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Ensure benefits of food security scheme by
disposing application on NFSA portal: CM
Jaipur: To take advan-
tage of the National
Food Security (NFSA)
scheme, the state gov-
ernment has decided to
provide the eligible
families with cheap
food grains and other
benefits under the
scheme by early scruti-
ny of the applications
received till the closing
of the process of regis-
tration on the food se-
curity portal. Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has directed the Food
and Civil Supplies De-
partment to complete
the process for this.
Along with this, the
Government of India
will also be requested
for registration of new
beneficiaries of food
security through corre-
spondence.
This decision was
taken in the review
meeting of Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer
Affairs Department
chaired by Gehlot on
Monday through video
conference at the Chief
Minister’s residence.
“Along with the appli-
cations received for
registration, such cases
should also be re-
viewed, in which the
beneficiaries are not
taking ration wheat for
several months, so that
in the present odd eco-
nomic conditions, oth-
er needy people should
be given affordable food
grains while giving
benefits in their place,”
Gehlot said. Turn to P6
CM Ashok Gehlot
GEHLOT REVIEWS FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT CRUCIAL READ
SC REFUSES TO HEAR PLEA ON SCHOOL FEES
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday declined
to stay Delhi High Court order quashing Delhi
government’s orders which had directed private
unaided schools not to collect Annual Charges
and Development Fees from students.
MAMATA CALLS GUV
DHANKHAR CORRUPT
Kolkata: Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar is
a “corrupt man”, said
CM Mamata Banerjee,
alleging that he had been
charged in the 1996 Jain
hawala case involving a
dairy that named politi-
cians who had received
kickbacks.
TWITTER REMOVES
WRONG INDIA MAP
New Delhi: After facing
severe backlash, Twitter
on Monday got rid of
a controversial map of
India which showed
Jammu and Kashmir,
and Ladakh as a sepa-
rate country.
MITHUN QUESTIONED FOR POLL RALLY SPEECH
New Delhi: Veteran actor and BJP leader Mithun
Chakraborty was again questioned for giving
provocative speech in a poll rally by the police of
Maniktalla police station in Kolkata on Monday. The
inquiry took place through video conferencing.
SC REFUSES SIT PROBE
INTO ‘GANGA’ CORPSES
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday refused to
entertain a petition seeking
an impartial and detailed
investigation in the corpses
floating in the Ganga River
in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
BSP NOT TO CONTEST
ZILA PANCHAYAT POLLS
Lucknow: BSP president
Mayawati said that her party
has decided not to contest
the zila panchayat chair-
man elections as it wants to
channelise its energy on net
year’s Assembly polls.
JUSTICE RAVI
ACTING CJ OF
HIMACHAL HC
Shimla: Justice Ravi
Vijaykumar Malimath was
on Monday appointed as
the acting chief justice
of the Himachal Pradesh
High Court.
Official
statement
said that
Justice
Malimath,
the senior-most judge of
Himachal Pradesh HC,
will perform the duties of
the office of chief justice
with effect from July 1.
consequent upon the
retirement of Justice Lin-
gappa Narayana Swamy,
CJ, Himachal Pradesh
HC on June 30.
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T20 WORLD CUP SHIFTED TO UAE:
The T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in India is
being shifted to the UAE owing to the safety con-
cerns posed by COVID-19, BCCI president Sourav
Ganguly said, ending weeks of speculation.
PARL PANEL ON IT SUMMONS
GOOGLE, FB TODAY: Parliament Standing
Committee on I&T has asked Facebook and Google
representatives to appear before it to hear views on
safeguarding citizens’ rights.
WHATSAPP APPOINTS MAHATME
AS ‘HEAD OF PAYMENTS’ IN INDIA:
WhatApp appointed Amazon Pay executive Manesh
Mahatme as Head of Payments. Mahatme will focus
on enhancing the payments experience for users.
NIFTY ENDS BELOW 15,850, SENSEX
FALLS 189 PTS: Sensex tumbled 189 points
on Monday ending at at 52,735.59 led by losses in
index heavyweights Reliance Industries and TCS.
Nifty settled 45.65 points at 15,814.70.
13-year-old gang-raped
in UP, health worker
gives anti-abortion pills
Mahoba: A 13-year-old
girl was allegedly gang-
raped four months ago
and a health worker,
colluding with the
criminals, gave abor-
tion pills to the preg-
nant minor, police said
on Monday
.
Three of the four
men who allegedly
raped the girl have been
arrested along with the
health worker, they
said.
The incident came to
light on Friday when
the condition of the
girl, who became preg-
nant, deteriorated after
she was given abortion
pills by an Accredited
Social Health Activists
(Asha) worker, police
said.
In her statement to
police, the victim al-
leged that the accused
had raped her while the
Asha worker was part
of a conspiracy to cover
up the crime. After a
case was registered on
Sunday, four accused,
including the Asha
worker, were arrested,
while the hunt is on for
the fifth culprit, the Sta-
tion House Officer
(SHO) said.
Shah assures action after Sikh
groups protest “kidnapping,
conversion” of women in J&K
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Monday as-
sured action after Sikh
groups in Jammu and
Kashmir held protests,
alleging that two young
women were kid-
napped, converted and
married off to elderly
men - charges that have
been contested by au-
thorities.
The community in
Kashmir have protested
against the alleged
forced marriage and
conversion of an
18-year-old Sikh woman
with disabilities with a
man from a different re-
ligion in Srinagar.
While the police
handed over the woman
to her parents and ar-
rested the man on
charges of kidnapping
on Sunday, the woman
in a statement before
the court has said that
she married him out of
her own free will.
But the Sikh groups
say the police did not al-
low the parents of the
woman to enter the
court when her state-
ment was recorded by
the magistrate and her
testimony was influ-
enced.
According to the law,
statements recorded be-
fore the magistrate in
such cases cannot be
taken in the presence of
the family, police or any
other party
.
Uttarakhand
HC stays Char
Dham Yatra
Dehradun: The Utta-
rakhand high court on
Monday stayed the
state Cabinet’s deci-
sion to allow Char
Dham yatra from July 1
for the locals of the
three districts where
the four revered Hima-
layan shrines are lo-
cated. While the Kedar-
nath shrine is in
Rudraprayag district,
Badrinath shrine is in
Chamoli district, Ya-
munotri and Gangotri
shrines are in Ut-
tarkashi district.
The high court di-
rected the state govern-
ment to livestream the
daily prayers and ritual
ceremonies held at
these shrines instead.
Jammu: A fresh at-
tempt to attack a mili-
tary installation with
the help of drones was
foiledbyalertArmysen-
tries at the Ratnuchak-
Kaluchak station who
fired at the unmanned
aerial vehicles that flew
away, an incident that
came hours after an IAF
station saw the first ter-
ror attack using quad-
copters.
The first drone was
spotted at around 11.45
pm on Sunday followed
by another at 2.40 am
over the military sta-
tion, which was wit-
ness to a terror attack
in 2002 in which 31 peo-
ple were killed, includ-
ing 10 children.
Officials on Monday
said that alert Army
troops fired nearly two
dozen rounds to bring
down the drones hover-
ing over its brigade
headquarters.
A high
alert was
sounded
immedi-
ately and
QuickReaction
Teams (QRTs)
Turn to P6
HOURS AFTER TWIN EXPLOSION
ALERT SOLDIERS THWART
POSSIBLE DRONE ATTACK
On midnight of June 27-28, two separate Drone activities were
spotted over Ratnuchak- Kaluchak Military area by
alert troops in Jammu. A high alert was sounded immediately
and Quick Reaction Teams engaged them with firing: Army
2 DRONES DROPPED 2 KG ‘HIGH GRADE’ IEDs
FROM 100 M HEIGHT, FLEW BACK ON SUNDAY
New Delhi: The fi-
nance minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman has an-
nounced eight new
schemes to boost the
economy, with a special
focus on health and
tourism, in order to pro-
vide relief to individu-
als and businesses amid
the coronavirus pan-
demic. The major an-
nouncements include a
Rs 1.1 lakh crore loan
guarantee Turn to P6
`1.1 LAKH CRORE LOAN GUARANTEE
SCHEME FOR COVID-HIT SECTORS
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
46,148
new cases
979
new fatalities
72
new cases
02
new fatalities
 To Perk Up Economy, Nirmala
Sitharaman announces 8 new schemes
putting health and tourism in focus
 Out of the loan guarantee scheme of `1.1
lakh crore, the health sector will
get `50,000 crore to scale up
medical infra and other
sectors will receive
`60,000 crore
 Rs 23,000 crore for public
health. This amount will be uti-
lised to prepare for short-term
emergencies and improve
paediatric care facilities.
 Support to the battered
tourism sector in the form
of a Rs 10 lakh loan to travel
agencies and Rs 1 lakh loan
to tourist guides. Tourist visas
will be provided free to the
first 500,000 tourists when the
process begins.
 As the monsoons have
arrived in the western and
southern parts of the country,
the finance minister an-
nounced additional amount of
Rs 14,775 crore for DAP and
NP K-based complex fertilizers
 Widening of the Emer-
gency Credit Line Guarantee
Scheme. A new scheme to
give up to Rs 1.25 lakh loan
to 25 lakh small borrowers at
lower interest rates.
ing over its brigade
headquarters.
A high
alert was
sounded
immedi-
ately and
QuickReaction
Teams (QRTs)
Jammu: Payloads of more than 2 kg each in
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) fitted with
impact charges were dropped on the Indian Air
Force Station in Jammu on Saturday night, pre-
liminary investigations have revealed. Sources in
the security establishment said there is evidence
that two drones were used in the terrorist attack,
and that a “high grade” explosive was used.
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JUNE 28, 2021
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PACKAGE
Gupkar alliance defers meet
due to personal reasons
CRPF officer, jawan injured
in encounter with militants
Srinagar: A meeting of the People’s Alliance for
Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which was sched-
uled to be held on Tuesday, was later postponed
because of some personal engagement of Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti,
informed sources said on Monday. The meeting
was scheduled to be held in Srinagar. Members
of PAGD had attended the meeting convened by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with political lead-
ers of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.
Srinagar: Two CRPF personnel, including an of-
ficer, were injured during an encounter between se-
curity forces and militants in Parimpora area of the
city here on Monday, officials said. The encounter
took place at Malhoora in Parimpora area of the
city, they said. The officials said a deputy superin-
tendent of CRPF and a constable of the paramili-
tary force were injured in the gunfight.
Amit Shah

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021
02
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: More than one
Nagar-Mitra will be ap-
pointed in each urban
local body to assist
citizens in the applica-
tion process, in docu-
mentation etc. for Pra-
shasan Shahron ke
Sang which is going to
start from October 2.
UDH minister Shanti
Dhariwal held a work-
shop of the officers of
local bodies of Udaipur
and Kota divisions and
reviewed the prepara-
tions for the campaign.
He said that in view
of Covid-19, all the work
in the campaign will be
done online this time.
The minister directed
the officials to prepare
weekly and monthly
calendars for the dis-
posal of works.
He said that the ap-
plicant will have to call
and give the lease on
the stipulated date.
“For the preparation
of this, a framework
will have to be pre-
pared and trained and
experienced employ-
ees will have to be en-
gaged in this work,”
the minister said. Ad-
visor to UDH depart-
ment G S Sandhu,
Principal Secretary-
UDH K L Meena, offic-
ers from the urban lo-
cal bodies of Udaipur
and Kota were present
in the workshop.
More than one Nagar-Mitra to be
appointed in each urban local body
PRASHASAN SHAHRON KE SANG
DIPR/C/6227/2021
Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering
Department City Division I (S), Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur
E-Mail: eesouth1.jai.phed@rajasthan.gov.in
Phone: 0141-2705173
S. No. 1079-1084 Date: 24/06/2021
CORRIGENDUM-2
Following corrigendum is hereby incorporated in the NIT-15/2021-22
NIT-15/2021-22
UBN No.
