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CHIEF MINISTER ASHOK GEHLOT RELEASES ‘MUCH AWAITED’ ‘VISION-2030’ DOCUMENT
PM Modi brings up ‘lal diary’ issue
again; CM Gehlot says it got fused
It is the duty of the Centre
to strengthen the state,
but what did they do? No
stone was left unturned to
disturb our government.
Centre reduced funds by
`76,000 crore. We
struggled for 5 years.
ASHOK GEHLOT, CM
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Thursday hit
back on the allegations
levelled by PM Modi and
claimed that there was a
conspiracy regarding red
Diary which got fused.
“A conspiracy was
hatched in the BJP head-
quarters. In BJP head-
quarters, Shah, Nadda,
Shekhawat, Zafar Islam
conspired to topple my
govt. My govt has been
disturbed for five years.
Due to their misdeeds the
MLAs stayed in hotels
for 40 days. Are these
people worthy of being in
power? They are top-
pling elected govts. They
have no moral right to be
in power. They toppled
elected governments in
Maharashtra, MP and
Karnataka. They are top-
pling elected govern-
ments. Then what will be
the meaning of elections?
Do you want to hold
elections in the future or
not,” Gehlot questioned.
He further said, “I got
Covid twice, but kept
working. I am not sitting
at home. People praise
our schemes. The people
of Rajasthan have love
and faith in me and the
party.” Gehlot said that
his govt is not stopping
schemes of BJP. “ERCP
was BJP’s plan. We are
taking it forward. The
Centre has tried to stop
the construction of the
dam under ERCP by pro-
voking Madhya Pradesh.
We are taking forward
the scheme of Vasund-
hara Raje’s time. They
have a fight among them-
selves. The feud is be-
tween Vasundhara Raje
and BJP high command.
CM Ashok Gehlot felicitates a student in presence of BD Kalla, Mamta Bhupesh, Zahida Khan, Usha
Sharma, Naveen Jain, Lokesh Sharma & others during ‘Vision-2030’ program at Commerce college.
CM Ashok Gehlot pampers a student during the ‘Vision-2030’ event
in Jaipur on Thursday. Usha Sharma & Lokesh Sharma are also seen.
‘VISION-2030’ WILL GIVE NEW DIRECTION
TO DEVELOPMENT OF RAJ, SAYS GEHLOT
CM Ashok Gehlot released the Rajasthan Vi-
sion-2030 document on Thursday. He said that
this document will prove to be an important docu-
ment that will give a new direction to the development of
the state in the times to come as more suggestions will be
added in future. He said that more than 3 crore suggestions
related to social, economic, industrial progress of the state in-
cluding education, health etc. were received from people for the
vision document. For the first time in the country, Gig Workers Act
was introduced which provided protection to lakhs of gig workers
from exploitation. The implementation of this type of law across the
world is being recommended in the world’s prestigious newspapers.
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE BY CM GEHLOT
 The gig workers like delivery
boys, cab drivers etc. working
in internet based companies
including Ola, Uber, Swiggy,
Zomato will be provided with
daily essentials like helmet,
dress, shoes etc. after register-
ing with the Rajasthan govern-
ment. One-time assistance
of Rs 5,000 will be given for
purchase.
 All girls and women will be
given 90% discount in fare if
they get monthly roadways pass.
 A Directorate of Ministerial
Employees will be created to
conduct various tasks including
promotion, posting, transfer of
ministerial employees in differ-
ent depts from one place.
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NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2023
Norwegian author
Jon wins for giving
‘voice to unsayable’
he Royal Swed-
ish Academy of
Sciences on
Thursday awarded the
2023 Nobel Prize in Lit-
erature to Norwegian au-
thor Jon Fosse “for his
innovative plays and
prose which give voice to
the unsayable”, accord-
ing to the Swedish Acad-
emy. The Norwegian
author has now joined an
illustrious list of past
winners that ranges from
Toni Morrison to Ernest
Hemingway and Jean-
Paul Sartre - who turned
down the prize in 1964.
T
I am overwhelmed, and somewhat frightened. I see
this as an award to the literature that first and
foremost aims to be literature, without other
considerations.
JON FOSSE, NORWEGIAN AUTHOR
IN BRIEF
Gold medalist Indian women archers Jyothi Surekha Vennam,
Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swami with gold medalist
compatriot men archers Ojas Pravin Deotale, Prathamesh
Samadhan Jawkar and Abhishek Verma at Asian Games. P11
‘UNKOMODIPEITNABHAROSAHAI...’
HAT-TRICK OF GOLD!
 PM Modi takes dig at CM
Ashok Gehlot over absence at
the govt function in Jodhpur
 People say ‘lal diary’ contains
every black act of corruption by
the Congress, stresses PM Modi
Aishwary Pradhan and
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur
PM Narendra Modi took
a dig at CM Ashok Ge-
hlot over his absence at
the official event in Jodh-
pur onThursday in which
road, rail, aviation, health
and higher education pro-
jects of about Rs 5,000
crore were unveiled and
said the Congress leader
has confidence that when
Modi comes, everything
will be fine. Modi, who
addressed a rally after un-
veiling the development
projects in Jodhpur, also
attacked Cong in
Rajasthan &
law and
order
situation, saying there
were several instances of
atrocities against Dalits
and women. Modi also
took a dig at Gehlot govt
in Rajasthan over the al-
leged ‘lal diary,’which he
said contained records of
‘every corrupt act of the
Congress.’
Unkolaga ki arre bhai Modi aa rahe hain to bas
ho jayega. Aur mai bhi unko kehta hun, aap
vishram kijiye, ab hum samhal lenge.
NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER
PM Narendra Modi and Governor Kalraj Mishra with (L-R) CP Joshi, Kailash Choudhary, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bhajan Lal Jatav,
Rajendra Gehlot and PP Chaudhary during foundation laying & inauguration of projects at Jodhpur on Thursday. HN SHRIMALI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets in presence of Vasundhara Raje, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal,
CP Joshi, Kailash Choudhary, Rajendra Rathore, Rajendra Gehlot, PP Chaudhary, Onkar Singh Lakhawat, Avinash
Gehlot, CR Choudhary and other leaders during a public meeting in Jodhpur on Thursday.
PM Narendra Modi being presented with a memento by
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
PM MODI SPEAKS...
 Bikaner-Barmer-
Jamnagar expressway
corridor, Delhi-Mumbai
expressway are exam-
ples of advanced and
high-tech infrastructure in
Rajasthan.
 Seven critical care
blocks under Pradhan
Mantri Ayushman Bharat
Health Infrastructure
Mission (PM-ABHIM)
will be developed across
Rajasthan.
 On one side, we are
providing free treatment
facilities to poor families
under the Ayushman
Bharat scheme and on
the other side, we are
building modern hospitals
in record numbers.
 Rajasthan reflects
‘valour, prosperity and
culture are reflected’
and that during the G20
summit which was held in
rajasthan it was ‘appreci-
ated by guests from all
over the world. P12
AMIT SHAH ASKS AGENCIES TO
ADOPT ‘RUTHLESS APPROACH’
HM Amit Shah on Thursday said that
all anti-terror agencies should adopt
such a ruthless approach so that new
terrorist groups are not formed. P8
DHANKHAR ON A 2-DAY VISIT
TO RAJ STARTING TODAY
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar will be on a
two-day visit to Rajasthan from Fri-
day. Dhankhar will reach Laxmangarh
today and Sri Ganganagar tomorrow.
ED CALLING MORE STARS!
A day after Ranbir Kapoor, the ED on Thursday summoned comedian
Kapil Sharma, and actors Huma Qureshi and Hina Khan in connection
with the Mahadev betting app case. Over 14-15 actors are under the
radar with the case and they will all be summoned soon, sources said.
CM Ashok Gehlot unveils the
mega ‘VISION-2030’ document at
Commerce college on Thursday.
 14 dead, 22 jawans
among 102 missing; 3,000
tourists stranded in massive
Sikkim flash floods P10
 Delhi court sent AAP
MP Sanjay Singh to 5-day
ED custody in the Delhi
excise policy case P8
 The Manipur govern-
ment on Thursday said
that all schools will reopen
from today with safety
 CWC will meet on Oct
9 to discuss the political
situation and finalize the
strategy for State polls P8
 Devon Conway, Rachin
Ravindra fire dazzling
tons as New Zealand stun
England in opener P11
 An Army Major opened
fire on his fellow soldiers
at an Army camp in J&K’s
Rajouri on Thursday.

VRS REQUEST PENDING
VEENU GUPTA’S RERA INNINGS TO
COINCIDE WITH CODE OF CONDUCT?
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur
week has
passed since
the appoint-
ment order of ACS
Veenu Gupta, for the
post of RERA Chair-
man, were issued. Re-
cently, on October 3,
Veenu Gupta applied for
her VRS and the file is
pending in the CMO for
approval.
K n o w l e d g e a b l e
sources reveal that for
VRS, a notice period of
three months is neces-
sary, however the state
government can give re-
laxation in Veenu Gup-
ta’s case. It is a coinci-
dence that the three
month period ends in
December when she will
retire, however, highly
placed sources have re-
vealed that approval on
VRS may come around
the same time when the
model code of conduct
comes into force in the
state. It is argued that
since Veenu is currently
handling the important
departments like Indus-
tries and Commerce,
MSME, Mines and Pe-
troleum etc, the state
government may want
her to continue till the
code of conduct as she
has crucial works in her
hands.
As such, if her VRS is
approved prior to the
code of conduct coming
into force, the DoP will
have to initiate a search
for a senior IAS, which,
in the current situation,
will be difficult for the
DoP.
Interestingly, Veenu
Gupta’s husband - for-
mer Chief Secretary DB
Gupta - who is currently
serving as Chief Infor-
mation Commissioner,
has two more months to
go before completing
his current tenure on
December 10.
Poonam Vishal
Sikar
PCC Chief GS Dotasra
on Thursday, visited Lax-
mangarh assembly con-
stituency and took part in
various inaugural and
foundation stone laying
ceremonies. While ad-
dressing the gathering at
Laxmangarh Mahatma
Gandhi English Medium
School, Dotasra attacked
the BJP govt saying that
the saffron party only
makes vague statements
& has no concern for
people. “The BJP has
been divided among its
various leaders even be-
fore the announcement of
the first list of candidates.
They have made a prom-
ise to give 33 % reserva-
tion to women, but no
one knows when this law
brought by Modi ji will
be implemented. Raj
Govt has done develop-
ment work in the state
and the Congress party
will form the government
again. The Congress
screening committee will
finalise the candidates
list and priority will be
given to youth and wom-
en,” said PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra.
First India Bureau
Tonk
CWC member and for-
mer Deputy CM and
Tonk MLA Sachin Pilot
attended several pro-
grammes and heard peo-
ple’s problems on Thurs-
day. During his two-day
visit, he talked to the
workers at the Circuit
House and inaugurated
the lift in the court.
Talking to the media,
Pilot said that 95 % of the
action taken by ED and
CBI in last five years has
been against the oppo-
nents of Centre and BJP.
“The way action is being
taken by these investigat-
ing agencies creates
doubts about their inten-
tions. Action isn’t taken
against people with pow-
er. There are no raids.
People are watching all
this & they will make the
right decision in 2024.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday, con-
gratulated the makers of
the recently released
movie- ‘Vaccine War’.
He said that every Indian
is feeling proud after
watching the film and it
will be very useful for the
coming generations.
“A film called The Vac-
cine War was released. I
have heard that the hard
work done day and night
by our scientists to fight
Covid in India has been
depicted in this film.
Every Indian is feeling
proud after watching that
film,” PM Modi said ad-
dressing a public meeting
in Jodhpur on Thursday.
