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JAISHANKAR MEETS RUSSIAN
COUNTERPART LAVROV IN SA
Cape Town: External Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar on Thursday met his Russian counterpart
Sergey Lavrov in South Africa and discussed
issues of bilateral and global interests.
WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY: UNION
MIN YADAV ON CHEETAH DEATHS
New Delhi: Union Environment Minister Bhupend-
er Yadav on Thursday said, “We take responsibility
for whatever happened”, but asserted that the
translocation project will be a major success.
DHONI UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL
KNEE SURGERY IN MUMBAI
Mumbai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former captain
of Indian cricket team, underwent a successful left
knee surgery at a Mumbai hospital on Thursday,
raising hopes for his participation in IPL next year.
P6
P7
DEL HC REFUSES TO STAY
PROBE AGAINST GROVER,
WIFE IN `81 CRORE CASE
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC refuses to stay probe
against Ashneer, wife
in `81-cr case. HC on
Thursday refused to stay
probe against BharatPe
Co-founder Ashneer Grover
and his wife Madhuri in an
alleged `81-cr fraud case.
GST COLLECTION
RISES 12% TO `1.57
LAKH CRORE IN MAY
New Delhi: GST collection
in May rose 12% to `1.57
lakh crore, finance ministry
said Thursday. The gross
Good & Services Tax (GST)
revenue collected in month
of May, 2023 is `1,57,090
crore of which Central GST
is `28,411 crore.
DEVOTEE DIES AFTER
TREE FALLS ON HIM
IN TIRUPATI TEMPLE
Tirupati: A devotee from
Kadapa died after a tree
got uprooted and fell on
him near the Govindaraja
Swamy temple in Tirupati on
Thursday. The deceased was
identified as Dr Gurrappa
(65) from Kadapa who used
worked at VIMS in Tirupati.
PAKISTAN INTRUDER
SHOT DEAD BY BSF
IN JAMMU’S SAMBA
Samba: A Pakistani intruder
was shot dead by the BSF
along the International
Border (IB) in J&K’s Samba
district on Thursday. BSF
troops noticed suspicious
movement of person at BOP
Mangu Chak on Thursday.
UPI HITS RECORD 9 BN
TRANSACTIONS WORTH
`14 LAKH CRORE IN MAY
New Delhi: UPI transactions
rose over 58 per cent year-
on-year in May, making it the
highest volume and value
ever recorded. Data shows
over nine billion transactions
were made, amounting
to over `14 lakh crore.
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Crucial
Crucial
SHARAD PAWAR CALLS
ON SHINDE, BJP SAYS
‘PERSONAL MEETING’
Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad
Pawar met Maharashtra
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
at his official residence in
Mumbai on Thursday. The
BJP, an ally of the Shiv
Sena faction led by Eknath
Shinde in the state, said the
meeting was not political
but a personal one.
Gehlot lays foundation, inaugurates road works worth `3,378 cr
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Thursday that the state
government is continu-
ously working to create
excellent infrastruc-
ture in the State. “In the
last 4 years, 61,000 kms
roads costing `30,000
crore have been built.
Also, 70, 000 kilometers
of roads have been
sanctioned and `42,000
crore have been issued
for the construction of
roads. In this way, the
state government has
constructed about 1.30
lakh kms at a cost of
over `70, 000 crore,” Ge-
hlot was addressing the
foundation stone laying
and inauguration cere-
mony of 53 roads, ROBs
and bridges costing
`3,377.55 crore through
video conference from
the Chief Minister’s
residence on Thursday
.
The Chief Minister
said that social and eco-
nomic development of
the area can be ensured
only by the construction
of good roads. “It is the
result of the policies of
the state government
that today the roads of
the state are better than
the neighboring states.
The Public Works De-
partment has done com-
mendable work in the
last 4 years. Work orders
for const works have
been issued by getting
tenders done in a time
bound manner. Turn to P8
CM’S ANOTHER GIFT IN POLL BOUND RAJ
CM Ashok Gehlot along with Bhajan Lal Jatav, Usha Sharma, Kuldeep Ranka, Akhil Arora, Arti Dogra and
Vaibhav Galriya during foundation laying and inauguration ceremony of road works at CMR on Thursday.
SHAH’S 4-DAY VISIT TO VIOLENCE-HIT MANIPUR ENDS
Moni Sharma
Imphal: Amid tense
situation prevailing in
Manipur, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday announced
that a committee led by
a retired judge of the
High Court will probe
the situation in the vio-
lence-hit state.
Addressing media af-
ter a series of meetings
during his four-day vis-
it to northeastern state,
Shah said that he visit-
ed the violence-hit are-
as in Manipur includ-
ing Imphal, Moreh, and
Churachandpur and
held meetings with of-
ficials to establish peace
in the State.
Shah also urged peo-
ple to surrender arms
weapons. Strict action
will be taken against
thosekeepingunlicensed
arms, he said. P5
Violence was a temporary phase,
misunderstandings will go away and
situation will be normal soon.
Dialogue is the only solution to the ongoing
crisis in Manipur. —Amit Shah, Union HM
Tribal people of Manipur stage a protest against the ongoing
tension in the State, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Security personnel stand guard at Kangchuk, Manipur in view of
the security situation in the state, on Thursday.
SURRENDERWEAPONSOR
FACEMUSIC,WARNSSHAH
Centre, Manipur govt to give `5 lakh ex-gratia aid to kin of deceased
Amit Shah with Nityanand Rai, CM N Biren Singh and others speaks
to the media regarding the Manipur violence in Imphal on Thursday.
AMID UNREST, MANIPUR TOP COP SHIFTED;
IPS RAJIV SINGH STEPS IN AS NEW BOSS
CENTRE HANDLING
ISSUE OF WRESTLERS
SENSITIVELY: THAKUR
Amid ethnic tension in the state,
senior IPS officer Rajiv Singh has
been given charge of the post of DGP
in Manipur. He replaces P Doungel,
who has been transferred to the post
of OSD (Home), according to an
official order by the MHA.
Union Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur on
Thursday said the Centre
was sensitively
handling
the issue of
protesting
wrestlers, who
are seeking the
arrest of outgoing WFI chief
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
over sexual harassment
allegations.
BIG PROBE ORDERS
BY HM AMIT SHAH..
l A peace committee
would be set up under
the Governor, retired
HC CJ, security advisor
Kuldeep Singh and mem-
bers of Civil society.
l Judicial probe will
trace out reasons for the
violence and also identify
the persons responsible
for it. CBI to probe 6
cases related to violence.
l Panel to include an
all-inclusive body com-
prising industrialists,
sportspersons, politi-
cians, public representa-
tives in Manipur.
l There will be inter-
agency Unified command
in Manipur and a mas-
sive combing operation
to start today which will
entail legal action against
insurgents found carry-
ing weapons in violation
of ongoing SOO.
MAJOR HAPPENINGS
MODI HOLDS BILATERAL TALKS WITH NEPAL PM
l PM Modi, Dahal
virtually inaugurate
integrated check posts
at Rupaidiha in India and
Nepalgunj in Nepal
l India, Nepal sign
seven agreements to
boost cooperation in
several areas including
trade and energy
l Modi, Dahal jointly set
into motion construction
of several infrastructure
projects after their talks
SUPER HIT P’SHIP!
l We will continue to strive to
take India-Nepal ties to the
Himalayan heights: PM Modi
l Nepal PM Dahal ‘Prachanda’
invites PM Modi for official
visit to the Himalayan nation
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India and
Nepal will strive to take
their bilateral ties to
Himalayan heights and
resolve all matters, in-
cluding the boundary
issue, in this spirit,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi said on Thurs-
day after holding wide-
ranging talks with his
Nepalese counterpart
Pushpakamal Dahal
‘Prachanda’.
In his media state-
ment after the meeting,
PM Modi said he and
Prachanda have taken
many important deci-
sions to make the part-
nership between the
two countries a “super
hit” in the future. To
further strengthen cul-
tural and religious ties,
PM Prachanda and I de-
cided that projects re-
lated to the Ramayana
circuit should be expe-
dited, he added.
PM Narendra Modi with Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal
‘Prachanda’ at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Thursday.
Khap delegation will meet President Murmu
to seek justice for wrestlers: Rakesh Tikait
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Farmer
leader Rakesh Tikait on
Thursday said that a
delegation of khap rep-
resentatives will meet
President Draupadi
Murmu to seek justice
for the protesting wres-
tlers. On Thursday, Ti-
kait along with the
khaps of Haryana held
a mahapanchayat in
UP’s Muzaffarnagar. P6 Rakesh Tikait speaks during a ‘Mahapanchayat’ in UP on Thursday.
NCERT drops democracy,
periodic table from 10 std
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The peri-
odic table, democracy,
and sources of energy
— Class 10 students will
no longer learn about
these from their gov-
ernment-issue text-
books, dept said on
Thursday. Complete
chapters on the subjects
now stand deleted as a
part of a “rationalisa-
tion” meant to reduce
“burden on students”.
IAF’s Kiran trainer
aircraft crashes,
both pilots safe
Bengaluru (FIB): A
Kiran trainer aircraft of
the IAF crashed in an
open field in a village in
Karnataka’s Chamara-
janagar district on
Thursdaywhileonarou-
tinetrainingsortie.Both
pilots managed to eject
before the crash and es-
caped without serious
injuries. IAF said, both
the pilots, identified as
TejpalandBhumika,suf-
fered minor injuries.
FIRST LOOK! INDIA’S
NEW JERSEYS...
On Thursday, June 1, Adidas India took
to Instagram to share a photo of the shirt
of the India cricket team. The Test, ODI
and T20I kits’ first look was unveiled.
“An iconic moment. An iconic stadium.
Introducing the new Team India Jerseys,”
Adidas wrote, using the Wankhede
Stadium as the backdrop for the jersey
unveiling. The India men’s cricket team
will be the first ones to wear the new kit
when they take on Australia in the WTC
final from June 7 at the Oval in London.
SCIENCE
POLITICS
CHAPTER 5: Periodic
Classification of Elements
CHAPTER 14: Sources
of Energy
CHAPTER 16: Sustain-
able Management of
Natural Resources
CHAPTER 5: Popular
Struggles Movements
CHAPTER 6: About Politi-
cal Parties
CHAPTER 8: Challenges
of the Democracy
Foundation stone laying and inauguration
of 53 roads, ROBs bridges done by CM
Central government should make a law
and provide social security, says Gehlot
Rajasthan’s
performance
is excellent on
all financial indicators.
