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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
,
in three separate orders,
while granting bail to
the student activists De-
vangana Kalita, Nata-
sha Narwal and Asif
Iqbal Tanha, called into
questionthechargesheet
filed by Delhi Police in
the alleged conspiracy
case of Northeast Delhi
riots and said that the
allegations against
them are based on
“stretched inferences”
and “alarming and hy-
perbolic verbiage”.
The division bench of
Justice Siddharth Mir-
dul and Justice Anup J.
Bhambhani said that
the allegations relating
toinflammatoryspeech-
es, organising chakka
jaam, instigating wom-
en to protest or stockpil-
ing various articles —
“at worst” are evidence
of participation in or-
ganising the protest.
“But we can discern no
specific or particular-
ised allegation, much
less any material to
bear out the allegation,
that the appellant incit-
ed violence, Turn to P6
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ValourofGalwan
BRAVEHEARTS WILL BE ETERNALLY
ETCHED IN MEMORY OF NATION: ARMY
New Delhi: Chief of Army
Staff Gen. M.M. Naravane on
June 15 led the force in hailing
the valour of the 20 soldiers
who laid down their lives while
defending the country’s territo-
rial integrity in the face of “un-
precedented” Chinese aggres-
sion at the Galwan Valley in
eastern Ladakh a year ago. On
the first anniversary of the
deadly clashes, the Army said
the supreme sacrifice of the sol-
diers while fighting the adver-
sary in the “most difficult” high
altitude terrain will be “eter-
nally etched” in the memory of
the nation. “General M.M. Nar-
avane #COAS & All Ranks of
#IndianArmy pay homage to
the #Bravehearts who made su-
preme sacrifice in Galwan Val-
ley #Ladakh while defending
the territorial integrity and
sovereignty of the country.
Their valour will be eternally
etched in the memory of the
#Nation,” the Army tweeted.
Meanwhile, Congress chief
Sonia Gandhi said, “Having pa-
tiently waited for the govern-
ment to come clean and inform
the nation about the circum-
stances in which the unprece-
dented incident happened and
reassure the people that the
sacrifice of our brave jawans
was not in vain, the Congress
Party reiterates its concern
that no clarity is yet available
and the Prime Minister’s last
word on the subject a year ago
was that no transgression had
occurred.”
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War Memorial and paid homage to martyrs who laid down their lives at Galwan.
‘Achhe Din’ soon for Raj MLAs? Gehlot directs
cabinet secretariat for ministers’ performance audit!
Dr. Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The murmurs
of a cabinet expansion,
have given way to, pos-
sibly, the first concrete
steps taken by Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
for cabinet expansion
and reshuffle became
apprent on Tuesday,
when the leader of the
state called for the ‘per-
formance report’ of all
the members of the cab-
inet. Highly placed
sources reveal that
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has given in-
structions in this regard
to the Cabinet Secretar-
iat, on which the Cabi-
net Secretariat has
started preparing the
performance report of
the work of the minis-
ters.Thereisnowa‘con-
sensus’, of sorts, in ‘rel-
evant Congress circles’
thatexpansionmayhap-
pen in the month of
July, once the perfor-
mance audit is complet-
ed and evaluated by the
Chief Minister.
It is being said that
within the ongoing
week, the Cabinet Sec-
retariat will prepare
the performance report
of the ministers and
send it to the Chief Min-
ister, after which the
Chief Minister will as-
sess their performance
and decide which min-
ister will remain in the
cabinet and who will be
‘axed’. Word is that min-
isters with weak perfor-
mance may be removed
or in apolitical necessi-
ty, their portfolios may
be changed. Turn to P6
CM Ashok Gehlot
TEMPLE LAND SCAM!
RAM...RAM
SAYS NYAS
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Amid alle-
gations of corruption in
the Ayodhya land deal,
the Ram Janmabhoomi
TrustonTuesdayissued
a statement on the pur-
chase deal and the de-
tails of the agreement.
In its statement, the
Trust said that nine in-
dividuals were involved
in the deal and negotia-
tions were done with
their consent to com-
plete the agreement in a
transparent manner. It
added that theTrusthad
decided that all finan-
cial dealings will be con-
ducted through banking
channels and dealings
are “on record”.
“Nyas was interested
to purchase this land
but first wanted to final-
ise all the previous
agreements so that
ownership of the land
may be cleared. About 9
individuals were in-
volved in this deal from
last 10 years, in these 9
persons 3 are Mus-
lims…All the 9 persons
were contacted, negoti-
ated. On receiving their
consent, they all came
and sat together to de-
cide their previous
agreements,” the state-
ment said, adding that
the agreement with the
final owners of the land
was done in a “trans-
parent manner”.
The Trust further
said that it has already
purchased 3-4 plots in-
cluding temples and
ashrams,addingthatfor
each purchased temple/
ashram/private proper-
ty, “a piece of land of
their own choice to be
provided for rehabilita-
tionandsufficientfunds
tobegivenforconstruct-
ing their buildings”.
Outlining the de-
tailed history of agree-
ments on the land deal,
the Trust stated that on
March 18, Turn to P6
Stretched inferences, alarming verbiage:
HC fires on Delhi Police chargesheet
Chirag expels 5
rebels; Paras
removes him
New Delhi: Leaving the
split wide open in the
Lok Janshakti Party
(LJP),fiveMPsledbyPa-
supati Paras on Tuesday
claimed that they have
removed
party na-
tionalpres-
ident Chi-
rag Pas-
wan from
the post.
However, Paswan said
that LJP called a nation-
al executive meet and
removed the 5 rebel MPs
fromtheparty’sprimary
membership. In his first
reaction after his uncle
Pashupati Paras ousted
him, Turn to P6
Student activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha.
SC DEFERS
IUML’S PLEA BY
TWO WEEKS
AEFI CONFIRMS 1ST
DEATH AFTER JAB
SPUTNIK V MORE
EFFICIENT: STUDY
UNLOCK 3.0 FROM
TODAY: MALLS,
GYMS TO OPEN
New Delhi: The SC on
Tuesday deferred for two
weeks the hearing on the
petition, filed by the Indi-
an Union Muslim League
(IUML) challenging the
May 28 notification of
the ministry of home af-
fairs (MHA) that allowed
non-Muslim refugees
to apply for citizenship.
Senior Supreme Court
advocate Kapil Sibal,
requested the vacation
bench of the Top Court
to grant him two weeks’
time to respond to the
counter-affidavit filed by
the Central Government.
New Delhi: A 68-year-old
man died due to anaphylax-
is after he was administered
a coronavirus vaccine said
the government panel that
was studying vaccine side-
effects (AEFI). The AEFI
committee’s report stated
that the 68-year-old died on
March 8, 2021.
New Delhi: The Russia-de-
veloped Sputnik V vaccine
has been found to be more
efficient against the highly
transmissible Delta variant
of coronavirus disease
(Covid-19), which was
found in India. Sputnik V is
reported to show 91.6% ef-
ficacy against coronavirus.
Jaipur: Shopping malls and
restaurants closed due to
the lockdown will be able
to open from Wednesday
while the night curfew has
also been reduced by one
day. Along with this, the
state government has also
allowed gyms in view of the
decreasing cases of infec-
tion. The Home department
released a revised guideline
on Tuesday, providing fur-
ther relaxation to the public.
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‘Delta plus not a variant of
concern yet,need to track it’
New Delhi: There has
been an almost 85 per
cent decline in daily
COVID-19 cases since
the highest reported
peak on May 7 and cur-
rently, there are 20
states and UTs where
active cases are less
than 5,000, the govern-
ment said on Tuesday
.
On the Delta plus var-
iant of Covid, the gov-
ernment said that it has
been around since
March and it is not yet
a ‘variant of concern’.
‘We have to learn more
about it and track its
progress,’ it said.
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CRUCIAL READ
NIFTY50 TOUCHES
RECORD HIGH
Mumbai: The benchmark
Nifty50 index on Thursday
logged a new lifetime
high after gaining for the
fifth day, surpassing the
previous record made on
February 15. Turn to P6
PUNJAB: SUKHBIR
BADAL DETAINED
New Delhi: Shiromani
Akali Dal (SAD) president
Sukhbir Singh Badal was
detained by Punjab Police
Tuesday during a protest
alleging scam in various
schemes Turn to P6
BENGAL GUV VISITS DELHI OVER LAW & ORDER
Kolkata: A day after a delegation of BJP MLAs petitioned
him for alleged deterioration of the law and order situ-
ation in the state, WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, on
Tuesday, embarked on a four-day visit to New Delhi. The
governor, who did not specify the reasons for his visit,
said he will return to Kolkata on June 18. P5
BCCI ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR WTC FINAL
BCCI announced the 15-member squad for the World
Test Championship final against New Zealand. Test regu-
lars like Cheteshwar Pujara, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane
and Ravichandran Ashwin have all been picked.
The land deal was done online and
is totally transparent. The people
who are creating obstacles are the
same people who had refused to believe in
the existence of Lord Ram. They have al-
ways opposed the cause of the temple. They
are misleading people. The people of the
country have full faith in the Trust.
—Indresh Kumar, RSS ideologue
Amid Cabinet
Expansion
Buzz, Shah
Meets MPs
New Delhi: Union
homeministerAmit
Shah’smeetingwith
groups of BJP MPs,
which generated
speculation about a
cabinet expansion,
was part of an ongo-
ing feedback exer-
cise on the work of
the government,
Covid situation and
other issues, sourc-
es said. Over the last
five days, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi had also held
meetings with the
minsters along with
BJPchief JPNadda.
Shah had met
MPs from Uttar
Pradesh, Maha-
rashtra, Rajasthan,
Gujarat and some
other states on Sat-
urday and Sunday
at his residence.
Around 30 MPs and
some ministers had
visited him over the
weekend.
Sources said po-
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physical meetings
have Turn to P6

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: DGP ML Lath-
er appeared before the
National Commission
for Women on Monday
and gave stock of vari-
ous cases concerning
women in the state.
The NCW in state-
ment said it held a
hearing in the matter
of displacement of res-
idents, including wom-
en,livinginParshuram
Circle in Jaipur who
were lathicharged and
forcefully evicted in
violation of Covid pro-
tocols.
Jaipur commission-
er Anand Srivastava,
who appeared along
with the DGP, submit-
ted that the proceed-
ings were followed ac-
cording to court’s or-
ders to remove en-
croachment. He denied
the allegations of any
lathicharge on women.
The commission also
sought status of eight
suo motu cases, includ-
ing those in which po-
lice personnel were
named as accused and
276 complaints.
NCW raised the inci-
dent of a Rajasthan
minister’s PA raping a
woman on the pretext
of marriage.
DGP submitted that
the matter was investi-
gated but the victim
did not come forward
to register the com-
plaint, rather the po-
lice suo motu regis-
tered the complaint.
