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n the 74 years of India’s
Independence, there have been
merely three leaders who have
not just carried out the role of
Prime Minister, but have gone
to the length of being the
synonym of a political pivot.
The nation, having seen 14 individuals
ascend to one of the highest offices, has
merely witnessed three leaders in
Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi and
now Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who
according to TIME magazine’s latest
influential people’s list, “dominated the
country’s politics like no one”.
When COVID-19 crisis hit the country, a
relentless Modi tried to instil
confidenceintheotherwise
scared nation. His
efforts, like
asking people to light lamps, beat steel
plates and clap so that they remain upbeat,
drew huge response. From his initiative to
periodically laud the Corona warriors by
show of semblance with them, to giving a
huge `20 lakh crore push to the economy
hit by the pandemic, to making efforts for
economic growth for which the numbers
now look favourable; underline that people
still trust Modi to lead the nation.
Interestingly, even with Opposition
levelling several accusations at him in
order to tarnish his no-nonsense and anti-
corruption image, an approval rating of
71% lays bare the fact that INDIA TRUSTS
MODI, and the trend is not going to change
anytime soon. Perhaps that is why, he has
featured in TIME Magazine’s ‘100 most
influential people in 2014, 2015, 2017 and
2020 and 2021, i.e. 5 times since coming to
power in 2014. Modi’s 7 year prime
ministerial tenure also has given a clear
message that there is no parallel to
team Narendra Modi-Amit Shah, a
political ‘couple’, made for each other!
At a time when most people think of a
peaceful, retired time after a lifelong of
hardwork, PM Modi starts his day before
daybreak and goes on to work, for the
nation, for the next 20 hours. Even former
US President Barak Obama publicly lauded
the mere three hours of sleep our 71 year
old PM takes.
In his 71st year, we at First India wish
the Prime Minister....the leader....the man,
happy returns of the day
.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PM!
I
Happy
Birthday!
Birthday!
India Trusts
Modi!

PERSPECTIVE
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This year also marks the
7th year of PM Modi. On
30 May 2019, He had
won a tremendous,
unprecedented mandate,
the most decisive one by
any leader in recent
history, an absolute
majority for a leader and
political party after
almost 3 decades. This
popular vote after 61crore
peoples cast their vote, was
a vindication of his first 5
years. This victory was
despite being targeted
almost continuously with
a vicious campaign of lies
and calumny by a
coalition of vested interests
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Hardeep Singh Puri
@HardeepSPuri SPIRITUAL SPEAK
With fools, there is no
companionship. Rather than to
live with men who are selfish,
vain, quarrelsome, and
obstinate, let a man walk alone.
—Buddha
TOP
TWEETS
Thank Tajik President
Emomali Rahmon for
receiving me. Conveyed
greetings of PM Modi.
Exchanged views on
recent developments in
Afghanistan and their
impact on regional security.
India and Tajikistan are
strong partners in fighting
terrorism, fundamentalism
and radicalism.
Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
he first time I travelled back to my
state Karnataka after joining the
council of Ministers was for Jan
Ashirwad Yatra. This Yatra took
methrough6districtsandallowed
me to meet hundreds of citizens,
Social leaders, and Karyakartas
through the 4 days of the Yatra.
Throughout the entire journey
,
there was a singular response
from those who came out to bless
me and wish me - the trust , faith
and pride that people felt in their
PM and leader Narendra Modi.
From a farmer in Shivamogga
thanking me for government’s
support to transform his life ; to
a housewife beneficiary of Ujwa-
la in Sirsi; to revered Swamijis in
the different Mutts I visited for
blessings; to the health warriors
and Karyakartas I visited to
thank for their service - they all
saw themselves as participants
in PM Narendra Modi’s vision of
a New India and so this outpour-
ing of affection, support and
blessings to me was because I
was also in Narendra Modi’s
team just as each of them were.
September 17 is Prime Minis-
ter Modi’s birthday. It is also
Vishwakarma day. Nothing de-
scribes Narendra Modi’s life and
20 years in Government as this.
His 13 years as CM and 7 years
have set new standards in Gov-
ernment leadership, hard work,
policy making and raised the bar
significantly for all those in pub-
lic life and public service.
But his impact on Indian poli-
tics goes beyond that. He has dis-
mantled myths of permanent po-
litical dynasties, corruption and
status quoism about our democ-
racy and about many issues in-
cluding the terror response that
haveprevailedsince1947whenwe
became an Independent country
.
He has also reset the confidence,
ambitions and aspirations of eve-
ry Indian. These achievements
are particularly significant today
and now, as we celebrate 75th year
of Independence and set our
sights on the future of India.
This year also marks the 7th
year of PM Modi. On 30 May 2019,
He had won a tremendous, un-
precedented mandate, the most
decisive one by any leader in re-
cent history
, an absolute majority
for a leader and political party
after almost 3 decades. This popu-
lar vote after 61crore peoples cast
their vote, was a vindication of
his first 5 years. This victory was
despite being targeted almost
continuously with a vicious cam-
paign of lies and calumny by a
coalition of vested interests.
His political and governance
philosophy has remained consist-
ent - around equal opportunity to
all. Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,
Sabka Vishwas.
In one of his first speeches of
his 2nd term he said
“This New India’s vision is mo-
tivated by the noble thoughts of
ShriNarayanaGurugreatspiritu-
alfigure,socialreformerandpoet:
“Jaati-BhedamMat-DweshamAd-
umIlladey Sarvrum Sodar-tvain
Vaadunn Matrukasthan Maanit”
That is, an ideal place is one
where people live like brothers
free from the discrimination of
caste and religion.
On this path of a New India,
rural India will be strong and ur-
ban India will also be empowered.
entrepreneurial India will attain
new heights and the dreams of
young India will also be fulfilled.
On this path of a New India, all
systems will be transparent, and
the prestige of honest country-
men will increase further;
infrastructure for the 21st cen-
tury will be built and all resourc-
es for creation of a powerful In-
dia will be mobilized.”
Narendra Modi delivered in
these 7 years, what most Govern-
ments weren’t able to do for dec-
ades. In areas ranging from
Cleaning up the Financial sector,
expanding economic opportuni-
ties to all, National Security, Re-
cord high Investments, Technol-
ogy , Art 370, new State of
Ladakh, Citizens Amendment
Act, Amicable resolution of Ram
Mandir etc. There’s much for all
of us to be grateful for.
But it is his leadership, fore-
sight and untiring hard work
during this last 18 months of the
COVID pandemic that we are
truly grateful for.
Throughout the CORONA cri-
sis, Modi’s leadership and Gov-
ernance was on full display. He
rallied every citizen to make it
the country’s collective resolve to
fight and overcome the virus –
leading all 1.4 Billion Indians
through this difficult Lockdown
period with calm.
When COVID pandemic hit us,
we had little or no capacity in PPE
manufacturing, limited hospital
and ICU beds, Patchy healthcare
capacity in states, limitations in
pharma, vaccine, equipment and
healthcare staff. As if these real
challenges weren’t daunting
enough, PM Modi also had to deal
with terrible behaviour of China
at our Northern borders and con-
tinuing terror by Pakistan and of
course some of India’s politicians
who seemed to see COVID-19 as a
political opportunity rather than
a time to serve and inept and/or
irresponsible CMs in some states.
But through it all, he led us un-
daunted. The personal effort put
in by PM Modi through this en-
tire time was super-human and
would tire out any normal person
many times over. The challenges
of designing the response even
when scientists and experts
themselves were struggling to
understand cause, consequences
and solutions can’t be overstated.
India’s resilience and response
during this pandemic was also
possible by many far-sighted deci-
sions of Narendra Modi in his
first term - unambiguous proof of
hisforesight.Thepoorandvulner-
able who were the most impacted
by the shock were provided quick
financial relief through the deci-
sion of Narendra Modi to create
Bank accounts for every Indian
through the JDY scheme. JDY, PM
GaribKalyanYojana,PDSandPM
Kisan have ensured that rural,
farmersandpoorarebackstopped
financially by the Government di-
rectly without any leakages. Digi-
talIndiahelpedcroresof peopleto
connect to Information and for
businessestocontinuetoremotely
work.SchemeslikeUjalaforCook-
ing cylinders, Jan Aushadhi Yo-
jana and PM Ayushman all came
in as great support to the common
people during this Pandemic. PM
Modis leadership has ensured In-
dia could handle the shocks and
keep deaths to much lower than
most other even more developed
nations.
As the past 18 months have
shown,Indianeededstrongleader-
ship capable of navigating India
through these choppy waters and
itisfortunatethatwehadhislead-
ership and fire-sight - prime mov-
ers for our national resolve and
achieving important milestones
in our fight against Covid like the
recent Sep 13th crossing of 75
crorevaccinationsbeingachieved.
The world is seeing deep tecton-
icchangespostCOVID.Indiatoois
emerging more resilient, Confi-
dent and Ambitious about its fu-
ture - led by PM Narendra Modis
vision of AtmaNirbharBharat for
the future and his strong belief
that India’s time has come. As he
said on August 15th this year, Yahi
Samai hai, Yahi Samai hai. This is
our time. This is our time.
This is also the year I complete
15 years of public service. I con-
sider it a singular honour and
privilegethatIhavehadtheoppor-
tunity to serve at a time of PM
Modi’sleadershipandbeawitness
to the irreversible and unstoppa-
ble rise of our country and all our
people under PM Narendra Modi.
The best way to celebrate PM
Modi’s birthday is for all Indians
to believe in and work towards his
dream of a strong, prosperous In-
dia for all. Sabka Saath, Sabka
Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, SABKA
PRAYAS. On this day, I wish him
many years of good health and
service to our motherland.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
RAJEEV
CHANDRASEKHAR
The writer is Union Minister of State for
Entrepreneurship, Skill Development. Electronics
Technology
India’s resilience and re-
sponse during this pan-
demic was also possible
by many far-sighted de-
cisions of Narendra
Modi in his first term - un-
ambiguous proof of his fore-
sight. The poor and vulnera-
ble who were the most im-
pacted by the shock were
provided quick financial relief
through the decision of Nar-
endra Modi to create Bank
accounts for every Indian
through the JDY scheme
SETTINGNEW
STANDARDSIN
GOVERNMENT
LEADERSHIP
MODI

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Sensex jumped 418 points to end above 59,000 mark for the first time at
59,141. It touched a new high of 59,204 in intra-day deals. Meanwhile, its
NSE counterpart Nifty gained 107 points to 17,626. It hit a new peak of
17,645 during the session. 16 stocks closed in the green and 14 in the red.
The President of India Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Shimla on Thursday
afternoon on a four-day visit to Himachal Pradesh during which he will
address the special session of the state assembly on 17 September to
mark the golden jubilee celebrations of statehood of the state.
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INDIA
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Modi attacks Vista critics as he
opensDefenceMinistrycomplex
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi hit
out at the critics of the
Central Vista Project
while inaugurating the
Defence Offices Com-
plexes in New Delhi on
Thursday
.
The PM said those
who were attacking the
Central Vista Project
would conveniently re-
main silent as 7,000 em-
ployees of the Defence
ministry and the armed
forces shift to the two
new multi-storey office
complexes. The Defence
Offices Complexes are a
part of the Rs
20,000-crore Central
Vista Project.
“Today
, the country is
watching what we are
doing with the Central
Vista. These modern of-
fices will help those
connected with the
work of national secu-
rity in working effec-
tively,” Modi said, add-
ing that it was “a major
and significant step
towards the develop-
ment of a modern de-
fence enclave in the
capital.”
