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‘MAHABHARAT’ FAME ACTOR
GUFI PAINTAL DIES AT 79
Mumbai: Actor Gufi Paintal, best known for
playing ‘Shakuni mama’ in the epic TV serial
“Mahabharat”, died on Monday at a hospital here
due to age-related issues, a family source said.
INDIAN ARMY CHIEF MEETS
BANGLADESHI COUNTERPART
Dhaka: Indian Army chief Gen Manoj Pande on
Monday met his Bangladeshi counterpart General
SM Shafiuddin Ahmed here and discussed ways to
further expand bilateral defence and security ties.
RISE OF INDIA IS UNSTOPPABLE:
SAYS JAISHANKAR IN NAMIBIA
Windhoek: The rise of India is unstoppable and it is
taking its place in the world, EAM S Jaishankar said,
citing India’s strong economic growth, its strong rela-
tionships abroad and support of diaspora worldwide.
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EXPRESSWAY TOLL
STAFF BEAT CAR
DRIVER TO DEATH
Ramanagar: The staff of
the Bengaluru-Mysuru
Expressway tollgate beat
a car driver to death
Ramanagar, police said
on Monday. Deceased
Pavan Kumar (26) was a
resident of Karikal Tandya in
Bengaluru South taluk.
2 KILLED IN FIRING
ALONG BORDER OF
ASSAM & ARUNACHAL
Lakhimpur: 2 persons died
and 3 went missing after
alleged firing along Arunachal
border in Assam’s Dhemaji
district on Monday. Locals
had arranged a plantation
drive in area on the occasion
of World Environment Day
when the incident occurred.
GADKARI GIFTS FOUR
PROJECTS OF `1450
CRORE TO ASSAM
Guwahati: Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari on Monday
inaugurated 4-Lane Section
between Nagaon Bypass-
Teliagaon, and Teliagaon-
Rangagara & laid foundation
for Mangaldai Bypass and
4-lane section between
Daboka-Parakhuwa in Assam.
SEVEN HELD WITH 4 KG
ELEPHANT TUSKS
WORTH `7.19 CRORE
New Delhi: The Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
said on Monday that it has
apprehended seven persons
for allegedly smuggling two
elephant tusks weighing
4.03 kg worth Rs 7.19 crore,
a DRI official said. Further
probe is on in this case.
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PAK DRONE DOWNED
NEAR IB IN PUNJAB;
3 KG HEROIN SEIZED
NO INTERIM BAIL FOR
SISODIA IN MONEY
LAUNDERING CASE
BRIDGE COLLAPSE:
JD (U) MLA ACCUSES
ADDL CHIEF SECY
Chandigarh: The Border
Security Force (BSF) shot
down a Pakistani drone
near the International
Border in Punjab’s Amritsar
and recovered over 3 kg of
heroin, a Border Security
Force spokesperson said
here on Monday.
New Delhi: The Delhi High
Court on Monday refused
to grant interim bail to AAP
leader Manish Sisodia in
a money laundering case
linked to the alleged excise
policy scam, observing
that he is facing “extremely
serious” allegations.
Patna: After the collapse of
an under-construction bridge
in Bhagalpur, JD(U) MLA
Sanjeev Kumar has levelled
serious allegations against
additional chief secretary of
road construction Pratyay
Amrit, who has been given
task of conducting inquiry.
BJP lost in Himachal, K’taka as it didn’t adopt OPS: CM
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on Monday claimed
that BJP and PM Naren-
dra Modi’s “stubborn-
ness” in not adopting
Old Pension Scheme
(OPS) led to the BJP’s
defeat in the Himachal
Pradesh and Karnataka
polls and the BJP was
settoloseinmorestates.
Addressing the ‘Lab-
harthi Utsav’ pro-
gramme, he claimed
that said Modi was ad-
vised by then CM of
Himachal Pradesh to
adopt the Old Pension
System for government
employees, but he “re-
mained adamant”.
Restoration of the
OPS was one of the
main promises made by
the Congress in the 2022
Himachal Pradesh As-
sembly polls.
“There is no place for
stubbornness in a de-
mocracy
. In democracy,
one has to bow before
the voters,” Gehlot said.
He also urged the
prime minister to ex-
amine the Right to
Health Bill, 2022, passed
by the Congress govern-
ment in Rajasthan.
During the ‘Lab-
harthi Utsav’, benefits
under the ‘Indira Gan-
dhi Gas Cylinder Sub-
sidy’ scheme were
transferred to the bank
accounts of 14 lakh reg-
istered beneficiary fam-
ilies. Under this
scheme, launched on
April 1, as many as 76
lakh families will be
provided gas cylinders
for Rs 500.
GEHLOT’S GALORE OF GIFTS
CM Ashok Gehlot during the ‘Labharthi Utsav’ transferring benefits
under Indira Gandhi Gas Cylinder Subsidy scheme to 14 lakh
registered beneficiary families. Ministers Mahesh Joshi, Pratap
Khachariyawas and Mamta Bhupesh are also seen.
CBI MEANT TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES, NOT RAIL
ACCIDENTS: CONG CHIEF KHARGE TO PM MODI
New Delhi: A day after the Railways sought a CBI probe into
the Odisha train tragedy, Congress president Mallikarjun
Kharge on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
saying the probe agency is meant to investigate crimes, not
railway accidents, and cannot fix accountability for technical,
institutional and political failures.
Mohan Bhagwat plants
saplings in Hindaun
NDRF ends operation; 1st Vande
Bharat train crosses tragedy site
Manish Bansal
Hindaun: RSS Chief
Mohan Bhagwat on
Monday planted sap-
lings of Chiku and
Amla at the Shishu Va-
tika premises along
with the school man-
agement committee on
World Environment
Day here.
Bhagwat had reached
Hindaun on Sunday
night on a three-day
stay of Sangh Shiksha
Varg (2nd year).
As per an RSS state-
ment, a campaign ‘Ek
Ped Desh Ke Nam’ is be-
ing run. Under this
various training and
environment related ac-
tivities are being con-
ducted. The concluding
program of Sangh Shi-
ksha Varg will be held
on June 9. Bhagwat will
stay in Hindaun till the
night of June 7 and will
then leave for Udaipur.
New Delhi (PTI): The
National Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF)
on Monday ended its
rescue operation with
the withdrawal of all
its nine teams from the
triple train accident
site in Odisha’s Balas-
ore district that has
claimed at least 275
lives, officials said.
The force rescued 44
victims and retrieved
121 bodies from the spot
since the teams were de-
ployedaftertheaccident
on June 2, they said.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: The ED con-
ductedsearchesatmany
locations in State on
Monday in connection
with money laundering
probe into an alleged
exam paper leak case for
recruitment of govt
teachers. The ED teams
of 300 personnel and of-
ficers, with CRPF
jawans, conducted raids
at 27 locations in 5 dis-
tricts including resi-
dence of former RPSC
memberBabulalKatara.
The searches were held
in Jaipur, Barmer, Dun-
garpur and Sanchore.
The ED suspects unde-
clared transactions
worth crores of rupees.
While the BJP defend-
ed the ED action, Con-
gress said the ED has
come to Rajasthan on a
“political task”. In the
ED probe,manytypesof
documentsandproperty
includingnumberplates
of vehicles were found.
Action was taken at the
residence of contractor
Bhajanlal Vishnoi in
Barmer as well. P3
ED officials at house of former
RPSC member Babulal Katara.
Indiastronglyraisingissueofclimatejustice:PMModi
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday said develop-
ing and underdeveloped
countries are paying
the price for the “wrong
policies” of some devel-
oped nations, and as-
serted that India has
raised the issue of cli-
mate justice with every
such advanced country
.
