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GEHLOT’S GIFTS GALORE
CM Gehlot to lay
foundation of
`2,422-cr road
projects today
PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER
BHAJANLAL JATAV AND OTHER
GUESTS WILL BE PRESENT IN THE
PROGRAMME AT THE CMR
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
hief Minister
Ashok Gehlot
will lay the
foundation stone for the
works of connecting 1514
revenue villages with
roads at a cost of Rs 2,422
crores at the Chief Minis-
ter’s residence on Mon-
day. Public Works Minis-
ter Bhajanlal Jatav and
other guests will be pre-
sent in the programme.
Principal Secretary,
Public Works Depart-
ment, Vaibhav Galriya
said that this State-level
programme will be or-
ganised virtually at 12
noon, in which offices up
to the concerned gram
panchayat level will be
connected online.
“The Chief Minister
had announced to connect
the villages of the State
with new roads with the
aim of further strengthen-
ing the path of develop-
ment to the villages of the
State,” said Galriya.
The roads include 827
in Barmer, 250 in Jodh-
pur, 100 in Udaipur, 74 in
Jaisalmer, 35 in Ban-
swara, 21 each in Tonk
and Dungarpur, and 5 in
Jaipur.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
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DUTYWITHCOMPASSIONTRUE
SERVICETOSOCIETY: BHAGWAT
Thane: Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat
on Sunday said duty to society with
compassion is true service. P6
OM BIRLA INAUGURATES NEW
ASSAM LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Guwahati: Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla on Sunday inaugurated the new
building of the Assam Legislative
Assembly in Guwahati. P8
Union MinisterAnurag Thakur on Sunday urged
the Opposition MPs to join a discussion in
Parliament on the violence in Manipur. P7
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INS Chennai during a
Passage Exercise with
Hellenic Naval Ship
Nikiforos Fokas, in the
Aegian Sea. PTI
IN BRIEF
Thailand factory blast
kills 10, injures 118
Bangkok: At least 10
people died and 118
were injured in an ex-
plosion at a fireworks
factory in southern Nar-
athiwat province on Sat-
urday (local time), with
over 200 houses and a
local market also affect-
ed by the accident.
LastdateforITRtoday;
5.83crfiledtillnow
New Delhi: Monday,
July 31, is the last date
for salaried individuals
and non-audit cases to
file income tax returns
(ITR) for financial year
2022-23. Over 5.83
crore returns have been
filed for FY 2022-23
until 1 pm on Sunday.
82 RPS transferred in
a major reshuffle
Jaipur: Ahead of the
Assembly elections, the
State government is con-
tinuously releasing the
list of transfers and has
made a major reshuffle
in the police department.
82 officers of Rajasthan
Police were transferred
on Sunday. P8
Minor sexual assault
victim laid to rest
Aluva: The five-year-
old girl who was sexu-
ally assaulted and killed
by a migrant worker
was buried at the public
crematorium at Keezh-
mad near Aluva town in
Ernakulam district on
Sunday.
Shivprakash Purohit
Jodhpur
Burnt bodies of a mother-
daughter duo were found
in Ratanara police station
area of Jodhpur on Sun-
day.Thevictimsresidedin
army area as woman’s
husbandisinArmy.“Their
bodies were found under
mysterious circumstances
at a family quarter in army
area.Itisbeingascertained
whether it is an incident or
murder. The bodies have
been kept in Mahatma
GandhiHospitalmortuary.
FSLteamhascollectedthe
samples,” said police.
Agencies
Srinagar
An off-duty soldier has
gone missing from Jam-
mu and Kashmir’s Kul-
gam district, according to
sources. The 25-year-old
Army man identified as
Javed Ahmad Wani, a
resident of Asthal Kul-
gam and posted in
Ladakh, had come home
on leave. However, he has
gonemissingfromaround
8 pm Saturday, his family
said, fearing he may have
been kidnapped.
Agencies
Imphal
A delegation of 21 MPs
of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance
met Manipur Governor
Anusuiya Uikey at Raj
Bhavan on Sunday and
discussed the prevailing
situation in the troubled
state. The Opposition
MPs also met the vio-
lence-affected people at
various relief camps. P7
Vinod Tiwari
Dholpur
Three youths got electro-
cuted and one got seri-
ously injured in Dholpur
dist during Tajia proces-
sion near Shergarh Fort in
Karbala on Sunday. They
got electrocuted with an
11,000 KV wire. The vic-
tims were brought to dist
hospital. Doctors gave
CPR to them but only
Wasim regained con-
sciousness. Later, Muslim
community protested de-
manding compensation
andsuspensionofelectric-
ity staff for negligence.
P3
Burnt bodies of
mom-daughter
found in Jodh
Off-duty Army
soldier goes
missing in JK
Oppn MPs meet
Manipur Guv,
affected people
3 die due to
electrocution in
Tajia procession
103rd edition of Mann Ki Baat
‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ campaign to honour martyrs: PM Modi
First India Bureau
New Delhi
As the celebrations for
Independence Day are
around the corner, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Sunday said that a
great campaign titled
‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’
will be launched to hon-
ourourfallenbravehearts.
He said this in his
monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’
radio broadcast. ‘Meri
Mati Mera Desh’ cam-
paign will be launched to
honour our fallen brave-
hearts,” PM Modi said.
He said that an Amrit
Vatika (garden) will also
be built near National
War Memorial, Delhi and
for that soil, and saplings,
in 7,500 urns, from every
corner of the country will
reach the national capital.
PM Narendra Modi
said that this ‘Amrit Va-
tika’ will also become a
grand symbol of ‘Ek
Bharat Shresth Bharat’.
He said that under
‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’
special inscriptions will
also be installed in lakhs
of village panchayats of
the country. MORE ON P6
BJP National President JP Nadda with party members listens to the 103rd edition of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ speech, in New Delhi on Sunday. ANI
OVER 60,000 AMRIT SAROVARS SHINING
EXAMPLES OF WATER CONSERVATION, SAYS PM
New Delhi: Underlining the Centre’s efforts and
commitment to water conservation, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said, in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’
radio broadcast, over 60,000 Amrit Sarovars built during
the ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, have already emerged as
shining landmarks and 50,000 more are in the works.
DRUG ADDICTION BIG PROBLEM FOR SOCIETY,
FIGHT IT COLLECTIVELY: PM TO COUNTRYMEN
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday urged
people to fight the drugs menace “collectively”.
“Drug addiction becomes a big problem not only
for the family but for the whole society. In such a situation,
for this danger to end forever, it is necessary that we all
move forward in this direction in unison,” Modi said.
“4K WOMEN WENT ON
HAJJ SANS MEHRAM”
New Delhi: PM
Narendra Modi
on Sunday said
the Hajj pilgrimage was
especially special for
Muslim women from India
this year, as over 4,000
such women went on the
annual pilgrimage without
a Mehram (male guard-
ian). PM Modi termed the
Hajj pilgrimage by Muslim
women from India,
without their male parents
or custodians, as a ‘huge
transformation’.
44DIE,100HURT
INPAKBLAST
Security personnel at the bomb explosion site in Bajur dist of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Rescue workers carry wounded people after the bomb explosion, on Sunday. PTI
A powerful bomb exploded at a hardline Islamic political
party’s meeting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
PTI
Peshawar
A powerful blast trig-
gered by a suicide bomb-
er killed at least 44 peo-
ple and injured nearly
100 others on Sunday at
a rally of a hardline Is-
lamic party in a restive
tribal district of Paki-
stan’s Khyber Pakh-
tunkhwa province bor-
dering Afghanistan.
The explosion took
place at 4 pm at the Ja-
miat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl
(JUI-F) workers’conven-
tion in Khar, the capital
of Bajaur tribal district.
Saad Khan, district
emergency officer in Ba-
jaur, said that Maulana
Ziaullah Jan, JUI-F’s lo-
cal leader, was also killed
in the blast, one of the
worst in recent years.
The JUI-F chief Maul-
ana Fazlur Rehman de-
manded Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif and the
province’scaretakerChief
Minister Azam Khan to
investigate the incident.
He also urged the party
workers to reach the hos-
pital and donate blood.
“JUI workers should
remain peaceful and fed-
eral and provincial gov-
ernments should provide
the best treatment to the
injured,” said Fazl.
Chief Minister Khan
condemned the blast and
sought a report from the
district administration.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Governor Haji Ghulam
Ali, who is also a central
member of JUIF, con-
firmed the death toll.
Police said that the in-
jured have been shifted to
a nearby hospital.
The condition of the
majority of the injured
people was stated to be
critical. The nature of the
blast is being determined.
Congdidnothingforpoor
in70years,saysShahinMP
PTI
Indore
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Sunday
said the Congress-led dis-
pensation which was in
power for 70 years did not
do anything for the poor
people in the country.
Today, PM Narendra
Modi is known as “mes-
siahofthepoor”acrossthe
country due to the welfare
works done for the poor
people, Shah said at the
‘VijaySankalpSammelan’
of BJPworkers here while
launching the campaign
forthestateassemblypolls
due later this year.
HeurgedtheBJPwork-
ers to ensure the party’s
victory in all 29 Lok Sab-
ha seats from Madhya
Pradesh to make Naren-
dra Modi PM again.
Addressing the BJP
workers, Shah said he
visited the entire country,
but the party organisation
in Madhya Pradesh is the
best. He said the people
of Madhya Pradesh en-
sured the BJP’s win in 27
Lok Sabha seats from the
state in 2014. MORE ON P6
Amit Shah being welcomed by Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan upon his arrival at Indore Airport, on Sunday. PTI
Launch of 7 Singaporean
satellites on Sunday. ANI
PSLV-C56 launches 7
Singaporean satellites
Agencies
Chennai
In a dedicated commer-
cial mission, ISRO’s
workhorse launch vehi-
clePSLV-C56onSunday
successfully launched
seven Singapore satel-
lites, including the pri-
marypayloadDS-SAR,a
RadarImagingEarthOb-
servation satellite, from
the spaceport of SHAR
Range, Sriharikota.
“PSLV-C56/DS-SAR
Mission fully accom-
plished”, ISRO said.
After a 25.5 hour
countdown, the 44.4 m
tall four-stage vehicle
with a lift off mass of
228 tonnes, took off
majestically from the
First Launch Pad at
0630 hrs.

NEWSDIGEST
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FARMERS DEBT RELIEF COMMISSION
Govt to bring Bill for providing relief to farmers
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
he State gov-
ernment is now
preparing to
form Farmers Debt Re-
lief Commission. The
government is preparing
to bring the Bill in the
Assembly. With this, the
banks will not be able to
auction the land of farm-
ers if the commission is
formed.
The Commission will
have 5 members includ-
ing chairman. Retired
High Court judge will be
the chairman. The Com-
mission will have powers
like court. The Commis-
sion will have the right to
declare any farmer or
area as distressed and or-
der to give relief to him.
After that the bank will
not be able to forcefully
recover the loan from
that farmer.
After crop damage due
to weather or other rea-
sons, the Opposition
members usually corner
the state government for
compensation to the
farmers. The government
also orders girdawari but
the relief to the farmers
takes time.
Pooja Dubey
Jaipur
BJP National Spokesper-
son and MP Col. Rajya-
vardhan Rathore on Sun-
day said that onAugust 1,
the BJP will lay siege to
the Secretariat over the
future of youth.
