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GEAR UP WITH EFFICIENT SYSTEM IF
MONSOON BELOW AVERAGE: GEHLOT
Jaipur: With the suspi-
cion that the ongoing
monsoons will remain
below average in Ra-
jasthan, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has al-
ready geared up to han-
dle a probable situation.
Chairing a review of of
monsoon preparedness,
sowing of crops, drink-
ing water etc. with offi-
cials of Disaster Man-
agement, Aid and Civil
Defense, Agriculture,
Water Resources and
Public Health Engineer-
ing Departments
through video confer-
encing from Chief Min-
ister’sresidenceonMon-
day night, Gehlot said
that the State Govern-
ment is fully conscious
of agriculture and
drinking water arrange-
ment in the state in the
event of below average
rainfallduringmonsoon
so far. He also directed
the officers of the con-
cerned departments to
ensure all necessary
preparations. Turn to P6
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
Mumbai: Sensex closed at 52,852.27, down
123.53 points or 0.23%, while Nifty was at
15,824.45, down 31.60 points or 0.20%. Re-
alty, Bajaj FInserc, Ultratech, Sun Pharma,
and nine other stocks closed in green.
President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to
Ladakh to attend a function on the 22nd an-
niversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas on Monday
was cancelled due to bad weather. Presi-
dent then left for Gulmarg from Baramulla.
New Delhi: BJP named Dharmendra Pradhan
and Arun Singh as the central observers for
Karnataka. Singh said, “Party observers will
visit Bengaluru, take view of legislators and will
submit a report to the party high top brass.”
SENSEX
CLOSES 124
PTS LOWER
PRESIDENT’S
DRASS VISIT
CANCELLED
PRADHAN,
SINGH TO VISIT
BENGALURU
BSY TAKES VRS!
Yediyurappa breaks down,
resigns as Karnataka CM
Yediyurappa declared in a tearful speech in
which he talked about being tested constantly
in the two years of his fourth term - possibly his last,
given the BJP’s age limit of 75 years for posts
Yediyurappa to continue as caretaker CM
until BJP’s parliamentary board decides his
successor; Guv dissolves council of ministers
Bengaluru: Ending
months of speculation
over his exit, B S Yedi-
yurappa on Monday
stepped down as the
Chief Minister of Kar-
nataka, coinciding
with his government
completing two years
in office, even as sus-
pense continues on
his successor.
The 78 year-old BJP
veteran, who submit-
ted his resignation to
Governor Thaawarch-
and Gehlot at the Raj
Bhavan here, said he
quit “voluntarily”
and will continue to
remain active in
state politics.
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FRONTRUNNERS FOR CM POST
LATEST MEMBER OF MODI’S
FORCED RETIREMENT CLUB: CONG
Bengaluru: Murugesh Nirani (56), the minister for
mines and geology in the state government, is a leading
contender since he is from the Panchamshali sect, the
largest in the Lingayat community. Arvind Bellad, a
two-time MLA and son of veteran RSS and BJP leader
Chandrakant Bellad also in the fray. Basavaraj Bom-
mai (61), home minister of Karnataka and close aide
of Yediyurappa was considered the most likely one to
replace Yediyurappa a few months back. Other names
include Ashwath Narayan (52) and CT Ravi (54), both
from Vokkaliga community. Union Minister Pralhad
Joshi (58)also a strong contender for the top post.
New Delhi: The Congress accused the BJP of “appall-
ing maladministration” and “dictating BSY to tender
his resignation.” In a series of tweets, Congress leader
Randeep Singh Surjewala said that that “Delhi’s au-
tocracy decides CM’s and not the will of BJP’s MLA’s.”
Surjewala added that PM Modi “habitually insults and
compulsorily throws senior BJP Leaders in dustbin.”
Bengal govt sets up inquiry
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Kolkata: Justbeforeshe
leftforathree-daytripto
New Delhi, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee Monday an-
nounced the setting up
of a panel to probe the
alleged Pegasus phone-
hackingcaseinthestate.
The panel will in-
clude retired judges
Justice MV Lokur and
Justice Jyotirmoy Bhat-
tacharya. Banerjee
Monday called a special
Cabinet meeting where
this setting up of this
commission of inquiry
was approved.
The Bengal CM said,
“The cabinet has ap-
proved the appointment
of a commission of in-
quiry consisting of
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CRUCIAL READ
BJP ANOTHER PARLIAMENTARY PARTY
MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY
New Delhi: BJP Parliamentary Party meeting will be
held at the Parliament on Tuesday morning. “All BJP
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are requested
to attend the meeting in time,” the notice read. The BJP
had also held a parliamentary party meeting on July
20 before the commencement of proceedings on the
second day of the monsoon session.
FIR AGAINST EX
KERALA TOP COP
HEARING AGAINST
RAMDEV ADJOURNED
RAJ KUNDRA’S
BANK ACCOUNTS
IN KANPUR SEIZED
TIKAIT: UP NEXT ON
FARMERS’ STIR LIST
CoS TO SELECT
NEW MEMBERS
New Delhi: The CBI on
Monday told the Supreme
Court that it has registered
an FIR against former
Kerala Police chief Sibi
Mathew and others for
their alleged involvement
in framing former ISRO
scientist Nambi Narayanan.
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court adjourned hearing
on a petition filed by the
Resident Doctors Associa-
tion of All India Institute of
Medical Science against
Yoga Guru Ramdev till July
30 for his “controversial
statement” on allopathy.
Mumbai: In relation to the
pornography racket case,
Mumbai Crime Branch
had directed State Bank
Of India to
seize two
State Bank
accounts of
business-
man and
actor Shilpa
Shetty’s husband Raj
Kundra at Kanpur, said
bank officials. As many
crores of Rupees had
been deposited in these
two bank accounts, added
the SBI officials.
New Delhi: BKU’s Rakesh
Tikait said Uttar Pradesh
will be the next major
destination for the ongo-
ing farmers’ agitation.
“We will turn Lucknow
into Delhi and all roads
will be closed,” he said.
New Delhi: The Commit-
tee of Secretaries (CoS)
is likely to meet on July
29 and 30 to select new
board members of the
Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT), according
to sources.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a tractor outside the Parliament, in support of farmers’ agitation
against Centre’s farm reform laws, in New Delhi on Monday. Also seen with him party leaders
Deependra Hooda, Randeep Surjewala and Pratap Singh Bajwa among others. Following the protest,
Delhi Police detained Surjewala and Youth Congress national president BV Srinivas. Rahul said, “We
have brought the farmers’ message to the Parliament. Farmers of India are being suppressed, that
is why I have come here on a tractor. —PHOTO BY PTI
DIDI REACHES DELHI ON 5-DAY
VISIT FOR HIGH-OCTANE MEETINGS
CONG’S VENUGOPAL GIVES NOTICE IN
RS FOR DISCUSSION OVER PEGASUS
New Delhi: With an eye on the
2024 Lok Sabha elections, West
Bengal Chief Minister and Trina-
mool Congres supremo Mamata
Banerjee reached New Delhi on
Monday. Banerjee, who would
camp in the national capital till July
29, is expected to meet the Opposi-
tion leaders including Sonia Gandhi
on July 28. She will also meet
Prashant Kishor on Tuesday.
New Delhi: Congress MP KC Venugopal gave a notice in
Rajya Sabha on Monday for discussion on the Pegasus
Project issue. “Need to suspend the business of the day
to have a discussion in the presence of the PM or HM on
the Pegasus snooping, spying and surveillance scandal
that has undermined democracy in India and to have a
Supreme Court-monitored enquiry,” his notice read.
With heart very
much in Karnataka,
ex-CM Yediyurappa,
according to sources,
has declined BJP high
command’s offer to
become governor.
BS Yediyurappa
becomes emotional
during a programme
commemorating
two years of the
BJP government in
Karnataka on Monday.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day said it would not
stop the prosecution of
BJP MP Gautam Gamb-
hir - in connection with
politicians hoarding
medicines during the
second wave of Covid
cases - noting it “can-
not allow a group (to)
distribute medicines
while people run hel-
ter-skelter...”
The court, however,
said Gambhir, could ap-
proach the Delhi High
Court. “We cannot stop
it. You proceed your
remedy before the High
Court,” a two-judge
bench of Justices DY
Chandrachud and MR
Shah said.
6 Assam cops dead, 50
hurt as border violence
with Mizoram heats up
Guwahati: At least six
personnel of the As-
sam Police were killed
in firing by miscreants
from neighbouring Mi-
zoram on Monday as
violence escalated
along the inter-State
border in the Cachar
district, Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
said.
A senior Assam Po-
lice officer, who is still
inside the forest amid
continuous firing from
across the border, told
PTI that at least 50 per-
sonnel, including
Cachar Superintendent
of Police Nimbalkar
Vaibhav Chandrakant,
were injured in firing
and stone-pelting.
“I am deeply pained
to inform that six brave
jawans of @assampo-
lice have sacrificed
their lives while de-
fending constitutional
boundary of our state
at the Assam-Mizoram
border. My heartfelt
condolences to the be-
reaved families,” Sar-
ma tweeted.
The senior police of-
ficer said miscreants
from across the border
suddenly started firing
when civil officials of
both sides were holding
a dialogue to sort out
the differences.
Can’t stop prosecution:
SC on Gambhir hoarding
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
39,361
new cases
RAJASTHAN
18
new cases
416
new fatalities
00
new fatalities
Jaipur: China’s Zhi-
hui Hou is set to un-
dergo a doping test at
the Tokyo Olympics,
2 days after she won
the women’s 49kg
weightlifting gold,
setting a new Olym-
pic record of 210kg.
It was Zhihui Hou
who finished above
India’s Mirabai
Chanu and won the
competition on Sat-
urday. Mirabai, who
holds the world re-
cord for Clean and
Jerk, managed a total
of 202, 8 less than Zhi-
hui. While it’s com-
monplace Turn to P6
INDIA WELCOMES TRIUMPHANT MIRABAI HOME
Manipur to appoint Mirabai Chanu as Additional Superintendent of Police: Silver medal-
ist in Tokyo Olympics, Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu arrives at Delhi airport. Chanu
walked out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, flanked by security and clad in a face
shield and mask. “Happy to be back here in amidst so much love and support. Thank You
so much,” she tweeted after landing. —PHOTO BY PTI
IN DRIVER’S
SEAT,
RAHUL
USHERS
‘KISAN KA
PAIGHAM’ IN
PARLIAMENT
ON
TRACTOR
Chanu’s silver may turn into gold
as Chinese suspicious of doping
Holding an Open VC, Gehlot gave a subtle ‘dressing down’ to Princi-
pal Secretary, Disaster management Anand Kumar on his presenta-
tion saying, “You know it is an open VC. I had told how district wise
details are to be presented but did you not understand what I asked
for? If you do not provide district wise data, then how will we come
to know.” Gehlot said this when Kumar was presenting the data in a
table format. While the meeting was for farmers, Kumar brought the
data in English which the farmers could not unerstand and therefore
Gehlot registered his discontent. Moreover, presentation give by
Bhaskar Sawant was also comparatively weak. While the officials
kept weaving a web of data, the farmers could not understand one bit
and therefore the purpose of the VC was destroyed.
