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Afghanistan earthquake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
6.0 magnitude earthquake’s tremors were felt over 500 km by 119
million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, EMSC said
Kabul (Agencies): An
earthquake of magni-
tude 6.1 killed at 1,000
people and injured 1,500
in Afghanistan early on
Wednesday, officials
said, adding that 1500
people are likely to be
injured according to
state-run Bakhtar News
Agency. Quake struck
about 44 km (27 miles)
from the city of Khost,
near Pakistani border,
USGC said. The state-
run Bakhtar news agen-
cy reported the death
toll and said rescuers
were arriving by heli-
copter. Abdul Wahid
Rayan, wrote on Twitter
that 90 houses have been
destroyed in Paktika
and dozens are believed
trapped under rubble.
Rescue efforts are likely
to be complicated as
many international aid
agencies left Af after
the Taliban takeover.
Destruction caused by an earthquake in province of Paktika, eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday. Helicopter evacuates injured after earthquake on Wednesday.
Most of the
confirmed
deaths were in
the eastern Afghan
province of Paktika,
where 255 people had
been killed and more
than 200 injured. In
Khost province, 25 peo-
ple had been killed and
90 taken to hospital.
—Salahuddin Ayubi,
Ministry Official
MAHA
CRISIS
DEEPENS
READY TO RESIGN
...BUT CAN YOU PROMISE ME
SAINIK AS SUCCESSOR: UDDHAV
Uddhav’s speech was livestreamed after 30
Sena MLAs wrote to Guv backing Shinde
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, CM
Uddhav Thackeray test Covid-19 positive
Moni Sharma
Mumbai: Uddhav
Thackeray, fighting a
revolt that has endan-
gered his govt in Maha-
rashtra,saidonWednes-
day he is “ready to re-
sign” anytime, but can
you promise me next
CM will be from Shiv
Sena, but stopped short
of announcing his res-
ignation as CM. Sena
chief saidhewas“hurt”
at his own party men
turning on him. “De-
spite Pawar Saheb’s and
Kamal Nath’s support,
if my own people don’t
want me to be CM then
what should I do? I don’t
know if I can call them
my people,” he said.
CM LEAVES FROM
CMR AFTER SPEECH
Must quit unnatural
alliance, says Eknath
after Uddhav’s speech
Shivendra Parmar
Guwahati: Eknath
Shinde, Sena rebel
who has triggered po-
litical crisis in Maha,
on Wednesday under-
lined that it is vital to
get out of “unnatural
alliance” of Sharad
Pawar’s party & Cong
for party’s survival.
Statement comes af-
ter alliance partners
in MVA, say sources,
suggested that rebel
leader be named CM.
“Inlast2.5years,Sena
has only suffered &
other parties have
benefitted,” he said.
Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde with other MLAs at a
hotel, in Guwahati on Wednesday.
To save the
party and the
Shiv Sainiks, it
is vital that the unnatu-
ral alliance be junked.
It is important to make
this decision in the in-
terest of Maharashtra.
—Eknath Shinde,
Shiv Sena rebel
I HAVE 40 MLAs:
SHINDE IN ASSAM
Eknath Shinde on
Wednesday claimed
that 40 party MLAs have
reached Assam and said
that they will carry Balasa-
heb Thackeray’s Hindutva.
Remarks came as specula-
tion is rife that Shinde with
MLAs might join BJP.
 Will quit as Chief Minister
if even one of the disgruntled
MLAs says he doesn’t want
me as the Chief Minister
 Sharad Pawar and Kamal
Nath phoned me saying they
want me to continue as CM
 Getting calls from MLAs
who have gone with Shinde;
claiming that they were
forcibly taken by Shinde
 Shiv Sena can never be
separated from Hindutva
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray addresses a press
conference from the Chief Minister’s residence on Wednesday.
KC: IT’S AN INTERNAL ISSUE AND PARTY
LEADERSHIP CAN SORT IT OUT EASILY
WILL FIGHT: PRIYANKA CHATURVEDI &
SANJAY RAUT TO UDDHAV THACKERAY
‘HAD TO BE WITH
WITH CONG, NCP’
SENA MLA: I WAS
GIVEN INJECTIONS
“It’s an internal issue of Sena and the party leader-
ship can sort it out easily. The problem is BJP’s
attitude of using money and agencies to poach the
MLAs. I think Shiv Sena will survive,” Congress MP
KC Venugopal on Maha political situation said.
Shiv Sena MPs Sanjay Raut and Priyanka Chatur-
vedi on Wednesday tweeted messages of fight-
ing back after Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s
live address. Raut said Deshmukh claiming that he
was kidnapped, situation took a dramatic turn.
Uddhav said that I had
no administrative ex-
perience. I did what I did
to fulfil promise of dad.
We had to join hands with
Cong, NCP with whom
we fought for 25 years.
Sena MLA Nitin
Deshmukh, who was
with Shinde in Surat on
Wednesday said that
people had forcibly taken
him to a hosp and was
administered injections.
India’s digital sector valuations to
cross USD 1 trillion by 2025: Modi
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia supports innovation
across every sector and
its digital sector valua-
tions will cross USD 1
trillion by 2025, said PM
Narendra Modi on
Wednesday as he under-
lined the role of BRICS
countries amid global
focus on post covid re-
covery
.
The PM made these
remarks at the opening
ceremony of the BRICS
Business Forum being
hosted by China in a
virtual mode. “BRICS
was established with
the belief that this
group of emerging
economies could
emerge as engines of
global growth,” said PM
Modi in a recorded key-
note speech. He also em-
phasised that India’s
success is based on
technology-led growth
with innovation and
startups.
Modi to attend 14th
BRICS summit in a
virtual mode today
and tomorrow
Even if a Hindu nation is created, it will
not be able to stay united: CM Gehlot
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, yet again, at-
tacked BJP-RSS ques-
tioning that though
BJP leaders are talking
about Hindu Rashtra
but will they be able to
keep a Hindu nation to-
gether in the name of
Hinduism? “Even if a
Hindu nation is creat-
ed, it will not be able to
stay united. These same
Hindus will talk later
that they are people of
schedule caste. Today,
the people of BJP are
embracing the schedule
cast and tribal that they
are Hindus.
Turn to P10
CM fires salvos at RSS-BJP
Ask their soul, BJP-
RSS never embraced
scheduled cast and
tribals, Gehlot said
CM ASHOK GEHLOT RETURNS TO JAIPUR
Jaipur: CM Gehlot returned to Jaipur on Wednesday after
completing his Delhi visit where he was leading the party’s
agitation in Delhi for the last one week against ED’s ques-
tioning of Rahul Gandhi. Under the leadership of Gehlot, the
Congress party assembled on the streets of Delhi and on
Wednesday Gehlot returned to Jaipur after completing his
task. Although the curiosity remained in the political fields
about Gehlot’s absence at Rahul Gandhi’s address, although
he took stock of Rahul’s address after reaching Jaipur. Nota-
bly, according to sources, Gehlot had to return early due to
urgent work in Jaipur.
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses a
press conference at AICC HQ,
in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik met Pope Francis in Vatican City
on Wednesday. The CM is leading a high-level delegation to
Rome, Dubai. Delegation is scheduled to visit WFP HQ in Rome
to share Odisha’s “transformational journey” in food security.
DRAUPADI MURMU SWEEPS TEMPLE FLOOR
New Delhi: The Centre has accorded a Z+ security cover to
NDA’s prez candidate Draupadi Murmu who will file her
nomination on June 24. The leader of Odisha started her
journey by performing puja in the temple on Wednesday. P6
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, LUCKNOW, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a three-day visit to
Germany and the United Arab Emirates beginning Sunday.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said PM Modi will
visit Germany from June 26 to June 27 to attend G7 summit.
CRUCIAL READ
CBI CONDUCTS RAIDS
IN `36,615 CRORE FRAUD
New Delhi: CBI is conducting
raids at 15 locations in Mum-
bai in connection with a bank
loan fraud case of Rs 36,615
crore involving DHFL its
Director & its former CMD.
`100 CR DEFAMATION
SUIT AGAINST SISODIA
New Delhi: Riniki, wife of
Assam CM Himanta Biswa
Sarma, has filed a `100
crore defamation suit against
Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia,
who had alleged malpractice
in giving contracts for PPE at
above market rates.
COUNCILLOR, HUSBAND
HELD FOR TAKING `1.5L
Bhilwara: ACB on Wednes-
day arrested ward number
29 councillor Laxmi Sen and
her husband Mukesh Sen
red-handed taking a bribe of
Rs 1.5 lakh in Bhilwara. P9
NAT’L HERALD CASE: RaGa’S 50 HRS, 5 DAYS WITH ED
ED officials asked me secret
of my energy: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Recounting
how he handled the
marathon questioning
sessions with ED, Con-
gress MP Rahul Gandhi
on Wednesday said that
agency’s officers were
surprised by his pa-
tience and endurance.
While addressing party
workers at Delhi head-
quarters, he said that he
never felt alone in the
office even though he
was sitting in a 12/12 ft
room with 3 ED officers.
I answered questions,
checked all answers,
and didn’t leave my
chair much, he said,
adding that on the last
day officers asked him
how he has so much pa-
tience. Gandhi said ED
officers asked him at
night how he was able
to sit upright in the
chair for over 11 hours
without being tired, as
they were tired. “I
thought let me not tell
them the real reason, I
told them I do Vipas-
sana. You have to sit for
long hours in that, you
get used to it,” he said.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal, Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury, P Chidambaram, Salman Khurshid and others at a satyagraha against the ED
questioning Rahul Gandhi and Agnipath Scheme, at AICC HQ, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
I wasn’t
alone in the
room, all you
Congress workers were
with me. All those who
believe in freedom
were also with me.
—Rahul Gandhi,
Congress leader
New Delhi: The ED on Wednesday
accepted Congress president Sonia
Gandhi’s written request seeking defer-
ment of summons for Wednesday. The
agency has however given her four
weeks to appear before it. Sonia had
written to ED seeking postponement till
she recovers completely.
RAHUL SPEAKS
ON AGNIPATH
CONG MPs, MLAs
GATHER IN DELHI
Rahul Gandhi on
Wednesday alleged
that the Centre was
“weakening” the army
through the ‘Agnipath’
scheme, and said
PM Modi will have to
withdraw the military
recruitment initiative
just like the farm laws
were rolled back.
Congress MPs and
the legislators from
across the country gath-
ered at the party head-
quarters in New Delhi to
express solidarity with
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi, who has been
questioned by the ED
for 5 days, party leaders
said on Wednesday.
ED ACCEPTS SONIA GANDHI’S REQUEST
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First India Bureau
Bharatpur.: Giving full
industry status to hos-
pitality sector reflects
State’s robust focus on
tourism, said Tourism
minister Vishvendra
Singh while addressing
tourism & hospitality
fraternity at 4th
pre-
event roadshow at Lax-
mi Vilas Palace in
Bharatpur on Wednes-
day. Promotional road-
show was held for
scheduled Raj Domestic
Travel Mart (RDTM)
2022. It was jointly held
by Dept of Tourism &
Federation of Hospital-
ity & Tourism. Gayatri
Rathore, Rashmi Shar-
ma, Alok Ranjan &
Apurv Kumar were pre-
sent.
Domestic Travel Mart to revive industry: Vishvendra
GAME-CHANGER
‘Gehlotdoesn’tunderstand
religion & works to divide’
Dinesh Kumar
Sirohi: Attacking CM
Ashok Gehlot for his al-
legation that BJP was
doing politics of reli-
gion, BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Wednesday said that
Gehlot does not under-
stand religion and it is
Congress party which
works to divide people.
He said that staging
‘Dharna’ is ‘Dharma’.
“It is our good fortune
that we are the carriers
of Sanatan Dharma,
whose concept is Vas-
udev Katumbakam,” he
said during his visit.
Poonia said Congress
and CM Gehlot have
done work of dividing
people by doing the pol-
itics of appeasement
while the BJP works to
connect people.
The BJP leader said
that PM has given equal
opportunity to every-
one and the PM Awas
were not constructed in
the name of religion.
“In 55 years, Con-
gress pushed the coun-
try backward with its
vote bank politics and
policy of appease-
ment,” he said.
Poonia said that peo-
ple have rejected Con-
gress, from Kashmir to
Kanyakumari and will
be eliminated from Ra-
jasthan and Chhattis-
garh in next elections.
