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GEHLOT AT JK LONE HOSPITAL
CM fulfills b’day
wish of 5-yr-old
boy suffering
from cancer
DIVYANSHU, WHO HAS BEEN
ADMITTED IN JK LONE HOSPITAL,
HAD WRITTEN LETTER EXPRESSING
HIS DESIRE TO MEET THE CM ON HIS
BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 18
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
hief Minister
Ashok Gehlot
reached JK
Lone Hospital on Sunday
and met 5-year-old can-
cer-afflicted boy Divyan-
shu and inquired about
his well-being. During
Gehlot’s visit to Sikar,
Divyanshu had written a
letter expressing his de-
sire to meet the Chief
Minister on his birthday
(June 18).
CM Gehlot inquired
about the health of Divy-
anshu’s family members
and consoled them. He
directed the doctors to
take proper care of Divy-
anshu and wished him a
speedy recovery.
The Chief Minister
also inspected the blood
donation camp organ-
ized in the hospital and
met the children suffer-
ing from Thalassemia.
Gehlot also reviewed
the arrangements of the
hospital.
CM Ashok Gehlot meets 5-yr-old Divyanshu and his parents at JK Lone Hospital on Sunday. Dr
Rajeev Bagarhatta and Jyoti Khandelwal are also seen; (R) CM meets people at the hospital.
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EMERGENCY A DARK PERIOD IN
INDIA’S HISTORY: PM MODI
In his monthly radio broadcast “Mann
Ki Baat” on Sunday PM Narendra
Modi described the Emergency a
“dark period” in India’s history. P6
BLINKEN ARRIVES IN BEIJING
FOR HIGH STAKES VISIT
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
on Sunday arrived in Beijing for two
days of meetings with Chinese of-
ficials, media reports said.
India’s duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty won the men’s doubles title
at Indonesia Open on Sunday. P7
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I had received a letter from the child expressing his desire to meet me so I came to
meet him. The child was operated elsewhere, but is admitted here as a follow-up.
Hospitals and doctors did a good job during the Corona period
ASHOK GEHLOT, CHIEF MINISTER
Celebrating 4 Years of Parliamentary Excellence
LS Speaker Om Birla’s Enduring Legacy!
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur/New Delhi
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla’stenureoffouryears
has been a witness to un-
precedented achieve-
ments. Birla, who has be-
come synonymous with
service and progress with
sensitivity,hastriedtopro-
vide relief to every section
of society in these four
years. The list of works
done for farmers and de-
privedclassesisverylong.
17th LS witnessing
Golden period
The 17th Lok Sabha is be-
ing recorded as a golden
chapterinhistoryofIndian
democracy. Under Birla’s
leadership, the House
demonstrated discipline,
commitmentandcollectiv-
ism. It has touched new
heightsbycreatingrecords
ofproductivitysince1960.
Discussion in the House,
meetings lasting late into
the night, opportunities for
maximum number of MPs
to speak are some of the
points for which Birla was
constantly appreciated.
Productivity of the first
11 seasons of 14th, 15th,
16th and 17th Lok Sabha
from 2004 to 2023 was
82.81, 67, 88.63 and 93.09
percent respectively.
Speaker Birla ensured
strict adherence to health
safety protocols during
Covid due to which 167%
work was done in the
fourth session of the 17th
Lok Sabha held during
peakofcovidpandemic.It
isthehighestinthehistory
of 70 years of Lok Sabha.
Discussion time on
the Budget also
increased
The 17th Lok Sabha has
also been successful in
achieving objectives of
discussion on the budget.
200 hours of discussion
took place in the budget
presented in the 15th Lok
Sabha whereas in the
16th Lok Sabha, there
was a discussion for 198
hours while in the 17th
the discussion it was for
207 hours. TURN TO P8
Heavyrainfallcauses
flood-likesituationin3dists
Rajeev Gaur, Mukesh
Mathrani, Lunaram Darji
Ashok Kumawat
Barmer, Jalore, Sirohi, Pali
Rajasthan’s three districts
— Jalore, Sirohi and Bar-
mer — are reeling under a
flood-like situation due to
heavy rainfall caused by
cyclonic storm Biparjoy,
anofficialsaidonSunday.
Officials said theArmy
and the National Disaster
Response Force have
been requested to remain
on standby for any even-
tuality. At least six peo-
ple were rescued by the
State Disaster Relief
Force (SDRF) in Pali dis-
trict after they were stuck
due to waterlogging.
The cyclone is very
likely to continue to move
towards east-northeast-
wards and maintain the
intensity of depression
during the next 12 hours,
the MeT office said. P3
CYCLONE BIPARJOY
IN RAJASTHAN
l An alert of heavy rain in the State for next 15-20 hours l Army NDRF requested
to remain on standby for any eventuality l CM Ashok Gehlot instructs the ministers
in-charges and secretaries in-charges to visit affected districts today l After speaking
to dist collectors of Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Pali, CM says situation is under control
There is a flood-like situation
in Jalore, Sirohi and Barmer
due to heavy rainfall. No loss
of human life and livestock
has been reported so far. Our
teams are on alert.
PC KISHAN, SECRETARY, STATE
DISASTER AND RELIEF
(Clockwise from top): An overflowing waterbody in Barmer; locals in an inundated area of Barmer;
and SDRF personnel evacuate people from a flooded area in Bhinmal (Jalore), on Sunday.
RAINFALL ON SUNDAY TILL 9.30 AM
Is Bhagwant Mann Punjab
CM or Kejriwal’s pilot: Shah
Agencies
Gurdaspur
Launching a scathing at-
tack against the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) gov-
ernment in Punjab, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday asked
Chief Minister Bhagwant
Mann, “Is he a Chief Min-
ister or a pilot?”, saying
the state’s law and order
went “from bad to worse
as Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann spends all his
time touring with Arvind
Kejriwal”.
The Home Minister
detailed the nine-year
“achievements”of the
Modi government at the
Centre as he launched the
election campaign in the
state for the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections. P5
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a public meeting in Gurdaspur
on Sunday, on completion 9 years of BJP-led Central government.
JEE ADVANCED 2023
Agencies
Hyderabad
Telugu students have
come out with flying col-
ours in Joint Entrance
Examination (JEE) Ad-
vanced 2023 examina-
tion, bagging six out of
top 10 all-India ranks.
Vavilala Chidvilas Red-
dy from Nagarkurnool
district of Telangana has
bagged the first rank by
securing 341 out of 360
marks. The female topper
of the country is also a
Telugu girl, Nayakanti
Naga Bhavya Sree.
Telugu students
bag 6 out of top
10 ranks
2 women shot dead
in Delhi’s RK Puram
ANI
New Delhi
Two women died after
being shot by unidenti-
fied shooters in Delhi’s
RK Puram police station
area during the early
morning hours of Sunday,
said police. Later, the po-
lice arrested three persons
hours after the incident.
Both were rushed to
hospital but succumbed
to their injuries, said po-
lice further. The police
had received a call at
4:40 am stating that some
people had shot the call-
er’s sisters at Ambedkar
Basti. MORE ON P6
DUSTUDENTSTABBEDTO
DEATHOUTSIDECOLLEGE
A first-year student
of Delhi Univer-
sity was allegedly
stabbed to death outside
Aryabhatta College in the
South Campus on Sunday,
police said. The victim —
Nikhil Chauhan (19) — was
a resident of Paschim Vihar
and pursuing BA (Hons) in
Political Science from the
School of Open Learning.
Washington: Indian
community members
hold posters of PM
Narendra Modi, ahead
of his visit to the US, in
Washington, on Sunday.
IN BRIEF
Manipur riots: Army
conducts flag march
in Imphal Valley
Kejriwal promises
mohalla clinics, 300
free power units in Raj
G20 meets on
tourism to begin in
Goa from today
Imphal: The Indian
Army conducted a flag
march in the violence-
affected area in Imphal
Valley. Meanwhile, au-
thorities in Imphal East
district on Saturday de-
cided to relax curfew
hours from 5 am to 5
PM on Sunday.
Sri Ganganagar: Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday said that after
forming govt, the AAP
will open mohalla clin-
ics in every village in
Rajasthan and 300 units
of electricity will be
given free of cost to
every household. P8
Panaji: The concluding
meeting of the G20
tourism working group
and tourism ministers
will begin in Goa on
Monday. The purpose of
the TWG meeting is to
discuss and address
global tourism challeng-
es and opportunities.
FIR lodged against
team of ‘Adipurush’
Lucknow: National
spokesperson of Akhil
Bhartiya Hindu Mahasa-
bha Shishir Chaturvedi
has lodged an FIR with
Hazratganj police
against the makers and
the star cast of film ‘Ad-
ipurush’. He said the
film was a deliberate at-
tempt to insult Hindus.
PTI
New Delhi
Wrestler Sakshi Malik
on Sunday accused BJP
leader and former Com-
monwealth Games gold
m e d a l l i s t
grappler Ba-
bita Phogat
of trying
weaken their
protest. Sak-
shi Malik and her hus-
band Satyawart Kadian
had also posted a video on
Saturday levelling allega-
tions against Babita Pho-
gat and another BJP lead-
er Teerath Rana.
Babita has tried
to weaken our
protest: Sakshi
Ahore in Jalore: 471 mm
Jalore: 456 mm
Mount Abu: 360 mm
Chitalwana: 338 mm
Jaswantpura: 332 mm
Raniwada: 322 mm
Sheoganj: 315 mm
Sumerpur: 270 mm
Rani: 249 mm
Bali: 240 mm
IN CONSTANT TOUCH
WITH HIS CONSTITUENCY
Om Birla is con-
stantly connected
with the voters of his
parliamentary constituency
Kota-Bundi in their happi-
ness and sorrows. A com-
plete public relations and
social media team works
in his Kota office. His OSD
Rajeev Dutta plays the main
role in the matter between
Om Birla and the people
of his area. Dutta has long
administrative experience in
matters related to redressal
of public grievances.
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First India Bureau
Ajmer
BJP State In-Charge
Arun Singh on Sunday
took a tiffin meeting of
BJP leaders and workers
in Kekri town. The state
in-charge also took part
in the assembly-level
trader’s conference dur-
ing his visit. During his
address, Arun Singh said
that there is no such thing
as government in the
state and the Chief Min-
ister is busy in saving his
chair. “Congress MLAs
are accusing the Chief
Minister of giving pro-
tection to the mining ma-
fia and corruption. There
is huge loss of revenue.
The ministers were even
indulged in corruption
during the Corona pan-
demic,” said Singh.
“The Modi govern-
ment have announced
many schemes for the
people in the last nine
years. Through Ujjwala
Yojana, gas cylinders
have been delivered
door-to-door, distribu-
tion of wheat to poor
people and door-to-door
water connections have
been given in the villages
by the union govern-
ment,” added the BJP
State In-Charge.
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu
Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore on
Sunday said that even the
widows of the martyrs
are not safe in the state
under the Congress gov-
ernment. When Manju
Jat wife of Martyr Roh-
itash Lamba, Madhubala
Meena wife of Martyr
Hemraj and Sundari
Devi wife of Martyr Jit-
ram Gurjar staged a sit-in
demanding the govern-
ment to fulfill the prom-
ise, they misbehaved
with them.
Shanti Dhariwal even
said the shameful thing
of nata pratha for them.
Rathore said that the gov-
ernment has accepted 11
such instances in the case
of 34 martyrs in 3 years,
in which assistance upto
Rs 45 lakh is pending.
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar
Former Governor Satya
Pal Malik on Sunday said
that if there is unity, next
time the CM will be from
the Jat community only.
“Such opportunities
came earlier also. But
due to mutual dissension,
the chair was out of hand.
This time we will show
full strength. We have a
hold on both the parties.
Good people will be
fielded by getting them
tickets,” he said while
addressing the Jan Chet-
na Sammaroh of Jat Sa-
maj in Alwar on Sunday.