DGPapprisesNCWofcrimeagainstwomen
SENSITIVE POLICING
राजस्ान आबकारी अधिधनयम 1950 त्ा उसके अनतर्गत बने राजस्ान आबकारी धनयम,
1956 के अनतर्गत वर्ग 2021-22 के दौरान पड़त 7 भांर समूहों में भांर के ्ोक एवं खुदरा
धवक्रय के धिये अनुज्ापत्र (Licence) सवीकृत करने हेतु धनधवदाएं आमंधत्रत की जाती हैं। राजय
सरकार के आदेश क्रमांक प.4(1)धवत्त/आब/2015 पार्ट IV धदनांक 14.06.2021 द्ारा पड़त
भांर समूहों के धिए मूि आरधषित राधश में छूर दी रयी है। पड़त भांर समूह व उनकी संशोधित
आरधषित राधश का धववरण पररधशषर अ पर संिग्न है। धनधवदा की मुखय शततें धनम्ानुसार हैं :
1. भांर समूहों का धववरण धनधवदा प्रिेख (Tender Document) में उलिेधखत है। जो
धवभारीय वेबसाईर https://www.rajexcise.gov.in पर उपिबि है।
2. धनधवदादाता द्ारा एक से अधिक समूह के धिए भी धनधवदा प्रसतुत की जा सकती है, परनतु
प्रतयेक समूह के धिए पृ्क-पृ्क धनधवदा प्रपत्र पर धनधवदा प्रसतुत करना आवशयक
होरा। धनधवदा में प्रसताधवत समूह का नाम सपषर रूप से उलिेधखत धकया जावे।
3. प्रसताधवत समूह के धिए धनधवदा प्रपत्र में वही राधश अंधकत की जावे, जो धनधवदादाता
धदनांक 1.4.2021 से 31.3.2022 तक की अवधि के धिए अनुज्ा फीस के रूप में देना
चाहता है। यह राधश आरधषित राधश से कम नहीं होनी चाधहए। (अस्ाई सवीकृधत की
धदनांक से आनुपाधतक आिार पर देय होरी)
4. भांर समूहों हेतु आरधषित राधश के 10 प्रधतशत के बराबर अमानत राधश (Earnest
Money) धनधवदा के सा् देय होरी। यह राधश धनधवदा के संबंि में धवसतृत धनददेश एवं
शततों के अनुसार आबकारी आयुकत, राजस्ान, उदयपुर के पषि में ट्रेजरी चािान द्ारा
राजकोर में जमा करानी होरी अ्वा आबकारी आयुकत, राजस्ान, उदयपुर के पषि में
उदयपुर में देय बैंक ड्ाफर के रूप में भी प्रसतुत की जा सकती है। धनधवदा के सा् वांधछत
अमानत राधश जमा नहीं कराने की सस्धत में धनधवदा पर धवचार नहीं धकया जायेरा।
5. धनधवदा के संबंि में अनय सभी शततें धनधवदा प्रपत्र के सा् संिग्न धवसतृत धनददेश एवं शततें
त्ा अनुज्ापत्रों की शततों के अनुसार होरी। धनधवदादाता द्ारा प्रसताधवत धकसी प्रकार की
कोई शत्ग मानय नहीं होरी।
6. धनधवदा प्रिेख धवभारीय वेबसाईर https://www.rajexcise.gov.in से
डाउनिोड धकया जाकर धनधवदा शुलक राधश रूपये 1000/- (एक हजार मात्र) जररये बैंक
ड्ाफर/नकद जमा करवाने होंरे।
7. इचछछुक वयसकत अपनी धनधवदा धनिा्गररत प्रपत्र में बनद धिफाफे में दिनांक 23.06.2021
को अपरान्ह 2.00 बजे तक काया्गिय आबकारी आयुकत, 2-रुमाधनयावािा, पंचवरी,
उदयपुर में प्रसतुत कर सकते हैं। फैकस अ्वा अनय धकसी प्रकार से प्रसतुत धनधवदा
मानय नहीं होरी। प्रापत धनधवदाएं उसी धदन अपरान्ह 2.30 बजे उपसस्त धनधवदादाताओं
के समषि खोिी जाएरी। आबकारी आयुकत को धबना कारण बताये धकसी भी धनधवदा को
सवीकार / असवीकार करने का पूण्ग अधिकार होरा।
पररदिष्ट- अ
आबकारी दिभाग
आबकारीबनिोबसतिर्ष2021-22्हेतुभांगखुिरासमू्होंकीआरदषितरादिकादििरण
क्र.
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राजसि
दजला
भांग खुिरा
समू्ह का
नाम
समू्ह में
िुकानों की
संख्ा
िर्ष 2021-22 ्हेतु
संिोदित आरदषित
रादि
(लाख रुप्े में)
10 प्रदतित
अमानत रादि
(लाख रू.में)
1 बीकानेर बीकानेर 11 100.00 10.00
2 चुरू चुरू 3 6.00 0.60
3 दौसा दौसा 12 50.00 5.00
4 जयपुर जयपुर 35 255.46 25.55
5 बाड़मेर बाड़मेर 5 4.00 0.40
6 जैसिमेर जैसिमेर 3 25.00 2.50
7 जोिपुर जोिपुर 6 85.00 8.50
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क्रमांक प.23(1)आब /िेखा/भांर /2021/1249 धदनांक: 14.06.2021
पड़्त भांग समूहों हे्तु नननिदा सूचना
DIPR/C/569 1/2021
S.No. : 2182-203 Date : 11/6/21
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PHED DISTRICT RURAL DIVISION-II, JAIPUR
(Name of Procuring Entity)
Bids for related to Water Supply Schemes of
subject matter of procurement are invited from
interested bidders up to 03:00 PM Date 30.06.2021.
Other particulars of the bid may be visited on the
procurement portal (http://www.sppp.rajasthan.gov.in
or http://www.eproc.rajasthan.gov.in) of the state; and
PHED Department website.
UBN:
UBNPHE2122WSOB03553
UBNPHE2122WSOB03554
UBNPHE2122WSOB03555 13.6.2021
Executive Engineer,
PHED, Distt. Rural Div-II,
Jaipur
DIPR/C/5651/2021
OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PHED
DISTRICT RURAL DIVISION-II, JAIPUR
apprisesNCWofcrime
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA ON JUNE 13, 2021
Sikar firing: One
murder accused
dead, 1 youth hurt
Sikar: A youth was
gunned down in Raiya
Ka Bas of Patan area
of Sikar district on
Tuesday. The deceased
Bajrang alias Bhajiya,
25, was out on bail for
murder. On Tuesday
evening 2 miscreants
fired bullets at him and
fled. Bajrang was seri-
ously injured and died
on the way to hospital.
In another case in Si-
kar, 2 bike-borne mis-
creants opened fire at a
grocery shop in broad
daylight at Gaondi mor
under Neemkathana
Kotwali police station.
A young man standing
at the shop narrowly
escaped the firing.
Bhilwara: 3
smugglers held
while trying to
flee police
blockade
Bhilwara: In a daring
incident on Tuesday
, 4
smugglers of Nagaur
area, riding on two jeeps
fled with weapons after
breaking police block-
ade at Banera police sta-
tion. The cops chased
them for 50 km and ar-
rested 3, however, one
managed to escape by
firing at the cops. The
cops recovered 586 kg
doda-chura, 4 live car-
tridges and a pistol. The
arrested men have been
identified as one Sahdev,
Babulal and Ramniwas.
BRIEF
in
MONSOON ON CARDS
SDRF on
toes for
monsoon
Minor’s rape:
Entire school
staff removed
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Before the
monsoon, SDRF
Commandant Pan-
kaj Chaudhary
has instructed
SDRF teams of all
ranges to be ready
.
The rescue teams
of SDRF started
the practice of
swimming, deep
diving, equipment
maintenance and
boat handling.
SDRF teams are
practising in Pam-
pa Sagar Lake
Pachewar, Cham-
bal River, Bandh
Bareth Dam,
Fateh Sagar Lake,
Fay Sagar Lake,
SDRF Jodhpur
Range in Surpura
Dam and Kalyan
Lake and Bikaner
Range in Indira
Gandhi Canal and
Kolayat Lake.
2 sisters accused
of blackmailing
withdraw plea
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two sisters ac-
cused of blackmailing
and demanding money
by threatening the PA
of state Cabinet minis-
ter of rape and suicide,
have withdrawn their
anticipatory bail plea
from Raj HC.
Dismissing the plea
on ground of withdraw-
al, Vacation Bench of
Justice Narendra Singh
Dhadha expressed hope
that after the surrender,
if the bail application is
presented by the ac-
cused, then the court
will dispose of it imme-
diately
.
JMC row: Police file
challan against Dr
Somya, 4 councillors
Jaipur: In a record pe-
riod 10 days, Jaipur po-
lice filed a chargesheet
against 4 councillors
and suspended mayor
of JMC Greater Dr
Somya in an FIR filed in
connection with man-
handling the corpora-
tion commissioner Yag-
ya Mitra Singh Deo dur-
ing a meeting on June 4.
Police framed charges
against Dr Somya,
councillors Ajay Chau-
han, Paras Jain,
Shankar Sharma and
Ramkishore Prajapat
under sections that
carry a maximum
sentence of 7 years.
—FIB
Jodhpur: The princi-
pal and all teachers of
Shergarh govt school
were removed and put
under APO after a mi-
nor girl was raped by a
teacher in the school.
Joint director of the
Education department
issued the order.
Also, the government
changed the investigat-
ing officer and RPS of-
ficer Pushpendra Ver-
ma was given the inves-
tigation. The case will
be taken up in case of-
ficer scheme to benefit
the victim . —FIB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The city has
now become the third
city in the country, af-
ter Delhi and Hy-
derabad, to use state-
of-the-art machines
for sewer cleaning.
Twenty 3-in-1-sewer
jetting machines were
flagged off by Chief
Whip Dr Mahesh
Joshi, Transport Min-
ister Pratap Singh
K h a c h a r i y a w a s ,
MLAs Rafiq Khan and
Amin Kagzi at JMC
Heritage office. De-
scribing it as a big step
towards fulfilling
dreams of Mahatma
Gandhi, Joshi said as
per intentions of
Chief Minister, manu-
al scavenging would
be stopped completely
with these machines.
 One machine will perform three jobs and
will ease the work of sewage cleaning through
manual scavenging.
 The municipal corporation has purchased 20
machines of 1500 liters capacity through Jaipur
Smart City Limited at a cost of `5.38 crore.
NO MORE MANUAL SCAVENGING
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
ACB has intensified
probe in BVG Company
and Rajaram Gurjar
deal case. Officials
visited JMC Greater of-
fice and seized several
documents and sent
viral video and audio
to FSL for testing. A
PE was filed by ACB
headed by DG BL Soni
suo moto after videos
and audios pertaining
to the deal went viral.
BVG-GURJAR DEAL:
ACB STEPS UP PROBE
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Dr Mahesh Joshi, Amin Kagzi,
Rafiq Khan, Munesh Gurjar and others flag off new machines
(inset) acquired by JMC on Tuesday.
17-year-old alleges
rape by a man
booked twice earlier
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a mysterious
case of rape, a 17-year-old
girl has accused a man of
raping her for the second
time. Earlier, she lodged
two cases against him –
one of kidnapping and
second of kidnapping
and rape. The victim told
the Kardhani police that
the accused called her on
Sunday after which she
went to meet him. He
stopped her scooty by
putting a bike in front.
His friend took away bike
while the accused ab-
ducted the victim on her
scooty and forcibly took
her to a room in Bagru
and raped whole night.
The accused snatched
away her mobile and
threatened her. In the
morning, when the ac-
cused was not in the
room, the victim called
her sister and sent loca-
tion after which the po-
lice was informed.
Meanwhile, the accused
sent videos of the rape
to her parents. The po-
lice have, however, not
got the videos so far. The
accused had come out of
jail on bail a few days
ago, said Kardhani SHO
Rajesh Bafna.
CONSTABLE HELD
Deepti writes to CM
over Patwari strike
Property trader dies
by suicide over debt
‘Vasundhara is BJP,
BJP is Vasundhara’
First India Bureau
Nagaur: A 50-year-old
property trader Ali
Khan in Didwana area
of the district died by
suicide due to debt on
Tuesday morning.
The businessman
went to the second
floor of the house in
the morning to take
bath, where he hanged
self. A 4-page suicide
note written on June
12 has been recovered
in which he named
five people.