He also congratulated the
makers of the film for
giving importance to sci-
entists and science of the
country in it.
In the meanwhile, BJP
State President CP Joshi
after being inspired by
PM Narendra Modi’s
praise for the film, & for
giving importance to the
Science & Scientists in
the film, declared to or-
ganise a screening of the
film for BJP leaders, of-
ficials & party workers.
He urged all BJPworkers
to watch the film.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar
Congress General Secre-
tary and CEC member
Madhusudan Mistry
sought feedback from
workers and leaders be-
fore declaring Congress
candidates in 8 assembly
constituencies of Alwar
LS seat.
While talking to the
media, he didn’t clearly
mention the time re-
quired to release the first
list of Congress. He said
that he was still taking
feedback. After this, the
names will go to the
Screening Committee
and then the names of the
candidates will be final-
ized. While taking feed-
back at Alwar Circuit
House, Mistry said that
first the names will go to
Screening Committee,
then to CEC, which has
16 members, who will
decide. He said that as-
sembly-wise feedback
has been taken from eve-
ryone will be given to
Cong’s National Prez.
Besides, this feedback
will also go to other Se-
cys & it may take time.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
Under the Old Pension
Scheme, issuance of Pen-
sion Pay Order (PPO) has
started for the retired em-
ployees of Rajasthan Co-
operative Dairy Federa-
tion. Administrator and
Managing Director of the
Federation, SushmaAro-
ra presented PPO to 10
retired employees of the
Dairy at Saras Sankul
HQs. Senior officers and
employees of the Federa-
tion, including Financial
Advisor Lalit Kumar
Morodia were present. In
compliance with instruc-
tions of State Govt,
RCDF has also decided
to implement OPS for the
dairy employees across
Raj. Dairy employees
across the State were
happy with the decision.
Federation employees
congratulated Arora and
Lalit Kumar Morodia for
implementing OPS and
issuing PPO.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur
Election Commission of
India (ECI) has directed
officials to ensure the im-
position of the code of
conduct once the election
schedule is announced.
CEO Praveen Gupta
has taken proactive steps
to ensure compliance
with these regulations.
Following the ECI’s
instructions, Gupta has
sent a letter to the CS and
the DIPR, urging them to
enforce the code of con-
duct properly.
As part of the code of
conduct implementation,
various actions have
been outlined. These in-
clude the removal of pho-
tographs of ministers
from relevant depart-
ments on govt websites,
eliminating references to
political leaders or minis-
ters, and taking down
photographs and mes-
sages displayed on govt
buildings and advts.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Rajasthan HC issued or-
der for a status quo on
Pink City Press Enclave
Scheme in Jaipur’s Nay-
la. The bench of Justice
Inderjit Singh issued the
order in response to a pe-
tition filed byAnil Trive-
di and others. Petition,
represented by Sr Advo-
cate Rajendra Prasad,
seeks cancellation of the
new scheme & allocation
of plots to previous allot-
tees. Prior to this, the
JDA had been grappling
with scrutiny of applica-
tions late into Wednesday
night. Over 35 JDA staff
were dedicated to this
task following instruc-
tions from JDACommis-
sioner Jogaram. This ef-
fort involved Addl Com-
missioner Harphool Ya-
dav, 7 Dy Commission-
ers, IT branch personnel,
& other staff who worked
tirelessly till 1 am.
Veenu Gupta
GS Dotasra inaugurates various development works in Laxmangarh on Thursday. Madan Sevda,
Mustafa Qureshi, Rajendra Patoda, Sultan Bhaskar, Suresh Kumawat, Sanjeev Bhanuka, Manoj
Saini, Sunil Sharma, MK Nain, Sabir Babahaji, Kuldeep dhaka and others were present.
Sachin Pilot inspects the Trauma Centre under construction during his visit to Tonk on Thursday.
Ramesh Bidhuri addresses party workers during the
organisational meeting of party leaders, office bearers and
workers in Tonk on Thursday. Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria,
Rajendra Parana, Mukesh Pareek and others were present.
Madhusudan Mistry being extended a warm welcome in Alwar
on Thursday. Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Tikaram Jully, Yogesh
Mishra and others were present.
RCDF MD, Sushma Arora, Financial Advisor Lalit K Morodiia handing
over PPO to KS Budania in Jaipur on Thursday.
Her husband DB
Gupta will also
retire on Dec 10
on completion
of 3-year tenure
as the Chief
Information
Commissioner
In total, 1109
applications were
received for the
housing scheme for
journalists
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BJPdividedevenbeforerelease
offirstlistofcandidates:Dotasra
Screening panel will
finalise list of
candidates; focus on
youth & women
Congress will form the govt again, says PCC Chief
Dotasra in Laxmangarh
No negative perception about
govt in Raj this time: Mistry
Names will go to
Screening Panel,
then to CEC, which
will finalise list
This time there is no
negative perception
about the government
in Rajasthan. There
can be anti-
incumbency of any
individual MLA and
the information will
come to the screening
committee. There can
be big leaders.
MADHUSUDAN MISTRY,
CONGRESS OBSERVER
After PM Modi’s praise, BJP to screen ‘The
Vaccine War’ for leaders, party workers
The world's largest vaccination campaign under PM
@narendramodi ji’s leadership has been a reflection
of the immense capacity of Indian scientists and the
determination of self-reliant India. The tireless work done day
and night by our country's scientists and Corona Warriors
against Covid-19, the world's biggest challenge against hu-
manity, has been depicted brilliantly in the film "The Vaccine
War". With PM’s inspiration, I will definitely go to watch this
movie with my fellow MLAs and BJP officials. I also appeal to
public to watch the film so that they can get information about
challenges faced by our scientists in making vaccination,
their immense capabilities & the potential of India.
Rajendra Rathore@Rajendra4BJP
ED, CBI conduct raids against
opponents of BJP, asserts Pilot
Pilot tours 6 villages in Tonk District
BJP MP AND TONK IN-CHARGE RAMESH BIDHURI
ACCUSES CONGRESS OF APPEASEMENT POLITICS
BJP MP and Tonk in-charge Ramesh Bidhuri on
Thursday accused the state Congress of appease-
ment politics and said a double-engine govt was
needed to get rid of the appeasement politics. “The politics
of appeasement is in full swing here, all know this. To get rid
of this appeasement. India will become a developed India
only when 140 crore people of India will move forward with
equality,” he said. Bidhuri, BJP MP from South Delhi who
faced backlash for his derogatory comments against BSP
MP Danish Ali, was assigned poll responsibilities in Tonk by
BJP last month. He was on a visit to Tonk for launching of
‘Aapno Rajasthan, Sujhav Aapka, Sankalp Hamara’.
Sushma Arora issues PPO to 10
retd Dairy Federation employees
ECI urges CS & DIPR to enforce
code of conduct with utmost care
Pink City Press Enclave:
Raj HC orders status quo
Neighbour rapes
minor girl in
Sanganer area
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A three-year-old minor
girl was allegedly raped
by her neighbour in San-
ganer area, police said.
“The victim belongs to
UP and was residing in a
rented accomodation
with her family. The ac-
cused and took away the
girl while she was play-
ing outside her house &
then raped her. The girl
reached home and nar-
rated the incident to her
mother, following which,
an FIR was registered,”
police said. The matter is
being probed by RPS
Narayan Lal Sharma.
BJP has made a
promise to give 33 %
reservation to women,
but no one knows
when this law brought
by Modi ji will be
implemented. Raj
Govt has done
development work in
the state and the
Congress party will
form the government
again. The Congress
screening committee
will finalise the
candidates list and
priority will be given
to youth and women.
GS DOTASRA,
PCC CHIEF

CM Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal
for creation of 45
new posts for Agricultural
University, Jodhpur and con-
stituent colleges. According
to proposal, 27 academic
& 18 non-academic posts
were created in Agricultural
University Jodhpur, Agri-
cultural College, Dairy and
Food Technology College,
Technology and Agricultural
Engineering College Jodhpur,
Agricultural College Sum-
erpur, Agricultural College
Nagaur, Agricultural College
Baytu and Agricultural Re-
search Station Mandore.
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh
A constable was booked
by anti-corruption bu-
reau for allegedly taking
bribe in Chittorgarh dis-
trict. The accused consta-
ble Samrath Singh had
demanded the bribe in
lieu of allowing a liquor
shop to run smoothly. His
demand was of Rs 40,000
but the matter settled for
Rs 30,000.
After verification of the
complaint, a trap was laid
but the accused constable
fled after seeing the ACB
team. He also threw the
amount. The matter is be-
ing further probed.
REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE
Discussion on best governance practices
Rachna Singh
Jaipur
aytwooftheRe-
gional Confer-
ence on “Good
Governance”(4th-5thOct,
2023), focused two ses-
sionson‘BestGovernance
Practices of Rajasthan’.
The officials shared expe-
riences in innovations in
public administration,
transforming public solu-
tion for improving quality
of life, good governance,
e-governance, and digital
governance, with the help
of Information Communi-
cation and Technology
(ICT) interventions.
The session chaired by
Alok Gupta, IAS Princi-
pal Secretary (AR) fo-
cused on the flagship
programs of the govern-
ment of Rajasthan.
Speaking on the occa-
sion Anandhi IAS, Sec-
retary Information Tech-
nology, highlighted best
practices in citizen out-
reach and service deliv-
ery using I.T that includ-
ed E-Mitra, Jana Aad-
haar, Sampark and Jan
Soochna. “Rajasthan
Sampark (181) was im-
plemented in the year
2014. ,” said Anandhi.
Principal Secy of AR, Alok Gupta and Secy of IT Anandhi during
the programme in Jaipur on Thursday. MUKESH KIRADOO
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CM APPROVALS
UITsofBhilwara,Udaipurissue
landallotmentat10%discount
First India Bureau
Jaipur
CM Ashok Gehlot gave
approval for land allot-
ment at concessional rate
of 10% by UIT, Bhilwara
to registered institutions
of various societies. Un-
der this, orders related to
allotment of 871.41 sqm
of land for community
building to Nilgar Samaj
Seva Samiti, allocation
of 953.44 sqm of land to
Rangrez Social Service
Institute were issued.
Furthermore, allot-
ment of land at conces-
sional rates by UIT,
Udaipur for various pur-
poses to registered insti-
tutions of various socie-
ties at 10% rate was done
under which allocation
of 500 square feet to
Udaipur Divisional
Shakdwipiya Brahmin
Samaj Sanstha.
Land alloted to registered institutions at concessional rates
`75.31 CR OKAYED FOR
BRIDGE ON MAHI RIVER
10,528 CONTRACTUALS
TO BE REGULARISED
45 NEW POSTS IN AGRI
UNIVERSITIES OKAYED
333 NEW POSTS IN PANCHAYATI RAJ DEPT
18POSTSOKAYEDINMG
DIVYANGUNIVERSITY
CM GEHLOT’S GIFT TO JAIPUR TRADERS ON
DIWALI WITH SUBSIDIZED ELECTRICITY
LAPTOPS TABLETS
OF UPTO `70,000
FOR JOURNALISTS
75 NEWS POSTS IN
DIPR APPROVED FOR
MINISTERIAL CADRE
The state govt is
continuously taking
decisions towards
developing quality infra-
structure in the state. In
the same sequence, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot has
sanctioned Rs 75.31 crore
for the construction of a two-
lane high level bridge on
Mahi river near Boreshwar
Temple on the Banswara-
Dungarpur border in
Dungarpur and access
roads on both sides of the
bridge. The Chief Minister
has approved the amended
proposal to this effect. This
bridge will be built under the
SRF-MDR scheme.
The Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the creation
of new posts to regularize
10528 employees working
on contract under Rajast-
han Contractual Hiring to
Civil Posts Rules-2022 in the
state. CM has approved the
creation of 4966 new posts
in place of contract posts
for contractual employees
having work experience of 9
years or more working under
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
Scheme. These newly
created posts include 1698
posts of Junior Technical As-
sistant, 1548 posts of Village
Employment Assistant.
CM Gehlot has approved proposal related to
creation of 333 new posts of ministerial cadre
in Panchayati Raj Department. According to
the proposal, 25 posts of Administrative Officer, 50
posts of Additional Administrative Officer, and 183
posts of Senior Assistant will be created. Meanwhile
CM Gehlot okayed the propasal to upgrade SHC of
Chaurdiya of Dechun Panchayat Samiti of Phalodi
district, to PHC and named it after Late Kalyan Singh.
The state govt is
committed to provid-
ing equal opportuni-
ties to persons with disabili-
ties in all fields and bringing
them into mainstream of
society. CM Gehlot has
approved creation of 18 new
posts in newly established
Mahatma Gandhi Divyang
University in Jodhpur. These
posts include Vice Chan-
cellor, Registrar, Finance
Controller, Private Secre-
tary, Assistant Accounts
Officer Grade-1, Section Of-
ficer, 1-1 Senior Assistant,
Personal Assistant Grade-2,
and Information Assistant.
Markets in the state will be illuminated with sub-
sidized electricity on Diwali. The Gehlot govt has
given a ‘gift’ to traders before Diwali as normal
rate will be charged on temporary electricity connections
of more than 25 kilowatts. Traders will have to pay at
normal rate of non-domestic category only. Generally
tariff for temporary connection is one and a half times. On
Wednesday, Jaipur Discom issued general tariff orders.
Journalists ap-
proved by DIPR
will get laptops
and tablets. Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot has
approved the proposal in
this regard. According to
the proposal, laptops-
tablets with technical
specifications mentioned
by the Information, Tech-
nology and Communica-
tions Department can be
purchased by approved
journalists. The maxi-
mum amount up to Rs 70
thousand per laptop-
tablet will be given to the
concerned journalists.
CM Gehlot
has approved
proposal for cadre
restructuring of ministe-
rial cadre employees in
Information and Public
Relations Department.
According to proposal, 75
new posts will be created
in cadre restructuring. Af-
ter restructuring, there will
be a total of 242 posts in
this cadre, which includes
2 posts of Establishment
Officer, 6 posts of Admin-
istrative Officer, 19 posts
of Additional Administra-
tive Officer, and 125 posts
of Junior Assistant.
CopfleesduringACBtrapin
Chittorgarh,throwsmoney
ACBNABSPATWARIINUDAIPURWHILETAKING
BRIBEOF`5KTOOPENONLINEMUTATION
Udaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on
Thursday arrested a patwari in Udaipur while
accepting a bribe of Rs 5000. ACB sleuths in-
formed the accused, Rajendra Kumar Meena, posted
in Rishabhdev Patwar Mandal in
Udaipur, demanded bribes to open
online mutation of residential plot
of the complainant and give him a
certified copy. “The complainant
was being harassed by the patwari
which forced him to lodge a com-
plaint in ACB. The complaint was
then verified and a trap was laid.
On Thursday, Rajendra Kumar
Meena was caught red-handed while taking Rs. 5000
as bribe from the complainant,” ACB officials said.
Searches were also carried out at his residence and
other premises of the accused.
Navin Sharma and Narayan Meghwal
Five die, 4 injured in two separate road accidents
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh/Jhunjhunu
Five people were killed
while four were injured in
two separate road acci-
dents in Rajasthan on
Thursday. In Rawatsar
town of Hanumangarh
district, three bike-borne
youths were run over by
an unidentified vehicle.
Police informed the inci-
dent took place at around
3:30 pm on Thursday
near 29 DWD village on
Rawatsar-Jaipur High-
way. “Aspeeding uniden-
tified vehicle hit the mo-
torcycle, following
which, the victims were
dragged to a distance.
They were rushed to the
government hospital in
Rawatsar where doctors
declared them dead. Ef-
forts are being done to
identify the vehicle and
its driver,” police said.
Similarly, a father and
his son died while four
others, including a wom-
an, were injured in Sura-
jgarh town of Jhunjhunu
district on Thursday
when a speeding jeep hit
the bike from behind on
near Jhumpa stand on
Surajgarh Road. The in-
jured were admitted to
Chirawa Hospital for
treatment. The birthday
of the two-year-old boy
who was the victim of the
accident was on Friday.
The deceased’s brother,
Paramjit Lamba, lodged a
report at police station.
Dead bodies being taken to hospital in a pickup after the accident
on Rawatsar-Jaipur Mega Highway in Hanumangarh on Thursday.
371st
board meeting of
RAJSICO held; Rajasthali
to given on PPP mode
JDArazesillegalhostels
beingbuiltnearSwej
RAJSICO Chairman Rajiv Arora, Manisha Arora and other senior
officials during the meeting in Udyog Bhawan on Thursday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The 371st board meeting
of Rajasthan Small Indus-
tries Corporation (RA-
JSICO) was held at Udy-
og Bhawan on Thursday.
the meeting was presided
over by RAJSICO Chair-
man Rajiv Arora wherein
several important deci-
sions were taken.
“To promote Rajasthan
handicrafts and artisans,
Rajasthali Emporium
Jaipur will be given on
PPP mode and sales pro-
moters will be appointed
for small scale industrial
units. It has been decided
to form a committee to
provide better sales and
marketing support to the
small-scale industrial
units of the state. The
committee will study and
submit their report in the
upcoming board meeting
to provide more opportu-
nities in this regard,” said
Chairman Rajiv Arora.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
JDA’s Enforcement Wing
took action against ille-
gal under construction
hostels in Dahmikalan
area of Jaipur. The action
came after First India
published the news about
illegal hostels on agricul-
ture lands.
A team of the JDA in
the direction of chief con-
trollerDharmendraYadav
reached the spot sealed
two hostels. Irregularities
have been done in the
construction of hostels.
The JDA team also de-
molished construction be-
ing done for hostel behind
Manipal university.
Similarly, illegal con-
struction for hostel was
being done at zero set-
back on plot number 219
in Tejaswi Green Nagar
colony. The JDA team
also took action against
illegal villas in Ramesh-
waram colony in Sirsi vil-
lage.The illegal construc-
tion was not stopped de-
spite notice by the JDA
following which three il-
legal villas were sealed.
I-T dept raids residences of
real estate tradersin Udaipur
Cong leaders to
plan protest today
over BJP calling
RaGa ‘Ravana’
First India Bureau
Udaipur
The Income Tax Depart-
ment team raided the
residences of business-
men involved in real es-
tate and finance property
early on Thursday. Six to
seven vehicles of the in-
come tax team reached
the residences of land
traders located in Sec-
tor-14 and Sector-11 of
the city. Documents re-
lated to business and
their income were scruti-
nized. The case relates to
disproportionate assets.
The department’s team
collecteddocumentsatthe
residences of business-
men dealing in land, fi-
nance and property. Ac-
cording to information,
the Income Tax Depart-
ment has also taken action
against the locations of
other businessmen in the
city.Thenamesoftwobig
realestatebusinessgroups
have come to fore, but the
department has not con-
firmed their names.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The State Congress Core
Committee is set to meet
on Friday for a crucial
meeting. The meeting is
scheduled to take place at
3 pm in the Congress War
Room and will be chaired
by the state’s in-charge
Sukhjinder S Randhawa.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, PCC Chief Do-
tasra, former deputy CM
Sachin Pilot, former min-
ister Harish Choudhary
and other leaders will at-
tend the meeting.
On the other hand,
party workers are gearing
up to stage a protest at the
PCC headquarters to-
morrow morning.
This demonstration,
under the leadership of
PCC chief Govind Singh
Dotasara, aims to voice
opposition to the BJP’s
portrayal of Rahul Gan-
dhi as Ravana.
Vasundhara Raje visits Nagnechi Mata temple in Balotra
First India Bureau
Balotra
Former CM and Senior
BJP Leader Vasundhara
Raje onThursday reached
Balotra offered prayers
at Nagnechi Mata Tem-
ple. Raje was welcomed
by BJPleaders at the heli-
pad. President of Nagne-
chi Mata Temple Trust,
Umed Singh Araba, also
welcomed Vasundhara
Raje and performed spe-
cial prayers for her in the
temple. During her visit,
she also interacted with
local BJP leaders and
heard the problems of the
area. Later, Vasundhara
Raje left for Jodhpur. No-
tably, Raje visited Balotra
even two days back.
Former CM Vasundhara Raje offering prayers in Nagnechi Mata
temple in Balotra on Thursday.
Mob pelts stones at a
police station in Bhim,
SHO, cops injured
First India Bureau
Rajsamand
An angry mob pelted
stones at Bhim police
station in Rajsamand
on Thursday injuring
police station incharge
Shailendra Singh. He
wasreferredtoUdaipur.
Later, police had to re-
sort to lathicharge and
fire gunshots in air to
disperse crowd. ASI
Lala Ram and consta-
ble Dinesh Kumawat
got injured in the mob
attack.According to in-
formation, there was a
fight between two fam-
ilies due to mutual en-
mity on Wednesday in
Kukarkheda village
near Bhim. A person,
Prem Singh, was seri-
ouslyinjuredinthisand
later died while on way
to hospital.
The family mem-
bers reached Bhim
police station from
Beawar. A large num-
ber of people gath-
ered on NH8 and
blocked it. The family
members protested in
front of the police sta-
tion with the body and
people demanded ar-
rest of the accused.
Cop running with dead body on stretcher amid lathicharge
on public as people gherao police station on Thursday.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do nothing out of selfish
ambition or vain conceit.
Rather, in humility value others
above yourselves.
BIBLE
IN-DEPTH
RAHUL GANDHI’S
DALIT GAMBIT IN
UTTAR PRADESH
anshi Ram, who brought Dalits and his pro-
tégé Mayawati to the forefront in UPpolitics,
was hardly enamoured of the Congress,
which could not get along with the Republican Party
of India. Kanshi Ram, the founder of Bahujan Samaj
Party, was a member of the RPI.
When Kanshi Ram’s BSP came to power in Uttar
Pradesh it was with the support of Samajwadi Party.
Later, Mayawati formed an alliance with the BJP to
rule UP. Like her mentor, she too avoided Congress
which was never a choice for the BSP whether in UP,
Punjab or any other state except Rajasthan where the
Dalit party supported the government ofAshok Gehlot.
Rahul Gandhi’s planned Dalit outreach with Dalit
Gaurav Samvad in Uttar Pradesh is a bold move as it
will be centered round Kanshi Ram. To pull it off
Rahul would need a touch of voodoo as Mayawati,
however weak she may appear to be, won’t allow
Kanshi Ram’s legacy to be hijacked.
K
EDCRACKDOWN
IS HURTING AAP
he gradual dismantling of the Aam Aadmi
Party is underway. The latest brick to be re-
moved fromAAPwall is its Rajya Sabha MP
Sanjay Singh, who has been the most vociferous
critic of the BJP government in Parliament and out-
side. Sanjay Singh has been arrested by the Enforce-
ment Directorate in the alleged liquor policy scam
making him the third AAP leader to be jailed for
corruption and the second in connection with the liq-
uor scam. The first among AAP leaders to go behind
the bars was Satyender Jain who was the first to be
incarcerated under the Prevention of Money Laun-
dering Act for al-
leged hawala trans-
actions. He was fol-
lowed by Deputy
Chief Minister Man-
ish Sisodia. The En-
forcement Directo-
rate claimed credible
evidence against
Sisodia who was de-
nied bail by the court.
