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RECEIVED COVISHIELD SHOTS...
GET‘GREENPASS’TO
NINEEURONATIONS
FOR GOVERNOR MISHRA, GEHLOT
JUMPS THE ‘LAXMAN REKHA’ OF CMR!
Jaipur: After staying
within the confines of
theCMRfornearlythree
months due to the sec-
ond wave of Corona,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot finally stepped
out on Thursday to go to
Raj Bhawan. Incidental-
ly, the last time Gehlot
had gone out of CMR,
hadalsobeentoRajBha-
wan on April 6. Even
been asked by doctors to
avoid public gatherings
since after contracting
Corona,Gehlotattended
a function at the Raj
Bhawan simply because
it was Governor Kalraj
Mishra’s birthday, with
whom Gehlot shares a
great relationship.
Gehlotparticipatedin
ceremony to release a
coffeetablebookonGov-
ernor Mishra wherein
selected people includ-
ing Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla, Governor
Kalraj Mishra, Speaker
of the Assembly Dr. CP
Joshi were present. Ge-
hlot came outside the
CM residence for the
first time after the sec-
ond wave of Corona.
During the ceremony
,
Gehlot adressed the
gathering and said, “”I
am happy that Ra-
jasthan has been given
such a Governor who
reads the Preamble of
the Constitution and re-
peats it. Turn to P6
Governor Kalraj Mishra being greeted by CM Ashok Gehlot and
Lok Sabha Speaker on his Birthday on Thursday.
CRUCIAL READ
TMC TARGETS GUV ON VACCINATION FRAUD
‘MR CLEAN’ AKHIL GOGOI WALKS OUT OF JAIL
Kolkata: TMC MP Sukhendu Shekhar Roy displayed
2 photos. One was of the Kolkata vaccine fraudster
Debanjan Deb with bodyguard. In a second photo, the
fraudster’s bodyguard is seen standing in photo of what
appears to be Raj Bhavan with Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Guwahati: Assam activist and Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi
walked free on Thursday after a special NIA court in
Guwahati cleared him of all charges under UAPA for
his alleged role in violent anti-Citizenship (Amendment)
Act protests in the state in December 2019.
MAMATA SENDS
MANGOES TO MODI
AMARINDER SINGH’S
LUNCH DIPLOMACY
Kolkata: In a goodwill
gesture Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee has sent
special mangoes of West
Bengal as a gift to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Chandigarh: Punjab CM
Amarinder Singh reached
out to the Hindu leaders of
the party with a luncheon
meet a day after Sidhu Ra-
hul Gandhi and Priyanka.
As CM Gehlot visits Raj Bhawan
after 3 months, speculation rife on
pending political appointments
and Cabinet reshuffle!
Austria, Germany, Slovenia,
Greece, Iceland, Ireland and
Spain are among the countries
allowing travel by people who have
taken Covishield vaccines. Switzerland
and Estonia too open gates
There were apprehensions in
India that people who took
Covishield and Covaxin jabs were
unlikely to be eligible to travel to the
EU member states under its ‘Green
Pass’ scheme, but not anymore
1 2
New Delhi: Nine Euro-
pean nations are ac-
cepting Covishield vac-
cines for travel to their
countries, sources said
on Thursday
.
India has already
asked the EU member
countries to individu-
ally consider allowing
Indians who have taken
Covishield and Covaxin
vaccines and want to
travel to Europe.
The European Un-
ion’s Digital Covid cer-
tificate or “Green Pass”
is coming into effect on
Thursday with an aim
to facilitate free move-
ment during the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
Under this frame-
work, persons who
have taken vaccines au-
thorised by the Euro-
pean Medicines Agen-
cy (EMA) will be ex-
empted from travel re-
strictions within the
EU region.
The individual mem-
ber states have the flex-
ibility to also accept
vaccines that have been
authorised at the na-
tional level or those rec-
ognised by the World
Health Organisation
(WHO). Turn to P6
DR REDDY’S DENIED APPROVAL FOR PHASE 3
TRIALS OF SPUTNIK LIGHT COVID-19 VACCINE
AHMEDABAD’S ZYDUS CADILA APPLIES FOR
EMERGENCY USE NOD FOR COVID-19 VACCINE
Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
has been denied permission by India’s
top regulatory body to conduct the
Phase-3 trials for the Russian-made
Sputnik Light coronavirus disease
(Covid-19) vaccine in India, reported
news agency ANI on Thursday.
New Delhi: Ahmedabad-headquartered
pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila
has approached India’s top drug regula-
tor for restricted emergency approval of
ZyCov-D, its three-dose Covid-19 vac-
cine. If granted, this would be the first
DNA vaccine available in the world.
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
48,786
new cases
1,005
new fatalities
75
new cases
02
new fatalities
Mega cabinet
expansion
anytime soon
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi is likely to factor
in polls in five states
next year and the 2024
national election as he
expands his cabinet for
the first time in his sec-
ond term.
The shuffle expected
in a day or two may re-
ward Jyotiraditya Scin-
dia, whose defection
from the Congress last
year helped the BJP
take back Madhya
Pradesh; and Sarbanan-
da Sonowal, who made
way for Himanta Biswa
Sarma Turn to P6
ED recovers
`17 cr from
Nirav’s sister’s
UK bank a/c
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) Thursday said it
has recovered Rs 17.25
crore from an account
in the United Kingdom
belonging to Purvi
Modi which was opened
by fugitive diamond
jeweller Nirav Modi.
Purvi Modi, Nirav
Modi’s sister who has
turned an approver in
the money laundering
case against him, in-
formed the ED about
the account. The ED, in
a statement, said the
money did not belong to
Purvi and the account
was being operated by
Nirav Modi.
Modi and his uncle
Mehul Choksi are ac-
cused of routing trans-
actions of about Rs
13,600 crore through
fraudulent Letters of
Undertaking (LoUs) of
Punjab National Bank
(PNB). Both are being
investigated under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act.
Modi left India in the
first week of January
2018 before the PNB
scam became public.
PM: Centre committed for docs’ safety,
free insurance cover to covid warriors
New Delhi: Referring
to the violence against
the health workers dur-
ing the ongoing pan-
demic time, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday reiterated the
Centre’s commitment
towards the safety of
doctors and announced
that the government is
providing free insur-
ance cover to all the
COVID warriors.
While addressing the
medical community on
the occasion of Doc-
tors’ Day, Prime Minis-
ter Modi also paid trib-
ute to the doctors who
sacrificed their lives
during the pandemic
and called them ‘anoth-
er form of God’.
“Today, when the
country is fighting a
major battle against
COVID, our doctors
have saved lakhs of
lives. Several doctors
have even sacrificed
themselves in their
tireless efforts. I pay
my tributes to all these
souls,” the Prime Min-
ister said.
“Government is com-
mitted to safeguarding
our doctors. Last year,
we had brought in sev-
eral provisions against
crimes against doctors.
We are also providing
free insurance cover to
our COVID warriors,”
he said. Turn to P6
SC notice to Centre, Bengal,
ECoverpleaseekingSITprobe
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Thursday
issued notice to the Cen-
tre, the West Bengal gov-
ernment, and the Elec-
tion Commission of In-
diaonapleaseekingSIT
investigation into the
causes of post-poll vio-
lence in West Bengal,
Bar and Bench reported
The bench led by Jus-
tice Vineet Saran was
hearing advocate Hari
Shankar Jain’s plea
seeking directions for a
SIT probe into the post-
poll violence.
Meanwhile, the Na-
tional Human Rights
Commission (NHRC)
has submitted a brief
report to the Calcutta
High Court with respect
to complaints against
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ONLY PARLIAMENT CAN FRAME LAWS
FOR TIME-BOUND DEFECTION, SAYS SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked how
it was possible for the top court to frame legislation,
when it is in Parliament’s jurisdiction. A bench headed by
Chief Justice N.V. Ramana made this observation during
a hearing of a plea seeking directions to the Centre to
lay down strict time-frame for Speakers of Lok Sabha
and state Assemblies and chairperson of Rajya Sabha to
decide disqualification petitions filed against MPs/ MLA
for defection to other parties. The plea filed by member
of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Ranajit
Mukherjee also urged the court for directions of guidelines
for Speakers to have an uniform process of decision-
making in cases of defections across India.
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‘BEIJING WILL NOT BE ‘BULLIED’:
Marking 100 years since the founding of the China’s
Communist Party, Xi Jinping told an audience that
the Chinese people have never bullied, oppressed
or enslaved the peoples of other countries.
AIR TRAVEL MAY BECOME COSTLIER:
Air travel is likely to get costlier soon as the prices
of Air Turbine Fuel (ATF), also known as jet fuel,
has soared significantly. Jet fuel has soared to Rs
68,262 per kiloliter (KL) in Delhi on Thursday.
LPG PRICES HIKED, CYLINDERS TO
COST MORE: The price of domestic LPG cyl-
inder has been increased by Rs 25.50 per cylinder
with effect from Thursday and domestic cylinders
weighing 14.2 kg will now cost Rs 834.50 in Delhi.
SENSEX, NIFTY DROP: Sensex dropped 164
points on Thursday following losses in index majors
Infosys, HDFC twins and Reliance Industries amid
a weak trend in Asian peers. Similarly, Nifty inched
41.50 points or 0.26 per cent down to 15,680.
RSS stands
behind
Nimbaram
Rape incident
video goes
viral in Alwar
Jaipur: With its
senior functionary
being linked to `20
crore ‘deal’ with BVG
company, the RSS
has come out strongly
objecting to the allega-
tion and the Sangh is
now thinking to take
legal action. On Thurs-
day, Kshetra Karyawah
of RSS Hanuman
Singh Rathore issued
a statement saying
that representatives
of BVG had come to
Nimbaram with a pro-
posal for CSR fund. P2
Alwar: Nearly two years
after the Thanagazi rape
case that had rocked
the state, a similar rape
incident case once again
reported in Alwar district
where a rape incident
video has been made
viral and was also, al-
legedly, sold for fifteen
thousand rupees. The
victim has alleged that
three youths raped her
and made the video of
the incident which was
being used by one of the
accused for blackmailing
the girl. P7
Military developing capability to
counter drone threats: Naravane
New Delhi: Easy avail-
ability of drones has
increased the complex-
ity of security challeng-
es and the Indian mili-
tary is developing capa-
bilities to effectively
deal with the threats, be
it from state-sponsored
elements or by states
themselves, Army
Chief Gen MM Nara-
vane said on Thursday
.
In an address at a
think-tank, Gen Nara-
vane said the security
establishment is well
aware of the challenges
and certain measures
have already been put in
place to deal with them.
“We are developing
capabilities to deal with
the threats whether
they are state-sponsored
or by states themselves.
We are developing ca-
pabilities to deal with
drone threats both in
the kinetic and non-ki-
netic realm,” he said.
Gen Naravane was
asked about the recent
drone attack on Jammu
Force Station.
Onthesituationalong
the Line of Control in
Jammu and Kashmir,
the Army chief said
there has been no infil-
tration along the LoC
after a ceasefire under-
standing was reached
between Indian and Pa-
kistani militaries in
February
.
Army Chief Gen M M Naravane
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
DRONE LESSONS
FOR INDIA FROM
AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA
P4
POST POLL VIOLENCE
STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA:
AMIT SHAH TO IPS PROBATIONERS
New Delhi: Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Thurs-
day advised Indian Police
Service probationers to
avoid social media and
not chase after publicity.
Shah asked them to be
sensitive towards the con-
cerns of the poor, Dalits
and tribal people, a Home
Ministry statement said.
“There are allegations of
no action and extreme
action against the police.
…The police should avoid
these and move towards
just action… Just action
means natural action and
the police should under-
stand the law and do the
right thing,” Shah was
quoted as saying during
a virtual address to the
probationary officers of
the 72nd IPS batch.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2021
02
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress lead-
ers including trans-
port minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas
and MLAs Rafeek
Khan and Amin Kagzi
held a meeting to hold
discussion on the
name for Jaipur Con-
gress president.