Khan was associat-
ed with the property
business and was un-
der debt for the past
several years due to
the recession caused
by the lockdown. The
moneylenders were
harassing him time
and again regarding
the debt. He wrote that
he had gone mad while
paying interest and he
had nothing left now
and was committing
suicide.
Kota: Former MLA
Bhawani Singh Ra-
jawat on Tuesday said
that “in Rajasthan
Vasundhara is the
only BJP, and BJP is
Vasundhara.” Rajawat
called the removal of
Raje from the BJP
posters as internal de-
mocracy. “There is no
alternative to Vasund-
hara in Rajasthan yet.
Otherwise it will be
only a dream for the
BJP to come to power,”
he reiterated.
Rajawat and local
people broke earthen
pitchers (matkis) out-
side Udyog Nagar wa-
ter supply department
office due to no supply
of water to Udyog Na-
gar. Rajawat warned
to cut off water con-
nections of officials if
the pipeline is not re-
paired in 8 days.
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: Rajsa-
mand MLA Deepti
Kiran Maheshwari said
the Patwaris in Ra-
jasthan have been on
strike and non-coopera-
tion for last 6 months.
Due to this many works
like name transfer,
boundary information,
loan-related certifi-
cates, financial assis-
tance certificates, appli-
cations of CM and PM
Relief Fundetc are not
being prepared. She
said state government
has no control over the
administrative struc-
ture. She informed 20
out of 28 posts of Pat-
waris in Rajsamand
and 12 out of 15 posts in
Kunwaria are vacant.
In a letter to the chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot,
the MLA has requested
him to end the strike of
Patwaris as early as
possible.
Deepti Kiran Maheshwari
Ali Khan
Bhawani Rajawat in protest.
Sacked NSG commando
headed gang of robbers
Churu: The gang
that perpetrated loot
of 22 kg gold and Rs 5
lakh cash from
Mananpuram Gold
Finance Office in
Churu on Monday is
headed by Ranjit
Fauji, a sacked com-
mando of NSG, said
Superintendent of
Police Narayan To-
gas on Tuesday
.
Two accused were ar-
rested by police from
Sonwala Chowk in
Hisar. The accused
have carried out
more than 16 cases of
robbery and murder.
Two accused Ranjit
Fauji and Amjad
managed to escape,
Togas told the media.
—FIB
Accused with the booty.

RAJASTHAN
03
CS lauds efforts to curb vax wastage
in Raj, urges officials to bring it to -ve
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Tuesday appreciated
the efforts made to re-
duce the corona vaccine
wastage rate in the state
and directed officials to
bring it down to the
negative level.
Arya in review meet-
ing said that corona
vaccine is being used
well & its wastage rate
is 0.8%. He said that in
many districts this rate
has become negative
and the vaccine should
be disposed as per
norms of the Central
Govt.
The CS also said that
the District Collectors
should resolve the cases
related to the affiliation
of private hospitals
with Chiranjeevi
Scheme in a week.
While reviewing
‘Beti Bachao Beti Pad-
hao’ scheme, Arya told
officials to improve the
sex ratio and work on a
comprehensive plan.
Principal Secy,
Health Dept, Akhil Aro-
ra asked officials to fo-
cus on treatment of sea-
sonal diseases and oth-
er non-covid diseases.
Principal Secy, Wom-
en and Child Develop-
ment, Shreya Guha di-
rected to make special
efforts to connect drop
out girls with education
and develop nutrition
gardens in Angan-
wadis. Medical Educa-
tion secretary Vaibhav
Galriya asked officials
to take necessary action
for allotment of land for
new Med College &
Nursing & Public
Health College and to
ensure connectivity,
electricity & water sup-
ply system. Arya also
instructed to prepare
programme for the ful-
fillment of targets on
budgetannouncements.
It was revealed that
over 300 announce-
ments out of 370 have
been implemented.
Akhil Arora directed to
complete approval pro-
cess and try to get finan-
cial resources to fulfill
announcements.
Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya reviews various schemes virtually with the Divisional Commissioners
and District Collectors on Tuesday; also seen are Akhil Arora and Siddharth Mahajan.
State govt caps price
of Rapid Antigen test
by pvt labs at `200
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state govt
has fixed the prices of
Corona Rapid Antigen
test at Rs 200 in private
labs. Earlier in April,
the state govt reduced
the cost of RT-PCR from
Rs 500 to Rs 350. Where-
as in the neighboring
state of MP, the rate of
this test is Rs 300 in pri-
vate labs.
According to the or-
ders issued by Health
Department, this test
can be done at any pri-
vate hospital or private
lab. The main objective
of starting this test in a
private lab is to bring
quick and fast results,
so that when the initial
symptoms appear, the
patient can be exam-
ined and treated, his
result can be seen. This
test will be suitable for
patients of cold, cough,
cold and fever coming
to OPD of hospitals.
From May, the gov-
ernment had also ap-
proved to conduct anti-
gen test in addition to
RT-PCR. At present, the
government is conduct-
ing antigen test on a
large scale in Ra-
jasthan. In Jaipur, there
are many PHCs where
antigen tests are being
done only for the pa-
tients who show symp-
toms of corona. Under
the orders issued by the
govt, any pvt hosp or
lab in the state at which
this test will be done,
that institution will
have to upload the data
of the test report on the
government site.
IN BRIEF
INFANT GIRL DIES OF
RARE DISEASE DUE
TO FUND SHORTAGE
Bikaner: A seven-month-
old girl Noor Fatima, suf-
fering from a rare disease
spinal muscular atrophy, in
Chunagaran area died as
family could not collect Rs
16 crore for her treatment.
Zeeshan, infant’s father,
earns livelihood by paint-
ing. Three months after
the birth, when Fatima
was unable to lift her leg,
he contacted the doctors.
With public support only
Rs 40 lakh was collected
two months ago. Family
even appealed to Bolly-
wood stars for donations.
EMI RELIEF FOR
ENTREPRENEURS
BY RAJ FIN CORP
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Finance corp has decided
to provide relief to entre-
preneurs in repayment of
EMI or quarterly install-
ments of loans in view of
the pandemic. As per the
circular, the amount which
is due in June, July and
August for industrial units
have been postponed. The
next installment will be
payable on September 1
for industrial units loaned
from corp. There will be
no change in dates of
interest on loans due from
months of June to August.
COPS ARREST VIRENDRA SINGH FOR
THREATENING SELF-IMMOLATION
Jaipur: The Jhotwara police arrested state president of
Rajasthan Ambulance Employees Union Virendra Singh
Shekhawat on Tuesday. Angered by the non-fulfillment
of demands of 104 & 108 ambulance
workers pending for the last two years,
Shekhawat had released a video on Mon-
day evening threatening self-immolation
on Tuesday in front of the CM residence.
Before he could reached the CMR, the
police took Shekhawat into custody.
Ambulance workers appealed to the high
officials of NHM, Health Department, Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and even
approached Rajasthan HC to get their demands fulfilled.
RAJ TAKES OXY BATTLE
TO PANCHAYAT LEVEL
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Taking a cue
from the second wave
that badly struck vil-
lages, the state govern-
ment has decided to ar-
range oxygen at the
panchayat level. Two
oxygen concentrators
and one generator will
be placed at each gram
panchayat headquarter
so that they can be oper-
ated even when the pow-
er is out. For this, cen-
tralised procurement
will be done at the level
of the health depart-
ment and preparations
have started for the pur-
chase of more than
22,000 oxygen concen-
trators and 11,341 gen-
erators. The Finance
Department has given
approval for this and
Manju Rajpal, Secre-
tary, Department of Ru-
ral Development and
Panchayati Raj issued
orders on the same.
Urgent trip abroad? Now get
second vax dose after 28 days
18 plus strike a pose after jab. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
The state government
has relaxed norm of 84
days gap for second dose of
Covishield for people going
abroad for job, sports or
any other urgent purpose.
According to the guidelines
issued by the Health Depart-
ment, such persons going
abroad before August 31,
who has got first dose of
Covishield, will not have to
wait for 84 days for the sec-
ond dose. The person can
now receive the second dose
only after 28 days. For this,
he has to apply on the gov-
ernment's portal covidinfo.
rajasthan.gov.in. After visit-
ing this site, the applicant
will have to fill all his details
and upload documents by
going to e-Intimation for
Prior Vaccination (Foreign
Travel). After verifying this
information, the CMHO of
the concerned district will
send a message to the ap-
plicant with details about the
second dose.
Strategic Planning Of
Rural Development
Cost Management
Explained Here
District Collector, Zila
Parishad CEO and CMHO
will jointly assess the
need for oxygen and
generators
The work of procurement
will be done by RMSCL
Total 11,341 gram
panchayats & 22,682
oxygen concentrators
will be required
The govt will not give
money, panchayats
to spend from 5th Fin
Commission in 2020-21
funds; Zila Parishad CEO
will pay RMSCL
1 unit oxy machine to cost
`50K to `1.25L; genset to
cost `1L to `3L
11,341 panchayats will
have to spend `567 cr
PREPS FOR ‘POSSIBLE’ 3RD WAVE
State leads in
vax, least vax
wastage: Min
Jaipur: Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma on Tues-
day said that Rajasthan is
among the leading states of
the country in administering
corona vaccine and making
optimum use of vaccine
with minimum wastage.
Vaccine wastage is only
0.8% as per data till June
12, he said. He informed
that in some dists, wastage
has been recorded in minus
because doses present in
vials were used efficiently.
DR RAGHU GETS 36
OXY TANKS, MED AIDS
Jaipur: Health minister Dr
Raghu Sharma receives 36
cryogenic oxygen tanks,
1,500 PPE kits, 8,000 N-95
masks, 1,200 glasses,
1,000 sanitizers & 2,000
VTM by the Centre for
Disease Control, India.
The health minister said
that in possible 3rd wave
of Covid-19, the tanks are
useful for storing essential
medical liquid oxygen.
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma gets a family member vaccinated at the IDH Centre in SMS Hospital on Tuesday. Congress
leader Rameshwar Dudi was already present there for his second dose of Covid-19 vaccine during minister’s visit. Both the
vaccinations were done under supervision of Principal SMS medical college Dr Sudhir Bhandari. Also seen are IDH staffers.
A HEALTHY PICTURE!
UNL CK 3
‘Sunday’ official
holiday in state
n Tuesday night, the Home Department
issued a new guideline after the cases of
corona in the state continued to decrease.
Weekend curfew in Unlock-3 has now been kept
only on Sundays. With this, malls, restaurants,
metro and city buses have been unlocked.
O
CITY BUSES
WILL RUN FROM
5 AM TO 5 PM
The operation of city
buses in all the cities of
the state will also start.
In this, no
passenger will
be allowed to
travel stand-
ing. The operation of city
buses will remain closed
on the day of weekend
curfew. Metro operation in
Jaipur will also start.
MALLS TO OPEN
FROM 6 AM TO 4
PM MON-SAT
According to the new condi-
tion, the entire mall will not
open together; floor wise
shops will be
opened on the
alternate day,
say the shops of
basement and first floor will
open on the first day, then
on the next day the shops
of ground floor and second
floor will open and so on.
COVID-19 UPDATE
9,50,133
172 Cases in a day
TOTAL CASES
9,35,658
1,006 Recovered
in a day
TOTAL RECOVERED
8,856
14 Deaths in a day
TOTAL DEATHS
5,619
1,096 Max
cases in Jaipur
ACTIVE CASES
KEY-HIGHLIGHTS
13 out of 33
dists reported
‘0’ cases; Raj saw less
than 200 patients for
first time after 3 mths
1
Consignment
carrying 48,574
Covishield doses
reached Jaipur from
Pune by Air Asia flight
2
Ban on inter-state
movement of
buses between MP &
UP, Raj & Chhattisgarh
to be lifted
3
Throwing more light on unlock...
