1. Oppnwantstodestroy
SanatanDharma:Modi
Moni Sharma
Bina/Raigarh
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday
strongly criticized the
INDIA bloc, asserting
that the “ghamandia” al-
liance had sinister inten-
tions to undermine and
dismantle the founda-
tions of Sanatan Dharma,
one of the world’s oldest
religions. “The people of
this INDIAalliance want
to erase that ‘Sanatana
Dharma’ which gave in-
spiration to Swami Vive-
kananda and Lokmanya
Tilak...This INDIA alli-
ance wants to destroy
‘Sanatana Dharma’.
TakingdigatCongress,
PM Modi criticized the
party’s governanceinMP,
stating that those who had
ruled State for an extend-
ed period had primarily
presided over a regime
marked by corrup-
tion & crime. P5
l PM Modi lays foundation of projects worth over `50,700 cr in MP
l Modi dedicates rail projects worth over `6,350 cr in Chhattisgarh
CHHATTISGARH IS
POWER-HOUSE FOR
DEVP IN NATION: PM
PM Narendra Modi
in Raigarh inaugu-
rates several rail
sector projects and lays the
foundation stone of ‘critical
care blocks’ in nine districts
of Chhattisgarh. He said,
‘Chhattisgarh is like the
power-house for develop-
ment in the country. In the
last 9 years, we worked for
the multidimensional devel-
opment of Chhattisgarh. To-
day, a new chapter is being
written in the development
of railways in the State.’
PM Narendra Modi receives warm welcome in Bina on Thursday.
Also seen here is CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vishnu Sharma.
MP, Chhattisgarh is a
poll-bound state that
is scheduled to hold its
Assembly elections
later this year
You all have seen how
India has successfully
organised the G20
Summit. The credit for
the success of the G20
Summit goes to the
people of the country.
It is the success of
140 crore people.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
16 kids feared
drowned in a
boat tragedy
First India Bureau
Muzaffarpur
At least 16 children were
feared drowned in a boat
tragedy in Bagmati river
near Mahupatti bank un-
der Benibad police out-
post of Muzaffarpur dis-
trict in Bihar on Thurs-
day. DSP Muzaffarpur
East Shaharyar Akhtar
said that as per initial the
information 33 children
were on boat which over-
turned due to high cur-
rent of the river water.
Female’s body
found in N’garh
jungle; 2 held
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur
Acase of murder of a girl
and putting her body in a
bag and burying it under
stones in hills of Nahar-
garh has come to light.
Police have arrested 2 ac-
cused in the case. Police
said that Swapan Mandal
alias Tarun of West Ben-
gal forced girls into flesh
trade. He brought girls
from Kolkata, Nepal,
Delhi etc and made them
work in city. MORE ON P3
Petrol pumps on
indefinite strike
in Raj from today
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
Petrol and diesel will not
be available in State from
6:00 am today as the Ra-
jasthan Petroleum Deal-
ers Assn. announced in-
definite strike. All 6,712
pumps in will be closed.
Petroleum dealers are
agitating demanding re-
duction in VAT and in-
crease in dealers’ com-
mission. Govt suffered
loss of `90 cr in 16 hours
during 2-day strike. P3
SC's real-time data now
available on NJDG: CJI
First India Bureau
New Delhi
CJI DY Chandrachud on
Thursday announced that
SC is ‘onboard’ with the
National Judicial Data
Grid (NJDG), which will
now give real-time data
regarding the pendency of
cases. He said step was
taken to bring in transpar-
ency and accountability of
cases. ‘Laudatory step by
SCandCJI.Suchharness-
ing of technology will fur-
ther transparency and en-
hance justice delivery
systeminourcountry,’PM
Modi posted on X.
It is a historic day. It is
a unique platform that
is developed by the
NIC and in house team
of the Supreme Court.
DY CHANDRACHUD, CJI
International Conference on Dam Safety
Dhankhar says dams
are boon to humanity
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
Vice President Jagdeep
Dhankhar addressed the
International Conference
on Dam Safety held in
Jaipur on Thursday.
“Dams are no less than a
boon for humanity as
they ensure availability
of water for the society
and help in irrigation,” he
said. Referring to the
theme of the G-20 ‘One
Earth, One Family, One
Future’, VP said that the
summit introduced the
world to our great cul-
tural heritage, rich tradi-
tion and values of Indian
culture and the whole
world is praising us.
Calling himself a
farmer’s son and remem-
bering his rural environ-
ment, Dhankhar said that
he knew the importance
of water. Union Minister
of Jal Shakti GS Shekha-
wat, inaugurated Nation-
al Centre for Earthquake
Safety of Dams at MNIT
in Jaipur. MORE ON P8
Jagdeep Dhankhar, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Manik Saha, DK Shivakumar, Mahendrajeet Singh
Malviya and Usha Sharma during International Conference on Dam Safety, in Jaipur on Thursday.
DHANKHAR AND SHEKHAWAT VIRTUALLY FLAG OFF
TRAIN WITH ‘NATIONAL WATER MISSION’ MESSAGE
During his visit,
Dhankhar with the
aim of conveying the
message of the National Wa-
ter Mission of the Ministry of
Jal Shakti, the vinyl wrapped
rake of Train No. 15667/68,
Kamakhya Express was
flagged off at Varanasi sta-
tion through VC from Jaipur.
Dams protect us from floods and protect the
lives of millions of people and invaluable
property of the country.
JAGDEEP DHANKHAR, VICE PRESIDENT
DEVELOPMENT OF GREENFIELD AIRPORT
Centre not helping
in construction
of airport in Kota,
says CM Gehlot
CM REACHED THE SPOT MARKED
FOR AIRPORT IN SHAMBHUPURA-
JAKHMUND VILLAGES BETWEEN
KOTA-BUNDI AND ALSO TOOK THE
INFO ABOUT WORK IN PROGRESS
Bhanwar S Charan and Shivendra Parmar
Kota
hief Minister
Ashok Gehlot
inspected the
proposed GreenfieldAir-
port land in Kota on
Thursday. Gehlot said
that the state government
is committed to the de-
velopment of greenfield
airport. “We took a deci-
sion in Cabinet and got
34 hectares of land trans-
ferred free of cost to Air-
port Authority by the Ur-
ban Development Trust,
Kota. Besides, the first
installment of diversion
amount of `21.13 crore
was also given to Forest
Dept. Despite this, Cen-
tre has not been able to
start construction work.
We have fulfilled the
promises made in the air-
port development. Now
Centre and local MP and
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla should make ef-
forts. Gehlot said that if
the Central Government
refuses to do so, the State
Government will com-
plete it with its own re-
sources. Interestingly,
CM Gehlot also reached
the house of Congress
MLA Bharat Singh.
CM Ashok Gehlot inspects work of proposed Greenfield Airport in
Kota on Thursday. Shanti Dhariwal, Govind Dotasra, OP Bunkar,
RD Meena, Bharat Singh, Shashikant Sharma others also seen.
C PIL AGAINST GEHLOT
DISMISSED BY RAJ HC
In the case related
to giving statement
against judiciary,
the High Court rejected
advocate Kunal Sharma’s
PIL in this case. The divi-
sion bench of Justice MM
Srivastava and Justice
Praveer Bhatnagar gave
orders. A few days ago,
CM Gehlot had given a
statement in the media
against the judiciary.
CM, Shekhawat appear
before court virtually
Sumit Kumar
New Delhi
CM Ashok Gehlot and
Union Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
appeared before New
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue
Court through VC on
Thursday. The Court
has reserved its deci-
sion on petition of Ge-
hlot in defamation case
of Shekhawat. ACMM
court reserved decision
and verdict will be pro-
nounced on September
19 at 2:30 pm. Actual-
ly, Gehlot has demand-
ed to discharge himself
from charges in defa-
mation case after Shek-
hawat did not appear
during hearing. P8
NEXT DATE SEPT 19
Tharman is a
multi-generational
Singaporean of Tamil
ancestry, staying in
Singapore for more
than 50 years
Indian-origin Tharman is
new Singapore President
ndian-origin Sin-
g a p o r e - b o r n
economist Tharman
Shanmugaratnam, 66,
was on Thursday sworn
inasthe9thpresidentof
the predominantly Chi-
nese and economically
prosperous city-state
andwillserveasix-year
term. Indian-origin
ChiefJusticeSundaresh
Menon administered
oath of office to Presi-
dent Tharman at a cer-
emony at Istana. P7
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GADKARI CALLS FOR VEHICLE
SCRAPPING FACILITIES
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has
urged automobile dealers to open
vehicle scrapping facilities as part of
govt’s push for a circular economy.
BHAGWAT, NADDA TAKE
PART IN 3-DAY RSS MEET
A 3-day meeting of RSS began in
Pune on Thursday. RSS chief Mo-
han Bhagwat, BJP chief JP Nadda,
Hosabale and others participate.
HINDI NOT IN COMPETITION
WITH OTHER LANGUAGES: HM
HM Amit Shah said, ‘Hindi will never
compete with other Indian language,
a strong nation will emerge only
by strengthening all its languages.
VK SINGH URGES WORLD
TO ISOLATE PAKISTAN
Union Minister VK Singh called for
international community to isolate Pa-
kistan on Thursday amid an ongoing
encounter in Jammu and Kashmir.
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8 injured as jet skids
off airport runway
Thakur takes part in
BJP’s Parivartan Yatra
Mumbai: A chartered
plane carrying 6 pas-
sengers and 2 crew on
board was involved in a
runway excursion at
Mumbai Airport on
Thursday due to heavy
rain, low visibility. All
onboard hurt, 40 flights
delayed from the city.
Bhilwara: Union Min-
ister Anurag Thakur
participated in BJP’s
Parivartan Sankalp
Yatra in Shahpura on
Thursday. He made
scathing attack on State
govt regarding unem-
ployment, education,
farmers, women atroci-
ties, gravel mafia, etc.
He recounted achieve-
ments of Modi govt. P8
2 jawans injured, Army
intensifies operations
Srinagar: Two more
soldiers have been in-
jured on Thursday in the
encounter, which is un-
derway in the dense for-
ests of Kokernag in
JK’s Anantnag district.
Army and police
launched a joint opera-
tion to hunt terrorists. P6
BJP, Cong issue whip for
all MPs to be present
New Delhi: The BJP
and the Congress have
issued a whip to all their
MPs, asking them to be
present during the up-
coming five-day Parlia-
ment special session
from September 18. A
special meeting has
been called by Centre a
day prior to the Parl.

2. HINDI DIWAS CELEBRATIONS
Hindi not only a language, but a symbol
of country’s respect culture: Dr Kalla
First India Bureau
Jaipur
state-level Hin-
di Diwas func-
tion was organ-
ised by Language and Li-
brary Dept at Birla Audi-
toriumonThursday,where
EducationMinisterDrBD
Kalla was the chief guest.
Kalla said that even if
one goes abroad, Hindi
should be given impor-
tance. “Everyone should
promote Hindi. Through
the Hindi language we
can keep everyone unit-
ed,” he said. On giving
recognition to Rajasthani
language in the State,
Kalla said that CMAshok
Gehlot has written letters
to the Prime Minister
several times.
Minister of State for
Higher Education Depart-
ment Rajendra Singh Ya-
dav, Government Secre-
tary of School Education,
LanguageandLibraryand
Panchayati Raj Depart-
ment Naveen Jain, Direc-
tor of Gandhi Shanti Prat-
ishthanNewDelhiKumar
Prashant also participated
in the programme. About
400 school students who
scored 100 percent marks
were honoured.
Dr BD Kalla felicitates Dr Fateh S Bhati with ‘Hindi Sewa
Puraskar’ during a programme held to mark Hindi Diwas at Birla
Auditorium in Jaipur on Thursday. Rajendra Yadav is also seen.
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Jaipur, Friday | September 15, 2023
Major race for
tickets going on in
Grand Old Party
Shale Mohammad,
Ruparam’s disparity
worries Congress
Police Commissioner Biju George Joseph, Hanuman Beniwal
interacting during ‘Chhatra Adhikar Hunkar’ Rally in Jaipur.