On the political crisis
in Maharashtra, he
said that it was the re-
sult of dissatisfaction.
Poonia said in Sirohi where he is to review preparations for training camp
NEWS DIGEST
Jaipur: Department of agriculture is in no
mood to spare those involved in adulteration
of seeds and fertilizers. The department
inspected 2460 seed-fertilizer shops between
June 1 to 17 and took samples of those
found suspicious and adulterated. Officials
informed 1072 samples of seeds and 694
samples of fertilizers were taken, while sale
on 11 shops were stopped and four shops
were sealed for irregularities. Inspections
are being undertaken as part of the Quality
Control Campaign. —Kashiram Choudhary
AGRI DEPT TAKES ACTION AGAINST
ADULTERATED SEED & FERTILIZERS
Jaipur: Vidhyadhar Nagar Police arrested
two men for allegedly robbing a courier boy
at a gunpoint. Police informed the accused
have been identified as Suraj Sain and Chut-
tan Sain. “The victim was robbed at gunpoint
on June 20 while he was coming out of a
bank located near the Cross Road Mall in-
tersection in Vidhyadhar Nagar. The accused
looted the bag assuming money was inside
it, however, they found only cheques inside
bag. The accused carried out the robbery to
pay off their debt,” police said.
TWO ARRESTED FOR ROBBING A
COURIER EMPLOYEE IN VIDHYADHAR
Jaipur: Taking an important step towards environ-
ment protection, state government has banned
the use of single-use plastic items from July 1 in
all state offices. Principal Secretary Environment
Shikhar Agrawal issued the order on June 20. Pro-
hibited items include all types of plastic carry bags,
plastic/thermocol (polystyrene) disposable cutlery
like bowls, trays, containers etc., used for serving
food/drinks, artificial flowers, banners, flags etc,
said an official on Wednesday.
Jaipur: The JDA has allotted housing to 200 fam-
ilies living at Chetan Kachi Basti in Adarsh Nagar.
They have been allotted the JDA-built houses at
Jaisinghpura through a lottery drawn by the JDA.
Earlier, taking the matter seriously Rajasthan High
Court had given the order to JDA in the matter.
Orders were given to remove the occupants im-
mediately. Petitioner had filed contempt petition.
PS UDH and other officers to appear on July 4.
New Delhi: Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena
visited Bikaner House and met Rajasthan Foun-
dation Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava in Delhi.
RTDC Chairman
Dharmendra
Rathore was also
present. Shri-
vastava apprised
about ongoing
reconstruction
works in Bikaner
House. Meena assured to upgrade the dispensary
to CHC. Srivastava said that space has been kept
for a separate health centre in reconstruction plan.
Dharmendra Rathore also inquired about works of
tourism dept.
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAN IN STATE
GOVT OFFICES FROM JULY 1
JDA ALLOTS HOUSES TO 200 FAMILIES AT
CHETAN KACHI BASTI IN ADARSH NAGAR
HEALTH MIN & RTDC CHAIRMAN INSPECT
BIKANER HOUSE WORKS,DHIRAJ DETAILS
GAYATRI REPRIMANDS BHARATPUR
MUSEUM STAFF FOR POOR UPKEEP
Bharatpur: Principal
Secretary, Tourism
Department Gayatri
Rathore on Wednes-
day inspected the
Bharatpur museum
and reprimanded the
official on noticing
several irregularities.
“You will be suspended
by evening and I will
transfer you to Jalore,”
miffed Rathore told an
official.
An official has also
been put on APO from
the museum, she
reminded the official.
She directed the
officials to cover idols
with glass and light-
ning should be done.
She also pointed out a
malfunctioning CCTV
camera and termed it
a big negligence from
the security point of
view.
Vishvendra Singh, Gayatri Rathore with Mahendra Singh, Raghu
Raj Singh, Randhir Vikram Singh Mandawa, Apurv Kumar, Khalid
Khan, Aalok Ranjan, Rashmi Sharma, Shyam Singh at 4th
pre-
event roadshow at Laxmi Vilas Palace in Bharatpur.
Satish Poonia being welcomed by women in Sirohi where he
reached to review preps for a training camp next month.
Raje & Kataria travel in
same flight to Udaipur
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje and
Leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria
reached Udaipur air-
port on Wednesday in
the same flight and re-
ceived a warm welcome
by her supporters and
she went to Sirohi from
there. Supporters of
both the leaders also ap-
peared united at the air-
port and it became a
topic of discussion in
the BJP.
As soon as Raje’s con-
voy reached the border
of Sirohi district, many
leaders including MP
Devji Patel, Otaram De-
wasi, Madan Rathore
welcomed her. Tribal
women in large num-
bers welcomed her and
were seen clicking self-
ies. MLAs Samaram Ga-
rasiya, Joraram Ku-
mawat, Gyanchand
Parakh, Pushpendra
Singh Ranawat, and
Lumbaram Chaudhary
were present to wel-
come Raje.
On reaching Sirohi, Vasundhara Raje visited Sarneshwar Mahadev
temple where her supporters gathered to greet and meet her.
Now, hassle free
process for birth-
death certificates
`2 cr for tracking
devices to curb
road accidents
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a relief for
those who are facing
problems in getting
birth, death and mar-
riage registration due
to non-availability of
Janaadhar card, the Di-
rectorate of Economics
& Statistics has issued
permission for registra-
tion in such cases by
giving relaxation. In the
JMC, many applica-
tions were stuck.
Pradeep Pareek, Reg-
istrar (Birth-Death) of
JMC said that govern-
ment has given permis-
sion for registration
even if there is no Ja-
naadhar, which was
mandatory in April.
Relaxation given in
Birth certificate for
children whose parents
are not residents of Raj
but were born here.
Death certificate if the
deceased is from out-
side Rajasthan, said an
official on Wednesday
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Administra-
tive & financial approv-
al of Rs 2 crore has been
issued by Transport
and Road Safety Depart-
ment for location track-
ing devices & emergen-
cy buttons of public
service vehicles.
Commissioner of
Transport & Road Safe-
ty Dept, Kanhaiya Lal
Swamy said approval
has been issued in meet-
ing of dedicated Road
Safety Fund Steering
Committee in the finan-
cial year 2022-23. Trans-
port department will
start state-level road
safety campaign in col-
laboration with police
from Wednesday. The
campaign will run till
July 17 for which ACS
transport Abhay Ku-
mar issued an order.
CM Gehlot had ex-
pressed concern about
road accidents, gave in-
structions to officers.
CM approves proposal
to benefit Rural Tourism
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved the
proposal to give bene-
fits of Rajasthan Invest-
ment Promotion
Scheme (RIPS)-2019 to
rural tourism units un-
der Rajasthan Rural
Tourism Scheme-2022.
According to the pro-
posal, rural tourism
units will get the bene-
fit of exemption in
stamp duty under RIPS-
2019. These units will
also be defined in the
tourism sector units de-
fined under RIPS-2019.
In order to provide
full benefits of RIPS-
2019 to rural tourism
units, the minimum in-
vestment limit of Rs.1
crore can be kept. Also,
100% recharge of SGST
payable & deposited can
also be done for 10 yrs.
State govt is working
with full commitment
to promote rural tour-
ism. With this approval
of CM, new employ-
ment will be created in
villages through tour-
ism units & handicrafts
will be encouraged.
It is worth noting that
tourism industry has
also been given status
of Thrust Sector under
RIPS-2019. Gehlot had
announced Raj Rural
Tourism Scheme-2022
in budget.
Draupadi Murmu practised Raj
Yoga at Brahma Kumaris in Mt Abu
First India Bureau
Jaipur: NDA’s candi-
date for the post of Pres-
ident Draupadi Murmu
is closely related to Ra-
jasthan as she has come
to Mount Abu and Abu
Road in Sirohi not once,
but several times for
spirituality, peace and
guidance.
About 13 years ago,
she joined the Brahma-
kumari Sansthan in
Mount Abu. After the
death of his son in 2009,
her relationship with
this institution deep-
ened. She learned Raj
Yoga here to overcome
depression & has also
been a part of pro-
grammes of the insti-
tute, said executive sec-
retary of the institute,
BK Mrityunjay. After
that she was in constant
touch with institute.
Leave CM’s chair, sit in
Delhi: Rathore to Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP national
spokesperson & Jaipur
Rural MP Rajya-
vardhan Singh
RathoreonWednes-
day launched a
scathing attack on
CM Ashok Gehlot
saying he was only
worried for Gandhi
family and has nothing
to do with the people of
Rajasthan
He said that by be-
coming a “tourist CM”,
Gehlot has made the
people suffer badly. Af-
ter Gehlot held a press
conference at AICC
headquarters in
Delhi, Rathore
posted 2 tweets &
targeted him.
“Gehlot ji, you
are more con-
cerned about Gan-
dhi family than people
of Raj. So leave the
CM’s chair, and sit in
Delhi & do a lot of press
conferences & chaotic
politics,” he said.
CLOSE TO SPIRITUALITY
Mohan Bhagwat
to attend RSS
meet in July
Dimple Sharma
Jaipur: RSS Prant
Pracharak meeting will
be held in Jhunjhunu .
The main meeting will
be held on July 7, 8 and
9. RSS Sarsanghchalak
Mohan Bhagwat will
also attend it. RSS’s
Sarkaryavah Dat-
tatreya Hosabale will
also be present. All zon-
al campaigners from
across the country will
participate. Sangh com-
pletes 100 years.



RDTM IN JULY
CM Gehlot have
done work of di-
viding people by
doing the politics
of appeasement
while the BJP
works to connect
people. PM has
given equal oppor-
tunity to everyone.
Satish Poonia,
BJP State President
Light to moderate rainfall occurred in Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Kota and Bharatpur divisions in the last 24 hours. Nokha
in Bikaner recorded 5 mm rains while Chhabra and Mount Abu received 4 cm and 3 cm rains, respectively, since Tuesday.
According to the Meteorological department, light rains are likely to occur in Bikaner and Jodhpur divisions on Wednesday
and the weather will remain mainly dry from June 23 to 26. The department has predicted another wet spell from June 26-27
in Udaipur & Kota. Tourists were seen braving heat and humidity in Jaipur on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
DRY AND HOT DAYS AHEAD!
New jobs will be
created from
rural units

RAJASTHAN
03
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: President of
Rajasthan Cricket As-
sociation (RCA) Vaib-
hav Gehlot on Wednes-
day inspected Barkat-
ullah Khan Stadium in
Jodhpur and took
stock of the prepara-
tions for the upcoming
international match in
Jodhpur.
Vaibhav Gehlot met
Jodhpur Development
Authority Commis-
sioner Inderjit Yadav
and District Collector
Himanshu Gupta and
discussed issues relat-
ing to renovation of
the stadium.
An MoU is likely to
be signed between RCA
and Jodhpur Develop-
ment Authority very
soon that will open
doors for international
matches in Jodhpur.
Following the approval
of Jodhpur Develop-
ment Authority, the
MoU will be sent to the
state government for
final approval. RCA ad-
visor GS Sandhu, Pra-
teek Kasliwal, Mahen-
dra Sharma, Mahen-
dra Nahar, Devaram, K
Nimbawat and other
RCA officials were
also present during
the visit of RCA Presi-
dent. Vaibhav Gehlot
also met Under-19 se-
lected players and dis-
cussed issues relating
to cricket.
Vaibhav inspects stadium
for upcoming int’l match
7-year-old girl
mauled by pitbull,
ripping ‘chunk of
flesh’ in attack
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 7-year-old
girl suffered serious
hand injuries after be-
ing bitten by a pitbull
dog in Jaipur’s Jhalana
Doongri area.
The girl was attacked
while she was walking
around in Kali Kamli
Bagechiwithhermother
at around 7 pm on June
16. Sources informed
that the victim has been
identified as Poonam, a
resident of Shiv Colony
in Jhalana Doongri.
“The bog belonged to
one Laxmi Narayan Ba-
goriya, who lives in the
neighbourhood,” in-
formed the source.
I-T detects over `100 cr
after raids on biz group
Rawat Kachori case: 2
complainants arrested
Rathore-led RTDC employees to
get 7th
Pay Commission benefits
New Delhi (ANI): The
Income Tax Department
has raided 25 premises
spread across Rajasthan
and Maharashtra be-
longing to a business
group involved in retail
andexportsaleof handi-
crafts, cash financing,
purchase and sale of
land and buildings,
along with some bullion
traders. The officials
have also detected unac-
counted income of more
than Rs 100 crore during
the raids.