PHE2122WSOB03392
R.O. No. 5543
Dt: 10-06-2021
Particular Existing Conditions Amended Conditions
Completion Period
of Work
3 Months 5 Months
In Eligibility
Criteria, (Pre-
Qualification
Criteria) Tender
Document Page
No. 9-10
The contractor must be registered as
Class ‘A’ contractor as per Rajasthan
Electrical Inspectorate (Formation of
Technical Committee and Grant of
License, Competency Certificate to
work and permit to work) Rules, 2016
duly approved by Chief Electrical
Inspector Government of Rajasthan.
Not Applicable
Dates
Last date of online submission of the
Tender Document (24.06.2021)
Last date of online
submission of the Tender
Document (01.07.2021)
Date of opening technical bid
(25.06.2021)
Date of opening technical
bid (02.07.2021)
The tender documents have been uploaded on https://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in
and https://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in/nicgep/app all other terms and conditions
will remain same as before.
Executive Engineer
PHED, City Div. I(S)
Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur
Workers, security
clash at Ambuja
Cement Plant
Nagaur: Under con-
struction Ambuja Ce-
ment Plant at Mundwa
in Nagaur district has
been involved in contro-
versies. The latest case
is about the uproar
caused by the dispute
between the workers of
the outside states and
the security personnel
engaged in the plant. Af-
ter the mutual dispute,
the workers created a
ruckus in the plant
premises. In retaliation
for stone pelting, the se-
curity personnel beat up
some workers.
Cop injured in
firing, five taken
into custody
Alwar: The police team
and the miscreants
came face-to-face near
Malakheda in Alwar
and firing took place be-
tween them. A police
jawan Manish Kumar
was hit with a bullet in
his leg. All the five mis-
creants have been taken
into custody by the po-
lice, out of which one
accused was also carry-
ing a reward of Rs 2500.
2 workers killed
as portion of HZL
plant caves in
Bhilwara: Two work-
ers were killed when
the debris collapsed
during a blast at Hindu-
stan Zinc’s Agucha (Gu-
lapura) plant on Mon-
day night. Under-
ground debris collapsed
due to sudden blasting
at the Agucha plant. Af-
ter the sudden accident,
the rescue team of Hin-
dustan Zinc reached
the spot.
BRIEF
in PSK reviews
Covid situation
in Udaipur
Caste clash
averted in
Bharatpur
Senior BJP leader
Chunnilal dies at 90
RajgovtsendsplantoCentreto
increase52postsofIASofficers
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Transport
minister Pratap Singh
KhachariyawasonMon-
day held a review meet-
ing with officers during
his visit to Udaipur. He
reviewed covid situa-
tion, reopening of reli-
gious places under un-
lock and development
works being carried out
in Udaipur. He reached
in the evening on a two-
day visit on Monday
. On
arrival,districtadminis-
tration and Cong work-
ers received him. He
took info from collector
Chetan Deora, CMHO
andotherofficialsonthe
current status of corona
in the district.
Dalbeer Chaudhary
Bharatpur: A
casteist conflict was
averted on Monday
due to the police ad-
ministration’svigilin
the Nadbai area. Two
days ago with the
death of a youth due
to an electric current
in Raunija village. Af-
ter the incident, the
relatives of the de-
ceased youth entered
the house and at-
tackedthepeoplefrom
the other side. Angry
with the attack, the
people from the other
side declared to go
for a mahapanchayat
in protest against the
assault.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh:BJP’ssen-
ior leader and former
minister, Chunnilal
Dhakad passed
away on Mon-
day early morn-
ing. He was 90
years old.
Dhakad was in-
fected with cor-
onavirus, and
he was under-
going treatment in a pri-
vate hospital for the last
one month.
He was a four-time
MLA from the Begu as-
sembly constituency, a
minister of state in the
Rajasthan govt twice,
and was the chairman
of the Khadi
Village Indus-
tries Board
with the status
of a cabinet
minister. He re-
mained active
in politics till
his last days.
State BJP President
Satish Poonia has ex-
pressed grief over the
death of Dhakad.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
govt has forwarded a
proposal to the centre
to increase 52 posts of
IAS officers in the
state. The proposal to
increase the post of
IAS officers from 313
to 365 was sent after
the approval of CM
Gehlot.
About four and a
half years ago, there
was a demand to in-
crease 54 posts,
against which 17
posts were increased.
Every 4 years, the
cadre review of the
All India Services of
the states is held. On
the last proposal sent
inNovember2016,the
decision to increase
17 posts was taken
andanotificationwas
issued next month.
Of 17 posts, 5 were of
promotion from RAS
whereas 12 posts of
direct appointment
were increased. Raj
lags behind in in-
crease in number of
IAS officers as com-
pared to MP
.
Units of Kota thermal
will not be closed: Min
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal on
Monday assured that
both the units of Kota
thermal will not be
closed till December
31, 2022.
The minister in-
formed that talks were
held with energy min-
ister BD Kalla and
principal secretary-
energy Dinesh Kumar
on the issue. In the
talks, it was agreed
that these units would
not be closed till 31 De-
cember 2022.
He said that envi-
ronment clearance is
there till December 31,
2022 and both the units
will be operational till
December 31, 2022.
He said that before
this period, the Gov-
ernment of Rajasthan
will have to take ap-
proval from the centre
that it wants to contin-
ue Unit-1 and Unit-2.
Villagers clash with cops as
dumper runs over 2 youth
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A speeding
dumper crushed two
youths on the service
lane near Dhol ki Pati
in the Savina police sta-
tion area of Udaipur on
Monday morning. Both
the youths died on the
spot. After the accident,
a large number of vil-
lagers gathered on the
spot and kept the body
in front of the dumper
and demanded to call
the dumper owner on
the spot.
Meanwhile, angry
villagers started pelting
stones on the highway.
After the pelting, a po-
lice force from 4 police
stations was deployed
on the spot. A
The driver fled from
the spot leaving the
dumper. After the acci-
dent, large number of
villagers sat on a dhar-
na with the body
.
The additional force
from the line was called
on the highway along
with the police of 4 po-
lice stations. After
rounds of talks between
the local public repre-
sentatives and villagers
with the police-admin-
istration officials, both
the bodies were handed
over to the relatives.
Large number of villagers gathered near Savina police station.
Shanti Dhariwal and GS Sandhu during a VC. —FILE PHOTO
‘No politics around
vaccine; not everything
has political meaning’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the ques-
tion of stopping the vac-
cination drive due to
lack of vaccine in the
state, Satish Poonia
said, “As far as I am
aware apart from Cov-
axin, Covishield, five
more companies are in
the process. We have
provided vaccines to al-
most everyone in the
state. Of course, there
was a delay in the pro-
cess. Components are
imported. There was no
politics during the vac-
cine rollout. There has
already been a lot of
politics on during the
pandemic,” he said.
Regarding Hanuman
Beniwal, Poonia de-
clined to delve into the
matter but said that
state incharge Arun
Singh has given the an-
swer. “In politics too
there are personal rela-
tionships. They too have
their place and impor-
tance. Not everything
has a political mean-
ing,” he said.
TARGETING CONG
Any kind of indiscipline
won’t be tolerated: Joshi
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief whipDr
Mahesh Joshi said
that the High Court de-
cision on suspended
Mayor of Greater
JMC, Dr Somya has
made it clear that the
government’s decision
to suspend the mayor
was right and rational.
“Any kind of im-
moral act and indisci-
pline will not be toler-
ated in Rajasthan.
Whoever does, will
have to face the mu-
sic,” he said. Joshi
further said that it has
been the history of
the BJP that its lead-
ers misbehave with
the officers and em-
ployees but this will
not be tolerated now
under the Con-
gress rule.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In what could
be termed as a major set-
back for suspended
Mayor of JMC Greater
Dr Somya, Rajasthan
High Court, on Mon-
day, dismissed her
petition while
asking govern-
ment to com-
plete judicial
probe on the
matter
within 6
months
and ap-
prise HC
about it.
D i v i -
sionbench
of Justice
Chandra Ku-
mar Songra
and Justice Pan-
kaj Bhandari
gave the decision.
Responding to HC de-
cision, Dr Somya said,
“Still waiting for the
copy of the order and af-
ter conducting a legal
study of it, I will exer-
cise my legal rights.”
However, the decision
comes as a boon for act-
ing Mayor Sheel Dhab-
hai who can now con-
tinue on the position for
next six months.
Dr Somya’s lawyer
Ashish Sharma said,
“Now we also have op-
tion of filing a SLP
against the order in Su-
preme Court. We will see
what points made by
government have been
kept as base by HC. If
there is some discrep-
ancy, then we can also
file a petition for review
of the decision.”
RAJ HC UPHOLDS SUSPENSION OF DR SOMYA
Asks state govt to complete judicial probe on the issue within 6 mths; Suspended Greater JMC Mayor may move SC against HC’s decision
Soon after the
HC decision,
the name plate of
suspended Mayor Dr
Somya was removed
from her chamber
in the Corporation
office on Monday.
The nameplate was
replaced by the
post name (Mayor)
is written on the
chamber’s door.
According to rules,
till Mayor is not
dismissed, the name
cannot be removed.
This new develop-
ment became a topic
of discussion among
Corporation staff on
Monday.
DR SOMYA’S
NAME PLATE
REMOVED
‘WE WILL STUDY & REVIEW ORDER’
HC MAY HEAR DR SOMYA’S OTHER PLEA
After Monday’s development on Dr Somya
issue, state BJP President Dr Satish Poonia
has called for a review of the order followed by
legal opinion. “I have just got the information
about the decision. We will study and review the
order. There can be no comment on the decision
of the Court and whatever legal route is now
available, opinion will be taken on it. Whether the
matter should be persued in the Supreme Court
or not, further decision will be taken after advice
from the party’s legal team,” Poonia said.
The high court may hear a petition of Dr Somya in
which she has challenged the FIR and chargesheet
against her. Notably,
Dr Somya has chal-
lenged the suspen-
sion made under
section 39 (1D) in
the High Court say-
ing that the section
does not mention what exactly is meant by miscon-
duct) and disgraceful act (shameful behaviour).
Dr Somya Dr Mahesh Joshi

RAJASTHAN
03
COVID-19 UPDATE
9,52,201
72 CASES IN A DAY
TOTAL CASES
8,916
2 DEATHS INA DAY
TOTAL DEATHS
9,41,692
210 IN A DAY
TOTAL RECOVERED
1,593
405 IN ALWAR
ACTIVE CASES
CONCESSIONS
TAKE FRONT SEAT
 Officials claim that
the reason behind
this is the various
concessions given
by the government in
the budget of finan-
cial year 2021-2022
 The main reason for
this is the reduction
of 10 per cent in
the DLC rates
 Announcement to
reduce stamp duty
from 6 to 4%, on
multi-storey houses
with value less than
`50 lakh
 Stamp duty on EWS,
LIG houses available
under the Affordable
Housing Scheme,
which stood at 1% &
2% resp, reduced by
half to 0.50 & 1%
1000
800
600
400
200
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Apr’19-
Mar’ 20
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445
CRORE
914
CRORE
Apr’20-
Mar’ 21
Apr’21-
till date
UPWARD TREND
IN REVENUE
by Stamp & Registration
dept in April, May, June 23
KNOW MORE...
Revenue
declined in
May from
April
`386.21 crore
Revenue received from
registries in April
`172.79 crore
Revenue received by
registration after May 24
55%
Despite coronavirus crisis, charm of
buying, selling properties continues...
Target of `6,100 crore set by the Stamps and Registration
Department in 2021, of which 15% of the revenue recovered
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The second
waveof Coronawreaked
havocinthestateduring
the months of April-
May as a result of which
alockdownwasimposed
in the state for about a
month. In the meantime
lakhs of people got sick,
thousands lost their
lives, thousands of peo-
ple’s jobs were affected,
however, despite this,
the charm of buying
and selling properties
did not diminish among
the people. The state
government’s income
from registry and stamp
duty over the past 84
days points in this direc-
tion. Lockdown was im-
posed in the state from
April 19, and although
the Stamp and Registra-
tion Offices were open
during this period, the
registries saw a down-
ward trend.