“The State government
is increasing the challeng-
es of these youth. The
governmenthadpromised
to give government jobs
tomorethanonelakhcon-
tract workers but till now
only 4,000 to 5,000 con-
tract workers have been
given jobs. In them too, a
section of people associ-
ated with madrassas have
been given jobs. Does this
government work for one
class?,” he said.
There are neither teach-
ers nor rooms in the
schools of Rajasthan and
Englishschoolshavebeen
opened but there is no
English teacher. “When
the youth give the exam,
the paper gets leaked.
They have made paper
leaks a source of their in-
come,” he charged.
He said that the RPSC
has now become a model
of corruption and the
members appointed by
CMAshok Gehlot are do-
ing scams. “The CM him-
self is responsible for
these scams,” he added.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner
Lalgarh Mandal President
of Bikaner BJP Vinod
Karol has been missing
since Satur-
day. His bike
was found
near Shob-
hasar Lake.
After getting
information, Beechwal
police station and city and
rural BJP district presi-
dent reached the spot and
the SDRF team began
searching for him in lake.
Karol, 50, a resident of
RCP Colony, had left
home at 11 am on Satur-
day. When he did not re-
turn until evening, his son
informed the Beechwal
police station. The police
tried to trace him through
his cellphone location and
those who knew him, but
in vain. In a social media
post, Karol mentioned
“Takecareofyourself.We
may never meet again.”
Police reached Shob-
hasar lake while search-
ing for Karol’s bike on
Sunday. After this, city
BJP prez Vijay Acharya
also reached there.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
Newly appointed Presi-
dent of BJP Minority
Morcha, Hameed Khan
Mewati took charge at
BJP Headquarters on
Sunday. He reached the
BJP Headquarters amid
beating of drums and
took charge in the pres-
ence of National Presi-
dent of BJP Minority
Morcha Jamal Siddiqui,
LoP Rajendra Rathore,
Dy LoP Satish Poonia.
Poonia said that BJP
gives opportunity to ca-
pable people, rising
above caste and religion.
Mewati said that minority
communities have influ-
ence on about 40 seats in
the state. “We will present
our demands before the
party forum and the Cen-
tral leadership. We are
confident that in Ra-
jasthan also the party will
do work of giving tickets
to minority community in
good numbers,” he said.
On the question of CP
Joshi Chandrashekhar
not attending programme,
Mewati said that Joshi
had gone to attend a pro-
gramme while Chan-
drashekhar rarely attend-
ed such programmes.
First India Bureau
Deedwana(Nagaur)
A married woman along
with her two daughters
jumped into a water tank
and committed suicide in
Deedwana town of Na-
gaur district, police said.
Police informed the de-
ceased has been identified
as Dipali and her daugh-
ters Pinki and Ankita.
“The incident took
place in Pavta Ki Dhani
village of Deedwana sub-
division under the Maula-
sar Police Station area.
The woman used to work
with her husband at her
brother-in-law’s place.
She allegedly jumped into
the water tank along with
her two daughters and
ended their lives. The
bodies were fished out
and shifted to Bangur dis-
trict hospital. Senior po-
lice officials inspected the
spot and the matter is be-
ing inspected by Deed-
wana DSP Gomaram
Chaudhary,” police said.
PTI
Udaipur
A mentally challenged
woman allegedly stran-
gled her minor son to
death in Rajasthan’s
Udaipur on Sunday, po-
lice said. The incident oc-
curred in Amba Mata po-
lice station area in the
morning, they said.
Accused Manisha (37)
strangled her son Puran-
jay (14) when he was
sleeping. Shortly after
this, she called the police
control room informing
that she had murdered her
son, police said. The po-
lice detained woman. Her
husband, a businessman,
had gone for walk when it
occurred, they said.
“The family said that
Manisha had been men-
tally disturbed for some
time and her treatment
was going on,” police
said. The matter is being
investigated further.
After crop damage, the state govt usually orders girdawari for relief to the affected farmers.
Rajyvardhan Rathore, Ramcharan Bohra, Pramod Vashishtha during
press conference in Jaipur on Sunday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Police at Shobhasar lake searching for Karol’s bike on Sunday.
Hameed Khan, Satish Poonia,
Jamal Siddiqui lighting up the
lamp at BJP HQ on Sunday.
Housewhereincidenthappened
inSaheliNagar,Udaipur.
The Commission will
have 5 members
including chairman.
Retired High Court
judge will be the
chairman. The
Commission will
have powers like
court.Banks will
not be able to
forcefully recover the
loan from farmers
T
Jaipur: Registrar of Rajast-
han Nursing Council, Dr
Shashikant Sharma said
that the result of third year
main examination of GNM
has been released in 21
days in interest of nurses
students due toAug 7 being
last date to apply for re-
cruitment of contract nurses
by the RSSB. Dr Sharma
said that this is the first time
in history till date that the
result of the examination
has been issued within 21
days. He said that examina-
tions which could not be
conducted within two years
of the Corona period have
also been organised.
Dholpur: Two kids died
in Dholpur’s Kharagpur
village on Saturday after
being bitten by a venom-
ous snake. Police in-
formed the deceased has
been identified as Beta
Yadav (3) and her sister
Kopicha (4). “The inci-
dent took place under the
Kolari PS area when the
victims were playing in
the house. Their condition
deteriorated following the
snake bite. Surprisingly,
they were taken to a Tant-
rik instead of a hospital
for treatment,” police said.
Nurses result of GNM
out in just 21 days: Dr
Shashikant Sharma
2 kids die after being
bitten by venomous
snake in Dholpur
Waterfall flowing from hill due to heavy rains in Maleshwar Dham
of Chomu, Jaipur. People throng the place to enjoy rainy Sunday.
Met Department issues alert of heavy rain from August 1 again; Jaipur’s Bandi river flows after 12 years
RAIN BATTERS RAJASTHAN
THREEDROWNMAKINGREELS
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh/Jaipur
In a tragic incident, two
students drowned in
Rawatbhata’s Padajhar in
Chittorgarh district. They
were making a reel when
they accidentally slipped.
SDRF team reached the
spot and started search
operation amid heavy
rainfall and found bodies
of both students. De-
ceased are identified as
Lakshya Chhparwal, res-
ident of Dantarmagarh,
Sikar and Saurabh Jat
resident of Nawalgarh,
Jhunjhunu. Both the bod-
ies were kept in the mor-
tuary of the sub-district
hospital. The deceased
were students of Kota
Technical University.
Relatives of both students
reached Rawatbhata. In
another similar mishap
one boy also died at
Chulia waterfall in Raw-
atbhata on Sunday.
Light to moderate rain-
fall occurred in several
parts of Rajasthan. In Si-
kar, Dantaramgarh re-
corded the highest rain-
fall of 17 cm, followed by
10 cm in Nawalgarh.
Some of the places also
received heavy to very
heavy rains, it said.
Bamanwas in Sawaimad-
hopur and Jhunjhunu’s
Udaipurwati recorded 10
cm of rain each, 9 cm in
Srimadhopur (Sikar) and
7 cm in Chomu (Jaipur),
according to MeT depart-
ment.The department has
predicted rainfall in sev-
eral areas of the state dur-
ing the next 24 hours.
2 YOUTHS DROWNED IN NAWAN’S PANCHOTA KUND
Nagaur: Two youths drowned in a pond in Nawan
sub-division of Nagaur district on Sunday while tak-
ing bath, police said. Police informed the deceased
has been identified as Manoj
alias Vonay Nokhwal and
Om Prakash Kumawat. “Both
the victims had come to visit
Panchota Kund Dham from
Jogiyo Ka Aasaan on Sun-
day afternoon. Manoj jumped
into the pond to take a bath,
but could not swim back. His friend Om Prakash too tried
to save him, but he also drowned,” police said.
RAJVI,LAHOTYMEETJDC
OVERWATERLOGGING
RAFEEK KHAN TAKES
STOCK OF RELIEF WORK
Apart from Sikar
Road and Ajmer
Road, waterlog-
ging has troubled people in
Sanganer as well. Vidyadhar
Nagar MLA Narpat Singh
Rajvi and Sanganer MLA
Ashok Lahoty reached JDA
office on Sunday. Both the
people’s representatives had
a discussion with the officials
for about 45 minutes.
MLA Rafeek Khan
himself landed on
field in Adarsh Nagar
Assembly Constituency and
took stock of relief works
on Sunday. Many vehicles
were stuck in debris on
Shanti Colony, Agra Road
and debris removal work
was in progress. JMCH
Commissioner and other of-
ficers were also present.
Rescue operation underway by SDRF team at Padajhar waterfall in Rawatbhata on Sunday.
Landslide occurred on the way to Chamunda Mata temple due to
heavy rains in Ajmer on Sunday. ANAND SHARMA
SDRF team at Chulia waterfall
in Rawatbhata on Sunday.
BJP will protest at Secretariat
on Aug 1 for Raj youth: Rathore
BJPleaderinBikanergoesmissing
HameedMewatitakeschargeas
BJPMinorityMorchapresident
Mentally challenged woman strangles
14-year-old son to death in Udaipur
Five die, 6 injured
in 2 road mishaps
in Bhilwara
First India Bureau
Bhilwara
Three people died while
two were grievously in-
jured in Bhilwara on Sun-
day after a speeding bus
collided head-on with a
car,Themishaptookplace
near Kotri Chauraha.
In another mishap, two
youths were killed and
four others were injured
when a jeep collided with
an unidentified vehicle in
Bhilwara district of on
Saturday night. Howev-
er, due to gravel scattered
at the place of the acci-
dent, it is believed that it
was a dumper.
Womandiesinwater
tankwith 2 daughters
Ashok Lahoty, NS Rajvi talking
to the media on Sunday.
MLA Rafeek Khan taking stock of
relief work on Sunday.

First India Bureau
Alwar
A video purportedly
showing Indian woman
Anju, who has travelled
legally to a remote vil-
lage in Pakistan to meet
her Facebook friend,
abusing her husband
Arvind on phone.Arvind
was talking to Anju over
phone on speaker mode
and it was shot by an-
other phone. During the
conversation that lasted
over two minutes,Anju is
purportedly heard hurl-
ing abuses at her husband
many times.
She asked what rub-
bish he was speaking
about her and why he
was “dancing” on the in-
struction of the media.
The husband said she
was dead for her now.
She and Pakistani nation-
al Nasrulla (29) became
friends on Facebook in
2019.Anju recently went
to Upper Dir district in
the tribal Khyber Pakh-
tunkhwa province on a
valid Pakistani visa to
meet Nasrulla.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
IAS Yagamitra Singh
Deo has taken VRS 2
months prior to his retire-
ment. He will now retire
on July 31. 4 IPS officers
namely Bharat Lal Mee-
na, Sawai Singh Godara,
Himmat Abhilash Tak
and UL Chanwal will
also retire.
9 officers of RAS,
Girish Parashar, Sattar
Khan, Arvind Kumar
Sengwa, Kartar Singh
Poonia, Dharampal Sin-
gh, Ramcharan Sharma,
Hiralal Sharma, RAS
Govardhanlal Meena,
Dhanraj Meena will re-
tire on July 31. Similarly,
RSS officers Sunil
Bhardhaj, Ramesh Chand
Bansal, Goparam
Chowdhary, Pushpa Mit-
tal, Narendra Kumar and
Omprakash Saini will
retire. Hari Meena will
also retire on July 31.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur
Sandmafiasopenedfireat
a police team in the Roop-
was area of Bharatpur dis-
trict on Sunday while the
police team tried to catch
the accused. Police in-
formed that a tractor load-
ed with sand was coming
to Bharatpur after hitting
a vehicle in the Saraindhi
Chowki area of Agra.