CM PULLS UP ANAND KUMAR

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2021
02
Jaipur: 90 officials of the Indian Revenue Service
(IRS) were shuffled leading to a major change in
Rajasthan as well on Monday. The reins of the IT
(Investigation) wing has been handed to 1987 batch
IRS Renu Johari, who has earlier served as Principal
Commissioner (IT) in Agra. IRS Irina Garg is now
CCIT Udaipur. Shishir Jha is CCIT ReAC Jodhpur.
Overall 45 IRS officials were transferred under rou-
tine transfers wherein 13 officials have been given
the responsibility of investigation wing.
90 OFFICIALS OF INDIAN REVENUE
SERVICE TRANSFERRED ON MONDAY
2.5-YEAR-OLD GIRL CRUSHED UNDER A
COACHING TEACHER’S CAR IN KOTA
Kota: A 2.5-year-old girl Aruhi, only child, was
kiled when a tuition teacher reversed his car in
Jawahar Nagar, Kota on Monday. The child was
rushed to a hospital where she died. The entire
incident has been captured on CCTV. The girl was
playing on roadside outside the hostel where her
father Amritlal is warden. The car driver takes
coaching classes in the hostel building. The girl
was alone on the road.
Barmer: A video, in which some men are purport-
edly seen desecrating burial places in a cemetery
with sticks and stones, went viral in Barmer district
which created resentment among Meghwal com-
munity. Looking at the sensitivity of the matter,
police took cognizance and registered an FIR suo
moto. SP Anand Sharma said that a minor boy has
been detained after a 14-second video went viral. He
said that as per primary investigation, the act was
committed under superstition with a belief that it will
lead to a good rainfall in the area.
GRAVEYARDS OF MEGHWAL COMMUNITY
DESECRATED IN ‘HOPE OF GOOD RAIN’ VIJAY DIWAS
CELEBRATED
Kargil Vijay Diwas was
celebrated at all military
stations of the South
Western command of the
Indian Army on Monday
to commemorate India’s
victory over Pakistani
forces in 1999. South
western Army Commander
Lieutenant General AS
Bhinder laid a wreath at
Prerna Sthal in Jaipur to
pay tribute to the soldiers
who laid down their lives
in the service of the nation,
defence spokesperson Lt
Col Amitabh Sharma. He
said the Army commander
greeted all ranks of the
command on the occasion.
Resolving problems of
people is priority: Pilot
First India Bureau
Tonk: Former deputy
chief minister Sachin
Pilot conducted a public
hearing at the Circuit
House on the second
day of his Tonk visit.
He also unveiled a book
written by Tarachand
Akodia.
After the public hear-
ing, he went to meet
Congress leader Saud
Saeedi at his residence.
He also paid tributes to
former chairman of
Tonk Municipal Coun-
cil Ajmal Khan and con-
soled his family mem-
bers. Pilot said that peo-
ple have given him ap-
plications for develop-
ment works and for
transfers. He said that
the problems of people
will be resolved. He was
also welcomed at sev-
eral places in Tonk.
Sachin Pilot interacts with
a blood donor in a camp at
Govindpura, Jaipur on Monday.
IN THE COURTYARD
Phone tapping: Sanjay
Jain denies voice sample
Hearing in
Vadra case
to continue
RevenueBoardGraftcase:RAS
officer, middleman get bail
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Sanjay Jain, an
accused in the phone
tapping and attempted
horse-trading of MLAs
to topple the Gehlot gov-
ernment case, refused
to give his voice sample
before the Rent Tribu-
nal Court Jaipur Metro
II on Monday
.
In the case, the ACB
had sought permission
to take voice samples of
Union Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
and Sanjay Jain in the
investigation by pre-
senting an application.
The presiding officer,
Asif Ansari, rejected
the application related
to the Union Minister
recently and, while al-
lowing ACB to take
Sanjay Jain’s voice
sample, issued a notice
to him to appear in the
court on July 26.
Appearing in compli-
ance of the order, San-
jay Jain, while replying
to the ACB’s applica-
tion, refused to give the
voice sample.
Jodhpur: The
hearing on matter
involving Con-
gress president
Sonia Gandhi’s
son-in-law Robert
Vadra in Ra-
jasthan high court
remained incom-
plete on Monday
.
The hearing
will resume on
Tuesday. The
matter is related
to irregularity in
land deal.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
high court on Monday
granted bail to suspend-
ed RAS officer BL Mehr-
da and his middleman
Shashikant Joshi, who
were arrested in April
by the Anti-corruption
Bureau in a case of graft.
Mehrda was posted as
member in the Revenue
Board, Ajmer and was al-
legedlyinvolvedincorrup-
tion and seeking bribes
throughmiddlemeninlieu
of giving favourable deci-
sions. Another member
Sunil Sharma, who was
alsoarrestedinthecase,has
alreadybeengrantedbail.
HC notices to
govt over
illegal parking
Jaipur: The high
court on Monday is-
sued notices to Ra-
jasthan government
on illegal vehicle
parking outside
Masala Chowk in
Ramniwas garden
of Jaipur.
The notices were
issued to the Chief
Secretary, JDA Com-
missioner, Commis-
sioner of Jaipur
Heritage MC and
DCP Traffic.
Rok Inovation Pvt. Ltd. KPG Krishnam, C 241, Sector 3, Chitrakoot
Scheme, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur. The proposed ropeway at Kaylana Lake to
Siddhnath Temple at Jodhpur has been accorded Environmental Clearances
and copy of clearance letter no F.1(4) SEIAA/SEAC-Raj/Sectt/Project/
Cat.7/(G)B2(19401)2019-20 dated 09 July, 2021 is available at the
websites of Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, Department of
Environment, Govt of Rajasthan and at MOEF & CC portal
https://parivesh.nic.in.
PUBLIC NOTICE
13-yr-oldgang-rapedby4minors
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a shocking
incident, a 13-year-old
minor girl was gang-
raped by four minor
boys, who lived in her
neighbourhood in
Jaipur, police said on
Sunday
.
In his complaint to
the Kanota police, the
victim’s father stated
that he hails from
Dausa area and lives in
the Kanota area, from
where one of the minor
boy took his daughter to
a secluded place on the
pretext of going to a
market, where he in-
timidated and raped
her. Meanwhile, his
three friends also
reached the spot and
raped her taking turns.
After committing the
crime, they fled the
scene, leaving the girl
behind. Later, the girl
narrated her ordeal to
family members, after
which the father lodged
a gang rape case.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: Support-
ers of Om Prakash
Somani, who was
stunned by the defeat
on the post of sarpanch
in the Rajgarh gram
panchayat of Begun, al-
legedly resorted to coer-
sive means to show his
strength in the village
on Monday
.
He, along with his
two brothers and com-
panions, reached the
bus stand of the vil-
lage and abused the
people of Kumawat
community and beat
them up. Market shops
were closed. When the
police reached the spot
and tried to explain,
the mob started pelt-
ing stones.
Two policemen were
injured in the act. The
police have registered
an FIR of obstruction
government work.
Kailash Chandra Praja-
pat, OP Somani and
Chhitar Kumawat were
in the fray for the post
of sarpanch. Prajapat
defeated Somani by 34
votes. Somani and his
supporters threatened
the people of Kumawat
community and got
their shops closed.
More than 40 percent of
the shops at the bus
stand belong to the Ku-
mawat community
.
Defeatedcandidatecreatesruckus
OP Somani and supporters
create ruckus in Chittorgarh.
Madan Dilawar
takes on Raje
supporters
Kota: On the demand
of BJP leaders to de-
clare ex-CM Vasundha-
ra Raje as
the CM
face in Ra-
j a s t h a n ,
the State
G e n e r a l
Secretary
and MLA
from Ramganjmandi,
Madan Dilawar has
opened a front. In a
video statement, Dila-
war said the BJP’s
strength is the people
and workers and the
party does not belong
to any person.
WOMAN ACCUSES MAN, UNCLE OF RAPE
Jaipur: A rape case was filed by a 24-year-old
girl at Sadar police station in Jaipur on Sunday
evening, police said. In her complaint, the victim
accused a young man and his uncle of raping her
and threatening her not to tell about the incident to
anyone. Investigation of the case has been handed
over to ACP Sadar, the police said. In the FIR,
the girl stated that she had come to Jaipur about
three years ago in search of a job. One-and-a-half
years ago she met a young man, Ravi, who made
physical relations with her promising to marry her.
About six months ago, Ravi’s uncle also raped her.
VOTING HELD IN AJMER, KISHANGARH
The voting for the urban body by-elections in one ward each
of Ajmer and Kishangarh began at 8 am and concluded by
6 pm on Monday. In both the wards, there is a direct contest
between Congress and BJP. There are BJP boards in both
places and it is also in majority. In the initial period, the number
of voters was less. However, after 11 am, the number started
increasing. Congress’ Bela Sharma and BJP’s Geeta Jangid
are contesting for ward no 28 of Municipal Corporation Ajmer,
while Panna Lal Sankhla of Congress and Bhairulal of Bharatiya
Janata Party are contesting in the bypoll for ward no 46 of Kis-
hangarh Municipal Council. A total of 5,740 votes were polled in
Ajmer’s ward and 2,368 votes were cast in Kishangarh’s ward.
WATERLOGGED!
PAOTA DAM PARCHED
Paota dam, which in the past supplied
water in 35 km area of Jaipur, is parched
now. There was a time when the main canal
of the dam and its four distributaries used
to irrigate 25,000 hectares of land in about
35 km area of Jaipur. But illegal mining of
feldspars, which has been taking palce for
a decade in the area, has stopped the water
flow into the dam, thus leaving it parched.
Villagers living near the dam said that ever
since the inflow of water in the dam has
decreased, their crops have been affected.
35,000 cusec water released from Kalisindh dam.
A flooded Jhotwara road following heavy rains in
Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Many places in
Rajasthan received
heavy to extremely
heavy rainfall in the
past 24 hours, the mete-
orological department
said on Monday
.
The highest rainfall
of 250 mm was recorded
in Gagron town of Jhal-
awar district, it said.
Marwar junction in Pali
district received 205 mm
rainfall, the MeT office
said. In Jaipur, roads
were flooded for a long
time after the rain. The
MeT office has predict-
ed heavy rains at isolat-
ed places and extremely
heavy rains at some
places in Kota, Jaipur
and Ajmer divisions on
Monday
.
ABOUT THE DAM
 Paota dam was con-
structed in 1889 by the then
Jaipur Maharaja at Paota
Buchara village with a filling
capacity of 34.25 feet.
 Last time, the dam was
completely filled in 1996.
After that, release of water in
the canals was stopped due
to lack of water in the dam. Illegal mining has obstructed water inflow in Paota dam
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RAJASTHAN
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: The birthday
of health minister Dr
Raghu Sharma was cel-
ebrated across the state
and many events
marked the day on Mon-
day
.
Many public repre-
sentatives including
minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas, Bhan-
war Singh Bhati, MLA
Baljit Yadav reached
his residence and
greeted the minister.
Dr Sharma ad-
dressed a Voluntary
Blood Donation Camp
and Post Covid-19 Man-
agement Seminar or-
ganized by Rajasthan
Nursing Association
and Rajasthan Univer-
sity of Health Sciences
College at Birla Audi-
torium, Jaipur on
Monday.
Appreciating the
work done by the nurs-
ing workers for the
prevention and treat-
ment of the corona
infection, Health Min-
ister Dr Raghu Shar-
ma described them as
an important link of
the health depart-
ment.
