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REMARK ON PROPHET MUHAMMED
BJP SUSPENDS
Nupur Sharma, Naveen Jindal
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The BJP on
Sunday suspended its
national spokesperson
Nupur Sharma and ex-
pelled its Delhi media
head Naveen Kumar
Jindal for their alleged
derogatory remarks
against Prophet Mu-
hammad, as it sought to
defuse row over issue.
Amid protests by
Muslim groups over the
remarks, party also is-
sued a statement aimed
at assuaging the con-
cerns of minorities and
distancing itself from
these members, assert-
ing that it respects all
religions and strongly
denounces insult of any
religious personality
.
THE SUSPENSION
While Sharma's com-
ments during a TV de-
bate aimed at the found-
er of Islam have drawn
ire of Muslim groups,
Jindal also posted objec-
tionable tweets, deleted
later, and has been ac-
cused of often posting
inciting comments.
Their comments also
sparked a Twitter trend
calling for boycotting
Indian products in some
countries.
I TAKE MY WORDS
BACK, SAYS NUPUR
Nupur Sharma took to Twitter to issue an
apology. She wrote, “If my words have
caused discomfort or hurt religious feelings
of anyone whatsoever, I hereby uncondition-
ally withdraw my statement. It was never my
intention to hurt anyone’s religious feelings.”
JINDAL: NO INTENTION
TO HURT SENTIMENTS
Naveen Kumar Jindal said that he was una-
ware of being expelled from BJP and was
yet to receive any letter from the state presi-
dent. Jindal also said he had tweeted asking
a question to those attacking and insulting
Hindu deities and it was not aimed at hurting
the religious sentiments of any community.
Nupur Sharma Naveen K Jindal
BJP SAYS IT RESPECTS ALL RELIGIONS
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday stated that it “respects all religions” and is
“strongly against any ideology which insults or demeans any sect or
religion”. “The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personali-
ties of any religion. BJP is also against any ideology which insults or
demeans any sect or religion. The BJP does not promote such people or
philosophy,” the BJP said in a statement issued by its general secretary
Arun Singh on Sunday. “During the thousands of years of the
history of India every religion has blossomed and flourished.
The BJP respects all religions,” the brief statement said.
QATAR, KUWAIT & IRAN
SUMMON INDIAN ENVOYS
Qatar, Kuwait & Iran on Sunday sum-
moned India’s Ambassadors and
handed over to them protest notes on
what the Gulf countries called categorical
“rejection and condemnation” of the con-
troversial remarks of a BJP leader against
Prophet Mohammed. The controversial
remarks also sparked a Twitter trend in the
Arab world calling for a boycott of Indian
products. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
is currently visiting Qatar and on Sunday he
met Qatar’s PM and Interior Minister Sheikh
Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani.
CONG LASHES OUT AT
BJP OVER REMARKS
Soon after BJP on Sunday suspended its
spokesperson Nupur Sharma from par-
ty’s primary membership and expelled its
Delhi media head Naveen
Kumar Jindal after their
alleged controversial
remarks on religious
minorities, Congress
General Secretary Ran-
deep Singh Surjewala
lashed out at the BJP by saying that “it is
nothing but a blatantly counterfeit pretence
and sham attempt at damage control.”
I condemn in strongest
possible words hurtful
comments of India’s
BJP leader about our
beloved Prophet
(PBUH). Have said it
repeatedly India under
Modi is trampling reli-
gious freedoms & perse-
cuting Muslims. World
should take note & se-
verely reprimand In-
dia. Our love for the
Holy Prophet (PBUH)
is supreme. All Mus-
lims can sacrifice their
life for the Love & Re-
spect of their Holy
Prophet (PBUH).
Shehbaz Sharif,
Pakistan Prime Minister
Reaction in Arab world
must have really stung.
BJP’s ‘suddenly wak-
ing up’ has nothing to
do with having ‘offend-
ed’ sentiments of Mus-
lims in the country but
is aimed at an interna-
tional audience. This
apology of a statement
is aimed at an interna-
tional audience.
Omar Abdullah,
Vice President JKNC
Bareilly (ANI): The Ba-
reilly administration
has imposed Section 144
in the aftermath of the
Kanpur violence and as
a precautionary meas-
ure ahead of a huge pro-
test to be held on June 10
as announced by Mus-
lim cleric Tauqir Raza.
As per the adminis-
tration, not more than
five persons would be
allowed to assemble in
a public place. Protests
would also be prohibit-
ed during this period.
Section 144 has been
imposed till July 3 to
avoid any untoward
situation like the one
that erupted in Kanpur
on Friday. Meanwhile,
all accused, including
key conspirator Hayat
Zafar Hashmi, were
sent to 14-day judicial
remand on Sunday in
connection with the
Kanpur violence case.

❍ KANPUR VIOLENCE AFTERMATH
SECTION 144
IN BAREILLY
TILL JULY 3
n Tauqir Raza
calls for protest
on June 10
n All accused
sent to 14-day
judicial remand
Police stand guard at Parade Chauraha area in Kanpur on Sunday.
SIT FORMED, SECURITY BEEFED UP
Kanpur: SIT was formed and security has been beefed up
between Yateem Khana and Parade crossroads while the
accused were interrogated, informed the officials on Sunday.
"SIT has been formed in the Kanpur violence case and action
will be taken against those who have done the work of erasing
the CCTV footage," said Kanpur Police. Commissioner Vijay
Singh Meena. Huge security has been detailed in the area with
an aim to maintain peace and keep situation under control.
CM KEEPS HIS FLOCK TOGETHER,
DASHES OPPOSITION’S HOPES
Yogesh Sharma &
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: “We were to-
gether, we are together,
and we will be togeth-
er,” said smiling Chief
minister Ashok Gehlot
on Sunday in Udaipur
after the apparent crisis
posed by G-6, a group of
four disgruntled BSP
turncoat MLAs and2
Congress MLAs, was
resolved amicably on
Saturday night.
“When the political
crisis took place, the
MLAs who won on the
BSP ticket had joined
the Congress to give a
stable government in
the state without any
condition.Theyhadsup-
ported us. How can the
BJP and its supported
independent candidate
expect that now they
will support them in the
Rajya Sabha polls,” Ge-
hlot told the media at
Dabok airport in
UdaipuronSundayafter
he reached there with
MLAs Rajendra Gudha,
Sandeep Yadav, Wajib
Ali and Lakhan Meena
(defected to Congress
from BSP) as well as
Congress MLAs Girrja
MalingaandKhiladiLal
Bairwa,whohadformed
G-6 and were showing
rebellious attitude for
the last few days.
He said every MLA
has some issues, some
are revolved but some
remain but the can al-
ways talk to me. He said
the issues of 6 MLAs
were “minor”.
It turned out to be yet
another master stroke
of Gehlot ahead of RS
elections that he man-
aged to placate disgrun-
tled MLAs. Turn to P8
GEHLOT’S TIMELY MASTERSTROKE!
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with (From left) Wajib Ali, Khiladi Lal Bairwa, Giriraj Singh Malinga,
Rajendra Singh Gudha, Dharmendra Rathore, Sandeep Yadav, and Lakhan Meena before boarding
the chartered plane from Jaipur International Airport to Udaipur on Sunday.
WE HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED
BJP'S HORSE TRADING
CONSPIRACIES, STRESSES GEHLOT
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P6 P6
HYD GANG-RAPE: FOURTH ACCUSED HELD
Hyderabad: A teenager, the fourth accused in the Hyderabad
gangrape case, has been taken into custody, the police said
on Sunday. The Hyderabad Police said the fifth accused is
still on the run, and a search is on to trace him. P5
ODISHA CABINET RESHUFFLE
AHEAD OF THE 2024 POLLS
WHERE 21 MINISTERS, INCLUDING
5 WOMEN, TAKE OATH
ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY,
DISTINGUISHED THINKERS
AND INNOVATORS PRAISE
INDIA PM MODI’S EFFORTS
READ
Crucial
Crucial
ACTOR SALMAN,
HIS FATHER GET
THREAT LETTER
Mumbai: Bollywood
star Salman Khan and
his father Salim Khan
have received a threat
letter and an probe has
been launched, the
Mumbai Police said
on Sunday. The move
assumes significance
since it comes days
after Moose Wala was
shot dead by Lawrence
gang members, which
had threatened Salman
in 2018. Lawrence
Bishnoi’s death threat
to Salman was linked
to the black buck
poaching case of 1998.
SRK, KATRINA COVID
+VE; BMC’S ALERT
TO FILM STUDIOS
Mumbai: Shah Rukh
Khan and Katrina Kaif
have reportedly tested
positive for Covid-19.
The development comes
shortly after Kartik Aar-
yan, Aditya Roy Kapur
tested positive. Akshay
Kumar too recently re-
covered. With the rising
number of Covid cases
in Mumbai, the BMC
has issued fresh alerts
instructing film studios
in K-West ward to not
organise parties.
Maharashtra BJP
Leader Devendra Fad-
navis tests Positive
DREADFUL
SUNDAY
25 PILGRIMS DIE AS BUS FALLS
INTO GORGE IN UTTARKASHI DIST Dhaka: At least 49
people have died after
a huge fire broke out
at a shipping container
depot in Bangladesh's
Chittagong last night,
officials said on
Sunday. The fire at
the depot in Sitakunda
area has left about
300 people injured
and authorities fear
the death count
may climb. Accord-
ing to police officer
Nurul Alam, posted
at Chittagong Medical
College Hosp's police
outpost, preliminary
probe has indicated
that fire broke out due
to chemical reaction.
49 KILLED, 300
INJURED IN
MASSIVE FIRE
IN BANGLADESH
Dehradun: Twenty-
five people were killed
after a bus carrying
pilgrims fell into a
gorge in Uttarakhand
on Sunday. The bus,
with 28 passengers,
was en route Yamu-
notri, a major pilgrim
spot in the hill state.
Under the supervi-
sion of the state gov-
ernment, the local
administration is en-
gaged in all possible
assistance on the
spot, the Prime Min-
ister's Office tweeted.
Pushkar Singh
Dhami
@pushkardhami
The unfortunate news
has been received of
a passenger bus ac-
cident near Damta in
Purola, Uttarkashi. As
soon as the informa-
tion is received, the
district administration
has been directed
for speedy relief and
rescue work.
PM MODI ANNOUNCES
`2 LAKH EX-GRATIA FOR
KIN OF DECEASED, `50K
FOR EACH INJURED
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed condolences to those
“who have lost their loved ones” in the accident. Prime Minister
Modi has also announced a compensation of `2 lakh each for the fami-
lies of those who lost their lives in the accident and `50,000 each for
the injured in a bus accident in Uttarakhand.
Pushkar S Dhami reaches Disaster Control Room in Dehradun on
Sunday night. (L) Bus with 28 passengers was en route Yamunotri.
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah condoled the deaths
of pilgrims. He tweeted (in
Hindi), “It is
very sad to
hear about the
bus of devo-
tees falling into
the gorge in
Uttarakhand.
I have spoken to the Chief
Minister Pushkar Dhami on
this. Local administration and
SDRF teams are engaged in
rescue work and the injured
are being taken to a nearby
hospital for treatment. NDRF
is also reaching there soon.”
AMIT SHAH CONDOLES
DEATHS OF PILGRIMS

Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: On the occa-
sion of World Environ-
ment Day, a run for en-
vironment marathon
was organised in Jaipur
on Sunday. The mara-
thon was flagged off by
Food and Civil Supplies
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas and
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma.
The marathon was
jointly organised by the
Department of Envi-
ronment and Climate
Change and Pollution
Control Board.
