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Aditi Nagar
nion Home
M i n i s t e r
Amit Shah,
the man who
has often been
called the
moder n-age
Chanakya, would be in
Pink City to chair a crucial
top-level meeting of North-
ern Zonal Council on inter-
nal security with the CMs
and lieutenant Governors
of eight states on Saturday
.
Shah is the chairman of
the Council. Apart from his
official assignment, Shah
will also get an opportunity
to give a clear message to
all the warring groups in
Rajasthan BJP to get unit-
ed to effectively face the
2023 challenge. He will
meet the state BJP leaders
at the headquarters here
for about 3 hours.
Shah, who has carved out
anicheforhimself inensur-
ing internal security and
stability in the country, is
expected to guide the north
zonal states to further im-
prove internal security
.
This meeting is consid-
ered very crucial for Ra-
jasthan as CM Ashok Ge-
hlot will host it and is
likely to have a long discus-
sion with Shah, on 7 prom-
inent issues including in-
ternational border with
Pakistan, power, coal sup-
ply, national project status
to the Eastern Rajasthan
Canal Project (ERCP),
Bhakra Beas Management
Board, reduction of spe-
cial excise duty on petrol
and diesel, and getting the
states’ share of GST com-
pensation.
The meeting will be
mainly focused on internal
security. Issues like cyber-
crime, inter-state and
cross-border drug trade
and creating a joint work-
force, developing a system
of mutual exchange of in-
formation, speeding up the
investigation of cases of
rape of women and chil-
dren will be discussed in
the meeting.
CMs/Lieutenant Gover-
nors of Rajasthan, Hary-
ana, Himachal Pradesh,
Punjab, Delhi, Chandigarh,
Jammu and Kashmir and
Ladakh will participate in
the meeting to be held from
10 am at hotel Rambagh
Palace.
The meeting is also con-
sidered important in the
backdrop of the brutal kill-
ing of Kanhaiya Lal in
Udaipur. The killers had
threatened PM Modi in a
video and agencies like
NIA and state ATS are
probing the terrorist con-
nections of the accused.
U
Gehlot to host his political
adversary in his home state!
Amit Shah
Jaipur
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Deeply saddened by the assassination
of former Prime Minister of Japan,
Mr. Shinzo Abe. India today has lost a
close friend who assiduously worked
towards strengthening the bilateral
relations between India and Japan,
during his tenure as Prime Minister.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Self-control is the
Mantra of Success.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
ZUBAIR GETS
INTERIM BAIL
BUT ‘FREEDOM’
FROM JAIL
ELUDES HIM
lt News co-founder
Mohammed Zubair
has been granted five
days’ interim bail by
the Supreme Court
in the case filed against him in
UP’s Sitapur district. Ironically,
the bail allows him no freedom
as he was in judicial custody in
another case registered by the
Delhi police. The Sitapur case
pertains to his tweet calling
three right-wing leaders “hate-
mongers”, while the Delhi case
was filed after he flagged Nupur
Sharma for her inappropriate
comment on the Prophet. Police
were, however, yet to reach
Sharma despite several FIRs
lodged against her in several
states. As Zubair remains in
custody the five-day interim bail
is only notional.
Arrest of journalists in India
drew criticism from Germany.
German Foreign Ministry said
in a statement that “journalists
should not be persecuted and
imprisoned for what they say
and write”. Although India re-
sponded by telling Germany to
avoid uninformed comments,
recent developments in the
country have been drawing ad-
verse comments from some na-
tions and watchdog bodies.
TOP TWEETS
A
he Legislative
Council or Vid-
han Parishad in
Uttar Pradesh
will not have a
Leader of Opposition as the
Samajwadi Party does not
have the required numbers
in the 100-member House. Its
strength has dwindled from
11 to nine which led to the
party losing the leadership
position. However, the party
has 111 MLAs and is the prin-
cipal opposition party in the
Lower House.
The other opposition par-
ties have nothing to boast
about either. The Bahujan
Samaj Party, Apna Dal, Ni-
shad Party & Jansatta Lok
Dal have one member each,
while the Congress has none
after the term of its MLC
Deepak Singh’s term ended
recently
. The Congress, inci-
dentally, also has no one to
head its state unit. The BJP’s
claim of making India ‘Con-
gress-mukt’ seems to have
begun from UP. All these
dwindling numbers in the
Legislative Council make it
virtually free of opposition
presence while the BJP en-
joys a sizeable majority with
73 seats. Not that it makes
any difference to legislative
functioning of the state as,
unlike the Rajya Sabha, Up-
per House in states are only
of token significance. The op-
position MLCs can send a
Bill to a Select Committee or
make other minor interven-
tions besides keeping an eye
on government’s hasty deci-
sions. It also serves as a park-
ing place for a politician who
fails to win an election but is
important for the party
.
As the Constitution gives it
limited powers, Legislative
Council’s relative insignifi-
cance is the reason why only
six states-UP, Andhra
Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka,
Maharashtra and Telangana-
have a Bicameral House.
FREE RUN FOR BJP
IN UP COUNCIL
The BJP’s claim of making
India ‘Congress-mukt’
seems to have begun from
UP. All these dwindling
numbers in Legislative
Council make it virtually
free of oppn presence,
while BJP enjoys a
sizeable majority with
73 seats.
T
RUSSIAN STRATEGIC
SECRET: KALININGRAD
hile browsing through the
recent international develop-
ment, as defence observer, I
chanced upon an interest-
ingly interposed region be-
tween Lithuania and Poland
belonging to Russia that is
often overlooked. Kalinin-
grad is actually a Russian
exclave that has had increas-
ing strategic importance
ever since Poland and the
Baltic States joined the Euro-
pean Union and North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization.
As per history, this region
was part of Germany until
the end of the second world
war, when it was conquered
by the Red Army in early
1945. Following WWII, Under
the provisions of Yalta con-
ference and then at the final
formal meeting of the big
three (Russia, the US and
Britain) at Potsdam confer-
ence, Kaliningrad was hon-
ourably given to the Soviet
Union.
With disintegration of
erstwhile USSR, the dynam-
ics changed when Poland en-
tered NATO in 1999 and the
Baltic States followed suit in
2004. Subsequently
, the Baltic
states and Poland all joined
European Union as well.
Leaving the oblast of Kalin-
ingrad completely surround-
ed by NATO members, trans-
forming the enclave into an
exclave. Now Russia was left
with no alternatives but to
strengthen the region into a
strongly defended military
zone and as a miniscule Rus-
sia within the NATO Europe
with state-of-the-art equip-
ment and nuclear weapons.
Beyond its value as a Rus-
sian fortress within ‘enemy’
territory, Kaliningrad holds
strategic and dominating
position along the Suwałki
Gap, a narrow and difficult-
to-defend strip of land that
is the only passage from Ka-
liningrad to Belarus, a Rus-
sian associate. The 65 kms
stretch of land also doubles
as the border between Po-
land and Lithuania and
therefore, crucial to Russia.
Should Russia dominate and
militarily take control the
Gap; it would separate the
Baltic States from rest of the
NATO allies.
This border of Poland and
Lithuania though formed
in1920, it had limited impor-
tance as during the Cold War,
Lithuania was part of the
Soviet Union and communist
Poland belonged to Warsaw
Pact alliance as well. But, in
recent times, NATO’s fears
about the Suwałki Gap esca-
lated after 2014, when Russia
annexed Crimea and started
the war in Donbas region.
Fears further got compound-
ed after Russia – Ukraine war
in February 2022. These wor-
ries prompted the NATO alli-
ance to increase its military
presence in the area, and an
arms race ensued ever since.
With the United States’
strong naval presence in the
waters around continental
Europe, the Russian Federa-
tion depends heavily on Ka-
liningrad to counter the
American military build-up.
Kaliningrad’s warm water
port allows Russia to quickly
engage and deter NATO na-
val operations at any time of
the year. Kaliningrad also
has the strategic location of
being on the Baltic Sea,
meaning thereby that, should
NATO forces go on the offen-
sive, Russia could mine the
small straits and seaworthy
passages effectively closing
off the corridor to the Baltic
Sea.
The Former Europe force
Commander, General Ben
Hodges acknowledged Rus-
sian advantage, saying that,
“Russia could take over the
Baltic states faster than we
would be able to defend
them.” And, as per informa-
tion available, with three di-
visions plus Army deployed
in the region Moscow has the
military strength to cut off
Baltics.
Today
, Kaliningrad carries
enormous implications for
Russia’s influence in Europe
and is crucial to Kremlin’s
foreign policy agenda. How-
ever, for the EU and NATO to
fight back against Russia’s
militarization of Kalinin-
grad, they should venture
into creating greater social
and cultural ties with its pop-
ulace. Inhabitants there hold
more euro-centric views and
in the past ten years there
have been social upheavals
for change to adopt demo-
cratic and free European life
style. In my opinion, the peo-
ple of Kaliningrad may be
less willing to go along with
every order that the Moscow
imposes on them.
Needless to say, that Kalin-
ingrad has the potential to be
a great threat to both NATO
and the EU, and it is impera-
tive that Western democra-
cies do not overlook the pow-
er this small territory holds.
With the rise of NATO in
Eastern Europe and distanc-
ing of EU from US and its
policies concerning Europe,
this small Russian oblast
will be at the forefront of
conflict over the years to
come. The war of Ukraine
resulting into likely power
crises in Europe and the on-
set of winters, the Putin fac-
tor becomes stronger and
may bring in a new align-
ment of EU with Russia to
safe guard its industries,
economy and defence as the
Russia shares the same land
mass as Europe. Germany,
France and a few more coun-
tries are already detesting
influence of US & UK as al-
ien players on European and
Eurasian landmass.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
W
Today, Kaliningrad carries
enormous implications for
Russia’s influence in
Europe and is crucial to
Kremlin’s foreign policy
agenda. However, for the
EU and NATO to fight back
against Russia’s
militarization of
Kaliningrad, they should
venture into creating
greater social and cultural
ties with its populace
Kaliningrad has the
potential to be a great
threat to both NATO
and the EU, and it is
imperative that Western
democracies do not
overlook the power
this small territory
holds. With the rise of
NATO in Eastern Europe,
this small Russian oblast
will be at the forefront
of conflict over the
years to come.
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker & Corporate Trainer