Celebrations galore across the state as Dr Raghu turns 63
WISHES POUR IN FOR HEALTH MINISTER
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has sanctioned
assistance of Rs 2 lakh to Bhupendra Meena,
resident of Barkheda (Karauli),
who lost both his hands in an
accident, from the discretionary
quota for prosthetic hands. It is
worth noting that both hands of
Meena were lost in the accident
caused by the collision of a bus.
Being physically helpless, the
young man is completely dependent on his aged
parents. Describing his situation, the youth had
applied for assistance before Guv and was await-
ing a favourable response from him.
GUV MISHRA TO ASSIST WITH `2L TO
VICTIM WHO LOST HANDS IN ACCIDENT
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ATM HACKERS BUSTED: 2 FEMALE
FOREIGNERS HELD BY SOG IN UDAIPUR
Udaipur: SOG has busted a gang involved in
fraudulently withdrawing cash by hacking the server
of bank ATMs and arrested 2 female foreigners in
Udaipur. ADG ATS SOG Ashok Rathod said that the
branch manager of Bank of Baroda, Mahesh Nagar-
Jaipur had given a complaint saying that unknown
people hacked the server and withdrew cash of Rs
32 lakh from the bank ATM between July 16 and 18.
The SOG started keeping an eye on ATM machines
across state. Meanwhile, the activity of two women
at the ATM of BOB in Sukher, Udaipur were found to
be suspicious following which the women were im-
mediately detained by the SOG. One woman is from
Uganda and the other is from Gambia. “They are
being brought to Jaipur for interrogation,” he said.
SAD TALE OF LANDSLIDE VICTIM,
GEHLOT REMEMBERS NOBLE SOUL
KINNAUR TRAGEDY
Rashpal Singh
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day remembered ayur-
vedic Dr Deepa Shar-
ma, 34, who died in Kin-
naur landslide, as a no-
ble soul who was ready
to help people anytime.
Gehlot tweeted that she
used to contact his of-
fice several times to get
help for the needy. He
said that Sharma was
active in social service.
Sharma was living with
her mother in Shanti
Nagar here. According
to her relatives, Sharma
was on a solo trip to
Himachal Pradesh.
Bollywood star
Kangana Ranaut
mourned the death of
Dr Sharma. She was
a fan of Kangana who
took to Instagram to
share some old photos
with emotional mes-
sage. “My condolences
to the family and friends
of Dr. Deepa. You will
always be in my heart.
Please come back. Bad
idea to come to the
mountains during the
rainy season,” Kangana
posted.
Filmmaker Vivek
Agnihotri also shared
an old picture with
Deepa while express-
ing his grief over her
demise. “OMG. Can’t
believe that Deepa is no
more. I have been told
that she died in a land-
slide today. Till 8hrs ago
she was sending photos
from the Himalayas.
Such a lively, aware
person. Have no words.
May God give her family
strength. Prayers,” he
posted.
MOURNING FROM BOLLYWOOD
CM ASHOK GEHLOT
ANNOUNCES RS 2 L
EX-GRATIA FOR KIN
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Monday
announced financial as-
sistance of Rs 2 lakh to
the next of kin of the four
people from the state who
died in a landslide near
Basteri on Sangla-Chitkul
road in Kinnaur, Himachal
Pradesh resulting in a
bridge collapse and dam-
age to some vehicles.
Ayurveda doctor Deepa
Sharma from Jaipur, three
members of a family-
Maya, 55, her son Anurag
Biyani, 31, and daughter
Richa Biyani, 25, were
from Bajaj Road of Sikar.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Dr Deepa Sharma,
who died in this ac-
cident, used to contact
the Chief Minister’s
Office many times
to help the
needy. She
was doing
social ser-
vice work by
being active
Dr Deepa Sharma was a
writer, ayurveda doctor, &
dietetics. Least did she know
that this will be the place
where her journey would
end. A doctor had tweeted
happy pictures a day before
from the bridge location,
where the tragedy took
place. She was on a solo
vacation to HP.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the lines
of Jaipur, driving li-
cences will be made
only after trial on au-
tomatic driving track
in other cities also as
the Transport De-
partment has started
an exercise to start
automatic driving
tracks across the
state.
The effort is to re-
duce road accidents
as untrained people
easily get driving li-
cences through the
brokers sitting out-
side the RTO and
DTO offices. The UP
Transport Depart-
ment is going to start
this system in the en-
tire state on the lines
of Jaipur.
Transport Com-
missioner Mahendra
Soni is also making
efforts to start the
tracks. Recently
, Soni
visited the Jodhpur
RTO office and in-
spected the automat-
ic driving track.
The State Government has done excellent
work in the first and second wave of Corona.
Registrar Mahesh Kumar Sharma expressed
his gratitude for the work done by the minister. 450
units of blood donated in a voluntary blood donation
camp. —Dr KK Sharma, President, Rajasthan Nursing Council
The selected 332 CHCs of the state are being
prepared for the possible third wave of coro-
na. He said that in the last two years, about
12,500 ANMs and GNMs along with more than
7,800 CHOs and about 2,700 doctors have been re-
cruited. —Dr Raghu Sharma, Health Minister
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
Birthday greetings and best wishes
to my cabinet colleague Dr. Raghu
Sharma ji. May you be blessed with
happiness, good health and a long life.
Avinash Pande @avinashpandeinc
My dear friend and Medical and Health Minister in
Rajasthan Government Dr Raghu Sharma. Hearty
congratulations and best wishes to you on his birth-
day. I pray to God for your good health and long life.
Sachin Pilot @SachinPilot
Happy birthday and best wishes to Rajasthan
Medical and Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma. I
pray to God for your healthy and long life.
Work in progress!
Automatic driving
track to start soon
TRACK STATUS IN OTHER DISTS

z Automatic driving
track is ready in all
the RTO offices of
state, except Ajmer

z The work in pro-
gress in the 14 DTOs
of the state is going
on by the PWD

z Track has been
completed in cit-
ies like Didwana,
Jhalawar, Sujangarh,
Nagaur and Karauli

z Automatic driving
track is being used
only in Jaipur
CS DIRECTS OFFICERS
Only the driving licence of the applicant
will be made. Recently, Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya had directed district
collectors to visit all RTO & DTO offices to
inspect driving tracks. Arya intends that
process of getting a DL from automatic
driving track should be started in Raj soon.
Dotasra’s effort fetches
` 2 crore for Ecology
Park in Laxmangarh
Mining dept
slaps penalty of
`7,47,29,466
against 5 miners ‘WEAPON OF
CHOICE’ for duo’s
‘DIGITAL CLASH’
has been poetry
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: There are alle-
gations of illegal mining
causing losses in Makra-
na mine number 80, nei-
ther cops nor mines dept
is coming forward to
take action despite com-
plaint.
` 2,94, 13,800 imposed
for illegal mining of
14,040 mt of marble by
Mukhtar in Mine No 79
` 4,24,23,750 imposed
for illegal mining of
20,250 mt by Genda &
Sons in Mine No 106/2
` 5,72,751 imposed for
illegal mining by Jamalud-
din Sons in Mine No 95B
` 3,39,390 imposed for
illegal mining of 162 mt
by Kalu Asghar in 95A
` 19,79,775 imposed on
Bapikhan holder Mubarak
& Sons for illegal mining
CM’s OSD Lokesh & Rathore
spar on Twitter in poetic way!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot’s Officer
on Special Duty Lokesh
Sharma and Deputy
Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore have
‘sparred’onTwitterover
the ongoing political de-
velopmentsinRajasthan
and their ‘weapon of
choice’ for this ‘digital
clash’ has been poetry
.
It started with a tweet
by Lokesh Sharma, Of-
ficer on Special Duty to
the Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot. On Sun-
day
,LokeshSharmatook
a jibe at the ruckus on
the cabinet reshuffle, to
which the Deputy Lead-
er of Opposition Rajen-
dra Rathore replied in a
poetic style on Monday
.
CM Ashok Gehlot’s
OSD, Lokesh Sharma
wrote: Teer Tukke
Atkalein, Gehmagehmi
hai bani hui, lo savan
bhi shuru ho gaya par
barish ka abhi pata nahi.
(There are speculations
and hustle, monsoon is
here but there is no sign
of rain).
Lokesh counters: However, replying to Rathore in yet
another tweet, Lokesh Sharma said, “Buland Mahalo
ki Neev hain itni gehri, dafan to door, daraar tak nahi
aaegi (Foudation of palace runs deep, forget being
destroyed, not even a crack will appear).
Deputy Leader of Opposi-
tion Rajendra Rathore
replied: Badal, bijli aur
barish deshat lekar aegi.
Bankar Baadh ka kehar
dekhna, ye tane hue
mahalo ki dafan kar jaegi
(Clouds, lightning and rain
will bring with it chaos
and will bring down lofty
palace).
WAR OF WORDS
First India Bureau
Sikar: The government
on Monday approved a
budget of Rs 2 crore for
the Ecology Park to be
built in Laxmangarh.
With this amount, the
facilities in the park
will be increased. Ear-
lier, Ecology Park had a
budget of Rs 74 lakh.
In this year’s budget,
the budget was an-
nounced for the park
of Laxmangarh. Since
then, PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra
was constantly trying
to get financial approv-
al at the earliest. On
Monday, the Tourism
Department issued or-
ders in this regard. On
getting this informa-
tion, the people’s rep-
resentatives of Lax-
mangarh Municipality
area expressed their
gratitude to Dotasra.
The responsibility of
maintaining the Ecol-
ogy Park will be with
Laxmangarh Munici-
pality.
On Monday,
a financial
approval of
Rs 2 crore was issued
for the Ecology Park.
This will increase the
facilities in the park.
The park will be
completely hi-tech.
This will benefit the
people of Laxman-
garh region as well
as the devotees visit-
ing Salasar.
—Govind Singh
Dotasra, PCC Chief
(TOP) MINUTES BEFORE HER
DEATH, DOC TWEETED...
“Life is nothing without mother nature”, Dr Shar-
ma wrote. The family reached Himachal Bhawan in
Delhi on Monday to take her dead body. Deepa’s
father Ram Bharosi lives in Karauli, mother moved
to Bangalore to be with her younger daughter and
Deepa’s elder brother Mahesh is an engineer.
On the occasion of Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma’s birthday, cultural programmes were organized at Birla Auditorium on Monday.
Also seen here are Dr Sudhir Bhandari, Rajasthan Nurses Association members and other representatives of the health department.

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Printed and published by
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under the PRB Act
Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
Salute the valor and sacrifice of our
soldiers on #KargilVijayDiwas. Their
selfless service keeps our nation secure.
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
Heartfelt tribute to every fighter who
laid down his life in the dignity of our
tricolour. We will always remember
this supreme sacrifice of you and your
families for the security of the country.
Jai Hind. #KargilVijayDiwas
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
When meditation is
mastered, the mind is
unwavering like the flame of
a lamp in a windless place.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
WEST BENGAL
GOES AFTER
PEGASUS,
BUT MAY NOT
SUCCEED
ith the Central gov-
ernment showing no
inclination to order a
joint parliamentary
panel probe into the
Pegasus snooping issue, West
Bengal has become the first state
to constitute a committee to look
into the allegations of the spy-
ware being deployed against Tri-
namool Congress leaders and
officers in West Bengal. The Cen-
tral government neither con-
firms nor denies authorizing the
spyware to target journalists,
politicians and those holding
constitutional posts.