As a result of this, public
welfare schemes are
being run to provide
relief to the common
people. State govts can
take loans only after
meeting the standards
set by Centre and getting
permission.
—Ashok Gehlot, CM
DAY AFTER PM MODI’S JIBES IN
AJMER, GEHLOT REPLIES TO PM
On Thursday, after 24
hours of PM Modi’s
jibes in Ajmer against
state govt, CM Ashok
Gehlot shot his reply to
the PM On Wednesday,
PM Modi raised ques-
tions on guarantee of
Gehlot govt and spoke
about the bankruptcy of
the state and the country.
On Thursday, responding
to PM’s remarks, Gehlot
retaliated and said, “All
governments complete
the plan only by taking
loans. PM Modi should
tell how country will go
bankrupt? When Modi be-
came PM in 2014, there
was a debt of `55 lakh
crore. Today that debt has
increased to `155 lakh
crore. When elections
come, such speeches
happen. We don’t even
mind, it will continue. But
I would like to say that
financial mgmt of State
is excellent. Some people
call our announcements
revdi. But revdis have
been seen in MP. The CM
there has announced to
give saris etc. We are giv-
ing discounts considering
inflation. This exemption
is not just by looking at
election. If only there
was a break for a while,
then people could have
called it Revadis, but our
decisions are permanent
decisions.”

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma re-
viewed the progress of
dearness relief camps
at the Government Sec-
retariat on Thursday
and called the progress
of camps satisfactory
.
During a meeting
with the senior officers
of the departments con-
cerned, she said that the
set targets are being
achieved rapidly in all
the districts. She also
said that as directed by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, soon the bene-
fits of the schemes
would be extended to
the eligible people by
organizing beneficiary
festivals in different dis-
tricts of the state.
Sharma said that it
must be ensured that
the eligible people get
benefits in the dearness
relief camps. “Not a sin-
gle eligible person
should be deprived of
the benefits. It should
also be ensured that the
message is conveyed to
the general public that
they must get registered
to take benefit of the
schemes,” she said, in-
structing to fix the date
for the festival and send
information to collec-
tors as soon as possible.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2023
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan State
Gas Ltd. (RSGL) has
made a record by dis-
tributing 16.58 MMSCM
(Million Standard Cu-
bic Meter) CNG PNG
in the year 2022-23 with
a growth rate of 37%.
RSGL had supplied
12.05 MMSCM gas in the
year 2021-22, Additional
Chief Secretary Mines
and Petroleum Veenu
Gupta informed. She di-
rected Rajasthan Gas
Ltd to give priority to
increase the availability
of CNG and PNG gas for
domestic consumers as
well as industrial and
commercial institu-
tions through CNG sta-
tions.
Addressing the 36th
Board Meeting of
RSGL at Udyog Bha-
wan, Gupta said that
Rajasthan Gas has giv-
en great relief to the
common consumers by
reducing the rates of
CNG-PNG in the past.
She informed that
CNG is 45 per cent
cheaper than petrol and
15 per cent cheaper than
diesel, while PNG being
cheaper by 25 per cent
compared to LPG is pro-
moting green energy
and people are getting
cheap fuel options.
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: Chairperson of
Rajasthan State Com-
mission for Women Re-
hana Rayaz Chisti has
questioned the silence
of theNationalCommis-
sion for Women in the
matter of not hearing
women wrestlers in Del-
hi. During an interac-
tion with the media on
Thursday, she said that
the Commission will be
pressured to take action
against Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh. The Com-
mission is also consider-
ing the legal aspects re-
lated to requesting the
Supreme Court to take
suo motu cognizance of
the matter.
Rayaz said that the
matter does not pertain
to Delhi alone and it con-
cerns the entire country
.
“Concern has been ex-
pressedevenattheinter-
national level,” she said,
demanding removal of
Singh from the post. She
said that Union Home
Min Amit Shah should
stop defending him. She
said that the voice of the
aggrieved women wres-
tlersisbeingsuppressed.
“The Delhi Police is act-
ing like a puppet despite
the agitation being held
near the Parliament,”
she said.
RSGL creates record with 37% growth in CNG, PNG distribution
MEETINGS AT UDYOG BHAWAN

ACS Veenu
Gupta directs
officials of RSGL
to increase the
availability of
CNG and PNG
gas for domestic,
industrial and
commercial
consumers
Veenu Gupta with officials of RSGL at Udyog Bhawan on Thursday.
Rehana Rayaz with officials of RSCW during press conference in Japiur on Thursday.
CS Usha Sharma, Akhil Arora, Samit Sharma, Bhawani S Detha,
Gaurav Goyal during review meeting in Jaipur on Thursday. Abhay
Kumar, Bhaskar A Sawant, and others were also present.
Industries Minister
Shakuntala Rawat said
that district-wise work-
shops should be organized
to make the benefits of
departmental schemes
available to the target
group. So that along with
the information about
the schemes, it can be
ensured that people get
benefited on the spot.
Rawat was presiding over
the review meeting held at
Udyog Bhavan on Thurs-
day with District Industry
Centre General Managers.
As per the intention of the
Chief Minister, the budget
announcements related to
the department were put
on the ground, with the
aim of providing maximum
benefits to the target
group, by organizing
district-wise workshops
on the lines of inflation
relief camps, providing
information about the
benefits of schemes, loan
facilities, subsidies to the
entrepreneurs. He said that
the Industries Department
is doing a wonderful job
under the leadership of the
Chief Minister.
MIN SHAKUNTALA RAWAT ASKS OFFICIALS TO
TAKE DEPARTMENTAL SCHEMES TO PEOPLE
WRESTLERS’ PROTEST IN DELHI GETS SUPPORT FROM RAJ
SWC QUESTIONS NCW’S SILENCE
OVER WRESTLERS’ AGITATION
Commission also considering to request SC to take suo motu cognizance
CS reviews MRC
progress, calls it
satisfactory
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RAYAZ QUESTIONS UNION MINISTERS
People in Jaipur express
solidarity with wrestlers
Navin Sharma
Jaipur: A large
number of people ex-
pressed solidarity
with female wres-
tlers agitating
against WFI prez
Brij Bhushan Singh
in Delhi demanding
his arrest and action
over sexual harass-
ment charges. They
also gave an ultima-
tum of five days to
the central govern-
ment and said that
if no action is taken
by June 7, then
lakhs of people from
Sarv Samaj will lay
siege to BJP state
HQs in Jaipur.
Jat Mahasabha
state president Raja-
ram Meel, former
MLA Ranveer Pahal-
wan, Mahasabha’s
general secretary
Birbal Gova were
also present in the
meeting.
It was said in the
meeting that if no
action is taken by the
central government,
then action like high-
way jam, gherao of
BJP MLAs and MPs
can be done.
Rajaram Meel addressing an emergency meeting that was
held in Banipark, Jaipur on Thursday. Meeting was held
by intellectuals of various societies who raised their voice
against the injustice being done to women wrestlers.
Satish Poonia interacting with
media in Mainpuri on Thursday.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: RajasthanRoad-
ways Chairman Anand
Kumarhascancelledthe
tender issued for the
purchase of new buses
as it exceeded the budg-
et. After a gap of several
years,theRoadwayswas
set to purchase a total of
590 buses in different
categories, for which
tenders were issued.
Now, preparing fresh
tenders may take time.
Rajasthan Roadways
is facing a big crisis as
buses are not available
on rural and many ur-
ban routes. However,
this is not the first case
of cancellation of the
tender process of buses
in the Roadways.
Although officials of
the Roadways claim that
after the cancellation of
the tender process, a
newonewillbeprepared
soon, but in view of the
upcoming assembly
elections in the state, it
seems difficult.
Roadways’ tender nixed as
companies quote steep prices
Beneficiary festivals to
be organised soon: CS
REASONS QUOTED
FOR CANCELLATION
TENDERS OF E-BUSES
WERE ALSO CANCELED
 Roadways had esti-
mated that an express
bus would cost `18 lakh
while bus manufacturers
quoted `22.88 lakh
 Each Star line bus
was estimated at `21
lakh while the companies
proposed `24.83 lakh
 The cost for non AC
sleeper was estimated at
`22 lakh while the bus
companies proposed
`25.68 lakh per bus
 Roadways estimated
that the bus would be
procured for `114.70 cr,
but the proposal of the
bus manufacturing com-
panies was `140.69 cr
The tenders have been
canceled due to cost
overrun of Rs 26 crore.
But this is not the first
case of cancellation of
tender process of buses
in Rajasthan Roadways.
Even before this, during
the tenure of the current
govt, the tender of electric
buses were canceled after
controversies, in such a
situation, it is believed
that it is not going to be
easy for Roadways to buy
new buses in the coming
days. Although the offi-
cials of the roadways are
claiming, the new tender
process will be prepared
soon, but it is difficult to
believe these claims.
PICTURESQUE VIDHAN SABHA
After a calm day, heavy rain returned to Rajasthan late on Wednesday night. The downpour
continued in many districts till Thursday morning. It also rained in capital on Thursday and
water logging turned the Vidhan Sabha’s image picturesque. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
India’s glory has
increased under
PM Modi: Poonia
First India Bureau
Mainpuri(UP) : For-
mer BJP state president
and Amber MLA Satish
Poonia on Thursday
said that the glory of the
countryhasincreasedin
theworldunderthelead-
ership of PM Modi. He
saidthatthecountryhas
changed a lot in the last
9 years. Poonia was
speaking at a meeting in
Mainpuri,UttarPradesh
on Thursday
.
“Like UP
, the BJP gov-
ernment will be formed
in Rajasthan in the com-
ing elections and Naren-
dra Modi will again be-
come the Prime Minis-
terof thecountryforthe
third consecutive time
in 2024,” he said.
Man held with gold of
`40L at Jaipur airport
Jaipur (FIB): The Cus-
toms officials at Jaipur
International Airport
on Thursday arrested a
passenger and recov-
ered gold weighing 715
grams from his posses-
sion. The smuggled gold
was valued at Rs 40
lakhs. Officials in-
formed that the passen-
ger had arrived from
Bangkok to Jaipur.
“Based on suspicion,
the passenger was
stopped and thoroughly
checked. The passenger
had hidden gold in the
form of capsules in his
rectum,” officials said.