He once again took up
the issue of the Pulwama
attack and said that the
BJP came after winning
the election on the dead
bodies of the soldiers
killed in Pulwama.
Malik said that it can-
not be expected from this
government to get justice
for the daughters who
brought medals for the
country.
“I have suggested that
if the government does
not agree, we will bring
the daughters to Ra-
jasthan,” he said. while
referring to the protest by
the wrestlers.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Sarva Brahmin Ma-
hasabha has demanded a
ban on the screening of
the recently released
film ‘Adipurush’. Na-
tional President of Sarva
Brahmin Mahasabha Pt.
Suresh Mishra on Sun-
day said that the Brah-
min community has de-
manded a ban on the
film with immediate ef-
fect as the movie has
mocked the Hindu epic
Ramayana, Lord Ram,
and Goddess Sita.
“The state government
should immediately ban
the film in Rajasthan.All
the dialogues of this film
are disrespectful. This is
sending a wrong mes-
sage in society. The ap-
pearance of characters is
derogatory and insulting
to the mythological
epic,” said Mishra.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved Rs 9 crore for
development works for
wildlife conservation at
three places in the state.
From the said amount,
Rs 2 crore will be spent
on the protection of
crocodiles in Palighat
Sawai Madhopur (Na-
tional Chambal Croco-
dile Sanctuary). Rs 2
crore will be spent for
Kurjan conservation in
Khichan of Jodh-
pur and Rs 5
crore for Go-
davan conser-
vation in Na-
tional Desert
Park, Jais-
almer.
First India Bureau
Bundi
The ACB on Sunday ar-
rested a forest employee
in Bundi while accepting
a bribe of Rs 30,000. Po-
lice in-
formed the
a c c u s e d ,
Bheru Lal
Gurjar, a
nassistant
forester in the office of
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger
Reserve, demanded bribe
from the complainant to
not to build boundary
wall on his land.
“The complainant stat-
ed the accused Bheru Lal
Gurjar demanded Rs 1
lakh to not construct a
boundary wall on the
land owned by the com-
plainant,” police said.
“Bheru Lal had already
taken Rs 20,000 during
the verification of the
complaint,” they added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
PHED Minister Dr Ma-
hesh Joshi on Sunday in-
augurated Indira Rasoi in
Hawa Mahal assembly
constituency. He had food
with Congress workers
during the inauguration of
the Indira Rasoi near Go-
vind Devji Temple.
During the inaugura-
tion, the minister urged
CM Ashok Gehlot to
give subsidy on gas cyl-
inders supplied to Indira
Rasoi on lines of Ujjawa-
la Scheme.
He also said that he
will write a letter to CM
in this regard. The food at
Indira Rasoi was given
free of cost to people by
Dr Mahesh Joshi.
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar
Former BJP State Presi-
dent and Deputy Leader
of Opposition Satish Poo-
nia on Sunday attacked
the Congress government
and said that everyday
cases of paper leaks make
newspaper headlines in
Rajasthan while the gov-
ernment is itself involved
in rampant corruption.
While addressing a press
conference at the circuit
house in Sikar, Poonia
said, “Public welfare
schemes of the union
government like Ujjwala
Yojana, Kisan Credit
Card, Pradhanmantri
Gram Sadak Yojana.
Swaacch BharatAbhiyan
and such schemes have
proved to be very useful
to the people.
Arun Singh with local leaders during ‘tiffin meeting’ in Ajmer, on Sunday.
Rajendra Rathore speaking at Nawalgarh in Jhunjhunu on Sunday.
Mahesh Joshi, during the inaugration ceremony of Indira Rasoi
in Jaipur on Sunday. MUKESH KIRADOO
Even the widows of martyrs are
not safe under Congress: Rathore
Singh also accused the state govt for aiding mining mafia
9 years of Modi Govt
ArunSinghhailsModigovtfor
theschemesonpublicwelfare
IN BRIEF
29-YroldDalitman
beatentodeathover
landdisputeinBarmer
Kota: A 40-year-old
man was allegedly mur-
dered by his wife and her
paramour in Subash
Nagar area of Kota on
Saturday night, police
said. Police informed the
victim, Govind, was
found dead in a bloodied
condition at his house on
Sunday morning. “The
accused fled from the
spot after murdering the
victim. Senior police of-
ficials reached the spot
and the FSL team col-
lected samples from the
house. The post-mortem
was performed and body
was handed-over to fam-
ily,” police added.
Barmer: A 29-year-old
youth, belonging to dalit
community, was beaten
to death in Rajasthan’s
Barmer district. Incident
took place on Saturday
evening when some ac-
cused suddenly attacked
him. Initially, the victim
was taken to government
hospital at Barmer for
treatment and later re-
ferred to Jodhpur where
he died during treatment
late on Saturday night.
According to the police,
the reason behind the in-
cident was related to the
land dispute. Police iden-
tified the deceased as
Pemaram Bheel of Sanau
village. MukeshMathrani
Husband hammered
to death by wife,
paramour in Kota
‘Cong involved
in paper leak
and corruption’
JMCH protest: Munesh Gurjar
reprimends verma in viral video
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Mayor and council-
lors of Jaipur Municipal
Corporation Heritage
continued their strike on
Sunday demanding sus-
pension of Additional
Commissioner Rajendra
Verma. Now a video of
Mayor Munesh Gurjar
has surfaced in which
she is seen reprimanding
Rajendra Verma. The
video is reported to be of
Friday.
“Don’t give us knowl-
edge. Do work. We don’t
want knowledge,” she is
seen telling Verma in the
video. After this Munesh
Gurjar says either sign it
or leave from here. After
this, Mayor Munesh asks
her staff to write a letter
against Rajendra Verma
to Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and his secretary
Kuldeep Ranka. Munesh
Gurjar said that 50 coun-
cilors have sent their de-
mand letter, resignation
to both CM Gehlot and
Kuldeep Ranka.
NextRajCMwillbeaJat
ifweareunited:Malik
Brahminbodydemands
banonfilm‘Adipurush’
If the Pulwama attack
is not investigated,
the government will
be destroyed on the
dead bodies of the
soldiers.
SATYA PAL MALIK,
FORMER GOVERNOR
Mahesh Joshi urges
CM for subsidy on
Gas in Indira Rasoi
Dr Joshi inaugurated
Indira Rasoi in Hawa
Mahal constituency
CM approves `9 cr for wildlife
conservation at three places
Aprrovals for development
`10.45 CRORE APPROVED FOR ITI BUILDING
AT NIMBAHERA IN CHITTORGARH
CM Ashok Gehlot gave financial
approval to the proposal of construct-
ing an ITI building at Nimbahera in
Chittorgarh district at a cost of Rs 10.45 crore.
With this ITI building, the youth of the area will
be able to get technical training related to
various industries and new employment
opportunities will be available for them.
STAMP DUTY EXEMPTION EXTENDED IN INDIRA
GANDHI URBAN CREDIT CARD SCHEME
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has extended
the stamp duty exemption period till March
31, 2024, on loan documents given under
Indira Gandhi Ur-
ban Credit Card
Scheme. Earlier,
this period was
till March 31,
2023. Nota-
bly, under this
scheme, loans
up to Rs 50,000
are made available to street vendors and people
providing essential services in the informal sector.
Forest employee
nabbed with a
bribe of `30K
COMPLAINT AGAINST
ADIPURUSH TEAM
Opposing film
Adipurush, three ad-
vocates on Sunday
gave a complaint against
the film director Om Raut,
dialogue writer Manoj Munt-
shir and some politicians for
hurting religious sentiments.
Advocates Poonam Chand
Bhandari, T N Sharma
and IG Kathuriya reached
Malviya Nagar to register
the case. However, the
SHO refused to register FIR
without instructions from
higher officials. Later, they
were told that a decision will
be taken tomorrow following
which the complaint was
sent to DCP and SHO.
MAHESH JOSHI
GRACES PRESS
CLUB PROGRAM
The role of journalism
is important in a de-
mocracy. As the fourth
pillar of democracy, it
has been discharging
its responsibilities with
honesty, said PHED
Minister Mahesh Joshi
while speaking as
chief guest in the clos-
ing ceremony of the
Baal Abhiruchi Camp
organized at Pink City
Press Club. He said
he will give priority to
solving the housing
problem of journalists
after holding talks with
the Chief Minister at
his own level. Club
President Radharaman
Sharma, Rahul Gau-
tam, Rahul Bhardwaj,
Anita Sharma and oth-
ers were present.
JUNIOR HANDBALL CHAMPIONS
40th
Raj Junior Handball tourney concludes
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur
he four-day
40th Rajasthan
State Junior
Handball Competition
(Boys and Girls) con-
cluded on Sunday at In-
dira Maidan in Sawai
Madhopur. In the boy’s
category, Jaipur won the
title by defeating Sawai
Madhopur’s team by 39-
34. Similarly, in the girl’s
category, RSSC Wom-
en’s Handball Academy
defeated Jaipur by 16-11.
Likewise, in the boy’s
category, the Sri Ganga-
nagar team defeated Si-
kar by 30-26 and in the
girl’s category, Sri Gan-
ganagar won the third
position by defeating Si-
kar by 14-10.
The chief guest of the
closing and prize distri-
bution ceremony was the
Ambassador of Federa-
tion International Polo
Narendra Singh.
Officials informed that
37 teams in the boys’cat-
egory and 24 in the girls’
category participated.
Jaspreet Singh of
Jaipur was the best player
in the boy’s category
while Aarti of RSSC
Women’s Handball
Academy was awarded
as the best player in the
girls’ category.
Jaipur won the title in boy’s category by defeating Sawai Madhopur’s team by 39-34 on Sunday.
Jaspreet Singh of
Jaipur was the best
player in the boy’s
category while Aarti
as the best player in
the girls’ category.
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JMCH Mayor Munesh Gurjar and councillors continue with their
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JEE-ADVANCED RESULT
Four Kota students among top 10
First India Bureau
Kota
he results of
the Joint En-
trance Exami-
nation (JEE-Advanced
2023) were declared by
the Indian Institute of
Technology, Guwahati
on Sunday. The students
of Kota once again came
out with flying colours
as four JEE Advanced
aspirants from the city
made it into the top 10
ranks.
Raghav Goyal se-
cured AIR 4th rank,
Prabhav Khandelwal se-
cured AIR 6th, Malay
Kedia ranked AIR 8th
and Nagireddy Balaji
secured AIR 9th rank.
Notably, IIT Guwahati
conducted the exam on
June 4 in two sessions in
221 cities of the country.
JEE-Advanced toppers from Kota cutting cake on Sunday.
T
Jpr police nabs 120
miscreants in early
morning crackdown
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur
The Jaipur Police Com-
missionerate in a crack-
down on criminals on
Sunday raided 864 places
and arrested 120 miscre-
ants. Police Commis-
sioner Anand Srivastava
informed that raids were
carried out in the wee
hours of Sunday and the
miscreants were arrested.
“As part of the opera-
tion clean bold, one case
was registered under
NDPS Act, 25 under Ex-
cise Act and four under
the Arms Act. Four vehi-
cles were also seized dur-
ing the police action,”
said Srivastava.
“A total of 158 sus-
pected people were taken
into custody while 120 of
them were arrested,” said
Additional Commission-
er Kailash Chandra Bish-
noi. Kalwar police have
arrested wanted Virendra
Singh and recovered 40
live cartridges were from
his possession.
Fraud in RCA’s
Under-19
tournament!
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
There has been fraud in
Rajasthan Cricket As-
sociation’s Under-19
tournament. The ques-
tions were raised on
entiretournamentitself.
Overage players have
been found in many
teams but there has
been discrimination in
taking action.
As a formality, 2-3
players were ousted.
Whilethereisnoaction
on other overage play-
ers as they are close to
authorities. Questions
have been raised on the
working style of Joint
Secy Rajesh Bhadana.