CM Gehlot made
two leaders shake
hands, but it seems that
their distance has not
disappeared! Minister
Shale Mohammad and
MLA Ruparam - both
maintain their domi-
nance in Jaisalmer
district, but there is
concern in Congress
due to differences
among themselves.
Panchayat elections
became bitter due to
mutual disputes.
Recently, CM Gehlot
had got them to join
hands in the helicopter,
but according to
sources, the distance
between the two still
persists. Discussion is
going on to change
Ruparam’s seat, but
Ruparam wants to try his
luck again in Jaisalmer,
whereas, Shale Moham-
med had also barely won
the last election.
Naresh Sharma
There is a major
‘race’ for tickets
going on in Congress. At
first, applications were
given before in-charge
and co-in-charge and
after this, one- to- one
interview was also given.
Then the ticket seekers
gave interviews to
members of SEC and
the members of the
screening committee
also didn’t lag behind in
taking the interview.
Later the observers ar-
rived and now they are
also taking one-to-one
interviews. Those who
are asking for tickets for
the first time are having
fun and leaders asking
for tickets for the first
time are not missing out
at all in trying to score
over their competitors.
But senior leaders don’t
like giving interviews like
this, because they have
an idea from where they
get tickets in Congress!
RLP’sBeniwalraisesdemandforStudent
electionsinarallyatVidyadharNagar
Student leaders from across the State protest-
ed against the government in Jaipur demanding
Student Union elections in Rajasthan on Thursday.
Chhatra Adhikar Hunkar rally was held at Vidyadhar
Nagar Stadium in Jaipur, in which leaders and
workers of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party also partici-
pated. Addressing the rally, RLP national convenor
Hanuman Beniwalsaid that Sachin Pilot tweets a lot
about the youth. “I saw his speech in which he said
that new parties are emerging. He said that people
buy Scorpio by selling two bighas of land,” Beniwal
asked if Pilot had a problem with it.Beniwal said that
Pilot is a bigger military captain than CM Ashok
Gehlot and he uses people to his advantage. “I
helped Pilot twice in the 2018 assembly elections.”
Adda
Adda
RAJ
RAJniti
ka
KOTPUTLI
 Rajendra Yadav
 Pradeep Gurjar
 Bhim Patel
 Ramesh Gupta
 Rawat Gurjar
JAMVARAMGARH
 Gopal Lal Meena
 Moolchand Meena
 Shankar Lal Meena
 Ramswaroop Meena
 Rakesh Gadli
 Nathu Meena
 Suman Meena
 Jagdish Pavata
 Lavesh Meena Doorman
 Jagdish Meena
DUDU
 Babulal Nagar
 Ravi Kumar Singdar
SHAHPURA
 Alok Beniwal
 Manish Yadav
 Sandeep Singh
Chaudhary
CONTENDERS FROM CONG!
CONG BJP CONTENDERS
As the race for the tickets starts, here are
some of the prominent names from
various Assembly seats of State
ChangecertaininRajthis
time,claimBJPleaders
Sanjay Prajapat
Churu
BJP State President CP
Joshi and LoP Rajendra
Rathore were warmly
welcomed during BJP’s
Parivartan Sankalp Yatra
in Taranagar on Thurs-
day. Joshi said that
change is certain in Ra-
jasthan. Congress’s dust
will be wiped and
cleaned.
Rathore said that Ra-
jasthan ranks first in
crime in the country.
“Mafia and criminals
have fun here,” he said.
Along with Joshi and
Rathore, Union Minister
Kailash Choudhary, Dep-
uty LoP Dr Satish Poon-
ia, BJP candidate Rakesh
Jangid, District President
Harlal Saharan, CR Guri
and a large number of
BJP leaders and officials
took out a rally and
reached the meeting
place in Krishi Mandi.
Taking aim at a police
personnel, Rathore said
that after becoming a
head constable and be-
coming IG, wave of cor-
ruption was created in
Taranagar.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
For proposed visit of
BJP Parivartan Sankalp
Yatra 2023 in Ajmer
(Rural) consisting 5 As-
semblies with Muslim
Majority, under BJP’s
state leadership, BJP
State V-P for Minorities
and in-charge upcoming
‘Parivartan Yatra’
Javved Qureshi will be
touring entire 5 assem-
blies before the arrival
of the Yatra and shall
hold meetings for the
welcome. Qureshi said
we have to assure that
maximum number of
Minorities should be a
part of welcome as well
as the yatra. Qureshi
while talking to media
said the atmosphere of
crime anarchy has
been established by cur-
rent cong govt warned
that minority communi-
ty shall teach a lesson to
congress in polls.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The BJP on Thursday
counterattacked on the
allegations of former As-
sembly Speaker Kailash
Meghwal who targeted
Union Minister Arjun
Ram Meghwal. The dalit
leaders of the party re-
taliated.
State President of BJP
SC Morcha Kailash
Meghwal said that MLA
Kailash Meghwal does
not want any leader from
SC category to move for-
ward. “He never promot-
ed SC community work-
ers. Kailash Meghwal’s
honour, respect and repu-
tation are from BJP only.
BJP made him Union
Minister, MLA, MP for
50 years. Kailash Megh-
wal has been making al-
legations repeatedly in
the past as well. Earlier
he had made allegations
against Vasundhara Raje
and Rajnath Singh also,”
he told the media at BJP
headquarters.
First India Bureau
Ajmer
Candidates are furnish-
ing misleading informa-
tion in RPSC Asst Pro-
fessor College Education
Examination. The revela-
tion was made during
scrutiny of application
forms. RPSC Secy Ram-
niwas Mehta spoke to
those candidates, so the
info related to PG was
found to be false. RPSC
is now preparing to take
legal action against such
candidates. Out of total
2,11,036 applicants, 297
applied in more than4
subjects, 54 in about 5,
while 5 candidates ap-
plied in 26 subjects.
There are only 2 candi-
dates who applied in all
48 subjects. All of them
claimed to be PG.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Classification of in-
dustrial units was done
on Thursday for fire
NOC. In this regard, the
Urban Development De-
partment and Local Self
Government Department
issued orders stressing
that less Hazard units
will have to take fire
NOC every 5 years.
Units with moderate
hazard risk will have to
do so every 3 years and
those with high hazard
risk will have to take fire
NOC every year. Nota-
bly, deemed system will
be applicable in case of
fire NOC of buildings
and renewal will have to
be done on application
for renewal of NOC. The
competent authority will
have to renew NOC with-
in a max of 30 days. Pen-
alty of Rs 5,000 will be
imposed for not renew-
ing NOC. Moreover,
even if a defect is found
in fire fighting system of
building during inspec-
tion, a penalty of Rs 5000
will be imposed. If fire
occurs after NOC is is-
sued, then too a penalty
of Rs 5k will be imposed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Rajsamand MP, Diya
Kumari has written a let-
ter to Union Foreign
Minister, S Jaishankar,
urging for the opening of
a passport office in the
newly formed district of
Beawar. This district falls
in her parliamentary con-
stituency.
In the letter, Diya Ku-
mari stated that a large
number of people from
Beawar district go abroad
every year for business,
job and tourism purpos-
es. Considering the dense
population of the area,
there is a dire need for a
passport office in district.
MP has also written a
letter to the Union De-
fence Minister, Rajnath
Singh, expressing her
gratitude for opening a
CSD canteen for military
personnel in Beawar on
her request.
First India Bureau
Sirohi
An FIR has been filed
against Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat in Kot-
wali Police Station of
Sirohi for allegedly mak-
ing false claims and
spreading rumours dur-
ing a public speech in
Sirohi on Sept 11. The
complainant, Bharat Ku-
mar, filed an FIR against
the Union Minister
said, “GS Shekhawat had
said that there were talks
of throwing petrol bombs
and burning shops during
Ram Navami Yatra.
Whereas no such inci-
dent happened in Sirohi.
He made false claims and
spoiled the atmosphere
of Sirohi city,” the com-
plainant stated. An FIR
has been filed under var-
ious sections of IPC and
also the IT Act.
MaxnumberofMinoritiesshould
beapartof yatra,BJP’sQureshi
BJPreactstoMeghwal’s
allegationsonUnionMin
Raj ranks 1st in
crime. Mafia and
criminals have fun
here: LoP Rathore
Kailash Choudhary, Rajendra Rathore, BL Sharma, Rakesh Jangid, Harlal Saharan, CR Guri others
during the Privartan Sankalp Yatra in Sadulpur town of Churu district on Thursday.
Javved Qureshi will be touring 5 assemblies in Ajmer Rural
before the arrival of the Yatra and shall hold meetings.
BJP SC Morcha’s Kailash
Meghwal addresses a press
conference at BJP HQs in
Jaipur on Thursday.
PARIVARTAN
SANKALP YATRA
TONK
 Sachin Pilot (Cong)
 Ajit Mehta (BJP),
Abu Bakar Naqvi,
Ganesh Mahur, Lak-
shmi Jain, Rajendra
Parana, Chandraveer
Singh
KOLAYAT
 Bhanwar Singh Bhati
(Congress)
 Champalal Gaidar
(BJP), Shyam Singh
Hadla, Ravi Shekhar
Meghwal, Poonam
Kanwar Bhati
NAWAN
 Mahendra Chaudhary
(Congress)
 Vijay Singh Chaud-
hary (BJP), Dr. Rajni
Gavadiya, Gyanaram
Rinwan, Babulal
Kumawat, Dr. Govind
Ram Chaudhary
NIMBAHERA
 Udailal Anjana (Con-
gress)
 Srichand Kripalani
(BJP), Sohan Anjana,
Bhupendra Singh
Badoli, Ashok Nav-
lakha
POKRAN
 Shale Mohammad
(Congress)
 Pratap Puri (BJP),
Shaitan Singh
Rathore, Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat
RPSC exam:
Applicants give
false information
Diya Kumari demands a
Passport office in Beawar
Union Min booked for making
false claim during public speech
Rain Respite
Vehicles wade through a flooded road at Trimurti Circle in Jaipur after heavy rains
lashed city on Thursday evening. The Meteorological Department has issued including
Jaipur, Ajmer, Tonk, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Pali, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Baran,
Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Bikaner, Sikar, Churu, Baran, Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar,
Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Sriganganagar. Orange alert has been issued in Jaipur West, Ajmer
and East Nagaur areas. Strong winds with a speed of 30 to 40 kms are expected. There is
a possibility of moderate to heavy rain along with hailstorm at some places. Meanwhile,
an hour’s rain in Jaipur led to waterlogging at many places including the Secretariat Road, Udyog
Bhawan, Statue Circle, Moti Dungri Road long queues of vehicles were seen.
SUNIL SHARMA
Government issues
revised fire NOC norms
for industrial units
ARUN SINGH CLAIMS 150 SEATS IN RAJASTHAN
BJP state in-charge Arun Singh claimed that BJP will
win 150 seats in the Assembly elections. Singh is
excited by the crowd gathering in Parivartan Sankalp
Yatra. Singh will be on a tour of Ajmer division today.

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IAF AIRSHOW BEGINS TODAY
IAF’s Surya Kiran to perform overJal Mahal
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur
he Indian Air
Force is organ-
izing a grand
and spectacularAir Show
at Jal Mahal here from
Friday to Sunday. The air
show will have the world
famous IAF Surya Kiran
Aerobatic Team (SKAT)
showcasing formation
aerobatics over Jal Ma-
hal, Jaipur from 3.30 PM
to 4.30 PM.
The marquee event will
exhibit the scintillating
and formidable display of
precision flying and per-
formance by the only
team of Asia flying nine
aircraft formation of
Hawk Mk-132 aircraft.
The air display will be
open to general public
along with students from
schools and colleges, Civ-
ildignitaries,NCCcadets,
serving and retired de-
fence personnel and their
families, said a defence
spokesperson. 11 Surya
Kiran aircraft of IAF
reached Jaipur Airport on
Thursdayandmediabrief-
ing was also held at the Jal
Mahal venue. The aircraft
willtakeofffromandland
at the Jaipur airport.