In his video message
at a World Environment
Day event here, Modi
said for the protection
of the world climate, it
is important that all
countries think, rising
above vested interests.
“For a long time, the
model of development
in big and advanced
countries was contra-
dictory
. In this develop-
mentalmodel,thethink-
ing was that we first de-
velop our country
then we can
think about
the envi-
ronment,”
theprime
minister
s a i d .
“ Wi t h
this, they achieved the
goals of development,
but the world’s environ-
ment had to pay the
price for their develop-
ment. Today also, the
developing and under-
developed countries of
the world are paying the
price for the wrong poli-
cies of some developed
countries,” he said. For
decades, no one was
there to object to this at-
titude of some devel-
oped countries, Modi
said. “I am happy that
India has raised the
question of climate jus-
tice with all these coun-
tries,” he said.
In the thousands of
yearsoldIndianculture,
there is nature as well as
progress, Modi said as
he credited this to the
country’s attention to
ecology and economy
.
The prime minister
said as India is invest-
ing unprecedentedly in
its infrastructure, it is
focussing equally on
the environment.
Talking about boost-
ing economy and safe-
guarding ecology, he
gave the examples of
expansion of 4G and 5G
connectivity on one
hand and the increase
in the country’s forest
cover on the other.
INDIA, US FIRM UP
ROADMAP FOR TIES
IN DEFENCE SECTOR
New Delhi (PTI): India
and the United States
(US) on Monday firmed
up an ambitious road-
map for defence indus-
trial cooperation to ac-
cord high priority to
various projects for the
co-development of mili-
tary platforms and
hardware, a move that
comes against the back-
drop of the Ukraine
conflict and China’s in-
creasing muscle-flexing
in the Indo-Pacific re-
gion.
The roadmap was fi-
nalised during talks be-
tween Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh and his
American counterpart
Lloyd Austin, two
weeks ahead of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s state visit to
Washington.
At a media briefing,
Austin said the US-In-
dia partnership is a
“cornerstone” for a free
and open Indo-Pacific
and the deepening ties
showed how technologi-
cal innovation and
growing military coop-
eration between the two
“great powers” can be a
force for global good.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his US
counterpart Lloyd Austin finalise roadmap
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets United States Secretary of
Defence Lloyd J Austin III, at Manekshaw Centre, in New Delhi on
Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
We established an ambitious new
roadmap for defence industrial
cooperation with a fast-track (and)
high-priority for co-development and
co-production projects and to build closer ties
between our defence industries. We look forward
to advancing some of those projects during the
upcoming visits.
—Lloyd Austin, US Defence Secretary
India-US partnership is critical for
ensuring a free, open and rules-
bound Indo-Pacific region. We look
forward to closely work with the US
across the domains for capacity building and
further consolidating our strategic partnership.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
ED raids 27 locations in 5 Raj districts
ODISHA RAIL
ACCIDENT
PAPER LEAK
For a long time, the model of development in big
and advanced countries was contradictory. In this
developmental model, the thinking was that we
first develop our country then we can think about
the environment. With this, they achieved the goals of develop-
ment, but the world’s environment had to pay the price for their
development. Today also, the developing and underdeveloped
countries of the world are paying the price for the wrong policies
of some developed countries. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Vande Bharat Express passes by triple train mishap site near
Bahanaga Bazar in Balasore, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
ED’s eyes on benami
property acquired
from paper leak
Gehlot transfers
LPG subsidy in the
bank accounts of
14 lakh registered
beneficiary in
‘Labharthi Utsav’
Let law take its
course: Shah
tells wrestlers
New Delhi: India’s top
wrestlers, who have
been protesting against
BJP MP and chief of
the country’s wrestling
federation Brij Bhush-
an Sharan Singh, met
Home Minister Amit
Shah on late Saturday
.
Olympian Bajrang
Punia reportedly said
on Monday that they
met the Home Minister
lateonSaturdayevening
athisDelhihome.Sourc-
es say the meeting that
began at 11 pm lasted for
more than an hour and
that it was attended by
Punia, Sakshee Malik-
kh, Sangita Phogat and
Satyawart Kadian. P6
A Cabinet meeting will be held in Jaipur
today. To be chaired by CM Ashok Gehlot,
meeting will start at 6.30 pm. Later, a meeting
of council of ministers will be held at 7:15 pm.
ED SEARCHES IN RAJ ‘ANTICIPATED’ AS
ELECTIONS ARE APPROACHING: GEHLOT
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday accused
the Centre of misusing its investigative agencies and
said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches in the
state were “anticipated” as the assembly elections are
approaching. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an
event here, Gehlot said the ED, CBI and the Income Tax
department were “eagerly desirous” to enter Rajasthan,
and accused the Centre of misusing these agencies in
election-bound states for political vendetta He ques-
tioned why the ED was “intervening” when the state’s
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) was doing such a “good
job” in investigating the leakage of papers in the govern-
ment’s teacher recruitment exam. P3
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2023
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The General
Elections of Rajasthan
Tennis Ball Cricket As-
sociation from 2023 to
2027 were held on June
4 at Hotel Karauli Inn in
Karauli Headquarters.
Election Officer
Sarvesh Gupta CBO
Karauli, Man Singh
Sports Officer Dausa
was appointed as the
supervisor of the
Sports Council.
Amjad Usmani, Su-
pervisor of Tennis Ball
Cricket Federation of
India was also present.
Gupta said that the of-
fice bearers of tennis
ball cricket associations
of 20 districts of Rajas-
than participated in the
election process and ex-
ercised their franchise.
Rajiv Arora was elect-
ed unopposed to the post
of Chairman of Rajas-
than Tennis Ball Crick-
et Association.
Munshi Khan Dausa
won the post of Presi-
dent by defeating Nitin
Tiwari Rajsamand by
eight votes. Shoaib
Khan defeated Wasim
Khan for the post of Sec-
retary. Maheshpuri
Goswami won the post
of Treasurer and YK
Khanna won the post of
Senior Vice-President.
Ravi Sharma, Sanjay Jain
Subhash Mehta
Udaipur/Banswara/
Pratapgarh: SP Bhu-
van Bhushan Yadav on
the third day of his
joining on Monday
launched a crackdown
against hardened his-
torysheeters in the city.
SP Yadav caught the
accused from his
house. The team ar-
rested about 12 accused
in Surajpole police sta-
tion area.
Meanwhile, in Ban-
swara a total of 293 po-
lice officers and em-
ployees of 67 police
teams in the district
raided different places
in the district and ar-
rested 354 accused.
Arora elected as chairman of Tennis Assoc
GENERAL ELECTIONS OF RAJ TENNIS BALL CRICKET ASSOCIATION
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Arora said that
the result of the
growing
popularity of
this game is that
lakhs of youths
got registered in
the game in
Rajasthan’s
Rural Olympics
SP Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav inspecting crackdown in Udaipur.
SEVERAL EVENTS MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
RUNS,PLANTATIONSACROSSRAJ
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Forest and En-
vironment Minister He-
maram Choudhary said
that single use plastic
has been banned for a
safe future for the com-
ing generations and for
pollution control. Along
with this, plantation
has been promoted in
the new forest policy is-
sued in the state. He
was addressing the
state level program or-
ganized at Albert Hall
by the State Pollution
Control Board as the
chief guest on the occa-
sion of World Environ-
ment Day on Monday
.
He flagged off a pub-
lic awareness rally with
the aim of creating
awareness among the
public about environ-
ment protection and in-
augurated 33 new air
quality monitoring sta-
tions in the state
through video confer-
encing and laid the
foundation stone of the
Integrated Resource Re-
covery Park at Tholai in
Jamwaramgarh.
