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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
12 DEAD IN PAKISTAN BUS BLAST:
Beijing said nine Chinese workers were among 12
people killed Wednesday by a bomb attack on a bus
in Peshawar and called for severe punishment, but
Islamabad blamed the explosion on a “gas leak”.
DELHI HC ADJOURNS MEHBOOBA’S
PLEA TO AUGUST 13: The Delhi High Court
on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on the plea
filed by ex- J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti challenging the
vires of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
RBI BARS MASTERCARD : RBI imposed
restrictions on Mastercard from onboarding new
domestic customers on its network from July 22,
2021 onwards. The action has been taken for violat-
ing norms on storage of payment systems data.
PM IN VARANASI TODAY: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will be visiting Varanasi on Thursday
and will inaugurate Rudraksh Convention Centre,
which has been constructed with Japanese assis-
tance and lay foundation stones of multiple projects.
WE TOOK SEVERAL KEY DECISIONS TO
TAKE RAJ EDU TO NEW HEIGHTS: GEHLOT
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Wednesday that Ra-
jasthan is progressing
steadily in the field of
education and his gov-
ernment has taken sev-
eralimportantdecisions
to take the state to new
heights in higher educa-
tion.Gehlotwasaddress-
ing the inauguration
ceremony of newly con-
structed college build-
ings through video con-
ference from the Chief
Minister’’s residence.
While taking impor-
tantdecisionstopromote
girl child education, the
state government in the
budgethadannouncedto
upgradethegovernment
girls higher secondary
schools to girls college in
which more than 500
girlsarestudyinginclass
12, he said. With this,
girls will get Turn to P6
RAJ GOVT INCREASES DA OF THE
STATE STAFF FROM 17 TO 28 PC
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has decided to increase
the dearness allowance of state employees and pensioners
from 17% to 28%. “It has been decided to increase the
dearness allowance of Rajasthan government employees
and pensioners from 17% to 28%,” Gehlot said in a tweet.
He said that this rate of dearness allowance will be valid
from July 1, 2021. Gehlot said that the state government
would spend about Rs 4,000 crore annually on this decision
to support employees despite difficult times of Covid.
CM Ashok Gehlot
CRUCIAL READ
GOVT CALLS ALL-PARTY MEET ON JULY 18
SC TAKES COGNISANCE OF KANWAR YATRA
New Delhi: Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parlia-
ment, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has
called an all-party meeting on July 18. Prime Minister
Modi is likely to be present during the meeting. P6
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo
motu cognisance of news on Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment’’s decision to allow ‘’Kanwar Yatra’’ amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic and sought responses from the
state as well as the Centre on the matter.
‘FARMER DIED OF HEAD INJURY IN R-DAY VIOLENCE’
NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION: PAWAR
New Delhi: The farmer, who died in the Republic Day
violence that broke out during the tractor rally against
the Centre’s farm laws, succumbed to a serious head
injury, not a bullet, a panel of doctors who studied the
man’s post mortem report has confirmed. The report
was studied by doctors of the Maulana Azad Medical
College in Rampur and has been submitted to the Delhi
Crime Branch. CB also showed CCTV footage of incident
to the family members on the orders of the court.
Mumbai: NCP chief
Sharad Pawar has ruled
out contesting the
Presidential election due
in 2022, sources in his
party said on Wednesday,
an assertion coming in the
wake of speculation about
the veteran politician
becoming the opposition
nominee for the top post.
The sources said Pawar
(80), a multiple-time CM
of Maharashtra and a
former Union minister,
has rejected media reports
about him becoming a
candidate in the Presiden-
tial election. More on P6
‘R’ FACTOR
A MATTER OF CONCERN
After PM expresses
concern over Covid
violations, MHA asks
states to take steps to
control crowds
Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla in his letter has reminded
the states and UTs that any increase in the R-factor above
1.0 is an indicator of rapid spread of Covid-19 and therefore, the
authorities concerned should be made responsible for ensuring
Covid-appropriate behaviour in all crowded places
1 2
Kolkata: AdayafterPM
Narendra Modi ex-
pressedconcernoverthe
massive crowds at hill
stations and marketplac-
es,theMinistryof Home
Affairs (MHA) on
Wednesday wrote to all
statesandUnionTerrito-
ries asking them to take
stepstocontrolcrowding
and shed off complacen-
cy as the R-rate of Covid
infections is rising in
many states. It has also
askedthemtomakeoffic-
ers personally responsi-
ble for any laxity
.
“With the decline in
the number of active
cases, States and UTs
have started re-opening
the activities in a gradu-
al manner …However,
blatant violations of
COVID norms have been
observed in several
parts.of the country
, es-
pecially in public trans-
port and at hill stations.
Massive crowds are also
thronging the market
places, violating norms
of social distancing.
HOME SECY ASKS CHIEF SECYS
TO FOCUS ON 5-FOLD STRATEGY
New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla in his
letter directed Chief Secretaries and Administrators
of State/UTs on Wednesday to continuously focus
on the five-fold strategy for effective management
of COVID-19 i.e. Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and
adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour. Assert-
ing that the second wave of COVID is not yet over,
the letter said, “We ought to remember that while
the reach of vaccination is increasing considerably,
there is no room for complacency and hence COVID
appropriate behaviour must continue in line with our
philosophy of ‘Dawai bhi, Kadaai bhi.’ Bhalla also
advised people to guard against complacency.
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
38,792
new cases
624
new fatalities
37
new cases
02
new fatalities
Medical colleges have been approved in 30 districts and courses have started: CM
LIGHTNING KILLS
9 MORE IN RAJ
Jaipur: The lightning
continues to create
havoc in the state as 9
more people and over
two dozen cattle were
killed, officials said on
Wednesday. In Jaipur,
an 18-year-old girl was
killed while working
in the fields at Kalwar
and a youth died in
Jhag village of Dudu.
An 8-year-old girl died
in Dewatda in Jodhpur.
A resident of Kheda of
Bhilwara died on the
spot due to lightning
at Jakhar village. 23
cattle were killed in
Pali district. More on P2
Centre hikes DA to 28%
for central employees
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet headed by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Wednesday
approved a steep hike in
dearness allowance
(DA) and dearness re-
lief (DR) to 28 per cent
from 17 per cent, Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur announced.
The hike in DA and
DR rates will be effec-
tive from July 1, 2021,
the minister said adding
that this move will im-
pact 48.34 lakh central
government employees
and 65.26 lakh govern-
ment pensioners.
“The DA rate which
was 17 per cent earlier,
has been risen by 11 per
cent to 28 per cent,” the
minister said.
Till now, central gov-
ernment employees
used to get DA of 17 per
cent on their basic sal-
ary
. Last year, the Cabi-
net had approved a 4 per
cent hike in DA for cen-
tral employees, which
was supposed to be ef-
fective from January 1,
2021. However, in April
2020, the increment was
stalled due to the pan-
demic.
The rise in the rate of
DA and DR will have an
additional annual bur-
den of around Rs 34,401
crore on the exchequer,
Thakur said.
The DA and DR in-
stallments are due for
four periods namely
January 1, 2020, July 1,
2020, January 1, 2021,
and July 1, 2021.
However, Thakur
said that the rate of
DA and DR from Janu-
ary 1, 2020 to June 30,
2021 shall remain at 17
per cent.
PM CHAIRS FIRST
IN-PERSON UNION
CABINET MEET
New Delhi: With the
Monsoon session
of Parliament round
the corner, the first
in-person meeting of
the Union Cabinet was
held at PM Modi’s
official residence
on Wednesday. The
Union Cabinet held its
first physical meeting
in over a year.
Afghan’s future
can’t be its past,
peace talks only
answer: EAM
New Delhi: Presenting
India’s view on the
evolving situation in Af-
ghanistan at the Shang-
hai Cooperation Organ-
isation (SCO) Foreign
Ministers Contact
Group meeting at Du-
shanbe Wednesday, Ex-
t e r n a l
A f f a i r s
Minister
S Jais-
h a n k a r
said Ka-
bul’s “fu-
ture cannot be its past.”
In the backdrop of
Taliban claiming to
have control over 85 per
cent of Afghanistan’s
territory as the US
looks to complete with-
drawal of its troops
from the country by
August 31, Jaishankar
said the world is
against seizure of pow-
er by violence and
force, adding that such
actions are not legiti-
mate.
The EAM further
pressed for peace nego-
tiations, asserting that
this was the only an-
swer to the situation.
Delhi riots: Loopholes
in probe, FIRs wrongly
clubbed, remarks HC
New Delhi: Dismissing
Delhi Police’s revision
petition against an or-
der directing it to regis-
ter an FIR on a Ghonda
resident’s complaint,
which alleged that he
was shot in the eye dur-
ing Northeast Delhi ri-
ots, a Delhi Court has
said that police have
sought to create a de-
fence of the accused in
a different FIR, and that
officers have “misera-
bly failed” in their stat-
utory duties in the case.
Imposing a cost of Rs
25,000 on Bhajanpura
police station’s SHO
and his supervising of-
ficers, Additional Ses-
sions Judge Vinod Ya-
dav has sent the order
to the Commissioner of
Police “for bringing to
his notice” the level of
investigation and su-
pervision in the matter,
and also asked him to
take remedial action.
The facts and circum-
stances of the case re-
veal “a very shocking
state-of-affairs,” said
the judge. Turn to P6
Piyush Goyal appointed
Leader of House in RS
Nandigram loss: HC admits Didi’s
plea, asks EC to preserve records New Delhi: BJP leader
and Union Minister Pi-
yush Goyal was on
Wednesday appointed
as the Leader of the
House in Rajya Sabha,
an elevation that makes
him the face of the gov-
ernment in upper
house. With the ruling
BJP not having a major-
ity in Rajya Sabha, Goy-
al will be tasked with
navigating various po-
litical Turn to P6
Kolkata: Admitting
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Baner-
jee’s petition for hear-
ing, the Calcutta High
Court on Wednesday
directed that notice be
served upon Leader of
Opposition Suvendu
Adhikari, whose victo-
ry from Nandigram in
the assembly elections
was challenged by her.
Justice Shampa
Sarkar directed that Ba-
nerjee’s election peti-
tion will be taken up for
hearing on Au-
gust 12. The
judge directed
that in the mean-
time, notice be
served upon
Adhikari.
Justice Sarkar held
that as per a report re-
ceived by her bench
from the high court ad-
ministration, the elec-
tion petition was filed
in compliance with the
provisions of
the Representa-
tion of the Peo-
ple Act. The
court also di-
rected the Elec-
tion Commis-
sion to preserve all re-
cords and devices re-
lated to the polls in
Nandigram.
KISHOR WELCOME
TWEET AND DELETE
New Delhi: Congress
leader Archana Dalmia on
Wednesday tweeted that
poll strategist Prashant
Kishor had joined the
grand old party. Her tweet
welcoming Kishor was
deleted minutes later.