‘Asthana brought in
for better policing’
New Delhi: The Centre
Thursday defended IPS
officer Rakesh Astha-
na’s appointment as
Delhi Police Commis-
sioner, saying he has
been brought in to pro-
vide “effective policing”
on recent law and order
situations in the nation-
al capital. The govern-
ment also said it needs
to be given a leeway in
appointment of Delhi
Police Commissioner as
any “paediatric ap-
proach” would not be in
national interest.
The submission has
been made in a written
reply filed in response
to a PIL seeking quash-
ing of Asthana’s ap-
pointment, inter-cadre
deputation, and exten-
sion of service. The
court is expected to
hear the case next week.
New Gujarat Cabinet has no minister
who served in Rupani administration
Gandhinagar: The
BJP on Thursday in-
ducted 24 ministers, in-
cluding 21 who have be-
come ministers for the
first time, taking the
strength of the ministry
led by CM Bhupendra
Patel, a first-term MLA
and minister, to 25.
Political observers
say the BJP expects to
make an impact ahead
of the 2022 Gujarat As-
sembly polls with this
new-look ministry
.
Those sworn in at the
1.30 pm Raj Bhavan cer-
emony include former
Assembly Speaker Ra-
jendra Trivedi and for-
mer state BJP president
Jitu Vaghani. Governor
Acharya Devvrat ad-
ministered the oath to
10 cabinet ministers
and 14 ministers of
state, including five
ministers of state with
independent charge.
Centre outlines
‘bad bank’ plan
NARCL for NPA
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet on Wednesday
cleared a proposal to
provide government
guarantee to security
receipts issued by the
National Asset Recon-
s t r u c t i o n
C o m p a n y
(NARCL) as
part of res-
olution of
bad loans,
sources said.
Indian Banks’ Asso-
ciation (IBA), entrusted
with the task of setting
up a bad bank, has
pegged the government
guarantee to be around
Rs 31,000 crore.
Head of Islamic State killed in Sahara: France
Paris: The leader of the
Islamic State in the
Greater Sahara died of
wounds from a drone
strike that hit him on a
motorcycle last month
in southern Mali, in a
French-led operation in-
volving backup from
US, EU, Malian and Ni-
gerien military forces,
French authorities said
on Thursday
.
The French govern-
ment did not disclose
how they identified him
as Adnan Abu Walid al-
Sahrawi, whose group
hasterrorisedtheregion.
France declared the
killing a major victory
against jihadists in Af-
rica and justification for
years of anti-extremist
efforts in the Sahel.
French government of-
ficials described al-Sah-
rawi as “enemy No. 1” in
the region and accused
him of ordering or over-
seeing attacks on
French aid workers.
V
irat Kohli To Step
Down As India’s
T20I Captain Af-
ter ICC T20 World Cup:
“Understanding Work-
load Important”Virat
Kohli announced on
Thursday that he will be
stepping down as India’s
T20I captain after the
completion of the upcom-
ing ICC T20 World Cup.
“I have been fortunate
enough to not only repre-
sent India but also lead
the Indian Cricket Team
to my utmost capability
.
I thank everyone who
has supported me in my
journey as the Captain
of the Indian Cricket
Team. I couldn’t have
done it without them - the
boys, the support staff,
the selection committee,
my coaches and each and
every Indian who prayed
for us to win.
PM Narendra Modi along with Union Minister for Defence Rajnath
Singh and Minister for Petroleum Natural Gas Hardeep Singh
Puri during the inauguration of the Defence Offices Complex, in
New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Delhi top cop Rakesh Asthana
Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi
Cabinet ministers: Rajendra Trivedi, Jitu Vaghani, Rushikesh
Patel, Purnesh Modi, Raghavji Patel, Kanubhai Desai, Kiritsinh
Rana, Naresh Patel, Pradip Parmar and Arjunsinh Chauhan.
WITH MANY EMBASSIES CLOSED, BLACK
MARKET FOR VISAS THRIVING IN KABUL
Kabul: A number of travel agencies say that currently only
Pakistan visas can be obtained legally, but visas of a number
of other countries are being sold in the black market at high
prices, Tolo News reported. “The real price for a Tajikistan
visa is $60, but in the black market it is around $350 to $400.
The real price for Turkey’s visa is $120, but in the black mar-
ket it is selling for up to $5,000,” according to the director of
a travel agency in Kabul. Meanwhile, Taliban have barred fe-
male employees from entering the Ministry of Women Affairs
in Kabul, allowing only males into the building, an employee
of the ministry said. “Four women were not allowed to enter
the building”, Sputnik quoted the employee as saying.
“I have decided to step down as the
T20 captain after this T20 World
Cup in Dubai in October,” Kohli
wrote in statement that he shared
on his social media handles.
1 Kohli cited the “immense workload”
he has been managing for most of the
last decade, as an all-format player and
captain, as the reason for his decision
2 He also said that the decision was
taken after consulting people close
to him, head coach Ravi Shastri and
teammate Rohit Sharma
DECIDES TO STEP DOWN FROM
CAPTAINCY AFTER T20 WORLD CUP
CENTRE TO DELHI HIGH COURT
24 MINS SWORN IN
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Congress
General Secretary In
charge of Rajasthan
Ajay Maken on Thurs-
day said that roadmap is
ready for cabinet expan-
sion and organisational
rejig in the state.
“If CM Ashok Gehlot
had not fallen ill, the
cabinet expansion and
the roadmap is ready for
appointment at board,
corporations and dis-
trict presidents would
have happened in those
couple of days. We want-
ed to do this before the
assembly session,” Mak-
en said at a press confer-
ence in Delhi on Thurs-
day
. He added that ac-
cording to protocol,
Chief Ministertravelsto
Delhi for finalising the
appointments,butdueto
health concerns CM Ge-
hlot could not do so. The
Congress leader said
thatGehlotisstillunwell
and doing his work from
home and as he gets well
this will be done.
When asked about
Sachin Pilot, he said,
“What has to be done at
the AICC level is be-
yond my purview as
that will be addressed
by Congress President.
Turn to P8
If CM had not fallen ill, cabinet expansion
would have happened by now, says Maken
Congress General Secretary In charge of Rajasthan Ajay Maken
RAJ ASSEMBLY
RESUMES TODAY
Jaipur: After being
adjourned indefinitely on
Wednesday by Speaker
CP Joshi, proceedings
of the Assembly will be
held on September 17,
18, wherein 9 bills will be
tabled. The turnaround
occurred after CM
Ashok Gehlot spoke
to Speaker CP Joshi
to end the deadlock
created after the
Speaker became irritated
with the behaviour of
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Shanti Dhariwal
and the ruling party in
the House. P2
Solanki issue far
from over, but will any
action be taken? P8
CRUCIAL READ
‘ARRESTED TERRORISTS TRAINED IN PAK
TO CARRY OUT BLASTS ON RAIL TRACKS’
BHAGWAT TO VISIT JK IN OCT, FIRST
VISIT AFTER ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370
New Delhi: Pakistan’s ISI trained the two terrorists, that
were arrested by the special Cell of Delhi police, who
were to blow bridges and railway tracks to cause mass
casualties in India, it was revealed during the interroga-
tion on Thursday. The interrogation revealed that the
duo was also asked to acquire the details of the timings
and route of the trains with more passengers so that the
blast results in a high number of casualties.
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
chief Mohan Bhagwat will be visiting
Jammu and Kashmir for the first time
after articles 370 and 35A were revoked.
Bhagwat will be on a three-day visit to
the Union Territory from October 1 to
October 3 and will attend a meeting with
‘Prabudh Varg’ members. P2
ON TRACKS: RAPE
ACCUSED FOUND
Hyderabad: The suspect
in the rape and murder of
a six-year-old girl in Hy-
derabad was found dead
on railway tracks, two
days after a Telangana
minister warned that the
accused would be caught
and eliminated.
VIGILANCE NOC FOR
JK GOVT STAFF
Srinagar: Government
employees of JK will be
required to get a vigilance
clearance to obtain a
passport , said a circular
by JK Government’s Ad-
ministration Department.

RAJASTHAN
04
GEHLOT BREAKS ICE WITH SPEAKER;
ASSEMBLYSESSIONRESUMESTODAY
9 bills will be tabled in the House; supplementary demands of more than 1300 crores will be passed
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Day after ad-
journing the assembly
proceedings indefinite-
ly and angered by the
behavior of Parliamen-
tary Affairs Minister
Shanti Dhariwal and
the ruling party, on
Thursday Assembly
Speaker CP Joshi
agreed to start proceed-
ings of the assembly
from Friday. This oc-
curred after MLAs,
ministers failed to paci-
fy the Speaker follow-
ing which CM Ashok
Gehlot spoke to Dr
Joshi to break the ice.
The proceedings of
the Assembly will be
held today and on Sep-
tember 18 i.e. this time
the proceedings will
continue on Saturday
also. Informing about
the same, Speaker Joshi
said, “The house will
run from today. The
business of the house is
already fixed, and it
will be completed.”
Notably
, 9 bills will be
tabled in the House in
the next two days. The
proceedings of the
House will begin with
Question Hour from 11
am on Friday
. After this,
the supplementary de-
mands related to differ-
ent departments of
more than 1300 crores
will be passed.
Expel Kataria from
BJP: Rajput orgs
First India Bureau
Udaipur: The local
Kshatriya organizations
staged a dharna on
Thursday in protest
against the statement of
Leader of Opposition Gu-
labchand Kataria regard-
ing Maharana Pratap. All
the organizations gath-
ered at the collectorate
under the banner of Me-
war Kshatriya Mahasa-
bha and shouted slogans
against Kataria. Many
Rajput leaders, including
Karni Sena president
Mahipal Singh Makrana,
student leader Ravindra
Singh Bhati, Janata Sena
convener Randhir Singh
Bhinder, Lal Singh Jhala
also participated in the
demonstration.
BUREAUCRATS HAVE TURNED BLIND
EYE IN PROTECTING SAINI: BENIWAL
White paper for
amendment bill
to save camel
Many bills would
have stuck: Kataria
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a white pa-
per presented in the as-
sembly, Animal Hus-
bandry Minister Lal-
chand Kataria said
that a draft legislation
to protect camels and
increase their numbers
is being finalised.
He said that the num-
ber of camels in Raj is
decreasing rapidly
. The
govt is preparing to lift
the ban on taking cam-
els out of Rajasthan.
He said that there is a
ban on killing camels
and taking them out of
the state without per-
mission. Due to this,
their utility is decreas-
ing. The law will be
amended on the basis of
the recommendation of
the cabi-
net sub-
commit-
tee set
up to
amendlaw.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A day after Ra-
jasthan Assembly
Speaker CP Joshi ad-
journed the House af-
ter repeated disrup-
tions by ruling and Op-
position members, the
Speaker will resume
the session today.
The ruling and Oppo-
sition members had
met the Speaker to re-
consider his decision
after he adjourned the
House sine die amid
prevailing ruckus.
LoP Gulab Chand Ka-
taria argued that if the
business remains com-
pleted, there could be
problem in the work of
the government.
The Business Advi-
sory Committee had
fixed the agenda of the
House till September
18 but the Speaker ad-
journed the House
sine die ahead of its
schedule.
On Wednesday, rul-
ing and Opposition
leaders had come to log-
gerheads while discus-
sion on the Rajasthan
State Road Transport
Service (Prevention of
Ticketless Travel)
(Amendment) Bill, 2021.
He also said that Ra-
jasthan has the highest
crime rate.