When Bhadana’s
Ajmer team lost in the
tournament, then age
verification started.
Based on Aadhaar up-
date, many players
were found overage.
JOYPUR
BIPARJOY
While it rained heavily in several districts and life came to a standstill, in Jaipur people went out for picnic on a rainy Sunday
The cyclone Biparjoy has brought relief
from heat as temperature dipped across
Rajasthan making weather pleasant but
at the same time it brought misery and
destruction in several areas. In Jaipur,
which turned ‘Joy-pur’ on Sunday for
tourists, a few people were seen careless
as they got on top of walls of Nahargarh
Fort for clicking selfies and leaned on the
broken portions of the walls.
MORE THAN 30K
TOURISTS THRONG
JAIPUR ON SUNDAY
TWO KIDS, A MAN
DROWN IN SEPARATE
INCIDENTS IN BARMER
JAIPUR BOY PARTH
SECURES AIR 113
The combina-
tion of pleasant
weather and Sun-
day’s holiday enthralled
every corner of Jaipur on
Sunday. About 30,000
domestic and foreign
tourists enjoyed the tourist
destination and wildlife
safari in Pink City. A vigor-
ous influx of tourists was
recorded at Amer, Naha-
rgarh, Jal Mahal, Hawa
Mahal, Albert Hall, Jantar
Mantar, and Nahargarh.
Director of Archeology
Dept, Dr Mahendra Singh
Khadgawat said that till
6:00 pm, 7,000 tourists
visited Amer, 6170 Hawa
Mahal, 4464 Nahargarh,
3416 Jantar Mantar.
Nirmal Tiwari
Barmer: Two kids
died by drowning
in Barmer district
while bathing in the pond.
Incident has been reported
from Gangasara village in
Barmer district, police said.
According to the informa-
tion on Saturday morn-
ing five-six children were
playing in Gangasara village
near the pond. The two
children went for bathing
but died by drowning due to
excess water in the pond.
Deceased were identified
as Kripal Singh (8) and Khet
Singh (7), both are cousins.
In another incident reported
from the Samdari, 45-years-
old Shearam Ram stepped
into the pond for bathing but
drowned. Mukesh Mathrani
Jaipur: The
results of the Joint
Entrance Examina-
tion (JEE-Advanced 2023)
were de-
clared by the
IIT-Guwahati
on Sunday.
Vavilala
Chidvilas
Reddy from
the IIT Hyderabad zone
bagged All India Rank
(AIR) 1st in JEE Advanced
2023 result. From Jaipur,
Parth Agarwal secured
AIR 113th rank and
topped the city.
Lifeoutofgearinflood-likesituation
Youth are seen precariously peeking down from the broken parts of the wall and taking
‘careless’ selfies at the Nahargarh Hill on Sunday. MUKESH KIRADOO
A tourist playing with kid in front of the Albert Hall as weather
turned pleasant on rainy Sunday. SUNIL SHARMA
Accused in the Jaipur police custody on Sunday.
People in Barmer were moved to safer places with support of local administration on Sunday. The
areas in Barmer received 70.33 mm of rain due to cyclonic diturbance of Biparjoy.
First India Bureau
Barmer/Pali/Jalore
Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’, arose
from the Arabian Sea, is
wreaking havoc in Ra-
jasthan after Gujarat. Due
to its effect, rains have
lashedinmanyareasofthe
state for over 36 hours,
causing flood-like condi-
tions. Heavy rains threw
life out of gear in many
districts including Barmer,
Sirohi,Banswara,Udaipur,
Rajsamand, Pali, Jalore,
Ajmer, and Kota.
According to Disaster
Relief and Management
Department, several areas
inthestaterecordedheavy
rainfall in past 24 hours.
According to the MeT
department,itisverylikely
that the depression of Bi-
parjoy will continue to
move towards east-north-
eastwardsandmaintainthe
intensity of depression
during the next 12 hours,
the MeT office said. De-
crease in heavy rainfall
activity from southwest
parts of Rajasthan is very
likely from Sunday night
onwards,MeTofficessaid.
Kidnapped youth
rescued from
abductors; 3 land
in city police net
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A youth kidnapped from
the Bajaj Nagar Police
Station area on Saturday
was rescued and 3 abduc-
tors were arrested on Sun-
day. Police informed the
accused has been identi-
fied as Rohit Yadav, Sunil
ChechiBalkeshKasana.
“The incident took
place in the Mansingh-
pura area of Bajaj Nagar
on Saturday night. The
victim was assaulted and
kidnapped by the ac-
cused. The locals alerted
the police, following
which, police barricading
was done in the area,”
said DCP (East) Gyan
Chand Yadav. “Based on
vehicle registration num-
bers and CCTV footage,
the accused were nabbed
and the victim was res-
cued.” he added.
HeavywaterenteredSanchoretownaftertheSurava dam brokeon
Sunday.Peopleinlow-lyingareas wereevacuatedtosaferplaces.
Rly track damaged in Jodhpur.
House demolished in Dungarpur.
A man buried and died under
a boulder in Rajsamand.

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poor, bringing them out of the
poverty line and providing equal
opportunities to move forward for
9 years with corruption-free, good
governance.
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Death is as sure for that which
is born, as birth is for that which
is dead. Therefore grieve not for
what is inevitable.
BHAGAVAD GITA
PERSPECT VE
04
Eliran
Arazi
The writer is a PhD researcher
in Anthropology, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and the
School for Advanced Studies in
the Social Sciences (Paris)
SURVIVAL
STORY
Four kids lost in Amazon jungle
after plane crash found alive
after 40 days. The survival and
discovery of these children can
be attributed to the profound
knowledge of the intricate
forest and the adaptive skills
passed down through genera-
tions by Indigenous people
Even before starting elementa-
ry school, children in this area
accompany their parents and
elder relatives in various activi-
ties such as gardening, ﬁshing,
navigating rivers, hunting and
gathering honey and wild fruits.
In this way the children acquire
practical skills and knowledge
Amazonian children typically
lack access to the sort of com-
mercialised toys and games
that children in the cities grow
up with. So they become adept
tree climbers and engage in
play that teaches them about
adult tools made from natural
materials
he discovery
and rescue of
four young In-
digenous chil-
dren, 40 days
after the aircraft they were trav-
elling in crashed in the remote
Colombian rainforest, was
hailed in the international press
as a “miracle in the jungle”.
But as an anthropologist who
has spent more than a year liv-
ing among theAndoque people
in the region, conducting eth-
nographic fieldwork, I cannot
simply label this as a miracu-
lous event.
At least, not a miracle in the
conventional sense of the word.
Rather, the survival and dis-
covery of these children can be
attributed to the profound
knowledge of the intricate for-
est and the adaptive skills
passed down through genera-
tions by Indigenous people.
During the search for the
children, I was in contact
with Raquel Andoque, an el-
der maloquera (owner of a
ceremonial longhouse), the
sister of the children’s great-
grandmother. She repeatedly
expressed her unwavering
belief the children would be
found alive, citing the auton-
omy, astuteness and physical
resilience of children in the
region.
Even before starting elemen-
tary school, children in this
area accompany their parents
and elder relatives in various
activities such as gardening,
fishing, navigating rivers, hunt-
ing and gathering honey and
wild fruits. In this way the chil-
dren acquire practical skills
and knowledge, such as those
demonstrated by Lesly,
Soleiny, Tien and Cristin dur-
ing their 40-day ordeal.
Indigenous children typi-
cally learn from an early age
how to open paths through
dense vegetation, how to tell
edible from non-edible fruits.
They know how to find potable
water, build rain shelters and
set animal traps. They can iden-
tify animal footprints and
scents – and avoid predators
such as jaguars and snakes
lurking in the woods.
Amazonian children typi-
cally lack access to the sort of
commercialised toys and
games that children in the cit-
ies grow up with. So they be-
come adept tree climbers and
engage in play that teaches
them about adult tools made
from natural materials, such as
oars or axes. This nurtures
their understanding of physi-
cal activities and helps them
learn which plants serve spe-
cific purposes.
Activities that most western
children would be shielded
from – handling, skinning and
butchering game animals, for
example – provide invaluable
zoology lessons and arguably
foster emotional resilience.
Survival skills
When they accompany their
parents and relatives on excur-
sions in the jungle, Indigenous
children learn how to navigate
a forest’s dense vegetation by
following the location of the
sun in the sky.
Since the large rivers in
most parts of the Amazon
flow in a direction opposite to
that of the sun, people can ori-
ent themselves towards those
main rivers.
The trail of footprints and
objects left by the four children
revealed their general progres-
sion towards theApaporis Riv-
er, where they may have hoped
to be spotted.
The children would also
have learned from their parents
and elders about edible plans
and flowers – where they can
be found. And also the inter-
relationship between plants, so
that where a certain tree is, you
can find mushrooms, or small
animals that can be trapped
and eaten.
Stories, songs and myths
Knowledge embedded in
mythic stories passed down by
parents and grandparents is an-
other invaluable resource for
navigating the forest. These
stories depict animals as fully
sentient beings, engaging in
seduction, mischief, providing
sustenance, or even saving
each other’s lives.
While these episodes may
seem incomprehensible to
non-Indigenous audiences,
they actually encapsulate the
intricate interrelations among
the forest’s countless non-
human inhabitants. Indige-
nous knowledge focuses on
the interrelationships between
humans, plants and animals
and how they can come to-
gether to preserve the envi-
ronment and prevent irrevers-
ible ecological harm.
This sophisticated knowl-
edge has been developed over
millennia during which Indig-
enous people not only adapted
to their forest territories but
actively shaped them. It is
deeply ingrained knowledge
that local indigenous people
are taught from early childhood
so that it becomes second na-
ture to them.
It has become part of the cul-
ture of cultivating and harvest-
ing crops, something infants
and children are introduced to,
as well as knowledge of all sort
of different food sources and
types of bush meat.
Looking after each other
One of the aspects of this “mi-
raculous” story that people in
the west have marvelled over is
how, after the death of the chil-
dren’s mother, the 13-year-old
Lesly managed to take care of
her younger siblings, including
Cristin, who was only 11
months old at the time the air-
craft went down.
But in Indigenous families,
elder sisters are expected to act
as surrogate mothers to their
younger relatives from an ear-
ly age. Iris Andoke Macuna, a
distant relative of the family,
told me:
The spiritual side
For 40 days and nights, while
the four children were lost, el-
ders and shamans performed
rituals based on traditional be-
liefs that involve human rela-
tionships with entities known
as dueños (owners) in Spanish
and by various names in native
languages (such as i’bo ño
̰ e,
meaning “persons of there” in
Andoque).
These owners are believed
to be the protective spirits of
the plants and animals that
live in the forests. Children
are introduced to these power-
ful owners in name-giving
ceremonies, which ensure that
these spirits recognise and ac-
knowledge relationship to the
territory and their entitlement
to prosper on it.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
T
HOWTRADITIONALEDUCATION
HELPED 4 LOST KIDS SURVIVE
40 DAYS IN AMAZON JUNGLE
Four kids lost in Amazon jungle after plane crash found alive after 40 days. Not only the young
kids survived in world’s densest forest, but that they kept a 1-yr old infant alive as well.

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GOA GEARS UP FOR G20 MEET
US, India to have bilateral meeting on tourism: Official
oa is all set to
host two cru-
cial back-to-
back G20 meets on the
tourism track starting
Monday besides a host
of side events to pro-
mote cruise tourism as a
“model for sustainable
and responsible travel”
and showcase the cul-
tural heritage of the
coastal state.
Delegates have began
arriving in Goa to take
part in the fourth G20
Tourism Working Group
(TWG) meeting and the
G20 Tourism Ministerial
meeting slated to be held
here from June 19-22,
officials said on Sunday.
