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Mumbai: The Sensex closed at 58,129.95, up 277.41 or 0.48%, while the Nifty
was at 17,323.60, up 89.45 points, or 0.52%. Banks, financials , FMCG were
top drags. Sensex, Nifty closed over 0.48% higher on Friday. Indian shares hit
all-time highs on Friday, boosted by Reliance Industries and a jump in Exide
Industries following the sale of the battery maker’s insurance unit to HDFC Life.
New Delhi: India-Russia friendship had “stood the test of time,” PM Narendra Modi
asserted on Friday while virtually addressing the Far Eastern Economic Forum 2021,
currently underway in the Russian port city of Vladivostok. Modi’s remarks came days
after Russia abstained from a crucial Afghanistan and terrorism-related resolution at
the United Nations Security Council, where India served as President for August. P6
SENSEX CLOSES
AT NEW HIGH
OF 58,130, NIFTY
AT 17,324
INDIA-RUSSIA
FRIENDSHIP HAS
STOOD TEST OF
TIME: PM MODI
CRUCIAL READ
SC DECLINES WB’S PLEA FOR APPOINTING
OWN DGP WITHOUT UPSC INVOLVEMENT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to
entertain a plea of the West Bengal government seeking
permission to appoint its own Director General of Police
(DGP) without the Union Public Service Commission’s
(UPSC) involvement. The Bench of Justices LN Rao, BR
Gavai and BV Nagarathna said the state had filed a similar
application in the past too which had been rejected.
HEAD CONSTABLE MURDER: HC GRANTS
BAIL TO 5 ACCUSED, SAYS EXPRESSING
DISSENT IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
New Delhi: Observing that “the sole act of protesting”
cannot be used as “a weapon to justify the incarcera-
tion” of those exercising this right, the Delhi High Court
granted bail Friday to five persons arrested last year
by Delhi Police for allegedly being part of an anti-CAA
protest during which Head Constable Ratan Lal, who
belonged to Sikar, sustained fatal injuries.
Collegium nod for
4 lawyers and 3
judicial officers to
be judges in Raj HC
Jaipur: Supreme Court
Collegium has approved
elevation of 4 senior
advocates as judges to
Rajasthan HC. Decision
was taken at Collegium’s
meeting held on Wednes-
day. Advocates set to be
elevated include Ganesh
Ram Meena, Sudesh
Bansal, Anoop Dhand and
Farzand Ali. Besides, the
Collegium also cleared
names of three judicial
officers to be elevated
as judges. These include
Uma Shankar Vyas, Vinod
Kumar Bharwani and
Madan Gopal Vyas.
Scindia writes to Gehlot to expedite
Kota airport land handover
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union Civil
Aviation minister Jyoti-
raditya Scindia has
written a letter to Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
saying that the pro-
posed greenfield air-
port in Kota has been
included in the master-
plan. The state govern-
ment should immedi-
ately hand over the
1,250 acres of land to
the Airports Authority
of India, after a survey
is done by the AAI, so
that the work of con-
struction of the airport
starts soon. Turn to P6
Kabul: Amid India’s
concern that Afghani-
stan territory might
be used for anti-India
activity under the Tal-
iban regime, the ter-
ror group has said that
it has the right to raise
its voice for Muslims
anywhere including in
Kashmir. However, it
added that the group
does not have the poli-
cy to raise arms
against any country
.
In an interview with
BBC Urdu, Taliban
spokesperson Suhail
Shaheen said: “We
have this right, being
Muslims, to raise our
voice for Muslims in
Kashmir, India, and
any other country
.”
“We will raise our
voice and say that
Muslims are your own
people, your own citi-
zens. They are entitled
to equal rights under
your laws,” he added,
according to Geo
News.
Shaheen’s remarks
are in contrast with
the group’s earlier
statements on Kash-
mir. Days after taking
control of Kabul, the
Taliban had said Kash-
mir is a “bilateral and
an internal matter”.
Tokyo: Avani Lekhara
clinched a historic sec-
ond medal at the Tokyo
Paralympics, winning a
bronze in the 50m Rifle
3 Positions SH1 event
on Friday. She has now
become the first Indian
woman to win two Para-
lympic medals.
The 19-year-old had
earlier won the gold
medal in 10m Air Rifle
Standing SH1 event.
vani had finished sec-
ond in the qualification
for the event, and made
a slow start in the final
with scores of 9.8 and
9.7 in the first two shots.
However, she gathered
momentum with a
strong finish in the re-
maining three shots of
the first series (10.1, 10.9
and 10.3). P3
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Months
ahead of Assembly elec-
tions in as many as five
states including Uttar
Pradesh,Punjab,Goa,Ut-
tarakhand and Manipur,
theABPNewsalongwith
C Voter conducted a sur-
vey to gauge the mood of
voters.
ThesurveyshowsBJP
is way ahead in Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Goa, and Manipur. The
Aam Aadmi Party is cur-
rently leading as the sin-
gle largest party in Pun-
jab, slightly short of the
majority mark.
The Congress facing
severe infighting across
all the state units with
Punjab and Manipur be-
ing the worst-hit states
stares at an uncertain
future in the polls.
Full report Page 8
TALIBAN STRIKE
KASHMIR CHORD
Avani wins bronze
TALIBAN SPOKESPERSON SUHAIL SHAHEEN IN AN
INTERVIEW: We have this right, being Muslims, to raise our
voice for Muslims in Kashmir, India and any other country
HUNTED BY MEN
THEY JAILED, AF’S
WOMEN JUDGES
SEEK ESCAPE
PRESIDENT, V-P NAIDU, PM MODI
CONGRATULATE AVANI LEKHARA
PM CONGRATULATES PRAVEEN
KUMAR FOR CLINCHING SILVER
TALIBAN NEW
CABINET TODAY,
BARADAR TO
LEAD GOVT
Kabul: Afghanistan’s 250
women judges fear for
their lives, with men they
once jailed now freed by
the victorious Taliban
to hunt them down.
While some women
judges were able to flee
in recent weeks, most
were left behind and are
still trying to get out,
said judges and activists
working around the clock
to help them escape.
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice Prez M
Venkaiah Naidu and PM Narendra Modi congratulated
Avani Lekhara. Kovind praised Lekhara for an
outstanding feat at such a young age and lauded her
consistency and commitment to succeed. Naidu also
praised Lekhara for her exemplary performances that
reflect her hard work and determination.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to
Praveen Kumar and congratulated him on winning the
Silver medal. He also lauded his hard work as well as
the support he received from his coach and parents.”
Following this, Kumar thanked the PM for best wishes.
Kabul: The Taliban
are all set to form
a government in
Afghanistan on Saturday
even as preparations
are in the final stages
to announce the new
cabinet. “All the top
leaders arrived in
Kabul,” said a Taliban
official. Some media
reports claimed that
Taliban co-founder
Mullah Baradar will
lead the new Afghan
government.
MUJAHID: CHINA MOST IMPORTANT
PARTNER, READY TO INVEST IN AF
Peshawar: Describing China as its “most important
partner”, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid
has said it looks to Beijing to rebuild Afghanistan
and exploit its rich copper deposits as the war-
ravaged country faces widespread hunger and
fears of an economic collapse. “China is our most
important partner and represents a fundamental and
extraordinary opportunity for us because it is ready
to invest and rebuild our country,” said Mujahid.
Assembly polls
2022: Survey
predicts BJP
win in 4 states
SCputsbrakeonKeralaClass11physical
exams,callsCovid-19situation‘alarming’
New Delhi: Terming
the Covid-19 situation
in Kerala “alarming”,
the Supreme Court Fri-
day put an interim stay
on the state govern-
ment’s decision to hold
Class 11 examinations
physically from Sep-
tember 6.
The apex court
pointed out that “cases
in Kerala are about 70
per cent cases of the
country.
“Prima facie we find
force in submission
made by petitioner
that the state govern-
ment has not seriously
considered the pre-
vailing situation be-
fore having a physical
exam proposed to be
conducted in Septem-
ber this year,” said a
bench of Justices A M
Khanwilkar, Hrishi-
kesh Roy, and C T Ra-
vikumar.
WHY THE DELAY IN
DEATH CERTIFICATE
GUIDELINES?: SC
New Delhi:
The Supreme
Court on Friday
criticised the
Centre for the
delay in framing
guidelines to issue death
certificates to the families
of those who died due to
Covid-19 and ordered a
compliance report to be
submitted by Sept 11. P5
Amit Shah to honour Olympic silver
medallist ASP Mirabai Chanu today
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will felicitate
Olympic silver medal
winner Mirabai Chanu
on Saturday for bring-
ing laurels for the coun-
try in weightlifting.
The 27-year-old sport-
sperson, appointed as
an Additional Superin-
tendent of Police in her
home state Manipur af-
ter her recent win, will
be honoured during the
51st Raising Day cele-
brations of the Bureau
of Police Research and
Development (BPRD), a
central government
think tank.
“This is a small ges-
ture by the BPR&D to
welcome her (Saikhom
Mirabai Chanu) to the
fraternity on behalf of
the Indian police,” an
official statement said.
Chanu had clinched
silver medal in weight-
lifting in 49kg category
at Tokyo Olympics.
TOKYO PARALYMPICS
SHE HAS NOW BECOME THE FIRST INDIAN
WOMAN TO WIN TWO PARALYMPIC MEDALS
Ministry of Information and Culture began the
process of putting up slogans on the walls and
hoisting flags in the city to announce the cabinet.
Amit Shah Mirabai Chanu
INDIA CAN PRODUCE
1K GW SOLAR ENERGY
ON 0.5% OF LAND:
MUKESH AMBANI
New Delhi: Industrialist
Mukesh Ambani said
on Friday that his Reli-
ance Industries (RIL)
would “establish and
enable” at least 100
GW of solar energy by
2030 -- over a fifth of
the government’s target
of 450 GW of renew-
able energy capacity.
Ambani, addressing the
International Climate
Summit 2021, outlined
a roadmap for New
Energy business.
CORONA CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
INDIA
45,352
new cases
366
new fatalities
08
new cases
00
new fatalities
State govt has to give
1,250 acres land to
AAI free of cost As CM Ashok Gehlot recuperates
from the angioplasty, he is not
only attending to the important
matters of the state but also took
out time for the ‘apple-of-his-
eye’ his granddaughter Kashvini.
Kashvini showed him her books
and updated him with her
curriculum. In a political career
spanning more than 4 decades,
this is probably the first time
that Gehlot has taken a break
from working round the clock for
the people and the state. Gehlot
also tweeted congratulatory
messages to the medal winners
of the Paralympics.
CM, GRAND KID
DISCUSS STUDIES

First India Bureau
Jaipur: The counting
of votes for zila pari-
shad and panchayat
samiti elections in six
districts of Rajasthan
will begin at 9 am today
.
Election Commis-
sioner PS Mehra said
polls were held to elect
200 zila parishad mem-
bers, 1,564 panchayat
samiti members, 6 zila
pramukhs and their
deputies, and 78 prad-
hans, up-pradhans in
six districts.
Of these, one zila par-
ishad member and 26
panchayati samiti mem-
bers have been elected
unopposed, he said.
The results of 199 zila
parishad and 1,537 pan-
chayati samiti mem-
bers will be announced
on Saturday, he said,
adding that the count-
ing will of votes will be
held at the respective
district headquarters.