The committee appointed by
the Mamata Banerjee govern-
ment will be headed by Justice
Madan Lokur, a former judge of
the Supreme Court. In recent
times, Justice Lokur has been
criticalof themisuseof NSAand
UAPA as tools to crush dissent in
the country
. Former Chief Jus-
tice of the Calcutta High Court
Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya
is likely to be the other member.
It can be said from the outset
that the committee won’t make
much headway as the Central
government is unlikely to offer
any help in the name of national
security
.
TOP TWEET
W
long and contro-
versial chapter in
Karnataka poli-
tics has come to a
closewithBSYedi-
yurappa’s exit. The Bharatiya
Janata Party owes it to BSY
wholedittopowerforthefirst
time in the southern State in
2008. The four-time chief min-
ister’s hunger for power was,
however, not satiated as he
tried to dig in his heels to
serve out his full term. Lin-
gayat seers throwing their
weight behind him failed to
swaytheBJP’stopleadership.
Mounting pressure from the
high command and from dis-
sidents forced him to step
down after completing two
years as chief minister.
Not only is BSY the only
chief minister to serve four
terms, he also served as lead-
er of Opposition three times.
BSY’s alleged close ties with
the tainted mining baron Ja-
nardhana Reddy led to cor-
ruption charges being lev-
elled against him. He was
sent to jail and had to resign
in 2011 but made a comeback
after being acquitted in 2016.
It is hard to accept that the
BSY era in Karnataka poli-
tics will end after his resig-
nation. He lobbied hard for a
ministerial berth for his son
Vijayendra. It is uncertain,
though, if he will be given a
role at the Centre or in the
State. At the age of 78 BSY is
more suited for a Marg Dar-
shak role, although after see-
ing the fate of LK Advani
and Murli Manohar Joshi he
may be unwilling to accept
that. He will rather prefer a
gubernatorial post for him-
self and a ministry for his
son. Like Lalji Tandon did in
Uttar Pradesh.
DO NOT WRITE OFF
YEDIYURAPPA YET
It is hard to accept that
the BSY era in Karnataka
politics will end after his
resignation. He lobbied
hard for a ministerial
berth for his son
Vijayendra. It is
uncertain, though, if he
will be given a role at the
Centre or in the State
A
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ndia is celebrating the 22nd
Kargil Vijay Diwas, the day re-
membered for the Indian Ar-
my’s successful Operation Vi-
jay and the fourth consecutive
defeat of the Pakistan army
against India. Indian Army
fought this battle in extreme
weather conditions, snow-cov-
eredpeaks,ruggedandbarren
mountains, and glaciers. Indi-
an armed forces displayed the
extraordinary valour and top-
class warfare to recapture the
Indian territory
, infiltrated by
the Pak army when both sides
abandoned the front line posts
during the grinding cold win-
ters when temperatures
plunged. Officers and soldiers
of the Indian Army fought
hard on Tololing, Tiger Hill
and several other peaks where
the Pak army had fortified
their positions with bunkers
and heavy weapons.
The man behind this Pak
army’s misadventure was its
chief of army staff, General
Parvez Musharaff, responsi-
ble for many lives across the
line and jeopardising the
peace between two states.
In February 1999, the then
Indian PM, A.B Vajpayee,
went to Lahore in a bus with
the hope that joint efforts of
Sharif and Vajpayee would
lay a foundation of new Indo-
Pak relations. By then, Paki-
stani troops had captured
around 140 Indian posts in
Kargil, and our government
and Army did not have a clue
about it. We were engaged in
the peace process and were
putting our efforts to im-
prove good relations between
both countries; simultane-
ously, the Pakistan army es-
tablishment was planning its
most extensive operation af-
ter 1971 against India.
Pakistan Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif was singing the
commitmenttokeeppeaceand
harmony between the two na-
tions and reiterate both coun-
tries’ determination to imple-
menttheShimlaagreementin
letter and spirit with the Indi-
anPrimeMinister,AtalBehari
Vajpayee.Atthesametime,the
PakistanArmy
,underthelead-
ership of General Pervez
Musharraf, was pulling up
socks for the execution of an
already planned operation of
alteringtheLOCandintrusion
of the Pakistan Army across
the LOC to occupy the strate-
gic Indian heights and areas.
Neither the Pakistan Army
nor its chief, Pervez Mushar-
raf, were interested in the La-
hore Summit. Later, he reject-
ed the Lahore process, stating
it did not address the central
issue of Kashmir.
As mentioned by the Kargil
reviewcommitteeinitsreport,
RAWsharedinputinFebruary
1999 about the monotony and
unhappiness of Pakistan
Army leadership toward the
upcoming event of the Lahore
Summit.Thetoparmybrassof
RAW Inputs may not be entire-
ly united in their approach to
the proposed thaw in Indo-Pak
relations. Section of senior
armyofficersstillheldthatPa-
kistan could not hope to get a
favourable deal from India un-
less it dealt with India from a
position of strength. Reports
werealsosharedwiththecabi-
net secretary
, principal secre-
tary to the prime minister, for-
eign secretary
, home secretary
,
NSC secretariat, and Director
of IB, but ignored. After a few
years, Pervez Musharraf him-
self proved the inputs correct
and said that he saw Lahore
Summitasawasteof timeand
was never in favour of it. ‘I do
not see it (Lahore process) as a
low or even a high point be-
cause the Lahore Summit was
not addressing the main issue.
Itisjustaprocess,whichwould
neverhavecarriedforwardthe
dialogueinaconcretemanner,’
hesaidinaninterviewwithan
Indian journalist.
Musharaff was also very
much frustrated by the out-
come of Pakistan’s proxy war
in Kashmir, which was more
or less nothing. He said every-
onemustrealisethattheKash-
mir problem was the primary
source of tension between In-
diaandPakistan,forwhichthe
twocountrieshadfoughtwars.
‘
Anybody who thinks that Pa-
kistan and India can get very
chummy
, friendly
, and cooper-
ate without a solution to the
Kashmir issue is not a practi-
cal and realistic individual.”
Musharraf even suggested
to the Pakistan Government
to include Kashmir in the fi-
nal draft of the Lahore Sum-
mit. The ultimate draft gave
the impression that Kashmir
was a minor irritant between
the two countries, and there
were many other big issues
among them.
Like most members of the
Pakistani military establish-
ment, Musharraf was ada-
mantandagainstnormalising
the relations with India. One
cannot forget that he chose to
absent himself from the wel-
coming ceremony for Vajpay-
ee at the Wagah border. It is no
secretinIslamabadthathedid
so because he did not want to
salute the Prime Minister of a
neighbouring country that he
regarded as an ‘enemy’.
It is now evident that even
as the Lahore declaration
was executed between Prime
Ministers Atal Behari Vaj-
payee and Nawaz Sharif,
preparations for the intru-
sions by Pakistani troops
were in full swing. One more
example of Pakistan Army
leadership is entirely un-
trustworthy for pursuing
peace process or dialogue be-
tween the two countries.
Gen Pervez Musharraf had
long-standing links with anti-
India religious fundamental-
ist groups in Pakistan. In
1987, Parvez got promoted to
the rank of brigadier. In Sep-
tember 1987, an assault was
launchedunderthecommand
of Brig Pervez on Bilafond La
to capture the heights of
Siachen. His attempt was
beaten back severely by the
Indian Army, causing Paki-
stan to lose over 300 soldiers.
Later in 1998, Musharaff be-
came the General of the Paki-
stan Army
. After being defeat-
ed so many times by the In-
dian Army
, Siachen remained
Musharaff’s top priority
.
What he could not achieve
twelve years before, now he
had the opportunity and com-
plete authority to make a plan
to snatch Siachen from India
through Kargil.
Moreover, Musharraf has
nurturedthisideafrom1988to
1989. It is a fact that the Paki-
stani military was engaged in
preparations for Kargil even
beforethetwoprimeministers
met in Lahore. The newfound
nuclear status of Pakistan is
likelytohavefuelledthedesire
to make sub-conventional
gains in Kashmir. Also, the
string of Siachen is still pain-
ing deep inside, and all efforts
of takingrevengeweresevere-
ly beaten back by the Indian
Army
. As Benazir Bhutto said
in her electronic media inter-
view,’ There has always been a
plan of the Pakistan Army to
do something, which could
have retrieved us what we lost
in Siachen.’ She refused the
plan when it was put to her by
the Pakistan Army because
she was aware of its destruc-
tive results and consequences.
According to Brigadier
Shaukat Qadir of Pak army,
‘In 1998–99, there was a grow-
ing concern in the Pakistan
establishment that the Kash-
miri cause was losing its in-
ternational salience and the
waning militancy in Jammu
and Kashmir needed a reju-
venation. Under the garb of
a Mujahideen operation, the
military operation would cre-
ate a military threat that
could lead it to a military so-
lution and force India to the
negotiating table from a Pa-
kistan of weakness.’
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
It is now evident that even as
the Lahore declaration was
executed between Prime
Ministers Atal Behari
Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif,
preparations for the
intrusions by Pakistani
troops were in full swing. One
more example of Pakistan
Army leadership is entirely
untrustworthy for pursuing
peace process or dialogue
between the two countries
The man behind this Pak
army’s misadventure was
its chief of army staff,
General Parvez
Musharaff, responsible
for many lives across the
line and jeopardising the
peace between two states
AZAD SINGH
RATHORE
The Writer is author of
book Kargil The Heights of Bravery
KARGIL
MUSHARAFF
THE EVILDOER

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INDIA
05
WILL CONGRESS PART
WAYS FROM NCP?
Anita Hada
New Delhi: The Con-
gress leaders are
shocked by the state-
ments that Maharash-
tra Congress state pres-
ident Nana Patole is
giving these days as his
statements are not ac-
cordingtothepartyline
and are seen more as
statements of personal
ambition. Nana Patole
is repeatedly saying
that Congress will fight
alone in the next elec-
tions while stressing
that Congress has been
cheated in the alliance
earlier. If his point is
taken seriously, it
means that Congress
will fight the next elec-
tion without NCP
. Keep
in mind that Congress
andNCPhavebeencon-
testingelections togeth-
er since 1999. Only once
inthemiddleof the2019
assembly elections,
both the parties had
fought separately and
its result should have
given the Congress an
ideaof whatitsstatusis
in Maharashtra. The
Congress had finished
fourth in the four-cor-
nered contest.
Secondly, in the next
Lok Sabha elections,
Congress is preparing
to fight by forming a big
alliance, so how can the
party leave its oldest
ally
. Congress leaders
are assuming that there
will be coordination
with the NCP in the
2024 Lok Sabha elec-
tions and the Congress
will fight together in
the assembly elections
to be held in the same
year. Then the question
is, why is Nana Patole
givingthestatementop-
posite to Congress’s fu-
ture depedency?
The reason for this is
being told that till some
time ago, his status in
the Maharashtra Con-
gress was that of a very
smallleader.Hisstature
was very small com-
pared to Ashok Chavan,
Prithviraj Chavan, Su-
shil Shinde, Rad-
hakrishna Vikhe Patil
or many other old lead-
ers. His stature has in-
creasedafterjoinedBJP
andreturnedbackintpo
the grand-old party
.
Now he wants to estab-
lish himself at par with
the big leaders in the
Congress, and this is
whyhestressesonmak-
ing such statements. It
is said that he is trying
to send out a message
that in Maharashtra,
Congress means Nana
Patole. However this is
not likely to happen.
Sharad Pawar and Sonia Gandhi.