India and the US will
have a bilateral meeting
during the G20 events in
Goa during which both
sides will seek to boost
cooperation in the tour-
ism sector, an official
said on Sunday. The bi-
lateral meeting assumes
significance as it will
take place at a time when
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will be travel-
ling to the US on a state
visit.About 75 delegates
have registered so far for
the G20 Tourism Work-
ing Group meeting, and
close to 150 delegates
have registered for the
G20 Tourism Ministerial
meeting, slated to be
held here from June 19-
22, a senior official said.
Asked if BRICS coun-
tries, including Russia
and China, have regis-
tered, he said, “Russia
has registered, but China
has not registered so far.”
It was not immediately
known if China will at-
tend or skip the two key
events in Goa.
G
ShahslamsAAPgovtoverlaw
andordersituationinPunjab
PTI
Gurdaspur (Punjab)
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Sunday
said Punjab’s law and or-
der is going from bad to
worse but Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann has no
time to spare for it and
his only job seems to take
the state aircraft for
Arvind Kejriwal’s na-
tionwide tours.
The AAP government
here has no concerns for
problems of Punjab, he
said, adding that “the
chief minister is touring
the entire country.
Addressing a rally in
this border district of
Punjab as part of the
BJP’s outreach campaign
to mark the completion of
nine years of the Naren-
dra Modi government,
Shah said, “In my entire
life, I have not seen a
government like the one
led byAAP, which makes
hollow promises.”
While the drug trade is
increasing, Shah said, the
chief minister has no time
to address it or farmers’
woes. Many BJP leaders
have alleged that Delhi
Chief Minister and party
national convenorArvind
Kejriwal took along
Mann during his visits to
different parts of the
country so that he could
fly in Mann’s state air-
craft. Attacking the AAP
dispensation in Punjab,
Shah said oppression of
Dalits has increased here.
A minister is involved in
sexually exploiting a
Dalit, but no action has
been taken, he said, with-
out naming the minister.
On the drug issue, he
said the Narendra Modi
government has decided
to free the country from
the menace and very soon
the drug trade in Punjab
will be shut.
Within a month an of-
fice of the Narcotics Con-
trol Bureau (NCB) will
be opened inAmritsar, he
said. Very soon BJP
workers in Punjab will go
to every village and every
tehsil in Punjab to spread
awareness about drug
abuse, the senior BJP
leader said.
He appealed to people
to re-elect the BJP-led
government at the Centre
with more than 300 seats
in the 2024 Lok Sabha
polls, saying Modi has to
be made PM again.
POLL PROMISES NOT
FULFILLED, SAYS SHAH
Attacking the AAP
over its poll prom-
ises, Home Minister
Amit Shah on Sunday said,
“I have come here to ask
Bhagwant Mann and Kejri-
wal that you had promised
`1,000 to every woman
in the state, but they are
still waiting for that. What
to talk of `1,000, not even
1,000 paisa has been
transferred into their ac-
counts.” He listed various
achievements of the Nar-
endra Modi government at
the Centre in nine years
and said India is now
known as a growth engine
around the world.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being welcomed by party members upon his arrival in Pathankot on
Sunday. ANI
India giving befitting
reply to those casting
evil eye on it: Nadda
PTI
Sivsagar (Assam)
BJP national president J
P Nadda on Sunday as-
serted that India has been
giving a befitting reply to
anyone casting an evil
eye on the country.
Nadda said the BJP-
led central government
has worked to strengthen
India’s security. “Be it
during the Doklam stand
off or the surgical strike,
India has shown no one
can cast an evil eye on
us,” he said.
Nadda also maintained
that the NDA govern-
ment’s nine years at the
Centre have been marked
by strong decisions,
which have taken the
country forward.
‘INDIA KNOWN FOR
DECISIVE GOVT’
Sivsagar: BJP national
president J P Nadda
said that the NDA gov-
ernment’s nine years
at the Centre have
been marked by strong
decisions. “Before
2014, India was known
for corruption, policy
paralysis and scams.
Now, we are known
for a decisive, strong
and forward-marching
government,” he said.
The country’s image
has undergone a
drastic transformation,
especially at the inter-
national forum, under
the current regime,
Nadda said.
Expelled from
Congress, former
MLA Deshmukh
rejoins BJP
PTI
Mumbai
Less than a month after he
was expelled from the
Congress, former MLA
Ashish Deshmukh on
Sunday rejoined the BJP
ahead of the next year’s
LokSabhaandMaharash-
tra Assembly elections.
Deshmukh was in-
ducted back into the BJP
in Nagpur in the presence
of Maharashtra Deputy
CM senior party leader
Devendra Fadnavis and
the party’s state unit
president Chandrashek-
har Bawankule.
Ahead of the state As-
sembly elections, Desh-
mukh had joined the BJP.
He contested that election
and won from the Katol
Assembly seat in Nagpur
district, defeating his un-
cle and Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) nomi-
nee Anil Deshmukh.
Over2Ljobs'eliminated',
govt'tramplingupon
hopesofyouth',saysRaGa
PTI
New Delhi
Former Congress presi-
dent Rahul Gandhi on
Sunday claimed that over
two lakh jobs have been
“eliminated” from PSUs
and alleged that hopes of
lakhs of youth are being
“trampled upon” by the
government for the ben-
efit of a few “crony capi-
talist friends”.
Gandhi said Public
Sector Undertakings
(PSUs) used to be the
pride of India and the
dream of every youth for
employment but today,
they are “not the priority
of the government”.
“Employment in PSUs
of the country has come
down from 16.9 lakh in
2014 to only 14.6 lakh in
2022. Do jobs decrease
in a progressing country?
1,81,127 jobs lost in
BSNL; 61,928 in SAIL;
34,997 in MTNL; 29,140
in SECL; 28,063 in FCI;
21,120 in ONGC,” he
said in a tweet in Hindi.
Hitting out at the gov-
ernment, Gandhi said
those who made false
promises of providing
two crore jobs every
year, instead of increas-
ing the jobs, “eliminated”
more than two lakh jobs.
“On top of this, almost
doubled the contract re-
cruitments in these insti-
tutions. Is increasing
contract employees not a
way of taking away the
constitutional right of
reservation? Is this a con-
spiracy to privatise these
companies?. Industrial-
ists’ loans waived, and
government jobs elimi-
nated from PSU’s! What
kind of ‘Amrit Kaal’ is
this,” Gandhi asked.
Was thrown in jail for 18 months: Rajnath Singh
ANI
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Sunday recalled
the struggle from the time
of Emergency and said
that he was thrown into
jail at the age of 23 for
eighteen months.
“I was interested in
politics since my student
life, and then I joined the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS). Gradually,
I kept moving towards
politics,” Singh recalled.
“I was sent to jail at the
age of 23 during the time
of emergency,” he in-
formed while addressing
IAS students in Luc-
know. He also took a jibe
and said, “How decent of
a man I must have been
that I was thrown in jail
during the emergency.”
“When the emergency
wasimposed,Ialsojoined
the agitation. I was in jail
for 18 months forgot
the IAS. As soon as I
came out of jail, I learned
that I got a ticket for a
member of parliament at
the age of 25,” he said.
DEFENCE MINISTRY TO
HOLD ‘CHINTAN SHIVIR’
New Delhi: Issues
such as developing
a comprehensive
approach towards national
security, pushing domestic
defence production and
those pertaining to serving
and retired armed forces
personnel will be discussed
at a brainstorming session
beginning here on Mon-
day, the Defence Ministry
said. Various issues will be
discussed at the two-day
“chintan shivir” in New Delhi
on June 19 and 20.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lights the lamp during the
'Together we can rise' programme, in Lucknow on Sunday. ANI
BJP National President JP Nadda visited the Golden Pagoda
Temple, in Namsai on Sunday. ANI
5 INTER-CONNECTED
PRIORITY AREAS
z Successful delibera-
tions by TWG will promote
economic growth, preserve
cultural heritage, and pro-
mote sustainable develop-
ment, an official said.
z Under India’s G20 Tour-
ism Track, the TWG is work-
ing on 5 inter-connected pri-
ority areas — green tourism,
digitisation, skills, tourism
MSMEs and destination.
98 dead in UP, Bihar
as north India swelters
in extreme heatwave
Agencies
New Delhi
As north India continues
to reel under an extreme
heatwave, at least 98 peo-
ple have died in Bihar and
Uttar Pradesh due to se-
vere heat in the last three
days. While 54 people
havediedinUttarPradesh,
44 people have lost their
lives due to the extremely
hot weather in Bihar.
At least 54 people ad-
mitted to a district hospi-
tal in UP’s Ballia died
between June 15, 16 17
as the state swelters under
severe heat, an official
said. The situation is no
different in Bihar as 44
people died in 24 hours
due to extreme heat-
waves. Out of 44 deaths,
35 people have died in
Patna alone. Nine people
havediedinotherdistricts
of the state.
Family members of patients admitted at a hospital due to
heatwave conditions, in Ballia, Sunday. PTI
HEATWAVEWARNING
ACROSSINDIA,SCHOOLS
EXTENDVACATION
New Delhi: India has
no relief from scorch-
ing heat as several
parts of the country continue
to reel under intense heat
waves. In its latest notifica-
tion, the Indian Meteorologi-
cal Department (IMD) has
predicted severe to very
severe heatwave conditions
in various regions such as
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil
Nadu, Madhya Pradesh,
Jharkhand, Vidarbha, Odi-
sha, West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana among
others. IMD has also stated
that heatwave and severe
heatwave conditions will
prevail in some pockets of
Odisha, Vidarbha during the
next four days. People living
in Gangetic West Bengal,
as well as Jharkhand will
witness scorching heat for
the next 3 days.
PMModidoesnotdiscriminate,has
risen above votebankpolitics:Singh
PTI
Kathua/Jammu
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi does not discrimi-
nate among the people of
the country and has risen
above vote bank politics,
Union Minister Jitendra
Singh said on Sunday.
Only under this gov-
ernment has develop-
ment reached the last
man in the queue, said
Mr. Singh, the Union
Minister of State in the
Prime Minister’s Office.
“Rising above vote poli-
tics, PM Modi has, in the
last nine years, ensured
equitable development of
every region and justice
to all,” he said at a public
rally in Jammu and Kash-
mir’s Kathua district.
Union Minister Hard-
eep Singh Puri also at-
tended the rally and re-
leased a coffee table
book depicting major
projects launched by Sin-
gh as Udhampur MPover
the past nine years.
Singh said he has fol-
lowed the same spirit and
sought to emulate the
same culture as the prime
minister in his constitu-
ency, which encompass-
es the Udhampur-Kath-
ua-Doda region.
Govt fund should
not be used for
building any
statue: Gadkari
PTI
New Delhi
Union minister Nitin
Gadkari on Sunday said
he was against erecting
any statue using govern-
ment funds. He also said
people do not value things
which are given for free.
Gadkari was speaking in
Nagpur at the ground-
breaking ceremony for
the statue of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj on the
premises of the Rashtras-
ant Tukadoji Maharaj
Nagpur University.
“Iwelcomethemoveof
the committee which is
constructing the statue
from the contribution giv-
en by the people. I feel
that government funds
should not be used for
erecting the statue. People
do not value things which
aregivenforfree,”hesaid.
Gandhi said those
who made false
promisesofproviding
2 cr jobs every year,
instead of increasing
it, they “eliminated”
over 2 lakh jobs

INDIA
06
HAPPINESS AMIDST CYCLONE BIPARJOY
707 births and zero casualty
Agencies
New Delhi
ndia registered
zero casualties
and a total of
707 women gave birth to
children during Cyclone
Biparjoy in Gujarat, an
official statement said
on Sunday.According to
the information given by
the Union Health Minis-
try, “During the cyclone
Biparjoy in Gujarat,
1,206 pregnant women
were safely shifted to
different hospitals and
health and wellness
centers from the affect-
ed areas, out of which
707 women gave birth to
children.”
Zero casualty target
was achieved by suc-
cessful evacuation and
sheltering over one lakh
people from high impact
areas along the Gujarat
coast. The work of evac-
uation was completed
between June 12 and 14,
a day before the storm
made its landfall in
coastal areas of Gujarat,
said sources.