Cabinet Minister
Pratap Singh Khachri-
yawas said, “In today’s
fast-moving world, we
all need to think about
the environment. If our
environment is saved,
then only we are safe.
All of us must plant a
tree.”
Similarly, Chief Sec-
retary Usha Sharma too
suggested measures to
minimise pollution.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2022
02
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Hitting out at
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, BJP state pres-
ident Satish Poonia on
Sunday said that Con-
gress MLAs are angry
because of his (CM’s)
dictatorial attitude.
He said that Con-
gress MLAs write let-
ters to the Chief Min-
ister regarding cor-
ruption, lack of devel-
opment work etc. due
to the anti-people poli-
cies of the govern-
ment.
In a programme of
BJP SC Morcha at Bir-
la auditorium, Poonia
said that Ashok Gehlot
has repeatedly merged
BSP MLAs to save his
minority government
without the consent of
the BSP national presi-
dent Mayawati.
“Is it not undemo-
cratic and immoral?”
he asked.
Poonia further said,
“We never tried to top-
ple the Congress gov-
ernment. Angry with
the dictatorial working
style of the chief min-
ister, his own MLAs
opened a front against
them. Congress party’s
own MLAs are angry
and have written let-
ters to the head of the
government.”
He said that the
Chief Minister does
not even like to meet
his MLAs. Now Con-
gress party during the
Rajya Sabha elections.
The MLAs of the state
are giving statements
against the Chief Min-
ister, so is it not strife
and contradiction
within the Congress, is
the BJP doing all this?
The BJP leader said
that the MLAs of the
Congress party are giv-
ing statements against
the Chief Minister
which shows disputes
within the party.
‘Congress MLAs up in arms against Gehlot’
POONIA AT BJP SC MORCHA EVENT
ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
MIN PSK, CS FLAG OFF GREEN MARATHON
Strict measures
necessary to
minimise pollution:
Chief Secretary
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
and CS Usha Sharma flagging
off a marathon on the ocassion
of World Environment Day at
Albert Hall in Jaipur on Sunday.
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH
KIRADOO
JMC Heritage Mayor Munesh Gurjar and JMC Greater Mayor Dr Somya plant trees in Jaipur on Sunday to mark the
World Environment Day. They sent the message of conservation and ecological balance to the children and masses.
CEO Praveen Gupta plants a sapling at the
EVM VVPAT warehouse in Jaipur on Sunday.
TREE PLANTATION SPREE TO TURN CITY GREEN!
Minor gangraped for 6 mths,
forced to take contraceptives
‘Savenaturewithvision
of SanatanBharat:Guv
Public outreach
drive: Diya asks party
workers to go all out
Provocative remarks:
Bundi cops move court
SOG arrests two
including dummy
candidate
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Two res-
taurant workers were
arrested in Bharatpur
for allegedly raping a
16-year-old girl for six
months. The victim al-
leged that the accused
made the her consume
contraceptive pills after
raping her.
As per the complaint,
two of the victims’s fe-
male friends were also
involved in the act. The
accused allegedly
filmed the video of the
heinous act and threat-
ened the victim and
sexually assaulted her
multiple times.
After this, the police
have arrested two mis-
creants, while his third
accomplice is still ab-
sconding.
Police arrested the ac-
cused after a complaint
was filed by the victim’s
mother and booked
them under the relevant
sections of the IPC and
Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences
(POSCO) Act.
Jaipur (PTI): Ra-
jasthan Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Sun-
day stressed upon the
formulation of environ-
ment-friendly policies
based on the vision of
‘Sanatan Bharat’ to con-
serve nature in order to
promote a balanced de-
velopment.
Hesaidthatthe‘Sana-
tanBharat’culturegives
importance to the five
elements of nature
earth,water,fire,airand
sky and hence it has a
scientific basis to main-
tain ecological balance.
Mishra was address-
ing a programme or-
ganised by Brahma Ku-
mari Sansthan under
the ‘Kalp Taru’ cam-
paign at Gyan Sarovar
in Mount Abu on the
occasion of World Envi-
ronment Day
.
He said scientific de-
velopment is meaning-
ful as long as it does not
adversely impact the
environment. “It is nec-
essary that we live in
harmony with nature,”
he added.
First India Bureau
Merta City: BJP MP
Diya Kumari on Sunday
asked the party workers
to publicise Modi gov-
ernment’s schemes and
programmes among the
public. Addressing the
workersataprogramme
of SC Morcha in Merta
City
, she said that the
party workers should
know whether the
schemes of the Central
Government are reach-
ing the beneficiary or
not at the ground level.
“Promotetheschemes
of the Central Govern-
ment and work to get the
benefits to the common
people,” she said.
The MP said that be-
cause of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Indians
have got respect in the
world.“Earlier,evenvisa
was not given,” she said.
“With the abrogation
of Article 370, the peo-
ple now consider Kash-
mir a part of India,” the
Minister added.
Kota (PTI): The Bundi
police on Sunday said
they have moved a local
court to act after a local
Muslim leader is seen
on a video threatening
to cut the tongue of
anyone who insults
Prophet Muhammad.
The man claimed to
a local mufti is heard
threatening that Mus-
lims will “gouge the
eyes” and to “pull out
the tongues” of those
who disrespect the
Prophet, reacting to
the remarks allegedly
made by BJP leader
Nupur Sharma in a TV
debate.
Police tweeted on
Sundaythattheymoved
an application before a
local court under Sec-
tion 108 of the CrPC,
under which a security
is sought for good be-
haviour from persons
disseminating sedi-
tious matters.
The Muslim leader
had made the remarks
on Friday during a pro-
test before submitting a
memorandum to the
district collector
against the BJP leader.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two persons
including a dummy
candidate appearing
in livestock assistant
direct recruitment
exam on Sunday were
arrested.
The action was taken
by Vidhyadhar Nagar
police station on the in-
formation of SOG. The
accused had demanded
Rs 14 lakh from a candi-
date to clear the exam
and had taken Rs 4
lakh, SHO Virendra
Kureel said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two sisters
were killed after the
scooter they were rid-
ing on was hit by a
speeding car in the Ra-
japark area on Sunday
morning. A biker rider
was also injuried after
being hit by the same
car. Following the inci-
dent, the car driver fled
the scene. The accident
took place at 6 am on
Sunday
.
According to police
and eyewitnesses,
Preeti Jain, 36, and
Trupti Jain, 32, were
residents of Ajmer.
They were living with
their parents in 703,
Chakravati Building in
Adarsh Nagar. Both the
sisters were coming
home after visiting the
Jain temple and were
hit by a luxury car near
Parnami Temple.
The collision was so
severe that the front
part of the car broke
apart, while the Activa
was completely dam-
aged. Tripti died on the
spot, while critically
injured Preeti died at
SMS Hospital.
Jaipur: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly
raped by a neighbour in Jaipur’s trans-
port nagar area, while the friend of the
accused molested her. According to the
complaint filed by the victim’s mother at
the Transport Nagar police station, her
daughter was alone at home when the
incident of rape took place. The police
started the investigation after getting the
victim medical done on Sunday morn-
ing. According to the police, the mother
has lodged a report that her 16-year-old
daughter was raped by neighbour (18),
and molested by his friend (18). The
main accused is a resident of the colony
and studies in Class 11.
Jaipur: A 27-year-old woman from Jaipur
was allegedly held hostage and raped by
her relative in Gujarat. The accused also
took away the money she received from
selling her land. The woman, a resident
of Chaksu, in her complaint has alleged
that she is receiving death threats from
the accused. The Lalkothi police station
has registered a case and started the
investigation. According to the police, a
complaint has been lodged after the court
order. She has made allegations against
three men and a woman. In 2013, her
father-in-law had sold his land in Chaksu,
from which she received Rs 5 lakhs as
her share that led to dispute.
MINOR RAPED, MOLESTED
BY NEIGHBOUR, HIS FRIEND
27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HELD
HOSTAGE, RAPED IN GUJARAT
Two sisters killed, biker injured in hit-and-run
Governor Kalraj Mishra plants a sapling during an event
organised by Brahma Kumari Sansthan in Mount Abu.
The badly damaged car after the accident.
SIZZLING HEAT CONTINUES
Normal life was affected in parts of Rajasthan due to excessive heat on Sunday. At 46.7
degrees Celsius, Sri Ganganagar was the hottest place in the state. The mercury touched
46.4 degrees Celsius in Dholpur, 45.1 degrees Celsius in Alwar and Sangaria, 45 degrees
Celsius in Karauli and Churu, 44.9 degrees Celsius in Pilani, 42.6 degrees Celsius in
Jaipur. In Jaipur, extreme heat led to apperance of mirage on the JLN Marg on Saunday.
—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Satish Poonia addressing the event where Ramcharan Bohra, Dr
Somya, Puneet Karnawat, and Raghav Sharma are also seen.

RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Sri Ganganagar: Inter-
national Wrestler Sarita
Mor has won Gold Med-
al in the 59 kg category
of Bolat Turlikhanov
Cup competition of
UWW Ranking Series,
taking place in Almaty,
Kazakhstan.
Sarita Mor is posted
as TTE in Srigangana-
gar Railway
. Sarita lost
just two points in the
match. This is her first
gold medal of the cur-
rent season.
She won all three
matches she participat-
ed in. In the first match,
Sarita defeated Diana
Kyumova of Kazakh-
stan11-0andinthesemi-
finals Aizen Ismagulova
12-2. She then registered
a 10–0 win over Azerbai-
jan’s under-23 Zhala Ali-
yeva in the final. Mor
easily defeated all her
rivals. She defeated all
the wrestlers by a mar-
gin of 10-0. Earlier, Sari-
ta Mor has also won
bronze medals in World
and Asian Champion-
ships.
Congratulating Mor
on her victory
, Collector
Rukmani Riar Siyag has
asked her to continue
this excellent form.
Wrestler Sarita Mor wins Gold
DAUGHTERS BRING LAURELS IN SPORTS
KIDNAPPERS OF STUDENT SOUGHT
`10L RANSOM, NABBED IN 12 HRS
OPERATION ‘GANGSTER CLEAN BOLD’
Under the direction of DCP South Mridul Kachhawa, police team arrested 5 accused
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a major ac-
tion, the Shiprapath po-
lice sta-
tion in-
charge
Mahavir
Singh
Rathore
did a com-
mendable
job of rescuing a stu-
dent from the clutches
of the kidnappers.
The action took place
under the direction of
DCP South Mridul
Kachhawa. The gang
that kidnapped a com-
petitive exam student
and demanded a ran-
som of Rs 10 lakhs was
busted due to prompt
action by the police and
the kidnapped student
was freed in mere 12
hours. The police ar-
rested five miscreants
of the kidnapping gang.
On the basis of mo-
bile location, the car of
miscreants was chased
on Delhi Road. The
miscreants were
caught at a Dhaba near
Kotputli, while some
miscreants escaped
during the action.
Gangster demands
`10L ransom, booked
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Dreaded gang-
ster Manish Saini has
been booked by the Mu-
hana Thana Police for
demanding`10lakhfrom
a property dealer in
Jaipur.Thecomplainant,
Rahul Meena, a resident
of KalyanpuriRampura,
has registered two FIRs
against Manish Saini for
allegedly threatening
him and demanding a
ransom.
Police informed the
accused made a What-
sapp call to the victim
and threatened to kill
him, if he did not pay a
ransom amount. “The
victim is a property
dealer. He received re-
peated threats from
gangster Saini demand-
ing Rs 10 lakhs as ran-
som. Special police
teams are engaged at
commissionerate level
and Saini will be helded
very soon,” said Mansa-
rovarACPHariShankar.