According to Mehra,
in all the three phases,
64.40 per cent voters ex-
ercised their franchise.
He said only those
personnel and officers
who have received at
least one dose of anti-
Covid vaccine will be
deployed at the count-
ing centres.
The traffic may re-
main closed from OTS
intersection to Gandhi
Circle on JLN Marg as
counting will take place
at Rajasthan Commerce
College.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Owing to the
pandemic, the econo-
my was in a bad state
for over one and a half
years. This led to large-
scale unemployment. It
is due to the strength
and robustness of the
country that the econo-
my is getting back on
track and business is
growing rapidly, said
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas at the inaugura-
tion of the 3-day ‘Truck
Trailer and Tyre Expo
2021’ (TTT) at JECC in
Jaipur on Friday
.
Director, MDM, Ram
Soundalkar said that
the TTT expo started in
2016 in Coimbatore.
The 5th edition is being
held in Jaipur because
60% of the mining and
trailer industries of In-
dia are in Rajasthan.
The announcement
for the 6th edition in
Dubai was also made
on the occasion.
The event will be on
till September 5 and is
being supported by the
Rajasthan Chambers
of Commerce and In-
dustry, Federation of
Mining Association of
Rajasthan as well as
the Government of Ra-
jasthan, along the
Transport Associa-
tions that include
AlMTC, HTOA, Ra-
jasthan Truck Trailer
Transport Operator
Association.
Strength & robustness got economy on track: PSK
BOOSTING EMPLOYMENT
LITMUS TEST...
FOR 6 MINS, 33 MLAS TODAY
Kota: The special court of ACB on Friday sought a
factual report from the bureau’s Superintendent with
regard to a complaint filed against Excise Com-
missioner Jogaram, IAS, and the Circle Inspector
of Railway Colony police station Munindra Singh.
According to the prosecution, the complainant Yash
Chaturvedi had approached the court alleging that a
shop in the area has been allotted to a convict Ravi
Kumar Sharma in violation of the related laws. Judge
Pramod Kumar Malik has posted the next hearing to
September 15.
Jaipur: BJP MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena has come out in
the support of the 14 Nursing students who have been
rusticated from the RR College of Nursing situated in
Sitapura area of the city. He today went
to the Sanganer Sadar police station and
apprised the police of the complaint of
the students. The expulsion was later can-
celled and hostel fee was also waived off.
The students said they could not attend
the classes during the lockdown since
March last year but paid the college fee in full. Still, the
management is asking them to deposit the hostel fee too
whereas it remained totally closed for the period.
AFTER KIRODI SUPPORTS NURSING
STUDENTS, COLLEGE AGREES TO DEMANDS
NEWS DIGEST
EXAM FOR
POWER DISCOM
FROM DEC 4
JDA seals 5-storey illegal
commercial building
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Onlineexami-
nation for the first
phase recruitment
for 504 engineering
and non-technical
grade posts vacant at
the five power corpo-
rations of the state
will be held in stages
between December 4
and 12.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: JDA sealed a
five-storey illegal com-
mercial building on Fri-
day
. Besides, illegal resi-
dential colonies on
about 4 bighas of land
were also demolished
and the common road
androadboundarywere
made encroachment
free. CCE Raghuveer
Sainisaid,“Theenforce-
mentwingof JDAsealed
the illegally constructed
commercial building in
Asind Nagar.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A speeding
uncontrollable car fell
into the Amanishah
drain at Ambabadi cul-
vert on Jhotwara road
late Thursday night.
The car was noticed on
Friday morning.
The rescue team of
Vidyadhar Nagar Po-
lice Station and Civil
Defence reached
dragged out the car
with a crane. But
there was no one in-
side it. According to
the police, all the four
gates of the car were
locked. The rear glass
was broken.
Based on the regis-
tration number of the
car, the address of
Bhattabasti Jaipur
has been traced. But
on the basis of mobile
numbers written on
it, the address is of
Mansarovar. The po-
lice is trying to trace
the car owner.
Rescue team dragging out the car with a crane from Amanishah drain in Jaipur on Friday.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas inaugurating ‘Truck Trailer and
Tyre Expo 2021’ (TTT) at JECC in Jaipur on Friday.
Beautification work of Teg
Bahadur Circle begins
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP legislator
Kalicharan Saraf laid
the foundation stone
of the project for beau-
tification of Teg Baha-
dur Circle in Jhalana
Doongri area of the
city on Friday. The
MLA has given Rs 5
lakh for the project
from his MLA Local
Area Development
Fund.
Addressing the peo-
ple, Saraf informed
that a colourful foun-
tain, metal enclosures,
a flower garden and
lighting will be done
with the money grant-
ed from the fund.
CAR IN
DRAIN
Chaturvedi seeks
anti-defection law
in Panchayati Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former BJP
state president Arun
Chaturvedi during an
interaction with the
media said that anti-
defection law should be
implemented in Pan-
chayati Raj elections
and local body elections
as well to stop the prob-
lem of horse-trading.
“The state govt should
implement this provi-
sion by bringing a bill
as it is in its jurisdic-
tion,” he said.
He said, “In the Pan-
chayati Raj elections,
the govt has misused
power. Nominations
were withdrawn using
pressure on many BJP
candidates. There were
protests at many places
and arrests were also
made at the behest of
the govt.” He sought ac-
tion against those who
violated the code of
conduct.
TESTING TIMES
FOR MLAS
In Jodhpur, 7 out
of 10 MLAs have
areas in rural
areas. There are
Cong MLAs in 5 out
of seven seats in
rural areas. MLA
Vedprakash Solanki
from Chaksu, Indraj
Gurjar from Birat-
nagar, Gopal Meena
from Jamvaramgarh
& Cong MLA Gan-
gadevi from Bagru
are to be tested
in Jaipur rural
areas. Independent
Babulal Nagar from
Dudu, Alok Beniwal
from Shahpura and
Laxman Meena
from Bassi will also
be tested. BJP MLA
Ramlal Sharma
in Chomu, Nirmal
Kumawat in Phulera
and Ashok Lahoti in
Sanganer also are
on the testing table.
We are confident
about the results
as several
development works
have been done. The
public will come to
know that the Modi
government is not
working in the
interest of poor
farmers and
public.
—Govind Singh
Dotasra,
PCC
President
Our goal is
to make ‘Ajay
BJP Ajay
Rajasthan’. Now the
wheel of BJP’s
victory will not stop.
The chariot of
victory has to be
carried forward
continuously
till the
year
2023.
—Satish
Poonia,
BJP President
Lalchand Kataria
Subhash Garg
Parsadi Lal Meena
Bhajan Lal Jatav
Mamta Bhupesh
Rajendra Yadav
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ALL EYES ON CM’S
HOME TOWN
The results of the CM’s
home district Jodhpur and
Amber, the constituency of BJP
state president Satish Poonia,
will have a great impact on
the politics of Congress-BJP.
Jodhpur is the home district of
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot,
the parliamentary constitu-
ency of CM’s son Vaibhav
Gehlot and Union Minister
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Even within the Congress,
there is fierce competition
between political families.
LITMUS TEST OF 6 MINISTERS
These elections
are a litmus
test for ministers
Lalchand Kataria
and Rajendra
Yadav in Jaipur,
Bhajan Lal Jatav
and Subhash
Garg in Bharat-
pur, Parsadi
Lal Meena and
Mamta Bhupesh
in Dausa.
Police at Commerce college ahead of counting of votes in Jaipur.
PANCHAYAT
SAMITI ELECTIONS
1,564
members of
78 panchayat
samitis
200
zila parishad
members in 6
districts
50 STALLS
Sealed building in Asind Nagar.
Kalicharan Saraf laid foundation stone of Teg Bahadur Circle
at Jhalana Doongri. Ajaypal Singh and other are also seen.
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
ACB COURT SEEKS REPORT IN A PLAINT
AGAIN EXCISE COMMISSIONER, 1 MORE

RAJASTHAN
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan,
which was once known
for its low sex ratio and
lower literacy rate for
women, is now making
news with its girls win-
ning laurels for the
state by earning name
and fame while choos-
ing the most unconven-
tional careers.
A 10-year-old athlete
Pooja Vishnoi from
Guda Vishnoiyan vil-
lage of Jodhpur was in
the news for her six
packs that she devel-
oped when she was 7.
Besides being an ath-
lete, she is a cricketer
too and is the only mem-
ber from the state in the
Virat Kohli Foundation.
Pooja recently shot an
ad with cricketer Ma-
hendra Singh Dhoni.
Female in Fitness World
BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
Jaipur: The Shani Pushya Panchamrit Abhishek will
be held in Moti Doongri Ganesh Temple here on Sat-
urday at eight in the morning
in the presence of Mahant
Kailash Sharma. During this,
251 kg of milk along with
other substances will be
consecrated. Along with this,
offerings of Kheer, Pudi will be
offered. Ganpati will be seated
in a flower bungalow wearing a pink coloured parche
dress from Surat, wearing a gold-plated crown.
Jaipur: In a boost to the air traffic at the city airport,
a new flight has been started to Chandigarh while
another one will be
started to Dehradun in
the coming days. Till
now, fliers had only one
flight to each of these
two cities. Similarly, Air
Asia is going to start a
new flight to Mumbai from the city airport within a
fortnight’s time. Moreover, more new flights will be
added during the winter schedule starting from the
last week of October.
Jaipur: Taking potshots at the Congress over
possible expansion of Gehlot ministry, BJP
spokesman and MLA Ramlal Sharma commented
that along with Congress MLAs, BSP and Inde-
pendent legislators are also moving around all
dressed up as grooms but they have nowhere to
go. Sharma said the way internal fighting is going
on in Congress, it seems ministry expansion can
never be done and the hopefuls will have come to
terms with it.
PANCHAMRIT ABHISHEK AT MOTI
DOONGRI TODAY, CROWD NOT ALLOWED
NEW FLIGHT TO CHANDIGARH STARTS,
WHILE ONE TO DEHRADUN SOON
CONTENDERS FOR CABINET BERTHS
MAY HAVE TO BITE DUST: RAMLAL
NEWS DIGEST
I was not satisfied with the
gold only, when I won the
gold, I wanted to fire that
last shot better...so this bronze is def-
initely not satisfying. I am keeping
celebrations aside and focusing on
the next match, so that is my goal, to
give my 100 per cent in the next
event also. —Avani Lekhara, Indian Shooter
Right now, even the
children of Classes 9th
to 12th are not coming
to school. The decision will be
taken at the Chief Ministerial
level.
—Govind Singh Dotasra, PCC Chief
ot quite satisfied de-
spite becoming the
first Indian woman
to win two Paralym-
pic medals, shooter
Avani Lekhara on
Friday said she had
it in her to perform better at
the ongoing Games but was
done in by the nerves.
The 19-year-old, who had
won the 10m air rifle stand-
ing SH1 gold, added a 50m
rifle 3 position SH1 bronze to
her haul, she is the only one
with two Paralympic medals
and second overall from the
country to claim multiple
medals in the same edition.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Javelin thrower
Devendra Jhajharia who
won silver medal at Tokyo
Paralympics returned to
Delhi from Tokyo on
Thursday
. He met union
sports minister Anurag
Thakur on Friday and re-
turns to Jaipur today
.