Jaipur: RLP legislator Narayan Beniwal has alleged
that the issue involving an obscene video that
purportedly showed RPS officer Hiralal Saini with a
woman constable in a swimming
pool has connections in the higher
bureaucracy. Beniwal alleged that
these bureaucrats have turned a
blind eye in protecting senior IPS
officers involved in the contro-
versy. He said that the government
should instead sack such disgraced officials to
safeguard the sanctity of the police force. During an
interaction with the media, Beniwal alleged that both
the BJP and Congress are in connivance with each
other on this issue. “People want this issue to be
raised in the assembly but none of the MLAs from
either of the parties questioned this in the House.
When I raised this matter through adjournment mo-
tion, I was not given time to speak and the assembly
was adjourned,” Beniwal said.
ADDRESSING ISSUES!
Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi attended the three-day Youth Parliament programme in
Jaipur on Thursday. Dr Numal Momin and Ashwini Pareek were also present.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Businessman
honey-
trapped for
`10 lakh
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A business-
man from Jaipur was
allegedly honey-
trapped and held hos-
tage and was asked to
pay Rs 10 lakh. The
businessman regis-
tered a complaint at
the Murlipura police
station.
Mukesh Sharma
was called to Madhya
Pradesh on the pre-
text of business. Ac-
cording to the com-
plaint, Sharma said
that his acquaint-
ances Dhruv and
Deepak called him
to MP by saying that
doing business here
was profitable.
Sharma went to
Shivpuri in MP.
Youth strangles widow then rapes her
Will highlight benefits of welfare
schemes run by Modi govt: BJYM
First India Bureau
Udaipur: RSS Chief
Mohan Bhagwat
reached Udaipur on
Thursday
. He reached
Dabok Airport from
DelhionThursdayeven-
ing. Sangh workers wel-
comed him. From the
airport, Bhagwat
reached Vidya Niketan
amidst Z plus security
.
Bhagwat will stay in
Udaipur till September
19 and will be in
Bhilwara on Septem-
ber 20 during his four-
day stay in the state.
Bhagwat will interact
with the pracharaks on
September 17 and will
hold a meeting of the
organization workers
on September 18.
First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: A
young man attempted
to rape a 60-year-old
woman on Wednesday
night at Dulmana vil-
lage of Pilibanga police
station area. Failing to
do so, the woman was
strangled to death and
after her death, he
raped her. On Thursday
morning, her body was
found at home. The po-
lice has rounded up the
accused Surendra Ku-
mar aka Mandia, 19. At
present, the accused is
being interrogated. The
accused works as a la-
bourer and was under
the influence of alcohol
at the time of the inci-
dent.
Police Officer Indra
Kumar Verma, who is
investigating the case,
said that the matter is
being investigated.
YOU READ IT IN FIRST INDIA ON SEP 16, 2021
DAUGHTER SOLD FOR `2L; MOTHER,
HUSBAND HELD UNDER POCSO ACT
Jaipur: Police have arrested the mother and husband
of a minor under the POCSO Act and other sections
in Jaipur. According to police, the victim registered a
complaint on September 8 at the Jyoti Nagar police sta-
tion here. She said that her mother forcibly married her
off to a man 12 years older than her in 2019 in lieu of Rs
two lakh. The victim was 15 then. The victim’s husband
raped her for about one-and-a-half years. When he re-
sisted, he beat her up. She even underwent an abortion.
Harassed, she sought help from her father and regis-
tered a complaint. According to police station in-charge
Saroj, the girl was a minor when she was married.
Jaipur: The Kardhani police have registered a
rape case and molestation under the POCSO Act
on Wednesday evening after a complaint by a
woman. According to police, the woman com-
plained that her neighbour attempted to rape her
three-year-old daughter. She said that her daugh-
ter had gone to play at the house of the accused.
When the girl returned, she was crying and told
her mother that the brother (as she addressed
the accused) hurt her. Later, the victim agreed
that he molested her.
Sikar: Police have arrested two youths accused
of raping a girl in Sikar. The girl was found
unconscious on Wednesday night outside a resi-
dential complex. On getting information, police
admitted the victim to SK Hospital. According to
police, the girl is a resident of Bengal and was
being brought from Jaipur to Sikar by the ac-
cused youths. According to the girl’s statement,
three-four youths tried to force themselves upon
her. Based on her complaint, police have arrested
two and a probe is on.
YOUTH BOOKED FOR RAPING
THREE-YEAR-OLD IN JAIPUR
TWO YOUTH HELD IN GANGRAPE
CASE IN SIKAR; PROBE ON
YOUTH CONG TO CELEBRATE MODI’S
B’DAY AS RASHTRIYA BEROZGAR DIWAS
Pankaj Meena, Himanshu Sharma, Chandraveer adressing media.
Jaipur: Youth Congress has decided to celebrate
PM’s birthday as Rashtriya Berozgar Diwas
(National Unemployed Day). It was declared by
PYC General Secretary Dushyant Raj Singh Chun-
dawat that they will celebrate PM Modi’s birthday
as “National Unemployed Day”. Today there will
be a sit-in protest against the ever-increasing
unemployment in the country.
BJP TO HOST ‘SEVA
AND SAMARPAN’
ABHIYAN IN STATE
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan
will conduct service
works across the state
under a campaign from
September 17 to October
7 to mark the birthday of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and completion
of 20 years as public
representative of Modi.
“To mark Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s “two
decades in public service”
and his birthday, the BJP
will organise “Seva and
Samarpan” campaign
comprising various
welfare activities that will
commence on his birth-
day on September 17,”
BJP state president Satish
Poonia said.
Bhagwat in
Udaipur
during 4-day
Raj visit First India Bureau
Jaipur: The BJYM has
decided to observe
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s birthday as
a Service and Sacrifice
Campaign in the state.
BJYM state president
Himanshu Sharma said
that to make PM Modi’s
birthday a special
event, the party and the
workers have made spe-
cial arrangements. Six
types of programmes
are going to be organ-
ised to cover Modi’s
childhood.
BJYM workers will
also highlight the ben-
efits of the welfare
schemes run by the
Modi govt during the
3-week long campaign,
Sharma added.
Rajput organizations protesting
against Gulabchand Kataria.
Government’s work
speaks for itself:
Khachariyawas
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A day after
ruckus in the house,
transport minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas on Thursday
said that the govern-
ment’s work speaks for
itself.
“The BJP leader
spoke wrong words to
our state president in
the House yesterday.
Our Works speak in the
assembly,” he said.
The minister said
that there is resentment
among people due to the
skyrocketing inflation
and increasing fuel and
LPG prices.
He said that the oppo-
sition BJP lost the Pan-
chayati Raj elections
because of these rea-
sons.
“BJP got 2.31 percent
less votes,” he said.
Khachariyawas said
that people saw how
BJP members’ conduct
in the assembly yester-
day
. He questioned that
when leader of opposi-
tion Gulab Chad Ka-
taria had spoken
against Lord Ram and
Maharana Pratap, Why
did not deputy leader of
opposition Rajendra
Rathore speak then?
Attacking Alwar MP
Baba Balaknath, who
yesterday compared the
Congress government’s
rule in Rajasthan with
that of Taliban in Af-
ghanistan, the minister
said that such language
does not suit a Sanyasi.
he said that BJP people
call themselves bigger
than Lord Ram.
On the visit of Union
Minister of road trans-
port and highways min-
ister Nitian Gadkari to
review the progress of
Delhi-Mumbai express
highway
.
FIXED AGENDA
There is resentment
among people due to
the skyrocketing
inflation

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Min-
ister Dr. Raghu Shar-
ma said that it should
be ensured that the
teaching starts from
the next session in
four medical colleges
(Sriganganagar, Chit-
taurgarh, Sirohi and
Dhaulpur) where the
construction has been
started of the 16 new
Medical Colleges ap-
proved in the State.
Dr. Sharma re-
viewed the progress
of the construction
works in the remain-
ing 12 Medical Col-
leges. He directed to
complete the con-
struction works of the
remaining medical
colleges in 15 months.
The review meeting
of Rajasthan Medical
Education Society
was organised under
the chairmanship Dr
Raghu Sharma on
Thursday
.
He said that there
would be no compro-
mise on the quality of
construction works.
Payment to the con-
cerned companies
will be made after get-
ting the quality
checked. He also di-
rected the construc-
tion agencies to set a
monthly target.
Construction work
of three medical col-
leges to start from
October 2 and three
medical colleges from
October 10 The
Health Minister di-
rected to start the
construction work of
Dausa, Hanuman-
garh and Banswara
Medical Colleges
from October 2 and to
start the construc-
tion work of
Nagaur, Tonk and Ka-
rauli Medical Colleg-
es from October 10.
RAJASTHAN
05
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur :Chief Secretary
NiranjanAryaisgoingto
create history as he has
gone in the field for the
first time. But his field
tour is not only historic
but exemplary as well.
He will chair marathon
meetings on Friday and
SaturdayforBikanerand
Jodhpur respectively
.
Whiledivisionalofficials
will be present for these
day long meetings, de-
partmentalofficialsfrom
Jaipur will also be pre-
sentincludingACS,Prin-
cipalSecretariesandSec-
retaries.
Secretaries Naveen
Jain and KK Pathak
have already reached Bi-
kaner whereas remain-
ing senior officials will
reachBikaneronFriday
.
Themeetingwillbefrom
11 AM till 6 PM and after
dinner, the CS will leave
for Jodhpur where he
will again chair meet-
ings on Saturday be-
tween 11 AM to 6 PM.
Those in the know
how of administrative
works claim that in the
past officials have ac-
companied Chief Minis-
ters but even then about
half a dozen Secretaries
accompany
.
But this is for the first
time that the ‘chiefs’ of
a dozen departments
will also be on field tour
with Chief Secretary
.
In his tenure till now,
Niranjan Arya used to
chair meetings from his
office via VC and it is for
the first time that he has
come out in the field,
during which he will
witness everything ‘on
the spot’.
CS’s new approach
has created a buzz in bu-
reaucracy as well and
Arya’s sudden activity
has generated interest
in the state’s polity as
well. There are 135 days
left for Arya’s retire-
ment and now that he
has made a new start, it
remains to be seen what
all new initiatives he
undertakes.
Arya’s ‘field visit’: History in the making!
CHIEF SECRETARY’S TOUR
JAIPUR AIRPORT TO OPERATE 52
FLIGHTS IN WINTERS
Jaipur: New flights will start from Jaipur airport
in the winter schedule that will be applicable from
the last Sunday of October. The air connectivity
from Jaipur to Delhi and Bengaluru will improve
while cities like Goa, Patna, Varanasi, Jaisalmer
will be added in the winter schedule. Sources said
that around 52 flights would be operated. Maxi-
mum flights will operate for Delhi and Bangalore.
For Delhi, 9 flights daily and 8 flights daily for
Bangalore. And 6 flights will be operated daily for
Mumbai and 5 flights for Ahmedabad.
Tonk: MP Diya Kumari was on a daylong tour to the
district on Thursday. During a media interaction,
when asked if she is
one of the claimants for
the CM post, she said
BJP is a cadre-based
party and such deci-
sions are taken by the
party’s central leader-
ship only. She attacked Gehlot led Cong government
for rising crime in the state.
PARTY’S CENTRAL LEADERSHIP WILL
DECIDE CM FACE: DIYA KUMARI
Kota: A man was shot dead in the Vigyan Nagar area
of Kota late Thursday evening. After the murder,
the miscreants fled from the spot. According to the
information, bike-riding
miscreants opened fire on
Jitendra alias Jeetu Valmiki,
who lives in the Jhaadu
Basti of Vigyan Nagar. He
died after being shot in
the chest. According to DSP Rajesh Meshram, the
miscreants had come on a bike and fired a shot at
Jeetu. He died on reaching the hospital.