Guv Kalraj Mishra reaches Mt Abu
Ashok Kumawat and
Kamlesh Prajapat
Abu Road: Rajasthan
GovernorKalrajMishra
reached Abu Road late
Thursday evening by
Sultanpur-Ahmedabad
Express. Divisional
Commissioner KC Mee-
na and IG Jai Narayan
Sher received the Gover-
nor after that he left for
Mount Abu by road.
Mishra reached Abu
Road railway station
about3hourslatebySul-
tanpur Ahmedabad Ex-
press.Mishrainteracted
withreportersthereand
left for Mount Abu.
TheGovernor,whoar-
rived with his family,
will stay at Mount Abu
Raj Bhawan till June 15.
Zila Pramukh Arjun
Purohit, Reodar MLA
Jagsi Ram Koli, Abu
Road Municipality Prez
Magandan Charan, DC
Dr. Bhanwar lal, SP
Mamta Gupta and other
officers were present.
WE WILL NOT FORM
ALLIANCE WITH BJP,
CONGRESS: BENIWAL
Jaipur: Rashtriya Loktan-
trik Party (RLP) convener
and Nagaur MP Hanuman
Beniwal on Thursday said
that his party will not
form alliance with BJP or
Congress for the upcom-
ing assembly elections in
Rajasthan. He said that
the party will take out four
big rallies and hold four
big demonstrations this
month on demands like
action on sand mafia and
employment to youths in
local industries.Beniwal
held a press conference on
Thursday and took a dig at
the BJP and the Congress.
MP DIYA THANK PM,
JAL SHAKTI MIN FOR
JAKHAM DAM PROJECT
Rajsamand: MP Diya
Kumari expressed her
gratitude to PM Modi
Union Jal Shakti Minister
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
for approving the Rs 3,693
crore Jakham Dam-based
project, which aims to
benefit 297 villages in
the Rajsamand district
under the Jal Jeevan
Mission. Speaking about
the project, MP Diya
Kumari expressed her
joy and appreciation for
the announcement of the
Jakham Dam project worth
Rs. 3,693 crore, initiated
by PM Modi in Ajmer.
JDA ACTION AT
THREE PLACES IN
JAIPUR CITY
Jaipur: The enforcement
wing of JDA on Thursday
took action at three places
in Jaipur. The enforce-
ment officials took action
against an illegal colony
which was being devel-
oped on agricultural land
in Zone – 9 without ob-
taining JDAs approvals. “A
similar action was taken in
Zone-13 where a colony
was being developed on 5
bighas of agricultural land.
Likewise, six under-con-
struction duplexes in Shri
Nath Vihar – 1 near Murgi
Farm were also demol-
ished,” officials said.
NEWS DIGEST
Shakuntala Rawat, Rajiv Arora
at Udyog Bhawan on Thursday.
Sanyam Lodha, J Koli welcome
Guv Kalraj Mishra at Abu Raod
Railway Station on Thursday.

RAJASTHAN
03
VIKAS SHARMA
Jaipur: Rajasthan
chief minister Ashok
Gehlot has played a
masterstroke in the
election year by an-
nouncing waiving
charges for the first 100
units of electricity for
all households irrespec-
tive of their total con-
sumption per month.
By doing this, he has
balanced the politics
which was being heated
up by the opposition
over the issue of fuel
surcharge. With this an-
nouncement,Gehlothas
also given a message of
‘save electricity’.
The first 100 units of
electricity will be given
free of cost to families
who consume over 100
units per month. That
is, no matter how much
the bill comes, they will
not have to pay any elec-
tricity charge for the
first 100 units.
Those who consume
electricity up to 200
units per month, the
first 100 units will be
free. Along with this,
fixed charges, cess, fuel
surcharge and all other
charges for consump-
tion up to 200 units will
be waived.
Gehlot made the an-
nouncementonWednes-
day night based on feed-
back received during
inflation relief camps.
The bill of around
1.04 crore consumers
who consume up to 100
electricity will be zero
while 11 lakh consum-
ers using upto 200 units
will not have to pay
other charges.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: There is a dis-
cussion of `472 crore
scandal in JDA. JDA
Director (Law) Dinesh
Gupta himself raised
the issue and recom-
mended to get the mat-
ter investigated by an
independent investiga-
tion agency
.
The case is of land
situated between Tonk
Road and JLN Marg in
Jaipur near Gopalpura
flyover and in Lalsingh
Judo Colony
.
Director (Law) in his
legal opinion on the
matter has said, “’For
the missing file in the
case, an FIR should be
lodged with the police.
The manner in which
the procedure was fol-
lowed for determining
the land use in the case,
raises many serious
questions on the whole
matter. This is a seri-
ous matter of misap-
propriation of govern-
ment property
.”
Notably, the Pushpa
Jaipuria Foundation
and Captain Meters
Limited had applied
for land use determina-
tion of 2.5 acres and 12
acres of land respec-
tively
. It includes 11500
square meters of gov-
ernment land.
In major development, JDA Director
(Law) alleges `
`472 crore scandal
CORRUPTION IN JDA?
OPPOSITION MOCKS RAJ GOVT’S FREE 100 UNITS POWER CONSUMPTION ANNOUNCEMENT
THE ‘POWER’ POLITICS CONTINUES
The first 100 units of electricity will be given free of cost to families who consume over 100 units per month
SURPRISE INSPECTION FINDS DISCOM
OFFICIALS MISSING FROM DUTY
WHY SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS ONLY WHEN
ELECTIONS ARE AROUND, SAYS MAYAWATI
12-year-old boy
sodomised, killed
by cousin brother
Satya Narayan Sharma
Jaipur: A sensational
case of the murder of a
12-year-old child Naved
has come to the fore in
the city in the Khoh Na-
goriyan area. The cous-
in of the minor has
committed the murder.
The reason for murder
as stated by the accused
Ariz was that the de-
ceased abused him in
front of everyone.
To avenge this, the
accused kidnapped
Naved and killed him.
On the disappearance
of Naved, the relatives
lodged a missing com-
plaint on May 24 at the
Lalkothi police station.
After the dead body
was found late on
Wednesday night, po-
lice got the post-mor-
tem done by the Medi-
cal Board in the pres-
ence of relatives at the
SMS Mortuary
.
As per reports, the
killer Ariz had also
raped Naved before kill-
ing and then brutally
murdered him.
Police team interacts with media during a press conference held
in Jaipur on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Arora lauds State govt’s exports policies
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan has
recorded a quantum
jump in export due to
the policies of the state
government to push ex-
ports. Rajiv Arora,
Chairman of the Ra-
jasthan Export Promo-
tion Council (REPC),
said that due to the easy
industrialpoliciesof the
state government, Ra-
jasthan’s exports regis-
tered an increase of
about 37% in the year
2021-22 and an increase
of 8%intheyear2022-23.
“Thus a quantum
jump has come in ex-
ports from the state,”
Arora said while ad-
dressing ‘E Export
Haat’ programme at
Hotel Hilton. It was or-
ganised by the indus-
tries department REPC
in collaboration with
Amazon Global Selling .
Jaipur: A special ACB court on Thursday rejected the bail
application of suspended joint director of the IT depart-
ment Vedprakash Yadav, who has arrested
in connection with the recovery of `2.31
crore and a gold biscuit from an almirah
in the basement of Yojna Bhawan.Judge
Surendra Kumar rejected the bail application
in view of the serious charges against Ya-
dav. Judge Surendra Kumar rejected the bail
application in view of the serious charges against Yadav.
Vedprakash Yadavwas arrested on May 21.
Didwana (Nagaur): In an incident of killing of the national
bird, 16 peacocks were found poisoned at 2 places in
Didwana Forest Range of the Nagaur
district. Officials informed that carcass-
es of 4 birds were found scattered at
a house located in Sipahiyo Ki Dhani
under the Khunkhuna Police Station
area. “The peacocks were given grains
laced with poison. The carcasses were taken into custody
and 2 people who were allegedly responsible for it were
arrested,” the police said adding that probe is underway.
SPECIAL ACB COURT REJECTS BAIL OF
SUSPENDED JOINT DIRECTOR OF IT DEPT
16 PEACOCKS DIE AFTER CONSUMING
POISONOUS GRAINS IN NAGAUR, TWO HELD
NEWS DIGEST
HIGH COURT:
HEARING TO BE
HELD FROM TODAY
Jaipur: Hearing will be
held in Rajasthan HC
Jaipur as per new roster
from Friday. Chief Justice
AG Masih will conduct
hearing for the first time
on Friday after becom-
ing the Chief Justice of
Rajasthan HC. Justice
Pankaj Bhandari and
Justice Bhuvan Goyal will
conduct the hearing in the
second bench and Justice
Ashok Kumar Gaur and
Justice Ashutosh Kumar
will conduct the hearing in
the third bench.
DOUBLE-DECKER
CRUISE TO START
SOON IN KOTA
Kota: The city of Kota will
get its Chambal Riverfront,
City Park, and Double
Decker Cruz in Chambal
River this month. Secre-
tary of UIT Rajesh Joshi
informed that a meeting
chaired by District Collec-
tor OP Bunkar will be held
on Friday regarding cruise
operations in Chambal
River. “It is expected
that final decision will be
taken regarding cruise
operations in the presence
of senior officials at the
meeting,” said Joshi.
Edu minister Kalla
declares class 5th
board exam results
—Representational
Image
—Representational
Image
Rajiv Arora addressing ‘E
Export Haat’ on Thursday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Education
Minister BD Kalla de-
clared the Class 5th
board results at Atal
Seva Kendra here on
Thursday
. A total of 14
lakh students ap-
peared for the exam
and none have failed.
After releasing the
results, the minister
congratulated all the
students and wished
them a bright future.
Kalla said that the
result of the examina-
tion will be available
in the result tab of the
5th and 8th page of the
Shala Darpan portal.
7 lakh 67,357 boys
7 lakh 772 girls had
registered for the
exam. Out of this, 7
lakh 45,316 boys and 6
lakh 83,237 girl stu-
dents passed. The total
examination result
was 97.30% and the re-
sult in 2022 was 95.37.
ACB gets false complaint
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A complaint
against a cooperative
bank manager in
Bharatpur given to
Anti Corruption Bu-
reau turned out to be
false. The complaint
was filed against the
manager Ravi Arya
following which the
ACB conducted raids.
However, the com-
plaint was found to be
fake. The manager
was accused of de-
manding a bribe.
FREE ELECTRICITY WILL PROVIDE
MAJOR RELIEF TO PEOPLE: DOTASRA
Jaipur: Welcoming the decision of the chief minister to
give 100 free electricity units to all households, PCC chief
Govind Singh Dotasra said that this will provide major
relief to people. “The announcement will certainly provide
relief to people who are reeling under high inflation due
to the policies of the central government,” he said. “The
government is working on giving relief to people and carry-
ing out development works in the state,” Dotasra added.