Dalmia, who is considered
a close aide of Rahul
Gandhi, has not clarified
on her now-deleted tweet.
More on P6
Police did investigation in the most
callous, farcical manner, High court

Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: After complet-
ing 10 years of service,
six dogs of the Dog
Squad retired from
their service from the
security of Jaipur on
Wednesday. They
joined the CISF’s secu-
rity squad in the year
2011-12.
A farewell ceremony
was held to mark the
retreat of Doug Barrio,
Idana, Addison, Ben-
son, Jenna, and Chrissy
.
The chief guest and spe-
cial guest of the cere-
mony were Airport Di-
rector Jaideep Singh
Balhara and Regional
Director BCAS Rakesh
Kumar respectively.
The ceremony was pre-
sided over by CISF
Commandant YP Singh.
To mark respect, af-
ter the official retire-
ment, the chariot with
dogs sitting inside was
pulled with a rope by
the airport director and
other officials. 5 new
dogs were included in
the security squad.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021
02
6 dogs retire from airport security
RETIRED LIFE!
LIGHTNING CONTINUES TO
WREAK HAVOC IN RAJ
Nine more people were killed
on Wednesday following 22
deaths on Sunday
Bharatpur: A 34-year-old man and his wife allegedly
died by suicide by consuming poison in Bharatpur
district, police said on Wednesday. Deepak Bansal
and his wife Neeshu, aged around 30, had a quarrel
on Tuesday night, following which they consumed
celphos tablets. They were rushed to the district
hospital where they died. They were living in Nadiya
mohalla under Kotwali police station. Their seven-
year-old daughter was at her maternal grandmoth-
er’’s home when the incident occurred, police said.
MARRIED COUPLE ENDS LIFE AFTER
DOMESTIC DISPUTE IN BHARATPUR
`10 CRORE APPROVED FROM POLICE
DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR FACILITIES
Jaipur: In a meeting of the Empowered Commit-
tee on Wednesday, Rs 10 crore for Police De-
velopment Fund was approved. DGP ML Lather,
who chaired the meeting, said this fund would be
used for investigation facilities and convenience
of the middle class. He further said that approval
for Rs 3 crore for furniture in the police stations
and setting up a drill nursery in Rajasthan Police
Academy will also be used from this fund.
NEWS DIGEST
Jaipur: Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax
T Tonsingh Prasad paid a courtesy call to Governor
Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. During
the day, MP from Uttar Pradesh, Bulandshahr Dr
Bhola Singh also met Mishra. Mishra will arrive at
Dabok airport in Udaipur today from where he will
leave for Nathdwara by road. During this, the Gover-
nor will attend the programme of Sant Murari Bapu
in Rabacha village of Nathdwara. After this, Mishra
will return to Jaipur after visiting Shrinathji. Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Assembly Speaker Dr
CP Joshi will also attend the event at Nathdwara.
BIRLA, MISHRA, JOSHI TO ATTEND
MURARI BAPU EVENT AT NATHDWARA Labourofficerbookedonrapecharge
Rape victim jumps into canal,dies
‘Keep party’s image in mind’
RU final year
exams from
July 29
First India Bureau
Bikaner: A 17-year-old
girl in Chattargarh
area was raped by a
neighbouring youth.
When the villagers
came to know about
the incident, the girl
died by suicide by
jumping into the canal
fearing slander. The ac-
cused identified as
Imam Khan has es-
caped and is being
searched. The accused
raped her repeatedly
after intimidating her,
the police said.
When the victim’s
family came to know
about this, they went to
the accused’s house to
rebuke him where
neighbours gathered
and a panchayat was
held. An apology was
also given on behalf of
the accused side who
requested not to take
any action.
When the villagers
came to know about
the incident, the girl
died by suicide on July
11. On July 12, the fam-
ily reached the police
station and the girl’s
father filed a case of
rape and abetment to
suicide against Imam
Khan, the police said.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: BJP’s state
in-charge Arun Singh
arrived in Bharatpur on
Wednesday to address
BJPWorkingCommittee
meeting. He advised the
BJPleaderstokeepinter-
nal matters within the
party and refrain from
making them an issue of
debate, which harms the
imageof theparty
.Mean-
while, on factionalism,
he denied any factional-
ism in the BJP party
. He
said that the atrocities
on women in Rajasthan
are all-time high.
Jaipur: The examina-
tions of the final year stu-
dents of Rajasthan Uni-
versity will start from
July 29. Faculty of Science
and Commerce students
can get their admit card
from the university web-
site from July 22 with the
detailed guidelines. In
these examinations, more
than two and a half lakh
students of undergradu-
ate and more than 50 thou-
sand students from post-
graduate will appear. More
than 8 lakh students of the
state will appear. —FIB
Joint labour commissioner, Kota is accused of raping employee of his office twice
Kota: A 50-year-old
joint labour commis-
sioner was booked for
raping an employee of
his office, police said on
Wednesday. The wom-
an alleged that Pradeep
Jha raped her twice,
first in Delhi and then
in Kota. The medical ex-
amination of the wom-
an was done and her
statement was recorded
on Wednesday
.
The woman filed the
complaint with the
Kota SP, alleging sexual
exploitation and rape,
after which police
booked Jha under Sec-
tions 354, 376 and 384 of
the IPC on Monday
night and initiated in-
vestigation. The woman
alleged that on the pre-
text of official work, the
accused once took her
toDelhi,whereheraped
her in Rajasthan House,
and next time forcibly
took her to Piplda
House in Kota and
raped her there again,
the police said. —PTI
MINOR ALLEGES
RAPE FOR 2 YEARS
COUPLE SECUDES A
MINOR, 3 RAPE HER
An 18-year-old girl
lodged a rape case at
Sardarshahar police sta-
tion in Churu on Tuesday
night. SI Jasveer Kumar
said that the girl was
16-yr-old when accused
raped her and later aborted
her 6 months old foetus.
Accused’s sisters and his
mother are also named
involved in the matter.
Kidnapping and gan-
grape with a 13-year-
old girl has been reported
by her maternal grandfa-
ther at the women’s police
station in Hanumangarh.
A couple is accused of
seducing the victim and
taking ger away on Tues-
day after which three boys
raped her. A case under
POCSO Act has been filed.
MINOR INTIMIDATED, GANG RAPED
Jodhpur: A case of gang-rape with a 14-year-old
girl has been reported in a village of Jodhpur. The
three accused threatened to make a video viral and
locked the victim in a warehouse and raped her. On
the report of the girl’s father, the police filed a case
under POCSO Act. Her father alleged that Moham-
mad Qadir along with two of his friends raped her 3
days ago. The accused also threatened to kill her.
Busted: Gang printing
fake currency notes
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Special
Operation Group
(SOG) has busted a
fake currency note
making unit in Jaipur
and held two persons.
The unit was running
in an apartment on
Goner Road. Equip-
ment and fake notes
worth about Rs 5.80
lakh have also been re-
covered.
ATS and SOG ADG
Ashok Rathore said
that the arrested ac-
cused are Brajesh
Maurya, 28, a resident
of Virpur, police sta-
tion Madhavganj in
Madhya Pradesh and
Pratham Sharma, 19, a
resident of Mohan Na-
gar, Purani Basti, Na-
hargarh Road, Jaipur.
An infomer had given
tip off about the unit
running at Mahima
Kopal Apartment, Vil-
la No. 51 on Goner
Road in Jaipur.
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िैकल्पक वयिस्ा के तहत ‘नगर वमत्ों का पंजीकरण’ बाबत् ।
प्शासन शहरों के संर अबियान-2021, बिनांक 02 अकटटूिर, 2021 से प्ारमि बकया जाना
प्स्ाबव् है। अबियान के प्िावी संचालन एवं राजय की नररीय बनकायों में शहरी नारररकों करो
बवबिन्न काययों यथाः कृबि िूबम पर बवकबस् कॉलरोबनयों का बनयमन एवं पट्ा, आिािी िूबम का
पट्ा, िूखण्डों का उपबविाजन एवं पुनर्गठन, िू-पट्ी का आवंटन, ्था िवन मानबचत्र अनुमरोिन
आबि में ्कनीकी सहयरोर हे्ु एवं िस्ावेज प्स्ु् करने हे्ु बवशेि रूप से सृबज् वैकल्पक
वयवसथा के रूप में नरर बमत्रों का पंजीकरण बकया जाना प्स्ाबव् है, अ्ः उक् ्कनीकी
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की जा सकेरी एवं बनिा्गरर् अवबि के पशचा् प्ाप् पंजीयन आवेिन की प्बक्रया अबियान अवबि
के िौरान खुली रहेरी परन्ु उपररोक्ानुसार बनिा्गरर् अवबि के िाि प्ाप् आवेिनों पर सक्षम
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LATE NIGHT RAID
Accused with seized material.
EARN `11,000 A MONTH
l All the dogs were paid a salary of `11,000/ month.
l 5 new dogs Prince, Max, Brito, Rocky, and Molly
were inducted.
l Retired 6 dogs will be auctioned on Thursday.
The sky remained overcast in Jaipur as it moderately rained in several parts of the city on Wednesday. The Arjuna statue outside the SMS
Stadium seems as if the mythical warrior is ready to pierce clouds carrying lightning current in them. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After light-
ning killed 11 people
at Amber in Jaipur
andtotal22acrossthe
state on Sunday even-
ing,thelightningcon-
tinuedtocreatehavoc
on Wednesday too.
Total nine people in-
cludingan18-year-old
girl working in the
fields at Kalwar, a
youth at Jhag village
of Dudu in Jaipur
and an 8-year-old girl
at Dewatda of Bhopa-
garh block of Jodh-
pur were killed. A
young man was work-
ing with his wife in
the field at at Jakhar
village of Bhilwara
when lightning
struck, killing the
man and injuring his
wife.
At Kalwar in
Jaipur, where an
18-year-old girl died,
the incident left 2-3
injured. A girl was
killed Nawa in Na-
gaur. A youth died at
Desuriof Pali.InMal-
pura of Tonk a shep-
herdwaselectrocuted
while he was grazing
the animals. The
brother-sister duo
standing under the
tree was struck by
lightning in Modak,
Kota. Sister died on
the spot while her
brother is in a critical
state. In Badi Sadri of
Chittorgarh, 7 goats
died while the shep-
herdwasbarelysaved
in the lightning inci-
dent. However, 23 cat-
tle was killed in
Takhatgarh of Pali.
Jaipur: With the start of the monsoon in
Rajasthan, the Shekhawati and Alwar belt
of northern Rajasthan received heavy rains.