Brochures of Rajas-
than E-Waste Manage-
ment Policy, Raj Cli-
mate Change Policy
, Raj
Forest Policy 2023, Plas-
tic Waste Inventory Re-
port were also released.
Brochures of Raj
E-waste Mgmt Policy,
Raj Climate Change
Policy also released
Hemaram Choudhary, Shakuntala Rawat, Naveen Mahajan, Munish Garg, Munesh Gurjar others flag
off the awareness rally at Albert Hall in Jaipur on Monday. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Shakuntala Rawat, Zahida Khan Rajiv Arora in tree plantation at
Shiksha Sankul in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Jaipur airport’s Chief airport officer Vishnu Mohan Jha and other
staff planted trees in massive tree plantation activity on Monday.
A poster making competition was also organized on the theme
BeatPlasticPolloution at Government School Sanganer.
DGP Umesh Mishra inaugurated the tree plantation program by
planting saplings in the police headquarters premises on Monday.
DG Law and Order Rajeev Sharma, DG Cyber Security Dr. RP
Mehrada and DG Training Janga Srinivasa Rao also planted trees.
Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday flagged off ‘Run for Environment’ at Raj
Bhavan, Mount Abu. The run was organized under the aegis of Environment
Protection Committee, Pollution Control Board and District Administration. He
also started Environment Protection and Plantation Week by planting saplings
at Raj Bhavan, Mount Abu. —Kamlesh Prajapat
RAWAT APPEALS TO INDUSTRIES TO SET UP CTP PLANTS
Jaipur: On the occasion of
World Environment Day, the
residents of the city ran for
the protection of the environ-
ment. While planting trees,
ministers and departmental
officers gave the message to
save water, save girl child,
and save trees and plants in
the Shiksha Sankul.Cabinet
Minister Shakuntala Rawat
appealed to industries to set
up CTP plants and common
people to plant saplings on
days like birthdays, marriage
anniversaries. She said that
the areas that had more
trees were less affected
by corona. —Bharat Dixit
BJP’s Jan Aakrosh Yatra on June 13 in Jpr
Police nabs several hardened
history sheeters across State
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The BJP’s Ra-
jasthan unit will take
out a Jan Aakrosh Ya-
tra here against the
Congress government
in the state on June 13,
a spokesperson of the
opposition party said
on Monday
.
According to the
spokesperson, the
BJP’s state unit presi-
dent C P Joshi called
upon the workers and
public representatives
of the party to ensure
maximum participa-
tion in the march.
A meeting was held
in the state office of
the BJP on Monday to
prepare an outline of
the programmes to be
held in the state for the
next one month over
the completion of nine
years of the Narendra
Modi government.
During the meeting,
the Joshi took feed-
back from party MLAs
and district unit presi-
dents about the prepa-
rations for the Jan
Aakrosh Yatra.
Leader of Opposi-
tion Rajendra Rathore
and Rajya Sabha MP
Kirodi Lal Meena also
addressed the meeting.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP has once
again opened a front
against the Congress
government on issues
like corruption, paper
leak, and high VAT on
petrol and diesel.
BJP State President
CP Joshi, Leader of Op-
position Rajendra Ra-
thore, Rajya Sabha MP
Kirodi Meena, Lok
Sabha MP Rajyavard-
han Rathore, former
state presidents Ashok
Parnami and Arun
Chaturvedi asked the
workers in the meeting
to demonstrate against
the government.
Accusing the Con-
gress government, CP
Joshi said that the Con-
gress government was
nowhere to be seen in
the state for four and a
half years and minis-
ters did not come out of
their bungalows during
the Corona pandemic.
CP Joshi addressing the party leader in Jaipur on Monday.
CP Joshi lighting lamp as Rajendra Rathore, Ram Charan Bohra,
Ashok Parnami look on at the BJP office in Jaipur on Monday.
Arun Singh sharing lunch and interacting with the members of
Pali BJP District Coordination Committee on Monday.
GS Shekhawat in Jodhpur.
CM SHOULD TELL WHERE IS THE BUDGET GIVEN BY
CENTRAL GOVT FOR PANCHAYATS: ARUN SINGH
Pali: BJP state in-charge and national general secretary Arun
Singh on Monday said that if there is any chief minister in the
country who lies the most and only makes announcements,
then it is Ashok Gehlot. He said that Gehlot does not know
anything except wooing people by making announcements.
However, he said, the people have made up their minds that
they will uproot the incompetent Congress government in the
upcoming elections. Singh said at a press conference in Pali
that CM Ashok Gehlot should tell where is the budget given by
the Central Govt for Panchayats. He said that the CM raised
questions about the vaccine made in the country during the
Corona pandemic. He said that during the time of Congress,
19 kms of roads were constructed per day whereas during the
rule of BJP, 37 kms of roads were constructed every day.
MAHA JANSAMPARK
ABHIYAN: SHEKHAWAT
MEETS WORKERS
Jodhpur: Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat reached Jodh-
pur on a one-day tour to
finalize the outline of the
programmes that will be or-
ganized in the three districts
of Jodhpur under the BJP’s
Maha Jansampark Abhiyan.
A list of enlightened people is
being prepared by the party.
Shekhawat said that under
the leadership of PM Naren-
dra Modi, the Central govt is
working for the nation. This
campaign has been started
to spread the message of the
govt to the general public.
Leaders ask workers to
open front against govt
The biggest scam is happening with the
youth. Exams are being canceled and
papers are being leaked again and
again. This has not happened anywhere in any
state. In Rajasthan, the industry of corruption
has been opened. —CP Joshi, BJP State President
Police nabs 354, 109
12 wanted criminals in
Banswara, Pratapgarh
Udaipur respectively

Satyanarayan Sharma
Mukesh Mathrani
Jaipur/Barmer: The
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) raids at multi-
ple locations in Ra-
jasthan on Monday in
connection with a mon-
ey laundering investiga-
tion into an alleged
exam paper leak case
have heated up politics
inthestate.TheEDwent
to the house of paper
leakmastermindSuresh
Dhaka’s house and con-
tractor Bhajanlal Bish-
noi’s house in Barmer.
The ED also searched
the Dungarpur resi-
dence of former RPSC
memberBabulalKatara.
Bhajanlal Bishnoi was
arrestedintheREETpa-
per leak case. Bishnoi is
active in contracting as
well as in political field.
Regarding the case,
MP Kirori Lal Meena
demandedtheEDtoreg-
ister a case alleging
money laundering.
RAJASTHAN
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Apart from
speeding up drilling,
sampling, survey and
related work in mineral
exploration through
RSMET in the state, ba-
sic facilities for these
will be expanded.
Along with speeding up
the exploration work of
the vast mineral wealth
of the state, e-auction
will be done on the por-
tal of Government of
India after preparing
maximum blocks.
ACS Mines Veenu Gup-
ta said on Monday that
in the current financial
year a new record will
be created for auction
of record major miner-
al blocks. She was tak-
ing a meeting of Ra-
jasthan State Mineral
Exploration Trust at
Udyog Bhavan.
In the first year itself,
72 mining lease blocks
have been prepared for
auction by RSMET,
while the availability
and quality of mineral
deposits have been as-
sessed by analyzing
13445 samples.
“Basic infrastructure
facilities will be devel-
oped for various pur-
poses in the state so that
the exploration survey
work can be taken fur-
ther,” she said.
Record auction of major mineral blocks planned
MINERAL EXPLORATION
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Government
plans to expand
basic facilities
and speed up
exploration work
through RSMET,
aiming to create
a new record for
auction of major
mineral blocks.