He said that the CM took the decision on the basis of the
feedback received in the inflation relief camps.
Jaipur: Managing Director of Jaipur Discom RN Kumawat on
Thursday conducted a surprise inspection of electricity offices.
Sources informed Kumawat reached the discom office at 10:30
am and found that none of the officials were present in the
office. The office of the Zonal Chief Engineer, Jaipur City Circle,
Jaipur Rural Circle, Material Management Wing, Accounts
Branch, and Vigilance Wing were found lying vacant. “Kumawat
warned that such a thing should not happen in future inspec-
tion can take place at any time,” source said. —Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: BSP supremo Mayawati took a dig at the Gehlot
government. She not only questioned the
working style of the state government but also
put the governments of Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh, and Telangana in the dock. “Why
announcements only when elections are around
the corner?” She also said that in view of rising
inflation, the Congress government should have
done this work at the time of the formation of the government.
RATHORE SLAMS
GEHLOT GOVT FOR
FREE ELECTRICITY
Rajendra Rathore during
an event held in Bikaner
on Thursday.
Bikaner: Leader of
opposition Rajendra
Rathore while speaking
to First India on Thurs-
day attacked the Ashok
Gehlot government over
free units of electricity.
“The magician is trying
to do the magic but he
has got entangled in it.
The discoms are in a
poor state while electric-
ity connections to farm-
ers are still pending.
The people are being
harassed by standing
in queues at Menghai
Rahat Camp,” he said.
— Laxman Raghav
BJP LEADERS ONLY
GIVE SPEECHES:
BHANWAR SINGH
Bikaner: Power Minister
Bhanwar Singh Bhati on
Thursday said
that free 100
units of elec-
tricity is a big
announcement
made by CM
Ashok Gehlot.
While speaking to First India,
Bhati said that 1.25 crore
electricity consumers have
benefited from the announce-
ment. “The Chief Minister is
giving relief to every section
of the society. The BJP lead-
ers only give public speeches,
but the Congress party does
actual work,” he said.

ang Bang – A surgical strike that
reminds us all of the First tar-
geted hit on Black-money and
terror funding on November 8th
2016 – yet again on Friday the
19th May, 2023 RBI issued a pub-
lic Announcement at 9PM stat-
ing that `2,000 currency notes
are withdrawn, will be out of
the circulation by the 30th of
September, 2023 – exchange of
notes to be effected immediately
.
Opposition parties – against
the Central Government ped-
dled a narrative against the in-
cumbent government confusing
people and reminding them of,
playing with words and terming
this as “Notebandi” – reminding
of the horrors they faced in 2016
in the past. Unfortunately, since
the people at large, have little
time to understand this in de-
tail, plays straight in the hands
of many unscrupulous elements
who are fear mongering, sur-
vive and feed their political am-
bitions on creating social fear,
anguish and rush. Not with-
standing fact that these same
urban naxals are the ones who
will lose most in this `2000 note
exchange/withdrawal drive.
The general public, as a mat-
ter of fact, have been very wise
with the changing economic en-
vironment in India and have
decently, and swiftly already
moved to the digital forms of
payment exchange and are us-
ing various easy to use money
payment and receipt formats
such as UPI, IMPS, RTGS,
MMID, Payment Gateways, Ru-
pay et all. Indeed, we realise that
in less than 4 years of existence,
UPI is performing digital trans-
actions to the tune of `7,000
crore annually (2022-2023) with
a distribution of economic ac-
tivity and related payment / re-
ceipt methodologies across the
social and economic strata.
Adoption of these digital pay-
ment / receipt methodologies
have changed the landscape of
corruption and black Money in
India, making every one ac-
countable to the society
. Govern-
ment to Citizen Services are
consistently disbursed online,
and have become accessible to
the last mile. Making such on-
line methodologies accessible to
the citizen, the government has
ensured that the general public
is organised and ready to be a
part of the main stream eco-
nomic activity, ensuring that
this time around, the negative
sentiment is not set amongst the
people of all walks of life, no
long queues and no illegal activ-
ity in the name of exchange.
Walk up to your bank, or Any
Branch of the Reserve bank of
India, carry the currency with
you – make a choice, if you
would like to exchange the
`20,000 in to `20,000 or simply
deposit the amount in the bank
– over the counter. Yes, a little
inconvenience to this is that ex-
change will only be effected for
10 of `2000 notes in one time, but
then there is no cap on the
amount of exchange. This is
done to assist everyone across
the board. In a more organised
manner wherein the financial
institutions will have enough
new currency for everyone. It’s
only going to be fair practices.
Easier approach is to just walk
over to your bank, not to forget
that most banks offer door step
pickup of deposits today (at
least for premium customers),
and effect a deposit in your ac-
count as much as you have.
Three are approx. 4 months to
do the entire transaction, and
30th September is the official
cut off date, as of today. Post
that, we could certainly await
further instructions from RBI.
We as responsible readers of
this article, need to understand
that the government is the
check, the ideator in this exer-
cise, the Reserve Bank of India,
which is a Autonomous body,
will be co-ordinating the entire
exercise along with the repre-
sentatives of Ministry of Fi-
nace, government of India.
At this moment, it is perti-
nent for us to look into the legal-
ity of the entire exercise. Of
course, be it Anti-India Forces,
Urban Naxals, So called Opposi-
tion, or other unscrupulous,
fear mongering sections of the
“Kotri”, either popularly from
the Bollywood or from the Lu-
tyens, will try their best to tell
you that this entire exercise is
illegal in nature, and the gov-
ernment is a narcissistic gov-
ernment, which is sort of of
unfactual claim made by the
same people, and that this gov-
ernment is bringing in yet an-
other disaster to the economy,
and that you have no future left,
and that Modi is a dictator and
that blah blah blah.
But this is not the case. The
reality is that this is a complete-
ly legal exercise does not need
any intervention from the judi-
ciary or any kind of other
screening as this has been the
policy of the reserve bank of In-
dia for eons that it has existed
since 1999, every time a curren-
cy note is released out in the
open market. This is that RBI
decides the lifespan of a cur-
rency note now every currency
note has a different lifespan, but
in our case, `2,000 note has a le-
gal life span of four-five years
from the date of printing anoth-
er last `2,000 note was printed
somewhere around the first
quarter of 2017 which is around
January or February in 2023. We
are already in May it’s approxi-
mately five years and so the RBI
has now gone ahead and with-
drawn the `2,000 currency note
this policy’s name is called the
“clean note policy
.”
So there isn’t any fear of a de-
monetization, or a “notebandi”,
or any other such related aspect,
which is being paddled by the
unscrupulous, anti-Indian forc-
es and miscreants, mischievous
people, because their political
ambitions come in way off their
love for their country, and it is
important for all of us to realize
this together!
The RBI’s clean Note poli-
cy aims to maintain the integ-
rity of the Indian currency by
removing damaged, counterfeit,
or soiled notes from circulation.
Jai Hind-Jai Bharat!!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
These are some
important questions to
be discussed, amongst
the citizens, social
influencers, spread the
message of bonhemy
and keep calm. There is
no note bandi for the
citizens who are simply
living their daily lives.
But definitely a
deterrent and a check
on corruption. Only
time will tell
B
VAIBHAV AGGARWAL
The writer is represents the BJP in National
and International Television Media and other
Forums as a National Political Leader
NOT DEMONETISATION!
RBI to withdraw `2,000 notes from circulation
Major
Highlights
After the withdrawal of
legal tender status for
`500 `1,000 bank notes
in circulation, now we all
know what happened.
After the demonetization
they were found in
drainages, garbage bins in
lot of quantities. Because
that was black money.
1
This is all those people
who were unscrupulous
and who could not
exchange or deposit the
money in the bank, along
with a PAN, and were
not able to declare the
income. Such money had
no value for them.
2
When `2000 note was
issued back in November
2016 it was issued with
an objective of introducing
`2000 denomination
till such time other
smaller denominations
were available.
3
Removing `2000 notes
from the market will not
have a larger impact. It is
also to be noted that RBI
has already done this kind
of withdrawal of currency
in 2013, much before
current Modi Govt was
voted in by people of India
in 2014, 9 years back.
4
Opposition parties – against the Central Government
peddled a narrative against the incumbent government
confusing people and reminding them of, playing with words
and terming this as “Notebandi” – reminding of the
horrors they faced in 2016 in the pasts
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CEMENTING DIPLOMATIC TIES
PM Modi holds bilateral talks
with Nepal PM Pushpa Dahal
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and Nepal PM
PushpaDahal‘Prachan-
da’ held bilateral talks
at Hyderabad House on
Thursday
.
“Deepening the
bonds of friendship and
cooperation. PM @nar-
endramodi greets PM @
cmprachanda of Nepal
as the latter arrives in
Hyderabad House for
bilateral talks,” Minis-
try of External Affairs
Spokesperson Arindam
Bagchi tweeted when
PM Modi greeted
‘Prachanda’ at the Hy-
derabad House.
The engagement be-
tween the two Prime
Ministers will be an op-
portunity to discuss the
entire gamut of the
multifaceted relation-
ship between India and
Nepal.
Earlier in the day, Ne-
pal Prime Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
‘Prachanda’ laid a
wreath at Raj Ghat in
New Delhi. He also
wrote in the visitor’s
book at Raj Ghat.
NEPAL PM DAHAL CALLS ON PRESIDENT MURMU IN DELHI
New Delhi (ANI): Nepal PM Pushpa
Dahal on Thursday called on Pres-
ident Droupadi Murmu. Nepal PM,
who is in India for a 4-day visit, met
President Murmu at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan in New Delhi. The President
welcomed Prime Minister Pra-
chanda and congratulated him on
his appointment as Prime Minister
of Nepal. The President remarked
that bilateral cooperation between
India and Nepal has grown recently.
Even during the tough days of the
COVID-19 epidemic, trade between
the two nations was maintained.
PM DAHAL MEETS
V-P JAGDEEP
DHANKHAR
New Delhi (ANI): Nepal
Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal Prachanda
also met Vice President
Jagdeep Dhankhar, in
Delhi. Taking to Twitter,
the official handle of
Vice President of India,
Jagdeep Dhankhar wrote,
“Hon’ble Vice President,
Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar
was pleased to receive the
visiting Prime Minister of
Nepal Rt. Hon @cmpra-
chanda today. Age-old
cultural ties between India
and Nepal continue to be
the bedrock of our rela-
tionship as we make good
progress in other areas
of our engagement.”
Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka
‘Prachanda’ who assumed
office in December last
year is on an official visit
to India till June 3.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ during a
bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi during an interaction with
students at Stanford University in California, the USA on Thursday.
Never imagined it can happen,
says Rahul on disqualification
San Francisco (ANI):
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi said that he
was the first person to
be given a “maximum
sentence for defama-
tion” and had never im-
agined something
like him being disqual-
ified from the Lok Sab-
ha, could ever happen
when he joined
politics two decades
ago.
Referring to his dis-
qualification from Lok
Sabha as a Member of
Parliament (MP), Ra-
hul Gandhi who is on a
10-day tour to the US
made the remarks at
Stanford University in
California on Wednes-
day
. “I don’t think when
I joined politics in 2004,
I ever imagined what I
see going on in our
country. It was way out-
side what I had ever
imagined,” Rahul Gan-
dhi said.
His remarks come a
day after he while ad-
dressing the Indian di-
aspora in San Francis-
co lashed out at the PM
Modi.
Rahul Gandhi is on a
10-day visit to the coun-
try. He will cover three
cities— San Francisco,
Washington DC, and
New York.
“DISQUALIFICATION
GAVE ME A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY”
BJP SAYS GDP
FIGURE EXPOSES
RAHUL’S LIES
Stanford (PTI): Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi has
said that his disqualifi-
cation from Lok Sabha
has given him a “huge
opportunity” to serve the
people. Rahul Gandhi
made the remarks on
Wednesday night in
response to a series of
questions from Indian
students at the presti-
gious Stanford University
Campus in California.
New Delhi (PTI): BJP has
accused Rahul Gandhi
of “spreading a market
of pessimism, hate and
distrust” against India’s
development journey as it
cited India’s robust 7.2%
annual economic growth.
BJP leader Ravi Shankar
Prasad said Gandhi’s
claim of spreading the
message of love amid
alleged hatred is merely
an excuse for him.
RaGa A CLOWN, SAYS GIRIRAJ SINGH
Anand (PTI): The entire world knows Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi as a “clown” and Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s personality is beyond his comprehension,
said Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday, slam-
ming the Opposition leader over his recent remarks on
Modi. Rahul Gandhi himself is clueless about what he
speaks, said the Union Minister.
Uddhav, Pawar
invited to discuss
2024 LS polls
blueprint: Raut
Mumbai (ANI): Shiv
Sena (Uddhav) leader
Sanjay Raut on Thurs-
day said that Uddhav
Thackeray and NCP
chief SharadPawarhave
also been invited to the
Opposition meeting in
Patna under chairman-
ship of Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar on June 12.
“Bihar CM Nitish Ku-
mar has invited all the
big leaders who are not
with BJP and all parties
who want a change in
2024, to Patna on June
12. Uddhav Thackeray
and Sharad Pawar have
also been invited. We
are thinking of going to
Patna,” Raut said here.
Nitish Kumar will chair
a meeting of Opposi-
tion parties in Patna on
June 12.
However, ahead of
the Opposition leaders’
meeting, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi will
visit Bihar in June.
Bommai urges K’taka
CM Siddaramaiah not
to halt key schemes
WB Guv,govt in tiff over
appointment of SEC
Kolkata: Stalemate
over appointment of
new state election com-
missioner in West Ben-
gal has refused to die
down as the Governor is
insisting on a third rec-
ommendation from the
state government in ad-
dition to the two names
already sent, while the
State Secretariat is un-
willing to abide by that.
Sources from the
State Secretariat said
that probably the Gov-
ernor House is insisting
on the third recommen-
dation because the same
system is followed in
case of the appointment
of the Chief Election
Commissioner of India.
The chair of West
Bengal State Election
Commissioner is lying
vacant now following
the end of the tenure of
earlier state election
commissioner Sourav
Das. Initially the state
govt had recommended
the name of ex-state
chief secy Rajiva Sinha.
Bengaluru: Former
Karnataka CM Basa-
varaj Bommai on
Thursday urged his suc-
cessor Siddaramaiah
not to cut down on other
pro-people schemes im-
plemented earlier “at
the cost of freebies”.
The Siddaramaiah-
led govt is holding an
important cabinet
meeting on Friday to
discuss and make an an-
nouncement on five
guarantees it promised
in recent polls.
“It is the duty of a re-
sponsible govt to con-
tinue all development
projects of all depart-
ments in view of the
development of state.
The govt should commit
to the expenditures and
give a public statement
in this regard.
“The guarantee
schemes require Rs
50,000 crore and this
should not take a toll on
theeconomyof thestate.
Thepeopleshouldnotbe
burdened indirectly
. I
am confident that you
(Siddaramaiah) would
initiate steps in this di-
rection,” Bommai said.
ANNOUNCEMENT
ON 5 GUARANTEES
LIKELY TODAY
Bengaluru: The Congress
govt is likely to make an
announcement in this
regard on Friday after the
cabinet meeting, sources
said. The implementation
of the likely announcement
may commence from next
week. The party is contem-
plating to organise a mas-
sive public rally on the day
of the implementation or a
day before. The top leaders
of party would be present.
Since Rahul Gandhi is on
foreign tour, the details are
being worked out on how
to go about it. Sources
said that on Friday the
cabinet will take a decision
on 3 guarantees and an
announcement would be
made. The party is of the
opinion that just a press
conference would not give
maximum mileage to party
and a big event should be
held to reach out to people.
US envoy Eric Garcetti calls on BJP Prez JP Nadda
New Delhi (ANI):
United States Ambas-
sador to India Eric
Garcetti on Thursday
called on BJP chief JP
Nadda at BJP head-
quarters in New Delhi.
Garcetti was presented
with a shawl by Nadda.
Previously, Garcetti
said that Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
upcoming US visit will
be an opportunity to el-
evate India-US rela-
tions to the next level.
“Our leaders are good
friends and our coun-
tries are great friends.
This is an opportunity
to elevate their relation-
ship and all of our rela-
tions to the next level,”
the US Ambassador
said. He said PM Modi’s
visit will express the
warmth between “our
people and the ambi-
tions we have to take
this relationship for-
ward.”
Garcetti said India
and the US “trust one
another, and our de-
fence partnership really
displays that where it’s
that India has more ex-
ercises on the military
side with the United
States than any other
country in the world, or
whether it’s the joint
production of military
defence.”
PM Modi is sched-
uled to visit the US on
June 22 following an
invitation from Presi-
dent Joe Biden and
First Lady Jill Biden.
Garcetti inaugurated
the US Consulate in Hy-
derabad on Friday dur-
ing a gala celebration
of the 247th anniversa-
ry of American
Independence.
Ruling BJP in
UP to again
focus on
‘beneficiaries’
Tension in UP
district after four
temples desecrated
Bulandshahr: Tension
prevailed in Uttar
Pradesh Bulandshahr
district on Thursday af-
ter four Hindu temples
were desecrated.
Enraged Hindu or-
ganisations staged pro-
tests and demanded
strict action against the
miscreants who at-
tacked the temples.
The miscreants are
also said to have vandal-
ized 12 idols of Hindu
Gods and Goddesses.
Lucknow (Agencies):
The BJP in Uttar
Pradesh will, once
again, focus on the ‘lab-
harti’ (beneficiary) vot-
ers to ensure its success
in the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections in the state.
State BJP president
Bhupendra Chaudhary
said that the party
would organise conven-
tions, especially for
traders and beneficiar-
ies of the various gov-
ernment schemes.
While the trader com-
munity has been tradi-
tionally voting for the
BJP, the party has
struck a chord with
other communities
through its welfare
schemes.
Chaudhary said a
dedicated ‘Labharti’
campaign would be or-
ganised in each Lok
Sabha seat.
Sisodia claims manhandling; judge
tells officials to preserve CCTV footage
New Delhi (PTI): A
DelhicourtonThursday
directed officials to pre-
serve May 23 CCTV foot-
age of court premises
after AAP leader Man-
ish Sisodia alleged he
was manhandled by se-
curity personnel that
day during his produc-
tion in a case related to
the excise policy
. The
police also moved an ap-
plication seeking per-
mission to produce Siso-
dia only via video con-
ference, after he levelled
the allegation. Police fa-
voured Sisodia’s virtual
production contending
that bringing him to
court “creates chaos”
due to presence of AAP
supporters and media.
COURT ALLOWS BUSINESSMAN TO TURN
APPROVER IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court on Thursday allowed Hy-
derabad businessman P Sarath Chandra Reddy, accused
in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise
policy scam, to turn approver. Special Judge MK Nagpal
granted pardon to Reddy on an application moved by him.
In his application, Reddy said, “I am ready to make true
disclosure voluntarily about the case and want to be an
approver in the case.”
EAM meets Russian counterpart Lavrov in SA
Capetown (PTI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Thurs-
day met his Russian
counterpart Sergey
Lavrov and discussed
issues of bilateral and
global interests.
Jaishankar, who is
here to participate in a
conclave of five-nation
grouping BRICS (Bra-
zil-Russia-India-China-
South Africa), held
talks with Lavrov on
the sidelines of the
BRICS Foreign Minis-
ters’ Meeting.
“Good to meet FM
Sergey Lavrov of Rus-
sia in Cape Town this
morning on BRICS
FMM sidelines. Our dis-
cussions covered bilat-
eral matters, BRICS,
G20 and SCO,” Jais-
hankar said in a tweet.
India will hold the
Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) and
G-20 summits in July
and September respec-
tively
.
In the last few
months, India has be-
come a leading import-
er of discounted crude
oil from Russia not-
withstanding increas-
ing disquiet in the West
over the procurement
in view of Russian inva-
sion of Ukraine.
India’s economic en-
gagement with Russia
has been on a major up-
swing in the last one
year, largely due to its
procurement of dis-
counted Russian oil.
India has not yet con-
demned the Russian in-
vasion of Ukraine and
it has been pushing for
resolution of the con-
flict through dialogue
and diplomacy
.
EAM S Jaishankar with South Africa’s Naledi Pandor, Russia’s
Sergey Lavrov and other dignitaries during a photo ceremony.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti discussing with BJP chief Nadda at BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

INDIA
06
Shah warns tough action
against trouble makers
First India Bureau
Imphal: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah,
who on Thursday an-
nounced a probe panel
led by a retired judge to
investigate violence in
Manipur, warned the
trouble makers that
stern action will be tak-
en if there is any viola-
tion of the SOO agree-
ment. The Union Home
Minister said while urg-
ing everyone to surren-
der arms.