Guv in Mt Abu: Lauds temples &
architectural beauty of Achalgarh
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Governor
Kalraj Mishra, along
with his wife Satyawa-
ti Mishra, visited
AchaleshwarMahadev
Temple in Mount Abu,
on Monday
.
“Mount Abu is Ardh-
Kashi. It is not only a
delightful hill tourist
destination but also a
holy abode of religious
faith,” Mishra said
while calling for taking
special care of the
cleanliness at the local
level and maintaining
the sanctity of Acha-
leshwartemple.He also
appreciated the tem-
ples and architectural
beauty of Achalgarh,
built by Rana Kumbha
of Mewar.
During the day, sev-
eral leaders, local pub-
lic representatives and
influential individuals
alsocalledonGovernor
Kalraj Mishra at Mt
Abu Raj Bhavan.
Guv Kalraj Mishra & Satyawati
Mishra at Achaleshwar temple.
HC seeks reply
on journos as
Covid warriors
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Rajasthan HC
on Monday issued notice
to CS, Fin secy & secy of
DIPR seeking reply
. A di-
vision bench of CJ In-
drajitMahanty&Justice
Vineet K Mathur issued
notice seeking direction
to consider non-accredit-
ed journalists as covid
warriors & eligible for
compensation of Rs50
lakh on Covid-19 death.
GANESHA DECKS UP FOR DEVOTEES! Doors of Moti Dungri Ganesh Temple reopened
on Monday after April 16, adhering to strict Covid-19 precautions. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
AFTER 73 DAYS,
TEMPLE DOORS OPEN!
RELIGIOUS PLACES REOPEN FOR DEVOTEES FROM
MONDAY 5 AM, PRAYERS ALLOWED TILL 4PM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After three
months of curfew, the
Rajasthan government
has allowed to open reli-
giousplacestill4pmeve-
ryday from Monday
. The
police and temple au-
thorities made arrange-
ments for social distanc-
ing and urged people to
wear the masks.
The doors of the tem-
ples opened from 5 am
including Jaipur's Go-
vind Dev Ji, Motidungri
Ganesh, Tarkeshwar
Mahadev, Chandpol Ha-
numan temples and
many more. But devo-
tees were not allowed to
enter the temple prem-
ises before 7 am. Ma-
hant Anjan Goswami of
Govind Dev ji said that
entry of visitors in the
Mangala Aarti, Gwal,
Sandhya and Shayan
darshan will be kept
closed for visitors.
Before reopening the
temples on Monday
, Col-
lector Antar Singh Neh-
ra reached and other
district collectors took
stock of arrangements
and Covid protocols. All
the major temples of the
state were shut for visi-
tors on April 16.
Devotees throng Govind Devji Temple as it re-opened on Monday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
TRINETRA GANESH
TEMPLE DOORS REOPEN
Famous Trinetra Ganesh
temple located in Sawai
Madhopur reopens for devo-
tees from today. SDM Kapil
Sharma said offering prasad,
flowers and worship materi-
als will be prohibited. The
devotees will have to follow
Covid protocols like masks,
maintain social distance etc.
BRAHMA TEMPLE OPENS,
PRAYERS OFFERED HERE
With the state govt’s
permit to reopen places
of worship from Monday,
devotees visit Brahma Temple
in Pushkar. Meanwhile, the
temple administration made
all preparations to ensure
adherence to protocols on
Sunday. The doors of temple
opened at 5 am on Monday.
With the change in
relaxation hours in
state, timing of tourism
activities has changed
at all monuments and
tourist destinations. Now
Albert Hall will open from
9 am to 5 pm. The weekly
holiday in Albert Hall
will be on Sunday due to
weekend curfew in place
as per new guidelines.
Albert Hall visiting
hrs are 9 am-5 pm
Archaeological Dept
has changed timing
of monuments which will
open from 9.30 am to
5.30 pm Monday to Sat-
urday. With no entry on
Sunday due to weekend
curfew. Archaeological
Director Prakash Sharma
shared this information
regarding the timing up-
date of the department.
Monuments to open
9.30 am-5.30 pm
There was no vac-
cination in Jaipur on
Monday due to scarcity
of doses. Meanwhile,
during the day, state govt
received consignment
carrying 2,00,000 vaccine
doses. In other districts,
1,15,607 got the 1st dose
& 7,839 got the 2nd dose.
State receives 2 lakh
Covid vaccine doses
PROTOCOLS IN, CHADARS, FLOWERS
OUT AT AJMER SHARIF DARGAH
Devotees arrived at Ajmer Sharif Dargah on
Monday to offer prayers following Covid
safety norms. As per the authorities of Khwa-
ja Garib Nawaz, the offering of chadars and
flowers in the dargah will remain prohibited.
Ajmer’s economy is dependent on religious
tourism & in last 2 months, there were no
tourists or devotees, affecting the business
of flower traders who suffered the most.
—PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not conform to the
pattern of this world, but
be transformed by the
renewing of your mind.
—Romans 12:2
IN-DEPTH
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
@gssjodhpur
The 8 economic relief measures
announced today by FM @nsitharaman
ji will help rebuild India as it recovers
from the pandemic. These positive
steps will contribute to fostering
economic growth and preparing India
to face any such crisis in the future.
Prakash Javadekar
@PrakashJavdekar
For Covid-affected areas, Rs 1.1 lakh
crores credit guarantee scheme. This
is a new scheme which will benefit
25 lakh people. Under this, loan to
be given to the smallest borrowers
by Microfinance Institutions at low-
interest rate. A maximum Rs 1.25 lakhs
amount to be lent.
TOP TWEET
PRASHANT BHUSHAN
SENDS A WRONG
MESSAGE ON JABS
day after Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
urged people not to
pay heed to rumours
and get themselves
vaccinated, senior advocate of
the Supreme Court Prashant
Bhushan went on a trouble-in-
viting rant against Covid-19
jabs. Although he later clarified
that he was not anti-vaccine but
was only against promotion of
“universal vaccination” using
“untested and experimental”
shots, the damage may have
been done in doubting minds.
Barring Bharat Biotech’s Cov-
axin, which is awaiting approval
by the World Health Organisa-
tion, other vaccines have passed
the three-phase clinical tests.
Covaxin, which is being ad-
ministered in India, has not re-
ported any major incident of
adverse effect while the US FDA
warned of heart inflammation,
“a rare risk”, in those taking
Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines.
Is India’s watchdog body also
studying the risks which indig-
enously manufactured shots
could pose? Nevertheless, vac-
cination is the only way to fight
the coronavirus. One can say
with certainty that jabs may
have caused minuscule damage
compared to the pandemic.
A
o far the United
States and Iran-
backed Houthis
had used un-
manned aerial ve-
hicles (UAVs) with telling ef-
fect in Afghanistan and Sau-
di Arabia respectively. Now
for the first time Pakistan-
based terror outfits have
given their strategy a new
dimension by using drones to
drop “high impact” explo-
sives on the Indian Air Force
base in Jammu. The explo-
sives did not cause much
damage but sent a message to
Indian security agencies to
urgently prepare for an
asymmetric warfare. On
Monday, two more drones
were launched towards the
Jammu air force base but a
possible attack was thwarted
by Quick Reaction Teams.
Terror outfits had earlier
used a drone to supply weap-
ons, a total payload of 5 kg, to
their contact on the Indian
side of the border. The UAV
was shot down by the Border
Security Force.
The new paradigm leaves
vital installations vulnerable
to the nefarious designs of
thoseoperatingunderthecon-
trol of Pakistani intelligence
agency the ISI. The question
is about how to secure these
installations. If this drone
could travel 14-15 km deep in-
side Indian territory others
can fly in even deeper and
cause huge damage.
The attack came a day after
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s meeting with political
leaders from Kashmir. Along
with talks on reorganization
of constituencies and holding
elections the government
should also look at acquiring/
developing anti-drone tech-
nology to protect its defence
and civilian assets. The gov-
ernmentmustbeawareof the
new threat and work on some
plan. It must be preparing to
tryouttheanti-dronetechnol-
ogy available but it has to be
deployed before drones be-
come a new nightmare.
DRONE ATTACK A NEW
NIGHTMARE IN JK
The new paradigm leaves
vital installations
vulnerable to the
nefarious designs of
those operating under the
control of Pakistani
intelligence agency the
ISI. The question is about
how to secure these
installations
S
Promoted by First India
News International Pvt. Ltd.
he recent meeting of the ma-
jor political outfits in Jammu
and Kashmir with the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, has
given a ray of hope to end the
on-going political confronta-
tion. It could take place due
to the informal efforts of the
Congress Party veteran,
Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The participation of the
six political parties, National
Conference (NC), People’s
Democratic Front (PDP),
Peoples’ Conference (PC),
CPI(M) and Awami Party, ap-
pears to have an element of
surprise. It is childish as
some news channels or com-
mentators have stated that it
is a climb down for either the
Union Government or the
major parties.
It is true that they had
stitched an alliance, the Peo-
ple’s Alliance for Gupkar Dec-
laration(PAGD)undertheNC
chief FarooqAbdullah,which
had ruled out any talks with
the Union Government un-
less the special status of the
state of Jammu and Kashmir
under the Article 370 of the
Constitution and 35-A is re-
stored. They also stated that
the trifurcation of the erst-
while state in three Union ter-
ritoriesJammu,Kashmirand
Ladakh and the on-going ex-
ercise of the delimitation or
is the “aggression” against
the people of the state.
The high-level meeting has
disheartenedPakistan.Itsfor-
eignminister,ShahMahmood
Qureshi, has described it as a
part of the ”public relations
exercise of Modi’’. It just re-
veals its frustration, because
It expected that the PAGD
would weaken India’s close
ties with Kashmir. However,
the “understanding” evolved
betweentheKashmirileaders
and Modi has dashed
Qureshi’s hopes.
The political temperature
in the Kashmir valley ap-
peared to have risen following
the end of the special status
to the state on August 5, 2019,
when its special status was
ended. However, with the ma-
ture approach and initiative
of Azad, all the stakeholders
of the state have joined hands
to end the impasse.
The meeting was success-
ful with the presence of the
four prominent leaders, the
Aabdullahs-both father and
son, Farooq and Umar, Azad
and Mahbooba Mufti. These
leaders have served the Indi-
an state in key positions in-
cluding as union ministers.
Azad, who had served both
the Houses of Parliament
and served as the state chief
minister of Jammu and
Kashmir during 2005-2008 for
31 months, knows that “what
is possible and could be at-
tained. He is also for the state
to regain its symbol of com-
posite culture with the re-
turn of the Kashmiri Pandits
to the valley
.
During the past two years,
their detention enabled them
to finally dump the pro-Paki-
stani outfit, the All Parties
Hurriyat Conference (APHC)
in the valley’s volatile poli-
tics. .” It has two main fac-
tions: the Mirwaiz Umar Fa-
rooq group and the other is
led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
For the APHC leaders, the
separatist movement had
been a ‘lucrative business’ as
a Pakistani commentator
and lawyer, Bhashani, be-
moans “they own huge busi-
ness and properties” ac-
quired from the ill-gotten
money from Pakistan’s poor
citizens in the name of Islam
and Kashmir. Their demand
was either Kashmir becomes
an independent state or
merges with Pakistan.
The APHC finally lost its
relevance, when Modi did not
invite them to the meeting.
Earlier, they used to adopt
belligerent attitude and could
refuse to join an all party
meeting during Dr. Manmo-
han Singh’s tenure as the
Prime Minister.The Kashmi-
ri leaders may not publicly
accept, but few will be sur-
prised if they are thankful to
Modi for getting them rid of
this ‘embarrassing’ outfit.