Five accused in police custody at Shiprapath Police Station on
Sunday. They were caught from a dhaba in Kotputli.
COP SUSPENDED
Kavita from Hanumangarh to
lead India U-18 Volleyball Team
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: Kavita
Suthar, a class 12th stu-
dent of Silwala Khurd, a
small village in Tibbi
Tehsil of Hanuman-
garh, has been selected
as the captain of the In-
dian team for the 23rd
AsianUnder18Women’s
Volleyball Champion-
ship, which is scheduled
to be held in Thailand
between June 6 to 15.
Coach Basant Singh
Mann informed that
Kavita Suthar had re-
cently undergone a pre-
training camp, held in
Bhubaneshwar for two
and half months, for se-
lection in Indian team.
“She was chosen as cap-
tainof theteamafterthe
camp concluded,” said
Basant Singh. Notably,
Kavita’s father Subhash
Chandra runs an auto
spare parts shop and is
the only breadwinner in
the family of four.
Kavita Suthar with her trophies.
Sarita Mor (R) during her final against Zhala Aliyeva.
RBSE XII result
of Arts,Varistha
Upadhyay today
Landlord’s son
turns out to be
killer of minor
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The Rajasthan
Board of Secondary Ed-
ucation (RBSE) will de-
claretheresultsof Class
12th Arts and Varistha
Upadhyay on Monday
.
The results will be an-
nounced at 12:15 pm by
RBSE administrator LN
Mantri. A total of
6,52,610 lakh students
wereregisteredforClass
XII Arts examination
this year, while 4058 can-
didateswereenrolledfor
Varistha Upadhyay
.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Jaipur po-
lice have caught the
accused who mur-
dered a 9-year-old in-
nocent girl in Amber.
The minor son of the
landlord turned out
to be the killer of the
girl. He had a dispute
with the father of the
girl, police said.
DCP North Parish
Deshmukh said that
the interrogation of
the accused is going
on.“Hehasconfessed
that he was having a
dispute with the fa-
ther of the girl due to
which he killed the
girl,” he said. Desh-
mukh said that the
father of the de-
ceased has given a
report that the ac-
cused first raped his
daughter and then
murdered her by slit-
ting her throat.
The girl was miss-
ing since Saturday
afternoon and she
was found dead at an
isolated place near
her house. The body
was handed over to
family members af-
ter post-mortem.
A team of FSL doing their investigation in Amer to gather
evidence in the murder of 9-year-old on Sunday.
GOVT WORRIED ABOUT CHAIR,
NOT ABOUT DAUGHTERS: RAJE
Former CM and National VP of BJP Vasundhara
Raje said that the increasing incidents of hei-
nous crime against girls in Rajasthan are worry-
ing. “It has been proved once again that the Cong
govt is only concerned about saving
its chair, not the dignity of the
daughters,” she said while refer-
ring to the murder and suspected
rape of 9-year-old girl in Amer
area of Jaipur. She said the Ge-
hlot govt has put its police force to
keep an eye on MLAs and to look
after the captives, and no one is
there to listen to the plea of
the common people.
Pharma firm
director held by
SOG after 1-yr
UPSC prelims
examination
held in Jodhpur
Jaipur: The SOG of Ra-
jasthan Police has ar-
rested the director of a
drug company for ille-
gally manufacturing
huge quantities of nar-
cotics drugs and selling
them to a Jaipur based
firm. “The accused has
been identified as Sunil
Nandwani (52), a resi-
dent of Dehradun.
The accused incorpo-
rated a pharma compa-
ny named Biomextar
Deepapur Nagaland and
manufactured illegal
narcotic drugs. He then
sold these illegal drugs
to Jaipur based firm Ra-
maiya Enterprises,”
said ADG (SOG and
ATS) Ashok Rathore.
“Theaccusedalongwith
other men used to sell
these drugs in Jaipur,
Ajmer and other dis-
tricts. Several people
had already been arrest-
ed and finally
, he was ar-
restedfromDehradunon
Saturday
,” added ADG
Ashok Rathore. —FIB
Jodhpur: The Union
Public Service Commis-
sion (UPSC) on Sunday
conducted the Civil Ser-
vices Prelims exam in
two shifts. In Jodhpur, a
total of 45.69% candi-
dates appeared in the
first shift examination,
while 45% aspirants sat
for prelims in the sec-
ond shift.
The exam was held at
27 examination centers
in Jodhpur. During the
examination, Jodhpur
Development Authori-
ty Commissioner In-
derjit Yadav, Zilla Pari-
shad CEO Abhishek
Surana and other ad-
ministrative officials
inspected the examina-
tion centers. —FIB
Pali civic chief foot
marchesforwater
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid the in-
creasing water crisis
in Pali, chairperson of
municipal council Re-
kha Bhati has trav-
elled 250 km from Pali
to Jaipur border. Re-
kha Bhati and her hus-
band Rakesh Bhati are
participating in the
foot march.
The couple will meet
CM Gehlot regarding
the drinking water sup-
ply problem of Pali and
will submit a demand
letter of problems.
BJP has board in Pali
Municipal Council. The
crisis has deepened due
to less water in Jawai
Dam and drinking wa-
ter supply is available
for 2 days in a month.
Rekha Bhati is accompanied by her husband Rakesh Bhati.
CopabusedbyMLA
Bidhuri shifted to
other district
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid the on-
going exercise by the
ruling Congress to
settle issues of its
MLAs ahead of Ra-
jya Sabha elections,
a Sub Inspector who
had a dispute with
Congress MLA
Rajendra Bidhuri
was transferred
from Chittorgarh to
Rajsamand.
An audio clip in
which the MLA is
purportedly heard
abusing SI Sanjay
Gurjar, who was the
SHO of Bhainsroad-
garh police station,
went viral in March.
After the dispute,
the police officer left
the police station af-
ter giving an applica-
tion to SP.
Now IG Udaipur
Hinglaj Dan issued
an order to transfer
Sanjay Gurjar from
Chittorgarh to Rajs-
amand.
The transfer ap-
pears a result of
pressure politics.
It may be noted
that Rajendra Bid-
huri recently ex-
pressed his annoy-
ance with the gov-
ernment during his
speech at a pro-
gramme. He is also
not present in the
hotel in Udaipur
where many of the
party MLAs and in-
dependent MLAs are
staying together.
Congress fears
that BJP could get in-
volved in horse-trad-
ing for the Rajya
Sabha elections
which will be held on
4 seats on June 10.
Ealier in 2019, MLA Bidhuri had an another similar tussle
with Begun SHO Virendra Singh Charan.
A leopard was seen resting near a pond amid scorching heat at Jhalana Leopard Safari on Sunday.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
BIG CAT MATTERS!
SI VS MLA ROW
Safari City: Jaipur to have a
TigersafariatNahargarhsoon
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the suc-
cess of the Amagarh
Leopard Safari the
Jaipur Devlopment Au-
thority (JDA) and For-
est Department are all
prepared to launch the
Tiger Safari in Nahar-
garh Biological Park.
According to officials,
tiger safari will start by
the end of this year.
The state govt will
give this gift to wildlife
lovers on its fourth an-
niversary. Tiger Safari
is being developed in
the Biological Park on
30 square hectares of
land at a cost of Rs 4.5
crores. The paperwork
has been completed,
and the construction
will begin next month.
An 8-km-long track is
being built for the safa-
ri, in which the tourists
will be able to see the
tigers while sitting in
vehicles for 45 minutes.
Jaipur is beoming a new hub
of leopard and tiger safari.
Nahargarh Biological Park will
also be the first biological park
in the state, where two safaris
will run parallel.
FIRST IN INDIA
Manish Saini
Vasundhara Raje

cross the World a poor repre-
sentation of the women in
economic, political, social or
sports sphere compared to
their population ratio with
men is evident and facts and
figurestrulyrepresentthatit’s
still miles to go before we have
a true well meaning gender
equality where women live
and contribute to human de-
velopment on their will and
full capabilities. Globally
mere 24.9% of parliamentari-
ans, 6.2% of heads of govern-
ment and around 33% women
experience physical or sexual
abuse speaks aloud about the
poor state of gender equality
.
A Gender Equality Index re-
port compiled world over is
basedonfourkeydimensions,
Economic Participation and
Opportunity
, Educational At-
tainment, Health and Surviv-
al, and Political Empower-
ment. The countries are given
index rates from 0 to 1 (or 0%,
the lowest possible gender
equalityand100%,thehighest
possiblegenderequality).The
top three nations in the World
are Iceland, Finland and Nor-
way and the bottom three
countries are Afghanistan,
Yemen and Iraq. India stands
at124thintheWorld.Amongst
Indian states Chhattisgarh is
top-performing state in the
gender equality parameter of
the Sustainable Development
Goals. Mizoram, Meghalaya
and Kerala are good states for
women and UP
, MP and Bihar
are not so good states.
In our country where
over three fourths of popula-
tion worship Goddesses of
different kinds, yet the status
of women and gender equali-
ty has seen ups and downs
from ancient to modern
times.Vedicsocietywasaper-
fect example of gender equal-
ity and the women had same
status as men in all spheres of
life. Similar conditions pre-
vailed during Epic India. The
status of women gradually
declined during the period of
Dharmashastras and Pura-
nas where the daughters were
regarded as second class citi-
zens. The Buddhist period did
witness some changes for
good of women.
TheMedievalperiodproved
to be highly disappointing for
the Indian women and their
status further deteriorated
during this period. The Mus-
lim invaders and the Brah-
manical iron laws were main
causes for such degradation.
However, during the 14th and
15th centuries, Bhakti Move-
ment introduced new trends
in the social and the religious
life of women in India. The
British were initially reluc-
tant to interfere with the so-
cial and religious customs of
thedifferentreligiouscommu-
nities, but several social re-
formerslikeRajaRamMohan
Roy
, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasa-
gar, and Jyotiba Phule fought
for women’s right, education
andprevailedonBritishtoput
an end to the evil customs and
traditions of the society
.
The entire history of the
freedom movement is replete
with the saga of bravery
, sac-
rifice and political sagacity
of thousands of women of
our country. The prominent
ones were: Bhima Bai Holkar,
Rani Laxmi Bai, Begum Haz-
rat Mahal, Kasturba Bai, Sa-
rojini Naidu etc. Since inde-
pendence, Constitutional
provisions, women-centric
legislations, social welfare
initiatives, policies, and prac-
tices have empowered women
and provided them security
against injustice and crimes
committed against them.
Women constitute the ma-
jority of the world’s popula-
tion, but there is still no soci-
ety in which women enjoy full
equalitywithmen.Theyoften
face specific discrimination,
evenincountrieswhichgrant
legal equality to both sexes.
They suffer discrimination
and economic disadvantages.
“Gender equality implies that
women and men, and girls
and boys, enjoy the same
rights, resources, opportuni-
ties, and protections. It does
not require that girls and
boys, or women and men, be
the same, or that they are
treated exactly alike.”
(UNICEF). However the
groundrealitiesinmostcoun-
tries including ours are far
from acceptable conditions.
The role of women in na-
tion-building is undisputed
andhencetheirempowerment
isof paramountimportancein
thesociety
.Thestatusof wom-
en in India has undergone
greatchangesoverthepastfew
centuries. In independent In-
dia, women participate in all
walksof life-education,litera-
ture, culture, sports, politics,
and in other fields. Women in
India have adorned high offic-
es like cabinet ministers,
Prime Minister, Governors
and President. Although In-
dia needs to make many leaps
forward in securing the safety
andpositionof itswomenwho
face discrimination and vio-
lence on a daily basis, the situ-
ation has improved over the
years. We can prevent ills by
ensuring women’s autonomy
,
also increasing participation
and decision making power in
the family and public life. The
people and the society have to
whole heartedly support gov-
ernment initiatives like: Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao, Women
Helpline Scheme, Nari Shakti
Puraskar, Nirbhaya, Mahila
Police Volunteers and Mahila
Shakti Kendras (MSK).
