical
industry in the area.
CM Yogi seeks to make UP hub
of medical device manufacturing
Ex-BJP MLA
surrenders in
Sasaram
violence case
Patna (Agencies): For-
mer BJP MLA Jawahar
Prasad has surrendered
before a district court
in Bihar’s Sasaram in
connection with com-
munal violence during
Ram Navami celebra-
tions on March 31.
A Non-Bailable War-
rant (NBW) was issued
against Prasad for his
alleged connection in
the violence.
Prasad, who was ab-
sconding since then, fi-
nally surrendered be-
fore district court on
Friday evening.
Confirming the de-
velopment, spokesper-
son for Rohtas police
said that an FIR was
registered against Pras-
ad in the town police
station of Sasaram.
“Following his surren-
der, we have arrested
him and the process is
to send him to judicial
custody,” he said.
New Delhi: The wife of slain IAS officer G Krishnaiah, who
was lynched by a mob led by former MP Anand Mohan in
1994, has moved the Supreme
Court challenging his premature
release from jail. Uma Krishnaiah,
wife of Krishnaiah, contended that
the sentence of life imprisonment
awarded to the gangster-turned-
politician meant incarceration for his entire natural course of
life and it cannot be mechanically interpreted to last 14 years.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will likely pronounce on
May 1 its verdict on broad parameters for exercising its
vast powers under Article 142
of the Constitution to dissolve
marriages between consenting
couples without referring them to
family courts. A five-judge consti-
tution bench of Justices SK Kaul,
Sanjiv Khanna, AS Oka, Vikram Nath and JK Maheshwari
had reserved its judgement on September 29, 2022.
WIFE OF SLAIN IAS OFFICER MOVES SC
AGAINST EX-MP ANAND MOHAN’S RELEASE
DIVORCES WITHOUT REFERRING TO FAMILY
COURTS: SC VERDICT LIKELY ON MAY 1
IN THE COURTYARD
SISODIA’S CUSTODY
IN EXCISE POLICY’S
ED CASE EXTENDED
COURT ADJOURNS
SHRADDHA MURDER
CASE FOR MAY 9
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Saturday extended till
May 28 the judicial cus-
tody of Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) leader and former
Delhi Deputy Chief Min-
ister Manish Sisodia in
a money laundering case
related to alleged excise
scam. Sisodia, who was
produced before the court
on the expiry of his judicial
custody, said before the
media that PMNarendra
Modi will not be able to
stop Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal’s work in Delhi.
New Delhi: A local court
on Saturday fixed for May
9 the verdict on framing
charges against Aaftab
Amin Poonawala, accused
of strangling his live-in
partner Shraddha Walkar.
Additional Sessions Judge
Vishal Pahuja adjourned
the matter, noting that the
judge concerned was on
leave. Additional Sessions
Judge Manisha Khurana
Kakkar had on April 15
reserved the order for
Saturday after hearing
arguments on charges.
PM Narendra Modi being garlanded during a public meeting ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, in Humnabad, on Saturday.
EAM S Jaishankar speaks at the inauguration of Embassy of India
in the Dominican Republic on Friday (local time). —PHOTO BY PTI
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas
Union Minister Smriti Irani
SP leader Azam Khan
Ex-MLA Jawahar Prasad
JAISHANKAR ACCUSES BEIJING FOR
INDIA’S ‘ABNORMAL’ TIES WITH CHINA
Santo Domingo (PTI): India wants to ensure that its
relations with all countries advance without seeking
exclusivity, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has
said as he underlined that China falls into a somewhat
different category because of the currently “abnormal”
nature of ties which is an outcome of a violation of
border management agreements by Beijing. Jaishan-
kar, who arrived in Santo Domingo on his first official
visit to the Dominican Republic, also said that India
has seen a dramatic expansion in connectivity, con-
tacts, and cooperation across the region.
What do you
want from me
and my chil-
dren? Do you want
someone to come and
shoot us in head? That’s
all that is left...
—Azam Khan,
Samajwadi Party leader
CONG CALLED LINGAYATS AS THIEVES,
AMBEDKAR ‘DAGAABAAZ’: PM MODI
CORRUPTION IN CONG RULE DEPRIVED
ALL OF THEIR RIGHTS, SAYS PM MODI
Bidar: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged
that the Congress has “abused” the architect
of the Indian Constitution and dared to brand
Lingayat community as “thieves”. At a public
rally at Humnabad in Bidar, PM Modi stated
that the top Congress leaders have always
bad-mouthed great personalities. “You
will be shocked to know about it.
Babasaheb Ambedkar explained
everything in detail at a public
meeting. The Congress has called
him “raakshas” (demon),
“rashtra drohi” (traitor to
nation),” he said.
Belagavi: PM Narendra Modi said Karnataka,
endowed with “great tradition and a young genera-
tion” has suffered due to unstable governments. At
a rally at Kudachi in Belagavi on Saturday, PM Modi
said, “Because of political instability, a state like
Karnataka, endowed with such great tradi-
tion and a young generation, has suffered.
The dreams of Karnataka had been
shattered.” “Karnataka has tradition
as well as technology. Here startups
and culture, grow stronger together.
Here India’s ancient and new
identity flourish together,”
PM Modi said.

INDIA
07
New Delhi (Agencies):
Union Commerce and
Industry Minister Pi-
yush Goyal, delivered
the inaugural address at
the ‘India Calling Con-
ference 2023’ organized
bytheIndianMerchants
Chamber in Mumbai.