While appealing to
militant outfits that are
part of the SOO in Ma-
nipur, Shah said they
should surrender weap-
ons to the police right
away as “from tomor-
row onwards, the police
will start combing op-
erations.” “Anyone
found with arms will
face harsh action under
all the relevant legal
provisions,” he warned.
With illegal settlers
from Myanmar being
blamed for the violence
in Manipur, Shah said
biometric registration
and retina scans of peo-
ple coming in from the
neighbouring countries
will be done.
I can say
without any
hesitation
that on account of a
hasty decision of the
Manipur High Court,
a situation of ethnic
violence between two
groups erupted. Since
a BJP government was
formed here six years
ago, Manipur had be-
come free from bandhs,
blockades, curfews and
violence. Under the
leadership of PM Nar-
endra Modi and Chief
Minister, the double-en-
gine government here
achieved unprecedented
success on all parame-
ters of development.
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister
3 POLICE PERSONNEL HURT IN GUNFIGHT
WITH SUSPECTED KUKI MILITANTS
Imphal (PTI): Three police personnel were injured in a gun-
fight with suspected Kuki militants in Manipur’s Bishnupur
district, officials said on Thursday. The gunfight took place
at Tangjeng under the Kumbi police station on Wednesday
night, they said. The injured police personnel have been
admitted to an Imphal hospital. “Heavy exchange of fire has
also been reported from Chanung in Imphal East district.
We have not got any casualty report from there yet,” a
senior official told PTI. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on
Wednesday had said the govt is committed to restore peace
in Manipur and ensuring an early return of all internally
displaced people back to their homes. Meeting victims from
both Meitei and Kuki communities in relief camps in the
state, he assured them of security and said the govt’s focus
is to ensure their safe return home. Shah said, “We are
committed to restoring peace in Manipur as early as pos-
sible and ensuring their (refugees) return to their homes.”
Ethnic clashes broke out in the state nearly a month ago
after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill
districts to protest the Meitei community’s demand for
Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. After a relative lull for over a
fortnight, the state witnessed a sudden spurt in clashes and
gunfight between militants and security forces on Sunday.
Parl panel for immediate govt
intervention in wrestlers’ issue
New Delhi (ANI): The
Standing Committee
members of Education,
Women, Children,
Youth and Sports met
on Thursday to discuss
the issues of wrestlers
and the opposition lead-
ers demanded immedi-
ate government inter-
vention in the matter.
A committee member
said, “We have raised
the issues before the
chairman of the com-
mittee and sought im-
mediate intervention
from the government.”
As per a committee
member, the members
of Opposition parties in
the meeting demanded
thatthechairmanof the
committee should write
a letter to the govern-
mentinconnectionwith
the forceful removal of
protesting wrestlers
from the protest site at
Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
“The meeting consist-
ing of specific members
of theoppositionparties
have demanded that the
chairman of the com-
mitteeshouldwritealet-
ter to the government in
connection with the
wrestlers who were
forcefully removed from
the protest site at Jantar
Mantar in Delhi during
the inauguration of the
new parliament build-
ing,”amembertoldANI.
BKU’s Rakesh Tikait with farmers attends a ‘Mahapanchayat’ to
discuss the wrestlers’ protest, in Muzaffarnagar on Thursday.
Union HM Amit Shah with MoS Nityanand Rai, Manipur CM N Biren Singh addresses media in Imphal. PRO-WRESTLERS
DEMONSTRATIONS
IN PUNJAB, HRY
KAPIL SIBAL TAKES
SWIPE AT WFI
CHIEF’S REMARK
Chandigarh: Farmers,
under the Samyukt Kisan
Morcha, on Thursday held
demonstrations in Punjab
and Haryana in support of
wrestlers seeking arrest
of WFI chief Brij Bhu-
shan Sharan over sexual
harassment charges. The
farmers also submitted
memorandums to deputy
commissioners and sub
divisional magistrates.
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP
Kapil Sibal on Thursday took
a swipe at WFI chief Brij
Bhushan Sharan’s remarks
that he will hang himself
even if a single allegation
is proved against him. The
swipe by Sibal came a day
after Singh said all wrestlers
are like his children and he
will not blame them as his
blood and sweat have also
gone into their success.
MAHAVIR PHOGAT WARNS CENTRE
New Delhi: The people of the country will drive out the
current government like they did with the British, former
wrestler and Dronacharya Awardee Mahavir Phogat said
amid the ongoing protests by grapplers against wres-
tling federation chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. “The
condition of the daughters cannot be seen. The people
of the country will drive away the government like they
drove away the British,” Mahavir Phogat said.
UP govt
transfers 6
IAS officers
Dr Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi
Adityanath has trans-
ferred half a dozen IAS
officers in the state in
which IAS Prashant
Dwivedi has been re-
moved from ACS Fi-
nance, as a result of the
allegations of bribery in
the AYUSH scam. That’s
why the govt has re-
moved him from a very
important department
like finance and sent
him to a less important
departmentaschairman
of UPSRTC.Meanwhile,
IAS Deepak Kumar has
been given additional
charge of ACS finance.
Kanpur commissioner
IAS Rajashekhar has
been removed as Secre-
tary Agriculture. IAS
Lokesh M posted as
Commissioner of Saha-
ranpur has been made
the new Commissioner
of Kanpur whereas
Yashod Rishikesh
Bhaskar, who returned
from inter-state deputa-
tion after many years,
has been made the new
commissioner of Saha-
ranpur. IAS Masoom
Ali Sarwar, posted as
MD of UP PCF, has been
appointed as the new
MD of UPSRTC where-
as ‘in-waiting’ Sanjay
Kumar has been made
the new MD of UP PCS.
2 LeT aides held with arms
ammunition in Baramulla
Srinagar (Agencies):
Two associates of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
terror outfit were ar-
rested on Thursday in
Baramulla district.
The ‘Naka’ party of
local police, Army and
the Sashastra Seema
Bal (SSB) found two
persons moving suspi-
ciously in Warpora area
of the district. “When
they were frisked, arms
and ammunition were
recovered from their
possession. “The recov-
ery includes two pistols,
two pistol magazines
and 15 live rounds,” po-
lice said. The duo has
been identified as Su-
hail Gulzar and Wa-
seem Parra, both are
LeT associates.
“NO INFILTRATION OF TALIBAN FIGHTERS
INTO VALLEY AFTER FALL OF KABUL”
Srinagar (PTI): The apprehensions about the influx of
Taliban fighters into Kashmir after the fall of Kabul in
2021 did not materialise and no Afghani Taliban has
infiltrated into the valley, a senior Army officer has said
here. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Chinar Corps
Lieutenant General A D S Aujla also said that due to the
ongoing internal crisis in Pakistan, there are no major
worries regarding Kashmir but the armed forces have to
remain alert to thwart any attempts to push in infiltrators,
narcotics or weapons.
KCR govt to mark Telangana’s
formation with events from today
Hyderabad: Starting on
Friday, the Telangana
govt headed by CM K
Chandrashekar Rao is
going to hold the decen-
nial celebrations of the
state formation for the
next 21 days, showcasing
its achievements in the
last nine years.
An official statement
said the schedule of 21-
day long celebrations
was finalized. Earlier,
KCR unveiled the logo
for the Telangana forma-
tion day celebrations.
On June 3, the govern-
ment will celebrate Tel-
angana farmers’ day and
state agriculture depart-
ment will organise a se-
ries of programmes at
Rythu Vedikas.
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India will not fence cheetah
habitats: Govt panel chief
Bhopal (Agencies):
India does not want
fenced habitats for
cheetahs like the ones
in South Africa and
Namibia as it is
against the basic ten-
ets of wildlife conser-
vation, the head of the
Centre’s high-level
committee set up to
monitor the cheetah
reintroduction project
said on Thursday
.
Experts from South
Africa and Namibia,
who are helping rein-
troduce cheetahs in
India, have recom-
mended fencing their
habitats to prevent
poaching, habitat frag-
mentation and mini-
mise human-animal
conflict.
However, experts in
India say fences can
disrupt natural ani-
mal movements and
impede genetic ex-
change between popu-
lations.
“It’s absolutely bo-
gus to think of fencing
the habitats. It goes
against the basic ten-
ets of wildlife conser-
vation. What happened
in a fenced park there
(in Africa) will not
happen here. Our un-
derstanding is that re-
gional networks of
protected areas should
merge into a national
network of protected
areas so that there is
porosity for wildlife
gene flow,” said Rajesh
Gopal, chairman of
the 11-member cheetah
steering committee.
“We have our own
socio-cultural issues.
We have been handling
tigers for the last 50
years and we know
what the human-wild-
life interface is. We
can handle cheetahs
too,” he said.
BSF CONFISCATES
SMUGGLED ITEMS
WORTH `13 LAKH
Shillong: The BSF seized
clothing items worth
Rs 13 lakhs while being
smuggled to Bangla-
desh from the bordering
area of East Khasi Hills,
officials said on Thursday.
According to officials, the
consignment was seized
by troops of BOP Pyrdwah
when the miscreants were
trying to cross it over to
Bangladesh. BSF officials
said that on searching
eight bundles of clothes
were found from the spot.
MAN ARRESTED FOR
KILLING WIFE FOR
‘REFUSING SEX’
Hyderabad: A man was
arrested for murdering
his wife for “refusing to
have sex” with him, just a
month after she delivered
their second child, police
said on Wednesday. The
murder took place on May
20, and police cracked the
case 10 days later. When
the police thoroughly inter-
rogated him, he confessed
to the crime, police said,
adding that the post-mor-
tem report confirmed the
cause of the death.
2 LABOURERS DIE IN WELL’S WALL COLLAPSE
Palghar: Two labourers died after the parapet of a well
collapsed during repair work in Wada tehsil of Palghar
district, police said on Thursday. Incident occurred on
Monday evening at Gorad village but the report reached
the police headquarters here late, said an official. Deceased
Baliram Tumbada (55) and Barku Shirode (58) were repair-
ing the parapet when it collapsed on them, he said.
MAN HELD FOR EXPOSING GENITALS IN BUS
Kannur: A 44-year-old-man who flashed his genitals to a
woman aboard a bus earlier this week has landed in police
custody. The accused, identified as Binu N K, is a native of
Nallompuzha and his arrest has been recorded, police said
on Thursday. On Sunday, when a woman boarded a private
bus at Cherupuzha near Payyanur, a man was sitting inside
it reading a newspaper while no one else was there.
