Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Farmers, Govt Reach Agreement as Oppn Parties Protest Detentions

LAKHIMPUR KHERI
FARMERS AND GOVT REACH AGREEMENT
AS OPPOSITION PARTIES ‘FAN FIRE’
New Delhi: In signs of
truce between the Uttar
Pradesh government
and farmers over the
Lakhimpur Kheri vio-
lence that left eight peo-
ple, including four
farmers, dead on Sun-
day, the state police an-
nounced an ex gratia of
Rs 45 lakh for the kin of
each of the deceased, a
Govt job and Rs 10 lakh
each for the injured.
Appearing in a joint
press conference with
BKU’s Rakesh Tikait on
Monday, UP Additional
DG, Law and Order,
Prashant Kumar, an-
nounced that the state
government after talks
with farmer represent-
atives had decided to
agree to their demands.
“FIRs under relevant
sections will be lodged
as demanded by the
farmers. The incident
will be probed by a re-
tired high court judge
andperpetrators caught
within eight days,” said
Kumar. The state gov-
ernment may just have
averted a major crisis
in the area.
AICC general secre-
tary Priyanka Vadra
was detained at Sitapur
guesthouse near the
epicentre of violence,
Chhattisgarh CM Bhu-
pesh Baghel and Punjab
CM Charanjit Channi
were not allowed to
land in Lucknow, SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav
wasn’t allowed to move
out of his Lucknow
home, while BSP and
TMC leaders have also
been stopped.
CM Yogi, meanwhile,
has appealed to people
to await the results of
the investigation.
PRIYANKA ON
‘HUNGER STRIKE’
AFTER DETENTION
PUNJAB DY CM RANDHAWA & LEADER
NAGRA DETAINED WITH OTHERS
Sitapur: Congress general secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on
a hunger strike on Monday after
being detained in Uttar Pradesh’’s
Sitapur district while she was
en route to Lakhimpur Kheri. As
Vadra began her dharna in a PAC
guest house in the district, Con-
gress leaders protested outside
and raised slogans against the
BJP-led state government over
her “arrest”. A video showed Pri-
yanka Gandhi sweeping a room in
the guest house.
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhjinder Randhawa
and Congress leader Kuljit Nagra were detained by UP Police in
Saharanpur along with other party leaders. The Congress leaders
were on their way to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet families of farmers
who lost their lives in violence. Flights of Chhattisgarh Chief Minis-
ter and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder S Randhawa were
denied permission to land in Lucknow on Monday morning.
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BJP names its candidates for
3 assembly constituencies
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
nameditscandidatesfor
by-elections to three as-
sembly constituencies
in Assam. The BJP has
pitted Phanidhar Taluk-
dar from Bhabanipur,
Rupjyoti Kumi from
Mariani and Sushanta
BorgohainfromThowra
Assembly constituen-
cies. Polling in these
constituencies will take
place on October 30 and
the counting of votes
will take place on No-
vember 2. BJP, which is
rulingAssam,islooking
to ensure victory on all
three seats to further ce-
ment its presence
among people as the
‘seven sister’ states
wouldbwitnessingpolls
in the months to come.
Thousands of users on Monday reported
that they were unable to access the
services WhatsApp, Instagram and Face-
book. Social media users took to Twitter
to report that they were unable to access
the services of the aforementioned sites.
Downdetector.com, a website that tracks
issues related to traffic on major websites,
also saw a spike in number of reports
which confirmed that a large number of
people are unable to access WhatsApp,
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PANDORA’S BOX!
HOW POWERFUL
SHIELD ASSETS
Washington: A new re-
port sheds light on how
world leaders, powerful
politicians, billionaires
and others have used
offshore accounts to
shield assets collective-
ly worth trillions of dol-
lars over the past quar-
ter-century
.
The report by the In-
ternational Consortium
of Investigative Jour-
nalists involved 600
journalists from 150 me-
dia outlets in 117 coun-
tries. It’s being dubbed
the Pandora Papers be-
cause the findings shed
light on the previously
hidden dealings of the
elite and the corrupt.
Hundredsof politicians,
celebrities, religious
leadersanddrugdealers
have been hiding their
investments in man-
sions, exclusive beach-
front property, yachts
and other assets, accord-
ing to a review of nearly
12 million files obtained
from 14 firms located
around the world.
The more than 330
current and former pol-
iticians identified as
beneficiaries of the se-
cret accounts include
Jordan’s King Abdullah
II, former UK Prime
Minister Tony Blair,
Czech Republic Prime
Minister Andrej Babis,
Kenyan President Uhu-
ru Kenyatta, Ecuador’s
President Guillermo
Lasso, and associates of
both Pakistani Prime
Minister Imran Khan
and Russian President
Vladimir Putin. —AP
AGAINST DEMOCRATIC NORMS:
GEHLOT ON PRIYANKA’S DETENTION
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Chief MinisterAshok
Gehlot has lambasted the Ut-
tar Pradesh Police for detain-
ing AICC General Secretary
Priyanka Gandhi, terming
theaction‘againstdemocratic
norms’. Gehlot stressed that
Priyanka was ‘going to stand
with families that lost their
loved ones’ and that it was ‘to-
tally unfair to stop them for
discharging this duty
.’
On Monday, Gehlot tweet-
ed, “I strongly condemn the
detention of AICC General
Secretary Priyanka Gandhi ji
and other leaders by the UP
Police. She is a prominent op-
position leader and was on
her way to meet the families
of farmers who were killed
yesterday (on Sunday) in
Lakhimpur Kheri district.”
In the series of tweets, the
senior Congress leader fur-
ther added, “Unlawful deten-
tion of opposition leaders is
against democratic norms.
First, the farmers protesting
peacefully were brutally
killed by driving vehicles of
BJP leaders’ convoy, then op-
position leaders are being
stopped from going there,
which is absolutely wrong.
Priyanka ji was going to
stand with the families who
lost their loved ones in yester-
day’s violence. It is totally
unfair to stop them for dis-
charging this duty
. The inhu-
man face of the BJP govern-
ment has come to the fore.
Ignoring the demands of the
farmers, breaking the farmer
movement, oppressing them
and then not allowing any op-
position party to stand with
them, this is the anti-demo-
cratic form of the ruling par-
ty, and the more it is con-
demned is less.”
Gehlot said, “The CM of
Chhattisgarh and the Deputy
Chief Minister of Punjab are
being prevented from coming
to the state by the BJP gov-
ernment of Uttar Pradesh,
which is condemnable. Only
a dictator government can do
this. Does the ruling BJP in
UP want to end democracy?
In this way, the violation of
civil rights is also against the
spirit of the Constitution.”
This is a very sad and
unfortunate incident. I
have no words to condemn
this incident. They (BJP
govt) don’t believe in
democracy, they only
want autocracy. Is this
‘Ram rajya’? No, this is
‘killing rajya’
Mamata Banerjee,
West Bengal CM
Yogi is becoming the
dictator of UP. It’s illegal
detention & we condemn
it. She (Priyanka Gandhi)
must be released. Those
who’ve arrested her should
be held & a probe should be
initiated. We’ll not tolerate
such misbehaviour,
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Congress leader
We demand that for
a free-fair
investigation, a High
court or Supreme
court sitting judge
should monitor the
inquiry of this
incident
(Lakhimpur)
Asaduddin Owaisi,
AIMIM chief
NIIRA RADIA SET UP A DOZEN FIRMS
Mumbai:The Pandora Papers show
that corporate lobbyist Niira (Nira)
Radia is a “do not contact client” of
corporate service provider firm Trident
Trust Company BVI, who has been
conducting her offshore transactions
through London-based Sanjay Newatia,
a former Credit Suisse banker.
KEY MEMBERS OF PAK PM’S INNER
CIRCLE NAMED IN PAPER LEAKS
Islamabad: Over 700 Pakistanis, in-
cluding some ministers and key mem-
bers of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s
inner circle, were listed among the
individuals whose names were linked
with the Pandora Papers. Some retired
army officials, businessmen have also
been named in the leaks.
NIRAV’S SISTER FOUNDED OFFSHORE
FIRM TO ACT AS TRUST PROTECTOR
Mumbai: A month before fugitive dia-
mond jeweller Nirav Modi fled India in
January 2018, his sister Purvi Modi set
up a firm in the British Virgin Islands
to act as a corporate protector of a
trust formed through the Trident Trust
Company, Singapore.
SACHIN TENDULKAR, WIFE, HAD BVI
COMPANY, WOUND UP AFTER PANAMA
New Delhi: Indian cricket superstar
Sachin Tendulkar, along with members
of his family, figures in the Pandora Pa-
pers as Beneficial Owners of an offshore
entity in the British Virgin Islands (BVI)
which was liquidated in 2016. Sachin,
features with wife Anjali Tendulkar and
father-in-law Anand Mehta.
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Mumbai: A local court on Monday extended the NCB custody of Aryan Khan, son of
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and two others till October 7 in connection
with the seizure of banned drugs onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. The
trio was produced before the court after the end of their one-day custody given to
the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday.
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MOS MISHRA’S
VIDEO SURFACES
‘UNFAIR AND
CRUEL’: VARUN
Lucknow: A purported video
of Union Minister of State for
Home Ajay Kumar Mishra in
which he is heard warning
agitating farmers that he would
discipline them in “two min-
utes” appears to have angered
farmers even before Sunday’s
violent clashes in Lakhimpur
Kheri. “Face me, it will take
just two minutes to discipline
you fellows,” BJP MP from
Kheri is heard allegedly saying.
New Delhi: On a day when
a BJP spokesperson linked
the violence in Lakhimpur
Kheri to “Khalistanis”, party
MP Varun Gandhi cautioned
that using “pejorative and
demeaning” language against
the “struggling farmers”
is “unfair and cruel” and
that it could lead to “further
reaction among the people
who at the moment are very
peaceful.”
ASSAM BY-POLL
JP Nadda
WILL PEACE
PREVAIL?
CM Ashok Gehlot

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021
02
Live-in partner got woman
killed over property feud
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Police has
cracked the mystery be-
hind the murder of a
woman whose body was
found abandoned on the
highway near Morija
bridge under Chomu
police limits in the city
.
According to the po-
lice, the woman was
working with the Elec-
tricity department in
Delhi. She was staying
with Babulal Meena in
a live-in relationship
for the last 14 years af-
ter the death of her hus-
band.
However, they had a
running feud over some
property
. Meena hired 6
contract killers for Rs
2.5 lakh to eliminate the
woman. The mercenar-
ies brought her to Go-
vindgarh, killed her in-
side the car and dis-
posed of the body on
roadside to give it an
appearance of a suicide
by jumping before a
speeding vehicle. How-
ever, the 3-page ‘suicide
note’ helped the cops
bust the case.
Contract killers in police custody. —PHOTO BY NIKHIL TIWARI
The 3-page ‘suicide
note’ by the woman
helped the cops
crack the case
6 CONTRACT KILLERS
FOR RS 2.5 LAKH
Meena hired 6 contract
killers for Rs 2.5 lakh to
eliminate the woman.
The mercenaries brought
her to Govindgarh, killed
her inside the car and
disposed of the body
on roadside to give it an
appearance of a suicide
by jumping before a
speeding vehicle
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari on Mon-
day visited the land al-
lotted for the museum to
be built in the ‘Statue of
Unity’ complex located
at Kevadia in the Nar-
mada district of Guja-
rat. During the visit, the
work plan and frame-
work for the construc-
tion of the museum
were discussed. It is to
be recalled that MP Diya
Kumari was recently
nominated as a member
of the museum by the
Union Government.