MAN DIES AFTER BEING SHOT IN CHEST
BY BIKE-RIDING MISCREANTS
NEWS DIGEST
Givingafacelift:JDA’sPlan
for Goplapura bypass
160 feet width, 72 mtrs depth on both sides, and bus stop every 900 mtrs
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: JDA has made
the plan for re-develop-
ment of Gopalpura by-
pass to regulate non-
residential activities.
The pilot project will
pave way for the devel-
opment of many roads.
According to the
blueprint, non-residen-
tial activities, commer-
cial activities will be
allowed on one and a
half times the width of
the road (up to 72 mtrs
depth on both sides).
If coaching, shop,
commercial complex,
wholesale business etc.
are run on the plot, then
in addition to the re-
quired Equivalent Car
Units (ECU) as per the
building regulations for
parking, 25 percent of
additional ECU space
will have to be kept for
the parking. The addi-
tional ECU space for
visitors will be 10 per-
cent if there is a hotel,
guest house, boarding
or lodge on the plot.
In case of zero park-
ing, then the parking
fee will be deposited.
The width of the road
will be kept 160 feet as
per the master plan.
The proposed divider
between the main road
and the service lane
will be developed and
intensive plantation
will be done.
Mini water bodies,
fountains and street
furniture for seating is
also proposed along the
proposed footpath.
Provisions for park-
ing on roads, other
available places, under
railway overbridge
have also been made. A
multilevel parking has
been proposed near
Kartarpura Nala.
There will be a bus
stop every 900 meters,
which will also have a
taxi stand and shuttle
bus service will be
started from New Atish
Market Metro Station
to Tonk Road. To avoid
jams, the timings of
coaching centers will
be separate.
JDA TO DISTRIBUTE 10K LEASES
Jaipur: On October 2, the first day of the
campaign ‘Prashasan Shehron Kay Sang’, JDA
will issue 10,000 pattas (leases). Commissioner
Gaurav Goyal gave instructions to all the Deputy
Commissioners in a meeting held on Thursday
to issue 2000 leases to the four zones of Prith-
viraj Nagar. The commissioner also sought final
suggestions from the officials on the problems
being faced in the distribution of leases. The JDC
directed the Deputy Commissioners that there is
a provision of 100% exemption in interest where
regulation camps have been organized.
Classes in 4 new medical
collegestostartsoon:HM
COURTESY MEETING
Paraolympic medal winner Devendra Jhajhariya called on BJP State in-charge Chandrashekhar
in Jaipur on Thursday.
Raj gears up to vaccinate 15L in a day
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A new record
in corona vaccination
today. The medical de-
partment teams are
gearing up to vaccinate
15 lakh individuals in a
single day
.
While the target to
vaccinate in Jaipur is
3.3 lakh, in Sikar dis-
trict, it’s 3 lakh.
Apart from this, 2
lakh in Ajmer, 1.25 lakh
in Sri Ganganagar, 1.20
lakh in Jhunjhunu and
more than 1 lakh vac-
cination in Alwar are
planned.
The team comprises
of Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma, Princi-
pal Medical Secretary
Akhil Arora, Medical
Secretary Siddharth
Mahajan, Director
(RCH) Dr Laxman Ola.
Pak ISI agent
arrested from
Jhunjhunun
Viral video: DSP,
woman cop to
be punished
BRIBERYCASE:ACB
noticetoRSLDChead
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunun: Ra-
jasthan Intelligence
and Jaipur Military
Intelligence team has
arrested Indane Gas
Agency operator
fromhere.
It is alleged that the
accused was passing
the confidential infor-
mation of the army to
the Pak ISI.
The youth was ar-
rested on September 12
from Narhad town.
This was revealed on
Thursday. Intelligence
sources said that Sand-
eep (30) runs the gas
agency outside the
army camp. He is
brought to Jaipur for
interrogation.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Po-
lice department has rec-
ommended a major pen-
alty on the DSP and the
woman constable, who
were suspended after
video clips purportedly
showing them engaging
in sexual activities in
presence of her minor
son had went viral.
A senior home de-
partment official wish-
ing anonymity has con-
firmed the development
that the police depart-
ment submitted its rec-
ommendation on
Wednesday
. “Under Ra-
jasthan Civil Service
rules 16/18, major pen-
alties can be imposed.
Under major penalty,
the duo can be termi-
nated, demoted or ben-
efits can be stopped.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The anti-cor-
ruption bureau (ACB)
has registered a case of
bribery and initiated
investigations against
IAS officer Neeraj K
Pawan, chairman, La-
bour Department and
Chairman of Rajasthan
Skill and Livelihood De-
velopment Corporation
(RSLDC).
An FIR has been
lodged against IAS
Pradeep Gawde and he
has been questioned.
The ACB has registered
four corruption cases
against Pawan in the
last five years. Three
cases of corruption and
abuse of office are al-
ready pending with the
ACB against him.
The ACB may send no-
tices to Pawan and
Gawde by Friday and
the two can be called for
questioning in the next
couple of days.
Clean city: Joshi removes
b’day posters in Walled City
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Setting a
unique example, chief
whip Mahesh Joshi on
Thursday removed ban-
ners, posters and hoard-
ings erected in the
walled city by his sup-
porters to wish and
greet him birthday
.
Enthusiastic workers
had erected hoardings
and banners in the city
to send across wishes.
Showing concern to-
wards the heritage,
Joshi started the cam-
paign to remove ban-
ners, posters and hoard-
ings himself. This is
probably for the
first time in the history
of Jaipur when a
politician has set such
an example.
Joshi also Instruc-
tions municipal corpo-
ration for running a
campaign across the
city under the preven-
tion of defacement of
property act. Mean-
while, Joshi laid the
foundation stone of a
new road from Choti
Chaupar to Brahmpuri
in Hawamahal constitu-
ency
. In Kanwar Nagar,
Bhoomipujan was done
for the construction of
a new building of a new
girls’ college.
A large number of
party workers were also
present during the pro-
grammes.
Dr Mahesh Joshi removing posters wishing him on his Birthday
from the Walled City, also seen is Munesh Gurjar.
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Vaibhav Galaria takes a
review meeting on new medical college.
On the way to Bikaner, CS Niranjan Arya inspects Rajaldesar police station.
—FILE PHOTO
OXYGEN FOR PATIENTS
The Medical Education department is making
efforts that there will be no shortage of medical
oxygen for the needy patients. Extensive arrange-
ments are being made keeping in mind the pos-
sibility of the third wave, said Medical Education
Secretary Vaibhav Galaria on Thursday. Discus-
sions were held over the status of the projects in
SMS Medical College and Hospital.

INDIA
06
AFTERSCRAP,CENTRENOTIFIESON
RULESFORTRIBUNALSAPPOINTMENTS
The tribunal hearings are on the basis of a petition filed by Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment on Thursday
issued a notification re-
garding rules for ap-
pointments to 12 tribu-
nals, or quasi-judicial
bodies, in various
fields, including the In-
come Tax Appellate Tri-
bunal.
This comes a day af-
ter an irritated Su-
preme Court repri-
manded the govern-
ment for its delay in
filling posts in tribu-
nals; a bench led by
Chief Justice NV Ra-
mana told Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta
“return with appoint-
ment letters (in two
weeks)... or (if appoint-
ments are not made)
cite the reason”.
“We are a democratic
country... follow the
rule of law,” the Chief
Justice reminded the
government. In a
charged hearing the
court singled out de-
layed appointments to
the NCLT, or National
Company Law Tribu-
nal, and criticised the
government for “cherry
picking” from a short-
list of 22 names.
The Chief Justice,
part of the selection
committee, said 544 peo-
ple had been inter-
viewed for the shortlist,
but “... only some were
appointed... rest went to
(a) wait list,” he ob-
served. The Solicitor
General’s replied that
“the government is en-
titled to not follow cer-
tain recommendations”
to which Justice L Nag-
eswara Rao, part of the
three-judge bench, shot
back that “What (then)
is the sanctity of the se-
lection committee
(headed by top court
judges)?” it did not go
down well.
MP Jairam Ramesh, asking that provisions of the Tribunal Reforms Act of 2021, which revives an
ordinance struck down by the Supreme Court shall be declared unconstitutional.
May rob media’s freedom:
2nd HC setback on IT rules
BJP eyes record of
1.5 cr vax doses on
PM Modi’s B’day
Rawat meets Sonia, urges
to settle Punjab issue
Pan-India raids to nab
terror module mastermind
RaGa meets family of late senior
party leader Oscar Fernandes
New Delhi: Key sec-
tions of the country’s
new Information Tech-
nology rules that seek
to regulate digital me-
dia outlets were put on
hold on Thursday by
the Madras High Court,
which became the sec-
ond court to do so after
the Bombay High Court
last month.
“Prima facie there is
substance that the over-
sight mechanism to
control the media by
the government may
rob the media of its in-
dependence and the
fourth pillar of the de-
mocracy may not be
there at all,” the Ma-
dras High Court said.
“By way of abundant
caution, sub-rules 1
and 3 of Rule 9 of the
said Rules of 2021 will
remain stayed,” it add-
ed. Put on hold by the
Bombay High Court on
August 16, Clauses 1
and 3 of Rule 9 require
digital media outlets to
follow the code of con-
duct laid down by the
Press Council of India
and the country’s cable
TV code.
New Delhi: BJP is as-
piring to help create a
record by helping
achieve the nation max-
imum number of COV-
ID-19 vaccine inocula-
tions today on the birth-
day of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, party
sources said.
To achieve this mile-
stone, BJP is prepared
up its health volunteers
to ensure that the maxi-
mum people get their
COVID-19 vaccines on
the day, BJP sources
stated.India has admin-
istered more than one
crore COVID-19 vac-
cines in a day on earlier
occasions. The target
that BJP is aspiring is
to get more than 1.5
crore vaccines adminis-
tered on the day, the
BJP leader informed.
Senior leaders in the
Bhartiya Janta Party
said that the party will
try to see that the day
will be recorded in the
nation’s history
. —ANI
New Delhi: PunjabCon-
gress in-charge Harish
Rawat has met Sonia
Gandhi and Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra, and
sources said he has been
askedtosettletheraging
tussle within the party
as MLAs have once
again started raising
voices and seeking the
Legislative party meet.
Rawat met the two top
leaders here on Wednes-
day. He is also said to
have spoken to the top
Congress leaders in
Punjab. The MLAs have
demanded that two neu-
tral observers be sent
from Delhi so that they
can narrate their griev-
ances. The prime mov-
ers this time are Pargat
Singh and Tript Singh
Bajwa, both are close to
the state President Nav-
jot Singh Sidhu.
New Delhi: Pan-India
raids are being carried
out by anti-terror units
of the states and Delhi
Special Cell sleuths on
Thursday to nab sus-
pected mastermind of
the terror module Hu-
maid.
It is alleged that Hu-
maid, a relative of ar-
rested accused Osama,
who is a resident of
Delhi’s Jamia Nagar,
was coordinating the
entire terror network in
India.The police are
also looking for Osa-
ma’s father Humaid-ur-
Rehman. His wherea-
bouts are unknown.
“Last known location
of Humaid was in Uttar
Pradesh. We are in
touch with Uttar
Pradesh anti-terror
squad and raids are be-
ing carried out at vari-
ous places,” said a top
Indian Police Services
officer privy to the
probe. —ANI
Bengaluru: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Thursday met family
members of late senior
party leader Oscar Fer-
nandes in Bengaluru.
State Congress presi-
dent DK Shivakumar
was also present. Gan-
dhi reached Bengaluru
to attend the last rites of
senior party Oscar Fer-
nandezwhopassedaway
on September 13.