The success story of Mary
Kom,PTUsha,NikhatZareen,
Phogat Sisters in sports or
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Fal-
guni Nayar or Aditi Gupta in
industry or Nirmala Sitara-
man, Mamata Banerjee in
politics or Tessy Thomas in
Science are few glaring and
inspiring examples of women
achieverstoemulate.Thejour-
ney to gender equality is not
even halfway through and to
cover these milestones we will
have to trigger a change in at-
titude at the lowest and broad-
est part of the Pyramid i.e.
Familylevel.Thefamilyhasto
invoke the feelings of respect
and honour for women and
passitontosociety
.Thesociety
as a whole has to stand for dig-
nity and equality of gender.
Finally it’s the role of govern-
ment where rules are more or
less framed and existing but
theimplementationisof poor-
eststandards.Therisingnum-
bers of females in the senior
postsingovernmentincluding
Administrative, Police and
Armed Forces Services is an
indicator of good beginning.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE
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Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Happy to note that Shri @SadhguruJV
ji has envisioned the #SaveSoil
Campaign to create awareness about
soil which is the basic building block
of life on our planet. There is an urgent
need for responsible environmental
action. Wishing @IshaFoundation
success in their endeavours.
Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
Began my engagements in Prague by
meeting a delegation of Czech MEPs.
A good discussion on India’s ties with
EU and the Czech Republic, the Indo-
Pacific, food and energy security and
digital cooperation.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
We behold what we
are, and we are what
we behold.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
UKRAINE
WILL BUILD
BACK BETTER
fter 100 days of in-
tense fighting, it is
difficult to begin
thinking about re-
building Ukraine
when Russian bombs are still
raining down on innocent civil-
ians. But it is precisely during
times of crisis that we must con-
sider what comes next. Above
all, leading Western powers
need to play a central role in
supporting country’s recon-
struction.
To that end, the European
Commission recently proposed
establishing a “Rebuild
Ukraine” facility to channel
grants and loans. But Ukraine’s
large financial needs will re-
quire European Union to iden-
tify new funding sources, which
should include Russian central
bank’s frozen foreign-exchange
reserves, as well as funds previ-
ously confiscated from Russian
state enterprises. Reconstruc-
tion experts recommend looking
at the rebuilding task through
the lens of a natural disaster
such as an earthquake or a flood.
In the initial triage phase of re-
sponse, the government needs to
stop the bleeding – as Ukraine is
doing. That means fighting back
and ejecting the Russian invad-
ers from the entire country
.
Source: Project Syndicate
TOP TWEETS
A
lthough nearly all
heat-relateddeaths
are preventable,
heatwaves kill
thousands of peo-
ple worldwide every year. At
this very moment, an extreme
heatwave in India and Paki-
stan, affecting about one bil-
lion people, is “testing the lim-
its of human survivability
,”
warns Chandni Singh, a lead
author for the Intergovern-
mental Panel on Climate
Change’s Sixth Assessment
Report. In April, the average
maximum temperature for
northwest and central India
was the highest in 122 years.
This is not just a South
Asian problem. In recent
years, similarly extreme con-
ditions occurred in the US,
Australia, Europe, Scandina-
via, Japan, resulting in
thousands of hospitaliza-
tions and excess deaths. Ex-
treme heat is also linked to
increases in premature
births, low birthweight ba-
bies, stillbirths; reductions
in worker productivity; high-
er rates of chronic kidney
disease of unknown origin;
and increases in suicide.
Extreme temperatures are
thus an “all of society” prob-
lem. Such conditions not
only harm human health;
they also have detrimental ef-
fects on infrastructure, crop
yields, poultry mortality,
threatening livelihoods. The
2021 heat dome in Pacific
Northwest western Canada
was a case in point.
It was an event that would
have been virtually impossi-
ble without climate change.
Temperature extremes were
about 5°C above previous re-
cords, causing 1,000 excess
deaths a 69-fold increase in
heat-related hospitalizations.
Oysters were cooked in their
ocean habitats, threatening
food security and livelihoods
for indigenous people.
Source: Project Syndicate
SURVIVING A FUTURE
OF EXTREME HEAT
Unprecedented extreme-heat episodes like the heatwave in India and
Pakistan this spring and the 2021 heat dome in the Pacific
Northwest are a preview of what awaits us on a warming planet.
Unless we improve our early-warning and response systems, the
number of excess deaths each year will increase
A
GENDER EQUALITY:
MILES TO GO...
A
Women constitute the
majority of the world’s
population, but there is still
no society in which women
enjoy full equality with
men. They often face specific
discrimination, even in
countries which grant legal
equality to both sexes. They
suffer discrimination and
economic disadvantages
Vedic society was a
perfect example of
gender equality and the
women had same status
as men in all spheres of
life. Similar conditions
prevailed during Epic
India. The status of
women gradually
declined during the
period of Dharmashastras
and Puranas
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
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Kejriwal’s four
demands from
central govt
Kejriwal also made
four demands to
the Centre in re-
sponse to the Val-
ley’s targeted kill-
ings. The demands
include an action
plan to prevent
such incidents,
the cancellation
of bonds signed
with Kashmiri
Pandits that state
they cannot work
outside Kashmir,
the fulfillment of all
their demands, and
the provision of
security.
What do
Opposition
parties say?
Meanwhile, the op-
position, including
the Congress, has
slammed the Cen-
tre over the deaths.
They alleged that
the government
had failed to
provide security to
Kashmiri Pandits
forcing them out of
the valley.Maha-
rashtra CM Uddhav
Thackeray also
criticized the BJP-
led central govern-
ment for putting
the community
in danger.
‘Pandits shown
hollow ‘ghar
vapasi’ dream’
“We will do what-
ever is possible for
Kashmiri Pandits,
we will not leave
them in the lurch.
I can only promise
that Maharashtra
will stand firmly
behind the Kashmi-
ri Pandits in these
difficult times,” CM
Thackeray said in a
statement. He said
Kashmiri Pandits
were shown the
dream of ‘ghar
vapasi’, but are
being targeted
and killed.
Killing spree
goes on
unabated
On Wednesday,
terrorists killed a
Hindu bank man-
ager in his office
in Kulgam. Hours
later, two migrant
laborers were shot
in central Kashmir.
One of them even-
tually died in the
hospital. Terrorists
also killed a Hindu
school teacher
on Tuesday. Last
week, terrorists
also shot dead
three off-duty po-
lice officers and a
television actress.
Central govt
promises
tough action
In high-level
meetings chaired
by Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah, it
was decided that
Kashmiri Pandits
would not be sent
out of Kashmir, but
would be accom-
modated in safer
places. As per
officials, the Centre
cannot be a part of
‘ethnic cleansing’
as it believes India
is a society with
diverse cultures
and different com-
munities.
Kejriwal lashes
at too many
meetings
Targeting Amit
Shah for holding
meetings but not
taking substan-
tial steps on the
targeted killings in
Kashmir, Kejriwal
said, “Whenever
there is a murder
in Kashmir, it
comes in the me-
dia: Home Minister
called a meeting.
Too many meet-
ings are being held
while people are
dying. Now, India
needs action, not
just meetings.
DELHI CHIEF MINISTER KEJRIWAL UPS THE ANTE FROM JANTAR MANTAR
INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Ghulam
Nabi Azad and Anand
Sharma, the two most
vocal members of the
disgruntled Congress
leaders’ group, did not
get a Rajya Sabha seat,
and in their place two
other members- Mukul
Wasnik and Vivek
Tankha - got a chance.
Wasnik got the reward
that he was in the camp
of disgruntled leaders
but he informed Ahmed
Patel about their plans
in time. This gave the
Congress an opportu-
nity to bear that set-
back. But the question
is, for what reason did
Vivek Tankha get a
chance to go to Rajya
Sabha again?
According to sources
in the Congress, there
are two reasons for this.
The first reason is legal
compulsion. A good, re-
nowned and resource-
ful lawyer is needed for
the cases of Nehru-Gan-
dhi family. Kapil Sibal
had left the party. Ab-
hishek Manu Singhvi is
definitely with the Con-
gress but he has become
an MP in West Bengal
with the help of Trina-
mool Congress. There
are so many cases of
Mamta Banerjee’s fam-
ily and party that it will
be difficult for her to
give him time off. Chid-
ambaram is stuck in his
cases then KTS Tulsi is
not of much help in big
cases. So there was a
compulsion to keep
Tanka. Secondly, his
name was endorsed by
Kamal Nath and there-
after the Congress did
not want to take any
risk by rejecting him.
Why is Vivek Tankha repeated by Cong in RS polls?
‘LEGAL COMPULSIONS’

Senior lawyer
Vijay Tankha’s
name was
endorsed by
Kamal Nath and
thereafter the
Congress did
not want to take
any risk by
rejecting him
7 girls drown in pit in Tamil Nadu village
Kuchipalayam: Seven
girls, aged 10 to 18,
drowned in a deep pit
filled with water near a
check dam built across
the Gedilam river at
Kuchipalayam near
Cuddalore on Sunday
.
Police said the girls
gathered near a 15-foot-
deep pit located 300 me-
tres from a check dam
built across the Gedi-
lam river at noon. The
pit was filled with water
after the recent rains.
They entered into the
waters to take bath.
When they ventured
into a deeper part of the
pit, two of the girls were
trapped inside and
started drowning.
The others tried to
rescue them, but they
too drowned.
Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister M.K. Stalin
condoled the death of
the seven persons and
announced a solatium
of 5 lakh to the families
of each of the deceased
from the Chief Minis-
ter’s Public Relief
Fund.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with his deputy Manish Sisodia speaks during Jan Aakrosh Rally
over the recent targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir, in New Delhi on Sunday.
PULSE
DAILY
DAILY
NEWSVIEWS
Delaware: A small private airplane mistaken-
ly entered restricted airspace near President
Joe Biden’s Delaware vacation home Satur-
day, prompting the brief evacuation of the
president and first lady, the White House and
the Secret Service said. The White House
said there was no threat to the Biden or his
family and that precautionary measures
were taken. After the situation was assessed,
Biden and his wife, Jill, returned to their
Rehoboth Beach home.
New Delhi: Defence
minister Rajnath Singh
will embark on a three-
day visit to Vietnam on
June 8 for talks with
his Vietnamese coun-
terpart General Phan
Van Giang to deepen
bilateral defence co-
operation, the defence
ministry announced
on Sunday. Singh will
preside over the hand-
ing over ceremony of
12 high-speed boats to
Vietnam at the Hong Ha
yard in Hai Phong.
Thiruvananthapuram:
Two school students
in Kerala were found
to be infected with the
highly-contagious nor-
ovirus, a bug similar to
the diarrhoea-inducing
rotavirus. The infection
was diagnosed after
samples of students
who complained of
food poisoning were
tested. It is believed
that the students got
food poisoning from
midday meals distribut-
ed at the school.
US PREZ BIDEN EVACUATED AFTER
PLANE FLIES OVER BEACH HOME
RAJNATH TO
VISIT VIETNAM
TO DEEPEN
DEFENCE TIES
2 STUDENTS TEST
POSITIVE FOR
NOROVIRUS IN
KERALA
New Delhi: The BJP has decided to depute
182 leaders to as many Assembly constit-
uencies of Gujarat in order to reach out to
the grassroots workers and its supporters.