“With the Kevadia
Museum in Gujarat,
there will be an oppor-
tunity to know and un-
derstand the glorious
history of the Princely
States, while it will be
preserved safely for
generations to come,”
she said.
The committee met
to inspect the land allot-
ted for the Museum be-
ing built to commemo-
rate the contribution of
562 Princely States in
the unification and for-
mation of India.
Managing Director,
SS Rathore; Padma Shri
Raghuveer Singh Siro-
hi, Maandhata Singh
Rajkot; Mehrangarh
Jodhpur Director, Kar-
ni Singh Jasol; Director
of Archaeology and
Museums Department,
Government of Guja-
rat, Pankaj Sharma
were also present on the
occasion.
Historical step by Centre to build Kevadia museum: Diya
DISCUSSING FRAMEWORK

It is to be
recalled that
MP Diya
Kumari was
recently
nominated as a
member of the
museum by the
Union
Government
With Kevadia
Museum in
Gujarat, there
will be an opportunity to
know and understand
the glorious history of the
Princely States, while it
will be preserved safely
for generations to come.
Diya Kumari,
Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari at the ‘Statue of Unity’ complex located at Kevadia.
Couple held for gangrape of woman in Sikar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A couple has
been held from Jaipur
late on Sunday night in
connection with the
gangrape by sending a
girl from Jaipur to Si-
kar. The victim was
found in an uncon-
scious condition in the
middle of the road 10
days ago. She was bru-
tally assaulted also.
The investigation
found that she was sent
from Jaipur to Sikar for
Rs 8,000. Earlier, the po-
lice arrested 4 accused
by taking the victim’s
statement. The broker
couple is identified as
Aziz Rehman, resident
of Ghubri Assam, and
Sufia Khatoon, resident
of Cooch Behar West
Bengal. Both live in a
rented house on Kiran
Path in Mansarovar.
During investigation,
it was found that they
used to live in contact
with needy girls on the
pretext of jobs. After
this, in the name of get-
ting a massage, they
were sent to youths in
other cities.
The victim was also
sent on September 24
after a deal of Rs 8,000.
Some youth from Sikar
took her to a flat, forci-
bly gave alcohol, held
hostage, & gangraped.
Nagaur: A 30-year-old govt female employee was raped
and blackmailed by a security guard by making obscene
photos and videos. The accused security guard and
the victim woman used to work at the same place. The
accused guard was fired about a month ago. The victim
reached the Women’s police station on Sunday night
and filed a case. The victim works at the district head-
quarters and the accused guard obtained her number on
pretext of giving duty related information. The son of the
female employee also used to accompany him during
the duty and he often played games in mother’s mobile.
SECURITY GUARD RAPES,
BLACKMAILS GOVT EMPLOYEE
Tonk trader
kidnapped,
released after
Rs 1L paid
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A garments
trader from Uiara in
Tonk was kidnapped on
the night of October 1
and released after the
family paid Rs 1 lakh
ransom. Ghamandi Lal,
18, was kidnapped by
six to seven masked
men in a Bolero. The
kidnappers called his
father and demanded a
ransom of Rs 3 lakh in
lieu of releasing him.
ThematterreachedSan-
ganer police station.
The father of the
youth, being upset by
the threats of the mis-
creants,transferred Rs 1
lakh to the accused. Af-
ter this, the miscreants
left Ghamandi Lal at a
secluded place near De-
oli in Tonk district late
at night on October 3. He
was brought to Jaipur
where his statement
was recorded.
Dilsukh Meena, a res-
ident of Udaipuria vil-
lage of Uniara tehsil in
Tonk, filed a case at San-
ganer police station on
October 2. He said that
he along with Ghaman-
di Lal came to Jaipur to
get some material and
got off the bus at around
11 pm in front of Kumb-
ha Marg on Tonk Road.
Lakhimpur Kheri
violence: Youth
Cong stages protest
Jaipur: Youth Con-
gress activists on Mon-
day staged demonstra-
tions against the killing
of farmers in Uttar
Pradesh’s Lakhimpur
Kheri district and the
arrest of AICC general
secretary Priyanka
Gandhi on her way to
the violence-hit place
there.
The effigy of the UP
government was burnt
by the Youth Congress
members. Congress
members also took out
a candle march in
Jaipur which was at-
tended by state Trans-
port Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas.
“The BJP has tram-
pled upon the democra-
cy of India and not the
farmers alone. They did
not kill the farmers but
attempted to murder de-
mocracy,” Youth Con-
gress’ state president
and Dungarpur MLA
Ganesh Ghogra said.
Party’s general secre-
tary Ayush Bhardwaj
said the Modi and Yogi
govts are attacking
farmers instead of lis-
tening to them. —PTI
Youth Congress activists burnt effigy of the UP govt in Jaipur.
The BJP has
trampled upon
the democracy
of India and not the
farmers alone. They did
not kill the farmers but
attempted to murder
democracy.
—Ganesh Ghogra,
RYC State Prez & Dungarpur MLA
Police personnel held for
taking `3,000 bribe in Jpr
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ACB team
on Monday night ar-
rested two police per-
sonnel for taking bribe
in the East district of
Jaipur Police Commis-
sionerate.
Jaipur ASP (city)
Alok Sharma and DSP
Neeraj Gurnani along
with a team at Jawahar
Circle police station ar-
rested the head consta-
ble and a constable for
taking Rs 3,000. Earlier,
the constable had col-
lected a bribe of Rs 2,000
from the complainant at
the behest of the head
constable.
ACB DG BL Soni said
that the arrested head
constable Sardarmal
Singh is from Bharat-
pur district. Constable
Lokesh Kumar Sharma
is from Anatpura in
Tunga.
According to ACB,
the complainant said
that Singh demanded a
bribe of Rs 5,000
through the constable
in lieu of not register-
ing a case after investi-
gating the missing re-
port of a woman and not
arresting him. The com-
plainant said he had
given him Rs 2,000.
NEWS DIGEST
POCSO COURT SENTENCES YOUTH TO LIFE
IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING 6-YEAR-OLD
Bikaner: A special POCSO court sentenced a youth to
life imprisonment for raping a 6-year-old girl in Ram-
pura slums on Monday. According to the prosecution,
the convict Prem Kumar Meghwal, a resident of Bhim
Nagar locality, lured the kid in the pretext of giving
chocolates, took her to a lonely place and raped her
on 8 January this year. The culprit later fled the scene.
Nayasahar SHO Govind Singh Charan nabbed rapist
and forwarded him to court within three days’ time.
THREE WOMEN CLIMB UP WATER TANK
OVER PROPERTY DISPUTE IN CHOMU
Chomu: Pandemonium prevailed in Tigaria under
Samod police limits in the district on Monday when
three women climbed up an overhead water tank
in the village over a
property dispute involv-
ing former councillor
Mahendra Chaudhury.
Govindgarh CO Sand-
eep Saraswat said that
the women’s families
of Amanpura village
have a running feud
with Chaudhury over
an approach road. They
have claimed that the
former councillor has encroached upon their land.
Sarswat said that police have mediated the case and
helped open the road in the past. But the dispute
has cropped up again. The women had not climbed
down till the last report came in.
JDA SEALS 4-STOREY BUILDING
OVER UNAPPROVED CONSTRUCTION
Jaipur: The Enforcement squad of JDA sealed
a 4-storey building in the Khirni Phatak area of
the city on Monday for constructing portions
of it which were not approved by the agency.
The building was sealed 6 years ago too. Chief
Enforcement Controller Raghubir Saini said that
all the 8 flats in the building were sealed indi-
vidually. The building is situated in Lions Lane
Colony in Zone-7.
My wife is not in the race of
contenders: Ramlal Meena
First India Bureau
Pratapgarh: Congress
MLA from Pratapgarh
Ramlal Meena has cat-
egorically denied that
his wife and Zila Pra-
mukh In-
dira Mee-
na is not
in the
race for
ticket for
bypoll in
D h a r i -
awad assembly constit-
uency
.
“My wife is not in the
race of contenders.
Whoever gets the ticket,
I will make the candi-
date win the by-elec-
tion,” Meena said.
The party has for-
warded the panel of
names for bypolls on
Vallabhnagar(Udaipur)
and Dhariawad (Pratap-
garh) assembly seats to
the party high com-
mand for approval.
It is believed that for
Dhariawad seat, he pan-
el has the names of for-
mer MLA Nagraj
Mina, Ramlal Meena’s
wife Indira Meena, Ke-
sar Bhai Meena and
Rooplal Meena.
HE SAID THAT THE PARTY HIGH COMMAND WILL DECIDE THE CANDIDATE
My wife is not in the
race of contenders.
Whoever gets the ticket, I
will make the candidate
win the by-election. it is
for the party high
command to decide the
candidate.
Ramlal Meena,
Congress MLA
BYPOLLS
2021
Nominations begin for
Alwar, Dholpur elections
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State
Election Commission
issued notification on
Monday
, the process of
filing nominations
started in Alwar and
Dholpur districts for
zila parishad and pan-
chayat samiti polls.
The process of filing
nominations will con-
tinue till October 8.
In the elections for
72 Zila Parishad mem-
bers of both the dis-
tricts and 504 mem-
bers of 22 Panchayat
Samitis, voting will be
done in three phases.
The nominations can
be filed every day till
October 8. Nomina-
tions will also be filed
on the day Navratri
begins on October 7.
Seeing this, it is ex-
pected that the maxi-
mum number of nom-
inations are expected
to come on the first
day of Navratri and
the last day of nomi-
nations i.e. on Octo-
ber 8.
POLL FILE
First phase of voting
on OCTOBER 20
Second phase on
OCTOBER 23
Third phase on
OCTOBER 26
3,641 polling booths
2,72,791 voters
—FILE
PHOTO

RAJASTHAN
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: As the corona
has subsided in the
state, dengue and viral
fever has started strik-
ing hard. The cases of
dengue and chikungun-
ya are on the rise.
In the month of Sep-
tember, more than 1,774
cases were reported in
the state. The maximum
number of dengue cases
has been reported in
Jaipur where 389 den-
gue patients have been
found in the last 3
months (July, August
and September).
Of these, 287 patients
have been found the
maximum in Sept.
A large number of pa-
tients with fever, cough
and cold are coming to
SMS hospital and most
these patients are being
tested for dengue and
malaria. Apart from
Jaipur,Alwar,Bhilwara,
Bikaner, Dholpur, Jais-
almer, Jodhpur, Kota,
Udaipur and Pratap-
garh are in dengue hot-
spots list.
The number of den-
gue-malaria patients in
Jaipur started increas-
ing from August, but
neither the health
departmentnorboththe
municipal corporations
paid attention to stop it.
Fogging started in the
city from September.
That too only in those
places from where the
demand for VIPs would
come.
DENGUE ON THE RISE, 389
CASES IN JPR IN SEPT
DENGUE ON THE RISE, 389
 Change cooler
water every week
 Spray to kill mos-
quitoes and insects
 Wear full-sleeved
shirts and pants
 Spray mosquito
repellent before
sleeping at night
 Use creams and
mosquito nets
 Get medicine
sprayed in street
water to prevent
the larvae
 In case of high
fever, see a doctor
immediately
TAKE CARE
Health department teams have
started door-to-door survey from
the last week of September. In this,
people are being made aware about dengue-
malaria disease. Apart from this, Tami flu
medicines are also being distributed.
—Dr. Narottam Sharma, Jaipur CMHO
In September, more than 1,774
cases were reported in the state.
1 Maximum 389 dengue cases have
been reported in Jaipur.
2
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The nursing
staff and lab techni-
cian workers at the In-
stitute of Respiratory
Diseases (TB Hospital),
Shastri Nagar, here,
boycotted the work for
2 hrs on Monday
.