The programme is
scheduled to begin by
paying respect to Fer-
nandez at Karnataka
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee office and later
Gandhi will also partici-
pate in cremetion. —ANI
PM Narendra Modi
Harish Rawat Sonia Gandhi
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Secretary-
level vacancies in the
Union Government will
tot up to 20 by this end-
month if one adds the
number of secretaries
to retire by then to the
existing number of 13.
If no appointment is
effected between now
and end-month, it will
be described as an ‘un-
precedented situation’,
even from the standard
of the NDA administra-
tion whose considered
decision to keep critical
posts vacant has ac-
quired disturbing pro-
portions.
In the meanwhile it is
heard that the Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi may convene a
marathon meeting with
Union secretaries on
Saturday. If true, it
would assume more sig-
nificance in the back-
drop of large number
of vacancies.
It may be underlined
that in matters of tribu-
nal and HC vacancies, it
has earned the displeas-
ure of the Supreme
Court. But who will call
it to courts in keeping
secretarial appoint-
ments hanging no mat-
ter how it affects gov-
ernance? No one. Since
there is no substitute for
good governance, the
NDA administration
willfavornonebutitself
in urgently filling the
pending vacancies. Of
course, it is their choice
to help themselves.
It is believed among
officials, and one can’t
butexpecttheirbelief to
be justified sooner than
later, that the govern-
ment is probably work-
ing up to issue a whole-
sale list to fill all the 20
vacancies at one shot.
Currently, to cope
with 13 vacancies, 11
union secretaries are
given dual charges and
one among them is han-
dling triple responsi-
bilities.
WILL SECRETARIAL VACANCIES BE FILLED IN ONE SHOT?
NEW AVENUES?
Union Government will tot up to 20 by the end of this month.
With seven union secretaries retiring
this month, tally may touch 20 mark
SPECIAL POOJA
IN VARANASI
ED raids seize `3.88 crore
fromforeignexchangefirms
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
on Thursday said it
seized over Rs 4 crore
worth of Indian and for-
eign currency and bul-
lion in recent multi-city
raids against Hawala
operators based in
north India.
The searches were
carried out under pro-
visions of the Foreign
Exchange Management
Act against directors
and associates of Paul
Merchants Ltd, Quick
Forex Ltd, Supama Fo-
rex Pvt Ltd and Curo
India Pvt Ltd in Chandi-
garh, Panchkula, Mo-
hali, Jalandhar and
Delhi, the agency said
in a statement.
These “entities sent
outward remittances of
over Rs 475 crore to Sin-
gapore, Hong Kong and
the UAE on behalf of
shell or dummy entities
like Triple Streak
Dream Holidays, Wang-
ester Travels Pvt Ltd,
Peripatizo Travels Pvt
Ltd, Himalaya Tourism,
Ezax Holidays, and
Great Journey Tours
etc”, said official. —ANI
ED RAIDS AT
MANDER'S
HOME, OFFICES
New Delhi: The ED
on Thursday searched
the residence and
offices linked to hu-
man rights activist
and retired IAS Harsh
Mander as part of a
money-laundering
probe, a report
said. As per official
sources at least three
premises located in
Vasant Kunj, Adchini,
and Mehrauli are
being searched. The
raid by the ED came
shortly after Mander
and his wife left for
Germany, sources
reported. —PTI
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will hold bilat-
eral meetings with
Quad leaders in-
cluding US Presi-
dent Joe Biden and
other foreign lead-
ers during his US
visit later this
month besides at-
tending the first-in
person meeting of
Quadrilateral Secu-
rity Dialogue, the
Ministry of Exter-
nal Affairs (MEA)
said on Thursday.
Prime Minister
Modi is visiting the
US next week.
“Prime Minister
(Modi) will partici-
pate in the first in-
person Quad lead-
ers’ summit in
Washington on Sep-
tember 24. On Sep-
tember 25, he will
address the general
debate of the UN
General Assembly
at its 76th session.
While the PM is in
Washington, he will
also have a bilateral
meeting with Presi-
dent Biden,” Minis-
try of External Af-
fairs (MEA) spokes-
person Arindam
Bagchi said during
a press briefing.
—ANI
PM Modi to
hold bilateral
talks with
Biden: MEA
Rahul Gandhi at residence of late Oscar Fernandes. —PHOTO BY UNI
BOMBAY HC TO HEAR PLEA SEEKING CBI
PROBE AGAINST ANIL PARAB ON OCT 8
RAJ KUNDRA PORNOGRAPHY CASE:
MUMBAI CB SUBMITS CHARGE SHEET
Mumbai: : Bombay High Court will hear the plea filed by a
suspended RTO officer seeking a Central Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) probe into alleged
corruption in the Transport
Department of the state on
October 8.A Division Bench
comprising of Justice S
S Shinde and Justice N J
Jamadar on Wednesday fixed
the matter for a physical
hearing for October 8, 2021. Suspended officer of nashik RTO
Gajendra Patil has filed a writ petition against Anil Parab. —ANI
Mumbai: A The Mumbai crime branch filed a 1467-page
supplementary charge sheet against Raj Kundra and three
others, including Ryan
Thorpe, the IT head
of Kundra’s Viaan
industries, in connection
with the alleged porn
films racket case. The
charge sheet comprises
40 statements, including
that of Raj Kundra’s wife Shilpa Shetty. However, it men-
tions that the businessman’s brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi
is absconding. Raj Kundra and Ryan Thorpe were arrested
on 19 July after the case came to light in February 2021
following a raid on a bungalow in western Mumbai. —ANI
FORMER NCLAT CHAIRPERSON ALLOWED
IN OFFICE TILL SEPT 20: CENTRE TO SC
BOMBAY HIGH COURT DISMISSES
PARAM BIR SINGH’S PLEA
New Delhi: The Central government told the Su-
preme Court on Thursday that it has decided to allow
Justice (Retd.) AIS Cheema, former acting Chairper-
son of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
(NCLAT), to continue in office till September 20 and
the current chairperson M Venugopal will be asked
to go on leave until then. AG KK Venu appearing for
Centre told SC that the govt has decided that Justice
Cheema to continue in the office till Sept 20. —ANI
Mumbai: Bombay HC on Thursday dismissed Former
Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh’s peti-
tion challenging prelim inquiries initiated against him
by the Maharashtra government. The order has been
passed by a bench comprising Justice SS Shinde and
Justice NJ Jamadar. The High Court while dismissing
Param Bir’s plea as non-maintainable asked him to
approach the appropriate forum. —ANI
CRUCIAL READ
SC ALLOWS IMMERSION OF GANESH IDOLS
IN HUSSAIN SAGAR LAKE FOR LAST TIME
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed
the Telangana government to permit the immersion
of Ganesh idols made of
Plaster of Paris (PoP) in
Hussain Sagar Lake in
Hyderabad, only this year.
A Bench headed by Chief
Justice of India NV Ramana
said, “As a last chance we
allow the state to use this lake for immersing the idols.”
Telangana government told the Bench that Ganesh idols
will be lifted immediately from the lake through cranes
and it will only be a symbolic immersion. —ANI

NEWS
07
Mukesh Mathrani
Jaipur/Barmer: In or-
der to reduce road acci-
dents mortality rate,
Rajasthan government
has taken a unique ini-
tiative to reward those
people who will help the
road accident victims.
Government believes
the timely treatment
will save the life of road
accident victims and re-
duce the mortality rate
in road accidents. It
mentioned here that
every year approxi-
mately three lakh peo-
ple in the country and
10,000 in Rajasthan are
losing their lives in ac-
cidents. Under this ini-
tiative government has
announced a special
scheme named ‘Jeevan
Rakshak Yojana’ (JRY).
Reward for Good Samaritans
Rajasthan government to reward those who help road accident victims
Criminals have free run
in Rajasthan: Balaknath
Rajawat praises Dhariwal’s work
VAIBHAV REVIEWS
STADIUM WORK
2 killed in road
accident in
Sriganganagar
Sriganganagar: Two
people, including a busi-
nessman, died in a colli-
sion between a dumper
and a car near the Mili-
tary Cantonment Gate
ontheNationalHighway
in the Suratgarh area.
According to the Surat-
garh Sadar police, there
is a gathering of stray
animalsaroundthiscan-
tonment gate. As soon as
one of the cows came in
the middle of the road,
the car rider Jaikishan
steered in one direction
in an attempt to save it.
However,thecarcrashed
intoadumperfilledwith
gravel from the front.
Jsl police to set up
chowkis on border
Survaveer Singh Tanwar
Jaisalmer: Jaisalmer
police have conducted a
survey to increase the
security of a road con-
structed under Bharat
Mala project.
The road, which is
strategically impor-
tant, is from Sundara of
Barmer to Bikaner,
which is passing
through Jaisalmer.
Apart from the main
highway, there are link
roads.
Most of the work on
the project has been
completed and after
the project is commis-
sioned, the connectiv-
ity from Barmer bor-
der to Punjab in the
border area will be
enhanced.
Looking at the possi-
bility of smuggling and
other illegal activities,
the Jaisalmer police
has conducted a survey
to set up police chowkis
on the highway
.
SP Jaisalmer Ajay
Singh said that the
highway will be com-
pletely covered under
security. At present,
there is one outpost in
Tanot, so there is no
problem there. Anoth-
er outpost at Khuiyala,
which is 500 meters
from the highway, will
be shifted to the main
highway so that the ve-
hicles plying on the
highway can be
checked. There is also
a plan to set up a
chowky at Dhanana
bypass which is linked
to Sam.Also, he said
that arrangements of
chowkis will be made
at other required
points to ensure safety
of people.
First India Bureau
Kota: BJPleaderBhava-
ni Singh Rajawat has
praised the work of the
Congress government.
Addressing the ongoing
agitation in Cresher
Basti, Rajawat said that
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal is giving new
dimensions of develop-
ment to Kota. The new
generations will defi-
nitely remember Dhari-
wal for his development
work. Citing that there
was a problem in trans-
portation, Rajawat said
itwouldhavebeenbetter
if the development work
was done in phases.
Rajawat said that the
government is bring-
ing a number of hous-
ing schemes.
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: RCA presi-
dent Vaibhav Gehlot on
Thursday took feedback
about the renovation of
Barkatullah Khan Sta-
dium in Jodhpur and
expressed satisfaction
with the ongoing devel-
opment works.
He arrived in Jodh-
pur from Delhi and re-
viewed the project. Ge-
hlot was received at the
airport by the chairper-
son of State Commis-
sion for Protection of
Child Rights Sangee-
ta Beniwal and others.
During his visit, he
also expressed grati-
tude to the Congress
leaders, workers and
voters for the victory of
the party candidates in
Panchayti Raj and Zila
Parishad elections.
During the review of
the stadium renovation
project, Gehlot also
gave suggestions and
asked the JDA officials
to complete the works
on time.After the Jodh-
pur visit, Gehlot will
meet UDH minister re-
garding the project.
During the visit, he
also paid tributes to the
mother of Mahila Con-
gress state general sec-
retary Divya Gehlot,
who recently passed
away.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Chief Elec-
tion Commissioner Su-
shil Chandra will hold a
dialogue with field of-
ficers in Udaipur on
Friday
.
Chandra, accompa-
nied by deputy commis-
sioner Chandra Bhush-
an Kumar, will arrive in
Udaipur by air on Fri-
day
. During the Udaipur
visit, they will also con-
duct inspection of some
of the polling booths.
On Saturday, they
will hold a meeting of
department officials.
They will visit Mount
Abu on September 19
and leave for Delhi the
next day
.
First India Bureau
Alwar: A day after his
statement of “Taliban-
like situation in Ra-
jasthan”, Alwar MP
Balaknath Yogi has
once again attacked the
government and the po-
lice. The MP said that
criminals have a free
run in the state and en-
joy patronage of gov-
ernment officials.