The entire exercise
was foreseen by union
ministers deputed in Gu-
jarat by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi -- among
them Mansukh Man-
daviya was sent to
Kutch; Parshottam Ru-
pala to Dwarka, Devus-
inh Chauhan to Jamna-
gar, Darshana Jardosh to
Porbandar, and Mahen-
dra Manjupara to Gir-
Somnath.
Visitors take a selfie in the backdrop of India Gate on a hot
summer day, in New Delhi on Sunday. ANI
I
PTI
Pune
A massive fire broke out
in Kondhwa Road area of
Maharashtra’s Pune city
on Sunday, destroying
nearly 20 godowns where
various items including
biscuits, furniture and
electrical materials were
kept, officials said.
No person was injured
in the blaze which erupted
at around 9 am near Gan-
gadham Chowk, as per
fire department officials.
Around 20 godowns had
items like biscuits, mold-
ing and electrical items,
furniture and decorative
materials, were com-
pletely destroyed.
Says PM Modi
in 102nd
edition
of Mann Ki Baat
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Lauding the efforts of
people and disaster man-
agement personnel, who
combated cyclone Bipar-
joy, which made a land-
fall in the coastal regions
of Gujarat, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Sunday said that India's
disaster management has
become an example.
The strength of disas-
ter management that In-
dia has developed over
the years is becoming an
example today, he said
on his monthly radio
broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat'.
Cyclone Biparjoy
wreaked so much havoc
in Kutch, but the people
of Kutch faced it with
full courage and prepar-
edness, the PM said.
Be it the biggest goal,
be it the toughest chal-
lenge, the collective force
of the people of India, the
collective power, solves
every challenge, he said.
Ashadha Amavasya
Devotees in large numbers gather to take a dip in the Ganga river on the occasion
of 'Ashadha Amavasya', at Har Ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar on Sunday.
ANI
PTI
New Delhi
The shocking murder of
two sisters in Delhi's RK
Puram on Sunday set off
a political slugfest with
the ruling Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) government
and the opposition BJP
blaming each other for
the worsening law and
order situation in Delhi.
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal accused Delhi's
Lieutenant Governor VK
Saxena of conspiring to
wrest powers from his
government instead of
fixing the prevailing law
and order situation in the
city.The BJP, meanwhile,
accused the AAP regime
of resorting to cheap
politics over such inci-
dents while failing to
fulfill their primary re-
sponsibilities.
PTI
New Delhi
Yoga sessions will be held
atIndia’sresearchstations
in theArctic andAntarctic
regions, besides in coun-
triesfallingalongandnear
the prime meridian line to
mark the International
YogaDayonJune21.The
prime meridian (previ-
ously called the Green-
wich Meridian) is the line
of 0 degree longitude, the
starting point for measur-
ing distance both east and
west around earth.
“Yoga demonstrations
will be performed at In-
dian Arctic Station --
Himadri and in Antarctic
Station -- Bharati along
with countries falling
along and near the Prime
Meridian Line,” anAyush
Ministry official said.
Under the ‘Ocean Ring
of Yoga’, yoga will be
performed at Indian naval
bases, ports and marine
vessels in 34 countries
including the USA, Rus-
sia, Portugal and Moroc-
co, the official said.
“India's disaster management has become an example”
Just two-three days ago, we
saw how big a cyclone hit
the western part of the
country... Strong winds,
heavy rain. Cyclone Biparjoy
caused a lot of destruction
in Kutch. But, the courage
and preparedness with
which the people of Kutch
fought such a dangerous
cyclone is equally
unprecedented too. Just a
couple of days later, the
people of Kutch are also
going to celebrate their new
year, that is, Ashadhi Beej.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
EMERGENCY IN THE 70s DARK PERIOD IN
INDIA'S HISTORY: PRIME MINISTER MODI
New Delhi: Describing the Emergency
a “dark period” in India’s history, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said
those who supported democracy at that time
were tortured and a glance at such crimes en-
dangering the country’s freedom would make it
easier for the young generation to understand
the meaning and significance of democracy.
In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio broadcast,
Modi said India is the mother of democracy
and “we consider our democratic ideals as
paramount and our Constitution supreme”.
“Therefore, we can never forget June 25th.
This is the very day when Emergency was
imposed on our country. It was a dark period in
the history of India,” the prime minister said.
MAKE YOGA PART OF DAILY
ROUTINE, SAYS PRIME
MINISTER MODI TO PEOPLE
New Delhi: Ahead of the
International Day of Yoga,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday urged people
to adopt yoga in their lives and
make it a part of their daily rou-
tine. Modi said this time he will
get the opportunity to participate
in the International Yoga Day
programme to be held at the
United Nations headquarters in
New York on June 21 during his
US visit. Even on social media,
there is tremendous enthusiasm
about Yoga Day, he noted.
3 boys killed after
being hit by train in
UP’s Farrukhabad
Farrukhabad: Three
minor boys were killed
after being hit by a train
here, police said on Sun-
day. Hrithik (13),
Vineet (15) and his
cousin Hari Om (12)
had come to attend a
wedding function at Jaj-
pur Banjar village under
Mohammadabad police
station area, they said.
Their bodies were found
a few hours later by the
villagers who then in-
formed police about the
incident, they said.
Sand mining mafia
attack police team
in UP’s Mathura
Mathura: A police pa-
trolling team monitor-
ing illegal sand mining
activities were alleged-
ly attacked by suspect-
ed mining mafia in the
Baldev area of this Ut-
tar Pradesh district, po-
lice said on Sunday.
Three police constables
were injured in the at-
tack. Of the eight ac-
cused named in the
case, two have been ar-
rested, they said.
IN BRIEF
Woman molested
at hospital in
Mumbai; two held
Mumbai: Two persons
were arrested for alleg-
edly molesting a wom-
an patient at a private
hospital in suburban
Govandi here, police
said on Sunday. The ac-
cused, one of them a
bogus doctor, were ar-
rested on Saturday for
allegedly molesting the
woman in the out-pa-
tient department of the
hospital, an official
said. The victim’s hus-
band caught the ac-
cused in the act when
he went to check on
her, he said.
OVER LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
Delhidoublemurdercasesparks
warofwordsbetweenAAPBJP
Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi
Dark and dense smoke billows
out after a fire broke out in a
godown, at Gangadham area
of Pune on Sunday. ANI
Meenakshi Lekhi, Union minister of state
KEJRIWAL DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND LAW:
MEENAKSHI LEKHI
Union minister
of state Meen-
akshi Lekhi also
responded to the CM’s
tweet, saying: “Police
swung into action as soon
as they received word of
the incident. An FIR has
been registered and an
investigation is underway.”
“The person [Kejriwal]
does not understand the
law ... I want to remind
the people of Delhi that
this is the same Arvind
Kejriwal whose MLAs
were involved in the Delhi
riots. They were involved
in killing IB (Intelligence
Bureau) officer Ankit. Gulel
(catapults), guns (and)
petrol bombs were sup-
plied by these people. Can
such people be given the
responsibility of law and
order?” said the minister.
LG'S PRIORITIES ARE NOT STRAIGHT, SAYS BHARDWAJ
AAP leader and
Delhi health
minister Saurabh
Bhardwaj also reacted to
the killings, saying that
the L-G wasn’t setting
his priorities straight
because of which such
incidents were happen-
ing. “The law-and-order
situation has gone down-
hill in the national capital
in the last year. Women
are not safe as incidents
of violence against our
mothers and sisters are
on the rise. There’s been
a sharp upward spiral
in incidents of crime in
the Capital and one of
the reasons for this is
that the L-G isn’t setting
his priorities straight,”
said Bhardwaj. “Over the
past year, Delhi’s law
system has worsened.
Murders are happening
in Tihar jail, by barging
into people’s houses.
Molestation has become
common now. Today, no
woman can step out of
the house wearing jewel-
lery. Snatchings are being
done blatantly. Delhi’s law
system had never been
this bad ... The police are
working like a political
setup,” he added.
Yoga sessions
at Indian Bases
in Arctic and
Antarctic regions
on June 21
Agencies
Poonch
SecurityforcesonSunday
detected and destroyed
sixty one shells, including
eleven live shells, along
the highway in Poonch
district, officials said. The
local media reported that
during a land-cutting
workatSeriChohananear
highway,somesuspicious
smokewasseenbillowing
near the site.
“A police party along-
side SOG Poonch and
army reached the site and
upon analysis detected 11
live shells and fifty rusted
shells”, they said. The
found ammunition mate-
rial was destroyed in a
joint operation by SOG
Poonch and Army.
“50rusted,11liveshells
destroyedinPoonch”
Special Operations Group
Romeo Force of Indian Army
recover 11 rusted bombs in
Poonch on Sunday. ANI
Pune: Fire destroys 20
godowns; no casualty
PTI
New Delhi
The Rashtriya Swayam-
sevak Sangh (RSS) on
Sunday condemned the
ongoing violence in
Manipur and appealed
to the government, in-
cluding local adminis-
tration, police, security
forces and central agen-
cies to take every pos-
sible step to restore
peace immediately.
In a statement, RSS
general secretary Dat-
tatreya Hosabale also
urged them to ensure a
seamless supply of relief
materials to those dis-
placed due to the vio-
lence, along with “neces-
sary actions to maintain
peace and harmony” in
the northeastern state.
Stressing that there is
no place for hatred and
violence in a democratic
setup, the RSS said both
sides should overcome
the trust deficit, which
caused the present crisis,
and initiate dialogue to
restore peace.
People pay tribute to those who died to save the unity and integrity
of Manipur on Uprising Unity Day, in Imphal on Sunday. ANI
RSS appeals for peace in Manipur, says
no place for violence in democratic setup
So one more Mann
ki Baat but Maun
on Manipur. The PM
patted himself on the back
for India’s great capabilities
in disaster management.
What about the entirely man-
made (actually self-inflicted)
humanitarian disaster that
is confronting Manipur. Still
no appeal for peace. There is
a non-auditable PM-CARES
Fund but does the PM even
care for Manipur?
Jairam Ramesh
@Jairam_Ramesh

NEWS
07
INDONESIA OPEN
Satwik/Chirag grab the men's doubles title
Agencies
Jakarta
sian men’s dou-
bles champions
Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy and Chirag
Shetty on Sunday script-
ed history as they beat
the reigning world
champions Aaron Chia
and Soh Wooi Yik in the
final to win India’s
maiden BWF Super
1000 title at the Indone-
sia Open 2023 badmin-
ton tournament, here.
The Indian pair, sixth
in men’s doubles rank-
ings, registered a 21-17,
21-18 win over their
World No. 3 Malaysian
opponents in 43 minutes
to claim their first-ever
Super 1000 title. Satwik-
sairaj and Chirag were
slow to get off the blocks
in the first game but un-
leashed a flurry of attack-
ing shots to win six con-
secutive points and take
a 9-7 lead.
The Indian pair then
protected their slender
lead and closed the game
with two straight points.
Both teams took an ag-
gressive approach in the
second game and were
level at 6-6. However,
Chirag and Satwiksairaj
demonstrated quicker re-
flexes to stun their high-
er-ranked opponents and
went into the break with
a four-point lead.
“We had prepared
very well for this event.
We didn’t have good
head-to-head record
against them, so wanted
to play one point at a time
and it fetched the result
for us,” said Satwiksairaj
after the match.
Satviksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win India’s first BWF
Super 1000 title at the Indonesia open 2023, on Sunday.
A
Ugandanbordertownpreparesto
bury42victimsofrebelmassacre
The brutal attack on Friday night claimed 42 lives 38 of which, were school students
PTI
Kampala (Uganda)
A bereaved Ugandan
border town on Sunday
prepared to bury victims
of a brutal attack by sus-
pected extremist rebels
on a school that left 42
dead, most of them stu-
dents, as security forces
stepped up patrols along
the frontier with volatile
eastern Congo.