The protest was held
against the transfer of
the same employees af-
ter a scuffle in August
with the nursing staff
at the hospital’s vacci-
nation centre.
From 8 to 10 in the
morning, all the em-
ployees boycotted the
work and did meeting.
Due to this, the pa-
tients who came to
show in the OPD in the
morning had to face
problems. At the same
time, the Covid vacci-
nation also started af-
ter 10 o’clock.
The protestors unan-
imously decided that
until the transfer of
the three employees is
canceled and action is
taken against the mis-
creants, the agitation
will continue, said
State President of
State Nurses Associa-
tion, Rajendra Rana.
Adani to manage
Jpr airport from
October 11
REET: BJYM takes out protest
rally in Dotasra’s home district
First India Bureau
Sikar: Demanding a
CBI investigation into
the large-scale malprac-
tices during the REET
test, the activists of
Bharatiya Janata Yuva
Morcha (BJYM), the
youth wing of opposi-
tion BJP, took out a pro-
test rally in front of the
Collectorate on Monday
.
BJYM state president
Himanshu Sharma led
the rally that started
from SK School ground.
However, there were
tense moments at the
Collectorate when the
rallyists came face to
face with another rally
being organised under
the banner of Sanyukta
Kisan Morcha.
The farmers were
agitating against deaths
in Laxmipur Khiri in
UP and raising slogans
against the Centre.
However, the police
and the QRT and RAC
teams managed. Later,
BJYM workers submit-
ted a memorandum to
the Collector before dis-
persing.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The Rajasthan Board of
Secondary Education on Monday
rejected BJP RS MP Kirodi Lal
Meena’s allegations that the an-
swer sheet of the REET exam con-
ducted recently was leaked. Mee-
na further claimed that the answer
sheet was leaked with the involve-
ment of an official of the secrecy
wing of the board. Reacting to the
allegations, the board Chairman,
D P Jaroli, ruled out the possibil-
ity and said that there should be
no politics on the conduct of exam.
General Secretary of the Board
Employees Union, Mohan Singh
Rawat has also rubbished the al-
legations. He said that Meena’s
allegations are baseless and the
staff of the Board worked very
hard to make REET a success. Ac-
tion will be taken against those
promoting unfair means.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
and minister in-charge
of Ajmer Lalchand Ka-
taria on Monday hand-
ed over pattas to benefi-
ciaries under Pra-
shasan Shahron Ke
Sang campaign in
Kekri, here.
They also reviewed
the implementation of
the campaign in the
district. In the camp,
the ministers reached
the tables of every de-
partment and inquired
about the relief given
to the public and also
interacted with the
general public.
Kataria said, “The
Gehlot government is
sensitive towards re-
solving the problems
of the common man.”
District Collector
Prakash Rajpurohit,
SP Jagdish Chandra,
youth leader Sagar
Sharma, Kekri Nagar
Palika chairman Kam-
lesh Sahu, vice chair-
person Sampat Devi
Jharothia and others
were present.
Jaipur: The Adani Group
will manage the Jaipur In-
ternational Airport from
October 11 after it was de-
cided to privatise the air-
port. The operations and
management of the air-
port will now be handled
entirely by the Adani
Group for the next 50
years. Earlier, the group
was to take over the air-
port on October 12 but the
Adani Group proposed to
do it on October 11.
M. Imran Tak
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra said on
Monday that the pur-
pose of the Governor’s
Relief Fund is not only
to collect money, but to
provide assistance.
Mishra was address-
ing a virtual meeting
of the members of the
Advisory Committee
of the Governor’s Re-
lief Fund from the Raj
Bhavan.
He said that the
scope of the Gover-
nor’s Relief Fund has
been increased with
the aim of benefitting
the maximum people.
“Assistance is being
provided to victims in
famine, flood, accident,
aid for medicine and
equipment during pan-
demics, one-time assis-
tance for critical pa-
tients,” he said.
The governor in-
formed that there has
been an unprecedented
increase in the collec-
tion of funds in the last
two years. In the year
2020-21, Rs 54 lakh was
collected, which has in-
creased to Rs 1.85 crore
in the year 2021-22.
Prashasan Shahron Ke Sang: Dr Raghu
distributes pattas to beneficiaries
RBSE rules out
Kirodi’s leak theory
Raghu Sharma giving pattas to beneficiaries in Kekri.
‘Purpose of guv relief
fund is to provide aid’
Nurses,lab tech of TB
hosp boycott work
Jaipur: A petition has been filed on
Monday in the High Court for can-
cellation of REET-2021. On Mon-
day, REET candidate Bhagchand
Sharma, resident of Jaipur filed the
petition. The Chief Secretary of the
State Government, the Principal
Secretary of Elementary Education,
the Secretary of the Board of Sec-
ondary Education Rajasthan and the
Coordinator REET have been made
a party in the petition.
CANDIDATE PETITION HC TO
CANCEL REET EXAM
REET: KIRODI-DOTASRA
FACE-OFF CONTINUES
Jaipur: The verbal duel between
Edu minister Govind Singh Dotasra
and BJP MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena
escalated after Meena ended his
dharna. Dotasra claimed that he
ended the stir after the reprimand
of Arun Singh, who is in charge of
BJP’s affairs in the state. In counter
allegation, Meena said threads of
the malpractices are traced to Lax-
mangarh, Dotasra’s constituency.
The govt has launched the campaign to
resolve the problems of the people un-
der one roof. This was long pending
camp. Now they are getting the ownership of
their land which is a big thing.
—Lalchand Kataria, In-charge of Ajmer
NEWS DIGEST
Jaipur: CS Arya has issued
orders that from now on Sar-
panch will be made a member
of the Gram Panchayat level
core group committee. Ele-
mentary education officers will
no longer be members of the
committee as academic work
being hampered in schools.
Until now, teachers were
there in the Gram Panchayat
level core group committee for
corona control. They could not
work on the academic front
due to Covid duty.
Udaipur: Notice has been
issued to Udaipur’s Narayan
Seva Sansthan where three
children died in the Demented
Child Rehabilitation Centre.
After the death of the children,
11 out of 21 food samples
taken by the health depart-
ment were not of any brand.
One sample had high starch
content and two other samples
were expired. Udaipur’s Chief
Medical and Health Officer Dr
Dinesh Kharadi said notice has
been issued to the Sansthan.
Jaipur: Police
has arrested
a Isha Pariar
involved in a
loot at Shri
Balaji Jewellers
in Murlipura area. The woman is a
member of gangster Mukim Kala
and Sadar Khan gang in Delhi. She
was in Nepal when police laid a
trap to bring the accused, Isha
Pariar, to India telling her that they
planned a Rs 1 cr loot here. Cops
posed as members of a gang.
TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON
EDU, SARPANCH TO BE
COMMITTEE MEMBER
SEVA SANSTHAN GETS
NOTICE FOR SERVING
EXPIRED FOOD
GANGSTERS HELD FOR LOOT
AT SHRI BALAJI JEWELLERS
Mishra addressing meeting of the members of the Advisory
Committee of the Governor’s Relief Fund from the Raj Bhavan.
Nursing and lab technician workers on dharna.
BJP Yuva Morcha in Sikar protested against manipulation of REET.

PERSPECTIVE
04
Vol 3 Issue No. 120
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responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
With @Annapurna4BJP ji, @
DrSubhasSarkar ji and officials of the
@EduMinOfIndia, brainstormed on
the path ahead for Tithi Bhojan and
Vidyanjali. By making them society-led
mass movements, we aim to achieve
better nutrition and better learning
outcomes for our students.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Felicitated the DRDO Dare to Dream
2.0 award winners and the Young
Scientists a function in New Delhi
today. There is a great need for RD
in futuristic defence technologies. Our
aim is to equip our forces with latest
machinery to deal with any challenge.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If we fail to look after
others when they need help,
who will look after us?
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
EDUCATION MUST
COME FIRST
OVID-19 is pushing
the world to the
brink. The pandemic
has killed more than
4.7 million people,
caused global GDP to decline by
4.6% in 2020, and pushed 119-124
million more people into ex-
treme poverty
. Today
, nearly one
in three people globally do not
have enough food to eat, while
conflicts and climate-change-in-
duced natural disasters are forc-
ing families from their homes.
And the resulting school disrup-
tions are leaving crisis-affected
children ever-further behind.
When world leaders launched
Education Cannot Wait, the Unit-
ed Nations’ global fund for educa-
tioninemergenciesandprotract-
ed crises, at the 2016 World Hu-
manitarian Summit, 75 million
children and youth globally were
beingdeniedtheirrighttoanedu-
cation as a result of conflict, dis-
placement, and natural disaster.
Fast forward to the present.
As COVID-19 continues to rav-
age the world’s least-developed
countries, and with other crises
on the rise, the number of chil-
dren who are out of school has
increased to an estimated 128
million. This is a rough estimate
that will likely increase as the
world’s multiplying crises deep-
en, and it is already more than
the population of Japan, or the
populations of France and Italy
combined.
C
he Maharaja is all
set to fly Air In-
dia. For the flag-
bearer airline
founded by JRD
Tata in 1932 as Tata Airlines,
it will be a delayed but much
awaited development. For
Ratan Tata getting the Maha-
raja’s homecoming after dec-
ades will be a moment of
nostalgia. The reported suc-
cessful bid is expected to
bring buoyancy to the airline
sector.
Air India serves over 60
destinations across conti-
nents and is a member of
Star Alliance, a global avia-
tion alliance. The sell-off is
happening because the air-
line is heavily debt-ridden---
Rs 40,000 crore---with the clo-
sure of skies during the pan-
demic being a major contrib-
uting factor. The govern-
ment, it is said, intends to
pass on a debt of only Rs
23,000 crore to the Tata Sons.
There’s no dearth of money
with the Tatas or manage-
ment skill to revive the ailing
airline. If the Tata Sons’ bid
gets a final nod from the gov-
ernment, the Tatas will
merge AirAsia India and
Vistara businesses to bring
them under one entity
.
Air India has the third
largest market share in In-
dia’s aviation sector. Air Asia
India’s 7.1 percent and Vista-
ra’s 6.4 percent of market
share together will make Ta-
tas the second biggest group-
ing in the country’s aviation
sector after Indigo which en-
joys a market share of 55.5
percent. It will then act as a
major disruptor for Spicejet.
For Jet Airways it’s like tak-
ing a bird-hit at the runway
itself. The airline is putting
its nuts and bolts in place for
a possible take-off in 2022.
For flyers quality services
are assured.
MAHARAJA’S LIKELY
HOMECOMING
If the Tata Sons’ bid gets
a final nod from the
government, the Tatas
will merge AirAsia
India and Vistara
businesses to bring
them under one entity
T
he face of financial transac-
tions and access to financial
services has potentially been
revolutionized in early Sep-
tember 2021, when a new
technology infrastructure
Account Aggregator (“AA”)
was launched at a virtual
event wherein 8 largest banks
of India namely, State Bank
of India, ICICI Bank, Axis
Bank, IDFC First Bank, Ko-
tak Mahindra Bank, HDFC
Bank, IndusInd Bank and
Federal Bank came together
to join the network for a
smooth and centralized tran-
sition of financial data.
Account aggregators are a
subset of non-banking finan-
cial companies (“NBFCs”),
which function as technology
intermediaries between enti-
ties requiring financial data
of customers (financial infor-
mationusers“FIU”)andthose
holding that data (financial
informationproviders“FIP”).