During the search op-
eration, several incrimi-
nating documents have
been found and seized.
The perusal of seized
evidences indicates that
the group has indulged
in unaccounted cash
transactions in the real
estatebusinessaswellas
obtaining bogus pur-
chase bills, the Ministry
of Finance said in a
statement on Tuesday
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The case of a
lizard allegedly found
in a kachori of Rawat
Mishthan Bhandar in
Shyam Nagar took a
new turn as the police
arrested the complain-
ant and his friend. Po-
lice filed a case against
Akhil Agarwal and Su-
deep Agarwal under
Section 384 of IPC (ex-
tortion) and arrested
them in breach of
peace. They were later
released by the police.
Shop manager
Shankar Lal Vishnoi
had lodged a complaint
that both the youth had
come to the shop and
blackmailed, which
was captured in the
CCTV camera.
Theyweredemanding
Rs 1 lakh and the deal
was settled for Rs 50,000,
which they took.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: In a big relief to
the employees, the Ra-
jasthan Tourism Devel-
opmentCorporationhas
issued an order to give
the benefits of 7th Pay
Commission. This will
benefit more than 150
employees of the RTDC.
It is pertinent to men-
tion that in a meeting of
the Board of Directors
of RTDC, chaired by
chairman Dharmendra
Rathore on May 19, im-
portant decisions like
giving benefit of 7th Pay
Commission, linking
with RGHS scheme, giv-
ing compassionate ap-
pointment to deceased
dependent employees
were taken.
On Wednesday
, Mani-
sha Arora, Managing
Director of RTDC, is-
suedanorderandimple-
mented the amendment
of Rajasthan Civil Ser-
vice Rules 2017. With
this, full time employees
and probationary em-
ployees of Tourism Cor-
porationwillgettheben-
efit of 7th Pay Commis-
sion from April 1, 2022.
President of RTDC
Employees Union Tej
Singh Rathore thanked
Dharmendra and as-
suredthattheemployees
would once again try
hardtoreturnthecorpo-
ration’s old glory
.
TEACHERS STAGE HALF-NAKED PROTEST
AGAINST GOVT, DEMAND PROMOTION
Jaipur: Teachers’ protest against the state govern-
ment is increasing day by day. Teachers protesting for
the last ten days at Shiksha Shankul on Wednesday
went half-naked and de-
manded promotion. The
protestors also took out a
march and raised slogans
against the state govern-
ment. Protestors said that
if the government does
not accept their demand, they will sit on hunger strike
and gherao the CM House. Notably, the education
department changed the Education Service Rules in
August 2021. For promotion to the posts of lecturer,
the government made it mandatory for teachers to
have UG and PG degrees in the same subject.
Jaipur: West Bengal Governor Jag-
deep Dhankhar will reach Jaipur on
Thursday. From the airport, he will
go to the Raj Bhavan and stay there
overnight. Dhankhar will attend
some local events on Thursday. On
Friday morning, he will leave via air for Kolkata.
BENGAL GUV TO REACH JAIPUR TODAY,
TO ATTEND SOME EVENTS IN CITY
NEWS DIGEST
Infighting in Cong over
withdrawal of BJP cases
CS reviews Northern Zonal meet preparedness
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Protests have
begun in the Congress
over the Gehlot gov-
ernment’s decision to
withdraw the cases
filed against BJP lead-
ers.LeadersandMLAs
associatedwithSachin
Pilot faction, Youth
Congress and NSUI
have taken a strong
stand on this decision.
Pro-Pilot leaders have
questioned the deci-
sion and termed it as
demoralising. Con-
gress MLA from San-
god Bharat Singh has
also written a letter to
the CM opposing the
move. He said that in
the cases in which
challans were present-
ed should not be with-
drawn.
AbhimanyuPoonia,
who is pro-Pilot, said,
“Congress, NSUI and
Youth Congress work-
ers who agitated dur-
ing the BJP rule and
the cases filed against
them have not been
withdrawn till date.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The issue of
Eastern Rajasthan Ca-
nal Project (ERCP) is
likely to dominate in
the 30th meeting of the
Northern Zonal Coun-
cil going to be held in
Jaipur on July 9. The
council is meeting after
25 years in Jaipur.
Brainstorming on in-
ter-state issues related
to electricity and water,
particularly Bhakra-
Beas Management
Board, is likely to hap-
pen in the meeting
which will be held at ho-
tel Rambagh Palace.
The agenda points will
be decided after the ap-
proval of CM Gehlot
and then the Center.
The Rajasthan gov-
ernment is very excited
about hosting this im-
portant event. Chief
Secretary Usha Sharma
has reviewed the prepa-
rations for the meeting
and issued necessary
instructions to officials.
Officers were directed
to ensure the arrange-
ments including accom-
modation, transporta-
tion, security
, medical
and IT for the attending
representatives,guests&
officersshouldbeproper.
Injured girl in the hospital.
Usha Sharma instructs officials regarding arrangements.
Vaibhav Gehlot meets JDA officials during the inspection of
Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur on Wednesday.
Piqued by poor mgmt, councillor
dumpslitteroutsideJMCGoffice
POOR DOOR-TO-DOOR GARBAGE COLLECTION
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The poor man-
agement of door-to-
door garbage collection
by Jaipur Municipal
Corporation Greater
has once again angered
public representatives.
Councillor of Ward No.
134, Karan Sharma on
Wednesday dumped
garbage outside the Na-
gar Nigam office and
raised slogans against
the administration for
not addressing public
grievances.
Sharma informed
that it has been more
than ten days, but gar-
bage collection hoppers
are not coming in the
ward. “People are agi-
tated over irregularity
in the arrival of gar-
bage collecting vehicles
for a long time. They
are dumping garbage in
open areas which is
leading to bad smell and
health hazards,” the
Councillor said.
Councillor and others protest with garbage outside JMCG office. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
JMCG REMOVES
BVG FIRM FROM
SANGANER ZONE
Jaipur: Now Sanganer
zone of JMC Greater
is also free from
BVG company. On
Wednesday, the BVG
company was removed
from 6 zones of the
corporation. BVG is
now working only in
Mansarovar zone but
soon will be removed
from there also, said of-
ficial sources. The JMC
Greater has taken over
the cleaning system in
6 zones, said an official.
Threatens to
dump more
garbage
Dharmendra Rathore
Sanitation workers protest outside JMCG office. Later, the protest
was called off after the intervention of Commissioner Mahender
Soni. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
3 of Lawrence
gang arrested
in Bhankrota
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Bhankrota
Thana Police has arrest-
ed three men of Law-
rence Bishnoi gang on
Tuesday
. The accused
have been identified as
Rajendra Singh, Hariom
and Danaram. DCP
(West) informed the
Bhankrota Police spot-
ted three youths sitting
under Mahapura under-
pass on Tuesday night.
Jaipur Mayors review
monsoon preparedness
First India Bureau
Jaipur: JMC Heritage
Mayor Munesh Gurjar
and Commissioner
Awadhesh Meena offic-
er visited several areas
onWednesdaytoinspect
cleaning of the drains
before the monsoon ar-
rival in the city
. They
visited Johri Bazar, in-
spected the drain clean-
ing process, and direct-
ed the officials and the
staff to ready all drains
before the monsoon
rains start.
Meanwhile, Jaipur
Municipal Corporation
Greater Mayor Dr
Somya visited Ward 84
under the Nigam Apke
DwarCampaignandshe
also visited the Stone
Park. The mayor in-
structed to install high
mast lights in the park
and heard problems of
traders in SFS Shopping
Centre. She on the spot
instructedtheofficersto
resolve the issues.
Munesh Gurjar Awadhesh Meena inspecting drains. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

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UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 11
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
NOT VIP,
BUT AAM
AADMI’S PM
SURGICALSTRIKE
ON VIP CULTURE
Axing the subsidy on canteen
food and the end of the Lal Batti
ne of the days, PM Modi decided to have lunch
at the Parliamentary canteen. He visited the
canteen that serves MPs and ordered food. As
he was having his meal, he pondered, “For this
same food, people outside are shelling out Rs
50 or Rs 100 per plate. Whereas here it is being
consumed for Rs 8 or Rs 10. What does this
mean? What privileged class do we belong to, I
want to know, that we can’t pay for the food we
eat? This has to stop.” And so it was. That was
the last day of canteen
subsidy for MPs.
For Modiji, the poor
man comes first. His
concern was that when
the poor man can pay
Rs 50 for a plate of food,
why should an MP get it
for Rs 5? Thus what had
been a long standing-
issue was sorted by PM
Modi to build an egali-
tarian society
.
And talking of the
privileged class, PM
Modi questioned, and
literally detested the
“LAL BATTI” culture.
The Lal Batti, in Indian
psyche, has come to be
associated with the
might of the political
class and the tremen-
dous public inconven-
ience caused when peo-
ple have to wait in traf-
fic due to road blocks or
make way for VIPs in
cars flashing the Lal Batti. PM Modi ques-
tioned why should anyone, including the Pres-
ident, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice
of India, be distinguished from the rest of
their brethren with the red beacon? “Every
Indian is special”, was the clarion call.
O
NARENDRA MODI,
THE FAKIR...
s a pracharak in 1970s, Narendra bhai was a
frequent visitor to my place. This incident is
about a cold winter morning. I woke up early
and after saying my prayers I went out for a
whiff of fresh air when I found someone sleep-
ing on the hard bench outside in the porch. The
person’s cloth bag was hanging by the wooden
board and he was sleeping peacefully
. I was ab-
solutely shocked to find that it was none other
than Narendra bhai and I immediately woke
him up. Almost shrieking I asked “Why did you
not wake us up? Why did you have to sleep out-
side on this hard bench?”
As soft and humble as he is, he said quietly
“It was in the middle of the night when I
reached. I could have
woken you up but I did
not want to trouble
you.” He would always
address my wife as be-
hen (sister). Then he
continued “More than
you, my knocking at
midnight would have
caused trouble for be-
hen. She would have got
busy making arrange-
ments to ensure a com-
fortable stay for me
with cooking and mak-
ing the bed. I simply did
not have the heart to put
her to so much incon-
venience so late in the
night.”
Today when I look
back, I can see Naren-
dra bhai’s face, shining
like that of a fakir. Is
there any power that
could have stopped a
person as caring, as self-
less, as simple and with
so much inner strength from becoming the
PM? None. Even today our PM is just as con-
siderate and humble as Narendra bhai.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A
YOU READ PART-10 ON JUNE 16, 2022
LESSONS FROM
THE PERFECT
PRIME MINISTER
e would often guide the
karyakartas about how
to behave in society, giv-
ing practical tips as well
as moral guidance. He
would say “Always re-
member that people are
watching us. Since we are working in
the society
, with people, we must think
and ponder - how is it that people see
us?” Narendra bhai then illustrated
his point with an example. He said that
once he had gone to someone’s house
and was offered tea. As he started hav-
ing tea, he realised that the entire fam-
ily assembled in the room where he
was. He began to wonder “After all
why are they here?” After a few mo-
ments of observation and trying to
make sense of the situation, the an-
swer dawned upon him. The karyakar-
ta who was accompanying him was
slurping down the hot chai. It is in-
deed a loud, recurrent and embarrass-
ing sound that comes when you suck
in hot tea almost in bubbles - a long,
loud “shhwooop”. Modi bhai immedi-
ately took cognizance of the situation
and instructed the karyakarta regard-
ing tea etiquette. Possessing proper
etiquette is absolutely essential for a
karyakarta, who is a public personal-
ity, he said. Thus, Modi bhai gave a
loving as well as strict lesson to all the
karyakartas and said one should make
a conscious effort to ensure there is no
slurping, at home or in public. Such
display of improper manners only
brings on embarrassment as in this
case all the family members gathered
listening to the sound to find out
“Who’s having tea?”
At a personal level, it was Naren-
drabhai who taught me how to iron a
shirt. I was the office co-incharge at
Maninagar office. Narendrabhai used
to live there and we used to have lunch
together. It was my routine to iron all
my clothes myself. One day he ap-
peared all of a sudden with his kurta
inhishandandsaid“Wouldyouplease
iron this for me?” I said “Yes absolute-
ly
. Why not?” Now as I started, he im-
mediately gave me a handy, practical
tip on how to iron with perfection. He
said “This is not the way to do it. I will
show you how it’s done.” It is the front
side of the shirt that matters. So when
you iron, always ensure that the front
of the kurta or shirt is done nicely and
crisply
. The back doesn’t show, so do
the front first.