“Most of the relatives
have come to take their
bodies” from the morgue,
he said.
Some students were
burned beyond recogni-
tion, and others were
shot or hacked to death
after militants armed
with guns and machetes
attacked Lhubiriha Sec-
ondary School, co-ed
and privately owned,
which is located about 2
kilometres from the
Congo border.
Ugandan authorities
believe at least six stu-
dents were abducted,
taken as porters back in-
side Congo. In addition
to the 38 students, the
victims include a school
guard and three civilians.
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned this week’s
“brutal attack” on a Ugandan school where 41 most-
ly student victims were hacked, shot and burned to
death and others went missing. “I pray for the young stu-
dent victims of the brutal attack against a school in western
Uganda,” the pope said during his weekly Angelus prayer
at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican City.
POPE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UGANDA SCHOOL
Agencies
Lewistown, Pa.
Astate trooper and a sus-
pect were killed Saturday
in a shootout in central
Pennsylvania, hours after
the suspect seriously
wounded another troop-
er, state police said. Po-
lice said a man engaged
troopers at about 12:45
pm near the Lewistown
barracks and shot one
trooper, who was taken to
a hospital with serious
injuries. Authorities
found the man at Walker
Township, about 33 km
east of Lewistown. The
shooter and a trooper
were then killed during
the resulting shootout.
Trooper, suspect killed
in shootout; 1 injured
Authorities gather at the scene of a shootout between Pennsylvania State Troopers and a gunman
near Mifflintown, Pennsylvania (Pa) . AGENCIES
Third Indian dead
due to stabbing
in UK in 3 days
Agencies
London
An Indian-origin man,
hailing from Kerala, was
stabbed to death in South
London, just three days
after knife attacks in the
UK, which saw the deaths
of aBritish Indian teen and
a student from Hyderabad.
Aravind Sasikumar (38)
died from stab injuries on
his chest outside a prop-
erty in Southampton Way
on Friday, the Police said.
PTI
New Delhi
An Indian student has
been arrested in the UK
for raping a drunk and
semi-conscious woman
he had met in a club last
year, the police have said.
Preet Vikal, 20, carried
the intoxicated woman
to his flat in UK's Cardiff
and raped her in June last
year, they said. Preet and
the woman had gone on a
night out in Cardiff with
separate groups of
friends, where they met
each other. The victim
had drunk to excess and
by the end of the night
was, plainly, hopelessly
intoxicated. She stepped
outside the club and en-
countered Preet Vikal.
Indian student
gets 18 years’ jail
for rape of drunk
woman in UK
Ukraine war must end,
South African Prez
Ramaphosa tells Putin
Agencies
St. Petersburg
His delegation put for-
ward a set of principles
that the Kremlin deemed
very difficult to imple-
ment, a day after
Ukrainian President Vo-
lodymyr Zelensky ruled
out talks with Moscow.
The delegation brought
the voice of a continent
that has badly suffered
from repercussions of
the Ukraine conflict,
particularly with rising
grain prices.
This war must be set-
tled... through negotia-
tions and through diplo-
matic means, South Af-
rica's Cyril Ramaphosa
said after talks with Putin
at the suburbs of Saint
Petersburg.
PML-N to win elections: Maryam
Agencies
Lahore
Pakistan Muslim League
(Nawaz) (PML-N) Chief
Organiser Maryam
Nawaz said the party
would win the upcoming
general elections with a
thumping majority, me-
dia reported.
They felicitated the
party leadership over
successful holding of the
General Council meet-
ing in Islamabad and
also congratulated Mar-
yam on being elected the
Chief Organiser of
PML-N. They also ex-
pressed confidence in
the leadership of Mu-
hammad Nawaz Sharif,
Shehbaz Sharif and
Maryam Nawaz.
Maryam said the
PML-N candidates
would go to the elections
with full preparation,
adding that policies and
guideline of Nawaz Sha-
rif would be followed,
The News reported.
Archery WC: Abhishek
Verma clinches gold
ANI
Medellin (Colombia)
India's compound archer
AbhishekVermaclinched
a gold medal at the Ar-
chery World Cup 2023
stage 3 in Medellin, Co-
lombia on Saturday. The
33-year-old Abhishek
Verma defeated the 2019
world champion James
Lutz of the USA148-146
in a thrilling final.
This is Abhishek Ver-
ma's third individual
gold medal in the Ar-
chery World Cup, and
his first after two years
as he won the last gold
medal in Paris.
Earlier,Abhishek Ver-
ma, seeded eighth, de-
feated world No. 1 and
top-seed Mike Schloess-
er of the Netherlands in
a shoot-off after scores
in the quarter-finals
were equal 148-148. He
then defeated Luccas
Abreu of Brazil in the
semi-finals.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Telugu Talons
edged out the Golden
Eagles Uttar Pradesh in
a game that ended 26-25
in their favour. The
game had a thrilling fin-
ish as the game hung in
balance till the dying
embers of the game.
Match 21 of the inau-
gural season of the Pre-
mier Handball League
(PHL) saw high-flying
Telugu Talons clash with
revitalised Golden Eagles
Uttar Pradesh. Davinder
Singh Bhullar and Na-
seeb Singh gave the Tal-
ons a fast start to the
game which saw them
take a slender lead early
on in the encounter.
The Golden Eagles
looked to recover quickly
as Jyotiram Bhushan
Shinde and Sukhveer
Singh Brar came and lev-
elled the scores. The
Golden Eagles looked to
use their momentum to
establish a lead but Rahul
TK in theTalons goal was
standing resolute as he
made superb saves to
make sure his team did
not fall too behind.
TeluguTalonsbeatGoldenEaglesUttarPradesh
Ugandans on Sunday walk
around the burnt-out remains
of houses in a displaced
persons’ camp in Barloonyo,
northern Uganda, after a
rebel attack. (Inset) Security
forces outside the gate of the
Lhubiriha Secondary School
following the rebel attack that
left 42 dead and many others
injured. AGENCIES
Maryam Nawaz
Vladimir Putin, left, holds a talk with South African President Cyril
Ramaphosa, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday. AGENCIES
Compound Archer Abhishek Verma.
Telegu Talons defeated UP’s Golden Eagels by 1 goal, on Sunday.
UNCHIEFCONDEMNS
THESCHOOLATTACK
UN Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres has
strongly condemned
an attack on a second-
ary school in western
Uganda reportedly
perpe-
trated by
the Allied
Demo-
cratic
Forces
group,
said his Deputy
Spokesman. Ugandan
authorities said on
Saturday that ADF
rebels attacked the
Lhubirira secondary
school in Mpondwe on
the border with Congo
on Friday night, killing
at least 37 students.
At least eight students
remained in critical
condition. Six students
were in the hands
of the rebels.Those
responsible for this
appalling attack must
be brought to justice,
said Farhan Haq, the
Deputy Spokesperson,
as quoted by Xinhua
news agency report.
SHOOTING AT PARTY IN
CHICAGO; MANY HURT
SHOOTING IN ST. LOUIS KILLS 1 MINOR, INJURES 9
Multiple people were
shot early Sunday
during a gathering
in a parking lot in suburban
Chicago, TV stations report-
ed. “It was supposed to be
like a Juneteenth celebra-
tion. We just started hearing
shooting, so we dropped
down until they stopped,
witness Markeshia Avery
told WLS-TV.
An overnight shooting in a downtown St. Louis building
killed one juvenile and wounded nine others, accord-
ing to a news report. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police
Department said the shooting happened around 1:45 am on
Sunday, KMOV-TV reported. Witnesses told that the shooting
took place inside a building. The names of the victims and the
conditions of those wounded in the shooting were not available.
5 PEOPLE WOUNDED IN
SHOOTING AT WSMF
Five people were
injured in a shooting
near a Washington
state campground area
hosting a music festival
on Saturday night, police
said. Five victims suffered
gunshot wounds, the sher-
iff’s office said in a social
media post. Police said a
nearby concert was going
ahead as planned.
PAKISTAN: IMRAN KHAN, SISTER SUMMONED
IN LAND CORRUPTION SCANDAL
Lahore: The Anti-Corruption Establishment of
Pakistan’s Punjab has summoned the Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, his
sister Uzma Khan and her husband Ahad Majeed in
the Layyah land corruption case, media reported. Ac-
cording to a notification issued by the spokesperson,
the PTI chief has been asked to appear before the
ACE headquarters on June 19 whereas Uzma and her
husband have been asked to come before the ACE.
Sukhveer Singh Brar
of Golden Eagles was
top scorer with 9
goals, while Naseeb
Singh was top scorer
for Telugu Talons with
6. Kailash Patel was
given most valuable
player of the match
Chirag-Satwiksairaj
and Aaron Chia-Soh
Wooi Yik had also met
inthesemifinalsofthe
2022 World
Championships which
the Indian pair lost in
three games. They
bounced back at the
Istora, beating their
nemesis for the first
time in 9 meetings.
KAKHOVKA DAM MIGHT
HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP
Evidence suggests
the destruction of the
huge Kakhovka dam
in Ukraine resulted from an
inside explosion set off by
Russia. Citing engineers and
explosive experts, the NYT
said that its search found
evidence suggesting an ex-
plosive charge in a passage-
way detonated, levelling the
structure on June 6.
SANTOSH
SHARMA

Postal Reg No. JPC/004/2022-24
08
Many people stick to
their opinions with
great stubbornness,
reasoning will not make them
change as they did not acquire
the opinion with reasoning.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
SPEAKER BIRLA’S INITIATIVES
Accountability of Government towards House increased due to Birla
From P1...
he accountabil-
ity of the gov-
ernment to-
wards the
House has also increased
due to the efforts of Lok
Sabha Speaker OM Bir-
la. The 17th Lok Sabha
is far ahead in compari-
son to the 14th, 15th and
16th in terms of answers
given by the govern-
ment during the ques-
tion hour. The average
number of answers giv-
en during Question Hour
during the 14th Lok
Sabha was 2.79, while in
the 15th Lok Sabha it
was 2.50, 4.54 in the
16th Lok Sabha and 5.2
in the 17th Lok Sabha.
Birla believes that ris-
ing above the ideologies
of parties, the members
should raise the subjects
of public interest on the
floor of the house and
for this they should also
get maximum opportu-
nities.
Innovations in
parliament
People can now get com-
plete information about
their MP’s participation
in Parliament on the por-
tal of Lok Sabha. For
this, a special link has
been given on the portal
in which data related to
the presence of the MP
and participation in the
parliamentary work will
be available.
New Parliament
building has a
prominent place
The new building of Par-
liament has a prominent
place in the historical
achievements of the 17th
Lok Sabha. Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi dedi-
cated this newly con-
structed building to the
country in a grand cere-
mony held on 28 May.
12th Session of the 17th
Lok Sabha (Monsoon
session) will be held in
the new building. This
state of the art building
has been constructed in a
record period of just 29
months. All arrange-
ments for environmental
and energy conservation
have been made.
Rs 801 crore saved
from efficient
financial management
Lok Sabha has also set
new records in financial
discipline. Rs 801.46
crore has been saved out
of the total allocated
budget. It has always
been the endeavor of
Speaker Birla to make
the best use of the avail-
able funds. The process
of procurement of re-
sources in the Lok Sabha
has been made more
transparent and account-
able.Another saving was
secured by controlling
the use of papers.
Special focus on
keeping everyone
healthy
Birla launched ‘Har Pari-
var Swasth-Har Gaon
Swasth’ campaign under
which 4 special ambu-
lances are conducting
health check-ups of vil-
lagers. 32 types of tests
includingECG,LFT,KFT
are done in these ambu-
lances. There are also ar-
rangements of 180 types
of medicines. From No-
vember 2022 till the end
of May, this ambulance
hasdonehealthcheck-ups
of the villagers in Kota-
Bundi constituency.