 Eat in restaurants from
9 am to 4 pm with 50%
capacity
 Hotel operators will be
able to provide service
to in-house guests
 Permission to open
gym and yoga center
from 6 am to 4 pm
 All tourism monuments
across the state will
open from today
REMAIN
LOCKED
CINEMA HALLS WILL
REMAIN CLOSED IN
STATE IN UNLOCK 3
Despite unlocking, there aren’t takers of fruits
in the market. As the lockdown was eased,
the arrival of fruits increased at Muhana Mandi.
Rajendra Narang, general secretary Jaipur Fruit
Wholesalers Association, Muhana, said after un-
locking, demand for fruits hasn’t improved with
wholesalers expecting less business this time.
FRUIT MARKET
SANS SHOPPERS

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Reshape yourself through
the power of your will;
never let yourself be
degraded by self-will.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Ravi Shankar Prasad
@rsprasad
Property cards under SVAMITVA
scheme is protecting the rights of
the poor and the vulnerable. 7.09
lakh beneficiaries across 7,489
villages have become legitimate
owners of property in the pilot phase.
#EmpoweringThePoor
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Indian exports continue their growth
path with goods exports growing at
8.11% over May 2019 in dollar terms
and 13.53% in rupee terms. Overall
trade surplus $1.6 billion in goods
and services shows the strength of
Indian economy.
TOP TWEET
SASIKALA’S
MOVES RATTLE
AIADMK
LEADERSHIP
he’s like a cat among
pigeons. Such is the
dread of V
. Sasikala,
former general-sec-
retary of the AIAD-
MK, that the party has expelled
16 members for meeting her.
Those expelled have been
charged with “anti-party activi-
ties”. Others have been warned
against staying in touch with
the confidante of the late Chief
Minister J. Jayalalitha. Former
CM E. Palaniswami and other
party leaders treat Sasikala,
who is believed to be clawing her
way back into the AIADMK, as
a member of her nephew TTV
Dhinakaran’s party, the AMMK.
After her release from prison
just before the Assembly elec-
tions Sasikala had announced
her decision to quit politics. She
bided time probably for the re-
sults. With the DMK trumping
their arch rivals, Sasikala has
decided to strike. Her purported
audio tapes, which led to the ex-
pulsions, reveal her intentions.
In one of them she is heard say-
ing,“Iwilldefinitelycomeback”.
Maybe it is time now for her to
step out of Jayalalitha’s shadow.
S
he Delhi High
Court made a
sharp comment
on the govern-
ment in its order
granting bail to three activ-
ists who were arrested under
the draconian Unlawful Ac-
tivities (Prevention) Act
(UAPA) in May 2020 in con-
nection with the Delhi riots.
“We are constrained to ex-
press that it seems that in its
anxiety to suppress dissent, in
the mind of the State, the line
between constitutionally guar-
anteed right to protest and ter-
rorist activity seems to be get-
ting somewhat blurred. If this
mindset gets traction, it would
beasaddayfordemocracy
,”the
high court said. It added that
theUAPAlawcouldnotbe“cas-
ually applied to criminal acts”.
Devangana Kalita and
Natasha Narwal of the Pinjra
Tod, which is a collective of
women students and Asif
Iqbal Tanha, a BA final stu-
dent at Jamia Millia, were
charged with being part of
conspiracybehindcommunal
riots in Delhi which broke out
following anti-CAA protests.
The original UAPA Act of
1967 provided, “…the Central
governmentmaydesignatean
organization as a terrorist or-
ganization if it (i) commits or
participates in acts of terror-
ism, (ii) prepares for terror-
ism (iii) promotes terrorism,
or (iv)is otherwise involved in
terrorism”. In 2019 the BJP
government amended the Act
and empowered the State to
designate individuals as ter-
rorists on the same grounds.
After this amendment demo-
cratic protests began to be
treated as acts of terrorism
andindividualscriticisingthe
government or its policies be-
gan to be detained.
Along with the right to pro-
test, freedom of expression
also began to be suppressed
leaving higher judiciary as
people’s only hope.
HC’S SHARP REMARK
ON CURBING DISSENT
Devangana Kalita and
Natasha Narwal of the
Pinjra Tod, which is a
collective of women
students and Asif Iqbal
Tanha, a BA final student
at Jamia Millia, were
charged with being part
of conspiracy behind
communal riots in Delhi
which broke out following
anti-CAA protests
T
Revisiting the Utility of
OPEN SKIES
he treaty of open skies was
signed in 1992 and in 2002 it
came into effect with 34 mem-
bers. The treaty permits the
signatory countries to moni-
tor the developments of arms
and its related technologies
through unarmed aerial sur-
veillance flights in each oth-
er’s territories. The treaty
allows for maximum ground
resolution of the images
which can be compared on
similar grounds to that of the
commercial satellites. Fur-
ther, all weather monitoring
is possible through the use of
coherent synthetic aperture
thermal infrared sensors and
the date can be made availa-
ble to all the treaty partici-
pants. Also, the treaty has
provisions for the mutual
inspections of the aircraft to
ensure fairness by each other
so that no covertly added
highly sophisticated digital
cameras or sensors are add-
ed. The treaty has an open
skies consultative commis-
sion in which decisions are
taken through a consensus
thereby treating all the signa-
tories in an equal manner.
The treaty was first pro-
posed to the Soviet Union in
1955 by the then US president
Eisenhower so as to reduce
accidental wars. The concept
thus belonged to the Cold War
days. Today, far more sophis-
ticated technical monitoring
capabilities for overhead im-
ageries exist such as recon-
naissance satellites that are
able to penetrate the military
camouflage to gain critical
information of the position-
ing of the tactical as well as
nuclear weapons. Then the
question that arises is what
purposedoesthistreatyserve
and why is it important for
the US and Russia to continue
their presence in the treaty?
The answer boils down to
as simple terms as that of
Confidence Building Mecha-
nisms (CBMs) and regime
building which are ways to
move further towards coop-
erative security arrange-
ments. The political benefit
that comes along in main-
taining transparency to en-
sure arms control through
verifiable reductions is of
extreme importance since
the treaty has provisions for
short notice unrestricted ac-
cess of the unarmed flights.
If in place and functional it
can help achieve the stated
goals of nuclear non-prolifer-
ation by checking the compli-
ance to various other treaties
and lead towards more mean-
ingful negotiations in the
arms control regimes.
Second, the ability to detect
threatening activities of the
competitor or adversary
through a ‘democratisation’
process in which military data
of the other country is availa-
ble for all signatories makes
theworldmorepeaceful.Today
,
as both the powers have with-
drawn,thediplomaticplightof
theotherEuropeansignatories
could be well imagined. The
feeling of geopolitical dwarf-
ismandtobedominatedbythe
power play of the big powers
would penetrate more divi-
sionswhichcanjeopardisethe
CBM regime further.
Third, both are on the
same level playing field with
regard to the dilution of
their monopoly in the sur-
veillance field. As the US and
Russia have the utmost mo-
nopoly over the technical
means for military surveil-
lance, their respective with-
drawal will negate various
positives that perhaps the
world was towards. Despite
the geopolitical catfight be-
tween the two, there were
strategic assurances for eve-
rything to be in place. That
has been negated now and
the world would be more sus-
ceptible to wars beginning on
the grounds of misinterpre-
tations and accidents.
Finally
, at the tactical level,
two important reasons could
have also been there to stay
back in the treaty
. First, re-
mote sensing satellites used
for spying purposes are de-
void of high resolution to the
point of extracting even the
minute details of the military
developments. This can be
achieved only by the over-
head flights through the use
of cameras which could have
been improvised further after
the negotiations.Second, in
case if they wish to uncover
each other’s developments for
their own safety, transparen-
cy protocols would demand
that they also share the de-
tails of their capabilities
through which the overhead
imageries have been taken. In
a condition, where they are
not the members of the treaty
of open skies, this would be
rather more self-defeating as
they would not like to share
their details of the mecha-
nisms used. The U.S. and Rus-
siacouldhavemadethetreaty
more meaningful by includ-
ing new technologies in the
permissible limits such as the
collection of atmospheric gas
samples and other evolving
technologies to determine
large size forward movement
under camouflaged condi-
tions. Finally, we just hope
that despite all odds, the US
and Russia would know
where to stop, just for the sake
of world peace and harmony
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
DR NK SOMANI
The writer is Assistant professor
at Mata Jeetoji Girls College
DR NISHTHA KAUSHIKI
The writer is Assistant Professor
at Central University of Punjab
The treaty permits the
signatory countries to
monitor the developments
of arms and its related
technologies through
unarmed aerial
surveillance flights in each
other’s territories. The
treaty allows for maximum
ground resolution of the
images which can be
compared on similar
grounds to that of the
commercial satellites
The US and Russia could
have made the treaty
more meaningful by
including new
technologies in the
permissible limits such
as the collection of
atmospheric gas
samples and other
evolving technologies to
determine large size
forward movement under
camouflaged conditions
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Sashikant Sharma
New Delhi: As 5 states
are going to polls next
year, the BJP is all set to
chalk out its roadmap at
several key meetings.
Party national President
JPNaddahasaskedstate
unitstoholdbrainstorm-
ing sessions, or ‘Chintan
Baithak’ and draw up
their strategies by July
10. Uttar Pradesh, Pun-
jab, Uttarakhand, Goa
and Manipur will go to
pollsnextyear.Itisworth
mentioningherethatUP
,
Uttarakhand, Goa and
Manipur have BJP or
BJP-led govts, Punjab
has Congress govt.
Afterstate-levelmeets,
small teams are to be
sent to Delhi where they
will brief Nadda about
preparations, following
which party leadership
will finalise the election
strategies for the five
states. Sending out a
message to its party cad-
res that it is time to gear
up for organisational ac-
tivities which were
stalled by second wave
of Covid, state BJP units
have been asked to hold
their executive meetings
virtually between June
21 and 30.
INDIA
05
BJP ROLLS OUT MISSION 5 STATES!
Assembly polls are to be held next year in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand,
Goa Manipur; Party chief Nadda has asked state units to hold brainstorming
sessions or Chintan Baithak and draw up their election strategies by July 10
THE STRATEGY
 National-level training
sessions to be held
every Sunday between
10.30 am and 11.30 am
 State training
meets on Tuesdays or
Wednesdays, from 10
am onwards. District-
level training on
Thursdays, Fridays or
Saturday, from 10 am
 Will be coordinated
by senior BJP leaders
Dushyant Gautam and
Muralidhar Rao.
 State units to
expedite training
sessions. All state party
chiefs and general
secretaries told to
complete touring their
states before July 31.
 Enrolment of workers
at Zonal level will be
completed by Sept 25,
activation of booth
committees by Dec 25,
 Pana Pramukhs need
to complete exercise by
April 6, 2022.
VIRTUAL
MEET
New Delhi: On June 18,
the BJP will hold a special
virtual session on the cor-
onavirus pandemic. The
topic of discussion, ac-
cording to BJP sources,
will be how the country
fought the challenge
under the leadership of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. A film on the same
will be screened. It will
be presented in regional
languages at local levels
by July 10.
CHARDHAM YATRA OPENING TO BE
CONSIDERED AFTER CM’s RETURN
Dehradun: The opening
of Chardham Yatra
will be considered
after Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Tirath
Singh Rawat returns
from Delhi, informed
Shatrughan Singh the
Chief Advisor to the Chief
Minister. “The opening
of Chardham Yatra will
only be considered after
the Chief Minister returns
from Delhi”, Singh told
ANI on Tuesday. After
considering all aspects,
the government will take
a final call regarding
the Yatra, he added.