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New Delhi: A penalty of `51.72 crore and `10 crore has been
imposed against Amnesty India and its former head Aakar Patel
respectively for contravention of the foreign exchange law, the
Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Friday. P6
RUSSIA’S
FOREIGN MIN
WALKS OUT OF
G20 TALKS
Bali: Russia’s top diplomat stormed out of talks with G20
foreign ministers meeting in Indonesia on Friday as West-
ern powers criticised Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Washington and allies condemned Russia ahead of meet
before Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov faced criticism.
MARKETS
MAINTAIN
MOMENTUM
FOR 3RD DAY
Mumbai: The Sensex and Nifty marched higher for the
third session on the trot on Friday as investors continued
to accumulate banking, infrastructure and FMCG stocks
despite unabated selling by foreign funds. The Sensex
advanced 303.38 points to settle at 54,481.84.
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CRUCIAL READ
RELIEF TO TV ANCHOR
OVER RaGa FAKE NEWS
MURMU TO VISIT
JAIPUR ON JULY 13
INTERIM BAIL TO
ZUBAIR IN UP FIR
New Delhi: In a relief to
news anchor Rohit Ranjan,
the Supreme Court on Friday
restrained various state au-
thorities from taking coercive
steps against him to take him
in custody in connection with
multiple FIRs for playing a
doctored clip of Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi.
Jaipur: The visit of NDA
presidential nominee Drau-
padi Murmu to Jaipur has
been rescheduled to July 13.
Murmu will reach a hotel at 8
am on July 13 and will meet
BJP MPs and MLAs, accord-
ing to the party sources.
Earlier, she was scheduled to
come to Jaipur on July 12.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Friday granted
interim bail to Alt News
co-founder Mohd Zubair
in the case registered
against him in Sitapur in
UP and also issued notice
to the state police on his
plea challenging the Al-
lahabad High Court order.
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
SHAH TO MEET PARTY LEADERS ON
THE SIDELINES OF NZC MEET TODAY
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Though Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will be in Jaipur
on Saturday to chair an
important meeting of
the Northern Zonal
Council, his visit is po-
litically also important
as he will meet the BJP
leaders for three hours
to track the pulse of
the organization ahead
of party’s Mission
2023, on the sidelines
of the NZC meet.
TheNZCmeetingwill
be attended by the chief
ministers (CMs) and Lt
Governors of 8 states
including Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot.
The BJP leaders and
workers will give a
warm welcome to Shah
at the airport at 10.30
am. Shah had a pro-
gramme to come to Ra-
jasthan earlier also,
but he could not come.
The NZC meeting
will be mainly focused
on internal security
. Is-
sues like cybercrime,
inter-state and cross-
border drug trade and
creating a joint work-
force, Turn to P10
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
ED raids 17
locations linked
to J’khand CM
Soren’s aide
New Delhi (Agencies):
TheEnforcementDirec-
torate (ED) on Friday
carried out raids at 17
locations in Jharkhand
that were
linked to
P a n k a j
Mishra, a
close aide
of state
Chief Minister He-
mant Soren and MLA
representative for Sa-
hibganj constituency
.
Sources said the
raids, which were being
conducted in a fresh
case of money launder-
ing registered against
Mishra, were spread
across Sahibganj, Bar-
het and Rajmahal areas
of Jharkhand. “The ED
case is based on an FIR
registeredbyJharkhand
police against Mishra.
Investigations are on,”
an ED official said.
No one can take away
Sena’s ‘bow and arrow’
symbol, says Uddhav
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
posted for hearing on
July 11, a plea filed by
the Uddhav Thacker-
ay-led faction challeng-
ing Maharashtra Gov-
ernor Bhagat Singh
Koshiyari’s decision to
inviteEknathShindeto
form the government
and also the Speaker’s
election and floor test.
A bench of Justices
Indira Banerjee and JK
Maheshwari posted the
matter for Monday
,
along with other pend-
ing pleas. Mentioning
the matter for hearing,
senior advocate De-
vadatt Kamath said the
pleachallengesthedeci-
sion of appointing
Eknath Shinde as the
CM of Maharashtra
and asked that the fresh
plea be heard on July 11
when other matters are
coming up for hearing.
Thebenchthenordered
thelistingof thematter
before the appropriate
bench on July 11.
Meanwhile, Uddhav
saidthatthe‘bowandar-
row’ symbol will always
remain with Sena and
no one can take it away
.
Thackeray camp
files plea in SC
against Governor’s
decision to invite
Shinde to form govt
SHINZO ABE
ASSASSINATED
Nara (AP): Former Ja-
pan PM Shinzo Abe was
assassinated on Friday
onastreetinwesternJa-
pan by a gunman who
opened fire on him from
behind as he delivered a
campaign speech an at-
tackthatstunnedthena-
tion that has some of the
strictest gun control
laws anywhere.
67-year-old Abe, who
wasJapan’slongest-serv-
ing leader when he re-
signed in 2020, collapsed
bleeding and was airlift-
edtoahospital,although
hewasnotbreathingand
hishearthadstopped.He
was later pronounced
deadafterreceivingmas-
sive blood transfusions,
officials said.
Japan’s longest-serving leader shot dead during a speech
WHO IS ASSASSIN TETSUYA YAMAGAMI?
NATIONAL MOURNING IN INDIA TODAY: MODI
41-year-old assassin Tetsuya Yamagami was previously
in the Japanese navy. Yamagami was apprehended
by the security forces immediately and a gun was recovered
from the area.Yamagami reportely told investigators that he
was “dissatisfied” with Abe and intended to kill him.
India has announced one day of state mourning on July 9
as a mark of respect for former Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe who was shot on Friday while delivering a cam-
paign speech in Nara city in western Japan. PM Narendra
Modi expressed his shock over the tragic demise of Abe.
15 die, many missing in
Amarnath cloudburst
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
I am shocked and sad-
dened beyond words at the
tragic demise of one of my
dearest friends, Shinzo Abe.
He was a towering global
statesman, an outstanding
leader, and a remarkable
administrator. He dedicated
his life to make Japan and
the world a better place,”
PM Modi said in a tweet.
Amit Shah@AmitShah
NDRF, CRPF, BSF and local administration are
engaged in the rescue work. Saving people’s
lives is our priority. I wish all the devotees well.
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
Deeply saddened by the
demise of former PM of Ja-
pan, Shinzo Abe. His role in
strengthening the strategic
relationship between India
& Japan was commendable.
He leaves behind a lasting
legacy in the Indo-Pacific.
My condolences to his fam-
ily & to the people of Japan.
António Guterres
@antonioguterres
I’m deeply saddened by
the horrific killing of
Shinzo Abe, former Prime
Minister of Japan
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Pained to learn about the
assassination of the former
PM of Japan and India’s
valued friend, Mr Shinzo
Abe. His efforts in strength-
ening the India-Japan rela-
tionship will always be held
fondly in our memories.
My deepest condolences to
his family, followers & the
people of Japan
Tetsuya Yamagami (bottom) is detained near the site of
gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Friday.
In this image from a video, former Japan PM Shinzo Abe (C) is
attended on the ground in Nara, western Japan on Friday.
First India Bureau
Srinagar: Asmanyas15
people died and 40 were
reported missing in a
cloudburst incident that
happened near the holy
caveshrineof Amarnath
in south Kashmir Hima-
layas on Friday around
5.30 pm, officials said.
The gushing waters
hit the base camp out-
side the shrine, damag-
ing 25 tents and three
community kitchens
where the pilgrims are
served food, they said.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah has di-
rected Central forces
and Jammu and Kash-
mir administration to
ensure swift operations
to rescue people affect-
ed in the cloudburst.
In this incident, two
residents of Ra-
jasthan’s Srigangana-
gar have also been
killed and one person
is missing. Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla and
CM Ashok Gehlot
have expressed condo-
lences with the fami-
lies of the victims.
Administration trying to give safe passage to pilgrims after a
flash floods triggered by cloudburst near Amarnath Cave, in
Pahalgam on Friday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
His visit to BJP
headquarters is
considered
politically important
ahead of 2023 polls