The marathon meeting of
about 3.5 hours between
Modi and the Jammu and
Kashmir leaders comprising
a broad spectrum of the po-
litical opinion have zeroed on
the issue of restoring full
statehood to the state, which
was bifurcated in three re-
gions, Kashmir, Jammu and
Ladakh on August 5, 2019. In-
terestingly, Article 370 is still
a part of the Indian Constitu-
tion. It has also resolved the
issue of delimitation pend-
ing for decades, and the vot-
ing rights of thousands of
people living in the state for
generations. The political
parties were not able to re-
solve due to their internal
pressures. They officially
may not concede that for the
first time, the people of the
erstwhile state could enjoy
the Fundamental Rights like
other citizens of the country
.
Few are ready to take the
APHC’s rhetoric that Kash-
mir is an ‘unfinished agenda’
of 1947 seriously. The twins,
India and Pakistan, were
born from the womb of a
white mother, the British
House of Commons, when it
enacted the Indian Independ-
ence Act. It had envisaged
the partition on the basis of
the two-nation theory that
Hindus and Muslims are sep-
arate nations, but it was fi-
nally dumped in the history
following the formation of
Bangladesh in 1971.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
It is true that they had
stitched an alliance, the
People’s Alliance for Gupkar
Declaration (PAGD) under
the NC chief Farooq
Abdullah, which had ruled
out any talks with the
Union Government unless
the special status of the state
of Jammu and Kashmir
under the Article 370
of the Constitution and
35-A is restored
For the APHC leaders, the
separatist movement
had been a ‘lucrative
business’ as a Pakistani
commentator and lawyer,
Bhashani, bemoans “they
own huge business and
properties” acquired
from the ill-gotten money
from Pakistan’s poor
citizens in the name of
Islam and Kashmir
GOPAL MISRA
The writer is accredited as a Journalist
of Long and distinguished service with the
Press Information Bureau of the Information
and Broadcasting Ministry
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Can’t we find permanent solution on
disputed issues by talks?: Rajnath
Ladakh:DefenceMinis-
ter Rajnath Singh on
Monday asked as to why
Indiaanditsneighbours
can not resolve the dis-
putes permanently
through talks with a
clear intention. Singh,
who is currently in Leh
as part of a three-day
visittoLadakh,saidthis
while inaugurating 63
infra projects construct-
ed by Border Roads Or-
ganisation (BRO).
“Wewereneighbours,
we are neighbours and
will remain neighbours.
Can’t we find a perma-
nent solution on the dis-
putes by talks? Only
thing is that there
should be a clear inten-
tion,” Rajnath said.
He also said that In-
dia is a believer of ‘Vas-
udev Kutumbhkam’
and if the country picks
up the weapon, it is for
the world and never has
the intention to en-
croach anyone’s land.
“India believes in
‘VasudevKutumbhkum’
andtheworldisourfam-
ily
. We are the follower
of peace. It is our tradi-
tion that if we pick up
the weapon only for
peace, not to attack any-
one or achieve victory
.
Turn the pages of his-
tory, India has never at-
tacked any country
. We
haveclearintention,”he
added. —ANI
TERRORISM REDUCED IN
LADAKH AFTER BECOMING UT
Ladakh: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Mon-
day cited terrorism and lack of social and eco-
nomic development as the primary reasons behind
the government’s decision to make Ladakh a Union
territory, news agency ANI reported. “The incidents
of terrorism have reduced after the region was
made UT. Steps are being taken by the Centre to
improve infrastructure here,” he said.
MUFTI STRONGLY CONDEMNS
KILLING OF J-K FORMER SPO
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba
Mufti on Mondal strongly
condemned the terrorist attack
in Awantipora that claimed
the lives of former Jammu
and Kashmir Special Police
Officer Fayaz Ahmed, his wife
and daughter. “No words are
strong enough to condemn
the cowardly attack,” she said.
CRUCIAL READ
R-DAY VIOLENCE: POLICE ARRESTS
ACCUSED WITH RS 1 LAKH BOUNTY
SIDHU TO MEET
RAHUL GANDHI
TODAY
FADNAVIS MUST
COOPERATE
WITH CM: RAUT
New Delhi: Special Cell of Delhi
Police has arrested one Gurjot
Singh, who was wanted in the
Red Fort violence case and had
a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his
head, from Amritsar in Punjab.
“One person namely Gurjot
Singh, who was wanted in FIR
of Red Fort case and a reward
of Rs 1 lakh has been declared on his arrest, has
been arrested by a team of Northern Region (NR) of
special cell from Amritsar, Punjab,” said police.
New Delhi: Navjot
Singh Sidhu, who has
been at loggerheads
with Punjab CM Captain
Amarinder Singh, will
meet Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi in Delhi
on Tuesday. Rahul has
been meeting Congress
MLAs, MPs and leaders
from Punjab for the last
few days to diffuse the
tensions between the
CM and Sidhu.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
Rajya Sabha MP San-
jay Raut on Monday
said BJP leader Deven-
dra Fadnavis should
cooperate with Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray to resolve
the issue of OBC
quota in local bodies
in Maharashtra. The
Supreme Court had
recently truck down
such quota.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacting with the troops of Indian Army’s 14 Corps at Karu
Military Station, in Leh on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PLEA FOR WELFARE MEASURES
FOR MIGRANTS: SC VERDICT TODAY
SC: DIVYANGS CAN’T BE DENIED QUOTA
IN PROMOTIONS IN GOVT JOBS
New Delhi: Supreme Court is scheduled to pro-
nounce on Tuesday its verdict on a plea seeking
directions to Centre and states to ensure food
security, cash transfers and other welfare measures
for migrant workers hit hard again by the curbs
imposed during second wave of Covid. A bench of
justices Ashok Bhushan MR Shah had on June 11
reserved its judgement on pleas of some activists.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday reiter-
ated that persons with disabilities cannot be denied
reservation in promotions in government jobs as it
upheld a Kerala HC order granting the benefit to a
woman last year. SC said identification of posts for
the purpose of quota had to take place immediately
but a resistance to this is obvious from the “delay-
ing tactics” adopted by most govts.
HIGHLIGHTS
 Cong legal cell
head Vivek Tankha
quits, says some-
one else should
get chance
 Delhi Sikh body
urges J-K LG for
safe return of
‘abducted girl in
Srinagar
 Sharad Pawar,
others use Pune
stadium racetrack
to park vehicles,
spark row
 Powerful explosion
in Dhaka kills 7,
injures hundreds;
cops suspect
gas leak
No one leaving Congress as central leadership
looking into Punjab crisis: Raj Kumar Verka
New Delhi: Amid the
ongoing Punjab crisis
and speculations of for-
mer Batala MLA
Ashwani Sekhri joining
the Shiromani Akali Dal
(SAD), the Congress
high command has tak-
en cognisance of the
matter as the party has
swung into action to per-
suade him.
Senior Punjab Con-
gress leader Raj Kumar
Verka asserted that
Sekhri will remain in
the Congress and will
not join any other party
.
He, however, admitted
that Sekhri was feeling
ignored by the party
members and later he
was taken into confi-
dence that his issues
will soon be resolved.
Speaking to ANI, Ver-
ka said, “I have spoken
to Sekhri, he is not going
anywhere, we all are a
family
. Sometimes, there
is misunderstanding
and disputes with one
another but not with the
party
.”
“Ashwini is a con-
gressman. I sat with his
family and spoke to him.
I made him speak to
Congress high com-
mand, he has decided
that he will not go any-
where,” he added.
Shiv Sena
leader sent
to custody
Plea unheard,schools not to upload docs
New Delhi: Delhi high
court judge C Haris-
hankar on Monday
recused himself from
hearing a petition
seeking to direct all
schools affiliated to the
Central Board of Sec-
ondary Education
(CBSE) to publish the
rationale document for
devised criteria for the
assessment of stu-
dents of Class 10 on
their respective web-
sites, before calculat-
ing the result and up-
loading the same on
the CBSE portal. Ac-
cording to news agen-
cy ANI, when the mat-
ter, which was sched-
uled to be heard by the
division bench of Jus-
tice C Harishankar
and Justice Subramo-
nian Prasad on Mon-
day, came to judge C
Harishankar, he said,
“I can’t hear this mat-
ter” and posted the
same for June 30.
Mumbai: A special
NIA court on Monday
remanded Shiv Sena
leader and former
Mumbai Police “en-
counter specialist”
Pradeep Sharma to ju-
dicial custody till July
12, in connection with
the Antilia bomb scare
and Mansukh Hiren
murder case.
Sharma has request-
ed the court for a spe-
cial cell in jail for his
safety and security. He
was arrested by NIA on
June 17. Two other ac-
cused in the case, San-
tosh Shelar and Anand
Jadhav were also sent
in judicial custody till
July 12.
IN THE COURTYARD
CPMMLAamong28hurt
inclashwithBJPinTripura
Agartala: At least 28
persons including a
CPM legislator were
injured in clashes be-
tween workers of the
CPM and the BJP in
different parts of
Tripura since Sunday
.
Sudhan Das, the
CPM MLA from Rajna-
gar in South Tripura
district, sustained inju-
ries when he was at-
tacked allegedly by
BJP workers when the
former was in the mid-
dle of a protest against
rising fuel prices in his
constituency. There
was a separate attack
on a CPM party office
at Dhaleswar in Agar-
tala on Monday
.
Police said three cas-
es have been registered
over the violence. The
injured include two
personal guards of
Das, a police officer, a
jawan of the Tripura
State Rifles (TSR), and
13 workers of the BJP.
“No arrest has been
made so far. We are in-
vestigating the cases,”
Belonia sub-divisional
police officer Soumya
Debbarma said.
Commenting on the
clashes, CPM youth
leader Amal
Chakraborty said,
“There is no rule of
law in Tripura. A party
office is smashed, peo-
ple are beaten up by
m o t o rcycl e - b o r n e
goons chanting Jai
Shri Ram slogans and
police do nothing.”
On its part, the BJP
denied any role in the
attacks on offices of
the Left. “CPM has lost
its ground and now
they are busy raising
complaints. Their in-
ternal feuds have come
out in the open,” a
spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, ruling
BJP hit back at CPM,
claiming that victims
of mob lynchings and
murders during its re-
gime have never re-
ceived justice. —Agencies
CPM MLA Sudhan Das from Rajnagar in South Tripura district.
CENTRE EXTENDS
TENURE OF AG
FOR 1 MORE YR
New Delhi: Central
government has reap-
pointed Senior Advocate
KK Venugopal as Attorney
General for India for a
period of one more year
with effect from July 1.
Attorney General for In-
dia, a constitutional post,
is the top legal officer in
the country. Venugopal
took over as 15th AG on
July 1, 2017. Keeping
in mind the high profile
cases he is handling in SC
and his experience at the
Bar, government decided
to extend his tenure for 1
more year, sources said.

INDIA
06
CRUCIAL READ
TRAVEL ISSUES FACED BY INDIANS
TAKEN UP AT HIGHEST LEVEL: ADAR
COVID-RELATED RESTRICTIONS
EXTENDED IN BENGAL TILL JULY 15
DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES
AGNI-PRIME MISSILE
10 OF MARRIAGE PARTY KILLED AS
VEHICLE FALLS INTO GORGE IN HP
Pune: Adar Poonawalla CEO owner of Serum
Institute of India (SII) assured
Indians who have taken Covishield
doses and are now facing issues
while travelling to European Union
countries that the matter had been
escalated to the ‘highest level’.
Poonawala said he hoped to
resolve the matter soon, both with
regulators and at a diplomatic level with countries.
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday
extended the COVID-related
restrictions till July 15,
announcing certain relaxa-
tions. Addressing a press
conference, CM Mamata
Banerjee said public buses
will be allowed to operate in the state with 50% ca-
pacity. Government private offices would also be
allowed to function with 50% workforce, she said.
New Delhi: India carried out the test-firing of a new
missile of the Agni series known as Agni-Prime off
the coast of Odisha on Monday, said sources.“India
successfully carried out the test-firing of a new mis-
sile of the Agni series known as Agni-Prime at 10.55
am, off the coast of Odisha. The new nuclear-capa-
ble missile is fully made up of composite material
and it was a textbook launch,” the sources said.