The lighting cases in the rainfall area are
still active. According to the Met dept, Sikar
received 60 mm, 28 mm in Churu, 28 in
Jhunjhunu’s Pilani, 5 in Jodhpur, and 4 mm
in Ajmer on Wednesday. Nagaur and Chittor-
garh received heavy rain in the late evening.
In Jaipur, the climate is humid but it did not
rain much in the city areas. The MET dept
has predicted rain in the state next week and
issued an alert in Bikaner, Hanumangarh,
Churu, Ganganagar, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Sikar,
and Jhunjhunu on July 17-18. On July 15-16,
a lightning warning has been issued in Alwar,
Bharatpur, Sikar, Kota, Baran, Bundi, Jaipur,
Barmer, and Jalore along with light rain.
CAUTION: Heavy rains ahead!

BJP LAUNCHES
“DALIT TIRADE”
AGAINST CONG
Senior BJP leader Bhola
Singh Badgurjar, on
Wednesday, raked up
rising anti-dalit violence
in Raj & launched a
scathing attack on state
govt. While address-
ing a PC at BJP HQ, he
claimed, Raj has topped
country in crime against
women & dalits; despite
consistent cases of brutal
assault on dalits coming
in Raj, Priyanka Gandhi,
it seems, is evading a
visit to state, suggesting
she has has different yard-
sticks. He also accused
Gehlot govt of not
implementing the
Centre’s schemes
meant for poor and
dalit’s welfare. Re-
cently, this dubious
distinction of Raj,
was trending
on Twitter.
ABVP MEMBERS
BLOCK ROADS
OUTSIDE RU
Demonstrations started
by AVBP members in
favor of Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes,
providing strict punish-
ments for the accused
in the Krishna Valmiki
murder case in Jhalra-
patan at RU entrance on
Wednesday. During the
demo, ABVP state minis-
ter Hushyar Meena was
arrested & later released.
CAMPAIGN
AGAINST RISE
IN FUEL PRICES
Raj Unorganised
Workers’ Cong
launched a signature
campaign on Wednes-
day against fuel price
rise was led by Abdul
Razak Bhati, & MLA
Amin Kagzi. They said
that due to increase
in prices of petrol and
diesel, back of people
has broken.
DALIT
AWAKENING!
THE
RAJASTHAN BJP HOLDS PROTEST AGAINST ‘ATROCITIES’
BJP workers, leaders clash with police as they march towards Civil Lines from BJP HQs on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amidst the fac-
tionalism going on in
the BJP, unity was seen
after a long time. In pro-
test against the state
government over the is-
sue of Dalit "atrocities"
on Wednesday demon-
strated in Jaipur, in
whichalargenumberof
MLAs and MLA candi-
dates from former CM
VasundharaRaje’scamp
were seen on the streets.
Apart from MLA
Ashok Lahoti, former
state president Arun
Chaturvedi, Ashok Par-
nami, former cabinet
minister Rajpal Singh
Shekhawat,formerMLA
Surendra Pareek, JMC
Greater acting Mayor
Sheel Dhabhai, and oth-
ers participated in the
foot march taken out
from the BJP headquar-
ters to the Civil Lines
railway gate. As soon as
the protesters reached
theRajmahalcrossroads,
the barricades put up by
the police were dropped
by BJP workers. There
was an argument be-
tween police & workers.
However, as soon as they
reached the Civil Lines
railway crossing, there
was a scuffle with the
police. The corona
norms were, flouted
as many workers
were seen without
masksandthere
wasnosocial
distancing.
The demonstra-
tion was held by
the BJP’s Jaipur
city unit against Dalit
atrocities. Crimes against
Dalit and women are in-
creasing and the graph of
crime is constantly on the
rise in the state
— BJP spokesperson
Bhola Singh Badgurjar
RAJASTHAN
03
Dearth of vaccines! Raj calls
for extra doses from Centre
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
on Wednesday said that
there is a shortage of
Covid vaccines in the
state and the Centre
must provide an ade-
quate supply of doses.
“There is a COVID
vaccine shortage in Ra-
jasthan. Whatever stock
we receive, we use it.
When it exhausts, we
have to put up a board
that there is no availa-
bility of vaccine and
sites will be closed. We
have constantly been
telling the Centre,” said
Dr Sharma. According
to him, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot had written a letter
to PM Narendra Modi
highlighting that in the
month of July, 1.5 crore
vaccines would be re-
quired.
“We have the capaci-
ty to vaccinate 15 lakh
people per day so it
would be better if we
receive doses in ad-
vance for at least four
days. To vaccinate the
people of Rajasthan,
the Centre will have to
provide adequate sup-
ply,” said the health
minister.
RAJASTHAN HAS SO FAR REPORTED 11
CASES OF COVID VARIANT CALLED KAPPA
ABOUT KAPPA VARIANT
 4 cases in Alwar &
Jaipur each
 2 cases in Barmer
 1 case in Bhilwara
 Compared to Delta
& Delta Plus, Kappa
variant is mild
 It is asymptomatic
WHO has appreciated the ongoing corona
vaccination campaign in the state. Accord-
ing to the WHO report, the state is included
in the leading states where there has
been the least wastage of vaccine. The
medical staff used additional doses out
of each vial of vaccine, which resulted
in 1.8% more vaccination in
proportion to the supply of
vaccine in the state.
—Dr Raghu Sharma,
Health Minister
COVID-19 UPDATE
8,947
2 Deaths in a day
TOTAL DEATHS
9,43,716
90 Recovered in a day
TOTAL RECOVERED
558
161 Cases in Jaipur
ACTIVE CASES
9,53,224
37 Cases in a day
TOTAL CASES
JDA to allot Animal Husbandry
Department land to family court
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Family court is
currently running in
Women’s Commission
premises. The Patron of
Family Court Bar Asso-
ciation, Advocate Poon-
am Chand Bhandari &
other advocates are try-
ing since 2 years that
court should be allotted
land for modern multi
storey building set up.
Bhandari met Chief
Secy Niranjan Arya on
Wednesday, who spoke
to JDC Gaurav Goyal
and instructed him that
land in the Animal Hus-
bandry Department be
allottedtoFamilyCourt.
SORRY STATE
 Due to less space, people
hardly get place to sit
 No toilet, no canteen, no
water arrangement
 Due to excessive crowd,
it is difficult to get justice
 No proper counselling
room set up

IN-DEPTH
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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not let any
unwholesome talk come out
of your mouths, but only
what is helpful for building
others up according to their
needs, that it may benefit
those who listen.
—Bible
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
@naqvimukhtar
Prominent people from across the
country, working in social, religious
fields, met me at New Delhi to
thank PM Shri @narendramodi Ji
for on-going world’s largest Corona
vaccination drive in India to ensure
good health and well-being of all
sections. #LargestVaccinationDrive
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Under PM @NarendraModi ji’s
leadership, the #JalJeevanMission has
achieved new benchmarks. In more
than 1 lakh villages 50,000 Gram
Panchayats, every family is now getting
regular clean tap water supply enhancing
the quality of life in rural India.
TOP TWEET
PRASHANT
KISHOR MEETS
GANDHIS, MEDIA
IN A TIZZY
rashant Kishor, the
political strategist
who helped Mamata
Banerjee retain pow-
er in West Bengal,
has once again fuelled specula-
tions about his future role. The
last time he grabbed headlines
was when he met Sharad Pawar
sparking rumours of an opposi-
tion alliance for 2024 elections.
Subsequent denials by Pawar
and other opposition leaders put
the rumours to rest. Kishor went
silent after that. Now he is back
and the media is once again
abuzzaboutwhatisuphissleeve.
His recent meetings with So-
nia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra and Rahul Gandhi are be-
ing seen as his growing proxim-
ity with the grand old party and
apossibleimportantroleforhim.
This comes not long after Kishor
hadcriticizedtheCongressforits
indecisiveleadership.“Theparty
mustrealizethatithasaproblem
and then do something about it,”
he said in an interview.
It is possible that Kishor has
been able to make the Gandhis
realize what ails their party
.
P
rowded hill sta-
tions and market-
places may have
helped tourism
sectors and busi-
nesses but the rush of people
wanting to shake off bore-
dom has made the threat of
3rd wave look real. Scenes
from hill stations chock-a-
block with tourists moving
around without masks made
PM Narendra Modi warn
against complacency
. During
an interaction with CMs of
eight north-eastern States,
PM said that 3rd wave can be
prevented only if “we remain
cautious”. He also pointed
out that the cases were rising
in some parts of the country
.
In the last 24 hours 38,792
fresh Covid cases and 624
new fatalities were recorded
in the country. The death
count has now risen to 411,
408. But do people take these
numbers with the serious-
ness they deserve? Probably
nobody seems to care as
many more die in road acci-
dents. The Union Health
Ministry, however, would not
like us to be so careless and
“stop talking about the third
wave as a weather update”.
Apart from the behaviour
of the people, the politics be-
tween Centre States over
shortage of vaccines. Delhi,
Tamil Nadu, Punjab,
Jharkhand have complained
of vaccine shortage but, like
his predecessor Harshvard-
han, Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandavia has re-
butted the charge.
PANDEMIC FEAR GOES
AS COVID CASES RISE
If Covid-19 has to be
defeated it is necessary
for people to take all
precautions and it is
equally important for the
Centre to be transparent
about availability and
distribution of vaccines
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JAYA, VIJAYA, BHARAT AND
JAYA, VIJAYA, BHARAT AND
MAHABHARAT
his week, we shall talk about
the twenty-one armies on the
Pandava side. Together they
constituted seven Ak-
shauhinis (divisions). The
Kauravas managed to raise
an even larger army of elev-
en Akshauhinis . Therefore,
it was not just the number –
but also the battle formations
that played the critical role,
and it also shows how ad-
vanced the military state-
craft was. But for the column
today, let us list the armies –
and then we will also try to
indicate on the map where
these kingdoms were located
with reference to the Indian
subcontinent today
.
The twenty one armies in-
cluded the Panchalas, the So-
makas, Kumtirastra, Cheddi,
two Matsyas-, Karusha, Ke-
kaya, Pandya, Chola, Chera,
Kasi, Ashmaka, Kulinda, Pa-
tachchara, Srinjaya, Malla,
Ashwamedha, Vrishnis,
Dravida, two Nishad king-
doms, one faction of the Kam-
boj, Ulluka, Kumara, Prab-
hadraka, Rakshasa and Na-
gas. We therefore see that
both the armies received sup-
port from all corners of
Bharat – in the case of Panda-
vas - their allies stretched
from the Ulluka and Kamboja
kingdom in the North to the
Dravidas in the South, Rak-
shasas and Nagas in the east,
besides of course the Yada-
vas, whose territories extend-
ed from Mathura to Dwarka.
The foremost ally of the
PandavaswerethePanchalas.
The Panchala territory was
adjacent to the Kuru territory
– the area corresponding to
the large tract from Kuruk-
shetra and including In-
draprastha and Hastinapur.