RAJASTHAN
04
5 journos to be honoured on
July 10; CM, Guv to be part
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A programme
to honour veteran jour-
nalists will be held on
July 10 at Maharana
PratapAuditoriumfrom
11 am. On behalf of Ma-
hanagar Times family,
event is being convened
by Gopal Sharma where
5journalistswillbehon-
ored. Awardees include
Praveen C Chhabra, Vi-
jay Bhandari, Milap
Chand Dandiya, Sitar-
am Jhalani & late Shy-
am Acharya. Guv Kalraj
Mishra, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot,MinBDKalla&MP
Rajyavardhan Rathore
will be special guests,
said senior journalist
LL Sharma.
XUV OVERTURNS NEAR WTP
A Mahindra XUV car overturned as the driver lost control near World Trade Park. Mishap occurred
on the afternoon of July 8, none of the passengers hurt. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Northern Ring
Road Project to
complete in 18
months
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Work on north-
ern ring road project
will start by Oct this
year will complete
within 18 months.
NHAI will acquire 400
hectares of land for
project. Meeting
chaired by NHAI mem-
ber Alok was held on
Friday at the NHAI of-
fice for finalizing align-
ment, land acquisition,
tendering, other works.
It was also decided in
meeting to construct a
flyover or underpass at
VKI 14 number chau-
raha on Sikar road and
200 feet bypass chau-
raha due to heavy traf-
fic load there. Cement
concrete roads will
be constructed as per
requirement. JDA
Commissioner Ravi
Jain, NHAI regional of-
ficer Pavan Kumar,
project director Ajay
Arya, director engi-
neering Ashok Chaud-
hary were present.
MONSOON GAINS MOMENTUM
MONSOON GAINS MOMENTUM
E-Rickshaw loaded with passengers at Narayan Singh Circle
(inset) tourist bare-bodied rides scooter at Bhagwandas Road,
Jaipur. Raj recorded 26 percent more-than-normal rainfall at
the start of the monsoon season as rains lashed several parts
of the state with isolated places witnessing heavy showers,
officials said. Against a normal rainfall of 102.56 mm
between June 1 and July 8, the state recorded 129.83 mm of
rains, water resources department.
IAS Hrimohan
Meena vents
his pain on
social media
First India Bureau
Kota: IAS officer Hari-
mohan Meena has ex-
pressed his anguish on
social media after being
suddenly removed from
the post of Kota Collec-
tor. This post is now vi-
ral on social media.
Recently, UDH Min
Shanti Dhariwal took
information from Sec-
retary of Urban Devel-
opment Trust Rajesh
Joshi about a file. The
secretary told minister
that file is pending with
collector for a month.
Angry over this, min-
ister reprimanded sec-
retary
. In evening, Kota
Dist Collector Harimo-
han Meena was trans-
ferred to Jaipur. After
this, Meena shared this
post on social media. He
wrote, “Friends, after
working as Kota Collec-
tor for five and a half
months, I have come to
Jaipur. I became a vic-
tim of politics. The
Minister visited on
Sunday July 4. On the
delay in work, officials
of UIT shifted blame on
collector. If minister
had asked me, truth
would have come to
fore, but I am sad for the
damage done to the im-
age in this way
.”
BAIL REJECTED
IN RK CHAWLA
MURDER CASE
Jaipur: Raj HC has
rejected bail plea of
Karandeep Shyoran,
MD of E5 Construc-
tion company who
is accused in RK
Chawla murder case.
A single-judge bench
of justice Narendra
Singh Dhadha re-
jected bail plea. AAG
cum GA Ghanshyam
Singh Rathore argued
on behalf of state
government and ad-
vocate Mukul Rohtagi
appeared on behalf of
the accused. Chawla
was shot dead outside
the NHAI office on
August 26 last year.
Jaipur: A 17-year-old minor girl was allegedly molest-
ed by a low-floor bus driver in Amer area, police said
on Friday. Police informed the accused identified as
Sanjay Gurjar, a resident of Bharatpur, was arrested af-
ter an FIR was filed. “The victim was sexually abused
by low-floor bus driver Sanjay Gurjar for the last one
month. The victim travels from Sanganer to Kukas
in an AC low-floor bus to reach college,” police said.
“The girl narrated the incident to her family members,
following which, an FIR was filed against accused.
Accused was arrested on Thursday,” added police.
MINOR GIRL MOLESTED BY LOW-
FLOOR BUS DRIVER, ACCUSED HELD
NEWS DIGEST
DECKED UP GOATS TAKE OVER
MARKETS AHEAD OF EID-UL-ADHA
Goat-sellers in Ajmer. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
Jaipur: The festival of sacrifice in the way of
Allah, Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid) will be celebrated on
Sunday. Due to the festival, the market is hustled
in the city, especially the goat market (bakra
mandi). From the mandi, goats, rams, and lambs
have been sent to Dubai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai
and other cities for sale. It is estimated that
business of more than Rs 25-35 crores has been
done till now. Traders have also kept the unique
names of their goats. Goat-seller Javed, who
came from Beawar, has named two white goats
as Shahrukh and Aamir. Their price is stated to
be Rs 1.10 lakh each. Trader Raju has named his
white-pink goat as Yauman, priced at Rs 80,000.
Shree Cement’s goal is business
with social concern: Vinay Saxena
Mukesh Rajkumar
Beawar: Vinay Saxena,
Senior VP and Unit
Head Beawar Plant of
Shree Cement Limited,
said that company is
committed to social
causes. Goal is business
but with that social con-
cern is also paramount
for company. Saxena
was addressing Sneh
Milan program held
with media at Shree Ce-
ment Sports Club audi-
torium on Friday
.
He said during the ac-
tivities carried out
through CSR, special
care was taken that
help provided by com-
pany is fully utilized.
He said now is time to
do journalism choose
true correct news.
POSITIVE
NEWS BRINGS
HAPPINESS
Vinay Kumar Saxena
said that if a positive
news brings a sense of
happiness on some-
one’s face, then no
greater work can be
done than this. In the
end, Saxena appealed
to the media persons
present to be careful
in choosing the news.
Representatives of var-
ious newspapers and
electronic channels of
Beawar, Masuda and
Jaitaran were present.
Vinay Kumar Saxena, Vinay Kumar Dubey, Neeraj Sharma, Bharat
Sharma, and Vishal Jaiswal at the event.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Now different
areas, colonies and
roads across the capital
will bear signages that
shouldbeclearlyvisible
topeople.UDHMinister
Shanti Dhariwal has is-
sued instructions to
JDA Housing Board.
Many areas, colonies
and roads in Jaipur do
not have signage or if
there are, they are old
and obscure. This is
causing problems, es-
pecially the tourists.
Dhariwal has given
time until Dec 31 to 2
agencies to finish their
work and send report
on monthly basis.
Dhariwal has in-
structed the JDA to put
up signages of the out-
er areas, colonies and
roads of city boundary
Housing Board must
put up signages for ar-
eas developed by it. Be-
sides, signages should
be of a uniform design
and the work should be
completed this year.
On the other hand
traffic police have given
permission for traffic
diversion to facilitate
construction work of
underpassonB2bypass.
Theapprovalof thetraf-
fic police was necessary
for the excavation work
and the matter was
stuck for a long time.
Jaipur to have uniform signages
JDA IN ACTION
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA MUKESH KIRADOO
Justice Rastogi inaugurates
country’s Ist
VC centre in Jpr
Kamal Kant Vyas
Jaipur: The country’s
first video conferencing
center was inaugurated
in the Jaipur Session
Court premises on Fri-
day. Supreme Court
Judge Ajay Rastogi in-
augurated the video
conferencing center in
the presence of Justice
MM Srivastava.
The center has eleven
video conferencing and
consultation rooms. The
video-conferencingcent-
er has been constructed
onafinancialassistance
of R 30 lakhs provided
by senior advocate Sud-
hanshu Kasliwal.
Sources informed
that Advocates from
Jaipur will be able to
represent online in
any court through his
video conferencing
center. President of
The Bar Association
Jaipur Kamal Kishore
Sharma and General
Secretary Manoj Shar-
ma were also present
on the occasion.
Ajay Rastogi Sudhanshu
Kasliwal inaugurating the
centre. Also seen are Kishore
Sharma and Manoj Sharma.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Follow-up action, clean chit
cast shadow on DCO’s probe
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: After a gang
dealing in blood smug-
gled from Raj was bust-
ed in UP recently, fol-
low-up action in desert
state has raised eye-
brows on functioning
of drugs control organi-
sation (DCO) in Raj.
Eight blood banks al-
legedly on the radar of
UP special task force
which was looking into
case were raided ini-
tially but were prompt-
ly given a clean chit by
the DCO here.
Although DCO’s re-
port admitted that over
11,000 units of blood
was smuggled into UP
in past two years, the
director general, DCO,
who is supposed to be
aware of even inter-dis-
trict movement of blood
had no inkling about it.
To recall, on June 30,
UP STF had busted a
gang of seven members
who used to smuggle
human blood units do-
nated to charitable in-
stitutions in Rajasthan
and sell them through
blood banks in Luc-
know and other parts of
UP. A total of 302 units
of blood kept in ice bags
were also recovered
from their possession.
As soon as the infor-
mation was received,
DCO, swung into action
and raided blood banks
on the scanner of UP
STF. However, Raj drug
controller Ajay Phatak
said that according to
theguidelinesof NACO,
inter-state movement
of blood is permitted.
DCO’s report after
multiple raids revealed
that eight blood banks
allegedly sent over
11,000 units of blood to
UP in past 2 years. Of
these, according to DCO
report, 2,645 units of
blood was sent to UP.
REPORT
NEEDED FROM
UP DCO, NACO
Drug controller Ajay
Phatak said, “Pres-
ently, we have sought
reports from UP Drug
Control Organization
and NACO. Only after
analysing those re-
ports, we will be able
to know the exact de-
tails of the blood sent
from the blood banks
here to those in UP.”
Blood transfered from
Red Drop blood bank,
3,395 from Tulsi
blood bank, 526 from
Pink City blood bank,
1,104 from Gurukul
blood bank, 163 from
Mamta blood bank,
1,920 from Shek-
hawati blood bank
in Churu and 2,095
units of blood from
Humanity blood bank
in Sikar to UP.
INTER-STATE BLOOD BANK SCAM
—FILE
PHOTO

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First India Bureau
Ajmer: Ajmer police
and security agencies
are now probing the
Ajmer connection of
Kanhaiya Lal’s killers.
According to sources,
Khadim Gauhar Chish-
ti, who raised provoca-
tive slogans on stairs of
the Nizam Gate of
Ajmer Dargah, knew
Kanhaiya Lal’s killers,
Riyaz Gaus. There
was a conversation be-
tween the three and the
police are investigating
the matter. After this,
NIA can now interro-
gate in Ajmer too.
According to infor-
mation, on June 17, a
peace march was taken
out at the Nizam Gate,
where gauhar Chishti
addressed the people
during which he gave
inciting slogans. Chish-
ti then went to Udaipur
and met Gaus, Riyaz.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Troubles for
the director Leena
Manimekalai are brew-
ing with each passing
day as the ‘Kali’ poster
controversy is making
new headlines.
After Karni Sena,
now social worker Suraj
Soni has filed a report
in Jhotwara police sta-
tion. Soni says that his
religious sentiments
are constantly being
hurt. Film director Lee-
na, in the first docu-
mentary poster, showed
Maa Kali smoking a
cigarette and the very
next day tweeted an in-
decent photo of Lord
Shiva and Maa Parvati,
which is unacceptable.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Business Excel-
lence Award Ceremony
will be organised on
Saturday at Hotel Holi-
day Inn in the city. Or-
ganized by Global India
Business Forum, it will
have Governor Kalraj
Mishra as the chief
guest. Forum founder
Jitendra Joshi along
with ambassadors and
other representatives
of many countries will
be present. To attend
the scheduled event,
ambassadors from dif-
ferent countries have
reached the city. Costa
Rica Ambassador Clau-
dio Ensorena, Jamai-
can Ambassador Jason
Hall and Ambassador
of Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Roger Gopal have al-
ready arrived.
New Delhi (ANI): As
many as 27 of the 57
members elected to
the Rajya Sabha dur-
ing the recent biennial
polls on Friday took
oath owing allegiance
to the Constitution as
required to commence
their functioning as
members of the Coun-
cil of States. They took
oath in the presence of
Chairman M Venkai-
ah Naidu.
Rajya Sabha MP
from Rajasthan Mukul
Wasnik, Pramod Ti-
wari of Congress and
Ghanshyam Tiwari of
BJP were took oath on
Friday
. Randeep S Sur-
jewala will take oath
on 18 July
.
Of the 27 who took
oath on Firday as Ra-
jya Sabha MP, 18 are
members of BJP.
The remaining MPs
who didn’t take oath
today are likely to do
so on the first day of
the monsoon session
of Parliament.
Ajmer: Kanhaiya Lal
was murdered in
Udaipur only 10 days
after the meeting of
the Gaus, Riyaz and
Gauhar Chisti met,
sources informed .
According to sources,
both the killers were on
their way to Ajmer via
Rajsamand after killing
Tailor Kanhaiya. Both
were to meet Chishti but
the police caught them.
The killers of Kanhaiya
Lal were in touch with
Gauhar for a long time.
Jaipur: Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation Limited
(RAJSICO) Chairman Rajiv Arora had a courtesy call on
the Governor
of West Ben-
gal Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Fri-
day. West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar and
Rajiv Arora were
invited for Tea at
RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore’s residence. At this
meeting Dharmendra Rathore, Rajeev Arora and Jagdeep
Dhankhar held warm talks and posed for camera.
Ajmer: A local court have
extended the police re-
mand of history-sheeter
Khadim Salman Chishti
by two days on Friday.
Salman Chishti was
arrested on July 5 by
the Dargah Thana Police
in Ajmer for allegedly
making controversial
remarks against sus-
pended BJP spokes-
person Nupur Sharma.
The police had earlier
produced him before
magistrate on Friday.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: District Col-
lector Tara Chand Mee-
na on Friday conducted
a field visit in Udaipur
city to review arrange-
ments for the festival of
Eid. He directed offic-
ers of the civic body to
ensure cleanliness on
various roads. The col-
lector also asked the
police officers to make
arrangements of barri-
cading at sensitive plac-
es. Additional SP Chan-
drasheel Thakur
briefed the collector
about the police ar-
rangements. Municipal
corporation commis-
sioner Himmat Singh
Barhat, UIT secretary
Balmukund Asawa,
Smartcity CEO Pradeep
Sangawat were also pre-
sent during the visit.
RAJASTHAN
05
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A three-mem-
ber committee headed
by former District and
Sessions Judge Padam
Kumar Jain will con-
duct an inquiry against
Professor Jayant Singh
of Rajasthan Universi-
ty who is accused of giv-
ing fake details for a bill
to establish Gurukul
university
. The commit-
tee will give recommen-
dation for disciplinary
action.
Syndicate member
MLA Amin Kagzi and
Prof. Harsh Dwivedi
have also been made
members of the com-
mittee constituted by
the Rajasthan univer-
sity Vice Chancellor
Professor Rajeev Jain.
NIA, ATS TO PROBE AJMER
CONNECTION OF UDPR KILLERS
CHISTI MET KILLERS
10 DAYS AHEAD OF
MURDERING K LAL
‘A CUP OF TEA’ AT RTDC CHAIRMAN D
RATHORE’S HOME BY WB GUV DHANKHAR
Khadim Gauhar Chisti allegedly met the killers of Kanhaiya Lal 10 days before
the murder in Udaipur; he also raised inciting slogans at Nizam Gate stairs
Gauhar Chisti
Newly appointed SP Vikas Kumar talks to the public in Mallatalai area ahead of Eid-al-Adah on Friday.
The curfew relaxation prevails in Lake City. —PHOTO BY ANI
2-DAY MORE
REMAND OF
SALMAN CHISHTI
NEWS DIGEST
ELDERLY RECEIVES LIFE THREAT FOR
COMMENTING ON NUPUR SHARMA POST
COURT EMPLOYEE SENT TO TWO DAYS
POLICE REMAND BY JODHPUR COURT
Former judge Padam Kumar to
probe against Prof Jayant Singh
Udpr Collector takes stock ahead of Eid-al-Adha
Udaipur Police
@UdaipurPolice
Appeal to all Udaipur resi-
dents to refrain from posting
or sharing any comments
hurting religious sentiments
on Social Media. Udaipur
Police is keeping a constant
vigil on every platform and
strict legal action will be
taken against such persons
who may disturb peace.
Jhunjhunu: An elderly was allegedly threatened with dire
consequences after he commented on a social media post
supporting Nupur Sharma. Police informed that complain-
ant, Suresh Koolwal, a resident of Nawalgarh town, had
commented on a video post on Facebook supporting
Nupur Sharma. “The complainant also shared his mobile
number while commenting on the post. Since Wednesday,
he has been receiving threat calls,” police said.
Jodhpur: A local court has sent a court employee to two
days of police remand after he was arrested by police on
charges of threatening another court employee for sharing
a WhatsApp status supporting Nupur Sharma. Police in-
formed the accused has been identified as Mahendra Singh
Rajpurohit. “Mahendra Singh, who is a munshi in court
was arrested on Thursday from high court premises and
was produced before a local court on Friday,” police added.
17 NEW SMILES
In a first, Star Tortoise of Jaipur Zoo have given birth to
its 17 new off spings on Friday. A record so far.
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
GUV TALKS
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit met Governor Kalraj Mishra
at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on Friday. This was his courtesy call.
Mukul Wasnik taking oath in presence of Vice Prez VP Naidu
on Friday. (Inset) Ghanshyam Tiwari taking oath.
After Karni Sena, another social
worker files complaint over ‘Kali’
Ambassadors of
many countries
in Jaipur today
3 Raj Rajya Sabha
members take oath
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The OTS chau-
raha at JLN Marg will
soon become signal free
as a four-lane steel ca-
ble-stayed overbridge
and two clover leaf
bridges will be built by
Jaipur Development
Authority (JDA).
Sources informed
that a design is being
prepared and after the
completion,atenderfor
will be floated soon.
It is expected that the
work may start within
two to three months.
This will be the first
steel cable-stayed
bridge of Jaipur.
JDA commissioner
Ravi Jain said that due
to traffic jams at OTS
Chauraha, the intersec-
tion will be made signal
free. “It is difficult to
cross the intersection
evenaftertwogreensig-
nal,” he added.
Meanwhile, In a re-
lief to the construction
work at B2 bypass, the
traffic police have given
permission for traffic
diversion to facilitate
construction work of
underpass happeniong
at the B2 bypass.
The approval of the
traffic police was neces-
sary for the excavation
work and the matter
was stuck for a long
time.
Jpr to get steel cable bridge @ OTS
IN A FIRST
Suraj Soni giving complaint to SHO of Jhotwara on Friday.