CRUCIAL READ
GOVT NOT SEEKING INFORMATION AS
IT WAS AWARE: CHIDAMBRAM
New Delhi: Amid the Pegasus snooping row on
politicians, journalists and others, former Home
Minister P. Chidambaram
on Monday alleged that
the government was aware
of the snooping. In a state-
ment, Chidambaram said,
“Is it because the govern-
ment was fully aware of
the snooping and does not need any more informa-
tion from Israel or the NSO Group?”.
PETITIONER SEEKING PROSECUTION
OF ABDULLAH FAILS TO DEPOSIT FINE
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday de-
ferred the hearing on the plea regarding non-depo-
sition of fine of Rs 50,000
imposed by it earlier on
the petitioner, who had
filed a PIL against former
Chief Minister of Jammu
and Kashmir, Farooq
Abdullah seeking his
prosecution for his alleged comments on abroga-
tion of Article 370 of the Constitution.
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan
and representatives of the Producers and Direc-
tors Guild from the film industry will attend the
meeting called by the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Information Technology (IT) on
Tuesday for the discussion on the Cinematography
(Amendment) Bill 2021. Senior Congress leader
and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor-led parliamen-
tary standing committee has called the meeting.
KAMAL HAASAN, OTHERS TO
ATTEND PARLIAMENTARY PANEL
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday slammed the Narendra Modi govern-
ment over reports of China’s action in Demchok
stating that the government is clueless on how
to handle China and is ignoring their actions
which will cause problems. “Government of
India (GOI) is clueless on how to handle China.
Ignoring their actions now will cause huge prob-
lems in the future,” he said in a tweet. —ANI
GOVT CLUELESS ON HOW TO HANDLE
CHINA’S ACTION: RAHUL GANDHI
No proposal to privatise defence
establishments: MoS Def Ajay Bhatt
AFTER A WEEK OF DISRUPTION IN PARLIAMENT, THE LOK SABHA SESSION ON MONDAY SAW A
REPEAT OF THE DISRUPTION WITH CONTINUOUS SLOGANS, AND UPROAR BY THE OPPOSITION
New Delhi: Union
Minister of State for
Defence Ajay Bhatt on
Monday said there is no
proposal of privatiza-
tion of defence estab-
lishments. “There is no
proposal of privatiza-
tion of Defence Public
Sector Undertakings
(DPSUs) and Ordnance
Factory Board (OFB)
under the administra-
tive control of Depart-
ment of Defence Pro-
duction,” the
Minister said
in a written
reply in Ra-
jya Sabha.
However, he
said, to en-
hance func-
tional auton-
omy, efficien-
cy and un-
leash new
growth potential and
innovation in Ordnance
Factories, the Cabinet
Committee on Security
(CCS) in its meeting
held on 16.06.2021, has
approved to convert the
production units of
OFB into 07 DPSUs.
But, Indian Army is
facing a shortage of
over 7,900 officers, more
than 90,000 vacancies
for soldiers including
junior commissioned
officers are also lying
vacant, Minister of
State for Defence Ajay
Bhatt said in a written
reply to the query
raised the Rajya Sabha.
The Navy
, which is
considered third in
terms of the size among
allthethreedefenseforc-
es, stands second in
terms of manpower
shortagesasitisshortof
1,190 officers and 11,927
sailors in its ranks.
Bhatt informed that
the Army
was short of
7,912 officers
and 90,640
soldiers in its
ranks and ef-
forts are be-
ing made to
fill up these
vacancies.
On the Indi-
an Air Force,
Bhatt said, “The IAF
was short of 610 officers
and 7,104 men in its
ranks.”
Bhatt said that the
government has taken a
number of measures to
reduce the shortages.
According to the De-
fence Ministry, the gov-
ernment has taken var-
ious steps to make the
job in the Armed Forces
attractive including im-
provement in promo-
tion prospects.
LS passes
Factoring
Regulation
Amendment
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
on Monday passed the
Factoring Regulation
(Amendment) Bill, 2021
without discussion as
opposition continued
its protests on various
issues despite the chair
urging it to take part in
the debate on the legis-
lation.
The bill seeks to help
micro, small and medi-
um enterprises by pro-
viding added avenues
for getting credit facili-
ty, especially through
Trade Receivables Dis-
counting System.
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
moved the bill for pas-
sage. The statement of
objects and reasons of
the bill state that an in-
crease in the availabil-
ity of working capital
may lead to growth in
the business of the mi-
cro, small and medium
enterprises sector and
also boost employment
in the country.
—ANI
PURI BRIEFS LS ON
SPIRALLING FUEL COST
New Delhi: Briefing the LS about the
rising fuel prices in the country, Union Pe-
troleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri said the prices are determined
based on world market pricing. He further
said 85 per cent of petroleum products
are imported and the world market prices
are determined by exporting countries.
333 PRIVATE COMPANIES
INTO DEFENCE PRODUCTION
New Delhi: A total 333 private companies
have been issued 539 industrial licences
for defence production out of these, 110
companies have started production. In a
written reply to Vijay Pal Singh Tomar in
the RS on Monday, Minister of State for
Defence, Ajay Bhatt, said was opened up
to 100 per cent for Indian private sector.
GOVT CUTS CUSTOMS DUTY ON MASUR TO NIL
New Delhi: The central government on Monday reduced basic customs duty on masur
dal to zero and also halved agricultural infrastructure development cess on the lentil
to 10 per cent. A notification in this regard was tabled in Lok Sabha by Union Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.
KHARGE MEETS OPPOSITION
LEADERS FOR STRATEGY
New Delhi: Floor leaders of opposition
parties in RS met in Congress
leader Mallikarjun Kharge’s
office in Parliament on Mon-
day to decide on strategy in
the House during the ongoing
Monsoon Session. —ANI
LS ADJOURNED AMID
UPROAR BY OPPOSITION
New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned
for the day on Monday after passage
of two Bills without discussions amid
relentless protests by Opposition mem-
bers, who raised slogans and showed
placards on the Pegasus snooping row
and farmers’ issue.
RAJYA SABHA
ADJOURNED
The Rajya Sabha
was adjourned
for the day after
the Opposition
continued to
protest over the
Pegasus row and
farmers’ issues.
MAHARASHTRA FLOODS
Toll reaches 164, 100 still missing
Mumbai: A total of 164
people have lost their
lives in Maharashtra
floods till now, while
100 people are still
missing. As efforts to
rescue and rehabilitate
those affected by flood
and landslides due to
heavy rains in Maha-
rashtra continue, the
Department of Relief
and Rehabilitation in-
formed on Monday that
the death toll in the
1,028 affected villages
has reached 164. “About
2 .29 lakh people have
been evacuated from
the flood-hit areas. A
total of 164 deaths have
been reported and
25,564 animals have
died. A total of 56 peo-
ple were injured and
100 are still missing
from the 1028 villages
affected,” the depart-
ment said. Further, the
department informed
that 7,832 people are
presently rehabilitated
at 259 shelters.
Maharashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray will be vis-
iting the flood-areas of
Patan taluka in the Sa-
tara district today. He
will also visit the relief
camps set up for citi-
zens affected by the
floods, the Chief Minis-
ter Office (CMO) in-
formed in a tweet.
MUMBAI HAS SOME OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN
WORLD, THEY SHOULD HELP, SAYS SANJAY RAUT
Mumbai: Following incessant rains in Maharashtra which
have caused floods and landslides and claimed many
lives, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said that
the rich people of Mumbai should come forward to help.
Quoting Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Raut said, “The
state government will do its utmost but Maharashtra is
the responsibility of all those to whom it has given a lot.
The state needs help from a thousand hands. Mumbai
has some of the richest people in the world, they should
help.” Raut also said affluent people should help govt.

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Gear up...
The CM said, “Except
Pratapgarh and Jais-
almer, it is worrying to
have less than normal
rainfall in almost all the
districts at present. But
we hope that in the com-
ing days this situation
will improve and this
time also the monsoon
will be good. Even then,
all preparations should
be made for disaster
management in case of
drought or excessive
rain. Contingency fund
has been transferred
along with instructions
to prepare district col-
lectors to deal with
drinking water, rain-
borne accidents, floods
or droughts.”
Gehlot said that in
order to promote water
conservation, during
our previous govern-
ment, emphasis was
laid on building rainwa-
ter harvesting struc-
tures in residential and
other buildings. “This
work needs to be given
more speed. Priority is
being given to the works
of Jal Jeevan Mission
and coordination is be-
ing done with the Cent-
er for providing water
to every household,” he
said.
BD Kalla said that
water conservation
works need to be given
more priority
. “For this,
rainwater harvesting
has been done in the
buildings. Efforts
should be made to con-
serve water and in-
crease the ground wa-
ter level by building
structures. Emphasis
should be laid on moti-
vating the farmers to
adopt drip and sprin-
kler irrigation systems
to save water in the ag-
riculture sector,” the
minister said.
Lalchand Kataria
said that the sowing of
crops has been reduced
due to delay in rains.
“But it is expected to
improve with the fore-
cast of good rains in the
coming days.
Minister of State for
Civil Defense and Agri-
culture, Bhajanlal Jatav
informed that volun-
teers of Civil Defense,
who played an impor-
tant role in flood con-
trol, have been deployed
in the potential areas,
while Minister of State
for Disaster Manage-
ment and Relief Rajen-
dra Yadav expressed
hope of good rains in
the coming days during
monsoon. He said that
the Disaster Manage-
ment Department is
fully prepared to deal
with any kind of disas-
ter.
Principal Secretary,
Disaster Management
and Relief, Anand Ku-
mar told in a presenta-
tion on the present situ-
ation of rainfall in the
state and preparedness
for rescue from floods
and rain-related disas-
ters, that till July 25, the
state has received 32
percent less rainfall
than normal. However,
the Meteorological De-
partment has forecast
good rainfall in many
districts from July 26 to
July 28. This is expected
to improve the average
rainfall. He said that in
order to prevent rain-
related accidents, in 25
districts of the state
QRT teams of SDRF
and civil defense have
been deployed in all dis-
tricts. For flood protec-
tion, Rs 20 lakh each in
all the divisional head-
quarter districts and Rs
10 lakh each in the re-
maining districts has
been allocated as re-
volving fund. 20-20
lakhs has been given to
all the district collec-
tors as revolving fund
for speedy payment of
assistance in accidents
like lightning.
BSY takes...
Asserting that he will
“hundred per cent” con-
tinue in politics and
work to bring BJP back
to power from tomor-
row itself,the Lingayat
strongman said “...there
is no question of politi-
cal retirement for any
reason. I’m with the
karyakartas and the
people.”
Bengal govt...
justice MV Lokur, re-
tired justice of SC and
Justice Jyotirmay CJ of
Calcutta HC in exercise
of power of section 3 of
Commission of Inquiry
Act 1952, in matter of il-
legal hacking, monitor-
ing, surveillance, tap-
ping, recording, etc. of
mobiles phones in state
of WB.”
Chanu’s silver...
for Olympic medalists
to undergo doping tests,
Zhihui’s case involves
adverse analytical find-
ing, meaning there will
be tests to figure out if
there is anything ad-
verse in first sample.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmen-
dra Pradhan tweeted, “The NEP, 2020, is a guid-
ing philosophy for
changing the learning
landscape, making
education holistic and
for building strong
foundations for an
Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
On 29th July, on the
completion of one year of reforms under the NEP,
PM Shri @narendramodiwill address the nation.”