ED’s RAJ ENTRY STIRS UP POLITICAL STORM
PAPER LEAK ROW WIDENS
Raids in state with
Assembly polls
around the corner
draw flak from govt
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) also conducted searches at the residence of Bhajanlal Bishnoi, an AA class PWD contractor, in
Mahaveer Nagar, Barmer on Monday. The raids were held at 27 locations in 5 districts of the state.
CM ASHOK GEHLOT PULLS UP CENTRE OVER ED RAIDS;
SAYS CENTRAL AGENCY SHOULD COOPERATE WITH ACB
Only Congress has taken action on paper leak:Dotasra
Jaipur: Reacting to ED
raids in paper leak matter
in Rajasthan, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Mon-
day said that the state’s
Anti-Corruption Bureau
was doing a “good job” in
investigating the leak-
age of papers in the
government’s teacher
recruitment exam
as such there was
no need for Central
agency.
“Anti Cor-
ruption
Bureau is
doing such a good job, why
are you intervening? Earlier
also, the ED was sent in a
paper leak case but what
happened after that? Why
do you interfere without
any reason,” CM Gehlot
asked. He also said that
the ED should also
cooperate with
the ACB if the
federal agency
gets something in
the course of its
searches. Gehlot
said while
he would
welcome any action that
is taken as per the law,
the action by the central
government was taken for
political vendetta and in
order to create an atmos-
phere to defame the state
government. “ED’s arrival
and raids in Rajasthan were
already anticipated. People
are saying Enforcement
Directorate officials who
have come have been given
a list (of names) and asked
to see how many of them
they can reach,” the chief
minister said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting to En-
forcement Directorate
searches in Rajasthan
in connection with pa-
per leak, PCC president
Govind Singh Dotasra
said that ED has come
with a “political task”
and it was “expected”.
“Modi-Shah’s central
government does this in
every state before elec-
tions but BJP should
clear the misconception
that elections are won
by ED income tax. To
win the election, one
has to win the hearts of
the people,” Govind
Singh Dotasra told re-
porters at PCC office.
He said that it is the
Congress government
which has taken action
on paper leak cases,
not BJP.
“We were waiting (for
the ED to come) because
Modi-Amit Shah’s cen-
tral government always
misuses ED, Income
Tax and CBI by seeing
political opportunity.
Earlier they did it in
Karnataka, are doing it
in Chhattisgarh and
now they have started
their game in Rajasthan
also. We will welcome
them, whatever they do,
whatever political task
they have come up with,
let them do, no one is go-
ing to panic,” he said.
Sanitation staff to go
on strike once again
Womanfounddead
suspiciouslyinhome
Dial 108, 104
are essential
services for
next 6 months
Inmates create
ruckus at Juvenile
reform home
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Valmiki clean-
ing workers announced
to go on strike due to
non-issuance of the
amended notification
regarding the cleaning
staff recruitment. The
decision was taken dur-
ing the meeting of the
Valmiki cleaning staff
held at Heritage Munic-
ipal Corporation on
Monday. Earlier, the
sanitation workers had
questioned the release
in the recruitment pro-
cess, which was later
cancelled by the depart-
ment. Even before this,
the workers went on
strike. When the re-
cruitment notification
was not issued, the
cleaning workers went
on strike again.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A married
woman died under sus-
picious circumstances
in Ajmer’s Ghughra
area. She was married
two years ago and had
come to her parents
home for delivery six
months back.
The woman Anu Gur-
jar (21) was found hang-
ing in her parents
home. There was no one
at home when the inci-
dent occurred.
It is alleged that her
husband took away the
six-month-old child and
people saw him leaving.
After getting the infor-
mation, police reached
the spot and the body
was shifted to the mor-
tuary of Jawaharlal
Nehru Hospital.
The incident came to
light when her younger
brother reached home
after grazing cattle.
He immediately in-
formed his father about
the incident.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has issued a
notification declaring
108 emergency services
and Janani Express ser-
vice 104 as- essential ser-
vices for the next six
months in view of pub-
lic interest.
According to the noti-
fication issued by the
Home Department in
this regard on May 31,
by the Rajasthan Essen-
tial Services Mainte-
nance Act 1970, strike
has been prohibited in
the Janani Express
along with 108 emergen-
cy services, Medical
Counselling Service 104
and their Call Centers
for the next six months.
Strike in said servic-
es adversely affects the
supply and mainte-
nance of services, as a
result of which the gen-
eral public has to face
immense difficulties.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Juvenile delin-
quents in the Jaipur
Child Reform Home cre-
ated a ruckus on Sunday
night and tried to escape
by breaking the channel
gate. The Transport Na-
gar Police Station and
the staff of the Reform
Home tried to pacify
them. Policemen and
staff were attacked with
an iron rod. The Super-
intendent of the Home
has lodged an FIR.
CJ Masih inaugurates new e-RTI Portal
Kamal Kant
Jaipur: The Chief Jus-
tice of Rajasthan High
Court, Augustine
George Masih on Mon-
day inaugurated the
newly developed e-RTI
Portal for Rajasthan
High Court and District
Judiciary through vid-
eo conferencing.
During this, Execu-
tive Chairman of Ra-
jasthan State Legal Ser-
vices Authority Justice
Manindra Mohan Sriv-
astava and Chairman -
SteeringCommitteeJus-
tice Arun Bhansali were
present. Masih said that
this step would prove to
be a milestone towards
achievingatransparent,
efficient and accessible
judicial system.
“The portal would en-
sure that this important
legal right of the com-
mon man does not get
entangled in complicat-
ed paperwork and long
procedures,” he said.
He instructed all judi-
cial officers to make
maximum use of mod-
ern technology in daily
judicial work.
Justice Manindra
Mohan Srivastava said
that the success of the
portal would depend
not only on technical
prowess but also on col-
lective commitment for
its effective use.
CJ Augustine George Masih with Justice Manindra Mohan during
the virtual innaugration ceremony in Jaipur on Monday.
The staff went on a strike a
month ago on the same issue.
ACS Veenu Gupta and other officials during a meeting of RSMET in Jaipur on Monday.
Vasundhara Raje
distributes scooties
to Bhil divyangs
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP leader
Vasundhara Raje dis-
tributed scooty to the
differently abled of Bhil
community during a
programme at 13 Civil
Lines organized by
Kumbhalgarh social
worker and BJP leader
Neeraj Ranaut on Mon-
day. A large number of
people were present.
She also interacted
with the people present
there. About 100 to 150
people came there.
Electric scooty was
given to the economi-
cally backward youths
of the Bhil community
.
Babulal Kumawat,
Vijay Singh Ladpura,
Hazari Lal Bhil, Jeeva
Ram Bhil, Mota Ram
Bhil, Jeevan Lal Bhil,
Bhairu Ram Bhil, Kis-
han Lal Bhil, Lalu Ram
Gameti and others were
present on the occasion.
Raje praised Ranaut’s
initiative. Financial as-
sistance of Rs 5100 was
also given on the mar-
riage of the girl child of
Bhil society
.
Ranawat had ar-
ranged two tubewells in
every panchayat.
Meanwhile, CP Joshi
met Raje at her resi-
dence, where they had
political consultations.
Vasundhara Raje distributing E-vehicles to specially abled
members of Bhil community in Jaipur on Monday.
PRAYERS IN MP!
Sachin Pilot offering prayers at the temple of Goddess Sharda with Rajya Sabha MP and
senior Congress leader Vivek Tankha in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on Monday.
Govind Singh Dotasra meeting youth, general public and party
workers from across the state at PCC headquarters on Monday.
RAJENDRA RATHORE, CP JOSHI AND KIRODI LAL MEENA
CORNER GOVT FOR STATEMENTS AGAINST ED RAIDS
Jaipur: Politics has heated
up after Enforcement Directo-
rate’s raids in Rajasthan on the
premises of paper leak accused.