INDIA
06
SATYENDAR
JAIN’S WIFE TO
BE GRILLED
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
has called Poonam Jain,
the wife of jailed Delhi
Health Minister Satyen-
dar Jain, for question-
ing next week. Jain, 57,
was arrested by the cen-
tral probe agency on
May 30 under the Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act (PMLA) over
alleged hawala transac-
tions with a Kolkata-
based firm in 2015-16. A
hawala system involves
two parties transacting
money with local
agents on their behalf
without the funds pass-
ing through formal
banking channels.
TRIPURA CM
TAKES OATH
AS MLA
Agartala: Tripura
Chief Minister Manik
Saha, who won the re-
cent by-election from
Town Bardowali con-
stituency, took oath as
the member of the
Tripura assembly on
Friday
. Tripura assem-
bly Speaker Ratan
Chakraborty adminis-
tered the oath of office
and secrecy to Saha.
The Chief Minister
tweeted, “Took oath as
a Member of Tripura
Legislative Assembly,
today
. With the help of
colleagues in the house
and under the leader-
ship of Hon’ble PM Shri
Narendra Modi Ji, we
will definitely take for-
ward the development
works of the state.”
TIMES’ TOP MGMT
QUIZZED BY ED IN
FEMA INQUIRY
New Delhi: Bennett
Coleman and Company
Limited (BCCL), one of
the country’s largest
media conglomerates
and publishers of the
Times of India Group
of publications, is un-
der the scrutiny of a
Central investigating
agency, sources said.
The sources have com-
firmed that top manag-
ers of the company
have faced rounds of
questioning by the En-
(ED) with the agency re-
cently sending formal
requests for corrobora-
tive information to off-
shore destinations.
EID: ASSAM BANS
ILLEGAL ANIMAL
SLAUGHTERING
Guwahati: The Assam
Home Department on
Friday in a notification
has directed the author-
ities to take steps to
prevent illegal killing
of animals including
cows on the occasion of
Eid. Joint Secretary
K.K. Sharma has writ-
ten a letter to all Depu-
ty Commissioners and
SPs of the state for tak-
ing measures to prevent
the illegal killing of
cows, calves, and other
animals during the up-
coming Eid.
BRIEF
in
in
Kochi (Agencies): The
consent for sex obtained
by a promise to marry
will amount to rape only
if the promise was given
in bad faith or was viti-
ated by fraud or was not
intended to be adhered
to at the time of making
it,theKeralaHighCourt
has clarified.
Issuing bail to a law-
yer who has been
booked on charges of
raping a woman lawyer
after promising to mar-
ry her and thereafter
backing out from the
promise, Justice Bechu
Kurian Thomas noted
that even if a sexual re-
lationship between two
willing partners did not
culminate in marriage,
it would not amount to
rape in the absence of
any factor that vitiated
the consent for sex.
The judge noted that
a subsequent refusal to
marry or a failure to
lead the relationship
into marriage were not
factors that were suffi-
cient to constitute rape
even if the partners had
indulged in a physical
relationship. “The sexu-
al relationship between
a man and a woman can
amount to rape only if
it is against her will or
without her consent or
when consent is ob-
tained by force or
fraud,” the court held.
‘Refusing to marry after sex isn’t rape’
KERALA HIGH COURT