These leaders include all the sitting and
former MPs and MLAs and other senior
leaders. Each leader will have to tour one
constituency for three days and meet senior
party workers, social activists, retired leaders
and other workers. The Assembly elections
will be held at the end of the year.
BJP DEPUTES 182 LEADERS IN
GUJARAT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Minister Aaditya
Thackeray expressed
concern over the situ-
ation in Jammu and
Kashmir in the after-
math of the recent tar-
geted killings in the
union territory and
termed the situation
‘deeply concerning’.
He further said that
the doors of Maha-
rashtra are always
open for Kashmiri
Pandits.
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Sunday held a
protest in the national
capital against the Cen-
tre following an in-
crease in targeted kill-
ings in Jammu and
Kashmir.
The protest was held
at the iconic Jantar
Mantar, a focal point of
protests in the city
.
While slamming the
central government,
Kejriwal said BJP-led
central government has
failed Kashmiri Pan-
dits. The Valley has wit-
nessed nearly 20 target-
ed killings, including
those of police officials,
teachers, and sarpanch-
es recently
.
‘Modi govt failed Kashmiri Pandits’
THE STORY SO FAR
When Kashmiri Pandits protest against the targeted killings,
the present BJP government in Kashmir does not allow them to
protest. If the government behaves like this, the suffering of the
people becomes double Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM and AAP national convenor
Spike in civilian
killings over the
last few months
Kashmir Valley
has been facing
a spike in civilian
killings over the last
few months. The
home minister had
convened the emer-
gency meetings to
discuss the security
in JK. Kejriwal said
the Bharatiya Janata
Party government
has failed the com-
munity. He went on
to say that Kashmiri
Pandits do not want
meetings with the
Centre, but rather an
immediate action.
Maha doors open for
Pandits, says Aaditya
BJP BUSY PROMOTING MOVIES: RAUT
Hyderabad: Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
MLA M Raghunandan
Rao, addressing a
press conference on
Saturday, showed re-
porters a purported
video of an MLA son’s
involvement in the
case of a minor’s gan-
grape in Hyderabad’s
upscale Jubilee Hills.
“There is a sexual
assault against the girl
in the video which was
presented for 10 sec-
onds. There were four
people in the red-col-
oured Mercedes but
none of them was
shown as accused by
the police,” Rao later
said in an interview.
“Sexual assault can
be seen in the video
clearly. I have not
shown the face of the
girl or exposed her
identity, taking all the
precautions of the
POCSO Act. The faces
of the accused individ-
uals, however, can be
seen. Whether they are
minor or not, let the
court or police decide
that. I have put forth
the evidence before the
police and the public.
Now the police should
determine if there was
involvement of the
MLA’s son,” Rao add-
ed.
Opposition BJP and
Congress demanded
that the TRS govern-
ment hand over the in-
vestigation to CBI to
ensure an impartial
probe.
In an open letter to
Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao,
state BJP president
and MP, Bandi Sanjay
Kumar referred to me-
dia reports about the
alleged involvement of
kin of some politically
influential people.
Kolkata: An alleged
smuggler was killed in
an encounter with Bor-
derSecurityForce(BSF)
personnel near the in-
ternational border be-
tween India and Bangla-
desh in West Bengal’s
Murshidabaddistricton
Sunday morning.
BSF officials said a
group of smugglers at-
tacked a jawan while
smuggling Phensedyl,
following which forces
retaliated. One smug-
gler was killed in the
ensuing exchange.
The incident took
place on Sunday morn-
ingintheareaof Border
Out Post Sagarpara, 141
Battalion where a pa-
trolling party was alert
for suspicious activity
after receiving reliable
inputs from the BSF’s
intelligence depart-
ment.
Around 3 am in the
morning, troops ob-
served the movement of
10-15 smugglers in the
area, and informed the
patrolling party
. Shortly
afterwards, the smug-
glers attacked the
jawans using stones and
dah (an edged weapon).
The jawans also started
retaliatory action, after
attempts to drive them
away with a non-lethal
weapon.
BJP leader shares
video, claims MLA
son’s involvement
HYDERABAD GANGRAPE CASE
India-Bangladesh
border: Smugglers
attack BSF jawans
ENVIRONMENT NEEDS US: BIRLA
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla along with
wife Dr Amita Birla
planted saplings on
World Environment
Day on Sunday at
his residence in New
Delhi. Birla, while
appealing to everyone
to plant saplings, said
that Earth’s rising
temperature is a sign
that the environment
needs us.
A
A
A
ANOTHER GANGRAPE
One killed in retaliatory action
BJP MLA Raghunandan Rao
Vivek Tankha

HIGH SECURITY ALERT IN PAKISTAN CAPITAL, ADJOINING AREAS
INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Congress
party has fielded Ajay
Maken as its candidate
from Haryana and it is
being said that former
Chief Minister Bhupin-
der Singh Hooda had
laid a condition that if
the party makes any-
one a candidate, in-
stead of Randeep Sur-
jewala and Kumari
Selja, he will ensure
their victory.
Earlier it seemed
that the party would
field a Brahmin from
Haryana and Pramod
Tiwari also went to
meet Hooda. Rajeev
Shukla was also trying
and Anand Sharma’s
name was also dis-
cussed.
Ghulam Nabi Azad
has been in charge of
Haryana, hence his
name was also being
discussed. But in the
end, the Congress de-
cided Maken’s name
and now it will be Hoo-
da’s responsibility to
ensure his victory.
Congress may have
sent Maken to Haryana
under whatever com-
pulsion, but party lead-
ers are claiming of two
advantages. First, his
is a Punjabi Khatris,
the community from
which Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar
belongs.
There is a discussion
in Haryana that BJP
will not contest the
next election in the
name of Khattar. By
the time of next elec-
tion, it will be ten years
and before that BJP
will field a new leader
so that anti-incumben-
cy can be reduced. In
such a situation, Con-
gress will get the bene-
fit of Maken’s being
sent to Rajya Sabha
from the state.
Even if the BJP does
not remove Khattar, the
Congress will present a
Punjabi Khatri face.
Another advantage of
Maken is that Ashok
Tanwar, who was the
President of Congress
and now doing Aam
Aadmi Party politics, is
his brother-in-law.
So, Congress will
somehow try to neu-
tralize him with the
help of Maken.
Why was Ajay Maken sent to Haryana?
lll
Ghulam Nabi
Azad has been
in charge of
Haryana, hence
his name was
discussed. But
the Congress
decided Maken’s
name and now it
will be Hooda’s
responsibility to
ensure his win
Islamabad on toes after rumours of
ex-Pak PM Imran Khan’s assassination
My wife is innocent:
Assam CM to Sisodia
Sarma rubbishes PPE kits scam, calls it humanitarian work
Guwahati: Assam
Chief Minister Him-
anta Biswa Sarma on
Sunday threatened Del-
hi Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia for accusing
him of corruption over
(personal protective
equipment) PPE kits
during the Covid pan-
demic.
Himanta Biswa Sar-
ma Tweeted: “The com-
pany in question wrote
to Assam’s NHM stat-
ing that supply of
around 1,500 PPE kits
for Covid warriors
must be treated as CSR
contribution and hence
not a single rupee must
be paid by Govt. Assam
NHM duly acknowl-
edged the same.”
“Manish bhai, this is
not corruption, it’s hu-
manity. My wife hasn’t
committed a crime, she
tried to help Assam at
the time of its biggest
crisis. Throwing muck
at others will not be ac-
cepted. You will face
legal consequences,”
he added.
Earlier, Himanta
Biswa Sarma had said,
“We are in the extreme
north of country. We
struggled for every
PPE at that point of
time. Roads were
closed. Train and air
services were halted.
Anybody who gave PPE
kit at that point of
time, we are eternally
grateful.”
He added, “My fami-
ly has donated PPE kits
to the government of
Assam at that point of
time. And no business
transaction has hap-
pened and not a single
penny has been paid to
any of the companies
or individuals who are
part of my family.”
Islamabad: Security
agencies have been
put on high alert in
Islamabad and its
surrounding areas
amid rumours of an
assassination plot be-
ing hatched against
former Pakistan
Prime Minister Im-
ran Khan.
“Security Division
has deployed dedicat-
ed security in Bani
Gala. A list of people
in Bani Gala has not
been provided yet to
Police. Section 144 is
imposedinIslamabad
and any event is not
allowed as per orders
of District Magis-
trate,” according to
Islamabad police
spokesperson.
He said gatherings
had also been prohib-
ited in the capital.
NEWSVIEWS
NADAL RULES CLAY!
Spain’s Rafael Nadal lifts the cup after defeating
Norways Casper Ruud during their final match of the
French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros
stadium in Paris on Sunday. Nadal won 6-3, 6-3, 6-0.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Sisodia had
questioned why
the BJP was
silent on the
corruption
involving Assam
CM Sarma’s
wife Riniki
No gathering
or congregation
allowed
Officials said the
Security Division has
deployed dedicated
security in Bani Gala
while no gathering or
congregation is
allowed as per orders
of District Magistrate.
“Islamabad Police will
provide complete
security to Khan as per
the law,” they said.
PTI warns of
aggression if
anything happens
PTI lawmaker Faisal
Vawda had made
similar claims of a plot
to kill the then
Pakistan’s PM Khan
for his refusal to “sell
the country.” Hassan
Niazi, Khan’s nephew,
has threatened
an “aggressive
response” if Khan is
assassinated.
Imran Khan was
advised to use
bulletproof glass
While responding to
the conspiracy to
assassinate the
premier was
mentioned in the letter,
several PTI leaders
said that Khan was
advised to use
bulletproof glasses
during his rally at
Islamabad`s Parade
ground.
Current
political scene
in Pakistan
Former PM Imran
Khan has been
attempting to
corner the new
government over
the economic
situation. PTI leader
Fawad Chaudhary in
April had stated that
securities firms had
disclosed a ‘plot’ to
assassinate Khan.
Anything
happens to
our leader
Imran Khan, will
be treated as attack
on Pakistan. Re-
sponse will be ag-
gressive. The han-
dlers will also regret
the consequences
—Hassaan Niazi,
Nephew of Imran Khan
ALL FOR SAVING SOIL!
Union IB Minister Anurag Thakur with Sadguru and former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP
Harbhajan Singh attend the ‘Save Soil Movement’ programme on the occasion of World
Environment Day, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
THE STORY SO FAR
Bhubnaeswar: Bracing
for the 2024 Assembly
elections, Odisha Chief
Minister Navin Patnaik
on Sunday recast his
council of ministers, in-
ductingfivewomenmin-
isters, besides giving
larger representation to
the youth as 21 MLAs
took the oath of offices.
The new council of
ministers was constitut-
ed after all 20 ministers
in Odisha had resigned
on Saturday
.
Thereshufflehasbeen
done to give an opportu-
nity to new faces and in-
troduce a combination
of young and experi-
enced leaders from BJD
intothecabinetaheadof
the 2024 general and as-
sembly elections.
The swearing-in cer-
emony took place in the
new convention centre
of Lok Seva Bhawan in
Bhubaneswar.
Atotalof 21Ministers,
including13Cabinetand
8Ministerof State(Inde-
pendent charge), took
oath in the Naveen Pat-
naik-led state council of
ministers.
Five women MLAs
were inducted in the
council of ministers,
including three as Cabi-
net Ministers. In the
last cabinet, only two
women were part of the
council of ministers.
The newly-inducted
women cabinet minis-
ters are Pramila Mallik,
Usha Devi and Tukuni
Sahu. The Naveen Pat-
naik government has
completed three years
of its fifth consecutive
term as the Chief
Minister of Odisha on
May 29.