“Based on the infor-
mation of Saraindhi po-
lice, the RAC barricaded
the Ghatoli outpost. To
stop the tractor, spikes
were laid on road to
puncture tyre. When the
tractor reached the out-
post, the accused turned
the tractor towards Cha-
kora turn. The accused
then opened fire on po-
lice and fled away after
throwing sand on the
road,” police said.
Police seized the trac-
tor, but miscreants man-
aged to flee, they added.
RAJASTHAN
03
NEW CHAPTER FOR JAIPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Domestic Cargo operations to go live from August 1
First India Bureau
Jaipur
aipur Interna-
tional Airport is
about mark a
new beginning. Domes-
tic cargo unit with capac-
ity of 2300 MTper month
will go live from 00:00
hours August 1. Indigo
Airlines has already been
onboarded after which
airlines will now operate
its entire domestic cargo
business from the new
cargo unit at Terminal 1.
“Domestic inbound
and outbound cargo unit
will go live from 00:00
hours August 1. The new
cargo terminal is
equipped with state-of-
the-art infrastructure and
facilities. We plan to en-
gage with various trade-
related stakeholders and
help them understand
how the new facilities
can enable safe and se-
cure movement of cargo
to regional and national
aviation cargo hubs,”
said a senior official of
Jaipur Airport.
Airport administration
has received all neces-
sary government permis-
sions and approvals from
state and union regulato-
ry agencies. The tariff
and other rate cards to
operate Cargo unit is
fixed and determined by
Airport Economic Regu-
latoryAuthority (AERA)
of India.
The new cargo unit has
ample parking space and
direct entry gate for all
stakeholders and boasts
several features to aid in
effective handling of in-
bound and outbound
cargo. It will also have
two XBIS machines.
J
Dholpur:3electrocutedat
aMuharramprocession
2policemen,aJENalinemanweresuspendedfornegligence
Vinod Tiwari
Dholpur
Four young men got elec-
trocuted while one got
seriously injured in
Dholpur district during a
tajia procession near
Shergarh Fort in Karbala
on Sunday. Movin, 25,
Anwar, 19, and Rehan,
18, died during treat-
ment, while Waseem, 18,
is still under care for burn
injuries, police said.
The youths got electro-
cuted with a 11,000 KV
wire. After the accident,
the four youths were
brought to the district
hospital. Doctors gave
CPR to all four but only
Wasim regained con-
sciousness.
Later, people of the
Muslim community
gathered near the hospi-
tal and protested de-
manding compensation
along with the suspen-
sion of electricity depart-
ment employees for neg-
ligence. District Collec-
tor along with SP Manoj
Kumar and police from
about eight police sta-
tions reached the spot.
When the local lead-
ers failed to persuade the
people to stop the pro-
test, a JEN and a lineman
were suspended. Later,
the SP sent two police-
men to police lines on
the demand of the pro-
testers.The administra-
tion also announced
compensation on the
spot after which the
protests stopped.
Due to its height, the Tazia came in contact with an 11,000 kv-
cable and the four youths were electrocuted.
Clashes Over Procession in Bharatpur
Clash within community
over Tazia, 28 arrested
BAJRANG DAL, VHP CLASH WITH POLICE OVER
SEIZURE OF DJ DURING A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION
Pali: The activists of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu
Parishad on Sunday clashed with police in Sojat of
Pali district following a DJ was
seized during the procession of a reli-
gious gathering. Police informed that a
clash broke out after the police seized
a DJ vehicle present in the procession
of Trishul Deeksha program in Sojat
Road of Pali. “The locals closed the
markets in protest of the seizure of DJ
and gheraoed the police station. When the crowd became
violent, the police resorted to lathi-charge and tear-gas
shells to disperse the crowd,” police said.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur
Two factions of same
community clashed with
one other in Bharatpur
over leading the tajia
procession. They also in-
dulged in stone pelting.
After getting informa-
tion, police from two po-
lice stations reached the
spot.Atotal of 28 people
were arrested on Sunday.
However, tension es-
calated on Sunday after a
scuffle between the two
sides when they indulged
in stone pelting and
throwing bottles. Circle
Officer City Nagendra
Singh said that the ac-
cused have been arrested
under Section 151 of
breach of peace and sent
to the police station.
There was no report of
any serious injury on ei-
ther side in the attack.
Recieved sad
news of electrical
accident During
the Moharram procession
in Dholpur, Our deepest
sympathies are with
families of those who
lost their lives. I wish the
injured a speedy recovery.
Necessary instructions
have been given to
authorities to provide
suitable relief
to the affected
people.
ASHOK GEHLOT
@ashokgehlot51
Sand mafia opens fire on
police, flee leaving tractor
Courtesy Meet
Governor Kalraj Mishra being felicitated by Uttar Pradesh’s
Prisons and Home Guard Minister Dharamveer Prajapati at Raj
Bhavan during a courtesy meeting on Sunday.
Dummy candidate held
giving exam in Jodhpur
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur
An impersonator was ar-
rested for taking an exam
in place of the original
candidate in the senior
teachers recruitment
exam in Jodhpur. The ac-
cused identified as
Ramesh Kumar, a resi-
dent of Barmer, was tak-
ing the exam in Bal Man-
dir public school in place
of a candidate.
On information from
the center, a team of the
local police reached the
exam center and detained
him. During investiga-
tion, he said that he was
impersonating Rajuram
Vishnoi. The accused
was arrested and the mat-
ter is being investigated
further by the police.
It is to be noted that
the government is facing
massive backlash due to
paper leaks, cheating,
and othern malpractices
in state level entrance
examinations.
Anju with Nasrullah in Pakistan.
Fire at Rajasthan Hosp in
A’bad, CM assures help
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad/Jaipur
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot expressed con-
cern over a fire that broke
out in the basement of a
multi-storey hospital in
Gujarat’s Ahmedabad
city on Sunday. 106 pa-
tients were safely evacu-
ated from the Rajasthan
Hospital, located in Sha-
hibaug area.
The fire broke out due
to a short circuit at around
4.30 am. On direction of
chief ministerAshok Ge-
hlot, Rajasthan Founda-
tion Commissioner
Dheeraj Srivastava con-
tacted the trustee of the
hospital Deepak Bafna
and secretary and took all
the necessary informa-
tion. He assured all pos-
sible help and assistance
on behalf of the Ra-
jasthan government.
Dheeraj Srivastava was
also in touch with the of-
ficials of the Gujarat gov-
ernment taking note of
developments in the case
regularly. Notably, The
hospital is run by a resi-
dent of Rajasthan.
Raj gets Best Cultural
Tourism Destination
of the Year Award
India International Travel Mart
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
The Department of Tour-
ism representing Ra-
jasthan has been chosen
for the Best Cultural
Tourism Destination of
the Year Award at the In-
dia International Travel
Mart event held in Ben-
galuru. The award was
received by Anand Ku-
mar Tripathi, Additional
Director, on behalf of the
Department of Tourism
at the function organized
at India International
Travel Mart, Bengaluru.
The chief guest, HK
Patil, Minister of Law
and Parliamentary Af-
fairs, Karnataka, was
welcomed byAnand Ku-
mar Tripathi, Additional
Director, Tourism De-
partment, at Rajasthan
Tourism Pavilion. Senior
officials of tourism de-
partment of various states
were also present.
Anju calls husband,
abuses him, says
she’ll come back
for children soon
Four IPS, nine
RAS and seven
RSS officers to
retire today
Police held over 28 people in connection with the attacks and
stone pelting on Sunday. Some of the accused in police custody.
Several fire tending vehicles were rushed to spot after getting
news of fire at Ahmedabad’s Rajasthan hospital on Sunday.
Anand Kumar Tripathi with state tourism team on Sunday.
NSUI appoints 20 new
district presidents
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur
NSUI has appointed 20
new district presidents
ahead of the college and
university students’ un-
ion elections in the state.
On the direction of NSUI
PresidentNeerajKundan,
state in-charge Gurjot
Singh Sandhu has an-
nounced new district
presidents, dissolving the
executives of all districts
of the state. NSUI is try-
ing to strengthen itself in
the state so that more
youths get connected
with the organization and
the party. Its direct ben-
efit will first be seen in
the students’ union elec-
tions followed by the as-
sembly elections.
State executive has
been announced after
three years. These in-
clude State General Sec-
retaries and State Secre-
taries, new office bearers
were also made in-charge
of divisions and districts.
A list of district presi-
dents is awaited in which
the name of the president
of Jaipur district will
also be declared.
INFO ABOUT STATE’S
TOURIST INDUSTRY
SHARED AT THE EVENT
At the India
International
Travel Mart
2023, 14 travel agen-
cies and hoteliers
of the state partici-
pated in the pavilion of
Rajasthan tourism.
Through a powerpoint
presentation by the
Rajasthan tourism
team, the steps taken
by the state govern-
ment in the tourism
sector, future plans of
growing and develop-
ing famous tourist
spots and heritage
sites in the state,
information about new
schemes and tourism
promotion films were
displayed. Besides,
the local travel agents
and general people at
the pavilion were given
detailed information
regarding the tourist
industry of Rajasthan.
UNKNOWN MISCREANTS FIRE AT JEWELLER AT
HIS HOME IN JAIPUR’S VIDYADHAR NAGAR
Some miscreants barged into an apartment and
opened fire on a jeweller living on the fifth floor
in Vidyadhar Nagar. The bullet hit the jewel-
ler’s leg. Both the miscreants managed to escape from
there after firing. The injured jeweller Naveen Soni (32)
was taken to a private hospital on Sikar Road.
BCASTOLAUNCH‘AVIATIONSECURITYCULTURE
WEEK’ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RAJASTHAN
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
will observe “Aviation Security Culture
Week’ from July 31 to August 5th at all
the airports in state. Various programs
will be organized during the week for
passengers and all other airport stakeholders on the
theme “See it, Say it, Secure it.” “For the first time we
are observing Aviation Security Culture Week at Jaipur
International Airport and other airports in state. Main
objective is to inculcate security related awareness
and identify security concerns at preliminary level,”
said Dhara Singh, Regional Director , BCAS Jaipur.
FILE

he rapid
march of ar-
tificial intel-
ligence is not
only disrupt-
ing conventional notions of
work.Itisalsochangingthe
essence of human identity.
Whereas previous techno-
logical developments al-
tered human behavior and
appearances,AI will funda-
mentally reshape individu-
als’core social and political
beliefs, including about the
nature and role of the state.
In the nineteenth-century
Industrial Revolution, me-
chanical power – mostly
fueled by burning carbon –
replaced human and animal
power as a source for ener-
gytobeusedinthetransfor-
mation of nature and the
production of industrial and
consumer goods. As the
revolution matured in the
twentieth century, hard
physical labor was left to
only a dwindling group of
occupations.
For a glimpse of most
pre-industrial work, look at
roofers, who today are still
exhausted and worn out by
toiling in the elements in
uncomfortable, distorting
physical positions. They
are preserving in the twen-
ty-first century what was
once a general experience.
Early twentieth-century
automobile workers bent
over their tools, lifted
heavy objects, and applied
huge amounts of energy.
Their early twenty-first-
century counterparts look
at monitors and track the
robots who have taken over
the heavy physical tasks.
As the sweat economy has
disappeared, working peo-
ple have become weaker,
but also healthier. Those
who want to retain some
physical strength now go to
the gym.