Shimla: Ten people died and two others were
injured as a vehicle fell into a deep gorge in
Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district on Monday,
an official said. A pick-up van carrying members
of a marriage party fell into the gorge near Pas-
hog in Shillai sub-division, Shillai Sub Divisional
Magistrate Suresh Singha said.
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday congratulated
all the people driving
the country's COVID-19
vaccination effort, stat-
ing that India's inocula-
tion drive keeps gain-
ing momentum.
This comes as India
crossed a significant
COVID-19 vaccination
milestone of overtak-
ing the United States of
America in the total
number of vaccine dos-
es administered so far.
The Prime Minister
asserted that vaccines
for all, free for all re-
mains the government's
commitment.
India's vaccination
drive keeps gaining mo-
mentum! Congrats to
all those who are driv-
ing this effort. Our com-
mitment remains vac-
cines for all, free for all.
Sabka vaccine, muft
vaccine (Everyone's
vaccine, free vaccine),
he tweeted.
As many as
32,36,63,297 doses have
been administered in
India since the vaccina-
tion drive started on
January 16, the union
health ministry in-
formed.
The United States,
meanwhile, has admin-
istered 32,33,27,328 dos-
es of the vaccine since
vaccinations started on
December 8. The United
Kingdom, Germany
, Ita-
ly and France, have ad-
ministered 7,67,74,990,
7,14,37,514, 4,96,50,721
and 5,24,57,288 doses re-
spectively
. India report-
ed 46,148 fresh COV-
ID-19 cases in the last 24
hours in India. Active
cases have further de-
clined to 5,72,994.
VAX DRIVE KEEPS GAINING
MOMENTUM: PM MODI
PM asserted “vaccines for all, free for all” remains govt’s commitment
PM Narendra Modi congratulated all the people driving the country’s COVID-19 vaccination effort.
New Delhi: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi
once again took a potshot at Modi government over
the Covid vaccination programme saying the country
expected truth from them. The country expected truth
from them. Those who don't know
what the truth is, he said in a tweet
in Hindi with the hashtag #Vaccine-
Jumla. He attached a news report
that claimed 'the government has
revised the list and cut down the
production expectations to 135
crore doses from five Covid-19
vaccines in an affidavit
filed before the SC
on June 26'.
COUNTRY EXPECTED TRUTH FROM THEM:
RAHUL ON CENTRE’S VAX CLAIMS
New Delhi: Parliamen-
tary standing commit-
tee on Home Affairs,
headed by Congress MP
Anand Sharma on Mon-
day took stock of In-
dia's preparedness to
deal with a possible
COVID-19 third wave,
efficacy of available
vaccines against new
virus variants and con-
cerns over the threats
future Covid waves
could pose to children.
Union Home Secre-
tary, Health Secretary
and other top officials
also attended the
meeting and gave a de-
tailed presentation be-
fore the committee
members.
Committee members
raised important ques-
tions to the health sec-
retary about the status
of a possible third COV-
ID wave and prepara-
tions to tackle it.
Kolkata: Reacting to
CM Mamata Banerjee’s
allegations against
him, West Bengal Gov-
ernor Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Monday
said she made such
comments to create a
sensation while adding
that Indian culture
dosen’t permit him to
take action against
younger sister.
Briefing mediaper-
sons at Raj Bhavan, the
Governor said, “I will
not be cowed down un-
der any circumstances.
I shall not be caved in,
come what may
. I will do
all I can in my com-
mand to serve the peo-
ple of West Bengal.”
“No one has yet been
convicted in the Jain
hawala case. My name
was there in the hawala
chargesheet. There is
no evidence against me.
A chief minister should
not make such remarks.
There is no truth in the
chief minister’s claim.
Such comments have
been made to create a
sensation,” added
Dhankhar. Dhankhar
said, “Till date in Indi-
an culture, no one has
taken action against
younger sister. I would
not go that way
.” —ANI
Parliamentary panel meet;
discusses 3rd wave status
Dhankhar: Culture doesn’t
permit me to act against sister
New Delhi:Health Min-
ister Dr Harsh Vardhan
has strongly reiterated
the importance of COV-
ID appropriate behav-
iour as states unlock in
a calibrated manner af-
ter a significant decline
in active coronavirus
cases as well as a steady
increasing recovery
rate. Addressing the
29th meeting of the
Group of Ministers on
COVID-19 situation in
the country, which he
chaired, Dr Vadhan on
Monday gave a snapshot
of India's efforts to con-
tain the coronavirus
pandemic at the outset.
Health Min Vardhan advises caution as
states begin calibrated unlocking
New Delhi: As India
prepares for the possi-
bility of a third wave of
Covid-19 infections and
deals with the new vari-
ants of Coronavirus
like Delta Plus, there is
a need to strengthen the
public health care sys-
tem of the country, said
Dr Randeep Guleria,
AIIMS Director (Delhi)
on Monday
.
Addressing the Con-
federation of Indian In-
dustry (CII) Public
health summit virtual-
ly, Dr Guleria said with
changing times, India
has to change its public
health system too.
He said that the basic
aim is to have equitable
access to healthcare
even in rural and re-
mote areas of the coun-
try for everyone who
needs it.
‘Need to look ahead, strengthen public health system’
Kolkata: West Bengal
chief minister Mamata
Banerjee and state law
minister Moloy Ghatak
along with the state gov-
ernment have filed
fresh applications in
the Calcutta High Court
for their Narada case af-
fidavits on Monday
. The
application came after
the Supreme Court
asked the Calcutta High
Court to accept the af-
fidavits in regard to the
ongoing Narada case
probe. The Calcutta
High Court on June 9
had refused to accept
the reply-affidavits of
Mamata Banerjee and
Moloy Ghatak. The
court was urged by So-
licitor General Tushar
Mehta that the affida-
vits cannot be accepted
on the ground of delay
as they were filed after
the completion of his
arguments. The next
hearing in the case is
scheduled for June 29.
Didi files plea in Calcutta HC
in Narada sting tape case
Ensure benefits...
The Chief Minister said
that it is insufficient to
limit the number of
NFSA beneficiaries in
the state to 4.46 crore by
the Central Govern-
ment. He also instruct-
ed officials to write to
the Government of In-
dia to rationally in-
crease this number and
to resume the registra-
tion on the Food Secu-
rity Portal. “In view of
the impact on the com-
mon man due to the ris-
ing prices of LPG, cor-
respondence will also be
done with the Central
Government to control
these prices,” Gehlot
said and directed offi-
cials to prepare a plan to
provide food grains un-
der door-step delivery to
other beneficiaries, in-
cluding the disabled,
who are unable to reach
the ration dealer’s shop
to get food grains.
This would ensure
the benefit of food secu-
rity scheme to the disa-
bled and needy families,
he said and directed to
restart the scheme of
providing good quality
iodized salt, tea, flour
etc. food items at afford-
able rates through Ra-
jasthan State Food and
Civil Supplies Corpora-
tion Limited.
The Chief Minister
said, “The role of the
Legal Metrology
(Measures and
Weights) Cell operat-
ing under the Civil
Supplies Department
is important in pro-
tecting the interests of
the consumers. The of-
ficers of this cell
should work with
more commitment and
ensure the protection
of the interests of the
consumers, so that the
right weight and meas-
urement material is
supplied to the con-
sumers of the state.
For this, prepare an
action plan for the re-
organization of this
cell in Rajasthan, after
studying the system
implemented in other
states.” MoS Food and
CivilSupplies,Sukhram
Vishnoi also stressed on
efforts to open registra-
tionportalattheearliest
to expand the list of
NFSA beneficiaries in
the state.
`1.1 lakh crore...
scheme for the covid-
affected and an addi-
tional Rs 1.5 lakh crore
under the Emergency
Credit Line Guarantee
Scheme that was
launched as part of At-
manirbhar Bharat
package last year. These
measures come at a
time when the economy
has been ravaged by the
second wave of the cor-
onavirus pandemic and
is bracing for a possible
third wave of the
stealthy virus.
Among other meas-
ures, Sitharaman an-
nounced In an attempt
to boost employment,
the finance minister an-
nounced that the At-
manirbhar Bharat
Rozgar Yojana will be
extended from June 30,
2021 to March 31, 2022.
The scheme incentiviz-
es employers to create
new employment
through EPFO.
Alert soldiers...
engaged the drones
with firing, Jammu-
based Army PRO Lt Col
Devender Anand said.
“Both the drones flew
away. A major threat
was thwarted by the
alertness and proactive
approach of troops,” he
said, adding the securi-
ty forces are on high
alert and the search op-
eration is in progress.
The officials said the
whole area outside the
military station was
cordoned off immedi-
ately and a massive
search operation was
going on when the last
reports were received.
Nothing objectiona-
ble has been found on
the ground so far, the
officials said. —ANI
FROM PG 1
DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER
TO GET EXTENSION?
Delhi Police Commissioner S N Srivastava
is likely to get extension in service for six
months beginning July 1. Proposal to this effect
is believed to have been sent to the ACC. 1985
batch IPS officer Srivastava is scheduled to retire
on June 30.
WILL BEHERA BE MD OF KIAL?
DGP of Kerala Lok Nath Behera, who is
superannuating on June 30, is likely to be appointed
Managing Director (MD) of the Kannur International
Airport Limited (KIAL).He is 1985 batch IPS officer.
IRS OFFICER TAKES VOLUNTARY
RETIREMENT
An Asstt Commissioner- Mahendra M
Kholwadwala has taken Voluntary Retirement
from IRS(CIT. He was posted in Raigad
Maharashtra.
WILL SUDESH KUMAR BE
NEW DGP OF KERALA?
Sudesh Kumar is likely yo be appointed new DGP of
Kerala. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
BIHARCSTRIPURARISHARANGRANTED
THREE MONTHS’ SERVICE EXTENSION
Bihar Chief Secretary Tripurari Sharan has
been granted three months’ service extension
till September 30, 2021. He was due to
superannuate on June 30. He is a 1985 batch IAS
officer of Bihar cadre.
AP CHIEF SECRETARY ADITYA NATH
DAS GETS EXTENSION
Aditya Nath Das, Chief Secretary of Andhra
Pradesh, has been granted a three-month
extension. 1987 batch IAS officer was due to
retire on June 30.
WHOWILLBENEWDGPOFTAMILNADU?
Who will be new DGP of TamilNadu. The UPSC is
scheduled to meet on June 28 to prepare panel
of five IPS officers. Being the senior most,
C Sylendra Babu of 1987 batch is likely to be
appointed new DGP.
POWERGallery
By arrangement with: http://
whispersinthecorridors.com
New Delhi: Mamata
Banerjee launched a
volley of attacks on
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar and called
him a “corrupt” man
whose name “was in
the chargesheet of
Jain Hawala case”.
Mamata also said that
she has written 3 let-
ters for the removal of
WB Governor Dhakhar.
New Delhi: In the
politically sensitive
West Bengal, marred
by post-poll violence,
BJP has decided to
keep a close watch on
its leaders and cadre's
social media activities
to detect anti-party el-
ements within the unit
and to identify those
who aren't ideologi-
cally with it.
GOVERNOR
DHANKHAR IS
CORRUPTED, SAYS
MAMATA
BJP MONITORING
WB LEADERS'
SOCIAL MEDIA
ACTIVITY
‘PM DIRECTED US TO
GIVE VAX FOR FREE’
New Delhi: Dr RS Sharma,
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of National Health
Authority (NHA) and Co-
WIN platform on Monday
said Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi has directed
to create an open-source
version of Co-WIN and to
give it free of cost to any
country who wants it.
INDIA OVERTAKES US IN VACCINATION
DrReddy's Labora-
tories announced
the commercial launch
of anti-Covid drug
2DG, developed by
DRDO. Earlier on
June 1 DRDO said
that the anti-Covid
drug is approved for
emergency use as an
adjunct therapy to the
standard of care in the
treatment of coronavi-
rus patients in hospital
settings.