Odisha Cabinet rejig: 21 mins,including 5 women,take oath
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during the oath taking
ceremony of new cabinet ministers in Bhubnaeswar.
India heading towards civil war
under BJP rule, says Lalu Yadav
Patna: RashtriyaJanata
Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu
PrasadYadavlauncheda
scathing attack against
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) on Sunday
,
June 5. Lalu Yadav al-
leged that the country
was heading towards
civil war under the pre-
sent BJP rule.
The war of words had
erupted between RJD
leader Lalu Prasad and
BJP on the occasion of
Sampoorna Kranti Di-
was. Various political
parties including BJP,
JDU, and RJD organ-
ised events on the occa-
sion of Sampoorn
Kranti Divas in Patna.
Lalu Yadav, who was ex-
pected to participate in
the Sampoorna Kranti
Divas event organised
by RJD, did not turn up
due to ill health, but
sent a video message.
The RJD leader first
paid tribute to Loknay-
ak Jayaprakash and re-
called how he fought
against dictatorship 48
years ago when he was
a student leader under
the leadership of
Jayaprakash Narayan.
Lalu Yadav further
said that the dictator-
ship against which he
had fought 48 years ago
was being witnessed in
present day also, and
now he is fighting again
against the present dic-
tatorial system.
“Today, the situation
in the country has be-
come the same again.
Dictatorship and wily
power want to destroy
the brotherhood and
unity of our country
.
RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday said India’s ef-
forts to protect the envi-
ronment are multi-di-
mensional even though
its role in climate
change negligible. Modi
was addressing a pro-
gramme on ‘Save Soil
Movement’ on the occa-
sion of World Environ-
ment Day at Delhi’s Vig-
yan Bhawan.
Modi also said India’s
forest cover grew by
over 20,000 sq km in last
eight years - record
growth in wildlife num-
bers too.
Modi said the country
has worked relentlessly
to keep the soil alive. He
saidthegovernmenthas
focused on five main
things to save the soil.
1. How to make the
soil chemical-free.
2. How to save the
creatures that live in the
soil, which in the techni-
cal language are called
soil organic matter.
3. How to maintain
soil moisture, how to in-
crease the availability
of water till it.
4. How to remove the
damage that is happen-
ing to the soil due to less
groundwater.
5.Howtostopthecon-
tinuous erosion of soil
due to the reduction of
forest cover.
He added that inter-
nationally, India has led
the creation of CDRI
and the International
Solar Alliance.
PM gives 5 points to save
soil, recalls policies in last
8 years for environment
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi launched a global
initiative ‘Lifestyle for
the Environment – LiFE
Movement’ on Sunday
via video conference.
‘LiFE Global Call for
Papers’ invites ideas
and suggestions from
academics, universities
research institu-
tions etc to persuade
communities across
the world to adopt an
environment-conscious
lifestyle.
PM MODI
LAUNCHES GLOBAL
INITIATIVE‘LIFE
MOVEMENT’
The reshuffle has been done to give an
opportunity to new faces and introduce
a combination of young and experienced
leaders from BJD into the cabinet
ahead of the 2024 general elections

COUPLE ENDS LIFE BY JUMPING
BEFORE A MOVING TRAIN IN BUNDI
Bundi (PTI): A 25-year-old man and a 17-year-old
girl, likely to be in a relationship, allegedly com-
mitted suicide by jumping before a moving train
near Lakheri railway station in Bundi district, po-
lice said. The man was identified as Kamal Jangid,
a resident of Maliyon Ka Mohalla in Lakheri town,
they said, adding that the minor girl was also
from the same locality. The man and the girl left
their respective houses at around 3 am and reach
the railway tracks near Lakheri station, where the
two jumped in front of a moving train.
TOURISTS TAKE PICTURES AS TWO
TIGERS MARCH CLOSE TO JEEP
Alwar: The World Environment Day will be memo-
rable forever for the tourists who went on safari in
Alwar’s Sariska. Not only one, but two tigers were
seen roaming in the middle of the tourist’s gypsy.
The excited tourists took many selfies and photos
of the tigers. In
the early morning
of Sariska forest,
ST-7 and ST-15
came together on
the track in the
forest of Haripura.
The two sat in front of the tourist gypsy, after
staying for some time they went towards the forest
area. The tourists got the privilege to see the tigers
from a distance of a few meters. This site was
captured by the tourists on their cameras. Both
the tigers were further seen sitting in one place in
the forest, playing with each other. Tourists from
Delhi, Haryana and UP said that they have seen
two tigers together for the first time.
NEWS
07
Name and address of candidate: Randeep Singh Surjewala
Name of party: Indian National Congress
Name of Election : Council of States (Rajya Sabha)
Name of Constituency: Rajasthan
I Randeep Singh Surjewala, a candidate ______ for the
abovementioned election, declare for public information
the following details about my pending criminal cases:
SI.
No.
Pending criminal cases
Name of
Court
Case No.
status
Section(s) of Acts
concerned and brief
description of offence(s)
1 Court
of Chief
Metropolitan
Magistrate,
Ahmedabad,
Gujarat
Case No:
N.A. Status:
Process
Issued On
08.04.2019
Sections 499, 500 IPC
Alleged defamation
case by Ahmedabad
District Cooperative
Bank (ADBC) and its
Chairman Ajay Patel, for
remarks on the bank in
connection with an RTI
filed on demonetization
that the bank allegedly
exchanged junked notes
worth `745.58 crore five
days after demonetization
announcement.
2 FIR No. 54
of 2022
High
Grounds
Police
Station,
Bengaluru,
Karnataka
Case No.:
N.A.
Status: N.A;
(no charges
framed)
Section 143, 341 and 103
Karnataka Police Act,
1963
On 14.04.2022, I, along
with Leader of Opposition,
PCC President and other
MLA’s, were proceeding
to the Chief Minister’s
residence to demand
accountability on the 40%
commission allegations
against the government.
We were prevented and
detained by police.
DeClARAtIoN About CRImINAl CASeS
Don’t lower guard against
COVID-19, says CM Gehlot
Chief Minister expresses concern over rising number of cases
Jaipur (PTI): Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
on Sunday expressed
concern over rising
number of coronavirus
cases in the country
and the world, and ap-
pealed to people to take
adequate steps to curb
its spread.
“Covid cases are on
the rise in many coun-
tries, including the
United States of Ameri-
ca, Australia, Germany,
India. Last day, more
than 2,500 cases were
reported and 15 people
died due to the disease
in India. It has been
seen that people are no
longer serious about
the disease,” he said in
a tweet in Hindi.
Gehlot added that ex-
perts have maintained
that the infection “will
always be with us, so it
is very important to be
careful”. He urged the
citizens to continue
wearing protective
face masks and take
precautionary dos-
es on the advice
of doctor.
TWO SUB TEHSILS UPGRADED,
1 NEW SUB TEHSIL IN DAUSA
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal to upgrade Nirjharna and
Bandikui sub-tehsil of Dausa district to tehsil
and make Abhaneri as new sub-tehsil. With
this decision of Gehlot, people will get ease in
disposal of revenue works at the local level. In
the upgraded tehsil Nirjharna, 3 land records
inspector circles, 10 patwar circles and 43 reve-
nue villages will be included while in Bandikui, 8
land records inspector circles, 26 patwar circles
and 123 revenue villages will be included. Also,
it is proposed to include 2 land records inspec-
tor circles, 6 patwar circles and 23 revenue
villages in the new sub-tehsil Abhaneri.
VHP workers
recite Hanuman
Chalisa against
‘conversion’
Two arrested
with 8 kg
opium in Churu
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: Vishwa Hin-
du Parishad protested
against alleged conver-
sion by reciting the Ha-
numan Chalisa on Sun-
day
.Amidstthestandoff,
the saffron-clad women
proceeded towards the
church located at Shob-
haton Ki Dhani. The at-
mosphere was about to
turn out of control, but
it was controlled by the
police. After this, heavy
police force was de-
ployed.TheVHPwanted
toreciteHanumanChal-
isa outside the church
but police did not allow
themtodoso.ThenVHP
workers took out a rally
,
sat on road and recited
Hanuman Chalisa.
Churu (PTI): Two sus-
pected smugglers were
arrested on Sunday
with 8 kg of opium hid-
den in the cabin of their
truck in Churu district,
police said. The value
of seized opium is
around Rs 16 lakh, they
said. The arrests and
the seizure was made
after a truck was inter-
cepted by Sandwa po-
lice station team on
Sunday as part of the
‘Operation Flashout’
being run by the police.
The narcotic substance
was being brought from
Neemuch in Madhya
Pradesh, Churu SP Di-
gant Anand said. He
said that during the
search of the truck, 8 kg
of opium hidden in a
bag kept in the trunk of
its cabin was seized. A
case has been regis-
tered under the Narcot-
ic Drugs and Psycho-
tropic Substances Act.
Navin Sharma
Manish Bansal
Jaipur/ Karauli:
The Anti-Corruption
Bureau on Sunday late
evening arrested read-
er of Chomu SHO San-
warmalNitharwaland
middleman Ramesh
Bijarniya for allegedly
accepting a bribe of
Rs. 40,000 in lieu of re-
moving names of the
accusedfromanNDPS
related case.
“The accused had
initially demanded a
bribe between Rs 1.40
lakh to settle the case.
However, they agreed
toRs50,000,”saidACB
Inspector Anita. The
accused had taken Rs.
10,000 from the com-
plainant on Sunday
morning.ChomuSHO
was not present in the
police station during
the trap, ACB officials
said. Meanwhile, ASI
Bahadur Gurjar, read-
er of Hindaun Nai
Mandi PS SHO in Ka-
rauli, was held for ac-
cepting a bribe of Rs
5,000 in lieu of organ-
ising a compromise
betweentwopartiesin
a case of physical as-
sault. The accused
had demanded a bribe
of Rs 10,000 from com-
plainant Kaptan Sin-
gh to settle the case.
Chomu SHO’s reader,
Hindaun ASI in ACB net
Tiger T-34 found dead in Ranthambore,
injury marks seen on neck and legs
Abhinav Agarwal
Sawai Madhopur: A
tiger was found dead at
the Ranthambore Tiger
Reserve in Sawai Mad-
hopur district on Sun-
day, officials informed.
The carcass of T-34,
aged around 16 years,
was found in Zone 6 of
the tiger reserve, fol-
lowing which it was
taken to the Rajbagh
forest chowki. Ranth-
ambore Deputy Conser-
vator of Forest Mahen-
dra Sharma said prima
facie it seems that T-34
was killed in a fight
with another tiger as
injury marks were seen
on neck and legs of the
tiger. “The tiger died
five to six days ago,
while the carcass was
spotted deep inside the
jungle on a hill,” said
Mahendra Sharma. The
animal’s last rites were
performed after a post-
mortem was conducted
by veterinarians in
presence of forest and
administrative offi-
cials, Sharma said.
Carcass of Tiger T-34.
Womanhammershubby
todeath,heldwithson
First India Bureau
Bikaner: A woman and
her son were arrested
for allegedly killing her
husband in Bikaner’s
Lunkaransar area, po-
lice said on Sunday
.
Police informed the
wife Manoj (36) and her
son Maniram (19) killed
the man after getting
frustrated over frequent
quarrels with him. “The
incident took place in
Kapurisarvillagewhere
the deceased was hit by
a hammer, which led to
his death. His body was
dumped in a pit by his
son. The accused also
tried to electrocute and
kill the victim.
However, he survived
the electric current,”
police said. “Later, the
woman murdered her
husband by hitting a
hammer on his head.