After Sanjay Sin-
gh who would be an
interesting question
to ponder. After Sin-
gh’s arrest the BJP
accused Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal
of being the kingpin
of the alleged scam.
The accusation was
based on the state-
ment of Delhi’s liq-
uor trader Dinesh
Arora and one Ra-
ghav Magunta who turned approver. Could Kejriwal
be the ED’s next target? Or, will it be someone else?
Maybe the party itself could be named an accused
after the Supreme Court pointed out that as per the
ED the beneficiary was AAP and not Sisodia.
The arrests have given Delhi politics an interesting
twist giving the BJP a clear advantage. If the AAP is
not in a position to offer a strong challenge, it would
be a one-sided battle between the BJP and Congress
in the 2025 Assembly elections.
T
After Sanjay Singh
who would be an
interesting question
to ponder. After
Singh’s arrest the BJP
accused Chief
Minister Arvind
Kejriwal of being the
kingpin of the
alleged scam. The
accusation was
based on the
statement of Delhi’s
liquor trader Dinesh
Arora and one
Raghav Magunta
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Jaipur, Friday | October 6, 2023 www.firstindia.co.in firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur thefirstindia thefirstindia thefirstindia
he modern
world is sec-
ular, which
means that
people live
without God, even though
there are pockets of intense
religious fundamentalism.
Organized religion has
been steadily declining in
the West for more than two
generations, which makes
these pockets of intense
belief seem alien. But they
tell us what God used to
mean in the past. What did
God actually do?
l God provided an absolute
system of morality.
l God stood as an
unquestioned authority.
l God was the bedrock of
reality.
l God made laws that
everyone abided by.
Each of these functions is
two-edged. If you have a
mindset of absolute morali-
ty, good and evil are clear-
cut.Ontheotherhand,there
was no room for the gray
areas in life where good and
bad are very difficult to
separate (the continuous
conflicts over abortion are a
good example). Having
Godasanabsoluteauthority
and lawmaker provides a
stable system of justice, but
at the same time,a cruel de-
sire to punish people simply
for being different always
creepsintothesystem,mak-
ingforwidespreadinjustice.
What the modern world
settled for is humanism.
This is a loaded word in re-
ligious societies, but hu-
manism simply means do-
ing without absolutes, in the
divine sense, and falling
back on the best in human
nature.AGodwhoisloving,
compassionate, and just,
will still be very far away,
while a family where the
parents are loving, compas-
sionate,andjustisverynear.
Humanism aims to create a
spiritual person, not an obe-
dient follower of a religion.
The outcome has been
decisive. Whole popula-
tions have chosen to follow
a kind of spirituality that is
left to each individual. If
you are optimistic and pro-
gressive, this choice is the
right one. If you are con-
servative or a pessimist, it
has been a disaster. Every
crisis we now face, from
climate change to war, ref-
ugeeism to racism, domes-
tic abuse to religious fa-
naticism, is not God’s fault.
We have lost the connec-
tion between human nature
and spirituality.
Theonlykindofspiritu-
ality that fits the modern
secular world, without
falling back on religious
dogma, has to be living,
breathing, and renewable
every day—call it sustain-
able spirituality. What
sustains it are the follow-
ing ingredients:
l A vision of some higher goal.
l Glimpses of spiritual
experience.
l Access to deeper wisdom.
l Loving kindness, mercy,
and tolerance toward
yourself and other people.
l Renunciation of violence.
l Knowing the difference
between right and wrong,
and acting on it.
l The desire to evolve
personally “in here.”
If you measure yourself
by these standards, you are
likely to be surprised. A
great many people already
accept and follow a path
defined by these values.
The constant stream of
alarming stories delivered
by 24/7 news has the effect
of making the worst side of
human nature appear to be
in control. For example,
the inability of govern-
ments to stop waging war,
spending grotesque
amounts on military spend-
ing, stockpiling weapons
of mass destruction, and so
on, cannot be denied. But
to turn this around isn’t a
decision that rests on gov-
ernments. It rests on a shift
in consciousness.
Ask yourself, which is
safer, being able to walk
down the street without
fear or to walk down the
street armed to the teeth?
The difference is clear, yet
societies constantly seek
external, material solu-
tions that are futile to begin
with. The United States is
armed to the teeth, allows
almost unlimited posses-
sion of handguns, leads the
world in arms dealing, and
has been on a war footing
since World War II, yet for
all that, this country has
more violence, murder,
and fear of “the other” than
anywhere else in the world.
Sustainable spirituali-
ty isn’t simply humanism
or the belief that good
will win in the end. In the
absence of God, there
must be a vision of some
higher goal that tran-
scends human nature. I
can see only one alterna-
tive: the evolution of con-
sciousness. Instead of an
absolute deity, there is
transcendence here and
now. This isn’t a mystical
notion. In daily life, you
transcend whenever you
have any of the following
experiences:
l You feel at peace inside.
l You have a moment of
unexplained joy.
l You experience the
lightness of your being.
l You are inspired by beauty.
l You are touched by the
innocent goodness of others.
l You reach out to be of
service.
l You show generosity of spirit.
l You have second thoughts
about an impulse of anger,
hostility, envy, or blame.
l These second thoughts
keep you from acting on
the impulse.
l You have a sudden insight
or “Aha” moment.
l You feel that you fit into a
cosmic plan.
No one’s life is devoid of
such experiences, which is
why a sustainable spiritual-
ity is always accessible.
The key is to know where
to look for it. Religion is a
safe, secure place for the
devout because they look
to a God that can be neither
proved nor disproved. It is
harder to look inside your-
self. In everyone, there is a
screen of mental activity
that is confusing and con-
flicted. In everyone’s past,
there are difficult memo-
ries, traumatic experiences,
setbacks, obstacles, and
failures. They have the net
effect of making any inner
journey seem threatening,
uncertain, and lonely.
The drawbacks of carv-
ing out your spiritual path
can’t be swept under the
carpet. Even if they don’t
seem daunting, modern
secular life is filled with
enough distractions, not to
mention stress and the drive
formoney,tokeepspiritual-
ity on the back burner for a
lifetime. Yet somehow, one
personatatime,theimpulse
to transcend creates a spark.
The highest values in hu-
man existence—love, com-
passion, empathy, beauty,
truth, creativity, wisdom,
altruism, peace, and joy—
have endured through every
catastrophe and horror.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
PROMOTING
THE VALUES
All that’s needed to sustain
spirituality is a shift in al-
legiance. If you promote
these transcendent values
in your attitude toward life,
they grow. Consider the
list again, and set a simple
goal for yourself: “Today, I
will do one thing that makes
X grow.” X is anything on
the list. Do one thing that
is altruistic, one thing that
shows compassion, one
thing that feels joyful.
A little faith also helps, not
faith in an absolute deity
but in the existence of
experiences that tran-
scend everyday inertia and
habit. Another thing that
helps is to return several
times a day to a simple
state of restful awareness,
which brings you back to
yourself and detaches you
from the daily grind and
the noise of a busy mind.
Sustainable spirituality is
the simplest, most natural
path for modern people.
The fact that anyone and
everyone can follow this
path inspires me more
than any other vision I’ve
ever encountered.
ANEEDFOREVERYONE:
SUSTAINABLESPIRITUALITY
T
DEEPAK
CHOPRA
The writer is MD,
FACP, FRCP founder of the
Chopra Foundation,
a non-profit entity for
research on well-being
and humanitarianism,
and Chopra Global
Ask yourself, which is safer, being able to walk
down the street without fear or to walk down the
street armed to the teeth? The difference is clear,
yet societies constantly seek external, material
solutions that are futile to begin with. The United
States is armed to the teeth, allows almost
unlimited possession of handguns, leads the world
in arms dealing, and has been on a war footing
since World War II, yet for all that, this country has
more violence, murder, and fear of “the other” than
anywhere else in the world

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New Delhi
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah Thursday said
anti-terror agencies will
have to adopt such ruth-
less approach that new
terrorist organisations are
not formed in the country.
Addressing an anti-
terror conference here,
Shah also said not only
terrorism, but the entire
ecosystem of the terror-
ists has to be destroy.
The Union Home Min-
ister said tough decisions
taken by the Modi gov-
ernment have yielded
very good results in han-
dling challenges posed
by cryptocurrencies, ha-
wala, terror-funding, or-
ganised crime syndicates
and narco-terror links.
Still a lot more is to be
done, he added.
“All anti-terror agen-
cies will have to adopt
such a ruthless approach
that new terrorist organi-
sations cannot be
formed,” Shah said.
STOCK-TAKING EXERCISE
Committed to ensure inducement-free polls in Telangana: CEC
Agencies
Hyderabad
he Election
Commission of
India is fully
committed to deliver
free, fair, transparent and
inducement-free elec-
tions in Telangana, said
Chief Election Commis-
sioner Rajiv Kumar on
Thursday.
He was addressing a
news conference at the
end of three-day visit to
Hyderabad to review poll
preparedness for the
forthcoming Assembly
elections in Telangana
The ECI team, which
met all state and central
enforcement agencies
during the visit, directed
them to act very strictly
against the use of money
power during the elec-
tions. “Loud and clear
message was given to
each one of them to act
very strictly against the
use of money power dur-
ing elections. They were
directed to almost dry up
the inflow of liquor, cash,
freebies and drugs,” the
CEC said.
“This perception or ac-
tual reality of misuse of
money power, freebies
distribution by various
political parties or candi-
dates doesn’t augur well
for democracy,” he fur-
ther added.
The agencies were di-
rected to identify king-
pins of each malpractice.
Banks have been directed
to keep a watch on illicit
online cash transfers
through wallets. State
Level Bankers’ Commit-
tee (SLBS) were told to
not allow cash dispens-
ing vehicles to move af-
ter designated hours.
Special vigil will be kept
on ambulances and even
on government vehicles
if the agencies doubt that
they are being misused.
There will be strict
vigil on inter-state bor-
ders. He pointed out that
17 districts in Telangana
share borders with four
states — Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Chhattisgarh
and Andhra Pradesh.
There will be a total of
148 total check posts, in-
cluding 89 police check
posts and 21 excise check
posts.
CEC Rajiv Kumar addresses media with Election Commissioners Arun Goel, Anup Chandra Pandey
and others for forthcoming Telangana Assembly Elections, in Hyderabad on Thursday. ANI
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INDIA 08
Congsynonymouswithcorruption:PM
First India Bureau
Jabalpur
In a scathing attack
against the Congress,
Modi on Thursday ac-
cused it of perpetrating
scams running into thou-
sands of crores in the pre-
2014 era, disrespecting
freedom-fighters and
mocking even Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav.
At a public meeting in
this divisional headquar-
ters of election-bound
Madhya Pradesh, the PM
said, “Those financial in-
consistencies made ban-
ner headlines. Funds that
were meant to be expend-
ed on the indigent were
instead filling Congress
bigwigs’ coffers.”
A ‘cleanliness cam-
paign’ was initiated even
in this context by the BJP
dispensation, the Prime
Minister said, adding that
information technology
was used as a medium for
demolishing the corrupt
system created by the
Congress.
Modi in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh
PMMODIGIFTSPROJECTS
WORTH`12,600CRTOMP
Jabalpur: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday
laid the foundation stone of
'Veerangana Rani Durga-
vati Smarak aur Udyaan'
here and unveiled projects
of over Rs 12,000 crore in
sectors such as road, rail,
energy, housing and drink-
ing water. He greeted peo-
ple gathered at the event
and also took a tour of the
exhibition. The 500th birth
centenary of Rani Durga-
vati is being celebrated with
great fervour by the Centre.