T
Bharatpur: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla visited
Bharatpur on Sunday. The speaker, who was on
a one-day visit to Bharatpur, took part in the first
phase of Khelo India cricket and the concluding ceremony
of the MPs Sports Festival. Om Birla reached circuit house
where he was given a guard of honour. Later, he reached
the Lohagarh Stadium honoured the winners of tourna-
ment. Bharatpur MP Ranjita Koli also accompanied the lok
sabha speaker. Ravi Katara
OM BIRLA ATTENDS ‘KHELO INDIA’ IN BHARATPUR
BJPdolessworkmorepublicity,
CMGehlottakesajibeatModiGovt
DevasthanDeptappoints
non-Brahminpriests
‘Don’t vote for illiterate, those with fake degrees’
CM Ashok Gehlot in Kisan Mahotsav
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
Chief MinisterAshok Ge-
hlot on Sunday said that
the BJP does less work
and more publicity while
Congress governments do
more work and less mar-
keting.“ThePrimeMinis-
ter sends Rs 2 thousand to
the farmer’s account in 4
months. Means, by giving
Rs 6,000 a year, they are
looting accolades. For
this, big advertisements
will come for many days.
Then DBT will happen
and its happiness will be
celebrated. By giving
2000 units free to the
farmer, we are giving him
a benefit of Rs 1800 per
month.This profit is of Rs
22,000 in a year. We also
know maths brother. This
is the reality and no one
can falsify the reality,”
said Gehlot while speak-
ing at the closing ceremo-
ny of Rajasthan Kisan
Mahotsav at JECC Sita-
pura in Jaipur on Sunday.
CM Gehlot said that his
govt is giving grant in
Gaushala but the BJP is
doing politics in the name
of cow. “When our govt
was formed, we waived
offtheloansofthefarmers
keeping our promise in
two days. We waived the
loanofRs14,000croresof
the farmers. Apart from
this, our govt also waived
the farmers’ loan of Rs
6,000croreoftheprevious
govt. But as far as the loan
of nationalized banks is
concerned, we have writ-
ten several letters to the
Modi govt. We have even
asked them to settle with
banks. The state govt will
give the amount of farm-
ers’ share. But the central
govt is not doing this,” he
said.Thesepeoplecanfor-
givetheloanofRs10lakh
crores of industrialists but
they do not want to waive
off loan of Rs 1 lakh crore
of farmers.
Gehlot said that the
state govt has formulated
policiesandprogramsgiv-
ing priority to agriculture
and farmers. 12 agricul-
ture missions have been
startedplanningisbeing
done at each point. Ad-
dressing the program,Ag-
riculture Minister Lal-
chandKatariasaidthatthe
state govt has implement-
ed various schemes to
make farmers happy and
self-reliant. Udailal Anja-
na, Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas, Rameshwar
Dudi, Dr. Prithviraj,
GauravAgarwal, and sen-
ior officials of Agriand
Animal Husbandry De-
partment were present.
l PM sends Rs 2,000 to the farmer’s account in 4
months, that’s just Rs 6,000 a year, alleges CM Gehlot
l CM Gehlot informed that by giving 2000 units free,
we are giving farmers an annual benefit of Rs 22,000
CM Ashok Gehlot, Pratap S Khachariyawas, Lalchand Kataria, Udailal Anjana, Rameshwar Dudi giving
cheque of Rs 50,000 to beneficiary during Rajasthan Kisan Mahotsav at JECC in Jaipur on Sunday.
Modi does less work
and more publicity…
He has no competition
in marketing… Our
Congress govts do
more work and less
marketing. The PM
sends 2-2 thousand to
the farmer’s account
in 4 months that’s just
6 thousand rupees a
year. While by giving
2000 units free to the
farmer, we are giving
him a benefit of Rs
1800 per month,
which is 22 thousand
in a year.
ASHOK GEHLOT,
CHIEF MINISTER
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Taking a big decision be-
fore the elections, the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment in Rajasthan has ap-
pointed non-Brahmins as
priests in temples. The
Devasthan Department
has issued orders for the
appointment of 22 priests
in the temples.
The appointments in-
clude 8 women priests
and priests from ST, SC
and OBC community.
The main temples of
Jaipur include Anand
Krishna Bihari Temple,
Kalki Temple, Radhav-
allabh Temple and Lak-
shmi Narayan Temple.
Trainee IAS officer meet CM
Trainee officers of the IAS paid a courtesy call on CM Ashok Gehlot at the CMR on Sunday.
Director General of HIPA Hemant Kumar Gera, Arti Dogra along with Bhaisare Shubham
Ashok, Divyansh Singh, Mohit Kasania, Pritam Kumar, Saksham Goyal, Yaksh Choudhary,
Yasharth Shekhar, Shraddha Gome and Anshupriya are seen here.
‘...HE HAS DIFFERENT WAY OF SEEKING DONATION’: GEHLOT HITS AT GOYAL
CM Ashok Gehlot on Sunday targeted Union Minister Piyush Goyal saying that he
has a different way of seeking donations. Piyush Goyal goes to the houses of indus-
trialists and asks for donations saying that their names have been approved from the
above, said Gehlot. He alleged that when the industrialists ask how much is needed, they
are asked to give 25. “You understand whether it is Rs 2500 or Rs 25 lakh. If industrialists
say that the business is not running and they can give 10-12, then Goyal will say no, leave it.
Leave it means threat in their approach. We don’t take his words seriously,” Gehlot said.
Sunil Sihag
Sri Ganganagar
Delhi CM Arvind Kejri-
wal and Chief of theAam
Aadmi Party (AAP), on
Sunday said there hasn’t
been a single paper leak
in Delhi in 8 years and
not in Punjab also. “Next
time you go to vote, vote
for educated people,
don’t vote for illiterate
people. No one can shake
the Aam Aadmi Party
from Delhi and Punjab
for 50 years. Give a
chance in Rajasthan, you
will win such a heart that
you will not remember
Gehlot-Vasundhara for
50 years. Only Kejriwal
can give good education,
good job, good treatment
and no one else can. I do
not know corruption,
dirty politics, I only
know how to work,” he
said while addressing a
party rally in Sri Ganga-
nagar.
“Hoardings of CM Ge-
hlot have been put up
everywhere on the way to
our arrival. I want to say
that if Gehlot had worked
for five years, he would
not have had to do this
vile act,” he said.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann during
a public rally in Sri Ganganagar on Sunday.
Mahendra Choudhary, Rohit Vohra, Swarnim Chaturvedi during a
press conference in Jaipur on Sunday.
OM Birla, Ranjeeta Kohli and others awarding winners during
Khelo India in Bharatpur on Sunday.
KEJRIWAL, BHAGWANT CAME UNPREPARED: CONG
EIGHT WOMEN PRIESTS APPOINTED IN JAIPUR
Jaipur: Congress Dy Chief Whip Mahendra Choud-
hary and MLA Rohit Vohra said after Arvind Kejriwal
and Bhagwant Mann did not make full preparations
before coming to the Sri Ganganagar rally. Before accusing
Gehlot govt, he should have known about Rajasthan once.
Chaudhary said that Kejriwal termed CM Gehlot’s posters
as a vile act, but RTI information shows that Kejriwal has
increased the budget of advertisement by 4200% as com-
pared to Sheila Dixit's govt. He said that Kejriwal advertises
by putting his face even when a drain is built in Delhi. Kejri-
wal was saying that there are no paper leaks in Delhi.
z 22 priests appointed in
Jaipur, which includes 8
women priests.
z Two belong to OBC and
the rest belong to general
category.
z All of them have BA, B.Ed,
M.Ed, Ph.D degree in
educational qualification.
z Few of the pries have
also participated in na-
tional level seminars.
z Four priests are from ST-
SC category.
z Along with the appoint-
ment, these priests will
now get an honorarium of
about Rs 13,000.
Goyal accuses CM of corruption,
says people will oust Cong Govt
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Union Minister Piyush
Goyal on Sunday accused
CM Gehlot of corruption,
asking him to stop and
engage himself in the ser-
vice of the people instead.
He said the BJP has re-
solved to make Rajasthan
Congress free by ousting
the Gehlot government.
Gehlot ji has got into the
habit of committing cor-
ruption, he should now
stop that and engage him-
self in the service of the
country, Goyal told re-
porters at Jaipur airport.
The BJP has resolved
to free Rajasthan from the
Congress rule and ensure
that a good government
comes to power in Ra-
jasthan under the guid-
ance and leadership of
PM Modi, he further said.
Goyal is on a two-day
tour to Rajasthan. Prais-
ing PM’s monthly radio
programme, the minister
said the ‘Mann Ki Baat’
has become a historic and
world-class programme.
Goyal also interacted
with the students of the
Poornima University dur-
ing his tour in Jaipur.
Piyush Goyal, Rajyavardhan S Rathore, Ramcharan Bohra others
during a programme in Jaipur on Sunday. MUKESH KIRADOO

Bollywood
stars
reinforced
the idea that
expressing
gratitude
towards fathers
is a significant
and meaningful
way to honour
their presence
and influence in
our lives. The
messages shared by
them served as a
powerful reminder of
the universal
importance of fathers
in society. City First
brings to you a closer
look at how Bollywood
celebrities celebrated
Father’s Day and the
heartwarming messages
they shared...
JAIPUR, MONDAY | JUNE 19, 2023
Glamour | Fashion | Bollywood | Hollywood | Lifestyle
HEROES OF OUR HEARTS
athers embody strength and guidance.
City First brings to you a collection
of cherished moments from Father’s Day
celebrations, graciously shared by our
readers from across Rajasthan. P11
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Sonam Kapoor’s heartwarming
tribute to Anand Ahuja
Sonam Kapoor melted hearts on Father’s Day as
she shared a heartwarming video featuring her
husband Anand Ahuja and son Vayu. In the heart-
warming video, Sonam Kapoor showcased snippets
of Anand Ahuja’s loving interactions with Vayu. The
video was a tribute to Anand’s role as a parent. She
calls him the most incredible father. “To the most
incredible father in the world…Thank you for being
your best self so I can be mine, and thank you for
giving Vayu a childhood filled with so much love and
adventure… You’re my inspiration and my anchor @
anandahuja. Happy Fathers’ Day! Love you the most in
the world! #everydayphenomenal #vayusparents”.
Mithila Palkar’s Gratitude
to Her Grandparents
Actress Mithila Palkar expressed her heartfelt
gratitude to her grandparents, who have played
a fatherly role in her life. She shared an ador-
able picture with them, acknowledging their
unwavering support and influence. Mithila’s post
highlighted the significance of having strong
father figures beyond biological relationships,
emphasizing the love and guidance provided by
her grandparents.
ather’s Day in
Bollywood was
a heartfelt oc-
casion that saw
numerous ce-
lebrities ex-
pressing their love, gratitude and
admiration for their fathers on
social media platforms. These
stars took the opportunity to
honour and appreciate the sig-
nificant role their fathers have
played in their lives, showcasing
the strong bonds they share.
Through heartfelt notes and
cherished memories, Bollywood
celebrities opened up about the
impact their fathers have had on
their personal and professional
journeys. The outpouring of love
and appreciation showcased the
deep emotional connections be-
tween the Bollywood stars and
their fathers.
Shubhanshi
Pathak
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Sanjay Dutt’s Touching
Tribute to Late
Father Sunil Dutt
Actor Sanjay Dutt paid a heartfelt tribute
to his late father, veteran actor Sunil Dutt.
Sharing a throwback picture of themselves
dressed in suits, Sanjay expressed his love
and deep longing, saying, “Happy Father’s
Day, Dad! You mean everything to me. Miss
you dearly. Love you always!” The emotion-
al post struck a chord with fans, who flooded
the comments section with heart emojis.