This is how Narendra bhai stands
out as a leader. He is a very aware and
a conscious leader who tries to bring
up the level of every person associat-
ed with him. This is possible only be-
cause he keeps a keen eye on people
and their welfare is his priority
. With-
out proper etiquette, it isn’t possible
to lead a successful public life. How
one conducts oneself socially is of ut-
most importance!
H
PM MODI DETESTS THE
“LAL BATTI” CULTURE
P
M Modi detested the
“LAL BATTI” culture. PM
Modi questioned why
should anyone, including the
President, the Prime Minister,
the Chief Justice of India, be
distinguished from the rest
of their brethren with the
red beacon? “Every Indian is
special”, was the clarion call.
NARENDRA BHAI USED
TO VISIT MY HOME OFTEN
A
s a pracharak in 1970s,
Narendra bhai was a
frequent visitor to my
place. One day, I woke up early
and went out for a whiff of
fresh air when I found someone
sleeping on hard bench outside
in the porch. I was absolutely
shocked to find that it was none
other than Narendra bhai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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06
READ
Crucial
Crucial
AMIT SHAH TO
ATTEND NATIONAL
CONCLAVE TODAY
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Home Affairs
Amit Shah will attend a
conclave in the national
capital on Thursday,
which will discuss
various issues related to
Scheduled and Multi-
State Urban Co-operative
Banks and Credit Socie-
ties and will also felicitate
Urban Cooperative Banks
that have completed 100
years of service to soci-
ety. Shah will be the Chief
Guest at the National
Conclave of Scheduled
and Multi-State Urban
Co-operative Banks.
ANIL VIJ TESTS
COVID POSITIVE
FOR THE 2ND TIME
Chandigarh: Haryana’s
Home and Health
Minister Anil Vij on
Wednesday tested covid
positive. “I have tested
corona positive today.
I have isolated myself.
I request all those who
have come into contact
with me for the last few
days to get themselves
tested,” the 69-year-old
senior BJP leader said
in a tweet.Vij had taken
part in an International
Yoga Day function at
Ambala Cantonment on
Tuesday.
K’TAKA LEADER
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
SLAPPING TEACHER
Bangalore: A Janata
Dal (Secular) leader has
been caught on camera
slapping the principal
of a college in Karna-
taka. The politician, M
Srinivas, was on a visit
to a college and report-
edly got angry after the
principal was not able to
provide a clear answer
about the ongoing
development work for
a computer lab. The
incident took place in
Mandya on June 20 and
the video is now going
viral on social media.
GOVT APPROVES
SETTING UP BRO
CAFES FOR TOURISTS
New Delhi: Ministry
of Defence (MoD) has
approved the setting up
of wayside amenities at
75 locations across 12
States and Union Territo-
ries on different sections
of roads with the Border
Roads Organisation
(BRO).The amenities
are intended to provide
basic amenities to the
tourists on different
sections of roads which
will lead to boosting
economic activities in
border areas, besides
generating employment.
Opposition’s puzzling silence
on ED’s action against Congress
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Congress is
fighting alone against
the ongoing Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
action against Sonia
and Rahul Gandhi. Al-
most all the opposition
parties have remained
silent on this. Even the
allies of Congress and
the parties involved in
UPA are not saying any-
thing on this. Usually
the opposition parties
take a stand against the
action of the central
agencies and support
each other. But this time
no one is supporting
Congress. Apart from
the sporadic statements
of a few leaders, the
Congress has not got
much support. Keep in
mind that when the CBI
raided RJD leader Lalu
Prasad and his family in
the past, the Congress
hadopposeditandmade
allegations against the
central government.
But Lalu’s family is si-
lent in the interrogation
of Rahul Gandhi and
Lalu himself has not
given any statement.
Keep in mind that al-
most all opposition par-
ties are facing the action
of central agencies.
From Mamata Banerjee
to Sharad Pawar and He-
mant Soren to Lalu Pras-
adandAkhileshYadavto
MK Stalin, all family
membersandpartylead-
ers are under the control
of centralagencies.Then
the question is whether
the parties are silent out
of fear or are there any
political reasons? It is
possible that on this pre-
text, the opposition par-
tiesarefeelingthatif the
Congress is upset then
theycandotheirpolitics.
It is also being said that
even the Congress did
nottrytotaketheopposi-
tionpartiesalongorfora
common movement on
this. All the opposition
leaders had reached Del-
hi only on Tuesday to at-
tend the meeting called
by Mamata Banerjee but
no one saw the need to
meet Rahul and support
him. On the third day of
Rahul’s interrogation,
Akhilesh Yadav made a
comment in a shady
style, in which he did not
name anyone but said
that the opposition
should be ready to face
the action of central
agencies.
DRAUPADIMURMUOFFERS
PRAYERS AT JAGANNATH TEMPLE
Mayurbhanj: National
Democratic Alliance’s
(NDA) Presidential can-
didate Draupadi Mur-
mu offered prayers at
Rairangpur Jagannath
Temple in Odisha’s
MayurbhanjonWednes-
day morning. She also
offered prayers at a Shi-
va Temple in Mayurb-
hanj’s Rairangpur after
which she swept the
floor of the temple.
In addition, Murmu
visited a tribal worship
place called ‘Jahira’ on
Wednesday
. Draupadi
Murmu, a tribal woman
leader,wasdeclaredBJP-
led NDA’s presidential
candidate. She is a for-
mer Governor of
Jharkhand and a former
Odisha minister and is
NDA’s pick against
Yashwant Sinha, a for-
mer Union Minister, the
joint opposition candi-
date for the July presi-
dentialpolls.Sheislikely
to file her nomination on
June 25, said sources on
Tuesday
.Murmusaidshe
was surprised to learn
about her candidature
andwasunabletobelieve
it and noted that she will
work according to the
powers of the President
enshrined in the Consti-
tution. she said she will
reach out to members of
the electoral college for
their support. “I am sur-
prised, I was not able to
believe it. I am thankful,
do not wish to speak
much,” Draupadi Mur-
mu, a former Jharkhand
Governor, said.
“Whatever powers of
President are enshrined
intheConstitution,Iwill
work accordingly
,” she
saidinresponsetoaque-
ryaboutherprioritiesif
she is elected as presi-
dent.Thevotingforpres-
idential elections will be
held on July 18. If elect-
ed, she will be the first
tribal President of India
andthecountry’ssecond
female President.
NDA’s candidate also offered prayers at a Shiva Temple in Mayurbhanj’s Rairangpur after which
she swept the floor of the temple. In addition, Murmu visited a tribal worship place called ‘Jahira’
PRESIDENT POLLS
National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu being congratulated
after the declaration, in Mayurbhanj. —PHOTO BY ANI
MANJHI, CHIRAG
PASWAN SUPPORT
NDA’S MURMU
JD(U), LOK JAN
SHAKTI SUPPORT
TO MURMU
New Delhi: Janata Dal
(United) has formally
announced its support
for the NDA’s presiden-
tial candidate Draupadi
Murmu for the upcom-
ing election. Taking to
Twitter, JD (U) national
president Rajiv Ranjan
(Lalan) Singh announced
it on Wednesday. He
wrote, “Janata Dal (U)
welcomes and sup-
ports the candidature of
Draupadi Murmu ji. My
heartiest congratulations
on being nominated for
the presidential election.”
Mayurbhanj: After the an-
nouncement of Droupadi
Murmu as the NDA can-
didate for the Presidential
poll, Bihar’s two Dalit
leaders former CM Jitan
Ram Manjhi and Chirag
Paswan have announced
support to her. Manjhi on
Wed tweeted “Our sister
Droupadi Murmu is a
pride of tribal people. I
would like to congratulate
her as NDA has declared
her candidate for the
highest post of the
country. He also added
the ‘Modi Hai To Mumkin
Hai’ to his tweet.
YASHWANT SINHA
TO FILE NOMINATION
ON JUNE 27
New Delhi: Yashwant Sinha,
a former Union Min and the
joint opposition candidate for
the prez election will file his
nomination on June 27 in the
Parliament with five sets of
nominations.Lok Sabha MP
from Kerala, N K Premchan-
dran said, “We have already
decided to file the nomination
on June 27 at 11.30 am. He
will be filing the nomination
and it will be supported by all
the opposition parties.”
DISCONTENT GROWS IN CPI(M) OVER
SUPPORT TO YASHWANT SINHA
Kolkata: Discontent has started brewing in the CPI(M) over
the party high command’s decision to support Yashwant
Sinha’s candidature as the unanimous opposition candidate
for the Prez polls. The anger
over the candidature of Sinha,
who resigned as the Trinamool
Congress’s national vice- presi-
dent to contest the Prez polls,
is especially acute in the Bengal
brigade of the CPI(M), for whom
the TMC is still the foremost
political rival in the state. The
discontent was ignited by a comment from the CPI(M) RS
member, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the party’s sole Parlia-
mentary representative from Bengal, to a section of the media.
CUET-UG from July
15; Registration open
New Delhi: With an as-
pirant being allowed to
appear in upto nine pa-
pers, resulting in 54,000
subject combinations,
the Common University
Entrance Test-Under-
graduate (CUET-UG)
will be the longest en-
trance exam to be con-
ducted from July 15 to
August 10, 2022. Over 11
lakh candidates have
registered for the first
edition of CUET. Na-
tional Testing Agency
(NTA) has also reopened
the registration and cor-
rection window for two
days – July 23 to July 24.
As per the notification
released on Wednesday,
CUET-UG will spread
over 10 days, starting
from July 15. There will
be no CUET papers on
July 17, 2022 due to the
NEET-UG.
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
ED FILES CHARGE
SHEET AGAINST
ONLINE GAMING
New Delhi: ED has filed
a prosecution complaint/
charge sheet against
two people for alleg-
edly operating “PP Poker
Online Gaming App” and
placing illegal bets and
gambling, ED said on
Wednesday.The persons
who have been charge-
sheeted were identified
as Hardeep Singh and
Ankur alias Rahul Khan-
na, both the residents of
Kolkata. Earlier on April
6, the ED had arrested
Hardeep and Ankur
under the provisions of
PMLA, 2002.
ED ALLOWS SACHIN WAZE’S PLEA TO
BECOME APPROVER: DESHMUKH CASE
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday allowed
dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze to become an
approver in the money laundering case involving the former
state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.The court is scheduled to
conduct the hearing on Thursday with Waze as witness. Waze
had filed a petition in the special PMLA court on May 25 to be-
come an approver, to which the ED filed its reply and allowed
him to turn approver. The hearing is to be held in the court
today. Waze has also been approved by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) for becoming a witness in another case of
corruption involving Deshmukh.Both Deshmukh and Waze are
in judicial custody in separate cases NIA and ED, respectively.
Coal block case:
ED attaches assets
worth `26 crore
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
has attached immova-
ble and movable assets
valued at Rs 26.93 crore
belonging to EMTA
Coal Ltd and its part-
ners and Directors in a
coal block case. The at-
tached property is in
the form of Bank Ac-
count Balances,
Fixed Deposit Balances
and Mutual Fund hold-
ings. These properties
belong to EMTA Coal
Ltd and its partners and
Directors Ujjal Kumar
Upadhaya, Sangeeta
Upadhaya, Sujit Kumar
Upadhaya-- and their
family members under
the PMLA, 2002. ED ini-
tiated a money-launder-
ing investigation on the
basis of the FIR regis-
tered by the CBI.
Chandigarh: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
scored a big win
Wednesday in Haryana
municipal elections,
claiming 22 of the 33
seats it contested, al-
though it did lose two
president’s posts in
Karnal, which is chief
minister ML Khattar’s
home turf. Overall, the
results for 46 municipal
councils were well in
favour of the ruling
BJP and its ally, Dushy-
ant Chautala’s Jannay-
ak Janata Party (JJP),
which bagged three
seats. Rivals Aam Aad-
mi Party won just one
president’s post - in Ku-
rukshetra’s Ismailabad.
Independentcandidates
claimed 19, including in
Hansi, Narwana, Nar-
naul, Tohana, Bhiwani,
and Hodal, with the In-
dian National Lok Dal
(INLD) getting one. The
BJP’s presidential seat
wins included councils
in Gohana, Jind, Jhaj-
jar, Bahadurgarh,
Charkhi Dadri, Kalka,
Sohna, Kaithal, Palwal,
and Fatehabad. Gaurav
Bedi, the son of CM
Khattar’s advisor Kris-
han Bedi, lost from
ward number 9 of of
the Shahbad municipal
committee.