COMMERCIAL
LAUNCH OF 2DG
BY DR REDDY’S
Dr Randeep Guleria
—FILE
PHOTO

NEWS
07
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: While the Con-
gress has been accus-
ing the BJP state unit
of internal tussle and
factionalism, it seems
the grand old party is
itself suffering from
factionalism! Now
there are murmurs
even at grassroots level
that the list of the dis-
trict presidents is
stuck! Word is that
even the lowest level
party workers have
started aligning them-
selves with either Ge-
hlot or Pilot camp ow-
ing to the develop-
ments over the past 11
months.
Old district presi-
dents have had their
allegiances with for-
mer PCC Chief Sachin
Pilot and therefore
PCC Chief Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra wants to
bring in those individ-
uals whose loyalties do
not lie with individu-
als but with the party.
This, apparently, is
causing delay in re-
leasing the list of dis-
trict presidents.
District presidents
who will be appointed
now will remain till
the next Assembly
elections, and there-
fore their announce-
ment is important.
Meanwhile, Dotasra
has made a list after
talking to the leaders
of various districts
where he has mainly
taken names from
organization in-
charge and
ministers in
c h a r g e .
Even so,
task of
announc-
ing names
is compli-
cated!
JAIPUR CITY
In Jaipur city Congress,
there are two camps—
Mahesh Joshi and Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas—
and both have different
opinions about district
presidents, even though
both are in the Gehlot
camp. While leaders
like Amin Kagzi, Rafeek
Khan and Ganga Devi are
believed to be in Gehlot
camp, Sitaram Aggarwal
has proximity to both
the camps. Moreover,
Archana Sharma, Push-
pendra Bhardwaj, RR
Tiwari, Avadh Sharma,
Manoj Mudgal, Vimal
Yadav, Sunil Parwani are
from Gehlot camp; on the
other hand Jyoti Khan-
delwal, Mahesh Sharma
are believed to be in Pilot
camp.
JAIPUR RURAL
In Jaipur Rural, the
largest section is that
of minister Lal Chand
Kataria, a Gehlot loyalist,
with MLAs like Rajendra
Yadav and Gopal Meena
standing with him. The
second faction is of Pilot
Camp with MLAs Indraj
Gurjar, Ved Prakash
Solanki being the main
faces along with leaders
like Prashant Sharma,
Vidyadhar Chaudhary,
Rajesh Chaudhary,
Manish Yadav, Surgyan
Ghosalya.
ALWAR
In Alwar, Bhanwar
Jitendra Singh Camp is
the most prominent with
leaders like Durru Mian,
Tikaram Jully and RC Ya-
dav being part of it. While
Dr Karan Singh Yadav
leads the second camp.
However, Alwar’s sce-
nario is different as BSP
turncoats—Deepchand
Kheria and Sandeep
Yadav—who hail from the
district, have supported
Gehlot. Furthermore,
Johri Lal Meena, Shakun-
tala Rawat, Safia Zubair
are considered in
Gehlot camp too.
BHARATPUR
Bharatpur too
has a two way
war with one
end being held
by Vishvendra
Singh and the
other Subhash
Garg. Although
Garg is not a
Congress MLA, but he
is considered close to
Gehlot. Here too, BSP
turncoats rule the roost
as both Joginder Awana
and Wajib Ali hail from
here and have supported
Gehlot. Another known
face from the region—Za-
hida Khan—who was with
Gehlot during the ‘bada-
bandi’, is now known for
her ‘neutral politics’. Then
there is Bhajan Lal Jatav
who is consid-
ered in Gehlot
camp and
on the
other
hand,
Amar
Singh
Jatav is
close to
the Pilot.
Interest-
ingly,
these days Vishvendra
is being seen with both
Gehlot and Pilot camps.
KARAULI
In Karauli politics is
deeply divided between
Gehlot and Pilot camps.
While Ramesh Meena
and Sanjay Jatav are
considered with Pilot,
former BSP leader Lakhan
Singh is with Gehlot.
Another important leader
PR Meena keeps swing-
ing between Gehlot and
Pilot camps while Bharosi
Lal Jatav is considered in
Gehlot camp.
DAUSA
Dausa, an epicentre of
Meena-Gurjar politics has
two factions i.e. Parsadi
Lal Meena and Mamta
Bhupesh. Pilot camp is
effective in organisational
politics here and decides
on the district presidents.
Murari Lal Meena and GR
Khatana are with Pilot,
while Parsadi Lal Meena is
in Gehlot camp but does
neutral politics and his son
Kamal is in Gehlot camp.
SAWAI MADHOPUR
Sawai Madhopur has
an important face in
former Union Minister
Namonarayan Meena but
the region has two other
power centres namely
Indra Meena and Danish
Abrar. Danish is in Gehlot
camp these days, while
Indra Meena is ‘divided’
between both the camps.
Others like Ramkesh
Meena and Dheeraj
Meena are staunch Ge-
hlot supporters. Believed
to be an out and out Pilot
area, as he is an MLA
from Tonk, local leaders
like Harish Meena and
Saud Sayedi are Pilot
supporters. Kuldeep
Singh Rajawat and Ram
Vilas Chaudhary can be
counted in Gehlot camp,
however, another influ-
ential name is Prashant
Bairwa who is believed to
be in both camps.
JHUNJHUNU
In Jhunjhunu, Brijendra
Singh Ola has a separate
faction but is closer to
Pilot. Then there are
leaders like Dr Rajkumar
Sharma, JP Chandeliya,
Rita Chowdhary and
Shravan Kumar who are
believed to be in Gehlot
camp. Another known
political face—Rajendra
Gudha—who came to
Congress from
BSP, is also with
Gehlot.
SIKAR
In Sikar the home
district of PCC
Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra
factionalism is
rampant but it is
Dotasra’s group
which is most pow-
erful here and senior
leader Mahadev Singh
Khandela is part of the
group. The second fac-
tion is that of Parasram
Mordia and Rajendra
Pareek, who too are with
Gehlot on the state level
but do their own politics
within the district. The
third faction is of Deep-
ender Singh Shekhawat
while the fourth camp is
of Chaudhary Narayan
Singh which includes
his MLA son Virendra
Singh. Both the third
and fourth groups are in
Pilot camp.
AJMER
Pilot camp’s presence in
Ajmer is comprehensive
and includes faces like
Rakesh Pareek, Ram-
narayan Gurjar and
Naseem Akhtar. How-
ever, Dr Raghu Sharma’s
faction is also strong
here while Ramchandra
Choudhary has a sepa-
rate faction while Gopal
Baheti has the largest
group in Ajmer city.
What will earn a berth, loyalty to party or the leader?
DELAY IN NAMING DISTRICT CHIEFS IN CONGRESS
STATE CONGRESS WORKING
COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY
Jaipur: Amid the ongoing tussle between Asok
Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps, a virtual meet-
ing of the state Congress working committee,
chaired by PCC president Govind Singh Dotasara,
will be held on Tuesday at 5 pm. It will review the
functioning of the organisation where the outgo-
ing district presidents and members of state
executive will participate. Presidents of frontal
organisations have also been instructed to attend
the meeting. Sources said that PCC chief will
also review works done during pandemic and will
take feedback on work done so far under district
wise outreach programme. There will also be a
brainstorming on the names for the appointment
of district presidents.
Ashok Gehlot Govind S Dotasra Sachin Pilot
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Union Bank
of India’s manager in
Navagaon area in Ban-
swara, Jitendra Sankh-
la, was arrested in con-
nection with a case of
bribery
.
Sankhla had de-
manded a bribe of Rs
15000 from the com-
plainant to release him
the amount sanctioned
under the Prime Minis-
ter Crop Insurance
scheme.
He asked the com-
plainant to hand over
the bribe amount to a
contractual employee
identified as Naresh
Katara.
The employee took
the money but the trap
could not be laid and
later he managed to es-
cape.
The bribe amount
was recovered from the
house of Katara.
The branch manager
has been arrested and
Katar is being
searched.
The action by Anti
Corruption Bureau
(ACB) was started on
June 25 when the com-
plainant, a resident of
Nal Gram Panchayat
Ganau lodged the com-
plaint demanding ac-
tion against the bank
manager Jitendra
Sankhla.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the 34th
meeting of State Em-
powered Committee
(SEC) chaired by Chief
Secretary Niranjan
Arya on Monday, in-
vestment proposals
worth about Rs2600
crore were recom-
mended for customized
package. These propos-
als related to various
sectors including jewel-
lery, glass, textile, eye-
wear and agriculture
will generate more
than 60 thousand em-
ployment opportuni-
ties in the state.
During the meeting,
Commissioner Indus-
tries Rajasthan Archa-
na Singh said, “Ra-
jasthanhasvastgrowth
opportunities in vari-
ous sectors, the Gov-
ernment of Rajasthan
too has been persistent-
ly working to facilitate
advancement of indus-
tries and businesses in
state. The SEC has ac-
cordingly recommend-
ed for extending the
benefits for eligible
proposals.”
Meanwhile, CS on
Monday chaired the
meeting of the steering
committee of Ra-
jasthan Water Sector
Livelihood Improve-
ment Project where he
directed officials to
complete project work
in stipulated time with
better coordination.
SEC recommends investment
proposals worth `2,600 crore
ACB traps Union Bank manager
for taking bribe in Banswara
INSPECTOR, READER HELD FOR BRIBE
Gurjars may
revive stir for
their demands
Bharatpur: Gurjar
leaders may revive agi-
tationtoputpressureon
thegovernmenttofulfill
pending demands.
The community
leaders held a panchay-
at at Pilupra in Bayana
to discuss future
course of action and
gave an ultimatum to
the government till
July 10 to fulfill the de-
mands pertaining to
reservation in REET
and nursing recruit-
ment exam. However,
the leaders are divided
in two factions. One of
the faction is led by
Himmat Singh who
wants to revive the agi-
tation while the other
faction is led by Kirori
Singh Bainsla’s son Vi-
jay Singh Bainsla.
MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO CS
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Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: While Corona
has disassembled the
way of life, it has hurt
the State Government
way more, since the
many revenue streams
have dried up while
providing services;
without causing harm
to the lives of people,
remains a challenge.
During such a drastic
time, the Energy De-
partment has played a
‘dual responsibility’
under an overall super-
vision of Minister BD
Kalla and the direction
of its Principal Secre-
tary Dinesh Kumar.
With Corona’s second
wave wreaking havoc,
apart from medicines,
perhaps the most im-
portant element in fight
against Covid was un-
disturbed electric sup-
ply to hospitals, which
were ‘ground zero’ for
the fight.
While ‘Team Energy’
emerged as a “Life giv-
er” by providing dedi-
cated power supply
from hospitals to oxy-
gen plants, however, on
the other hand, it also
provided uninterrupt-
ed power supply to the
households and com-
mon man. Call it power
management or team
spirit, even under the
Corona ‘stress’, the
work of revenue collec-
tion of Discoms was
not allowed to suffer
and whether it is bill-
ing on average basis or
“discount” for deposit-
ing the bill, keeping in
mind the suffering of
every section, the En-
ergy Department gave
a huge relief by taking
decisions in public in-
terest.
Even the depart-
ment also suffered
‘shocks’, as in second
wave around 1,500
electricity personnel
contracted Corona
while more than 100
personnel lost their
lives. However, Dinesh
Kumar’s constant mo-
tivation to officials,
new SOPs and vaccina-
tion drive resulted in
the Department not
only saving lives by
giving uninterrupted
power supply, but also
maintained a steady
flow of revenue.
This was achieved
through sensible and
simple planning as
most of the work and
meetings of the Depart-
ment were conducted
online and power sup-
ply across state was
monitored through
whatsapp groups. The
door- to -door meter
reading work was halt-
ed and consumers’ bills
were generated on av-
erage basis and con-
sumers were encour-
aged to pay bills
through ideas like bill
waiver.
Despite the Corona
crisis, the Energy De-
partment provided jobs
and conducted recruit-
ment on 2,370 posts of
EBC by amending rules.