Mandi (Agencies):
Several passengers
sustained injuries af-
ter a bus carrying over
40 people veered off
the road and fell into a
gorge in Himachal
Pradesh’s Mandi dis-
trict, police said on
Thursday
.
The incident oc-
curred near Kharodi
under Karsog sub-di-
vision of Mandi dis-
trict this morning,
Soumya Sambshivam,
Superintendant of Po-
lice Mandi said.
The accident left
several passengers in-
cluding driver and
conductor of the
HRTC bus injured.
According to the
eyewitness, the bus as
it rolled into the gorge
somehow got stuck be-
tween two trees, which
prevented it from
plunging deeper.
Many injured as bus falls
into gorge in Himachal
MANIPUR VIOLENCE

NEWS
07
Moscow (ANI): Rus-
sia's war in Ukraine re-
verberateddramatically
back onto its own terri-
tory on Wednesday
, with
a massive shelling in
Belgorod injuring four
people and preliminary
information indicating
a drone crashed and ig-
nited a fire at an oil re-
finery farther south,
CNN reported.
According to the gov-
ernor of Shebekino, in
the district of Belgorod,
eight apartment build-
ings, four homes, a
school and two adminis-
trative buildings were
damaged during the
shelling. Vyacheslav
Gladkov, governor of
Russia's Belgorod re-
gion, said there was
more shelling of a bor-
der area later Wednes-
day
, which he blamed on
Ukrainian forces.
The situation is not
getting better. There is
shelling on Shebekino,
there is a fire at one of
the industrial enter-
prises, Gladkov said in
a live broadcast.
Both sides have been engaging in aerial warfare for last few
weeks, trying to take out each other’s strategic assets.
Muzaffargarh (ANI):
At least five people
were killed and three
others injured in an ex-
plosion inside a house
in the Daira Din Panah
neighbourhood of Pun-
jab's Kot Addu, around
80 km from Muzaffar-
garh, the Pakistan-
based The News Inter-
national reported.
According to the po-
lice, a person who works
at a junkyard owned the
home where the explo-
sion took place. They
said that three of the
deceased were women
and that all of the de-
ceased belonged to the
same family
. Even at
the time of the explo-
sion, waste materials
and scrap were being
sorted, police said.
However, the cause
and nature of the explo-
sion were not yet ascer-
tained, the police said,
adding that investiga-
tions were underway
.
They further stated that
rescue teams, bomb dis-
posal squad and other
related security agen-
cieshadreachedthespot
soon after the explosion.
Blast in Pak’s
Kot Addu claims
5 lives, injures 3
Paramilitary
bases attacked
by Sudan army
Khartoum (Agen-
cies): Mediators have
blamed both sides for
violating the truce
which was supposed to
enable secure corri-
dors for delivering aid
to an increasingly
needy population.
In both the north
and south of the capi-
tal, key bases of com-
mander Mohamed
Hamdan Daglo’s Rapid
Support Forces came
under attack by troops
loyal to army chief Ab-
del Fattah al-Burhan,
residents told AFP
.
North Korea promises another
attempt at spy satellite launch
MS Dhoni undergoes successful
knee surgery after CSK’s IPL win
Pyongyang (Agen-
cies): North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un's
powerful sister said
Thursday that Pyong-
yang would correct-
ly place a spy satellite
into orbit soon, a day
after their first at-
tempt crashed.
Pyongyang has
pitched its military
satellite as a neces-
sary counterbalance
to the growing US mil-
itary presence in the
region, pointing to
Washington's ongoing
joint drills with Seoul
as one example of
many. North Korea's
new Chollima-1 rocket
lost thrust and
plunged into the sea
with its satellite pay-
load on Wednesday,
state media said in a
rare same-day an-
nouncement following
the failed launch.
Kim Yo Jong, who
also serves as a spokes-
person for the regime,
said a second attempt
would soon be made. It
is certain that the
DPRK's military recon-
naissance satellite will
be correctly put on
space orbit in the near
future and start its
mission, she said.
New Delhi (ANI): The
knee surgery of leg-
endary Indian wicket
keeper, batter and
skipper MS Dhoni is
successful, said CSK
CEO Kasi Viswana-
than on Thursday.
“MS Dhoni’s sur-
gery has been success-
ful. We do not know
much details but he is
recovering well,” the
CSK CEO told ANI.
Dhoni underwent sur-
gery at Kokilaben Hos-
pital in Mumbai.
Dhoni said,“You see
it’s the best time to an-
nounce the retirement.
The easy thing for me
to say is thank you and
retire. But the hard
thing to do is to work
hard for nine months
and try to play one
more IPL season. The
body has to hold up. But
with the amount of
love I have received
from CSK fans, it would
be a gift for them to play
one more season.”
New Delhi (ANI):
Sunil Gavaskar spoke
about the technical ad-
justments Indian bats-
men will need to make
for the upcoming WTC
final. Gavaskar empha-
sized the importance of
bat speed control, high-
lighting the transition
from T20 format to Test
cricket, highlighting
theimportanceof seem-
less transition between
formats for players.
WTC Final: Sunil
Gavaskar speaks
on focus points
Kyiv has become the aggressor with repeated airstrikes and drone attacks on Russia
Moscow: Russia says it has repelled three attempted incur-
sions along its border with Ukraine, by what it casts as pro-
Ukrainian fighters, while heavy shelling prompted a partial
evacuation of civilians from the area. At least 30 Ukrainian
fighters were killed, according to Moscow, a claim that was
not possible to verify. At least three people, including a girl
and her mother, have been killed in a Russian missile strike
on capital city Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.
THIRTY UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS KILLED,
INCURSION PREVENTEND, SAYS RUSSIA
Rescue 1122 officials conduct rescue efforts at a house in
Pakistan’s Kot Addu, where the explosion took place.
Chollima-1 rocket carrying
the Malligyong-1 satellite at
the Sohae Satellite Launch.
OIL REFINERIES
SUFFER MAJOR
DRONE STRIKES
FROM UKRAINE
Moscow: Drones at-
tacked two oil refineries
just 40-50 miles (65-80
km) east of Russia's
biggest oil export ter-
minals on Wednesday,
sparking a fire at one
and causing no damage
to the other, according
to Russian officials. At
around 0100 GMT a
drone struck the Afipsky
oil refinery in Russia's
Krasnodar region,
causing a fire which
was later extinguished,
Governor Veniamin
Kondratyev said. The
Afipsky refinery lies 50
miles east of the Black
Sea port of Novorossi-
isk, one of Russia's
most important oil
export gateways. Novo-
rossiisk, together with
the Caspian Pipeline
Consortium (CPC)
terminal, bring about
1.5% of global oil to
market. Another drone
crashed into the Ilsky
refinery, which lies
around 40 miles east of
Novorossiisk.
London (ANI): Eng-
land team captain Ben
Stokes believes that he
played the ‘John Terry
role’ in his IPL team
Chennai Super Kings’
victory this season.
Stoke referred to
Chelsea Legend ‘John
Terry’ who famously
lifted the Champions
League trophy in 2012
dressed in his Chelsea
kit despite missing the
final against Bayern
Munich through sus-
pension. Stokes during
press commitments at
Lord’s discussed his
role in his team’s vic-
tory in IPL. He said, “I
played a lit-
tle bit of a
John Ter-
ry role
winning
the IPL”
S t o k e s
joined the
CSK fran-
chise for INR 16.25
crore but played only
two matches due to a
toe injury. Stokes last
appeared in April
against Lucknow Su-
per Giants. He was
back in the UK and
watched the inspir-
ing victory of his
team against Gujarat
Titans on his phone
in the bar of the
Royal Gar-
den Hotel
in Kens-
ington.
The Eng-
lish team is staying at
the hotel for their one-
off match against Ire-
land. Stokes has limit-
ed his bowling as he
believes that he has a
finite number of overs
left in his carrier.
“Before I could just
bowl and bowl and
bowl and turn up pret-
ty fresh. Now I’m prob-
ably not able to do that,
so in-between games is
probably the most im-
portant bit of manag-
ing anything correct-
ly,” said Ben Stokes.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot while addressing
the foundation stone
laying and inaugura-
tion ceremony of 53
roads, ROBs and bridg-
es costing Rs 3,377.55
crore through VC from
the CMR said, “For
quality control 18 I.Q.M.
(Independent Quality
Monitors) have been ap-
pointed. Missing link
roads are being con-
structed to connect re-
mote areas with road-
ways.” The CM said
that schemes brought
in public interest are
works of public service,
instead of ‘Revdi’. “
They have made life
easierforcommonman.
CM inaugurated the
new portal of PWD.
PWD Min BL Jatav said
that construction and
development works of
roads are being com-
pleted timely
.
CS Usha Sharma said
that more than 1500
black spots, which are
‘accident prone’ have
been rectified in Raj
through identification.
Appreciate the people who are always
there for the special occasions of your
life and then reciprocate it.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The Depart-
ment of Administrative
Reforms has issued in-
structions on behalf of
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma to the Addi-
tional Chief Secretar-
ies, Principal Secretar-
ies and Secretaries of
all the departments that
officers and employees
in one seat in the same
section or offices will be
posted or transferred to
another place. Sharma
has also asked to dis-
pose of the goods lying
in the old cabinets.
These instructions have
been issued as a precau-
tionary measure after a
stash of cash and gold
bar was recently found
in an almirah in Yojana
Bhawan.
According to the cir-
cular for Departments/
Directorates/Commis-
sionerates/Subordi-
nate offices, employees
in the same section or
offices for three years
will be transferred.
Also, the specific na-
ture of work should not
be more than five years.
It said that all the mate-
rial should be organ-
ised in shelves and e-
filing must be done, all
the files should be
stored in 15 days. The
CS mentioned that all
this was necessary for
good governance and
transparency
.
CM Ashok Gehlot flags off the free ambulance for Kota Baran cities from CMR on Thursday.
Also seen are Dr Khanu Khan Budhwali, Amin Kagzi, MD Chopdar and others.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Congress
said the party is su-
preme will fight Ra-
jasthan Assembly polls
unitedly to emerge vic-
torious, an assertion
that came a day after
Sachin Pilot refused to
budge from his de-
mands from Gehlot
govt to act against cor-
ruption.