❍ HARYANA CIVIC POLLS
Results: BJP wins 22 president’s
seats, independents 19, AAP 1
Krishan Lal Lamba of BJP celebrating after winning Kalka MC
President elections with a margin of 8,364 votes.
New Delhi: India and
Australia on Wednesday
agreed to explore means
to grow connections and
opportunities between
the defence industrial
bases of the two coun-
tries as well as to in-
crease the resilience of
supply chains and deliv-
er capabilities to their
respectivedefenceforces.
This was agreed dur-
ing the bilateral meeting
between Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh and
the visiting Australian
Deputy Prime Minister
andMinisterforDefence
Richard Marles. India is
also set to participate in
Australia’s Indo-Pacific
Endeavour exercise in
October 2022. The two
ministers reviewed the
existingdefencecoopera-
tion activities which
have been increasing de-
spite the challenges of
the COV pandemic and
discussed ways to en-
hance further coopera-
tion. The ministers re-
viewed the defence and
security pillars of the
India-Australia Compre-
hensive Strategic Part-
nership.Theyreaffirmed
their commitment to the
implementation of the
Comprehensive Strate-
gicPartnershipbasedon
mutual trust and under-
standing, common inter-
ests and shared values,
democracy and rule of
law. They welcomed the
growing diversity and
frequency of defence ex-
ercises and exchanges
between the two coun-
tries and undertook to
build upon operational
engagements through
the India-Australia Mu-
tual Logistics Support
Arrangement,according
to a joint statement is-
sued by the defence min-
istry
.
India, Australia expand defence industrial coop
SHARED OBJECTIVE
lll
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh
had a bilateral
meeting with the
visitingAustralian
Deputy Prime
Minister and
Minister for
Defence Richard
Marles
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh receiving the Deputy Prime
Minister and Defence Minister of Australia, Richard Marles ahead
of bilateral talks, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

INDIA
07
Mahesh Sharma
Lucknow : There is sus-
pense about senior Sa-
majwadi Party leader
Azam Khan.Herefused
to contest any family
members from Rampur
Lok Sabha seat. Al-
though SP has given
ticket to his close aide
Asim Raza from this
seat and under his pres-
sure also decided to give
Rajya Sabha to Kapil
Sibal, but despite that it
is being said that Azam
Khan can do some dif-
ferent politics. Its deci-
sion will be taken after
the by-election of Ram-
pur Lok Sabha seat. If
SP wins then it may be
possible that Azam
Khan will do politics of
SP for some more days
but if SP candidate does
not win then it will be
decidedthatAzamKhan
will step aside from SP.
If the SP candidate does
not win, it will mean
that he did not work
hard for his victory
.
There is a direct fight
on Rampur seat. If SP
does not win, BJP will
win and then it will be
assumed that Azam
Khan has paid the debt
of relief from cases to
some extent. After this,
informed sources say
that he can go to Bahu-
jan Samaj Party. BSP
leaders have been invit-
ing him for a long time.
He and his family know
that now aggressive
politics cannot be done
against the BJP by stay-
ing with the SP as be-
fore. He has been in jail
for 27 months and he
knows that BJP’s anger
will cost him dearly as
Yogi Adityanath’s gov-
ernment has been elect-
ed in the state till 2027.
Apart from this, it is
also a factor that Akh-
ilesh Yadav’s uncle
Shivpal Yadav is doing
different politics. His
politics is also going to
harm SP. It is being told
that Shivpal is doing
the work of link be-
tween BSP and Azam
Khan. Keep in mind
that at the time of re-
lease of Azam Khan
from jail, Shivpal had
gone to receive him.
However, after June 26,
there may be some big
change in the politics of
Uttar Pradesh.
What will be Azam Khan’s political future?
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ASSAM FLOOD
55 lakh people affected across
32 districts, toll rises to 89
Guwahati (ANI):
The flood situation in
Assam continued to
remain grim with ris-
ing water levels of
the Brahmaputra and
Barak rivers inun-
dating fresh areas in
the State and impact-
ing over 55 lakh peo-
ple across 32 dis-
tricts, officials said
on June 22.
89 people have lost
their lives since mid-
May due to deluge,
they said. Chief Min-
ister Himanta Biswa
Sarma travelled to
Nagaon by train to
review the situation
in flood-hit areas in
the district, the offi-
cials said, adding he
was also scheduled to
visit a few relief
camps there. Nagaon
was severely affected
by the current wave
of floods with over
4,57,381 people com-
ing under the impact
of the deluge and
15,188 inmates have
taken shelter in 147
relief camps.
Nagaon was affected
by the wave of floods
with over 4,57,381
people under the
impact of deluge
Himanta Biswa Sarma
@himantabiswa
‘‘Undertook a train
journey from Guwahati
to flood-affected areas in
Chaparmukh and Kam-
pur. The journey enabled
me to take a closer look
at the areas ravaged by
flood along the railway
tracks, which will help
us in taking informed
decisions and intervene
accordingly.’’
SEVERAL DISTRICTS FLOODED
As the floodwaters of Kopili have inundated large areas in
Nagaon district, necessary steps will be taken to prevent the
recurrence of such calamity in the future, he said. Sarma
Assuring them all possible help, I asked district administra-
tion to ensure adequate relief to the affected people be on
stand-by, he said. The flood situation in three districts of the
Barak Valley - Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi.
ANIMAL DEATHS
At least 26 of the total 233 camps have been inundated by the
floodwater in Kaziranga National Park with 11 animals dying
due to drowning. In Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, 14 of the total
25 camps have been inundated though there are no reports of
animal deaths. Large-scale erosion of river banks was reported
from Baksa, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Chirang, districts.
RELIEF
MATERIALS
DISTRIBUTED
Relief materials were dis-
tributed from 825 delivery
points among flood-hit
people who have not
taken shelters in the relief
camps. According to the
bulletin of the Central Wa-
ter Commission (CWC),
the Kopili river was flow-
ing above the danger level
at Kampur in Nagaon dis-
trict, and the Brahmaputra
at Nimatighat, Tezpur,
Guwahati and Dhubri.
ASSAM
TRANSPORT
MINISTER CAMPS
IN SILCHAR
Transport Minister
Parimal Suklabaidya has
been camping at Silchar in
Cachar and monitoring the
flood situation in the Barak
valley with the local MLAs,
deputy commissioners
and senior officials of the
three districts. Meanwhile,
Ambassador of Japan to
India Satoshi Suzuki
expressed sympathy to
the families who lost
their beloved ones.
New Delhi: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and
Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday visited the relief camp
set up at Phulaguri Higher Secondary School in Nagaon district of
Assam to meet flood-affected people of the region. Sonowal visited
the district to assess the support provided and interact with the af-
fected people. He extended his heartfelt condolences to the families.
SONOWAL
VISITS
FLOOD
RELIEF
CAMPS
Amarnath holy cave receives fresh snowfall ahead of yatra
Srinagar (ANI): With
much awaited annual
Amarnath yatra just 12-
days away, fresh light
snowfall was recorded
around the holy cave
shrine in south Kash-
mir Himalayas on Sat-
urday as local Meteoro-
logical office has fore-
cast inclement weather
till June 21.
“Fresh snowfall of
one to two inches was
recorded at Panjtarni,
including Amarnath
cave on Saturday morn-
ing,” a Met official said
and added the weather
is likely to remain er-
ratic till June 21. Pan-
jtarni is located 40 kilo-
metres from Pahalgam
base camp and 15 kilo-
metres ahead of the
last halt camp of
Sheshnag on the way to
the 3,880-metre-high
holy cave shrine. The
yatra takes place from
the twin routes of Pa-
halgam in south Kash-
mir and Baltal in Gan-
derbal district of cen-
tral Kashmir.
This year it will start
on June 30 and culmi-
nate on the day of Rak-
sha Bandhan on August
11. The annual yatra
was canceled in 2020 as
well as 2021 due to Covid
and only symbolic
‘Chhari Mubarak’ was
taken to the cave shrine
by the Mahant Deepend-
era Giri Ji and Sadhus.
In 2019, it was cut short
following intelligence
inputs of terror threats
ahead of the Centre
scrapping Article 370
in Jammu and Kash-
mir. This year so far 2.5
lakh yatris have al-
ready registered for the
pilgrimage. According
to officials this year the
yatra will be one of the
biggest in the history
of JK as around 6-8
lakh pilgrims are ex-
pected to arrive on the
pilgrimage.
Fresh snowfall
of one to two
inches was
recorded at
Panjtarni,
including
Amarnath cave
on Saturday
morning, a Met
official said
Bengaluru: CM Basa-
varaj Bommai is a re-
lieved man after the
visit of PM Modi to Kar-
nataka as it has put an
end to the rumours
about a change of lead-
ership in the state.
Modi praised Bom-
mai at a public rally and
sent a message that the
developmental activi-
ties in the state would
continue under the lead-
ership of Bommai,
bringing the curtains
down on the
leadership
change talk
in the state.
Modi stated
that Karna-
taka will
scale
greater
heights under the lead-
ership of Bommai
and the central
govt would
stand by him.
Sources in the
party said that
the message
given by Modi
is clear that
there will be
no change of
leadership
for the upcoming assem-
bly elections as the state
has already entered the
election year. BJP lead-
ers directly or indirectly
took potshots at Bom-
mai, questioning his
leadership abilities and
organisational skills.
The mixed results in the
MLC elections, his fail-
uretowinLingayatdom-
inated constituencies
raised many questions.
BommaigetsreliefduetoPMsupportinK’taka
New Delhi (ANI): Five
police personnel and a
home guard were
stabbed by a 29-year-
old man identified as
Bharat Bhati inside
the Cyber Cell Police
Station in Delhi’s
Shahdara area Wednes-
day afternoon.
A constable who was
stabbed in the chest is
critical while four oth-
ers are said to be in a
stable condition. The
home guard sustained
multiple stab wounds.
According to police,
Bhati came as a com-
plainant to the station
and started attacking
the staff with a sharp
weapon. He was subse-
quently overpowered
by the personnel posted
at the police station.
5 COPS, 1 HOME GUARD
STABBED IN POLICE STATION
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: Tejaswin Shankar, India’s high jump
national record holder, has approached the Delhi High
Court following his exclusion from the 2022 Common-
wealth Games squad. The writ petition moved through
Adv Malak Bhatt is listed for the hearing on Wednesday
and would be taken up later in the day. He was not
included in the list of 37 names picked by the federa-
tion that held a selection committee meeting last week.
In the plea, the petitioner contended that the Athletics
Federation (AFI)’s decision to exclude him from the
CWG squad is arbitrary, illegal, and against national
interest. The Delhi-based Shankar is studying business
administration at Kansas State University.
TEJASWIN SHANKAR MOVES DEL HC
AGAINST CWG SQUAD EXCLUSION
Kochi: Malayalam movie
producer and actor Vijay
Babu was on Wednesday
granted anticipatory bail
by the Kerala High Court
in a rape case against
him. Justice Bechu Kurian
Thomas granted Babu the
relief subject to the condi-
tions that he shall appear
before the police from
June 27 to July 3, shall
not intimidate the actress-
victim or her family, he
shall not leave Kerala and
if he has been issued a
fresh passport, he shall
surrender the same. The
court said if Babu is ar-
rested by the police, he
shall be released on bail.
HC GRANTS
ANTICIPATORY
BAIL TO VIJAY
BABU
UP TO SC: DEMOLITIONS CARRIED OUT
FOLLOWING DUE PROCESS OF LAW
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Govt has informed the
Supreme Court that recent demolitions of properties
carried out in the state
were done following
due process and were
in no way related to
taking action against
persons accused of
rioting.The govt has
taken action against rioters as per a different set of
statutes, the UP govt stated. “It was only after due ser-
vice and providing adequate opportunity under Section
27 of the Act that the illegal construction was demol-
ished by the Prayagraj Development Authority.
‘Purple revolution
has shifted focus to
agri-tech startups’
New Delhi: Union
Minister of State Sci-
ence Technology;
Minister of State
Earth Sciences; MoS
PMO, Personnel,
Public Grievances,
Pensions, Atomic
Energy and Space,
Dr Jitendra Singh
said that “Purple
Revolution” has
shifted focus to Agri-
tech StartUps.