When the Congress accused
the ED of bringing a political
task, Leader of the Opposition
Rajendra Rathore hit back and
said that on the basis of con-
tinuous complaints and facts,
the central agency has started
investigation due to which
Congress leaders are having
stomach pain.
BJP state president CP Joshi
called the Rajasthan govern-
ment a “very corrupt” govern-
ment. He said that it does
corruption even in the name of
relief. He said that such a cor-
rupt government has not come
since independence. BJP Rajya
Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena
claimed that ED raids were un-
derway due to which the paper
leak mafia was panicking.
“The state government, which
has been giving protection to
them till now, is also afraid that
if the truth surfaces, the chief
minister who calls himself a
Gandhian will be exposed,” he
said. Defending the ED search-
es, Rajendra Rathore said, “ED
will certainly come when there
are transactions of lakhs and
crores of rupees by looting jobs
and selling papers.”

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look forward to
closely work with
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domains for capacity
building and further
consolidating our
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enemies, enjoy a
prosperous kingdom,”
—Bhagavad Gita
TOP
TWEETS
Initially, Ukrainian
narrative was built by the
people in a transparent and
persuasive style so that, no
citizen remained
unconvinced that they
have to push back Putin’s
forces to survive. It indeed
was a unique narrative in a
society connected through
social media network
where all acted as one
single unit with one single
goal. this served the
purpose of strategic
narrative and kept them
glued together. Though,
after eight months in war,
the contribution of
Ukrainian leadership was
laud in setting up the
narrative by saying ‘after
Ukraine, it could be
other EU members
falling to same danger’.
Alas, in my opinion, it
was too little too late
UKRAINE WAR
CLASH OF NARRATIVES
he domestic political upheaval
of Ukraine that started in the
winter of 2013-14 under presi-
dent Yanukovych’s unexpected
refusal to sign the EU Associa-
tion agreements (EUAA) went
beyond its control and percep-
tion and Ukraine soon found it-
self entangled between the clash
of two power blocks of cold war
vintage trying to re-establish
their superiority over each oth-
er. The decision of Zelensky in
leaning towards EU and NATO
resultedinannexationof 161,000
sq kms of Ukraine land by the
Soviets.
As an observer of the Euro-
pean war, I feel it is pertinent to
analyse conflicting narratives
of all warring factions. It is the
metanarrative of Ukraine, EU,
Russian and America that are
crucial to understanding this
conflict where Ukraine is unfor-
tunately caught in the crossfire
like trampled mud in the fight
of elephants.
So, now the question arises as
to why a strategic narrative to
continue in war is needed by the
concerned players? The recent
warfare history of Taliban of-
fensive in 2021 against USA that
turned out to be an ultimate suc-
cess bears a testimony to this
important aspect. This eloquent
example showed how a supreme
power be defeated by effectively
steering the public opinion.
Actually, strategic narrative
is a story that explains why the
war is important and why par-
ticipation of people is necessary
.
It convinces locals to believe
what all may happen to their
identity if they lose the conflict.
In other words, strategic narra-
tive is misinformation, propa-
ganda, or psychological warfare
employed by opposing parties.
Therefore, can there be a for-
mula to work out a narrative?
The answer is a definite yes. Ir-
respective of thinking of the
leaders, strategic narrative fol-
lows a familiar structure that
includes four elements. First is
the basic positioning to describe
who we are, who are our allies
and the enemy to lay out the con-
cepts of warfare. Second point
is doctrinal order to specify ob-
jectives, likely gains and motiva-
tion for either warring faction.
Third in the priority comes fal-
lacy, folk lore and stories, real or
imaginary to incite participa-
tion. And lastly, it relates to ac-
tion describing ways people can
contribute to the efforts of war
to defeat the enemy
.
Initially, Ukrainian narrative
was built by the people in a
transparent and persuasive
style so that, no citizen re-
mained unconvinced that they
have to push back Putin’s forces
to survive. It indeed was a
unique narrative in a society
connected through social media
network where all acted as one
single unit with one single goal.
this served the purpose of stra-
tegic narrative and kept them
glued together. Though, after
eight months in war, the contri-
bution of Ukrainian leadership
was laud in setting up the narra-
tive by saying ‘after Ukraine, it
could be other EU members fall-
ing to same danger’. Alas, in my
opinion, it was too little too late.
On the other hand, Soviet nar-
rative was simple, centralized
and state-controlled. It was de-
pendent upon national TV chan-
nels, scores of Internet trolls
and thousands of opinion influ-
encers on social media. The
KGB style work was on the fore-
front. The narrative as usual,
blamed the Western leaders for
their expansionist policies to
degrade Russia.
Contrary to the above, EU’s
narrative stood divided between
its political leaders supporting
NATO and the younger genera-
tions and the intellectuals not
willing to a war on behalf of US
or the UK who remain unaffect-
ed by the happenings in the con-
tinent. A segment of their soci-
ety believes that the contiguity
of land with Russia be respected
and all sanctions lifted to ease
energy flow from Russia for eco-
nomic growth of Europe.
Now, 15 months into war, the
United States is at the centre of
an extraordinary campaign to
foil kremlin, with a broader nar-
rative of balancing democratic
values against authoritarian
hegemony. It wants to protect
the international order estab-
lished after WW II in Europe.
And therefore, America has sup-
ported Ukraine with over 30-bil-
lion-dollar aid to fight Soviets
on their behalf. Narrative of
Washington appears to be to
make someone else bleed and
suffer fighting American cause
at dirt cheap expanses.
With so many meta narratives
running parallel, Ukraine’s own
narrative about its right to sur-
vival and sovereignty got
shrouded. This constrained
Ukraine’s ability to act. The fact
remains that neither a focus
solely on Ukrainian domestic
choices, nor on Russia Vs West
geopolitics will resolve the con-
flict. Unless peace brokering is
done in a win-win to both war-
ring factions, there is little hope
of Ukraine avoiding this con-
flict in near future, let alone ex-
ercise choices about its future..
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
COL ANUPAM JAITLY (R)
The writer is defence expert,
motivational speaker and corporate trainer
T
NOW, 15 MONTHS INTO WAR, THE UNITED STATES
IS AT THE CENTRE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CAMPAIGN
TO FOIL KREMLIN, WITH A BROADER NARRATIVE
OF BALANCING DEMOCRATIC VALUES AGAINST
AUTHORITARIAN HEGEMONY. IT WANTS
TO PROTECT THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
ESTABLISHED AFTER WW II IN EUROPE

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INDIA
05
New Delhi (PTI): India
can reduce its pollution
byover40percentbynot
usingfossilfuelslikepet-
rol and diesel, while the
country imports crude
oil worth `16 lakh crore
every year, Union Minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari said.
“We can reduce 40 per
cent pollution by not us-
ing fossil fuels like pet-
rol and diesel,” Gadkari
said addressing Green
UrjaConclaveorganised
by Confederation of Re-
newable Energy Service
ProfessionalsandIndus-
tries in association with
IIT-Delhi, IIT-Ropar and
University of Delhi.
He said,”We import
fossil fuels worth `16
lakh crore every year. It
poses a big economic
challenge for us. It also
causes pollution. Be-
sides,wealsoimportcoal
worth `12 lakh crore. We
need to reduce our new
technologies and impro-
vise those also.”
He emphasised on the
importance of institu-
tions like IIT for bring-
ing new technology for
promoting clean and
green energy
.
India can reduce pollution by 40%: Gadkari
BY LIMITING FOSSIL FUEL USAGE
A view of a sewage drain canal full of garbage on the occasion of
World Environment Day, at a slum area in New Delhi on Monday.