‘Sexual
relationship can
amount to rape
only if it was
against her will
or without her
consent or when
consent was
obtained by
force or fraud’
Promoted by
Shree Cement Ltd.
ED slaps Amnesty India, ex-CEO
with over `61 cr in penalties
The development comes months after Aakar Patel was prevented from flying to the US
FEMA VIOLATION
Alt News’ Zubair to
stay in jail despite
top court bail order
The Supreme Court on
Friday gave bail for five
days to fact-checker Mo-
hammedZubairinacase
registered in Sitapur, Ut-
tar Pradesh, over calling
three Hindu right-wing
leaders “hatemongers”;
but he will remain in jail
fornowasthere’snobail
yet in a case in Delhi.
The Alt News co-
founder’s plea in the Su-
preme Court challenges
the Allahabad High
Court’s refusal to quash
the Sitapur FIR, which
says he hurt religious
sentiments with his
tweet. The bail today is
an interim order as the
court will now hear the
matter next week. It
came a day after a local
court in Sitapur denied
him bail and sent him to
police remand. A condi-
tionforthebailisthathe
cannot post any tweets.
The UP government
argued that he is being
taken to Bengaluru so
any bail should be given
onlyafterthat.Italsoun-
derlined that he is tech-
nically in judicial custo-
dy in a case in Delhi too.
But the Supreme Court
said, “We are dealing
with only the UP police
case. The matter be list-
edbeforetheappropriate
bench next week.”
Zubair being taken to court, in New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
All BJP MPs told to reach Delhi
2 days before Prez poll: Report
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP has asked all its
MPs to reach Delhi by
July 16 and stay here till
July 18 to ensure full at-
tendance of all the law-
makers for the presiden-
tial election, sources
said on Friday
.
In these two days, the
party will organise a
traininganddemonstra-
tion session on how to
castvoteinthepresiden-
tial elections, they said.
The BJP’s national
president J P Nadda
will host a dinner
meeting with all MPs
of the party on July 16,
sources said.
The BJP-led NDA
has nominated Drou-
padi Murmu as its
presidential candidate.
With the support of the
YSR Congress, BJD
and a few other parties
it is all likely that she
will get elected Presi-
dent of India.
Nadda to host a dinner meet with all MPs on July 16.
IN THE
COURTYARD
SC TO HEAR
SENA’S PLEA
AGAINST SHINDE
Mumbai: The top
court on Friday agreed
to hear on July 11 a
fresh plea by General
Secretary of Shiv Se-
na’s Uddhav Thackeray
faction, challenging
the governor’s action
of inviting Eknath
Shinde to be the Chief
Minister of Maharash-
tra. Sena advocate
said that they seek
listing of the fresh plea
along with other pend-
ing petitions which are
scheduled for hearing
on July 11.
DELHI COURT
TO HEAR
VIVO’S PLEA
New Delhi:
The Delhi High
Court on Friday
allowed the
urgent listing
of a plea by
Chinese smart-
phone maker
Vivo against the
freezing of its
bank accounts in
connection with
a money-laun-
dering probe by
the Enforcement
Directorate.
Jagan’s mother quits YSRC to help daughter
Hyderabad (Agen-
cies): In a dramatic
turn of events on the
first day of a mega
meeting of Andhra
Pradesh’s ruling YSR
Congress Party, its hon-
orary president YS Vi-
jayalakshmi, popularly
referred to as Vijayam-
ma, announced that she
was quitting her post.
Shesaidshewasgoing
to “stand with” the po-
litical campaign led by
herdaughterYSSharmi-
la in neighbouring Tel-
angana, whose party
shares frosty ties with
her brother’s outfit.
The announcement
came at the end of her
speech on Thursday at
the YSRCP plenary
.
“There was so much
speculation, rumour-
mongering and unnec-
essary controversy
about me standing with
mydaughterYSSharmi-
la who is fighting a soli-
tary battle in Telangana
to do her bit to realise
YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s
dreams for the people of
Telangana. So, I have de-
cided to quit the YSRCP
to put an end to the con-
troversy about differ-
ences within the family
or talk about conflict of
interest,” she said.
DENIES RIFT IN FAMILY
Vijayamma hugs son Jagan after announcing her decision.
Car washed away in
Nainital, nine killed
Nainital (PTI): Nine
tourists from Punjab
drowned on Friday
morning as a car fell
into the Dhela river
in Uttarakhand’s Ram-
nagar and was washed
away by its strong cur-
rent, news agency PTI
quoted the police as
saying.
While four bodies
havebeenrecovered,five
are still trapped in the
car, they added.
Of the nine who
passed away, four bod-
ies identified of which
3 are from Patiala and 1
from Sangrur, accord-
ing to Patiala DC Sak-
shi Sawhney.
The four deceased
have been identified as
Pawan Jacob of Bhim
Nagar, Kavita of Guru
Angad Dev Colony (Ra-
jpura) and Janvi alias
Sapna (village Inder-
pura) of Patiala dis-
trict and Amandeep
Singh of Challa Bhatti
Bhawanigarh (San-
grur), she added.
Illegal phone tapping: CBI books
ex-Mumbai top cop,NSE ex-CEO
The CBI has registered
an FIR against former
Mumbai Police Com-
missioner Sanjay Pan-
dey and former MD and
CEO of NSE Chitra
Ramkrishna for the al-
leged illegal phone tap-
ping of the stock mar-
ket employees by the
former’s Information
Technology company,
officials said on Friday
.
The CBI action comes
following a complaint
from the Union Home
Ministry
, they said.
In addition to Pandey
and Ramkrishna, who
is in judicial custody in
connection with NSE
co-location scam, the
CBI has also named an-
other former National
Stock Exchange (NSE)
CEO and MD Ravi
Narain in the case.
TheCBIisconducting
searches at 20 locations
in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai,
Pune, Kota, Lucknow,
Chandigarh and other
cities in connection
with the FIR against
Pandey
, officials said.
Sanjay Pandey Chitra Ramkrishna
Sacked Pb Health
Minister gets bail
in bribery case
Chandigarh (Agencies):
Sacked Punjab’s Health
Minister Vijay Singla
was granted bail on Fri-
day by the Punjab and
HaryanaHighCourtina
bribery case. The bench
of Justice Lisa Gill al-
lowed his bail plea.
Singla was accused of
demanding “one per
centcommission”inten-
ders and purchases by
his department.
In his bail petition,
Singla contended that
the “FIR was the out-
come of political rival-
ry” and wreaking
vengeance.”
30 Sena ex-corporators
join Shinde faction
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Shiv Sena suffered
another setback as at
least 30 ex-municipal
corporators joined
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde’s group, here
on Friday.
The move has come
as a jolt to the former
CM Uddhav Thackeray,
ahead of the upcoming
civic elections in Navi
Mumbai Municipal
Corporation and other
major cities in the
Mumbai Metropolitan
Region and the state.
The development
came a day after 67 ex-
corporators of Thane
Municipal Corporation
met Shinde — who was
also the Guardian Min-
ister of Thane in the
erstwhile MVA regime
— and pledged to work
together under his
leadership for the pro-
gress of the city ad-
joining Mumbai.
A penalty of Rs 51.72
crore and Rs 10 crore
has been imposed
against Amnesty India
and its former head
Aakar Patel respec-
tively for contraven-
tion of the foreign ex-
change law, the En-
(ED) said on Friday.
The adjudicating au-
thority of ED has adju-
dicated an SCN issued
to M/s Amnesty India
International Pvt. Ltd.
(AIIPL) and its CEO
Aakar Patel for contra-
vention of the provi-
sions of FEMA.
The federal agency
said it initiated action
against the two on the
basis of information
that Amnesty Interna-
tional, UK had been
remitting “huge
amount” of foreign
contribution through
its Indian entities
(non-FCRA compa-
nies) following FDI
route, in order to evade
Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act (FCRA)
to expand its NGO ac-
tivities in India.
This was despite de-
nial of prior registra-
tion or permissions to
Amnesty International
India Foundation Trust
(AIIFT) and other trusts
under FCRA by the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs, it said.
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate said the show
cause notice of penalty
was issued as the funds
received “violated”
Foreign Exchange
Management Act
(FEMA) provisions.
The show-cause no-
tice highlights Amnes-
ty International India
borrowed from over-
seas contributors be-
tween November 2013
and June 2018 but
claimed that as a re-
ceipt for business
consultancy and PR
services.
The development
comes months after Pa-
tel, based on a lookout
circular (LoC) issued
by the CBI, was pre-
vented from flying to
the US to deliver a se-
ries of lectures.
All contentions and submission from AIIPL
regarding the claim of the remittance towards
the export of services to Amnesty Interna-
tional have been dismissed, in the absence
of concrete evidence. —ED STATEMENT
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Bhopal (ANI): After a
college in Bhopal pe-
nalised students for
chanting religious
hymns inside the cam-
pus, Madhya Pradesh
Home Minister Narot-
tam Mishra on Friday
turned down the insti-
tution’s fine pressed
against the students
and said that if the
hymns are not chanted
in one’s own country
then where else. “No
fine will be imposed,
we’ve informed them
(college). If Hanuman
Chalisa is not chanted
in Hindustan, there
where?. We can make
students understand,”
said Mishra. Mishra
also ordered the au-
thorities to initiate a
probe into the matter.
“The issue is not
what’s being present-
ed. Other students had
complained due to the
noise after Hanuman
Chalisa was chanted
(by 7 students). I have
ordered the Collector
to probe it,” he added.
His remarks came in
wake of the imposition
of a fine of Rs 5000 on
seven students at VIT
Bhopal for chanting
Hanuman Chalisa in
campus.
‘No fine on students for reading Chalisa’
PROBE ORDERED AGAINST VIT
G-20 FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEET
Bali (ANI): External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar on Friday held
talks with US Secretary
of StateAntonyBlinken
focusing on a range of
challenges with “great-
er understanding and
openness”.
The talks took place
on the sidelines of the
G-20 foreign ministers’
meeting (FMM) in the
Indonesian city of Bali.
The Ukraine crisis is
believed to have figured
in the talks. S Jais-
hankar also held talks
with his Russian coun-
terpart Sergey Lavrov
in Bali. India has not yet
condemned the Russian
invasion of Ukraine
and it has been main-
taining that the crisis
must be resolved
through diplomacy and
dialogue. In the last few
months, India has also
increased the import of
discounted crude oil
from Russia notwith-
standing increasing dis-
quiet over it by several
Western powers.India’s
crude oil imports from
Russia have jumped
over 50 times since
April and now it makes
up for 10 per cent of all
crude bought from
overseas.
The G-20 is a leading
grouping that brings
together the world’s
major economies. Its
members account for
more than 80 per cent
of the global GDP, 75
per cent of global trade
and 60% of the popula-
tion of the planet.
Rameshwar Shar-
ma, BJP MLA from
Huzur constituency,
had also appealed
to Madhya Pradesh
Governor Mangubhai
Patel, Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chou-
han to come to the
rescue of the seven
students who were
fined for chanting
Hanuman Chalisa.
The incident hap-
pened after around 20
students of VIT recited
Hanuman Chalisa
inside the hostel.
NIA: Amravati Umesh killing was
carried out to terrorise people
Amravati (ANI): The
accused arrested in
connection with the
killing of Amravati
pharmacist Umesh
Kolhe were involved
in terrorist activities,
the NIA on Thursday
told a court here. The
special court for Na-
tional Investigation
Agency cases sent the
seven accused in NIA
custody till July 15 af-
ter hearing the argu-
ments.
Kolhe was killed in
eastern Maharashtra’s
Amravati on June 21,
allegedly for sharing a
post supporting sus-
pended BJP leader Nu-
pur Sharma whose re-
marks about Prophet
Mohammad had trig-
gered a huge contro-
versy. While the NIA
sought the accused’s
custody for 15 days,
special judge A K La-
hoti remanded them in
the custody of the fed-
eral probe agency till
July 15.
There was “incre-
mental substance”
against the accused to
show they were in-
volved in terrorist ac-
tivities, the NIA told
the court. The accused
had no personal enmi-
ty with Kolhe but their
intention was to ter-
rorize people, the pros-
ecution said.
Cong to hold Dhwaja
Satyagraha on July 30
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
gress will hold a Dhwa-
ja Satyagraha” on July
30 in protest against the
BJP’s alleged plans to
amend the National
Flag Code to permit the
manufacture and im-
port of polyester na-
tional flags, the party
said here on Friday
.
The INC supports the
Karnataka Khadi
Gramodyoga Samyukta
Sangha demand for
withdrawal of the deci-
sion to hold a Dhwaja
Satyagraha, it said.
“Tricolour (tiranga) is a
symbol of the nation’s
freedom and sovereign-
ty. Its khadi signifies
how the people of India
defeated the mighty
British Empire using
the simple charkha, a
symbol of self-suffi-
ciency, spiritual humil-
ity, national integrity,
social equality
.
HEAVY RAINS
Yellow alert in twelve
districts of Kerala
Kerala (ANI): With
the onset of torren-
tial monsoon in the
country, heavy rain
continues to lash
northern districts of
the Kerala state. A
yellow alert has been
sounded in all dis-
tricts of the State
except Thiruvanan-
thapuram and Kol-
lam on Friday.
The India Meteor-
ological Department
has predicted that
heavy rains with
thunderstorms may
lash the State for the
next four days. The
District Collectors
of Kannur and
Kasaragod have de-
clared all education-
al institutions, in-
cluding professional
colleges, to remain
closed on Friday, in
both districts.
The talks took place
on the sidelines of
the G-20 foreign
Ministers’ meeting
in the Indonesian
city of Bali
Bali (ANI): Russia’s top
diplomat stormed out of
talks with G20 foreign
ministers meeting in
Indonesia on Friday
as Western powers
criticised Moscow over
its invasion of Ukraine.
Washington and allies
condemned Russia’s
assault ahead of the
meeting before For-
eign Minister Sergei
Lavrov faced what
US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken called
a barrage of Western
criticism at the closed-
door talks. “What we’ve
heard today already is
a strong chorus from
around the world.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines
of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, in Bali on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MIN WALKS OUT OF G20 TALKS
FLIGHTS DIVERTED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Goa (PTI): Sev-
eral flights that were
scheduled to land at
Goa airport on Friday
have been diverted
due to bad weather
and poor visibility.Air
India Flight AI 146 from
London’s Heathrow
airport to Goa has been
diverted to Bengaluru
due to bad weather.
The flight was sched-
uled to arrive in Goa
at 3:20 am on Friday.
Besides, the departure
of a Goa-London flight
has also been post-
poned to tomorrow,
July 9. The schedule
of several other flights
which were expected
to land or take off from
Goa airport have also
been affected due to
the weather conditions
in the state.On Thurs-
day, the IMD issued
a red alert warning of
extremely heavy rainfall
in Goa over the next 24
hours and very heavy
showers till July 10.
MUMBAI RAINS: RED ALERT
FOR NEXT 24 HOURS
IMD PREDICTS HEAVY RAINS
IN HARYANA, CHANDIGARH
Mumbai (ANI): IMD
on Friday issued a red
alert in Mumbai from
1:00 pm till the next
24 hours. Several
parts of Maharashtra
have been witnessing
heavy rainfall over
the past few days
“Red alert in Mumbai
from 1 pm on Friday
till next 24 hours.
We request Mum-
baikars to plan their
travel and schedules
likewise,” IMD said.
“Fairly widespread/
widespread rainfall
and thunderstorm/
lightning with iso-
lated heavy rainfall
are very likely over
Odisha and other
states.
Punjab (ANI): The
India Meteorological
Department (IMD)
on Friday predicted
heavy rains in Pun-
jab, Haryana and
Chandigarh during
the next two days till
July 10. From July
8 to July 10, heavy
(64.5 to 114.5 mm)
to very heavy rainfall
(115.6 to 204.4 mm)
is expected to lash
Punjab, Haryana, and
Chandigarh accom-
panied by thunder-
storms and lightning.
Sitharaman among 27 newly
elected RS members take oath
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion ministers Nirmala
Sitharaman and Piyush
Goyal were among the
27 newly-elected mem-
bers of Rajya Sabha
who took oath as mem-
bers of the Council of
States on Friday
.The
members took the oath
owing allegiance to the
Constitution as re-
quired to commence
their functioning as
MPs, in the presence of
Chairman M Venkaiah
Naiduinthechamberof
Rajya Sabha.
The 27 members are
from 10 states and took
oath in nine languages
12 in Hindi, four in Eng-
lish, two each in San-
skrit,Kannada,Marathi
and Odia and one each
in Punjabi, Tamil and
Telugu. Four other
members of the total 57
newly-elected MPs had
taken oath recently
. Dur-
ing an interaction with
some leaders and mem-
bers of the House after
the oath taking ceremo-
ny, Naidu clarified that
those elected members
who are still to take oath
also can vote in the pres-
idential election on July
18. Naidu said the up-
coming monsoon sesh
will be conducted under
the Covid-19 protocol.
‘Reach out to potential
startups support them’
Transfer of 149
Bihar officers
cancelled
Patna (ANI): Bihar
Governor Phagu Chau-
han on Friday cancelled
the transfer and posting
of 149 officers of the
Land Reforms and Rev-
enue Departments, on
the recommendation of
the Chief Minister. CM
Nitish Kumar found
something fishy in the
transfer and posting of
149 circle officers, set-
tlement officers, and
consolidation officers
of these two depart-
ments, and recommend-
ed the cancellation.
First India Bureau
New Delhi : Union mi
Minister of State for Sci-
ence and Technology
Jitendra Singh on Fri-
day directed govt officials
and agencies to reach out
to potential startups and
offerthemsupport.
Addressing an event
organised at UP Mo-
radabad, Singh also
called for launching a
countrywide hunt for in-
novative young minds
and potential startups,
adding that these would
shape the country’s fu-
tureeconomy
.“Reachout
topotentialstartups,sup-
port them, and also offer
support to those who
themselves reach out to
us. This way
, we will not
miss out on many a de-
serving innovative
mindswhosestartupini-
tiatives may not have
taken off because of in-
adequate support or re-
sources,” he said.
PM MODI MEETS NEWLY
ELECTED RAJYA SABHA MPs
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Friday met
the newly elected BJP
Rajya Sabha members
at his official residence
here. It was learnt that
the Prime Minister ad-
vised the newly elected
Rajya Sabha Members
to regularly attend the
House proceedings,
and learn from seniors
Sources said that
the interaction lasted
nearly an hour.“The
Prime Minister met
newly elected Rajya
Sabha Members over
tea and talked about
their new role and
immense responsibility
coming with it,” sourc-
es said. “The Prime
Minister told them
that being members
of Upper House (of
the Parliament), huge
responsibility lies on
you. He advised them
to regularly attend
the House and come
prepared to attend the
proceedings,” a source
said.
S Jaishankar holds talks with US
Secretary of State in Indonesia
“Continued the
conversation with
@SecBlinken on
global and regional
issues, this time
at Bali #G20FMM.
Our relationship
today allows us to
approach a range
of challenges with
greater understand-
ing and openness,”
@ S Jaishankar
tweeted.
HIGHLIGHTS
RAMESHWAR SHARMA SAYS...
Sergei Lavrov
Narottam Mishra
BJP president JP Nadda and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jai Ram
Ramesh greet each other during the Oath taking ceremony, at
Parliament House, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
The administration of VIT-Bhopal in Sehore
had imposed a fine of `5,000 each on seven
students for reading Hanuman Chalisa.
The newly elected
members are Jairam
Ramesh, Vivek K
Tankha and Mukul
Wasnik (all of Cong),
Surendra Singh
Nagar, K Laxman,
Laxmikant Vajpayee,
Kalpana Saini (all
BJP), and Jayant
Chaudhary (RLD).