Jhajharia is being given a
grand welcome on his ar-
rival here. It is worth not-
ing that Jhajharia has cre-
ated a record by winning
medals in 3 Paralympics.
N
Forest and Environment
Minister Sukhram Bishnoi
congratulated Avani, working
as ACF in department. Forest
Force Chief Dr Deep Narayan
Pandey said, atmosphere of
happiness here.
Senior Superintendent of
Post Office Jaipur Circle,
Priyanka Gupta said the
dept will convey messages
sent by fans of Avani Lekha-
ra to her through e-post for
Rs 10 per message.
DEVENDRA
JHAJHARIA IN
JAIPUR TODAY
FOREST DEPT
PROUD OF HER
E-POST MESSAGES
BY FANS FOR AVANI
The 19-year-old, who
had won the 10m air
rifle standing SH1
gold, added a 50m
rifle 3 position SH1
bronze to her haul
Dotasra announces free
roadways services for
REET aspirants
NHAI official’s murder: Infra
company owner, 3 others held
AIMRA writes to Xiaomi over ‘fraud’
Liquor traders reluctant
to use swipe machines
Tent traders to
protest outside
Assembly
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A meeting was
conducted on Friday
under the chairman-
ship of education min-
ister Govind Singh Do-
tasra at the education
complex regarding the
preparations for the
Rajasthan Eligibility
Exam for Teachers
(REET).
The minister said,
candidates appearing
in the examination will
be provided free travel
in the roadways buses.
The REET exam will
be conducted for 31,000
posts on September 26.
More than 4,000 govern-
ment, private schools
and colleges have been
made centres.
Around 25 lakh can-
didates will appear in
the level one and two
examinations to be held
in two shifts. Covid 19
protocol will be adhered
to during the examina-
tion.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Police has ar-
rested four, including
the prime accused
Karandeep Singh Sheo-
ran for murdering RK
Chawla, Advisor of the
Consultant Agency of
NHAI.
According to DCP
Jaipur, West, Richa
Tomar, Sheoran is the
owner of Haryana-
based E5 Infrastruc-
ture, a company. Chaw-
la was shot dead in
broad daylight in
Vaishali Nagar on Au-
gust 26.
Police have arrested
Sheoran, Vikas Devan-
da, Naveen Bisla and
Amit Nehra for the
murder. They said She-
oran’s company was
awarded the contract to
his company for con-
struction of 14 foot
overbridge on NH 8
from Gurgaon to Jaipur
on August 20, 2020 for
Rs 35 crore by NHAI.
The company was to
complete the work by
August 19, 2021. But the
work remained incom-
plete. The NHAI im-
posed a penalty of Rs
3.5 cr on the company
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An open letter
was delivered by All In-
dia Mobile Retailer As-
sociation (AIMRA) to
Sunil Baby, Sales Direc-
tor of Xiaomi, India.
In the letter, AIMRA
has explained in detail
about the dual policy of
the company and the
deception (business
fraud) as per the agree-
ment with about 20,000
Xiaomi Preferred Part-
ners present all over
India.
It is also mentioned
in the letter that the
company has almost
stopped all channels of
communication with
AIMRA.
It letter also men-
tioned that how the re-
tailers have been divid-
ed into categories and
no transparency has
been kept in the matter
of giving stock, there is
plenty of stock online
and empty basket in
the name of stock to of-
fline partners, false
promises made by Xi-
aomi’s team and their
chief.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The four major
constituent colleges of
Rajasthan University,
Maharaja, Maharani,
Rajasthan and Com-
merce College released
the first cutoff list on
Friday. Maharaja Col-
lege has released the
cutoff for BCA and BSc
Zoology
, Physics, Chem-
istry, Botany, Maths
Honours. Maharani
College released the
cutoff of B.Sc Home
Science, B.Sc Pass
Course and BCA Part I.
Commerce College re-
leased the list for B.
Com Pass Course, BBA,
BCA, B.Com Honors
Abst, B.Com Honours
BMDMA and B.Com
Honours EMFM.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: According to
the new excise policy
for the current finan-
cial year, the consumers
would now get a bill for
each product. That
would effectively curb
any overpricing by lo-
cal vendors.
However, reluctance
of liquor contractors to
install POS machines
has deprived the buyers
of the benefits of the
new directive. On Tonk
Road, a team of First
India News visited
some shops and all of
them refused to install
a billing system with
POS machines.
In compliance with
the provision of the
policy, excise commis-
sioner Jogaram had
also issued orders on
July 25, making it man-
datory for the liquor
products to be sold
through POS machines
at liquor vends from
August. However, so far,
a few shops have it.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Annoyed over
not lifting the curbs on
number of marriages to
be organised despite
the fact that corona im-
pact has receded con-
siderably, tent traders
have decided to gherao
the Assembly on Sep-
tember 13 when the
House would be in ses-
sion.
Rajasthan Tent Deal-
ers Kiraya Vyavsaya
Samiti chairman Ravi
Jindal said that all the
traders across the state
have been invited to
join the protest with
family
.
Avani Lekhara’s family celebrating at residence in Jaipur
on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Shooter Avani Lekhara at Tokyo Paralympics on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Pooja Vishnoi with MS Dhoni, Pooja Vishnoi showing abs, and
Megha Kapoor during an exercise session.
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari on Friday
met Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath at the Chief
Minister’s residence in
Lucknow and discussed
the construction of
Ram temple.
Diya praised Adity-
anath’s leadership for
the development being
done in UP and main-
taining the law and
order.
Diya said that Uttar
Pradesh is marching
forward on the path of
progress under Yogi.
With the reduction in
crimes in UP, women’s
safety has also been en-
sured. She expressed
hope that the BJP gov-
ernment, which has es-
tablished new dimen-
sions of development,
will come to power once
again in 2022.
‘CM WILL TAKE
A CALL ON
CLASSES I TO
VIII OPENING’
The decision to
open schools from
Classes I to VIII will
be taken at the level
of the Chief Minister,
said Dotasra while he
visited some schools
in Sikar. “Right now,
even the children of
Classes 9th to 12th
are not coming to
school. The deci-
sion will be taken at
the Chief Ministerial
level,” he said.
The four accused in the police custody on Friday.
Diya meets Yogi, Ram
temple work discussed
RU affiliated colleges
release first cut off
Jaipur: A young woman Megha Kapoor is
hitting the headlines by being a certified
health coach and has clients from Delhi,
Mumbai, USA and even Africa while being
located at Jaipur. Megha also represents
the celebrity Yoga expert Anshuka Par-
wani who has been training Bollywood
stars like Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ar-
jun Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor etc. When
young, she was irritated with comments
related to body shaming which inspired
her to take up this unconventional profes-
sion. After somebody at her sister’s wed-
ding asked her if she was eating for 2 peo-
ple, it hurt her and her self-esteem and
gave birth to a whole lot of body image is-
sues. She then chose this career.
BODY SHAMING INSPIRED MEGHA TO
TAKE UP FITNESS PROFESSION
Diya Kumari with Yogi Adityanath.
Being a
female fit-
ness coach
means competing
in a very male
dominated indus-
try in India - not
easy but that
should never stop
us. Unfortunately,
in India, not
many people
know about being
a certified health
coach.
—Megha Kapoor
COULD’VE DONE
BETTER: AVANI
In the beginning, the company gave a lot of stock
and won the trust of the shopkeepers but changed
colours when it reached the number one position.
Due to the pressure of Xiaomi’s unethical, undesir-
able, and excessively unnecessary business policy
and unusual payment plan structure, merchants
inadvertently sell mobiles pre-activated, which is
against the Indian Penal Code, said the letter.
XIAOMI’S POLICY AGAINST IPC: AIMRA IN LETTER
Jhajharia with Anurag Thakur.

PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Approach those who have
realized the purpose of life and
question them with reverence
and devotion; they will instruct
you in this wisdom.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Our higher education institutions are
key catalysts for promoting socio-
economic development and for realising
aspirations and national goals. Our
universities should popularise India’s
rich linguistic cultural heritage and
promote learning in Indian languages.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Deliberated with top textile exporters
on measures required to boost
manufacturing expand the industry
horizons globally. The focus is to
enable a conducive environment
for ‘Local Goes Global’ as India of
India emerges as a reliable partner in
textiles value chain.
TOP TWEETS
EVEN YOUTH
SHOULD TAKE
CARE OF THEIR
HEARTS HEALTH
iddharth Shukla’s
death at a young age
of 40 years has
sparkedconcernover
rising cases of heart
attacks in young adults. Before
Shukla, a popular TV star, it was
film-maker Raj Kaushal who
died due to cardiac arrest at the
age of 49. Not much is known
about Kaushal’s lifestyle but
Shukla was said to have been a
fitness freak. One has also heard
several footballers dying due to
heart attack. It is therefore im-
portant to ask why do the young
fall victims to cardiac arrests?
Lifestyle is one major factor,
cardiologistssay
.Thepressureof
work doesn’t allow time for exer-
cisingandpooreatinghabits.The
fast food popular with the pre-
sent-day youth is an even bigger
culprit. Genetic predisposition is
another cause. What is required
is a change in the attitude of
youngsters towards their health,
especially that of the heart. Car-
diologists recommend regular
heart check-ups for those above
the age of 35. Most people ignore
this advice at their own risk.
S
elhi Police’s bi-
ased investiga-
tion in the com-
munal riots
which rocked the
national capital in February
2020 has been flagged by the
Supreme Court, the Delhi
High Court and, now in the
latest development, by Addi-
tional Sessions Judge Vinod
Yadav. Judge Yadav slammed
the Delhi Police for “colossal
waste of the hard-earned
money of tax-payers, without
there being real intent of in-
vestigating the matter”. The
judge discharged Shah Alam,
the brother of former AAP
councilor Tahir Hussain, be-
sides Rashid Saifi and Shad-
ab, in a case of alleged loot of
a shop during Northeast
Delhi riots. What irked the
court was the unnecessary
delays when most of the cas-
es were an “open and shut
case”. Out of 750 cases relat-
ed to riots, charges have been
framed in only 35 cases re-
sulting in the incarceration
of a large number of people.
In March this year Justice
MuktaGuptaof theDelhiHigh
Court called a vigilance in-
quiry report submitted by the
Delhi Police against a Jamia
MilliaIslamiastudentas“half-
baked, useless piece of paper”.
Last year in February Su-
preme Court’s Justices KM
Joseph and Sanjay Kishan
Kaul called the Delhi riots
“unfortunate”. They ex-
pressed their opinion orally.
Citing the example of the
UK, Justice Joseph said,
“Look at how police act in the
UK. If somebody makes an
inflammatory remark, they
swing into action. They don’t
wait for orders…”
The Delhi Police obviously
prefer strong remarks/fine
from courts but won’t work
independently, without
“looking here and there” for
orders. That in fact is true of
police in all the states, in-
cluding those with the police
commissionary system..
POLICE CAN’T WORK
INDEPENDENTLY
The Delhi Police
obviously prefer
strong remarks/fine
from courts but won’t
work independently,
without “looking here
and there” for orders
D
To combat ISIS-K, the West may
have to ally with the Taliban
he decades-long conflict in
Afghanistan was always far
more than a simple case of
the Taliban versus the Af-
ghan government, or a Unit-
ed States-led “war on terror”.
This is because Afghanistan
is not a single country in the
sense of a legitimate system
accepted by the vast majority
.