Davangere (PTI): The
state’s Budget will be
tabled on July 7, Karna-
taka Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah said on
Monday, as all eyes
watch how the govern-
ment will make the nec-
essary funds alloca-
tions, given that it has
undertaken to start im-
plementing all 5 of its
poll guarantees within
the financial year.
The chief minister
said the Cabinet has not
yet discussed about the
Budget but the Assem-
bly session will start
from July 3, and after
the discussion on the
Governor’s speech, the
Budget will be tabled on
July 7. When asked
about the size of the
Budget,hesaidhewould
be able to speak on the
matter only after the
Budget preparatory
meeting starts.
The CM pointed out
that the size of the
budget tabled by the
previous government
ahead of the election
was Rs 3.08 lakh crore.
New York (PTI): Ad-
dressing the Indian Di-
aspora, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi claimed
that the key architects
of contemporary India
were all Non-Resident
Indians (NRIs) who
kept an open mind
about the outside world.
His remark assumes
significance as the BJP,
which holds the reins of
administration at the
Centre, has often ac-
cused him of sullying
India’s image on foreign
soil. The saffron party
has also alleged a larger
global narrative to de-
fame India.
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Monday greeted Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on his
birthday and lauded his
leadership of India's
most populous state.
PM tweeted, “Birth-
day greetings to UP’s
dynamic CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath Ji. Over the last
6 years, he has provided
great leadership to the
state and ensured all-
round progress. On key
parameters, UP’s devel-
opment has been re-
markable. Praying for
his long healthy life.”
Nagpur (PTI): Maha-
rashtra Deputy Chief
Minister and BJP lead-
er Devendra Fadnavis
on Monday said the
state cabinet will be ex-
panded soon and the
timeline will be decided
by Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde.
Devendra Fadnavis
also said Shiv Sena, led
by Shinde, and BJP will
fight all elections to-
gether, which was dis-
cussed during their
meeting with Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah in Delhi.
New Delhi: The BJP on
Monday accused Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal of insulting
the national anthem at
an event organised on
the occasion of World
Environment Day at
Thyagaraj Stadium.
In a video shared by
the BJP
, during the pro-
gramme at the Thyaga-
raj Stadium, the com-
mentator asks all to
stand up for the national
anthem. Soon after the
announcement, Kejri-
wal gets up and leaves.
PLASTIC POLLUTION A
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CRISIS: NGT CHIEF
On the occasion of World
Environment Day, Justice
A K Goel, the chairperson of
the National Green Tribunal,
said plastic pollution has
become a global environmen-
tal crisis that threatens our
planet. He said reliance on
single-use plastic has result-
ed in immense harm to our
oceans, land, and health, and
to address this challenge col-
lective efforts and individual
responsibility are crucial. ”We
must raise awareness, reduce
consumption of single-use
plastic,” Justice Goel said.
We import fossil fuels
worth `16 lakh crore
every year: Union
Minister Nitin Gadkari
HC GRANTS BAIL TO
NEPALESE NATIONAL
IN ESPIONAGE CASE
ANTILIA BOMB SCARE CASE: SC GRANTS 3
WEEKS INTERIM BAIL TO EX-COP SHARMA
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Mon-
day granted three weeks interim bail to former police
officer Pradeep Sharma, arrested in connection with
the Antilia bomb scare case and the killing of business-
man Mansukh Hiran, to file a fresh application seeking
interim bail. A vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha
Bose and Rajesh Bindal granted the relief to Sharma
after noting that his wife has to undergo surgery. The
top court said Sharma would be released on interim
bail subject to conditions imposed by the trial court.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Monday
granted bail to a Nepal-
ese national arrested in
an espionage case for
allegedly leaking sensitive
information to Chinese
intelligence officers. Jus-
tice Vikas Mahajan said no
useful purpose would be
served in keeping petition-
er Sher Singh, who was
neither named in the FIR
nor was any confidential
document recovered from
him, behind bars after
completion of investiga-
tion, and granted him bail
subject to conditions. The
judge said the allegations
and defence will be tested
during the trial.
IN THE COURTYARD
‘WOMEN OFTEN DENIED AUTONOMY OVER OWN
BODY, NUDITY ARE NOT ALWAYS SYNONYMOUS’
Kochi: The right of autonomy over one’s body is often denied
to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated against,
isolated and persecuted for making choices about their bod-
ies and lives, the Kerala HC said while discharging a women’s
rights activist in a POCSO case. A woman’s right activist,
was facing charges under various provisions of the POCSO,
Juvenile Justice and the Information Technology (IT) Acts for
circulating a video in which she was seen posing semi-nude
for her minor children, allowing them to paint on her body.
BJP CELEBRATES WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Nadda plants saplings at BJP HQ
New Delhi (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) national presi-
dent JP Nadda on Mon-
day planted saplings at
BJP Headquarters in
the national capital on
the occasion of World
Environment Day
.
Also, as part of the
BJP’s massive outreach
programme, ‘Maha
Jansampark Abhiyan’,
the party’s national
president JP Nadda on
Monday met former
Army chief, Dalbir Sin-
gh Suhag, at the latter’s
residenceinGurugram.
Madhya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
has said that he plants
trees everyday and also
urges the residents of
the state to plant trees
on their special days.
CM Chouhan made
the remark while ad-
dressing a program or-
ganised on the occasion
of World Environment
Day at Ravindra Bha-
wan in the state capital
Bhopal on Monday
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion the CM said, “Do
not exploit nature, in-
stead use it. Take as
much from nature as it
can bear, there is no
harm in it. But the for-
ests got cleared (defor-
estation), it is a sin. We
all are responsible for
that.” To protect and
preserve the environ-
ment and encourage
people towards their
involvement in tree
plantation, an Assam
BJP MLA of Golaghat
district has organized a
unique competition
among local residents
of his constituency
.
Meanwhile, Tripura
CM Manik Saha also at-
tended a tree plantation
event and ‘Safai Abhi-
yan’ and said, “I urge
peoplenottouseplastics
as much as possible. We
need to maintain eco-
logical balance.”
Planters to be
awarded under
unique competition
by Assam BJP MLA
BJP national president JP Nadda waters a sapling on the occasion of World Environment Day, at
party headquarters, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
FOR THE FUTURE
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla waters a Rudraksha sapling in
Parliament premises on the occasion of World Environment Day,
in New Delhi on Monday.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath waters a sapling on World Environment
Day, at Gorakhnath Temple premises, in Gorakhpur on Monday.
Great leadership: PM HM
extend birthday wishes to Yogi
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah and BJP Na-
tional President JP Nadda
will visit Assam this
month and they will take
part in two mega public
meetings of Assam BJP’s
Mahajanasampark Abhi-
yan, Assam BJP said. As
per Assam BJP, huge pub-
lic meetings are to be held
from June 11 to June 30 in
Lok Sabha Constituencies
of the state by Assam
BJP in order to discuss
in detail the policies and
schemes implemented by
the Central Government
under the leadership of
PM Narendra Modi for the
development of the coun-
try including Assam and
preparations for upcoming
Lok Sabha election.
MAHA JANSAMPARK ABHIYAN
K’TAKA BUDGET TO BE TABLED ON JULY 7
Five poll promises top
priority: Siddaramaiah
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar waters a plant
during an event on World Environment Day, in Bengaluru on
Monday. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is also seen.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
On the issue of hike in electricity tariff by `2.89 per
unit, Siddaramaiah said the decision was not taken
by the government but the Karnataka Electricity Regu-
latory Commission (KERC). “We do not decide hike in
electricity tariff. There is Karnataka electricity regulatory
authority, which has decided. It had decided in the past.