(L) IAF Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team’s (SKAT) planes parked at Jaipur Airport on Thursday. (R) Pilots of Indian Airforce’s SKAT posing at
the Jal Mahal in Jaipur ahead of their rehearsals on Thursday. SUNIL SHARMA
District Special Team (DST) has lodged an FIR of murder at the
Chitrakoot Nagar police station.
T
Powercutforeight-
hoursinJaipurtoday
Jaipur: The Jaipur Dis-
com has announced 8
hours of power cut in
Jaipur city on Friday. Of-
ficials informed that
there will be no electrici-
ty in more than 100 ar-
eas. “Power cuts will
take place in different
time slots on Friday. The
areas include Mansar-
ovar, Sanganer, Pratap-
nagar, Ramganj, Jagatpu-
ra, Mahesh Nagar, Gurjar
Ki Thadi other nearby
colonies and areas,” in-
formed an official.
1stIndiaNewsChannel
No. 1 in TRP: BARC
Jaipur: First India News
Channel got the 1st posi-
tion (Impression/TRP)
Urban Market in Rajast-
han as per the BARC Re-
port, Week 36, released
on Thursday. The First
India has been aggres-
sively and extensively
raising the issues related
to the public on the chan-
nel as well as its social
media platforms.And its
twitter reach also crossed
the 2 million mark.
IN BRIEF
Leopard dies in
territorial fight
Sawai Madhopur: A
leopard was killed by a
tiger in Phalodi range of
Ranthambore in a terri-
torial fight in R’bore Ti-
ger Reserve. The leop-
ard’s body was found by
forest workers during
trekking. The leopard’s
body was brought to
Naka Rajbagh. The
medical board conduct-
ed post-mortem of the
leopard. The body was
cremated as per NTCA’s
guidelines. ACF Arun
Sharma of R’bore Tiger
Reserve said that on
Sept 12, forest workers
found body of a leopard
in the Sitamata forest.
Ganpati’s Laddu
Governor Kalraj Mishra offers prayers to a big laddu offered
to him by Mahant of Moti Dungri Temple Kailash Sharma as
prasad of Lord Ganesh, at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on Thursday.
SUNIL SHARMA
Student takes
away Mumbai
minor girl, held
Digital Museum at
Assembly to open
for public today
Girl ends life,
family blames
hostel owners
First India Bureau
Kota
A 16-year-old student
studying in Kota reached
Jaipur with a 14-year-old
minor girl from Maha-
rashtra. While fleeing
from Jaipur to Mumbai,
anti-human trafficking
unit and Jawahar Nagar
police station at Kota
Junction arrested both of
themonWednesdaynight.
As per police, on Sept
11, complainant lodged
the missing complaint of
his minor son at Jawahar
Nagar. During the search,
it came to light that he
reached Nagpur on Sept
10 by train from Kota and
came back to Jaipur with
a 14-year-old minor girl
whom he had befriended
on social media. Accord-
ing to police, missing girl
complaint is registered at
Devlee police station,
Wardha, Maharashtra.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Legislative Assem-
bly Digital Museum will
open for the public from
froom Friday. The public
will be able to see the po-
litical narrative museum
for free. Rajasthan As-
sembly Speaker Dr. CP
Joshi said, “It will start
from International De-
mocracy Day.”
Assembly Speaker Dr.
CP Joshi gave best wish-
es to the people of the
state.Assembly Principal
Secretary Mahavir Pras-
ad Sharma said, “Public
will be able to visit the
museum from 10 am to 5
pm. Interesting visitors
will have to submit a
photocopy of their iden-
tity card at the entrance.
Entry for people coming
to see the museum will
be from door number 7 of
the Assembly.”
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur
A case of murder of a 30
year old woman and put-
ting her body in a bag and
burying it under stones in
the hills of Nahargarh has
come to light. Police have
arrested two accused in
the case. CI Ganesh Ku-
mar Saini of District Spe-
cial Team (DST) lodged
an FIR of murder in Chi-
trakoot Nagar police sta-
tion. Police said that Swa-
pan Mandal aliasTarun of
West Bengal forced girls
into flesh trade. He
brought girls from Kolka-
ta, Nepal, Delhi etc. and
madethemworkinJaipur.
Police received infor-
mation that about four
months ago Mandal had
brought a girl to Jaipur.
According to sources, he
hadanaltercationwiththe
girl. In a rage, Mandal
along with his servant Su-
man Vishwas killed the
girl. They then put the
body in a bag and tried to
dispose it off. Chitrakoot
SHO Balbir Singh said
that Lakshmi, a resident
of Nepal, was murdered
by the two accused in
April this year. The SHO
said that the body was ex-
humed on Thursday and
will be sent for DNAtest.
Ravi Katara
Deeg
Acourt in Deeg district on
Thursday sent cow vigi-
lante Monu Manesar to
judicial custody for 15
days in connection with
the killing of two Muslim
men from the state whose
charredbodieswerefound
in Haryana’s Bhiwani in
February, officials said.
Apolice official, on the
condition of anonymity,
said during his two-day in-
terrogation, Monu Mane-
sar revealed that he was in
touch with arrested ac-
cused Rinku Saini and the
duo had spoken on phone
before and after abduction
of Nasir and Junaid, the
victims. He said Monu
Manesar was involved in
crime, but whether he was
mastermind or not is still
being probed.
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar
Ahistory-sheeter man and
his wife, who had come to
see a doctor at a private
hospital in Bhawani Man-
di town of Jhalawar dis-
trict, were attacked by 3
miscreants with knives
and baseball bats on
Thursday.History-sheeter,
Jitendra alias Jeetu’s wife
Anita died on the spot
while Jeetu was seriously
injured referred to Jhal-
awar district hosp but he
alsodiedduringtreatment.
Police have formed
teams and are searching
for the attackers. Ten po-
lice teams have also been
sent to the areas bordering
Madhya Pradesh. Police
have named one attacker,
Bhairu Gurjar, who is also
fromBhawanimandiarea.
Police suspect it to be a
case of mutual rivalry and
gang war.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
The agitation of petrol
pump owners demanding
reduction in VAT and in-
creasing dealer commis-
sion is gaining momen-
tum in Rajasthan. Its
maximum impact was
visible in Jaipur. For the
second consecutive day,
more than 750 petrol
pumpsinJaipurremained
closed from 10 am to 6
pm. However, as there
has been no assurance
from the government, pe-
troleum dealers have an-
nounced an indefinite
strike starting today.
The state government
suffered a loss of Rs 90
crore in 16 hours during
the two-day strike. 6712
petrol pumps of the state
remained shut, hitting
sales of about 32,000 kilo
litres of diesel and 1.40
lakh kilo litres of petrol.
Petrol pumps will be shut
from 6 am on Friday.
Suryaveer Singh Tanwar
Jaisalmer
Union Minister of State
for Defence and Tourism,
Ajay Bhatt is on a one-
day visit to Jaisalmer. As
per his schedule, he vis-
ited the border Longe-
wala and Tanot areas and
met the soldiers. After
having the darshan of
Tanot Mata, in the even-
ing there was a sightsee-
ing program in Jaisalmer.
Earlier, on his arrival he
was welcomed by Major
General Yogendra Singh
Paul, GOC of Battle X
Division alongsideArmy
and Air Force officials.
He also paid tribute to the
soldiers martyred in the
wars of 1965 and 1971.
Union MoS Bhatt will
reach Abu Road on Fri-
day. He will reach airstrip
Manpur at 3.35 pm and
will participate in the
program organized at
Shantivan of Brahma
Kumaris.
First India Bureau
Kota
The family members of
deceased coaching stu-
dent, Richa, have made
seriousallegationsagainst
hostels and coaching in-
stitutes over frequent inci-
dents of suicide in Kota.
After the post-mortem of
the deceased, the body
was handed over to the
family members on
Thursday. Sharma from
Jharkhand committed sui-
cide on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, while talk-
ing to media, the family
members of the deceased
said that hostels and
coaching institutes are not
paying any attention to
these suicides. They said
there is no biometric entry
in hostel and students
coming from coaching of-
ten faced anti-social ele-
ments, who harass them
causingthemunduestress.
Union MoS Ajay
Bhatt in Jaisalmer
Petrolpumpstrikeleads
tolossesworthcrores
‘Accused Swapan Mandal and his servant Suman Vishwas killed the girl buried body under stones’
Dead body found at N’garh
VictimcametoJprfourmonthsback:Police
CRIME
ROUNDUP
Monu Manesar was in touch with
Nasir-Junaid’s killers, say police
Monu Manesar was kept in
Mathuragate Police Station.
History-sheeter Jeetu being taken to hosp in Jhalawar on Thursday.
History-sheeter,wifekilled
in attack at Jhalawar hosp
JAIPUR WOMAN DIES DUE TO BURNING,
IN-LAWS BOOKED FOR DOWRY CASE
PNBBANKINALWAR’SLAXMANGARHLOOTEDIN
BROADDAYLIGHT;ACCUSEDFLEDWITH`16LAKH
AJITGARH PRADHAN, TEHSILDAR SPAR OVER
CHAIR, CASE FILED AGAINST PRADHAN
TEENAGER MOLESTED
AT JAIPUR HOSPITAL
MONU WAS ABSCONDING
TO BANGKOK: POLICE
TWO HELD FOR PELTING STONES AT POLICE IN
GHATMIKA, 2 MONTHS OLD VIDEO GETS VIRAL
Jaipur: A teenager
was molested at a
pvt hospital under the
Gandhi Nagar police station
in Jaipur. The girl had gone
to the hospital for treatment
of her younger sister where
four youths molested her at
night. On protesting, one of
them threatened her with an
acid attack by showing her
a bottle. A case has been
registered on the complaint
of the victim. Some of the
men have been named in
the complaint. ACP Gandhi
Nagar Sandeep Saraswat is
investigating the case.
Monu Manesar
was interrogated at
Mathura Gate police
station. The SP said evidence
has been found regarding
Monu’s conversation with the
previously arrested accused.
During interrogation Monu
Manesar said that he had
planned to teach Nasir Junaid
a lesson. A complete plan
was made and Monu had
come State 2-3 days before
the incident. Nasir had taken
Junaid to Firozpur police in
a half-dead condition. When
the police refused to accept it,
they took burnt him in the for-
est. Monu stayed in Bangkok
while he was absconding.
Deeg: Two miscreants have been arrested for
causing injury to a police officer during stone
pelting in Ghatmika in Bharatpur. Pahari DSP was
injured and the police vehicle got damaged. Miscreants
pelted stones for about
an hour. Police have
registered a case and
arrested two accused.
Meanwhile, videos of
stone pelting and alter-
cation with police have
also surfaced. First In-
dia, however, does not
confirm the viral videos.
In the video, policemen are seen running in the fields to
escape stone pelting. They had to use mild force to save
themselves. Search operation was conducted under the
leadership of ASP Himmat Singh. DevendraBhattacharya
Jaipur: In a tragic incident in the Ramganj
area, a married woman lost her life after
setting herself on fire using kerosene. The
deceased woman’s brother has filed a case at the
Ramganj Police Station, accusing her husband,
Rajendra and her in-laws of demanding dowry and
attempting to burn her alive. The deceased was
married two-and-a-half-years ago and the couple had
a one-year-old child. The child is currently with the
relatives. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)
Surendra Kumar is investigating the case.
Laxmangarh(Alwar): A PNB Bank branch was
looted in broad daylight on gunpoint in Garhi
Sawairam by three miscreants. The miscre-
ants carried out the
robbery of the bank
within a few minutes.
After the incident, the
three miscreants fled
from Gothda, Manakpur
road through Badavad
valley. On information
about the robbery the
police reached the spot
and set up blockade all around the town. As per the
police, the miscreants took away about Rs 16 lakh
from the bank. However, the exact loot amount is yet
to be confirmed from the bank officials.
Sikar: Srimadhopur Tehsildar Lokendra Meena
registered a case against Ajitgarh Pradhan
Shankar Yadav on Wednesday over use of a
chair. A case has been registered against 9 people,
including Shankar Yadav, including pushing and shov-
ing and the SC-ST Act. The incident happened when
interviews were going on on September 12. Meena
was taking an interview by sitting on Pradhan’s chair.