GoM on GST
levy on casinos
to meet on 12th
Group of Ministers on
casinos, online gam-
ing and horse racing
will meet on Tuesday
to finalise its report
on modalities taxing
these activities that
are akin to gambling.
The GST Council,
comprising the Centre
and state finance min-
isters, had referred
back the report to
the GoM for further
discussion and set a
deadline of July 15 for
the submission of the
final report. Address-
ing a conference
on GST, UP Finance
Minister Suresh Ku-
mar Khanna, who is a
member of the GoM,
said the panel will
meet on July 12.
NCL dispatch
3.8 LT coal to
power houses
CIL arm Northern
Coalfields Ltd (NCL)
dispatched 3.83
lakh tonne coal to
electricity generating
plants on Thursday,
the highest in a single
day, feeding the need
of power houses in
the wake of sharp
increase in the de-
mand for the dry fuel.
Overall, the company
dispatched 4.14 lakh
tonne of coal on
Thursday, the highest
ever dispatched in
2022-23, and also
the second-highest
since the company’s
inception. “Fuelling
the need of the
power sector... Amid
the steep rise of
coal demand, NCL
dispatched 3.83 lakh
tonne, the highest
amount of dry fuel
in a single day since
the inception of the
company,” NCL said
in a statement on
Friday (July 7, 2022).
Coal India Ltd (CIL),
which accounts for
over 80% of domestic
coal ouput, is one of
the major suppliers of
coal to power houses.
FinMin exempts
excise duty on
ATF purchases
Finance Ministry has
exempted domestic
airlines running inter-
national flights from
11% basic excise
duty on ATF or jet fuel
bought from oil mar-
keting companies.
In a notification, the
ministry said that ATF
supplied as fuel to
domestic carriers on
international routes
would continue to be
exempted from basic
excise duty from July
1. Confusion arose
on the leviability of
the excise duty on
domestic airlines for
their foreign flights
after the government
on July 1 slapped a
Rs 6 per litre special
additional excise duty
(SAED) or duty on the
export of jet fuel. Oil
companies were of
the view that with the
levy of export duty,
domestic carriers
would be liable to pay
11% basic excise duty
for the Aviation Tur-
bine Fuel (ATF) they
purchase for running
overseas flights.
ON STRONG SIP FLOWS
Equity MFs attract
`15,498-cr in June
New Delhi (PTI): In-
vestors continue to
back-up equity mutual
funds in June as such
schemes attracted a net
inflow of `15,498 crore
on strong flows from
systematic investment
plans despite volatility
in the stock market and
relentless selling by
Foreign Portfolio Inves-
tors (FPIs).
This also marked the
16th straight month of
positive inflow in equi-
ty schemes.
Inflows into equity
mutual funds in June
was lower compared to
the net inflow of `18,529
crore seen in May, data
from the Association of
Mutual Funds in India
showed on Friday
.
Kavitha Krishnan,
Senior Analyst - Man-
ager Research, Morn-
ingstar India, believes
that continuous FPIs
selling impacted the
magnitude of flows on
the back of concerns
over a global recession,
the upcoming US mid-
term elections, and
their focus on regulat-
ing inflation.
Equity schemes have
been witnessing net in-
flow since March 2021,
highlighting the posi-
tive sentiment among
investors.
Prior to this, such
schemes had consist-
ently witnessed out-
flows for eight months
from July 2020 to Febru-
ary 2021, losing `46,791
crore.
All the equity-orient-
ed categories received
net inflows in June with
the Flexi-cap Funds cat-
egory being the biggest
beneficiary with a net
inflow of `2,512 crore.
This was followed by
the multi-cap fund that
witnessed `2,130 crore
net infusion.
This positivity is in
spite of the capital mar-
kets regulator Sebi’s
ban on launch of new
mutual fund schemes
during the June quar-
ter.
Inflows through SIPs
were at `12,276 crore in
June as compared to
`12,286 crore in May
. Be-
sides, the number of
SIP accounts reached
an all-time high at 5.54
crore in June.
Apart from equity,
Gold ETFs experienced
a net inflow of `135
crore in the month un-
der review.
During the month,
index funds and other
ETFs combined re-
ceived net inflows of
`12,660 crore as passive-
ly managed funds have
gained prominence
amongst investors over
recent times, and they
have been actively add-
ing these funds in their
portfolio from a diversi-
fication perspective.
However, redemp-
tions from debt mutual
funds were at a higher
level, with a net outflow
of `92,247 crore in June,
as compared to a net
withdrawal of `32,722
crore in the preceding
month.Overall, the mu-
tual fund industry reg-
istered a net outflow of
`69,853 crore last
month, as compared to
a net pull out of `7,532
crore in May
.
The outflow pulled
down the average assets
under management
(AUM) of the industry
to `36.98 lakh crore at
the end of June, from
`37.37 lakh crore at
May-end.
New Delhi (PTI): Im-
pact investor British
International Invest-
ment (BII) will invest
`1,925 crore in Mahin-
dra Mahindra’s new
electric vehicle arm.
As per an agreement
between the two part-
ners, the new electric
vehicle company -- EV
Co, is envisaged to have
a total capital infusion
of around `8,000
crore/$1 billion be-
tween financial year
2024 and fiscal year
2027 for planned prod-
uct portfolio. MM and
BII will invest `1,925
crore each in EV Co,
which would focus on
four-wheel passenger
electric vehicles, as per
the pact. The Mumbai-
based automaker and
BII have executed a
binding agreement in
this regard. According
to the pact, BII will in-
vest up to `1,925 crore
in the form of compul-
sory convertible in-
struments at a valua-
tion of up to `70,070
crore, resulting in
2.75% to 4.76% owner-
ship in the EV Co,
MM said in a late
night regulatory filing
on Thursday
.
MM and BII will
work jointly to bring
other like-minded in-
vestors in the company
to match the funding
requirement in a
phased manner, it add-
ed.
“We are extremely
delighted to have BII as
a partner in our SUV
electric journey
. In BII,
we have found a like-
minded long-term part-
ner who is committed
to combating the cli-
mate emergency,”
MM MD CEO Anish
Shah said.
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COLLABORATION
lll
MM and BII
will invest
`1,925 crore
each in EV Co,
which would
focus on four-
wheel
passenger
electric vehicles,
as per the pact
ONGC,OIL winners of
OALP-VII bid round
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned ONGC,
OIL and GAIL
walked away with
most of the eight
blocks offered for ex-
ploration and pro-
duction of oil and
gas in the OALP 7th
bid round even as the
g o v e r n m e n t
launched the next
bidding round, ex-
pecting $600-700 mil-
lion investment in
the 10 areas on offer.
Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation
(ONGC) won three
blocks in the OALP-
VII round while Oil
India Ltd (OIL) won
two, according to in-
formation posted by
the DGH.
GAIL walked away
with one block in Ra-
jasthan while Sun
Petrochemicals Pvt
Ltd won the remain-
ing two blocks.
Separately, the oil
ministry said a new
policy for finding
and producing oil
and gas, called the
Hydrocarbon Explo-
ration and Licensing
Policy (HELP), was
promulgated on
March 30, 2016.
Since then, seven
bid rounds of the
Open Acreage Li-
censing Programme
(OALP) have been
concluded and 134 ex-
ploration and pro-
duction blocks
awarded. These
blocks cover 2,07,691
square kilometers of
area across 19 sedi-
mentary basins.
IREDA committed to increasing
participation of MSMEs in RE
IREDA on Friday said it
is committed to increas-
ing participation of
MSMEs in the green en-
ergy sector by offering
more loans, its Chair-
man and MD Pradip Ku-
mar Das said.
MoS for Finance
Bhagwat Karad lauded
the efforts of the IREDA
for the overall develop-
ment of the renewable
energy sector.
Das said while MS-
MEs only represent
1.86% of the company’s
total loan assets of
`33,884 crore (as of May
2022), the IREDA is at-
tempting to address the
issues of MSMEs in or-
der to increase their
participation in the RE
sector. He emphasised
that the target of 500
GW of RE capacity by
2030 cannot be achieved
without the considera-
ble participation of MS-
MEs, and therefore,
their efforts will be a
crucial driver of Aatm-
nirbhar Bharat.

z Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC)
won three blocks in the
OALP-VII round while
Oil India Ltd (OIL) won
two.

z GAIL walked away
with one block in
Rajasthan while Sun
Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd
won the remaining two
blocks.