The announcement regard-
ing the celebration was
made by the Prime Minister,
during his visit to Shahdol in
Madhya Pradesh in July this
year. To be built at a cost
of about Rs 100 crore in
Jabalpur, the 'Veerangana
Rani Durgavati Smarak aur
Udyaan' will be spread over
an area of about 21 acres. It
will showcase an impres-
sive 52-foot-high bronze
statue of Rani Durgavati.
It will have a magnificent
museum highlighting the
history of the Gondwana
region including the valour
and courage of queen.
PM Narendra Modi with Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai C Patel and State CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan at the foundation stone-laying of multiple projects, in Jabalpur on Thursday. ANI
KEYHIGHLIGHTS
z The PM laid the
foundation stone of
multiple Jal Jeevan Mis-
sion projects in Mandla,
Jabalpur and Dindori
districts worth over Rs
2350 crore.
z PM Modi dedicated
the Jal Jeevan Mission
project in Seoni district
worth over Rs 100 crore
to the nation. These
projects in four districts
of the state will benefit
about 1,575 villages of
Madhya Pradesh.
z The PM laid the foun-
dation stone and dedi-
cated to nation multiple
projects of more than Rs
4800 crore for improving
the road infrastructure in
Madhya Pradesh.
z He laid foundation
stone of projects includ-
ing the upgrading of road
connecting Jharkheda-
Berasia - Dholkhedi of
NH 346; four laning of
Balaghat - Gondia Sec-
tion of NH 543; four Lan-
ing of Khandwa Bypass
connecting Rudhi and
Deshgaon
BJP JABS FORMER MP
CM KAMAL NATH
Bhopal: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
state president VD
Sharma on Thursday took
a jibe at former Chief Min-
ister of Madhya Pradesh
Kamal Nath over a post
on X related to youth
(first time voters) saying
Congress had made false
promises to form the gov-
ernment during 2018 state
assembly elections.
PRIYANKA’S DIG AT PM
SHIVRAJ CHOUHAN
Mohankheda: In a
sarcasm-laced at-
tack against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
and Madhya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
Congress General Sec-
retary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra quipped on Thurs-
day that Prime Minister
Modi now-a-days fights
shy of even mentioning
Chouhan’s name!
Present-day youth
may use Google for
learning what used to
be the abysmal plight
of the nation. One
Congress Prime
Minister went on
record saying that if a
rupee is sent from
New Delhi only 15
paise reaches the end
beneficiary. The ‘hand’
pilfered the rest!.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
JP Nadda hits out at
Grand Alliance in Bihar
ANI
Patna
BJP chief JP Nadda on
Thursday hit out at the
Grand Alliance in Bihar,
accusing their leadership
of “corruption” and “ap-
peasement politics”.
“The leadership here
(in Bihar) is filled with
corruption...They are
busy with appeasement
politics... It is time to say
goodbye to such govern-
ments, and it is time to
bring the BJP (govern-
ment to power),” he said.
The remarks were
made at a gathering on
the occasion of the 100th
birth anniversary of BJP
leader Kailashpati
Mishra in Patna, Bihar.
Pointing out that previ-
ous Congress govern-
ments at the Centre could
not pass the Women’s
Reservation Bill, BJP
Chief JP Nadda under-
scored that the Bill which
subsequently became an
act was passed in the Par-
liament in three days un-
der the leadership of
Modi.
Hitting at the previous
Congress-led UPA re-
gime, Nadda said that the
Bill was “lying” in Par-
liament and “no one paid
any attention to it”.
“In UPA government,
the Women’s Reserva-
tion Bill was lying in Par-
liament...No one gave
attention to it...Prime
Minister Modi passed the
bill in three days...,” the
BJP president said.
The landmark wom-
en’s Reservation Bill,
which seeks to provide
33 per cent reservation to
the women in the Lok
Sabha and state Assem-
blies, has now become a
law after receiving the
assent of President Drou-
padi Murmu.
MLA WANTS BIHAR
AS HINDU STATE
Patna: BJP MLA
Haribhushan
Thakur Bachaul
on Thursday de-
manded that the Nitish
Kumar government
should declare Bihar
a Hindu state after the
census survey findings.
Bachaul claimed that
the population of Hin-
dus in the caste-based
survey emerged as 81
per cent in the state
while Muslims are 17
per cent and others are
two percent.
JP Nadda being garlanded by BJP leaders in Patna, on Thursday.
Sushil Modi and Bihar BJP chief Samrat Choudhary also seen.
“India to be
world’s No.1
automobile
maker”
Agencies
Prague
Union Minister for Road
Transport and Highways
Nitin Gadkari, speaking
on the sidelines of the
27th World Road Con-
gress in Prague, said that
India is aiming to beat
China to become the
world’s number one au-
tomobile maker by 2027.
During his address,
where Gadkari said the
country is set a target to
become the world’s larg-
est automobile market in
the world in the next 3-4
years, he also revealed
information about the up-
coming opening of the
Urban Extension Road 2,
a ring road project in
New Delhi. The road will
be opened in the next 2-3
months and will signifi-
cantly cut down the trav-
el time to reach the air-
port in the capital.
Further, he highlighted
that the Indian automo-
bile market has grown
several folds and reach-
ing a size of Rs 12.5 lakh
crore from Rs 4.5 lakh
crore nine years ago.
Cong to hold CWC meeting on Oct 9 in Delhi
PTI
New Delhi
Congress’ top decision
making body CWC will
meet on October 9 here to
deliberate on the current
political situation and fur-
ther firm up the strategy
for the upcoming round
of state polls, sources said
on Thursday.
Themeetingcomesjust
over three weeks after the
first meeting of the recon-
stituted Congress Work-
ing Committee (CWC)
was held in Hyderabad on
September 16 to evolve a
strategy for the upcoming
assembly polls in five
states — Rajasthan, Mad-
hya Pradesh, Chhattis-
garh, Telangana and Miz-
oram—andthe2024Lok
Sabha elections.
Sources said the CWC
will meet on Monday to
discuss the current politi-
cal situation and to fol-
low up on the decisions
and discussions at the top
decision-making body’s
meeting in Hyderabad.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh
produced before court
PTI
New Delhi
AamAadmi Party (AAP)
leader and Rajya Sabha
Member of Parliament
Sanjay Singh was pro-
duced before a court on
Thursday, a day after he
was arrested in the Delhi
excise policy case.
The Rajya Sabha MP
said his arrest was an act
of injustice by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
whose party was going to
lose the next Lok Sabha
elections.
Sanjay Singh was ar-
rested by the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED) on
Wednesday evening in
connection with its mon-
ey laundering probe
linked to the 2021-22
Delhi Excise policy case,
in a huge blow to the rul-
ing Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) in Delhi.
THEKINGPINISSTILL
OUT:ANURAGTHAKUR
Raipur: Union IB
Minister Anurag
Thakur on Thursday
took potshots at Aam Admi
Party. He also targeted the
AAP supremo, Arvind Kejri-
wal, and said that “People
to whom Kejriwal issued a
certificate of honesty are
in jail.” Thalur alleged that
Kejriwal could be next in
line. “People are laughing
at Arvind Kejriwal. They
can see the tension on his
face. The Deputy CM is
in jail, the Health Minister
is in jail, they are people
who came to the front by
raising the slogans of India
Against Corruption but are
now involved in corruption,”
Thakur said. “The kingpin
is still out now. His number
will also come. Investiga-
tion is underway. All those
people to whom Arvind
Kejriwal issued a certificate
of honesty are in jail for a
year,” Thakur further added.
HMTOCHAIRMEETON
‘LEFTWINGEXTREMISM'
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will chair a
review meeting on ‘Left
Wing Extremism' here in the
national capital on Friday.
The meeting, to be held
on Friday, is likely to be
attended by Chief Ministers,
Home Ministers or their
representatives from states
of Bihar, Odisha, Maharash-
tra, Telangana, Madhya
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andhra
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
West Bengal and Kerala.
These are those states that
are affected by ‘LWE' or the
naxal problem. Union Home
Secretary, top officials of
Central Armed Police Forces
and senior officers of Central
and State Govts will also
attend the meeting.
Ruthless approach needed to crush terror: Amit Shah
Union HM Amit Shah, MoS Nisith Pramanik (L), Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla (2nd R) and
others at the ‘3rd Anti-terror Conference’ hosted by the NIA, in New Delhi, on Thursday. PTI
Assembly constituencies
119
Total voters
3.17 crore
Male Female voters:
1.58 crore each
Total polling stations:
35,356
Avg voters (per polling)
897
Polling stations (Urban)
14,458
Polling stations (Rural)
20,898
KEY STATS

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NET-ZERO EMISSIONS
Energy efficiency, renewable energy key to achieve goal: Prez
PTI
New Delhi
resident Drou-
padi Murmu on
Thursday said
energy efficiency and re-
newable energy are the
key pillars for achieving
India’s goal of net-zero
emissions.
Addressing officers of
the Central Power Engi-
neering Service (2018,
2020 and 2021 batches)
and probationers of the
Indian Trade Service
(2022 batch), who had
called on the president at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan
here, Murmu said the
power sector is one of the
prime movers for India’s
development.
“One of the indicators
of the socio-economic
progress of a country is
energy demand and con-
sumption. Therefore, as
India moves ahead to be-
come the third largest
economy of the world,
demand and consumption
of power will certainly
increase, which will fur-
ther drive the country’s
development,” she said.
The president asserted
that energy efficiency
and renewable energy are
the key pillars for achiev-
ing India’s goal of net-
zero emissions.
AsperInternationalEn-
ergy Agency (IEA), ener-
gy efficiency is called the
“first fuel” in clean energy
transitions as it provides
some of the quickest and
most cost-effective cli-
mate change mitigation
options, she noted.
“It also reduces energy
bills and strengthens en-
ergy security. I urge you
to focus on increasing
energy efficiency, which
will make it easier to
achieve the climate
change-related goals.
You may face several
challenges in the process
of energy transition and
grid integration, but you
must play a productive
role in adopting a holistic
approach to address the
challenges,” Murmu told
the Central Power Engi-
neering Service officers.
She said the future of
the power sector lies in
research and innovation
-- be it in energy storage,
grid management or new
forms of energy genera-
tion.
“I urge you to give im-
portance to research and
development in the pow-
er sector so that India re-
mains competitive at the
global stage,” Murmu
told the officers.
Addressing the proba-
tioners of the Indian
Trade Service, she said
trade forms the backbone
of economies.
President Droupadi Murmu addressing Central Power Engineering Service officers on Thursday.
P
INDIA 10
Sikkimfloods:14dead,search
onformissingArmypersonnel
First India Bureau
Gangtok
The toll in the Sikkim
flash floods has risen to
14, as the search opera-
tion continued to locate
102 missing people in-
cluding 22 Army person-
nel, Defence and state
government sources said
on Thursday.
The devastation creat-
ed by the Lhonak Lake
Glacial outburst and
heavy torrential rains on
Wednesday in Sikkim
has left 14 persons dead,
while 102 others are
missing, and over 22,000
affected, a state govern-
ment official said.
The National Disaster
Response Force, Indo-
Tibetan Border Police,
Indian Army, ,and Sik-
kim Police have all been
deployed to help those
supposedly buried or
swept away with slush
and flood, the official
said on Thursday.
A Defence Ministry
spokesperson said that
search was on for the 22
missing soldiers.
“Search and rescue op-
eration by troops of
Trishakti Corps of Indian
Army to trace the 22
missing soldiers contin-
ues. Continued efforts
are on to dig out the ve-
hicles submerged under
the slush at Burdang near
Singtam,” the spokesper-
son further added.