Beyond the capital Kabul, it
is more a mosaic of local ar-
eas with factions – among
them the Taliban – seeking
rule and profit.
The suicide bombing of the
crowd outside Hamid Karzai
International Airport by the
Islamic State Khorasan Prov-
inceonAugust26,killingupto
170 Afghans and 13 US troops,
highlightsthethreatspresent-
ed by these armed groups.
The Taliban will try to es-
tablish a national govern-
ment. With their radical in-
terpretation of Islam and
politics, they are likely to
continue violence, repres-
sion and denial of rights to
many sections of Afghan so-
ciety
. But as demonstrated by
the ISIS-K violence, the Tali-
ban’s control of Kabul and
also other parts of Afghani-
stan is not secure.
To understand that lack of
control – and the instability
and insecurity that are likely
to persist – one has to begin
with the relationships be-
tween the Taliban and other
groups, including ISIS-K and
the Haqqani network.
ISLAMIC STATE
KHORASAN
The Islamic State’s lightning
advance across Iraq and Syr-
ia in 2014 – and its declara-
tion of a “caliphate” –
spawned affiliates. These
groups promoted the ideo-
logical line of, and received
assistance from, the core of
ISIS – but developed from lo-
cal conditions.
One was ISIS-K, estab-
lished in January 2015 and
naming itself after “Kho-
rasan”, part of an Islamic
empire which stretched from
Iran to the western Himala-
yas from the 6th century
. The
group consists of local mili-
tants and former Afghan and
Pakistani Taliban, pushing
an even more radical ideolo-
gy and implementation, as
well as some former al-Qaeda
members. Spanning the Af-
ghan-Pakistan border, ISIS-
K’s centre is in eastern Af-
ghanistan in the Nangarhar
and Kunar provinces.
While the Taliban sought
to take control of Afghani-
stan, through military opera-
tions and then political talks,
ISIS-K has sought to recruit
members by generating pub-
licity through deadly attacks
on civilian targets. Their tar-
gets have included protest
rallies, schools providing
education for girls, and a Ka-
bul maternity ward.
Afghan security forces and
US aerial operations, includ-
ingthe“motherof allbombs”
in April 2017, crippled ISIS-K.
And beyond Afghanistan, the
US killing of Islamic State
leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
in northern Syria in October
2019 was a further blow. By
2020, ISIS-K’s estimated
membership was reduced to
between 1,500 and 2,200.
But a new commander,
Shahab al-Muhajir, energised
the group with operations
such as an August 2020 attack
on a prison in Jalalabad,
some 100km west of Kabul,
which freed hundreds of
fighters. There was also as an
assassination attempt on vice
president Amrullah Saleh,
which left ten people dead.
AL-QAEDA
AND HAQQANI
When western media and
pundits report on the Taliban
takeover of Afghanistan,
they often unsurprisingly in-
voke the spectre of al-Qaeda.
A UN report in June said al-
Qaeda members are active in
15 of 34 Afghan provinces.
But in both operational sig-
nificance and political au-
thority, the organisation is a
shell of its 2001 version.
Soon after 9/11, al-Qaeda
was pushed into northwest
Pakistan, with Osama bin
Laden finally killed by US
special forces in 2011. Other
senior leaders have been
slain or captured. While bin
Laden’s successor Ayman al-
Zawahiri is thought to be in
Afghanistan, he is muted and
said to be in poor health.
In contrast, the Haqqani
network is at the heart of Af-
ghanistan’s contest for power.
Hailing from southeast Af-
ghanistan, Jalaluddin Haqqa-
niestablishedthegroupinthe
1980s, soon receiving assis-
tancefromtheReaganadmin-
istration and Pakistani intel-
ligence to fight Soviet forces.
After the Taliban rose to
power in 1996, Haqqani ac-
cepted a cabinet post as min-
ister of tribal affairs. The
US-backed overthrow of the
Taliban in 2001 forced the
network to regroup in Paki-
stan, but it soon pursued
cross-border operations. It
intersected with al-Qaeda,
both in ideological position-
ing and in training camps.
ENEMY OF ENEMY
ISIS-K’s bombing on August
26 was not just an attack on
US forces. It was also a chal-
lenge to the Taliban, asking:
“Where is your authority?
Where is your security?”
It reconfigured the Afghan
mosaic, pushing Washington
and other countries to recal-
culate their political and
military approach. Biden’s
war on terror response: “We
will hunt you down and make
you pay”, poured urgency on
that recalculation.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
SCOTT LUCAS
The writer is a Professor of International
Politics, University of Birmingham
A UN report in June said
al-Qaeda members
are active in 15 of 34
Afghan provinces.
But in both operational
significance and
political authority, the
organisation is a shell of
its 2001 version
The Taliban will try to
establish a national
government. With their
radical interpretation of
Islam and politics, they are
likely to continue violence,
repression and denial of
rights to many sections of
Afghan society. But as
demonstrated by the ISIS-K
violence, the Taliban’s
control of Kabul and also
other parts of Afghanistan
is not secure
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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The world
will recognise the Tali-
ban, the world’s most
dreaded terrorist or-
ganisation because
America wants this and
therefore preparations
have started globally.
The resolution pre-
pared on Afghanistan
in the United Nations is
an example of this and
it seems that this is just
the beginning! Tali-
ban’s name was earlier
in this proposal but now
it has been dropped. For
the first time this reso-
lution was approved on
August 16, in which the
Taliban was named
stressing that it would
not support terrorist ac-
tivities in other coun-
tries.
But 10 days later a
second resolution was
adopted, in which the
Taliban’s name was
missing. Both the reso-
lutions have been
signed by TS Tirumur-
ti, the representative of
India as chairman of
the Security Council. In
a statement issued on
August 16, a day after
the Taliban’s capture of
Kabul, the UN Security
Council warned that
Taliban or any Afghan
group or any person
should not cooperate
with terrorists present
inside another country
.
10 days later, on August
26, a new resolution was
approved, which said
no Afghan group should
cooperate with terror-
ists spreading terror in
any country
. Syed Akba-
ruddin, a former For-
eign Service officer
who was India’s Perma-
nent Representative to
the United Nations, no-
ticed this change and
also said that many
things change in diplo-
macy in a fortnight.
However, this is the
beginning of not treat-
ing the Taliban as a ter-
rorist organisation, af-
ter which its recogni-
tion will start.
When asked about
the US recognising the
Taliban, White House
spokesman Ned Price
refused to answer the
question. Exactly the
same reaction is of In-
dia’s External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
who has said that India
has not yet decided its
Afghan policy stressing
that the Taliban govern-
ment is still in the be-
ginning phase and In-
dia’s goal is to bring
back the people trapped
there.
However, the lan-
guage of the UN resolu-
tion is changing and the
US is looking to main-
tain ties with the Tali-
ban. If its people are
talking to the Taliban in
Kabul or Qatar, it will
sooner or later get rec-
ognition.
Therefore the ques-
tion is whether India
will also recognise the
Taliban? This is a mil-
lion dollar question and
the answer to which
will not be available im-
mediately
.
India’s stand on this
issue will be clear after
the next elections in
five states including Ut-
tar Pradesh. Before
that, Taliban will not be
recognised, but after
that, if the countries of
the world recognise
Taliban, then India can
also follow suit.
Will Modi govt embrace Taliban? Depends on outcome of 5 Assembly polls!
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
granted yet another op-
portunity to the Centre
to formulate uniform
guidelines for issuance
of death certificates
with regard to those
who succumbed to
COVID-19.
A two-judge bench of
the Apex Court, headed
by Justice MR Shah and
also comprising Justice
Aniruddha Bose today
granted 10 more days
time to the Union of In-
dia (UOI) to frame and
formulate uniform
guidelines for issuance
of death certificates
with regard to those
who succumbed to COV-
ID-19. SC also asked
Centre to file a compli-
ance affidavit latest by
September 11 and fixed
the matter for further
hearing on Sept 13.
Anita Hada
New Delhi: In Punjab,
the state Congress
president Navjot Singh
Sidhu is becoming a
villain in the tussle
that broke within the
party
.
Almost all other
Congress leaders have
united and started tar-
geting Sidhu, who is
accompanied by a few
people like Tript Bajwa
or Pargat Singh. While
on the other side are all
the senior leaders of
the state Congress.
Chief Minister Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh
has taken under his
wings those handful of
leaders who were con-
sidered to be in anti-
Captain camp before
Sidhu had stepped in.
Sidhu has only faith
in the power of the
Congress High Com-
mand and with that
confidence a few peo-
ple are seen supporting
him. Due to Sidhu be-
ing an outsider, he is
not getting much sup-
port in the Congress.
Congress MP from
Punjab and former Un-
ion Minister Manish
Tewari, who was al-
readywithCaptain,has
opened a front against
Sidhu and has become
more outspoken.
Meanwhile, Captain
has taken the initiative
to increase friendship
with his opponent Ra-
jinder Kaur Bhattal.
Earlier, both did not see
eye to eye but after Sid-
hu took over as presi-
dent at the state Con-
gress Committee, he
did not give much re-
gards to Captain but
touched Bhattal’s feet.
Recently, Captain
met Bhattal at the lat-
ter’s home and it is
now believed that Bhat-
tal has sided with the
Captain.
The biggest oppo-
nent of the Captain in
the Punjab Congress
was Pratap Singh Ba-
jwa. Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi had
made him the state
president and he was
continuously forming
a second camp.
Later, when he was
removed from the post
of state president, Ra-
hul sent him to the Ra-
jya Sabha. It is report-
ed that Bajwa’s attitude
has changed after Sid-
hu became the state
president.
Bajwa has stopped
opposing Captain. It is
also reported that Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh
has also spoken to him,
after which Sidhu is
also on his target.
So, Captain Ama-
rinder Singh, Manish
Tewari, Rajinder Kaur
Bhattal, Pratap Singh
Bajwa are all target-
ing Sidhu.
SIDHU: ‘ENEMY NUMBER 1’ IN PUNJAB!
Sidhu has only faith
in the power of the
Congress high
command and with
that confidence a few
people are seen
supporting him. Due
to Sidhu being an
outsider, he is not
getting much support
in the Congress.
Captain Amarinder Singh Navjot Singh Sidhu
CBI WORKINGIN FULL SWING TO FIND
‘TRUTH’ BEHIND BENGAL VIOLENCE
Mohd Fahad
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) has been
working in ‘full swing’
in West Bengal. A large
team of CBI sent from
Delhi has camped in the
state, after the order of
the Calcutta High
Court, to help the state
officials and many offic-
ers of the headquarters
are present in Kolkata.
After the Assembly
elections got over and
the results came out, the
CBI team visited those
districts where there
have been news of vio-
lence and so far it has
registered a total of 31
FIRs for murder, at-
tempt to murder and
rape.Thespeedatwhich
CBI officials have been
working is interesting
to note and their ‘activ-
ism’ has not been seen
in the recent decades.
However, on one
hand, ruling Trinamool
Congress (TMC) main-
tainsthatfiveof theBJP
and more than 10 of its
people were killed in the
post-poll violence. The
BJP, on the other hand,
claims that more than 30
of its workers have been
killed. The manner in
which the CBI is filing
these FIRs, it seems that
there will be equal num-
ber of cases as claimed
by the BJP
. Since the in-
vestigation is being
done by the orders of
the court and the court
is also observing the de-
velopments, it cannot be
said that the agency is
doing any discrimina-
tion, but the TMC alleg-
es that CBI sleuths are
going to the villages
with BJP leaders and fil-
ing cases accordingly
.