z Seven bid rounds
of the OALP have
been concluded and
134 exploration and
production blocks
awarded.
Markets extend
rally to 3rd day
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices gained for
the third day running
on Friday, with the
Sensex climbing over
300 points amid mixed
global market trends.
The 30-share Bom-
bay Stock Exchange
(BSE) bench-
mark ad-
v a n c e d
303.38 points
or 0.56 per
cent to settle at
54,481.84.
The broader
NSE Nifty went
higherby87.70points
or 0.54 per cent to end at
16,220.60.
From the Sensex
pack, Larsen Toubro,
Power Grid, NTPC, ICI-
CI Bank, Axis Bank, Dr
Reddy’s Lab, Nestle,
Bharti Airtel, Infosys
and Hindustan Unile-
ver were the major
gainers.
Tata Steel, Maruti
Suzuki India, IndusInd
Bank, TCS and Asian
Paints were among the
laggards.
RUPEE FALLS 10
PAISE TO 79.23
AGAINST USD
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee declined by
10 paise to close at
79.23 against the
US dollar. At the
interbank foreign
exchange market,
the local currency
opened at 79.20
and finally ended
at 79.23, down 10
paise over its previ-
ous close of 79.13.
PanelonGSTAppellate
Tribunalformed
GST Council has set up
a Group of Ministers,
chaired by Haryana
Deputy CM Dushyant
Chautala, to suggest re-
quired changes in the
law for setting up the
GST Appellate Tribunal
(GSTAT).
The GST Council,
chaired by Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman and compris-
ing state ministers, had
last week decided to
constitute a Group of
Ministers (GoM) to ad-
dress various concerns
raised by states in rela-
tion to constitution of
the GSTAT.
As per the Terms of
Reference (ToR) of the
GoM, the panel would
recommend required
amendments in the GST
law to ensure that the
legal provisions main-
tain the right federal
balance and are in line
with the overall objec-
tive of uniform taxa-
tion within the country
.
The 6-member GoM
would also ensure that
the amendments are in
line with various court
judgements relating to
setting up the tribunal.
TCS Q1 NET PROFIT RISES
5.2% TO `9,478 CRORE
Mumbai (PTI): India’s
largest IT services firm
Tata Consultancy Ser-
vices (TCS) on Friday
reported a 5.2% year-
on-year rise in consoli-
dated net profit to `9,478
crore for the first quar-
ter ended June 30. The
consolidated revenue
from operations in-
creased 16.2% year-on-
year to `52,758 crore in
the first quarter of
FY23.
TCS CEO and Manag-
ing Director Rajesh
Gopinathan said: “We
are starting the new fis-
cal year on a strong
note, with all-round
growth and strong deal
wins across all our seg-
ments”.
TaMo global wholesales
up 48 per cent in Q1
New Delhi (PTI): Tata
Motors on Friday said
its global wholesales,
including that of Jag-
uar Land Rover, rose
48% to 3,16,443 units in
the first quarter of the
current fiscal. The auto
major had dispatched
2,14,250 units to dealers
in the April-June quar-
ter of 2021-22.Global
wholesales of all Tata
Motors’ commercial ve-
hicles and Tata Daewoo
range in the first quar-
ter stood at 1,03,529
units as compared with
52,470 units a year ago.
The company’s global
sales of all passenger
vehicles were at 2,12,914
units, up from 1,61,780
units in June quarter.
BIZ BUZZ
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NEWS
09
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Domestic gas
connections will be
made available from
more than 96 lakh pipe-
lines in the state in the
next eight years. For
this, a target of laying
37 thousand 824 inch km
of gas pipeline and es-
tablishment of 1187
CNG stations has been
set and 14 companies
have been authorized
for this.
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma took a meeting
in this regard and di-
rected that nodal offic-
ers should be appointed
in the departments con-
cerned for the smooth
and time-bound work of
laying gas pipelines in
the state.
First India Bureau
Alwar: A family in Bar-
dod village of Behror
attacked police on
Thursday night who
had gone to settle a dis-
pute after getting infor-
mation of a quarrel.
They tore the uniform
of ASI Surtaram, who
had gone to settle the
matter. A case has been
registered.
Police Station Officer
Virendra Pal said that
the victim Rajesh Ku-
mar Rana called up at
the police station that
Mahendra Saini threat-
ened to kill him. Soon,
Surtaram reached Ma-
hendra Saini’s house.
Saini’s father Mannar-
am, Mahendra Saini,
Padam Saini and their
wives attacked the po-
lice. They even hurled
stones and tore the
ASI’s uniform. The
probe is on and Man-
naram, his wife Kama-
la, Padam and his wife
Priyanka have been ar-
rested while search is
on to nab Mahendra.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The biggest
two-day state-level
training camp of Ra-
jasthan BJP leaders
will be held at Mount
Abu in Sirohi from
July 10 to 12. In this
camp, the national of-
ficebearersandleaders
of thepartywillimpart
training on the strate-
gy for victory in the
2023 assembly elec-
tions. BJP will soon
plan big agitations and
campaigns in Ra-
jasthan. BJP chief JP
Nadda will attend the
concluding session at
the camp on July 12. He
will address about 250
leaders across thestate.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: High Court
has rejected the sen-
tence suspension plea
of self-styled godman
Asaram. This was the
third consecutive sen-
tence suspension plea
of Asaram that was dis-
missed by court. The
Division bench of Jus-
tice Sandeep Mehta and
Justice Vineet Kumar
Mathur dismissed his
plea after hearing argu-
ments of the concerned
parties. Senior advocate
Devdutt Kamat argued
that Asaram is in jail
for 9 years and 7 months
and is suffering from
ailments and he should
be granted relief.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje on
Friday cornered the
state government for
limiting the reach of
the free sanitary pad
distribution scheme.
“This is a violation
of the rights of
daughters and wom-
en, against which
voice should be
raised. But alas the
Congress govern-
ment has done it for
the fulfillment of its
selfishness. By im-
posing various re-
strictions on this
scheme, its purpose
has been defeated.”
she tweeted.
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: A six-
year-old child playing
in the garden of the
house was attacked by
the dog. Hearing kid’s
scream, mother ran to
save him. She hit the
dog with stick, howev-
er, the dog did not leave
the child. Meanwhile,
one of the neighbours
came across and
smashed the dog’s
head with a stick, after
this the dog ran away
.
Usha Sharma has made it
very clear to officers that
no laxity in the security ar-
rangements to maintain
law and order on the occa-
sion of Eid will be tolerated.
Rajsamand: Three main accused who had attacked
a police constable during a protest in Rajsamand on
June 29, were detained from Gujarat.SP Rajsamand
Sudhir Chaudhary said a team of police led by Sub
Inspector Sanjay Gurjar was sent to Gujarat in search
of them where they were arrested.
—Ashish Choudhary
कारायालर नगरपाललका उदरपुरवाटी लिला झुंझुनूं (राि.)
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अलिशाषी अलिकारी
नगरपाललका उदरपुरवाटी
Accused who attacked police team at police station in Alwar.
Ensure timely laying of gas
pipelines in State: CS to officials
Policeteamondutytosettledispute
in Alwar attacked, ASI injured
High Court rejects
Asaram’s plea
on jail sentence
Raje corners govt
over sanitary pad
scheme limits
Child critical
after dog attack
in Jhunjhunu
MAINTAIN LAW
ORDER ON EID: CS
THREE HELD IN GUJARAT FOR ATTACK ON COP
ARUN SINGH TO
REACH TODAY
National General
Secretary and state
in-charge Arun Singh
will be on a three-day
visit to Rajasthan.
Arun Singh will reach
today and will go
straight to the BJP
headquarters. He will
then leave for Mount
Abu to attend the
training camp. He
would then leave from
Mount Abu to Udaipur
on July 11 and then
return to New Delhi
from there.
Nadda to attend last day of
3-day BJP training camp
Chief Secretary Usha Sharma holds meet with the officials.
Punit Chaturvedi
Dungarpur: The ACB
on Friday arrested Mi-
tarth Shrimali, manag-
er head office of the
Dungarpur Central Co-
Operative Bank and
clerk Vikas Gupta, who
has charge of branch
manager while they
were taking a bribe of
Rs 1.50 lakh from the
complainant.
DG ACB BL Soni said
that the accused were
demanding the bribe
from the complainant
who runs a unit Khajuri
Lamps. The cooperative
department had sanc-
tioned Rs 10 lakh in the
budget of 2015-16 for the
construction work. For
release of the pending
Rs 2 lakh, the accused
demanded the bribe.
The complaint was
verified under supervi-
sion of DIG ACB
Udaipur Rajendra Pras-
ad Gail and a trap was
laid on Friday and the
accused caught red-
handed.
Hanspal Yadav
Baran: The Kota
ACB team arrested
Housing Board po-
lice outpost in-
charge of Kotwali
police station area,
Ramdayal Madhu-
kar, for taking a
bribe of Rs 1 lakh in
BaranonFriday
.Un-
der the direction of
Kota ACB ASP Vijay
Swarnkar, Deputy
Superintendent of
Police Harsh Raj
Singh Khareda car-
ried out action. Ac-
cording to Khareda,
thecomplainanttold
SI Ramdayal Mad-
hukar on Thursday
that an unknown
personcalledhismi-
nor grandson to the
Telefactory Housing
Board police post
where he accused
his grandson of mo-
lesting and took out
the car keys and
gathered a crowd.
On this, SI Madhu-
kar demanded Rs 10
lakh in lieu of free-
ing my grandson.
ACB NABS2BANKOFFICIALSIN
DUNGARPURWITH`1.50LBRIBE
Baran cop arrested while
accepting `1 lakh bribe
Big traps in Raj: ACB recovers `1.25L from manager
Mitarth Shrimali, `25K from clerk Vikas Gupta
Accused bank officials Mitarth Shrimali and Vikas Gupta in ACB
custody in Dugarpur on Friday.
Ramdayal Madhukar
Suryaveer S Tanwar
Jaisalmer: Two la-
bourers were electro-
cuted at Adani Solar
Plant in Jaisalmer. Po-
lice said the victims,
identified as Dinesh
Kumar and Kaushal
Singh, sustained ma-
jor burn injuries in the
mishap.
“The victims along
with other labourers
were working at Adani
Solar Plant on Friday
when electric current
flowed into the ma-
chinery due to a tech-
nical fault, the police
said.
The electric current
ran into the machinery
following a short cir-
cuit,” police said.
“Both the victims sus-
tained 90 per cent burn
injuries and were im-
mediately taken to a
Jawahir hospital in
Jaisalmer. They were
later referred to Jodh-
pur for further treat-
ment,” police added.
2labourerselectrocuted
at Adani solar plant
The camp will be
held at Mount Abu
from July 10 to 12

