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JAIPUR l WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 65
INDIAN STUDENTS WILL RETURN ‘SOON’: CHINA
Beijing: China has said it has started the process for the return of
Indian students stuck back home due to COVID-19 visa
restrictions here and the first batch may arrive soon, raising
hopes for thousands of students waiting to re-join their colleges.
FBI AGENTS
RAID TRUMP’S
MAR-A-LAGO
FLORIDA ESTATE
Washington: The FBI raided Donald Trump’s private
estate in Florida to probe into the handling of presi-
dential documents, including classified materials,
triggering an angry outburst from Trump who called
it an attempt to block his 2024 White House bid.
SL TO PROMOTE
RAMAYANA
TRAIL FOR
INDIANS
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed tourism brand
Ambassador and cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya has
said his country will concentrate on promoting the
Ramayana trail to Indian tourists, as the crisis-hit island
nation seeks to boost tourism for economic recovery.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
Different tales of 2 States
Nitish Kumar splits with ally BJP again,
stakes claim as Grand Alliance Govt CM
20-member cabinet in
Maha has no woman;
Oppn,activists rap govt
Amit Shah pitches
for more reforms
in co-op societies
New Delhi (PTI): Home
and Cooperation Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Tues-
daypitchedforreformsin
cooperativesocieties,say-
ing the same person can-
not be elected year after
yearandtheelectionpro-
cess has to become more
transparent. Shah was
addressinganeventhere
after the online launch
of the onboarding of co-
operativesonthegovern-
ment’s e-marketplace
(GeM) platform. He
stressed the need to ex-
pand and modernise the
cooperativesector,which
he said, has been a “ne-
glected” sector.
“There is a need to
bring changes in the co-
operative sector at a
fast pace,” Shah said,
adding, “We will have to
change, else people will
change us.”
He emphasised bring-
ing transparency in all
spheres of the coopera-
tive sector, particularly
in three areas, includ-
ing the election proces.
More on P5
Patna (PTI): In a day of
fast-moving political de-
velopments, Bihar’s
mercurial leader Nitish
Kumar twice met Gov-
ernor Phagu Chauhan,
first to hand in his res-
ignation as NDA chief
minister and then after
being elected leader of
the RJD-led ‘Mahagath-
bandhan’ to stake claim
for the top job in the
state once again.
His move which was
a reversal of what hap-
pened in 2017 when he
left the Mahagathband-
han to rejoin the NDA,
left ally BJP out in the
cold for second time.
After meeting Chau-
han, Kumar went to the
residenceof ex-CMRabri
Devi to confabulate with
RJD leader Tejashwi Ya-
dav. Later, he called on
the governor again to
stake claim to form the
govtaftergettingthesup-
port of Mahagathband-
han constituents.
Yogesh Sharma
Banswara: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot, on
Tuesday, inaugurated
and laid the foundation
stone of various works
worth Rs 399 crore at
Mangarh and Sangdun-
gri in Banswara on the
occasion of World Trib-
al Day
. Congratulating
the people on World
Tribal Day
, he said that
this day provides us an
opportunity to contem-
plate and contemplate
to solve the difficulties
and problems of the
tribals. Keeping in
mind its importance,
the state government
has declared this day as
apublicholiday
,hesaid.
Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot paying tribute to Govind Guru at Mangarh
Dham in Banswara on Tuesday. Ajay Maken, Govind Singh
Dotasra and Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya accompanied him.
State government committed for all
round upliftment of tribals: Gehlot
STATE LEVEL WORLD TRIBAL DAY
CELEBRATION AT MANGARH DHAM
CM inaugurates and lays
foundation stone of works worth
`399 crore for tribal area welfare
Announces capacity
expansion of Bagidaura
and Anandpuri hospitals
Bridge to be built
in Sangdungri at a
cost of `42 crore
Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Tej
Pratap (R), in Patna, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari congratulates Sudhir
Mungantiwar after he was sworn-in as a minister, in Mumbai, on
Tuesday. CM Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis also seen.
JDU-BJP ALLIANCE
WAS NEFARIOUS:
ASHOK GEHLOT
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot on
Tuesday said the alliance
between the JDU and the
Bharatiya Janata Party in Bi-
har was “nefarious”, which
was bound to break. Janata
Dal (United) leader Nitish
Kumar on Tuesday resigned
from the post of the chief
minister of the National
Democratic Alliance (NDA)
government in Bihar.
“This nefarious alliance
formed to form the govern-
ment in Bihar by strangling
democracy was bound to
break. Turn to P8
Mumbai (PTI): Maha-
rashtra CM Eknath
Shinde on Tuesday ex-
panded his two-member
ministry 41 days after
taking oath as the CM
by inducting 18 minis-
ters, nine each from his
rebel Shiv Sena group
and the BJP.
The list doesn’t in-
clude women, a move
being panned by politi-
cians and women’s
rights activists.
With no representa-
tion for women in the
Shinde cabinet, NCP
leader Supriya Sule
said the decision shows
that the ruling parties
in Maharashtra do not
respect women.
BJP ACCUSES NITISH KUMAR OF
INSULTING PEOPLE’S MANDATE
NITISH’S OATH TODAY,
TEJASHWI TO BE DY CM
AFTER SHAH VISIT,
K’TAKA ABUZZ WITH
CM CHANGE TALKS
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday accused Nitish Kumar
of “insulting and betraying” people’s mandate while
blaming his prime ministerial ambition for the JD(U)’s
decision to walk out of the NDA and joining hands with
the RJD-led Opposition. BJP leaders noted that he had
snapped ties with RJD in 2017 over allegations of cor-
ruption against Tejashwi Yadav and asked how he will
justify the alliance with RJD again. P5
Patna: Nitish Kumar will take
oath as Chief Minister of Bihar
on Wednesday at 2 pm, after
he ditched the BJP on Tuesday
and announced a new “Grand
Alliance” which includes RJD’s
Tejashwi Yadav and other Op-
position parties.
Bengaluru: There are
speculations of change
in chief ministership in
Karnataka after Amit Shah’s
recent visit. CM Basavaraj
Bommai, who has come
under severe criticism from
within the BJP itself follow-
ing the recent murder of a
youth leader in Dakshina
Kannada district, went into
self-isolation after testing
positive for Covid-19 for
third time on Aug 6, ahead
of a scheduled visit to Delhi.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Congratulations to all those
who took oath as Ministers in
the Maharashtra Govern-
ment today. This team is a
great blend of administrative
experience and the passion to
deliver good governance. My
best wishes to them for serv-
ing the people of the state.
Freebie culture bad
for country: Naidu
Quit India anniv:
Sonia exhorts
people to
defend freedom
New Delhi (PTI): On
the Quit India move-
ment anniversary
,
Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi on Tuesday
exhortedcountrymen
to defend the coun-
try’s freedom with
“all our might”, while
the Opposition party
alsohitoutattheRSS,
alleging that it sup-
ported the British.
In her message,
Gandhi said that on
this historic day,
Aruna Asif Ali held
aloft the National
flag when lakhs and
lakhs of Congress
workers were beaten
and jailed.
New Delhi (PTI): Vice
President M Venkaiah
Naidu on Tuesday cau-
tioned against populist
measurestogarnervotes
by various political par-
ties and said the “freebie
culture” has led to dete-
riorating financial
health of many states.
The government
should definitely sup-
port the poor and needy
,
but at the same time
shouldprioritisehealth,
education and infra-
structure development,
Naidu said. More on P6
VP Venkaiah Naidu with VP-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar & LS Speaker
Om Birla, at the latter’s residence in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
9 KILLED IN WEST
BENGAL ACCIDENT
Kolkata: At least nine
persons, including
eight women farm
labourers, died when an
autorickshaw and a state
transport bus collided on
National Highway-60 in
West Bengal’s Birbhum
district on Tuesday
afternoon, police said.
TYAGI, NOIDA WOMAN
ABUSER, ARRESTED
New Delhi: Shrikant Tyagi,
absconding after an FIR
was lodged against him
for abusing and pushing
a woman at the Grand
Omaxe society in Noida, was
arrested by the Uttar Pradesh
Police on Tuesday, said
senior officials. Tyagi was on
the run since Friday, when
the FIR against him.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
Amit Shah addresses at the
onboarding programme of
cooperative societies, in New
Delhi on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
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Sirohi: BJP national
general secretary Arun
Singh and state presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Tuesday addressed the
concluding session of a
three-day training
camp of the party work-
ers in Sirohi district of
Rajasthan.
They motivated ‘Vist-
arak’ who came from all
200 assembly constitu-
encies, to get activated
and mobilise others in
support of the party at
booth level in view of
the assembly and Lok
Sabha elections in com-
ing years.
Poonia said that the
party will form the state
government with 3/4th
majority in the assem-
bly elections due later
next year and Narendra
Modi will become the
prime minister of India
for the third time in
2024, according to a re-
lease.
The leaders talked
about the strategy for
the elections.
They also visited a
Nandgaon gaushala in
Raniwara assembly
constituency and inau-
gurated a vaccination
camp for cows.
Later, Satish Poonia
participated in a Tiran-
ga rally in Reodar in
Sirohi and Arun Singh
took part in the rally in
Pali’s Sumerpur.
Will form govt with majority: Poonia
BJP TRAINING SESSION CONCLUDES
Dr Kirodi ends ERCP stir after
Govt agrees to resolve issue
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP Rajya Sab-
ha MP Kirodi Lal Meena
on Tuesday ended the
‘Jal Kranti Yatra’ after
talks with the State Gov-
ernment representa-
tives. The MP demanded
the state government to
remove“technicalflaws”
intheEasternRajasthan
Canal Project (ERCP).
Government’s repre-
sentative Minister Vish-
vendra Singh, after talk-
ingtotheChief Minister,
accepted that the a high-
level technical team of
Rajasthan Government
will meet the officials of
the Central Water Com-
mission and Ministry of
Jal Shakti to discuss
over the technical objec-
tions raised by the Com-
mission and the Madhya
Pradesh State Govern-
mentontheimplementa-
tion of ERCP scheme
and efforts will be made
to remove the technical
objections raised.
The committee will
have two members each
from the BJP and the
Congress, who will be
nominatedbytheirparty
.
Meena on Tuesday
began a vehicle rally
with his supporters
from Dausa to Jaipur,
demanding that the
state government re-
move “technical flaws”
in the Eastern Ra-
jasthan Canal Project.
The rally started from
Nangalpyarias in Dausa
and stopped near Jat-
wara in Jaipur District
where State Tourism
Minister Vishvendra
Singh and senior offi-
cials reached for talks.
Meena said, “Chief
Minister Gehlot had ear-
lier written to the Mad-
hyaPradeshgovernment
for a non-objection cer-
tificate for the project,
which was not given.”
However, Gehlot on
Tuesday said the con-
sent of the MP Govt was
not required for the pro-
ject, citing a decision of
an interstate board way
back in 2005.
State high-level team will meet Jal Shakti Ministry officials, assures Vishvendra Singh
Dr Kirodi along with Rajendra Rathore, Arun Chaturvedi, Golma
Devi, Mahant Prakash Das, and others during the ERCP agitation.
Huge crowd gathers to protest against State govt’s ERCP scheme
in Dausa District on Tuesday.
Bus stuck in waterlogged
Nandpuri underpass
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A low-floor bus
of the Jaipur City
Transport Services
Limited (JCTSL) got
stuck at a waterlogged
underpass in Jaipur on
Tuesday. The bus sub-
merged in water at
Nandpuri underpass in
Malviya Nagar that was
flooded up to 4 feet in
just 20 minutes of rain
on Tuesday afternoon.
While the bus driver
and the operator were
stranded atop the sub-
merged bus, all the pas-
sengers were rescued
on time.