In an exclusive in-
terview to a national
weekly magazine, Dr
Jitendra Singh said
that due to high
monetary returns,
farmers in hilly are-
as of Jammu and
Kashmir are switch-
ing from traditional
farming to aroma
crops like lavender
in a big way. He add-
ed that aroma crops
are both drought and
pest resistant, and
CSIR is providing all
kind of technical
support for promot-
ing this Agri Start-
up boon in the UT.
The Minister in-
formed that CSIR is
also planning to in-
troduce the aroma
crops in other hilly
States with similar
climatic conditions
like Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh
and in North-East-
ern States.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday
directed the Delhi Police to provide all assistance
to the petitioner/mother and her minor daughter
(victim) to get medical treatment for pregnancy,
if the victim so desires and to ensure that the
foetus sample is preserved for the DNA profiling
of accused. The bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh
on June 20, directed the Station House Officer
(SHO) of Sultanpuri Police station to provide all
assistance to the petitioner and her minor daugh-
ter to get medical treatment for termination of
pregnancy if the victim so desires. The SHO shall
further ensure that the foetus sample is preserved
for DNA profiling of the accused, said the court.
VICTIM OF RAPE ALLOWED TO
TERMINATE PREGNANCY:DEL HC
Union Minister Dr Jitendra
Singh briefing the media
on “Purple Revolution''
in JK, at New Delhi on
Wednesday.

BIZ BUZZ
08
INDIAN CARRIERS FLEW 1.20 CRORE PASSENGERS ON THE LOCAL ROUTES IN MAY
Domestic air traffic grows 5x
Mumbai (PTI): Domes-
tic air passenger traffic
saw a strong recovery
in demand as Indian
carriers flew 1.20 crore
passengers on the local
routes in May, logging
nearly five-fold year-on-
year volume growth,
DGCA data showed on
Wednesday
.
Domestic air passen-
ger traffic in May 2021
stood at a meager 21-
lakh, as per the DGCA
data.
Of the total 1.20 crore
passengers flown by the
domestic carriers in
May 2022, market leader
IndiGo transported
around 70 lakh with
57.9% market share, fol-
lowedbyMumbai-based
carrier Go First with
12.76 lakh passengers,
accounting for 10.8% of
total domestic traffic.
The two full-service
carriers -- Air India and
Vistara, which are part
of the Tata Group along
with no-frills AirAsia
India -- carried 8.23 lakh
and 9.83 lakh passen-
gers, respectively
, in the
previous month.
AirAsia India flew
6.86 lakh passengers
across the domestic
routes in May 2022, the
DGCA said.
During the report-
ing month, budget
carrier SpiceJet
delivered the
h i g h e s t
load factor
at 89.1%
followed by
Go First at
86.5%, as per the
monthly data.
In aviation parlance,
passenger Load Factor
or Seat Factor is a meas-
ure of how much of an
airline’s passenger car-
rying capacity is used
or average percentage
of seats filled in an air-
craft. In terms of OTP,
AirAsia India, had its
maximum number of
flights operating on
time with an OTP of
90.8% across four key
airports.
Vistara had the sec-
ond best OTP at 87.5%
in the month under re-
view, DGCA said.
At present DGCA
publishes monthly on-
time performance of
domestic airlines from
four metro airports --
Delhi, Mumbai, Ben-
galuru and Hyderabad.
Indian assistance,not
‘charitable donations’
Colombo (PTI): Sri
Lanka’s Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
on Wednesday told Par-
liament that financial
assistance provided by
India are not “charita-
ble donations” and the
island nation facing se-
vere economic crisis
must have a plan to re-
pay these loans.
Sri Lanka has been
facing the worst eco-
nomic crisis since inde-
pendence in 1948 which
has prompted an acute
shortage of essential
items like food, medi-
cine, cooking gas and
fuel across the island
nation.
“We have taken loans
amounting to $4 billion
under the Indian credit
line. We have requested
more loan assistance
from our Indian coun-
terparts. But even India
will not be able to con-
tinuously support us in
this manner. Even their
assistance has its lim-
its. On the other hand,
we too must have a plan
to repay these loans.
These are not charita-
ble donations,” Wick-
remesinghe told Parlia-
ment in an update on
the government’s miti-
gation measures taken
so far.
Wickremesinghe said
Sri Lanka is now facing
a far more serious situ-
ation beyond the mere
shortages of fuel, gas,
electricity and food.
“Our economy has
faced a complete col-
lapse. That is the most
serious issue before us
today. These issues can
only be resolved
through the reviving of
the Sri Lankan econo-
my. In order to do this,
we must first resolve
the foreign reserves cri-
sis faced by us,” he said.
He said it is no easy task
to revive a country with
“a completely collapsed
economy
, especially one
that is dangerously low
on foreign reserves”.
Mumbai (PTI): With
the COVID-19 pandem-
ic disrupting the sales
process, around 73% of
sellers surveyed are us-
ing technology at least
once a week to get ac-
cess to real-time data to
drive sales, says a re-
port. Companies are
increasing their appe-
tite for data-based in-
sights to better gauge
buyer intent and drive
greater sales, especial-
ly amidst the ongoing
‘great reshuffle’ when
buyers and sellers are
constantly considering
shifting roles, the
LinkedIn sixth edition
of the ‘APAC State of
Sales 2022’ report stat-
ed. In fact, 84% sales
professionals in India
have lost at least one
deal to an important
decision maker chang-
ing roles in the past
year alone.
Therefore, access to
the right intel has be-
come mission-critical
for sales functions
across the board, the
report opined.To avoid
these repercussions,
three in four (73%) sell-
ers in India are now us-
ing sales tech at least
once a week to get ac-
cess to accurate real-
time data, indicat-
ing the growing
preference for
CRM systems
and sales intel-
ligence tools in
the industry, it
said.
Findings also
suggest that
younger (under
35 years) profes-
sionals are lead-
ing this tech-sav-
vy shift, given
that they are 1.2 times
more likely to use CRM
tools for over 3 hours in
a week as com-
pared to their
older (over 35
years) coun-
terparts.
Butasmore
businesses turn
to tech, sales
managers must seek
ways to deal with the
impending challenge
of ‘dirty data’, with 2 in
5 sellers (46%) and
CRM users (38%) iden-
tifying incomplete and
inaccurate data as their
largest challenge, it
suggested.
“Over the past two
years, the rise of re-
mote work has acceler-
ated the use of technol-
ogy across industries.
Our data shows that
three-quarters (73%) of
sellers in India today
are relying on sales
technology at least
once a week, which
clearly means that data
is driving the future of
sales,” LinkedIn Sales
Solutions for India
Head Abhai Singh said
on Wednesday
.
APAC STATE OF SALES REPORT
73% Indian sellers rely on sales tech at least once a week
Sensex falls after 2 days,
ends 710 points down
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
indices slipped in the
negative territory on
Wednesday after a two-
day breather, with the
BSE Sensex tumbling
709.54 points following
weak trends in global
markets. Unabated for-
eign fund outflows also
played spoilsport for
the bourses.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex tanked 709.54
points or 1.35 per cent
to settle at 51,822.53.
During the day, it de-
clined 792.09 points or
1.50 per cent to
51,739.98.
The NSE Nifty fell
225.50 points or 1.44 per
cent to end at 15,413.30.
From the Sensex pack,
Tata Steel, Wipro, Reli-
ance Industries, In-
dusInd Bank, HCL
Technologies, Bajaj
Finserv, Titan and Ba-
jaj Finance were the
major laggards.On the
other hand, TCS, HUL,
PowerGrid and Maruti
Suzuki India were the
gainers.
ITC FMCG biz
consumerspend
over `24K cr
New Delhi (PTI): ITC
recorded an annual con-
sumer spend of over
`24,000 crore in FY22 in
the FMCG business,
wherein the company
operates with over 25
mother brands in seg-
ments including food,
personal care, educa-
tion and stationery
.
The FMCG business
of ITC has grown at an
“impressive pace” over
the past several years
and achieved impres-
sive market standing in
a relatively short span
of time, said the com-
pany which still gets
around half of its reve-
nue from tobacco busi-
ness.
ITC portfolio of “over
25 world-class Indian
brands, largely built
through an organic
growth strategy in a
relatively short period
of time, represents an
annual consumer spend
of over `24,000 crore
and reach over 200 mil-
lion households in In-
dia,” the annual report
said.
Annual consumer
spend is the sum which
a consumer spends fi-
nally on buying goods.
TRAVEL INDUSTRY WANTS
AIR SUVIDHA SCRAPPED
New Delhi (Agencies):
With massive delays
in visa processing by
Schengen countries,
US and some other
countries disrupt-
ing travel plans, the
travel industry has
sought the govern-
ment’s intervention to
alleviate the situation.
The Travel Agents
Association of India,
an umbrella organisa-
tion representing over
2,500 travel compa-
nies, has written to the
government, flagging
multiple issues and
asking the Ministry of
External Affairs swift
action to ease require-
ments in a bid to boost
travel. Apart from a
request lift the manda-
tory pre-fill air suvidha
form for all incoming
passengers, the TAAI
has also asked the
government for exten-
sions of free visas to
India and reinstate-
ment of e-visas for all
countries, including
UK and Canada to
boost inbound tour-
ism. Terming the air
suvidha requirement
as an “encumbrance”
that are “hamper-
ing the growth of the
travel sector,” Travel
Agents Association of
India has requested
“the same should be
immediately scrapped.
TO GET ACCESS TO REAL-TIME DATA
` PLUNGES BY 27 PAISE TO
RECORD LOW OF 78.40/$
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee declined by 27
paise to a record low
of 78.40 (provisional)
against the US dollar
on Wednesday due
to unabated for-
eign fund outflows
and losses in the
domestic equities.
A stronger green-
back overseas also
weighed on the rupee
sentiment. At the
interbank foreign
exchange market,
the local currency
opened flat at 78.13
against the green-
back and witnessed
an intra-day high of
78.13 and a low of
78.40. The domestic
unit finally ended at a
record low of 78.40,
down 27 paise over
its previous close. In
the previous session,
the rupee had settled
at 78.13 against $.
GOLD DECLINES `205;
SILVER DOWN BY `926
Mumbai (PTI): Gold
price in the national
capital region on
Wednesday fell by
`205 to `50,487 per
10 gram in line with a
decline in international
rates of the precious
metal, according to
HDFC Securities. In
the previous trade, the
yellow metal settled at
` 50,692 per 10 gram.
Silver also tumbled
by `926 to `59,959
per kg from `60,885
per kg in the previous
trade. In the interna-
tional market, gold
was quoting lower
at $1,825 per ounce
while silver was trad-
ing flat at $21.28 per
ounce.
Colombo (PTI): An
Indian government del-
egation led by CEA V.
Anantha Nageswaran
will arrive here on
Thursday to assess
Sri Lanka’s economic
conditions and exam-
ine whether another
tranche of financial
package needs to be
disbursed to the island
nation, which is in the
midst of an unprec-
edented economic
turmoil. The delegation
led by Nageswaran will
stay for three hours
and hold talks with
President Gotabaya
Rajapaksa and Wick-
remesinghe.
Chennai (PTI): The
Tamil Nadu govt on
Wednesday dispatched
the second consign-
ment of relief worth
`67.70 crore to the
economic crisis-hit Sri
Lanka. A cargo ship,
carrying the relief ma-
terial, was flagged off
from the Thoothukudi
port. About 14,712
MT rice worth `48.30
crore, 250 tonne of
Aavin milk powder
valued at `7.50 crore
besides `11.90 crore
worth of life-saving
drugs were shipped.
The relief material was
being sent due to the
initiative of CM Stalin.