This led to a dispute over use of chair and office without
the Pradhan’s permission. Neemkathana Deputy Su-
perintendent of Police is investigating the case.
Monu sent to judicial
custody for 15 days
A deserted petrol pump amid
strike in Jaipur on Thursday.
Union MoS Defence Tourism Ajay Bhatt interacting with a
troop of Indian Army in Jaisalmer on Thursday.

4. TOP
TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Health is the greatest gift,
contentment the greatest
wealth, faithfulness the best
relationship.
BUDDHA
Best wishes to all Hindi lovers living in
the country and abroad on the occasion
of Hindi Diwas. The increasing global
interest towards the language is a symbol
of the simplicity, ease and decency of Hindi.
I wholeheartedly appreciate the gentlemen
engaged in contributing to the Hindi language
and creating world-class awareness.
Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
Today the whole world is looking with
hope towards the leadership of Prime
Minister @narendramodi ji and the model
of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and
Sabka Prayas’
. For the development of West
Bengal, the goal of developed India and
global welfare, all of us workers have
to strengthen the hands of Modi ji.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
IN-DEPTH
WEST WATCHES
KIM’S RUSSIA VISIT
WITH CONCERN
he bonhomie between Vladimir Putin and
Kim Jong Un is causing disquiet in the West
over the possibility of North Korea’s weap-
ons for Russia to be used against Ukraine. There are
other possibilities the West is uncomfortable with.
Russian missile technology reaching North Korea,
whose suspected Inter-continental Ballistic Missile
(ICBM) failed tests in 2022. North Korea’s several
efforts to develop a spy satellite took Kim to Russia’s
Vostochny Cosmodrome indicating that he is seeking
Putin’s help in Pyongyang’s satellite programme.
Russia and North Korea, both communist, are old
friends. Russia had helped Pyongyang in its war
against South Korea and Kim is now returning the
favour. Russian media said that the world was watch-
ing the visit with “bated breath”.
Any transfer of Russian satellite technology to
North Korea and supply of weapons by Pyongyang
for use in the Ukraine conflict are issues the West is
wary of as it could threaten peace in the Korean pen-
insula as in the world.
T
TB NOT AN EASY MENACE
TO GET RID OF BY 2030
ovid-19 undermined the rate of decline in
tuberculosis-related deaths and India record-
ed over half of these mortalities globally,
says a Lancet Commission report which lays out “an
optimistic vision” for a tuberculosis-free world. Ac-
cording to Global TB and World Health Organisation
reports, of the 16 lakh people who died from TB in
2021, 5.04 lakh were from India. The number of
deaths rose to 16 lakh from 14 lakh in 2019.
Ending the scourge by 2030 is among the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Several ef-
fective measures will be needed to meet the SDG goal
andthestifftargetsset
bytheUNHighLevel
Meeting (HLM) on
TB in 2018. The key
targets set by the
HLM included treat-
ing 40 million people
with TB between
2018 and 2022, 3.5
million children with
TB, 1.5 million peo-
ple with drug-resist-
ant TB and putting at
least 30 million peo-
ple on TB Preventive
Treatment. Some of
these targets remain
unachieved.The Lan-
cet Commission re-
portcallsthedeathsof
7 million people from
TB after the HLM re-
port “a profound trag-
edy and a reminder of
the urgency of accel-
erating momentum”.
To meet the TB challenge the Lancet Commission
has outlined some measures. These included optimis-
ing universal access to clinical care for all individu-
als, commitment to ensure access to shorter, less
toxic, oral regimens for both drug-resistant and drug-
sensitive TB, commitment to implement social pro-
tection strategies for all people without their having
to incur prohibitive costs.
TB still has a stigma attached to it. The Lancet
report calls for addressing stigma, gender and human
rights barriers.
C
Covid-19undermined
therateofdeclinein
tuberculosis-related
deathsandIndia
recordedoverhalfof
thesemortalities
globally,saysaLancet
Commissionreport
whichlaysout“an
optimisticvision”for
atuberculosis-free
world.Accordingto
GlobalTBandWorld
HealthOrganisation
reports,ofthe16lakh
peoplewhodiedfrom
TBin2021,5.04lakh
werefromIndia
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he world
“out there” is
so visible
and tangible
that it begs
us to accept it. Most people
would shake their heads at
the opposite notion, that
the physical world is a mi-
rage. But this is a major
sticking point. Many if not
most spiritual traditions
consider that the average
person is bound up in illu-
sions. Depending on what
tradition you respect,
God’s goodness is masked
by sin, which is one kind of
illusion, or the whole world
is Maya, a distraction from
divine reality, which is the
ultimate illusion.
But whenever opposites
are in play, a third way has
been overlooked. The con-
test between “The world is
real”and“Theworldisillu-
sion” will never be settled,
to judge by human history
over the past two millennia.
This leaves an opening for
a third way, which focuses
onhowanythingandevery-
thing is created.
Quantum theory is in-
tricate and confusing,
but it can be believed on
two points:
l There is an uncreated state
before anything physical
pops into the universe; this
uncreated state contains
virtual reality, which blos-
soms into space, time,
matter, and energy.
l When you observe a quan-
tum event, its path is un-
predictable. Any outcome
is possible, according to a
range of probabilities.
In a simple analogy,
when a baseball is flying
through the air, its outcome
hasn’t been determined.
Maybe an outfielder will
catch it, maybe not. Maybe
it will be a foul ball or fly
over the fence for a home
run.The baseball in flight is
like quantum uncertainty,
which is only settled once
the ball reaches its fate.
Nowtakethesetwoideas
andmergethem.Thereisan
uncreatedstatethatemerges
but without a certain path.
Now you have a plausible
answertohowanythingand
everything is created. The
uncreated state is like a
painter staring at a blank
canvas and a palette loaded
with colors. The possibility
of painting any picture ex-
ists until the moment when
the painter decides what he
is actually going to paint.
Going a step further
once he knows what to
paint, the very first dip of
his brush into the first dab
of color signifies the whole
picture that is going to
emerge. Even if the next
hundred dabs of the brush
on the palette look random,
they are in service of a
painting that already exists
in the artist’s mind.
So, do we create the
world in the same way?
Some major clues pile up
on the side of yes. The first
two clues are the quantum
principles just stated. The
next clue is language. Be-
fore you have a thought or
make a statement, your en-
tire vocabulary is available
in a pre-created state. Only
when specific words come
out does mental reality or
speech take shape. And
even then, there is not a de-
terminedoutcome.Aphrase
that begins, “I want” can
finish with anything at all.
What we’ve been doing
is coupling individual con-
sciousness with cosmic
consciousness. Creating
the world requires both, ac-
cording to the Vedic tradi-
tion in India. A person has
a perception, and Nature
delivers. But the reverse is
also true. Nature delivers
an object in spacetime, and
a person perceives it.
Thus a feedback loop is
created, and it is seamless.
I recall from reading in a
philosophy book the ques-
tion, “Are we thinking, or
are we being thought?”The
answer is both. Likewise, if
you ask, “Does the brain
create the mind or vice
versa?” the answer is both.
Quantum reality isn’t line-
ar. There is no direct cause
Afor effect B.The two col-
lapse into a single event
once the event is complete.
It’s like a baseball batter
hitting that ball that can go
anywhere. The batter isn’t
out until one event hap-
pens, and he doesn’t hit a
base run unless another
event happens. The hitter
and the ball are both inde-
termined together (quan-
tum physics calls this the
state of superposition).
Thereisapoint,however,
where physics falls short of
Vedic knowledge. Physics
hasn’tfiguredouthowtoget
from the tiniest objects and
events, which all occur in
the strangeness of quantum
reality, to big objects and
events in the everyday
world. In fact, for over a
century physics has been
living with two successful
theories, quantum mechan-
ics and Einstein’s General
Theory of Relativity, with-
out finding a way to make
them match up; they remain
totally incompatible.
Nature’s answer, adopt-
ed by Vedanta, is “Never
mind.” Lacking a valid
theory, somehow creation
proceeds unflustered. Ob-
jects and events move from
pre-creation to quantum
uncertainty and finally land
in everyday reality as
rocks, trees, heart cells,
proteins, and galaxies. The
Vedic explanation for this
is quite systematic: Nature
changes gears at different
levels of creation. Like a
conveyor belt on an auto
assembly line, every event
or object moves from sta-
tion to station where it ac-
quires new characteristics.
One station is virtual real-
ity, the next is quantum re-
ality, then atomic and mo-
lecular reality, and so on.
How does Nature keep
track of the zillions of ob-
jects and events that need to
ride the same conveyor
belt? The only possible an-
swer is cosmic conscious-
ness. Nature knows in ad-
vance where each object
and event needs to go, but
with tons of wiggle room
for creative changes. The
creative process is 100%
rigid and 100% flexible.As
proof, that’s exactly how
your brain operates. Every
electrochemical reaction in
a brain cell is rigidly gov-
ernedbythelawsofphysics
and chemistry. Yet you are
completely free to say, do,
think, and feel across an in-
finite range of possibilities.
What I’ve sketched in is
a picture where individual
creation and cosmic crea-
tion are a single process.
Some questions remain.
Are we creating only small,
individual aspects of the
world, like a chef making
one dish at a time?Why are
big things like stars and
mountains so stable—Is it
really true that we are cre-
ating them?The answers to
these questions must be
consistent, and in Vedanta
they are. The conveyor belt
of creation has myriad des-
tinations. Some objects get
off the conveyor belt when
they become atoms, others
when they become moun-
tains, stars, baseballs, and
baseball players.To the hu-
man eye, these things look
completely different and
separate, but that’s the ulti-
mate illusion. In reality,
each of us exists as a co-
creator of the world, seam-
lessly merging with cosmic
creativity.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
ASPECTS OF
CREATION
What I’ve sketched in is
a picture where individual
creation and cosmic crea-
tion are a single process.
Some questions remain.
Are we creating only small,
individual aspects of the
world, like a chef making
one dish at a time? Why
are big things like stars
and mountains so stable—
Is it really true that we are
creating them? The an-
swers to these questions
must be consistent, and
in Vedanta they are. The
conveyor belt of creation
has myriad destinations.
Some objects get off the
conveyor belt when they
become atoms, others
when they become moun-
tains, stars, baseballs, and
baseball players. To the
human eye, these things
look completely different
and separate, but that’s
the ultimate illusion. In re-
ality, each of us exists as
a co-creator of the world,
seamlessly merging with
cosmic creativity.
AREWECREATING
THEWORLD?
The world “out there” is so visible and tangible that
it begs us to accept it. Most people would shake
their heads at the opposite notion, that the physical
world is a mirage. But this is a major sticking point.
Many if not most spiritual traditions consider that
the average person is bound up in illusions.
Depending on what tradition you respect, God’s
goodness is masked by sin, which is one kind of
illusion, or the whole world is Maya, a distraction
from divine reality, which is the ultimate illusion.
T
DEEPAK
CHOPRA
The writer is MD,
FACP, FRCP founder of the
Chopra Foundation,
a non-profit entity for
research on well-being
and humanitarianism,
and Chopra Global

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6. PREPARATIONS FOR PM MODI’S BIRTHDAY
BJP’s ‘Seva Pakhwara’begins on PM’s 73rd b’day
First India Bureau
New Delhi
rime Minister
Narendra Modi
will be celebrat-
ing his 73rd birthday on
September 17 this year.
To mark this special oc-
casion, Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) will organize
a ‘Seva Pakhwara’ (ser-
vice fortnight) across the
country. Sources said,
BJP will run the 16-day
‘Seva Hi Sangathan’pro-
gramme as part of the
‘Seva Pakhwara’ from
the PM’s birthday on
September 17 to Gandhi
Jayanti on October 2.
The decision was tak-
en at a meeting attended
by BJP’s National Gen-
eral Secretaries Tarun
Chugh, Vinod Tawde,
Sunil Bansal, Sanjay
Bandi and Kailash Vijay-
vargiya with regard to the
preparations for the
Prime Minister’s birth-
day, the source said. Ad-
ditionally, the meeting
also held discussions on
the “Meri Mati Mera
Desh” and other future
programmes of the party.