During his address, he
highlighted the contri-
bution of companies
from small countries,
such as the Czech Re-
publicandPoland,tothe
supply chain of big com-
panies around the globe.
Goyal appealed to all
to aim for a 47 trillion
dollar economy when
India reaches the year
2047. He added that In-
dia has tried to formal-
ize the economy and has
met with great success.
The spirit of team, com-
petitiveness, and posi-
tivity are necessary for
success, and that kind
of spirit can be seen in
Mumbai, which is not
only the financial capi-
tal but also the fun capi-
tal of India, he added.
Union Commerce
Minister Goyal said that
every single geography
in the world has a lot of
hope and expectation
from India, and though
it can be sometimes
daunting, it shows the
confidence of the world
in India’s future.
India to aim for $47tn economy in 2047
PIYUSH GOYAL SAYS...
lll
Union Minister
Goyal highlights
the importance
of small
countries in the
global supply
chain at ‘India
Calling
Conference
2023’
Piyush Goyal interacts with IMC President Anant Singhania during
IMC India Calling Conference in Mumbai on Saturday.
Sayan Chatterjee
New Delhi: As a rela-
tively new addition to
the Indian Air Force
fleet, the Lockheed Mar-
tin C-130J Super Hercu-
les has undergone sig-
nificant enhancements
in performance, pay-
load capacity
, and avion-
ics. It has become an
invaluable asset to the
Indian Air Force (IAF).
Having demonstrated
its impressive capabili-
ties during many mili-
tary exercises in past,
the mighty C-130J was
recently deployed on a
missionandexecutedan
assault short-field land-
ing with great success.
On night of April 27
and 28, a daring opera-
tion was conducted by
the IAF to rescue 121
individualsfromasmall
airstrip located about 40
kms north of Khar-
toum, known as Wadi
Sayyidna. The passen-
gers rescued included
medical cases, among
them a pregnant wom-
an, and those who
lacked means to reach
Port Sudan. A C-130J
aircraft was used for it.
Under the aegis of the
Indian Defence Attaché,
the convoy made its way
to the degraded airstrip
at Wadi Sayyidna. This
operation, which lasted
approximately two and
a half hours, will be re-
membered in the annals
of the Indian Air Force
history for its remark-
able boldness and flaw-
less execution like the
operation carried out
in Kabul.
Raipur (ANI): The Im-
provised Explosive De-
vice (IED) which
claimed the lives of 10
DFG personnel and a
driver in Chhattisgarh’s
Dantewada was planted
by Naxals at least two
months ago through a
‘foxhole mechanism’,
Bastar Police said.
According to the po-
lice, the Naxals had
planted the IED beneath
the road by digging a
tunnel through a ‘fox-
hole mechanism’ which
is a style of digging tun-
nel because of which it
became undetectable.
Initial investigation
revealed that the IED
was planted around
one-and-half or two
months back by digging
a tunnel roadside and
the wire connected to it
was hidden 2-3 inches
beneath the ground.
Basedontheinvestiga-
tionfindings,policehave
registered an offence
against naxal cadres in-
cluding Chaitu, Deva,
Mangtu, Ransai, Jailal,
Baman, Some, Rakesh,
Bhima and others under
IPC, Arms Act, UAPA
Act, police said.
Gurgaon: An area that
has gained notoriety as
‘new Jamtara’ for being
the epicentre of cyber
fraud got its first major
shakedown this week
with Haryana Police de-
taining 125 suspects on
Thursday and Friday
.
The raids at 300 loca-
tions in 14 villages of
Nuh were its largest
field operation against
cybercrime, carried out
by 102 police teams in-
volving over 5,000 cops.
Parts of Nuh and its
border areas with
Bharatpur in Rajasthan
and Mathura in UP
emerged as hotspots for
cybercrime, particular-
ly during the pandemic,
aided by a quirk of te-
lephony that makes
tracing locations of
rogue callers difficult
because of ‘black spots’
— mobiles catching sig-
nals from towers in dif-
ferent states — that the
interplay of networks
at the borders creates.
Varanasi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday addressed the
Kashi Telugu Sanga-
mam being held in his
parliamentary constitu-
ency Varanasi and said
that the event is like
“the confluence of Gan-
ga and Godavari riv-
ers”. He welcomed the
Telugu-speaking people
from the states of
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana to his parlia-
mentary constituency
as he addressed the
event virtually
.
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP is going all out to
make the 100th episode
of PM Narendra Modi’s
‘Mann ki Baat’ radio
broadcast an “unprece-
dented” mass outreach
programme and has
planned to organise fa-
cilities at 100 venues on
average in every assem-
bly constituency across
the country for people
to listen to it.
BJP sources said the
party will make ar-
rangements at around
four lakh places, includ-
ing abroad, for people to
hear Modi’s address,
with party president J P
Nadda overseeing the
entire exercise to make
it a “historic” success.
The party’s overseas
units and several non-
political organisations
have also been roped in
to ensure that the radio
broadcast has the maxi-
mum outreach.
In all Raj Bhawans, of-
ficial residences of gov-
ernors, and homes of
BJP chief ministers or
its allies, arrangements
have been made for emi-
nent citizens to listen to
the programme. Padma
awardees from all states
have been invited to at-
tend the event at Raj
Bhavans, they said.