Yogi said the police
are scared of criminals
here. He said that a few
days ago, a soldier from
Alwar was shot dead by
cow smugglers.
The MP said that
there should be courage
to eliminate crime. To
say that criminals come
from other states will
not help.
He praised Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi for his courage to
get the terrorists pun-
ished and take appropri-
ate action against them.
Referring to Alwar
Mewat, the MP said that
many people have been
forced to convert. In
Bharatpur, a doctor cou-
ple was shot in the mid-
dle of the road. Ra-
jasthan tops in rape
cases. All this is happen-
ing because criminals
are fearless,” he said.
CEC Sushil Chandra
Bhavani Rajawat addresses a
programme in Kota
Vaibhav paying tribute to
Mahila Congress state general
late Divya Gehlot in Jodhpur
on Thursday.
CRUCIAL READ
ROBBERS LOOT `13.50L FROM ATM
Sanitary staff to end stir after
payment assurance
CONSTABLE FOUND DEAD IN CAR
Ajmer: The body of a police constable, found in
the car parked in service lane at Bander Sindri po-
lice station area located on Jaipur National High-
way in Marble City Kishangarh. The Bandar Sindri
police reached the spot and took the dead body in
possession and sent it to mortuary of the Govern-
ment Yagyanarayan Hospital. The deceased was
identified as Shivpal, a resident of Nagaur Degana.
The police have informed the family members of
the deceased. Police are investigating the matter
further. The car where the body was found be-
longs to the deceased. Further information about
this will be available once the family comes. The
police are investigating the matter.
Jhunjhunun : A major incident of robbery in
the ATM of PNB Bank was reported outside
Keystone College in Pilod village, situated on
the Haryana border of Surajgarh police station
area of Jhunjhunu. The robbers escaped after
cutting the bank’s ATM with a gas cutter and
took away about Rs 13.50 lakh kept in it. Dur-
ing the robbery, robbers broke the wires of the
CCTV cameras of the bank and ATM. When the
employees of PNB Bank came to the bank in the
morning, the shutters of the ATM outside the
bank were broken and the ATM was also open.
The employees informed the bank manager Anil
Kumar about the incident.
Jaipur: The sanitary
workers, who are en-
gaged in door-to-door
garbage collection, are
likely to end their agi-
tation after the JMC
Heritage officials as-
sured them to clear
their pending dues at
the earliest. The matter
came up at a meeting
between the municipal
authorities and the of-
fice-bearers of Sany-
ukta Balmiki Evam
Safai Shramik Sangh
on Thursday. After suc-
cessful negotiation, it is
now expected that door-
to-door garbage collec-
tion will resume as usu-
al from Friday
.
Alwar: A 20-year-old girl, who was missing since
the morning of 14 September from Dhani near
Hamirpur in Alwar, was found at the central bus
stand in Alwar city on Thursday afternoon. Her
younger sister had told that the leopard had
taken away the girl in front of her. Forest work-
ers, police and villagers became active as soon
as the information was received. About 3 km of
forest was search. The girl was also searched in
the forest by drone and dog squad. Girl had gone
for nature’s call and since than she was missing.
However, her younger sister had claimed that she
was taken way by a leopard. However, the miss-
ing was found standing near the bus stand.
MISSING GIRL FOUND ON BUS STAND
DR NUMAL MOMIN MEETS GUV
The Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly Dr. Numal Momin met Governor
Kalraj Mishra in Jaipur on Thursday. He was accompanied by Lalit Sharma, Director, Assam
Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
MP Balak Nath
Dr Subhas to
attend GST
meet in UP today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Dr Sub-
hash Garg is sched-
uled to attend the
meeting of the
GST Council
which will be held
in Lucknow on Fri-
day
. Union Finance
minister Nirmala
Sitharaman will
chair the meeting.
Dr Garg will pre-
sent the matters
related to Ra-
jasthan and its
views on other
matters at the
meeting. He will
raise the issue of
Rs 5,600 crore out-
standing dues
p e n d i n g
against Rajasthan
and demand to
raise the duration
of the compensa-
tion. He will also
bring up the mat-
ter related to GST
input in jewellery
and demand to
bring petro prod-
ucts under the GST
regime.
CEC Chandra to
visit Udaipur today
Dr Rituraj Sharma, Ayushi
and Laxman Raghav
J a i p u r / B i k a n e r :
Chief Secretary Niran-
jan Arya arrived in Bi-
kaner on Thursday for
a divisional level visit
to review implementa-
tion of state govern-
ment’s schemes and
programmes.
He was received by
collector Namit Mehta
and SP Priti Chandra
and other officers at the
Bikaner border.
He visited Indira Ra-
soi in Sridungargarh
and took information
about food, menu and
other details.
He also took feedback
from two persons, who
were having meals
there, about the quality
of food. The CS also
tasted the food.
Arya visited a 33 KV
sub-station at Lakhasar
where the Managing Di-
rector of Jodhpur Vidy-
ut Vitran Nigam Avi-
nash Singhvi briefed
him about the function-
ing of the sub-station.
He inquired about the
status of power supply
and losses. He also in-
quired about the out-
standing agricultural
connections in the area
and complaints from
the consumers.
The Chief Secretary
will hold a public hear-
ing from 9 am to 10 am
on Friday at circuit
house. Later, he will
chair a division level
meeting at Sardar Patel
Medical College audito-
rium from 11 am to 6
pm.
Divisional Commis-
sioner and range IG and
other officers including
district collector and
SPs of Bikaner, SriGan-
ganagar, Hanumangarh
and Churu will attend
the meeting.
Earlier in the day,
Arya visited a govern-
ment hospital in Govin-
dgarh in Jaipur. He
spoke to patients there
andtookfeedbackabout
the free medicines
schemes and other pro-
grammes.
He also conducted a
surprise visit to a fair
price shop. He also ex-
pressed displeasure
when an officer Sunita
Meena could not give a
satisfactory answer
about Janadhar map-
ping.
In a first CS Arya among public to inspect good governance
CS Niranjan Arya visited Indira Rasoi at Sridungargarh and
inquired about the quality of food. Naveen Jain, Namit Mehta, Priti
Chandra and others accompanied the CS.
Medical and health department
will handle the scheme in Raj
The implementation of the scheme will be done
by the medical and health department while
the budgetary allocation will be made from ‘Road
Safety Fund’, order reads. Initially the govern-
ment has planned to spend rupees five crore per
year but it can be increased as per requirement.
CM made announcement
during budget session
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had made the
announcement of such an initiative during
the last year budget’s session. Addressing the
house CM had said that as untimely deaths of
more than 10,000 people in road accidents in
Rajasthan every year is a matter of concern. He
then ordered a roadmap on the lines of Tamil
Nadu. He said that after getting a detailed study
report of Tamil Nadu model, the state govern-
ment will adopt the model to curb road acci-
dents in the state. Following the CM’s directions,
on the basis of Tamil Nadu model, officials in
Rajasthan planned ‘Jeevan Rakshak Yojana’.
ROAD RAGE
3 LAKH
people in the country
lose their lives in
road accidents
10,000
in Rajasthan fall victim
to road accidents NCRB
data shows
133,715 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN
120,176 ROAD ACCIDENTS CAUSED DUE TO
NEGLIGENCE IN THE COUNTRY IN 2020

I have observed that if we merely
criticize our learning stops,
appreciation results in new learnings
and open-mindedness- so choose wisely.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
IN 2 HRS!
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Energy Minister BD Kalla conduct
inspection of under construction of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Thursday. —PHOTO BY UNI
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: UnionMinister
Nitin Gadkari an-
nounced that the dis-
tance between Jaipur
and Delhi will soon be
completed in just two
hours. This came after
he was in Rajasthan to
review the Mumbai-
Delhi Expressway
.
Gadkariinspectedthe
Expressway near Dausa
and Bundi, Sawai Mad-
hopurduringwhichalso
interacted with the offi-
cials regarding the pro-
gress,qualityandtimeli-
ness of the construction
work. He himself drove
a car on the expressway
with MLA Gajraj Kha-
tana in Dausa.
Trafficwillstartfrom
Delhi to Dausa on this
expressway in March
next year. During the
inspection event held at
Manawar in Dausa,
Gadkari said that his
dream is to have an elec-
tric expressway from
Delhi to Jaipur, in
which only electric ve-
hicles ply
, and talks are
on with a foreign con-
sultancy company
.
He said that toll pla-
zas would be removed
in next two years and
will be replaced by GPS
chips that will be in-
stalled on vehicles, on
the basis of which toll
will be deducted auto-
matically
.
Hesaidthatfruittrees
would be planted on re-
maining land between
the up-down line of the
expressway and only
birds would have the
righttothesefruits.This
will also improve the en-
vironment and reduce
carbon emissions. Gad-
kari also praised Ashok
Gehlotgovtforpromptly
issuing required NOCs
sothattheprojectcanbe
completed on time.
The expressway will
also include two iconic
eight-lane tunnels, one
tunnelling through
Mukundra sanctuary
without disturbing the
endangered fauna in
the region for 4 km and
the second 4-km eight-
lane-tunnel will pass
through the Matheran
eco-sensitive zone.
Gadkari, inspected
the 1,350-km-long Delhi-
Mumbai Expressway
built under the Bharat-
mala Pariyojana on
Thursday
. The project is
slated to be completed
by January 2023. The
expressway will be the
longestinIndiaandwill
pass through five states
viz Delhi, Haryana, Ra-
jasthan, Gujarat and
Maharashtra.
It is being built at a
cost of Rs 90,000 crores.
He also talked about
changing the law to al-
low ethanol-based vehi-
cles to ply on roads.
Respondingtoaquery
on flaws on the Delhi-
Jaipurhighway
,Gadkari
said he was not solely
responsible for it. He,
however, assured that
the road improvement
work until Kishangarh
will be finished in one-
and-a-half-years. He sug-
gestedthattheRajasthan
government should ac-
quire land along Delhi-
Mumbai Expressway so
that farmers do not sell
their land to builders
and incur losses.
The Minister said
that the part of the ex-
pressway originating
from Ranthambore and
Mukundara Hills Tiger
Reserve will be made
like an elevated corri-
dor, so that animals do
not face any problem.
Gadkarisaidthe1380-
km eight-lane Express-
way will reduce travel
time between cities to
12-12.5 hours.
DELHI
JAIPUR
PLAN TO MAKE
IT E-HIGHWAY;
GADKARI
INSPECTS
DELHI-MUMBAI
EXPRESSWAY
TO
WELL CONNECTED
z Expressway which passes through
six states of Delhi, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat
and Maharashtra
z Will improve connectivity to
economic hubs like Jaipur,
Kishangarh, Ajmer, Kota, Chittorgarh,
Udaipur, Bhopal, Ujjain, Indore,
Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat bringing
economic prosperity to millions
MUSIC TO EARS!
TO REDUCE SOUND POLLUTION,
GADKARI SAID THE HORNS IN VEHICLES
WILL BE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BASED
LIKE SARANGI, TABLE AND HARMONIUM.
1,380 kilometres
long Delhi Mumbai
expressway will be the
longest expressway in India
`98,000 crore
is the cost of development
of the Expressway
A new DPR has been
made for improvement of
the highway between Del-
hi and Kishangarh. Encroach-
ments on the Delhi-Jaipur High-
way will be removed.
—NITIN GADKARI,
Union Road and Transport Minister
Gadkari also appreciated
former chief minister
Vasundhara Raje and former
transport minister Yunus Khan
saying that they used to regularly
meet him regarding projects
1 Ex-min Yunus Khan also
praised Gadkari. He said
he had accompanied Gadkari
Raje in a helicopter Raje had
demanded to link Mukundra Hill.