While the fight contin-
ued, with the efforts of
Principal Secretary
Dinesh Kumar, Ra-
jasthan created a record
as country’s first plant
of “A” component cate-
gory of Kusum Yojana
was commissioned in
Rajasthan as a 1 MW ca-
pacity plant was started
in Bhaloji village locat-
ed in Kotputli area near
Jaipur.
Now, with the crisis
of second wave of Co-
rona over, Principal
Secretary Dinesh Ku-
mar has started giving
tasks with timeline to
the Engineers to work
vigorously in the field,
so that the Depart-
ment’s performace can
be bettered!
A ‘SHOCK-PROOF’ STRATEGY BRILLIANT EXECUTION!
ENERGY AND DISCOM OPERATIONS IN CORONA TIMES
SHEKHAWAT IS AN IMMATURE LEADER, TAUNTS
JOSHI AS BJP PROTESTS AGAINST CHIEF WHIP
RAJASTHAN PHONE TAPPING CASE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The politics of
allegations and coun-
ter-allegations between
the BJP and Congress,
on the phone tapping
controversyinthestate,
is continuing unabated.
On Monday, BJP work-
ers and Union minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat’s supporters hit
back at the Congress
leaders by burning ef-
figy of Congress Chief
Whip Mahesh Joshi, in
response to the Con-
gress’s protest against
Union Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat.
Theworkers,ledbyBJP
leader Prem Singh Ban-
vasa, took out a foot
march from the BJP
headquarters and
reached the Civil Lines
gate. During this, slo-
gans were raised fierce-
ly against Mahesh
Joshi and the Congress
government. Banvasa
said that Mahesh Joshi,
through his comments,
is trying to build a base-
less rhetoricaroundthe
matter. “Congress is
calling the Union Min-
ister a fugitive, but the
state police is providing
him security under pro-
tocol,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chief
Whip Mahesh Joshi has
responded to the dem-
onstration called by
BJP and Shekhawat’s
supporters. “Till date, I
don’t have any FIR
against me, but the po-
litical enmity under
whichtheDelhiPolice’s
notice has been sent;
this whole act has been
done by Union Minister
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat. On one hand,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi talks about
the elimination of Co-
rona, on the other hand,
BJP workers are pollut-
ing the environment by
burning effigies. We
can also burn effigies
but we do not believe in
dual policy
. CM Ashok
Gehlot banned fire-
crackers on Diwali to
end Corona. Shekhawat
is an immature leader
and because of his
childish attitude, no
one accepts him as a
leader of Rajasthan
BJP
,” he said.
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan Phone Tap-
ping case seems to be
the focal point of both
premier parties in
the state i.e. ruling
Congress party and
the opposition BJP.
While It was the Con-
gress that drew first
blood, in the recent
developments too,
and termed the Union
Jal Shakti Minister
and Jodhpur MP Ga-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat a ‘Bhagoda’ (fugi-
tive); the BJP has also
set it eyes on the poli-
cy of ‘fighting fire
with fire’ and there-
fore, after the initial
‘war of words’ fol-
lowed by ‘social- me-
dia war,’ now a post-
er-war has erupted
between the two ‘war-
ring’ parties. But
with each ‘new’ arena
of war, the fight is
turning murkier.
As a result, in the
poster- war, now, ani-
mals have been made
a weapon of political
attack. While Con-
gress workers in-
stalled posters term-
ing the Delhi Police’s
notice to Mahesh
Joshi as ‘injustice’,
its opponents - BJP
and Shekhawat’s sup-
porters - have at-
tacked through the
usage of elephants
and dogs wherein,
Gajendra Singh has
been described as an
‘Elephant’ and the op-
ponents as ‘Dogs.’ Af-
ter Mahesh Joshi re-
ceived a notice from
the Crime Branch of
Delhi Police in the
phone tapping case,
his supporters have
been putting up post-
ers all over Jaipur. In
response to this, Ga-
jendra Singh support-
ers have also started
putting up banner
posters in Jaipur as a
response to these
posters.
Shekhawatanelephantbefore
Cong,saysBJPinposter-war
Dr BD Kalla Dinesh Kumar
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the opening of
trauma centres at seven
Community Health
Centres (CHCs) in as
many districts. These
trauma centres will
be opened at Ku-
chaman City
in Nagaur
d i s t r i c t ,
Udaipurwa-
ti in Jhunj-
hunu, Halai-
na in Bharat-
pur, Mania in
D h o l p u r ,
Kolayat in Bikaner,
Anta in Baran and
Chauhtan in Barmer.
According to an offi-
cial statement, Gehlot
also relaxed the rules
for opening trauma cen-
tres in Community
Health Centres of
U d a i p u r w a t i ,
Halaina, Mania
and Anta. CM Ge-
hlot had an-
nouncedtosetup
these trauma
centres in the
budgetof 2021-
22. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Inwhatcould
be termed as a ‘his-
toric’ moment, after a
whopping 29 years,
the Rajasthan Hous-
ing Board, enthused
with the recent suc-
cess in myriad of
spheres, will hold re-
cruitment of JENs.
Rajasthan Housing
Board Commissioner
PawanAroraonMon-
day
, informed that 162
posts of Project Engi-
neer (Junior) have
been created in RHB.
“151 posts of Project
Engineer (Civil) and
11postsof ProjectEn-
gineer (Electrical)
havebeencreatedand
soon these posts will
be filled. Once the re-
cruitment will be
done, it will give im-
petus to all the pro-
jects of the Housing
Board,” Arora said.
On Monday
, the Ur-
ban Development De-
partment issued an
order and approved
the creation of 162
posts. According to
decision taken by
State Govt, 151 posts
of Project Engineer
(Senior) of the Divi-
sion have been con-
verted into Project
Engineer (Junior)
and 11 posts of Pro-
jectEngineer(Sr)into
Project Engineer
(Junior) Electricity
.
CM Ashok Gehlot
approves trauma
centres at 7 CHCs
RHB to recruit 162
JENs after 29 yrs!
Birla visits kin of Covid victims,assures help
He also relaxed rules for opening trauma
centres in Community Health Centres
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Remember the
bollywood movies from
1980s, here it was cus-
tomary to show the
hero or villian’s life as a
youngster and then the
scene would be ‘cut-to’
‘Bees Saal Baad’ (20
years later). The char-
acter is now grown up
and the small incident
of his younger days
now remain the epi-cen-
tre of his life.
Well, something on
the same lines has hap-
pened with BJP State
Chief Satish Poonia,
who has now been
‘haunted’ by an inci-
dent of his life, from 22
years ago, which, after
all these years, has sud-
denly become a point of
‘botheration’ for him!
On Monday, a letter
went viral on social
media, written by Poo-
nia, wherein, he had
levelled serious charg-
es against BJP stal-
warts like Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat, Lalit
Kishore Chaturvedi
and Harishankar
Bhabra. Poonia had
written a 3 -page letter
while resigning from
the post of BJYM state
President, after his
party ticket for 1999 as-
sembly election was
cut, and claimed of
back-stabbing by the
three leaders. Moreo-
ver, he even termed Ra-
jendra Rathore and
Ram Singh Kaswan as
‘Bhasmasur’.
Interestingly, now
that the letter is out,
Poonia has termed the
entire matter to be
reeking of political
conspiracy. “There is
malice behind bringing
forward such an old let-
ter. I took the decision
of writing the letter ac-
cording to the political
situation of the day,
and therefore, the let-
ter should also be seen
in context of those by-
gone days,” Poonia
said.
The Government College of Bijolia in Bhilwara
district, will be named after the freedom
fighter Late Vijay Singh Pathik. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot paid tributes to the great freedom
fighter, who led the Bijolia Peasant Movement.
Approval has been given to name this college
after Pathik. With this decision of the CM, the
younger generation will be able to take inspira-
tion from the sacrifice, struggle and life ideals
of this brave fighter, who awakened the spirit
of freedom by organising farmers’ movement
against oppression.
Nearly 40 years after
it took possession
of a 40 bigha of land
near Mansarover Hous-
ing Project, of which
a piece of 2,000 sq
meters of land, was not
handed over by the original owner, where he had
constructed a house and was living illegally; on
Monday, RHB evicted encroachers took over the
property, valued at Rs 20 crore.
GOVT COLLEGE IN BIJOLIA TO BE
NAMED AFTER FREEDOM FIGHTER RHB ACQUIRES LAND WORTH RS 20
CRORE FROM ENCROACHERS
BEES SAAL BAAD: ‘BHASMASUR’
LETTER SURFACES, ‘SINGES’ POONIA!
First India Bureau
Kota: Lok Sabha
speaker Om Birla on
Monday, while contin-
uing his visit to fami-
lies, who have lost
their loved ones to
Covid-19, visited vil-
lages under Ladpura
assembly constituency
andconsoledthekinof
Covi victims. Birla fur-
ther assured them of
all possible support be
it regarding education
of children or mar-
riage of daughters.
In Gangayacha vil-
lage, people apprised
him of the possibility
of flood following
which, Birla called up
District Collector and
directed him to ad-
dress the issue.
LS Speaker Birla interacted with PWD officials during his visit
to GanTathed village in Kota on Monday.
 “Due to his childish attitude, no
one accepts him as a leader of
Raj BJP,” says Mahesh Joshi
 Meanwhile, BJP workers burn
Joshi’s effigies
Supporters of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shout slogans in his support in Jaipur on Monday.
Dr Satish Poonia

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ashion designer
and model, Tripti
Arora hailing
from the Blue
City, Jodhpur is
an unstoppable
force who won’t
stop until all her dreams
are turned into reality.
As a kid of 11-years-old,
she won the title of Prin-
cess of Jodhpur 2008
which instilled in her a
love for the ramp, fashion
and the world of glam-
our. Tripti has pursued
her bachelors in Fashion
Designing from FDDI
Jodhpur and she is cur-
rently working as Head
Designer for a domestic
firm in Jaipur. Tripti is a
state-level basketball and
badminton player. She has
won the title of Elite miss
Rajasthan viewer’s
choice award 2020. She
represented herself as
a designer as well as a
model in Delhi Times
Fashion Week 2018.
She has been a
part of many
popular beauty
pageants.
Triptishared,
“Although I am
a fashion de-
signer by pro-
fession, I am a
model by pas-
sion, which in-
spires me to follow
my dreams and make
them happen. I have al-
ways loved the ramp and
one day I wish to own my
very own label that some-
day might become a sensa-
tional brand.”
The ravishing diva ex-
pressed gratitude for her
family who laid down the
principles to be successful
in life. She is also grate-
ful to her mentor Anu-
pama Vakil who
have always sup-
ported her and
Gaurav Gaur
who encour-
aged her
when she
became a
part of
E l i t e
Miss Rajasthan.
Tripti shares, “Noth-
ing is impossible and I
would love to increase
the stakes. The secret
ingredient to make your
dreams come true is be-
ing constant with your
efforts, keeping your-
self motivated, also,
not stopping even
when the world asks us
to and the dream will
be yours.”
City First wishes the beautiful Tripti Arora from Jodhpur,
a very Happy Birthday and shares her journey as
she talks about her secret ingredient in achieving success!
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
F
The secret
ingredient to
make your
dreams come
true is being
constant with
your efforts...

S
he was a small
woman, less than 5
feet in height, of
Kashmiri descent.
She was born poor, so
much so that she had to
become a “ nauch” girl at
the age of 14 years. De-
spite being in such a pre-
carious living situation,
she knew that a bright
future is awaiting her as
she has a unique quality
in her - the mastery in
the art of manipulation.
The world knows her as
Begum Samru Akka Zo-
anna Nobilis Sombre, the
only Catholic Christian
ruler in the Indian sub-
continent, of a principal-
ity called Sardhana near
Meerut in the present-
day Uttar Pradesh. She
has the guts to seduce a
brutal German merce-
nary who roamed within
the area of Agra, Bharat-
pur, Deeg and Doab. Far-
zana who later became
Begum Samru was 14
when she married this
German Walter R Som-
bre who was then 45
years of age and com-
manded a large contin-
gent of foreign and Indi-
an professional fighters.