PM’S ‘MANN KI BAAT’ HITS CENTURY TODAY
BJP plans 4-L venues across
India for 100th episode today
Ruling party to
provide facilities
for people to
listen to PM’s talk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recording of the 100th episode of his monthly radio
programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Women officers pose for a photo as they joined the Regiment of
Artillery after successfully completing their training at the Officers
Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MEDIA BELIEVES ‘MANN KI BAAT’ INTRODUCED
‘REAL BHARAT’ TO CITIZENS, SAYS IIMC STUDY
ANOTHER FLIGHT CARRYING 231 INDIAN
PASSENGERS FROM SUDAN REACHES NEW DELHI
GALWAN HERO’S WIFE
STEPS INTO HIS SHOES;
POSTED AT LADAKH
New Delhi (ANI): A total of 76 per cent of the Indian media
persons believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pop-
ular radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ played a significant
role in introducing the ‘Real Bharat’ to the countrymen, a
study conducted by the Indian Institute of Mass Commu-
nication (IIMC) said. The special radio programme has
initiated a trend where people are now more aware of the
things in other parts of the country and they have started
appreciating them. “75 per cent of the respondents feel
that ‘Mann Ki Baat’ has emerged as a platform, which
introduces grassroots innovators working selflessly to
ensure a significant difference in the lives of people living
in remote areas of India,” the study pointed out further.
New Delhi: Another flight carrying 231 Indian passengers
evacuated from conflict-torn Sudan reached New Delhi on
Saturday. The Indian evacuees shouted slogans like “Bharat
Mata ki jai,” and “Vande Mataram” and also lauded PM
Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for
rescuing them from Sudan. One of the Indian passengers
shared the tough humanitarian crisis faced by them in Sudan.
“It has become very difficult to stay in Sudan due to ongoing
conflict. There is a shortage of food and drinking water, more-
over, there are continuous bombings, and rockets are being
fired. None of us were coming out of our houses. The food
canteen was bombed. It is very difficult to flee also, travelling
in the vehicle is also not safe, they can bomb buses too,” said
an Indian electrician from Buxar, Bihar evacuated from Sudan.
He lauded Operation Kaveri and said that his evacuation from
Sudan was like “re-birth” as he had lost hope to survive.
New Delhi: Lt Rekha Singh,
wife of Naik Deepak Singh
who was killed in Galwan
Valley clashes with Chinese
troops in June 2020, was on
Saturday commissioned into
the Army as an officer and
has been posted to a front-
line unit in eastern Ladakh,
officials said. Rekha Singh-
has been deployed with the
Army Ordnance Corps after
she completed her training at
the Chennai-based Officers
Training Academy (OTA).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the recording of
the 100th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki
Baat’, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
100TH EPISODE OF
PM’S RADIO TALK
TO BE BROADCAST
LIVE IN THE UN
GATES CONGRATULATES
PM ON 100TH EPISODE
OF “MANN KI BAAT”
New York: In a historic
moment, the 100th
episode of PM Narendra
Modi’s monthly radio
programme ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ will be broadcast
live at the United Nations
headquarters. “Get ready
for a historic moment
as the 100th episode
of PM Modi’s “Mann Ki
Baat” is set to go live on
April 30th in Trusteeship
Council Chamber at @
UN HQ!” the Permanent
Mission of India to the
UN said in a tweet. The
100th episode of PM’s
monthly radio address
will air at 11 am IST on
April 30, which will be
1:30 am Sunday in New
York. The live broadcast
of the programme in the
early hours of Sunday
in the UN headquarters
will be historic and
unprecedented. It will
be aired in the UN’s
Trusteeship Council
Chamber. “#MannKiBaat
has become a month-
ly national tradition,
inspiring millions to
participate in India’s
developmental journey,”
the Permanent Mission
said. The Consulate
General of India here,
along with community
organisations, is also
hosting the broadcast
of the 100th episode of
‘Mann Ki Baat’ for the
Indian-Americans and
diaspora community
in New Jersey during a
special event at 1:30 am
on Sunday.
New York: Ahead of 100th
episode of ‘Mann Ki
Baat’, Microsoft Co-founder
and billionaire Bill Gates took
to Twitter to congratulate
PM Narendra Modi on the
milestone. Congratulating
PM Modi, Mr Gates in a
tweet, wrote, ‘‘Mann ki Baat
has catalyzed community-led
action on sanitation, health,
women’s economic empow-
erment and other issues
linked to the Sustainable
Development Goals. Con-
gratulations @narendramodi
on the 100th episode.’’
New Delhi (PTI): In a
historic first, the Indian
Army has inducted five
women officers into its
Regiment of Artillery
and three of them have
been posted to frontline
formations along the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) with China, mili-
tary sources said on Sat-
urday
. Lt Mehak Saini,
Lt Sakshi Dubey
, Lt Adi-
tiYadav,LtPiousMudgil
and Lt Akanksha have
joined the Army’s pre-
mierartilleryunitsafter
successfully completing
their training at the Of-
ficers Training Acade-
my (OTA) in Chennai.
Out of the five women
officers,threeareposted
to units deployed along
the borders with China
and the other two in
“challenging locations”
near the frontier with
Pakistan, sources said.