Whatever it is, but
three months after the
violence stopped, sud-
denly stories related to
political violence have
started coming out from
West Bengal. A victim
has claimed that his was
theonlyHindufamilyin
the entire area and on
the day of election re-
sults, Muslims attacked
and killed his son. Oth-
ers claim of sons being
killed in front of their
parents while many oth-
ers reveal horrific sto-
ries of rape in front of
the family members.
Many tales of houses
being burnt down and
desecration of house
are also being heard.
But in all thse ‘stories’,
the villains are Mus-
lims. The CBI is only
registering cases as of
now. But what will hap-
pen when the investiga-
tion starts, people will
be interrogated, testi-
monies and arrests will
be made? If CBI arrests
a large number of Mus-
lims after investigation,
what will be the atmos-
phere in the next three-
four months?
BythenUttarPradesh
polls would be very
close and then stories of
probe into violence in
West Bengal would be
useful for polarising.
Cases have been regis-
tered in Birbhumi,
South 24 Parganas,
North 24 Parganas,
Bardhaman, Howrah
districts and the process
of arrests will start
soon. The faces to be ar-
rested and their names
are going to be very use-
ful in UP elections.
Syed Umar
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
managed to include its
ally Janata Dal (United)
of Bihar in the Central
government. The Saf-
fron party had been try-
ing for this since long,
but due to lack of con-
sensus on the number
of ministers, the matter
was postponed.
This time also there
was no consensus, but
BJP leaders managed
to get JDU leader RCP
Singh, inducted in the
government. It was
his personal ambi-
tion, due to which he
is in the government
and it is being said
that JDU Supremo Ni-
tish Kumar is not par-
ticularly happy with
this development. But
now that a major part
of JDU has been
brought into the gov-
ernment, the BJP is
eyeing the YSR Con-
gress and BJD.
It is being said that
BJP leaders have spo-
ken to YSR Congress
leader Vijay Sai Reddy.
Just like JDU’s RCP
Singh, who was eager
to become a minister in
the Centre, many lead-
ers of YSR Congress
too are also getting
restless. But Chief
Minister Jagan Mohan
Reddy is avoiding join-
ing the BJP directly
because of his minori-
ty vote bank. On the
other hand, BJP is feel-
ing that if YSR Con-
gress joins the govern-
ment, it will increase
the government’s ma-
jority in the Rajya Sab-
ha and secondly, will
pave the way for coor-
dination in Andhra
Pradesh, which will
give the BJP a chance
to establish a foothold
there.
Andhra Pradesh is a
state, among southern
states, where the BJP
has no allies and no
base of its own. To
make the base, the par-
ty has even made for-
mer Congress leader D
Purandeshwari the
party’s general secre-
tary, but it is not of
much use. Once it fights
election along with a
party like YSR Con-
gress, it will be easier
for BJP to establish it-
self there.
BJP looks for an ally in YSR!
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: The
Chhatisgarh adminis-
tration aims at attract-
ing $50 billion invest-
ment in the state
through a Global Inves-
tors Meet in January
2022 nicknamed “Invest-
garh Chhattisgarh”.
For this purpose, the
ChhattisgarhCommerce
and Industry Depart-
ment has hired an inter-
national consultancy
firm Eduvision India
Private Limited which
has coined the brand
name ‘Viexpoindia’.
The state administra-
tion wants to attract in-
vestments in agricul-
ture, mining, heavy en-
gineering and fabrica-
tion, green energy as
well as pharmaceutical
and automobile sectors.
In this context, Austral-
ia’s High Commissioner
to India, Barry
O’Farrell, met Chhattis-
garh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel to dis-
cuss the possibilities of
mutual cooperation in
the socio-cultural sector
and also talked about
investment, especially
in mining, infrastruc-
ture, steel, forest prod-
ucts, and environmen-
tal protection. Austral-
ian ambassador showed
keen interest in the
schemes being imple-
mented by the Chhattis-
garh government.
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: As antici-
pated by First India in
its report on August 31,
the Appointments Com-
mittee of the Cabinet
headed by PM Modi on
Friday, cleared the ap-
pointment of three sen-
ior IRS CCE officers to
the post of Member,
Central Board of Indi-
rect Taxes and Customs
(CBIC).
The newly appointed
members of CBIC are;
DP Nagendra Kumar,
IRS (CIT:1985), Princi-
pal Chief Commission-
er, CGST, Bengaluru;
Balesh Kumar, IRS
(CIT:1987), General,
Directorate General of
Revenue Intelligence
and Rajiv Talwar, IRS
(CIT:1988), Chief
Commissioner, Nhava
Sheva, Customs Zone-Il,
Mumbai.
Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace. —FILE PHOTO
SC to Govt: Form
guidelines to
issue Covid death
certs by Sept 11
Kolkata: Bypolls in
seven constituencies in
West Bengal has now
become the latest politi-
cal flashpoint between
ruling Trinamool Con-
gress (TMC) and oppo-
sition Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) who have
locked horns over the
issue with the latter at-
tempting to postpone
the pending elections.
Speaking to ANI, BJP
State President Dilip
Ghosh said, “It is not
the right time to hold
by-polls in Bengal as
COVID situation has
not improved. Moreo-
ver, our experts have
given the warning of
the COVID third wave.
Take the example of Ut-
tarakhand, he stepped
down because the elec-
tions could not be con-
ducted due to the COV-
ID situation.”
Pending by
polls: TMC, BJP
at loggerheads
Jagan Mohan Reddy
Investgarh Chhattisgarh
to be held in Jan 2022
Govt appoints 3 new
members of CBIC
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
stayed another FIR
against Opindia edi-
tors- Nupur J Sharma
and founder Rahul
Roushan, in connec-
tion with certain write-
ups published last year
with respect to alleged
Telinipara commu-
nal riots. A bench of
the Supreme Court,
headed by Justice
Sanjay Kishan Kaul and
also comprising Jus-
tice M M Sunderesh,
today stayed the FIR
registered against
Sharma and Raushan.
The FIR was registered
on June 10, 2020, and
pertained to reports
published in OpIndia
in relation to Telinipara
communal riots. —ANI
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court on Friday issued
a notice to Delhi Police
on a bail plea of Preet
Singh, one of the main
organisers arrested
in connection with
alleged objectionable
sloganeering near
Jantar Mantar. Bench
of Justice Mukta Gupta
sought response of
Delhi Police and slated
the matter for Sep-
tember 15. Advocate
Vishnu Shankar Jain
representing accused
Preet Singh submitted
that the meeting was
held in a very peaceful
atmosphere. “Every
speaker from the
dais delivered speech
only on the topic of
protest. Not even a
single speaker said
anything against any
person or community,”
said the advocate.
He further added that
after function ended,
the organisers left the
place of the meeting at
Jantar Mantar. —ANI
New Delhi: Supreme Court On Friday
refused to grant interim bail to former
Member of Parliament (MP) and Con-
gress leader, Sajjan Kumar, convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment for his role
in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, after noting
that his medical condition is stable and
improving. —ANI
COMMUNAL RIOTS: SC STAYS
FIR AGAINST OPINDIA EDITORS
JANTAR MANTAR: HC NOTICE TO
COPS ON BAIL PLEA OF ORGANISER
SC REFUSES TO GRANT INTERIM
BAIL TO SAJJAN KUMAR IN
ANTI-SIKH RIOTS CASE
IN THE COURTYARD

INDIA
06
MIZORAM ALLEGES ASSAM POLICE OF
KIDNAPPING ITS WORKER
Kolasib: Mizoram’s Kolasib District Deputy Commis-
sioner Dr H Lalthlangliana has alleged that a worker
involved in road construction was kidnapped at a
gunpoint by the Assam Police on Wednesday. Lalth-
langliana said, “It has been brought to my notice that
this afternoon at Aitlang in Pu Lalngaisanga’s land
where road construction connecting jhum land is
undertaken by the farmers using Excavator JCB Reg.
No MZ05 A 4464, the Assam Police went to and
damaged the door of the Excavator and snatched
the keys from the JCB operator Pu Lalnarammawia.”
—ANI
IN LADAKH, LT GEN MENON REVIEWS
SNOW LEOPARD BRIGADE’S PREPS
Ladakh: 14 Corps commander Lieutenant General
PGK Menon on Thursday reviewed the operational
preparedness of the Snow Leopard Brigade.”Lt Gen
PGK Menon, GOC #FireAndFuryCops reviewed the op-
erational preparedness of #SnowLeopardBrigade on
@02Sep21 through Integrated Manoeuvre and Live
Fire Exercise in #SHAA of #Ladakh”, said an official
tweet from PRO Defence Srinagar. Lt Gen PGK Menon
took over as the new commander of the Leh-based 14
Corps, also known as the Fire Fury Corps October
13, 2020, replacing Lt Gen Harinder Singh. —ANI
CRUCIAL READ
INDIA SIGNS AIR-LAUNCHED AERIAL
VEHICLES PROJECT WITH US
New Delhi: India has signed a project agreement (PA)
with the United States for air-launched unmanned aerial
vehicles (ALUAV), informed the Ministry of Defence on
Friday. According to an official release, the agreement
was signed on July 30 earlier this year between the
Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence
under the joint working group air systems in the defence
technology and trade initiative (DTTI). The PA for ALUAV
falls under the research, development, testing and eval-
uation (RDTE) memorandum of agreement between the
Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence,
which was first signed in January 2006 and renewed in
January 2015. —ANI
RAKUL PREET SINGH REACHES ED OFFICE
IN CONNECTION WITH DRUGS CASE
Hyderabad: Actor Rakul Preet Singh on Friday arrived at
the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Hyderabad zonal office
in connection with a drugs case. Earlier on Tuesday, film
director Puri Jagan-
nadh reached the En-
forcement Directorate
office in Hyderabad
to appear before the
agency officials in
connection with the
drugs case. The case is
related to the busting
of a drug racket in 2017. The Enforcement Directorate
has summoned several other film personalities of Tol-
lywood in connection with the case. —ANI
NIA FILES CHARGE SHEET IN ANTILIA,
MANSUKH HIRAN DEATH CASES
Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on
Friday filed the charge sheet in the sensational twin
cases of planting a gelatin sticks-laden Scorpio near the
residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani and subsequent
death of SUV owner Mansukh Hiran. Dismissed contro-
versial police officer Sachin Vaze is the main accused,
while a retired encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma is
among the other accused in the case. The recovery of the
abandoned SUV with the 20 gelatin sticks and a threat
note in February followed by Hiran’s body in early March
had sparked off a nationwide furore. —ANI
JK DGP: Will
review restore
internet in
Kashmir valley
Baramulla (JK): As
the situation in Jammu
and Kashmir is under
control, the police will
review and restore the
internet soon, said Di-
rector-General of Po-
lice (DGP) Dilbag Singh
on Friday
.
“Situation is abso-
lutely under control.
Not even one incident
occurred in the last two
days. People cooperat-
ed, security forces are
working with great re-
straint. I congratulate
people. They have faith
in peace.” said the DGP
when asked about the
security situation in
Jammu and Kashmir
after the death of for-
mer Hurriyat leader
Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
“We will soon have a re-
view and I think we will
restore it soon,” he said
while replying to re-
porters on internet
shutdown.