SIMPLIFYING AA
The whole process has a
three-tier structure and the
license for AAs is issued by
the RBI. These will help in
facilitating financial data of
customers to FIPs and FIUs
which include banks, lenders
who do not delve into bank-
ing, insurance companies
and mutual funds, who seek
financial data and documents
from their customers. Infor-
mation scattered across all of
the financial institutions that
one deals with will be stored
via a centralized mechanism
and shared to an FIU if the
customer consents for the
same. Thus all the digital
footprints of the customer
will be compiled in one place
and facilitate the information
acquisition to lenders.
HOW IS AA
REVOLUTIONARY?
z IMPROVED FINANCIAL
UNDERSTANDING: The
most pertinent benefit of an
Account Aggregator ser-
vice is the ease with which
customers can analyze
financial information to make
well-informed decisions with
regards to their banking and
investment choices.
z LESS TURNAROUND TIME:
AAs essentially cuts down
the enormous amount of
time that customers have
to undertake in order to
avail of a financial service,
and thus the hassle to run
around and collect all the
financial documents before
availing of financial services
will be done away with. This
time saved could be rather
invested into analyzing the
services provided by various
competitors in the market!
z LESS PHYSICAL INTERAC-
TIONS: COVID-19 has been a
major roadblock on physical
restrictions and end-users
are afraid to visit banks and
other financial offices. This
can be potentially solved by
an AA that creates secured
digital access to personal
data. To cite an example,
data sharing through AA to
procure information collat-
eral can be used to access a
small formal loan by MSMEs
who generally ask for physi-
cal collateral.
z FRAUD REDUCTION: It
reduces the fraud associ-
ated with physical data by
introducing secure digital
signatures and end-to-end
encryption for data sharing.
Further, the services of third
parties cannot be used for
undertaking the business
of account aggregation.
Moreover, the consent of the
customer is at the core of
the AA ecosystem. Thus, if a
person decides to not share
the financial data, it will stay
with the finance provider.
According to Sahamati, a
collective AA ecosystem, an
AA is “data-blind” which es-
sentially means that all data
transferred is encrypted and
could only be accessed by
the FIU for which the data is
intended.
z SYNERGY BETWEEN UNI-
FIED PAYMENTS INTER-
FACE (“UPI”) AND AA: With
the onset of UPI, payments
have become increasingly
accessible and pervasive.
The AA system works on a
similar idea, the only differ-
ence being in the data which
is being exchanged. The
technology-driven payment
services application allowed
customers to exchange pay-
ments on several banking
accounts via a single appli-
cation by a virtual payments
address, with each having
a unique separate identity.
The AA entities will also fol-
low suit of the UPI payment
mechanism and will enable
a user to transfer numerous
financial data held by the
user in multiple accounts
(saving accounts, term de-
posits, mutual and pension
funds etc.) through a single
virtual address exclusive to
each user.
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
The ecosystem has the poten-
tial to serve as the holy grail
of financial services provid-
ers and customers alike, pro-
vided its execution is done
immaculately. AA mecha-
nism can achieve meteoric
success if all financial ser-
vices providers, as well as
government entities such as
Income Tax and GST and
other business entities, are
on the platform. It is not com-
pulsory for every financial
service provider to partake in
the AA ecosystem as of yet.
However, it is mandatory for
an entity that wants to be-
come an FIU and provide
more personalised services to
its customer base to become
a FIP as well that is, it should
be willing to share its cus-
tomer’s data (with customer
consent) with other FIUs.
ACCOUNT AGGREGATORS
REVOLUTIONIZING FORCE OF
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
T
A mechanism can achieve
meteoric success if all
financial services
providers, as well as
government entities
such as Income Tax
and GST and other
business entities, are
on the platform
Account aggregators are a
subset of non-banking
financial companies
(“NBFCs”), which function
as technology
intermediaries between
entities requiring financial
data of customers
(financial information
users “FIU”) and those
holding that data
(financial information
providers “FIP”)

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister and Aam Aad-
mi Party’s national con-
vener Arvind Kejriwal
has announced the
name of chief ministe-
rial candidate in Uttara-
khand by naming re-
tired Colonel Ajay
Kothiyal as the contend-
er. But when asked
about Punjab, Kejriwal
says that at the right
time he will announce
the name of the party’s
chief ministerial candi-
date. When elections are
to be held simultane-
ously in both the states,
how come the right time
has come in Uttara-
khand and not in Pun-
jab? In Uttar Pradesh
too, the party has de-
clared Sanjay Singh as
its Chief Ministerial
face.
In fact, Kejriwal is in
a dilemma about Pun-
jab. Earlier he had said
that Jat Sikhs would be
the Chief Minister and
Dalits would be the Dep-
uty Chief Ministers if
AAP formed the govern-
ment. But now Congress
has made a Dalit, CM
and therefore the stake
of Deputy CM will not
attract much to the vot-
ers. On the other hand,
BJP has announced to
make Dalit CM. That’s
when Kejriwal’s dilem-
ma has increased. Ac-
cording to informed
sources, there is also an
opinion in his party that
the Leader of Opposi-
tion of Punjab Assem-
bly Harpal Singh Chee-
ma should be made a
contender. He is a Dalit
and is representing the
party in Assembly
. This
will strengthen the cred-
ibility of the party
.
But this is worrying
forKejriwalasheknows
announcing a name
would result in loosing
the Jat Sikh vote. He is
feeling that if he also de-
clared a Dalit claimant,
then the Jat Sikh vote
will outrightly go to the
Shiromani Akali Dal. In
fact, there is no confu-
sion in SAD about who
will become the CM, as
everyone knows that if
the Akali Dal govern-
ment is formed Sukhbir
Badal will be the CM
and SAD’s ally Bahujan
Samaj Party
, that has ap-
peal in Dalits, will be
given the Deputy CM
position. AAP MP Bhag-
want Mann is pressuris-
ing party to declare CM
candidate, but consider-
ing him as a non-serious
politician, Kejriwal is
deferring the decision.
Who will be the Chief Ministerial face of AAP in Punjab?
KEJRIWAL’S PUNJAB DILEMMA
lll
As per informed
sources, there is
an opinion in
AAP party that
LoP of Punjab
Assembly HS
Cheema can be
made contender
to strengthen
credibility of AAP
Anita Hada
New Delhi: The Shiv
Sena, which is heading
the Maha Vikas Aghadi
government of Maha-
rashtra, has given some
advice to its ally Con-
gress and has also
passed comments about
its leaders. No one can
deny the advice of Shiv
Sena that Congress
should elect a full-time
president.
However, many Con-
gress leaders have be-
come angry with this
and are advising Sena
not to interfere in their
internal affairs. But
what the Sena has said
is not wrong too and it is
high time that the Con-
gress should elect a full-
time president at the
earliest since not having
a president gives all par-
ties an opportunity to
attack the Congress.
Sena’s second com-
ment is more important
than this advice. Sena
haswritteninitsmouth-
piece ‘Saamana’ that
senior Congress leaders
have joined hands with
the BJP and their aim is
to stop Rahul Gandhi.
There is no doubt that
many senior Congress
leaders do not want Ra-
hultotakeoverthereins
of the party and suc-
ceed, if he does. It is sur-
prising but true that in-
stead of being disap-
pointed and worried
over the poor perfor-
mance of the Congress,
most elderly leaders, sit-
ting in Delhi, are happy
since they think Rahul
is failing, the article
said.
However, the remarks
that senior leaders have
met the BJP are also not
a trivial issue. In August
last year, when 23 Con-
gress leaders wrote a let-
ter to Sonia Gandhi ask-
ing for elections to be
held for all the posts of
the organisation, in-
cluding the President
and members of the
Congress Working Com-
mittee, Rahul had alleg-
edly said that everyone
of theseleadersishands
in glove with the BJP.
However, later when Ka-
pil Sibal got angry, it
was clarified by the Con-
gress that Rahul had
never said such a thing.
Now Sena has also reit-
erated that senior Con-
gress leaders are in alli-
ance with the BJP
.
It is a coincidence
that Sena’s remarks
came at a time when
Captain Amarinder
Singh, who was Con-
gress’s chief minister
in Punjab for 9.5 years,
has shown his close-
ness to the BJP. Now
they are calling for
their secular conduct
but the question is not
on their conduct. The
question is about his
closeness to the BJP
and its top leaders. As
soon as he stepped
down as CM, national
security became such a
big issue in Punjab that
he met the Home Minis-
ter and the National
Security Advisor. It is
being said that he is go-
ing to form a party to
help the BJP.
For Congress leader
DigvijaySingh,itcannot
be said that he has col-
luded with the BJP. But
the timing of praising
Amit Shah and the RSS
while recalling his Nar-
mada Yatra four years
ago is astonishing.
DISBURSE `50K EX-GRATIA
FOR COVID DEATHS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPLYING: SC
The apex court
asked Centre and
States to give
wide publicity to
ex-gratia scheme
Bench approved
norms issued by
the NDMA for
grant of
compensation in
Covid deaths
WELCOME STUDENTS! Student undergoes thermal screening meanwhile a teacher welcomes
students as the school reopens door for classes 8 to 12 in Mumbai on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Earlier in January, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had praised Ghulam Nabi
Azad. At the time of his departure from the
Rajya Sabha, Modi became emotional
while giving a speech in the House
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day while approving
Centre’s disaster man-
agement guidelines on
payment of Rs 50,000
ex-gratia compensa-
tion to the next kin of
those who died of Cov-
id-19, said the money to
be disbursed within 30
days of applying.
A Bench of Justice
MR Shah and Justice
AS Bopanna ordered
that no state should
deny the ex-gratia
compensation of Rs
50,000 to the next kin
of persons who died of
Covid on the sole
ground that the death
certificate does not
mention Covid-19 as
the cause of death. The
payment will be from
SDRF, it added.
No State shall deny
the Rs 50,000 benefit on
the ground that cause
of death in death cer-
tificate is not Covid,
Bench ordered, adding
that district authori-
ties to take remedial
steps to have cause of
death corrected. Dist
level committee details
to be published in print
media, it said. —PTI
Kochi: Kerala HC on Monday quashed Kerala
govt’s order to reduce charges of RT-PCR tests
in private laboratories to Rs 500 from Rs 1,700.
HC also quashed the
order to initiate criminal
proceedings against
those who are not
implementing the order.
In May, the Kerala govt
had issued an order to
reduce the RT-PCR test
rates in the state from
Rs 1700 to Rs 500. A bench of Justice TR Ravi also
directed the state to hold discussions with owners
of private laboratories and take a fresh decision
in this regard. Court’s ruling came on PIL filed by
Accredited Molecular Testing Laboratories and Devi
Scans pvt ltd seeking to set aside the order.
New Delhi: Why are
farmers continuing
their protests even
after challenging farm
laws in court, the SC
questioned sharply
today after eight people,
including four farmers,
were killed in violent
protests in an UP
district. Centre argued
that there can be “no
further farmer protests”
as incidents like Lakh-
impur Kheri could not
be allowed. Is the right
to protest absolute?
The SC said it would
examine the question
on October 21 and also
go into whether farmers
have the right to take to
the streets when the
issue at the core
of their protest
- the three new
farm laws --
is in court.
SC was
respond-
ing to a
petition
by a farmers’ group
that wants to stage a
protest at Jantar Mantar
in Delhi. Centre, while
opposing it, referred
to Sunday’s violence.
“The events that took
place in Lakh-
impur Kheri...
Eight died. Pro-
tests cannot
happen like
this,” said
Attorney
General KK
Venugopal.
New Delhi: India
reported 20,799 new
cases, 180 deaths in
a day, said MoHFW.
India’s active caseload
stands at 2,64,458
which is lowest in the
last 200 days. The
active cases account
for less than 1% of
total cases, currently
at 0.78%, lowest since
March 2020. Recovery
rate stands at 97.89%,
highest since March
2020. Death toll has
mounted to 4,48,997.