5 women Army officers
commissioned, 3 at LAC
Rekha Singh, wife of Naik Deepak
Singh who was killed in the
Galwan Valley clashes in 2020,
has been commissioned into the
Indian Army as a Lieutenant at
the Officers Training Academy
(OTA) in Chennai on Saturday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
CRUCIAL READ
MAHARASHTRA: DEATH TOLL RISES TO
3 IN BHIWANDI BUILDING COLLAPSE
WOMAN TIED TO POLE, BEATEN UP OVER
LAND DISPUTE IN SAMBHAL, 10 ARRESTED
TERRORIST’S AIDE
ARRESTED FROM
JK’S HANDWARA
AMARTYA SEN’S
LAWYERS CHALLENGE
EVICTION NOTICE
MAN HELD FOR
KILLING LIVE-IN
PARTNER IN DELHI
WB: SAND-LOADED
TRUCK KILLS 2 IN
NORTH 24 PARGANAS
Thane: The death toll in the Bhiwandi building collapse
has risen to three. Earlier in the day a multi-storeyed
building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane. The incident
took place in the Bhiwandi area in Maharashtra’s Thane
district. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde on Saturday announced financial assistance of
Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased in the Bhiwandi
building collapse, said an official statement.
Sambhal: A woman was tied to a pole and beaten up al-
legedly by five people over a land dispute in a village here,
police said on Saturday. Ten people including two women
have been arrested in this connection. On Friday, a video
of the incident surfaced on social media following which
Syoraj, Bhure, Viroj, Sherry and a woman, Manju, were
arrested, SP Chakresh Mishra said. In the video, these five
people were seen beating Sunita, a resident of Virkwari
village, in front of her seven-year-old daughter, police said.
Srinagar: The JK police
along with Army arrested a
terrorist associate linked to
JeM and seized incrim-
inating materials and a
hand grenade from him in
Handwara.During routine
checking at Ganai Mohalla
Pazalpora Magam, a joint
party of Handwara police
and Army intercepted an
individual who attempted
to evade the joint party
suspiciously, but was
apprehended tactfully.
Santiniketan: Nobel Laure-
ate Amartya Sen’s lawyers
have moved Birbhum
district court challenging
a fresh eviction order by
Visva Bharati asking Sen
to vacate a portion of “en-
croached land” within his
ancestral property on the
university campus by May
6. In the order, the central
varsity asked Sen to vacate
by May 6 or within 15 days
of the publication of the last
order on April 19.
New Delhi: The Crime
Branch of Delhi Police
has arrested a 26-year-old
man for allegedly killing
his live-in partner, a police
official said on Saturday.
The accused has been
identified as Vineet Panwar,
a resident of Baghpat in
Uttar Pradesh. The official
said that the deceased has
been identified as Rohina
Naz, alias Mahi (25), a
resident of Mirajpur in
Uttarakhand state.
Basirhat: Two persons
were killed after being hit
by a truck in West Bengal’s
North 24 Parganas district
on Saturday, the police
said. The incident hap-
pened on Basanti Highway
near Laugachi in Haroa
police station area, they
said. Two van-rickshaw
drivers were waiting on the
roadside when the driver of
the truck loaded with sand
lost control and hit them,
the officials added.
Haryana’s ‘Jamtara’: police raid
300 locations, detain 125 people
The arrested persons in the police custody.
Cops: Dantewada IED
planted 2 months ago
CRPF DG Sujoy Lal Thaosen
inspects the blast site.
The operation was conducted
on night of April 28 and 29.
OPERATION KAVERI
IAF carried out a bold nocturnal Op
PM addresses
Kashi Telugu
Sangamam

What holds you back is not
what you think you are but
what you think you aren’t.
Stop limiting yourself.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Under the lead-
ershipof Commissioner
RaviJain,theJaipurDe-
velopment Authority
(JDA)hasattainedmany
achievements in the last
one year, whether it is
related to the basic de-
velopment and beautifi-
cation of the city or by
giving ownership rights
of its plots to the com-
mon people or by receiv-
ing record revenue.
Jain was appointed as
JDC on April 14 last year
and soon after assuming
office, he started work-
ing on the mandate of
CM Ashok Gehlot and
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal to develop the
cityandproviderelief to
thecommonpeople.Dur-
ing Jain’s one-year ten-
ure, the financial condi-
tion of JDA was not only
strengthened, but the
conditionof theroadsin
the city improved, while
thelong-delayedprojects
were completed.
JDA is also working
towards improving the
city’s transport and pro-
viding easy and quality
medical facilities to the
people. JDA, which is
trying to give the com-
mon man the real own-
ership rights of his plot,
also fulfilled the target
of distribution of leases
in the Prashasan
Shehron Ke Sang drive.
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JDA’S SUN
JDC Ravi Jain fulfils mandate of CM
Ashok Gehlot and UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal during his one year tenure
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BY TRIDIB RAMAN
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commentator and views expressed are his personal
Nitish Kumar has
also linked the 2024
general elections with
his reputation. For this,
he is ready to try every
policy, including fines
and penalties. Recently,
Nitish has released
27 people from jail by
changing the jail rules
just to maintain the caste
balance, ignoring all the
voices of protest, declar-
ing all the parameters
of morality as nought.
One of them is the big
Rajput leader of the state
- Anand Mohan Singh.
Those released include
8 Yadavs, 5 Muslims, 4
Rajputs, 3 Bhumihars, 2
Koeris, 1 Kurmi, 1 Gan-
gota and 1 Nonia caste
people. Nitish’s concern
was about the fact that
at present there is no big
Rajput leader in JDU and
RJD and state president
Jagdanand Singh is the
only faceless leader of
RJD left. Anyway, the
inclination of Rajput
voters has become more
towards BJP these days.
Bhumihars are tradition-
ally BJP voters. So, with
the release of Anand Mo-
han, 7-8 percent Rajput
voters of the state can be
shifted. It is believed that
the Rajput caste, one of
the dominant castes of
the state, plays a decisive
role in 7-8 Lok Sabha and
30-35 assembly seats
in the state, and thus
Nitish’s whole exercise
is to achieve this caste
balance.