The information-tech-
nology revolution repre-
sented another step in this
human development. As
machines have taken over
more cognitive tasks, com-
puters now monitor the ro-
bots doing the physical
work. With the elimination
of mental work (like the
complex arithmetic that
shop assistants used to per-
form), the same old pattern
has continued: many peo-
ple have stopped thinking
at work and devoted those
energies to crossword puz-
zles, sudoku, or Wordle.
Today’s revolution goes
much further, because it af-
fects how collective activi-
ty is conceptualized. This
development is perhaps
clearest in the military, but
it also has implications for
political participation and
even our understanding of
legitimate authority.
The twentieth century
wasmarkedbythemostde-
structivewarsinhumanhis-
tory,whichinturnproduced
a new impulse to democra-
tize.Sincesoldiersandtheir
families needed to be re-
warded for their sacrifices,
both World Wars led to an
extension of the franchise.
Classical political liberal-
ism held that peopleshould
not be expected to sacrifice
their lives for a specific po-
litical entity unless they had
some say in the matter.But
technology offers a way to
short-circuit this process.
Aroundtheworld,educated
urban populations increas-
ingly are not expected to
engage with the brutal side
of human affairs. Consider
Russia. Russian President
VladimirPutinhasreliedon
semi-autonomous merce-
nary groups, peripheral
populations, and even pris-
oners to wage his war in
Ukraine, because he knows
thatthepopulationsofMos-
cow and St. Petersburg are
physically and – more im-
portantly – psychologically
unsuited for the task.
This is not a new prob-
lem, of course. Before
World War I, military com-
manders in big European
countries wondered how
they would field large ar-
mies, given that modern
industrial life had made
many recruits physically
unsuited for military ser-
vice. Today, military plan-
ners still harbor the same
concerns. In 2017, the Pen-
tagonestimatedthat71%of
young Americans (aged 17
to24)wereunfitforservice,
and since then the share has
risen to 77%. But it has
technologies that earlier
generations could scarcely
have imagined. War is be-
ingtakenoverbyunmanned
appliances – such as auton-
omous drones – just as in-
dustrial and clerical work
was in earlier eras.
To understand the politi-
cal consequences of the au-
tomatization of war, just
consider how society over-
all has changed in the mod-
ernera.Inmedievalsociety,
humans were generally di-
videdintothreeestates:ora-
tores,bellatores,laboratores
– those who orated or
prayed (the clergy); those
who fought (the aristocra-
cy); and the rest, who actu-
ally did some “work” in the
form of manual labor.
It was owing to their
fighting capacity that the
aristocracy originally could
claim massive political
power. But after they
stopped fighting and re-
tired to a foppish court ex-
istence, the legitimacy of
their rule vanished in a
cloud of perfume. With the
mass armies that followed
the French Revolution, war
became democratized, and
so did politics. But now
that war is being fought
through technology, power
is moving away from the
people again.
What will come of the
remaining social groups?
Just as the Industrial Revo-
lution reduced the need for
laboratores, the AI revolu-
tion is rendering humans
obsolete in the military
sphere. Like the laboratores
before them, the bellatores
are becoming machines.
That leaves the oratores,
who are tasked with pre-
serving what is still distinc-
tively human.
Are they, too, vulnerable
to creeping redundancy and
eventualexistentialdestruc-
tion at the hands of technol-
ogy? Fearing as much,
some critics and tech lead-
ers are calling for a “pause”
on AI development. But
technology has never
stopped simply because
some people wanted it to.
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Met with Sherin Shahana, the disabled
Kerala woman from Wayanad who had made
national news when she cracked the UPSC
exams. She has been devastated not to be allocated a
specific service because of limited quotas for people
in her situation in the various services. I have
taken up the matter with @DrJitendraSingh
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Those established in Self-
realization control their senses
instead of letting their senses
control them.
BHAGAVAD GITA
PERSPECT VE
04
POLITICAL
LIBERALISM
The twentieth century
was marked by the most
destructive wars in hu-
man history, which in turn
produced a new impulse
to democratize. Since
soldiers and their families
needed to be rewarded for
their sacrifices, both World
Wars led to an extension
of the franchise. Classical
political liberalism held
that people should not be
expected to sacrifice their
lives for a specific politi-
cal entity unless they had
some say in the matter.
AICHANGESEVERYTHING
The information-technology revolution
represented another step in this human
development. As machines have taken over more
cognitive tasks, computers now monitor the robots
doing the physical work. With the elimination of
mental work (like the complex arithmetic that shop
assistants used to perform), the same old pattern
has continued: many people have stopped thinking
at work and devoted those energies to crossword
puzzles, sudoku, or Wordle.
IN-DEPTH
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
NEEDS CLARITY FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA TROLLS
BJP IN READINESS
FOR POLL BATTLE
hen BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma made
objectionable references to Prophet Muham-
mad last year, there was a strong backlash
from the minority community and questions were
raised about the extent to which freedom of speech
should be allowed. Her statement led to riots break-
ing out in parts of the country and India faced strong
criticism from the Islamic nations. The Supreme
Court took a serious view of it and denied relief to
Sharma. The troll army immediately swung into ac-
tion and the judges were belittled on social media
platforms.
The dilemma before the courts, including the Su-
preme Court, is whether free speech allows criticism
of the judiciary if there is any observation or judgment
that is not in sync with a party line.The latest example
is that of a Tamil Nadu publisher Badri Seshadri who
has been arrested for remarks against CJI DY Chan-
drachud’s observations on Manipur situation.
Freedom of speech allows one to go this far and
no further. Politicians have proved that.
W
haratiya Janata Party’s sights are fixed on
2024, besides assembly elections in Ra-
jasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and
Chhattisgarh which are due later this year. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi is spearheading the party’s
campaign with his typical style of oratory. Party
president JP Nadda is not lagging behind and reshuf-
fled the organisational set-up on Saturday. He also
held one-on-one meetings with the party’s core group
members in Rajasthan.
The organisational rejig is of special significance
for Uttar Pradesh where the party is betting high on
Pasmanda Muslims.
Induction of Tariq
Mansoor, a Pasman-
da Muslim and for-
mer vice-chancellor
of Aligarh Muslim
University as vice-
president is notable
from that perspec-
tive. If the strategy
helps the party make
inroads in the Mus-
lim vote bank will be
an added advantage.
To further consoli-
date its hold on UP
the party has brought
in Rajya Sabha MP
Radha Mohan Agar-
wal as a general-sec-
retary. Agarwal be-
longs to Gorakhpur, the constituency of Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath.
Tariq Mansoor is not the only Muslim in Nadda’s
team. Having learnt its lesson from Karnataka defeat,
the BJP has thought it wise to include Kerala’s Ab-
dulla Kutty for a second term. He was earlier ap-
pointed vice-president in 2020 leading to resentment
in BJP’s Kerala unit. With Kerala in its sight, it ap-
peared imperative for the party to give representation
to Muslims at the national level.
The new team has its agenda laid out. With the new
team the BJP has covered all flanks and is battle-
ready. With Prime Minister Modi in the lead the team
members have to take his message forward.
B
The organisational
rejig is of special
significance for UP
where the party is
betting high on
Pasmanda Muslims.
Induction of Tariq
Mansoor, a
Pasmanda Muslim
ex- VC of AMU as V-P
is notable from that
perspective
T
Whereas previous technological developments altered human behavior appearances, the rapid
rise of artificial intelligence will reshape individuals’ core social and political beliefs, including
about the nature and role of the state. The use of autonomous weaponry in war is a case in point

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RSS CHIEF AT CANCER HOSPITAL EVENT
Duty with compassion is true service to society: Bhagwat
PTI
Thane
ashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh
(RSS) chief
Mohan Bhagwat on Sun-
day said duty to society
with compassion is true
service.
Addressing a gather-
ing after laying the foun-
dation stone of Dhar-
maveer Anand Dighe
Cancer Hospital and a
temple complex here,
Bhagwat said saving
lives is service towards
the Almighty if done
with purity.
“Service to human
kind with the emotion of
eradicating grief and
without any selfish mo-
tive and ego is under-
standing duty towards
others,’” he said.
Bhagwat said educa-
tion and health is equally
important like “roti, ka-
pda and makaan” (food,
clothing and shelter), but
the facilities are inade-
quate and the need of the
hour is affordable and ac-
cessible health infra-
structure.
Bhagwat expressed
confidence that the pro-
posed cancer hospital
will benefit society as it
is being done with genu-
ine emotions of eradicat-
ing grief and hardships.
“Saving lives is ser-
vice to the Almighty and
this gives hope to the
people that they are not
alone,” he said.
He assured all help for
the hospital pro-
ject from the RSS.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during the foundation
stone laying ceremony of Dharamveer Anand Dighe Cancer Hospital, in Thane, on Sunday. PTI
Bhagwat said
education and
health is equally
important like “roti,
kapda and makaan”
(food, clothing
and shelter),
but the facilities
are inadequate
and the need of the
hour is affordable
and accessible
health infrastructure
R
PM Modi addresses nation on 103rd episode of his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast
Indiasetrecordofdestroying
over10lakhkgofdrugs:Modi
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Stating that drug abuse
was a big problem for the
entire country, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Sunday urged the peo-
ple to fight the menace
“collectively
“Drug addiction be-
comes a big problem not
only for the family but
for the whole of society.
In such a situation, for
this danger to end forev-
er, it is necessary that we
all move forward in thi
s direction in unison,”
Modi said in his pro-
gramme Mann Ki Baat.
“If we want to save the
future generations of the
country, we have to keep
them away from drugs,”
the PM emphasised.
Talking about the step
taken by his government
to combat the drug men-
ace, Modi said, “Two
weeks ago, India has
taken a huge action
against drugs. After seiz-
ing about 1.5 lakh kg
consignment of drugs, it
has been destroyed.
“India has also created
a unique record of de-
stroying 10 lakh kg of
drugs. The cost of these
drugs was more than Rs
12,000 crore” PM Naren-
dra Modi on Sunday said.
PMTOBECONFERRED
WITHLOKMANYATILAK
AWARDONAUGUST1
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will visit Maha-
rashtra’s Pune in August 1
during which he will lay the
foundation stone of various
development projects, a re-
lease from the Prime Minis-
ter’s Office said on Sunday.
As per the statement, later,
the Prime Minsister will be
conferred with the Lok-
manya Tilak National Award.
The Award was constituted
by Tilak Smarak Mandir
Trust in 1983, to honour the
legacy of Lokmanya Tilak. It
is presented every year on
the 1st of August.
BJP National President JP Nadda with party members listen to the 103rd edition of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' speech, in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI
DURING ‘MANN KI BAAT’, PM LAUDS UP’S STATEWIDE PLANTATION DRIVE
Lucknow: During his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio
braodcast on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi lauded the Uttar Pradesh government’s
feat of planting 30 crore saplings in the state. Modi
highlighted the active public participation in the state’s
‘Vriksharopan Jan Abhiyan 2023’, which was kicked
off on July 22 by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath by planting a sapling in Bijnor.
PakforgotwhoisourPMduring
Uri,Pulwamaattack:AmitShah
ANI
Indore
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah said that when
Pakistan attacked Indian
soldiers in Uri and Pul-
wama in 2019, they for-
got that Narendra Modi is
the PM who replied suit-
ably with a surgical strike
unlike the meek response
from “Mauni Baba” dur-
ing UPA’s term.
“At Uri and Pulwama
they (Pakistanis) had at-
tacked the Army and
CRPF, but they forgot that
the UPA government is
not in power, it is the BJP
government. And not
Mauni Baba Manmohan
Singh,butNarendraModi
is the PM,” Shah said.