Stranded people being
rescued by Army in flood-hit
dist; Army vehicles which were
swept away in Wednesday’s
flash floods, in North Sikkim
dist; Stranded locals and
tourists being provided mobile
connectivity by the Indian
Army in the flood-hit North
Sikkim district. PTI
SOLDIER SAROJ KUMAR DASH KILLED IN SIKKIM
FLOOD, CLAIMS FAMILY IN BHUBANESWAR
Bhubaneswar: Soldier Saroj Kumar Dash, one of 23
Army personnel reported missing after flash flood
in Sikkim, has reportedly died, claimed his family in
Odisha on Thursday. Havildar Saroj was a resident of Kend-
udhipa village in Dhenkanal dist. “They (Army) sent us pho-
tos of 5 bodies of jawans recovered. Officials said 5 bodies
have been recovered till now and asked us to verify whether
my brother is one of them or not,” said Saroj’s brother.
NORTH BENGAL FLOODS: ONE KILLED, 11
MISSING AND MORE THAN 5,000 DISPLACED
Kolkata: A child was killed and 11 people were miss-
ing in floods in the hills of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and
Kurseong in north Bengal that come under the juris-
diction of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA),
as per GTA chief executive Anit Thapa. “Over 5,000 people
in the GTA area have been displaced as their houses were
completely destroyed by the flood. GTA has decided to bear
the entire cost of reconstruction of their houses,” he said.
NewsClick journo
Abhisar called by
cops for questioning
Agencies
New Delhi
Delhi Police’s Special
Cell has called News-
Click journalist Abhisar
Sharma for questioning
in the alleged China
funding case, sources
said on Thursday.
The sources said that
Sharmawillbequestioned
at the Lodhi Colony po-
lice station “on a set of
questionswhichthepolice
have prepared as a part of
ongoinginvestigationinto
the case registered at by
Special Cell for alleged
foreign funds amounting
to crores of rupees had
been illegally funneled
into India by both Indian
and foreign entities with
the intent to disruptthe
country’s sovereignty, ter-
ritorial integrity, and na-
tional security”.
The development came
a day after a Delhi court
remanded NewsClick
founder-editor Prabir
Purkayastha,and HR head
Amit Chakravarty to sev-
en days of police custody
under the UAPAAct.
NEWSCLICKROW:
PROSECUTIONOPPOSES
PLEAFORCOPYOFFIR
New Delhi: The
Delhi Police on
Thursday opposed
the applications filed for the
supply of a copy of the FIR
by NewsClick founder Prabir
Purkayastha and human
resources department head
Amit Chakravarty, arrested
in a case lodged under anti-
terror law UAPA following
charges that the portal had
received money to spread
pro-China propaganda.
Additional Sessions
Judge Hardeep Kaur was
hearing the arguments
regarding the applications.
During the proceedings,
the counsel for Chakravarty
also sought written grounds
for his client’s arrest by
the Delhi Police and said
providing the grounds for
arrest to an accused is a
constitutional safeguard.
The lawyer cited some
judgments of the Supreme
Court and Delhi High Court
and said though the of-
fences alleged are “serious”
under the UAPA, there is
no statutory ground that the
prosecution is not obliged to
provide a copy of the FIR to
the accused.
GST Council
may levy 18%
tax on corporate
loan guarantees
Agencies
New Delhi
The Goods and Services
Tax (GST) Council is
likely to introduce an 18
per cent tax rate on cor-
porate guarantees ex-
tended by parent compa-
nies to their subsidiary
firms for getting loans
from banks, according to
reliable sources.
The issue was taken up
by the GST Council’s
law committee during
various meetings held re-
cently.
The law committee is
of the view that extend-
ing a corporate guarantee
is a related party transac-
tion that is considered as
a supply. The logic is that
since supplies come in
the 18 per cent GST
bracket, this should also
be applicable to corpo-
rate guarantees.
The law committee has
recommended adopting
valuation rules in line
with safe harbour rules
under the Income Tax
Act for providing corpo-
rate guarantees.
Under these rules, in
eligible international
transactions, the mini-
mum acceptable com-
mission/fee is 1 per cent
of the amount guaran-
teed.
CBI takes over investigation into
Censor Board bribery allegations
PTI
New Delhi
The CBI has lodged an
FIR against three persons
and unidentified officials
of the Central Board of
Film Certification
(CBFC) on the allega-
tions of actor Vishal that
he had to pay Rs 6.5 lakh
to get a certificate for his
film “Mark Antony”, of-
ficials said on Thursday.
Theactionwasfollowed
by searches at four loca-
tionsinMumbai,including
the premises of the FIR-
named accused persons.
The CBI has lodged the
FIR against private per-
sons Merlin Menaga,
Jeeja Ramdas, Rajan M
and unidentified public
servants of the CBFC. “It
was alleged that during
the month of September
2023, a private person en-
tered a conspiracy with
others to obtain a bribe of
Rs 7 lakh and to get the
required censor certificate
from CBFC, Mumbai for
amoviedubbedinHindi,”
a CBI spokesperson said.
He said it was also al-
leged that in furtherance
of the said conspiracy, the
accused initially demand-
ed the bribe on behalf of
CBFC-Mumbai officials,
the amount of which was
reduced to Rs 6.54 lakh
after negotiations.
The action was
followed by searches
at four locations in
Mumbai, including
the premises of the
FIR-named accused
persons
Ladakh admin congratulates people of
Kargil for good turnout in LAHDC-K election
Agencies
Srinagar
The Union Territory of
Ladakh administration
has congratulated the
people of Kargil who en-
thusiastically participat-
ed in the LadakhAutono-
mous Hill Development
Council- Kargil (LAH-
DC-K) election which
witnessed a record 77.61
percent polling on
Wednesday.
Addressing media per-
sons, Deputy Commis-
sioner of Kargil Shrikant
Balasaheb Suse on
Thursday congratulated
the people of Kargil who
enthusiastically partici-
pated in the LAHDC-K
election and exercised
their franchise in a large
77.61 percentage.
The first-ever civic
election in Kargil dis-
trict was held on
Wednesday since
Ladakh was carved out
of the erstwhile state of
Jammu and Kashmir on
August 5, 2019 as a sep-
arate Union territory.
In these poll, the BJPis
up against a united oppo-
sition of Congress and
National Conference in
26 seats of the 30-mem-
ber Council. 85 candi-
dates were contesting the
polls, with 22 represent-
ing the Congress, 17
from the NC, 17 from the
BJP, four from the Aam
Aadmi Party and 24 In-
dependent candidates.
The counting of votes
will take place on Octo-
ber 8 to complete the pro-
cess in a transparent way,
he said.
Suse said this perhaps
is likely the highest num-
ber of turnout among
other places in the coun-
try.
He said the people
were enthusiastic to exer-
cise their franchise and
were waiting outside the
polling booths right from
early in the morning. He
said even in the coldest
Zanaskar area the voters
were seen outside their
polling stations waiting
early morning to cast
their votes.
Kargil Deputy Commissioner Shrikant Balasaheb Suse (R)
TN BJP chief
Annamalai hints
at expansion of
NDA in state
ANI
Chennai
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) Tamil Nadu pres-
ident Annamalai On
Thursday hinted at the
possibility of expansion
of the National Demo-
cratic Alliance (NDA) in
Tamil Nadu by saying
that an alliance is a “work
in progress”.
“Any alliance is a
work in progress. Closer
to the elections you will
see a different formation.
We are happy that we
have a fantastic relation-
ship with all (constituent)
parties (of NDA). The
constituents of NDA are
very clear that there is no
change per se. We have
another 7 months to go
and a lot of things may
change...,” he told report-
ers here after holding a
meeting with office bear-
ers and district presidents
from the BJP.
Annamalai also said
that the 2024 Lok Sabha
poll is for electing Naren-
dra Modi Prime Minister
of the Country for the
third time. “This will be
reflected in Tamil Nadu
too. After the election,
you will see all the 39
MPs from here support-
ing Prime Minister
Modi,” Annamalai said.

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Russian strike on village
cafe kills over 50: Ukraine
‘55 sailors
die in nuclear
sub accident’
Agencies
New Delhi
Following an unfortunate
capture of their nuclear
submarine in a trap meant
to snare British as well as
the US sub-surface ves-
sels in the Yellow Sea, at
least 55 Chinese sailors
were killed in an accident
in August in the Yellow
Sea, as per report by the
UK based newspaper.
The Daily Mail has
cited a top-secret UK re-
port that claims the crew
members were poisoned
by the oxygen system’s
catastrophicfailurewhich
claimed sailors’ lives.
Agencies
Kyiv
ARussian rocket struck a
village cafe and store in
eastern Ukraine on
Thursday, killing at least
51 civilians in one of the
deadliest attacks in the
war in months, according
to President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy and other top
officials in Kyiv.
Zelenskyy, attending a
summit of about 50 Eu-
ropean leaders in Spain
to drum up support from
Ukraine’s allies, de-
nounced the strike in the
village of Hroza as a “de-
monstrably brutal Rus-
sian crime” and “a com-
pletely deliberate act of
terrorism.” About 60
people were in the cafe,
attending a wake after a
funeral, said Internal Af-
fairs Minister Ihor Kly-
menko, who provided
the death toll.
Among the dead was a
6-year-old boy, 7 other
people were wounded,
said an official.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian officials, emergency
workers search the victims of the deadly Russian rocket attack in
the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
Strange illness paralyzes 90 kids
Agencies
New Delhi
A mysterious illness has
attacked school kids in
Kenya’s St.Theresa’s Ere-
gi Girls High School. Due
tothisillness,morethan90
school kids have been par-
alyzed, reports have said.
“Kenyan health author-
ities are probing a myste-
rious illness that has af-
flicted over 90 school-
girls, leading to their hos-
pitalization,” the Africa
News has reported.
As per the media re-
port, girls experienced
difficulty in walking and
showed “symptoms of
knee pain”. So far, blood
samples, urine, and stool
samples of the girls have
been sent to the laborato-
ries in Kisumu and Nai-
robi. “The students were
seen trembling on their
hospital beds while oth-
ers walked while stagger-
ing,” Tuko reported.
In view of the health condition of the students, the authorities
have closed the school where the cases are found.
IS IT ELECTROLYTE
IMBALANCE?
Local reports
have said,
citing labora-
tory reports, that the
illness could be due
to loss of fluid and
electrolyte imbal-
ance in the body.
Electrolyte imbal-
ance occurs when
the mineral content
of the body is too
low or too high. The
common signs are
muscle weakness or
spasms, dry mouth,
thirst, restlessness.
Report says, girls experienced difficulty in walking, showed “signs of knee pain”
‘Sahyog Se Vikas’ Mission-2030 Conclave at Dausa
Cooperative schemes have changed
the life of the poor and needy!
Navachar Evam Mission-2030 in Ajmer and Jodhpur
Laxmikant Sharma
Dausa
Department of Cooper-
ative, Govt of Rajasthan
and Bharat24-Vision of
New India organised the
‘Sahyog Se Vikas’ Mis-
sion 2030 Conclave at
Dausa, on Thursday
evening.
Dr Jagdeesh Chan-
dra, CEO Editor-in-
Chief Bharat24 and
CMD Editor-in-
Chief, First India News
and First India graced
the occasion. Collector
Dausa Kamar Ul Jaman
Choudhary, Registrar
Cooperative Depart-
ment Meghraj Singh
Ratnu and SP Dausa
Vandita Rana also at-
tended the wonderful
event. Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra welcomed all
the guests and spoke
about the great devel-
opment done in Dausa.