The Kurus were close to the
banks for the Yamuna – ety-
mologically the term Yadav
comes from Yamuna – but
their territory also touched
the Ganga. Panchalas occu-
pied the territory between the
Ganga and the Saryu rivers.
Panchalas were the closest
among all the allies of the
Pandavas in the Kurukshetra
War. Panchala prince
Dhrishtadyumna was the
commander-in-chief for the
whole of the Pandava
army
. Srinjayas and Somakas
were tribes allied to the Pan-
chalas by kinship, and con-
nected to the various branch-
es of the same royal lineage.
They lived in the various
provinces of the Panchala
kingdom. Moreover, the So-
maka prince Sutasoma was
the son of Bhima, the second
Pandava. The Prabhadraka
tribe were also an extended
arm of the Panchalas – they
were a guerrilla force - an
elite group employed in the
Kurukshetra War and made
excellent bodyguards to the
army commanders.
The Matsya kingdoms of
Virat and his relatives – cor-
responding to the present-
day Rajasthan with parts of
Madhya Pradesh were also
fighting on the side of the
Pandavas. The fact that his
daughter Uttara was married
to Abhimanyu made them a
firm ally of the Pandavas. Si-
supala, the ruler of Cheddi
which corresponds to pre-
sent day Gwalior was initial-
ly aligned to the Kauravas
because of his strong enmity
with Krishna, but after– but
after Sisupala’s death, his
son Dhristaketu was on the
side of the Pandavas.
Like the Cheddi rulers, Ke-
kayas had initially supported
the Kauravas, but the arro-
gance and greed of Kauravas
made them switch sides. The
Kekaya territory corre-
sponds to Dera Ghazi Khan,
the Punjab frontier of Paki-
stan Likewise, Vrihanta, the
king of their northern neigh-
bors Ulluka – although a part
of the Bahalika federation –
next to river Ravi (then called
Iravati) chose to side with the
Pandavas. The Kamboja tribe
also aligned themselves with
the Pandavas and sent six
thousand of their ace sol-
diers to the battlefield of Ku-
rukshetra.
One must bear in mind
that the Kauravas were the
dominant ruling dynasty-
and had longer and deeper
relations as Dhritrashtra and
Duryodhana had been rulers
for decades, compared to the
Pandavas – who had just
stepped into the world of sov-
ereigns, and were dependent
more on goodwill and Dhar-
ma – rather than realpolitik.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
Together they constituted
seven Akshauhinis
(divisions). The
Kauravas managed to
raise an even larger
army of eleven
Akshauhinis. Therefore,
it was not just the number
– but also the battle
formations that played the
critical role, and it also
shows how advanced the
military statecraft was
One must bear in mind that
the Kauravas were the
dominant ruling dynasty-
and had longer and deeper
relations as Dhritrashtra
and Duryodhana had been
rulers for decades,
compared to the Pandavas
– who had just stepped into
the world of sovereigns, and
were dependent more on
goodwill and Dharma –
rather than realpolitik
DR SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is a historian, public policy analyst,
and Festival Director of Valley of Words,
a literature and arts festival based out of
Dehradun. Till very recently, he was a member
of the IAS and posted as the Director of LBS
National Academy of Administration

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INDIA
05
New Delhi: India and
China have agreed that
solving the border row
should be prioritised as
“a prolongation of the
existing situation was
not in the interest of ei-
ther side”, the govern-
ment said today in a
statement after a meet-
ing between Foreign
Minister S Jaishankar
and his Chinese coun-
terpart Wang Yi. “...It
was visibly impacting
the relationship in a
negative manner,” the
government said in the
statement, referring to
the border situation.
Mr Jaishankar and
Wang discussed “out-
standing issues” along
the Line of Actual Con-
trol in the meeting in
Tajikistan that lasted
an hour. Both also
agreed on calling a
meeting between senior
military commanders
from both sides.
The discussions be-
tween Mr Jaishankar
and Wang took place at
the Foreign Ministers’
meeting of the Shang-
hai Cooperation Organ-
isation, an eight-nation
regional grouping that
primarily focuses on
security and defence
issues. —PTI
Visibly Impacting Relation: Jaishankar
LAC STANDOFF
lll
Foreign Minister
S Jaishankar
and his Chinese
counterpart
Wang Yi, agreed
on calling a
meeting
between senior
military
commanders
Cabinet has approved
the continuation of the
National AYUSH Mis-
sion, as a centrally
sponsored scheme from
April 1 2021 to March 31,
2026, with a financial
implication of Rs
4607.30 crore.
Union Minister Anu-
rag Thakur on Wednes-
day addressed media-
persons on the deci-
sions taken by the Un-
ion Cabinet, which met
on Wednesday. Thakur
informed that there will
be a change of nomen-
clature and mandate of
the North Eastern Insti-
tute of Folk Medicine
(NEIFM) as the North
Eastern Institute of
Ayurveda and Folk
Medicine Research
(NEIAFMR).
“The continuation of
National AYUSH Mis-
sion will strengthen
Ayurveda and other tra-
ditional,” Thakur said.
PM Narendra Modi holds a meeting with new Union Cabinet at his official residence, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: A little
over a week after SC
had termed the contin-
ued use of Section 66A
of the Information
Technology Act, 2000 as
“a shocking state of af-
fairs”, the MHA on
Wednesday asked states
and UTs to direct all po-
lice stations under their
jurisdiction not to reg-
ister cases under the
repealed section of the
IT Act.
It also advised that
cases lodged in states
and UTs under Section
66A should be immedi-
ately withdrawn. —PTI
NATIONAL AYUSH MISSION TO
CONTINUE TILL MARCH 2026
BAGHEL TAKES JIBE AT JYOTIRADITYA
SCINDIA, CALLS HIM AS ‘SALEABLE’
Nagpur: Chhattisgarh CM
Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday
took a jibe at his former party
colleague and now BJP MP Jy-
otiraditya Scindia over the latter’s
inclusion in the Union Cabinet
as Minister of Civil Aviation and
termed him as ‘saleable’. “They
are going to sell Air India and that Ministry has been
given to Scindia. Air India’s logo is ‘Maharaja’. Both
(Jyotiraditya Scindia and Air India) are saleable.”
19TH TRIPURA GOVERNOR
SATYADEV ARYA TAKES CHARGE
New Delhi: Haryana Gover-
nor Satyadev Narayan Arya,
who was last week transferred
by the President of India, on
Wednesday took over as the
19th Governor of Tripura, suc-
ceeding Ramesh Bais, who has
been shifted to Jharkhand. The
82-year-old Arya was sworn in by Tripura High Court
Chief Justice Akil Kureshi at a simple function at the
old Raj Bhavan.
INDIA, MALDIVES REVIEW BILATERAL
RELATIONS, MUTUAL COOPERATION
New Delhi: In a telephonic
conversation, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Maldives
President Ibrahim Mohamed
Solih on Wednesday took stock
of the overall bilateral relations
and the ongoing substantive
cooperation between the two
countries. President Solih thanked Prime Minister
Modi for India’s cooperation and support in the fight
against the Covid pandemic.
CRUCIAL READ
RAMESH BAIS TAKES OATH AS
JHARKHAND GOVERNOR
New Delhi: Ramesh Bais on
Wednesday took oath as the
10th Governor of Jharkhand,
succeeding Draupadi
Murmu. The Chief Justice
of Jharkhand High Court,
Justice Ravi Ranjan, admin-
istered the oath of office and
secrecy to Bais at the Raj Bhavan in a ceremony
attended by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, his
cabinet colleagues, MPs, MLAs and senior of-
ficials of the state government.
OTHER DECISIONS

l Cabinet approves MoU
between India, Russia on
cooperation on cooking coal

l Cabinet approves continuation
of RoSCTL on export of apparel,
made-ups

l Cabinet approves MoU
between India, Denmark on
health, and medicine.
Panel for
OBC gets
extension
Cabinet on Wednesday
approved the exten-
sion of the term of the
Commission consti-
tuted under Article 340
of the Constitution to
examine the issue of
sub-categorisation within
Other Backward Classes
(OBCs) in the Central list
by six months. As per
an official release, this is
the eleventh extension of
the term of the Commis-
sion and will come into
effect beyond July 31 and
up to January 31, 2022.
The Centre said that the
proposed extension of
tenure and addition in its
terms of reference will
enable the “Commission”
to submit a comprehen-
sive report on the issue of
sub-categorisation.
CABINET EXTENDS BY 5 YRS, SCHEME FOR
DEVELOPING INFRA FOR JUDICIARY
New Delhi: With several courts still functioning on rented premises, the Union
Cabinet Wednesday approved a five-year extension for a centrally sponsored
scheme for developing infrastructure for the judiciary, a statement said. The
Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for
Judiciary has been in operation since 1993-94. An official statement said that in
the extended term, it would continue from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026 during
which Rs 9,000 crore would be spent with the Central share of Rs 5,357 crore,
including Rs 50 crore for the Gram Nyayalaya Scheme.
Ahead of Parl session:
All-party meeting to
be held on July 18
New Delhi: Ahead of
the monsoon session of
Parliament, Bharatiya
Janata Party’s Parlia-
mentary Party Execu-
tive meeting is sched-
uled to be held on July
18, sources said. Ac-
cording to them, a sepa-
rate meeting of the Na-
tional Democratic Alli-
ance (NDA) floor lead-
ers is also scheduled for
the same day
.
The information
comes a day after senior
BJP leaders met on
Tuesday to deliberate
on the party’s strategy
for the monsoon session
of Parliament which
begins on July 19.
Sources said the
meeting took place at
the residence of De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh and was attended
by BJP chief JP Nadda,
Union Ministers Amit
Shah, Dharmendra
Pradhan, Bhupendra
Yadav, Pralhad Joshi,
Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Twenty senior BJP
leaders attended the
meeting, sources said.
BJP National President JP Nadda meets party workers at the party’s
headquarters, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Farmers’ protest at Parl
will be peaceful: Tikait
New Delhi: Ahead of
the planned protest of
the farmers outside
Parliament on July 22,
Bharatiya Kisan Union
(BKU) leader Rakesh
Tikait on Wednesday
said the protest would
be ”peaceful’ despite
the country witnessing
violence on Republic
Day when protestors
reached Red Fort as a
part of their ‘tractor
rally’ protest. The pro-
test will be held be-
tween the scheduled
dates of the monsoon
session, which is said to
commence on July 19
and conclude by August
13. “It will be a peaceful
protest. We will sit out-
side the Parliament
while proceedings will
continue in the House,”
Tikait told ANI.