Recently, when the video of Imran
Pratapgarhi — a favourite of Rahul Gan-
dhi - worshipping Atiq Ahmed went viral,
Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam
raised several question in front of the TV
cameras, the content of which revolved
around ‘How do Imran type people grow so
much in the party?’ The genie that came out
of the heap of questions has now started
questioning Acharya ji himself that why his
political land has been eaten up by the ter-
mites of ambitions? Actually, before wearing
the title of Acharya, he was Pramod Kumar
Tyagi who used to run girls hostel
in Delhi-Ghaziabad. His close
ones know him by the name of
‘Karigar’ because he has expertise
in political juggling. Later he
opened his schools and ashrams
in many cities of western UP. The
case of the disappearance of one
of his school teachers was also in
the headlines. His political journey
began in 1988-89 when he joined the then
Governor of Haryana Mahavir Prasad and
became close to him. When Mahavir Prasad
was passed away, he remained connected
with his daughter and son-in-law. When
his political shop did not work much, he
changed his clothes and wore the cloak of
a religious teacher and he became Acharya
Pramod Krishnam from Pramod Tyagi.
Leaders started coming and going in his
ashram. Then at one stage he became very
close to Salman Khurshid. Salman got him
‘adjusted’ in the party’s organization for
the first time and made him a
member of the Pradesh Congress
Committee. Then gradually he
became close to Robert Vadra
and from there made his way to
Priyanka Gandhi. It is said that
Priyanka has distanced herself
a lot from him these days, so
Acharya ji needs a new political
rehabilitation for himself.
Is the honeymoon of BJP and Eknath
Shinde about to end in Maharashtra?
If sources related to the BJP are to be
believed, the BJP top brass has just
conducted a comprehensive opinion poll
in Maharashtra, the results of which have
forced the BJP to think again about Shinde.
The Shinde faction has 42 MLAs of its own
and continues to be the Chief Minister of
the State with the support of the BJP. But
the latest opinion poll of the BJP says that
‘if elections were held in the state today,
30 of Shinde’s 42 MLAs would
lose outright. The remaining
12 MLAs will also have to work
hard for their victory.’ Anyway,
the sword of disqualification is
hanging in the Supreme Court on
16 MLAs of Shinde faction, Shinde
himself is also included in these
16. Whereas 30 MLAs of Shinde
faction are on the radar of CBI, IT and ED,
and are just following BJP and Shinde to
save their lives. There is calm before the
coming storm in Maharashtra politics,
Eknath Shinde has sensed his departure.
At present, posters of Ajit Pawar have
been put up everywhere in Mumbai as the
future CM. In Nagpur the face of Deven-
dra Fadnavis is pasted on the posters of
the future CM. Recently, Shinde made a
major reshuffle in the state’s bureaucracy
without consulting BJP and Fadnavis. 27
IPS officers including Panvel civic
chief have been transferred and
Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis
was not even aware of this. That’s
why there is every possibility of
leadership change in Maharashtra,
although everything is still under
the complete control of the BJP
high command.
Congress’s morale is high in the upcoming assembly
elections in Karnataka. Congress National President
Mallikarjun Kharge is also devoting maximum time to
campaigning in his home state. If the claims of Congress
related sources are to be
believed, then these days
Kharge’s mind is not happy
in Delhi. He rarely goes to
his party office in Delhi,
and mostly he meets peo-
ple at his Delhi residence
only. All the work of coordination between the All India
Congress Committee and Kharge is done by his coordi-
nator Gurdeep Sappal. Another complaint of Kharge is
that the party’s national treasurer Pawan Bansal did not
give him the account of the money despite his calling.
Pawan Bansal is believed to report directly to Rahul
Gandhi and distribute funds as per Rahul’s guidelines.
Sources associated with the Congress claim that ‘if the
Congress government is formed in Karnataka this time,
Kharge can be sent there as the Chief Minister.’ DK
Shivakumar has already demanded this, sooner or later
Siddaramaiah also said this. And once Kharge makes his
way to Bengaluru, the demand for Rahul Gandhi to be
installed in the presidential chair vacated by him will gain
momentum. Congressmen will take to the streets for it,
there will be sit-ins and demonstrations, and Rahul will
be ready to become the working president. Later he will
also be elected full-time president.
Mahathug Sanjay Rai alias Sanjay Sherpuria alias
Sanjay Prakash Baleshwar Rai, belonging to UP’s
Ghazipur, has been caught by the UP STF in a Rs
16-crore fraud case. The photo of this swindler is viral
on social media with big leaders of
BJP, VHP. He tries to dupe people on
the pretext of transfer-posting and
also claiming to end ED-CBI cases, all
the while posing as a man of PMO.
Sanjay, who belongs to Sherpura
village of Ghazipur, comes from a
very simple family. It is said that he is
only 10th pass. In search of a job, he
went to Gujarat and started driving a
Seth’s car there. The seth’s daughter fell in love with him
and both of them got married. Rai became the owner of
Seth’s huge property. By taking Ghazipur Bhumihar con-
nection, he got entry in the CM office of Gujarat through
AK Sharma. He also got an award for himself in ‘Vibrant
Gujarat’. After this, in the name of running a chemical
fertiliser factory, he also took a loan of about 400 crore
from the local State Bank. The STF inquiry has also
exposed that Sherpuria had formed 52 shell companies.