Meanwhile, heavy
rains continued to lash
parts of the State with
Sindhari in Barmer re-
cording the highest 13
cm rainfall. At the same
time, Baitu and Pachpa-
dra of Barmer also re-
ceived2-3inchesof rain.
So far, Barmer has re-
ceived 15 per cent more
rain than normal. Simi-
larly
, Sirohi’s Ker also
received 107mm (4 inch-
es) of rain. It rained in
many areas of Udaipur,
Pali,Jodhpur,Jaloreand
Dungarpur districts.
The MeT department
has issued a warning of
heavy rain at some plac-
es in Banswara, Baran
and Bundi districts in
the next 24 hours.
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN STATE
A city bus is seen submerged after heavy rain and waterlogging
at Nandpuri underpass in Malviya Nagar, Jaipur on Tuesday.
TWO MINORS DROWN IN CITY, BODIES
FOUND FLOATING IN WATER-FILLED PIT
Jaipur: In a sensational
case of drowning, the
dead bodies of two chil-
dren were found in the
city on Tuesday morn-
ing. The dead bodies of
two children were found
in the pit of the vacant
plot near the house. The
deceased were identified
as Ashu (12) and Chan-
dan (12). The incident
took place in Amar Vihar
Colony. Both the children
were missing since 3 pm
on Monday. A miss-
ing complaint was also
lodged at the Kanota
police station. Locals
informed the police after
seeing the dead bodies
floating. After this, the
families looking for their
missing children reached
the spot. Seeing the
dead body floating in the
water, there was chaos
on the spot.
To curb Lumpy, 55 personnel
deployed in worst-hit districts
Jaipur (FIB): Animal
HusbandryDepartment
is all set to prevent the
spread of lumpy skin
disease. To control the
spread of the disease, 55
personnel have been de-
ployed in districts with
high infection rate.
Eight livestock assis-
tants are engaged in
Sirohi and a similar
number in Jodhpur,
while 10 livestock assis-
tants have been de-
ployed in Srigangana-
gar, eight in Barmer, 13
in Jalore and eight in
Jaisalmer. The person-
nel belong to Dausa, Al-
war, Dholpur, Karauli
and Bharatpur dis-
tricts. The animal hus-
bandry personnel will
get the status of Corona
Warriors, if the duty of
animal husbandry per-
sonnel if imposed dur-
ing corona infection.
Here, in case the per-
sonnel dies due to co-
rona infection, he/she
will get Rs 50 lakh.
Ranjeeta Koli meets Birla;
notice sent to CISF office
Tricolour to be hoisted
at 50L houses: Diya
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJPMPDiya
Kumari has said that
every citizen of the
country is getting the
privilege of putting
the national flag at
his house on ‘Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
Shesaidthatthetri-
colour programme at
every house is not of
any particular party
,
but of all citizens and
from August 13 to 15,
the tricolour will be
hoistedateveryhouse
in the state. Diya Ku-
mari also started the
tricolor awareness
march from the BJP
office on Tuesday
.
“This programme
is not of any particu-
lar party
, it is the pro-
gramme of every citi-
zen. Tricolours will
be hoisted in 50 lakh
houses in Rajasthan
and the central gov-
ernment has also
made special ar-
rangements regard-
ing flags,” she said.
Bharatpur (FIB): BJP
MP Ranjeeta Koli on
Tuesday met Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla re-
garding the attack on
herbytheillegalmining
mafia. The meeting last-
ed for more than half an
hour at his residence.
The answer can be
sought in 72 hours re-
garding the incident.
The Investigating of-
ficer has sent a notice to
CISF office seeking in-
formation about the se-
curity personnel de-
ployed in MP Koli’s se-
curity. Information
about the names of the
security personnel has
been sought. The state-
ment of the security
personnel at the time of
the incident is impor-
tant, said ASP Raghu-
veer Singh Kaviya.
Koli had on Monday
claimed that the mining
mafia tried to mow her
down by a truck and left
her vehicle damaged
while she was return-
ing from New Delhi to
Bharatpur late on Sun-
day evening.
MP Diya Kumari with MLA Ramlal Sharma.
DIYA REACTS
Complete preparations for Rural
Olympic Games: CS to officials
Jaipur (FIB): Chief
Secretary Usha Sharma
on Tuesday directed of-
ficials to complete all
the preparations relat-
ed to Rajiv Gandhi Ru-
ral Olympic Games to
be held in the State.
She directed that the
work of formation of
teams at the gram pan-
chayat level should be
done at the earliest so
that the players of the
team could practise
the game among them-
selves.
The Chief Secretary
was reviewing the prep-
arations for the Games.
The CS directed that
adequate publicity
should be given to this
event at the local level.
She said that the state
government is running
many ambitious
schemes for the promo-
tion of sports and
sportspersons.
30-yr-old man
found dead by
roadside,
cops suspect
murder
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A dead body of
a 30-year-old man was
found lying on the road
in Bhankrota area on
Tuesday.
Police informed the
deceased is yet to be
identified, but prelimi-
nary investigations re-
veal that the man was
strangulated and later
thrown on roadside af-
ter being murdered.
“The dead body was
found lying near Ring
Road in Bhankrota on
Tuesday morning. Pas-
sers-byalertedthepolice
andanFSLteamwasim-
mediately called-in to
collect samples from the
spot,” said police.
Jaipur City FSL In-
Charge Abhay Pratap
Singh added, “Prima fa-
cie, the man was alleg-
edly strangulated and
murdered.Thedeceased
was murdered some-
where else, but his body
was wrapped with a
blanketandthrownnear
RingRoadunderBhank-
rota Police Station.”
MINOR GANGRAPED BY SIX AT GUN-POINT
Bharatpur (FIB): A
minor girl was alleged-
ly abducted and gan-
graped in Bharatpur’s
Kaman town, police
said on Tuesday
.
Police informed the
victim was gangraped
at a gun-point by five to
six men.
“The matter relates to
a rivalry between two
groups. Both the groups
were trying to kidnap
theminorgirl.Whenthe
victim’s elder sister
tried to save her, she was
also abducted by the ac-
cused,” police said.
“A delegation of vil-
lagers met senior police
officials on Tuesday and
demanded strict action
againsttheaccused.The
medical examination of
the minor girl has been
conducted and the mat-
ter is being investigat-
ed,” police added.
WOMAN ALLEGES
‘RAPE FOR 7 YRS’ BY
FACEBOOK FRIEND
Jaipur: A 32-year-old
married woman was allegedly
blackmailed and raped for
seven years in Jaipur’s Bajaj
Nagar area, police said on
Tuesday. Police informed
the woman came-in contact
with the accused through
Facebook, following which,
she was repeatedly raped by
the accused. “They became
friends through Facebook in
2014. Later, the accused had
a physical relationship with
the victim. He also filmed and
blackmailed her,” police said.
GIRL RAPED BY
LANDLORD’S SON,
HIS FOUR FRIENDS
Jaipur: A tenant girl was
allegedly gangraped by her
landlord’s son and his 4
friends in Vidyadhar Nagar.
The rape has been happening
for the last 4 months and the
accused threatened to kill her,
after which the victim went to
file a case at Vidyadhar Nagar
police station. Meanwhile, a
girl from Bikaner was raped
in Jaipur and aborted after
she became pregnant. The
victim filed a case at Sodala
police station and the police
are investigating.
CS Usha Sharma, PK Goyal, Naveen Jain, and Naresh Thakral
during the meeting in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Arun Singh, Satish Poonia inaugurate Cow vaccination camp. Arun Singh during Tiranga rally.
Farmers treating a cow.
LUMPY SKIN DISEASE
The project will use less than 10 per
cent of the water flowing from MP.
In the past, Rajasthan also did not
object to the projects constructed by
Madhya Pradesh on the Chambal and tribu-
taries like this. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
—PHOTO
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
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Alwar: In a one-of-its-
kind case in Rajasthan,
an elderly couple are
now proud parents to a
newborn in the district.
The 70-year-old mother
gave birth to a baby on
Monday. The mother’s
age is 70 years and fa-
ther’s age is 75 years.
After nearly 54 years of
marriage, both now
have their first child.
The doctor claims
that this is the only case
in state where a woman
of such an age has given
birth to a baby
. However,
with IVF tech, many el-
derly couples in the
country and the world
have become parents
even at the age of 70-80
years. Gopichand, the
proud father, is a former
soldier of the Nuhaniya
village of Jhunjhunu.
He was shot in the leg
during the Bangladesh
war. Gopichand says
that he is unable to ex-
press happiness of their
first child.
Tears of happiness
come out of Chandra-
vati’s eyes time she sees
the newborn. The
weight of the child is
about three and a half
kilos and he is healthy
.
70-year old woman delivers boy via IVF
HAPPINESS DELIVERED
lll
IVF (In Vitro
Fertilization)
Expert Dr
Pankaj Gupta
says, there are
only a few cases
of children being
born at this age
across the
country
STAMPEDE AT KHATU SHYAM JI TEMPLE
SDM, REENGUS DSP SUSPENDED;
GATES FOR VIP DARSHAN SEALED
Ahead of CM’s review meeting today,
action taken against SDM and DSP
An FIR has been lodged on temple
trustees by block Congress leader
Sikar Collector Avichal Chaturvedi, SP Kunwar Rastradeep and other officials of the district
administration inspected sealing of all the VIP gates of the temple on Tuesday.
CCTV grab of the car being burned by the tenant and his aide.
Gopichand and Chandravati with newborn and doctors.
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: With the reports
of CM Gehlot Ashok de-
ciding to hold a meeting
onWednesdayregarding
the stampede at Khatu
Shyamjitemple,thegovt
on Tuesday suspended
SDM Dantaramgarh
Rajesh K Meena-II and
DSP Reengus Surendra
Singh for dereliction of
duty
. A departmental in-
quiry has been initiated
against Meena. DGP ML
Lather issued an order
for suspension of the
DSP
. Meanwhile, an FIR
under section 304A of
IPC was also registered
against members of
TempletrustonTuesday
.
Trust President Shamb-
hu Singh, Minister Shy-
am Singh, Treasurer
Kalu Singh, Pratap Sin-
gh, & Bhawani Singh
have been named in FIR.
The FIR was registered
by Palsana Block Cong
PresidentRamdevSingh
Khokhar.
However, the district
admin of Sikar on Tues-
day closed all VIP gates
of temple in compliance
to the decisions taken on
Monday
. The VIP routes
were covered through a
tin shed and the gates
were sealed by officials
of districtadmin.Collec-
tor Avichal Chaturvedi,
SP Kunwar Rastradeep
and others were present.
Whether it is district admin, temple com-
mittee or police, the guilty must be pun-
ished. I demand from the state govt to in-
crease financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to atleast Rs
25 lakhs. —Sumedhanand Saraswati, Sikar MP
It is unfair
to suspend
the SHO to
suppress the main
cause of the acci-
dent. First the mat-
ter should be inves-
tigated, then action
should have been
taken.
—Ramlal Sharma,
BJP MLA
BJP MLA RAMLAL
SHARMA TAKES
JIBE AT CONG
MLA VIRENDRA
Jaipur: BJP MLA Ramlal
Sharma protested against
Dantaramgarh MLA
Virendra Singh and
accused him of wrongly
accusing the temple com-
mittee for the stampede.
“Arrangement committee
is not in the hands of
administration. If there
is something wrong,
it should be checked.
Cong MLA is opposing
the temple committee
due to personal hatred,”
he said. Ramlal also
questioned suspension
of Khatu Shyam Ji SHO.
In fact, temple commit-
tee officials are close to
BJP, therefore BJP MLA
Ramlal Sharma stood in
support of committee.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two automat-
ed teller machines
(ATM) were uprooted
and thousands of ru-
pees were looted by un-
known miscreants in
Jaipur’s Sirsi Road
area on Monday night.