Asked Pilot’s Tonk
remarks the simmer-
ing tensions in Raj unit,
Congress Gen Secre-
tary, Communications,
Jairam Ramesh said,
“On May 29, Congress
President met CM Ge-
hlot, Sachin Pilot in the
presence of Rahul Gan-
dhi, General Secy (Org)
K C Venugopal, and Gen
Secy in-charge of Raj
Sukhjinder Randhawa,
and discussed all issues
at length.” They reaf-
firmed unity, solidarity,
determination to fight
the polls unitedly, he
said. “We will come
back in Rajasthan with
a convincing mandate.
Whatever was dis-
cussed on May 29 will
be taken forward,”
Ramesh added. “We
have seen what hap-
pened in Karnataka...
we have seen the type of
poll campaign that PM
ran. I am sure Raj peo-
ple will give same reply
to PM what K’taka peo-
ple gave to him,” he
said. “The party is su-
preme, we will fight this
election unitedly and
we will win,” he said.
Hearing in
defamation
case held
CM on Western
Rajasthan tour
from today
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Hearing in
the defamation case of
Union Minister GS
Shekhawat was con-
ducted in Rouse Avenue
Court in Delhi on
Thursday
.
In the last hearing,
the Delhi police had
submitted its investiga-
tion report which was
accepted by Court.
Based on the report,
the court will decide
whether to issue sum-
mons to CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on defamation
plaint filed by Union
Minister. The court had
given orders for probe.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on his 3-day tour to
Western Raj, will visit
Barmer, Jalore, Pali and
Jodhpur. He will visit in-
flation relief camps and
address public rallies.
Gehlot will leave for
Jodhpur in a special
plane. From there, he
will go to the refinery
project site in Barmer’s
Pachpadra and hold a
review meeting. He will
inspectMahangaiRahat
camp and will spend the
night in Barmer.
on June 3, he will
reach Sanchore to visit
theinflationrelief camp,
inaugurate various de-
velopmentalprojectsand
also address a public
rally in Jalore stadium.
He will conduct a public
hearing at Pali circuit
house on June 4. He will
visitJodhpurforinaugu-
ral events will return
to Jaipur in evening.
We have full faith that
we will form the govt
again,asserts PSK
The other side of
Sachin Pilot’s remark
related to 3 demands!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On Thursday,
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariawas held a
presser and said that
after the Karnataka de-
feat, BJP has now
stopped taking the
name of Lord Hanu-
man. “BJP people are
giving statements re-
garding electricity bill
relief. Providing budget
is the govt’s work, why
are you taking tension.
BJP only talks about re-
ligious conflict. We
have full faith that we
will form the govern-
ment again. If BJP
comes by mistake, it
will stop all public wel-
fare schemes. Now the
fight is between BJP
and common people.
BJP is not able to bear
the shock of Karnata-
ka. Now BJP will start
making announce-
ments in favor of pub-
lic. Votes should be giv-
en on the basis of work
and not on speech. BJP
leaders want to reach
closer to the PM and
there is a lot of compe-
tition for this. But what
will work for them is
going closer to the pub-
lic, not the Prime Min-
ister,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The demands
made by Sachin Pilot
camp are well known to
all ‘spheres’ of State
polity
. However, there is
other side of Pilot’s re-
mark over 3 demands!
On Wednesday, Pilot, in
Tonk, said to not com-
promise on his 3 de-
mands. Political observ-
ers tell social media to
be the reason for this
saying, “For last 3 days
there was a section of
social media that was
angry with Pilot. They
were angry with news
of reconciliation with-
out any formula in Raj
Congress also with no
action being taken after
the ultimatum of de-
mands.” Pilot’s old re-
mark was also going
viral on social media.
Pilot had said in Jan
Sangharsh Yatra, “I
swear by blisters on
your feet, now I won’t
back down.” With this
remark, Pilot support-
ers are asking many
questions on social me-
dia. Did Pilot reach
Tonk to remove this
ongoing anger on social
media? That’s why he
repeated his remark of
not compromising on
all 3 demands? Or is
there really no formula
for reconciliation in Raj
Congress yet?
Birla: PM working to
enhance hidden talent
within the youth
Bhanwar S Charan and
Bhawani S Hada
Kota / Bundi: LS
Speaker Om Birla on
Thursday, said that
the youth is the fu-
ture of the country
and the Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi is
working to enhance
the hidden talent
within the youth.
Speaking at a
youth festival in
Bundi organised by
Nehru Yuva Kendra,
he said that the
Prime Minister has
been working on var-
ious factors to en-
hance the talent of
youths. He said that
the festival has been
organised to provide
the young people an
opportunity to nur-
ture their talent. Var-
ious cultural pro-
grammes were held.
MLA Ashok Dogra
and others were also
present on the occa-
sion. Earlier, Birla
held discussions
with social workers
intellectuals over
various issues.
Ramesh:CongtofightRaj
Assemblypollsunitedly
Jaipur: On Sachin Pilot’s remarks, PCC Chief GS
Dotasra has asked to listen to his full statement on
corruption. “I understand that he has said 101% that
BJP has failed in country. I have also heard that he has
said that there is no such thing as opposition in Ra-
jasthan, you should go on those things.
We all are one will fight the elections
unitedly. We all are the soldiers of the
high command, the decision taken by
the high command be it Sachin Pilot
or GS Dotasara or Gehlot ji, everyone
will agree. We will bring Congress to
power in 2023 with decision tak-
en by party High Command,”
Dotasra said at state level
meet of Seva Dal in PCC
—Yogesh Sharma
According to the circular for Departments/Direc-
torates/Commissionerates/Subordinate offices,
employees in the same section or offices for three
years will be transferred. Also, the specific nature of
work should not be more than five years. It said that
all the material should be organised in shelves and
e-filing must be done, all the files should be stored
in 15 days. The CS mentioned that all this was nec-
essary for good governance and transparency.
THE CIRCULAR ISSUED ON CS’s ORDERS
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
addresses the media during
a press conference at his
residence in Jaipur on Thursday.
Sachin Pilot
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Om Birla felicitates young talents during the Youth Festival,
‘Panch Pran’ held at Taleda tehsil in Bundi dist on Thursday.
The PM
been work-
ing on vari-
ous factors to en-
hance talent of
youths. The Youth
Festival has been
organised to pro-
vide young people
an opportunity to
nurture their talent.
—Om Birla,
LS Speaker
Office bearers of Secretariat Employees’ Union raise the slogan ‘Abki Baar OPS Sarkar’ at
CMR. The group expresses gratitude to CM Gehlot, who was also happy to see their enthusiasm
Govt’s welfare schemes, works of
public service instead of ‘Revdi’: CM
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
It is a matter of pride that
today Rajasthan stands
first in country in milk
production. State Govt is
ensuring free distribution
of milk to 68.56 lakh chil-
dren of 67,760 educational
institutions under 'Bal Go-
pal Yojana.' On World Milk
Day today, let us pledge to
speed up these steps and
fulfill the objectives of this
day. #WorldMilkDay
SHILPGRAM AT
MOLELA VILLAGE IN
RAJSAMAND DIST
`2.53 CR FOR TOURISM DEVP WORKS AT
LAKSHMINARAYAN TEMPLE IN BIKANER
CHIEF MINISTER’S NOD TO ‘EARNED SALARY
AND ADVANCE DRAWAL ACCESS SCHEME’
WE ALL ARE SOLDIERS OF HIGH COMMAND
WILL ACCEPT ALL ITS DECISIONS: DOTASRA
SPECIAL INCREMENT
TO MEDAL WINNER
STATE EMPLOYEES
Shilpgram will now
be established in
Molela village, which has
international recognition
for making idols of folk
deities from clay. CM
Gehlot has approved
Rs 2.55 crore for its
establishment and other
works. This village is
located in Khamnor
tehsil.With this decision,
the artisans of Molela will
be able to display and sell
their artefacts and train
future generations with
skills. This will increase
the interest of the youth
towards art.
CM Gehlot has approved a financial provision of Rs
2.53 crore for the work of tourism development
at Laxminathji Temple in Bikaner district.With this
sanctioned amount, redevelopment of amphitheater,
construction of shed towards Ganesh temple, exterior
painting on small temples and conservation of Ganesh
temple and other development works will be done. This
will further promote tourism in the region.
Govt employees of State will now be able to take
advance payment of their salaries on emergency
requirement. For this, CM Gehlot has approved ‘Earned
Salary Advance Drawal Access Scheme’. Operation of
scheme will be done by Rajasthan Financial Service
Delivery Ltd. With this, advance payment of salary pro-
portionately will be made to personnel before month’s
end. This facility will be available from June 1, 2023.
Special increment will
be given in the form
of personal salary to
state employees who
have excelled in inter-
national and national
level sports events and
competitions. CM Ashok
Gehlot has approved the
proposal in this regard.
This will encourage the
personnel in sports.On
and after April 1, 2023,
the eligible personnel will
have to apply for special
increment within a period
of 6 months from the
date of completion of the
sports event.
USHA TAKES PRAGMATIC STEP TO
‘DECLUTTER’ STATE ADMINISTRATION!
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: After taking a
revolutionary step of
enforcing the e-filing
system to make State
administration trans-
parent, smooth and ag-
ile, Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma has tak-
en yet another major
step on Thursday
.
Issuing an order, she
has directed that all em-
ployees (officials and
babus) falling under the
Depts Directorates in
Secretariat, even po-
lice officials, will not be
able to stay put on one
post for more than three
years. Only in special
cases will this tenure be
of five years.
In the orders carrying
Usha Sharma’s signa-
tures, it has been clearly
said that “officials and
babus stay put in Depts,
Directorates, Subordi-
nate offices and in Sec-
retariat for a long time
in the same section or
office. Due to this the
state work is affected
and suspicion is created
on the commitment and
reliability of the admin-
istration.” The order
has been issued to all
ACS, Principal Secretar-
ies and Secretaries,
along with DG Police,
SPs, Divisional Com-
missioners, Collectors,
HODs and all chiefs of
Corporations and
Boards and they have
been directed to ensure
order’s compliance. Ad-
ministrative experts
stress that this is the
first time, in recent his-
tory, that the CS has is-
sued such an order.
Through this order,
Usha Sharma has re-en-
forced the power and
prestige of office of CS
in administration.
Along with this, she has
also projected her im-
age of being a ‘disci-
plined’ ‘no-nonsense’
administrator. She is
retiring on June 30, but
before retiring, she has
issued this order en-
sured her name in ‘gold-
en letters’ in the State’s
administrative history
.
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