Matters pertaining to
the committees of
Jaipur Heritage Munic-
ipal Corporation were
also discussed in the
meeting which was
skipped by chief whip
Mahesh Joshi due to
some urgent work.
Sources said that for-
mer mayor Jyoti Khan-
delwal is being support-
ed for the appointment
as Japur district Con-
gress president while
for Jaipur rural, the
name of Manish Yadav
is being speculated.
Their names have been
supported by the Sachin
Pilot camp.
AICC general secre-
tary in charge for Ra-
jasthan Ajay Maken
will be informed about
this opinion.
Meanwhile, a few
days back, Congress
leader Rajiv Arora had
also met Ajay Maken.
During the meeting,
discussions about the
appointment for the
post of Jaipur Congress
president were held.
Cong leaders hold meeting; Pilot
camp supports Jyoti, Manish
JAIPUR DIST CONG PREZ NAME
Man loots BoB
branch, caught
with loot money
Karoli: A miscreant
opened fire and looted
Rs3.5 lakh from Bank
of Baroda branch in
Masalpur town of Ka-
rauli. Later he was
caught as police
blocked the Rajapura
Bhango area and found
him riding a bike and
recovered the money
from him.
Couple caught
roaming near
int’l border
Barmer: Border Secu-
rity Force (BSF) per-
sonnel on Thursday
late evening caught a
young couple while
roaming near interna-
tional border on late
Thursday evening. Se-
curity agencies appre-
hend that the couple
was trying to cross the
border to go to Paki-
stan. The duo was later
handed over to the po-
lice for further investi-
gation. Anand Sharma,
SP Barmer said that
the couple, both mar-
ried to another person,
was caught by BSF.
Woman accuses
astrologer of rape
Jaipur: An incident
has come to light where
and astrologer tried to
rape a woman and also
expressed desire to have
a child after forcible re-
lationship with a
33-year-old woman.
Woman informed the
Jawahar Circle Police
Station. The women
had met astrologer
Surendra Kumar Gupta
of Malviya Nagar
through social media.
The accused invited the
woman a resident of
Ratlam, MP to Jaipur
for a job. Woman alleged
on March 24, that Gupta
raped her in his office.
Accused then started
blackmailing her.
Two drown in
water tank
Churu: A man and his
sister-in-law, identified
as Vinod Kumar and
Savitri Nayak, died af-
ter they accidently
drowned in a water
tank on Thursday in
Sardarshahr. Bhaleri
Police Station officer
Kedar Lal Meena said
one Maniram Nayak re-
ported that his daugh-
ter-in-law Savitri and
younger son Vinod
drowned in a well. Offi-
cials said that as no ob-
jection was lodged by
family of Savitri so far,
investigation is still on.
BRIEF
Honeytrap:5heldfor
blackmailingbizman
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: In yet
another case of honey
trap, Rs5 lakh were ex-
torted from a busi-
nessman and the po-
lice have arrested 5
persons, including a
girl in this connection.
Deputy SP Manish
Sharma said that on
June 28, a business-
man came to Kotwali
police station and re-
ported that on June 2,
he received a call from
an unknown girl on
his mobile. During
conversation he fell
into her love trap.
The girl called the
businessman to a flat
located in Udaipur
and along with her
four companions de-
manded Rs20 lakh by
threatening to impli-
cate the man in a false
rape case. Terrified
businessman gave Rs5
lakh. The girl and her
accomplices were con-
stantly demanding
Rs2 lakh more by re-
peatedly threatening
him. The business-
man got upset and
filed a report in the
Chittorgarh Kotwali
police station.
Court warrant against
4 councillors, Somya
exempted due to ill kid
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Additional
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate on Thurs-
day issued arrest
warrant against sus-
pended Greater JMC
Mayor Dr Somya
and four other coun-
cillors in a case
lodged against them
by JMC commission-
er for allegedly man-
handling him.
Court has sum-
moned them on Au-
gust 2 and has also
given 15 days to Dr
Somya to appear be-
fore it as her child is
ill. Advocate AK
Jain appeared on be-
half of complainant
Yagyamitra Singh
Deo. Magistrate
Amit Kumar Sharma
took cognisance of
the chargesheet filed
by cops on Wednes-
day and issued arrest
warrant against Dr
Somya, Ajay Singh
Chauhan, Shankar
Sharma, Paras Jain
and Ram Kishore
Prajapat.
A division bench
of Justice Sabina
and Justice Manoj
Vyas in Rajasthan
HC adjourned
the hearing on the
petitions of three
councilors till July
5. In the petition,
Jain, Chauhan and
Sharma, chal-
lenged their
suspension.
The bench
posted the
matter for
n e x t
hearing
on 5
July.
in
Dr Somya
Insurance claims
worth `11k cr
disbursed to
farmers: Kataria
Including village
in sanctuary:
BJP protests
govt decision
Drummer encroaches on Jaipur
Royal family property,case filed
Jaipur: Agriculture
Minister Lalchand Ka-
taria on Thursday said
insurance claims worth
Rs11,418crorehavebeen
disbursed to farmers
against 69 lakh crop pol-
icies in state during past
two-and-a-half years.
He gave this informa-
tion on sidelines of an
event where he flagged
off vehicles to promote
crop insurance. Almost
all claims till kharif
2020 have been paid and
state’s share premium
till Rabi 2020-21 has
been approved.
First India Bureau
Karauli: BJP on
Wednesday protested
against the decision of
the state government to
include villages of
Masalpur area in the
Bandh Baretha sanctu-
ary area in Karauli.
A memorandum in
this regard was submit-
ted to district collector
by senior RTI activist
Ashok Pathak, former
districtvicepresidentof
BJP
. In the 4-point mem-
orandum, it has also
beenallegedthatgovern-
ment lands in Hindaun
are being encroached
and leases are being is-
sued with the conniv-
ance of Nagar Parishad.
Pathak held a press
conference in Karauli
and alleged that Bandh
Baretha sanctuary area
was notified in 1985 and
forest blocks of Bayana
and Rupwas tehsil were
included in it.
It also included Ban-
shi Paharpur area but
now the state govern-
ment has freed this area
from the sanctuary and
included Masalpur
which will affect thou-
sands of people.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of en-
croachment of property
of the erstwhile royal
family of Jaipur has
come to light. Accord-
ing to sources, a drum-
mer engaged by the fam-
ily had encroached
upon the rooms outside
the City Palace, over a
period of time, and even
taken electricity and
water connection.
A case has been filed
at Manak Chowk police
station by Pramod Ya-
dav son of Shyamsun-
der Yadav. ASI Gyarsilal
who is probing the case
said in his report that at
Sirhi Deodi near Jaleb
Chowk, the members of
Royal family used to en-
ter and drummers were
posted there to welcome
them in the past.
They were also given
rooms to stay and were
allowed to stay there till
their retirement.
As per the old tradi-
tion, drummer Abdul
Salaam continued to
stay in these rooms even
after the end of the
monarchy. After his re-
tirement in 2018, he and
his family continued to
live in these rooms. Lat-
er he was given all his
dues and gratuity
through cheque, still
the family continued to
take possession of 5
rooms here and en-
croached upon the area.
RSS STANDS BEHIND NIMBARAM
Claims allegations are an effort to defame him; says options are open to take legal action
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur. With its senior
functionary being
linked to `20 crore
‘deal’ with BVG com-
pany, the RSS has come
out strongly objecting
to the allegation and
the Sangh is now think-
ing to take legal action.
On Thursday, Kshet-
ra Karyawah of RSS
Hanuman Singh
Rathore issued a state-
ment saying that repre-
sentatives of BVG had
come to Nimbaram at
Pratap Gaurav Kendra,
Udaipur with a propos-
al to cooperate with
their CSR fund.
“Nimbaram urged
them to visit this cen-
tre, understand its
needs and decide to co-
operate according to
their own will. The
company representa-
tives fixed the date of
the tour but did not go
there,sothequestionof
any amount or any oth-
er form of assistance
from CSR fund does not
arise,” Rathore said.
He also claimed that
an attempt has been
made to distort facts
and the conversation
with representatives of
the company with Nim-
baram on April 20 were
just normal social eti-
quette. “Linking this
common courtesy call
to his role in RSS is con-
demnable. By making
videorecordingsof con-
versations held in dif-
ferent times and con-
texts and adding other
meanings to them, is
done for political rea-
sons. Those with vested
interests have tried to
present the facts in a
twisted manner, while
no money has been ex-
changed in this case.
Therefore, making un-
warranted allegations
by linking it to corrup-
tion is akin to character
assassination. Nimbar-
am is a responsible law
abiding citizen and is
ready to cooperate in
any kind of probe. We
refutethesefalseallega-
tions,” Rathore said.
Gurjar, Sapre taken to
Seva Sadan to verify spot
where video was shot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The video
purportedly showing
suspended mayor Dr
Somya’s husband Ra-
jaram engaged in con-
versation with BVG
company representa-
tives regarding a deal
of Rs20 crore as com-
mission to get the pay-
ment of the company
cleared in the pres-
ence of RSS leader
Nimbaram was made
at Seva Sadan Bhawan
on Sahakar Marg.
Sources said that
Rajaram Gurjar and
BVG company official
Omkar Sapre have
told the anti-corrup-
tion bureau during
police custody that
the video was made at
the Seva Sadan.
The ACB team took
both the accused to
the Seva Sadan build-
ing on Thursday for
identification of the
room where the meet-
ing in the presence of
Nimbaram was held.
Both the accused
will be produced be-
fore the court on Fri-
day after completion
of the police remand.
Meanwhile, the
company has fired
Sandeep Chaudhary
after the video went
viral. Nimbaram and
Chaudhary are yet to
be interrogated in the
case. Chaudhary, who
is believed to have
made the video, is
likely to appear before
the ACB soon.
Hanuman Rathore Nimbaram
‘Cong defaming Sangh to save govt’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP leaders
on Thursday intensi-
fied attack on Con-
gressovernamingRSS
leader Nimbaram in a
caseof corruptionreg-
istered by ACB. Senior
BJP leader Om-
prakash Mathur said
thestategovernment’s
ill intentions will be
revealed soon. While,
attackingtheCongress
government in state,
Union Jal Shakti Min-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat said that
everyone knows why
Gehlot government
keepsthrowingmudat
others. “Fake cases,
encounters,phonetap-
ping and videos…
none of this govern-
ment’sworkbelongsto
decency
,” he said.
Government has
mastered art of hid-
ing its failures and
diverting from real is-
sues, he said. “Ra-
jasthan carries the
burden of its failed
government every
day
. State government
is a drama company
which sometimes en-
gages in poster drama
and sometimes in Ya-
jna drama,” he said.
Targeting PCC
chief Govind Singh
Dotasra, BJP state
spokesperson Ramlal
Sharma said Dotasara
has grown up in Con-
gress culture and peo-
ple know what Con-
gress culture is.
“Before speaking
on any worker of or-
ganisation, one
should get informa-
tion about that organ-
isation. RSS is the
only organisation
which works for coun-
try’s progress and up-
liftment,” he said.
GS Shekhawat Om Mathur
Whoever is guilty will be caught: Dotasra
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra,
who has been attack-
ing the RSS over BVG
‘bribery case’, has sud-
denly softened his at-
titude. Without nam-
ing the RSS, on Thurs-
day, he stressed that
whoever is guilty will
be caught. Notably
, ear-
lier Dotasra had even
questioned his own
government saying
that since the direct
role of RSS pracharak
is visible, then why
ACB is not taking ac-
tion on it. Dotasra was
in Sikar on Thursday
to attend an event.
Onbeingquestioned
aboutarrestof sus-
pended JMC
GreaterMayorDr
Somya’s hus-
band, Dotasara
said, “I have
not arrest-
ed him.