Police informed the
miscreants looted two
ATMs, which were lo-
cated opposite to each
other under the Bhank-
rota Police Station
area. “ATMs of Hitachi
and Vakrangi were in-
stalled at Sirsi Road.
Both the ATMs are op-
posite to each other.
On Monday night, six
miscreants barged into
the ATMs and tied the
machine with a rope
and uprooted them.
Around Rs 50,000 load-
ed in the ATMs were
looted by the accused,”
said Sub-Inspector
Chagan Lal. “No secu-
rity guards were pre-
sent when the incident
took place. We are look-
ing for CCTV footage to
nab the accused,” add-
ed Chagan Lal.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After recover-
ing from Corona, swine
flu has gripped Trans-
port Minister Brijendra
Ola. He shared the in-
formation on his social
media accounts. Ola is
in isolation at home af-
ter having tested posi-
tive for the swine flu.
CM Gehlot, friends and
well wishers are wish-
ing him speedy recov-
ery
.
Meanwhile, The State
on Tuesday recorded
580 new Covid cases
with which the tally of
total positive cases
swell up to 12,98,394.
In a relief, no death
was reported on Tues-
day and total of 251 pa-
tients recovered. The
active cases stood at
4142, as per the health
department bulletin.
Of the new cases, 139
were in Jaipur, 112 in
Alwar, 72 in Udaipur,
and 55 in Dausa.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 32-year-old
man was killed when a
pillar fell on his head
while taking a selfie out-
side Akshay Patra Tem-
ple in Jagatpura area on
Monday
.Policeinformed
the deceased has been
identified as Devdutt
Shukla, resident of
Bandikui.
“He had come to
Jaipurtowithdrawmon-
ey from his PF account
with his friend. On Mon-
day
, they visited Akshay
Patra Temple, Jagatpu-
ra, Devdutt was taking a
selfie while standing
near the pillar outside
the temple. The pillar
suddenly fell on him and
he died” police said. First India Bureau
Jaipur: An alert has
been sounded ahead of
the celebrations of the
75th Independence Day
of India. Senior police
officials have directed
all SHO to be extra vigi-
lant on this Independ-
ence Day
.
In Jaipur, most of the
high-rise buildings are
in the Vidhyadhar Na-
gar area. Police have
been keeping a close eye
on suspects, while
search ops are going on
in slum areas and resi-
dential buildings.
Meanwhile, housing
societies have been in-
structedtoinstallCCTV
and do proper verifica-
tion of tenants. Police-
men in civil dress will
also be deployed at vari-
ous places.
First India Bureau
Kota: Tejinder Singh,
accused of selling land
in connivance with
Apeksha Group Com-
pany, was arrested by
SIT team. The arrested
accused along with
Rimpi Sardar had sold
land to Apeksha Group
under the name of Bajaj
Residency
.
The another accused
Rimpi Sardar has been
arrested earlier also. It
is worth mentioning
that 89 FIRs have been
lodged against Apeksha
chit fund company, al-
though the main ac-
cused Murlimanohar
Namdev is absconding.
TwoATMsloadedwith`50kcash
looted in one night at Sirsi Road
OlaSwineFlupositive;
580newcoronacases
One killed while
getting his picture
clicked at Akshay
Patra Temple
Apeksha group
accused held
CCTV grab of ATM loot that
happened on Monday night.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A tenant alleg-
edly set his landlord’s
car ablaze in Nahar-
garh area after the land-
lord asked him to va-
cate the rented premis-
es. Police informed the
incident took place on
August 5, following
which, an FIR has been
lodged.
“The complainant,
Babulal Baral, has stat-
ed that Sanjay Goyal,
Vishal Goyal and Pintu
Gurjar allegedly dam-
aged his car after he
asked Sanjay Goyal to
vacate the rented acco-
modation,” police said.
“Later, an FIR was
filed against the ac-
cused in Nahargarh Po-
lice Station. The ac-
cused then set the land-
lord’s car ablaze on Au-
gust 5. Fire tenders
were called-in to douse
the fire,” police added.
“An FIR has been reg-
istered against Sanjay
Goyal, Vishal Goyal,
Jagdish Tailor, Ghan-
shyam Tailor, Kailash
Soni and Pintu Gurjar
for allegedly setting the
car on fire,” police in-
formed.
Asked to vacate home,
angry tenant set car of
his landlord on fire
Police on alert for Independence Day
PINKCITY PAINTED IN TRICOLOUR!
BJP will hoist the tricolour flags worth Rs 20 crore in the State during Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. From August 13-15, the tricolour
will be hoisted at homes, markets and office buildings across the State. BJP workers led by BJP MP Diya Kumari took out a
tricolour rally from the state BJP headquarters to the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
COURTESY MEET!
CM’s Advisor Danish Abrar met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the latter’s residence
in Delhi on Tuesday. Abrar congratulated and invited him to visit Sawai Madhopur.
Fire tenders were
called in to douse
the burning car
Photo of the deceased clicked a
few moments before his death.
DIGEST
news
news
Two electrocuted
while returning
from Tribal event
3 held for firing on
civic body head; 1
more shot dead
Udaipur: Two persons
were electrocuted while
the condition of two
more is critical when
they came in touch with
an electric wire at Rana
Poonja Chowk of Salum-
ber on Tuesday
. All were
referred to MB Hospital
in Udaipur where two
succumbed to injuries. A
huge contingent of po-
lice and district admin
was present on the spot.
The people had come to
see Tribal Day event.
Kota: The police held
two accused of firing on
municipal chairman
Devilal Saini at Ram-
ganjmandi town on
Monday night. The ac-
cused chased Saini on a
bike but he drove to-
wards police station
where one accused was
held while two Sonu
and Akash were held on
Tuesday
. The firing hap-
pened for getting con-
tract from municipality
.
Meanwhile, a man Ban-
si Lal was killed and
Vishnu was injured
when bikers fired on
them while they were
heading home.
Brijendra Ola
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The spirit is beyond
destruction. No one can
bring an end to spirit
which is everlasting.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Be it the Rabaris in Rajasthan, Abhuj
Marias in Chattisgarh or the Sauras
in Odisha, India is home to the
most number of ethnic groups and
also a large concentration of tribal
population. Our tribal communities
have played a vital role in India’s
progress. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Why, with 61 medals,
#CommonwealthGames2022 is
India’s best performance ever at the
Games. Way to go!
TOP TWEETS
LET THERE BE NO
FUSS OVER ANDA
IN CHILDREN’S
MID-DAY MEALS
id-day meals in
schools have been a
subject of discussion
from the time the
scheme was
launched. From ideal calorie
count to hygiene, fixing respon-
sibility for cooking to deciding
the menu has been discussed at
regular intervals. Cooked meals
containing 480 calories and 13
grams of protein per child per
day for a minimum of 200 days
per year are prescribed for gov-
ernment and government-aided
schools. Schools have a meagre
budget, which is also not regu-
larly disbursed in some states, to
provide the meals.
The required amount of pro-
tein, essential for the growth
and development of children,
can’t be had from a bowl of len-
tils and some paneer (cottage
cheese). Yet, there’s a contro-
versy over including eggs as
part of mid-day meals even for
those who eat it. So far 13 states
give eggs to children, while Kar-
nataka, which is facing opposi-
tion, is also planning to intro-
duce it. Such fuss over an egg
should be avoided in the interest
of children’s health.
M
olitics is always
full of surprises.
Not long ago
EknathShindeup-
staged Uddhav
Thackeray with the help of
Bharatiya Janata Party to
grab power and the party in
Maharashtra, Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar’s an-
nouncement that “alliance
with BJP is over” has left the
coalition partner of Janata
Dal-United “nervous”. It may
not be the right word to cap-
ture the BJP’s response to the
situation as the word may not
be part of the party’s lexicon.
Its leadership is capable of
carrying out a surgical strike
in Bihar on the lines of Maha-
rashtrawheretheThackerays
and even Sharad Pawar have
been pushed to the sidelines.
One must wait for the BJP’s
strategists to come up with a
response to Nitish’s coup.
Nitish Kumar is known for
moving in and out of allianc-
es. Before the just-ended alli-
ance, the JD-U remained an
allyof theBJPfor13years.He
parted ways with the saffron
partyafterNarendraModibe-
came Prime Minister in 2014
and formed a government
with support from the RJD
and the Congress. In 2017 he
won the Bihar elections at the
headof aGrandAlliancewith
the RJD and the Congress but
theunitydidn’tlast.Aftertwo
years Nitish broke the alli-
ance over differences with
Tejashvi Yadav, who faced al-
legations of money launder-
ing,andformedagovernment
with the BJP’s participation.
Nitish is now returning to
the old combine of JD-U, RJD
and the Congress. Given his
political fickleness, the JD-U
leader must already be plan-
ning his future move while
building his defences against
a possible Operation Lotus.
NITISH DUMPS BJP,
GOES BACK TO RJD
Nitish Kumar is known for
moving in and out of
alliances. Before the
just-ended alliance, the
JD-U remained an ally of
the BJP for 13 years.
He parted ways with the
saffron party after
Narendra Modi became
Prime Minister in 2014
P
Promoted by
Shree Cement Ltd.
n politics, there is nothing
called permanent friends or
foes. Strange bedfellows
make the script of Indian
politics the way actually vot-
ers want to see it.
Around 1.20 pm Bihar CM,
Nitish Kumar announced
that the alliance with the BJP
in Bihar has ended.
Tension or reported “rift”
between the two parties had
hammered on a breakpoint
over (Nitish) Kumar’s con-
cerns that Union Minister
Amit Shah was working over-
timeinordertocreatefissures
in the Janata Dal (United).
Nitish squarely blamed
RCP Singh, a former leader
from his own party, for serv-
ing as proxy to Shah. RCP
had quit the JDU on the
weekend after his party ac-
cused him of corruption.
The RJD, which is the
state’s single-largest party,
also met on Tuesday to dis-
cuss the political crisis brew-
ing in the state. The party is
currently headed by Tejash-
wi Yadav. According to politi-
cal grapevine RJD is set to
join Nitish in order to revive
an earlier alliance they once
had… at least till this article
was written.
Hope floats and hence one
keeps planning likewise…
probably
. JD(U) hopes that if
(such) an alliance performs
well (in Bihar) in 2024, Nitish
could easily be catapulted to
the epicentre of the Opposi-
tion core. However, this alli-
ance is also desperately look-
ing for faces which have both
political clout and credibility
.
However, the undercurrent
of political ambitions among
leaders in the Opposition
camp is running high and Ni-
tish’s rise is certain to “take
on” Mamata’s hopes of tak-
ing along the Opposition par-
ties all this while and Nit-
ish’s rise in that sense might
also hit a roadblock in the
form of the Left parties. As a
result, the fractured bonho-
mie would continue to exist.
Whether Nitish’s magnum
gameplan shuttles him to the
national centre stage again
(or not), Nitish’s political di-
vorce at least for now will
hugely affect the politics not
just in the Hindi heartland
but also have a ripple effect
in the national scenario.
While the BJP might be the
second-largest party in Bihar
in the 2020 Assembly elec-
tions, just 1 seat behind the
RJD and far ahead of the
JD(U), having Nitish by its
side has always aided the
party hugely
.
Nitish’s pro-development
card might still be saleable
among the voters and it may
any day help dilute and
smudge the taint of corrup-
tion charges against the RJD.
It is important to note here
that the RJD, despite the ab-
sence of Lalu has still man-
aged to hold on to its old form
and that was clearly evident
in the last Assembly polls
when it emerged as the sin-
gle-largest party
.
Earlier, the Congress and
Left parties handed over the
lists of their legislators to
Tejashwi Yadav.
Mandan Mohan Singh, the
state president of Congress
said: “We will support Nitish
Kumar if he leaves the BJP
and forms a new government
with the help of Mahagath-
bandhan. We have also given
the list of all 19 MLAs of our
party to RJD leader Tejashwi
Yadav.”