The restrictions and
internet shutdown were
imposed on Kashmir
valley after the demise
of formerHurriyatlead-
er Syed Ali Shah Geela-
ni on September 1. —ANI
Over 4.36 crore
Covid19 vax
doses are still
unutilised
New Delhi: More than
4.36 crore balance and
unutilised COVID-19
vaccine doses are still
available with the states
and union territories to
be administered, the
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare said on
Friday
.
Over 65 crore vaccine
doses have been provid-
ed to states and union
territories so far
through all sources and
a further 1,20,95,700
doses are in the pipeline
of supply
.
“More than 65 crores
(65,00,99,080) vaccine
doses have been provid-
ed to States/UTs so far
through Government
of India (free of cost
channel) and through
direct state procure-
ment category
. Further,
more than 1.20 Crore
doses (1,20,95,700) are in
the pipeline,” it said.
—ANI
Centre utilises 26.3% of 35K cr
package, procured 124 cr doses
New Delhi: The Centre
has spent 26.3% so far
from the budget of Rs
35,000 Cr allotted for the
Covid-19 immunisation
to procure 124 crore
doses from three manu-
facturers, union health
ministry said in a reply
to a query asked under
RTI.
The ministry said
that Rs 9,229 cr was
spent to procure the
doses from three vac-
cine manufacturers be-
tween March and July
2021. According to the
RTI reply by Ministry
of Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW), Rs
4,410 cr were spent on
the procurement of 21
crore doses of Cov-
ishield manufactured
by Serum Institute of
India (SII) and seven
crore doses of Covaxin
developed by Bharat
Biotech between March
and May
.
The union govern-
ment has procured both
the vaccines at the rate
of Rs 157.50 per dose be-
tween this period, the
RTI said. The expendi-
ture of Rs 9,229.31 crore
also includes the partial
payment of Rs 1500
crore as an advance or-
der for 30 crore jabs at
the rate of Rs 50 per
dose of Corbevax vac-
cine by Hyderabad
based pharmaceutical
firm Biological E.
The health ministry
informed that expected
time of arrival of doses
is between August to
December. —Agencies
HEALTH MIN FROM
WHO TO DISCUSS
COVID AND HEALTH
New Delhi: Health min-
isters of member coun-
tries of World Health
Organizations (WHO)
South-East Asia region
will meet next week
to deliberate upon the
ongoing covid pandemic
and measures to rebuild
essential health cover-
age. The 74th Regional
Committee Session of
WHO South-East Asia
will be attended by WHO
director-general Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
regional director Poo-
nam Khetrapal Singh, in
Nepal from Sept 6-10.
NO CASE OF MU
VARIANT IN INDIA,
KEEPING EYE: CENTRE
New Delhi: First
identified in Colombia
in January, the MU
strain of coronavirus
was classified as a
‘variant of interest’ by
the WHO on August
30. The organisation
has warned that new
variant, shows signs of
possible resistance to
the vaccines. Luckily,
no cases of MU variant
have been detected so
far in India, according to
the Union government
the ICMR’s Director is
closely monitoring the
new coronavirus variant.
In the era of social
media,voices are
suppressed: Rahul
New Delhi: Rahul Gan-
dhi on Friday released a
video about how his late
father and former PM
Rajiv Gandhi used to
meet people, but now in
the era of social media,
the people’s voices are
suppressed, he alleged.
He said, “So the tragedy
of politics of today is
that, in a world of me-
dia, in a world of What-
sApp, Twitter Face-
book, voice is basically
suppressed.”
In the second video
released within two
days, he showed the pic-
ture of Rajiv Gandhi,
where he can be seen
talking to people, “This
picture here. He’s lis-
tening. Right, so it was
constantly listening
and he would make
these connections, he
would be in this crowd,
listen and then sudden-
ly, he would say okay
this can be transformed
with this instrument,”
he said.
“There is this tre-
mendous voice here,
but it is struggling to
speak. it’s been magni-
fied today but it’s not
being allowed to speak,
and it is being crushed
with authoritarian sys-
tem,” he alleged.
MODI GOVT
DANGEROUS FOR
EMPLOYMENT
After reports of job
losses in August,
former Congress
Prez Rahul Gandhi on
Friday said that the
Modi government was
‘dangerous for em-
ployment’. He Tweeted
“Modi government is
dangerous for em-
ployment. He does not
promote or support
‘friendless’ business
or employment, but is
snatching jobs from
the employed. And the
people are expected to
be self-reliant.”
Retd HC CJ to head SIT probe
WB POST-POLL VIOLENCE
Kolkata: Retired Cal-
cutta High Court Chief
Justice Manjula Chel-
lur will head the SIT
constituted by High
Court to probe the post-
poll violence cases re-
ported during the as-
sembly polls in the state.
Earlier, on August 19,
the Calcutta HC had or-
dered a court-moni-
tored Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI)
probe into the incidents
of post-poll violence in
the state. The court has
ordered a Special Inves-
tigation Team (SIT) for
investigation and sen-
ior officers from the
West Bengal cadre will
be a part of the team.
Meanwhile, a Special
Leave Petition has been
filedchallengingtheCal-
cutta High Court order
intheSupremeCourt. A
seven-member commit-
teesetupbytheNational
Human Rights Commis-
sion (NHRC) had earlier
lookedintotheincidents
of violencefollowingthe
West Bengal Assembly
elections and recom-
mended a court-moni-
tored CBI probe.
On the other hand,
the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) has
also registered a total
of 21 FIRs in connec-
tion with the case so far.
Several incidents of vi-
olence have been re-
ported at various places
after the announcement
of the Assembly poll re-
sults on May 2, after
which a four-member
team deputed by the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs also visited the
post-poll violence-af-
fected areas. —ANI
India is pluralistic, home of
almost all faiths: Punjab CM
Chandigarh: Punjab
Chief Minister Captain
Amarinder Singh on
Friday said that India
continues to be a plural-
istic country that has
the unique distinction
of being home to almost
every faith in the world.
Addressing a special
session to commemo-
rate the 400th Prakash
Purab of Sri Guru Tegh
Bahadur at the Punjab
Legislative Assembly
today, the Chief Minis-
ter said, “India has
unique cultural tradi-
tion. When we call Indi-
anness, this is the idea
of India. Our ancient
texts have expressed
the idea of ‘Vasudhaiva
Ku t u m b a k a m ’ - t h e
world is one family’. In
Sikhism, we have a con-
cept of ‘Sarbat da bha-
la’ meaning welfare of
entire humanity
.”
“It was to uphold the
right of people of this
land to peacefully fol-
low the faith of their
choice, that Guru Sahab
(Guru Teg Bahadur)
gave his ‘shahadat’. By
doing so he set a unique
example in the history
of sacrificing his life,”
he said. —ANI
India continues to be a
pluralistic country that
has the unique distinc-
tion of being home to almost eve-
ry faith in the world. This is what
gives India its richness and cul-
tural diversity.
—CAPTAIN AMARINDER SINGH,
CM PUNJAB
India Russia’s Friendship
Stood Test Of Time: PM Modi
PM addressed Eastern Economic Forum where he emphasised importance of bilateral ties
New Delhi: Underscor-
ing the importance of
bilateraltieswithRussia,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Friday said
that India will be a relia-
blepartnerof Moscowin
realising its vision in de-
veloping the country’s
Far East region.
Speaking at the East-
ern Economic Forum,
PM Modi said, “I am de-
lighted to address East-
ern Economic Forum
and thank President
Vladimir Putin for this
honour.”
While recalling his
2019visittoVladivostok,
PM Modi praised Pu-
tin’s vision for the devel-
opment of the Russian
Far East. “In Indian his-
tory and civilization,
‘sangam’ has a special
meaning. It means con-
fluence or coming to-
gether of rivers, people
and ideas. In my view,
Vladivostok is truly a
‘sangam’of Eurasiaand
Pacific,” he said.
During a 2019 visit to
the Far Eastern port
city of Vladivostok, PM
Modi had announced
that New Delhi would
provide a USD 1 billion
loan to aid the region’s
economic development.
He had also signed a
memorandum to estab-
lish a direct maritime
corridor between Chen-
nai and Vladivostok.
“I applaud President
Putin’s vision for the de-
velopmentof theRussian
Far East. India will be a
reliable partner for Rus-
sia in realising this vi-
sion. In 2019, when I had
visited Vladivostok to at-
tend the forum, I had an-
nounced India’s commit-
ment to enact Far East
Policy
,” said PM Modi.
During his brief
speech, Prime Minister
announced that India’s
biggest shipyards will
partner with Zvezda for
the construction of
some of the most im-
portant commercial
ships in the world.
“Today I’m delighted
that one of India’s big-
gest shipyards, Mazagon
docks limited will part-
ner with Zvezda for the
construction of some of
the most important com-
mercial ships in the
world,”hesaid.PMModi
emphasised the impor-
tance of the bilateral re-
lationship and said the
India-Russiaenergypart-
nership can help bring
stability to the global en-
ergy market. —ANI
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao called on PM Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Friday.
FUNDING AND
MORE: KCR
REQUESTS TO PM
New Delhi: Telangana
CM K Chandrashekar
Rao today requested
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to increase
the number of IPS
officers for the state
in view of creation of
more districts. Rao,
who met PM in the na-
tional capital on Friday,
also sought 100 per
cent funding for con-
structing road networks
in the Maoist-affected
areas keeping aside
60:40 ratio (state 60
per cent and Centre 40
per cent) as the internal
security issues are of
national importance.
“The allocation will
help the posting of IPS
officers as Commis-
sioners/ Superinten-
dents of Police/ Zonal
DIGsP/Multi Zonal IGsP
in various territorial
units. At present these
territorial units have
no sanctioned Cadre
posts,” Rao said. —ANI
FROM PG 1
SCINDIA WRITES...
Scindia sought person-
al intervention of CM
to direct authorities to
expedite process of
handing over required
land to AAI. He wrote,
“Because of the nature
of present airport, it is
not suitable for operat-
ing AB-320 type air-
craft. As per the Nation-
al Civil Aviation Policy,
2016, the land for devel-
opment airport is to be
provided by State Gov,
free of cost.” Scindia
wrote, “I am informed
that AAI vide its letter
dated 17.08.2021 has al-
ready submitted master
plan for development of
airport. But land is yet
to be handed over.”

NEWS
07
Jodhpur: Jodhpur dis-
trict administration
and an international
non-governmental or-
ganisation have jointly
undertaken a unique
initiative to educate
children in the rural ar-
eas of Rajasthan by
means of camel cart li-
braries.
Jodhpur School Edu-
cation Department
Joint Director Prem
Chand Sankhla said
that this reading cam-
paign with the theme
of ‘India gets reading
at home’ is an initia-
tive from the distict ad-
ministration and NGO
‘Room to Read’ to pro-
vide education to chil-
dren during the ongo-
ing Covid-19 pandemic.
“The pandemic has
affected the studies of
the children. A few of
them have completely
detached from learn-
ing. To reconnect these
children, we have or-
ganised mobile librar-
ies for the children up
to the eighth standard,”
he stated.
“There are villages
where there is no mode
of transport and they
do not even have proper
roads.
To make education
accessible to the chil-
dren of such places, we
have started mobile li-
braries on camel carts.