Uttarakhand government
on Tuesday postponed
its order to open the
Chardham Yatra for
people from three districts
Chamoli, Rudraprayag,
and Uttarkashi.
ORACLE INDIA HEAD, WIFE
BOOKED FOR CHEATING
Hyderabad: Oracle India head and his wife were
booked for cheating customers by collecting
huge advance amounts for the projects using the
goodwill of the Oracle company, informed the po-
lice on Tuesday. The police stated that it booked
Oracle India Head Pradeep Agarwal and his wife
Meenu Agarwal under sections 406, 420, 506
IPC and served notices to the them on Monday
at their residence in Gurgaon. MADS Creation
Pvt Ltd, a interior company headed by Meenu
Agarwal duped its clients.
GALWAN MARTYR COL BABU’S
STATUE UNVEILED IN SURYAPET
Suryapet: A statue of Colonel Santosh Babu, who
died in the Chinese army attack at Galwan Valley
in eastern Ladakh in June last year, was unveiled
at Suryapet by Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao
on Tuesday. Colonel Babu was native of Suryapet,
about 140 Km from the state capital Hyderabad.
ColonelBabu, the commanding officer of the 16
Bihar regiment, was among 20 Indian soldiers
who laid down their lives in the fierce combat on
June 15 last year in the Galwan Valley, an incident
that marked serious military conflicts.
ETHANOL DISTILLATION LIKELY TO
BE DOUBLED BY 2025, CENTRE
New Delhi: It is likely that
ethanol distillation capaci-
ties in the country would
be more than doubled
by 2025 and India would
be able to achieve 20
per cent blending target,
said Sudhanshu Pandey,
Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Food and Public
Distribution (DFPD). “As a
result of various meas-
ures taken to address
demand and supply-side
issues, it is likely that
ethanol distillation capaci-
ties in the country would
be more than doubled
by 2025 and we would
be able to achieve 20 per
cent blending target,”
Pandey told reporters.
Pandey said that ethanol
blending with petrol will
bring a positive impact on
the country’s economy.
WBGuvwritestoDidi,
criticisesher‘silence’
onpost-pollviolence
Parl panel summons
Twitter on June 18;
firm appoints CCO
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar wrote to
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Tuesday, al-
leging that she has been
silent over post-poll vio-
lence in the state and
has not taken steps to
rehabilitate compen-
sate suffering people.
Hours before his de-
parture to Delhi on a
four-day visit Dhankhar
wrote in the letter to Ba-
nerjee, a copy of which
he shared on Twitter.
“I am constrained to
observe your continued
silence inaction over
post poll retributive
bloodshed, violation of
human rights, outra-
geous assault on dignity
of women, wanton de-
struction of property,
perpetuation of untold
miseries on political
opponents-worst since
Independence and it ill
augurs for democracy.
Absence of any steps to
engage in rehabilitation
to alleviate suffering of
people, force an inevita-
ble conclusion that all
this is state driven,” he
alleged. —Agencies
New Delhi: Days after
the Centre issued a no-
tice to Twitter, a parlia-
mentary panel headed
by Congress leader
Shashi Tharoor has
summoned top officials
of micro blogging site to
depose before it on Fri-
day and give a represen-
tation on prevention of
misuse of the social me-
dia platform.
Parl panel on Info and
Technology has sum-
moned several social
media giants, including
FB Twitter, on issues
related to misuse of
platforms and protec-
tion of citizens’ rights.
Earlier on Tuesday,
Twitter appointed an
interim Chief Compli-
ance Officer as mandat-
ed by the Centre’s new
laws, the social media
platform said in a state-
ment. The details of the
official will soon be
shared be shared with
the IT Ministry
.
MISHRA SENDS
LEGAL NOTICE
TO ADHIKARI
PM MODI TO DELIVER KEYNOTE
ADDRESS AT VIVATECH
Kolkata: Former TMC
leader Vinay Mishra
on Tuesday served
a legal notice to
LoP in West Bengal
Assembly Suvendu
Adhikari, demanding
to delete his June 11
‘false’ tweet, in which
he said that Mishra
renounced Indian citi-
zenship but was made
general secy of TMC
youth wing in 2020.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
deliver the keynote address at the fifth edition of
‘VivaTech’ on July 16. The PMO noted that he has
been invited as a guest of honour to deliver the
keynote address and other prominent speakers at
the event include French President Emmanuel Ma-
cron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and
Ministers and MPs from various European coun-
tries. The event will also witness the participation
of corporate bigwigs like Apple CEO Tim Cook.
NIA arrests
two more in
Antilia bomb
scare case
Mumbai: The National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) arrested two
more persons in con-
nection with the Antilia
bomb scare case, said
sources. Both of the ar-
rested persons were
produced before the
court on Tuesday and
were sent to NIA custo-
dy till June 21.
Last month, NIA had
arrested Inspector of
the Mumbai Police
Crime Branch, Sunil
Mane for his involve-
ment in the case. Mean-
while, Sachin Waze-the
prime accused in plac-
ing an explosives-laden
vehicle near Reliance
Industries Chairman
Mukesh Ambani’s
house Antilia in Mum-
bai on February 25, was
already arrested by
NIA. Waze was also ac-
cused of the murder of
Mansukh Hiren, the
owner of the vehicle
that was found contain-
ing explosives materi-
als outside Anitilia.
Hiren was found dead
on March 5 in Thane.
—ANI
Jagdeep Dhankhar
PM Narendra Modi
flanked by Amit Shah
and JP Nadda. —File
2 held for vandalising
AAP MP Singh’s home
New Delhi: Two per-
sons were arrested on
Tuesday for allegedly
defacing the nameplate
at Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) MP Sanjay Sin-
gh’s residence, said the
police. Following the
incident, the police said
that an attempt was
made to deface the
nameplate at Singh’s
residence. Two persons
have been detained in
this regard, said the po-
lice. It further stated
that no physical injury
was caused to anyone
and further investiga-
tion is underway
.
PNB fraud: Mehul Choksi trial
adjourned as his health declines
New Delhi: The trial of
the fugitive business-
man Mehul Choksi,
who is wanted in India
in the Rs 13,500 crore
PNB fraud case has
been adjourned to 25
June due to a decline in
his health condition, lo-
cal media reported.
The trial was expect-
ed to begin in the Rose-
au Magistrate Court on
Monday, Dominica
News Online, a news
outlet in Caribbean is-
land said. At the hear-
ing, two of Dominica’s
top criminal attorneys
were added to Choksi’s
legal team for this mat-
ter. Zena Moore-Dyer
and her daughter Gina
Dyer-Munro have
joined Julien Prevost,
Wayne Norde, and Cara
Shillingford-Marsh.
The defence attorneys
presented to the court a
medical document
which stated that Chok-
si is incapacitated and
as a result, he was una-
ble to attend the pro-
ceeding, it said. —PTI
Amid expansion buzz, Union Cabinet meet today
New Delhi: Amid the
buzz of an imminent
reshuffle in the Union
Cabinet, the Cabinet
Committee on Eco-
nomic Affairs (CCEA)
and Union Cabinet
meetings are sched-
uled to be held on
Wednesday
.
The buzz that was go-
ing on for quite some-
time intensified after
series of meetings took
place between Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah and BJP
National President JP
Nadda in the national
capital. Sources stated
Nadda had been fre-
quently visiting PM’s
residence for a month
now.
Earlier sources in
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) stated that
the party is likely to ac-
commodate a few of its
prominent leaders and
National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) mem-
bers in the Narendra
Modi Cabinet soon. It
has been two years
since NDA came back
to power in 2019.
Several positions in
the Cabinet are vacant
due to the exit of Shiv
Sena and Shiromani
Akali Dal. —PTI
CENTRE ISSUES NEW GUIDELINES TO REGULATE
ATTENDANCE IN GOVT OFFICES
New Delhi: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has is-
sued new guidelines to regulate attendance in central government offices,
departments and ministries. The ministry on Monday directed all officers at
the level of Under Secretary and above to attend offices on all working days
from June 16 until June 30 while persons with disabilities and pregnant
women employees would continue to work from home. Regarding govern-
ment officials below Under Secretary level, 50 per cent of such officials shall
attend office on all working days and the remaining shall work from home,
said the order issued to all central government ministries/departments.
PUNJAB POLLS: BJP STATE
LEADERS TO MEET NADDA
TEWARI FRONTRUNNER FOR
PUNJAB CONGRESS PREZ
New Delhi: With Punjab state assembly polls
slated for the next year, BJP on Tuesday began
brainstorming on possible alliances and earmark-
ing segments to be
targeted by the party in
the poll-bound state.
The party is contesting
the polls without the
backing of Shiromani
Akali Dal (SAD), its
long-term ally of
around 23 years. The
BJP Punjab president
Ashwani Sharma, along with the state in-charge
Dushyant Gautam, is scheduled to meet the
party’s national chief JP Nadda this evening.
New Delhi: After the panel set up by the Con-
gress on Punjab submitted its report on the
factionalism in its state unit, a change of guard
looks imminent with
the AICC looking for a
suitable replacement
for current Punjab
Pradesh Congress
Committee (PPCC)
President Sunil Jakhar.
Sources said that
former Union minister
and Anandpur Sahib
MP Manish Tewari is the frontrunner for the top
post in Punjab, while the names of Vijay Inder
Singla Raj Kumar Verka are also considered.

New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Tuesday urged peo-
ple to get vaccinated
against COVID-19 as
soon as possible and
to continue following
all the safety guide-
lines.
“Unlocking is hap-
pening but coronavi-
rus is and will be
among us. In such a
situation, keep follow-
ing the safety guide-
lines and get the vac-
cine as soon as possi-
ble. No one is safe un-
less everyone is safe.
Take care of your-
self,” tweeted Rahul
Gandhi.
Meanwhile, India
reported 60,471 new
COVID-19 cases, the
lowest count after 75
days, while the daily
positivity rate further
dropped to 3.45 per
cent, according to the
Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
on Tuesday
.
The Union Health
Ministry has in-
formed that
25,90,44,072 vaccine
doses have been ad-
ministered so far un-
der nationwide vacci-
nation drive. —ANI
INDIA
06
Hyderabad: The sup-
ply price of Bharat Bio-
tech’s vaccine Covaxin
to the central govern-
ment at Rs 150 per dose
is not sustainable in the
long run, the vaccine
maker said on Tuesday
.
The Centre’s supplying
price is pushing pric-
ing structure for the
private sector upward.
“Fundamental busi-
ness reasons ranging
from low procurement
volumes, high distribu-
tion costs and retail
margins among few oth-
ers contribute to higher
pricing of Covaxin,”
Bharat Biotech said jus-
tifying the higher price
when compared to oth-
er COVID-19 vaccines
available for the private
sector. “The supply
price of Covaxin to the
government of India at
Rs 150/dose, is a non-
competitive price and
clearly not sustainable
in the long run. Hence a
higher price in private
markets is required to
offset part of the costs,”
Bharat Biotech said.
Bharat Biotech has
so far invested over Rs
500 crores at risk from
its own resources for
product development,
clinical trials and set-
ting up of manufactur-
ing facilities.
‘`150PERDOSENOTSUSTAINABLE’
BHARAT BIOTECH JUSTIFIES HIGHER PRICE TO PVT SECTOR; SAYS IT HAD SO FAR INVESTED OVER `500 CR
‘Achche Din’...
The news has caused
consternation among
the ministers.