We have only implemented it,” he explained. Regarding
Indira Canteens, Siddaramaiah said he has directed the
officials to make all preparations to start them again.
ELECTRICITY TARIFF
We are convening the Budget Ses-
sion where we will table the Budget
on July 7. We will make provisions
for the implementation of the promises made
in our manifesto. —Siddaramaiah, Karnataka CM
The central architect of modern India,
Mahatma Gandhi, was an NRI. The
foundation for India's freedom move-
ment was laid in in South Africa...Nehru, BR
Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhash
Chandra Bose, all were NRIs and had an open
mind about the outside world. —Rahul Gandhi
‘Key architects of modern India were NRIs’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses at an event in New York.
‘COUNTRY FACES BATTLE
BETWEEN 2 IDEOLOGIES’
Continuing with his offen-
sive against the saffron
party, the Congress leader
said the country faces a battle
between two ideologies -- one
espoused by the Congress
and the other by the BJP
and its ideological parent,
the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS). “There is a fight
between two ideologies in
India -- one that we (Con-
gress) represent and other
that is espoused by the BJP
and the RSS,” the Congress
leader claimed. Further, he
added that the principles and
ideology that the Congress
holds dear are the same
as that of the Father of the
Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
Maharashtra Cabinet expansion
soon, says Devendra Fadnavis
Army chief meets
Bangladeshi
Counterpart
Dhaka (PTI): Indian
Army chief Gen Manoj
Pande on Monday met
his Bangladeshi coun-
terpart General SM
Shafiuddin Ahmed here
and discussed various
aspects of mutual inter-
est and explored ways to
further expand bilateral
defence and security
ties. Gen Pande, who ar-
rived on Monday on a
two-day visit to Bangla-
desh also interacted
with Lt Gen Waker-Uz-
Zaman, the Principal
Staff Officer of the
Armed forces division.
Delhi BJP accuses Kejriwal
of ‘insulting’ national anthem
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis
meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in New Delhi on Sunday.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal gives a
kit to a student on the occasion
of World Environment Day.
Amit Shah
@amitshah
Happy birthday to Shri
@myogiadityanath ji.
Under the guidance
of Modi ji, the state
government is doing
commendable work
under your leader-
ship in bringing poor
welfare and good gov-
ernance to the ground
in UP. I pray to God
that you stay healthy
and have a long life.

INDIA
06
New Delhi (PTI): Ja-
mia Millia Islamia Vice
Chancellor Najma
Akhtar on Monday said
the varsity had pro-
gressed from 83rd rank
in 2016 to third rank in
2022 in the NIRF rank-
ings, and attributed the
achievement to im-
proved perception
about the university
with regard to teaching
and research.
The Ministry of Edu-
cation’s National Insti-
tutional Ranking
Framework (NIRF) 2023
was announced by Un-
ion Minister of State
for Education Rajku-
mar Ranjan Singh on
Monday
.
In the eighth edition
of NIRF rankings an-
nounced earlier in the
day
, Jamia Millia Islam-
ia (JMI) retained the
third position in the
‘universities’ category
.
In2021,ithadbaggedthe
sixth spot. In the overall
category, the varsity
bagged the 12th spot.
VC welcomes university ranking in NIRF 2023
JAMIA RETAINS THIRD PLACE AMONG UNIVERSITIES
Hyderabad (PTI): In-
dia is in a strong posi-
tion to develop an ef-
fective medical coun-
termeasures frame-
work involving all na-
tions to ensure drugs,
vaccines and diagnos-
tic services equitably
reach the needy, said a
top WHO official on
Monday
.
Under its G20 presi-
dency, India has pro-
posed a medical coun-
termeasure coordina-
tion platform to effec-
tively deal with chal-
lenges of any Covid-
like pandemic.
Dr Michael Ryan,
Executive Director at
WHO Health Emergen-
cy Programme in Ge-
neva, who is attending
the third G20 Health
Working Group meet-
ing being held here
from June 4 to 6, said
the future of health
and pandemic prepar-
edness is stronger with
the leadership of India
in this meeting.
“We are discussing
the pandemic prepar-
edness and response
and how to chart a fu-
ture path so that we all
respond better to the
next pandemic.
“India in G20’s lead-
ership is highlighting
this issue and talking
about how we work to-
gether on medical
countermeasures —
how we make better
vaccines and drugs,
how do we get them to
people quicker, and
how do we make the
whole system fair so
that people who really
need things get them
as soon as possible,”
Dr Michael Ryan said,
adding, “India is in a
very strong position
to do that.”
India’s position better on distribution of vaccines medicines:WHO
Odishatrainaccident:170bodies
identifiedsofar:ChiefSecyJena
TRAGEDY ON TRACKS
Balasore (ANI): The
Odisha government on
Monday informed that
170 bodies from the tri-
ple train accident that
took place in Odisha’s
Balasore district have
been identified till to-
day morning.
The Odisha govern-
mentwillbearthetrans-
portation cost of bodies
of the triple train acci-
dent victims to different
states,Chief SecretaryP
K Jena said on Monday
.
He said 170 bodies out
of 275 have so far been
identified in Balasore
and Bhubaneswar.
“Arrangements for
free transportation of
the bodies by hearses to
variousdestinationswill
be done to help bereaved
families.” he said.
‘NO INTENTION TO HIDE
DEATHS’: ODISHA GOVT
“TEAMWORK HAS PAID
OFF”: IIT MADRAS CHIEF
ON TOP NIRF RANKING
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief
Secretary PK Jena said his
government has no intention
to hide the deaths in the
Balasore train crash and
the entire rescue operation
was being conducted in full
public view. Reacting to
allegations, he said Odisha
believes in transparency.
New Delhi (PTI): Collective
effort, continuous assess-
ment and improvement strat-
egies were the key factors
behind the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Madras re-
taining the top position in the
National Institutional Ranking
Framework, the premier in-
stitute’s Director V Kamakoti
said here on Monday. It was
quite easy to reach the top,
but difficult to maintain it,
and the recognition has given
IIT-M a lot more confidence
and motivation to work much
harder, Prof Kamakoti said.
Restoration work of train accident site underway, in Balasore on Monday.
ODISHA TO BOOST
TOURISM WITH
DIRECT FLIGHTS
Singapore (PTI):
With the launch of
direct flights connect-
ing Bhubaneswar to
Dubai, Bangkok and
Singapore under the
“Viability Gap Funding”
scheme, the Odisha
government is hopeful
of doubling its foreign
tourist arrivals in the
state by 2025 from its
pre-pandemic levels,
a tourism official said
on Monday. A Viability
Gap Funding (VGF)
is a government grant
provided to airlines
to bridge the gap be-
tween the cost of op-
erations and expected
revenues. The target
is to double the foreign
tourist arrivals by
2025 to 2.5 lakh from
the pre-Covid peak of
1.2 lakh witnessed in
2019, Sachin Jadhav,
Director of Tourism
Odisha, said.
New Delhi (PTI): Raj
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil
Sibal on Monday at-
tacked the government
amid the wrestlers’ de-
mand for action against
outgoing WFI chief Brij
Bhushan Sharan Singh,
predicting that the BJP
MP would not be arrest-
ed and a “wishy-washy”
chargesheet would be
filed, and then he would
be granted bail.
The attack by Sibal, a
senior advocate who
represented the protest-
ing wrestlers in the Su-
preme Court, comes af-
ter a delegation of the
protesting wrestlers
reportedly met Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah here late Saturday
.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia
was quoted as saying
that the wrestlers’ del-
egation met Shah.