The decision was tak-
en at a meeting attended
by BJP’s National Gen-
eral Secretaries Tarun
Chugh, Vinod Tawde,
Sunil Bansal, Sanjay
Bandi and Kailash Vijay-
vargiya with regard to the
preparations for the
Prime Minister’s birth-
day, the sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 73rd birthday will be celebrated
on September 17. FILE
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PM attacks Chhattisgarh’s Cong govt
Congressindulgedevenincow
dungscam:PMNarendraModi
ANI
Raigarh
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday took a
dig at the Congress-led
Bhupesh Baghel govern-
ment in Chhattisgarh say-
ing that the latter’s gov-
ernment has even in-
dulged in cow dung scam.
“Imagine the mentality
of a person who practices
corruption in cow dung,”
the Prime Minister ques-
tioned speaking at a pub-
lic event in Raigarh.
The Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) which is in
opposition in the state
has alleged scam in cow
dung procurement under
the state’s Gaudhan Nyay
Yojana.
Slamming the Con-
gress government, the
PM said, “The kind of
scams the Congress prac-
tices, fills up the coffers
of their leaders. Though
they have fallen back in
poverty alleviation, the
Congress government is
moving forward in cor-
ruption.”
“We wanted to stop
liquor sales in Chhattis-
garh but the Congress
started scam in liquor
sale itself...The mineral
wealth of Chhattisgarh is
being used as Congress’
ATM. False propaganda
and rampant corruption
are the hallmarks of the
Congress government in
Chhattisgarh,” he added.
PM Modi said that had
the Congress done its
work sincerely it would
have been easy for him
today.
CONG GOVT IN C’GARH
MARCHING AHEAD ON
CORRUPTION FRONT: PM
Speaking on the
progress of the state
in eliminating Naxal-
ism, Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said on Thursday,
“There was a time when
Chhattisgarh was known
only for Naxalite attacks
and violence. After the
efforts of the BJP govern-
ment, today Chhattisgarh is
being recognised because
of the development work
done here,” said PM Modi in
Raigarh. “The BJP govern-
ment of Delhi is leaving no
stone unturned for the de-
velopment of Chhattisgarh.
But the Congress govern-
ment here is not engaged in
development work but only
in empty talk and claims,”
the PM added.
PM STRESSES ON SELF-RELIANCE IN AMRIT KAAL
Emphasising that “new India” is witnessing
transformation at a rapid pace, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi averred on Thursday that in
“Amrit Kaal” every citizen has resolved to make Bharat
a developed nation but self-reliance is imperative for at-
taining that cherished goal. Describing his dispensation
as a sensitive government that toils for the deprived
and reaches every dwelling, the Prime Minister men-
tioned the milestones crossed vis-à-vis combating the
pandemic and providing free ration.
I.N.D.I.A. engaged in bashing
Sanatana Sanskriti: JP Nadda
ANI
Pune
BJP chief JP Nadda on
ThursdayaccusedtheOp-
position bloc- I.N.D.I.A.
of “bullying the media”
and “threatening individ-
ual journalists”.
In his post on X, JP
Nadda also came down
heavily on Congress, al-
leging that the grand old
party has several instanc-
es of ‘silencing’ those
with differing views.
“History of Congress
hasmanyinstancesofbul-
lying the media and si-
lencing those with differ-
ing views. Pt Nehru cur-
tailed free speech and ar-
restedthosewhocriticised
him. Indira Ji remains the
Gold Medal winner of
how to do it- called for
committedjudiciary,com-
mitted bureaucracy and
imposed the horrific
Emergency,” he said.
The BJP president fur-
ther said that former
prime minister Rajiv
Gandhi tried to bring me-
dia under state control
but failed “miserably”.
3-DAY RSS MEETING
BEGINS IN PUNE
Pune: A 3-day meet-
ing of the RSS began
here on Thursday,
with 267 representatives
from 36 RSS-affiliated
outfits attending it. Those
participating in the meeting
include RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat, Sarkaryavah Dat-
tatrey Hosabale, BJP chief
JP Nadda and representa-
tives of organisations like
VHP, Rashtriya Seva Bharti,
Vanwasi Kalyan Ashram
and Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi
Parishad etc.
JP Nadda and other dignitaries at RSS All India Coordination Meet in Pune on Thursday. ANI
TDP and JSP will fight
Andhra polls together,
says Pawan Kalyan
Agencies
Rajahmundry
Actor-turned-politician
and Jana Sena chief K
Pawan Kalyan has con-
firmed the Telugu Desam
party and Jana Sena alli-
ance and announced that
thetwopartieswouldcon-
test together next polls.
Kalyan, flanked by
TDP national general
secretary Nara Lokesh
and Hindupur TDP MLA
N Balakrishna met for-
mer CM N Chandrababu
Naidu in the Central pris-
on here on Thursday.
Later, addressing the
media, Pawan Kalyan
made a sensational an-
nouncement stating that
he had decided to align
with the TDP and both
the parties would togeth-
er contest in the next
elections. “My objective
is to ensure that the anti-
YSRCP votes will not
split. That is why the
TDP and the JSP will
align and contest in the
next elections,” he said.
Making it clear that he
is now in BJP-led NDA,
Pawan Kalyan said, “I
strongly believe that the
BJP can understand the
worst political situation
and the anarchy prevailed
in AP and join with us. I
will explain the AP po-
litical situation to the BJP
leadership. I hope the BJP
may join with the TDP-
JSP alliance,” he hoped.
Pawan Kalyan addresses media with Chandrababu Naidu’s son
Nara Lokesh and actor N Balakrishna in Rajamahendravaram.
Pawan Kalyan,
flanked by TDP’s Nara
Lokesh and TDP MLA N
Balakrishna met N
Chandrababu Naidu
in the Central prison
on Thursday
UP: CM Yogi witnesses counter-terror mock drill in Lucknow
ANI
Lucknow
CM Yogi Adityanath on
Thursday witnessed the
counter-terror mock drill,
called ‘Gandiv-5’, jointly
conducted by the Nation-
al Security Guard (NSG)
and UP Police at the po-
lice headquarters here.
CM Yogi also inspect-
ed the preparations for
various surgical opera-
tions in the fifth edition
of the annual exercise
conducted by the NSG,
according to a press re-
lease by the CMO.
Notably, objective of
the Gandiv-5 exercise is
to validate the planning
parameters of the com-
mando force in the event
of a terrorist attack, air-
craft hijacking, or hostage
situation, the release said.
“It is worth noting that
the Yogi government is
actively working in the
direction of law and or-
der and remains vigilant
regarding terrorist inci-
dents in the state as well.
To prevent and manage
such incidents, security
forces have been regu-
larly conducting mock
drills under Chief Minis-
ter Yogi’s guidance,” ac-
cording to the press re-
lease.
In this regard, the UP
Police and NSG teams
conducted a mock drill
‘Gandiv-5’ at Lok Bha-
wan to enhance their pre-
paredness for such
events. During the exer-
cise, while the Chief
Minister tested the prepa-
rations at the police head-
quarters, counter-terror
mock drills were jointly
conducted at Lok Bha-
wan by the state adminis-
tration, various units of
the UP Police, and the
NSG, as per the press
releease.
Yogi Adityanath witnesses counter-terror mock drill conducted
by the NSG and UP Police, in Lucknow on Thursday. ANI
Preserve items found during Gyanvapi’s survey:
Court directs Varanasi district administration
Varanasi: The Varanasi district court has directed the
district administration to preserve the items and
materials found from the Gyanvapi complex during the
scientific survey by the Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI). Counsel of plaintiff number 1 Rakhi Singh, Anupam
Dwivedi said that the court of District Judge Dr Ajay
Krishna Vishvesha passed the order on Wednesday.
IN THE COURTYARD
Some convicts are
more privileged: SC
New Delhi: There are
some convicts who
are “more privileged”, the
apex court said on
Thursday while hearing
Bilkis Bano’s petition
challenging the premature
release of 11 men
convicted of raping her and
killing 7 of her family during
the 2002 Gujarat riots.
SC’s relief to 8 civil
services aspirants
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Wednesday came to the
rescue of eight civil
services aspirants by
directing the Union Public
Service Commission
(UPSC) to issue admit
cards to them for the
mains examination
scheduled on Sep 15.
Yogigovt’sAyushman
Bhavacampaign
acrossUPfromSep17
Lucknow: The UP
govt led by CM Yogi
Adityanath will launch
Ayushman Bhava
campaign across UP on
PM Modi’s birthday on
September 17. “The
campaign has been
divided into five parts
including ‘Seva Pakh-
wada’, which will be
organized from September
17 to October 2, coincid-
ing with the commence-
ment of ‘Ayushman Apke
Dwar 3.0’.
Guj Cong leader
quits, to join BJP on
PM Modi’s birthday
Vadodara: Former
city Congress
president of Vadodara
Prashant Patel has quit
the Congress party. He
has sent his resignation
letter to State party chief
Shaktisinh Gohil. He is
set to join the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) on PM Narendra
Modi’s birthday on
September 17. Patel
said he would join the
BJP with the large
number of party workers.
12 former VCs
send legal notice
to West Bengal
Guv CV Bose
Agencies
Kolkata
Twelve former vice-
chancellors of different
state universities in West
Bengal on Thursday sent
legal notice to Governor
CV Ananda Bose, who
by virtue of his chair is
also the chancellor of all
state universities.
These 12 former VCs
are those who were re-
cently cited by the gover-
nor as those who had to
resign as per the order of
the Supreme Court be-
cause their appointments
were not as per norms.
They have also clarified
that the legal notice has
been sent not to the gov-
ernor but to the
chancellor.
BJP wants to establish Sanatana
in India...: MDMK Gen Secy Vaiko
ANI
Madurai
The BJP “want to estab-
lish Sanatana in India by
creating caste division,”
Marumalarchi Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam
(MDMK) general secre-
tary Vaiko said here on
Thursday.
Talking to the media,
Vaiko said, “The confer-
ence in Madurai will give
new impetus to the
MDMK. Murder, robbery
and rape are on the rise in
the country and law and
order is in disrepair.
Many tried to protect the
Dravidian movement.
In this way, Dravidian
model governance is cur-
rently taking place in Ta-
mil Nadu. Everyone in
India looks back on this
regime”.
“Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) want to estab-
lish Sanatana in India by
creating caste division,
but it will never happen.
Also, I am going to an-
nounce my future plans
at the Madurai confer-
ence”, the Rajya Sabha
MP added.
Notably, MDMK ex-
tended its support to the
Opposition parties’ ef-
forts to present a united
front against BJP ahead
of the 2024 Lok Sabha
polls.
Vaiko also attended
the two-day joint opposi-
tion meeting on July 17
and said that he hoped
that the Modi govern-
ment would lose the next
elections.
Notably, MDMK was
previously an ally of the
BJP during the 2014 Lok
Sabha elections.
INDIA or ‘Indian Na-
tional Developmental
Inclusive Alliance’ is a
group of opposition par-
ties, including the Con-
gress. The parties have
come together to take on
the National Democratic
Alliance (NDA), which
is led by BJP.
No scope for talks with
K’taka: TN Minister
Agencies
Chennai
Asserting that there was
no scope for talks with
Karnataka on the Cau-
very river water dispute
after it refused to release
water as per the orders of
the Cauvery Water Regu-
lation Committee
(CWRC), Tamil Nadu
Water Resources Minis-
ter Duraimurugan said
Supreme Court is the last
resort for us.
Assuring the farmers
of Cauvery delta districts
that the ruling DMK
would make all efforts to
ensure that they were not
affected in any way after
Karnataka’s refusal to
release 5,000 cubic feet
per second water to Ta-
mil Nadu per day as per
the directions of CWRC,
Duraimurgan said the
case comes up before the
Supreme Court on Sep-
tember 21.
“We have to observe
the formal response of
the Karnataka govern-
ment to the CWRC’s di-
rection”, he told report-
ers here last night, react-
ing to Karnataka’s deci-
sion not to release water
to the State taken at an all
party meeting. “The last
resort for us is Supreme
Court where the matter
will come up for
hearing.”