Now min gave gift of expressway
2
Paralympian Avani inaugurated rooftop sporting facility at RAS club
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: A new dimen-
sion was added to the
high-profile RAS club
in Jaipur on Thursday
when a rooftop sport
complex was opened at
the club at the hands of
Avni Lekhara, gold me-
dalist in Tokyo Para-
lympic. The RAS Club,
on the occasion, organ-
ized a felicitation cere-
mony for Avni and her
family
.
Providing world class
facilities, a synthetic
tennis court, 2 badmin-
ton courts and 1 squash
court have been pre-
pared where RAS offic-
ers and club members
will be able to come and
take advantage of
sports facilities.
Meanwhile, interact-
ing with the media on
this occasion, Avani ap-
preciated the sports
complex prepared in
the club and said that
she liked the way tennis
and badminton courts
have been prepared
here. “There are better
facilities available here,
which make it easy for
everyone. I did not face
any problem since
ramps are constructed
here,” she said
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora, who is
also patron of RAS
club, said, “We feel
pride in having Avani
between us, who is the
pride of our nation. In
a country and state,
where slogans like Beti
Bachao and Beti Pad-
hao are needed, in such
a place, the daughter of
our RAS partner has
achieved such success.
It can be easily guessed
how determined Avni
must have been to work
hard to win a medal in
the Olympics,” Arora
said for Avani.
The patron further
added, “When we
thought about the club,
we did not fathom that
a sporting complex
could be made on roof-
top. President of the
club, Shaheen Ali and
his team together took
this dream forward.
Sports facilities are
very important in any
club. When after a hard
day’s work, RAS offic-
ers will come here to
play, they will be physi-
cally and mentally fit.’
Meanwhile, RAS of-
ficers and members
who came to participate
in the program praised
the sports facilities.
After the inaugura-
tion of the sports fa-
cilities at the RAS
Club, a felicitation cer-
emony for the gold me-
dalist Avani, her
grandfather Prahlad
Lekhra and father
Praveen Lekhra was
also held. There was a
craze among the people
to take selfie with Ava-
ni. All the office bear-
ers of the club and RAS
officers honored Avani
for her victory.
While addressing the
award ceremony, Presi-
dent of RAS Club,
Shaheen Ali said, “Avni
has brought laurels to
India. It is a matter of
pride for us that a RAS
officer’s daughter has
inaugurated the sports
facilities in the club.”
Pawan Arora, Sunil Bhati, Avani, Praveen Lekhara and others
during the inauguration of rooftop sport complex of RCA Club.
Shaheen Ali, Pawan Arora, Avani Lekhra, Prahlad and Praveen
Lekhra during the event. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA Pawan Arora admires Avani Lekhra’s gold medal.
RAJYA SABHA ELECTION
Gehlot to field late
Satav’s kin from Raj?
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Now that
even Rajya Sabha elec-
tion will be held, there is
immense brainstorming
being done by ‘relevant’
political circles and even
observers, as to who will
head to the Upper House
from Rajasthan? Elec-
tion is to be held on 4
seatsinRajasthanwhich
are currently occupied
byBJPleaders.However,
of these 4, 3 can fall in
Congress’ kitty
, accord-
ingtotheparty’sstrength
in Assembly
.
However, word is that
one seat could go to Ra-
jeev Satav family where-
in either Late Satav’s
mother or wife could be
senttoRS.Highlyplaced
sources reveal that a few
days back, Satav’s wife
had even contacted CM
Gehlot via phone.
Meanwhile, cross vot-
ing, which has come up
as a major ‘cause of con-
cern’forCongress,isalso
beingaddressedaheadof
polls. A highly placed
source in Congress said,
“We have required num-
bers for winning three
seats.However,if asitua-
tion of cross voting also
arises, then we have a
secondary strategy al-
readypreparedtohandle
such a development.”
Rajeev Satav
CM resumes working post
recovery from angioplasty
Jaipur: After undergo-
ing angioplasty a few
days ago, Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Thursday in-
formed that he has re-
sumed working on the
advice of the doctors.
Gehlot, in a tweet,
said that the former
Head of the Department
of Cardiology in AIIMS,
Delhi Vinay Behl, who
was also Gehlot’s doctor
back in the national
capital, met him at the
chief minister’s resi-
dence on Wednesday.
Behl had a discussion
with the principal of
SMS Medical College
Sudhir Bhandari along
with Gehlot’s treatment
team in Jaipur.
In another tweet, the
chief minister in-
formed that Behl ex-
pressed satisfaction on
seeing his test reports
and was happy over the
timely treatment by the
SMS team.
“According to the ad-
vice of doctors, I am
currently working and
I hope that I will soon be
working as before,” he
tweeted.
Gehlot underwent an
angioplastyprocedureat
SMS hospital in Jaipur
on August 27 after com-
plaining about a mild
discomfort in his chest.
The 70-year-old Con-
gress leader has had
health issues ever since
he tested positive for
coronavirus in April
this year.
According to a health
bulletin issued by the
hospital, Gehlot was
found to have a 90 per
cent blockage in one of
the main arteries. —ANI
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Solanki issue far from over,
but will any action be taken?
FROM P1...
At the state level, we are
discussing all issues.”
Meanwhile, on the
question of loosing the
Jaipur Zila Pramukh
elections, Maken said
thathehassoughtreport
onthematter.“Thatisall
I would like to say about
the matter,” he stressed.
Solanki issue far
from over, but will any
action be taken?: Loos-
ing the Jaipur Zila Pra-
mukh election has hurt
the Congress party im-
mensely, due to the
events associated with
development and there-
fore, the matter, accord-
ing to sources, is far
from over. On condition
of anonymity, a senior
leader of the party who
is in loop with the entire
political developments
in Rajasthan, said,
“Solanki was appointed
PCC General secretary
on recommendation of
other group. The two dis-
senters, were given par-
ty’s symbol on Solanki’s
insistence and therefore,
since the onus of their
appointment fell on
Solanki, the responsibili-
ty of this defeat also falls
onhim.Highcommandis
extremely upset and seri-
ous on how the ‘faction’
has handled the election
and decision on this mat-
ter will be taken soon.”
However, an even
more surprising aspect
of this development is
that high command ap-
pears apprehensive on
taking action on Solan-
ki. “If something is said
directly by any of the
leaders, it could lead to
another political swell
as the ‘other group’ will
take the entire matter,
otherwise,” he said.
Interestingly
, on the
topicMakenhasclaimed
thathehasreceivedfeed-
back from all concerned.
“We have received feed-
back from everyone, in-
cludingSolanki.Wehave
not decided on anything,
yet,” he said.
Rehana Riyaz meets
Maken: Rajasthan mah-
ilaCongresschief rehana
RiyazmetMakenatAICC
on Thursday and gave
him details about the
various programs and
events conducted by the
women wing in the state.
Ved Prakash Solanki

orn and brought up in
the Pink City, Jaipur,
Charmika Sharma
has always believed
in free will. She says
that you may not shift
your focus from what
destiny has always chosen for
you, you may try running
away from it, but, the universe
will always guide you towards
it. The young model who is
currently pursuing Mass
Communication shared, “My
biggest inspiration is my
mother, she has always taught
me to follow your heart even if
it means going against the
tide. I wish to be an inspira-
tion for others who underesti-
mate themselves because of
the false ideas that society
makes them believe in. I am
fond of communicating with
people, to know them, to know
their real stories, learn from
them and create a meaningful
life.”
Charmika, a model as well
as an actress is currently
working in
the serial
called, ‘Ghar-
ek-Mandir’, and she
further plans on making it big
in the world of glamour, to
establish a name that is
known by all. She further
shared, “I look forward to
opportunities where I may
learn and polish my skills,
I keep on challenging my-
self every once in a while.
My motto is to never stop.”
When asked what advice
would she give someone
starting, the alluring beau-
ty replied, “The new gen-
eration needs to be the
perfect blend of aware-
ness, smartness and sim-
ply wear the confidence
beautifully. They needn’t
worry about the features
or complexion or even
height.” Well, Mona was
very fortunate to have
learned so much at a young
age and she’s now using those
experiences as a platform to
speak truth to others.
The budding actress enjoys
listening to music which helps
her keeping calm from within.
She also travels across states
to gather an experience of a
new culture, traditions, fash-
ion and food among others.
WHEN IT COMES TO MODELLING,
IT ISN’T ALWAYS ABOUT
OVERCOMING YOUR FEARS, IT IS
ALSO ABOUT LETTING OTHERS
GROW ALONG WITH YOU,
BEING AN INSPIRATION FOR
OTHERS. ONE OF THE
SELECTED PARTICIPANTS
OF FIRST MISS INDIA’21
SHARES THE MESSAGE WITH
EVERYONE!
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BEAUTY
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JAIPUR, FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

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DAMINI, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Seek opinion of expert
before opting for a health
supplement. You will
succeed in resolving
misunderstanding with family
members, normalizing ties. Seek
proper valuation of the property you
are planning to buy. You will remain
much in demand on social front.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A sound financial health of
businessmen would enable
to give monetary benefits
to employees. Roadblock
in the matrimonial alliance of kin gets
cleared bringing happiness for entire
family. It is good day to confess your
love as stars appear favourable for
positive reply.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Avoid being indulgent in
your spending to balance
budget. Continue to put in
efforts at work and you will
see promising opportunities coming
your way. Matrimonial match for
siblings will bring happiness for
entire family. You will get a good
price for your property.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You may get a chance to
pursue old hobby. Health
tips from an expert will
enable you to get closer to
your fitness goals. Chances of being
misled by competitors in business are
high, so remain alert. Your generous
behavior would enable to enjoy some
lovely moments with family.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Yoga would help in raising
energy levels. Some of you
are going experience
emotional fulfillment on
romantic front. Place emphasis on
domestic affairs to enhance the
domestic tranquility and harmony.
Associating yourself with humanitar-
ian group would benefit you.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Long-pending arrears are
likely to be recovered.
Senior management will be
appreciative of your creative
inputs. Seek the opinion of your family
before finalizing a property deal. An
impromptu invitation to a function
from an unexpected friend is likely to
be received.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Don’t give a firm
commitment in financial
matters before considering
the viability of the project.
You succeed in completing an
important project well.
Disagreements on the family front
are foreseen. Your intuition will save
you from a tricky spot today.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Distant relatives may drop
in for a surprise visit.
Investment antiques and
jewellery would bring
handsome financial gains. On
professional front, recognition for
good work would motivate you to
work harder. Efforts will bring
desired results.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You will be greatly
benefited by investing in
companies of repute.
Develop a good adaptabil-
ity to handle pressurized situation on
professional front. Paying special
attention to plan your career would
give immense joy. You find things
moving in the way you want them.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
It’s a very good day to take
calculated risks in financial
matters.Those suffering
from chronic ailments may
find remarkable improvement in their
health. Today you will enjoy the trust
of senior management. Minor
domestic disputes may pop up, so
give attention to the family.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Better to consult an expert
in financial matters before
making an investment.
Your hard work and
dedication are likely to be noticed by
seniors. Family will be supportive of
career aspirations. A promising day
overall as you stay in limelight
without any efforts.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Successful implementation
of new ideas and projects
would add to your prestige
on the professional front.
Avoid raising controversial issues at
home to maintain harmony. It is a
wonderful day to build new
connections. Your relationship
requires you to be tactful.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
‘TAX THE RICH’
emocratic congress-
woman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez has ig-
nited both controver-
sy and celebration af-
ter wearing a gown to
the Met Gala embla-
zoned in red graffiti text with
the statement “Tax the Rich”.