Whoever commits a
mistake will be arrest-
ed. No one can arrest a
wrong person. The po-
lice and the law are
there to protect the
right people.” Talking
tomedia,hesaidthatif
a school develop-
ment committee
takes a proposal
and gives it to the
District Edu-
cation Of-
ficer that
they want
to run the school in
English medium, then
they will convert that
school to English me-
dium school. “So that
even the children of
poor families can get
good education,” he
said, further adding,
“all English medium
schools which are at
the district level will be
given Rs 5 lakh and at
the block level Rs 2.5
lakh will be given for
development works.”
Govind S Dotasra
Sources said that
Rajaram Gurjar &
BVG official Omkar
Sapre have told
ACB during police
custody that video
was made at the
Seva Sadan.

DOCS
DGP ML Lather with Dr Kokila Jacob, Dr Seema Kulhari, Dr Zeeshan Ali,
Dr Akhilesh Kumar & Dr Sunil Poonia at Police Headquarters on Thursday.
Rajendra Singh and Sandeep Kansal were also present on the occasion.
TOP COP SALUTES DOCTORS
BY HONORING THEIR SERVICES
Director General of Police ML Lather hon-
oured 30 doctors working in various units of
Rajasthan Police by presenting certificates on
the occasion of ‘National Doctors Day’ at Police
Headquarters on Thursday. Lather said that Doc-
tor’s Day is organized to honour the service and
dedication of the doctors. He said that during the
Corona period, doctors treated the patients by
putting their lives at risk. The Director General
presented certificates to Dr Kokila Jacob, Dr
Seema Kulhari, Dr Zeeshan Ali and Dr Akhilesh
Kumar, and Dr Sunil Poonia working in Rajasthan
Police Headquarters. Deputy Inspector General
of Police Rajendra Singh and Personal Assistant
Sandeep Kansal were also present on occasion.
GODS
AS
Health Minister
Dr Raghu Sharma
thanked doctors &
expressed gratitude
for their services on
‘Doctors Day’. He
said they helped to
tackle the Covid-19
wave effectively
Vikas Sharma
ealthMinister
Dr Raghu
Sharma said
that medicine
is such a No-
bel profession in the
world, which saves the
livesof peoplebyrisking
their lives. Therefore, to
pay true tribute to the
doctors,adoctorsmemo-
rial will be constructed
in 22-storey OPD tower
in SMS hosp.
Dr Raghu Sharma
was addressing a virtu-
al program and award
ceremony organized by
the Rajasthan Medical
Council on ‘National
Doctors Day’. He said
that there should be a
demand for change of
designation of Nursing
Union pending for 6
years, creation of Phar-
macist cadre, increase
in honorarium of resi-
dent doctors, compensa-
tion of Rs 50 lakh on
death due to Covid.
H
DOCS ARE GEARING
FOR THE ‘POSSIBLE’
THIRD COVID WAVE
Health Minister Dr Raghu
Sharma said that with the
help of doctors, medical staff
and other medical person-
nel, control of the first and
second wave of Covid could
be achieved. All personnel
are gearing up for a possible
third wave as well. He said
that the State Government
is working to strengthen the
medical infrastructure of
the State. He said that about
2,700 medical officers have
been appointed in the state
in a year. Apart from this, the
recruitment of medical offic-
ers will also be done soon.
Min also said that even in
view of possible third wave,
we are strengthening medical
infrastructure in more than
350 CHCs & oxygen plants
are being set up at about 400
places across Rajasthan.
HELPING HANDS!
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma addressing the award ceremony by Rajasthan Medical Council virtually.
DOCTORS
MEMORIAL
SOON AT
SMS HOSP
RAJASTHAN
03
More doors of religious
places reopen for devotees
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Due to the Cov-
id-19 spread and lock
down guideline temples
were closed for the pil-
grimsforaround76days.
The doors of Ram-
devra temple in Jais-
almer opened for devo-
tees on Thursday with
1st vaccination dose
mandatory
. The Salasar
Balaji Temple also
opened for devotees and
will be closed on Sun-
days till further orders.
Even Kaila Devi and
Madan Mohan ji tem-
ples were relieved on
Thursday while Shri
Mahavirji darshan will
remain closed.
Religious places in
Rajsamand district will
also open today after
District Magistrate
gave orders on Thurs-
day
. Shrinathji Temple,
Dwarkadhish Temple
and Charbhuja temple
doors to reopen for dev-
otees and corona guide-
lines will have to be fol-
lowed; flowers, gar-
lands, prasad and ring-
ing of bells will be to-
tally banned.
Devotees at the Ramdevra temple in Jaisalmer on Thursday.
COVID-19 UPDATE
9,52,497
75 Cases in a day
TOTAL CASES
8,923
2 Deaths in a day
TOTAL DEATHS
9,42,172
142 Recovered
in a day
TOTAL RECOVERED
1,402
417 cases
in Alwar
ACTIVE CASES
KEY-HIGHLIGHT
Govind S Dotasra
to give Rs 50 lakh
to family members of Edu
Dept employee who lost
life due to corona infection
1
RBSE to conduct
practical exams
of class 12 by July 8 for
students who did not
appear before lockdown
2
PIL in HC seeks DISCOM
staffers as corona warriors
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The Ra-
jasthan HC has issued a
notice to the state govt
seeking its response on
a PIL filed for not treat-
ing the employees of
power companies as Co-
rona Warriors. The Ra-
jasthan State Electrici-
ty Employees Federa-
tion filed a petition and
said HC that 70 employ-
ees died due to corona,
but the state govt is not
considering them as co-
rona warriors. Hence,
the dependents of these
employees are not get-
ting the assistance
amount of Rs 50 lakh.
The petition was heard
on Thursday in a divi-
sion bench of Chief
Justice Indrajit Mahan-
ty and Justice Vineet
Mathur. The next hear-
ing in this matter will
be done on August 17.
Soni takes stock
of skill dev centre,
ICU of SMS hosp
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state-of-
the-art Skill Develop-
ment Centre & ICU es-
tablished at the Trauma
Centre of SMS Hospital
was inspected by Trans-
port Commissioner Ma-
hendra Soni on Thurs-
day. He inquired about
the training given to the
front liners through
these automatic models
of German-make. Soni
insisted that the priori-
ty of the deptment is to
prevent accidents on
the road and save the
lives of the injured.
Senior IRS officer
Tonsingh is new
PCCIT of State
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Senior IRS of-
ficer T Tonsing Prasad
has been given the re-
sponsibility of Income
Tax department in Ra-
jasthan after the trans-
fer of the PCCIT Saroj
Deswal.
Deswal was trans-
ferred to New Delhi to
the post of DGIT (L&R).
She is among 19 officers
who were transferred
by the Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT)
late Wednesday night.
The orders of trans-
fer of the officers were
issued with the signa-
ture of Undersecretary
Yogesh Sharma.
Triple Jump! RSRTC earns
`52.14 cr from June 10 to 30
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan road-
ways earned revenue of
`52.14 crore from June
10 to 30 this year, which
is almost three times of
the revenue earned in
the corresponding peri-
od last year.
The RSRTC adopted
safety measures in view
of the second wave of
corona infection and re-
vived trust among the
people, 78 lakh passen-
gers travelled in the
roadways buses with a
running of 1.69 km.
RSRT CMD Rajeshwar
Singh informed that af-
ter the permission of
the state govt, the bus
operations were restart-
ed and revenue of `52.14
crore was earned by
providing services to 78
lakh passengers in 21
days in June. For this,
officers were directed to
operate more buses as
per norms of state govt
which also helped in
earning max revenue.
Complete budget announcements of last two
financial years before ‘TARGET TIME’: Arya
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CS Niranjan
Arya directed all offic-
ers to try to complete the
budget announcements
of the last two financial
years by the State Govt
before target time.
Arya instructed all
depts that they should
keep monitoring these
schemes continuously.
Arya was presiding over
review meeting of the
budget announcement
progress for the finan-
cial years 2019-20 and
2020-21 at the Govern-
ment Secretariat on
Thursday. In the meet-
ing, Secy Planning De-
partment Naveen Jain
made presentation of
progress of department
wise budget announce-
ments. Subodh Agarw-
al, Abhay Kumar, Akhil
Arora, Aparna Arora,
Bhaskar A Sawant,
Naveen Mahajan & oth-
er officials were also
present virtually
.
Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya with Naveen Jain reviews meeting
of the budget announcement progress in Jaipur on Thursday.
START VOCATIONAL CLASSES
CS directed officials to start vocational classes for stu-
dents from class 6 under NEP. He said that students
should be associated with vocational classes under
'No Bag Day' on Saturday. He also ordered to link
Anganwadi centres with 33 Mahatma Gandhi schools
WATER
WORKS
Arya directed
PHED that
tehsils of Barmer
from Narmada
canal, Dausa &
Sawai Madhopur
villages to be
benefited from
Isarda dam
should be com-
pleted soon
RURAL
GAMES
He said
that village
level games
should be or-
ganized soon
so that their
benefits can
be availed in
the state level
games to be
held in 2022
MORE DEVP
TALKS..
CS said depts to
complete projects
on priority of
converting water
meter into smart
meter, strength-
ening road,
opening of new
PHCs, so that
people get benefit
of schemes
Jaipur: The average
rainfall in Rajasthan in
June may have been
above normal, but 19
out of the state’s 33 dis-
tricts received below-
normal downpour for
this time of the year.
According to the MeT,
overall rainfall record-
ed in Rajasthan from
June 1 to June 30 is 53.1
mm, which is 6% higher
than normal. But, rain-
fall was not normal in
many districts during
this period, especially
in east Rajasthan. Nor-
mally, east Rajasthan
records 66.7 mm rainfall
in June, but the actual
rainfall this time
around was recorded at
56.7 mm, which is 15%
less. On the contrary,
the usually dry districts
of western Rajasthan
like Jaisalmer, Ganga-
nagar, Bikaner, Jodhpur
and Churu recorded
50.2 mm rainfall, which
is 36% more than nor-
mal for June. As per
data issued by the
weather office, 19 dis-
tricts, including Jaipur,
Jhunjhunu, Kota, Tonk,
Baran, Sirohi, Sikar,
Sawai Madhopur, Bundi
and Bharatpur, received
below-normal rainfall
during the month.
Among these districts,
Bundi received 60% less
rain, Alwar 58% & Kota
44%. Radheshyam Shar-
ma, Dir of MeT, said
weather will be mainly
dry in most parts for 4 to
5 days because the mon-
soon is not moving fur-
ther from where it was
11 days ago. —PTI
19 out of 33 districts got below-normal rainfall in June
STATE WEATHER UPDATE
TO BEAT THE HEAT! A boy jumping through water spray from lawn sprinkler during the hot
summer afternoon at Statue Circle in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
2 gates of Anasagar
opened to release water
First India Bureau
Ajmer: To reduce the
overflowing water of
Anasagar lake two
gates were opened on
Thursday
. Sighting the
monsoon, the Water
ResourcesDepartment
has plans to level it by
two feet. This will pre-
vent any flood-like sit-
uation or any natural
calamity
. Nearly 2 mil-
lioncubicfeetof water
will be drained daily
.
Anasagar Lake has a
fill capacity of 13 feet
and currently holds 13
feet 1 inch of water. In
order to avoid any
problem Gate 2 & 3
were opened to about
three inches around 11
am on Thursday
.

PERSPECTIVE
04
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under the PRB Act
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Go easy on yourself,
whatever you do today, let
it be enough.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Prakash Javadekar
@PrakashJavdekar
Under the leadership of the Modi
government, over 15,000 sqkm of tree
wealth has grown in the last seven
years . India has set a target in the
Paris Agreement that we will create 2.5
billion tonnes of carbon sink from trees
and restore the land. I am sure that we
will definitely achieve this target.
Thawarchand Gehlot
@TCGEHLOT
Digital India, which is a resolve to
empower India by digitizing every
work from door to door internet
technology, using this our ministry
has prevented fraud by direct transfer
of scholarships to students’ accounts
through digital mode.