Moreover, CM Gehlot
has also taken a review
of the portfolios of all
the ministers and re-
viewed the work in the
midst of the Corona pe-
riod. The ‘audit’ will
also come in handy for
Gehlot to formulate an
‘all-inclusive’ cabinet
that is performance and
result oriented, as half
of the term of the cur-
rent government is
over, under which new
people should be given
opportunity in their
place by showing the
way out to the ministers
with weak perfor-
mance. Notably, there
are currently 9 vacant
seats in the cabinet and
only a maximum of 30
ministers can be made
in the Gehlot cabinet.
While Pilot and his
camp’s ministers were
sacked during the rebel-
lion, along with this,
due to the death of an-
other member of the
cabinet, Master Bhan-
war Lal Meghwal, his
place is also vacant in
the cabinet. It is said
that Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot can pro-
mote the ministers of
state who give better
performance in the cab-
inet on the basis of the
performance report.
Also, ministers with
better performance can
be given bigger portfo-
lios as ministers of
state. However, al-
though the exercise has
been initiated, no time
has been scheduled, as
yet, for expansion and
thereareonlymurmurs
of it being done in July
but keeping in view the
doctoral advise to Ge-
hlot to stay away from
face to face interaction
for two months, there is
still a huge suspicion
looming large over the
final date of expansion.
Ram...Ram...
Ravi Mohan Tiwari and
Sultan Ansari had
bought the land regis-
tered with numbers 243,
244 and 246 by a sale
deed for an amount of
Rs 2 crore, with “valua-
tion at circle rate Rs 5.80
crores and stamp for Rs
5.80 crores Valuation”.
The statement added
that Tiwari and Ansari
entered into an agree-
ment on the same day to
sell this land to the Ram
Janmabhoomi Trust.
“Consideration amount
agreed was Rs. 18.50
crores. Payment of Rs.
17 crores was made as
advance by online
transaction,” it further
stated.
The temple Trust has
also said that the land is
situated at a “prime”
location and the price at
which it was bought
was “much less than
the actual market rate
in Ayodhya”.
Amid Cabinet...
resumed as the second
wave of Covid has re-
ceded. The focus of the
meetings this time is on
the situation in the MPs’
constituencies, the han-
dling of Covid and their
performance during the
pandemic,andthegriev-
ancesof thepeople.Also
anyreshuffleinthemin-
istry is usually preceded
by appraisal and stock
taking.
Stretched
inferences...
what to talk of commit-
ting a terrorist act or a
conspiracy or act pre-
paratory to the commis-
sion of a terrorist act as
understood in the
UAPA,” said the court,
while granting bail to
Narwal.
Delta plus...
During the second wave
of the pandemic, the
government said, about
11.62 per cent cases
were seen in the below
20 years age group,
while it was 11.31 per
cent during the first
wave. It also said that a
sharp decline of 78 per
cent has been noted
since the highest re-
ported weekly Covid
case positivity rate of
21.4 per cent, which was
recorded between May
4 and 10 during the sec-
ond wave. —PTI
Nifty50 touches...
Markets have gained 5
per cent this month on
expectations that eco-
nomic activity will ac-
celerate as pandemic-
led restrictions are
eased and vaccinations
rise.
Punjab: Sukhbir...
introduced by the Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh-
led government. Badal
was detained after he
along with scores of
SAD and BSP leaders
staged a demo against
state govt outside CMR
at Siswan.
Chirag expels...
Paswan likened the or-
ganization to a mother
who should not be “be-
trayed”. In a tweet, he
said he made efforts to
keep the party founded
by his father Ram Vilas
Paswan and his family
together but failed. Pas-
wan also shared a letter
he had written to his un-
cle Paras, in March in
which he had highlight-
ed his uncle’s unhappi-
ness over some issues.
FROM PG 1
HIGHLIGHTS
 Maha reports over
9,000 new cases,
388 more deaths
in last 24hrs
 SC to hear
Asaram’s case for
temporary suspen-
sion of sentence
on June 18
 NIA files
chargesheet
against ISIS ter-
rorist in Chennai
 FinMin officials to
meet Infosys team
on June 22 to
discuss IT e-filing
portal glitches
 HC refuses to stay
June 18 ‘screening
test’ for foreign
medical graduates
RaGa urges people to get
vaccinated against Covid
‘Action will be taken if probe proves fake
COVID-19 testing data during Mahakumbh’
New Delhi: The Haj
Committee of India on
Tuesday rejected all ap-
plications for this year
2021 Haj due to Saudi
Arabia barring people
from outside the coun-
try due to coronavirus
disease (Covid-19) pan-
demic.
“The kingdom of
Saudi Arabia has de-
cided to allow citizens
and residents inside
the kingdom of Saudi
Arabia only to attend
Haj 1442 in limited
numbers. Internation-
al Haj has been can-
celled. Hence it has
been decided by the Haj
Committee of India
that all the applications
for Haj-202l stands can-
celled,” the circular
said.
Haridwar: Comment-
ing on the allegations
of fake COVID testing
during Mahakumbh
earlier this year, Medi-
cal Officer of Kumbh
Arun Singh Sengar
said action will be tak-
en against those re-
sponsible if probe
proves that wrong data
was fed. “It has been
taken into cognisance
that wrong data was
entered, it is being in-
vestigated. Facts will
come out after probe
if wrong data was fed,
action will be taken,”
Sengar said. Haridwar
Chief Medical Officer
SK Jha said it is not
right to comment now
as the matter is being
investigated.
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Health and Fam-
ily Welfare on Tuesday
clarified that any death
or hospitalisation
following COVID-19
vaccination cannot be
automatically assumed
to be due to vaccina-
tion. As per the official
release by the ministry,
there have been some
media reports sug-
gesting an increase in
the cases of severe ad-
verse events following
immunization, which
have also resulted
in ‘succumbing of
patients’ post-vacci-
nation. As per reports,
488 deaths following
vaccination are linked
to post-COVID compli-
cations during January
16, 2021 June 7,
2021 period where the
total vaccination cover-
age was 23.5 crore.
Dr VK Paul,
Member Health,
NITI Aayog said, “All
vaccines have some
reactions in the body
post inoculation, do
not spread misinfor-
mation.” The Union
Ministry clarified that
these reports are
based on incomplete
and limited under-
standing of the matter
at hand and noted
that the term “suc-
cumbed” insinuates
causality, that is, the
deaths were caused
due to vaccination.
The number of deaths
reported following
COVID-19 vaccination
in the country is only
0.0002% of 23.5 crore
doses administered,
which is within the
expected death rates
in a population.
ANY DEATH OR HOSPITALISATION FOLLOWING COVID-19 VAX
CANNOT BE ASSUMED TO BE DUE TO VACCINATION: CENTRE
Kolkata: Amid the second wave of the COV-
ID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemc, Kolkata-based
Scientist Dr Ramendra Lal Mukherjee, an
engineer by profession has invented a highly
portable battery operated ventilor which can
be used by people who suffer from breathing
problem, irrespective of their age. It can be
charged through mobile charger which can
last for eight hours. This device has two parts,
a power Unit and a Ventilator unit attached to
the mouth piece.
New Delhi: Roche Dia-
betes Care (RDC) India
has signed a Memoran-
dum of Understanding
(MoU) with Rotary
India Literacy Mission
(RILM) to conduct
diabetes screening
camps for the under-
privileged across India,
to drive early detec-
tion of diabetes and
to increase awareness
about its management.
Recent reports have
flagged the potential
‘diabetogenic’ effect
of Covid-19 on peo-
ple who did not have
diabetes before their
exposure to the virus.
People take holi dip during Mahakumbh in Haridwar.
The vaccine maker has said that it had to invest over Rs 500 crore “at risk” from its own
resources for the product development, clinical trials and setting up of manufacturing facilities.
Rahul Gandhi
KOLKATA SCIENTIST INVENTS
POCKET VENTILATOR
CONCERNED
COVID COULD
INCREASE
DIABETES: RDC
Haj 2021:
Panel cancels
all applications
New Delhi: The Trina-
mool Congress has ex-
tended its contract with
election strategists I-
PAC, or Indian Political
Action Committee, to
2026 after a successful
partnership saw Mama-
ta Banerjee sweep the
April-May Assembly
polls and return as
Chief Minister of Ben-
gal for a third straight
term.
This version of I-
PAC, however, will not
be led in day-to-day op-
erations by master
strategist Prashant
Kishor, who guided the
Trinamool (and, in Ta-
mil Nadu, the DMK-
Congress alliance) to
victory over the BJP
(and its southern ally,
the AIADMK) and then
told media he wanted to
“quit”. It will be inter-
esting to see how well
I-PAC and its new nine-
member leadership
team can function with-
out Mr Kishor, and how
efficiently it can win
elections for Trinamool
and its other clients.
The contract exten-
sion will run till the
next round of Assembly
elections in Bengal, by
which time key states,
including UP, Gujarat
and Karnataka, and the
country would have
also held elections.
PrashantKishorout,histeamgets
MamataBanerjeecontracttill2026 SC closes criminal cases
against Italian marines
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day ordered the closure
of all proceedings in
India against two Ital-
ian Marines -- Massi-
miliano Latorre and
Salvatore Girone -- ac-
cused of killing two
fishermen off the coast
of Kerala in 2012.
The top court said it
decided to quash all
proceedings against the
marines after being in-
formed that the com-
pensation of Rs 10 crore
for the families of the
victims has been depos-
ited in the registry of
the SC by the Republic
of Italy. “The compen-
sation amount of Rs 10
crore already paid by
the Italian government,
over and above is made,
and is reasonable and
adequate,” a two-judge
vacation bench of the
Apex Court, headed by
Justice Indira Banerjee
and also comprising
Justice M R Shah, said
in its order.
Minister of Bengal (L) and Prashant Kishor (R)
CHHATTISGARH
HC GIVES
RELIEF TO
SINGH, PATRA
MARATHI ACTOR
NABBED FOR
‘VILE POSTS’
AGAINST MIN
New Delhi: Provid-
ing interim relief to 2
BJP leaders, Chhat-
tisgarh High Court
stayed the FIR against
former CM Raman
Singh party spokes-
person Sambit Patra
in connection with
alleged fake toolkit
case. Chhattisgarh
unit of the NSUI had
lodged an FIR against
Singh and Patra in
the fake toolkit in Civil
Lines Police station,
Raipur in May after
BJP had slammed
Congress for its
“toolkit on pandemic”.
Thane: A small-time
Marathi actor has
been arrested in
Thane for allegedly
posting objection-
able posts on the
Facebook page of
Maharashtra Urban
Development Minister
Eknath Shinde, offi-
cials said on Tuesday.
The accused, identi-
fied as Mayuresh
Kotkar, who has acted
in some Marathi
serials and films, was
nabbed following a
complaint lodged by
Shiv Sena corporator
Yogesh Jankar.
—FILE
PHOTO

NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The ‘Digital
Baal Mela 2021’, spon-
sored by Future Society
and LIC, started on
Tuesday
. Assembly
Speaker Dr. CP Joshi
released the poster of
the country’s first Baal
Mela Season-2 and ap-
pealed to the children to
join this platform in
maximum numbers. Dr
Joshi said that he is
veryhappythatthrough
this platform, children
in the country will ex-
press their views for
their government. Ja-
hanvi Sharma, who
conceptualised this
platform, showed the
video made by the chil-
dren to Dr. Joshi.