“In15days,ourjawans
conducted surgical
strikes and air strikes, en-
tered Pakistan’s home
and eliminated the terror-
ists and tore apart their
hideouts,” he added.
Shah said that during
the Congress-led UPA
government, Pakistan
used to conduct terrorist
activities in the country
by the government did
not respond adequately.
Home Minister Amit Shah accompanied by Madhya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Singh Chouhan visits the birthplace of Lord Parshuram to
offer prayers, at Janapav, in Indore on Sunday. ANI
UNION MINISTER AMIT SHAH VISITS BIRTHPLACE
OF PARSHURAM NEAR INDORE TO OFFER PRAYERS
Indore: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday
visited Janapav Kuti, considered the birthplace of
Lord Parshuram,
in Indore district of
Madhya Pradesh and
offered prayers. He is
scheduled to address
the Bharatiya Janata
Party’s ‘Vijay Sankalp
Sammelan’ here later.
Shah was welcomed at
Janapav Kuti, located in
a hilly area about 50 kilometres from Indore city, by priests
who offered him an ‘angavastram’ and he prayed amid
Vedic chants, eyewitnesses said. Party functionaries said
around 50,000 BJP workers are expected to attend the
Vijay Sankalp Sammelan, which is part of moves to boost
its prospects in the year-end Assembly polls.
‘India'ssemiconductor
missionnotjustabout
domesticrequirements’
PTI
New Delhi
India’s semiconductor
mission is not just about
meetingdomesticrequire-
ments but also aimed at
contributing to global de-
mandfortrustedmanufac-
turing, External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
said on Sunday.
In an address at a con-
ference, he told top ex-
ecutives of leading global
semiconductor firms that
their decisions and rela-
tionships have implica-
tions far beyond immedi-
ate business and can con-
tribute to re-engineering
the global economy.
The external affairs
minister argued that trust
and transparency have
emerged as key issues for
the future of the digital
domain and questions like
who processes and har-
vests “our data is increas-
ingly crucial in a world of
artificial intelligence.”
“Norindeedcanweany
longerseparateevenbasic
manufacturing and every-
day commodities and ser-
vices from their data im-
plications,” he said.
‘NOTSURPRISINGIF
EMERGINGTECH
COMEUPASMETRICS’
External Affairs
Minister S Jais-
hankar on Sun-
day said it will not be
surprising if critical and
emerging technologies
come up as one of the
most important metrics
of power, and added
that concerns in the
CET field are influenced
by how market share
and production domi-
nance are leveraged in
other areas. The ques-
tions of who invents and
manufactures, market
shares, resources, skills
and talent pool in rela-
tion to CET are becom-
ing increasingly critical
in the global arena,
External Affairs Minister
Jaishankar said while
virtually addressing the
‘Semicon India 2023’
event organised here.
Congleaderstodiscuss
strategyforLSpollswith
Kharge,RaGaonAug2
ANI
New Delhi
Karnataka Congress lead-
ers will hold a meeting on
August 2, with Congress
President Mallikarjun
Kharge and Rahul Gan-
dhi in Delhi to discuss the
poll strategy for the 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
Congress General Sec-
retary Organisation KC
Venugopal, Congress
General Secretary and In-
charge of Karnataka PCC
Randeep Surjewala, Kar-
natakaCMSiddaramaiya,
Dy CM And PCC Chief
DK Shivkumar are to be
present along with other
senior leaders of the state.
Congress is part
ofI.N.D.I.Aor‘IndianNa-
tional Developmental In-
clusive Alliance’, a group
of 26 opposition parties
that have come together to
take on the National Dem-
ocratic Alliance (NDA),
led by PM Modi’s BJP.
Nitish Kumar can
return to NDA
any time: Union
Min Athawale
Agencies
Mumbai
Union minister Ramdas
Athawale on Sunday said
Bihar Chief Minister Nit-
ish Kumar, who snapped
ties with the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) last
year, can return to the
National Democratic Al-
liance (NDA) any time.
RamdasAthawale said
Nitish Kumar was part of
the NDA earlier and de-
spite the BJP getting
more seats in the assem-
bly elections in Bihar last
time, he was made the
CM. The minister also
took a dig at the opposi-
tion’s INDIA alliance,
alleging that its sole
agenda was to remove
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi from power.
Nitish Kumar’s Janata
Dal (United) snapped ties
with the saffron party and
walked out of the NDAin
August 2022.
NitishKumarRamdasAthawale
Stage set for stormy week as
Parl to take up Services Bill
PTI
New Delhi
The Monsoon session of
Parliament which saw
many disruptions since it
began on July 20 over
the Manipur violence is-
sue, is set to become
more turbulent with the
government likely to in-
troduce a bill in the Lok
Sabha to replace the Del-
hi services ordinance.
The Government of
National Capital Terri-
tory of Delhi (Amend-
ment) Bill has become a
rallying point for a unit-
ed opposition against the
BJP-led NDA. Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal’s AAP, which
is a part of the opposi-
tion coalition INDIA,
has reacted strongly
against the ordinance.
The government has
also listed 13 draft legis-
lations for consideration
and passing in the Lok
Sabha even as a notice
for moving a no-confi-
dence motion is pending
before the House.
The Lok Sabha has
passed 5 bills after brief
discussions as opposi-
tion members raised slo-
gans demanding the PM
’s statement on Manipur.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP
has reacted strongly against
the ordinance.
PeopleofMPhaveclearlyacceptedBJP:AshwiniVaishnaw
PTI
Indore
Railway Minister Ash-
wini Vaishnaw on Sun-
day said the people of
Madhya Pradesh have
clearly accepted the rul-
ing BJP. The assembly
polls in Madhya Pradesh
are due in November this
year. The BJP has made
Vaishnaw the joint-in-
charge for the state polls.
“There is enthusiasm
among BJP workers for
Home Minister Amit
Shah’s Indore visit. The
public has very clearly
accepted BJP,” Vaishnaw
said. Before interacting
with the media,Vaishnaw
visited the local railway
station along with In-
dore’s Lok Sabha mem-
ber railway officials.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Indore on Sunday.
BJPFORMS26-MEMBER
ELECTION MGT PANEL
Bhopal: The MP BJP
has constituted a
26-member election
management committee for
the state assembly polls due
later this year. Five invited
members are also included
in the committee, the an-
nouncement of which was
made on Saturday. The BJP
also announced a 19-mem-
ber manifesto drafting panel
headed by former minister
state Jayant Malaiya.
BJP CAN SAY ANYTHING
TO WIN POLLS: NATH
Indore: MP Congress
president Kamal
Nath on Sunday took
a dig at BJP leader Kailash
Vijayvargiya’s claim that the
saffron party will retain power
by winning over 160 out of
230 seats in the upcoming
polls. “I want to ask him
(Vijayvargiya) why he did
not say that BJP will win 200
seats. BJP can say anything,
but it depends on the people
of the state,” Nath said.
BJP LOOTING MONEY
OF PEOPLE: CONGRESS
New Delhi: Congress
on Sunday accused
the BJP-led govern-
ment of ‘looting’ people
instead of giving them relief
from the inflation. “People are
facing economic crisis due to
inflation and unemployment,
BJP is looting their hard-
earned money. The govt is
not only earning profit, but
also given exemption to loot
to its capitalist friends,” said
Cong leader Jairam Ramesh.
EX-CM BOMMAI SLAMS
SIDDARAMAIAH GOVT
Belagavi (K’taka):
Targeting the Con-
gress government in
Karnataka over its handling
of rain and flood situation
in providing relief, senior BJP
leader Basavaraj Bommai on
Sunday alleged that those in
power are busy in politics to
save their position. The state
government is not paying
attention towards damages
caused due to rains.

INDIA
07
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Ashiana Housing Limited
SALE CONTINUES AT `70/KG
NCCF sells 560 tons tomatoes in last 15 days
PTI
New Delhi
o o p e r a t i v e
NCCF on Sun-
day said it has
sold 560 tonnes of toma-
toes at a subsidised rate in
the last 15 days in Delhi,
Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh, and the discount
sale continues as retail
prices are still ruling high
amid heavy rains in key
producing states.
National Cooperative
Consumers’ Federation
of India (NCCF) had be-
gun tomato sale at a sub-
sidised rate of Rs 90 per
kg on July 14, and later
reduced the price to Rs
70 per kg. Since last one
week, NCCF has been
selling tomatoes at Rs 70
per kg in all three states.
NCCF is selling toma-
toes on behalf of the cen-
tral government in order
to provide relief to con-
sumers from high prices.
Even NAFED is also un-
dertaking sale of the key
kitchenstapleinBiharand
other consuming states.
“We have sold around
560tonnesoftomatoestill
July28inDelhi,Rajasthan
and Uttar Pradesh. The
sale is continuing in all
three states,” NCCF MD
Anice Joseph Chandra
told PTI. NCCF is selling
tomatoes through mobile
vans,selectretailoutletsof
Kendriya Bhandar gov-
ernment-backedONDCin
DelhiandNationalCapital
Region. In the other two
states, it is sold through
mobile vans and tied up
with state governments.
FILE
C
Agencies
New Delhi
The northwest region,
mainly parts of HP, Hary-
ana and Punjab, is
expected to receive a
fresh spell of heavy rain
next week, according to
the IMD.
The weather agency
has issued a yellow alert
for the region with the
likelihood of heavy rain
onAugust 2 and 3. “Light
to moderate rainfall is
expected over the
subsequent two days,”
IMD said.
In view of the heavy
rain, Himachal may
again witness landslides
and mudslides while
low-lying areas of Pun-
jab and Haryana could
witness localised flood-
ing, an official said. The
water level in Ghaggar
and Yamuna rivers,
which causes flooding in
the region, could rise too,
said the official.
In the northeast, mod-
erate to heavy rainfall
is very likely over the
region during the next
five days.
“Heavy rainfall is also
likely to take place in
Arunachal Pradesh on
August 2-3. The situation
would be similar in As-
sam and Meghalaya, Na-
galand, Manipur, Mizo-
ram, and Tripura during
August 1-3,” it said.
As per the IMD, in
WestIndia,moderaterain-
fallalongwithheavyrain-
fall is likely to continue in
Goa and Maharashtra in
the next five days.
“In south India, mod-
erate isolated to scattered
rainfall with isolated
heavy rainfall is likely
in Telangana on
August 1 and in coastal
Karnataka on August 2
and 3,” it said.
MeTpredictsheavyrainsinPunjab
HaryanafromAugust2onwards
A rescue operation of a vehicle that got washed away in the flood water due to a cloudburst occurred
on July 25th, in Kullu on Saturday. ANI
Badrinath Highway is blocked
due to falling of stones.
Senior Congre leader Jairam Ramesh. FILE
The water level in Ghaggar and Yamuna rivers could rise too
PTI
New Delhi
More than 13.13 lakh
girls and women went
missing in the country in
three years between
2019 and 2021 and most
of them were from Mad-
hya Pradesh, followed
by West Bengal.
According to the Un-
ion Home Ministry data,
tabled in Parliament last
week, 10,61,648 women
above 18 years and
2,51,430 girls below that
age went missing be-
tween 2019 and 2021
across the country.
The data was com-
piled by the National
Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB).
In Madhya Pradesh,
1,60,180 women and
38,234 girls went missing
between 2019 and 2021,
according to the data pro-
vided to Parliament.