PM TO ADDRESS NATION ON JUL 29
ON COMPLETION OF 1 YEAR OF NEP
New Delhi: SC on Monday posted for July 30 hear-
ing a plea filed by former Maharashtra Home Min-
ister Anil Deshmukh
seeking protection
from ‘coercive action’
in a money launder-
ing case.A Bench
headed by Justice AM
Khanwilkar adjourned
the hearing of the
matter and said it would hear on Friday at 2 pm the
plea of Deshmukh. The apex court asked counsel of
Deshmukh to give a copy of the petition to the En-
forcement Directorate and the state of Maharashtra.
MONEY LAUNDERING: SC TO HEAR ON
JULY 30, ANIL DESHMUKH’s PLEA
Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
begun conducting surveys of various constituen-
cies which has led to
speculations about
the ruling party pre-
paring for early elec-
tions. The Gujarat
state legislative as-
sembly elections are
slated for December
2022, but, according to the rumour mill, BJP may
push to conduct polls along with Punjab and Uttar
Pradesh early next year.As per party sources, after
the culmination of the local civic body elections, the
party has initiated an internal survey that had been put
on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic second wave.
This gave fuel to the rumour that the ruling party may
be preparing for early polls.
WILL GUJARAT ASSEMBLY POLLS BE
HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR?
New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court is likely to
pronounce its order on framing of charges in the
death case of Su-
nanda Pushkar on
Tuesday. Pushkar
was found dead in
a suite of a luxury
hotel in the city on
night of January
17, 2014. Congress
MP Shashi Tharoor, husband of Sunanda Pushkar
is the main accused in the matter according to
the Delhi Police. Tharoor, a former union minister,
who is currently on bail, was charge-sheeted by
Delhi Police under Sections 498-A 306 of IPC.
SUNANDA PUSHKAR DEATH: COURT
TO PRONOUNCE ORDER TODAY
Agartala: A 23-member team of IPAC, the poll
strategy group which was headed by Prashant
Kishor was alleg-
edly put under
“house arrest” in a
hotel at Agartala in
BJP-ruled Tripura
by local police,
inviting anger from
TMC. Sources
said team had reached Agartala six days ago and
was carrying out a “ground assessment” ahead
of Assembly polls slated in 2023. The team was
working for Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, which
has set its eyes on Tripura after it retained power
in Bengal.
PRASHANT KISHOR’s IPAC TEAM
UNDER ‘HOUSE ARREST’ IN TRIPURA
CRUCIAL READ
HONOURING! PRESIDENT PAYS
TRIBUTES TO KARGIL MARTYRS
New Delhi: On the oc-
casion of Kargil Vijay
Diwas, President Ram
Nath Kovind on Mon-
day paid tributes to sol-
diers who sacrificed
their lives in defending
the nation and laid a
wreath at the Dagger
War Memorial in Jam-
mu and Kashmir's Bar-
amulla.
On Kargil Vijay Di-
was, President Kovind
laid a wreath at the Dag-
ger War Memorial, Bar-
amulla, Jammu and
Kashmir, to pay tributes
to all soldiers who sac-
rificed their lives in de-
fending the nation,
tweeted Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
Remembering the
soldiers who laid down
their lives defending
the nation with indomi-
table courage and val-
our, the President said:
The nation salutes the
soldiers and officers of
the 19th Infantry Divi-
sion, who have been
safeguarding our bor-
ders in the most hostile
terrains under adverse
weather conditions as
our frontline troops.
They have scripted ex-
ceptional stories of in-
domitable courage,
bravery and sacrifice.
Earlier, President Ko-
vind was scheduled to
visit Dras on Monday
on the 22nd anniversary
of the Kargil Vijay Di-
was to pay homage to
the indomitable cour-
age and sacrifice of the
Indian Armed Forces
during the Kargil con-
flict of 1999 at the Kar-
gil War Memorial.
The President ar-
rived here on Sunday
for a four-day visit to
Jammu and Kashmir,
and Ladakh. According
to the statement issued
by Rashtrapati Bhavan,
the President Kovind
on Tuesday will grace
and address the 19th
Annual Convocation of
the University of Kash-
mir in Srinagar. Re-
membering the sacri-
fices and valour of he-
roes of the Kargil war,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, on Monday,
said their bravery moti-
vates the country each
and every day
. —ANI
President Ram Nath Kovind laid a wreath at Dagger War Memorial to pay tribute to all soldiers who
sacrificed their lives in defending the nation in Baramulla on Monday.
HOMAGETOKARGILHEROESONTHEOCCASIONOF22NDVIJAYDIWAS
PM: BRAVERY
MOTIVATES US
LS, RS PAY
TRIBUTE TO
BRAVE
SOLDIERS
Remembering the
sacrifices and val-
our of heroes of Kargil
war, PM Narendra
Modi on Monday said
their bravery motivates
the country every day.
We remember sacri-
fices. We remember
their valour. We pay
homage to all those
who lost their lives in
Kargil protecting our
nation. Their bravery
motivates us every
single day, PM Modi
tweeted.
New Delhi: On the
occasion of the 22nd
Kargil Vijay Diwas, LS
RS paid tribute to
the brave soldiers of
the Kargil war. Mem-
bers of both Houses
observed silence in
memory of brave
soldiers. Speaker
Om Birla said, “We
are celebrating 22nd
Kargil Vijay Diwas to
remember valour and
sacrifice of Indian Air
Forces. The House
applauds bravery of
our soldiers.”
RAWAT INSTALLS VICTORY
FLAME AT MEMORIAL IN DRAS
SHAH, RAJNATH SALUTE BRAVE
FIGHTERS FOR SACRIFICE
CDS General Bipin Rawat installed
the Victory Flame here at Kargil War
Memorial in Dras. The Victory Flame
Swarnim Vijay Mashaal marks India's
victory in 1971 war. Ladakh Lieutenant
Guv RK Mathur, Ladakh MP Jamyang
Tsering Namgyal also paid floral tributes.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
and Defence Minister Rajanth
Singh on Monday remembered the
brave fighters of the Kargil war and
said the country salutes their dedi-
cation that kept the integrity of the
country intact.
Delta variant ‘fittest and fastest’,
infecting fully-vaccinated people
New Delhi: The Delta
variant is the fastest,
fittest and most formi-
dable version of the
coronavirus that causes
Covid-19 the world has
encountered and it is
upending assumptions
about the disease even
as nations loosen re-
strictions and open
their economies, ac-
cording to virologists
and epidemiologists.
Vaccine protection
remains very strong
against severe infec-
tions and hospitaliza-
tions caused by any ver-
sion of the coronavirus,
and those most at risk
are still the unvaccinat-
ed, according to inter-
views with 10 leading
Covid-19 experts.
The major worry
about the new Delta
variant, first identified
in India, is not that it
makes people sicker,
but that it spreads far
more easily from per-
son to person, increas-
ing infections and hos-
pitalizations among the
unvaccinated. —PTI
BIOLOGICAL E'S CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
CORBEVAX MAY LAUNCH BY SEPT END
Hyderabad: The
Hyderabad-based phar-
maceutical company Bi-
ological E is expected to
launch its Covid vaccine
Corbevax by Septem-
ber end in India, said
sources on Monday.
Sources said that the
company has started its
phase 3 clinical trials.
Biological E’s Covid
vaccine Corbevax has
been booked by govt
before preclinical stage
phase 3 studies. In the
latest written reply,
Union Minister of State
for Health, Dr Bharati
Pravin Pawar said that
GoI has also provided
financial assistance
to domestic vaccine
manufacturer Biologi-
cal E which is currently
in advance phase 3
clinical trials for ‘at-risk
manufacturing’ of
vaccine. Biological E is
expected to apply for
an EUL by August end
will be supplying 300
mn doses to GoI by
December 2021. —ANI
PERMISSION
TO RE-OPEN
SPA CENTRES:
DELHI HC
New Delhi: The
Delhi HC on Monday
directed Spas centres
to follow conditions
imposed by Govern-
ment keeping in view
of Covid-19 while
granting permis-
sion to re-open the
centres in national
capital. Appearing for
Delhi Govt, advocate
Naushad Ahmed
Khan told Justice
Rekha Palli that on
July 24, Delhi Govt
has allowed reopen-
ing and functioning of
Spas in the national
capital with certain
conditions. —ANI
Surjewala detained
for holding tractor
rally, released later
New Delhi: Delhi Po-
lice on Monday de-
tained Congress Gen-
eral Secretary Randeep
Surjewala, Youth Con-
gress chief Srinivas BV
,
and some other party
workers for taking out a
tractor march in viola-
tion of Section 144 of
the Code of Criminal
Procedure (CrPC).
However, later Sur-
jewala was released.
Earlier, Congress
leaders, including Ra-
hul Gandhi took out a
tractor rally in support
of farmers protesting
against three agricul-
tural laws.
Wayanad MP Rahul
Gandhi drove a tractor
to reach Parliament in
protest against the
three farm laws. Ex-
tending support to
farmers who have been
agitating against the
new agricultural laws,
the Wayanad MP told
media persons, I have
brought farmers' mes-
sage to Parliament.
They are suppressing
the voices of farmers
and not letting a discus-
sion take place in Par-
liament. They will have
to repeal these black
laws. The entire coun-
try knows these laws
favour 2-3 big business-
men. —ANI
Randeep Surjewala others shout slogans in a bus during a protest
against 3 farm laws after being detained by Delhi Police on Monday.

NEWS
07
India paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal
on Monday progressed to Round 3 of
the men’s singles event after defeating
Portugal’s Tiago Apolonia here at Tokyo
Metropolitan Gym -- Table 1 in the ongo-
ing Tokyo Olympics. Kamal defeated Tiago
4-2 in Round 2 of the men’s singles event
on Monday. The entire match lasted for 48
minutes. Tiago was in top form in Game
1 and as a result, he won it 11-2, creating
pressure on Sharath at the very start.
India’s Kamal staged a comeback
in Game 2, winning it 11-8, and as a result,
the match came on level terms at 1-1. Ka-
mal continued with his momentum and
he quickly went on to take a 5-0 lead in
Game 3. The 39-year-old did not let go of
this opportunity and he quickly took a 2-1
lead in the match. Portugal’s Tiago staged
a comeback in Game 4, and as a result, the
match was poised evenly at 2-2. However,
Kamal held his own in the following two
games, and as a result, he progressed to
the next round. —ANI
India’s star female table
tennis player Manika Batra’s
journey in the ongoing Tokyo
Olympics
2020 has
sadly
come to an
end. On
Monday,
Manika
was
brushed aside by World No.
17, Austrian player Sofia
Polkanova in the third round.
63rd-ranked Manika could not
win a single set against 17th-ranked
Polkanova. Sofia defeated Batra 4-0
(11-8, 11-2, 11-5 and 11-7). The
match lasted for just 27 minutes.
Boxer Ashish Kumar (75kg) bowed
out of the men’s middleweight
(69-75kg) category event in the
Tokyo Olympics after
losing to China’s
Tuoheta Erbieke in
the round of 32 here
at the Kokugikan
Arena on Monday.
Touheta defeated
Ashish 5-0 in the
round of 32 match
on Monday. China’s Touheta took
the first round 5-0, and Ashish was
put on the back foot straight away.
A similar fate was in store in the
next round, and hence chances of
progressing to the next round looked
slim for the Indian pugilist.