Mahboob Alam, the MLA
of CPI (ML) said: “We have
also given the list to Tejashwi
Yadav. We will uproot the
BJP from power. We are giv-
ing support to Nitish Kumar
for the formation of a new
government.”
Currently, BJP holds 77
seats in the Bihar Assembly.
JD(U) holds 45, the Congress
19, the Left led by CPIML(L)
has 16 and the RJD 79.
Nitish, it seemed, was un-
happy for quite some time. It
may be recalled that Nitish
had skipped the NITI Aayog
meeting held by Prime Min-
ister. This is the fourth Cen-
tral meeting since July 17
that he (Nitish) has kept him-
self away from amid strained
relations with the BJP. On
Sunday, one of its senior
most leaders, R C P Singh,
who had run into rough
weather with Nitish over ac-
cepting a Cabinet berth at the
Centre, had quit the JDU.
It may also be mentioned
that on July 22, Nitish chose
to stay away from the fare-
well dinner hosted by outgo-
ing President Ram Nath Ko-
vind. On July 25, he also did
not attend the swearing-in of
NDA candidate Droupadi
Murmu as the new President.
If JD(U) sources are to be
believed, Nitish was upset
with the “overt political pos-
turing” by the central BJP
leadership during a two-day
national meeting of all its
frontal organisations held in
Patna between July 30 and 31.
Even though Shah talked
about “contesting the 2024
Lok Sabha and 2025 Assem-
bly polls in alliance with the
JD(U)”, the Bihar CM report-
edly took note of the fact that
several second-rung leaders
had spoken “too much about
repeal of Article 370 and na-
tionalism” which did not suit
his agenda in politics in the
given circumstances.
Nitish, grapevine says,
was also unhappy with the
Assembly Speaker Vijay Ku-
mar Sinha’s “handling” of
the concluding function of
the Assembly’s centenary
celebrations on July 12,
which was attended by Modi
and incidentally, Nitish’s
name was missing from the
invitation! It was an obvious
sign that Nitish’s decision
not to attend NITI Aayog
meeting did not go well with
the BJP central leadership.
In the whole episode, it
seemed that Nitish Kumar
reportedly feared that the
BJP may have wanted to re-
peat the Maharashtra saga
in Bihar. Time will only clear
the air, however, for now, Nit-
ish has made up his mind
and it was perhaps Shah’s
“perceived” grip on Bihar
through the selection of min-
isters which Nitish saw as an
apparent threat.
And the tripping point was
what RCP had said hinting at
Nitish while the former quit,
“I’ll just say that there’s no
curetojealousy
...NitishKumar
will not become Prime Minis-
ter in any of his seven lives.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
RERUN OF MAHA EPISODE? KOI
SHAQ? NITISH ‘DIVORCES’ BJP
I
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
In the whole episode, it
seemed that Nitish Kumar
reportedly feared that the
BJP may have wanted to
repeat the Maharashtra
saga in Bihar. Time will
only clear the air, however,
for now, Nitish has made up
his mind and it was perhaps
Shah’s “perceived” grip on
Bihar through the selection
of ministers which Nitish
saw as an apparent threat
However, this alliance is
also desperately looking for
faces which have both
political clout and
credibility.If JD(U) sources
are to be believed, Nitish
was upset with the “overt
political posturing” by
the central BJP leadership
during a two-day national
meeting of all its frontal
organisations held in Patna
between July 30 and 31
JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar interacts with media after submitting his resignation to Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, outside Raj Bhavan in Patna on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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New Delhi: It is a won-
derful aspect that the
honourable Parliamen-
tarians of India, who
are elected by millions
of people by casting
their votes, when it
comes to their turn to
vote, they make a mis-
take. The votes of 15
MPs have become inva-
lid in the election of the
Vice President. Think
about these MPs! An MP
is the representative of
an average of 1.6 m peo-
ple and what can be said
about him if he does not
know how to perform a
simple task like casting
votes? There were only
two candidates for the
Vice-President’s elec-
tion and each MP had to
write his order of pref-
erence next to the candi-
date. That is, if the MP
was from BJP
, he had to
write 1 in front of
Dhankhar’snameandif
he was from Congress,
he had to write 1 in front
of Margaret Alva. De-
spite this, vote of 15 MPs
became invalid.
In the presidential
electionheldjust15days
ago also, the votes of 15
MPs were also invalid.
In the presidential elec-
tion,closeto4,800 MLAs
cast their votes and 748
MPs voted. Vote of only
38 MLAs became inva-
lid, while the vote of 15
MPs of 748 became inva-
lid. There too only 1 was
to be written in front of
the candidate of his
choice. There were only
13 states in the country
where no MLA cast in-
valid votes. Among
them there are also
states like Bihar and
Chhattisgarh. But many
MLAs from Delhi, Mad-
hya Pradesh, Punjab,
Maharashtra cast in-
vaild votes. MPs and
MLAs are trained prop-
erly, yet they make mis-
takes even in such a sim-
ple voting process. Cer-
tainly they should be
traced and trained as
well as warned.
How are MPs who do not know how to vote!
TEACHING THE LEADERS
NIA NABS TWO
SUSPECTED JMB
MEMBERS IN MP
NITISH AS OPPOSITION’S PM CANDIDATE
IN 2024? MANY WARY OF HIS ‘U-TURNS’
New Delhi: As he snapped ties with the BJP, Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar has once again been pitched as a
PM candidate for the 2024 elections by some, but a ma-
jority of the Opposition still view the JD(U) leader with
suspicion citing his numerous U-turns’. Kumar first be-
came chief minister in 2005 on the back of a campaign
against jungle raj’ of Lalu Prasad’s RJD in Bihar. Kumar
dumped the BJP in 2013 after Narendra Modi was
projected as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014
Lok Sabha polls. Kumar then forged a grand alliance
with RJD and Congress and returned as chief minister
in 2015. He walked out of the grand alliance in 2017,
accusing the RJD of corruption and choking governance
in the state.
MP TO RELEASE
356 PRISONERS
ON I-DAY
Bhopal: The National
Investigation Agency
has arrested two alleged
members of the banned
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen
Bangladesh (JMB) from
Bhopal city, state Home
Minister Narottam
Mishra said on Tuesday.
The suspects, Hamid-
ullah aka Raju Gaji and
Sahadat Hussain, had
been on the radar after
the arrest of active JMB
members in March this
year, Mishra said.
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh government
on Tuesday said it will
release 356 prisoners
undergoing life impris-
onment in various jails in
the state on August 15 to
commemorate 75 years
of India’s independence.
Home Minister Narottam
Mishra said prisoners
undergoing life term will
be released as per guide-
lines of the Union Home
Ministry and norms of
state government.
AAP VOLUNTEERS
TO ADOPT GOVT
SCHOOLS IN GOA
ANOTHER SSLV
FLIGHT SOON:
KIRAN KUMAR
Panaji: The Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) on
Tuesday volunteered to
adopt government-run
primary schools in
Goa. AAP’s Goa unit
president Amit Palekar
said the government
wants to merge or shut
primary schools with
just one teacher or
less students. Palekar
met director, education
Shailesh Zingade and
said AAP can adopt
such schools.
New Delhi:The failure
of India’s newest
rocket to put small
satellites in orbit was
not a setback and
ISRO will soon attempt
another flight, Space
Commission member
AS Kiran Kumar said.
“No, no, no. It is not a
setback. We were only
marginally short in the
end,” Kumar, a former
chairman of ISRO said
on the sidelines ofan
event here.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on
Tuesday informed his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi
Vijayan that the Mulla-
periyar Dam is safe in
all aspects. Earlier on
August 5, the Kerala Chief
Minister wrote to Stalin
seeking his intervention in
regulating water discharge
from Mullaperiyar dam,
where the water level has gone beyond the permis-
sible level of 136 ft.
MULLAPERIYAR SAFE, SAYS STALIN
AS WATER LEVEL NEARS CAPACITY
CRUCIAL READ
HC DIRECTS TEHSILDAR TO REMOVE
ENCROACHMENTS ON TEMPLE LAND
DELHI HC ALLOWS ULTRASOUND MACHINE
IN ELDERLY PATIENT’S HOUSE
PRADEEP RAMDANEE,
MONEY LAUNDERING
ACCUSED, GETS BAIL
New Delhi: A Delhi Court
granted bail to accused
Pradeep Ramdanee, (one
caught in a trap collect-
ing money from Aditi
Singh) in a Rs-200 crore
money laundering case
involving conman Sukesh
Chandrashekhar. Pradeep
Ramdanee is admitted to
bail after furnishing a per-
sonal bond in the sum of Rs
1,00,000 with one surety of
like amount, to the satisfac-
tion of this court.
POLICE GET 2-DAY
CUSTODY OF ISIS
SUPPORTER
Erode: Erode Principal
District Judge granted two
days’ police custody and
permitted the police to
enquire Asif Mohideen, a
supporter of ISIS, who was
arrested here. Last month,
NIA, based on information,
visited Manickampalayam
Housing Unit here and
secured two persons. On
suspicion, cops arrested
one of them - Asif Muzabdin
(28) - an employee of a
private tiles sales firm.
Chennai: The first bench of the Madras HC has directed
the local tehsildar to inspect the properties belonging to Sri
Venugopala Krishnaswamy temple
at Mannadi here and submit a
report to the state Hindu Religious
and Charitable Endowment depart-
ment, which should take immedi-
ate action to retrieve the proper-
ties. The bench gave the direction, while disposing of a PIL
from A Radhakrishnan of Kannankurichi in Salem.
New Delhi: Delhi HC has allowed a private hospital to
transport an ultrasound machine to the house of a 70-yr-
old man who is under domiciliary
hospitalisation. Under the law an
individual is prevented from access-
ing a portable ultrasound machine.
The man’s plea said he is suffering
from Progressive Supranuclear
Palsy, which attacks the nerve cells
causing acute problems with balance, movement, vision
and speech, and is receiving treatment at home ICU.
HC LAUDS STEPS
BY INDIA TO
FULFIL CLIMATE
COMMITMENTS
UGC TO LAUNCH E-RESOURCES
PORTAL FOR RURAL STUDENTS
New Delhi: The Univer-
sity Grant Commission
(UGC) has recently joined
hands with the Ministry Of
Electronics And lnforma-
tion Technology (MeitY)
to launch an e-resources
portal. It will provide
digital courses to millions of
students in rural areas. In a
recent notification, the UGC
stated, “to mark 2 years of
NEP-2020 and to facilitate
last mile accessibility (en-
suring that no learner is left
behind), UGC has integrated
its “UGC e-resources Portal
(httptlugcereso urces.in/)”
with Common Service Cen-
tres (CSCs)/Special Purpose
Vehicle (SpVl of MeitY) in
rural India”. The portal will
have 25 SWAYAM post-
graduate non-engineering
MOOCs courses. These
courses will be in eight
Indian languages, including
Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati,
and Tamil. The portal will
also have e-PG Pathshala
e-content developed in 67
PG subiects and 35 PG and
243 PG SWAYAM MOOCs
courses in emerging areas.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has appre-
ciated steps taken to
implement the climate
change commitments
made by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi after
the court was told the
government has ap-
proved India’s updated
Nationally Determined
Contribution (NDC)
under the Paris Agree-
ment. The govern-
ment also informed
the court on August
4 the updated NDC
will be communicated
to the United Nations
Framework Convention
on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).NDC
encompasses national
plans and pledges
made by a country
to meet the goal of
maintaining global
temperature rise to
well below 2 degrees
Celsius above the pre-
industrial levels, while
aiming for 1.5 degrees
Celsius to avoid the
worst impacts of
climate change.