A total of 1,56,905
women and 36,606 girls
went missing from West
Bengal in the same peri-
od. In Maharashtra,
1,78,400 women and
13,033 girls went miss-
ing in the said period.
13.13lakhgirls,
womengomissing
in3yrs:Govtdata
Jairam Ramesh launches
scathing attack at Centre
ANI
New Delhi
As the visiting delegation
of Opposition leaders
met the Manipur Gover-
nor on the second day of
their fact-finding visit to
the state, senior Congress
leader Jairam Ramesh
launched a scathing at-
tack at the Centre saying
only one minister from
the ruling NDA has vis-
ited the Northeast state.
The Congress Rajya
Sabha MP noted that the
visit by the delegation of
MPs from the INDIA is
aimed at paying heed to
the pain. NDA Union
Ministers used to visit
Manipur every week and
at times every other day
in the run-up to the 2022
Assembly elections in
the state. Since the out-
break of ethnic violence,
only the Union Home
Minister has visited once,
that too after a delay of
morethanamonth…with
no tangible impact to
show. Meanwhile, first it
was @RahulGandhi and
now the delegation of 20
MPs from Team INDIA,
who are there in Manipur
— listening to the pain,
anguish and horror of
both the communities, ap-
pealing for peace, taking
stock of the condition of
the relief camps across
Manipur, and trying to
build bridges, the Con-
gress leader tweeted.
17-yr-oldminorrapedin
MP,2nd
incidentin4days
Agencies
Bhopal
A17-year-old girl was al-
legedly raped in Madhya
Pradesh's Satna district.
This is the second inci-
dent of horrifying crime
against a minor girl in the
district within four days.
According to police,
the alleged incident took
place on Friday, when the
victim had gone to a de-
serted place to address
the nature's call. The ac-
cused grabbed her from
behind raped her. She
narrated the ordeal to her
parents following which,
the family members of
the teenage girl lodged a
complaint at police sta-
tion, an official said, add-
ing that the accused was
arrested on Saturday.
‘Indiatosoonlaunchownsizeoffootwear’
ANI
New Delhi
Union Minister of Com-
merce and Industry Pi-
yush Goyal said that the
Indian Footwear and
Leather industry is not
only a major foreign ex-
change earner but being
a labour-intensive sector,
it also provides employ-
ment to approximately
4.5 million people, 40%
of whom are women.
While addressing as a
Chief Guest at India Inter-
national Footwear Fair
2023 (IIFF) in New Delhi
on Saturday, Commerce
andIndustryMinistersaid
that India has the capacity
to become the world's
largest and best quality
footwear manufacturer.
The Minister said,
India is the 2nd largest
exporter of leather gar-
ments, 3rd largest ex-
porter of Saddlery and
Harness and 4th largest
exporter of Leather
Goods in the world. Pi-
yush Goyal highlighted
that more than 95 per
cent of the production
units in this sector are
Ministry of Micro, Small
Medium Enterprises
(MSME) units.
3 cases lodged
over violence
during Muharram
processions
Agencies
New Delhi
Three cases were regis-
tered after an unruly
crowd taking part in Mu-
harram processions
clashed with police and
pelted them with stones in
west Delhi’s Nangloi, of-
ficials said on Sunday.
The first FIR was reg-
istered under sections of
the IPC and the Preven-
tion of Damage to Public
Property Act at Nangloi
police station on the
complaint of Nangloi
SHO Prabhu Dayal. The
incident in this case oc-
curred at Surajmal Sta-
dium, DCP (Outer)
Harendra Singh said.
The second FIR was reg-
istered on the basis of a
complaint lodged by
Nanag Ram, the law and
order inspector at Nan-
gloi police station, for an
incident at Nangloi
Chowk, Singh said.
MayawatiaccusesSPleaderofreligiousmanipulation
Agencies
New Delhi
BSP President Mayawati
on Sunday accused Sa-
majwadi Party leader
Swami Prasad Maurya of
trying to drive a wedge
between communities
ahead of election with his
comment on demolition
of Buddhist monasteries
in ancient India.
“The latest statement
of Samajwadi Party lead-
er Swami Prasad Maurya
that many temples in-
cluding Badrinath were
built by demolishing
Buddhist monasteries
and why modern survey
should be done not only
of Gyanvapi Masjid but
also of other major tem-
ples, is a purely political
statement giving rise to
new controversies,” the
Bahujan Samaj Party
chief said in a tweet.
“Maurya was a minis-
ter in the BJP govern-
ment for a long time, why
did he not put such pres-
sure on his party and the
government in this re-
gard?,” she said.
FARMER FROM ANDHRA
TURNS MILLIONAIRE
Chitoor: Amid the
soaring prices of
tomatoes in the
country, a farmer of Chitoor
district has claimed that he
has become crorepati and
earned Rs 3 crores. He
claimed that Sahu variety of
tomato were planted in 22
acres on April 7. Mulch-
ing and micro-irrigation
methods were followed in
the cutting system.
Monsoon Mayhem
ROCKFALL BLOCKS
BADRINATH HIGHWAY
Uttarakhand: Traffic
movement on the
Badrinath Highway
was blocked as stones rolled
off the hill near Baba Ashram
Karnprayag in Chamoli
district, officials informed on
Sunday. Earlier, on Saturday,
a portion of the Badrinath
National Highway (National
Highway-7) was corroded
due to the rising levels of the
Lambagad drain on account
of heavy showers in the
Chamoli district since Friday
night, officials said.
DEATH DUE TO EXPIRED
MEDICINESONTHERISE
Lucknow: SP presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav
on Sunday alleged
there was a rise in number
of deaths in Uttar Pradesh
hospitals due to expired
medicines, as he advised
people to check medicines
and injections before use.
Yadav made the appeal in
a tweet and also attached a
video which showed some
people pushing a broken-
down ambulance.
FLOODS: CENTRAL TEAM TO VISIT TELANGANA
FLASH FLOODS COST HIMACHAL `5,600 CRORES
An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) will visit
Telangana on July 31 to assess the damage caused
by floods in the state following the recent heavy
rains. The central team is being dispatched to Telangana
on the instructions of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a
release from the office of Union Minister and Telangana
BJP President G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday.
Shimla: A loss of more than Rs 6 crore has been
estimated due to rains in Dharamshala only which
may increase further as reports are yet to come
from many departments. Prem Sagar, a hotelier in Dharam-
shala said, “The monsoon season is on and it has a time
span of around 90 days here. We are in the middle of this
season now. This year the monsoon began at a right time
but as compared to previous years it’s raining a lot.”
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday
urged the Opposition MPs who returned
from Manipur to join a discussion in
Parliament on the ethnic violence in the north-
eastern state and share their experiences from
the visit. He accused the opposition members
of running away from discussion in Parliament
when the government had offered a debate.
JOIN DEBATE, SHARE EXPERIENCES OF MANIPUR
VISIT: ANURAG THAKUR URGES OPPOSTION MPs
Mumbai: Shiv
Sena (UBT)
leader Sanjay
Raut on Sunday hit out
at the BJP for calling the
visit of members of the
opposition bloc INDIA to
Manipur as a “show-off”,
and said Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has nei-
ther visited the strife-torn
state nor spoken about
it in Parliament. The
north-eastern state has
been witnessing ethnic
clashes since early May
between the majority
Meitei community.
Imphal: In a
memorandum
submitted to
Manipur Guv Anusuiya
Uikey, the 21 opposition
MPs who signed the
document demanded
urgent rehabilitation
and resettlement of the
affected people to bring
peace and harmony to
the state. The continued
internet ban for the last
three months is aiding the
unsubstantiated rumours,
which is adding to the
existing mistrust among
the communities.
MANIPUR VIOLENCE:
RAUT SLAMS BJP
MPs DEMAND URGENT
REHABILITATION
IN BRIEF
WORLDDAYAGAINST
TRAFFICKING
New Delhi: Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar and
Andhra Pradesh are
the top three states
with the maximum
number of children traf-
ficked between 2016
and 2022, while Delhi
has seen an alarm-
ing 68 per cent rise
from pre to post-Covid
times, according to a
new study by an NGO.
Delhi has witnessed a
68 per cent increase in
child trafficking cases.
Swami Prasad Maurya BSP
supremo Mayawati.
A 40-year-old
woman has
been allegedly
raped by two men in
MP’s Raisen district,
police said on Sunday.
The accused, identified
as Akash Khangar and
Laxman Lodhi, alleg-
edly raped the victim
after finding her at a
deserted place.
WOMANGANGRAPED;
1 PERSON ARRESTED
Massive fire at
Ahmedabad hosp, 125
patients evacuated
Ahmedabad: A fire
broke out in the base-
ment of a 10-storey hos-
pital in Ahmedabad city
on Sunday, following
which around 125 pa-
tients were evacuated.
There was so far no re-
port of any casualty, in-
spector M D Champavat
from Sahibaug police
station said.
Woman Congress
activist lynched in
Bengal's Murshidabad
Kolkata: A Congress
woman activist, Khatun
Bewa (64), was report-
edly lynched allegedly
by the ruling Trinamool
Congress (TMC) activ-
ists at Ghoramara in
Murshidabad district of
West Bengal on Sunday
morning. She was also
an ardent follower of
state Cong president.
After intimate video
goes viral, 2 college
students die in K’taka
Bengaluru: Two stu-
dents of a private col-
lege in Karnataka’s Da-
vangare committed sui-
cide after a video depict-
ing them in an intimate
moment surfaced on so-
cial media. The scene of
the boy and girl at the
terrace of their college
was shot by some un-
known person, without
their knowledge.
Maha: 120 evacuated
from unsafe building
Maharashtra: Around
120 people were evacu-
ated from an eight-sto-
rey building in the
Mumbra locality of Ma-
harashtra’s Thane city
on Sunday after its pil-
lars were found to have
developed cracks, a civ-
ic official said. The
building is 20 years old.
Piyush Goyal

Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur
Several Congress leaders
met State in-charge
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa and staked claim
for the party ticket before
him at the War Room
here. RajivArora claimed
a ticket from Malviya Na-
gar and kept his side in
the context of his claim.
Khadi Board Chair-
man Brijkishore Sharma
also met Randhawa and
claimed a ticket from
Hawa Mahal. Co-in-
charge Amrrita Dhawan
was also present. MLAs
KL Bairwa and GR Kha-
tana also met Randhawa
kept their point on
politics of East Raj.
Randhawa advised lead-
ers to involve in poll
preparation to strengthen
organization.
In the meanwhile,
Randhawa also asked
MLAs about their contri-
bution to Mehangai Rahat
Camps. SomeMLAssaid
90 % some said 55 %.
Randhawa focused more
on low percentage. Now,
MLAs with less percent-
age are worried that their
ticketsmaybeaxeddueto
low percentage.
Jyoti Khandelwal, ex-
mayor of Jaipur, ex-
pressed displeasure to
Randhawa, saying that
neither she has been ad-
justed in organisation nor
has been given the post
of Mahila Congress Prez.
Khandelwal said that she
was constantly active.
She demanded a ticket
for assembly polls. Rand-
hawa met several party
leaders on Saturday too.
APPOINTMENT FRENZY
Govt to fill posts in RSSB, RERA, RPSC
and Info Commission as time runs out
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur
ppointments
are to be made
on half a dozen
statutory posts
running vacant in the
State for which many
claimants are in the fray.
The Code of Conduct
will be imposed by the
end of September and
only two months are left.
For the posts, the efforts
of the claimants are also
at their peak.