A true leader pushes his team
to work beyond their potential,
individually and as a team.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
10
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Commis-
sioner of Rajasthan
Housing Board, Pawan
Arora on Friday, in-
formed that the Board
has extended the last
date of application for
its two multi-storey
housing schemes, NRI
Sky Park and State Ser-
vice Residency in
Pratap Nagar, Jaipur
from July 11 to August
1, 2022. With this, more
people will be able to ap-
ply for the schemes.
Arora informed that
166 flats of high income
group are to be built in
NRI Sky Park, a self-fi-
nanced registration
scheme for general pub-
lic. In the State Service
Residency Scheme 175
flats are to be construct-
ed for which serving of-
ficers of state level ser-
vices, Raj Bhavan (Raj),
Board, Corporation,
PSUs autonomous in-
stitutions, their retired
officers, serving re-
tired officers of Centre,
Corporations, Boards,
Public Enterprises,
Banks, Railways (All
India Services, Central
Civil Services) Central
Armed Police Force are
eligible to apply
.
RHBextendsapplicationdatesfor2schemes
COURTESY MEET!
Jagdeesh Chandra called on Anurag Singh Thakur Union Minister for Information Broadcasting and Youth Affairs
Sports, at the latter’s office in New Delhi on Friday morning, during a courtesy meet. Aditi Nagar, Editor First India News and
Delhi Bureau Chief was also present.
Jagdeesh Chandra extends a floral greeting to Anurag Thakur. Anurag Thakur and Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation.
Culprits should get
death penalty: Pilot
Sachin Pilot consoles the bereaved family of Late Kanhaiyalal at
his residence in Udaipur on Friday.
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: LoP GC Ka-
taria former Dy CM
Sachin Pilot attended
the ritual of tying the
turban to Kanhaiya
Lal’s sons on Friday
.
“Through this mas-
sacre, the accused have
tried to give message of
savagery and to create
panic and fear. No soci-
ety no state can toler-
ate this. The trial
should be held at the
earliest and the guilty
should be punished
through special court
should get death penal-
ty
. We will do our best to
ensure that justice isn’t
delayed,” said Pilot.
While consoling
Kanhaiyalal’s family
, he
said that all police ar-
rangements have been
made even then if the
family feels threatened,
then it is the adminis-
tration’s duty to keep
them safe in future.
Pilot during his visit,
also met Girija Vyas
discussed political is-
sues at length.
Farmers express
gratitude to Birla
for compensation
Om Birla with farmers, who called upon LS Speaker at his Camp
Office in Kota on Friday to express gratitude for compensation
they received for fruit trees cut during constructing a NH.
First India Bureau
Kota: The farmers
thanked LSSpeakerOm
Birla for releasing the
compensation for the
fruittreescutduringthe
construction of the Dar-
ra-Jhalawar National
Highway
. The farmers
said that it was only be-
cause of Speaker Birla
thattheygotthecompen-
sation, said BJP Kisan
Morcha’s District Rural
President Yogendra
Nandwana Alku.
There was anger
among the farmers on
not getting compensa-
tion after which Birla
called senior officials of
the National Highway
Authority from Delhi to
Kota and held a meeting
withthefarmers.Follow-
ing the instructions of
Birla, a committee was
formed to release the
compensation to the
farmers. The elated
farmers reached the Lok
Sabha Camp office on
Friday and thanked Bir-
la. Birla assured the
farmers that he would
stand by them in every
difficulty
.
Birla listened to the
problems of people of
Kota-Bundi constituen-
cies and instructed the
officials to resolve
them. People from ru-
ral areas demanded for
construction of roads,
drinking water and
community building.
From Pg1...
Developing a system
of mutual exchange of
information, speeding
up the probe of cases
of rape of women
children will be dis-
cussed in the meeting.
The Union Home Min-
ister is the Chairman
of the Council.
CMs/LGs of Ra-
jasthan, Haryana,
Himachal, Punjab,
Delhi, Chandigarh,
JK, Ladakh will par-
ticipate in meeting.
The meeting is consid-
ered crucial for Ra-
jasthan as Shah and
CM Ashok Gehlot will
discuss several issues.
CM Gehlot is likely
to raise issues related
to power, coal supply
and mining with the
Union Home Minister.
Heisalsolikelytoraise
thedemandof national
project status to the
Eastern Rajasthan Ca-
nal Project (ERCP)
from the Centre in or-
der to solve the water
problem of 13 districts.
BJP’sstatepresident
Satish Poonia said that
Shah is coming for an
administrative event
and would come for tea
with the leaders at the
partyoffice.Thereisno
special meeting and
will formally talk with
the party leaders.
Political circles are,
however, abuzz after
the changes in Maha-
rashtra. There will be
more brainstorming
on the internal situa-
tion of BJP. Shah’s
first goal is to correct
own clan before the
Assembly elections.
Shah to fix own clan before Assembly polls
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved Rs
15 crore for upgrada-
tion development
works of Bikaner
House in New Delhi
with which, work of a
new art gallery, amphi-
theatre and staff quar-
ters will be started. As
per the Bikaner House
Re-development Plan,
facilities will be ex-
panded by preserving
the existing premises
built in distinctive Ra-
jasthani style. The com-
plex will be developed
as a world class 'Art and
Culture Centre.' A per-
manent craft market
will also be set up at the
new premises, where
Rajasthani craftsmen
will sell their products
to take state’s art, cul-
ture handicraft to
the world, said an offi-
cial release.
CM approves `15
cr for upgradation
of Bikaner House
` 16.50 CR FOR
SPORTS STADIUMS
CM Gehlot has approved
Rs 16.50 crore to set up
Sports Stadiums at 11
places with an amount
of Rs 1.5 cr for each of
these places.
RSS to hold press conf today to
brief about meet’s discussions
Dimple Sharma
Jhunjhunu: Discus-
sions on the figures of
Shiksha Varg were held
on the second day of all
India meeting of RSS
which started here on
Thursday in the pres-
ence of RSS Chief Mo-
han Bhagwat.
Prant Pracharak
and Sah Prant Pracha-
rak from 45 Prants of
the RSS across the
country are taking
part in the
meeting. They shared
their experience in the
meeting being held at
Khemi Shakti Mandir
premises.
The RSS will hold a
press conference on Sat-
urday to brief about the
decisions taken in the
meeting. Details about
the issues which were
discussed in meeting
will also be shared.
The meeting will for-
mally end at 6 pm today
.
No proposal will be pass
ed in the meeting, sourc-
es said. Mohan Bhagwat
will leave for Jaipur by
roadonJuly10.Later,he
will leave for New
Delhi.
Mohan Bhagwat
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The 30th meet-
ing of the Northern
Zonal Council will be
held today at the Hotel
Rambagh Palace under
the chairmanship of
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah. The meet-
ing is being held in
Jaipur after 25 years.
The meeting will be at-
tended by the CMs and
Lt Governors of 8 states
including Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot.
For the representa-
tives coming to join the
Northern Zonal Coun-
cil, arrangements have
been made to stay at 3
places. For this, 60 RAS
have been deputed for
the protocol duty. It is
also proposed that din-
ner will be hosted for
the guests on behalf of
the Chief Secretary
.
NZCMEETINJAIPURAFTER25YRS
l The 30th meeting of the Council at Hotel Rambagh Palace will be chaired by Union Min Amit Shah
l CM Ashok Gehlot along with the CMs Lt Governors of 8 states will attend the significant meeting
A Hoarding to extend a warm
welcome to Amit Shah has been
placed outside the Hotel Rambagh
Palace ahead of Shah’s visit to
Jaipur today. (Inset) A view of
BJP Office in Jaipur all decked up
for Shah’s visit.
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

z Rajasthan being a
member of the Bhakra
Beas Management Board
and state’s share in water.

z Proposed amend-
ments to include
members with technical
competence in the Board.

z Expediting investiga-
tion in cases of rape of
women children.

z Speedy disposal of
POSCO cases in the
courts.

z Ensure maximum use
of DBT in social security
schemes.

z Setting criteria for
road construction in rural
areas to a population of
250 instead of 500.

z Prevention of stubble
burning.
ISSUES TO BE
TAKEN UP:
DOCTORS
ON DUTY UPSET
NO CULTURAL
PROGRAMME
About 2 dozen doctors
on duty at the Airport for
the 3 -day long Northern
Zonal Council meeting
were upset on Friday.
Doctors of the super spe-
cialist category are also
on duty at the Arrival Gate
at the Airport. Dr Poonam
Singodia complained
that they were on duty
since 8 am but there was
neither drinking water nor
washroom facility for them
at the Airport.
In wake of national
mourning due to the
death of former Japan
PM Shinzo Abe, the
guests will not be ac-
corded formal welcome
and there will be no
cultural programmes at
the NCZ meeting.

z Amit Shah to inaugurate
meet with lamp lighting
at 11 am.

z CM Ashok Gehlot to
deliver welcome address
at 11.05 am, which will
be followed by address
by other guests during
the meeting.

z Amit Shah's opening
remarks from 11.51 to
11.55 am

z Item wise discussion on
agenda from 11:55 to
1:40 am.

z Presentation of the
Secretary, Inter-State
Council Secretariat

z Union Home Minister
Amit Shah to deliver
concluding address at
1:40 pm.

z After that, Chief Sec-
retary Usha Sharma to
deliver vote of thanks.
THE ITINERARY OF DAY ONE AT MEETING
Jaipur: Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia faced an awk-
ward situation at Jaipur airport, where he had to wait in the
porch for a vehicle to pick him up for 3 minutes and when
the vehicle came, its driver disappeared for two minutes.
Sisodia reached Jaipur on Friday evening by a SpiceJet flight
to attend the meeting of the NZC to be held today. Sensing
Sisodia's discomfort, a worker of his party offered to drop
him to the hotel in his car. On the other hand, Himachal CM
Jai Ram Thakur others arrived in Jaipur.
AWKWARD MOMENT FOR MANISH
SISODIA AT JAIPUR AIRPORT
CM Ashok Gehlot

eauty is when
you appreciate
not only your-
self but also
e v e r y t h i n g
around you.
When you are
compassionate to-
wards every-
thing that’s
when you’re
m o s t
beautiful. City First
spoke to one such mag-
netic soul Kritika
Swarnkar who be-
lieves that confidence
is the expression of
beauty. Here are some
excerpts of that tete-a-
tete.
Describe yourself for
us. What would you
say are some vital
skills to make it in the
modelling world?
My name is Kritika
Swarnkar and I am
from Udaipur. I believe
in learning about new
concepts to keep on im-
proving in my life. I am
a very ambitious and
hardworking per-
son. Fashion
sense, confi-
dence and
brain are essen-
tial to make it in
the modelling
world in my opinion.
This industry is all
about expression
and I know how
to express my-
self.
If you could go
in future and
tell yourself one thing
about your career what
would it be?
It is important to learn
from mistakes. It is
even more important to
avoid repeating them.
Although one learns
from mistakes however
there has to be a limit
to committing mis-
takes. Otherwise, it
hampers the growth
massively.
What inspired you to
become a supermodel?
I am grateful to my
mentor Gaurav Gaur
for always supporting
me in this journey.
Apart from this, my in-
clination toward the
fashion industry moti-
vated me to proceed in
this direction. Over
time I developed an el-
egant fashion sense and
style. I am also very
particular about my fit-
ness. So, I follow a dis-
ciplined workout sched-
ule. I also focused on
personality develop-
ment and soft skills
which form an integral
part of this journey.
What was the biggest
rookie mistake you
made?
Initially, I did not know
much about the fashion
world as a newcomer. I
tried doing things on
my own but failed. It
was natural as this pro-
fession requires proper
guidance. However, I
am happy that my mis-
takes taught me a lot.
What has been the
most memorable or
rewarding moment
in your career?
Every time I achieve
something becomes a
moment worth remem-
bering for me. I strive
to perform better with
each passing day which
itself is a very reward-
ing moment.
THE SPECTACULAR DIVA KRITIKA SWARNKAR FROM UDAIPUR SPOKE TO
CITY FIRST ABOUT HER JOURNEY AS A MODEL. SHE ALSO SHARED HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO STAY DISCIPLINED IN THE MODELLING WORLD!
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Captivating Kritika:
ANATTRACTIVE
BEAUTY

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