Indian delegation
to visit SL today
TN sends 2nd
consignment
BRIEF
in
in
DoT SCRAPS
SPECTRUM USAGE
CHARGE FLOOR RATE
No purchase of
coal from Russia:
Tata Steel
New Delhi (PTI): Tata
Steel has not made
any purchase of PCI
coal from Russia post
its April announce-
ment of severing busi-
ness ties with Russia
amid the ongoing
conflict with Ukraine,
a company spokesper-
son said on Wednes-
day.On April 20, Tata
Steel had said it would
stop doing business
with Russia. To ensure
business continuity, all
its steel manufactur-
ing sites in India, the
UK and the Nether-
lands have sourced
alternative supplies
of raw materials to
end its dependence
on Russia. Tata Steel
would like to issue a
clarification in view of
the incorrect informa-
tion floating around in
some sections of the
media with respect to
the buying/ importing
of coal from Russia,
the spokesperson said.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Department of Tel-
ecommunications (DoT)
has scrapped the 3% floor
on spectrum usage charge
(SUC), a move that will be
a big relief to telcos as it
would sharply reduce their
future outflows towards
these statutory fees. “The
weighted average is to be
derived by the sum of the
product of spectrum hold-
ings and applicable SUC
rate, divided by (a telco’s )
total spectrum hold-
ing,” the Department of
Telecommunications said
in an order, dated June
21, on SUC computa-
tions. “Unlike earlier SUC
computation orders, there
is no mention of the 3%
floor rate this time round,
which implies it has been
removed,” said a senior
executive of a top telco.
JIO-BP TO POWER
NEXUS MALLS
EV JOURNEY
New Delhi (PTI): Nexus
Malls has partnered with
Jio-bp, a fuel and mobil-
ity joint venture between
Reliance Industries Ltd
and bp, for the rollout of
EV charging stations and
battery swapping stations
across its portfolio of 17
malls in 13 cities. As part
of this partnership, Nexus
malls will be installed
with 24x7 charging
infrastructure for two
and four-wheeler EVs,
Jio-bp said in a statement.
In the first phase, these
charging stations will be
available at Nexus malls in
Navi Mumbai, Bengaluru,
Hyderabad, Pune and
Ahmedabad from June
2022. Jio-bp is creating
an ecosystem that will
benefit all the stakeholders
in the EV value chain and
last year, the company
constructed and launched
two of India's largest
EV charging hubs.To
accelerate EV adoption,
Nexus will encourage the
company's customers to
charge vehicles at their
malls amongst other
environmentally conscious
initiatives, the statement
said. Nexus Malls cur-
rently is one of the
largest mall owners in
the country with 17 malls
across 13 cities.

NEWS
09
Promoted by
Shiv Sital Builders Pvt. Ltd.
Councillor husband in
ACB net with `1.5L bribe
Thecouncillor-husbandduodemanded
bribe from contractor for clearing bill
ACB laid a trap and arrested acccused
red-handed while taking bribe
Naveen Joshi
Bhilwara: The Anti-
Corruption Bureau on
Wednesday arrested
ward number 29 coun-
cillor Laxmi Sen and
her husband Mukesh
Sen red-handed taking
a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh in
Bhilwara. Out of the
amount of Rs 1.5 lakh, a
cheque of Rs 1,20,000
was taken while Rs
30,000 was taken in
cash.The accused were
demanding bribe from
contractor Sanwarlal in
lieu of passing the bill
for the construction of
a drain. After receiving
the complaint, ACB laid
a trap and arrested the
accused councillor Lak-
shmi Devi Sen and her
husband Mukesh Sen
red handed.The com-
plainant, Sanwarlal,
was being harassed for
a long time by demand-
ing a bribe amount in
lieu of passing his bills.
Sanwarlal complained
to the ACB headquar-
ters after getting upset.
Contractor was
unable to pay the
bribe, then the
councillor hus-
band asked him to
take a cheque of Rs
1,20,000 as secu-
rity and took Rs
30,000 in cash.
Narsilal, CI
Accused councillor Lakshmi Devi Sen and her husband Mukesh.
ACB’S INVESTIGATION TEAM REACHES DUNGARPUR
TO PROBE GRAFT CASE INVOLVING 4 POLICEMEN
Dungarpur: The investi-
gation of bribery case of
Rs 8.30 lakh involving
4 policemen, including
city SHO and Dhambola
CI. On behalf of ACB,
ASP Chandrasheel
Thakur reached Dungar-
pur on Wednesday for
investigation and evi-
dence is being collected
on all aspects related to
the case. Chandrasheel
said that CI Kotwali
Dilipdan, Dhambola
CI Bhaiyalal Anjana,
constable Bhopal Singh
and constable Jagdish
Vishnoi were arrested
red-handed taking a
bribe of Rs 3.30 lakh.
Later, Rs 5 lakh taken in
bribe was found from
the cupboard kept in
the police station of
constable Bhopal Singh.
The bribe was allegedly
taken on the name of
SP Sudhir Joshi, who is
also named in the FIR.
—Puneet Chaturvedi
Model ‘raped’ by fashion
photographer in Jodhpur
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A 26-year-old
female model based in
Jodhpur was allegedly
raped by a fashion pho-
tographer on the pre-
text of marriage in Pali,
police said on Wednes-
day. Police said the ac-
cused even married the
girl at a temple, but lat-
er refused to accept her
as wife.
“The accused is a
fashion photographer
and resident of Pali.
The accused met the
girl in 2019. On Decem-
ber 31, 2021, the accused
called the victim at his
office in Pali and raped
her. The accused prom-
ised the girl to marry
her. When the girl per-
sisted, the accused mar-
ried the victim at a Shiv
Temple.
However, he later re-
fused to accept her as
wife citing family disa-
greement over inter-
caste marriage,” police
added. “The girl later
filed a case at Kotwali
Ps and the matter is be-
ing investigated,” po-
lice added.
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN ON THE RISE
PRIME ACCUSED IN GANGRAPE
CASE ARRESTED IN KISHANGARH
Kishangarh: The Gan-
dhi Nagar Thana Police
have arrested a prime
accused involved in
gang-rape of a woman
in Kishangarh. Police
informed the main
accused, identified as
Mangal Prajapat, was
nabbed, while Hemraj,
Gopal and Ranglal are
on the run. “On April
3, the woman was
given some intoxicat-
ing substance and then
taken to Delhi where
she was raped. The
accused kidnapped her
and even threatened
her not to inform about
this incident to anyone.
She was brought to
Jaipur where she was
gang-raped by Hemraj,
Gopal and Ranglal,”
police said.
CM approves
creation of 3
sub-tehsils
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has approved the
proposal to make Bapa-
warkalan (Tehsil San-
god) in Kota district,
Mirzapur (Tehsil Anta)
in Baran district and
Potlan (Tehsil Sahara)
in Bhilwara district as
new sub-tehsils.
With this decision of
CM Gehlot, people will
get ease in disposal of
revenue works at the lo-
cal level itself. 2 land
records inspector cir-
cles, 8 patwar circles
and 32 revenue villages
have been included in
new sub tehsil Bapa-
varkalan while 3 land
records inspector cir-
cles, 8 patwar circles
and 26 revenue villages
will fall under new sub
tehsil Mirzapur, and 3
land records inspectors,
8 Patwar Mandals and
33 Revenue Villages will
be included in new sub
tehsil Potlan Circle.
It is noteworthy that
during the budget ses-
sion of the year 2022-23,
CM Gehlot had made
announcements to open
various new tehsil of-
fices and up-gradation
of sub-tehsils.
Accused SHO Dilipdan
MAN GETS 20 YEARS JAIL FOR
KIDNAPPING AND RAPING MINOR
Pali: A Pali court awarded 20-year imprison-
ment and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on a
man convicted for kidnapping and rape of a
minor girl. The 16-year-old schoolgirl was
kidnapped and raped on Jan 25, 2020.
Bhuvnesh Tak
Pali: As the Pali was
struggling for drinking
water supply this sum-
mer also, an innovative
experiment done by
District Collector Na-
mit Mehta ensured that
drinking water supply
for better in Pali city
.
The state govern-
ment decided to run
Pali water train from
Jodhpur and also
passed a budget of Rs
20 crore. Pali city re-
quires 2 crore liters of
water per day but was
getting only 60 lakh lit-
ers of water from three
trips of the water train.
Due to acute short-
age of water in Jawai
Dam, the only drinking
water source of Pali,
water supply had
stopped from there
also. Namit Mehta with
his intelligence and
ability found four
closed stone mines,
only 20 km away from
Pali city
, in which about
800 MLD water was
found. Mehta went to
the spot and got the wa-
ter tested and it proved
to be potable. The mo-
tors were lowered to a
depth of 70 to 80 feet
and by connecting the
pipeline water was
pumped to the filter
plant of Pali and from
there supplied to the
city. This innovation
not only supplied water
but also reduced ex-
penditure on water
trains. 60 lakh liters of
water reached Pali eve-
ry day by three trips of
train costing Rs 10
lakh. While 80 lakh to 1
crore liters of water
from the mines is cost-
ing only Rs 1 lakh.
Pali District Collector’s quest for quenching thirst

Mehta found
four closed
stone mines, in
which about
800 MLD water
was stored.
Mehta went to
the spot and got
the water tested
and it proved to
be potable
Namit Mehta.
TRANSFER LIST
IN DOLDRUMS!
The ban on transfers
has been removed
several days ago but the
big lists of transfers in
several departments are
stuck. The lists first did
not come out due to the
Rajya Sabha elections
and now as the ministers
are camping in Delhi for
protests against ED’s
questioning of Rahul
Gandhi. For this reason,
jumbo transfer lists are
not being issued in any
department. Large-scale
transfers will be done
in the state only after
the ministers return to
Jaipur. However, some
MLAs have started feeling
uneasy due to delays in
transfers.
—Shivendra Singh Parmar
NEWS DIGEST
Sawai Madhopur : Ranthambore National
Park has always been a destination for
amazing wildlife
sights. One such
wonderful sight
was witnessed in
the Khandar range
of Ranthambore
National Park. A
tigress was seen
walking on road
with two cubs.
People passing through Khandar Road
captured this beautiful sight on their cam-
eras. Since then, the video is being shared
immensely on social media channels. As
per the sources, the video was recorded on
Khandar Road culvert late Tuesday night.
TIGRESS WITH TWO CUBS SEEN
STROLLING ON ROAD IN R’BORE
Jaipur: Giving relief
to garlic-producing
farmers, the govern-
ment has decided to
purchase 46830 MT of
garlic through RAJFED.
The govt held a meet-
ing of officers of the
concerned departments
in Jaipur on Tuesday. In
the meeting which was
chaired by Principal
Secretary Agriculture
Dinesh Kumar, it was
decided to procure gar-
lic through RAJFED.
Jaipur: CM Ashok
Gehlot has approved
an additional provi-
sion of Rs 98.54 crore
for developing master
drainage system to
strengthen the drainage
system of Bharatpur
city. With this, the
problems related to
drainage in the district
will be solved soon.
It is noteworthy that
Gehlot had made an
announcement in this
regard in the budget.
STATE GOVT TO
PURCHASE GARLIC
THROUGH RAJFED
ADDL `98.54-CR
FOR BHARATPUR
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
‘Lethargy’ of Health, Transport depts
hits Satellite hosps, Bus stand projects
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Due to lethar-
gic attitude adopted by
the two departments--
Health and Transport
departments-- the two
important decisions of
the CM Ashok Gehlot
regarding Jaipur are
yet to be implemented.
The CM had an-
nounced the establish-
ment of bus stands
around the state capi-
tal. Similarly, CM had
had announced to open
satellite hospitals in all
four directions of
Jaipur with aim of re-
ducing the burden of
patients at SMS Hospi-
tal. UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal held
constant meetings with
the officials of JDA
and UDH. The land
was also selected on all
the four NHs and sepa-
rate land earmarked for
bus stands and satellite
hospitals. After that,
JDA wrote to the Trans-
port Dept and Health
Department on May 27
for allotment of
land but no reply has
been received so far.
CM had announced plan for satellite hosps, bus stands around Jpr
IMPORTANT PROJECTS FOR JAIPUR
New guidelines for
Jan Sunwai issued
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has issued
new directives relating
to disposal of public
complaints. While issu-
ing the new guidelines,
the government has
asked all divisional
commissioners, district
collectors and SPs to
dispose of complaints
received in public hear-
ings immediately. Pub-
lic hearing camps will
also be organized to ad-
dress the grievances.
The camp in-charge
have been directed to
communicate com-
plainants through SMS
or call about the date
and time of public hear-
ing. The state govern-
ment has issued direc-
tions for public hearing
and disposal of applica-
tions at three levels in
all the districts. Princi-
pal Secretary of Jan
Abhiyog Nirakaran De-
partment, Alok Gupta
has issued a letter to all
Divisional Commis-
sioners and District
Collectors.
‘Poor quality gypsum supplied to farmers’
Yunus Gesawat
Nagaur: Former Depu-
ty Zila Pramukh Dr.
Sahdev Choudhary on
Wednesday alleged col-
lusion with the Agricul-
ture Department and
Gypsum Supply Com-
pany
.