IN THE COURTYARD
Oppn hails Nitish’s BJP rebuttal
New Delhi (PTI): Op-
position parties on
Tuesday said the JD(U)
breaking ranks with
the BJP is a “strong in-
dictment” of the saf-
fron party’s “politics of
intimidation” and
shows a change in In-
dian politics.
Bihar CM Nitish Ku-
mar met Governor
Phagu Chauhan on
Tuesday and tendered
his resignation. This
came after the decision
to quit the BJP-led NDA
was taken at a meeting
of JD(U) MPs and
MLAs.
“ # N i t i s h K u m a r
breaking alliance with
BJP is a strong indict-
ment of the politics of
intimidation practiced
by BJP. “BJP’s authori-
tarianism leaves no
scope for cooperation.
After Akalis Shiv
Sena, JD(U) is latest ex-
ample. Cracks are visi-
ble in the relationship
of BJP AIADMK
too,” Communist Party
of India (CPI) general
secretary D Raja said in
a tweet. CPI MP Binoy
Viswam said the events
in Bihar indicate that a
change is underway
.
“Bihar conveys the
message of far reach-
ing change in Indian
politics,” said Viswam.
TMC MP Derek
O’Brien said it is one of
the reasons behind the
Parliament session be-
ing cut short by the gov-
ernment. —MORE ON P6
Developments in Bihar strong indictment of BJP’s ‘politics of intimidation’: Parties unite in glee
Shah launches GeM portal, 300 co-ops onboard
NEET PG counselling likely from Sept 1
New Delhi (Agencies):
Cooperation Minister
Amit Shah today an-
nounced that over 300
cooperatives have been
onboarded as buyers on
the GeM portal to help
them purchase goods
and services at competi-
tive prices.
Amit Shah today vir-
tually launched the pro-
cess of onboarding co-
operatives on the GeM
portal.
In the first phase, all
eligible cooperatives,
having a turnover/de-
posits of ₹ 100 crore, will
be able to start placing
orders on the Govern-
ment e-Marketplace
(GeM) portal.
There are more than
8.5 lakh cooperatives in
India. On the launch
programme, the coop-
erative societies have
been onboarded and
enabled as buyers on
the GeM.
Major cooperatives
that have been onboard-
ed on Tuesday include
IFFCO, KRIBHCO,
NAFED, Amul and Sar-
aswat Co-op Bank. It is
expected that orders
worth `25 crore will be
placed on the day of the
launch.
New Delhi (Agencies):
After the Supreme
Court refused a plea to
stay the counselling
process of National Eli-
gibility cum Entrance
Test Postgraduate
(NEET PG) over alleged
discrepancies in test
scores, the NEET PG
counselling will be-
gin on September 1 as
per official sources.
NEET PG 2022 counsel-
ling is expected to be
held by the Medical
Counselling Committee
(MCC) like in previous
years. Going by past
trends, the NEET 2022
counselling will be held
over several rounds and
in every round, a seat
allotment result will be
released.
Unlike NEET UG,
where candidates can
challenge the answer
key, with no such provi-
sions in NEET PG.
CAG flags
J-K govt on
utilisation
certificates
Jammu (PTI):
The Jammu and
Kashmir govern-
ment has failed to
submit utilisation
certificates for
grants worth more
than Rs 10,000
crores to the Centre
till March 2021, the
Comptroller and
Auditor General of
India (CAG) said.
Non-submission
of the UCs means
the authorities
have not explained
how funds were
spentovertheyears
in the Union terri-
tory
, the apex audit-
ing body said.
The CAG re-
leased a fresh re-
port on finances of
JK for the year
ending March 2021.
It recommended to
hold into account
those responsible
for late submission
of UCs.
“
As many as 3,215
number of Utilisa-
tion Certificates for
grants paid up to 30
September 2019
amounting to Rs
10,076.58 crore were
outstanding up to
31 March 2021,” the
CAG report said.
Home Minister Amit Shah speaks at the event, as Minister Piyush
Goyal and others look on, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav speaks to the media as Nitish Kumar looks on, in Patna on Tuesday.
SHAH PITCHES FOR MORE
REFORMS IN COOP SOCIETIES
New Delhi: Amit Shah on Tuesday pitched for
reforms in cooperative societies, saying the same
person cannot be elected year after year and the
election process has to become more transparent.
Shah stressed the need to expand and modernise
the cooperative sector, which he said, has been
a “neglected” sector. “There is a need to bring
changes in the cooperative sector at a fast pace,”
he said. “We will have to change, else people will
change us,” he told top officials of cooperatives
present at the event. Shah also spoke about the
need to bring transparency in purchases and for
that there is no better medium than the Govern-
ment e-marketplace (GeM). He said the ministry is
coming up with a new cooperative policy, preparing
a database, setting up a university for conducting
training purposes and also establishing an export
house to boost overseas shipments. Shah said the
ministry will also bring changes to the Multi-State
Co-operatives Act.
Patna/New Delhi
(PTI): The BJP on Tues-
day accused Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar of “insulting
and betraying” people’s
mandate while blaming
his prime ministerial
ambition for the JD(U)’s
decision to walk out of
the NDA and joining
hands with the RJD-led
opposition.
They also threw the
jibe “Paltu Ram” and
rejected claims that
their party was under-
mining him.
RCP Singh, once a
close aide of Kumar,
also accused the chief
minister of betraying
the mandate of the 2020
assembly polls in the
favour of the BJP-led
NDA.
Nitish insulted people’s mandate, says BJP
—PHOTO BY ANI
7. Rennie Abraham
Mumbai: Bihar’spoliti-
cal power game mirrors
the identical reversal of
the political scenario in
Maharashtra. Nitish
Kumar (43 MLAs) has
claimed majority in alli-
ance with RJD (79
MLAs) and Congress (17
MLAs) and intends to
form a government that
will last the rest of the
tenure till 2025 when as-
sembly polls are due.
The Eknath Shinde
led government in alli-
ance with BJP similarly
intends to continue for
another two years, till
polls though Shiv Sena
Chief Uddhav Thacker-
ay has dared them to
face voters right now.
In one situation the
BJP cannot pull down
the new dispensation in
Bihar till 2025, while in
Maharashtra it won’t be
pulled down till 2024
(other political dynam-
ics things remain con-
stant (U) MLAs for some
time. Two days ago,
when Singh held a func-
tion, 30 MLAs from
JD(U) attended it,
prompting Nitish to
take it on and follow it
up with suitable politi-
cal action, to retain pow-
er. The BJP, for its part,
maintained that it want-
ed Nitish to leave the al-
liance as it had commit-
tedtoKumarleadingthe
state as CM till 2025.
Now BJP is smarting
from the wily CM’s po-
litical moves that has
put it out of power and
will bide its time to re-
turn better MLA num-
bers at the next polls.
The same thing was
done to the BJP in Ma-
harashtra after the 2019
assembly elections
when the Shiv Sena led
MVA government (in al-
liance with NCP and
Congress) came to pow-
er. This political favour
was returned with in-
terest by BJP that broke
off 400 Shiv Sena MLAs
led by Shinde with 10
independents in tow to
form government in
Maharashtra now.
Now the BJP seeks to
returnKumar’spolitical
favour by encouraging a
vertical split within the
JD(U) and the Congress
in Bihar as it did in Ma-
harashtra by spiriting
away enough MLAs
from the soon to be
formedgovernmentthat
excludes them. In Maha-
rashtra Sena hopes for
the SC to overturn the
rebel Sena CM Eknath
Shindeledgovernment’s
applecart soon enough.
Maharashtra and Bihar
are definitely a study on
political fortunes mak-
ing a to and fro move-
ment, almost like a mu-
sical chairs gamesman-
ship of power.
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New Delhi: After the
presidential election,
the unity of the Opposi-
tion parties has now
been exposed even in
the election of the Vice
Presidential post. When
two parties that did not
vote for a common Op-
position candidate in
the presidential election
returned to the Opposi-
tion camp this time, two
major Opposition par-
ties were thrown out.
Mamata Banerjee, who
opened the front for the
most fight against the
BJP and created the
most ruckus for opposi-
tion unity, did not vote
for the opposition candi-
date. She had asked her
36 MPs to abstain from
voting, out of which two
voted for the BJP candi-
date. Margaret Alva’s
votes would have been
over two hundred if her
34 MPs had voted.
Similarly
, 7 Shiv Sena
MPs also did not take
part in the voting. These
MPs belong to the Ud-
dhav Thackeray camp.
MPs of Eknath Shinde
camp voted for BJP’s
Jagdeep Dhankhar. Last
time under pressure,
Uddhav asked his MPs
to vote for the NDA can-
didate. But this time he
remained silent. So, his
MPs remained absent.
Is ‘United Opposition’ a mere farce?
UNCERTAIN PREMISE
lll
JMM, a party
with 3 MPs,
voted for the
Oppn candidate.
This was also
decided keeping
in mind the
large Christian
population of
Jharkhand
Bihar’s political chess game
matches BJP’s Maha gambit
‘Monsoon session extremely disappointing’
OPPN CONG QUESTIONS GOVT’S RUSH TO END PROCEEDINGS
New Delhi: A US dele-
gation of National Sci-
ence Foundation, called
on MoS Jitendra Singh
and discussed bilateral
collaboration between
the countries.
Kendra Sharp, Head,
Office of Int’l Science
and Engineering, Na-
tional Science Founda-
tion of USA, Brian
Stone, Chief of Staff,
NSF, Bridget Turaga
Program Director, Of-
ficeof InternationalSci-
ence and Engineering,
NSF, Drew Schufletows-
ki, Minister Counselor
for Economic, Environ-
ment, Science Tech-
nology Affairs, US Em-
bassy in India, William
Harford Chief of Envi-
ronment, Science, and
Technology Unit, US
Embassy and Sethura-
man Panchanathan Di-
rector, NSF among oth-
ers, were part of the
delegation joined the
meeting.
US delegation meets Jitendra
Singh, talks on collaboration
Gwalior (PTI): Self-
styled godman Swami
Vairagyanand Giri was
arrested for allegedly
raping a woman devotee
in Madhya Pradesh’s
capital Bhopal, police
said on Tuesday
.
Swami Vairagyanand
Giri was arrested from
Gwalior in connection
with a case registered
against him under sec-
tion 376 (rape) of the In-
dian Penal Code, and is
being brought to Bho-
pal, additional commis-
sioner of police (ACP)
Richa Choubey said.
According to a com-
plaint lodged by the
woman devotee on Mon-
day
, the accused godman
had raped her in Bhopal
on July 17, she said.
Self-styled godman
arrested for rape
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adity-
anath on Tuesday said
India’s strength is its
unity and the country
will be weakened if citi-
zens are divided on the
basis of caste and reli-
gion. The CM was ad-
dressing a programme
to mark the Kakori inci-
dent on August 9, 1925,
in which freedom fight-
ers stopped a train and
decamped with money
to buy weapons.
“India’s strength is
its unity. When 135
crore people speak to-
gether, India not only
remains the largest de-
mocracy in the world
but is also seen repre-
senting and guiding the
world as the mother of
democracy,” he said.
“When we are divid-
ed on basis of caste,
creed, religion, region
and language, it only
divides our strength,
weakens India, hinders
development and gives
rise to anarchy that can
create a crisis on the in-
dependence of the
country
,” the CM added.
Ahmedabad (PTI):
In an unprecedent-
ed move, the Guja-
rat Information
Commission has
blacklisted nine
personsfor“harass-
ing” officials by fil-
ing repeated RTI
queriesandordered
their applications
should not be re-
sponded to hence-
forth.
An NGO which
analysed the orders
of information
c o m m i s s i o n e r s
over 2 years said
this is the first occa-
sion in Gujarat
wherein people are
“banned for a life-
time from seeking
information”.
The commission
said these ersons
were “repeatedly
using the RTI Act”,
“harassing officials
by filing RTI appli-
cations”, filing que-
ries with “malafide
intentions” and it
also found an appli-
cant “cantanker-
ous”.