He had more than 225 e-mail IDs. Sherpuria was trying
to get a ticket from Mohammadabad seat in the UP as-
sembly elections this time, but it is said that the Sangh
had objection to his name. So, he was deprived of a BJP
ticket. But now the journey of his lofty ambitions has
brought him to a different destination.
WILL KHARGE STEP DOWN FOR RAHUL?
STORY OF ‘THUG’ SANJAY
NITISH ENGROSSED
IN CASTE POLITICS
HOW MR TYAGI BECAME ACHARYA PRAMOD KRISHNAM?
BJP’S DISENCHANTMENT WITH EKNATH SHINDE
 JDA collected Rs 1,300
crore from auctioning
1,023 properties in last
financial year
 JDC gave instructions
to strengthen the land bank
 Rs 1,652 cr approved
for construction works in
financial year 2022-23
 This year 902.56 km
long road, 127.90 km
electrification
 Sewerage work in 55.92
km length and drains in
8.54 km length
 Projects worth about Rs
400 crore were inaugurated
 Work on big projects
worth Rs 1,704 crore is go-
ing on including Jhotwara
Elevated Road, Civil Line
ROB, IPD Tower, Gandhi
Darshan Museum
 JDA allotted land
around the city for satellite
hospitals and for satellite
bus stands
 104 cases were
resolved by organising
20 meetings of Land Use
Change Committee
 400 layout cases and
65 multi-storied building
cases were approved
 Guidelines for Green
City and Heritage City were
issued on Agra Road
 1,535 encroachments
removed from roads in 114
colonies
 In view of the strong
financial position, the state
government has given JDA
the responsibility of raising
funds for the expansion
project of Jaipur Metro Rail
ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR
JDC Ravi Jain
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot inau-
gurated the building
and staff quarters of
Government Prabha
Tai Ojha Primary
Health Centre, Gusaisar
Bada at Sridungargarh
in Bikaner on Saturday
.
After observing the
medical arrangements
available in the campus,
he congratulated the
Ojha family. While ad-
dressing the inaugura-
tion ceremony, he also
announced to upgrade
this PHC to Community
Health Center (CHC).
The State Govern-
ment is realising its
resolution of ‘Nirogi
Rajasthan’, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot said,
referring to the Chiran-
jeevi Health Insurance
Scheme and the Right to
Health Act.
On the same day, the
Chief Minister also
paid tribute to the mar-
tyrs by unveiling the
statue of martyr Rake-
sh Chotiya at Dhirdesar
Chotian and martyr He-
tram Godara at Sonia-
sar Shivdan Singh in
Sridungargarh. He met
the family members of
the martyrs and felici-
tated them by covering
them with shawls.
“The idols will in-
spire future genera-
tions. Showing sensitiv-
ity towards the depend-
ents of the martyrs, a
special package has
been prepared by the
state government, in
which provision has
been made to give jobs
to the children of the
martyrs,” Gehlot said.
State Govt realising resolution
of ‘Nirogi Rajasthan’, says CM
Edu, health care
our priorities,
says CM during
events in Bikaner
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurates Prabha Tai Ojha Primary
Health Centre in Bikaner on Saturday. Rameshwar Dudi and
others were also present during the ceremony.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The appoint-
ment of new members
in Rajasthan Public Ser-
vice Commission
(RPSC) has become a
necessity now as the
workof theCommission
is being conducted with
only half of its strength.
Not only is the work suf-
feringduetothis,butthe
futureof lakhsof unem-
ployed youth, that are
hoping to get govern-
ment job, is at stake.
The seriousness of
the situation can be
gauged from the fact
that RPSC Chairman
Sanjay Shotriya has
written a letter to the
state government in
this regard and stressed
that appointment of
members should be
done without delay. In-
steadof thefullstrength
of eight members, at
present only four posts
are working.
RPSC has posts of
one Chairman and sev-
en members and three
posts of members are
vacant for a long time.
On the remaining posts,
Dr. Sangeeta Arya, Dr.
Jaswant Singh Rathi,
Dr. Manju Sharma and
Babulal katara were
working. Among these,
Katara was arrested af-
ter the paper leak scam
and has been put behind
bars, while Rathi is un-
well for past some time.
In such a situation, only
the Chairman and two
members are bearing
the entire load who have
to undertake inter-
views, DPCs and exami-
nation related works.
At present the inter-
views of 2021 SI exami-
nation is going on in the
RPSC and due to work-
ing at half its strength,
the completion of inter-
views will take months.
Add to that the mara-
thon responsibility of
interviews of RAS 2021
examination. A total of
2174 candidates have to
be interviewed for 988
posts. Although the re-
sult was released in Au-
gust, the interviews
have not been started
even though nine
months have passed.
According to knowl-
edgeable sources, it is
for the first time that
such a difficult situa-
tion has befallen RPSC.
It has also happened for
the first time that Com-
mission’s member has
been lodged in jail for
paper leak. Although in
the past, then Chair-
man of the RPSC Habib
Khan Gauran had got
embroiled in serious al-
legations, but the situa-
tion did not swell to the
level that action had to
be taken on him. He suo-
moto offered his resig-
nation on Sept 22, 2014.
In the present times,
the case surrounding
Babulal Katara has hap-
pened for the first time.
The constitutional rule
allows the Governor to
appoint RPSC member
on the recommendation
of the state government.
But if a situation arises
to remove any member,
then only the President
has the power to do so.
Sources reveal that Kat-
ara’sfilehasbeensentto
thePresidentbythestate
government.Andtheap-
proval for removal may
comewhenitdoes,butas
of now, there is an emer-
gency in the Commis-
sion regarding appoint-
ment of new members.