This library has many
pictorial books to at-
tract kids and make
learning more interest-
ing,” he added.
Sankhla informed
that they also try to
aware parents regard-
ing children’s educa-
tion. —ANI
Mobile libraries on camel carts for rural kids in Rajasthan
UNIQUE INITIATIVE
Pali may have to get drinking
water by train by Sept-end
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government is contem-
plating running ‘water
trains’ to Pali district
by September-end as
the water level in Jawai
Dam is just at 10 feet
due to deficit rainfall in
the area this year.
Considered the life-
line of the area, Jawai
Dam supplies water to
Pali district, including
Pali city, Sumerpur,
Rani, Falna, Bali, Jaita-
ran, Sojat, Takhatgarh,
Marwar Junction. Also,
hundreds of villages
are dependent on the
dam for irrigation and
drinking water.
Officials said the Wa-
ter Resources and Pub-
lic Health Engineering
Department will send a
report to the govern-
ment after September
15 seeking budgetary
approval to supply
drinkingwaterbytrain.
If the rainfall situa-
tion doesn’t improve by
September 15 a plan to
operate ‘water trains’
from September 21 is in
consideration.Thetrain
will supply about 10 mil-
lion litres of water per
day from Jodhpur to
Pali in four rounds,
PHED Superintendent
Engineer Jagdish Pras-
ad Sharma said.
In 2019, water had to
be supplied by train in
Pali when monsoon ac-
tivity in the area was
below average.
About a dozen dis-
tricts in Rajasthan are
parched due to deficit
rainfall as the south-
west monsoon is about
to enter its weak phase.
According to the me-
teorological depart-
ment, about a dozen
districts of the state are
still in the rainfall-defi-
cit category
.
These include Ban-
swara, Barmer,
Bhilwara, Bikaner,
Dungarpur, Sriganga-
nagar, Jalore, Jhunj-
hunu, Jodhpur, Pali,
Rajsamand and
Udaipur. —PTI
HC cancels stay
on prosecution
against 2 RLP
legislators
Nandishala will be constructed
at each panchayat,says Bhaya
First India Bureau
Nagaur: The Rajasthan
High Court on Friday
gave a strong blow to
the Rajasthan govern-
ment. The High Court
quashed the stay on
sanction of prosecution
against two RLP MLAs-
- Pukhraj Garg and In-
dra Bawri, who were
accused in the Banjara
Basti case in Tausar,
Nagaur. High Court
also asked the Chief Ju-
dicial Magistrate of Na-
gaur to take action in
this matter as per rules.
In the Banjara Basti
case, the State govern-
ment on February 20
this year issued an or-
der banning the prose-
cution against both the
MLAs Pukhraj Garg
and Indra Bawri. The
matter came up during
the hearing on the bail
plea of Devaram, an ac-
cused in this case.
First India Bureau
Churu: Mines and Ani-
mal Husbandry Minis-
ter Pramod Jain
Bhaya on Friday said
that Nandishala will be
constructed at each
Panchayat Samiti level
in the state at a cost of
Rs 1.57 crore.
Bhaya was address-
ing the Gaushala opera-
tors of Churu and offic-
ers of the Gopalan De-
partment during a pro-
gramme organised at
Shree Balaji Gaushala
Sansthan Salasar in
Churu. He said that on
the demand of gaushala
operators, a grant of Rs
16 to 20 for small animal
and Rs 32 to 40 for big
animal has been ap-
proved by the state gov-
ernment. He said that
the process of applying
for Gaushala grant has
been simplified.
Alert staff foils robbery bid
at Muthoot by blowing siren
First India Bureau
Alwar: In a daylight
robbery, the armed da-
coits struck at Muthoot
Finance Company lo-
cated on the station
road near the power
house intersection of
Alwar city on Friday
morning but the loot
was averted as an em-
ployee sounded a siren.
The accused took five
employees and guards
hostage at pistol point.
Gold worth Rs 9 crore
was kept in the compa-
ny, the police said.
Meanwhile, an em-
ployee smartly locked
himself in the cabin
and blew the siren. The
dacoits fled from there
but attacked a guard
and two employees in-
juring them. The inci-
dent was captured in
the CCTV
.
RSLDC’s coordinators inspect skill training
centres across the state, check quality level
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Skill
and Livelihood Devel-
opment Corporation
(RSLDC) has organised
a surprise inspection
programme of its skill
training centers located
in 33 districts on Friday
.
This surprise inspec-
tion was done at 383
batches of 166 skill
centers in the state.
In this surprise in-
spection, the District
Skill Coordinators
(DSC’s) reached the
centers and checked the
quality of skill training
conducted by skill
trainers.
RSLDC Chairman Dr.
Neeraj K Pawan said
that through this in-
spection, the shortcom-
ings related to skill
training at the ground
level were checked so
that the level of skill
training could be im-
proved in future.
CRUCIAL READ
ADULTERATED FUEL RACKET BUSTED IN
NAGAUR, WHITE CHEMICAL SEIZED
Nagaur: In a major action, the civil supplies depart-
ment with the help of local police busted a major
network of manufacturing
biodiesel and selling it as
petro-product here today.
The illegal manufactur-
ing activities were going
on in a godown situated
between the Kuchera
bus stand and Bhairunji
Square in the city. Police raided the place and seized
a large quantity of white chemicals from there.
NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY GAMES ON MOBILE,
27-YR-OLD DIES BY SHOOTING SELF
Churu: 27-year-old Girish Kumar Budania shot
himself dead as he was not allowed to play mobile
games, in the Housing Board area of Churu city
on Friday. He was rushed to the hospital but was
declared brought dead. He was addicted to playing
games on mobile phone to which family objected.
Annoyed over it, he shot himself in the head. Girish
ran a driving training school.
‘India gets read-
ing at home’ is an
initiative from the
distict administration
and NGO ‘Room to Read’
to provide education to
children during the ongo-
ing Covid-19 pandemic.
—PC Sankhla, Joint director
CRICTALKS!
INSUFFICIENT WATER IN JAWAI DAM:
OFFICIALS TO SEND REPORT TO GOVT
Water level in Jawai Dam is just at 10 feet due to
deficit rainfall in the area this year. Officials said
the Water Resources and Public Health Engineer-
ing Department will send a report to the govern-
ment after September 15 seeking budgetary
approval to supply drinking water by train.
Rajasthan Cricket Association president Vaibhav Gehlot met Vice President BCCI Rajeev
Shukla at Jaipur airport lounge and briefed him about the activities of RCA on Friday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB)
on Friday caught the
project manager of Na-
tional Project Con-
struction Corporation
Limited (NPCC), Am-
ritlal Meena red-hand-
ed while accepting a
bribe of Rs 1 lakh at
the National Institute
of Ayurveda (NIA) on
Amer Road in Jaipur.
The investigation was
being done by ASP
Narottam Verma, un-
der the direction of
ADG Dinesh MN.
Amritlal Meena had
also kept his temporary
office in NIA. He came
there on Friday and
called the contractor
with the money and
was caught by the team.
The accused had de-
manded the bribe in
lieu of passing the bill
of a contractor, said
ACB DGBL Soni.
The contractor said
that he got the construc-
tion work done at the
NIA near Zorawar Sin-
gh Gate on Amer Road
for which bill of Rs
24.27 lakh was generat-
ed. Meena asked for his
share of Rs 1 lakh as
commission.
FACTFILE
Sri Ganganagar: ACB on Friday picked up MD of Ganga-
nagar Central Cooperative Bank, Mangatram Khanna for
questioning. ACB is also questioning retired employee of
Bikaner additional registrar office Wali Mohammad and
Churu deputy registrar Navrang Bishnoi in the matter re-
lated to Churu cooperative society. The society chairman
had lodged a complaint of irregularities and matter is re-
lated to payment of Rs 29 lakh. Mangatram had ordered
the payment while being zonal additional registrar.
ACB TRAPS PATWARI
WITH `15,000 BRIBE
Jaipur: ACB Alwar team on Friday
caught a patwari red-handed
taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 at
Kotputli in Jaipur district. This
bribe was sought from a person
in lieu of land name transfer. The
accused, Ramchandra Saini is
a patwari of Devta Halka Patwar
area in Kotputli tehsil.
Kota: ACB rural arrested
the former MD of Kota
Saras Dairy Shyam Babu
Verma (58) and accounts
officer Akhilesh Saxena
(60) for providing fake
licences. The two were sent in judicial custody.
The ACB said that a complaint was registered by
Satyanarayan Sharma of Kota in December 2014
regarding a fake license being made in connivance
with the accounts officer and MD of the dairy to
help a firm get a contract worth Rs 1.5 crore.
CAUGHTRED-HANDED
...NPCC project manager sought
`1 lakh as commission to pass bills
Amritlal Meena

z Two armed accused
came on a bike

z They entered the office
by showing Aadhar card
at around 10 am.

z They took everyone
hostage by showing a
pistol.

z Three more dacoits
came on another bike.

z An employee sounded
siren, accused fled away.
A coordinator at skill training centre at Ishwarnagar.
ACB PICKS UP COOP BANK
MD FOR QUESTIONING
EX-DAIRY MD, ACCOUNT
OFFICER HELD FOR FRAUD

Everyday we choose to spend the
day in being a better person and
learning something new or to
waste it!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: At a time when
Rajasthan is reeling un-
der power crisis, Ra-
jasthan Electricity De-
velopment Corporation
MD, Rohit Gupta has
gone on a sabbatical for
a year. Friday was his
last day in the office.
Principal Secretary,
Dinesh Kumar will take
his charge in his ab-
sence.
Gupta was responsi-
ble for the purchase of
power and its supply to
the three Discoms. He
was the main person to
address any power re-
lated concerns.
It was Gupta, who de-
cided to purchase power
at Rs 18 per unit. He also
took a call on whom to
purchase power from
and at what rate. The
Corporation also gave
payments to the produc-
ers of power.
Gupta, a 2006 batch
IAS officer, had earlier
gone to the US in 2019 on
a sabbatical. But after
the pandemic, the uni-
versity in the US was
closed and he decided
to return in 2020. He
then took charge as MD
in the Rajasthan Elec-
tricity Development
Corporation. Now, after
the university in the US
resumed classes, Gupta
has gone to complete
his studies.
Although Dinesh Ku-
mar will work in his
absence, he has the re-
sponsibility to look af-
ter the Electricity
Board as CMD. Taking
charge of both the
posts will put an addi-
tional pressure on him.
Department of Person-
nel will have to think
of an alternative IAS
officer as an MD in
Gupta’s absence, as
this interim arrange-
ment might not work.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Senior BJP
leader Om Mathur has
slammed the Congress,
saying the party doesn’t
have a locus standi to
criticise the BJP over
privatisation.
In an interview given
to First India, Mathur
said, “Congress has no
right to speak on priva-
tisation. If the country
has to be developed, in-
vestment has to be
brought in. In doing
that, somewhere there
will have to be some set-
tlements with the inves-
tors. We have not sold
the country; the Con-
gress had.”
Mathur said, “Con-
gress gave the slogan of
‘Garibi Hatao’ during
Indira Gandhi’s time.
Today her grandson is
also talking about erad-
icating poverty. Then
what did Congress do
all these years?”