Centre to states:
Don’t file cases
under Sec 66A
HC ISSUES NOTICE ON PLEA ON CRYPTO CURRENCY ADVT
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Centre, SEBI (Se-
curities and Exchange Board of India) and others regarding crypto-currency advertise-
ments. The court notice came over a plea seeking direction to take effective steps and
issue appropriate guidelines/rules against Indian crypto-asset exchanges advertising
on national television without adequate standardized disclaimers. The Plea stated that
crypto-currencies are inherently riskier than other equity products.
PLEA SEEKING
REFUND OF BOARD
EXAMS FEE
SC AGREES TO EXAMINE FRESH PLEA
CHALLENGING SEDITION LAW
New Delhi: The High Court
here on Wednesday asked
the Central Board of Sec-
ondary Education (CBSE)
and other respondents to
treat as representation, a
plea seeking direction for
the refund of Classes X and
XII examination fees that
were cancelled this year due
to the ongoing COVID-19.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to
examine a fresh plea by a former army officer chal-
lenging the Constitutional validity of the sedition law
on the ground that it causes “chilling effect” on speech
and is an unreasonable restriction on free expression,
a fundamental right. A bench comprising Chief Justice
N V Ramana, A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy directed
the petitioner to serve a copy of the plea to the Attor-
ney General K K Venugopal. The plea, filed by Major-
General S G Vombatkere (Retd) submitted that Section
124-A of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with the
offence of sedition, is wholly unconstitutional.
IN THE COURTYARD
Dr. S. Jaishankar holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign
Minister State Councilor, Wang Yi —PHOTO BY ANI
Pak LeT Commander
neutralised in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and
Kashmir police on
Wednesday said that
three terrorists have
been neutralised in an
encounter, including
Pakistani LeT Com-
mander Aijaz alias Abu
Huraira.
According to a press
release, two AK-47 ri-
fles, one pistol, and oth-
er war-like stores were
recovered from the en-
counter site.
On receiving specific
intelligence from Jam-
mu and Kashmir Police
(JKP) about the pres-
ence of terrorists in the
built-up area of New
Colony, Pulwama, an
operation was launched
by troops of Panzgom,
Pulwama based Rash-
triya Rifles Battalion,
JKP, and CRPF at 11:55
pm on July 13, a press
release stated. —ANI
NOMINATIONS FOR 2022 PADMA
AWARDS OPEN TILL SEPTEMBER 15
New Delhi: Online nomina-
tions/recommendations for
the Padma Awards (Padma
Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan
and Padma Shri) to be an-
nounced on the occasion of
Republic Day, 2022 is on. The
last date for nominations for
Padma Awards is September 15. The nomina-
tions/recommendations for Padma Awards will be
received online only on the Padma Awards portal
https://padmaawards.gov.in .
New Delhi: A Delhi
Court on Wednesday
sent Rajeev Sharma, a
journalist arrested by
Enforcement Directo-
rate for alleged leakage
and supply of sensitive
information to Chinese
intelligence officers, to
judicial custody. Addi-
tional Sessions Judge
Dharmender Rana on
WednesdaysentSharma
to judicial custody for 14
days at the request of
ED. Hearing on bail was
adjourned to July 16 as
ED sought more time to
file a reply
. —PTI
Delhi court sends
journalist Sharma
to judicial custody
‘Silent performer’ ‘troubleshooter’ Yadav
being groomed for bigger role in BJP?
Anita Hada
New Delhi: BJP
, which
has yet again sounded
its poll bugle as the UP
assembly elections are a
few months away fol-
lowed by several other
states, is faced with a
dilemma.
The dilemma is not
regarding its poll strat-
egy or choosing strong
contenders, rather it is
one where the party is
facing difficulty in find-
ing the perfect replace-
ment for perhaps one of
the sharpest minds in
the party’s arsenal who
is not only a trouble-
shooter but also prefers
to work in relative ob-
scurity
, without coming
in the limelight.
TheindividualisBhu-
pendra Yadav who was
recently included in the
Modi cabinet and as a
result he has had to va-
catehisplace,asthegen-
eral secretary and Bihar
Incharge, in the party
.
The million dollar
question is to whom will
the party’s national
president JP Nadda now
entrust the responsibil-
ity that Yadav was per-
forming! It is not merely
finding a replacement
for Yadav’s two posi-
tions but goes beyond
that. While Amit Shah
trusted Yadav to the hilt,
similarly JP Nadda also
gave him several re-
sponsibilities for about
one and a half years. Ya-
dav was tasked with
strengthening the or-
ganization, while func-
tioning in the assembly
election and even the
local body elections.
So finding his alter-
native is a big deal and
this task will not be
easy for the BJP.
Another important
point is that the party
will have to find a new
face for the role he was
playing as a Rajya Sab-
ha MP. He used to be the
BJP’s main speaker in
the Upper House on all
important issues.
Bhupendra Yadav

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We Took...
college facility near
their home and their en-
rollment in higher edu-
cation will increase, the
CM said.
Gehlot said that ear-
lier Rajasthan was far
behind in the field of
education, especially
women’seducation.“To-
day
, excellent work is be-
ing done in the field of
education here. Medical
colleges have been ap-
proved in 30 districts of
the state and courses
have been started in
many of these medical
colleges,” he said.
Minister of State for
Higher Education
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
said that till the year
2018, there were 230 col-
leges in the state and
after the Congress gov-
ernment came into pow-
er, 123 new colleges have
been opened. He said 17
undergraduate level col-
leges have been upgrad-
ed to post-graduate lev-
el. Twenty-seven new
faculties have been
opened in 20 colleges, 25
new subjects in 14 un-
dergraduate level col-
leges and 33 new sub-
jects in 25 PG level col-
leges, the minister said.
‘English medium
govt schools in towns,
villages’ : Gehlot inau-
gurated 11 newly con-
structed college build-
ings at a cost of about
Rs 45 crore and laid
foundation stone for
two college buildings to
be built at a cost of Rs
12.67 crore. He said the
government has an-
nounced to open 123
new colleges in the
state. English medium
government schools
would be opened in
towns or villages hav-
ing population of more
than 5,000, he said. —PTI
Piyush Goyal...
challenges in the House
while delivering on the
government’s legisla-
tive agenda. Announc-
ing the appointment,
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Pralhad Joshi
congratulated Goyal.
“He has been entrust-
ed by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi ji with
keyresponsibility
.Wish-
ing him continued vig-
our in the service to the
nation,” Joshi said.
Goyal, who was hold-
ing the responsibility of
theDeputyLeaderinthe
upper house, will suc-
ceed erstwhile Union
MinisterThaawarchand
Gahlot who has been ap-
pointed the governor of
Karnataka.
Delhi Riots: ...
In October 2020, a Met-
ropolitan Magistrate
(MM) had ordered Delhi
Police to register an FIR
on Mohammad Nasir’s
complaint within 24
hours. Since no FIR was
registered, he had
moved the court. MM
Richa Manchanda last
year said that the facts
of the case disclose
commission of cogniza-
ble offence and ordered
registration of an FIR.
The police in re-
sponse had submitted
that an FIR already
stood registered with
regard to the incident
of rioting in which it
was mentioned that Na-
sir and six more per-
sons had suffered gun-
shot injuries on the
said date.
FROM PG 1 Centre asks states not to file cases
underscrappedSection66AofITAct
New Delhi: A little over
a week after the Su-
premeCourthadtermed
the continued use of
Section 66A of the Infor-
mation Technology Act,
2000 as “a shocking state
of affairs”, the Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA)
on Wednesday asked
states and Union Terri-
tories to direct all police
stations under their ju-
risdiction not to register
casesundertherepealed
section of the IT Act.
It has also advised
that cases lodged in
states and UTs under
Section 66A should be
immediately with-
drawn. Last week, the
apex court had termed
the continued use of
Section 66A by law en-
forcement agencies of
various states despite
the provision being
struck down by the
court in 2015 — as “a
shocking state of af-
fairs” and sought a re-
sponse from the Centre.
Section 66A empow-
ered police to make ar-
rests over what police-
men, in terms of their
subjective discretion,
couldconstrueas“offen-
sive” or “menacing” or
forthepurposesof caus-
ing annoyance, incon-
venience, etc. It pre-
scribed the punishment
for sending messages
through computer or
any other communica-
tion device like a mobile
phone,tablet,aconvic-
tion could fetch a maxi-
mum of 3 years in jail.
New Delhi: As part of
its efforts to prepare for
a third possible COV-
ID-19 wave, nurses at
the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) in Delhi are un-
dergoing a three-day
training programme at
the hospital's pediatric
department.
The rotational train-
ing programme began
on July 12 and was done
in 3 batches over 3 days,
as per sources. They
added that training will
be imparted to nurses
from all wards of the
hospital's COVID-19 de-
partment. AIIMS Delhi
College of Nursing is
coordinating the pro-
gramme. During the
devastating second
COVID-19 wave earlier
this year, the country
saw children getting af-
fected, of which a few
were severely affected.
Pediatric departments
of hospitals also report-
ed post-COVID symp-
toms in children, espe-
cially MISC (Multisys-
tem inflammatory syn-
drome in children), for
which hospitals had to
pay special attention.
A few weeks ago, a
joint survey by the
WHO and AIIMS found
that sero-prevalence
was 55.7 per cent in the
below 18 years of age
group and 63.5 per cent
in the 18+ age group. A
Lancet India Task Force
had also earlier com-
missioned an advisory,
highlighting the plan-
ning, protocol policy
guidelines for pediatri-
cians, ahead of a likely
3rd wave of Covid-19
that is speculated to im-
pact children. —ANI
AIIMS trains nursing staff to
brace for third Covid wave
A crowded market after ease in COVID-induced lockdown restrictions, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: The
Delhi High Court
on Wednesday di-
rected CBSE to de-
cide within eight
weeks if it would
refund the examina-
tion fees taken for
class 10 and class 12
board examinations
as they have been
cancelled due to the
COVID-19. Justice
Prateek Jalan or-
dered CBSE to con-
sider as representa-
tion a petition by
Deepa Joseph,
mother of a Class 10
student studying in
a CBSE affiliated
school, who had
paid Rs 2,100 as ex-
amination fee. CB-
SE's decision would
be open to challenge
if Joseph is not sat-
isfied, the court
clarified as it dis-
posed of petition.
PK 2.0: After Bengal, will Kishor succeed in Punjab?
New Delhi: Post 2014
general election, PM
Modi became the epi-
centre around which the
‘formal politics’ of the
nation revolved. And
while Modi climbed
steps of popularity, one
after the other, there
was a far lesser known
individual (at that time)
whose popularity was
about to sky rocket in
the days to come.
As soon as word
spread that a young and
astute Prashant Kishor
was the brain behind
Modi’s electoral cam-
paign, therein emerged
another ‘epicentre’ for
‘informal politics’ in the
nation. Kishor, in his
nearly 7 years of ‘lime-
light politics’, has trad-
ed hands with JDU,
TMC, and a host of oth-
er parties but perhaps
the biggest political de-
velopment came when
Congress started cosy-
ing up to him, with Pun-
jab CM Amarinder Sin-
gh appointed him prin-
cipal advisor ahead of
assembly election.