Experts believe that do-
ing away with the politi-
cal, caste based or rec-
ommendation based ap-
pointments, members
that are capable, merito-
riousandof cleanimage
should be appointed.
COURTESY VISIT
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra calls on Assam Governor Gulab Chand
Kataria at Assam Raj Bhavan in Guwahati on Friday. It was
his courtesy visit to Kataria after the latter became the Assam
Governor. Anita Kataria, wife of GC Kataria is also seen here.
When strength is needed, RPSC is at its lowest!
Governor
Kataria to tour
entire Assam
Aishwary Pradhan
Guwahati: Assam
Governor Gulab Chand
Kataria is in discus-
sions even in the Cen-
tral Government these
days owing to his ac-
tions. Kataria has
toured nine districts of
Assam since assuming
office and also learnt,
first hand, about the
situation of universi-
ties while also taking
feedback from officers.
In the coming days he
will tour entire Assam.
Notably, he is also in
constant conversation
with Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma.

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City First brings to you the captivating journey of
the talented Khushi Gupta, a finalist of
Miss Teen Diva 2022, as she rises to the
pinnacle of success by clinching the coveted
title of Miss Teen Diva South 2022
JAIPUR, SUNDAY,
APRIL 30, 2023
mbarking on the
journey to become a
beauty queen is not
just about a pretty
face or a perfect body
,
it entails discipline,
determination and
unwavering confidence. For
the stunning Khushi Gupta,
hailing from Hyderabad, the
dream began to take shape at
a tender age, as she
watched beauty pag-
eants with a sense of
awe and inspiration.
Sharing her thoughts
onthis,sherecounted,
“Beautypageantshave
always captivated my
heart. Since a young
age, I have been an ar-
dent fan of these grand
events, mesmer-
ized by the grace,
poise, intellect,
and self-confi-
dence exuded
by the gor-
geous women
who grace the
stage. It has
always been
my aspiration to
be a part of this
world, and when
I discovered that
there were teen
pageants too, I
knew that this
was my calling.”
The path to be-
coming a beau-
ty queen is not
just about don-
ning the
crown, but it
is about using
that platform
tomakeapos-
itive differ-
ence in the
world. This radiant diva envi-
sions a future where she in-
spires young girls to pursue
their dreams and make their
mark in the world. An advo-
cate of humanity and kind-
ness, Khushi believes that we
can all rise higher with the
support of mentors and the
people who encourage us to be
ourbestselves.Expressingher
gratitude for the support she
received throughout her Miss
Teen Diva 2022 journey
, she
enthused, “I am immensely
grateful to the esteemed Gla-
manand Group led by Nikhil
Anand sir and the visionary
Jagdeesh Chandra sir for pro-
viding me with this exquisite
platform to showcase my in-
nate talents, and for guiding
me through this remarkable
journey
.” Reflecting on the
challenges she faced, Khushi
shared,“
Asachubbygirlgrow-
ing up, I was often subjected to
bullying. But I firmly believe
that great things can only be
achieved when we step out of
our comfort zone. I worked
hard on myself, hitting the
gym regularly and playing
sportslikecricket,footballand
volleyball. Practicing medita-
tion and yoga helped me to
staycalmevenduringadversi-
ties.” For Khushi, being a
beauty queen is not just about
physical beauty
, but about em-
bracing your true self and ex-
udingconfidenceandself-love.
Her message to young girls
who aspire to become suc-
cessful models is nothing
short of inspiring, “True
beauty is not flawless, it radi-
ates even through our flaws.
To all the young girls who as-
pire to become queens, never
doubt yourself or think less
of yourself. Have the courage
and confidence to pursue
your dreams and work hard
toturnthemintoreality
.Even
if you stumble, remember
that every failure is just an-
other stepping stone towards
your ultimate success. Never
give up on your dreams, be-
cause if you can dream it, you
can surely achieve it.”
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
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LAKSHYA, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will
experience
a change
within yourself
regarding what
you want in a
romantic partner.
You will start
thinking seriously
and begin looking for your soul mate
in earnest. Do not trust any complete
stranger on money matters today as you
are likely to bear considerable loss.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You have great
capacity to charm
everyone. You are
going to impress
those around
you with your
wit and grace.
You will win the
admiration of
everyone around you. Take advantage
of this shining period to make new
friends and mix with new people and new
opportunities will open up in front of you.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You are going
to feel more
dedicated today
and you are going
to finish off all
the backlogs
which may have
accumulated
today. Clearing
this will give you a nice sense of
accomplishment and this will be noticed
by the people who matter to you.
Finances will improve as your salary.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A person who
has been around
you for a long
time but whom
you have never
really noticed will
now begin to play
a pivotal role in
your mind. It is
not just a budding romance. Rather, it is a
meeting of mind and spirit that is likely to
leave you feeling overwhelmed. Take time
to get used to the idea.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your mind is
very active
today. You are
full of ideas and
inspiration. You
will be constantly
coming up with
new plans which
you will be able
to plan and execute very easily. Your only
problem today will be that you may feel
overwhelmed by the flood of new ideas
that will constantly fill your mind.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
New horizons
are opening
up in front of
you. A talent
which you have
always treated
as a hobby
may become
something more
and you may find yourself making a living
doing what you love. New developments
are expected in every front which would
broaden your ideas.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Issues related to
profession will
get resolved. But
no aggressive
action, be it
in words or in
writing should
not be taken
till then. Those
facing issues on personal front should
make time for dear ones. Do take care of
your health as you have been ignorant of
it since long.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
This day is all
about change.