Appearing as a guest of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
at the annual fundraiser, (for
which tickets cost tens of
thousand dollars), the left-
wing politician wore a custom
gown by fashion brand Broth-
er Vellies, bringing with her
the label’s founder, the young
Black designer and activist
Aurora James.
Using fashion as a tool to ad-
dress wider social concerns
has, in fact, long been a strat-
egy for people seeking to make
the change — including wear-
ing these clothes in spaces of
influence.
From 19th century Suffra-
gettes who pounded the streets
in heels, ultra-feminine dress
and large “picture” hats to re-
fute claims that they were un-
womanly
, to patriot textiles in
the second world war, to Indig-
enousAustralianstreetclothes
and accessories by a brand
such as Dizzy Couture today,
dress has historically con-
veyed political messages, cre-
ating “looks” for generations
of change agents. Here are 5
clothing acts as provocations
that changed history
.
GEORGE
WASHINGTON’S SUIT
The founders of the
American Revolution
wished to break with
the old codes of Eu-
ropean aristocracy.
Much of the world
still had “sumptu-
ary laws”: legal
edicts that regu-
lated the types,
materials and
amounts of cloth, colours,
jewellery and accessories per-
mitted to various social
groups.
In North America, the for-
mal clothing codes of the old
regime were actively resisted:
men were not expected to
wear the expensive and col-
ourful embroidered silks typi-
cally worn to European
courts. Their imported fab-
rics were considered bad for
local economies, and their
elite air was at odds with the
idea that all men might now
be (relatively) equal.
President-elect George
Washington was sculpted by
Houdon in the late 18th cen-
tury with a button missing
from his waistcoat. This was a
deliberate gesture to show his
actions were more important
than his appearance. He also
wore plain, home-spun Ameri-
can woollen cloth for his inau-
guration instead of the expect-
ed silk or velvet. This was a
firm demonstration of North
American independence and
perhaps the first American
“business casual”.
THE ABOLITIONIST
HANDBAG
An abolitionist bag full of
anti-slavery pamphlets. ©Vic-
toria and Albert Museum,
London, CC BY-NC.
Since the late 18th
century
, a range of
objects from
j e w e l -
lery to printed dishes were
produced to critique the Slave
Trade.
British Quakers had advo-
cated for Abolition in 1783. The
Female Society for Birming-
ham (originally the Ladies So-
ciety for the Relief of Negro
Slaves, the first such group)
mobilised their anti-slavery
followers with handbags print-
ed with images and slogans
designed to gain support for
the Abolitionist movement.
The silk drawstring bags,
made by women in sewing cir-
cles, were presented to promi-
nent figures such as George IV
and Princess Victoria. The
bags contained newspaper ar-
ticles and tracts supportive of
Abolition.
The Slavery Abolition Act,
which provided for the imme-
diate abolition of slavery in
most of the British Empire
was passed ten years later, in
1833. A similar Act was rati-
fied in the USA only in 1865.
NO FEATHER HATS
The ostrich and exotic bird in-
dustry was massive in the 19th
century: as well as plumes,
women wore whole bodies of
birds as accessories, such as
hummingbird earrings.
The ostrich plume “double
fluff” industry was centred on
South Africa, where the
feathers were worth
more than gold. They
were exported to rooms in
London and New York where
exhausted young girls fin-
ished and dyed them for retail.
In 1914 a massive “feather
crash” saw the raw material
become close to worthless.
Young women interested in
the growing national park and
conservation movements ob-
jected to the trade on ecologi-
cal grounds. They simply
stopped wearing the fashion,
starting a global “anti-plum-
age” movement.
The women involved with
the Massachusetts Audubon
Society were so successful
that their lobbying led to the
first US federal conservation
legislation, The Lacey Act
(1900). Taxidermied birds,
feather boas and birds as ear-
rings became largely unfash-
ionable and were rarely seen
again in women’s fashion.
THE ACT UP T-SHIRT
The AIDS crisis of the 1980s-
90s saw the mobilisation of a
unique blend of activism born
from the women’s, Hispanic,
Black power and 1970s gay
movements. ACT UP New
York determined that only an-
ger and civil disobedience
would focus the attention of
government and big pharma
on the plight of mainly gay
men’s health.
A series of extraordinary
“zaps” or site-specific pro-
tests, often theatrical,
was engineered. ACT UP’s
membership included skilled
figures from advertising and
design who created unified and
stylish T-shirts, posters and
banners. The designs were
clean, slick and looked just like
good advertising.
As Sarah Schulman recent-
ly demonstrated in her 20-year
history of ACT UP, the bold T-
shirt designs both created op-
timum impact for ACT UP’s
protests on the TV news and a
new pro-gay identity. Worn
with Doc Marten shoes, leath-
er jackets, clean and tight
jeans or denim shorts, ACT UP
established the look of gay ur-
ban men for a generation.
Government bodies and
large drug companies were
shamed by the public protests
into adopting better and more
rational health messaging,
conducting better funded and
more equitable drug trials and
selling cheaper retrovirals.
WHEN KATHARINE
MET MAGGIE
In 1984, designer Katharine
Hamnett wore a t-shirt that
read, “58% DONT WANT
PERSHING” (a reference to
nuclear missiles) to a high
profile fashion evening attend-
ed by conservative Prime Min-
ister Margaret Thatcher.
Hamnett made her T-shirt
the night before, recognising
the opportunity she had, and
hid it under her coat upon en-
try. Its graphic format owes a
debt to both 1970s Punk and
ACT UP. She later recalled of
the widely photographed en-
counter with Thatcher:
She looked down and said,
“You seem to be wearing a
rather strong message on your
T-shirt”, then she bent down
to read it and let out a squawk,
like a chicken.
Social change needs its vis-
ual forms. Fashion is one of
them. Fashion is a brilliant
communicator of new ideas.
That we are reading about
AOC’s clothing “controversy”
shows she fully understands
fashion’s power.
Beyond
AOC’s ‘Tax
the Rich’
dress: 5 acts
of fashion
provocation
that changed
history
PETER MCNEIL
Distinguished Professor of
Design History, UTS, University
of Technology Sydney
D
SOURCE: THECONVERSATION.COM

A
sequel to Welcome was also re-
leased in 2015, however, Mall-
ika wasn’t a part of it. Now, in
a recent conversation with
sources, when we asked the ac-
tress about a possibil-
ity of another se-
quel in the fran-
chise, here’s
what she said.
“Welcome ka
sequel banega
toh director
apni girlfriend
ko hi dalega na
usmein. Welcome
2 bana toh usmein
apni girlfriend ko
daal diya batao,
ab main kya
karun? ques-
tions Mall-
ika.
—Agency
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S
amantha Akkineni made her act-
ing debut with Ye Maaya Chesave.
Since then, there has been no
looking back for her. However,
initially, when she got married, she had
no hope of a career. During an interview
she said.“When I got married, I did so
with no hope of a career, because of what
happened before me and all the examples
of the heroines who got married and took
break from their careers only to never
come back. That’s what I thought would
happen with me too.” —Agency
O
n Wednesday, Shilpa Shet-
ty Kundra was spotted leav-
ing from Mumbai airport
and paparazzi had
snapped her while she headed out
of the city
. Now, photos of Shilpa
visiting the holy shrine of Mata
Vaishno Devi in Jammu have
gone viral on social media amid
Raj Kundra’s case proceedings.
The businessman has been in
judicial custody since allega-
tions of his apparent involve-
ment in an adult films racket
came out. —Agency
AMOL JOINS
hands with TVF
B
e it films
or OTT
shows -
a c t o r
Amol Parashar
has made a
strong impact
with his acting
performances
and has an envi-
able lineup of
projects which
includes play-
ing Bhagat Singh in Sardar Udham
Singh and his first film as a lead with
Vishesh films, both set to release this
year. To take this to the next level, he
will be collaborating with the popu-
lar content studio TVF to develop a
show with them that he will also
helm as an actor. —CITY FIRST
A
fter Ajay Devgn, Vicky
Kaushal is off to the Mal-
dives to feature in the new
season of Into the Wild with
Bear Grylls.
Kaushal will ex-
plore the wild
with the British
adventurer and
survivalist in
Discovery’s re-
ality show that
tests the survival instincts of celeb-
rities. The channel confirmed that
Kaushal has given his nod to the
show, which will premiere first on
discovery+app. —Agency
I
n d i a n
O c e a n ’ s
Amit Kilam,
has a special
treat for music
lovers across
the country
. The
c e l e b r a t e d
drummer and
vocalist is all set
to introduce his
daughters Mey-
haa and Kaira
with ‘Roshè’, a
popular Kashmiri folk song, originally
penned by Kashmiri legend, Habba Kha-
toon. Sisters Meyhaa and Kaira are fi-
nally out with their soulful rendition of
the song which is an integral part of
Kashmir’s heritage. Amit Kilam also
lends his vocals to the track that takes
listeners through a rollercoaster of emo-
tions – hurt, agony, passion and rage all
entwined in a beautiful and heart wrench-
ing melody
. —CITY FIRST
TUNE INTO THE
HEAVENLY TUNES
A
fter a whirlwind year, Britney Spears re-
ceived a huge honor as the pop icon
graced Time magazine’s 100 Most Influ-
ential People list this year. The Toxic
singer, who recently broke her silence on her traumatis-
ing conservatorship which has been going on for the
past 13 years, was featured in the magazine under the
“Icon” section and was graced by words of apprecia-
tion, written by her pal and another 90s icon Paris Hil-
ton! Heiress Paris Hilton wrote of Britney: When I think
of Britney Spears, I see the sweetest soul. Despite the dark-
ness that has sur- rounded her life, Britney embodies
joy and shares the light of her
beautiful heart, forever the
superstar.” —Agency
Hamlin Scott
SPLIT UP?
S
cott Disick and Amelia Hamlin re-
cently parted ways following the
former’s DM drama regarding ex
Kourtney Kardashian. While nei-
ther Scott nor Amelia officially spoke
about their breakup, Hamlin’s mother
Lisa Rinna has now opened up about what
she truly felt about her daughter’s rela-
tionshipwithScott.Rinnasays“Youknow,
I have been quite nice about Scott Disick,
and I would never say that out loud. I
might have thought things that weren’t
very good.” She then further added, “Can
I atone for my thoughts?” —Agency
KANYE SUPPORTED KIM?
hile the world may
be divided over Kim
K a r d a s h i a n ’ s
unique Met Gala
2021 look, it seems
her estranged hus-
band, Kanye West is more
than impressed with it.
Kim turned up sporting a
unique, head-to-toe cov-
ered black outfit by Balen-
ciaga for the event.
Kanye took to his Insta-
gram to share few photos
of Kim from the Met Gala
and in the captions, simply
added the goat emoji, sug-
gesting that he meant to
call her GOAT (Greatest of
All-Time).
As for Kim’s Met Gala
outing, after the SKIMS
founder was spotted ar-
riving for the event with
a mysterious masked
man, fans assumed that it
was Kanye West making a
surprise appearance. Al-
though it was later clari-
fied that the person ac-
companying her was the
designer. —Agency
W
Vicky into the wilds...
Shilpa prays
for HUBBY?
Britney in
TIMES!
Mallika isn’t
Welcome Back?
Way you go,
Samantha!
Kim Kardashian West
Kanye’s post
Samantha Akkineni
Mallika Sherawat
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Shilpa spotted in Vaishno Devi
Vicky Kaushal
Amit Kilam with daughters
Meyhaa and Kaira
Amol Parashar
Scott Disick and Amelia Hamlin
Britney Spears

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