TOP TWEET
A CHESS PRODIGY
OF INDIAN ORIGIN
RISES IN THE US
ndia can always
share the honours of
Abhimanyu Mishra
becoming the young-
est- ever chess
Grandmaster at 12 years and
four months with the US be-
cause of the child’s Indian ori-
gin. Beating a 19-year-old record
held by Sergey Karjakin of Rus-
sia who became a Grandmaster
at 12 years and seven months is
no mean feat. Several young
players, including India’s R.
Praggnanandhaa who became
the world’s second youngest
Grandmaster at 12 years and 10
months, reached close but could
not beat Karjakin’s record. Pari-
marjan Negi, also of India, is at
the fourth spot. Together they
are likely to dominate the chess
world and win laurels.
Which of them will be a ge-
nius like Bobby Fischer or a
world champion like Vishwana-
than Anand remains to be seen.
Praggnanandhaa, though, held
Anand to a draw in one of the
blitz games he played against
the former world champion.
Hopefully Abhimanyu Mishra’s
will be another name in the il-
lustrious list of American chess
Grandmasters.
I
ome muscle flex-
ing is needed to
make nations see
reason. European
Union’s Digital
Covid Certificate framework,
which came into effect from
July 1, exempted persons vac-
cinated with only vaccines
approved by the European
Medicines Agency (EMA)
from travel restrictions.
These vaccines include
Comirnaty of Pfizer/BioN-
tech, Moderna, AstraZeneca-
Oxford’s Vaxzervria and
Johnson and Johnson’s Jans-
sen. The list does not include
India’s Covishield, which is
also owned by AstraZeneca,
and Bharat Biotech’s Covax-
in. Covishield has the approv-
al of both the World Health
Organisation (WHO) and the
Indian government, but Cov-
axin only has the approval of
Indian government and it
awaits WHO’s nod. European
Union’s decision to exclude
Covishield was, therefore,
baffling and without logic.
ThebiasledtheExternalAf-
fairsMinisterS.Jaishankarto
take up the case of Covishield
asavaccinepassportfortravel
to Europe with EU’s high rep-
resentative for foreign affairs
and security policy
, Josep Bor-
rel. India also wants recogni-
tionforitsCoWINvaccination
certificates. To make the EU
fall in line, India is believed to
be warned of a reciprocal pol-
icy of not accepting EU-ap-
proved shots for exemption to
travellers from Europe. That
would make quarantine man-
datory for those carrying EU
Digital Covid Certificate.
The warning had partial ef-
fect with only Austria, Spain,
Iceland, Slovenia and Greece,
which form part of the EU,
deciding to include Serum In-
stitute of India’s (SII) Cov-
ishield in Green Pass. But
these are EU’s individual
member-stateswhichhaveap-
proved Covishield and not the
EMA. Adar Poonawalla, CEO
of SII,isoptimisticthatEMA
’s
approval for those with two
shots will come in a month.
INDIA TALKS TOUGH
BUT EU YET TO BLINK
To make the EU fall
in line, India is believed
to be warned of a
reciprocal policy of not
accepting EU-approved
shots for exemption to
travellers from Europe
S
Promoted by First India
News International Pvt. Ltd.
t’s raining drones in Jammu
over the skies of India’s de-
fence establishments! After
two of those exploded at the
India Air Force base, many
have been sighted, fired
upon, and some even shot
down in the past. The attack
has tested the forces’ prepar-
edness and lack of any clear
guidelines on how to tackle
these aerial threats. Drones
have been dropping weapons
including sometimes AK-47s
and drugs in the border re-
gions of Jammu and Kash-
mir as well as Punjab.
While defence policymak-
ers will now be burning the
midnight oil to prepare a
strategy to combat the new
enemy toys, the reference
point and scale of threat can
be found in last year’s war
between two former Soviet
blocks of Armenia and Azer-
baijan, the first to be won en-
tirely on drone warfare.
It was between 1992-1994
that the first major war broke
out between the Muslim na-
tion Azerbaijan and Ortho-
dox Christian-dominated
country Armenia. Even
though Azerbaijan was
thrice the size of Armenia
and had a large army, but
mostly indisciplined and
loosely inherited from the
Soviet system. On the other
hand, Armenia possessed a
professional fighting force.
The war that was fought for
controlling the land-locked
region of mountainous Na-
gorno-Karabakh and had all
the conflicting elements
ranging from history
, geogra-
phy, ethnicity to religion
ended in Armenia’s favour
although not decisively so
the dispute regarding the re-
gion remained.
It was only in September
last year that another war
broke out between two na-
tions on the same tipping
pointsof Nagorno-Karabakh
and initially Azerbaijan was
yet again doing badly suffer-
ing heavy casualties at the
hands of Armenian forces.
Then entered the tigers
and adversaries of the re-
gion, Russia on the Armeni-
an side and Turkey with
Azerbaijan and thus, turned
the tide.
Just as Azerbaijan was on
the brink of another defeat
they unleashed flying fiday-
een or unmanned Turkish
drones called ‘Bayrakter’,
which flew, hit the target by
dropping 55 kgs of load, and
came back. The other drone
used was Israel-made ‘Kami-
kaze’ meaning suicide at-
tack. Although they don’t
carry heavy explosives, but
they can seek, find and lock
targets accurately. So they
can either catch a signal
from radar and search for a
target on its basis or can be
fully operated from the
ground thereby being guid-
ing towards locking the ad-
versary’s location.
Apparently, Azerbaijan
had just bought ‘Bayrakter’
drones from Turkey just
three months before war, i.e.
June last year, and quickly
held a series of joint exer-
cises with the Turkish Army
on how to operate them.
Armenia too had few
drones with Russian back-
ing, but they were just not
enough to engage or counter-
attack.
The impact of these drone
strikes was such that as
many as 185 Armenian tanks
were either destroyed by
these drones or captured by
Azerbaijan along with 45 ar-
moured fighting vehicles
and 44 infantry fighting vehi-
cles being blown up into
pieces, which is a lot consid-
ering the small scale of the
country. The soldiers taking
their guard on the ground
had no answer to the death
dropping from the skies. The
morale of Armenian forces
was shattered so much that
the outcome of the war be-
came just the second in-
stance in recent history
when the fighting and blood-
shed ended with a nation
surrendering. Second to only
Pakistan that surrendered
Bangladesh to India in 1971.
With the attack on Jam-
mu’s airbase, the potential
impact of these new-age
drones can in future reduce
traditional tanks and ar-
moured vehicles to mere tar-
get practice. Interestingly,
India in 2019 had bought few
‘Kamikaze’ drones from Is-
rael and is reportedly work-
ing on buying more.
But the question remains,
how prepare is India to deal
withsuchmodernunmanned
fidayeen warfare.
The recent attack has
punched loopholes in forces
preparedness indicating that
merely installing jammers
just won’t do.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
MOHD FAHAD
The writer is Jaipur-based journalist
and Adjunct Faculty at Haridev Joshi
University of Journalism and Mass
Communication, Rajasthan
While Indian defence
policymakers will now be
burning the midnight oil to
prepare a strategy to
combat the new enemy toys,
the reference point and
scale of damage casued by
drones can be found in last
year’s war between two
former Soviet blocks of
Armenia and Azerbaijan,
the first to be won entirely
on drone warfare
With the attack on
Jammu’s airbase, the
potential impact of these
new-age drones
can in future reduce
traditional tanks and
armoured vehicles to
mere target practice.
Interestingly, India
in the year 2019
had bought few
‘Kamikaze’ drones
from Israel and is working
on buying more
DRONE LESSONS FOR INDIA
FROMAZERBAIJAN,ARMENIA

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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Digital In-
dia is the country’s slo-
gan of strength in the
21st century
, said Prime
Minister Narendra
ModionThursdaywhile
interacting with benefi-
ciaries of the DIKSHA
scheme, via video con-
ferencing.
The country is cele-
brating today the com-
pletion of six years of
Digital India. “If there
is zeal for innovation,
there is a passion for its
quick adaptation in the
country. This is why
Digital India is India’s
resolution, the practice
of AtmanirbharBharat.
Digital India is the 21st
century’s slogan of In-
dia’s strength,” the
Prime Minister said.
“Whether it is issu-
ance of driving licence,
or birth certificate or
payment of electricity
bill, water bill, or in-
come tax return, these
can now be processed
via Digital India plat-
form faster and easier
now...Even in villages,
these things are being
done through CSC cen-
tres,” he added.
DIKSHA is an initia-
tive that leverages ex-
isting highly scalable
and flexible digital in-
frastructures while
keeping teachers at the
centre.
Diksha portal will en-
able, accelerate and am-
plify solutions in the
realm of teacher educa-
tion. It will aid teachers
to learn and train them-
selves for which assess-
ment resources will be
available. It will help
teachers to create train-
ing content, profile, in-
class resources, assess-
ment aids, news and
announcement and con-
nect with the teacher
community, the govern-
ment portal said. —ANI
New Delhi: While
briefing the media, Ja-
vadekar said, “India
has taken a target of
creating additional 2
billion tonnes of car-
bon sequestration by
2030. In last 7 years of
the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment, the tree cover
with forest and outside
forest has grown by
15,000 sq km.”
“I am very sure that
we will restore 26 mil-
lion hectares of degrad-
ed land, which contrib-
ute to carbon sequestra-
tion. We will restore
such lands using vari-
ous means, one of them
is panting saplings and
ensuring their growth.
This is what we are
dreaming for next the
10 years, and I am posi-
tive that we will achieve
our target.” On the oc-
casion of Van Mahot-
sav today, the minister
planted ‘Parijaat’ sap-
lings at his residence,
and said, “Today is the
beginning of forest
plantation festival in
India. It is important
because this is the cor-
rect season to plant and
to ensure its growth.”
Adding that mere
plantation of saplings
would not solve the is-
sue, he said, “Now only
planting the tree is not
important; planting and
ensuring its growth for
three years such that all
their needs are met for
them to survive on its
own is important.” The
Forest Festival or Van
Mahotsav is an annual
celebration of the plan-
tation of trees in India.
Additional 2 bn carbon sequestration by 2030
NATION’S TARGET
lll
Union Minister
of Environment,
Forest and
Climate Change
Prakash
Javadekar set a
target of creating
additional 2
billion carbon
sequestration
by 2030
NEWS DIGEST
WINTER SESSION AFTER 75TH ANNIV
OF INDEPENDENCE IN NEW PARL: PURI
AIR BUBBLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
QATAR, INDIA EXTENDED TILL JULY 31
NO QUESTION OF ALLIANCE WITH BJP,
TIES RESPECTFUL WITH PM: RAUT
ARMY TO GET MAJOR BRIDGE
BOOST FOR OPERATIONS
PM MODI-AFGHAN ENVOY
ENGAGE IN TWITTER EXCHANGE
New Delhi: Union Housing
Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh
Puri has expressed confidence
that the first winter session of
parliament after country com-
pletes 75 years of Independ-
ence next year, will be held in
the new building of Parliament.
“I am confident that when we
celebrate 75th anniversary of
our independence, winter session will be in the new
Parliament,” Puri said. He was speaking at the inau-
guration of the newly refurbished Janpath Hotel which
will be a temporary home for the activities of IGNCA.
Doha: The air bubble agree-
ment between Qatar and India
has been extended till July 31,
2021, Indian embassy in Qatar
said. An announcement was
made on official Twitter handle
that flights have resumed under
this arrangement. “The Air Bub-
ble arrangement between India
and Qatar extended for July
2021. The flights have resumed under this arrange-
ment. Thank civil aviation authorities and airlines on
both sides for their continued cooperation in provid-
ing the requisite air connectivity,” Embassy tweeted.