EXPERIENCED SHARATH KAMAL DEFEATS TIAGO, PROGRESSES TO ROUND 3
MANIKA BATRA LOSES
TO SOFIA IN ROUND 3
Speaker Om Birla: I am happy
to inform you that Mirabai
Chanu won a silver medal in
Tokyo Olympics
ASHISH KUMAR LOSES
TO ERBIEKE AT TOKYO
India swimmer Sajan Prakash
on Monday failed to qualify
for the semi-finals of the men’s
200m but-
terfly event in
the ongoing
Tokyo Olympics.
Sajan finished
at fourth place
in 1:57.22
seconds in Heat
2 of the event.
The Indian swimmer finished
24th overall and failed to make
the cut as the top 16 qualified
for the next round. On Sunday,
young Indian swimmers Srihari
Nataraj and Maana Patel failed to
qualify for the 100m backstroke.
SAJAN PRAKASH FAILS
TO QUALIFY FOR SF
New Delhi: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Mon-
day congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu
for winning a silver medal at Tokyo Olympics.
Hailing Chanu for her remarkable perfor-
mance at Olympics, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
said: “I am extremely happy to inform you
that Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal
in Tokyo Olympics. I congratulate
her on behalf of the House and my-
self. I hope that other athletes will
also perform well in their respec-
tive games and bring laurels to
the nation.” Chanu on Monday
left for India after winning a
silver medal in the Tokyo Olym-
pics. The silver medallist is
expected to arrive home later
today
.Chanu had opened In-
dia’s medals tally on Satur-
day as she bagged a silver
in the Women’s 49kg catego-
ry at Tokyo International
Forum.“Heading back to home,
Thank you #Tokyo2020 for mem-
orable moments of my life,” tweeted
Chanu. Chanu lifted a total of 202 kg (87kg
in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk) dur-
ing her four successful attempts. - ANI
India’s ace shooters Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and
Mairaj Ahmad Khan failed to qualify for the medal
round after finishing 18th and 25th respectively
in the men’s skeet qualification here at the Asaka
Shooting Range on Monday. In the qualification
round spread across two days, Angad Vir Singh Ba-
jwa pulled the trigger 125 times across five series to
shoot 120 targets while Mairaj executed 117 shots
from the different shooting stations which were
arranged in a semi-circle. The top six will qualify for
the finals, where they will shoot 60 targets. On the
second day of the qualification, Bajwa had the worst
possible start compared to day one as he missed
two targets in round 4, which instantly landed him
out of the top-15 in the field. Notably, on the open-
ing day, Angad missed just two targets.
Indian archers faltered at crucial moments against
the mighty Koreans to make a quarterfinal exit
from the men’s team event at the Tokyo Olympics,
here on Monday. After beating Kazakhstan 6-2,
the Indian trio of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and
Tarundeep Rai lost in straight sets against the top
seeds at the Yumenoshima Park. The Korean team
of Kim Je Deok, Oh Jin Hyek and Kim Woojin were
on song in the first two sets, shooting 10 perfect
10s out of 12 to apply early pressure. The Indians,
who won a silver medal at the 2019 World Cham-
pionships, responded well in the second set with a
series of four 10s but Das faltered with an 8 in the
last arrow, as Koreans looked on a roll. India were
let down by Guatemala City World Cup gold medal-
list Das who failed to repeat his brilliant show.
BAJWA, MAIRAJ KHAN FAIL TO
QUALIFY FOR SKEET MEDAL EVENT
MEN’S ARCHERY TEAM BOWS OUT
AFTER LOSING TO SOUTH KOREA
India’s lone representative at fencing, Chadala-
vada Anandha Sundhararaman Bhavani Devi,
also known as CA Bhavani Devi
lost the round of 32 match
against France’s Manon Brunet
in women’s individual sabre here
at Makuhari Messe B Hall Yellow
Piste. Manon Brunet dominated
Bhavani over the two halves as
she defeated the Indian by 15-7
and marched into the round of
16. Experienced French fourth seed started the
match-up on a great note as she outclassed the
Indian fencer by 8-2 in the first half.
India paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee on Monday
bowed out of the women’s singles event after
losing her Round 2 match against Portugal’s Fu
Yu here at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym -- Table 4
in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Fu Yu defeated
Mukherjee 4-0 and the match lasted for just 23
minutes. Mukherjee was put on the back foot
from the word go as she lost the first two games,
and was left with all to do in the following games
to have a chance in the match. Fu Yu kept on
maintaining her charge and she won Game 3 as
well, and she just needed to take one more game
to progress to the next round. Mukherjee was
not able to make any sort of comeback.
CA BHAVANI DEVI CRASHES OUT
OF WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL SABRE
PADDLER SUTIRTHA BOWS OUT
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New Delhi: Madhya
Pradesh levies the high-
est sales tax or VAT on
petrol in the country,
while Rajasthan has the
highest tax on diesel,
Oil Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri told the Lok
Sabha on Monday
.
Heavily taxed petrol
and diesel rates have
shot to their highest
prices this month. Tax-
es, both central and
state, make up for 55 per
cent of the retail price
of petrol and 50 per cent
of diesel rates. While
the central government
levies a fixed excise
duty of Rs 32.90 a litre
on petrol and Rs 31.80 a
litre on diesel, states
charge an ad valorem
rate of VAT that essen-
tially results in per litre
tax going up when pric-
es rise, and falling when
rates come down.
“The excise duty/
cess collected (by the
Central government)
frompetrolisRs1,01,598
crore and from diesel is
Rs 2,33,296 crore during
the financial year 2020-
21 (that ended on March
31, 2021),” Puri said in a
written reply to a ques-
tion. —PTI
‘Raj levies highest tax
on diesel, MP on petrol’
Hardeep Singh Puri
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Rajasthan
Foundation Commis-
sioner Dhiraj Srivasta-
va met District Collec-
tor Inderjit Singh at
collectorate on Monday
and discussed various
development work of
the city. The most im-
portant work for Jodh-
pur about Centre of Ex-
cellence was also dis-
cussed. With the start
of this centre, the youth
of the state will get em-
ployment.
Discussions were
held with the collector
to start this centre at
the earliest and soon
the government’s guide-
lines in this regard
would also be received.
At the same time, he
also said that a lot of
problems had come due
to Covid. At that time
more than 3,000 oxygen
concentrators were
made available to PHC
and CHC by Rajasthani
migrants.
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IS AN AMBITIOUS
PROJECT FOR JODH: DHIRAJ SRIVASTAVA
NEWS DIGEST
TWO YOUTH SHOT AT, `1.50 LAKH LOOTED
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AT FATEHPUR
Sikar: Two youth were injured when they were shot
at by robbers who looted Rs 1.50 lakh cash from
them in broad
daylight at the
bus stand of
Udansar village
at Fatehpur. On
receiving the
information, SHO
Laxman Singh of
Sadar police station reached the spot. According to
the information, Haroon a resident of Beswa was se-
riously injured due to bullet injury and was referred
to Jaipur and Altaf was referred to Sikar. Sadar police
station is engaged in the search of the accused.
Jaipur: The Anti Corruption Bureau on Monday
caught a Patwari posted in Gathwari Gram Pan-
chayat of Jamwaram-
garh Panchayat Samiti
in Jaipur red handed
while taking a bribe of
Rs 2,500. The accused
patwari Bholaram had
demanded the bribe
to correct name in a
land record. After verification of the complaint, the
ACB laid a trap and caught him while accepting
the bribe amount at his residence. He has been ar-
rested under the PCA and searches are going on.
Jaipur: A month after arrest by Anti Corruption
Bureau in a case of bribery, the department of
personnel on Tuesday issued suspension order
of Indian Postal Service officer Prateek Jhajha-
ria, who was on deputation in the state labour
department as commissioner. He was arrested
on June 26 with Rs. 3 lakh as bribe amount
collected from labour officers. As per the rule,
a public servant is suspended after 48 hours of
being in custody but since he was on deputation,
the file was sent to the Centre.
PATWARI HELD WITH `2,500 BRIBE FOR
CORRECTING NAME IN LAND RECORDS
PRATEEK JHAJHARIA SUSPENDED
AFTER 1 MONTH OF HIS ARREST
Narpat Zoya
Didwana: People of
the area bid farewell on
Monday with moist
eyes to Army Havaldar
Manohar Singh
Rathore, 36, of Dalel-
pura village of Kucha-
man area of Nagaur
district, who sacrificed
his life when he was
posted on a high snowy
peak in Sikkim on the
evening of 23 July.
Thousands of people
gathered in Dalelpura
to bid their last fare-
well. His son Abhiman-
yu lit the funeral pyre.
Rathore’s oxygen
level had depleted and
he was taken to the
army hospital, but
could not be saved dur-
ing treatment.
CM Ashok Gehlot
and other leaders paid
tributes to Rathore.
Deputy Chief Whip
Mahendra Chaudhary
reached Dalelpura and
paid tribute to Rathore.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A team of
Vishwakarma police
station in Jaipur ar-
rested a businessman
Virendra Chaudhary,
32, from Jodhpur in
connection with a fraud
of Rs 70 lakh. He was on
the run for the last one
year. Recently, informa-
tion was received about
his being in Jodhpur
after which the police
camped for a week,
caught him, and
brought to Jaipur on
Sunday and taken on
police remand for two
days. Two cases of
cheating of lakhs of ru-
pees are filed against
him in Jaipur, said DCP
(West) Pradeep Mohan
Sharma. Banwari Lal, a
resident of Jaipur, had
filed a fraud case at
Vishwakarma police
station on July 1, 2020
against Chaudhary and
his father Balaram
Chaudhary
.
Dhiraj Srivastava and Inderjit Singh during the discussion.
Virendra Chaudhary in police
custody.
Mahendra
Chaudhary
paying tributes to
Manohar Singh
Rathore (inset)
Sikar army jawan bid
emotional farewell
Businessman
held from
Jodhpur for
`70 lakh fraud
800 new posts
of vets, livestock
assistants
CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has al-
ways been giv-
ing priority to Jodh-
pur in terms of devel-
opment. This time,
our top priority is
Centre of Excellence
through which work
will be done to provide
employment to youth.
—Dhiraj Srivastava, Raj
Foundation Commissioner
Jaipur: Around 800
new posts of veterinary
doctors and livestock
assistants have been
created in the animal
husbandry department.
At the same time, or-
ders have been issued to
convert 198 veterinary
dispensaries into vet-
erinary hospitals in the
state. Along with this,
200 veterinary sub-cen-
tres will also be upgrad-
ed into veterinary hos-
pitals.
In the first phase, ap-
proval has been issued
to upgrade 111 veteri-
nary sub-centres and
the process of upgrad-
ing the remaining 89
veterinary sub-centres
will also be completed
soon. —FIB
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STRENGTHENING RECRUITMENT:
PANEL SUBMITS REPORT TO CM
Gehlot directed to constitute this high-level committee with an objective to
complete the recruitment process in various government services on time
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Committee
constituted to strength-
en and improve the re-
cruitment process in
the state has submitted
its report. This report
was submitted to Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
on Monday evening at
the Chief Minister’s
Residence by ML Ku-
mawat, Chairman of
the Committee and for-
mer Chairman of Ra-
jasthan Public Service
Commission.
It is noteworthy that
Gehlot directed to con-
stitute this high- level
committee with an ob-
jective to complete the
recruitment process in
various government
services on time and as
per the calendar laid
down by the State Pub-
lic Service Commission
and the State Staff Se-
lection Board.