He was speaking in
the District Level Ori-
entation Workshop on
Agriculture Budget
2022-23 and levelled the
allegations in the pres-
ence of Collector Pi-
yush Samaria at Zila
Parishad Nagaur.
“The quality of gyp-
sum supplied to the
farmers in Nagaur dis-
trict was found to be of
low level and is not
good enough to fertilize
the cultivated land.
Lack of crop produc-
tion capacity in the
fields due to poor qual-
ity and the crops of the
cultivators are not able
to grow,” he said.
DR SAHDEV RAISES PAYMENT ISSUE TOO
Water is stored in a closed stone mine near Pali city.

Aditi Nagar
Aishwary Pradhan
New Delhi: Rajasthan
ministers and MLAs of
Congress party gath-
ered in Delhi on
Wednesday
. Of these, 50
ministers-MLAs have
been made proposers
of opposition party’s
candidate Yashwant
Sinha in the presiden-
tial election. State Con-
gress Committee Presi-
dent Govind Singh Do-
tasra called all the min-
isters, MLAs, MLA
candidates and board
and corporation chair-
man to AICC Head-
quarters in Delhi at 4
pm after which a photo
session was conducted.
For the purpose CM
Ashok Gehlot, PCC
Chief Govind Singh Do-
tasra, Former Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot, Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal,
BD Kalla, Pratap Singh
Khachariawas, Mamta
Bhupesh, Shakuntala
Rawat, Pramod Jain
Bhaya, Govindram
Meghwal, Subhash
Garg, Bhajanlal Jatav,
Deputy Chief Whip Ma-
hendra Choudhary
along with several min-
isters and MLAs
reached AICC.
Meanwhile, minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
awas said that he has
also become a proposer
in the presidential elec-
tion. “50 ministers and
MLAs of Rajasthan
have signed as propos-
ers. Most of the senior
leaders of the Congress
Party of the country
and the state are pre-
sent in Delhi,” he said.
Flowers are food and medicine for
the soul, they just make things
better, and people happier!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
10
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: One more sen-
ior IAS from Rajasthan
is soon going to leave
the state and head for
New Delhi. 1993 batch
IAS Sandeep Verma,
currently serving as
CMD of Rajasthan Ro-
aways, will be heading
to Delhi as the state gov-
ernment has issued a
NOC to him. Sandeep
will serve as Additional
Secretary in the Union
Government, although
his wife — IAS Sreya
Guha of 1993 batch -
will continue to serve in
Rajasthan.
Notably, last month
the DoP gave NOC to
head to Delhi to 1991
batch IAS Sudhansh
Pant. Apart from Sud-
hansh and Sandeep,
NOC to head to Delhi
has been given to
Ajeetabh Sharma,
Praveen Gupta and Sub-
eer Kumar too. In the
current government,
total 9 officiers have left
Rajasthan and headed
for Central deputation
and serving as Secre-
tary, Additional Secre-
taryandJointSecretary
.
Now after receiving
NOC, 5 more officers
are waiting for a call
from the union govern-
ment. Such movement
of officers out of Ra-
jasthan is perhaps an
all-time record.
Sandeep Verma is
originally of Assam-
Meghalaya cadre and
after marrying Sreya
Guha, he came to Ra-
jasthan in 1999.
From 2010 till 2015,
Sandeep has been on
central deputation
and during that stint,
he worked in Ministry
of Defence and Plan-
ning Commission.
Known to favour stud-
ies and ‘rule-book’,
Sandeep has always
courted controversies
while serving on posts
in Rajasthan.
In 2017, he was Prin-
cipal Secretary PHED
under BJP govern-
ment but when the cur-
rent government hand-
ed him the reins of
PHED, he came in tus-
sle with minister BD
Kalla. So he was trans-
ferred to Revenue,
HCM-RIPA and now
Rajasthan Roadways.
Although Sandeep
Verma has high
‘marks’ when it comes
to capability and hard
working ability but due
to his working style,
hehas always courted
controversies.
Now Sandeep Verma to head for Central deputation
ANOTHER IAS FLIES TO DELHI
GOVERNOR MEETS PRESIDENT
TALKS OF CONSTITUTIONAL PARK: Governor Kalraj Mishra met President
Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday. This was his courtesy call to the
President of India. During the interaction with the President, Guv Mishra informed him about
the work being done in the universities of the Rajasthan and the Constitution Park being
built in the Raj Bhavan for constitutional awareness. The President described this initiative in
Rajasthan as unique and exemplary.
RHB gets 'Best
Employer Brand
Award 2022'
RHB Secy Sanchita Vishnoi and Dy Housing Commissioner Vijay
Aggarwal and others presented the Award to RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora on Wednesday.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Housing Board Com-
missioner Pawan Aro-
ra informed on
Wednesday that the
jury of World HRD
Congress awarded Ra-
jasthan Housing
Board “Rajasthan
Best Employer Brand
Award-2022” for the
year 2022-23 for busi-
ness as well as person-
nel management, ex-
cellent blend of strat-
egy, innovation, busi-
ness process and radi-
cal reforms adopted
for future challenges.
Arorahascongratu-
lated all the officers
and employees of the
Board on this achieve-
ment. He said, “Due to
hard work of the em-
ployees working with
positive thinking, bet-
ter results are coming
outcontinuously
.With
thecooperationof eve-
ryone, the Housing
Board is moving
ahead on the path of
continuous progress.”
On behalf of the
Board, Secretary
Sanchita Vishnoi and
Deputy Housing Com-
missioner Vijay Ag-
garwal received this
honor at Hotel Radis-
son Blu at Jaipur, in a
function organized by
the Jaipur session of
the Seventeenth Em-
ployer Branding
Award on Wednesday
morning. The award
was later presented to
the RHB Commission-
er at the RHB HQs. A
largenumberof Hous-
ing Board personnel
were present.
It is noteworthy
that in the last three
years, Rajasthan
Housing Board has
received 11 awards
which include World
Book of Records in
Home Sales, Skoch
Award-2021, Award of
Excellence, Honor by
National Real Estate
Development Council
and IBC Award.
ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE HAT
SpiceJet’s lacklustre
ops irritate flyers!
Jinendra Shekhawat
Jaipur: SpiceJet ap-
pears to be going
through a bad situation
over the last few days as
many of its flights, both
domestic and interna-
tional, have been get-
ting late. On Wednes-
day, the flight coming
from Dubai to Jaipur
was also delayed by
about six and a half
hours and flew from
Dubai around 8:50 PM
and landed at Jaipur af-
ter 12 midnight.
The situation has
now raised a serious
question, such as What
has happened to Chair-
man Ajay Singh’s ‘Good
Governance’? Interest-
ingly, several Spicejet
passengers have now
sworned never to fly in
the airlines to Dubai!
Cong to have divisional
prez over dist heads
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The sugges-
tions regarding change
in the organization,
madeintheNavSankalp
Shivir of Congress held
in Udaipur from May 13
to 15, are now being im-
plemented. After imple-
menting the exercise of
Mandal President in
Congress, now a new
post of Divisional Presi-
dent is also being creat-
ed in the party
.
Recently state Con-
gress President Govind
Singh Dotasra had also
indicated appointments
of divisional president
who would be sect above
the district presidents.
In the Congress, dis-
trict presidents are
considered to be the
most powerful in or-
ganizational terms, but
now due to the change
in the organization, the
divisional presidents
will be considered the
most powerful, because
the divisional presi-
dents will be made over
the district heads.
Word is that since there
are 7 divisions in Ra-
jasthan, therefore, 7 di-
visional presidents will
be made.
For the position, sen-
ior and experienced
leader will be given
command as divisional
president.
BIRLA STOPS BY‘JAIPUR CHAUPATI’;
PRAISES RHB FOR UNIQUE CONCEPT
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla has
appreciated the concept
of Mansarovar Chaupa-
ti of Rajasthan Housing
Boardalongwithitscon-
struction style, architec-
ture and functioning of
Housing Board. On
Wednesday, Birla sud-
denly stopped at Mansa-
rovar Chaupati on the
way while going to some
other program.
The LS Speaker also
appreciated the concept
thought of by RHB Com-
missioner Pawan Arora
for its cleanliness and to
develop Mansarovar
Chaupati as a ‘Street
Food Hub’.
Ask their soul, BJP-RSS
never embraced sched-
ule cast and tribals,”
Gehlot said.
The CM said that BJP
needs to ask the RSS
that if Pakistan was
formed in the name of
religion, what is the
reason that it got divid-
ed into two. “When
there was a Muslim
country
, there were peo-
ple of only one religion,
then how did it break? It
is a different thing to
become a country on
the basis of religion, its
survival is a different
thing. Countries can be
formed in the name of
religion, but it is not a
guarantee that they will
remain united. The
same thing applies to
Hindu Rashtra. Today
they are talking about
Hindu Rashtra. Amit
Shah had spoken two
words for Hindi and the
whole South stood up.
Amit Shah had to take
back his words. When
people can get angry in
the name of language,
just imagine what is
their thinking,” Gehlot
questioned.
The senior Congress
leader further said that
Rahul Gandhi was
questioned by ED for 50
hours for five days. “Ra-
hul Gandhi faced ED,
that is also unmatched.
Board has been
awarded 11 awards
in the past 3-yrs!
RAJ CONG GEARS UP FOR PREZ POLL
...FROM PG 1
SEVERAL RAJ CONG LEADERS HELD
‘PEOPLE SHOULD ADMIRE BUNDI STATION’
New Delhi: Objecting against ED’s interrogation of Con-
gress leader Rahul Gandhi, a large number of Congress
leaders from Jodhpur also reached Delhi to mark their
presence in the protests. On Wednesday, police detained
several Congmen outside Congress office. Former min-
ister and state Congress vice-president Naseem Akhtar,
former minister Krishna Murari Gangavat, former MLA
Bhagwan Sahai Saini, OBC Congress state president
Shiv Karan Saini and several party workers were taken
into custody. Along with being taken into custody, they
were arrested at Vasant Kunj police station. All the lead-
ers gave their arrest in support of Satyagraha for Rahul
and against Center’s authoritarian rule.
Bundi: LS Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday inaugurated
the development works of passenger facilities to be
cost around 60 lakhs at Bundi railway station. Birla said
that such beautiful paintings should be made in Bundi’s
railway station that tourists coming can look and admire
them. He said that the historical fort of Chotokashi Bundi,
Bavdia would be painted at Bundi railway station. Earlier,
before the visit of Speaker Birla, regional MLA Ashok
Dogra raised the demand for the stoppage of trains.
RaGa QUOTES SACHIN PILOT’s
EXAMPLE TO LEARN PATIENCE
New Delhi: Sharing his experiences of ED probe, Rahul
Gandhi said, “Officials also asked me about the secret of
my patience and I said I
cannot tell you that. I did
not tell them but the reason
for it I am telling you now
is that I have been working
in the Congress since 2004
and patience is there in all
our leaders,”. Rahul Gandhi
added cited the examples of
Sachin Pilot, Siddaramaiah
and Randeep Surjewala. Meanwhile, Slamming the BJP led
Central govt, Sachin Pilot Congress leadership is being ‘tar-
getted’ for being vocal against the BJP. He further termed
the ED investigation a ‘politically motivated’ move. “They
come and attack through the agencies”, Pilot added.
After Rahul Gandhi’s Satyagrah speech, members of Rajasthan Congress pose for group photo on Wednesday. (From L-R) Shakuntala Rawat, Dharmendra Rathore,
Mamata Bhupesh, Sachin Pilot, Mukul Wasnik, GS Dotasra, Rahul Gandhi, Ajay Maken, Pramod Tiwari, Ramesh Meena, Rajendra Bidhuri, Mahendra Choudhary, Indraj
Gurjar, Ramniwas Gawariya, Kanti Tiwari, Sushil Sharma and other Congress leaders are seen.
Rafeek Khan, Parsadi Lal Meena, Rameshwar Dudi, Bhanwar
Singh Bhati and Sandeep Choudhary were also present with
other Congress leaders in New Delhi on Wednesday.
50 Ministers, MLAs
made proposers of
Oppn’s Presidential
candidate Y Sinha
During his visit to Jaipur Chaupati, Om Birla was felicitated by the
members of the Board of Trade. They welcomed the Speaker of
the Lok Sabha by garlanding him and tying a ‘safa’ (turban).
GSS SPEAKS!
Sandeep Verma

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