New Delhi: Shiv Sena Rajya
Sabha MP and senior party
leader Sanjay Raut said there
was no possibility of an alliance
with BJP in Maharashtra again,
but stated that Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray his family
still share good ties with PM
Narendra Modi and that is sepa-
rate from politics. Raut said that
Shiv Sena has no personal “quarrel” with PM. Raut’s
remarks come in the backdrop of speculations of a
thaw in the relations between former allies Sena BJP
after the June 8 meeting of Thackeray with PM Modi.
New Delhi: In a major
boost for ‘Make in India’ in
defence sector, the Indian
Army would be getting
the first 12 indigenously
developed 10 metre Short
Span Bridging systems on
Friday, which will help the
force come over geograph-
ical obstacles like small
rivers and canals in case of operations along the
western borders with Pakistan. The equipment
would be handed over to the Corps of Engineers
by Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.
New Delhi: Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Thursday lauded tweets in Hindi by Afghan
ambassador Farid Mamundzay about an Indian
doctor refusing to accept money from him, say-
ing they reflected the special relations between
the two countries. On seeing Mamundzay’s tweet,
a resident of Haripura village in Rajasthan asked
him to visit the area. Mamundzay asked whether
this was Haripura village in Gujarat. Modi then
quoted Afghan ambassador’s tweet and said Ma-
mundzay’s remarks reflected the special status
of India-Afghanistan relations. While asking the
envoy to visit Haripura in Rajasthan and Haripura
in Gujarat.
DIGITAL INDIA COUNTRY’S SLOGAN OF
STRENGTH IN 21ST CENTURY: PM MODI
PM THANKS DOCTORS ON
BEHALF OF 130 CR CITIZENS
New Delhi: On the occasion of National Doctors’
Day Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thurs-
day thanked the doctors on behalf of 130 crore
Indians for their services during the difficult
times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the
medical fraternity via video conference at a virtual
programme organised by the Indian Medical As-
sociation (IMA) the Prime Minister said that this
day, celebrated in the memory of Dr BC Roy, is
the symbol of the highest ideals of our medical
fraternity. “Our doctors are facing this new and
fast mutating virus on the basis of their experi-
ence and expertise. ,” said the Prime Minister.
Amarinder’slunchdiplomacyamid
talksofreshuffleinPunjabCong
Tradition of debates,
dialogue ended in
Cong: Sushil Kumar
On Backward Classes list, SC
turns down centre’s review plea
Pune: Former Union
Minister and senior
Congress leader Sushil
Kumar Shinde on
Wednesday said the
tradition of debates
and dialogue had ended
in the party and there
is a need for introspec-
tion meetings.
Speaking at a public
function in Pune’s In-
dapur, Congress leader
Sushil Kumar Shinde
said the policies of the
Congress may be wrong
and introspection meet-
ings are needed for
course correction.
New Delhi: The power
that lies only with the
President to add a com-
munity to the Socially
andEducationallyBack-
wardClasses(SEBC)list
cannotbegiventostates,
SupremeCourthassaid,
dismissing a petition to
review an earlier ruling.
A five-judge constitu-
tion bench dismissed
the centre’s plea that
was filed in May, days
after the Supreme Court
ruled that only the Pres-
ident has the power to
identify and add a com-
munity to the SEBC list.
“The grounds taken in
the review petition do
not fall within the limit-
ed ground on which re-
viewpetitioncanbecon-
sidered. The various
grounds taken in the re-
view petition have al-
ready been dealt with in
the main judgment.
—ANI
Chandigarh: Punjab
Chief Minister Captain
Amarinder Singh has
reached out to the Hin-
du leaders of the party
with a luncheon meet
today. Around 20 lead-
ers are attending the
meet, which comes a
day after the central
leaders Rahul Gandhi
and Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra met Navjot Sidhu
and are suspected to
have arrived at a peace
formula. It is not known
yet what the arrange-
ment is, but there has
been talk of a reshuffle
in the party’s state unit
ahead of the elections.
The three-member
panel formed by Con-
gress chief Sonia Gan-
dhi to resolve the Pun-
jab Congress infighting,
had suggested that Mr
Sidhu be given a role in
the party structure. But
Mr Singh had not
agreed to it.
The names of two
leaders attending to-
day’s lunch – MP Man-
ish Tewari and educa-
tion minister Vijay In-
der Singla -- are doing
the rounds for the post
of party’s state presi-
dent. Both enjoy Mr
Singh’s patronage. Mr
Tewari got the ticket for
the Anandpur Sahib
Lok Sabha seat on the
CM’s insistence.
While Mr Sidhu is
seen as a key dissenter
who has contributed to
the crisis in the party’s
state unit, even a sec-
tion of Hindu leaders
are said to be unhappy
with the Chief Minister
because they feel side-
lined in the party
.
One of them, former
Batala MLA Ashwani
Sekhri, has criticised
the Chief Minister in
recent weeks over the
state’s handling of the
Covid pandemic.
PM Modi on Thursday congratulated the nation on completing six years of Digital India
DIDI SENDS SPECIAL BENGAL
MANGOES AS GIFT TO PM MODI
A WARNING SIGN
FOR BJP: CONGRESS
New Delhi: In a goodwill gesture, WB CM Mamata
Banerjee has sent special mangoes as a gift to PM
Modi in New Delhi. Keeping
up with the tradition started in
2011 when she first became
CM, Mamata had sent Ben-
gal’s pick of mango varieties
- Himsagar, Malda Laksh-
manbhog to PM last week.
Mamata and PM Modi fought
a bitter battle for West Bengal
in the recently concluded Assembly elections in
the state in which BJP faced a humiliating defeat.
New Delhi: Cong spokes-
person Jaiveer Shergill
said, “CJI comments
that judiciary cannot be
controlled must serve as
a warning sign for BJP
obsessed with subverting
institutions; BJP must
explain why judges ex-
pressing concerns about
democracy independ-
ence of the judiciary has
become a regular feature
in BJP regime?” “The CJI’s
comments have exposed
the BJP,” Shergill said.
IN THE COURTYARD
ANSHU ‘ASSAULT’
CASE: SC REJECTS
DELHI POLICE PLEA
HOT POLITICAL POTATO FOR YOU:
SC JUNKS DELHI POLICE PLEA
PLEA AGAINST USAGE OF
‘UNION’ DISMISSED
RED FORT VIOLENCE: INTERIM PROTECTION FOR ACCUSED
COURT RESERVES ORDER ON KASHMIRI
SEPARATIST LEADER SHABBIR SHAH’S BAIL
New Delhi: The SC on Thursday
declined the plea of Delhi police
filed against the Delhi High Court
order directing it
to provide copy
of the state-
ment of one of
the witnesses
VK Jain to CM
Arvind Kejriwal
in relation to
the case of alleged assault on
then Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu
Prakash in 2018. “Politically this
case may be a hot potato, but on
merits High Court passed a cor-
rect order,” said the Bench while
dismissing the plea of Delhi police.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday
junked a plea by the Delhi Police challenging the
High Court order, which asked it to supply the
copy of statement of a witness to Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia and 11 other MLAs in a case connected
with alleged assault of the then chief secretary
Anshu Prakash in 2018.
Madurai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras
High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea
seeking direction to stop the Chief Minister and
other ministers from using the term “Union
Government” instead of Central Government.
Dismissing the petition, Justice Sivagnanam
stated that the Court cannot direct the Chief
Minister or his cabinet on the usage.
New Delhi: Delhi Court granted accused Jugraj Singh interim protection from arrest
till the next date of hearing i.e. July 20 thereby asking him to join the investigation. Ju-
graj Singh was one who allegedly hoisted the religious flag at the ramparts of the Red
Fort on January 26. The court order came on Jagraj Singh’s anticipatory bail. Special
Judge Nilofar Abida Parveen in an order passed on Wednesday while giving protec-
tion said, “based upon the nature of accusations and the material available against the
accused-applicant till date, the accused-applicant would be entitled to the protection.”
New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Thursday reserved
order on Kashmiri separatist leader Shabbir Shah’s bail in
connection with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to
terror funding. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said
the court will pass an order in the evening after the conclusion of
the arguments from both sides.

INDIA
06
FIRST TIME INDIAN AIR FORCE
CHIEF REVIEWS BANGLADESH
AIR FORCE PARADE
Indian Air Force Chief, R K S Bhadauria has be-
come the first Indian officer to review the Passing
Out Parade and Commissioning Ceremony at
Bangladesh Air Force Academy (BAFA) at Jashore
in Bangladesh.
J S CHANDRASEKHAR TO
CC/DG OF CUSTOMS GRADE
J S Chandrasekhar has been promoted the grade
of Chief Commissioner/Director General of Cus-
toms and Indirect Taxes. He is an IRS-Customs
officer.
ARVIND KUMAR AGARWAL
PROMOTED TO ADDL
DGOF/MEMBER, OFB GRADE
Arvind Kumar Agarwal has been promoted to
the grade of Additional DGOF/Member, Ordnance
Factory Board. He is an IFOS officer.
TWO IAS OFFICERS GET
NEW JOBS IN MAHARASHTRA
Anshu Sinha has been posted as CEO, M S Khadi
Village Industries Board, Mumbai and Dr Nitin
Jawale is appointed as Managing Director, SICOM,
Mumbai in Maharashtra.
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For Governor...
This motivates the new
generation. He hails
from BJP but there is a
bigger compliment that
leaders from other par-
ties give you the same
level of honor and re-
spect. He keeps special
care of me and calls me
when possible. I feel
guilty when he calls me
and enquires about my
well being and there-
fore what ever would be
said for him , will be
less.”
Interestingly
, on June
14, Gehlot had talked
about holding only vir-
tual meetings for a
month or two on the ad-
vice of doctors owing to
post covid recovery and
caution. During the vir-
tual meeting Gehlot had
said, “Post Covid issues
are with me too. Doc-
tors have advised me to
hold only virtual meet-
ings for a couple of
months.” After this, till
now the Chief Minister
has been holding virtu-
al meetings only
.
However, Gehlot’s
presence at Raj Bha-
wan, on Thursday,
fuelled several specula-
tion. ‘Relevant sec-
tions’ of the Congress
party were elated to
learn of Gehlot’s move-
ments and attending
the ceremony as they
suspect that now that
the chief minister is
moving about, the po-
litical appointments
and cabinet expansion
could happen anytime
in the near future as
now the advice of doc-
tors will not become a
hindrance in these
tasks.
Moreover, the ‘hope-
fulls’ are also keepign
their fingers crossed
that the swearing in cer-
emony can also be held
soon since Gehlot, who
has already received
both the shots of vac-
cine, is in the safe zone
now.
While speculations is
one thing, reality is
quite another and it is
now believed that the
chief minister’s inter-
actions will increase in
the coming days where-
in he an start one on
one meetings also. In
view of the ongoing tur-
moil in the internal
politics of the Congress,
the meetings may bring
a soothing balm to
many
.
Get ‘green...
There have been appre-
hensions in India that
people who took Cov-
ishield and Covaxin
jabs are unlikely to be
eligible to travel to the
European Union mem-
ber states under its
‘Green Pass’ scheme.
EU Digital Covid cer-
tificate or ‘Green Pass’
will be mandatory to
travel to European
countries and the docu-
ment will serve as proof
that a person is vacci-
nated against Covid.
Mega cabinet...
as Assam Chief Minis-
ter after the BJP won a
second term.
In what would consti-
tute a betrayal as far as
Chirag Paswan is con-
cerned, his uncle
Pashupati Paras, who
led a coup against him
and split the Lok Jan-
shakti Party (LJP) last
month, may scoop up
the slot left vacant by
the death of Ram Vilas
Paswan - Chirag’s fa-
ther - last year.
Despite furious spec-
ulation, it is not clear
yet whether another
ally, Nitish Kumar’s Ja-
nata Dal United, will fi-
nally join the Union
Cabinet. In 2019, the up-
set Bihar Chief Minis-
ter had rejected the
BJP’s offer of one min-
istry and had opted to
stay out. Sources say
Mr Kumar is hoping for
at least two ministries.
