REVIVAL OF ARVARI RIVER What a Leader, and People can do. SARASIJ MAJUMDER   REVIVAL OF ARVARI RIVER— Arvari river is a small river, may be the smallest, in the ALWAR,   Indian state of Rajasthan. The 90 km.   long river flows through the Alwar District of Rajasthan. It got dried, and   was revived in 1990. It remained dry for 60 years. The turnaround started in 1986, when people of Bhanota- Kolyala village with   the help of Tarun Bharat Sangha, managed by Rajendra Singh, constructed a   JOHAD, (earthen check dam) at the source of the dried river; following this,   villages that lay in its catchment area, and along the dried river bed, they also built tiny earthen dams, the largest being a 244 mt. long and 7 mt. High Concrete dam, most of them were in the Aravalli hills; eventually when the number of dams reached 375, the river started to flow again in 1990, after remaining dry for over 60 years. Villagers talk about Arvari's rebi...

  SIR—WEST BENGAL WHAT IS REVEALED SARASIJ MAJUMDER In West Bengal, during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, massive irregularities have been detected in the 2002 voter list during progeny-mapping or identification of new voters based on the names of parents or relatives. Although the first phase of the SIR has ended, the Election Commission continues to cross-check and repeatedly scrutinize the submitted forms. During this process, information about these “logical discrepancies” has come to light, according to data released by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of the state.   1.0 Names of fathers of 85 lakhs 1thousand and 486 voters are incorrect or mismatched, which accounts for 11.09% of the total voters. 2.0   For 24lakhs 21thousand 133 voters, the number of children recorded is more than six. 3.0 Major inconsistencies have also been observed in the age differences between parents and children. In 11 lakh 95 thousand 230 cases, the age ...

  NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||5 th APRIL 2026 SUNDAY| VOL—V/2026/APRIL OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION. “ अनागतविधानं तु कर्तव्यं शुभमिच्छता । आपदं शङ्कमानेन पुरुषेण विपश्चिता ” ॥ Meaning: A wise person who desires well-being and fears future troubles must make arrangements for the future in advance. INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY). ‘Kalkaji Temple Among Targets’: Arrest of Kashmir-Origin LeT Operative Shabbir Ahmed Lone alias Raja Kashmiri exposes Kolkata Base Set Up for Delhi Attacks Targeting Hindu Devotees. He was handling terror modules from Bangladesh and Kolkata.   A special team led by senior officers intercepted him in Ghazipur as he re-entered India via Nepal, exploiting the porous Indo-Nepal border. Authorities revealed that Lone had a long history of terror involvement, having been arrested earlier in 2007 in Delhi and again in 2016 in Jammu & Kashmir. Despite prior crackdowns, he is believed to have re-establish...