Dr Joshi promised
the children that first
session of the Baccho
Ki Sarkaar will be held
on the upcoming Chil-
dren’s Day on Novem-
ber 14 at Vidhan Sabha
in Jaipur. However, in
our own parliamentary
democracy, they have
not yet been given a
place. In such a way,
through expression, we
will be able to under-
stand the thoughts of
those children. He fur-
ther said that these
children would grow up
to understand that the
thoughts which were in
their children’s mind,
how they could grow up
and put forward their
problems in the govern-
ment. At the same time,
it is very important to
know the views of chil-
dren in making future
policies of the country
.
Speaker appeals children to join platform
DIGITAL BAAL MELA 2021
GEHLOT WAS MY LEADER AND
WILL REMAIN SO: BL SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amidst the on-
going political develop-
ments regarding Cabi-
net expansion, senior
Congress MLA Bhan-
war Lal Sharma also
jumped in the verbal
batter and made sev-
eral major statements
on Tuesday. Express-
ing confidence in CM
Ashok Gehlot, Sharma
said that, “CM Ashok
Gehlot was my leader
and will remain my
leader.” Interestingly,
he said that had Gehlot
supported him, he
would have become
CM long back. Sharma
also claimed that since
Gehlot is not going to
meet anyone for the
next two months, the
question of cabinet ex-
pansion and reshuffle
is out of the window
for the time being.
“I also had a desire
to become the CM, but
sometimes our desires
have to be suppressed.
I had also tried to top-
ple the government,
but at that time Ashok
Gehlot did not support
me or else I too would
have become CM then.
I regret it still,” Shar-
ma said.
“I consider Sachin
Pilot as a leader, but
CM Ashok Gehlot is
above him. I have no
desire to become a
minister, but senior
leaders should get
their due. Even if Ge-
hlot makes me a minis-
ter, I will not accept.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Hemaram
Choudhary met PCC
Chief Govind Singh
Dotasra on Tuesday.
The two had a long
chat of around one
hour. Minister Shaleh
Mohammed, and
MLAs Lakhan Meena
and Sandeep Yadav,
who joined Congress
from BSP, met Dotasra
and discussed the lat-
est political develop-
ments.
Meanwhile, a dele-
gation of Muslim com-
munity met Dotasra
where Energy Minis-
ter Dr BD Kalla, Minis-
ter of State for Higher
Education Bhanwar
Singh Bhati and PCC
Vice President Govind
Meghwal were also
present. They demand-
ed proper representa-
tion of the Muslim
community of Bikan-
er. The delegation had
Maqsood Ahmed,
Harun Rathod, Salim
Bhati and Iqbal Sameja
along with many Mus-
lim leaders including
Majeed Khokhar, Shab-
bir Ahmed and Anwar
Ajmeri. They demand-
ed representation in
any board and UITs.
The PCC Chief gave
positive assurance.
MLAs meet Dotasra amid expansion talks
Ashutosh Sharma
Jaipur: Disgrun-
tled Congress MLAs
in the state now
seem to be loosening
as one of the Pilot
loyalist MLAs came
out in the open ex-
pressing faith in the
leadership of chief
minister Ashok Ge-
hlot.
Two other MLAs
of the Pilot camp
also echoed the
same voice. On
Tuesday afternoon,
Ved Prakash Solan-
ki, the most vocal
MLA of the Pilot
camp, also said in a
surrendered pos-
ture that CM Ashok
Gehlot is the “God
of Kaliyuga” for
him and he wor-
ships him.
Solanki said that
he will continue to
worship him until
he agrees. Bhanwar-
lal Sharma also ex-
pressed full faith in
the CM’s leadership.
Political observ-
ers believe that the
disgruntled camp in
the state seems to be
weakened at the mo-
ment and is trying
to maintain its ex-
istence by making
only a few state-
ments.
A senior leader of
the CM’s camp re-
marked that only
the media is listen-
ing to the disgrun-
tled MLAs and they
are not being heard
in Delhi or in Jaipur.
New Delhi/Jaipur:
The Army conducted
a successful trial by
moving a military
train loaded with vehi-
cles and equipment
from New Rewari in
Haryana to New Phul-
era in Jaipur validat-
ing the efficacy of the
Dedicated Freight
Corridor (DFC), the
Ministry of Defence
said on Tuesday
.
In a statement, the
ministry said that the
recently developed
“Dedicated Freight
Corridor (DFC)” by
the Indian Railways
provides faster move-
ment of freight across
the country
.
“The Indian Army
on June 14 conducted
a successful trial by
moving a military
train loaded with vehi-
cles and equipment
from New Rewari to
New Phulera validat-
ing the efficacy of the
DFC,” it said.
It further said that
the intricate and syn-
chronised coordina-
tion by the Indian
Army with Dedicated
Freight Corridor Cor-
poration of India Ltd
(DFCCIL) and Indian
Railways will signifi-
cantly enhance mobi-
lisation capability of
Armed Forces.
“These trials herald
the first step in this
process to pave the
way for enhancing the
operational readiness
of Armed Forces,” the
statement added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Ajmer: State
govt has suspended two
RAS officers BL Meh-
rada and Sunil Kumar
Sharma for 3 years after
they were held by ACB
on charges of graft.
Meanwhile, abscond-
ing councillors Kuldeep
Bohra Surendra Soni
trapped by the ACB on
June 10 in bribery case
of Rs 2.5 lakh in Ajmer
are now facing an on-
slaught of charges.
Deputy Chairman of
Municipal Council
Rikhabchand Khatod
said he was repeatedly
threatened by both the
absconding councillors
for money and resigna-
tion from the post.
Khatod also informed
Municipal Council
Chairman Naresh
Kanojia and MLA
Shankar Singh Rawat
about the threat har-
assment.
Succumbing to
threats, Khatod ten-
dered resignation to
MLA Rawat.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: Ten per-
sons have been arrested
for allegedly lynching a
man on suspicion of
cow smuggling on Mon-
day night.
Pintu Bhil, 25, was
beaten to death, and an-
other seriously injured,
when a mob attacked
them in Chittorgarh
district on Sunday
night while they were
taking 3 oxen to MP for
farming purpose.
“A case was regis-
tered against 19 persons
and ten of them have
been arrested so far,”
CO Rajendra Jain said.
He said the accused
are local villagers, who
on preliminary probe
told that some people
informed that cows
were being smuggled
and everyone started
chasing the pick-up
van.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Amin Pathan
was made the chairman
the Dargah Committee
of Sufi saint Khwaja
Moinuddin Chishti for
the 4th time on Tuesday
in a meeting held in
Delhi. Munawar Khan
of Jaipur was made the
Vice-Chairman.
All nine members
participated in the
meeting held under the
chairmanship of Union
Minority Affairs Minis-
ter Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi. Vice Chairman
Syed Babar Ashraf,
members Shahid Rizvi,
Sapat Khan, Munawar
Khan, Farooq Azam,
Waseem Ahmed, and
newly appointed mem-
ber Javed Parekh from
Mumbai and others at-
tended the meeting.
Parekh was appointed
against a vacant post.
‘Gehlot is God of
Kaliyuga’ says
Pilot-group MLA
I ALSO HAD A DESIRE TO BECOME THE CM, SAID SHARMA
10 held for killing man
for ‘cow smuggling’
Dargah panel: Pathan
is Chairman again
YOUTH HELD
FOR SPYING
RELEASED
Jaisalmer: ATS and intel-
ligence agencies caught a
youth allegedly spying for
Pakistan from Chandan
village, Jaisalmer. After
probe, he was released
on Tuesday as nothing
incriminating material was
found from him.
The Home department officials were promoted on
Tuesday in the DPC of the department held at the
RPSC, Ajmer under chairmanship of senior commis-
sion member Shiv Singh Rathore. DGP ML Lather
and ADG Anil Paliwal joined the meeting. Officials in
telecom and FSL from Inspector to DSP, to ASP, and to
SP were promoted. However, no eligible candidate was
found for the post of Director Telecom.
YOU READ IT IN FIRST
INDIA ON JUNE 15, 2021
Not more than 25% ‘excellent’
comments in ACR: Home dept
Trial of military train
on DFC successful
2 RAS officers
suspended for
graft for 3 yrs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Filling of the
ACR of officers and em-
ployees of police, jail,
home guard, FSL ser-
vice and subordinate
services will not be at
the discretion of a few
officials now as Princi-
pal Secretary Home Ab-
hay Kumar has issued
new guidelines in this
regard. Abhay Kumar
said that generally not
more than 20-25 percent
of the employees should
be given excellent com-
ments in any category.
If the job as a whole is
really good, it should be
done well or very well.
PROMOTIONS IN DPC MEETING
Shiv Singh Rathore. ML Lather, Anil Paliwal others in meeting.
Dr CP Joshi and Jahanvi Sharma during the poster release.
Train ran from New Rewari to New Phulera in Jaipur.
Govind S Dotasra, BD Kalla, Bhanwar S Bhati with delegation.
BL Sharma said he has no desire to become a minister now.
SANYAM LODHA QUESTIONS
CABINET EXPANSION NEED
SHEKHAWAT FOR MAHARANA
STATUE IN RAJ ASSEMBLY
Independent MLA Sanyam Lodha
on Tuesday told senior journalist
Mahesh Jhalani that expansion of the
cabinet cannot happen if the govern-
ment didn’t exist. The cabinet should
be expanded definitely, but how
can it happen when posts are 9 and
contenders are 50. He questioned the
need of cabinet expansion.
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat has written to As-
sembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi request-
ing him to install a statue of Maharana
Pratap in the Rajasthan Assembly
building. A statue was also installed at
gate no. 12 of the Parliament complex
in 2007 and unveiled by the then Lok
Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
Ved Prakash Solanki
Amin Pathan
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2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: At a time
when the global
warming and continu-
ous deforestation has
marred the global
community, Ra-
jasthan Housing
Board is setting a fine
example by planting a
whopping one lakh
plants and trees
across its projects in
the state. The planta-
tion campaign will
start from June 21,
which will also mark
a first of its kind ef-
fort, in the Board his-
tory. This historic di-
rection has been given
by UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal in
tune with the 150th
birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi.
Informing about
the campaign, Com-
missioner RHB,
Pawan Arora said,
“Along with unique
plants from across the
nation, trees such as
Neem, Gulmohar, Ar-
jun, Banyan, Bottle
Brush, Tikoma,
Erithrena, Mango,
Mullberry, Lemon and
various others will be
plants. Moreover, to
ensure that these
plants have a good
survivability, the
Board will plant only
those trees that are
between ten to fifteen
feet in height. Apart
from this, for beautifi-
cation and bettering
the environment,
herbs and shrubs that
are native to Ra-
jasthan will also be
planted.”
Arora said that the
city park being devel-
oped in Mansarover
Scheme will boast of
twenty thousand
plants and trees. “One
part of this park will
be dedicated to devel-
oping an Oxyhub
where trees that pro-
duce more oxygen like
Neema and Banyan,
will be planted. More-
over, for the weekend
home scheme at Nay-
la, Board will develop
orchards where fruit
trees like Mango,
Lemon, Mullberry
and Java plums,
amongst others, will
be planted so that peo-
ple can enjoy these
fruits while enjoying
the shade these trees
offer,” he said.
Interestingly, the
Board will also devel-
op a ‘Gandhi Vatika’
at MGD Weekend
Home at Nayla ac-
cording to the vision
of the Chief Minister
where flowering and
fruiting plants and
trees will be planted.
The Board Commis-
sioner has directed of-
ficials to complete the
tender process for
purchase of plants by
June 30 for timely
completion of the
campaign.
For a better environment, RHB to plant one lakh trees!