JDU leaders Lallan Sin-
gh, Ramnath Thakur
and Santosh Kushwaha
are reportedly in the
running.
Bihar leader Sushil
Modi, Maharashtra
leader Narayan Rane
and Bhupendra Yadav, a
veteran leader in
charge of Bihar and Gu-
jarat, are also likely to
join the Modi cabinet.
Names have been
shortlisted after a
month-long review in
which PM Modi as-
sessed the performance
of various ministries.
PM: Centre...
Talking about the medi-
cal education system in
the country, PM Modi
said, “In 2014, there
were only six All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences(AIIMS)across
the country, but in last
seven years work has
been initiated in 15 new
AIIMS.” “Number of
medical colleges have
increased one-and-a-
half times. Undergrad-
uate medical seats have
increased one-and-a-
half times and PG seats
have grown by 80 per
cent,” informed PM. He
also commended the
medical fraternity for
spreading awareness
about Yoga.
SC notice...
displacement of people
due to the violence. The
court has adjourned the
matter till July 2 to ex-
amine the report.
FROM PG 1
CRUCIAL READ
FAKE CALL CENTRE BUSTED IN
LUDHIANA, 27 ARRESTED: POLICE
Ludhiana: Police on Thursday said they have busted
a fake call centre which used to dupe UK-based
residents by impersonating government officials of
that country. With 27 people arrested in the case,
Commissioner of Police Ludhiana Rakesh Agrawal
said the accused had also been threatening the
victims to impose some penalty on them.
Ajay Maken @ajaymaken
My request to @capt_amarinder ji, to
learn from @ArvindKejriwal ji to give
subsidy like Punjab in Delhi also.
According to the latest report of @
pfclindia Delhi’s electricity is the most
expensive in the country. Punjab is
giving Rs2.07/unit subsidy and Delhi only 54 paise.
If you have guts then watch and give an answer.
VARDHAN SLAM LEADERS FOR
IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENTS
If vax supply is still an issue, it’s the fault of states: Health Min
New Delhi: Union Health
Minister Harsh Vardhan
on Thursday alleged that
various leaders were mak-
ing “irresponsible state-
ments” about the COV-
ID-19 vaccination drive
and requested them to de-
sist from the “shameless
urge to play politics” in
the midst of a pandemic.
TakingtoTwitterheurged
these leaders to spend
“more energy in planning
andnotincreatingpanic”.
“I’m seeing irresponsi-
ble statements from vari-
ous leaders regarding the
largest vaccination drive.
Stating facts so that peo-
ple can judge intentions
of these leaders.
“After government pro-
vided 75% of vaccines
available for free, vaccina-
tion speed picked up and
11.50 crore doses were
given in June,” Vardhan
said in a tweet. He said
if there are issues in
states,itshowsthatthey
need to plan their vac-
cination drives better.
“Intra-state planning
and logistics are the re-
sponsibility of the
states. If these leaders
are aware of these facts
and are still making
such statements, I con-
sider it most unfortu-
nate. If vaccine supply
is still an issue, it’s the
fault of the
states, Min-
ister under-
lined”.
‘3rd wave may
not come if norms
are followed’
‘Less data on
Delta plus to show
it’s infectious’
New Delhi: If people
are careful India is
able to vaccinate a
large number of popu-
lation, then the third
wave of COVID-19 may
not even come, said
AIIMS Director Dr
Randeep Guleria.
“That depends on
how we behave, if we
are careful and we
have good vaccination
coverage, then the
third wave may not
come, or it will be very
little,” Dr Guleria told.
New Delhi: The Di-
rector of AIIMS, Del-
hi, Dr Randeep Gule-
ria on Thursday said
that there is not much
data available on the
Delta plus variant to
suggest that it is more
infective or has a high-
er rate of mortality
.
He advised that if
people follow COVID
appropriate behaviour
and take the COVID-19
vaccination, then they
will be safe against
any emerging variant.
“There isn’t much
data on Delta plus var-
iant to suggest it’s
more infectious, caus-
ing more deaths, or
has developed signifi-
cant immune escape
mechanism.
Dr Randeep Guleria
Harsh Vardhan
Withphototwist,TMCtargets
GovernoronKolkataVaxfraud
Kolkata: In a new twist
to its running battle
with West Bengal gover-
nor, TMC has trained
its guns on him afresh
with ammunition
linked to the fake vacci-
nation scam in Kolkata.
Trinamool Rajya Sabha
MP Sukhendu Shekhar
Roy today displayed 2
photographs at a news
conference in Kolkata.
One was of the Kolk-
ata vaccine fraudster
Debanjan Deb and his
bodyguard standing be-
hind him. The body-
guard Amiya Vaidya
has said he used to be a
jawan in BSF. Debanjan
Deb was arrested after
the fake vaccine camp
he used to hold in Kasba
in south Kolkata was
busted on June 23.
‘Submit results on
Covavax adult trials 1st’
New Delhi: An expert
panel constituted by the
government has recom-
mended against grant-
ing permission to the
Serum Institute of In-
dia (SII) to conduct
phase two and three
clinical trials of Cov-
avax COVID-19 vaccine
on children aged be-
tween 2-17 years, said
sources on Thursday
.
According to the
sources, the govern-
ment panel has asked
the Institute to com-
plete trials on adults
first. The CEO of Pune-
based SII, Adar Poona-
walla, had in March
this year said that the
trials for ‘Covavax’, the
COVID-19 vaccine de-
veloped by US-based
vaccine manufacturer
Novavax, have begun
in India, and added
that he is hoping the
vaccine launch will
take place by Septem-
ber this year.
The Serum Institute
hadappliedtotheDrugs
Controller General of
India (DCGI) on Mon-
day seeking permission
to conduct clinical tri-
als of Covavax on chil-
dren at 10 sites. No-
vavax’s vaccine candi-
date has partnered with
Pune-based vaccine
manufacturer Serum
Institute of India to pro-
duce doses in India.
Jagdeep Dhankhar was seen in the photo with Amiya Vaidya.
Suvendu Adhikari meets Amit Shah,
discusses legal issues with Tushar Mehta
New Delhi: Leader of
Opposition in West
Bengal Suvendu Adhi-
kari on Thursday had
meetings with Bharati-
ya Janata Party leader-
ship including Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah as the state BJP
prepares to take on the
Mamata Banerjee gov-
ernment over post-poll
violence in the state
during the budget ses-
sion of assembly start-
ing from July 2.
It will be the first
such session after the
results of assembly
polls on May 2. Sources
stated that Adhikari
briefed Shah regarding
the prevailing situation
in West Bengal. Adhi-
kari also met the Solici-
tor General of India
Tushar Mehta to dis-
cuss various legal is-
sues. Adhikari’s meet-
ing with Mehta is being
considered significant
as the political battle
between the two parties
has also entered courts.
BJP is making rigor-
ous attempts to get jus-
tice to those who the
party says have faced
violence at the hands of
TMC cadres after as-
sembly poll results
were declared.
Suvendu Adhikari Amit Shah
NOTICE ISSUED
Navjot Sidhu for Punjab Cong Boss?
Gandhis’ formula sparks debate
New Delhi: Sulking
Congress leader Navjot
Singh Sidhu may share
the job of party chief in
Punjab with another
leader as part of a for-
mula to defuse intense
infighting that has en-
dangered the party’s
campaign for state polls
next year. A rejig of
Chief Minister Ama-
rinder Singh’s cabinet
is also likely soon.
But sources say Ra-
hul Gandhi has yet to
endorse the plan that
has his sister Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra’s approv-
al. After Rahul Gan-
dhi’s perceived snub to
Navjot Sidhu on Tues-
day, it was Priyanka
Gandhi’s intervention
that enabled a meeting
between the two yester-
day. “Navjot Sidhu’s
meeting with Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka
Gandhi is a good sign,
and this will help re-
solve the issue. I think
there could be a resolu-
tion soon,” Harish Raw-
at, Congress in-charge
of Punjab, told ANI.
While Priyanka Gan-
dhi was projected by
some Congress leaders
as troubleshooter,
sources say the party is
divided on the benefits
of the Gandhis’ role in
tackling the Punjab cri-
sis. —ANI
HIGHLIGHTS
 Indo-Bangla Power
Project Set To Get
First Consignment
Of Fuel: Official
 Common For Cats,
Dogs To Catch
COVID-19 From
Owners: Study
 Will Review Text On
India’s Patent Waiv-
er Move For Covid
Vaccines: UK
 Govt launches special
drive to bring more
farmers under PM
crop cover scheme
 Over 2000 children in
Delhi lost either one
or both parents to
COVID-19: Survey
 India, Bangladesh
facing new nar-
co-terrorism threat
with new drug
smuggling routes:
Report
 BCCC asks TV
channels to exercise
restraint on portrayal
of gender-based
violence
 School enrolment
improved in 2019-
20 compared to
previous year, says
UDISE+ report
Heat wave likely over northern
plains in next two days: IMD
New Delhi: Northern
India is unlikely to get
any aid from the swel-
tering warmth because
IMD on Thursday stated
warmth wave situations
are likely over Punjab,
Haryana, Delhi, north
Rajasthan UP in the
next two days.
It stated warmth
wave to extreme
warmth wave situa-
tions had been noticed
in remoted locations
overJammuonWednes-
day. The climate work-
place added that
warmth wave situa-
tions had been recorded
in most locations over
Punjab, Haryana, Chan-
digarh, Delhi, west Ut-
tar Pradesh, northwest
Rajasthan and north-
west Madhya Pradesh,
with extreme warmth
wave situations at re-
moted areas in the area.
Severe warmth wave
situations had been no-
ticed at remoted loca-
tions over northeast
Rajasthan as properly
, it
stated.
T e m p e r a t u r e s
throughout the plains
have crossed 40 levels
Celsius in the previous
couple of days.
Navjot Singh Sidhu
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
First India holds digital awareness
conclave against Corona in Sikar
FIGHT AGAINST CORONA
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: A Digital Aware-
ness Conclave was or-
ganised by First India
on the theme ‘Corona
Fighter Against Coro-
na’, wherein Channel
Head Jagdeesh Chan-
dra, Education Minis-
ter and PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra,
District Collector Avi-
chal Chaturvedi, Super-
intendent of Police
Kunwar Rashtradeep,
CLC Director Shravan
Chaudhary
, Prince Edu-
cation Hub Director Dr
Piyush Sunda, Guru
Kripa Career Institute
Director Pradeep Buda-
nia, Chief Medical and
Health Officer Dr Ajay
Chaudhary were pre-
sent. Participating in
the launch of the pro-
gramme, Jagdeesh
Chandra said, “I wel-
come all the guests in
the conclave. During
corona’s second wave,
excellent work was
done in the Sikar region
as the guidelines issued
by the state government
were followed. Educa-
tion Minister and PCC
Chief did a great job in
their home district.”
Meanwhile, Dotasra
said that educational
institutions of Sikar
have given assistance
of Rs1 crore for the oxy-
gen plant. Avichal
Chaturvedi said, “Sav-
ing the lives of people
was the first priority for
us during Corona and
we did a better job, due
to lack of oxygen, we
did not let a single pa-
tient die in the district
and soon the district
would become self-suffi-
cient in oxygen.”
TERRITORIAL FIGHTS
cause of concern in R’Bhore
There is
constant
territorial fight
between
siblings Riddhi
and Siddhi of
zone number 3
and 4. At
present, both
are not ready to
leave this area.
Because of this
conflict, both
are in danger
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Tiger popula-
tion is increasing in
Ranthambore National
Park as such the area
per tiger is decreasing.
In such a situation, re-
ports of territorial
fights between the ti-
gers are common, but
despite this, the opposi-
tion to the shifting from
Ranthambore contin-
ues. At present there
are 69 tigers in Ranth-
ambore. A tiger has a
territory of 25 to 30 km.