You may come
in contact with
someone who will
bring substantial
changes in your
life or put you
in touch with
other people who can cause the change.
However, not all the changes are good for
you. You will need to analyze whether the
change will be good for you.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are likely to
be involved in
detailed planning
of a project and
you are going to
be very thorough
about it. You
are feeling very
industrious and
this will be reflected in your job. You are
also going to earn acclaim for this. A
spurt of creativity will mark every aspect
of your day.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will be
feeling very
creative today.
You appreciate all
beautiful things
and want to
create something
beautiful. The
day is especially
favourable for artists.You may suddenly
start feeling deflated ﾖ a common
occurrence after a surge of creativity and
it may leave you feeling depressed.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may be
cracking one of
the biggest joint
venture deals
today. But you
must mention
explicitly once
again your
mission and
goals to your partner. You may devote the
end of the day towards your intellectual
pursuits or in perusal of an artistic
passion.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are going
to be in an
especially
easygoing mood
today. You may
also play the role
of an effective
mediator in any
dispute today.
You are going to spread cheer and
goodwill and you are also going to be the
life and soul of any party that you attend
in the evening.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
ocial media can be
mentally draining.
And when mentally
drained, you are
more likely to be in-
fluenced by a high
number of likes on
posts – even to the point of
clicking on ads for products
you don’t need or want – ac-
cording to our recent exper-
iments on how social media
affects behaviour.
THE BIG IDEA
As a professor of advertis-
ing, I have studied social
media behav-
iour for years.
In late 2022,
my colleague
Eric Haley and I
conducted three online
studies on Americans aged
18-65 to test how people
under various mental
loads respond to ads dif-
ferently.
The control group in
each study was given no
introductory task – we just
had them look at an ad. A
second group had to mem-
orize a nine-digit number
and then look at the ad.
The third group scrolled
through their Instagram
feed for 30 seconds and
then looked at the ad. The
first study used an ad for a
meal prep service, the sec-
ond was for ice cream and
the third was for coffee
beans.
The ad photo and cap-
tion were the same for eve-
ryone in each group, with
only the number of likes
manipulated. Participants
randomly saw an ad with
a few hundred likes or tens
of thousands of likes. Af-
ter viewing the ad, each
participant rated how
willing they would be to
buy the product, and how
much mental effort it took
to think about the
i n f o r m a t i o n .
The group that
used Insta-
gram first
were the
most likely
to want to
buy the
featured
product
when there were lots of
likes or comments, and
they also reported using
the most mental effort to
assess the ad.
In one study we asked
people to explain why they
wanted to buy a product,
and those in the control
group gave simple, ration-
al answers for their choice:
“I was thinking of the ice
cream flavors and how
they would taste.” Or, “I
like the ad. It is simple and
clean. It gets straight to
the point …”
Howev-
er, those
w h o
had just
scrolled
social me-
dia f o r
30 seconds
often gave an-
swers that
made no
sense. For ex-
ample, some
gave one-word
answers like
“food” or
“plate.” Others explicitly
told us it was difficult to
process: “It had too many
words and options in the
picture.”
WHY IT MATTERS
Researchers refer to this
mentally exhausted state
as “cognitive overload.”
Using social media puts
you in this state because
you are constantly evalu-
ating different types of
text, photo and video
posts from so many
d i f -
ferent people. In the
span of several sec-
onds you can see a
text from your spouse,
a photo from a co-
worker, a video from
a celebrity and a
meme from your broth-
er. All of this scrolling
and evaluating leaves
us feeling frazzled and
scattered.
Imagine asking
your roommate if
they want to go get
pizza. Under normal con-
ditions, the roommate
might con-
sider sev-
eral fac-
tors such
as cost,
h u n g e r ,
timing or
their
schedule. Now
imagine asking
your roommate
the same ques-
tion while they
are on the phone
with a sick rela-
tive after having
stepped in dog poop and
they also just got a text
from their ex while re-
membering they were late
for work. They no longer
have the mental energy or
resources to logically con-
sider whether pizza for
dinner is a good idea. They
might just yell “Yeah,
sure!” while running in-
side to clean their shoes.
The one exception to
this is when a person has a
lot of experience, history
or knowledge of a particu-
lar product or idea. When
this is the case, t h e y
are able to think
about whether
they will actu-
ally benefit from buying
the advertised item. We
confirmed this in the ex-
periment with the ad for
coffee beans. In general,
coffee lovers will carefully
consider many factors –
type of bean, roast level,
country of origin and
more. So even when these
people were in a mental
fog, they were not persuad-
ed by ads with high met-
rics.
By under-
standing how
they might be in-
fluenced by social media in
unconscious ways, con-
sumers can be more
thoughtful and deliberate
in regulating their use –
and hopefully not buy yet
another water bottle they
don’t need.
WHAT STILL
ISN’T KNOWN
We don’t yet know which
social media platforms are
the most draining.
Media-rich environ-
ments like TikTok, Insta-
gram Reels and YouTube
are presumably the most
mentally taxing because
they have text, photos, vid-
eos, animations and sound
– often all at once and over-
lapping. These platforms
are also where advertisers
spend a lot of money, as
they offer a high return on
investment for brands.
MATTHEW PITTMAN
Assistant Professor of Advertising and
Public Relations, University of Tennessee
SOCIAL MEDIA
scatters your brain
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