New Delhi: Stating
that environmentalist
RK Pachauri’s death
certificate has not been
placed on record nor
factum of death verified,
woman, who has lev-
elled allegations against
Pachauri, has sought
to dismiss plea filed
befor Delhi Court. The
woman, who filed plaint
of sexual harassment
against Pachauri, has
filed a reply opposing an
application.
New Delhi: Delhi HC on
Monday directed Delhi
Police not to interfere
with operation of spas,
which have vaild
licences and adhering
to guidelines. Justice
Rekha Palli cautioned
police officials. Court
was hearing a petition
filed by an owner of
a ‘Spa and Wellness
Clinic’ alleging that he
was not allowed to re-
open his outlet despite
the fact that he has been
complying with norms.
Mumbai: The BMC
told Bombay HC on
Monday that it does
not apprehend a 3rd
wave of pandemic in
the city as the vaccina-
tion drive is going on
smoothly, with over 42
lakh people fully vac-
cinated. BMC counsel
Anil Sakhare told that
2,586 bed-ridden peo-
ple have so far been
administered both the
doses while 3,942
such people have got
the first jab.
HC QUASHES KERALA GOVT’S ORDER
TO REDUCE RT-PCR RATES IN PVT LABS
20,799 CASES;
ACTIVE DROPS
TO 2,64,458
HC: PACHAURI’S
DEATH CERT
NOT ON RECORD
HC TO COPS: DO
NOT INTERFERE
WITH OPS OF SPAS
DON’T SEE 3RD
WAVE COMING:
BMC TELLS HC
New Delhi: Negotiation over the pricing of
Covid vaccine ZyCov-D between Centre and
Zydus Cadila are still underway. The decision
of pricing is taking time owing to 2 factors;
one is that it is a three-dose vaccine and the
other is its application. A needle-free applica-
tor or a jet injector is used for the application
of the ZyCov-D vaccine, which can be used
to vaccinate 10,000 people. Sources told that
price from the govt is expected to be around
Rs 300/dose. Sources said, “The final cost
has not been finalised yet because cost of
applicator that will be used for vaccine is Rs
90 and jet injector costs Rs 30,000.”
‘COVID VACCINE ZYCOV-D PRICE
STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION’
Shiv Sena shows Cong the mirror! IN THE COURTYARD
Choose ‘court or road’
SC to protesting farmers
Mumbai: Thousands of
users on Monday re-
ported that they were
unable to access the ser-
vices WhatsApp, Insta-
gram and Facebook.
Social media users took
to Twitter to report that
they were unable to ac-
cess the services of the
aforementioned sites.
Downdetector.com, a
website that tracks is-
sues related to traffic on
major websites, also
saw a spike in number
of reports which con-
firmed that a large num-
ber of people are unable
to access WhatsApp, Fa-
cebook and Instagram.
Over 20,000 people
have reported that the
WhatsApp is not work-
ing for them. The web.
whatsapp.com is also
displaying this error
message - 5xx Server Er-
ror. Insta is also show-
ing the same message.
The Facebook web-
site shows an error mes-
sage “Sorry, something
went wrong. We’re
working on it and we’ll
get it fixed as soon as we
can.” The WhatsApp
messaging app is unable
to send or receive mes-
sages while Instagram
and Facebook’s messag-
ing platforms are also
facing an outage.
The issue has seem-
ingly affected people
late in the evening, with
outage starting at
roughly 9:15 pm IST.
This is not the first
time apps like What-
sApp have crashed. A
similar outage occurred
in June, while another
in July. “We’re aware
that some people are
having trouble access-
ing our apps and prod-
ucts. We’re working to
get things back to nor-
mal as quickly as possi-
ble, and we apologize for
any inconvenience,” a
Facebook spokesperson
said. —Agencies
WhatsApp, Instagram
and Facebook down for
users in global outage
Arvind Kejriwal
Uddhav Thackeray
Delhi CM and
AAP’s national
convener Arvind
Kejriwal has
announced names
of chief ministerial
candidates in
U’khand and UP
New Delhi: The SC Monday re-
fused to entertain a plea seeking
cancellation of the NEET UG held
on September 12, 2021 on the
ground that the examination was not
conducted in a fair and transparent
manner. The apex court dismissed
the plea saying that cancellation of
the exam cannot be at the cost of
lakhs of students. A bench headed
by Justice L Nageswara Rao, which
stopped short of imposing Rs 5
lakh cost, noted that the petitioner
seeks setting aside NEET-UG Exam
and directing the NTA to conduct the
exam afresh.
New Delhi: A virtual SC hearing took
an interesting turn when Justice DY
Chandrachud referred to historical
painting behind former AG Mukul
Rohatgi. Court was hearing a petition
by real estate developer Supertech
where former AG was representing
it. Justice Chandrachud said, “This is
the central hall of Bombay HC during
Tilak trial.” The Attorney General
thanked Justice for the praise. As
he saw the painting of Bal Gangad-
har Tilak’s trial in the Bombay High
Court in 1907, Justice Chandrachud
repeated the last words that Tilak
said during his trial.
SC DISMISSES PIL SEEKING
CANCELLATION OF NEET UG
SC JUDGE REPEATS LAST
WORDS OF TILAK AT TRIAL

INDIA
06
VIOLENCE ERUPTS ACROSS STATES
New Delhi: The inci-
dent of violence in Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Lakhim-
pur Kheri is resonating
politically in Punjab,
whose farmers have
been protesting at na-
tional capital Delhi’s
borders against three
farm laws.
Lakhimpur Kheri is
under Section 144 of the
CrPC, which prohibits
gathering of two or
more people. The local
administration and Ut-
tar Pradesh Police have
stopped a number of
leaders from visiting
the area where farmers
were holding a protest.
They claim that a con-
voy of Union minister
Ajay Mishra Teni’s son
Ashish ran over four
farmers which caused
their deaths.
Speaking during a
roadshow in Ludhiana,
Badal further said that
a case under Section 302
of the IPC must be reg-
istered with immediate
effects against the cul-
prits and a high-level
probe should be carried
out for free and fair in-
vestigation. —PTI
Farmers raise slogans during a protest demanding action against the alleged killing of eight people in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in Patiala on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CM CHANNI SEEKS
PERMISSION TO VISIT
Punjab CM Charanjit
Singh Channi has sought
permission from UP
govt to visit Lakhimpur
Kheri, where eight people
were killed in violence
on Sunday. “Expressing
solidarity with bereaved
families of farmers, I’m
leaving for Lakhimpur
Kheri to be with my
brothers sisters in this
hour of grief. I’ve also
sought permission from
UP Govt to allow landing/
taking off of chopper at
the site,” Channi said.
‘BJP CAN’T TOLERATE
VOICE AGAINST THEM’
Slamming the BJP over
violence in Lakhimpur
Kheri in UP, Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
on Monday termed the
incident as murder adding
that the opposition party
cannot tolerate any voice
against them. “We de-
mand the Union Minister
be removed. This was
not an ordinary incident
but murder,” Baghel told
media. “BJP wants to
suppress opposition and
crush any voice that is
against them.
THIS IS ‘KILLING RAJYA’: MAMATA
Kolkata: WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday
came down heavily on BJP over the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence in which at least eight people, including
four farmers and a local journalist,
were killed. Condemning the
incident, Banerjee said the
BJP government doesn’t
believe in democracy and
only wants autocracy.
Mamata said this
is a very sad and
unfortunate incident.
I have no words to
condemn this incident.
They (BJP govt) don’t
believe in democracy, they
only want autocracy.
Is this ‘Ram
rajya’?
SHIROMANI AKALI DAL EVENT POSTPONED,
SAYS PARTY’S PRESIDENT BADAL
In Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president
Sukhbir Singh Badal announced postponement of party’s
programme in Jalandhar for Tuesday. He has convened a
meeting of core committee - SAD’s top decision making
body - tomorrow to decide on the further action course.
‘CRUSHING FARMERS, STIFLING OPPOSITION
VOICES BJP’S NEW STRATEGY?’ ASKS RAUT
Mumbai: Sena MP Sanjay Raut said if crushing farmers,
stifling voices of leaders who support is BJP’s new strategy.
He said when BJP protested over rape in Mumbai, “State
did not stop anyone”. “Farmers have been run over by car of
min’s son. Where does such cruelty come from?” he asked.
LAKHIMPUR
KHERI
New Delhi: India needs
to focus on developing
dual-use technologies
for both military and
civilian agencies and
special attention should
be paid to research and
development for manu-
facturing state-of-the-
art defence platforms,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh said on Oc-
tober 4.
He said the demand
for military equipment
is increasing around
the world in view of
global security con-
cerns, border disputes
and developments in
the maritime sphere,
and India must focus to
enhance its domestic
defence industry
.
Addressing an event
organised by the DRDO,
Singh said that no cor-
ner of the world is left
untouched by the
changes seen in areas
of strategic affairs, mil-
itary power, economy
communication. —PTI
CRUCIAL READ
DECLARE FIN PACKAGE FOR RAIN-HIT
FARMERS: FADNAVIS TO MAHA GOVT
MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT IN KOLKATA,
14 FIRE TENDERS RUSHED TO SPOT
Aurangabad: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on
Monday asked Maha govt to convene a cabinet meeting
and declare a financial package for farmers hit by rain
in Marathwada region. LoP in Maharashtra Assembly is
currently touring various districts in Marathwada region
and meeting farmers.“Farmers in Marathwada suffered
huge losses but are yet to receive any help.The state
govt should convene a meeting of the state cabinet and
declare a financial package for farmers.The financial
aid should be deposited directly in the bank accounts of
farmers before Dussehra (Oct 15),” he told reporters.
Kolkata: Amajor fire broke out in a four-storey building
in Kolkata’s congested Colootola area on Monday morn-
ing, an official said. No one was injured in the blaze
that erupted on the third floor around 11 am, he said,
adding, 14 fire tenders have been pressed into service
to douse the flames. Huge quantities of garments were
stacked inside the rooms of the building, where two
families also reside, the fire department official said.
“Our efforts are continuing.There are inflammable ma-
terials stocked inside the building, too,” the official said.
FORMER NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM
DIRECTOR SHAKTI SINHA PASSES AWAY
New Delhi: Former Nehru Memorial Museum and
Library (NMML) director and personal secretary to late
prime minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, Shakti
Sinha, 63, passed away
on Monday. A 1979
batch Indian Admin-
istrative Service (IAS)
officer of the Arunachal
Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre, which
is popularly known as AGMUT, Sinha was considered a
highly influential member of Vajpayee’s PMO where he
was a joint secretary in the late 1990s. He served as
Vajpayee’s private secy from 1998-2000.
LEKHI MEETS DENMARK ENVOY, TALK ON
TIES IN GREEN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
New Delhi: MoS for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi
on Monday met Ambassador of Denmark to India Freddy
Svane in a bid to discuss
bilateral cooperation
in the Green Strategic
Partnership. “Delighted
to meet Ambassador of
Denmark @Svane_fred-
dy. We discussed our
bilateral cooperation in the Green Strategic Partnership.
Looking forward to further enhancing our cultural
cooperation and people-to-people relations,” Lekhi
informed in a tweet. In July, both countries signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of
health and medicine.
Need to focus on developing dual
use technologies: Rajnath Singh
DARE TO DREAM 2.0! Defence Minister Rajnath Singh giving away the Young Scientists awards
during DRDO Directors Conclave 2021 at DRDO Bhawan, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar has with-
drawn assembly speak-
er Biman Banerjee’s
power to administer the
oath of office to the
members of the state
legislature, officials
aware of matter said on
Monday. They added
this is the first time a
Bengal Guv has taken
such step, which is like-
ly to escalate tensions
between Guv speaker.