Bipasha Basu’s Three
Generations of Love
Actress Bipasha Basu
celebrated Father’s
Day by sharing a pre-
cious picture featuring
her daughter, Devi,
along with her father
and grandfather. The
photo captured the
essence of three gen-
erations of love and togetherness. Bipasha
expressed her joy and appreciation, noting
that her daughter is fortunate to have an
incredible father.
Ananya Panday’s Adorable
Throwback with Chunky Panday
Ananya Panday shared a heartwarming note along
with a throwback picture of herself as an infant in
her father Chunky Panday’s arms. She described
their inseparable bond and affectionately called
him the “best papa.” Ananya’s post highlighted
the deep love and connection between father and
daughter, evoking a sense of warmth and nostalgia.
Mithila Palkar
Sanjay Dutt
Her post...
His post...
Anand Ahuja, Sonam Kapoor with their son Vayu
Her post...
Ananya Panday Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover
Her post...
Her post...

Bolly To Holly
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HonouringHeroes
HonouringHeroes
of ourHearts
of ourHearts
Father's Day is a special occasion as it serves as a
reminder to cherish the bond between fathers and
their children. It is a time for reflection and
appreciation for the selfless dedication and hard
work fathers put into raising their children. City First
brings to you a collection of cherished moments
from Father's Day celebrations, graciously shared by
our readers from across Rajasthan. The heartfelt
celebrations captured in these glimpses showcased
the profound impact and unwavering support
fathers provide in shaping the lives of their children.
Ria Pathak and Shubhanshi Pathak with their father Dr Navindra Pathak Kamini Karoliwal with her father Ajay Karoliwal
Mitali Dusad with her father Mahesh Dusad
Dr Bharat Singh, Uma Shankar and Ruchir Singh
Anita Tambi with her father Radheshyam Dusad
Pritam Sharma with his son Daksh Sharma Soubhagya Sharma with his father RK Sharma
Rajveer and Gauravi with their father Nimit Mathur
Divyansh Saxena, Sharad Saxena and Jyoti Saxena
Madhavi and Kishan Singh Chauhan Malvika Bhati with her father Yadvendra Singh Bhati Kuldeep with his father Dilip Solanki
Amit and Ankit with their father Babulal
Chhavi, Anil Achora, Neha and Nidhi Achora
Uttkarsha Shekhar with her father Chandra Shekhar Srivastava
Dr Gaurang Kaushik with his father Ashutosh Kaushik
Pooja with her father Suresh
Mansi Begerhotta with her father Chandresh Begerhotta
Radheshaym Tanwar, Amit Tanwar and Mohit Tanwar Vikas, Vishal and Shubham with their father Satyanarayan Bagra
Richa, Devendra Khetan, Kamal, Ratika, Tanay, Rahul and Vinod Bhargava
Shubham Sharma with his father Gajanand Sharma
Sanju Sharma with his son Shreyansh Sharma Himanshi Choudhary and Kushagra Choudhary with their father Chandra Prakash
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n the oc-
casion of
Vaishna-
vi’s birth-
day and
the 25th
anniversary ofArch Pro-
motion and Services, a
blood donation camp
was organised to benefit
children suffering from
Thalassemia at JK Lon
Hospital on Sunday. The
event aimed to raise
awareness about the ur-
gent need for regular
blood donations to sup-
port these children’s
health.
CMAshok Gehlot and
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as
the chief guest and par-
ticipated in the noble
cause. Various dignitar-
ies including MP Ram-
charan Bohra, Gopal
Sharma, BS Rawat, for-
mer Mayor Jyoti Khan-
delwal, Vinay Parashar,
Anchor Preeti Saxena,
Vaishnavi and Ajay
Agarwal were also pre-
sent on the occasion.
Thalassemia is a ge-
netic blood disorder that
hinders the production
of haemoglobin, leading
to severe anaemia and
lifelong blood transfu-
sion dependency for the
affected individuals.
Due to the scarcity of
regular blood supply,
Thalassemia children of-
ten require transfusions
every 15 to 20 days to
sustain their lives.
The event was organ-
ised with the utmost
dedication by Preeti
Saxena andArch Promo-
tion and Services.
Giftof Life!
O
Noble message
through Plays
City First
T
heJuniorSum-
mer Camp at
JKK, which
started on May
15, is nearing its end.
More than 700 children
took training in 14 disci-
plines in the camp. More
than 300 children in the
age group of 5 to 18 years
showed interest in the
theatre. In this workshop,
the children not only
learned the finer points of
acting but also developed
their personalities. On
Sunday, June 18, 12 plays
prepared by the partici-
pating children were
staged on the stage of
Rangayan depicting the
story of the month-long
hard work of the children
and their coaches. These
children paved the path of
Rangkarma and raised
various issues from the
stories emanating from
their world. Out of these,
10 plays will also be
staged on June 19 and 20.
The children of the
Chhote Habu group
reached the stage with
‘Habu ka Khazana’. Af-
ter this, the Dhoom
Dhadaka group paints the
world with the colours of
innocence in the play
‘Bachpan’. Shikari
Kaun’, Har Sunday, Pol
Mein Jhol, Swapna San-
sar, Oh My Media, The
Phone Booth Discon-
nected, Pash-Di Loop
and Taare Aur Batashe
enthralled the audience
with their captivating
storyline and acting.
Radheshyam Tanwar, a social worker, and his family members
celebrated Father’s Day with great fervour and enthusiasm
on Sunday. The celebration, filled with joyous festivities,
provided an opportunity for the family to express their heartfelt
appreciation for his guidance, wisdom, and unconditional
love. Radheshyam Tanwar has dedicated his life to serving the
community and uplifting the underprivileged. His selfless efforts
and tireless commitment have touched the lives of many.
YES TO YOG NO TO ROG
City First
T
he Beauty
Wellness Sec-
tor Skill
C o u n c i l
(BWSSC) commenced
a 21-day countdown to
celebrate International
Yoga Day, spreading the
message of embracing
Yoga and rejecting ail-
ments. In partnership
with the Federation of
Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry
(FICCI), BWSSC or-
ganised an invigorating
morningYoga session on
Friday, emphasizing the
significance and aware-
ness of Yoga in our lives.
Renowned yoga ex-
pert,Amit Kumar led the
session along with his
team, guiding partici-
pants through a range of
yoga asanas. Monica
Bahl,CEOofBWSSC,
stated, “BWSSC com-
memorated this day to
carry forward the legacy
of yoga and promote the
concept of ‘Ek Vishwa,
ek Swasthy- Vasudhaiv
Kutumbkam.’ This ses-
sion not only aimed to
teach and practice yoga
but also fostered a sense
ofunityandholisticwell-
being among all partici-
pants. Inspired by the
Sanskrit mantra, ‘Vasud-
haiva Kutumbakam’—
translating to ‘TheWorld
is One Family’—we
strive to bring this ethos
to life, celebrating hu-
manity and our shared
sense of belonging and
well-being.”
The Mandala Art Gallery organised a three-day painting
exhibition on Friday, showcasing a diverse range of art
forms including Madhubani Art, Kalamkari Art, Tribal
Art, Rajasthani Art, and Modern Painting. The exhibition,
organised by Vasudha Sharma, a talented artist and founder
of the gallery, aimed to introduce traditional art skills to the
younger generation who are often engrossed in mobiles
and gadgets. Over 50 paintings were displayed, showcasing
the immense talent. The picture exhibition was inaugurated
by renowned international painter Ramu Ramdev, who
praised the artwork created by the city’s young artists. The
event also had the esteemed presence of Dr Sunita Vashisht,
Principal of MGPS and Nathu Lal Verma, a senior miniature
artist, who served as special guests to inspire the talents.
LOVE FOR ART!
CELEBRATIONS!
Along with eye donation, Shine India Foundation, organised a body donation program
in the office of Jawahar Nagar, Kota in honour of the pious souls who have done body
donation so far in the Hadauti division. The unveiling of the Wall of Eternal Soul is
dedicated to the city’s leading industrialist, philanthropist, Social worker and founder of
Goyal Proteins Tarachand Goyal and Founder of Malik Traders, Anurag Malik. Shine India
Foundation has been working tirelessly for the last 11 years in the field of eye donation
and has so far received eye donations from 950 pious souls. In the field of body donation
too, in the last 3 years, 20 charitable souls have donated bodies in Hadauti division and
medical colleges in other states of the country. Along with this, more than 200 residents
of the city have filled out the pledge form for body donation with the organization. Dr
Sangeeta Gaur, the founder of Shine India, said that the reason behind unveiling such a
wall in the office itself was that the members of the organization have set a target that
by the year 2025, 100 bodies can be donated from the Kota division.
WALL
OF
ETERNAL
SOUL
FASHIONABLE NIGHT TO REMEMBER!
City First
T
he Casting Company, a leading mod-
elling agency, hosted a Fashion Night
at the Swish Club White at the Sam-
rat Hotel in the capital on Saturday.
The bash that went on till the wee hours saw the
presence of eminent guests from the fashion and
social fraternity tapping their foot at the tunes
of the resident DJ. With Cocktails and mouth-
watering snacks curated by the chef did the
rounds, Delhi’s fashionable set partied in full
swing. Among those who attended the party in-
cluded Viresh Verma, Akansha Popli, Sanjay
Nigam, Ketan Bhatia, Shivang Kapoor, Domi-
nic Holt, Gagan Myne, Swareena Singh,Akshat
Kapoor, Shivam Gupta, Saksham Dhall, Mahi
Arora, Kajee Rai,Amritraj Bora, to name a few.
Said Viresh Verma, founder TCC, “We shall
continue hosting such networking events since
they give a chance for the fraternity people to
know each other in a chilled out set up.”
Adya Malik Ankita Poriyal
Arti Rawat Shivam Gupta Manu Bora and Dimple Viresh Verma Akshat Kapoor Jyoti Chaudhry
Bhavik and Jyoti Manasi Taneja Suman Rajpal
CM Ashok Gehlot with (L-R) Anchor Preeti Saxena, Angel Tyagi,
Jyoti Khandelwal, Kriti, Vaishnavi, Mitul, Khushi and others
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Dr Amit Sharma, Dr Herry, Dr Satendra,
Deepak Tambi, Ajay Agarwal and Anchor Preeti Saxena and others
MP Ramcharan Bohra with (L-R) Anchor Preeti Saxena,
Ajay Agarwal, Dr Amit Sharma, Jyoti Khandelwal,
Deepak Tambi, Dr Kailash Meena, Rekha and Kannu Mehta
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Anjal Tyagi, Sabir Khan,
Naresh Bhatia, Vaishnavi, Kannu Mehta and Madhusudan Dadich
Crowningthebeauties
City First
T
he grand finale
of Miss Urvashi
Season 2, Na-
tional Level
Beauty Pageant of Miss
Category, organised by
Miss Intercontinental and
in collaboration with Elite
Foundation, took place at
Zee Studio, Sitapura on
Sunday.
Show organiser Virendra
Agarwal and show director
Rachna Choudhary shared
that this is the second sea-
son of the national-level
beauty pageant of the Miss
category. Around 30 final-
ists selected participated
and showcased their de-
signer collections to claim
the crown.
Bollywood actress Sim-
ran Ahuja and Miss Ur-
vashi 2022 winner Varshi-
ni Ramdagi were present
as the jury members,
whereas IG Jaipur Ashok
Gupta was present there as
a special guest.
The designer collection
Sudhanshu and Jewellery
range was showcased by
Bulbul Agarwal in this
event. The makeover of
the models was done
by Amita Makana
and her team. The
winner of this pag-
eant will be given
a work contract,
gift vouchers, and
an opportunity to
appear in films
and music videos.
The five-day me-
ga-fashion event
saw learning ac-
tivities like groom-
ing sessions, a
sashing ceremony
etc. The USP of
this pageant is
that during this
entire pageant,
no entry and
grooming fee
of any kind has
been taken
from any par-
ticipant. Varshini Ramdagi
Participants of Miss Urvashi Season 2
A glimpse from the play
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SUNIL SHARMA
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