Sources reveal that
during the meet Rahul
was accompanied by
Priyanka Gandhi, KC
Venugopal and Punjab
Congress Incharge Har-
ish Rawat. Although it
was being said that the
meeting was regarding
Punjab elections but
later this was mooted by
inside sources. After his
appointment as advisor
to CM Amarinder Sin-
gh, Kishor met several
senior Congress leaders
from the region to gauge
the waters.
However, what is in-
teresting to note here is,
after marking a thump-
ing victory for TMC in
West Bengal, Kishor
had called it a day say-
ing he will stay away
from politics now. It was
then said that he may
float his own party and
although he did not
praise any party, he con-
tinued to meet leaders.
When recently he met
NCP Supremo Sharad
Pawar, word spread that
Kishor may try to weave
together a third front or
at least bring the differ-
ent leaders to one plat-
form/consensus. But so
far, ‘claims’ of Third
front have fallen short
anditissaidthatKishor
will focus only on Pun-
jab region and on how
to counter the problem
posed by Sidhu before
Congress’s ‘Captain’.
New Delhi: DMK MP
Dayanidhi Maran was
in for a surprise on
Tuesday as he boarded
an IndiGo aircraft to
make his way home to
Chennai from New Del-
hi. As he took his seat in
the first row, the captain
asked him: “So, you are
travelling on this flight
as well!”
Unable to recognise
the captain, who wore a
mask, Maran nodded
with a puzzled expres-
sion on his face. “So you
don’t recognise me!”
the captain exclaimed
in a familiar voice. But
the smile behind the
mask soon gave him
away. “I realised then
that it was none other
than my colleague, sen-
ior member of Parlia-
ment and former Union
minister – my very good
friend Thiru Rajiv
Pratap Rudy,” Maran
said. Maran was in Del-
hi to attend a meeting
of Parl Estimates Com-
mittee. “I couldn’t be-
lieve my eyes, seeing
his transformation
from a politician to a
pilot,” Maran said.
‘A FLIGHT TO
REMEMBER’:
MARAN SAYS
HONOURED TO BE
FLOWN BY RUDY
Cong to corner govt on Covid,Rafale;
Adhir to continue as leader in LS
New Delhi: Amid spec-
ulation over Congress
looking to replace
Adhir Ranjan Chowd-
hury in Lok Sabha, PTI
on Wednesday reported
that he will continue as
the leader of the lower
house.
Congress will seek to
corner the government
on the issues of Covid
mismanagement, bor-
der disputes with Chi-
na, farmers’ agitation,
the Rafale deal and fuel
prices in the upcoming
session of Parliament,
with party leaders
Adhir Ranjan Chowd-
hury and Mallikarjun
Kharge leading the
charge in the Lok Sab-
ha and the Rajya Sabha
respectively. Chowd-
hury will lead the
charge in the Lok Sab-
ha.
Sources said the is-
sues to be raised dur-
ing the monsoon ses-
sion of Parliament
starting July 19 were
discussed at a meeting
of the Congress parlia-
mentary strategy
group on Wednesday,
which was chaired by
party chief Sonia Gan-
dhi and attended by for-
mer prime minister
Manmohan Singh and
former Congress presi-
dent Rahul Gandhi.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on
Wednesday launched the ‘Cheer4In-
dia’ song of the country’s Olympic
contingent and urged the public
to wholeheartedly rally behind its
athletes during the Tokyo Games.
Grammy Award winner composure
A R Rahman and young singer
Ananya Birla collaborated to present
the official song of the Indian contingent for the Tokyo
Olympics, titled Cheer4India: Hindustani Way.
THAKUR LAUNCHES OFFICIAL SONG ON
INDIAN CONTINGENT AT TOKYO GAMES
HOW PANKAJA MUNDE CAMP UNREST
COULD IMPACT BJP,MAHA POLITICS
New Delhi: After 3 days of protests that saw many
BJP workers resign in the Beed
region of Maharashtra, party na-
tional secretary Pankaja Munde
addressed her supporters Tues-
day, asking them to withdraw
their resignations and asserting
that “my leaders are PM Modi,
Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP prez J P Nadda.”
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Moham-
med Khan on Wednesday morning began a day-long
fast at his official residence Raj
Bhavan to raise awareness on the
injustice of the practice of dowry
and atrocities against women. The
fast was scheduled from 8 am to 6
pm on Wednesday, as per Raj Bha-
van sources. This may be the first
time in Kerala’s history that a Governor is fasting for
such a social cause. The fasting protest campaign
was initiated by various Gandhian organizations.
KERALA GUV FASTS IN PROTEST
AGAINST DOWRY, ATROCITIES
OVER 39.59 CR
VACCINE DOSES
PROVIDED SO FAR
New Delhi: Health
Ministry on Wednes-
day informed that
39,59,21,220 COVID
vaccine doses have
been provided to
States and Union Ter-
ritories so far. Of this,
the total consumption
including wastages is
38,07,68,770 doses
as per data. Till date,
38,76,97,935 vac-
cine doses have been
administered so far.
USELESS STATEMENTS BEING MADE
TO CREATE PANIC: HEALTH MINISTER
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya on Wednesday denied the claims of
vaccine shortage said that for July, the availa-
bility of doses has been increased to 13.50 crore.
The health minister said that use-
less statements are being made
only to create panic among the
people. Regarding the avail-
ability of vaccines, I have come
to know from the statements of
various state governments and
leaders. This situation can
be better understood by
an actual analysis of the
fact, he said.
New Delhi: Congress
MP Rahul Gandhi
and some of his par-
liamentary col-
leagues walked out of
a Defence Committee
meeting after they
were not allowed to
d i s c u s s
border is-
sues with
C h i n a ,
s o u r c e s
said. The
meeting
was
scheduled at 3 pm on
Wednesday, they said.
Meanwhile Rahul
skipped scheduled
meeting on crisis in
party’s Punjab unit
with state in-charge
Harish Rawat on
Wednesday. “There
was a meeting
scheduled with him
but he got stuck
somewhere. I will re-
quest him to hold
the meeting tomor-
row. Rawat said.
Can’t discuss China, Rahul
leaves Defence Panel meet
Not a candidate for
Prez election, says
Sharad Pawar
From Pg 1...
Mumbai: NCP chief
Sharad Pawar has
ruled out contesting
the Presidential elec-
tion due in 2022,
sources in his party
said on Wednesday
, an
assertion coming in
the wake of specula-
tion about the veteran
politician becoming
the opposition nomi-
nee for the top post.
The sources said Pa-
war (80), a multiple-
timeCMof Maharash-
traandaformerUnion
minister, has rejected
media reports about
him becoming a candi-
dateinthePresidential
election. According to
the sources, Pawar
feelselectionresultfor
someone contesting
against the candidate
of a party which has
overwhelming num-
bersinParliamentwill
be a foregone conclu-
sion. Apparently, poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor’s two meetings
with Pawar a few days
ago his (Kishor) re-
cent meetings with
Congress leaders So-
nia Gandhi, Priyanka
and Rahul Gandhi
fuelled speculation in
the media that these
meets explored the
possibility of the Ma-
harashtra politician
becoming opposition
candidate for India’s
highest office. A
source from the NCP,
which is part of the
coalition that rules
Maharashtra, howev-
er, said Pawar has
termed these reports
as “false” and ruled
out jumping into the
Presidential poll fray
.
Pawar has said he
did not have any dis-
cussion over the Pres-
idential poll or about
the 2024 general elec-
tions with Kishor.
Adhir Ranjan
Rahul Gandhi
Sharad Pawar
Delhi HC
directs CBSE
to decide on
fee refund
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07
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari said that
royal families have a
big contribution in de-
mocracy. Various royal
families of the country
have done a lot of work
for the society. This is
the reason why people
still have faith in the
members of the royal
family. She said this
while interacting with
the children in season
two of Digital Baal
Mela 2021 being organ-
ized by Future Society
and LIC. Actually, Diya
Kumari was questioned
by the children about
how the royal families
have played their role in
democracy
. In response
to this question, she
told this to the children.
Also discussing his po-
litical career, she said
that his political career
started with the meet-
ing of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in 2013.
Also former Chief Min-
ister Vasundhara Raje
asked her to contest
from Sawai Madhopur
and she also came true
to his belief.
During the session,
children asked MP Diya
Kumari whether poli-
tics should be taught in
the school education of
children. In response to
this question, she said
that although political
science is a subject in
big classes, but seeing
the interest of chil-
dren, it seems that it
should be started from
small classes. she said
that children should
read books related to
politics.
Royal families have a big contribution in democracy: Diya
MP WITH CHILDREN IN DIGITAL BAAL MELA
RAS TOPPER MUKTA RAO LEFT LUCRATIVE
JOBS TO FULFIL CIVIL SERVICES DREAM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Mukta Rao,
the topper in the Ra-
jasthan Administra-
tive Service (RAS), has
proved wrong the per-
ception that studies
cannot be done after
marriage for women.
Rao worked hard and
got selected in RAS af-
ter 14 years of mar-
riage. She overcame
another challenge as
her mother died only 6
days after the exam but
she went to the village
only for one night and
took care of her re-
solve to fulfill her
mother’s dream.
After getting select-
ed in RAS, congratula-
tory messages from
people are coming
since morning. Mobile
is constantly busy.
Sweets are being dis-
tributed.
Rao got married in
2007 and worked in IT
sector for 10 years at
Mohali, Gurugram
and Mysore. After this
her husband Dr Vijay-
pal, Director in the De-
partment of Computer
Science at Manipal
University, motivated
and she started pre-
paring for RAS.
Leaving the IT job,
she gave the first NET
exam in 2015 and start-
ed preparing for RAS.
In 2016, she got 848th
rank in the first at-
tempt. She studies con-
tinuously for 5 hours.
She has a 10-year-old
son Ojas studying
in fifth grade.
NEWS DIGEST
DELHI POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT OF
SPYING FOR PAK FROM POKHRAN
Jaisalmer: Delhi Crime branch team has detained
a person from the Pokhran-Phalodi road in Jais-
almer. The suspected
detained is a resident of
Bikaner, and was living
in Pokhran for the last
several years, said the
police. The accused is
identified as Habib Khan.
At present, khan was a
contractor for supplying
vegetables in the Indian Army region and Indira
Rasoi operating in Pokhran. The Delhi police team
took him along for further interrogation.