CM DEMANDS ACTION PLAN FOR
JODH ELEVATED ROAD PROJECT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said that
in view of the present
population, traffic pres-
sure, industrial expan-
sion and future require-
ments of Jodhpur city,
construction of elevat-
ed road is extremely
necessary
. “This elevat-
ed road will connect
three national high-
ways passing through
Jodhpur city
. The Union
Road and Transport
Ministry should take
action to give a concrete
shape to this project at
the earliest,” Gehlot
said while discussing
with the Union Minis-
ter of Road Transport
and Highways Nitin
Gadkari in a high level
meeting held through
video conference on
Tuesday. He urged that
the Union Road Trans-
port Ministry should
prepare the detailed
project report of the
proposed 9.5 km elevat-
ed road project and
start work on it.
“Three National
Highways i.e. NH-62
Nagaur-Jodhpur-Pali,
NH-25 Barmer-Jodh-
pur-Bar NH-125 Jais-
almer-Pokhran-Jodh-
pur pass through Jodh-
pur city. Due to this,
there is a lot of traffic
pressure on heart line
Mandore-Pawta-Sojati
Gate-Jalori Gate-Akhlia
intersection of Jodhpur
city. With the comple-
tion of Rajasthan Refin-
ery, industrial expan-
sion will take place in
the adjoining areas of
Jodhpur city and traffic
will increase in this
area. At present also
there is more than
70,000 vehicles on this
route. Also Jodhpur has
national level institutes
like AIIMS, IIT, NFD,
NLU, CAZRI. So, it is
necessary to bring ele-
vated road project on
ground soon,” CM said.
Meanwhile, Union Road
Transport Minister Ni-
tin Gadkari said, “Soon
a team of experts will
visit Jodhpur draft a
final presentation re-
garding design site
selection. Notably, Un-
ion Jal Shakti Jodh-
pur MP Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat was also
present in the meet.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting
sharply to turncoat
BSP MLAs, who defect-
ed to Congress, Con-
gress MLA and Pilot
loyalist Mukesh Bha-
kar said, “People of the
state know who is trust-
worthy and who has
betrayed. Those who
have switched three
parties in two-and-a-
half years for their
greed for power, are
telling us about loyalty
and honesty. This is
wrong. They should tell
on whose directions
they are giving such
statements,” Bhakar
told reporters at a press
conference.
He was accompanied
by Congress MLA from
Masuda constituency
Rakesh Pareek. Bha-
kar said that only time
will tell which legisla-
tor is supporting which
leader.
“The leader who is
with us, is on road af-
ter leaving the minis-
terial post. If we had
to remain in power,
then we would have
also flattered,” he
said. The Congress
legislator said that it
is tye fight for the par-
ty’s survival among
youths, farmers and
not for securing min-
isterial post. He said
that be it Sardarshahr
MLA Bhanwar Lal
Sharma or anyone
else, nobody can deny
people’s love for Con-
gress Sachin Pilot and
his mandate.
Meanwhile, echoing
Bhakar and Pareek’s
line, Virat Nagar MLA
Indraj Gurjar claimed
that former BSP MLAs
have stabbed their own
party. “They have be-
trayed themselves.
Congress, on its own,
had 101 legislators, but
they left their party
and joined Congress,”
“If it is wrong to seek
cabinet expansion and
talk about rights of
party workers, then we
condemn it. By speak-
ing to High Command,
Pilot is raising the is-
sues for betterment of
the party workers.”
First India Bureau
Dehradun: At a time
when politics is Ra-
jasthanisgoingthrough
a crucial phase and for-
mer Deputy Chief Min-
ister Sachin Pilot ap-
pears to have been at
the epi-centre of the
‘developments’; the
Congress leader visited
Haridwar-based Uttara-
khand Congress MLA,
and co-incharge of Ra-
jasthan, Qazi Nizamud-
din to condole the de-
mise of his mother.
“I have come for a
personal visit to ex-
press condolence to
Qazi ji on his mother’s
recent demise. We have
good family relations
with the Nizamuddin
family and my father
also used to meet Qazi
Mohammad Mohiud-
din, Qazi ji’s father,”
Pilot said. Nizamud-
din’s mother Sayedda
Nafisa Khatun (70)
passed away on June 4
in Roorkee after suffer-
ing heart-related ail-
ments.
But the high point of
the meet was the close
door meeting of the two
at Nizamuddin’s Man-
glaur-based residence,
after which both re-
frained from speaking
to media on political af-
fairs in particular dis-
sidence in Rajasthan
state and party politics.
Shortly after the
meeting, Nizamuddin
took to Twitter and
shared pictures of his
meeting with Pilot and
thanked him for his
visit. “Senior Congress
leader Shri @Sachin-
Pilot ji came to my resi-
dence today. He paid
tribute to my Ammi ji
and encouraged us to
rise from grief. We are
grateful to him for giv-
ing us courage in this
hour of grief,” he
tweeted.
Meanwhile speaking
to media in Haridwar,
the former Rajasthan
Deputy CM said,
“Changing the Chief
Minister of Uttara-
khand is not going to
wash away the sins of
the BJP and the wrong-
doings of the party can-
not be covered up. In
Congress everyone is
united. We will form the
government here in the
coming elections,” he
said. —With Agency Inputs
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Amid rumours
that former Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot has spo-
ken to former BSP
(Now Congress) legisla-
tors and gave support
to their demand of rep-
resentation in govern-
ment and Day after BSP
leader Rajendra Gud-
ha’s comment on the
Rajasthan government
drew ire and it seemed
that even BSP turn-
coats were also toying
with the idea of ‘defect-
ing’ to Pilot camp; the
turncoats on Wednes-
day launched a massive
‘offensive’ against Pilot
camp, however, en-
sured that they stand
loyal to Gehlot.
Former BSP and now
Congress MLA Sand-
eep Yadav, questioned
the ‘legality’ of those
who betrayed the party
and tried to bring down
the government. “With
what right are they put-
ting pressure on the
high command? With
what right is the high
command listening to
them?,” a charged up
Yadav said.
“The government
has survived because
of us. The high com-
mand should reward
those who saved the
government. Those
who are saying that our
workers have formed
the government, the
hard work of those
workers did not save
the government,” he
said.
Meanwhile, MLAs
Rajendra Singh Gudha,
Jogendra Awana,
Lakhan Singh and
Sandeep Yadav after
holding a meeting, tar-
geted the pilot group.
“Those who became
cabinet ministers had
left the Congress, but
we saved the govern-
ment. What is the
meaning of all this, if
there is no difference
between loyal and dis-
loyal. The high com-
mand should see who is
loyal and otherwise.
Those who saved the
government should be
respected. We were im-
prisoned in the hotel
for a month and a half.
People’s work is not
done, who is responsi-
ble for that? The high
command should look
into it,” they said.
The four MLAs said
that now there is a need
to distinguish between
real and the fake. “It
should be taken into ac-
count who stood with
the government in con-
trasting times? Time
and again some people
are creating pressure
on the party high com-
mand. Whereas they
worked to destabilize
the government,” they
said.
On Tuesday the
MLAs swore their all-
egience to CM Gehlot
saying, “Ashok Gehlot
was and will remain
our leader. We
strengthened the gov-
ernment by merging
BSP with Congress
with complete honesty.
We didn’t know that
there would be dramas
like this in Congress.
We merged with all
honesty, the sword of
Supreme Court is still
hanging on us, but
here we are being
looked as outsiders
which is wrong.”
People know who is trustworthy
who is disloyal: Cong MLA Bhakar
EveryoneunitedinCong:Pilot
claimsaftermeetingRajco-incharge
Turncoats with Gehlot, demand
High Command to be ‘realistic’!
Mukesh Bhakar addresses a press conference at Jaipur on
Tuesday. Also seen here is Rakesh Pareek.
Sachin Pilot with Qazi Niuzamuddin in Haridwar.
RS Gudha, Jogendra Awana, Lakhan Singh Sandeep Yadav at a
press conference on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
My deepest condolenc-
es on the passing away
of senior leader of Gurjar
reservation movement
Captain Harprasad Tan-
war ji. He made a long
struggle and sacrifice
of about 15 years under
the leadership of Colonel
Kirori Singh Bainsla ji
and played a big role
with him in the reserva-
tion movement for MBC
class, he was the pillar
of Colonel Sahib.
CM Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan tourism
should be branded
effectively: CM
CM Ashok Gehlot while
addressing the review
meeting of Tourism
Department through VC,
said that Rajasthan has a
distinct identity on tour-
ism map of the world.
The livelihood of lakhs of
people is linked to tour-
ism. In such a situation,
effective branding of
tourism should be done
in Rajasthan to attract
tourists. He also stressed
on effective marketing of
important tourist places,
fairs festivals at inter-
national level.
CM Gehlot has asked of-
ficials to explore possibili-
ties to bring these groups
on one platform conduct
their economic activities
in a more professional
manner. He said that more
and more SHGs should
be linked with financial
inclusion.
Gehlot reviewed the
schemes of ‘Rajivika’
under Department of Rural
Development Panchayati
Raj through VC. “The micro
financing activities being
carried out through self-
help groups have instilled
confidence in women and
made them more empow-
ered than ever before. Wide
publicity should be given to
the products prepared by
SHGs,” CM Gehlot said.
BRING SHGs ON ONE PLATFORM: CM
Union Minister
Gadkari said that
soon a team of
experts will visit
Jodhpur and draft a
final presentation
regarding the design
and site selection
Gehlot's nod to create
42 Posts for Cops
CM Gehlot has ap-
proved the formation
of 42 new posts of police
personnel to upgrade
three police stations in
the state to inspector level
and one police post to the
police station level. In the
budget for the year 2021-
22, CM had announced in
this regard.
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BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

The plantation
campaign will
start from June
21, on the
directions of
UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal
to mark Bapu’s
150th
birth
anniversary
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e all know how hard it is to pursue pas-
sion alongside studies; however, Tonk-
based Juhi Tikkiwal not only achieved
her goal while studying, she also be-
came an inspiration for newcomers in
the fashion industry. In an exclusive
interview with City First, Juhi shares
why she started and how far she has come!
“Ever since my schooling days, everyone ap-
preciated my height and personality
. I used to
be very active in both sports and studies. All
friends and family encouraged and appreciat-
ed my fitness and complexion. One day, I dis-
cussed with my father that I wanted to partici-
pate in the Miss India contest. My parents ap-
preciated and supported my idea. Soon after I
decided to participate, I started my prepara-
tion,” she said.
“During my graduation, I was able to par-
ticipate in an audition for TV artists held
in Delhi, but due to some unavoidable
circumstances, I could not get empan-
elled. This incident broke my heart
and for quite some time, I was really
sad about it. But remembering the
phrase, “Himmat-e-marda to ma-
dade Khuda”, I recollected
my whole energy and de-
termined to face all diffi-
culties to pursue my pas-
sion,” she said.
On being asked about
her professional jour-
ney, she said, “I started
photoshoots in Tonk
and simultaneously
started visiting Jaipur
for modelling. During
this time, I came across
a competition- Elite
Miss Rajasthan organ-
ised by Gaurav Gaur. I
registered myself and
it was a matter of pride
that I was one of the
finalists of Elite Miss
Rajasthan 2020.
The stay and training for sev-
en days provided by Mentor
Gaurav Gaur played an impor-
tant role to carry on my jour-
ney of modelling.”
“My first goal is to partici-
pate in Miss Femina and Miss
India contests and the ultimate
goal is to enter into the Bolly-
wood industry,” she said.
JUHI TIKKIWAL FROM TONK
SHARES HER JOURNEY OF
MODELLING AND THE
STRUGGLES ASSOCIATED
WITH IT, IN A CONVERSATION
WITH CITY FIRST!
KARISHMA GWALANI
Karishma.gwalani@firstindia.co.in
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