Ratnu delivered the
keynote address high-
lighting the key
achievements and
schemes of the Co-op-
erative Department and
an excellent panel dis-
cussion withAddl Reg-
istrar Shyam Lal Mee-
na and MD CCB Dausa
Shivdayal Meena was
coordinated by the
Master of ceremonies,
Priya Sinha. Anita
Hada delivered the
vote of thanks.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Registrar Meghraj Singh Ratnu during the ‘Sahyog Se Vikas’ Mission
2030 Conclave organised by Bharat24-Vision of New India in Dausa on Thursday. Also seen are
Collector Kamar Ul Jaiman Choudhary, SP Vandita Rana, Anita Hada and Laxmikant Sharma.
CEO and Managing Editor First India News First India Pawan
Arora greets RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore in presence
of Employees Union Leader Vineet Jain, Ajmer Dairy Chairman
Ramchandra Chaudhary and Senior Journalist SP Mittal during
the ‘Navachar Evam Mission-2030’ organised by First India
News in Ajmer on Thursday. ANAND SHARMA
Director of Marwar International Centre Suparas Bhandari,
Joint Director of Planning Department CP Mandawariya,
Editor First India News Jinendra Singh Shekhawat and
Jodhpur Bureau Chief Rajeev Gaur during the ‘Navachar Evam
Mission 2030’ organised by First India News at Hotel Radisson
in Jodhpur on Thursday. NAGENDRA SOLANKI
India 4th with 86 medals
Asian Games 2023 Day 12
Gold medalist Indian women archers Jyothi Surekha Vennam,
Parneet Kaur, Aditi Gopichand Swami pose for photos with gold
medalist compatriot men archers Ojas Pravin Deotale, Prathamesh
Samadhan Jawkar and Abhishek Verma on Thursday.
Gold medalist India’s Dipika
Pallikal Harinder Pal Singh
Saurav Ghosal wins Silver
medal on Thursday.
Anahat Abhay win Bronze
HERE ARE THE MEDAL STANDINGS
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 178 99 55 332
2 Japan 44 53 60 157
3 Korea 33 47 76 156
4 India 21 32 33 86
5 Uzbekistan 18 16 25 59
First India Bureau
New Delhi
India’s Parneet Kaur,
Aditi Gopichand Swami
and Jyothi Surekha Ven-
nam won gold by beating
Chinese Taipei 230-229
in the archery women’s
team compound event to
give India its 19th gold at
the Asian Games 2023 in
Hangzhou on Thursday.
India’s men’s com-
pound team of Abhishek
Verma, Ojas Deotale
Prathamesh Jawkar se-
cured another archery
gold medal. The Indian
squash pair of Dipika Pal-
likal Harinderpal Singh
Sandhu beat Malaysia in
the mixed doubles event
to win India’s 20th gold.
ARCHERY
l India clinch GOLD
in compound women’s
team final l India win
GOLD in compound
men’s team final
MEN’s MARATHON
l Man Singh finished
in eighth position l
Appachangada Bo Bel-
liappa came 13th
ROLLER SKATING
l Charles finishes 12th
in preliminary second run
l Shreyasi finishes 13th
in preliminary second run
SEPAKTAKRAW
l India lose 0-2 to Thai-
land in men’s preliminary
Group B l India seal 2-1
win vs China in women’s
preliminary Group A
WRESTLING
l Mansi crashes to a
defeat against Japan’s
Tsugumi Sakurain in
the women’s freestyle
57kg quarterfinal l Pooja
Gehlot defeats Mon-
golia’s Namuuntsetseg
Tsogt-Ochir in women’s
freestyle wrestling
50kg quarterfinal l
Antim Panghal loses to
Japan’s Akari Fujinami in
women’s freestyle 53kg
quarterfinal
SQUASH
l India win GOLD in
mixed doubles final
HOCKEY
l India lose to China in
women’s semifinal
SQUASH
l Saurav Ghosal gets
silver in men’s singles
squash
WRESTLING
l Antim takes bronze in
women’s freestyle 53Kg
RESULTS
New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra celebrates his century with teammate Devon Conway during the
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match between England and New Zealand. at the Narendra Modi
Stadium in Ahmedabad, on Thursday. PTI
UNBEATENHUNDREDS
Conway, Ravindra spur NZ to 9-wicket win over England
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad
Powered by unbeaten
hundreds from Devon
Conway and Rachin
Ravindra, New Zealand
outclassed defending
champions England by
nine wickets in the World
Cup opener on Thursday.
England made 282 for
9 as they struggled mon-
umentally, except Joe
R o o t ,
a g a i n s t
New Zea-
land bowl-
ers, and the
Kiwis over-
hauled the
target in
just 36.2 overs.
Conway (152) and
Ravindra (123) were the
architects of their awe-
some chase on a pitch
that looked considerably
eased up compared to the
England innings.
Only three double-cen-
tury partnerships have
been recorded in a World
Cup run-chase. Overall,
Conway and Ravindra
stitched the fourth-high-
est partnership in World
Cup history.
They are behind Chris
Gayle-Marlon Samuels
(372), Rahul Dravid-
Sourav Ganguly (318),
Dilshasn-Tharanga (282).
Notably, the one between
Conway Ravindra is
the highest unbeaten
World Cup partnership.
SCOREBOARD
England vs New Zealand
Toss: New Zealand,
elected to field first
ENGLAND R B 4s 6s SR
JonnyBairstow cMitchellbSantner 33 35 4 1 94.28
DawidMalancLathambHenry 14 24 2 0 58.33
JoeRootbPhillips 77 86 4 1 89.53
HarryBrookcConwaybRavindra 25 16 4 1 156.25
MoeenAlibPhillips 11 17 1 0 64.70
JosButtler(c)cLathambHenry 43 42 2 2 102.38
LiamLivingstonecHenrybBoult 20 22 3 0 90.90
SamCurrancLathambHenry 14 19 0 0 73.68
ChrisWoakescYoungbSantner 11 12 1 0 91.66
AdilRashidnotout 15 13 0 1 115.38
MarkWoodnotout 13 14 0 0 92.85
EXTRA: 6 (w 6)
TOTAL: 282/9 (50 Over, Run Rate: 5.64)
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-40(DawidMalan,7.4ov),2-64
(JonnyBairstow,12.5ov),3-94(HarryBrook,16.6ov),
4-118(MoeenAli,21.2ov),5-188(JosButtler,33.2ov),
6-221(LiamLivingstone,38.5ov),7-229(JoeRoot,41.1ov),
8-250(ChrisWoakes,44.6ov),9-252(SamCurran,45.4ov)
BOWLING: TrentBoult10-1-48-1,MattHenry10-1-48-3,
MitchellSantner10-0-37-2,JamesNeesham7-0-56-0,
RachinRavindra10-0-76-1,GlennPhillips3-0-17-2
NEW ZEALAND R B 4s 6s SR
DevonConwaynotout 152 121 19 3 125.61
WillYoungcButtlerbCurran 0 1 0 0 0.00
RachinRavindranotout 123 96 11 5 128.12
EXTRA: 8 (b 4, lb 1, w 3)
TOTAL: 283/1 (36.2 Over, Run Rate: 7.78)
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-10(WillYoung,1.1ov)
BOWLING: ChrisWoakes6-0-45-0,SamCurran6-2-47-1,
MarkWood5-0-55-0,MoeenAli9.2-0-60-0,
AdilRashid7-0-47-0,LiamLivingstone3-0-24-0
NEW ZEALAND WON BY 9 WICKETS
MATCH
NO. 1
HIGHEST-EVERPARTNERSHIPINWCRUN-CHASE
Only three
double-century
partnerships
have been recorded in
a World Cup run-chase.
The partnership between
Conway and Ravindra
became the latest addi-
tion. However, this is now
the only 250+ partnership
by a side fielding second
in a World Cup match.
Overall, Conway and Ra-
vindra stitched the fourth-
highest partnership in
World Cup history.
l TIME: 2:00 PM l MATCH NO: 2
l LIVE ON: STAR SPORTS AND DISNEY+ HOTSTAR
l VENUE: RAJIV GANDHI INTERNATIONAL STADIUM, HYD
VS
Pakistan
Netherlands
FK Zaman, Babar
Azam (C), Abdullah
Shafique, IU Haq, SH
Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed,
Mohammad Nawaz,
Mohammad Rizwan
(wk), S Afridi, Haris
Rauf, Hasan Ali
MP O’Dowd, W Barresi,
BFW de Leede, SA
Engelbrecht, Colin
Ackermann, Vikramjit
Singh, RE van der Merwe,
S Edwards (C), Logan van
Beek, AT Nidamanuru,
Shariz Ahmad

Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
CM Ashok Gehlot inau-
gurated and laid the foun-
dation stone of various
development works
worth Rs 1,155 crore and
stressed that ‘Our focus
is more on work than
marketing’. Gehlot has
targeted PM Modi and
said that he is the hero of
marketing and knows
how to do marketing.
“We know how to work
and are masters of it.
Less talk and more ac-
tion. It is a matter of joy
that he initiated the vi-
sion document in his ad-
dress on August 15 this
year. In such a short time,
people on a large scale
joined this campaign and
conveyed their thoughts
to the government.”
“During the program,
the Chief Minister re-
leased a compilation
book of award-winning
essays from across the
state. A short film based
on Mission 2030 was
screened in the pro-
gramme. The Chief Min-
ister flagged off 200 am-
bulances for different
areas of the state under
the Chiranjeevi Ambu-
lance Project. Gehlot
provided appointment
letters to 15,000 Grade
-III teachers and lectur-
ers. Besides, he also gave
away laptops to the win-
ning students at the
school level and prizes of
Rs 1 lakh each to the win-
ning students at the col-
lege level in the essay
and speech competitions
related to the vision doc-
ument. During this, Ra-
jasthan Compassionate
Appointment Manage-
ment System and Busi-
ness to Government Por-
tal were launched.
Planning Minister
Mamta Bhupesh said that
this document has been
prepared to ensure pro-
gress of the state in every
sector of Raj by 2030. CS
Usha Sharma said that
3.33 crore suggestions
were compiled for Vision
Document-2030.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur
A part of Rao Shekhaji
Railway Over Bridge
Jhotwara was inaugu-
rated by UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal virtu-
ally from his residence.
This longest railway
overbridge of Jaipur city
will cost Rs 167 crore.
So far, more than Rs 108
crore has been spent on
this project. Dhariwal
inaugurated the bridge
going from Niwaru T
Junction to Ambabadi.
Length of the bridge
which has been inaugu-
rated is 1540 metres.
Vehicular movement
started after the inaugu-
ration. The bridge will
ease traffic. MLANarpat
Singh Rajvi, JDA, JMC
Greater and traffic police
officials were present.
On the occasion, Dhari-
wal said that there were
many construction obsta-
cles in the way of this
project. JDA Commis-
sioner Jogaram also
thanked Dhariwal.
Mayank Jain
Kota
Keshavraipatan station in
Kota is set to undergo sig-
nificant improvements as
part of the Amrit Station
Scheme by the Indian
Railways.
The announcement
was made by LS Speaker
Om Birla during a special
event at Keshoraipatan
station. Speaker Birla,
who arrived at the station
on the Jhalawar-Ganga-
nagar train, was warmly
welcomed by station
workers and locals.
He also inaugurated
the train’s stoppage at
Keshoraipatan and later
flagged off the train to
Ganganagar.
Addressing the gath-
ered crowd, Birla empha-
sized the spiritual signifi-
cance of Keshavraipatan,
a place where people
from far and wide visit
the Keshoraipatan tem-
ple. He assured that spe-
cial attention would be
given to ensure conveni-
ence of travellers.