PM Modi at the foundation stone laying of Railway projects, in
Raigarh. Chhattisgarh Dy CM TS Singh Deo is also seen. ANI

7. HINDI DIVAS CELEBRATIONS
Hindi will never compete with any other Indian language: Shah
ANI
New Delhi
n the occasion
of Hindi Diwas,
Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday stressed the
need to strengthen all In-
dian languages and dia-
lects with the hope that
Hindi will become a me-
dium to empower all.
Expressing his views
on the occasion of Hindi
Diwas, the Minister said
“Hindi neither ever has
competed and nor will
compete with any other
Indian language”, and
that “original and crea-
tive expression of any
country is possible only
through its own language
which we have to carry
with us as all Indian lan-
guages and dialects are
our cultural heritage.”
Extending his best
wishes to the countrymen
on the occasion of Hindi
Diwas, Shah mentioned
that Hindi unites the di-
versity of languages in
the world’s largest de-
mocracy.
“Hindi has been a
democratic language. It
has honoured different
Indian languages and di-
alects as well as many
global languages and
adopted their vocabular-
ies, sentences and gram-
mar rules. It also played
an unprecedented role in
uniting the country dur-
ing the difficult days of
the independence move-
ment. It instilled a feeling
of unity in a country di-
vided into many languag-
es and dialects. Hindi, as
a language of communi-
cation, played an impor-
tant role in carrying for-
ward the freedom strug-
gle from East to West and
North to South in the
country,” stated the
Home Minister.
Considering the im-
portant role of Hindi in
the freedom movement
and after independence,
Shah said, the architects
of the Constitution had
accepted Hindi as the of-
ficial language on Sep-
tember 14, 1949.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah extends his greeting on ‘Hindi
Diwas’, via video message, in New Delhi on Thursday. ANI
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officersencircled:JKPolice
First India Bureau
Srinagar
A day after two Army of-
ficers and a Dy Superin-
tendent of Police were
killed,JK Policesaid the
two Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) terrorists had been
encircled by the security
forcesinAnantnagdistrict.
Security forces
launchedamassivecomb-
ing operation in the forest
of Gadole, Kokernag, on
Wednesday to trace the
militants involved in the
killing of three officers.
“In solemn tribute to
the unwavering valour of
Col. Manpreet Singh,
Major Ashish Dhonak
DSP Humayun Bhat,
who laid down their lives
leading from the front
during this ongoing op-
eration. Our forces per-
sist with unwavering re-
solve as they encircle two
LET terrorists, including
Uzair Khan,” the police
announced on X.
Army Colonel Man-
preet Singh, MajorAash-
ish Dhonchak, and Dep-
uty Superintendent of
Police Himayun Mu-
zamil Bhat were killed in
a gunfight with militants
at Kokernag, Anantnag,
on Wednesday.
BODIES OF ARMY’S
MARTYRS AIRLIFTED
Srinagar: Security
forces airlifted the
bodies of Colonel
Manpreet Singh and Major
Ashish Dhonchak from the
encounter site in Jammu
Kashmir’s Anantnag district
on Thursday, a day after
they were killed along with
a deputy superintendent of
police in a gunfight with ter-
rorists. The bodies of Singh
and Dhonchak were air-
lifted from Kokernag to the
Army’s 92 Base Hospital in
the Badamibagh Canton-
ment here, officials said.
MAJOR DHONCHAK WAS
DAD OF 2-YR-OLD GIRL
Panipat: Major Ash-
ish Dhonchak who
lost his life during
encounter in Kokernag on
Wednesday is survived
by a two and half-year-old
daughter. The brother of
three sisters had come
home just two months ago.
A pall of gloom descended
on the village when the
news of his death reached
them last evening. Locals
have started to gather at
the residence of Major
Dhonchak in Panipat to pay
their last respects.
“INDIA-PAKTALKSCAN
STOPBLOODSHEDINJK”
Srinagar: National
Conference Presi-
dent Farooq Abdul-
lah said on Thursday India
and Pakistan should re-
sume talks to restore peace
at ground zero in Jammu
and Kashmir. Abdullah told
this to reporters after visit-
ing the residence of Deputy
Superintendent of Police of
JK Police Himayun Mu-
zamil Bhat, who was killed
in a gunfight along with two
decorated Army officers on
Wednesday in Anantnag
district.
NEED TO ISOLATE
PAK: GEN VK SINGH
TO WORLD LEADERS
Indore: Coming
down heavily on
Pakistan after
four soldiers, incluing
two senior-ranking
officers, lost their lives
in separate encounters
with terrorists in Jammu
and Kashmir, Union
Minister General (retd.)
VK Singh on Thursday
called on the internation-
al community to isolate
the neighbouring coun-
try and step up pressure
on them to act against
cross-border terrorism.
A deputy superintendent
of Jammu and Kashmir
Police also laid down
his life in the firefight
with terrorists in the
Valley. An Indian Army
Colonel commanding
a Rashtriya Rifles Unit,
along with a Major and
the DSP of Jammu and
Kashmir Police, made
the supreme sacrifice in
the ongoing encounter
in the Kokernag area
of Kashmir’s Anantnag
district on Wednesday.
NIPAH OUTBREAK IN KERALA
Schools, colleges shut
in Kozhikode for 2 days
PTI
Kozhikode
In the wake of the Nipah
outbreak in Kerala, a
holiday has been de-
clared for all educational
institutions in Kozhikode
on Thursday and Friday.
The holiday was de-
clared by Kozhikode
District Collector A Gee-
tha, who in a Facebook
post said educational in-
stitutions can arrange on-
line classes on the two
days for students.
A 24-year old health
worker became Kerala’s
fifth confirmed Nipah
case on Wednesday since
its recent outbreak.
A 24-hour control
room was set up in the
neighbouring district of
Wayanad following the
Nipah outbreak in
Kozhikode.
TheWayanad adminis-
tration also constituted
15 core committees to
lead the prevention and
surveillance activities
and effectively deal with
emergency situations.
The virus strain seen in
the state was the Bangla-
desh variant that spreads
from human to human
and has a high mortality
rate, though it is less in-
fectious, the government
said on Thursday.
The condition of all 76
people who are in the
high-risk contact catego-
ry remains stable, State
Health Minister Veena
George said.
The state government
also said that 13 others
who have mild symptoms
are now being monitored
in the hospital, and only a
9-year-old child - among
those infected - is in the
IntensiveCareUnit(ICU).
The state government
had said that monoclonal
antibodies have been or-
dered from ICMR to
treat the child. It is the
only available anti-viral
treatment for Nipah vi-
rus infection, though it
has not been clinically
proven yet.
A review meeting
chaired by Chief Minis-
ter Pinarayi Vijayan was
also held in the wake of
the outbreak of the brain-
damaging virus.
JK LG Manoj Sinha pays homage to the mortal remains of Deputy Superintendent of JK Police
Humayun Bhat who was killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Anantnag district. PTI
The officials said that virus strain seen in the state was the
Bangladesh variant that spreads from human to human. FILE
Odisha EOW likely to
grill Bollywood actor
Govinda in Ponzi scam
Agencies
Bhubaneswar
The Economic Offences
Wing (EOW) of Odisha
police’s crime branch
may interrogate Bolly-
wood actor Govinda in
connection with a Rs
1,000-crore pan-India
online ponzi scam.
This was revealed by
EOW’s DSP Sasmita
Sahu, who has been part
of the team that is inves-
tigating the multi-crore
ponzi scam involving So-
lar Techno Alliance
(STA-Token).
The company, accord-
ing to the EOW, was in-
volved in illegally oper-
ating a pyramid-struc-
tured online ponzi
scheme under the garb of
crypto investment.
“We may issue sum-
mons to Govinda for ap-
pearing before the EOW
for questioning or a team
be sent to Mumbai for
the purpose,” said DSP
Sasmita Sahu, adding
that the actor had attend-
ed STA’s grand function
in Goa in July and pro-
moted the company in
some videos.
Stating that the EOW
does not consider him as
suspect or accused, an-
other official said Go-
vinda’s role in promoting
the company is estab-
lished from the video.
“If EOW finds that the
actor’s role was limited
to only endorsement of
the product (STA-Token
brand) as per their busi-
ness agreement, then we
will make him a witness
in our case,” he said.
CRIME ROUNDUP
MAHA: MAN ABSCONDS
AFTER ‘KILLING' WIFE
Palghar: The Pal-
ghar district police
has launched a
search for a man who alleg-
edly strangled his 20-year-
old wife. The accused,
identified as Sonu Makunda
Sabar, and his wife Pinki
Sonu Sabar (the deceased)
lived in Dandipada area
of the Palghar tehsil, the
police said on Thursday.
According to the complaint
lodged by the victim’s sister,
Sabar suspected his wife’s
character which frequently
led to quarrels. Further
investigation is on in this
case, the police added.
ED ARRESTS DIRECTOR
OF MET TECHNOLOGIES
New Delhi: The ED
on Wednesday said
that they have ar-
rested Kunal Gupta, owner
and Director of Met Tech-
nologies Pvt Ltd, under the
PMLA. He was produced
before a special PMLA
court which remanded him
to ED custody till Septem-
ber 22. The ED initiated
PMLA investigation based
on an FIR registered by
Bidhannagar Police alleging
serious offenses, includ-
ing cheating, forgery, and
criminal conspiracy under
various sections of the IPC,
against Met Technologies
Pvt. Ltd and its associates.
15 FAKE ‘KAZIS’ HELD
FOR CHILD MARRIAGES
Guwahati: The
Assam police has
arrested 15 “fake
Kazis” from Hailakandi for
allegedly conducting child
marriages by preparing fake
documents, a senior official
said on Thursday. The
police said, an operation
was launched led by the
Additional Superintendent
of Police (Crime), following
which 15 fake Kazis were
arrested from various parts
of the district. A senior po-
lice official said, six persons
have been arrested under
Lala police station, two each
from Hailakandi, Ramnath-
pur, Algapur police station
areas, and one each from
Katlichera, Panchgram and
Bilaipur police station areas.
Loader arrested for stealing valuable items at DIAL
ANI
New Delhi
With the recovery of 13
high-end wristwatches
and one iPhone 14 Pro
Max, a team of IGI Air-
port police station has
succeeded in solving a
caseforwhichanFIRwas
registered in June about
thefts at Delhi Interna-
tionalAirportLtd(DIAL).
Delhi Police has kept
focus on cases involving
baggage thefts and has
also taken stringent
measures to prevent such
incidents. Officials said
that 25 persons involved
in baggage thefts have
been arrested so far this
year and recoveries have
been made from them.
The FIR in the case
was registered at the IGI
Airport Police Station on
the complaint ofAnil Ka-
poor, a Delhi resident,
who stated that he was
going to a destination in
Canada along with his
family.
The complaint said
that the family had taken
wheelchair assistance
from Lufthansa Airlines
and Kapoor was carrying
a new iPhone14 Pro Max
1TB, costing around Rs
1,75,000 to gift it his son
in Canada.
He alleged that while
they were keeping the
phone in their luggage
during the check-in pro-
cess, the person assisting
them with the wheelchair
was observing them.
Kapoor said in his
complaint that when he
reached Canada and re-
ceived his luggage, he
realized that the iPhone
was missing from the bag
and the lock had also
been removed.
Apart from the stolen
iPhone, 13 high-end
branded wristwatches
were also recovered from
the accused.
Officials said that 35
mobile phones, an
Innova Car, a bike and
13 high-end
wristwatches have
been recovered so far
this year.
India'sWPIinflationremains
negativeat(-)0.52%inAugust
NIA court forfeits properties of
Khalistani terrorist Rinda’s aides
PTI
New Delhi
As part of a new strategy
to hit the finances of ter-
rorist organisations, the
special NIA Court has
forfeited the seized prop-
erty of four aides of Paki-
stan-based ‘listed Khal-
istani terrorist’Harwinder
Sandhu alias Rinda.
It is the first time NIA
has proactively sought
the properties of terror-
ists to be forfeited under
Section 26 of UAPAAct
as proceeds of terrorism.