Along with this,
works related to re-
forms in recruitment
process including meas-
ures to prevent inci-
dents like copying and
paper leaks in recruit-
ment examinations, re-
view of various service
rules, common eligibil-
ity test and suggesting
ways to prevent judicial
disputes from arising in
recruitment process
and other subjects were
also fixed in the pur-
view of the committee.
Kumawat apprised
the Chief Minister that
since its formation on
April 10, 2021, the Com-
mittee collected neces-
sary information in
constant dialogue with
RPSC, State Staff Selec-
tion Board, various de-
partments including
Government of India
and Recruitment
Boards of various
states and other agen-
cies. After its forma-
tion, the first meeting
of the Committee was
held on April 13, 2021.
Since then, in this pe-
riod, the Committee has
prepared this report on
the basis of total 13
meetings and detailed
analysis with various
recruitment agencies.
Kumawat said that
the Committee was to
submit its report in one
month, but in view of
the second wave of Co-
rona pandemic and
Covid-induced lock-
down, it took an addi-
tional time of two
months to submit the
report.
Dotasra hints he may
be dropped from
CM Gehlot’s team
Education Minister GS Dotasra in the viral video in Ajmer.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ahead of a
likely Cabinet expan-
sion in Rajasthan,
School Education Min-
ister State Congress
President Govind Singh
Dotasra is heard saying
in a video clip that he
may have to step down
from his ministerial
post. Dotasra was ap-
parently caught on
camera in Ajmer, where
he had gone to declare
RBSE exam results. In
purported clip on social
media, he is heard tell-
ing RBSE Chairman DP
Jaroli to come meet
him and get all pending
files cleared, stressing
that he may not be
around as Education
Minister for too long.
‘The files will not re-
main at my office for
even an hour. You come
on Monday. I will dis-
pose off all your files in
a minute,” he says.
“Mein do-paanch din ka
mehmaan hoon’ (I may
be around only for a few
days), he says, adding,
“Whatever you want to
get done, get it done
from me.’ —PTI
ON CAMERA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya on
Monday, while chairing
the board meeting of
Rajasthan Real Estate
Development and Con-
struction Corporation
Limited (REDCC), di-
rected the officials that
the Corporation should
work on future projects
and should complete
projects which are un-
der construction at ear-
liest. Quarterly expend-
iture of the Corpora-
tion was also discussed
during the meeting.
Several significant
points of the previous
meeting were also dis-
cussed including the
unchecked financial
accounts of the first
quarter of the year
2021. REDCC is a joint
venture of State Gov-
ernment and NBCC
(National Building
Construction and Cor-
poration).
Principal Secretary,
Public Works Depart-
ment, Rajesh Yadav also
presented his views in
the meeting. Secretary
Finance (Revenue) T
Ravikant, Director (Fi-
nance) NBCC Baldev
Kaur Soukhen, other
Board members were
present in the meeting.
CompleteREDCC
projectsatearliest:
CSAryatoofficers
CS Niranjan Arya chaired the Board Meeting of Rajasthan Real Estate
Development and Construction Corporation Limited on Monday.Also
seen here is Principal Secretary PWD, Rajesh Yadav.
Chairman of the Committee on strengthening Recruitment process, ML Kumawat submitted report to CM Ashok Gehlot at CMR on
Monday. Also seen here are Niranjan Arya, Hemant Gera, Kuldeep Ranka, Arti Dogra, Khemraj, Mahaveer Prasad, Shubham Chaudhary,
Badri Narayan and Jai Singh.
CS REVIEWS ATAL
BHUJAL YOJANA
NUMBER OF POSTS IN RPS
CADRE INCREASED TO 997
Jaipur: The State Government has taken an im-
portant decision to increase the number of posts
in Rajasthan Police Service Cadre from 867 to 997
by rescheduling the cadre structure of Rajasthan
Police Service. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has
approved the proposal received in this regard. In
the proposal, posts of various pay scales created
or abolished after the last fixation of State Police
Service cadre have been included. According to the
proposal of the Home Department, the new pro-
posed cadre of Rajasthan Police Service includes
a total of 997 posts including two posts of Higher
Super Time Scale, 137 of Super Time Scale, 111
of Selected Pay Scale, 140 of Senior Pay Scale and
607 posts of Ordinary Pay. With this decision of
the CM, better opportunities for promotion will be
available to a large number of police officers.
12 NEW POSTS
TO BE CREATED
IN 4 DIST COURTS
FREE LAND FOR
CENTRAL GOVT
DEPARTMENTS
Jaipur: CM Gehlot has
approved creation of
12 new posts, includ-
ing Public Prosecutor,
in the 4 new Additional
District Courts. Gehlot
has approved the
creation of 4 posts of
Additional Public Pros-
ecutor in the newly
created Additional
District Courts of Ku-
chaman City, Ladnun,
Niwai and Bassi.
Jaipur: State Govern-
ment will be able to
allot land free of cost
to Central Government
Departments, Under-
takings, Corporations,
Establishments etc.
which will directly ben-
efit the common man
and do not conduct
commercial activities.
CM Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal in
this regard.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: UDH Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal on
Monday, said that Con-
gress believes in devel-
opment therefore,
whenever the party
forms the government,
it initiates various de-
velopment projects in
the region.
Dhariwal, who was in
Jodhpur, said that the
state government will
launch 'Prashasan
Shehron Ke Sang' cam-
paign on October 2 ac-
cording to CM Ashok
Gehlot's desire.
“We have set a target
to benefit more than 10
lakh individuals in the
campaign. To ensure
that the campaign is ex-
ecuted successfully,
necessary directions
have been issued to of-
ficials,” the Minister
further added.
Making a scathing at-
tack on BJP, he said,
“Not a single poor per-
son was given a patta by
the BJP during its rule,
whereas, the Congress
government always
works for the poor and
middle class as soon as
it comes to power.”
More than 10L
people to be
benefitted
through PSKS
drive: Dhariwal
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Kota: Ko-
ta's Post Office Passport
Seva Kendra will soon
be upgraded to a full-
fledged Passport Seva
Kendra with the efforts
of Lok Sabha speaker
Om Birla.
After the upgrada-
tion, people will get the
facility of getting in-
stant passport under
'Tatkaal system' in Kota
itself. Verification of-
ficer will be posted in
Kota and this will re-
duce time in issuing
passports.
External Affairs Min-
ister S Jaishankar has
agreed for this during
his meeting with Birla.
However, there was
no 'Tatkaal passport' fa-
cility in Kota and docu-
ments were verified in
Jaipur. Birla discussed
the issue with the Min-
ister, who assured to ex-
pandthefacilityinKota.
Birla also discussed
about increasing num-
ber of frauds on pretext
of sending students to
foreign for education or
job. The Minister said
that an awareness cam-
paign will be conducted
to address this issue.
With Birla’s efforts, Kota to get a
full-fledged Passport Seva Kendra
EAM S Jaishankar called upon LS Speaker Om Birla at the
Parliament House, New Delhi on Monday.
PRAYER MEET...
A prayer meet was held to condole the
demise of Late Om Prakash Joshi, the elder
brother of Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi
at the Vidhya Bhawan Audtorium in Udaipur
on Sunday. Transport Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas, Higher Education Minister
Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Leader of Opposition
Gulabchand Kataria, senior Congress
leaders Mohan Prakash, Dharmendra
Rathore and several MLAs, former MPs and
intellectuals from Udaipur and Rajsamand
met Dr CP Joshi and expressed their
condolences on his brother's sad demise.
Dr CP Joshi along with the family members
during the prayer meet in Udaipur.
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Shanti Dhariwal
Jaipur: CS Niranjan
Arya while chairing
a meeting to review
the implementation
of Atal Bhujal Yoja-
na in the state, said
that the concerned
officers should put in
coordinated efforts
to converge their
respective departmen-
tal schemes in the
project area and get
the benefit of incentive
amount so that the
issue of ground water
depletion could be
addressed. In another
meeting, Arya said
that works of 16 new
government Medical
Colleges should be
completed at the ear-
liest by expediting the
construction process.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: In an ongo-
ing run up to Cabi-
net reshuffle, one
political estimate
says that after the
reshuffle, the Ge-
hlot cabinet might
have18newfaces.It
might have 4-5 faces
from Pilot camp
and the majority of
remaining13minis-
ters ,may belong to
Gehlot camp, as al-
ready expected.
CABINET RESHUFFLE :18 NEW
FACES MAY JOIN GEHLOT CABINET
THE LIST
1. Deependra Singh Shekhawat
2. Dr. Mahesh Joshi
3. Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya
4. Rajendra Singh Gudha
5. Narendra Budhaniya
6. Ramlal Jat
7. Hemaram Choudhary / Brijendra Ola
8. Vishvendra Singh
9. Rajkumar Sharma
10. Gurmeet Singh Kunnar
11. Sanyam Lodha
12. Murari Lal Meena / Ramesh Meena
13. Shakuntala Rawat
14. Manju Meghwal
15. Khiladi Lal Bairwa
16. Zahida Khan
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Urban Infrastructure
Development Fund (RU-
IDF) will be re-estab-
lished by state govern-
ment to help small ur-
ban local bodies. UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal said that the fund
was established in the
previous Congress gov-
ernment but later, the
BJP government abol-
ished it .Many develop-
ment works in small
urban bodies are stuck
due to financial crisis
which can be supported
through this fund.
Udaipur: Ahead of the
bypolls on Vallabhna-
gar assembly constitu-
ency in Udaipur, the
war of words between
LoP Gulabchand Ka-
taria Janta Sena su-
premo Randhir Singh
Bhinder has intensi-
fied. Hitting back at
Kataria for his recent
statement that the main
contest in the bypolls
will be between BJP
and Congress, Bhinder
said that his party is
making all prepara-
tions for the bypolls and
will win the seat.
Govt to restore
RUIDF to help
small local bodies
All prepared to
win the seat in
bypolls: Bhinder
CM Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR, TUESDAY
JULY 27, 2021
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very great dream
begins with a
dreamer. Yashika
Singh being one
of them, her confi-
dence and the way
she embraces her
natural looks has helped
solidify her as a role model
for girls and young women.
When asked about her
journey, she said, “I have
achieved visharad in
Kathak. Currently
, I’m pur-
suing PG in commerce and
I have completed my diplo-
ma in commercial arts.”
When asked about her in-
spiration, Yashika said,
“My mother Sindhu Bala is
my biggest supporter she
motivates me to take big-
ger steps, she recognised
my talent for modelling
and I started learning it in
2017 under the guidance of
my mentor Rishi Miglani.
He enlightened my path to
move ahead in this field.”
The hardworking model
also paid gratitude to her
family for their constant
support ever since her
journey started.
She further added, “I
won the title of 1st runner
up Miss Jaipur in 2018.
and came across the big-
gest opportunity of my life
Elite Miss Rajasthan.
I give all the credits to
my mentors and my will-
ingness to win the title. I
got a chance to play role in
television shows and mov-
ies like Hum Paanch and
Phir Se Pyar Tune Kya
Kiya, Housefull 4, Shar-
da and Shikar. I thank Chi-
tra Sharma and Mohit
Sharma for this opportu-
nity. I have done several
jewellery shoots too.
When asked what advice
would she give someone
starting, the alluring
beauty replied, “Believe in
yourself, dreams do come
true.” Well, Yashika was
very fortunate to have
learned so much at a young
age and she’s now using
those experiences as a
platform to speak truth to
others.
CONSISTENCY:
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E Yashika Singh, a trailblazing model who was born and
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