The vacant posts in-
clude Chairman RSSB,
Chairman RERA, 2
members in RPSC, 2
posts of members in the
Information Commis-
sion. The special aspect
is that the person occupy-
ing these chairs will get a
long tenure of 5 years, no
matter whose govern-
ment is there.
The post of the Chair-
man of the RSSB fell va-
cant due to the sudden
resignation of Hari Prasad
Sharma.However,histen-
ure was till October this
year. The appointment on
thisposthastobeimmedi-
ate because in the next
three months the work of
examination of 8 different
recruitment is to be done.
There is a meeting of
the selection board for
the Chairman of RERA.
This meeting is to be held
under the chairmanship
of High Court Judge Jus-
tice MM Shrivastava.
Thereisahugeshortage
of members in RPSC also
as only 3 members are
working while there
shouldbeatotalof7mem-
bers. Two posts are vacant
for a long time. While
BabulalKataraislockedin
jail, the working members
also take leaves. The big
problem is holding the in-
terviews for RAS.
Applications have also
been invited for two
posts in the Information
Commission through ad-
vertisement and for this
also there has to be a
meeting of the selection
board. The special thing
is that the decisions in
these appointments are to
be made at the level of
the Chief Minister. The
government’s time is
running out, in such a
situation these decisions
have become difficult.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Addressing the Jan Sam-
vad at Dharuhera, Hary-
ana CM Manohar Lal
Khattar said he has tak-
en up with
his counter-
part in Ra-
j a s t h a n ,
Ashok Ge-
hlot, the is-
sue of contaminated wa-
ter coming towards
Dharuhera from neigh-
bouring state’s Bhiwadi
area. ”I have personally
spoken to Raj CM about
this and he has assured us
of taking appropriate
steps. But we have asked
them to give assurance in
writing so that there is no
laxity,” Khattar said. “We
are ready to take this mat-
ter to SC to get a perma-
nent solution to this prob-
lem,” he added. Haryana
govt will move SC to
vacate Raj govt’s stay, he
said, adding that people
of Dharuhera won’t be
left to suffer. Rajasthan
will be given 7-day notice
for appropriate action.”
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Special aspect is that
person occupying
these chairs will get a
long tenure of 5 yrs,
no matter whose
government is there
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Postal Reg No. JPC/004/2022-24
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The curious wondrous in-
telligence of a child is more
powerful than the critical
intelligence of the average adult.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Religious leaders have
demanded from CM
Ashok Gehlot to with-
draw the Rajasthan Mela
Authority Bill. They met
CM Gehlot and raised
objections regarding
some provisions of the
bill. Mahant Kailash
Sharma, Naresh Puri
Maharaj,Pratap Singh
Chauhan,Ajaypal Singh,
Naim Bhai, Badshah
Bhai and others met CM.
VHP termed the bill as
anti-Hindu warned of
an agitation if bill isn’t
withdrawn. “The bill is
another example of Cong
govt’s anti-Hindu men-
tality. Fairs have their
own tradition. Taking
permission to organise it
punishment of one
year on not taking per-
mission is in itself an at-
tempt to separate Hindus
from their tradition
culture,” said VHPleader
Suresh Upadhyay.
Leadersmeet
Randhawa,claim
forpartytickets
Police reshuffle in Raj:
Govt transfers 82 RPS,
another list on the cards!
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Ahead of the Assembly
elections,theStategovern-
ment is continuously re-
leasing the list of transfers
and has made a major re-
shuffle in Police Depart-
ment. 82 officers of Ra-
jasthan Police were trans-
ferred on Sunday. The or-
ders for this transfer have
been issued by the Police
Headquarters, Jaipur.
There is a possibility
that another transfer list
may come soon. There is
a buzz that this time CM
Ashok Gehlot has re-
leased the list of transfers
with the opinion of his
MLAs, keeping the elec-
tions in sight. Congress
MLAs were demanding
transfer to their districts
for a long time.
As per the transfer or-
der issued from the Po-
lice Headquarters,Aditya
Poonia has been posted
as Assistant Commis-
sioner of Police, Amer in
Jaipur Commissionerate.
Ajit Pal has been given
the responsibility of Su-
perintendent of Police,
SC-ST Cell, Sikar.
DSP Bikaner Arvind
Vishnoi in PMDS has
been sent to CID-CB Po-
lice Headquarters, Jaipur.
Deepak Garg has been
posted as DSP CID, SSB
Chief Minister Security,
Jaipur. DSP Tourism De-
partment Jaipur Jitendra
Shekhawat has been post-
ed as DSP JDA, Jaipur.
ReligiousleaderscalluponCM,urge
himtowithdrawFairAuthorityBill
VHP termed the Bill as anti-Hindu warned of stir if it isn’t withdrawn
STATE GOVERNMENT ORDERS ADJUSTMENT
OF TEACHER LEVEL12 WORKING IN TSP AREA
State Govt has ordered adjustment of
teacher level-12 working in TSP area of
primary secondary education, informed
CM Ashok Gehlot on Twitter.“Adjustment of teacher
level-1 and 2 working in the scheduled area (TSP
area) of primary secondary education. Adjustment
order issued in Non-TSP areas according to prefer-
ence of 1,903 teachers. The residents of TSP area
will now be recruited on these vacant posts through
the ongoing recruitment process. Best wishes to all
the adjusted teachers,” Gehlot tweeted.
There is a buzz that
this time CM Ashok
Gehlot has released
the list of transfers
with the opinion of
his MLAs, keeping the
elections in sight
Dinesh Arya
Jaipur
Former CM Vasundhara
Raje in her address dur-
ing the ‘Woman of Won-
der Award-2023’ organ-
ised by Inaya Founda-
tion, said that India has
the largest constitution in
the world, where women
have been given equal
rights as men. Despite
this, women have to fight
for their own rights. She
honoured 28 women.
“Even today, important
decisions related to their
lives are taken by men
only. When I entered
politics in Raj, I also had
to struggle a lot, which
hasn’t diminished till
date. If I was scared, I
wouldn’t have reached
here,” she said.
She thanked PM Modi
for giving relief from ‘tri-
ple talaq.’ She also cited
examples of Prez Mur-
mu, Lata Mangeshkar,
Paralympian Avani Le-
khara, who achieved suc-
cess via education, strug-
gle, hard work and
yearning for success.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal PCC Gen-
eral Secretary Amit Dha-
riwal met residents of
Ward No. 3 in Walled
City area on Sunday un-
der the ‘Haath se Haath
jodo’ drive. Dhariwal
laid the foundation stone
of the new building of
Tipta police station in-
augurated the CC road
developed by City De-
velopment Trust from
Tipta Singhdwar to Patan
Pole. Dhariwal also in-
augurated the two Gana-
pati temples in the ward
that had been renovated.
“People’s faith enthu-
siasm shows that the
Congress govt will be
back in power,” the UDH
Minister said.
Women have to fight for their
rights I am no exception: Raje
People’s faith shows that Cong govt
will repeat: UDH Minister Dhariwal
Vasundhara Raje being
felicitated by Kalbeliya dancer
Padma Shri Gulabo Sapera
during the 'WOW Women
Award-2023' held at Sanganer
in Jaipur on Sunday.
Shanti Dhariwal inaugurates the renovation works of Icchapurna
Ganesh Temple and Lal Burj during an event in Kota on Sunday.
Also seen are Amit Dhariwal, Jamna Bai, Sandeep Bhatia others.
Aishwary Pradhan
Guwahati
LS Speaker Om Birla
while speaking at inau-
gural ceremony of the
new building of Assam
Legislative Assembly,
said, “I have also become
a witness of today's day.
It is an important historic
day for all states of North
East. The first meeting of
this Assembly was held
in Shillong before Inde-
pendence in 1937. Dif-
ferent legislative trans-
formations were done
after Independence.”
Birla also appreciated
Assam's Bhupen Hazari-
ka Gopinath Bordol.
He hailed CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma Assam
Assembly Speaker
Biswajit Daimary’s ef-
forts in construction of
new building.
Birla also participated
in Chaturmas programme
of Acharya Pramukh Sa-
gar Maharaj. “ Non-vio-
lence is the ultimate reli-
gion,” he said.
INAUGURATION OF NEW BUILDING OF ASSAM LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
It’sahistoricdayforallNorthEasternStates:OmBirla
Om Birla inaugurates the new building of Assam Legislative
Assembly in Dispur, Guwahati on Sunday. Also seen are Assam
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Sarbananda Sonowal, Biswajit
Daimar, Rameswar Teli and others.
Assembly building is not just a building, here we
talk about the welfare of the people. The person
sitting at the last end thinks about getting the
benefits of schemes. The targets set will have to
be completed on time. Take everyone along
work to take the state forward.
OM BIRLA, LS SPEAKER
CM Gehlot being greeted with a ‘Odhna’ ‘Prasad’ by Mahant Kailash
Sharma at CMR in Jaipur on Sunday. Also seen here is Usha Sharma.
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with Saints, Mahants and Chief Qazis of the State as they call upon him at CMR in Jaipur on Sunday.
Mahant Kailash Sharma, Naresh Puri Maharaj, Yashodanandan, Pratap S Chauhan, Ajaypal Singh, Naim Bhai, Badshah Bhai
others were among those who met CM. Also seen are Usha Sharma, Kuldeep Ranka and Gaurav Goyal.
CM Khattar
raises polluted
water issue with
CM Gehlot
Blissful Meeting...
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra meets spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi, fondly known as
‘Amma’ during the ongoing three-day C20 Summit being held in Jaipur. Amma interacted
with Dr Chandra and extended her blessings to him. Amma has been appointed the
Chairperson for the C20 Summit by the Government of India. Also seen here is Mitali Dusad.

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TAALI TEASER OUT!
ushmita Sen will now be seen playing
a role as Shreegauri Sawant in the
series, Taali, which will release on August
15 on JioCinema. The teaser of the series
was released on Saturday. P11
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any moons ago,
somewhere be-
tween the 7th-9th
century, the
Kamakhya tem-
ple was built in
Assam, where
the Goddess has been worshipped
since time immemorial.
Nestled on a hillock with a bird’s
eye view of the serene city of
Guwahati, the temple faced multi-
ple destructions and was rebuilt by
the Koch King Nara Narayan and
again by the Ahom kings.
As you reach the car parking
area, you’ll come across shops on
both sides of the street stretched to
the temple’s main entrance making
it look like a vibrant jamboree, the
hustle and bustle exhibits an old-
world charm, positive vibes and
shops run by dedicated Assamese
pandit families.
After entering through the main
entrance, as you take the right to-
wards the administrative block,
there’s a “Soubhagya Kund ”,
where the devotees wash their feet
and hands, offer prayers to the
idols of Lord Ganesh before enter-
ing the main edifice to seek God-
dess Kamakhya’s blessings.
Kamakhya Temple’s distin-
guished feature is the mythological
yoni of Sati, set in natural stone
inside a small dark cave below the
ground level where there’s a mi-
raculous natural spring of water
keeping this stone moist till date
nobody could know the mysterious
source of the continuous water
flow. There’s Goddess Saraswati
and Goddess Lakshmi alongside
the yoni. This chamber of the tem-
ple is known as “Garbhagriha”.
As I walked through the temple
premises, somewhere in-between
facts and myths, I had the privilege
to gather some information from
Priests Manoj Sarma and Kamal
Sarma regarding the temple’s his-
torical significance.
The temple consists of 4 cham-
bers named Garbhagriha, Chalan-
ta, Pancharatna and Natmandira.