“Forfeiture of proper-
ties is a major new tool in
the NIA’s strategy to dis-
mantle the terrorist eco-
system in the country. The
NIAhasadoptedthisstrat-
egy to squeeze the finan-
cialresourcesoftheterror-
ist outfits as well as their
operatives,” NIAsaid.
First India Bureau
New Delhi
India’s wholesale price
index (WPI)-based infla-
tion continued to be in
the negative zone but in-
creased marginally to (-)
0.52% year-on-year in
August 2023 from (-)
1.36% in July 2023, data
released by Ministry of
Commerce and Industry
showed on Monday.
This is the fifth con-
secutive month of nega-
tive wholesale price in-
dex (WPI)-based infla-
tion, officials said.
“The negative rate of
inflation in August, 2023
is primarily due to fall in
prices of mineral oils, ba-
sic metals, chemical
chemical products, tex-
tiles and food products as
compared to the corre-
sponding month of previ-
ous year,” Commerce
Ministry said in an offi-
cial release on Thursday.
Best wishes to all my family
members on Hindi Diwas: Modi
ANI
New Delhi
Wishing the country-
men on the Hindi Di-
was, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said on
Thursday said the Hin-
di language will con-
tinue to “strengthen the
thread of national unity
and goodwill.”
Hindi Diwas is ob-
served annually on
September 14 to com-
memorate the decision
to adopt Hindi as one of
the nation’s official lan-
guages.
Prime Minister Modi
posted on X, “Best
wishes to all my family
members on Hindi Di-
was. I wish that Hindi
language will continue
to strengthen the thread
of national unity and
goodwill.”

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Agencies
Seoul
Joe Biden on Wednesday
said Republicans wanted
to impeach him because
they want to shut down
the government, hours
aftertheWhiteHousede-
nounced plans to launch
an impeachment inquiry
against the president.
White House press
secretary Karine Jean-
Pierre called the inquiry
a “political stunt” and
said no evidence has
been produced by Re-
publicans against Presi-
dent Joe Biden as they
investigate the business
dealings of his son,
Hunter Biden. The in-
quiry is centered around
whether Biden benefited
from Hunter Biden’s
business dealings.
PTI
Singapore
Indian-origin Singapore-
born economist Thar-
man Shanmugaratnam
was on Thursday sworn
in as the ninth president
of the city-state.
Tharman, 66, will
serve a six-year term. He
succeeds President Hali-
mah Yacob, Singapore's
first female president,
whose term ended on
September 13.
Tharman, who has
served Singapore all his
life in public service, was
overwhelmingly en-
dorsed by the city-state's
predominantly Chinese
society.
He served as a senior
minister between 2019
and 2023; coordinating
minister for social poli-
cies between 2015 and
2023; and Chairman of
theMonetaryAuthorityof
Singapore between 2011
and 2023. He also served
as Singapore's Deputy
PrimeMinisterfromMay
2011 to May 2019.
Indian cricket is in good
shape because of IPL:
Muttiah Muralitharan
ANI
New Delhi
Legendary Sri Lankan
spinner Muttiah Mura-
litharan said that Indian
cricket is in good shape
because of the Indian
Premier League (IPL),
which has given the
country a lot of cricket-
ing talent. Muralitharan
in an conversation with
ANI talked about crick-
et, Sri Lanka, the movie
‘800’, an upcoming In-
dian Tamil language
biopic on him etc.
“It (IPL) has given
players something to
look forward to. It has
given them a lot of mon-
ey and opportunities.
IPLhasgivenalotoftal-
ent to India as well.
There are so many tal-
ented players. Now, like
the IPL, many leagues
like the Tamil Nadu Pre-
mier League have start-
ed.Playersfromhereget
selected to play IPL as
well. Indian cricket is in
good shape because of
IPL,” said Muralitharan.
Talking about the fit-
ness standards of the Sri
Lankan side, he said
that the players did not
get a proper physio till
the mid-1990s.
Muttiah Muralitharan
US President Joe Biden
Asia Cup 2023: In the final Super Fours game
India, Bangladesh set
to cross swords today
Agencies
New Delhi
As the Indian team
has already qualified
for the final and
Bangladesh have
been eliminated, the
upcoming clash is a
mere dead rubber.
Both teams hence
can test their bench
strength with the 2023
ICC Cricket World
Cup being days away.
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
z Bangladesh have
never beaten India in an
ODI in Sri Lanka
z Bangladesh have
already been knocked
out of Asia Cup 2023
z India have already
made their way through
to the final
TOTAL MATCHES
PLAYED: 40
BANGLADESH
WON: 7
INDIA WON: 31
INDIANCRICKETTEAMISNOWONWHATSAPP
Team India fans have received a big gift
from the Indian cricket team ahead of the
ICC ODI World cup 2023. Team India has
an official Whatsapp account now, the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced
on Thursday. The official account of BCCI on X
(formerly Twitter) posted, Team India is now on
WhatsApp Channels. Stay connected for the latest
updates, photos behind the scenes content.
THE HEAD-TO-
HEAD RECORD
z Team India enjoys
a 31-7 win-loss record
against Bangladesh in
the format.
z The Men in Blue had
lost the away series in
2015 by a 2-1 margin.
z Last year, Bangla-
desh registered just
their second series win
against India in ODIs
(2-1 at home).
HERE ARE THE
KEY PERFORMERS
z Virat Kohli has clob-
bered 644 runs across
10 ODI innings in
Colombo at 107.33.
z Shubman Gill has
moved up to a career-
best No. 2 in the ICC
ODI rankingss
z Kuldeep Yadav
has taken 9
wickets in his last 2
ODIs at this venue.
Agencies
New Delhi
India’s Saurav Ghosal
hasbeenseededsecond
in the men’s singles
s q u a s h
competi-
tion at
theAsian
Games in
Hangzhou while the
team spearheaded by
theIndiaNo.1hasbeen
giventhetopbillingfor
the men’s team compe-
tition. He earned the
bronze medal in 2018.
Indian-origin economist will serve a six-year term
Singapore’s 9th President
SHANMUGARATNAMSWORNIN
ASSINGAPORE'SNEWPRESIDENT
Indian-origin economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam
HIGHEST ECHELONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Singapore: According to the 2021 Indiaspo-
ra Government Leaders List, more than 200
leaders of Indian heritage have ascended to
the highest echelons of public service in 15 coun-
tries across the globe, with over 60 of them holding
Cabinet positions. With more than 32 million peo-
ple of Indian origin (PIOs) globally, according to
India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Indians are the
largest community population in the world.
THE GROWING LIST OF INDIAN-ORIGIN
LEADERS DOMINATING WORLD POLITICS
z In the US, the growing
influence of the Indian-
American community can
be seen in the success
of Kamala Harris, who
became the first woman
and the first coloured Vice
President of the country.
z Indian-origin lead-
ers like Nikki Haley, and
Vivek Ramaswamy have
launched their bid for the
White House in 2024.
z A record 5 Indian-
American lawmakers from
the ruling Democrat Party
-- Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro
Khanna, Pramila Jayapal,
Ami Bera Shri Thanedar
-- were elected to the US
House of Representatives.
z Rishi Sunak became
Britain’s first Indian-
origin PM last year is the
youngest British PM in 210
years. He is also Britain’s
first Hindu PM.
z Under Sunak’s prede-
cessor, Boris Johnson’s
Cabinet, Priti Patel was the
Home Secretary. Alok Shar-
ma was the International
Development Secretary in
the Johnson Cabinet.
z Anita Anand is the first
Hindu to become a federal
minister in Canada. Anand
assumed the role of Presi-
dent of the Treasury Board
on July 26, 2023, as part of
a major cabinet shuffle.
z Canadian PM Justin
Trudeau’s Cabinet has 2
more Indian-origin mem-
bers-- Harjit Sajjan and
Kamal Khera.
z Priyanca Rad-
hakrishnan is the first
person of Indian origin to
become a Minister
in New Zealand. She is
currently the Minister
for the Community and
Voluntary Sector.
Agencies
Washington
Republican presidential
candidate Vivek Ramas-
wamy has outlined a
comprehensive agenda to
downsize the federal
government if he makes
it to the White House.
Ramaswamy’s ideas
are some of the most ex-
tensive among the con-
tenders. Speaking at an
Institute in Washington,
he outlined his plan to
reduce the federal work-
force by half in his first
year in office and by
75% during his initial
term if he reaches the
White House.
Ramaswamy’s propos-
al includes shutting down
five federal agencies, no-
tably the FBI and the De-
partment of Education.
PTI
Washington/Seattle
The Biden administration
has assured the Indian
government of a quick in-
vestigation into the hor-
rific death of Indian stu-
dent Jaahnavi Kandula in
Seattle after being struck
by a speeding police patrol
car and bringing to justice
the police officers who
were responsible for it.
The US government
swung into action after In-
dia’s Ambassador to the
US,TaranjitSinghSandhu,
strongly raised the issue at
the highest level in Wash-
ington and sought prompt
action on the killing of
Kandula, and the highly
insensitive behaviour of
the police officer in Seattle
in Washington state.
‘Will shut down FBI, and
fire 75% federal workers’
Biden says Republicans want to
impeach him to shut down the govt
OutrageinUSoverdeathofIndian
student;USassurespromptaction
Indian student Jaahnavi
Kandula who died after being
struck by a speeding police
patrol car in Seattle. PTI
KOREANMANWHOKILLED
INDIAN-ORIGINSTUDENT
FOUNDFITFORTRIAL
Washington: A
Korean man accused
of fatally stabbing his
Indian-origin roommate at
Purdue University in the US
state of Indiana has been
found competent to stand
trial, as per media reports. Ji
Min Sha, who was charged
with murder in the death of
20-year-old Varun Manish
Chheda, of Indianapolis, in
October 2022, was previously
found incompetent to stand
trial in April by a Tippecanoe
County judge. A status con-
ference in the case has been
scheduled for September 29.
Saurav Ghosal seeded
second in Squash draw
I don’t know quite
why, but they just
knew they wanted to
impeach me. Now,
the best I can tell,
they want to impeach
me because they
want to shut down
the government.
JOE BIDEN,
US PRESIDENT

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Vice-President of India
Jagdeep Dhankhar at-
tended a programme at
Central Sheep and Wool
Research Institute Avi-
kanagar. He also visited
the textile manufacturing
and chemical department
and talked to the scien-
tists and farmers. He also
attended the 11th founda-
tion day ceremony of
SKN Agricultural Uni-
versity. Addressing the
occasion, he said, “Now
education has become a
business. New Education
Policy came after three
decades. 10 years ago,
there was a big concern
but today, India ranks 5th
in world economy. For
the first time, there is no
place for corruption any-
more,” he said.
Dhankhar visited the
Sursura Dham, the place
of death of Tejaji Maha-
raj. He also visited Nim-
bark Peeth Salemabad.
He participated in an
event at Kishangarh Mar-
ble Association and met
President of RK Marbles
Ashok Patni. He left for
Delhi in the evening.
Bhanwar S Charan
Shivendra Parmar
Kota
The ice seems to be
breaking between Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
and Congress MLA
Bharat Singh from
Kota as they met twice
in two days. CM and
Singh at the
C i r c u i t
House on
Wednesday
night and on
T h u r s d a y
m o r n i n g
Gehlot went to Singh’s
residence Singh also ac-
companied CM to the
Kota airport where the
CM took a review of the
airport project.
Notably, Gehlot’s
meeting with MLA
Bharat Singh was ex-
tremely important dur-
ing Kota tour as Singh
was reportedly angry
for a long time. Singh
has constantly been
raising issues of corrup-
tion and sidelining some
leaders by the govern-
ment. The disgruntled
MLA also shaved his
head a few days ago as
a mark of protest.
After the meeting,
Singh spoke to First In-
dia and said, “CM was
going to visit house, so
I first went to the Cir-
cuit House and met
him. I am often a harsh
critic of him but still
this is his sincerity. I
will not contest the next
election but my issue
based stand will con-
tinue.”