Naidu, Birla discuss nat’l
issues with Dhankhar
New Delhi (PTI): Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la on Tuesday hosted
outgoing Vice President
M Venkaiah Naidu and
his successor Jagdeep
Dhankhar at his resi-
dence.
Naidu and Birla
shared insights and ex-
periences on issues of
national interest and
parliamentary affairs
with Vice President-
elect Dhankhar, the Lok
Sabha Secretariat said
in a statement.
Naidu’s term ends on
August 10 and
Dhankhar will take
oath the next day
.
The vice president is
also chairperson of Ra-
jya Sabha. When
Dhankhar assumes
charge, presiding offic-
ers of Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha will be
from Rajasthan. Birla
represents Kota.
Dividing people on
caste, religion will
weaken country: Yogi
9 blacklisted
for ‘harassing’
officials
through RTI
Yogi Gets Death
Threat Over
Emergency
WhatsApp Helpline
Lucknow: A WhatsApp
message threatening to
‘kill’ Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath was re-
ceived on the Uttar
Pradesh police’s text
helpline following
which a case was regis-
tered against a man, of-
ficials in Lucknow said
today
.
The police said the
message was sent alleg-
edly by a person named
Shahid on the What-
sApp number of Dial-
112 helpline. He threat-
ened to “bomb” the
Chief Minister, the po-
lice told news agency
Press Trust of India.
An FIR or police case
was filed at Sushant
Golf City PS here.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Tuesday
termed the Monsoon
sessionof Parliamentas
“highly disappointing”
and claimed the govern-
ment did not have an ap-
petite to run proceed-
ings even though the
Opposition was willing
to sit till the very end to
debate and pass bills.
The Monsoon session
ended on Monday, four
days ahead of schedule,
after continued disrup-
tions during the last
three weeks over issues
like price rise, suspen-
sion of 27 MPs, the con-
troversial “Rashtrapat-
ni” remark and the
ED’s action. The princi-
pal opposition party
questioned the decision
to curtail the session
andallegedthatafterthe
prime minister, his min-
isters too were “ignor-
ing” Parliament.
The Opposition was
ready to sit on August 10
and 12 to discuss and
pass bills but the gov-
ernment was in a rush
to curtail the session,
AICC general secretary
,
communication, and
party’schief whipinRa-
jya Sabha Jairam
Ramesh said at a press
conference.
He said the govern-
ment had listed 32 bills
at the start of the ses-
sion but managed to
pass only seven in the
Lok Sabha and five in
the Rajya Sabha.
“It was also extraordi-
narythatone-and-a-half
days of proceedings
were disrupted by treas-
ury benches which kept
insisting on an apology
from Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi for
remarks made by the
leader of the party in
Lok Sabha who had al-
ready apologised for his
statement both verbally
as well as in writing,”
Ramesh said. He said
the coming together of
opposition parties to de-
mand a review of the
Supreme Court’s order
on PMLA is a “huge step
towards strengthening
democracy”.
“It is a matter of great
satisfaction that all op-
position parties, 16 op-
position parties came
together to raise serious
concerns on the Su-
preme Court judgment
on the PMLA amend-
ments that were carried
out between 2014 and
2018 and have called for
a review of that judg-
ment and that statement
has already been circu-
lated,” Ramesh noted.
Congress leader and party’s chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam
Ramesh said against 32 bills listed, the government could pass
only 7 bills in Lok Sabha and 5 in Rajya Sabha. —FILE PHOTO
If BJP allowed to become stronger, people
may lose their voting right: Akhilesh
Kannauj: Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav here
on Tuesday alleged that
people may lose their right
to vote if the BJP is al-
lowed to become stronger
as he accused the ruling
party of undermining
the country’s demo-
cratic institutions and
the Constitution. He said
there are some countries
where “no voting takes
place” and in sweeping
remarks questioned the
electoral system in China
and Russia. “Is there any
election in the neighbour-
ing country of China. If
you go beyond, are there
any elections in Russia?
In Pakistan, the Army
rules the roost and install
in power whoever they
want to. Are there any
elections in Myanmar and
its surrounding countries?
So, be careful,” Yadav said
during an event at Jhauva
village on August Kranti
Diwas. Yadav alleged that
the BJP takes votes of
backward castes and the
Dalits but did not give
them their due.
New Delhi: On the Quit
India movement an-
niversary, Congress chief
Sonia Gandhi exhorted
countrymen to defend
the country’s freedom
with “all our might”. Gan-
dhi said on this historic
day, Aruna Asif Ali held
aloft the National flag
when lakhs of Congress
workers were beaten and
jailed. Her act of courage
became the symbol of
our quest for freedom,
Sonia Gandhi said. “As
we commemorate the
Quit India movement led
by Mahatma Gandhi, let
us not forget the price
that millions of our
countrymen and women
paid for India’s freedom.
Let us renew our resolve
to defend it and protect it
with all our might,” she
said. “When the country
under the Congress
leadership was engaged
in a decisive struggle
against the British, the
RSS not only boycotted
the movement but also
actively supported the
British,” the Congress
said on itsTwitter handle.
Bengaluru: Calling RSS an “association of upper castes”,
senior Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah called the
government’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign a “drama”, and
PM Modi a “great dramatist”. The former CM questioned
BJP’s and RSS’ contribution to India’s freedom struggle
and alleged they had opposed the national flag, anthem and
the Constitution. “How can they be patriots?” he asked. “I
have been opposing RSS from the beginning as it is just an
association of upper castes, that’s the reason they believe
in ‘Chaturvarna’ system. Chaturvarna system believes in the
supremacy of upper castes; if that continues, there will be
inequality which may in turn lead to exploitation,” he said.
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said
opposition parties in the country were not up against just
the BJP but an authoritarian government that is weaponis-
ing state institutions to ensure an opposition-free India.”The
predicament Nitish Kumar opposition parties find
themselves in isn’t just because they are facing BJP. Instead,
they are facing the might of an authoritarian government
that’s weaponising every agency be it NIA, ED, CBI etc to
ensure an opposition-free India,” Mehbooba tweeted. She
said for Jammu and Kashmir, the damage is not restricted
to only political parties. It is far worse as the state has been
butchered and disempowered unconstitutionally.
New Delhi: Indian Youth
Congress launched
‘Aazadi ki Gaurav Yatra’
to demonstrate Con-
gress’ role in freedom
struggle and develop-
ment of the country,
officials said. IYC began
the rally while celebrat-
ing its 62nd foundation
day. It will culminate on
August 15. “I feel proud
that the service and dedi-
cation with which Youth
Congress organisation
was established, every
worker of the party has
been fulfilling those
resolution with full
devotion,” IYC president,
Srinivas BV said.
QUIT INDIA ANNIV:
SONIA EXHORTS
PEOPLE TO
DEFEND FREEDOM
RSS AN ASSOCIATION OF UPPER CASTES, PM
MODI A GREAT DRAMATIST: SIDDARAMAIAH
‘OPPOSITION IN COUNTRY ISN’T UP AGAINST
JUST BJP BUT AUTHORITARIAN GOVT TOO’
IYC RALLY TO
DEMONSTRATE
CONG ROLE IN
INDEPENDENCE
SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav felicitates the relatives of freedom
fighters at an event, at Tirwa, in Kannauj on Tuesday.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, (R) Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
—PHOTO
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Jaipur: The Ashok Ge-
hlot led Cong Govt may
be in a “feel good” mood
by reviving old pension
scheme (OPS) for gov-
ernment employees,
but a different kind of
disappointment is
building among govt
employees due to re-
peated extension of ten-
ure of committees
formed for the removal
of anomalies in pay
.
The State Govt has
extended the tenure of
Khemraj Committee for
the third time.
Former CM Vasund-
hara Raje led BJP govt
had formed the Pay
Anomaly Redressal
Committee on Nov 3,
2017. The committee
was chaired by former
CS DC Samant.
Tenure of Samant Com-
mittee was extended
four times on May 8,
2018, August 8, 2018, De-
cember 31, 2018 and
July 4, 2019.
The committee gave
its report on August 5,
2019. However, report
was not made public.
After Samant, anoth-
er committee headed by
IAS officer Khemraj
was constituted on Au-
gust 5, 2021.
Its tenure was ex-
tended for 3 months on
Nov 1, 2021. Then on Feb
3, 2022, it was extended
for 6 months and now
on August 5 the tenure
extended till Dec 31,
2022. Repeated exten-
sion of tenure before
election is creating im-
pression that state govt
is lingering on the is-
sue.
When will pay anomalies be redressed?
REPEATED EXTENSION OF COMMITTEES
Section 144 of CrPC imposed in Jodhpur and Kota in view of festivals ahead
Tajiya processions taken
out amid tight security
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Tajiya posses-
sion was taken out on
Tuesday in walled-city.
The entire Karbala area
was decorated with the
National Flag. The el-
laborate decoration at
Karbala was praised by
everyone.The ritual of
handing over the Tajiya
was done in Karbala by
the fraternity. Depart-
ing from Subhash
Chowk area, they
reached Karbala
through walled-city.
During this, Hazrat
Hussain was remem-
bered by mourning.
Hundreds of people
of the community took
part in the procession.
The story of Karbala
was narrated in front of
Karbala Dargah. Mean-
while, Section 144 is im-
posed in Jodhpur and
Kota in view of festi-
vals ahead. Vineet Ku-
mar Bansal, DCP (Jodh-
pur) issued the prohibi-
tory orders.
SC upholds acquittal of
accused of 2009 murder
New Delhi (PTI): It is
not permissible to in-
terfere with the finding
of acquittal unless it is
found that view taken
by the court is perverse,
the Supreme Court has
said while upholding
the acquittal of a man
who was accused of
killing his wife and set-
ting her on fire.
The Apex Court dis-
missed the appeal filed
by Rajasthan against
Sept 2009 judgement of
the HC which had ac-
quitted the accused
while reversing the tri-
al court order convict-
ing him in the case.
“The scope of inter-
ference in an appeal
against acquittal is
very limited. Unless it
is found that the view
taken by the court is
impossible or perverse,
it is not permissible to
interfere with the find-
ing of acquittal,” a
bench of Justices B R
Gavai and P S Nar-
asimha said in its re-
cent judgement.
Muslim community throng Badi Chaupar while taking out Tajiya possession on Tuesday.
Muslims mourn to mark Muharram in Ajmer on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
Muslim mourners flagellate themselves in Ajmer.
Caught extortingmoneyby
BJPMLA,4copssuspended
First India Bureau
Bikaner: Four police-
men were suspended
in Bikaner district for
illegally extorting
money from truck
drivers on the high-
way, a police official
said Tuesday
.
Traffic police sub-
inspector Qasim Ali,
constable Lal Singh,
Sunil Kumar, Go-
paldan, posted in in-
terceptor service
near Kasturisar in
Lunkaransar have
been suspended, Bi-
kaner SP Yogesh Ya-
dav said.
He said on the com-
plaint of Lunkaran-
sar MLA, Additional
SP (Rural) was sent to
the spot.
He added that during
the suspension, four
policemen have been
sent to police lines. It
is noteworthy that on
Monday, Lunkaran-
sar MLA Sumit
Godara and other peo-
ple caught the police-
men extorting money
.
‘BHARAT JODO’ CAMPAIGN
Cong launches ‘Gaurav Yatra’ foot march in
alldiststocelebrate75th
yearof Independence
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress start-
ed a foot march ‘Gaurav
Yatra’ in every dists on
75th year of Independ-
ence from Tuesday for
which PCC has appoint-
ed dist coordinators and
in charge. Govind
Meghwal made coordi-
nator for Jodhpur while
Pukhraj Parashar,
Dharmendra Rathore
in- charge for Jaipur.