JDA ALLOTS LAND TO DR BHIMRAO
AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY
Jaipur: The JDA has issued a lease of about 1
lakh sqm of land to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Law
University on Wednesday. JDA Commissioner
Gaurav Goyal informed that plot number 8 with
an area of 100482.70 square metres identified
by JDA in village Dahmikalan Sansthanik Yojana
on Ajmer road, has been issued free of cost to
the university for administrative and educational
use. In the 159th meeting of JDA’s Land and
Asset Disposal Committee, it was decided to
send the proposal for land allotment to the state
government. In this scheme, land has already
been allotted to two institutions.
BLACK BUCK CASE: SALMAN’S PLEA TO
TRANSFER CASE TO HC DEFERRED
‘MY CHILDREN DO NOT INTERFERE IN
POLITICS, BUT THEY SUPPORT ME’
COURT ORDERS STATE TO CONTINUE
SERVICE OF GNM AS NURSE GRADE 2
BEAWAR MLA’S DAUGHTER KANCHAN AN RAS OFFICER NOW
Jodhpur: The hearing on Salman Khan’s plea to
transfer the cases related to the blackbuck hunting
from the Sessions Court to
the High Court was adjourned
on Wednesday. Salman’s
lawyer had requested to
extend the hearing date. Also,
the state government has not
yet submitted its reply in the
matter. In such a situation,
Judge PS Bhati adjourned the
hearing for two weeks. The CJM court had convicted
Salman Khan and sentenced him to 5 years in the
case of hunting two blackbucks in the outskirts of
Kankani village near Jodhpur.
During the session, children asked how much in-
terest do her children have in politics? On this,
Diya Kumari said that her children are currently
studying. They do not interfere in the politics, but
they support her. Along with this, they also share
their hands in other works. At the end of the ses-
sion, Diya Kumari while congratulating the children
said that Digital Baal Mela is a unique experiment.
Jaipur: The bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh issued
notices on the writ petition and stay application
effecting the stay on the operation of order dated 27
May. The court directed the State to let the petition-
ers continue their services as GNM (nurse grade
2) from their initial places of posting and draw
their salaries. The counsels Aditya Jain and Neha
Gyamlani informed the court that earlier this court
also allowed the similar plea. Petitioners Gulab
Singh challenged the decision of CMHO, Bharatpur
through which the appointment of GNM (Nurse
grade 2) was terminated arbitrarily earlier.
Beawar: Kanchan Chauhan has
cleared the RAS exam, whose
results were declared by RPSC
on Tuesday. On the selection of
daughter of the city, the residents
of the city congratulated Kanchan
and wished for her bright future.
Kanchan Chauhan is the daughter of
Beawar’s BJP MLA Shankar Singh
Rawat, who offered her sweets.
2 COPS WHO SERVED IN CMs’ SECURITY CRACK RAS
Two persons who served in the
CM security have cracked the
RAS exam. Sub-inspector Devi
Lal of Jaipur, who got the 30th
rank, became a police constable
in 2006 and he didn’t know the
full form of RAS that time. Devi
Lal said that neither he was very
promising in school, nor had ever
been a topper. “I dreamt of get-
ting a government job,” he said.
He served in the CM security and
saw RAS officers that inspired
him. Similarly, Laxmi Chand
Meena, serving as sub-inspector
in CM security staff, was suc-
cessful in RAS despite the long
working hours and secured 12th
rank in the ST category.
ASHOK GEHLOT@ASHOKGEHLOT51
Congratulations to Jhunjhunu’s Mukta Rao, who
topped #RASexam, Tonk’s Manmohan Sharma, Jaipur’s
Shivakshi Khandal for securing 2nd 3rd positions respectively
to all who have cleared the exam. It’s a great opportunity to
serve the state with dedication. My best wishes to them.
ARROWHEAD BRINGS GOOD NEWS!
Tigress T-84 alias Arrowhead, an offspring of
Tigress T-19 (Krishna) who was daughter
of t-16 Machhli, has been sighted with 2 cubs.
Arrowhead has become a mother twice before.
Famous siblings Riddhi and Siddhi are also her
offspring. With this, the family tree of famous
tigress Macchli has reached 53. The total number
of tigers in the state stands at 104 now. The state
now has four tiger reserves. —Nirmal Tiwari
YOU READ IT FIRST IN FIRST
INDIA ON JUNE 28, 2021
Diya Kumari
RAS interview bribe
case: Remand of two
extended for 2 days
Unemployed father attacks family
members in Ajmer, daughter killed
Kudos! Lok
Adalat settles
75,952 cases
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Junior
Accountant Sajjan
Singh Gurjar and his
accomplice PA, who
ACB had arrested for
alleged kickback
deals in RAS-2018 re-
cruitment, have been
sent by court again
for two days remand.
Anti Corruption
Bureau had pro-
duced the alleged
“partners in crime”
in the court post the
expiry of 2 days of
initial remand.
It is reported that
ACB is expected to
grill RPSC member
Rajkumari Gurjar’s
husband retired IPS
Bheru Singh, whose
name was taken by
arrested officials for
his involvement in
crime. To crosscheck
the “accomplice”
claims, it is learnt
ACB will put to task
both the arrested of-
ficials in the pres-
ence of Gurjar.
Sources say, so-
called PA, Narendra
Poswal, has spilled
the beans about ac-
cepting the bribe
money for Bheru
Singh.
While accused Saj-
jan Singh used to
hunt RAS aspirants
with the help of Nar-
endra Poswal.
Jaipur: The suspen-
sion period of the then
Dausa SP IPS Manish
Agarwal, who was
arrested on charges
of bribery, has been
extended by 180 days.
Agarwal’s suspension
period will end on July
22, after which he will
remain suspended
for 180 days i.e. 3
months. On March
24, the state govern-
ment had extended the
suspension period by
120 days. The review
committee constituted
under the chairman-
ship of CS Niranjan
Arya has recom-
mended extension of
the suspension period
because Agarwal is still
in judicial custody.
Dausa: A contractual
worker under the EO
in the municipality
kept on collecting Rs
100 per ration card
application illegally
for a long time. Acting
on the clue, he was
nabbed by the Dausa
ACB red-handed. In the
proceedings, contract
computer operator
Sumit Sharma was ar-
rested red-handed with
Rs 1,600 in cash. To
make new ration cards
or for the amendments
in the existing rations,
Sumit took Rs 100 per
ration card illegally
from Emitra operators.
Others involved in the
racket will be revealed
after the investigation
of the ACB.
IPS MANISH
AGARWAL’S
SUSPENSION
EXTENDED
RAS SUNIL KUMAR GETS BAIL ON
BOARD OF REVENUE GRAFT CASE
MUNICIPALITY
WORKER HELD
FOR GRAFT IN
RATION CARDS
First India Bureau
Ajmer: An unemployed
man, who had done love
marriage eight years
ago, attacked his wife
and two daughters with
a knife. The seven-year-
old eldest daughter
Annu was killed in the
attack. Five-year-old
daughter Angel and
wife Kavita, 27, are
struggling for life. After
the attack on the family
living in Kharwa vil-
lage on Ajmer-Beawar
highway, the man Ajit
Cheeta, a resident of
Bhawanipura Road Col-
ony, attempted suicide,
but survived. All three
have been admitted to
the hospital in Beawar.
Police said the wife was
ill for few days because
of which he had to do
all the household
chores. He was troubled
by so many responsi-
bilities along with un-
employment, said Bea-
war Sadar SHO Suren-
dra Singh Jodha.
Mukta Rao (middle) sharing sweets with her family members.
Injured accused being treated
at a hospital in Ajmer.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the unprec-
edented success of the
first National Lok Ada-
lat, Rajasthan State Le-
gal Services Authority’s
Chairman Justice San-
geet Lodha has lauded
the officers and employ-
ees of all judicial, bank
and insurance, district
legal services authority
and courts, including
all the concerned stake-
holders. Shalini Mehri-
shi, Special Secretary
of the authority said
the cases were heard
both online and offline.
 Total 706 benches
were set up in the state
including the Rajasthan
High Court
 Total 75,952 cases
including 12,700 cases in
pre-litigation and 63,252
cases pending in courts
were disposed-off
 Awards worth Rs
6,025,773,823 were
passed
Ajmer: The ACB trap case involving two
members from the Board of Revenue Ajmer got
a big relief from the High Court. The court of
Justice Devendra Kachhawah accepted the bail
application and granted bail to the suspended
RAS Sunil Kumar. However, state advocate
Mangal Singh Saini opposed the bail. The bail
was granted on the basis of non-demand in the
transcript. Apart from this, the bail petition of
other suspended RAS BL Mehrada and broker
Shashikant Sharma was also heard. The bail
petition of these two will now be heard in the
High Court after a week.
Justice Sangeet Lodha
Sajjan Singh Gurjar
Devi Lal was posted in the security of
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Sumit Sharma
Manish Agarwal

Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur : On the com-
pletion of one year as
PCC Chief, Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra was given a
grand welcome at the
State Congress Head-
quarters on Wednes-
day
.
Dotasra said that he
still considers himself
a worker. Power comes
from hard work of the
workers. As an Educa-
tion Minister, Dotasra
broughtanewcadrefor
computer teacher re-
cruitment. If there is a
case against the teach-
ers and personnel, the
education department
willsetupitsowncourt
to end the atmosphere
of court cases in the
education department.
For transfer cases, a
separate policy will be
brought soon, he said.
On the party mem-
bers involved in giving
statements against the
party, Dotasra gave a
blatant warning that if
anyone indulges in in-
discipline in the party,
he will have to face the
consequences.
All the workers and
leaders of the party
will have to respect the
Congress flag and the
handsymbol.If anyone
does not understand
thenheshouldbeready
for action. The state
Congress president
also attacked RSS, say-
ing they do politics be-
hind the scenes. Wher-
ever there are BJP
govts, the reins of pow-
er are in hands of RSS.
Not a single file moves
without their consent.
Dotasra said RSS peo-
ple are indulged in cor-
ruption, an example of
same has been seen in
Rajasthan.
A person who has nothing but
knowledge will always hold same
sort of power over one who has
none.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The efforts of
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla for Kota’s new air-
port have started deliv-
ering results with the
state government giv-
ing instructions to allot
1,250 acres of land free
of cost for proposed
greenfield airport in
Shambhupura in Kota.
As soon as the Dis-
trict Collector received
the letter from the Joint
Secretary of Civil Avia-
tion, the process of al-
lotment of land started.
Birla spoke to the CM
Ashok Gehlot about the
land allotment. Shortly
after this, the state gov-
ernment issued instruc-
tions for allotment of
free land. The LS speak-
er had promised the
people of Kota when he
was elected as MP, that
Kota would be connect-
ed with air services.
Land allotment has
been done but NOCs
approvals are still await-
ed and it may take time
to complete project.
On Tuesday, union
civil aviation minister
Jyotiraditya Scindia
met Birla at his resi-
dence during which the
minister said that a
greenfield airport pro-
ject will start in Kota
assured that the project
will be his priority
.