“A note from Raj Bha-
wan reached the office
of the speaker a few
days before the Assem-
bly by-poll to Kolkata’s
Bhabanipur and two
seats in Murshidabad
district on Sunday. The
letter cited Section 188
of the Constitution,
which empowers the
Governor to administer
the oath,” said a state
assembly official, re-
questing anonymity
.
To continue as CM,
Mamata, who won the
Bhabanipur seat by a
record margin on Sun-
day, needs to be sworn
in as a member of the
Assembly by November
4. TMC leaders said she
wants the formalities to
be completed before the
Durga Puja which is a
week away
. —PTI
Countries
around the
world are fo-
cusing on military
modernisation and de-
mand for equipment
has gone up in view of
global security concerns,
border disputes devps
in maritime domain.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
T
T
T
PROJECTS IN TIME-BOUND MANNER
Dhankar withdraws
WB Speaker’s power to
administer oath to MLAs
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will inaugurate an oxy-
gen plant at AIIMS in
Rishikesh, Uttara-
khand on October 7, in-
formed sources close to
the developments.
On the same day, the
PM Narendra Modi will
complete 20 years of his
service in public office
since he took oath as
Gujarat chief minister
in 2001. “Prime Minis-
ter will inaugurate an
oxygen plant at AIIMS,
Rishikesh in Uttara-
khand. Union Health
Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya and Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
will also assist the
Prime Minister,” sourc-
es said Monday
. —PTI
New Delhi: BJP En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) on Monday arrest-
ed the founder of Un-
itech Ramesh Chandra,
his daughter-in-law
Preeti Chandra and
wife of Sanjay Chandra
under the Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act, 2002. The ED also
arrested Rajesh Malik
of Carnoustie Manage-
ment (India) Pvt.
They will be produced
in court on October
5 for remand, said
the ED.
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Sept 30 at-
tached 29 land parcels
admeasuring 13,600 sq
mt having a book
value of Rs 30.29 crore
in relation to the inves-
tigation being conduct-
ed against Unitech
Group.
The land parcels are
situated in sectors 96-98
in Uttar Pradesh’s Noi-
da. These land parcels
were illegally allotted
to Carnoustie Manage-
ment (India) Pvt Ltd
(CMPL) by Chandras of
Unitech Group, the ED
had said. —ANI
NOTE FROM GUV
P
P
P
PM WISHES JAPAN’S NEW PM FUMIO ON TAKING OFFICE
Modi to inaugurate oxygen plant
at AIIMS Rishikesh on October 7
ED arrests Unitech’s
founder and others
Lakhimpur Kheri is under
Section — 144 of the CrPC
Police have stopped a number
of leaders from visiting the area
Violence resonates in Punjab,
protest held across the nation

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Nagaur: The lizard-
eating Lesser flamingo
and Saker falcon will be
the brand ambassadors
for the birds staying in
and around the Samb-
har Lake on Khakhahar
Road in the district. An
announcement to this
effect was made at a
function held at the en-
trance of the lake today
.
These beautiful winged
guests have now be-
come permanent resi-
dents of this wetland
region.The function
was organized as part
of the Wetland Celebra-
tion Week being ob-
served by the Union
Forests, Environment
and Climate Change
ministry. A poster was
also inaugurated by
Deputy Chief Whip Ma-
hendra Chaudhury and
Padma Shree awardee
Himmataram Bhamb-
hu on the occasion.
Names of 50 Friends
of Wetland were also
declared who took the
oath for protection of
the birds at the func-
tion. Later, Chaudhury
and Bhambhu flagged
off a ‘Jagrukata Rath’.
Flamingo and falcon for Sambhar lake
NEW BRAND AMBASSADORS
FARMERSDEMANDINGMSP
ONRICE‘LATHI-CHARGED’
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: Mild
force was used to push
backthefarmerswhoal-
legedly tried to enter the
Hanumangarhcollector-
ate during a protest, de-
manding procurement
of rice on the minimum
support price. The farm-
ers tried to enter the col-
lectorate to press for
their demands but the
entry gate was closed by
police.Someof thefarm-
ers jumped the gate and
entered the premises,
prompting them to use
mild force, police said.
“The farmers tried to
enter the premises forci-
bly
.Therefore,they were
pushed back,” CO
Prashant Kaushik said.
“Thefarmerswerede-
manding the procure-
ment of rice on the MSP
.
They were peaceful but
policeusedforceagainst
them,” said Raghuveer
Singh Verma, a member
the Sanyukt Kisan Mor-
cha. He said that the
dharna of the farmers
will continue till their
demands are met. Mean-
while, Congress MLAs
Rohit Bohra, Danish
Abrar and Chetan Dudi
were arrested by UP po-
lice when they tried to
reach Laxmipur Khiri.
l Farmers forcibly tried to enter so
we pushed them back: CO Kaushik
l We were peaceful but police used
force alleges Sanyukt Kisan Morcha
Police lathi-charge farmers as they try to enter Collectrate in Hanumangarh.
TALKS BETWEEN FARMERS AND ADMIN
FAILED, AS FARMERS REMAIN ADAMANT
SriGanganagar: The deadlock between agitating farmers
and administration in Sriganganagar district continued as
two rounds of talks on Monday yielded no positive result.
The farmers are sitting on Dharna at Gharsana SDM office
demanding release of adequate water in the canal for the
irrigation. Farmers delegation held two meetings with of-
ficials at Satrana BSF campus in Gharsana but it remained
inconclusive following which the farmers returned to the
dharna site. Collector Hussain has said that another round
of meeting would be held to resolve the matter.
Marriage registration
bill stuck in Raj Bhavan
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
marriage registration
amendment bill 2021,
passed in the Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly
, is
stuck in the Raj Bhavan
due to controversies.
Two bills to be sent by
GovernorKalrajMishra
to Delhi for the approval
of the President of In-
dia include the Crimi-
nal Laws Amendment
Bill 2021 to prevent adul-
teration in the state and
the Rajasthan Registra-
tion Amendment Bill
2021, but the third bill
meant to amend the
compulsion of mar-
riage, which is not be-
ing sent.
In the session held in
the Rajasthan Legisla-
tive Assembly in the
month of September, 15
bills including the Com-
pulsory Registration of
Marriage Amendment
Bill 2021 were passed.
Out of which 9 bills
have already become
law after the approval
of Governor Mishra
while some bills are still
in process.
The BJP had alleged
that child marriage will
be encouraged if this
bill becomes law. The
bill also provides for
compulsory registra-
tion of child marriages.
Against this, the delega-
tion of BJP MLAs had
also complained to the
Governor.MLASanyam
Lodha also raised his
voice against this bill.
PIL AGAINST REGISTRATION OF
CHILD MARRIAGES
Jaipur: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filled in
the High Court challenging the state govt’s order making
it mandatory to register all marriages including child
weddings. The petition, filed by a voluntary organisation
Sarathi Trust, is likely to come up for hearing before a
Divisional Bench of the court on Oct 5. The trust has con-
tended that though child marriage is a cognizable offence,
the govt is trying to give it a legal sanction through the
amendment. The tweak in the law allows a month’s time to
register a marriage between couple below of legal age.
PSKS PGKS
work hit after
revenue
dept’s boycott
CI accused of
assaulting
RSS leader
Woman jumps
to death along
with 2 kids
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment’s Prashasan
Shehron ke Sang(PSKS)
and Prashasan Gaon ke
Sang(PGKS) campaigns
launched on October 2
suffered a setback as of-
ficers and employees of
therevenuedepartment,
playeingakeyroleinthe
campaign, boycotted it.
Boycotting the cam-
paign, Patwari, Kanun-
go (RI), Tehsildars have
sat on a relay fast for
their 7-point demand at
Jaipur Collectorate. Ra-
jasthan Tehsildar Ser-
vice Union state presi-
dent Vimlendra
Ranawat demanded that
the pay scale of Patwari,
Land Record Inspector
(Girdawar),NaibTehsil-
dar and Tehsildar
should be improved.
The campaign aimed
at providing help to the
common man in getting
their work associated
with 21 departments at
one place. Their boycott
has affected work in the
camps. —FIB
Bundi: Circle officer,
city, Sahdev Meena has
been accused of assault-
ing RSS Pracharak Har-
iom in Bundi on Sunday
.
There was a clash be-
tween the police and
RSS and other Hindu
organizations at the kot-
wali. IG Ravidutt Gaur
has handed over the
probe of the case to ASP
Uma Sharma. Meena
and the staff at kotwali
have been accused of as-
saulting Hariom.
Om Birla’s OSD Rajiv
Dutta gave information
in this regard. —FIB
Barmer: A woman
along with her two kids
jumped into a water-
filled ditch in Taratara
village under Chauha-
tan police limits today
.
The family of had
filed a missing report
with police as she was
not seen in the house
after 3 am. The bodies
were fished out of the
ditch and kept in the
mortuary
. Medical tests
will be conducted by a
board of doctors before
handing over the bodies
to the family
. —FIB
`5.5L looted at gunpoint in broad
daylight at Barmer’s SBI bank
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Three armed
criminals carried out a
dacoity in broad day-
light and escaped with
rupees 5.5 lakh cash
from SBI branch in Bar-
mer. On getting in-
formed police reached
at the spot and made a
blockade in the nearby
area. Till the last report
police were clueless
about the accused.
Incident took place
on Monday evening at
SBI branch in Khandap
under Samdari police
station area. According
to the information,
three accused entered
the bank. Two had pis-
tols in their hand while
one has a knife. The ac-
cused while threatening
the bank employees and
cashier at gunpoint loot-
ed rupees 5.5 lakhs and
escaped. Police officials
said that with help of
the CCTVs footage they
have launched the hunt
for the accused.
Online series‘Rajasthan Diary’
discusses water culture of state
First India Bureau
Jaipur: For all travel
enthusiasts Rajasthan
Tourism has started an
online series called ‘Ra-
jasthan Diary’. For this,
a virtual discussion on
‘Understanding the wa-
ter culture of Rajasthan
through Heritage Walk.’
was held.
Dr Punita Singh,
Joint Director, Tourism
Department said that
the water culture of de-
sert is made from this
soil. “The glorious,
rich, colourful and
unique Rajasthan that
we see today has been
possible due to water
We save every drop of
water.” Singh said.
Heritage Water Walk
founder Neeraj Doshi
said samples of archi-
tecture like forts, step-
wells, ponds and water-
falls are in Rajasthan.
Doshi said that the old
water system in vari-
ous forts, ponds and
springs is an engineer-
ing marvel.
Injured during bike stunt preps,
a promising BSF jawan dies
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A BSF jawan,
resident of Maharash-
tra, was injured after he
fell down while practic-
ing juggling with a mo-
torcycle at the STC Pa-
rade Ground at the Jodh-
pur headquarters of the
Rajasthan Frontier. He
died during treatment in
the hospital.
According to the re-
port filed by the BSF at
Mandore police station,
34-year-oldKiranBharat
Jadhav, a resident of
Sholapur district of Ma-
harashtra, was doing
routine exercise at STC
Parade where he fell
down due to imbalance
of the motorcycle. De-
spite wearing a helmet,
he sustained a serious
head injury
. He was im-
mediately rushed to
MDM Hospital, where
he succumbed to his in-
juries during treatment
on Sunday
.