He killed many British
soldiers in Patna by de-
ceit, hence called “ butch-
er of Patna” and had a
price for his head by the
British establishment.
Jats of Bharatpur gave
him support and shelter
for his military tactics
but he cheated them
against the Mughal at-
tack on Bharatpur and
got the principality of
Sardhana as a gift from
the Mughal emperor. Far-
zana became the wealthi-
est woman of the Indian
subcontinent when his
husband died as she con-
vinced the Mughal em-
peror that she alone was
the deserving person for
the seat of power in the
principality
.
Begam Samru had
great wom-
anly in-
stincts. She
knew that
she can not
rule if she
stays as a Mus-
lim, so she con-
verted to Catho-
lic Christianity
even when she
knew nothing of
it. She also saw
the arrival of
English rule and
the decline of
Mughals but she
respected emperor Alam
Shah and came to his res-
cue successfully twice,
one of these rescues was
to save the emperor
against legendary Sikh
Baghel Singh with 30
thousand Sikhs with
him. The Sikhs left Delhi
without attacking it as
they were paid a big ran-
som negotiated by Be-
gum. The place where
Sikhs camped is, hence,
called the Tees Hazari
area indicative of 30
thousand warriors. For
her empire services, she
was decorated with the
title ‘Zeb- Un- Nissa (
woman of splendour and
beauty). But she always
regretted that she
couldn’t rescue the em-
peror a third time when
a fellow Muslim Qadir
Khan blinded the emper-
or and violated his
daughters. Begum
reached there but the
damage was already
done. Qadir Khan punc-
tured the eyes of Alam
Shah and forced his
daughters to dance na-
kedbeforehim.Ashamed
by these grand insults
the princess-
es committed suicide. It
was Mahadji Shinde who
came first and killed
Qadir Khan and restored
Alam Shah to the throne.
Begam Samru also con-
tributed her bit. Late in
life, she developed ky-
phosis, bend into two but
died as a very rich wom-
an whose face became
like a ‘shrivelled raisin’.
This was the end of a 4
feet 6-inch tall woman of
small built who rode to
battle with her big, burly
Jat soldiers.
This piece of histo-
ry of India is a classic
example
of manipulation as
an important tool to at-
tain and retain power.
Begum Samru learnt it
from her German hus-
band who, being alone
German from Luxem-
bourg was able to form a
powerful army in India
and changed sides with
Emperor of Delhi,
Nawab of Bengal and
King of Bharatpur as a
serial deserter and mas-
ter manipulator. Samru
was a great learner and
fine-tuned the art of ma-
nipulation, motivated
her people to improve ag-
riculture and small busi-
nesses, strengthened
state treasure and ruled
her whole life. It was not
possible but for manipu-
lation that small women
of Kashmiri descent,
Muslim turned Catholic
in faith with no family of
significance could rule
the area dominated by
powerful Jats.
We may shun the
idea of manipulation in
our general public dis-
course but people who
pursue power use it bla-
tantly and this has been
happening from the days
of Chanakya and is flour-
ishing in today’s world as
well. The art of manipu-
lation means getting peo-
ple to a state of thinking
where they want to do
what you wanted them to
do. You can directly influ-
ence people who follow
you to do certain things
but then this would be
your work they are doing
and you, thus, owe re-
sponsibility. This is not
manipulation, this is an
order. A manipulator
gets other people to a
thought level where these
people start thinking that
it is they who want to do
a particular thing which
the manipulator wanted
them to do. He makes peo-
ple feel that they always
wanted to do what they
are doing and pursue
what they are pursuing.
People love getting ma-
nipulated. Getting ma-
nipulated is highly addic-
tive and no logic can
wean away from such ad-
dicts from their chosen
(?) path.
The art of manipula-
tion is very subtle and
can not be described but
can be seen all around if
you keep your eyes open
and can use them to see
what is there rather than
what you want to see.
Most of us are blind to
reality and manipulate
our own eyes to see what
our mind wants to see. It
is not that manipulation
is bad always. It can be
made to good use many
times like parents ma-
nipulating their children
to study, original moral
texts to form humane be-
haviour, motivating peo-
ple to save the environ-
ment and serve society,
follow laws of the land
and all such things. But
the problem comes when
a bunch of wicked peo-
ple come together and
start manipulating a
large number of people
for personal gains. Such
a situation always leads
to large scale human suf-
fering and the destruc-
tion of a lot of innocent
lives. The end is almost
always tragic for affect-
ed as well as offenders
and this usually includes
the manipulators. We
have seen such things
happening historical-
ly and history has a
bad habit of repeating
itself.
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ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You may get a
chance to pursue
old hobby. Health
tips from an
expert will enable
you to get closer
to your fitness
goals. Chances
of being misled
by competitors in business are high, so
remain alert. Your generous behavior
would enable to enjoy some lovely
moments with family.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Distant relatives
may drop in
for a surprise
visit. Investment
antiques and
jewellery would
bring handsome
financial gains.
On professional
front, recognition
for good work would motivate you to
work harder. Efforts made to improve
looks or personality will bring results.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
It’s a very good
day to take
calculated risks in
financial matters.
Those suffering
from chronic
ailments may
find remarkable
improvement in
their health with
home remedies. Today you will enjoy the
trust of senior management.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Better to consult
an expert in
financial matters
before making
an investment.
Your hard work
and dedication
are likely to
be noticed by
seniors, paving
way for promotion or increment. Family
will be supportive of career aspirations. A
promising day overall for you.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Long-pending
arrears and dues
are likely to be
recovered. Senior
management will
be appreciative
of your creative
inputs on
professional front.
Seek the opinion
of your family before finalizing a property
deal. An impromptu invitation to a function
will be received.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Seek opinion of
expert before opt-
ing for a health
supplement.
The day is not
likely to pose any
major problems
at workplace.
You will succeed
in resolving
misunderstanding with family members,
normalizing ties. Seek proper valuation of
the property you are planning to buy.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will be
greatly benefited
by investing in
companies of
repute. Develop a
good adaptability
to handle
pressurized
situation on
professional
front. Paying special attention to plan
your career would give immense joy. You
are likely to get clearance in work.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Avoid being
indulgent in your
spending to
balance budget.
Continue to put
in efforts at work
and you will
see promising
opportunities
coming your way.
Matrimonial match for siblings will bring
happiness for entire family. You will get a
good price for your property.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Don’t give a firm
commitment in
financial matters
before considering
the viability
of the project.
You succeed in
completing an
important project
well before
deadline. Disagreements on the family front
are foreseen. Be careful about the legal
apprehensions.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Yoga would
help in raising
energy levels and
improve your
metabolism.
Some of you are
going experience
emotional fulfill-
ment on romantic
front. Place
emphasis on domestic affairs to enhance
the domestic tranquility and harmony.
Your intuition will save you today.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A sound
financial health
of businessmen
would enable to
give monetary
benefits to
employees.
Roadblock in
the matrimonial
alliance of kin
gets cleared bringing happiness for entire
family. Your sole dependency on friends
may fail to bring any respite today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Successful
implementation
of new ideas
and projects
would add to
your prestige on
the professional
front. A sound
monetary
position would
enable you to keep pace with changing
times. Avoid raising controversial issues
at home to maintain harmony.
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VEDIKA MEHTA, Blogger
rule if she
stays as a Mus-
lim, so she con-
verted to Catho-
lic Christianity
even when she
knew nothing of
it. She also saw
the arrival of
English rule and
the decline of
Mughals but she
the princess-
es committed suicide. It
example
of manipulation as
an important tool to at-
tain and retain power.
state treasure and ruled
her whole life. It was not
possible but for manipu-
lation that small women
of Kashmiri descent,
Muslim turned Catholic
in faith with no family of
significance could rule
the area dominated by
powerful Jats.
idea of manipulation in
our general public dis-
course but people who
pursue power use it bla-
tantly and this has been
happening from the days
DR RAMAWTAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
POWER THY TOOL IS
MANIPULATION

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Brown; Viewer’s choice award: Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé - “Savage (Remix)”; Video of
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Sportsman of the year: Lebron James, Best male RB / pop artist: Chris Brown among others.
A
kshay Kumar and
Nupur Sanon took
to social media to
unveil yet an-
other glimpse from
their upcoming mu-
sic video Filhaal
2- Mohabbat. The
teaser of the song
is all set to drop
soon. Having
touched the hearts
of the audience with the
first version of B Praak’s
soulful song, Akshay Kumar
and Nupur Sanon are all set
to bring Filhaal 2-Mohabbat.
Filhaal 2 Mohabbat teaser
will drop on June 30, 2021,
and the fans are loving
the latest trendy
song after ages.
—Agency
oving away
from her
regular Yoga
s e s s i o n s ,
Shilpa Shet-
ty Kundra
opted for a unique
workout session to start
a new week. Her healthy
eating habits and workout
routine has become motivation
for many. On Monday, the popular
star dished out an intense exercise
video for her followers. In the new
gram video, the fitness queen add-
ed ‘Bhangra’ (Punjabi dance) to
her cardio workout. The Hungama
2 actress did a side-to-side shuffle
by dancing on the track ‘Sadi Gali’
from Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Tanu
weds Manu’ movie.
—Agency
‘Bully
High’
A
ctress An-
eesha Mad-
hok is all set to
make her Hol-
lywood debut. She will
be soon in the film
‘Bully High’ and
alongside Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s
son Joseph Baena
in the film and
she is excite
for the same.
—Agency
Sad Demise
H
ollywood direc-
tor John Lang-
ley, who created
the long-run-
ning TV show ‘Cops’
which helped usher in
the reality TV era, on
Saturday, died of an ap-
parent heart attack in
Baja, Mexico. Langley
was 78-year-old and ac-
cording to Variety was
competing in the Coast-
to-Coast Ensenada-San
Felipe 250 off-road race.
‘Cops’ was cancelled in
2020 after the George
Floyd protests, and had
become controversial.
—Agency
A
merican
s i n g e r -
songwriter
Ariana Grande
turned 28 today and marked
the occasion by posting a
baby picture of herself on
her social media account.
She shared a photo on her
Instagram account, which
is a close up of her face
while she is getting what
appears to be a bath. “hbd
tiny, i am taking care of
you !” Ariana wrote in
the caption. —Agency
Filhaal 2
Mohabbat
Monday
Motivation
Tiny Ariana
Grande
Manikarnika
Returns Row
K
angana Ranaut is yet
again making headlines,
now for her upcoming
film ‘Manikarnika Re-
turns’. Writer Ashish Kaul
had filed a copyright in-
fringementcaseagainst
the actress for an-
nouncing the film
without his ap-
proval.
—Agency
T
he Black Enter-
tainment Tele-
vision (BET)
awards 2021
made a glamorous
in-person return this
year. The actress,
who was also hosting
this year’s BET, made
the audiences cheer
louder as she paid
tributes to several
Black women by
dressing up like
them throughout dif-
ferent segments of
the show. Cardi B
was also one of the
nominees who on the
day revealed the
news about her sec-
ond pregnancy. The
theme for this year’s
award ceremony was
“Year of the Black
Woman”. Here’s a
list of some of the
winners who bagged
the prize at BET
Awards 2021. —Agency
M
N
eetu Kapoor shared a family picture on
Instagram, featuring her son Ranbir
Kapoor and his girlfriend Alia, daugh-
ter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and grand-
daughter Samara Sahni. The post was cap-
tioned, “My world.” In the photo, Neetu Ka-
poor, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Alia Bhatt,
Ranbir Kapoor and Samara were seen.
—Agency
FAM JAM
Ariana Grande ...her post
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Late John Langley
...Neetu Kapoor’s post
Akshay Kumar
Jazmine Sullivan
Naomi Osaka
H.E.R.
Chris Brown
Andra Day
Silk Sonic Lebron James
Beyoncé Cardi B
Aneesha
Madhok
Kangana Ranaut

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