RAJASTHANI SAMMELAN – VISION OF NEW ASSAM
Kataria, Sarma to grace event organised by
Bharat24 First India in Guwahati today
Aishwary Pradhan
Hukum Singh
Guwahati
uwahati is once
again going to
witness the Ra-
jasthani culture. Rajastha-
ni Sammelan is being or-
ganised by Bharat 24 and
First India News at ITA
Culture Complex, Guwa-
hati. Governor Gulab
Chand Kataria will be the
chief guest of the pro-
gramme and the pro-
gramme will be presided
over by Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CMD and Editor-in-Chief
of Bharat-24 and First In-
dia will also participate in
the programme. Pawan
Arora, CEO and Manag-
ing Editor of First India,
extended his best wishes
for the event.
A lot of enthusiasm is
being seen among the Ra-
jasthanis of Guwahati re-
garding the programme.
Representatives of all the
societiesincludingGuwa-
hati’s social worker and
industrialist associated
with Mayfair and Satyam
Group, Ratan Sharma;
Rajkumar Sharma;
Pramod Swami have ap-
pealed to Rajasthanis to
participate in the pro-
gramme.
The event’s attraction
will be the presentation of
Ghoomar and Brij Holi
from Rajasthan, Assam’s
famous Bihu by local art-
ists, and group presenta-
tion of Rajasthani Chang.
Gulab Chand Kataria Himanta Biswa Sarma
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A man’s character is easy to judge by the
choices he makes rather than his abilities and
designations.
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GS Shekhawat’s lawyer
also protested against
Gehlot’s petition filed
under Section 256 and
raised questions on the
maintainability of the pe-
tition during the hearing
of the case on Thursday.
Shekhawat’s lawyer
said that the accused ap-
peared in court on first
summons issued by
court, then the accused
appeared in court on all
the dates. In such a situa-
tion, there is no longer
any justification for peti-
tion filed by the accused
under Section 256. Shek-
hawat’s lawyer said that
if the accused appears on
summons order, he can’t
demand acquittal later
there has been a delay on
part of Gehlot’s lawyers
in starting the trial.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner/Jaipur
CM Gehlot held a mara-
thon brainstorming ses-
sion with Muslim leaders
of Bikaner at CMR. In
two hour long meet, the
CM said that Congress
has worked to take all
sections along. “We have
worked for poor’s wel-
fare. It is not good that at
present there is a hostile
environment in the na-
tion but Congress has
always been a supporter
of reality. In my govt,
Muslims were given
place in EWS,” Gehlot
said.The Muslim leaders
presented their stand and
demanded that Congress
should give ticket to a
Muslim candidate for an
assembly seat in Bikaner.
They also demanded
many other things in-
cluding land for a resi-
dential school, construc-
tion of a night shelter in
PBM. They insisted on
keeping Khajuwala in
Bikaner only. CM gave
positive assurance.
Shubham Jain
Moolchand Peswani
Bhilwara
Addressing the gathering
at Shahpura,Union I B
Minister Anurag Thakur
said that the work, which
the Congress party and
the Congress govern-
ment couldn’t do, was
completed by PM Modi
in nine and a half years.
On the question of India
alliance, Thakur said that
some people tried to
change the name of their
UPAalliance to hide their
corrupt face. Thakur ad-
dressed press after the
Yatra at Mahalka Chowk.
Regarding Sanatan Dhar-
ma remark, he said, “I
want to tell only this to
arrogant alliance leaders
who have pledged to root
out Sanatan Dharma, that
along with insulting the
Constitution and Baba
Saheb Ambedkar, you
are also trying to humili-
ate 140 crore Indians.”
Thakur said “Why
have the people of India
Alliance taken the con-
tract to destroy Sanatan
Dharma the Constitu-
tion? Is there so much
bankruptcy in India Alli-
ance that the only task
left is to gather votes by
abusing insulting Hin-
dus? Raj people have
made up their mind for
change. If Raj has to be
saved then we will have
to make lotus bloom once
again. Raj has been loot-
ed in fight between two
leaders. Opposition has
now started boycotting
journalists also. Plaint
has been filed due to fear
in Bengal Chennai.”
Anil Parashar
Pushkar
Deputy CM of Maha-
rashtra Devendra Fad-
navis visited Pushkar.
BJP National Secre-
tary Vijaya Rahatkar
and State BJP Presi-
dent CP Joshi were
also present. BJP
workers under of
Ajmer MP Bhagirath
Choudhary’s leader-
ship, Pushkar MLA
Suresh Rawat, reached
helipad near Brahma
Temple to welcome
him. However, there
was an argument with
top cops regarding
welcome of BJP MLA
Suresh Rawat work-
ers. Later, they were
pacified. Fadnavis
said that Lord Brahma
has blessed PM Modi
and now Raj BJP will
also get his blessings.
“BJP will form the
government in Ra-
jasthan,” he said.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
CM Ashok Gehlot met
Karnataka’s Dy CM, DK
Shivkumar when the lat-
ter paid a courtesy visit at
the CMR. MLA NA
Haris was also present.
During this, Shivku-
mar praised Rajasthan
govt for its public wel-
fare schemes and all-
round development. He
said that various schemes
including Inflation Relief
Camp, Right to Health,
Gig Workers Act, Chief
Minister Chiranjeevi
Health Insurance
Scheme, Gas Cylinder
for Rs 500, Annapurna
Food Packet are being
discussed in the entire
nation. He also praised
the newly constructed
Chambal River Front and
City Park of Kota city.
Education Min BD
Kalla, Mines Petrole-
um Minister Pramod Jain
Bhaya, and Food and
Civil Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas were also present
in the meeting.
DK Shivakumar calls upon CM Gehlot,
hails Raj govt’s public welfare schemes
l CM Gehlot will go to Mumbai
today and participate in local
programmes l I am CM’s harsh
critic, but still this is his sincerity
to have visited me, says Singh
Opposition has now
started boycotting
journalists also,
says Union Minister
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with DK Shivakumar at Chief Minister’s Residence in Jaipur on Thursday. NA Haris, Dr BD Kalla,
Pramod Jain Bhaya, Pratap S Khachariyawas, BL Jatav, Tikaram Jully, GR Meghwal, Shakuntala Rawat, Ashok Chandna, RS Yadav,
Dr Subhash Garg, Mahendra Choudhary, GS Dotasra were present.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot interacts with DK Shivakumar at
Chief Minister’s Residence in Jaipur on Thursday.
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with Muslim leaders of Bikaner at the
Chief Minister’s Residence in Jaipur on Thursday.
Devendra Fadnavis CP Joshi during the Parivartan
Sankalp Yatra in Kekri district on Thursday.
Shekhawat’s lawyer questions
maintainability of CM’s petition
CM meets Muslim leaders
from Bikaner for 2 hours
Thakur: Will have to make
lotus bloom again to save Raj
India ranks 5th
in the world
economy today, says Dhankhar
Anurag Thakur other leaders during the Parivartan Sankalp
Yatra in Shahpura town of Bhilwara district on Thursday.
Guv Kalraj Mishra welcomes V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar Dr Sudesh
Dhankhar with a floral bouquet at Jaipur Airport on Thursday.
Jagdeep Dhankhar Dr Sudesh Dhankhar visit the Tejaji Dham
in Sursura on Thursday. ANAND SHARMA
Fadnavis: Raj BJP will
also get PM’s blessings
CM Ashok Gehlot will be on Hyderabad tour
for 3 days on September 16, 17 and 18. He
will attend the CWC meeting and also the
Congress rally. CM will communicate with the migrant
Rajasthanis about Mission 2030.
CM TO VISIT HYDERABAD ON SEPT 16, 17 18
Courtesy Meet
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra met Arun Singh, MP, National Gen
Secretary BJP and State Incharge Rajasthan during a
courtesy meet at Ashok Club, Jaipur on Thursday evening.
MUKESH KIRADOO
DEFAMATION CASE
Bikaner: Former
Minister in BJP gov-
ernment Devi Singh
Bhati met CM Gehlot on
Thursday at the CMR here.
The meeting has led to many
types of political discussions.
The discussion happened for
a long time in the CMR.
CM-BHATI MEETING
RAISES SUSPENSE

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in custom made jewellery. Having
launched 2-3 jewellery brands in the
USandLondonspecializinginbridal,
I felt the time was right. Convinced
that my designs could address a gap
in the market, I took the plunge and
in 2018 launched my own brand in
Jaipur.Thegoingcouldnothavebeen
better!” quipped Pankhuri.
With the spade work done from
scratch, she pioneered and ventured
in customisation with exquisite
handmade pieces in ubiqui-
tous uncut diamond (pol-
ki), jadau, precious and
semi-precious stones in
silver that was lac-
quered and gold plat-
ed. The final product
in gold was in sync
with the traditional,
albeit with a new
spirit.
“The tradition-
al yet modern
spintothepieces
made them a perfect choice for the
NRI weddings and filled a void that
catered to an entirely new segment.
Even with those that could afford,
flaunting status with just gold jewel-
lerywasbecominganalternateoption
consigned to just one or two pieces
for the main event. For every other
event, now they could bank on cus-
tom made jewellery!” said Pankhuri.
Besides, with the trend of destina-
tion weddings, none wanted the bur-
den of carrying real gold jewellery to
weddings’when they could do with
exotic silver, plated with gold pieces,
that looked just as exotic.Add to that,
what in gold would cost them 18-20
lakh now they could customize in
merely 2.5 to three lakhs.
“Today’s brides are incredibly in-
telligentandsensibleanddonotwant
to spend a bomb on wedding jewel-
lery. They want their bridal jewellery
to be light so that it can be used after
theweddingtoo.Whilemostinvestin
likes of a Tarun Tahiliani, Manish
Malhotra, or a Sabyasachi outfit for
thewedding,theywantjewellerythat
can be teamed beautifully later with
their everyday wear. Women now
want to enjoy their fine jewellery as
second skin. They do not want their
purchases to be dictated by occasions
that come around only once or twice
a year,” says Pankhudi.
Customisation in jewellery has
been a running theme since 2022
and is geared to get only bigger in
the coming years. Mass-produced
jewellery does not cut it anymore.
Clients want their pieces to stand
out. This trend of creating jewellery
pieces that are unique to an indi-
vidual, deliberately versatile, light-
weight and re-wearable to suit mul-
tiple occasions, makes them a con-
scious luxury buy.
Six years in the trade, Pankhuri
feels,beyondallthat,choiceofjewel-
lery is about self-expression. “It is
who you are. Daily fine jewellery is a
style statement and defines you as a
person,” says Pankhuri with a grow-
ing list of celebrities that to name a
fewincludethelikesofSushmitaSen
and Sangeeta Ghosh!
The top fashion
trends for 2023,
focus on
sustainability,
innovation, and
self-expression.
Against the
backdrop, we dig
into the jewellery
boxes of a growing
tribe of Indian
women who are
investing in the
precious bling
as an everyday
wear and not
to just relegate
it to their bank
locker after the
big day!
Rachna Singh
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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Sangeeta Ghosh Pankhuri Dhingra and Sushmita Sen

12. Event
JAIPUR, FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
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The after-party of the Fashion Connect Season 15, hosted by Bharat24
- Vision of New India and First India, was organised by Hotel Fairmont
Jaipur. City First highlights glimpses of this gala night event which
drew in prominent bloggers, influencers, and fashion elites. The grand
eve had scintillating music, lip-smacking delicacies and drinks. The
bash to celebrate the success of the event continued till the wee hours
of the morning. Rishee Miglani, Brand Ambassador, expressed
gratitude and was seen enjoying the party.
Celebrities
Royalty
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Dushyant, Parul and Rishee Anchit, Manav, Anika and Rishee
Bhanvi Shreya
Rishee, Sumeet, Shivani, Yamini, Neha, Manish, Mudra and Lokesh Rajeev Kapoor, Sayed Ali, Saurab Mehra, Reema Sanghvi, Ankita, Sean Shenoy, Mudra Bhagat and Rishee Migllani
Anchit and Uliana
Akansha and Akash
Sakshi Saurabh
Sahil, Kalash and Lokesh Rajiv Kapoor Rishabh
Nitika
MUKESH KIRADOO SUNIL SHARMA