CLASS 10 STUDENT HANGS HIMSELF,
‘WAS UPSET WITH LIFE’ WROTE IN LETTER
Dungarpur: A Class 10 student hanged himself on
Sunday night under the Kotwali police station area
of Dungarpur. The police have recovered a suicide
note from near the dead body, in which it was writ-
ten that he was upset with his life. The teenager
was alone in the house. The body remained hanging
from the noose throughout the night till the arrival of
the relatives. The deceased, Chirag Pandor, 16, lived
with his mother Paru Pandor in a rented house near
Shani Mandir on Adarsh Nagar Road in Dungarpur.
The police sealed the room and sat outside the room
overnight, waiting for the arrival of the relatives. The
body remained hanging on the noose all night.
CORRIGENDUM
In the issue dated October 4, in the caption of
the photo titled, ‘Welcoming Sachin In Mumbai’
published on Page 8, in the last sentence , ‘Pilot
will also meet Congress leaders, workers and
office bearers of Maharashtra’ was inadvertently
mentioned as ‘Pilot will also meet BJP leaders,
workers and office bearers of Maharashtra’.
The error is regretted. —Editor
NEWS DIGEST
FAKE SUB INSPECTOR DUPES A MAN
WITH 2 CARS AND FLEES AWAY
Nagaur: A thug posing as a sub-inspector fled with
two cars of a man, who he had met in the jail. The
incident is about 3 months old. The thug would
sometimes ask for 10 days and sometimes 3 days
to return the cars. When the victim gathered the
information, it came to the fore that the ‘sub-
inspector’ was a fraudster. Now a case has been
registered at the Kotwali police station. Bhanwar
Ram Jat said that a year ago he was serving a
sentence in Sri Ganganagar jail where he met Ra-
hul, who identified himself as a SI but was serving
some sentence. Outside the jail, the duo met where
Rahul told Jat that he had rejoined his post. Three
months ago, Rahul came to Nagaur and asked Jat
to arrange two cars, after which he disappeared.
The Dacoits were covering their face with handkerchief.
Lesser Flamingo
Prashasan Gaon
ke Sang is ‘a
hoax’: Rathore
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore said that Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
was trying to instigate
the villagers against the
revenue department
employees for boycott-
ing the Prashasan Gaon
ke Sang campaign by
saying that their non-
compliance was ham-
pering revenue related
works at the camps. He
called the campaign “a
hoax” saying how could
it be successful if an im-
portant link, revenue
department, was not a
part of the campaign?
Rathore said it would
have been better if Ge-
hlot showed sympathy
for them and fulfilled
the 7-point demand
keeping in mind the
agreement between the
Patwari, Girdawar and
Tehsildars of the reve-
nue department and the
state government in
2018 and July 2021.
Rathore said there is
deep resentment among
the revenue depart-
ment employees due to
non-compliance of this
agreement.
The Campaign
is “a hoax” how
could it be
successful if an
important link like
revenue department, is
not a part of the
campaign? there is deep
resentment among the
revenue department.
—Rajendra Rathore,
Deputy Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore
Saker Falcon

Too often in caring for others, we
forget to care for ourselves-don’t,
a tree must be tall and big to
provide shade.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
CMUNVEILSEXHIBITIONONBAPU’SLIFE!
THE EXHIBITION PRESENTS SEVERAL MOMENTS OF GANDHI’s LIFE WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, CM GEHLOT SAID
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot inaugu-
rated the painting exhi-
bition ‘Mohandas se
Mahatma’ on the ‘Life
Journey of the Father
of the Nation Mahatma
Gandhi’ in Sudarshan
Gallery at Jawahar
Kala Kendra (JKK) to-
day
. The exhibition has
been conceptualized by
MLA Niwai Prashant
Bairwa.
The Chief Minister
walked around the exhi-
bition, appreciated the
artworks and said that
the exhibition presents
several moments of
Gandhi’s life which
have been shown for the
first time. “The large
painting of Gandhi
makes one feel as if he
is watching us all. Eve-
ryone should read Gan-
dhi’s biography at least
once in their life. It will
change the very con-
cept of their lives,” he
said.
The exhibition also
showcases the world’s
largest standing paint-
ing on canvas of Gan-
dhi. It is a 6 ft by 11 ft
painting that took 6
months to prepare. It
has been created by art-
ist and Associate Pro-
fessor, Banasthali Vid-
yapeeth, Annapurna
Shukla.
CM Ashok Gehlot unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the premises of the Rajasthan Khadi and Village Industries Board at JLN Marg.
Also seen here are Parsadi Lal Meena and Govind Singh Dotasra.
CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurated a photo exhibition based on Mahatma
Gandhi’s life at the Jawahar Kala Kendra on Monday.Also seen here
are GS Dotasra, Parsadi Lal Meena and Prashant Bairwa.
GEHLOT APPROVES DUTY
CONCESSION TILL DEC 31
CM Ashok Gehlot has given approval to extend
the period of concession of 2 percent in stamp
duty on documents of flats up to Rs 50 lakh in
multi-storeyed buildings till December 31, 2021.
Also, the stamp duty on residential plots up to a
value of Rs.25 lakh has also been reduced from 6
per cent to 4 per cent. This exemption will contin-
ue till December 31, 2021.
CM @ CMO
FUNDS APPROVED FOR
DEVP OF SCs, OBCs
CM Gehlot has approved formation of
SC OBC funds for their inclusive
development.The funds will be utilised
for strengthening of hostels and resi-
dential schools made for students, de-
velopment of facilities in these hostels
and schools, providing sports materials
and computers and an assistance of
Rs 5,000 per person to buy tools for
youngsters to make them employable.
Gehlot has also approved Rs 5.57 crore
from Valmiki Fund to provide proper
opportunities to children and young-
sters of the Valmiki Samaj.
REET WON’T BE HELD
AGAIN, ASSERTS CM
REET will not be held again, CM
Ashok Gehlot said adding, ”Peo-
ple of Rajasthan have created history
in REET. We have been very strict
this time. 15-17 lakh young students
appeared in the exam. Free food and
accommodation were arranged. This
is something that is not being digest-
ed by our opposition comrades. The
young students who came to give REET
praised the government. This has not
gone down well with the opposition.
That’s why there are some people in the
society who are provoking the youth.”
CM TO VISIT POLL
BOUND AREAS
Congress candidates will file nomi-
nation papers for the by-elections
on Dhariyawad (Pratapgarh) and
Vallabhnagar (Udaipur) assembly seats
on October 8. CM Ashok Gehlot and
PCC Chief GS Dotasra will be present
with the candidates on Friday, the last
day of filing nomination.The names of
the candidates are yet to be announced.
Sources said that the party has finalised
the candidates but it will be declared
later under a strategy.Polling will take
place on October 30 and counting of
votes will be held on November 2.
REVENUE STAFF TO
RESUME WORK TODAY
After appeal by Ashok Gehlot, the
officials of the Patwari, Girdawar
and Tehsil Services of the Revenue
Department will end the work boycott
and return to work today. The CM had
urged them to resume work in view of
ongoing Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang
Prashsan Gaon Ke Sang campaigns,
saying, “At such a time, bypassing your
demands, you should stand by the
government. To be a public servant,
to serve the public is the penultimate
service. In times like these, you are only
talking about your interests.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RCA president
Vaibhav Gehlot and
other office bearers of
RCA were felicitated by
business community in
UAE during their Dubai
visit.
Secretary Sriram
Thalaud said delega-
tion of RCA led by Vai-
bhav, who are on a
Dubai tour to watch IPL
were felicitated. They
were welcomed by Ab-
dul Rehman Solanki,
Zubair Tanwar, Mufti
Abdul, Rehman Behlim.
They said that they
are happy that the son
of Gandhian leader and
CM Ashok Gehlot, who
has been serving Ra-
jasthan for 40 years,
was among them.
Former RCA secre-
tary Subhash Joshi,
treasurer Krishna Ni-
mawat, Amin Pathan
and other office bearers
were also honoured.
Vaibhav Gehlot also
met the prominent busi-
nessmen of Rajasthan
in Dubai and sought co-
operation in the devel-
opment of cricket in
Rajasthan. Several peo-
ple hailing from Ra-
jasthan including Haji
Ghulamu Khan Beswa,
Imran Pathan were pre-
sent on the occasion.
Vaibhav felicitated at UAE
ALL FOR SPORTS
Mumbai: Slamming
the BJP over the vio-
lence in UP’s Lakhim-
pur Kheri, Congress
leader Sachin Pilot on
Monday, said that the
detention of Priyanka
Gandhi by the state po-
lice shows that the state
government is afraid of
Congress General Sec-
retary
.
Pilot said, “Haryana
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar’s state-
ment is unfortunate.
Priyanka Gandhi wants
to go to Lakhimpur
Kheri and sympathise
with farmers but the
state (UP) government
is afraid and did not al-
low her. We demand a
judicial inquiry into
the incident.”
Sachin Pilot further
attacked the BJP-ruled
Centre over the drugs
recovery at Gujarat’s
Mundra Port.
“Drugs worth Rs
21,000 crores were
seized at Mundra port
Gujarat but still the
government has not
taken any action on
this. We demand that a
sitting SC judge should
investigate this matter
so that the youth of this
country could be
saved,” Pilot said. —ANI
Congress leader Sachin Pilot being felicitated by Maharashtra
Congress Chief Nana Patole at Congress Headquarters in
Mumbai on Monday.
Charanjit Singh Channi.
LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE
Jaipur: The National
Green Tribunal (NGT)
has declared commer-
cial activity at the Na-
hargarh Fort in Jaipur
as illegal and has or-
dered to stop the activi-
ties while considering
them as non-forestry
activity
.
Rajasthan Tourism
Development Corpora-
tion (RTDC) runs a res-
taurant and bar ‘Padav’
outsidethefort.Another
restaurant is operating
inside the fort for which
the space has been given
onleasetoaprivatefirm
by the Department of
Archaeology
.
Apart from this, a
light show is also organ-
ised. Rajendra Tiwari,
on whose petition the
NGT had issued the or-
der, said that the six-
member Constitutional
Bench of the NGT con-
ducted hearing and stat-
ed that the activities go-
ing on in Nahargarh are
non-forest activities.
The NGT reprimand-
ed Archaeological De-
partment RTDC and
said that they have no
right to conduct com-
mercial activities in the
sanctuary area. The tri-
bunal ordered to imme-
diately stop commercial
activities and get the
fort vacated. NGT has
directed the Forest de-
partment to develop
eco-tourism there. —PTI
Ajay Maken
@ajaymaken
Our leader Priyanka
Gandhi ji in police
custody. Priyanka ji
was going to meet
the families of
the farmers killed in
Lakhimpur. Satya-
graha started
in police custody;
One demand- I will
not go without
meeting the farmers.
Police did not even
allow legal aid to
reach Priyanka ji.
Time
TWEET
NGT bans commercial
activities at Nahargarh Fort
RATHORE REVIEWS
PREPS AHEAD OF
CM’s UDPR VISIT
Udaipur: Ahead of CM
Gehlot’s proposed visit on
October 8, Congress leader
Dharmendra Rathore took
stock of the preparations
in Udaipur’s Jhallara. He
also addressed a meeting
and asked people to stay
united in favour of Congress
party.“If both the bypolls on
both the seats are won by
the Congress, the opposing
forces will get an answer,”
he said. “We will fail the hoo-
liganism of Narendra Modi
and Amit Shah,”he added.
Jaipur: Newly appoint-
ed Punjab CM Charanjit
Singh Channi will be
reaching Jaipur today to
meet his Rajasthan
counterpart Gehlot. Ge-
hlot will be hosting a
lunch for Channi at his
residence, said sources.