Surendra (Bhilwara),
Rehana Rayaz (Sri Gan-
ganagar), Brijkishore
Sharma (Dungarpur),
Mahendra Gehlot (Ha-
numangarh), Ram Sin-
gh Rao (Barmer), Lax-
man Kadwasra (Jais-
almer),MaheshSharma
(Tonk), Mumtaz Masih
(Ajmer), Shankar Yadav
(Pratapgarh), Archana
Sharma (Dausa), Sand-
eep Chaudhary
(Udaipur), Rajiv Arora
(Kota), Khanu Khan (Si-
kar), Sangeeta Beniwal
(Nagaur), Sitaram Lam-
ba (Rajsamand) among
others.
Dr Krishna Poonia along with workers in Sadulpur constituency. Dr Sahdev Chaudhary Sangeeta Beniwal in Nagaur.
Flag march by Congress workers in Gangapur City.
Cong workers taking out march holding flags in Jodhpur.
Nagaur: Gaurav Yatra
in Nagaur started
from Ferozepur, this
will cover a distance
of 75 km in three
days. On the first day,
under the leadership
of former MLA and
Cong Dist President
Zakir Hussain Gesawat,
journey kicked off. In
this sequence, Cong
workers from Kuchera
of Khinwsar assembly
Lunsara and Bhawna
of Jayal assembly
started foot march
to create awareness
about the freedom
struggle among the
rural populace. On this
occasion, the State
Commission for Pro-
tection of Child Rights
Sangeeta Beniwal said
Cong’s ‘Bharat Jodo’
campaign is an answer
to the BJP’s ‘Divide
India’ lobby. Present
in the march were Dr
Sahdev Chaudhary,
Chetan Dudi, Habibur
Rehman, Gajen-
dra Singh Sankhla,
Omprakash Sain,
Hanuman Bangda, and
Congress officials.
—Yunus Gesawat
DR SAHDEV LEADS IN NAGAUR
Three youths killed as
speedy bike hits them
Sanjay Prajapati
Churu: Two youths
sitting on their bike
were talking to a
young man standing
on the side of the road.
At the same time, a
speedy, uncontrolled
bike hit the three of
them. People present
on spot took all 3 to
hospital, where doc-
tors declared them
brought dead. At the
same time, 2 bike-rid-
den youths on speedy
bike were injured. The
accident took place on
Binasar-Ratangarh
road in Churu Sadar
police station area.
According to police,
Dharampal Nayak (25)
and Vikram (20), resi-
dents of Binasar, were
talking to Vikas Bal-
miki (19), when this
accident happened.
Jalore sadhu suicide:
BJP committee to
visit today for report
Jaipur (FIB): BJP State
President Dr Satish Poo-
nia has formed an in-
quiry committee in the
Jalore’s Sant Raghu-
nath Maharaj suicide
case. The high-level
committee constituted
for the factual inquiry
will be investigating the
suicide case of the
priest. The inquiry com-
mittee will visit the in-
cident spot today. After
the inquiry, the factual
report will be submitted
to Dr Satish Poonia. Ar-
jun Ram Meghwal,
Jogeshwar Garg, and
Jogaram Patel will be
committee members.
2,412 history-
sheeters held
in 6 months
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Taking on or-
ganized crime, Raj po-
lice have opened histo-
ry-sheet of 1487 crimi-
nals and arrested 2412
history-sheeters in
various cases under in-
vestigation from Janu-
ary 2019 to June 2022.
At the same time, 784
history-sheeters were
caught and placed un-
der arrest. Emphasis of
Raj police is on curbing
organised crime and
therefore the campaign
is being run in monitor-
ing of DGP M L Lather.
Success of campaign
reflects in the fact that
2412 history sheeters
were arrested during in-
vestigation of cases
784 were arrested under
warrant whereas 1487
new history-sheets were
opened in various dis-
tricts from Jan 2019 to
June 2022. Of the total
10998history-sheetersin
the state, max of 662 are
in Udaipur, followed by
568 in Ajmer, 443 in Bi-
kaner, 442 in Nagaur, 435
in Barmer, 354 in Jaipur.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
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9. From P1…
Addressing the func-
tion organised at Man-
garh Dham, the histori-
cal pilgrimage of trib-
als, Gehlot said that the
State government is
making continuous ef-
forts for the all-round
upliftment of the trib-
als. The CM paid floral
tributes at the Mangarh
Martyrs’ Memorial.
The CM laid the founda-
tion stone of various
works worth Rs.291.77
crore in Mangarh. “The
government is working
continuously for devel-
opment of Mangarh
Dham.” In the function,
Congress state-in-
charge Ajay Maken said
that tribals have played
an important role in the
independence of the
country
. Rajasthan gov-
ernment is doing un-
precedented work for
the upliftment of trib-
als, he said. PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
said that state govern-
ment has always been
committed for the de-
velopment of the poor
and needy
.
Tribal Area Develop-
ment Minister Arjun
Singh Bamnia ex-
pressed his gratitude to
CM for celebrating
World Tribal Day at
Mangarh Dham and
called upon the tribals
to take advantage of the
schemes being run by
the government.
A good team can create
wonders, but a great
team can do miracles.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the staff members. Ajay Kumar (R) and Syed Umar (L) Manoj Jagyasi Aditi Nagar
Jagdeesh Chandra with Purnima Mishra, Sonal Dahiya, Gitanjali, Kavita Singh, Sachin
Arora, Mimansa Malik, Ajay Kumar, Naina Yadav, Anita Hada, Manoj Jagyasi, Syed Umar
and Monica Jaiswal.
Jagdeesh Chandra introducing visiting First India Jaipur
team- Jinendra Shekhawat, Mahesh Sharma and
Shishir Awasthi, also seen are Sandeep Mishra, Kumar
Prabodh, Ahtesham Siddiqui and Sudhanshu Mathur.
team orientation workshop of the Bharat24 Editorial team was held on Tuesday, August 9 at Radisson Blu, Kaushambi Noida. Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO
and Editor-in-Chief, graced the occasion and addressed the bureau chiefs, reporters and other editorial staff who had come from across India for the
orientation workshop. Ajay Kumar (Managing Editor), Manoj Jagyasi (Chief Business Officer) and Syed Umar (Senior Editor) also spoke at length with the
staff members explaining the various facets of editorial policy, workflow and expectations. After the HR, Input, Output and technical other sessions, the
bureau chiefs were invited to come up and share their views and experiences. Many of the staff members had already worked in the past with Jagdeesh
Chandra and very soon anecdotes and incidents were being shared among laughter and high emotional moments. Mimansa Malik also put forth her
views. The team orientation was indeed like a family get-together with each and everyone committing themselves to making the to-be-launched on
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A
CMGEHLOT:MPGOVT’SCONSENT
NOTNEEDEDFORERCPPROJECT
Jaipur (PTI): CM
Ashok Gehlot said the
Madhya Pradesh gov-
ernment’s consent is
n’t required for execut-
ing the Eastern Ra-
jasthan Canal Project,
citing a decision of an
interstate board way
back in 2005.
Gehlot said he talked
to Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chauhan over
the phone after which
his counterpart agreed
to meet him to build a
consensus over the is-
sue. “Therefore, as per
a decision taken in
2005, the consent of
Madhya Pradesh is not
required for such pro-
jects,” he tweeted.
“In the past, Ra-
jasthan also didn’t ob-
ject to projects con-
structed by MP on the
Chambal and tributar-
ies like this,” he said.
“Similarly, MP’s co-
operation is expected
on the ERCP,” Gehlot
added.
n Gehlot says he spoke to MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan over the phone, after
which his counterpart agreed to meet him to build a consensus over the issue
n The State Government has kept Rs 9,600 cr for the project in this year’s budget
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Tues-
day talked to Union
Road Transport and
Highways Minister Ni-
tin Gadkari about an
elevated road to be built
in Jodhpur. He said the
work on the road has
been handed over to the
National Highways Au-
thority of India (NHAI).
I am happy that ac-
cepting my request, the
work of this elevated
road has been taken up
by NHAI. The State
Government had an-
nounced its DPR in the
Budget 2019-20, in
which the Public Works
Department, Govern-
ment of Rajasthan had
sent the necessary pro-
posals to NHAI, he
tweeted. The GoI has
recently appointed Pro-
ject Management Con-
sultant via whom DPR
will be prepared soon.
❍ THE PROPOSED ELEVATED ROAD
The proposed elevated road will be 9.6 km long. Its cost will
be around Rs 1,700 crore. This will be the second longest
elevated road in the country, which will be built on a single
pillar. The number of single pillars will be 220, although
experts say that the number of pillars can vary according to
the load bearing capacity of the ground.
CM TALKS TO GADKARI ABOUT ELEVATED ROAD IN JODHPUR
CM Ashok Gehlot shows an affectionate gesture towards the little boy, Jaiveer Malviya, who greeted
CM at Mangarh on Tuesday. Jaiveer, who is the grandson of Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, decked up
in Tribal attire, met CM Gehlot with his grandmother, Resham.
CM Ashok Gehlot,Ajay Maken, GS Dotasra, Rajendra Yadav and
Sandeep Chaudhary board a flight to Jaipur from Udaipur on Tuesday.
Tribal artistes in attractive costumes welcome CM Ashok Gehlot at Helipad in Bhinder by performing
Gair dance with vocals of traditional instruments. Along with the folk artists swaying with ‘dandies’
on the beats of tribal instruments like dhol, kundi and thali, the CM also encouraged the artists by
tapping the Dandiya and playing the Dhol. PCC Chief Govind S Dotasra also danced with the artists.
z The project aims at
harvesting surplus
water available during
the rainy season in the
Chambal and its tribu-
taries Kunnu, Parvati
and Kalisindh, and use
it in 13 districts where
there is a scarcity of
water for drinking and
irrigation purposes.
z Jhalawar, Baran, Kota,
Bundi, Sawai Mad-
hopur, Ajmer, Tonk,
Jaipur, Karauli, Alwar,
Bharatpur, Dausa and
Dholpur are the dis-
tricts that will benefit
from the project.
ALL ABOUT PROJECT
First India Bureau
Alwar: Rahul Gandhi
will visit Tijara on
Wednesday
toattendthe
o n g o i n g
‘ S a n g a m ’
programme,
a training
programme
being organised by Con-
gress. Rahul will attend
the culmination session
of the camp. Notably,
CM Ashok Gehlot had
also addressed a session
on Sunday
.
RaGa to address
Cong’s ‘Sangam’
in Tijara today
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: CM Ashok
Gehlot while address-
ing foundation stone
laying ceremony of GS
Shaktawat Govt Girls
College, Bhinder, Govt
College Kurabad hos-
tel at Vallabhnagar in
Udaipur’s Bhinder,
said, “Today he who has
knowledge, is progress-
ing. That is why State
Govt is expanding edu
sector via innovations.
New govt colleges, girls’
colleges, English Medi-
um schools institutes
of professional courses
are being opened in
state. Education has
been govt’s top priority
.
So, separate hostels for
boys girls will be set
up in English Medium
school of Vallabhnagar,
Udaipur. 2 Colleges will
also be opened soon.
State Govt won’t leave
any stone unturned in
expanding the educa-
tion sector,” CM said. In
the function, AICC Gen-
eral Secretary Ra-
jasthan in-charge Ajay
Maken said that the
promises made by the
CM in interest of the
state are being fulfilled.
CM’S TOUR OF BHINDER
There will be no shortage of development
in education sector,stresses CM Gehlot
CM Gehlot interacts with the sons of Kanhaiyalal, who called upon
CM at Circuit House in Udaipur expressed gratitude for govt job.
CM lays foundation
stone for four
development works
worth ` 22.23 cr
From P1…
So, it broke,” Gehlot told
reporters in Udaipur. He in-
directly targeted BJP, saying,
“The autocratic tendencies of
them have killed democracy
in Goa, Manipur, Karnataka,
MP now in Maharashtra.