The body of the vic-
tim was dug out with
the help of a JCB.
Both the accused have
been arrested and the
matter is being inves-
tigated,” police fur-
ther added.
Accused Manoj and her son
Maniram in police custody.
BSP is working like‘B’ team
of BJP,says Jitendra Singh
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar : FormerUnion
MinisterandAICCGen-
eral Secretary Jitendra
Singh on Sunday ac-
cused the BSP of work-
ing as the ‘B’ team of
BJP in Rajya Sabha
elections. He said that
all three candidates of
the Congress party will
win the RS elections.
During a visit to Alwar
on Sunday
, Singh said
that BJP’s ego will be
broken after the result
in Rajya Sabha elec-
tions. “BSP is working
like the ‘B’ team of BJP
and whatever Amit
Shah and Narendra
Modi decide, the same
statement is issued by
the BSP
,” Singh, who
wasonAlwarvisit,said.
He also targeted As-
sam chief minister He-
mant Biswa Sarma on
theallegedscaminPPE
purchase, saying it was
the first of its kind
scam in the country
where the CM pur-
chased PPE kits from
hiswifeatanexorbitant
price.During the visit,
hemetmanyworkersin
the city
. He also went to
the houses of the work-
ers who died in the re-
cent past and consoled
their families.
Nagaur (PTI): Three people, including two broth-
ers, drowned in a water tank on Sunday in Nagaur
district, police said. The incident happened in Aasan
village of the district where
one of them had gone drink
water from the tank but
slipped, and the two others
also drowned trying to res-
cue him, SHO Thanwla Hira
Lal said.The deceased were
identified as Gopal Ram (15), his brother Suresh
(25), and Sabu Ram (25).According to the police,
Gopal Ram had gone to fetch some water and while
doing so he slipped into the tank.
3 PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO BROTHERS
DROWN IN WATER TANK IN NAGAUR
Barmer: In a tragic incident, a 13-year-old girl on
Sunday died by suicide along with her lover. Both
have ended their lives by hanging from a tree with
the same cloth. Incident took place under Guda-
malani police station area. Prima facie police probe
indicated the love angle behind incident. Police
identified the deceased as residents of Dhandlawas
village of Gudamalani block. Mularam Choudhary,
SHO at Gudamalani than confirmed the report.
—MUKESH MATHRANI
LOVERS END LIFE BY HANGING FROM A
TREE IN BARMER, POLICE LAUNCH PROBE
CM Ashok Gehlot
Jitendra Singh
Sanwarmal Nitharwal
Ramesh Bijaraniya.
NEWS DIGEST
Tripti Gautam
Udaipur: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Sunday
said that governance is
a matter of concern in
West Bengal where he
has seen the violence
that went on after the
elections.
“I cannot describe it.
I have seen killings.
The cost of voting in a
democratic system can
be death. I have seen
this myself. I felt pain,”
he said. Dhankar was
in Udaipur to partici-
pate in a programme.
He also visited Pratap
Gaurav Kendra. While
interacting with the
media, Dhankhar tar-
geted the West Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee.
He said, “I saw a
frightening situation
in West Bengal, saw
formidable challenges.
I have seen the rule
moving away from the
constitutional system.”
The WB Governor
said that there is no
rule of the law in his
state but a rule of the
ruler which in no way
corresponds to demo-
cratic norms.
He said that 25 Vice-
Chancellors were ap-
pointed without his ap-
proval as the Governor.
Frightening situation in WB:Dhankhar
DHANKHAR VISITS TEMPLE
Jagdeep Dhankhar and wife Sudesh Dhankhar visited Shrinathji
temple in Rajsamand and offered prayers on Sunday.
DEMOCRACY MEET
Chomu SHO’s
reader and a broker
held for taking
`50,000 bribe

The right amount of exercise
and nourishment is the safest
and easiest way to good health.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Former IAS
Prem Singh Mehra will
retire from the post of
State Election Commis-
sioner on completion of
his 5-year term after 27
days on July 2. The BJP
govt appointed him to
this post on July 3, 2017
by amending rules.
The qualification for
this constitutional post
is fixed - an officer who
has at least one year of
experience of working
as Additional Secretary
at the Centre or its
equivalent post in State,
means one year experi-
ence of either CS or
ACS. Appointment is for
amaximumof 5yearsor
65 years of age, which-
ever is earlier.
When Prem Singh
Mehra was appointed,
hewasthePrincipalSec-
retary, Finance. There
were 8 months left in his
retirement,butsincethe
then CM Vasundhara
Raje wanted to make
Prem Singh the Election
Commissioner, rules
were amended to make
officers with one year’s
experience eligible.
Moreover,Mehraretired
8 months before time as
he took VRS.
There is a very inter-
estingstoryof howMeh-
ra suddenly became
Vasundhara Raje’s fa-
vourite officer. Subhash
Garg was the Principal
Secretary, Finance in
Raje govt in 2014. Garg
hadthenappliedforpost
of Executive Director in
World Bank without-
keepingherintheknow-
how was appointed.
On September 13,
2014, when the request
letter came from World
BanktorelieveGargand
when the CM saw it, she
got extremely angry
. On
same day, there was a
Cabinet meeting at the
Chief Minister’s Office.
Beforethemeetingbe-
gan, the CM called his
PrincipalSecretaryTan-
may Kumar and ordered
to relieve Garg immedi-
ately
. It was asked who
will present the affairs
of the Finance Depart-
ment in the Cabinet
meeting? The CM gave
the name of Prem Singh
without any thought.
Within five minutes, an
order to appoint Mehra
as Principal Secy, Fi-
nance was issued and he
was sitting as Principal
Secretary of Finance
Dept, not PHED.
The bureaucracy was
taken aback by this dra-
matic development. The
present Gehlot govern-
ment had a conflict with
CommissionerMehrain
initial years. Matters
such as the dates of pan-
chayat elections and the
suspension of transfer
of officers carried out
during the Code of Con-
duct were the cause of
conflict. But for the last
two years, the relations
have been cordial.
Before Mehra, Ram-
lubhaya, who became a
Commissioner during
the earlier tenure of the
Congress government,
also had a conflict with
the BJP government.
Now the million-dol-
lar question is, who will
take charge of this im-
portantandcovetedpost
in place of Prem Singh
Mehra? It is certain that
only an IAS will be ap-
pointed, retired, or serv-
ing. According to ex-
perts, there are limited
options available to the
government because
half a dozen retired IAS,
who have the qualifica-
tions,havealreadyoccu-
pied the higher posts.
Two names -- Pawan Ku-
mar Goyal and R Ven-
kateshwaran-- are doing
the rounds while Niran-
jan Arya and Veenu
Gupta may also be con-
sidered.
Mehra’s retirement poses difficult question before State Govt! First India Bureau
Jaipur: At a time, when
the Congress has taken
its MLAs to Udaipur in
the name of training,
former PCC Chief
Sachin Pilot will em-
bark on a tour to Srigan-
ganagar today
. Pilot will
reach Sri Ganganagar
by train from Delhi at 7
am.Hewillbewelcomed
by former MLA Sona
Devi Bawri. He will also
go to Punjab from
Sriganganagar to pay
tributes to late singer
Sidhu Moosewala at his
residence will also
meet his family there.
First India’s Poonam Sharma takes Selfie with media-
friendly CM Ashok Gehlot outside Hotel Taj Aravali in
Udaipur on Sunday. Also seen here is MLA Rafeek Khan.
Udaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday,
showed care for journalists, who were standing in the
sun at Hotel Taj Aravali in Udaipur. Seeing the journal-
ists braving the heat, Gehlot, who reached the Hotel,
turned his convoy back and talked about their wellbe-
ing. He got down from the car and also got
selfies clicked with journalists. The CM was worried
about the journalists standing in the scorching heat
said he will get some arrangements made for them.
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: Suspecting
horse trading across the
state regarding the RS
polls 2022, Chief Whip
and PHED Minister Ma-
hesh Joshi on Sunday,
lodged a complaint at
AntiCorruptionBureau
Headquarters. The ACB
office was opened for
Joshi even on Sunday
.
“Legislators may be
compromised through
horse-trading. There is
a possibility of corrup-
tion in this regard. Be-
ing the Chief Whip, I
will not tolerate corrup-
tion horse trading,”
Joshi told the media af-
ter lodging the com-
plaint to ACB DG BL
Soni.
After the complaint,
the Bureau became ac-
tive with preparations
to check horse trading.
In his complaint, Joshi
said that in many states
across the country,
horse trading happens
during elections, which
weakens the democracy
.
He said RS elections are
due on June 10, 2022 and
horse trading is likely
in Raj too.BL Soni said
that after Joshi’s com-
plaint instructions have
been issued to get infor-
mation about any kind
of trading.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The leaders and
ministers close to CM
Ashok Gehlot were en-
gaged continuously for
the last two days to per-
suade 6 disgruntled
MLAs. After two days of
meetings, the six MLAs
met Gehlot late Satur-
day night. First RTDC
chairman Dharmendra
Rathore held a meeting
with the MLAs at Rajen-
dra Gudha’s residence
and there were also con-
tinuous rounds of meet-
ings at different places.
The six MLAs Rajen-
dra Gudha, Girrja Mal-
inga, Khiladi Lal Bair-
wa, Sandeep Yadav, Wa-
jib Ali, Lakhan Meena
had formed G-6 group
and were showing rebel-
lious attitude for the
last few days. Before
leaving for Udaipur on
Sunday, MoS Rajendra
Gudha told media that
they brought all issues
to CM’s notice. “There
were very small issues
that the CM wasn’t even
aware of. Now the CM
will fix everything. It’s
not a matter of displeas-
ure. Wajib Ali’s griev-
ances will also be ad-
dressed,” he said. As
per the MLAs, the CM
has agreed to many of
their demands. CM lis-
tened to them for 1.5
hours. The issue of
Sandeep Yadav and Wa-
jib Ali not getting any
post in govt was dis-
cussed in detail. How-
ever, both of them re-
mained silent and other
MLAs raised their is-
sues. Gudha and Khila-
di Lal Bairwa spoke
openly about the issue
of self-respect.
The MLAs appeared
disturbed over behav-
iour of the bureaucracy
.
“We have met the CM
now going to Udaipur.
We don’t have personal
resentment with any-
one. It is related to sys-
tem. Other issues have
been discussed,” said
Wajib Ali. Congress
MLA GS Malinga made
serious allegations
against DGP ML Lather.
Malinga said that the
present DGP got fake
encounters done in 1996
while in Dholpur took
promotion from those
fake encounters.
CM Gehlot suddenly
reached Udaipur Cir-
cuit House from Hotel
met Assembly Speaker
Dr CP Joshi there.
Jaipur: Ahead of the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections,
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed sen-
ior party leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and
Bhupesh Baghel, as observers. Pawan Kumar Bansal
and TS Singh Deo have been made observers for
Rajasthan. Kharge has been made the observer for
Maharashtra, Baghel and Rajeev Shukla for Haryana.
AICC general secretary Ajay Maken is the Congress
candidate from Haryana, where two seats have fallen
vacant. In Rajasthan, the Congress has fielded three
candidates -Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and
Pramod Tiwari, while there are four seats.
CM Ashok Gehlot boards a charter plane to Udaipur with MLAs Rajendra Gudha, Sandeep Yadav,
Lakhan Meena, Wajib Ali, Khiladi Lal Bairwa and GS Malinga at Jaipur Airport on Sunday. (Inset) CM
Ashok Gehlot, Pramod Tiwari Mukul Wasnik at Hotel Taj Aravali in Udaipur on Sunday.