Channi is scheduled to
leave during the after-
noon. Later Gehlot will
hold a Cabinet meet-
ing to review ‘Pra-
shasan Shahron ke
Sang’’ and ‘’Prashasan
Gaon ke Sang’’ sourc-
es said. —PTI
Gehlot to host
lunch for
Channi today
Pilot slams ‘manhandling’
of Priyanka by UP police
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has written a
letter to Union Minister
for Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distri-
bution Piyush Goyal
urging him to
start procurement
of paddy on sup-
port price in the
state at the earli-
est.
Gehlot said that
2.62 lakh metric tonnes
of paddy is estimated to
be produced during the
year 2021-22 in Hanu-
mangarh and Sriganga-
nagar districts in the
state and in such a situ-
ation, a target of pro-
curing 50,000 metric
tonnes of paddy on sup-
port price should be
fixed while appointing
FCI as the agency and
all necessary arrange-
ments should be made,
according to a release.
He has written in the
letter that the Govern-
ment of India has set a
target of doubling the
income of farm-
ers by the year
2022 and the pur-
chase of agricul-
tural commodi-
ties at support
price has a direct
impact on the income
of the farmers.
The Chief Minister
said that if the procure-
ment is not started ear-
ly, then these farmers
will not be able to get
the proper price for
their produce like last
year and they will have
to suffer financial loss.
GehlotwritestoGoyal,urgingto
startriceprocurementatMSP
STATUE UNVEILED
DHARIWAL
DISTRIBUTES 26
LEASES IN PSKS
Jaipur: Urban devel-
opment and housing
minister Shanti Dhariwal
distributed 26 leases
during the state gov-
ernment’s much-touted
campaign ‘Prashasan
Shehron Ke Sang’ in
Shahpura on Monday.
In Jaipur’s Shahpura,
apart from leases for
properties, 42 PPOs of
Social Security Pension
Scheme, 148 approval
letters for interest-free
loans under Indira Gand-
hi Urban Credit Card
Scheme, 3 approvals for
building construction,
social pension letters for
20 persons and nod for
repair of damaged roads
of municipality areas
were also given on the
spot in minister Dhariw-
al’s presence.
RCA president Vaibhav Gehlot along with members of RCA were
honoured by the business community in Dubai.

t wasn’t one of her
dreams, neither
was it expected out
of Sonaxi Chanana
to pursue a career
in modelling. She
calls herself ‘the
girl next door’ who once
upon a time was an intro-
vert. She shared, “I never
planned to be a model but I
guess this is where my des-
tiny was. I like to sing and I
am a trained classical singer
too.Iliketoreadattimesand
explore new places as well. I
participated in a regional
beauty pageant that is Elite
Miss Rajasthan back in 2015
and fortunately won that
pageant, and everything just
fell into place after that.”
Initially, a lot of people
raised their eyebrows as
they got to know about her
careerinmodellingbutwith
the support of her parents,
the model moved forward
and excelled.
Sonaxi has bagged the ti-
tle of Face of Jaipur in 2016
and won the Best Print
Model Award in 2019.
Apart from that,
she has also
been fea-
tured in a
song by
Punja-
bi sen-
sation Simranjeet Singh
which has about 2.3 million
views on YouTube.
The diva who has been a
model for the past six years
and counting now wishes to
set up my own brand of
western clothing in the fu-
ture. She further shared,
“Follow your dreams and
work hard every day to
achieve them. There
is no key plan to be
successful other
than hard work and
patience. So all the
young ladies out
there you should
do whatever you
feel like doing ir-
respective of
what people have
to say about your
work or dreams.
There will be mil-
lions of them to
drag you down
but you have to
look up and
walk your
path. A real
woman is
whoever
s h e
wants to
be.”
JAIPUR, TUESDAY
OCTOBER 5, 2021
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SONAXI CHANANA HAILING FROM THE
PINK CITY SHARES THE MILESTONES OF
HER JOURNEY IN CONVERSATION
WITH CITY FIRST!
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
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THE GIRL
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SHEFALI THAPA, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some of you can safely say
goodbye to depression, as
positivity enters your life
once again. You may find it
difficult to convince a family member
regarding something you want to
achieve. Clarity of mind and retentive
power will help you forge ahead on
the academic front.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A diet plan adopted
recently will suit your
system well. Your
performance may leave
you feeling good today. Maintain
confidentiality regarding a property
deal being negotiated by you. A
chance for an outing with lover finally
arrives.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Self-discipline may help
you achieve peak physical
fitness, and may keep you
energetic. You may need to
monitor your finances closely. You
are likely to win the day on the
professional front by your original
ideas. Keep options open on the
investment front.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Health may become a
concern. You will need to
muster all your persuasive
powers to swing a deal in
your favour. Good negotiating skills are
likely to bring a lucrative deal within
your grasp on the professional front.
You will get help in tying up loose ends
on the domestic front.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Be more assertive in
dealing with workplace
issues, otherwise you can
be taken for granted by
others. Joining an online exercise
routine is indicated and will prove
beneficial. Those trying to boost
income may figure out newer ways.
Luck favours you today.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will get the opportunity
to acquire new property at a
good price. Health may
become a concern. Think
twice before investing in anything big.
A healthy debate with someone in the
known -is likely to open up your mind
to the possibilities in your particular
field at work.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
There is a fair chance of
some property getting
allotted to you. Good
opportunities are likely to
appear on the academic front. Good
health is assured through own efforts
of exercise and yoga. A healthy bank
balance will allow you to buy a major
item of your choice.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Taking up a regular fitness
routine will help you get
into shape. Academic
pursuits will be fruitful.
Increase in household expenditure is
possible, so take all steps to cut it
down. You will need to choose the
investment schemes wisely to ensure
profitable returns.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Your efforts at work will
be richly rewarded by
getting noticed by those
who matter, You may win
the day by your original ideas. A
balanced diet will be the first step in
achieving good health, so stick to it.
Help people out as much as you can
as monetarily you face no problems.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
It will be in your interest
to speed up a financial
transaction will allow you
to buy a major item. You
will come out with flying colours in a
competitive situation on the
academic front. Appreciation for the
work done on the professional front
is in the pipeline today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Will power, will be your
key to remain in shape. An
exciting time lies ahead as
travelling with friends is
foreseen. Do not misunderstand the
motives of someone trying to help
you. You are set to grow
professionally and attract new
clientele.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Opportunities to further
your career will come only
if you make efforts. A new
health routine may start
giving health benefits right away. You
gel well with a new acquaintance.
Financial scene is likely to stabilise
once you review your investment
options.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
he used to be a chirpy
young womanwhenever
she visited my clinic
with brilliant eyes and a
radiant smile, full of life
carrying an aura of
dance, music, medita-
tion and fitness. Then came Cov-
id19 and caught her along with
her husband. Both came out vic-
torious against the dangerous
virus but she lost something in
her core. Now she looks vulner-
able and emotionally fragile
with eyes hardly holding back
tears and a visible tremor in her
voice.
Then there is another ex-
ample. A woman of very happy
disposition lost her brother-in-
law, a close lady friend and hus-
band of another close friend to
Covid19 in a very short period.
She always used to plan big for
life and her attitude was also
positive but when's this time she
came to my consultation room, I
failed to recognise her. She aged
by years in these 12 months and
her eyes dribbled tears at fre-
quent intervals. She was ex-
tremely - and insecure for her
husband and children and was
suffering from nightmares re-
garding them. Never did she im-
agined this sort of life and eve-
rything happened as though
lightning has struck.
They are an elderly couple
in their late 70s who lost their
young and brilliant son during
the Indo-Pak war. They forgot to
smile after that. As brave par-
ents, they never wept publicly
but a deep sorrow is noticeable
whenever they enter my consul-
tation room and evident is their
abhorrence to war and violence
as both these human follies con-
clude nothing. War, according to
them,mightbenecessarythough
always a debatable choice but
one thing is beyond doubt - its
futility as far as a conclusive so-
lution of the problem is con-
cerned.
Similar examples can be
seen aplenty in marriage break-
downs, business failures, cheat-
ing by friends and foes, leakages
of examination papers, apathy
and bribe seeking by govern-
ment officials and so many more
fields of life. The human emo-
tional world has become a grand
saga of turmoil.
All these three examples
highlight one thing - gross public
ignorance amounting to apathy
as far as emotional health is con-
cerned. The commonest com-
ment don't worry, everything
would be fine is indicative of
superficiality of thought process
and casualty of attitude. As the
country is undergoing rapid ur-
banisation, India needs a strong
emotional support system in
place because the traditional so-
cial support system has, by now,
become more or less extinct.
Post Traumatic stress syn-
drome mainly came to the fore
after the 9/11 attack on Ameri-
can civilians by a moron group
of some cruel people. Before
that, it was not a regular diagno-
sis by medical professionals but
after the Covid19 pandemic, it is
now being recognised with all
seriousness. In a pandemic like
Covid19, a sick person feels com-
pletely isolated - no friends, no
relatives, nowhere to go, no one
to share jokes and no one to lend
a comforting shoulder. Such a
situation occurs very rarely and
no one is prepared for this. Even
the doctors are significantly
fearful, anxious or depressed.
Telemedication isn't an option
that a sick person opts for in the
first place, it is the last straw for
him and can not replace the reas-
suring physical checkup by a
known healer.
Urbanization, the forma-
tion of nuclear families, unsus-
tainable expectations amongst
parents and children have cre-
ated a web of mental states
where people start harming each
other within a family
. One exam-
ple can highlight the traumatic
situation. She is an intelligent
mother, highly devoted to her
family, especially to her son but
the son starts blaming her for his
every failure. She isn't at fault at
anything but the son sees every-
thing from a different angle and
heeds no counsel from anyone.
The mother is unnecessarily
forced to live in a mental quag-
mire for the rest of her life. She
has only one option to lead a rea-
sonably normal life and that is if
she dares to detach from every-
thing called family
. Would she be
able to do so? Most probably, not.
These are the examples that
tell us that emotional health
should be taken as seriously as
physical and mental health. Con-
trary to common belief, emotion-
al health is not a psychiatric is-
sue and needs no medicine and
psychiatrist but the requirement
is that of a counsellor or psychol-
ogist. But once again, there is a
big dilemma - our country has
very few established and well-
recognised psychologists. Psy-
chology is a difficult art to prac-
tice as the vast majority of the
population is unaware of its use-
fulness, doesn't want to pay for
it. Thus, only very few opting
this as a career. Except for very
few, almost all psychologists are
dependent upon referral from
psychiatrists which limits their
capacity to innovate and im-
prove and this is seen by the pub-
lic as a money-making plan. In
itself, this system of referral
would never allow psychologists
and counsellors to gain individ-
ual recognition and identity. It
appears that India's emotionally
disturbed people won't be able to
reach a state of cloud 9 with the
help of their counsellors.
Finally, a few words for the
art of counselling. These days I
have seen psychologists being
trained to evaluate their clients
by a type of protocol. They give
a sheet of questions to a client,
evaluate the answers and draw
their inference. This is just like
a high school examination and
is almost mechanical, monoto-
nous and repetitive. A counsel-
lor has to have a philosophical
depth of understanding human
emotions, a lot of compassion
and plentiful patience to listen,
contemplate and comfort. These
are the reasons we don't find
many dedicated psychological
counsellors, their place is al-
most completely taken over by
Gurus who may or may not be
capable of individual healing.
Counselling is not a profession
in itself, it has to be a mission for
someone capable of being a
friend, philosopher and guide.
WHAT TO
DO WITH
EMOTIONS?
MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW TALKING
THAT THEY ARE STRESSED, ANXIOUS
OR DEPRESSED ALBEIT UNDER AN
EXCUSE OF COVID19. PREVIOUSLY,
PEOPLE USED TO PRESENT A PICTURE
THAT ALL IS WELL DESPITE A GROSSLY
DISTURBING MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM!
DR RAMAWTAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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