At present, shifting
of 6 tigers from Ranth-
ambore is proposed to
be done in other sanctu-
aries of the state. These
include three tigers and
three tigresses. These
include T-113, T-121,
T-123 male tigers while
T-119, T-124, T-126 fe-
male tigers. In Ranth-
ambore, a total of 8 ti-
gers have died in terri-
torial fights during five
years. In the last three
months, two cubs have
died during territorial
fights.
Panther found
dead in cave,
probe ordered
Ajmer: The negli-
gence by the vil-
lagers and forest
department has
claimed the life of
a female panther,
held captive in a
cave near Webra
Bawdi village in
Shyamgarh Pan-
chayat.
A medical
board of the for-
est department
has conducted the
post-mortem in
Beawar Nursery.
Prima facie evi-
dence suggests
death due to being
trapped in the
cave, the hungry
female panther
tried to come out,
however died af-
ter getting buried
in the stones. The
dead body is also
about 3-4 days old.
Participants during Digital Awareness Conclave organised by First India.
Rape incident video goes viral
in Alwar, three accused held
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: Nearly two
years after the Thanag-
azi rape case that had
rocked the state, a simi-
lar rape incident case
once again reported in
Alwar district where a
rape incident video has
been made viral and
was also, allegedly, sold
for fifteen thousand ru-
pees.
The victim has alleged
that three youths raped
her and made the video
of the incident which
was being used by one
of the accused for black-
mailing the girl. This
video was later put as
whatsapp status by one
of the accused, who was
familiar with the girl
and her family for a
long time. Meanwhile,
the Alwar police sprung
into action and arrested
three accused in this
connection.
Three men have been
identified as Bhuru Jat,
Vikas Choudhary and
Gautam Saini, whereas
another accused Rahul
Yadav is on the run. Af-
ter the girl registered a
case in the Mahila Tha-
na on 28 June, an inves-
tigation was initiated in
the matter. “Vikas and
Bhuru are accused of
rape while Gautam
made the obscene video
viral after he tried to
blackmail the girl to es-
tablish physical rela-
tion with him as well to
which the girl denied,”
said Amit Singh, CO Al-
war Rural. Notably, the
accused even threat-
ened the girl of dire
consequences for not
answering their phone
calls.
Raj State Gas
Ltd Board to
have 2 new
members
First India Bureau
Jaipur: There will be
two new members in
the governing board of
Rajasthan State Gas Ltd
(RSGL), a joint venture
of Rajasthan State Pe-
troleum Corporation
Limited and GAIL Gas
Limited.
The decision was tak-
en in a virtual meeting
of the Board of Direc-
tors of the company
which was incorporat-
ed in 2013 as a nodal
agency for development
of retail gas infrastruc-
ture in the state for en-
suring availability of
Clean, Safe and Green
Fuel to meet the de-
mand of industrial,
commercial, automo-
tive and domestic cus-
tomers.
ACS mines Subodh
Agarwal, who chaired
the meeting, informed
that MD Rajasthan
State Mines and Miner-
als has been made a
member of the Board of
Directors on behalf of
the state government.
CRUCIAL READ
POCSO JUDGE SENTENCES THREE RAPE
ACCUSED TO RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT
SOUTHERN CARDINAL VICTORY FLAME
ARRIVES AT AJMER MILITARY STATION
HC STAYS TERMINATION
ORDER TILL FURTHER NOTICE
Sikar: Special Judge POCSO Dr Seema Agrawal
sentenced all three accused involved in a case of
kidnapping and gang-rape of a girl student in 2017.
The main accused has been sentenced to 10 years
rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs
50,000 and the accomplices to 5 years rigorous im-
prisonment with a fine of Rs 10,000. Kamlesh is
the main accused and was assisted by Jitendra and
Mukendra. Kamlesh and his aide kidnapped a minor
girl sleeping in the house. The girl was raped for
more than 20 days in Sikar, Baroda and Nashik.
Jaipur: The Southern Cardinal Victory Flame arrived
at Ajmer military station on
Thursday. It was received by
Lieutenant General Surendra
Kulkarni, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
and bar (Retired) 1971 war
veteran Honorary Captain Narpat
Singh. The victory flame was
accompanied by a team of Battle
Axe Division in the last mile run.
A wreath laying ceremony was held.
Jaipur: In case of termination of services
without any reason and without hearing side
of medical officers appointed by health dept
on UTB basis in Bharatpur, Judge SP Sharma’s
single bench issued a notice to medical health
secretary, director, CMHO, Bharatpur and others,
and summoned them in four weeks. Meanwhile,
termination order has been stayed till further
notice, informed advocates in Supreme Court
Aditya Jain and Neha Gyamalani.
With single vax
dose lawyers
can enter HC
Woman torture:
SHRC notice to SP
Jodhpur: Advocates
who have got one
dose of Corona vac-
cine will now be per-
mitted to enter in
high court and sub-
ordinate courts.
The decision was
taken in a meeting of
the full court to regu-
larise works in the
court. Earlier, the
high court adminis-
tration had decided
that the lawyers who
have completed 14
days after getting
both the doses will be
allowed in courts.
After the objec-
tions, CJ Mahanty on
Thursday amended
the decision.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Rajasthan
Human Rights Com-
mission has issued a
notice to Superinten-
dent of Police Pratp-
garh directing him to
submit a factual report
on alleged torture on a
woman by her husband.
Taking cognisance
of media reports that a
woman has been
chained by her hus-
band for over three
months, the chairper-
son of the commission
Justice G K Vyas issued
the notice.
Massive fire breaks out in sanitary
warehouse in city, property gutted
First India Bureau
Jaipur : A fire broke out
on Thursday night in a
sanitary warehouse in
the VKI factory area in
Jaipur. After the fire, the
fire brigade was in-
formed. However, the
fire took a formidable
form and spread all over
the warehouse. More
than 20 fire brigade vehi-
cles reached the spot and
tried to take control of
the fire. Due to the fire,
there was an atmosphere
of panic in the entire
area. The workers were
working till late in the
night to douse the fire.
On receiving the infor-
mation about the fire,
police also reached the
spot. The cause of the
fire could not be ascer-
tained. There is a sani-
tary warehouse in the
Vishwakarma Industri-
al Area (VKI) in Jaipur.
The warehouse was full
of sanitary wares.
Fire tenders pressed into service to douse the fire.
RCA meeting today to
discuss cric issues today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A meeting of
the executive commit-
teeof RajasthanCrick-
et Academy will be
held on Friday to hold
discussions on various
matters pertaining to
cricket in the state.
Discussions on the
construction of RCA’s
stadium will also be
held. The RCA will
also get land lease for
the stadium on Friday
.
The lease will be hand-
ed over by JDA com-
missioner Gaurav Go-
yal to RCA President-
Vaibhav Gehlot at 11
am. RCA is the first
sports federation to
buy its own land on
which the construc-
tion of a world class
stadium will start
soon.
COMBATING CORONA
In Khamnore Community Health Center of Nathdwara
Assembly constituency, 17 oxygen concentrators, 25
pulse oximeters, 25 equipped bands and one by-pap
machine were gifted. On this occasion, Assembly
Speaker Dr. CP Joshi flagged off a vehicle from
his residence in Jaipur. The Cooperative Minister ,
Udayalal Anjana, State Director of Vishwa Foundation
Vishwa Ranjan Patnaik were also present.

Choose to live life with
gratefulness and it is a choice one
has to make on a daily basis.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The State Gov-
ernment has given spe-
cial treatment to Tonk
district, primarily be-
cause former Deputy
Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot was elected from
here. Although Tonk is
a comparatively small-
er district, yet the force
of officials posted here,
is akin to bigger dis-
tricts. While RAS offic-
ers are generally deput-
ed on posts like CEO
and SDO, in Tonk, IAS
officers have been de-
puted on these posts
and as a result, Collec-
tor, CEO and SDO in the
district are officials be-
longing to the IAS cad-
re. But what is more
interesting is the fact
that the three posts are
being handled by three
women, which is a first
of its kind in Rajasthan.
A 2014 batch IAS offic-
er, Chinmayee Gopal is
currently serving as
TonkCollector,whileher
junior, a 2017 batch offic-
er, Saumya Jha is serv-
ing as the CEO, whereas,
a 2018 batch IAS officer,
Nithya K is serving as
SDO. It is also worth not-
ing here that Chinmayee
and Nithya have worked
together way back in
2019 in Ajmer.
WhenChinmayeewas
Commissionerof Ajmer
Municipal Corporation,
a controversy arose,
when her feud with an
advocate grabbed the
headlinesinnewspapers
and later Chinmayee
even registered an FIR
against the advocate. It
has only been two
months since she be-
cametheTonkCollector.
Nithya, when she was
serving as Assistant
Collector (under train-
ing), a Hindi teacher
had to be appointed for
her to make her con-
verse with people easily
,
since she is a native of
Tamil Nadu and doesn’t
know how to converse
in Hindi. She was post-
ed as Tonk SDO in Au-
gust 2020.
A 2017 batch IAS of-
ficer, Saumya has also
been appointed as CEO
of Tonk Zila Parishad
in April 2021. The fact,
therefore, remains that
although Nithya has
spent nearly eight
months in Tonk, the re-
maining two have only
completed 60 days in
their respective posi-
tions and as soon as
they took over, Covid’s
second wave hit the dis-
trict and when the situ-
ation couldn’t be han-
dled, two senior RAS
officers were sent in
from Jaipur to handle
Covid management.
Now that the situa-
tion is back to normal,
it remains to be seen
how these three lady of-
ficers would handle the
affairs of the district.
Will Tonk’s ‘Tri-Devis’ rise to the administrative challenge?
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved the
proposal related to ju-
risdiction of 12 new po-
lice stations approved
in 6 districts.
New police stations
will be set up at Sadar
Sujangarh in Churu
district, Obri and Chau-
rasi in Dungarpur,
Jaipur Airport, SMS
Hospital, Jaipur-Ajmer
Highway Jaisingh-
pura Khor, Moamabad
Renwal-Manjhi in
Jaipur rural, Bhadra
Canal water security
anti-theft stations in
Nohar in Hanuman-
garh Kalyanpur in
Udaipur and Behtuka-
lan in Alwar. Moreover,
in sequence of an-
nouncements made by
CM Gehlot during the
State Budget- 2021-22,
debate on budget and
discussion on Finance
and Appropriation Bill,
8 new courts will be
opened in the state
soon. Gehlot also ap-
proved upgradation of
Civil Judge Judicial
Magistrate Court at
Todarai Singh of Tonk
district to Senior Civil
Judge Additional
Chief Judicial Magis-
trate Court opening
of Civil Judge and Judi-
cial Magistrate Courts.
CM’s nod to establish 12 new
police stns, 8 courts in state
GUV KALRAJ MISHRA’s BIRTHDAY
First India Bureau
Jaipur : In what could
be considered as a 'blitz-
krieg' activity on Thurs-
day
, the ACB took action
against 3 officers in
Jaipur, Jodhpur and
Chittorgarh, and raided
14 different places in the
state in connection with
the acquisition of dis-
proportionate assets. In
the search operation,
accounts and docu-
ments denoting invest-
ment in valuable prop-
erty have been recov-
ered from the houses of
the three officers. Mean-
while, the ACB has also
registered three sepa-
rate cases against them.
The first case of dis-
proportionate assets
has been registered
against Ex-EN of JDA's
Mansarover Zone- Nir-
mal Kumar Goyal.
Raids were conducted
at four of his places in
Jaipur wherein, it was
revealed that Nirmal
Goyal has invested
about Rs 6 crore on as-
sets and various ex-
penses, during his ser-
vice which is about
14.50% more than his
legitimate income,
said BL Soni, DG ACB.
At the residence of
Ex-EN Nirmal Kumar
Goyal, located on Mad-
hya Marg in Jaipur, the
team found 23 bottles of
expensive foreign liq-
uor, foreign currency i.e
2000 US dollars and 245
Euros along with cash
worth Rs 2,27,790 and
two luxury cars. Addi-
tionally, documents re-
lated to 2 plots of 1,100
yards were recovered in
Sumer Nagar, Jaipur as
well belonging to the Ex-
EN on which construc-
tion work is going on.