They are killing democracy,
they are murderers of democ-
racy. The nation won’t forgive
them.” Congress has started
a drive against inflation un-
employment so these people
have become defensive. “We
have started this movement
at block, district, state
national-level. A nationwide
rally is being held at Ramlila
Maidan in New Delhi on Aug
28,” the Chief Minister added.
State Govt is striving hard for
all round devp of tribals: CM
CM GEHLOT HAS DONE A LOT FOR MANGARH’S
DEVELOPMENT, ASSERTS MINISTER MALVIYA
JDU-BJP ALLIANCE...
TRIBALS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED IN
INDIA’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT: GEHLOT
Jaipur (PTI): Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot greeted people on
World Tribal Day and said the tribal community has a signifi-
cant contribution in the Indian freedom movement. He said
his government is working with dedication for the welfare of
the tribals in the state. The tribal society has its own special
identity as nature worshipers, which is manifested through
their songs dance. The glimpse of tribals’ attachment to
nature is clearly visible in their folk songs, Gehlot tweeted in
Hindi. State Govt is dedicated to tribal welfare, he added.
Ahuge public meeting was held at Mangarh, Mahendrajeet
Singh Malviya made the programme a success as he
also displayed his strength in the region. Malviya oganised a
successful meeting of CM Gehlot, Ajay Maken GS Dotasra.
Before his speech, Malviya sang a song in Vagadi language.
In a special conversation with First India, Malviya said, “CM
Ashok Gehlot did many things for the development of Man-
garh. Today the entire India knows about Mangarh. The tribal
class has been with the Congress party.”
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DREAMSCAPE
WITHOUT
COLOURS!
distinctive fashion pres-
entation called “Gaba
Arch Fashion Show” was
put on by Arch College
of Design and Business
on Thursday at Hotel
Diggi Palace as part of
the Global Educator’s Fest 2022.
During the Global Educators
Fest 2022 in which principals
from reputed schools and educa-
tional institutions walked the
ramp. Jagdeesh Chandra, Abdul
Rashid Ahmed, Minister of State
for Education, Maldives and
Lakshya Raj Singh, Mewar of
Udaipur and Trustee, Maharana
of Mewar Foundation and Char-
itable Trust were present on the
occasion. Under the Design Cul-
ture Initiative, ARCH partnered
with Global Educators Fest 2022
and provided another platform
for its students to showcase their
design talent and creativity. Eve-
ryone’s mouth dropped in sur-
prise when fashion designer
Shachi Jain showcased her ex-
clusive collection called
‘Memoir’ on the ramp.
This collection is an
ode to the beau-
tiful mother-
hood jour-
ney and cel-
ebrating it
through dif-
ferent phases of
life. It is a journey of self-discov-
ery. The black and white collec-
tion represents the yin amp;
yang of this society and tries to
depict the woman who brings
the crucial balance to society
with her love, vulnerability,
farsightedness and strength
to hold everyone together.
Not just a mother but
much, much, more than
that
The collection ex-
plores a curious stu-
dent and an adoring
daughter, a loving
mother and a pas-
sionate profes-
sional woman.
Retained with
elegance and
transparency,
the silhouettes
of this collec-
tion are com-
fortable Indo
western fu-
sion, with
h a n d -
p a i n t e d
motifs and
pear-cut
e m b e l -
l i s h -
m e n t s .
The an-
nual event
is organized
under the leader-
ship of Ravi Santalani
at the flagship of ScooNews.
The show was conceptualized by
Archana Surana, Founder Di-
rector, of ARCH College.
The Fashion Show was Chore-
ographed by Abhimanyu Singh
Tomar. Creative Hair and Make-
up by Kunjal and Himanshi Raw-
al from Classic Make-up studio
Jodhpur. Backstage is Managed
by Arpita Parihar and Music by
Tanmay Surana from Trinati.
Style Skool Models Zara Sheikh,
Kashish Rathore, Shubhangi Da-
dhich, Sushi, Archana Jangid
and Anjali Khandal graced the
ramp. Dipesh Verma was the of-
ficial photographer of the show.
A distinctive fashion presentation called “Gaba
Arch Fashion Show” was put on by Arch
College of Design and Business on Thursday at
Hotel Diggi Palace as part of the Global
Educator’s Fest 2022.
A
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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Top: (L-R) Sonal Kukreja and Aasawari Sahni
Bottom: Anjali Khandal, Archana Jangid and Simran Mahendrawal
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
11. 10
ETC
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OUTFIT IDEAS
RAKSHA
RAKSHA
BANDHAN!
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It can be tedious to
choose the right
outfits when it
comes to festivals!
So, City First brings
to you categories of
clothes that
perfectly radiate the
festive vibes of
Raksha Bandhan
estivals are a
respite from
the hectic
schedules of
daily life
where one can
go traditional
and get decked up for a
change. Therefore, fes-
tivals are mandatory
occasions to try stylish
ethnic wear that one
does not wear daily.
They bring with them
special moments as
well as the re-establish-
ment of social bonds.
Hence, it is important
to maintain a wonder-
ful wardrobe plan
amidst all the festivi-
ties. Here are some out-
fits that one can try this
Raksha Bandhan:
ETHNIC WEAR IN
PASTEL COLOURS
Ethnic wear offers
a great variety of pat-
terns, prints, designs
and colours. Ethnic
wear in the colour
palette of gentle pastels
such as pink, blush
pinks and pastel yellow
never gets outdated.
Lehenga, Kurti, palaz-
zo, etc in pastel tint
suits all skin tones and
can make one seem
spectacular.
SILK OUTFITS
Silk is a rich fabric
which is produced by
the silkworm. It is
widely used to make
clothing and accesso-
ries. A bright silk le-
henga choli and salwar
suit make a style state-
ment among people.
CHIKANKARI
ATTIRES
Chikankari offers the
most tranquil attires
for any celebration. It
has a lot of options
from dark to light col-
ours in different de-
signs and patterns. It
provides a great mix of
elegance and sass.
ANARKALI
It is the best style to
represent festive cheer.
It looks great on any
body type given its An-
grakha Kurti to knee-
length suit. It has a
combination of classic,
modern, and fashiona-
ble looks.
FUSION OUTFITS
Fusion outfits have tex-
tures, designs and sil-
houettes that distin-
guish themselves from
traditional clothes.
They give a combined
vibe of fashion and cul-
ture.
SHARARA
It is an elegant outfit
with a modern twist
which enhances style.
The distinct nature
given to its vivid col-
ours makes it suitable
for Raksha Bandhan.
ORGANZA OUTFITS
Organza is a sturdy
fabric that has a
silky appearance.
Organza has been a
popular fabric for
its subtlety and deli-
cateness. It has be-
comeatrendamong
women.
FLORAL PRINTS
Floral patterns have
garnered exponential
popularity recently.
They never fail to ap-
pear attractive. They
are visually comforting
and graceful to carry
.
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F
12. T
he promotions
of Vijay De-
v e r a k o n d a
and Ananya
Panday starrer Liger
are going on in full
swing. Every day, the
co-stars are seen
talking about their
forthcoming sports
drama in a new city
and fans are in awe
of this fresh pair. On
Tuedaytheleadmade
a stop in Mumbai.
While VD looked
charming in a leop-
ard print shirt with
baggy black pants,
AnanyaPandayopted
for a green cord set as
her outfit of the day
.
After a successful
promotional trip
to Ahmedabad and
Vadodara., Vijay De-
verakonda and Anan-
ya Panday returned
to Mumbai last night.
The Arjun Reddy star
nailed the off-duty
look in a baggy
, beige
linenshirtwithapair
of black trousers. He
completed the attire
with slippers. Mean-
while, the lead-
ing lady
went for a
patterned
co-ord set
in hues of
dark blue
and white.
T
aapsee Pannu is currently gearing
for the release of her mystery
drama film, Dobaaraa. Recently,
the actress attended a promotion-
al event for her upcoming film Dobaaraa
at Mithibai College in Mumbai.
Taapsee is seen arriving at the ven-
ue and immediately rushing inside
instead of giving the paparazzi a few
minutes to take pictures of her. Lat-
er, she got into an argument with
the paparazzi outside the venue
after they requested her to stop
for photographs, and the ac-
tress tried to clarify that she
followed the instructions that
were given to her according
to which they would have
been waiting inside. Later,
when the photographers
told her they have been
waiting for two hours, she
said, “Yaar daant kyun
rahe ho? Isme meri kya
galti hai? Mereko kyun
sunaa rahe ho?”
T
ara Sutaria is
one of the most
talented and
promising ac-
tresses in Bollywood.
The actress took to
her Instagram stories
and shared a cute vid-
eo with her dog and he
is clearly not in a
mood to say hi. Shar-
ing the video, Tara
wrote, “Clearly does
not want to say hi.” In
the video, we can see
Tara asking her cute
puppy to say hi, but he
seems in no mood to
interact. The ac-
tress shared a
couple of photos with
her dog, which she
captioned, “Happy
Friendship Day to the
ones who give us un-
conditional love and
show us what real
trustandlovemeans!”
A
lia Bhatt is currently enjoy-
ing the most amazing phase
of their lives these days as
she is all set to embrace par-
enthood with her husband and ac-
tor Ranbir Kapoor. Alia and Ran-
bir have taken time out for them-
selves and are currently vacation-
ing in Italy. Now, the Student Of
The Year 2 actress shared a self-
ie from her holiday with Ranbir
and her pregnancy glow is un-
missable in the photo. Taking
to her Instagram han-
dle, Alia also thanked
her fans for showing
love for her recently re-
leased film, Darlings.
She captioned the pic-
ture: “Eternally grate-
ful for this sunshine -
THANK YOU for all the
love my lovesssss.” Re-
acting to the photo, Son-
am Kapoor sent love to
Alia and said: “I went
there for my Babymoon
too! It’s literally the
best! Have fun!”
onam Kapoor and
Arjun Kapoor’s
m u c h - aw a i t e d
promo from
Karan Johar’s
chat show, Koffee
With Karan sea-
son 7 is finally out!
This marks Sonam’s
first on-screen appear-
ance after she announced
her pregnancy with her
husband Anand Ahuja
earlier this year.
Sharing the Arjun
and Sonam’s pro-
mo video, Karan Johar cap-
tioned it: “This episode is
all about the S and M: side-
splitting laughter and
mind-boggling revelations.
Watch the sixth episode of
#HotstarSpecials #Koffee-
WithKaranS7 streaming
this Thursday from 12:00
am only on Disney+ Hot-
star.” The promo begins
with Karan introducing
Sonam and Arjun and
saying, “Oh my god,
I have S-N-M on
the couch.”
ETC
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022
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SIBLINGS ON
KOFFEE
COUCH
S
R
ashmika Mandanna is one of the
most popular actresses, who has
a pipeline of movies in South
and Bollywood as well. Ru-
mours of her dating life with ru-
moured boyfriend Vijay Deverakonda
have always caught the limelight. In
an interview with Hindustan Times,
Rashmika Mandanna was quoted as
saying, “Sometimes, I am like ‘Arrey
yaar, I am doing five films a year but you
are still coming and asking me, ‘Who are
you dating? What is your personal life?”
“You (people) can talk s**t about us,
you can say negative things about it. Be-
cause in the end, we are public figures.
We can’t choose just the good bits, think-
ing people just focus on work and not
personal life. So, they are free to talk
about anything, just don’t come to a
conclusion. Till the time you hear
from me, that is not true”.
PUP
LOVE
RASHMIKA ON
RUMOURS
ITALYVACAY
ARGUMENT WITH
PAPARAZZI
LIGER PROMOTIONS
Her post...
Tara Sutaria
Her post...
Alia Bhatt
Rashmika Mandanna
Spotted...
Taapsee Pannu
Ananya Panday
Spotted
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Glimpse from the promo
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