Dr Mahesh Joshi at ACB HQs
in Jaipur on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
MLAs GS Malinga, Mahendra Choudhary, KL Bairwa, Rajendra
Gudha, and Gopal Meena at Hotel Taj Aravali in Udaipur on Sunday.
INSIDE STORY OF MANAGING G-6
GEHLOT,RATHOREBURNMIDNIGHT
OILTOPLACATEDISGRUNTLEDMLAs
DHARMENDRA RATHORE PLAYS THE TROUBLESHOOTER FOR CM ONCE AGAIN
Suspecting horse-
trading, Min Dr Joshi
files plaint with ACB!
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: With just a few
days left for RS polls,
BJP will start ‘Bada-
bandi’ of its MLAs from
today. The MLAs will
stay together at Hotel
Devi Niwas in Jamdoli
area on Agra Road. The
exercise is called ‘train-
ing camp’ for which the
party has instructed
them to reach party of-
fice at 2 pm today
. They
all will leave for the re-
sort at 5 pm. As many as
50 rooms have been
booked. During the
camp, senior leaders in-
cluding Arun Singh,
Vasundhara Raje, Sat-
ish Poonia, G C Kataria,
Rajendra Rathore and
Chandrashekhar will
address the MLAs and
inform about parlia-
mentary traditions, or-
ganisational drives etc.
‘Yoga sessions and
Shakhas’ will also be
held.
Countering CM Ge-
hlot’s remark, BJP
State Prez Dr Satish
Poonia said that Con-
gress started “horse-
trading” “elephant-
trading” and its biggest
example isRajasthan.
CM Ashok Gehlot inquires about MLA OP Hudla’s health, along with RS candidate from Rajasthan
Pramod Tiwari MLA Rafeek Khan at Hotel Taj Aravali in Udaipur on Sunday.
WRITTEN PLAINT FILED BY DR JOSHI
“As a Chief Whip of the Government in the Legislative
Assembly, it is my moral responsibility to file a written
complaint requesting you to prevent the possibilities of
any corrupt and unfair practices,” he said in the letter.
JOSHI ON DR CHANDRA’S CANDIDATURE
Mahesh Joshi said that even though Subhash
Chandra has been projected as an independent
candidate, everyone knows that he has entered the fray
at the behest of BJP. “All his proposers are BJP MLAs.
In such a situation, horse trading is being resorted to for
fetching votes. We would have no objection even if BJP
had fielded him as its official candidate. At least four-five
independent MLAs would have become his proposers
and BJP could have supported him later,” he said.
BJP’s training camp
for MLAs from today
The govern-
ment needs to
clarify why the
cases were withdrawn
without investigation ?
Who is bearing the ex-
penditure of MLAs stay-
ing in luxury hotels?
Congress has stayed for
50 days in hotels ever
since the government
was formed.
—Rajendra Rathore,
Deputy LoP
The BJP is try-
ing to create an
atmosphere
unnecessarily but the
reality is that the Con-
gress will win three
seats. Even Congress
candidates will get
their votes.
—Pratap S Khachariyawas,
Food Civil Supplies Minister
CM Advisor and inde-
pendent MLA from
Sirohi, Sanyam Lodha
tweeted on Sunday
that he would also go
to Udaipur on Monday.
“The Chief Minister
has given innumerable
gifts of development
to Sirohi. Every child
is grateful to him. I
am in Sirohi for some
urgent work after taking
permission from the CM
and will reach Udaipur
on June 6,” he tweeted.
Independent MLA from
Behror Baljeet Yadav
will not be able to go
to Congress’ Udaipur
training camp due to
his predetermined
programmes in his
constituency. Yadav
announced on his
Twitter that he would
hold a public hearing
in Behror on Monday.
Sources said there is
no possibility of his
going to Udaipur.
LODHA TO VISIT
UDAIPUR ON
JUNE 6
BALJEET YADAV
WON’T VISIT
CITY OF LAKES
THAT’S WHY CHIEF MINISTER ASHOK
GEHLOT IS CALLED MEDIA-FRIENDLY!
PK BANSAL, TS SINGH DEO ARE
CONG OBSERVERS FOR RS POLLS
Dotasra chairs
MLAs’ meet
discusses org,
political issues
First India Bureau
Udaipur: With 111
MLAs including 12 In-
dependents reaching
Udaipur, PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra on
Sunday, said that every-
thing was in control
and the party will bag 3
seats without any prob-
lem.
Dotasra took a meet-
ing of Congress Inde-
pendent MLAs at Taj
Aravali Hotel. The
agenda of the meeting
was the works of MLAs
in their respective as-
sembly constituencies
and appointments of
the MLAs in various
bodies. Many organisa-
tional and political ap-
pointments are still
pending in the state.
The MLAs were given
assurance to adjust
them. Some of them
may be adjusted in the
Cabinet also.
Pilot to visit Sri
Ganganagar today
Congress Rajya
Sabha candidate
Mukul Wasnik reached
Udaipur on Sunday.
Minister Ramlal Jat,
CWC member Raghu-
veer Meena, Congress
Media Centre in-
charge Pankaj Sharma
welcomed him at the
Dabok Airport from
where Wasnik left for
Hotel Taj Aravali.
Mukul Wasnik
reaches Udaipur
CM keeps...
Gehlot had given this
task to his troubleshoot-
er Dharmendra Rathore
and he completed it late
Saturday night by meet-
ing MLAs taking them
to CM. A photo of MLAs
standing with CM with
smiling faces was issued
from the CMR late at
night. On Sunday
, the
MLAs left for Udaipur
with Gehlot. Gehlot
stressed, “We have com-
pletelyfailedBJP’shorse
trading conspiracies,
thistimealsoyouwillsee
intheeveningonJune10
that whatever their con-
spiraciesaregoingonfor
horse trading, they will
not work,” he said add-
ing that Cong will bag all
3 seats. He said they had
complainedto ACBasan
industrialist backed by
BJP is contesting as an
Independent, referring
to media baron Dr Chan-
dra. As an Independent
candidate, how is he go-
ing to get votes? Gehlot
asked, indicating possi-
bility of horse-trading.
OnBJPPrezDrSatish
Poonia’sclaimthatCong
has MLAs’ mobiles, CM
said, “We never take mo-
biles, you will be sur-
prisedtoknow.Theytake
mobiles, they don’t have
trust. Our govt was in
crisis planes were
readytoshifttheirMLAs
to Porbandar but a plane
went back empty
,” he
said.
FROM PG1…
Prem Singh Mehra

I
t is World Environment Day to-
day and social media is
filled with wishes and
pictures. Several
Bollywood celebs also
shared their pictures
of celebrating the
environment in
their own way.
Shraddha Ka-
poor has been
quite active
on social me-
dia raising
awareness
to preserve
the envi-
r o n m e n t
and take nec-
essary actions
to lead a sustaina-
ble and eco-friendly
lifestyle. Commenting
upon the need to go
green, Shraddha Kapoor
says, “This World environ-
mental day, let’s take a pledge to
go green and preserve the envi-
ronment in whichever way we
can. Not only for us but for the fu-
ture generations who are yet to
see the beauty of the earth.”
S
aiee Manjrekar made her
dream debut alongside Sal-
man Khan in Dabangg 3. The
young star and daughter of
filmmaker-actor Mahesh Man-
jrekar, Saiee has gone on to do a cou-
ple of films and the most recent one
is Major. The film was released last
Friday and has been making some
serious noise at the box office. Saiee
Manjrekar, who plays the female
lead in Major, recently opened up
about dealing with pressure as a
star kid. Speaking to Hindustan
Times, Saiee said that she focuses
on making her dad proud. “I don’t
take it as pressure. Instead, it’s
more like motivation to put in more
effort. I just have one thing in my
mind — that I should make my dad
proud every step of the way. He has
done so much good work so I
wish to keep his head
high always”.
he weekend is here and that
can only mean one thing - fun
and relaxation! Of course, our
Bollywood celebs are also cel-
ebrating their weekends in the
best possible way. Just a few
hours ago, Soha Ali
Khan shared a glimpse of her
sunny weekend. Soha is very
active on social media and
keeps her followers hooked
on her by sharing exclusive
photos and updates. n the
post that Soha Ali
Khan shared on her Insta-
gram, she looked super
pretty and gorgeous. The sun was
glowing as she sat in a park with
greenery surrounding her. She
was sporting an adorable lav-
ender sweatshirt with Plu-
to’s picture and her
hair was tied
in a pretty
bun.
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JAIPUR, MONDAY,
JUNE 6, 2022
T
WEEKEND WITH
LAVENDER
HUES
PRESSURE OF BEING
A STAR KID
Karisma
in black
BIKINI
K
arisma Ka-
poor is one
of the hot-
test ac-
tresses of her
time. In fact, she
enjoys a massive
fan following
even today
. The
actress often
shares her pic-
tures and videos
on social media
and makes her
fans go gaga over
her beauty
. Most
of the time her
pictures also fea-
ture her sister
Kareena Kapoor
Khan but today
she posted a pic-
ture of her in a
black swimsuit
and we bet you
would not be able
to take your eyes
off her. In this
throwback pic-
ture that Karis-
ma Kapoor post-
ed, she seems to
beenjoyingagala
time in the pool.
Wearing a black
swimsuit and
flaunting her per-
fect figure, she is
standing in the
pool with her legs
inside the water
and she is facing
her back towards
the camera.
S
onam Kapoor and
Anand Ahuja make
one of the most ador-
able couples in the
tinsel town of Bollywood. Ever
since the lovebirds tied the knot
on 8th May 2018, they have been in
the spotlight. Both Sonam and
Anand are quite expressive about
their love for each other and do not
shy away from social media PDA.
Sonam and Anand are currently in
Italy where they are enjoying some
quality time together on their
‘baby moon’. Last night, Sonam put
up a slew of stories treating fans
to sneak peeks of their holiday in
Tuscany. Sharing the view from
her stay in one such video, Sonam
thanked Anand for the holiday as
she wrote, “Love You @Ananda-
huja Thank You for organizing
the best baby moon”. Soon,
Anand shared this story on
his Instagram space and
wrote a sweet compli-
ment for her. It read,
“(red heart emoji) @
sonamkapoor for be-
ing such a graceful
pregnant person!
Last stretch now!”
V
arun Dhawan and Kiara Advani’s
song Nach Panjaabban has been a
rage on social media ever since the
JugJugg Jeeyo song came out a few
days back. Apart from the duo, the entertaining
number also features Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor.
From Vicky Kaushal to Janhvi Kapoor, celebs have
been shaking their legs to the high-octane beats of the
song, as they slay the hook step. Keeping up with this
trajectory, a few moments back, Shanaya Kapoor and her
co-actor Bedhadak co-star Gurfateh Pirzada are the latest
B’Town celebs to jump on the bandwagon. Some time back,
Shanaya Kapoor took to her Instagram space and shared a
video in which she can be seen grooving to Nach Panjaabban
along with Gurfateh. The duo have quite a lot of fun as they
rock the viral hook step of the song. Sharing the video, Sha-
naya captioned the post as “Favourite song with my favour-
ite dance partner @gurfatehpirzada #ThePunjaabbanSong”.
SOCIAL
SOCIAL
MEDIA
MEDIA
PDA
PDA
SHRADHHA ON WORLD
ENVIRONMENT DAY!
SHANAYA
SHANAYA
GROOVE
GROOVE
ON NACH
ON NACH
PANJAABBAN
PANJAABBAN
Soha Ali Khan
Shanaya Kapoor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Shradhha Kapoor
Karisma Kpoor
Saiee Manjrekar
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