Apart from this, papers
of amansion,twolocker
keys, 318 grams of gold
and 3.5 kg of silver and
other property papers
were recovered in Deeg.
Meanwhile, in Jodh-
pur, the Bureau sleuths
registered an FIR
against Pradeep Kumar
Sharma, SHO of Sursa-
gar police station of
Jodhpur Commission-
erate. A search was con-
ducted at Jodhpur, Bho-
palgarh Bikaner
wherein, it was found
that about Rs 4.43 crore
was invested by Shar-
ma during his service
which is 33.3% more
than his legitimate in-
come.
During the search of
Sharma's residence in
Jodhpur by 3 ACB
teams, a copy of agree-
ment to buy a crusher
land has been recov-
ered. Apart from this,
three buses from his
private school at Bho-
palgarh in Jodhpur
were recovered, while
the third team of the
bureau sealed Sharma's
house in Bikaner.
Similarly, in raid at
Chittorgarh, ACB regis-
tered a case against
DTO Manish Kumar
Sharma, for possessing
disproportionate as-
sets. ACB teams
searched 6 locations of
DTO at Jaipur, Chittor-
garh, Udaipur and
Jodhpur. In the investi-
gation, investment of
Rs 1.84 crore has been
found.
According to ACB
ADG Dinesh MN, dur-
ing the search Sharma's
flat located in Chittor-
garh by 5 teams of the
bureau, Rs 99,500 in
cash, an Enfield bike, a
car, documents related
to foreign trips, laptop,
camera, Apple phone
etc. have been found.
Sharma’s flats in
Udaipur Jaipur have
been sealed by the ACB
team.
In the meanwhile, a
Patwari, identified as
Ganesharam, was ar-
rested by ACB in Hanu-
mangarh for taking a
bribe of Rs 4,000.He de-
manded money in lieu
of an official work re-
lated to land record.
RajACBnabs3govtofficialsfor
possessingdisproportionateassets
Chinmayee Gopal Saumya Jha Nithya-K
WORKING STYLE OF GUV DIFFERS
FROM THAT OF OTHERS, SAYS CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A coffee table
book ‘Kalraj Mishra:
Nimitt Matra Hoon
Main’ based on the bi-
ography of Governor
Kalraj Mishra was un-
veiled on the occasion
of Governor Kalraj
Mishra’s birthday at
the Raj Bhawan on
Thursday. The book
was launched by Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot, Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla and the
Speaker of the Legisla-
tive Assembly Dr CP
Joshi. Speaking at the
function, Birla said
that Mishra has devot-
ed his entire life for the
welfare of humanity
and society
.
He said that Mishra is
a unique politician,
who has been a mem-
ber of the Legislative
Assembly, Legislative
Council, Rajya Sabha
and Lok Sabha and is
now discharging his
constitutional respon-
sibility as the Gover-
nor.
Birla added that public
welfare has always
been his top priority
.
Calling the Governor
an individual with
simple, soft- spoken
and a friendly persona,
CM Ashok Gehlot said
that the working style
of the Governor is dif-
ferent from that of oth-
ers.
Assembly Speaker,Dr
CP Joshi while ad-
dressing the event,
said that the Governor
is effectively protect-
ing basic spirit of the
Constitution and that
of bridging the gap be-
tween the State the
Central Governments.
“Governor is not a per-
son, but an institution
and it is his duty to en-
sure that Constitution-
al values are protected
while maintaining the
dignity of the
post,”Mishra said.
Governor Kalraj Mishra, CM Ashok Gehlot, LS Speaker Om Birla and Assembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi during the launching ceremony of a Coffee Table Book based on the life of Governor
Mishra titled, ‘Kalraj Mishra: Nimitt Matra Hoon Main’ at the Raj Bhawan on Thursday.
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra called upon the
Vice- Chancellors of state universities to expedite
preparation of courses as per the 'Choice Based Credit
System' by incorporating the important points of the
new education policy. He also asked them to ensure
completion of the Constitution Parks in universities by
November 26. Speaking at a meeting of Vice- Chan-
cellors, the Governor “The universities should set up
training and placement cells in their own places in
such a way that the students can get job opportunities
easily after their studies,” he said. The Vice- Chancellor
of Rajasthan University Prof Rajiv Jain, V-C of Mohan
Lal Sukhadia University, Prof Amerika Singh V-Cs of
other state universities attended the conference.
EFFECTIVE STEPS IMPERATIVE FOR
SKILL DEVP AMONG STUDENTS: GUV
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The issue
of turncoat BSP MLAs
and independent legis-
lators getting more at-
tention by the Ashok
Gehlot led Congress
government in Ra-
jasthan revived once
again on Wednesday
with the meeting of
a leader of the Sachin
Pilot camp with AICC
General Secretary
Ajay Maken in Delhi.
Manish Yadav, who
contested 2018 assem-
bly elections as Con-
gress candidate on
Shahpura seat, met
Maken and raised the
issue of being ne-
glected.
Manish Yadav and
Subhash Meel, who
wasthepartycandidate
in Khandela, said that
independent and BSP
candidateshadwonthe
assembly elections by
defeating the Congress
candidates and today
,
they are getting atten-
tion instead of the Con-
gress leaders.
“When these 19
MLAs supported the
government, we wel-
comed them, but the
responsibility of par-
ty organization was
also handed over in
these areas to those
who had defeated the
party. The workers
who worked hard to
form the government
and worked for the
Congress are con-
stantly being ig-
nored,” he said.
Those who worked
for Congress are feel-
ing isolated, Yadav
said. “We are con-
stantly being ignored
in the party organiza-
tion as well,” he said.
Yadav said that Con-
gress is in power and
majority, yet it is
wrong to support inde-
pendents and those
coming from BSP. 6
candidates who were
defeated, had reached
Delhi on Wednesday
sought time to meet in-
charge Ajay Maken.
The rest of the leaders
hadreturnedtoJaipur,
but Manish Yadav
stayed and met Maken.
We are constantly being ignored: Yadav
Ajay Maken Manish Yadav
Gehlot
says
On Doctor’s Day, I pay
tributes to doctors
who have made a
significant contribution
in war against Corona
by sacrificing their lives.
I pray to God to give
strength to their families
to bear this huge loss.
#NationalDoctorsDay
We have lost many
doctors to Covid-19.
Doctors have done a
commendable job to
protect humanity without
caring for their lives.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The ongo-
ing ‘camp clash’ in Ra-
jasthan Congress has
resulted in tarnishing
the party’s image and
credibility in the
minds of general pub-
lic. However, taking a
timely decision in the
matter, the High Com-
mand has stepped in
and in order to end the
ongoing tension, it has
issued a decree to the
leaders not to make
public statements
about the party’s inter-
nal workings. This is
now being seen as a
way of ‘damage con-
trol’ by the party.
As a result of the ‘de-
cree’, leaders who have
been vocal in express-
ing their views in the
past, have suddenly
started maintaining si-
lence after meeting the
AICC General Secre-
tary in-charge Ajay
Maken. This ‘turna-
round’ has occured af-
ter the in-charge as-
sured them of solving
their problems. Due to
the delay in cabinet ex-
pansion and political
appointments in Ra-
jasthan, party leaders
had run awry and Ge-
hlot and Pilot camps
were in a verbal quag-
mire. After this, many
of these leaders came
to Delhi and met the
General Secretary in-
charge.
High Command steps
in to provide ‘damage
control’ formula
RAJ POWER TUSSLE
Nirmal Goyal Pradeep Kumar Sharma Manish Sharma
Ajay Maken

JAIPUR, FRIDAY
JULY 2, 2021
virtual fashion show
was held by the Fash-
ion Mob in associa-
tion with Bani Pasri-
cha. It was a destina-
tion fashion show at
scenic locations in
Cappadocia and Istanbul
of Turkey
.
Fashion mob is led by
Lokesh Sharma, an inter-
nationally acclaimed Indi-
an show director and fash-
ion choreographer. He is
known for his precise im-
aginationwhichhefurther
makes a beautiful reality
.
Amazing pictures were
taken at the shoot by tal-
ented photo artist Sid-
dharth Pruthi, whereas
Cleopatramakeoversmade
surethatthemakeupgame
is on point throughout the
shoot.
The previous edition of
the fashion mob was shot
in Milan, Bali, Paris and
London. Bani is known for
doing exceptional work in
India and overseas. Her de-
signs exude international
charm with a touch of In-
dianness and that’s why
her designs are loved by
many
. Bani Pasricha and
Fashion mob by Lokesh
Sharma previously joined
hands to launch 1st digital
edition of Bani Pasricha’s
collection.
The idea behind the
shoot was to create a beau-
tiful pictorial series with
garments that highlights
the talent, hard work of de-
signers and give a visual
vibe to end-user, to choose
and own the ensembles.
Collection NINA was in-
spired by a woman who
strives for power, achieves
it and looks to create a
greater change in society
.
Thecoloursof thecollec-
tion are vibrant tones of
red, yellow, mauve, pink,
sunshineyellowandsharp-
ly structured around the
body and adorned with de-
tailedhandworkbasedona
signature red gown by the
designer herself. The
themeof brandBaniPas-
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independent woman yet
embracing the softer
feminine nurturing
side of a
wo m -
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Glamour at
ISTANBUL
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brings to you
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mesmerizing
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straight from
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Fashion Mob
with Bani
Pasricha!
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Bani Pasricha

angoes are sweet, creamy
fruits that have a range of
possible health benefits.
They are highly popular
around the world.
The mango is a member
of the drupe family
. This is
a type of plant food with a fleshy outer
section that surrounds a shell, or pit.
This pit contains a seed. Olives, dates,
and coconuts are also part of this fam-
ily
. There are many different kinds of
mango. They vary in colour, shape, fla-
vour, and seed size. Although mango
skin can be green, red, yellow, or or-
ange, its inner flesh is mostly golden
yellow. This feature is part of a collec-
tionof articlesonthehealthbenefitsof
popularfoods.Inthisarticle,weexplore
the many benefits of mangoes, explain
their nutritional breakdown, and pro-
vide a few healthful recipe ideas.
Mango fruit is full of Vitamin A and
C and is one of the richest sources of
minerals such as potassium, magne-
sium, copper, calcium, and phos-
phorus. It is full of prebiotic
dietary fibre (prebiotics are
types of dietary fibre that
feed the friendly bacteria
in your gut) and a lot of
antioxidant compounds.
MANGOES MAY HELP
WHITTLE YOUR
MIDDLE:
They may seem more
likeadecadent
dessert than
a healthy
fruit, but
m a n g o e s
are diet-
friendly
. Because they’re naturally
sweet, eating them can help quash
your cravings for candy or other sug-
ary foods. A one-cup serving of fresh
mango has 100 calories, and because
that same serving has three grams of
filling fibre, you’ll feel fuller on
fewer calories. In fact, man-
goes are 83% water by
weight, and research
from Penn State Uni-
versity has shown
that eating foods
that have a high
water content
(and lower ener-
gy density) help
to keep you full-
er while eating
less.
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Miyazaki mangoes are no ordinary fruit.
Christened Taiyo no Tamago (Egg of the
Sun), the ruby-hued fruit originally grown
in southern Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture,
is as dear as gold in the international
market. A pair of mangoes were recently
auctioned for $3000 (approximately Rs
2.5 lakh); buying a mango will usually set
you back by $50. To qualify, the fruit has
to meet strict criteria. Only those man-
goes that fall off the tree are harvested. A
couple in Madhya Pradesh is now making
news as they are growing the fruit in their
orchard in Jabalpur. “It’s like jelly. You
can eat it along with its peel. The pulp just
melts in the mouth and is exceptionally
sweet,” Sankalp Singh Parihar said.
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