“Chalanta” is the first portion
to the west, a square chamber of
Atchala style. The entrance to the
temple is generally via its north-
ern door, Ahom style dochala. It
houses a movable idol of the God-
dess, a later addition, which ex-
plains the name. The walls of this
chamber contain sculpted images
of Nar Narayana, related inscrip-
tions and other Gods. “Chalanta”
leads into the “Garbhagriha” via
descending steps.
The “Pancharatna” to the west of
“Chalanta” is large and rectangular
with a flat roof and five smaller
shikharas of the same style as the
main shikhara. The middle shikha-
ra is slightly bigger than the other
four in typical “Pancharatna” style.
The “Natamandira” extends to
the west of the pancharatna with an
apsidal end and ridged roof in
Ahom style. The inside walls bear
inscriptions from the 17th century.
The outer wall has stone sculptures
from an earlier period.
Once a demon named Naraka
fell in love with Goddess Kam-
akhya and proposed to marry her.
To get out of this situation, she
gave him a task to build steps from
the bottom of Nilachal hill to the
temple in one night and promised
that on completion of the
task she’d marry him.
However, when he was
about to complete the task,
the Goddess played a trick
on him. She converted a
crow into a cock to give an illusion
of dawn. Naraka was tricked easily
and stopped making the staircase
halfway through.These incomplete
steps are called the “Mekhelauja
Path “. This path still exists but
people mostly prefer taking the
motor-able road up the hill.
Another distinct feature of the
temple is the “Rin Muson Kund”
which is believed to cleanse your
sins. It’s enlightening to know
about the existence of a “Sacred
Shivling”, “Pimmakeshwar” in the
bottom of the pond which remains
submerged under the water
throughout the year and only once
a year does the shivling surface as
the water is pumped out for the
devotees to offer their prayers on
theauspiciousoccasionofshivratri.
There’s a traditional Bali Ghar
where buffalo, goat and pigeon are
offered to the Goddess.
Right at the entrance, on the left
there’s an area where I performed
the Kamakhya Hawan.
Inside the Chalanta chamber on
the left, there’s a small area where
the sacrifice( bali) is placed and I
performed a special personal puja
which even you all can do with a
prior appointment.
Performed the puja and hawan
with priestsYuva Kanta Sarma and
Kamal Sarma. Without the con-
straint of time, as I sat and basked
in the blessings of the Goddess, the
bells kept chiming in the back-
ground. Both the puja and the ha-
wan made it a platform for the
mental soul and physical regenera-
tion, a beautiful catharsis for me.
There’s a bhog ghar which
serves khichdi, papad, chole and
kheer.
Kamakhya temple is one of the
51 Shakti Peetha which is an an-
cient temple dedicated to the Hin-
du goddess Parvati. It is also called
“Ashta Pitha” and is one of the
most significant and powerful pil-
grimage destinations for devotees
across the globe.
The temple remains closed for
three days during the Ambubachi
festival. The word “Ambu” means
water and “Bachi means child. It is
believed that Goddess Kamakhya
goes through her menstrual cycle
during this time, hence the temple
remains closed. Lakhs of people
throng the holy site around this time
to seek penance for their wrongdo-
ings and blessings of the Goddess.
According to Kalika Puran
when Sati’s father King Daksha
organized a yagna, he did not in-
vite his daughter and son-in-law
Shiva to participate in it. Sati, who
was angry at this behaviour of her
father, went to her father's place at
Kailash to ask the reason
for it. Daksha insulted Sati
and belittled her husband.
Sati could not bear the
fact that her husband was
being insulted and she im-
mediately jumped into the yagna
fire. Knowing this Shiva, became
furious and went to Daksha's palace
and chopped off his head.After see-
ing the corpse of his wife, out of
rage he lifted the body of Sati on his
shoulder and started the dance of
destruction it continued for several
days and the earth was on the brink
of being destroyed. To control Shi-
va and protect the earth, Vishnu
chopped off the body of Sati into
multiple pieces with his Sudarshan
chakra to calm down Shiva.
The body parts of Sati fell all
over 51 places in India and Shiva
searched for her remains all over
the universe. Finally, he found her
yoni in Assam’s Nilachal hill
where the temple stands high and
mighty even today. Hence, it is
also known as yonisthana.
The Yoni of Devi in the Temple
is believed to be very powerful.
Tantriks come here to achieve their
desired success as Maa Kamakhya
is the Goddess of Tantra as well.
Kamakhya hillock consist of ten
mahavidya. They are Kali, Tara,
Sarusi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi,
Chinnamasta , Dhumavati, Bagal-
amukhi, Matangi, Kamaladevi.
The Doloi Kamakhya Devalaya
is looking after the management.
APS Bhargav Goswami, Assis-
tant Commissioner of Police,
Jalukbari Guwahati and SI Ab-
hilekh Talukdar, Kamakhya Out-
post, Pandas(priests) Manoj Sarma
and Kamal Sarma ensured I had a
gratifying darshan and my rituals
went off without a glitch.
Like the life force of a tree man-
ifests itself into lush leaves, bloom-
ing flowers and ripe fruits, Shakti,
the life force of the Universe,
manifests Herself before us as
Kamakhya, Sati, Parvati, Durga,
and countless other forms. Per-
haps, this is why Devi takes the
form of Kamakhya, which means,
the Goddess of Desire.
Ataletotellabout
GoddessKamakhya
Simona
Choudhury
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Kamakhya temple standing tall and mighty in the soil of Assam Hawan at Kamakhya temple The beautiful Kamakhya Temple
Pandit Kamal Sarma, Simona Choudhury, Mitali Barooa and Minakshi Deka
Security Kirti, Pandit Manoj Sarma, Pandit Kamal Sarma,
Simona Choudhury, Minakshi Deka and Satbeer Dey
Bali (Animal Sacrifice) offered to Goddess Kamakhya
Simona Choudhury performing a hawan at
Kamakhya temple with pandit Yuvakanta Sarma
Rin Muson Kund where a scared
shivling is in the bottom of the
pond and surfaces only on shivratri.
Simona Choudhury and Minakshi Deka counting
their blessings in the Holy steps of the temple
Simona Choudhury and Kala Sarma
infront of the main edifice of the temple Simona Choudhury at Saubhgaya Pond

S
h a n k a r ’ s
Game Chang-
er starring
Ram Charan
and Kiara Advani is a
film that has been in the
making for a while.There
have hardly been any up-
dates from the maker’s
side about the film. This
especially sticks out as
the makers of other high-
ly anticipated ventures
have been putting out
update after update.
Now, there seems to be
some good news for
Game Changer fans on
the update front.
As per the latest
rumors, KiaraAd-
vani’s first look
from the film
will be released
t o m o r r o w,
July 31. To-
morrow also
happens to be the
actress’ birthday, so there
isn’t a better occasion for
her look to be revealed.
However, there has been
no official word regarding
the same. But fans are
hopeful that this will in-
deed be the case.
amannaah Bhatia hogged the lime-
light in the past few weeks after
reports started doing the rounds
that she owns the world’s 5th larg-
est diamond. The photo shows Tamannaah
flaunting a sparkling humongous diamond on
her finger. Reportedly, South superstar Ram
Charan’s wife Upasana Kamineni Konidela
gifted her the diamond. However, it was all
false and Tamannaah herself clarified it on
social media. In a recent interview with
Siddharth Kannan, Vijay was asked
about the news of Tamannaah owning
the world’s 5th largest diamond. He
laughed and shed light on the situation. The
actor said, “Aapko pata hai na woh kya hai?
Woh bottle ka dhakkan hai. Woh mazaak
kar rahe hain ek dusre ke saath. Media
carry kar rahi hai ke Rs 2 crore ka fifth-
largest diamond. Rs 2 crore mein fifth-
largest diamond kisse milta hai?” He
further added, “Maine usse message
kiya ke ye sab fake news aa rahi hai,
aur mera naam kyun nai likha?”
Bolly To Holly
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Pink
Monokini
elena Gomez is one of
the most fan-favorite
artists with her quirky
personality and amaz-
ing skills. Over the
past few months, she
has been busy with professional work
ranging from the Hulu series to work-
ing on a new album. Selena Gomez
recently shared glimpses from her boat
trip with her more than 400 million fol-
lowers on Instagram. Here is every-
thing to know about the same. In her
recent Instagram stories, Selena Gomez
turned up
the tempera-
ture in a
pink mono-
kini as she
posed for
p i c t u r e s
while on a
boat with
friends. On
Saturday,
the Wolves
singer post-
ed sizzling
pictures of
herself which had fans in awe. For her
recent trip, Selena Gomez opted for a
pink monokini with side cut-outs. She
accessorized her outfit with gold ear-
rings and a necklace. The singer styled
her hair open and opted for minimal
makeup. In some of the pictures,
Gomez can also be seen wearing denim
overalls over her pink bikini.
S
amantha Ruth Prab-
hu has been enjoying
vacation time in Bali
for the last few days.
The actress kept her fans hooked
with her social media content
about the all-girls trip. The vid-
eos and pictures from her
time there went going
viral on the Internet.
Now, Samantha’s trip
has come to an end,
and the actress’
friend Anusha Swa-
my took to Insta-
gram in order to
share a video that
had glimpses from
their fun trip. The
video managed to
successfully cap-
ture the fun they had
on the trip, and Anu-
sha rightly captioned
the video as the ‘ad-
ventureofalifetime’.
After seeing the pic-
tures and videos
shared by the duo
from their Bali
vacation, even
the actress’
fans felt
like pack-
ing their
bags and
leaving for
vacation.
S h e
shared sev-
eral videos
that had
t h e m
dancing
and do-
ing acro-
batic stunts.
S
BALI VACATION
ctress Sonam Kapoor
has been married to
Anand Ahuja for five
years now. Now, on the
occasion ofAnand’s 40th birthday,
she has shared some unseen pic-
tures and also penned a heart-
warming note for her husband.
Sonam Kapoor’s husband Anand
Ahuja celebrated his 40th birthday
on July 29. Sonam took to Insta-
gram the next day to wish Anand
on his special day and also dropped
a series of pictures with him and
their son Vayu. Sharing the post,
Sonam wrote, “DearAnand, a year
around the sun again, this time
with our beautiful boy. We love
you the most in the world, you
kind, sensitive, wonderful man.
Everyone realizes how special you
are but no one knows how hard
you work to be the best version of
yourself physically, mentally,
emotionally and spiritually. Fly
high and reach for the stars @
anandahuja. Life is just going to
better and better because you de-
serve everything and more. #eve-
rydayphenomenal.”
BIRTHDAY
LOVE
A
Diamond
Controversy
T
fter the success of Aarya, Sushmita Sen will
now be seen playing a bold and never-seen-
beforeroleasShreegauriSawantintheupcom-
ing series, Taali, which will release on August
15 on JioCinema. The teaser of the series was released
on Saturday, giving a sneak peek into the life of Shree-
gauri Sawant. Sushmita Sen’s recent reel on Insta-
gram unveiled the teaser of Taali, her upcoming se-
ries based on the life of transgender activist Shree-
gauri Sawant. In the beginning of the teaser, the
actress is seen wearing a sari and adjusting her
big reddish-maroon bindi while looking in the
mirror. The actress posted the teaser on her In-
stagram handle and wrote, “From gaali (abuse)
to taali (applause), the journey of Shreegauri
Sawant. Presenting the story of Shreegauri
Sawant’s fight for India’s third gender.”
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Selena Gomez Her post...
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja
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