Asked about many can-
didates in the race to be
BJP’s CM face, Mathur
said, “People have the
right to express their
desire. But not every-
body can be CM. The
party’s Central Parlia-
ment Board decides on
the CM face. The moot
point is that people can
see BJP forming the
next government in the
state. And that’s
sparked people’s inter-
est in the CM’s post.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union Minis-
ter GS Shekhawat CM
Ashok Gehlot’s Officer
on Special Duty (OSD)
Lokesh Sharma have
come face to face again,
this time over the for-
mer’s statement on
power shortage in the
state.
Sharma on Friday,
posted a few news items
on social media pub-
lished when BJP was in
power in the state, with
a caption: “These news
are the testimony of
power shortage during
BJP government. Shek-
hawat should not lie to
mislead people.”
The Union Minister
had twitted thrice ac-
cusing Gehlot govern-
ment of misleading
people on power supply
figures whereas, power
problem is outcome of
bungling in Discom dis-
counts. He claimed that
power crisis wasn’t
there during BJP’s rule.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Uttar
Pradesh is scheduled
to go to Assembly polls
next year along with
states of Uttarakhand,
Goa, Punjab Ma-
nipur. The contest for
UP is crucial given its
strategic importance.
The ABP-CVoter sur-
vey is projecting a 4-1
scoreline in favour of
BJP in five states going
to polls in early 2022.
BJP is ahead of the
pack in UP, Uttara-
khand, Goa and Ma-
nipur while the Aam
Aadmi Party is cur-
rently leading as the
single largest party in
Punjab. Incidently,
AAP has emerged as a
principalchallengeror
a close third party in
Goa and Uttarakhand.
The Congress is facing
severe infighting
across all the state
units with Punjab and
Manipur being the
worst-hit states.
In UP, the BJP is
slated to comfortably
cross the majority
mark with a projected
263 seats. This number
is 62 less than its 2017
tally. CM Yogi Adity-
anath is the most popu-
lar leader in the state
with 40% of those sur-
veyed naming him as
preferred CM choice.
While AAP is set to
emerge as single larg-
est party in 117 Seat
Punjab Assembly
. The
ruling Congress is ex-
pected to slip at num-
ber two with 38-46
seats. In popular CM
faceopinion,18%want
to see Captain Ama-
rinder Singh, 22%
Arvind Kejriwal, 19%
Sukhbir Badal, 16%
Bhagwant Mann, 15%
wants Navjot Sidhu
and 10% are looking
for others leaders.
InUttarakhand,BJP
may retain power by
winning 44-48 seats,
Congress to get 19-23
seats, AAP to get max
of 4 seats. In Popular
CM face opinion 30%
want Harish Rawat,
23% Pushkar Singh
Dhami 19% Anil
Baluni. In Goa out of
40seats,BJPcanretain
powerbywinning22-26
seats, Congress to get
3-7 seats.
While in Manipur,
the BJP may retain
power with 32-36
seats, Congress may
win 18-26.
Amidst an ongoing power crisis, Raj Electricity
Development Corp MD goes on a sabbatical!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Senior Con-
gress leader Rajeev
Shukla targeted Cen-
tre, saying that the gov-
ernment is working to-
wards selling the na-
tional assets.
He said that people
should teach a lesson to
the BJP.
“Running from re-
sponsibility, selling the
country’s assets, rising
inflation, People
should oust such a cen-
tral government, they
should teach them a
lesson,” Shukla told re-
porters at a press con-
ference on Friday
.
“People should teach
such a lesson to BJP
that they are not able to
show their face,” the
Congress leader said.
Shukla criticised the
National Monetisation
Pipeline (NMP) scheme
of the Centre and said
that suddenly the Cen-
tral Government an-
nounced that the gov-
ernment assets would
be handed over to the
private hands and the
government would
earn Rs.6 lakh crore
from it.
He said that “Any
party that comes to
power does not have
the right to sell the big
undertakings that have
been made with the
money of the people of
the country. Selling
them to private hands,
industrialists, corpo-
rate houses is not
right.”
He further added
that government will
be left with nothing if
the big public under-
takings will be sold to
industrialists and cor-
porate houses.
If the BJP govern-
ment comes to the state
(Rajasthan), they will
sell the Hawa Mahal of
Jaipur, they will also
sell the Amber and
Chittorgarh Forts.
“These people are
working towards sell
the nation’s heritage
and property, we are
strongly opposing it,”
Shukla added.
He said that the Cen-
tre is going to hand
over 36,700 kms of Na-
tional Highways, 400
railway stations, 150
trains, railway tracks,
lOCO sheds, 42,300 kms
of transmission cir-
cuits, 6,000 MW NTPC,
NHPC power stations
to private hands.
He said, “This is a
serious a big issue.
Once they start selling
off national assets, it is
not going to stop.
Sr Congress Leader Rajeev Shukla addresses media during a press conference at PCC HQs in
Jaipur on Friday. Also seen here is PCC President GS Dotasra. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Govind Singh Dotasra receives an ‘odhna’ and ‘Prasad’ from
the Mahant of Moti Doongri Ganesh Temple, Kailash Sharma
on Friday. Also seen here are Rajeev Shukla and Pushpendra
Bharadwaj.
PEOPLE SHOULD TEACH A
LESSON TO BJP: SHUKLA
3 Agri Bills passed in
Raj still lying with
Guv Mishra: Dotasra
“Any party that comes to power does not have
the right to sell the big undertakings that have
been made with people’s money,” the senior
Congress leader said at the press conference
If the BJP government comes to the state (Rajasthan), they
will sell the Hawa Mahal of Jaipur, they will also sell the
Amber and Chittorgarh Forts. These people are working to-
wards selling the nation’s heritage and property, we are strongly op-
posing it. —Rajeev Shukla, Senior Congress Leader
We won’t sell
as Congress
did, asserts
Poonia
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress
leaderRajeevShukla
has accused the Cen-
tre of selling coun-
try’s heritage in the
name of monetisa-
tion. Defending the
party
,BJPStatePres-
ident Satish Poonia
Dy LoP Rajendra
Rathore fired salvos
atShukla. “Inpast50
years a lot was sold,
be it coal scam, Com-
monwealth Games,
Bofors. We will not
sell as the Congress
did. The country’s
pride will not be sold
in Modi’s rule, Poon-
ia said. “Congress
reps who decided to
hand over RTDC
propertiesonleaseto
private players
should refrain from
such remarks,”
Rathore said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress
State President Go-
vind Singh Dotasra
targeted Governor
Kalraj Mishra for sit-
ting on the agriculture
bills. Countering
BJP’s allegations re-
garding misuse of
power in the Panchay-
ati Raj polls, Dotasra
said, “Look at the mis-
use of power. Three
laws were passed in
Rajasthan in the inter-
est of farmers. They
are still lying with the
Governor.”
Dotasra accused the
Central government
for misusing power.
“We saw the abuse of
power in the last five
years when there was
a by-election in Dhol-
pur. If you want to see
misuse of power, go to
Uttar Pradesh and see
how people are bul-
lied. Look at the farm-
ers sitting on protest
for the last nine
months. No one is be-
ing heard.”
The government
had announced not to
implement provisions
of 3 agricultural laws
in the state. After this,
in September last year,
the Assembly session
was called and three
agriculture bills were
passed. In these bills,
the state government
had made provisions
to bypass all three
laws. Since last year,
these bills are stuck in
the Raj Bhawan.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Friday, expressed satis-
faction over speedy and
time-bound disposal of
most of the cases going
to various departments
under Earmarked for
Action and Response
System (CLEARS) and
Pink Letters System
(PLS) chairing a review
meet via VC at the Sec-
retariat on Friday. He
also said that the cases
falling under should be
resolved and updated
online.
He asked departmen-
tal secretaries to pre-
pare proposals based on
their experience and
suggestions given by
District Collectors re-
garding effective imple-
mentation of schemes
so that the public at the
grassroots level would
be benefited.
Arya instructed de-
partmental secretaries
to study the sugges-
tions related to their
departments and pre-
pare proposals in the
next seven days. He
said that through inno-
vations, taking benefits
of departmental
schemes to masses
would be easy
.
CS: Innovation key to benefit
masses through govt schemes
‘Cong has no right to slam BJP over privatisation bid’
Poll survey predicts Saffron
surge in 4 out of 5 states
CM’s OSD takes on Union Min
over power shortage in Raj
CS Niranjan Arya reviewed the ‘Clears’ and ‘Pink Letters System’
through video conference at the Secretariat on Friday. Officials
from vrious departments were present in the meeting.
Om Mathur called upon Governor Kalraj Mishra on Friday.
ARYA DIRECTS OFFICERS TO
CONSERVE SAMBHAR WETLAND
Jaipur: CS Niranjan Arya, while chairing meeting
of Standing Committee on effective management
of wetland through VC, directed officers to take
necessary action before the arrival of migratory
birds in winter to take prompt action against
illegal extraction of salt, illegal power connections
and borewells. More resources should be made
available to Bird Rescue Centres around Sambhar
Salt Lake its monitoring should be done by set-
ting up a temporary check-post, the CS said. He
also instructed officials to form surveillance teams
to keep an eye on health of migratory birds.
Rohit Gupta
The sample size
for the survey
was 81,006 in five
states covering 690
Assembly seats.
This state poll is part
of the largest and
definitive independent
sample survey tracker
series carried out in
India over the last 22
years, conducted by
independent interna-
tional polling agency
CVoter.
SURVEY WITH 81,0006 SAMPLE SIZE

JAIPUR, SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
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ity First engaged in a tête-à-
tête with Sansrati Awasthi,
where she spilt the beans
about her career, life and
what excites her to wake up
every morning!
Q: What was your journey like?
A: I started my modelling journey
from scratch. Like any other aspiring
model, I started giving auditions, a
lot of auditions every other day. I
prepped myself up for these selection
rounds of shoots with hopeful eyes
and decided to always give my best,
no matter what.
Q: How did your family react to
your decision of taking up model-
ling as a career?
A: Initially, they were totally against
my decision. However, with time they
realised that I was doing well and al-
lowed me to continue.
Q: What struggled did you face
when you stepped into this field?
A: When I started out, I faced a lot of
struggles because I belong to a very
small town. I had never experienced
something so big before.
Q: Who is your inspiration?
A: Kylie Jenner is my biggest inspira-
tion. Apart from her, looking at
other models walk the ramp
also pumped me up!
Q: Tell us the funniest, most
exhilarating incident that has
happened with you since you
became a model.
A: Once, when I was very raw and
walking the ramp for the first time
ever, I was about to fall off. Some-
how, I managed myself, kept my
composure and maintained the bal-
ance but, as soon as I reached back-
stage, I burst into laughter.
Q: What has been the most monu-
mental moment of your career so
far?
A: I got very excited when I came on
the news for the first time in my life.
Q: What excites you to wake up
every morning to a new day?
A: I think about what could make
this day exciting, what could I
do for myself and the
others around me
to make them hap-
py. I also look for-
ward to having a
partner with whom I
share my highs and lows.
OF HARD WORK, PERSISTENCE AND STRUGGLES,
SANSRATI’S IS A JOURNEY FULL OF IMPEDIMENTS. FROM
HER DAYS OF STRUGGLE TO THOSE OF UNFETTERED
POWER, SHE HAS TRULY MADE HER MARK IN THE
GLITTERING WORLD OF MODELLING
LIVING
HER
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