Aishwary Pradhan
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur
Modi laid the foundation
stone and dedicated to the
nationmultipleprojectsin
sectors like road, rail, avi-
ation, health and higher
education worth about Rs
5000 crores in Jodhpur,
Rajasthan on Thursday.
Addressing the gather-
ing, the PM said that Ra-
jasthan is a state where
the glory of ancient India
is visible in valour, pros-
perity and culture.
“It is important that Ra-
jasthan, which represents
India’s past glory should
represent India’s future as
well. This will happen
only when, from Mewar
to Marwar, the entire Ra-
jasthanscalesnewheights
of development and mod-
ern infrastructure is built
here,” he said.PM paid
homage to the land of
Veer Durgadas. Referring
totheinfrastructureworks
by the Centre, he said the
Jamnagar Expressway
passing through Bikaner
andBarmerandtheDelhi-
Mumbai Expressway are
examples of hi-tech infra-
structure in Rajasthan.
This year about Rs
9,500 cr budget has been
allocated for railways in
Raj which is a 14-fold
increase over average
budget of previous govts.
PM Narendra Modi virtually flags off the heritage train between Kamlighat to Marwar on Mavli-
Marwar metre gauge track under Ajmer division on Thursday from Jodhpur. Guv Kalraj Mishra,
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bhajan Lal Jatav and Kailash Choudhary also seen. HN SHRIMALI
On looking at valleys of Goram Ghat, MP Diya Kumari said that
the view is as serene as Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. “This
heritage train will introduce us to the glorious past of Rajasthan.
The train will boost tourism in Rajsamand district,” she said.
PM Narendra Modi and Vasundhara Raje in conversation during
the public meeting held in Jodhpur on Thursday.
PM Modi being felicitated by Rajendra Rathore with a handcrafted
stick and a handwoven shawl, as Vasundhara Raje looks on.
PM Narendra Modi being welcomed by Gaj Singh as Kalraj Mishra
and Bhajan Lal Jatav look on, at Jodhpur Airport on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathering during
the public meeting in Jodhpur on Thursday.
12
Self-knowledge is critical if you wish to be happy,
successful or even just live a simple balanced life,
the key is the self.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CMD Editor-in-Chief
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Postal Reg No. JPC/004/2022-24
RajasthandepictsIndia’spastglory,
shouldrepresentfutureaswell:PM
He also recalled the successful G20 meet in Jodhpur recently underlined attraction of Suncity
PM’s TOUR TO JODHPUR
A WARM WELCOME TO PM!
z PM Modi addressed
a public gathering at
Ravan Ka Chabutra
Maidan in Jodhpur on
Thursday. Earlier, he
had addressed here in
November 2018 and
2019. This is his 3rd
public meet in Jodhpur.
z On reaching the
airport, 15 party workers
welcomed him. A group
of 70 women workers
led Modi’s chariot from
the stage built for the
inauguration to that built
for public meeting.
z On reaching the
stage, Modi was wel-
comed with a colourful
turban.
z Party officials
present on the stage
welcomed him with a
51-kg garland.
z Former CM Vasund-
hara Raje and Union Jal
Shakti Minister GS Shek-
hawat sat near the PM.
THE LEADERS PRESENT
State BJP Presi-
dent CP Joshi, LoP
Rajendra Rathore,
Vasundhara Raje, GS
Shekhawat, Union Min
Kailash Choudhary, Vijaya
Rahatkar, Chandrashek-
har, Rajendra Gehlot, PP
Chaudhary, Narayan Lal
Panchariya, State General
Secretary Jagveer Chhaba,
State General Secretary
Bhajanlal Sharma, State
Minister Sawalaram De-
wasi and MLA Suryakanta
Vyas were present on the
occasion.
The ‘Moral uthority’ of Organization General
Secy BL Santosh is visible these days as
he has tied party divided into factions into
one thread. Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s visits
to Rajasthan also gave them a lot of strength. Now
BJP and Sangh Parivar, Vasundhara and GS all are
standing in a queue to get the public’s approval on
the lotus symbol in the upcoming assembly elections!
MORAL AUTHORITY OF BL SANTOSH
90%discounttowomeninroadwaysmonthlypass:CM
Launching of Rajasthan Vision-2030 Document
Vehicular movement started after inauguration of Rao Shekhaji
ROB bridge in Jaipur on Thursday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Om Birla inaugurates Jhalawar-Ganganagar train’s stoppage at
Keshoraipatan later flags it off to Ganganagar on Thursday.
Dhariwal inaugurates a
part of Rao Shekhaji ROB
Keshoraipatantobedeveloped
underAmritStnYojana:Birla
PM GIFTS MULTIPLE
DEVP PROJECTS
WORTH `5,000 CR
TO SUNCITIZENS
z PM Modi also flagged
off two new train ser-
vices in Rajasthan. These
included a new train - Ru-
nicha Express - connecting
Jaisalmer to Delhi and a
new heritage train con-
necting Marwar Junction
- Khambli Ghat.
z Projects for doubling the
145 km long ‘Degana-Rai
Ka Bagh’ rail line and the
58 km long ‘Degana-Kucha-
man City’ rail line.
z A 350 bedded ‘Trauma
Centre and Critical Care
Hospital Block at AIIMS in
Jodhpur and seven Critical
Care Blocks under Pradhan
Mantri -Ayushman Bharat
Health Infrastructure Mis-
sion to be developed across
Rajasthan.
z Foundation stone for the
development of the state-
of-the-art New Terminal
Building at Jodhpur Airport,
to be built at a total cost of
Rs 480 crore.
z PM dedicated the
Indian Institute of Technol-
ogy Jodhpur campus to
the nation. The state-of-
the-art campus has been
built at a cost of more than
Rs 1,135 crore.
z Prime Minister dedicated
a ‘central instrumentation
laboratory’, staff quarters,
and a ‘yoga sports sci-
ences building’. He laid
the foundation stone of
the Central Library, 600
capacity Hostel and a
dining facility for students
at the Central University of
Rajasthan.
z The road projects will be
built at a cumulative cost of
about Rs 1,475 crore.
PM Modi brings...
“Why should the
people of Raj suffer
the consequences of
this? This is not a
good thing in democ-
racy. Even after prom-
ising to give national
project status to
ERCP, PM Modi did
not implement it,” he
s a i d .
CM said that while
earlier the announce-
ment was forgotten
after the elections, but
when he became CM
for the first time, he
took the initiative.
“For the first time, I
kept a copy of the
manifesto in the Cab-
inet. I told the CS that
this is our manifesto.
Governance and deci-
sions will be taken ac-
cording to its written
words,” Ashok Ge-
hlot said, further add-
ing, “I was defamed
in Gujarat. When I
was in charge there,
they said that Ashok
Gehlot is not allowing
water to come to Gu-
jarat. Now you know
his speaking style.
Modi is the guru of
marketing. We believe
in talking less and do-
ing more. I regret say-
ing this that today the
Prime Minister said in
Jodhpurthatwhenpeo-
pleweredyinginJodh-
pur, where was the
Chief Minister? Don’t
knowwhobriefsthem?
FROM P1…
CM Ashok Gehlot flags off 100 First Response Vehicles from Chief
Minister’s Residence in Jaipur on Thursday.Dr BD Kalla, Pratap S
Khachariyawas,Rajiv Arora and others were present.
THE PROJECTS
INAUGURATED
z Psychological Coun-
seling Centre in MDM
Hospital Jodhpur
z 10 bed ICU and 10 bed
post-operative ward in
Medical College Dungarpur.
GOVT’S COMMITTMENT ENSURED JODH’S OVERALL DEVP: GEHLOT
CM Ashok Gehlot
said that State
Govt’s commitment
has ensured the all-round
development of Jodhpur.
Addressing the foundation
stone-inauguration ceremo-
ny of development projects
worth Rs 164.75 cr in Jodh-
pur via VC, he emphasized
the state government’s
unwavering commitment to
the comprehensive develop-
ment of the city. Gehlot
highlighted Jodhpur’s
remarkable progress, boast-
ing of the establishment of
world-class institutions such
as IIT, AIIMS. UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal praised the
unprecedented devp in state
under Gehlot’s leadership,
with Jodhpur’s devp projects
earning recognition far
and wide. Naresh Sharma
THESE FOUNDATION
STONES WERE LAID
z Medical College Rajsa-
mand, Pratapgarh and Jalore
z Nursing College Masuda,
Rawatbhata
z 100 bed cottage ward and
OT block in MDM Hospital
z Transfusion Medicine
Department and Mother and
Child Disease Centre in MG
Hospital, Jodhpur.
z 180 bed Girls hostel in
Dental College Jaipur.
CM Gehlot flagged off 100 First Response
Vehicles (FRVs) from CMR on Thursday.
These vehicles will be included in police fleet
of various dists. The vehicles have been equipped
with modern Mobile Data Terminal, camera etc. These
will be connected to ERS dial 112 in command control
centres their actual location can be tracked. All calls
made by people on dial 112 in case of emergency will
be sent to nearest FRV for quick aid.
CM FLAGS OFF 100 FIRST RESPONSE VEHICLES
FOR POLICE FLEET IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS
CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurates devp projects worth Rs 164.75 cr in
Jodhpur via VC from CMR in Jaipur on Thursday. Shanti Dhariwal
and others were present.

Glamour | Fashion | Bollywood | Hollywood | Lifestyle
VINOD KHANNA’S B’DAY ANNIVERSARY
inod Khanna, born on October 5
1946, was a legendary Bollywood
actor during the era of 1970s. His works
in various films depict what excellence
looks like. P15
V
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firstindia.co.in
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ashion aficionados,
hold your breath, as
Jaipur’s very own de-
sign virtuoso, Gazal
Mishra, took the inter-
nationalstagebystorm
at Fashion Scout, Lon-
don Fashion Week. This promising
designer, renowned for her exquisite
creations and innate talent, dazzled
the global fashion fraternity
with her upcoming col-
lection. But before the
grand unveiling, let’s
take a peek behind
the scenes to wit-
ness the meticu-
lous preparations
that pave the way
for a successful run-
way show.
For her London
Fashion Week
showcase, Gazal
Mishra left no
stone unturned. The journey began
with the careful selection of models
who graced the run-
way, infusing life into
her collection. These
auditions were not
mere casting calls;
they were a pivotal
partoftheentireshow.
Each model engaged
in various activities,
putting their best foot
forward to ensure a
mesmerizing display
of fashion.
Hair and makeup
play an integral role
in completing the su-
permodel’s look, and
Gazal Mishra took it a step further.
Exclusive touch-up art sessions
were organised, ensuring that every
model looked nothing less than re-
splendent. These behind-the-scenes
endeavors set a high benchmark and
reflect Gazal Mishra’s unique ap-
proach to fashion.
To choreograph her
collection, Gazal
Mishra enlisted the ex-
pertiseoftherenowned
Fashion Director, Ab-
himanyu Singh Tomar.
Excitement reverber-
ated in the air as Tomar
prepared to blend In-
dian influences with
Western beats to create
an ambiance that radi-
ates the essence of In-
dia on the London
stage. He aptly re-
marked, “One should
neverforgettheirroots;
it will elevate them. The Western
world appreciates authenticity and
uniqueness.”Addingtothegrandeur,
the collection was beautifully cap-
tured byYash Jangid, a talented pho-
tographer hailing from Jaipur.
CraftingLegacy
As ace designer Gazal Mishra set the London Fashion Week stage on fire,
her unwavering passion and attention to detail shine through. City First
highlights the unforgettable showcase of her creativity and artistry,
where fashion meets excellence on the global platform!
F
Mitali
Dusad
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@gmail.com
JAIPUR, FRIDAY | OCTOBER 6, 2023
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