State govt allots 1,250 acres of land for free
PROPOSED GREENFIELD AIRPORT IN KOTA
lll
Lok Sabha
Speaker Om
Birla had
promised people
when he was
elected as the
MP, that Kota
would be
connected with
air services
Jaipur: IPS officer of
Rajasthan cadre, Lovely
Katiyar, will go on cen-
tral deputation in the
CBI for four years, ac-
cording to an official
orderissuedonWednes-
day
. The Department of
Personnel of the state
government issued the
order in this regard.
She will serve as SP
in the Central Bureau
of Investigation, it said.
Katiyar, a 2008-batch
IPS officer, is currently
posted in New Delhi as
Commandant, 12th Bat-
talion, Rajasthan
Armed Constabulary
(RAC). —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State Govern-
ment has decided to
strengthen the Chief
Vigilance Commission-
er system to end cor-
ruption in government
offices and bring trans-
parency in administra-
tion. For this, CM Ge-
hlot has approved crea-
tion of new posts and
services in CVC’s cell.
Gehlot has approved
the proposal of the
Home Department in
this regard to create 5
new posts and to take
the services of Home
Guards as personnel on
2 other posts.
CM Gehlot has also
approved the establish-
ment of office of Block
Chief Medical Officer
at Sarwad in Ajmer dis-
trict and creation of
new posts for the same.
During a review
meeting of food civil
supply department, Ge-
hlot asked officials to
complete the work of
linking eligible families
with Jan Aadhar Card,
matching with ration
cards and rectifying er-
rors in a mission mode,
while providing all the
benefits of PDS with
transparency to every
eligible family
.
Dotasra’sEkSaalBemisal@PCC
PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra being welcomed by the party workers at PCC office on completion of one year of his tenure.
4-yr Central
deputation for
Lovely Katiyar
CM approves 5
posts to boost
vigilance system
CM to consider opening of coaching
centres in state by first week of August
Gehlot’s ‘trusted’ Bhupendra ‘delivers
results’, time again in RPSC!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Coaching in-
stitutes and Colleges
that have been closed
since the past months
in state can open by the
first week of August
with certain restric-
tions.
On Wednesday, when
CM Ashok Gehlot virtu-
ally inaugurated the
foundation stone of
various colleges in Ra-
jasthan he said to decide
for opening of coaching
institutes soon.
UDH Minister Shan-
ti Dhariwal said Kota
is famous as a coaching
institutes hub in the
country and asked to
open these institutes
for students. He also
mentioned that coach-
ing institutes are being
open in Madhya
Pradesh and Haryana.
In Rajasthan too they
can open now with chil-
dren who have taken
the first or second vac-
cine be allowed to at-
tend. Even the staff
should get vaccinated.
The employment of
many people who are
dependent on the edu-
cation field is at stake,
he said. On this CM
said that he will con-
sider the suggestion
and will make a deci-
sion soon.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: There is a
saying in bureaucra-
cy; “those who have
the zeal, will perform
and manage their de-
partment better, no
matter the circum-
stances.”
In the current
scheme of things,
when Corona has cre-
ated tensions within
even the bureaucratic
framework and how
any department or
government institu-
tion is managed, a
low-profile but highly
efficient former ‘kha-
ki-man’ has proved
that even with the
most terrorising cir-
cumstances, hard
work and zeal to per-
form can outwit the
most negative of de-
velopments.
After taking over
the charge of Chair-
man of the Rajasthan
Public Service Com-
mission on October
2020, former Ra-
jasthan DGP Bhupen-
dra Yadav, has proved
once again, why the
police department
looked up to him. At a
time when RPSC was
marred with contro-
versies, litigations
and allegations of
corruption in releas-
ing results of various
services, while others
may have been bogged
down by the sheer
weight of the prob-
lems, an honest and
low profile Yadav
proved himself on CM
Gehlot’s hopes and as-
pirations.
After successfully
navigating through
the treacherous legal
battle and other ad-
ministrative issues, it
is Yadav’s handiwork
that resulted in re-
leasing of the RAS
2018 examination re-
sult. But Yadav is not
slowing down. He has
already put the RPSC
to work on war-foot-
ing and release the
RAS 2021 examina-
tion advertisement.
In the not too distance
past, it was under Ya-
dav’s leadership that
the RPSC released the
stalled result of SI re-
cruitment exam 2016.
Furthermore, im-
mediately after taking
over the reins, Yadav
engrossed himself in
completing the RPSC
quorum. Even during
corona crisis and
lockdown, RPSC con-
tinued to function
unabated, thereby
conducted recruit-
ment and DPC related
work and finished the
pending DPC of Po-
lice, Education,
Health and other de-
partments.
When Gehlot chose
Yadav to head the
RPSC, a section of the
bureaucracy and po-
litical realm of Ra-
jasthan were suspi-
cious if Yadav could
actually deliver, how-
ever, he has proved
beyond doubt that he
is effectively fulfilling
CM Gehlot’s mandate!
Jaipur: Speaking in the
favour of Population
Control Bill, Health
Minister Dr Raghu
Sharma on Wednesday
said it is the time when
the country needs to
think about population
control while adding
the slogan “Hum do, hu-
mare ek”.
Speaking to ANI, Dr
Sharma said, “The
growing population is a
matter of great concern
for the country. Now it
is the high time the
country has to think
about how can we
control the popu-
lation growth so
that the future
g e n e r a t i o n s
can get a bet-
ter education,
health and oth-
er facilities
for a
better
lifestyle. I have told in
many platforms that
once there was a time
when it had been said
that ‘Hum do, humare
do (We two, we have two
children). But it is the
time when it should be
‘hum do, hamare ek’ (we
should have one child).”
Dr Sharma’s remarks
come at a time when Ut-
tar Pradesh and Assam
have proposed to imple-
ment a population con-
trol bill in their respec-
tive states. Even several
BJP members are prep-
ping to push for a
national popula-
tion control law
through private
members’ Bills
in the mon-
soon session of
p arl ia m ent
beginning
M o n -
day
.
TIME FOR ‘HUM DO, HUMARE EK’
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
backs population control bill
Jaipur: In 70s when
former PM late Indira
Gandhi tried to imple-
ment the population
control policy of “Hum
Do Hamare Do” in
country’s interest,
Jan Sangh, RSS,
BJP opposed it, said
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas. They made
it a poll issue did
not allow the policy’s
implementation. Had
they accepted it, then
today India’s popula-
tion would not have
been 130 crore, he
said. Time has come
the Centre should
follow path of
Indira Gandhi
and implement
Central Population
Control Policy,
he said.
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
and Deputy Leader of
Opposition Rajendra
Rathore are on same
page for the first time
it seems as Rathore,
welcomed Dr Raghu’s
views regarding One
Child Policy and
demanded that the
bill be tabled in the
Assembly. Rathore
said the people who
ruled the country for
52 consecutive years
since Independence
and did nothing to
stop the population
explosion. He stated,
“This statement by
the Health Minister
is the statement of
the entire Cabinet.
And I hope he will
not shy away from
this.”
PSK: Time for BJP to
implement Indira’s
population policy
‘Request state govt
to bring population
bill in Assembly’
Govtfixeschargestobe
takenby‘NagarMitras’
Abhishek Srivastav
Jaipur: The process
to appoint Nagar Mi-
tra,whowillhelppeo-
ple during Prashasan
Shehron ke Sang
drive, which is going
to start from October
2 this year, has start-
ed. The fee to be
charged by them has
also been fixed.
During the earlier
tenure of the Gehlot
led government, a
similar drive was run
in 2012 and learning
from the experience
then, government
has decided to rope in
NagarMitrastomake
campaign successful.
“The concept of
Nagar Mitra is being
implemented for the
first time for the con-
venience of the peo-
ple during the cam-
paign. They will
guide people in filing
applications, attach-
ing required docu-
ments and other pro-
cedure related help
will be provided by
them,” an official
said. They will en-
sure that all the docu-
ments are complete
and proper while fil-
ing the online appli-
cation. The service
will be chargeable
and the applicant will
have to pay the pre-
scribed fee.
Rs50,000 to 1,50,000
will have to be paid
for work of preparing
layout plan of the
colony and submit-
ting it to local body
.
For taking lease of a
single plot scheme,
Rs10 per sqmt and a
maximum of Rs15
can be charged for
work of preparing
letter and submitting
it to the body
. Fees for
other works have also
been fixed by the gov-
ernment.
PRASHASAN SHEHRON KE SANG
Yogi govt
has failed
in law
order and in deliv-
ering good govern-
ance. The govt is
coming up with
such things to di-
vert attention from
this. There is
enough legislation
for population
control in Raj.
—Govind Singh Dotasra,
PCC Chief
Bhupendra Yadav
Shanti Dhariwal
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

anjeer is one of my
favourite movies for
many reasons, I found
the young angry
brooding Amitabh
very sexy. Finally, a
hero who does not
sing or dance around trees or
for that matter breaks into
songs, he seethes with anger.
He was vulnerable as he bat-
tled his nightmares, a lawman
he walked the thin line be-
tween law and lawlessness.
That the movie catapult-
ed Amitabh to stardom is
the stuff of Bollywood
history but more impor-
tantly, it gave lakhs of
youth an idol to look up
to, a justification of the
frustration and anger
they were dealing with.
But I fell in love with
the angry ball of fire
when he finally suc-
cumbs and gives a
tender shy smile like
the dawn after being
artfully ‘wooed’ (I
cannot think of a bet-
ter word) by Pran, in one
of his finest roles second to his
persona in Upkaar.
From starting a relationship
with “Jab tak baithne ke liye na
kaha jaaye, sharafat se khade
raho,” wherein Amitabh kicks
the chair from under Pran then
going on to Yaari hai imaan
mera as he wins the Khan’s re-
spect, loyalty and friendship,
the chemistry was a joy to
watch.
In fact, apart from this hum-
mable song and Deewanein
hain Deewana ko na ghar cha-
hiye, Zanjeer has no songs
worth mentioning.
The second song is the back-
drop of the blossoming unspo-
ken love between the angry
young inspector and Jaya, who
plays a critical eye-witness
whose conscience is woken up
jarringly by Amitabh.
Jaya plays a wildcat who
falls in love, she has a strong
but small role as has Om
Prakash, the police informer.
Ajit, the villain brings his usu-
al aplomb to the role with his
dapper style and Bindu is the
perfect moll! But Zanjeer is
about Amitabh and it’s Am-
itabh all the way
. His inner tur-
moil was depicted with depth
and restraint, nowhere does he
go overboard or make the char-
acter a stereotype. His anguish
as the demons run uncontrol-
lably within even as he tries to
settle into a ‘happy married
life’ touches a chord in us. His
raw gripping performance re-
mains his best to date.
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