In a tweet, Sibal said,
“Amit Shah meets team
of wrestlers. Wrestling
for solutions. My predic-
tion: No arrest. Wishy-
washy chargesheet will
be filed. Brij Bhushan
will be granted bail.
Then they will say mat-
ter is sub-judice!”
Sibalpredicts‘no
arrest’overaction
againstBhushan
❍ WRESTLERS’ PROTEST ON
Tejashwi hiding truth over
bridge collapse in Bihar: BJP
Patna (PTI): Bihar BJP
on Monday alleged that
Deputy CM Tejashwi
Yadav was “hiding the
truth” over the collapse
of an under-construc-
tion bridge in the state.
The saffron party
slammed the RJD lead-
er for his comment that
“many structural de-
fects” of the bridge
have been pointed out
by experts.
The bridge over the
Ganga river was sup-
posed to connect
Khagaria district with
Bhagalpur. Reacting to
Yadav’s remark, senior
BJP leader Nitin Nabin
toldPTI,“Imustsaythat
the deputy chief minis-
ter is hiding the truth”.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Indian Army has
flagged as “malicious”
social media posts that
alleged a gunfight be-
tween the Manipur Po-
lice and the Assam Ri-
fles in the violence-hit
northeast state.
The Spear Corps
askedpeople“tobewary
of malicious attempts at
disinformation” that
tries to create a rift be-
tween two agencies that
have been working hard
to bring peace and nor-
malcy in Manipur.
“All are advised to be
wary of malicious at-
tempts at disinforma-
tion as also create rift
between two agencies.,”
theSpearCorpstweeted.
Army flags“malicious”social
media posts claiming gunfight
Noida (PTI): More
than 30 private security
guards and students
were taken into police
custody after a clash
broke out between them
at the state-run Gautam
Buddha University in
Greater Noida, officials
said on Monday
.
The clash was trig-
gered after security
guards allegedly object-
ed to some students
smoking cigarettes at
the Munshi Premchand
Hostel inside the uni-
versity campus.
“An argument broke
out between the two
sides around and blew
into a clash after which
33 people were taken
into custody by a police
team which reached the
spot. The police have
received complaints
from both sides and the
matter is being probed,”
the police said.
Over 30 held as security
guards, students clash
Adoption centre
staff brutally
assaults 2 girls
in Chhattisgarh
Kanker ( Chhattis-
garh): A viral video
from an adoption centre
in Chhattisgarh's Kank-
er district shows the
Programme Manager
of the centre brutally
assaulting two little
girls, flinging them to
the floor and then onto
a bed. The Kanker Col-
lector has ordered an
FIR against the adop-
tion centre employee.
Theadoptioncentreis
home to orphans. Sourc-
es from the Kanker po-
lice said the Programme
Manager, Seema Dwive-
di, has been involved in
several such incidents
beforethis,butnoaction
was taken against her,
raising questions about
thesafetyandwell-being
of children living there.
Theyaddedtheadoption
Centre has a CCTV cam-
era, but Dwivedi would
turn it off.
In the video, Dwivedi
is seen hitting a little
girl, holding her by the
hair and then flinging
her to the floor.
T
T
T
ESTABLISHING REGIONAL NETWORK
Chief Secretary also
said that Odisha will
bear transportation
cost of all bodies
CRACK FOUND IN TRAIN COACH IN
TN, MAJOR ACCIDENT AVERTED
Alert railways officials in Tamil Nadu prevented
a major disaster after detecting cracks in the
chassis of a train coach. The officials immediately
detached the affected coach from the Kollam-
Chennai Express. The news comes days after a
major train tragedy in Odisha in which 275 people
were killed and 1,200 injured. The India's deadli-
est crash is being blamed on a technical glitch.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with Deputy Chief
Minister Tejashwi Yadav during the ‘Sampoorna Kranti Diwas’
program, in Patna on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A view of a damaged house at Loibol Khunou village amid
ongoing tension in Manipur, in Kangpokpi district on Monday.
JMI VC Prof. Najma Akhtar received the award.
Among those detained are security guards and college students.
STRICT ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST
THOSE FOUND GUILTY: CM NITISH KUMAR
SPORADIC VIOLENCE IN SUGNU AFTER
SUSPECTED MILITANTS TORCH HOUSES
Patna: A day after the collapse of an under-construction
bridge over the Ganga river in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar on Monday said strict action would be taken against
those found guilty in the incident. “The bridge is not being
constructed properly and that is why it collapsed twice since
April 2022. It’s a serious matter…The department concerned
has already initiated a thorough probe into it. Strict action
will be taken against those found guilty,” Kumar said.
New Delhi: Manipur’s Sugnu town has now remained the key
area of confrontation between the two communities at logger-
heads in the northeastern state, where sporadic violence has
continued for over a month. Over 200 houses, including that
of Kangujam Ranjit, Congress MLA from Sugnu Assembly,
were set on fire by suspected militants at Serou in Kakching
district, local reports said. Constant gunfire, bomb attacks,
and even snipers have been reported by locals since Friday.
DU TO BEGIN 3 BTECH PROGRAMMES
THIS YEAR WITH 360 STUDENTS
New Delhi: Delhi University will introduce BTech pro-
grammes from the upcoming academic session with a
capacity of 360 students who will be admitted in three
engineering courses through JEE Mains, an official
has said. According to the official, the three courses
which will be conducted by the Faculty of Technology
are BTech Computer Science and Engineering, BTech
Electronics and Communication Engineering, and BTech
Electrical Engineering. A proposal in the matter will be
presented before the university’s Executive Council on
Friday, the official told news agency PTI.
Raipur: Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) were on Monday injured when a pressure
improvised explosive device planted by Naxalites went
off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. The incident took
place near Tekameta hill under Gangaloor police station
limits when a joint team of the CRPF’s 85th and 222nd
battalions was out on an area domination operation.
CHHATTISGARH: 3 CRPF PERSONNEL INJURED
IN BLAST OF IED PLANTED BY NAXALITES
CRUCIAL READ
1 HELD FOR FIREARMS
TRAFFICKING IN DELHI
CBI ARRESTS BUILDER
IN `280 CR FRAUD CASE
New Delhi: A team of Spe-
cial Cell/NDR has arrested an
alleged inter-state firearms
trafficker identified as Mu-
kand Singh who was operat-
ing at the behest of handlers
based in the USA and Dubai
and recovered huge quantity
of arms and ammunition
from his possession.
New Delhi: The CBI has
arrested Harresh Mehta,
a leader building of South
Mumbai in connection to
a Rs 280 crore bank loan
fraud case. As per officials,
Mehta is the owner of Rohan
Life Spaces Ltd and Rohan
Constructions Ltd and was
absconding for years.
Kapil Sibbal

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Instead of giv-
ing used computers,
laptops, cell-phones,
phones, Air Condition-
ers etc. to the scrap
dealer, people can now
easily reach the e-waste
recycler through toll
free number.
The Rajasthan State
Pollution Control Board
will promote repair and
refurbishment of e-
waste items through
the new e-waste man-
agement policy
launched on Monday.
For this, an e-waste
park will be developed
in the state capital
Jaipur where e-waste
will be collected from
scrap leaders and waste
pickers etc.
A state level commit-
tee will be constituted
under the chairman-
ship of Principal Secre-
tary, Environment and
Climate Change de-
partment to review the
progress of implemen-
tation of the policy.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot said on Monday
that women in Ra-
jasthan will soon get
free smart phones.
“These mobiles will be
given in lots of 40 lakh
each. There is delay in
giving free mobile due
to chip related issues,”
Gehlot was speaking at
RIC Center in Jaipur on
Monday when the CM
released the subsidy in
the accounts of the ben-
eficiaries under the In-
dira Gandhi Gas Cylin-
der Subsidy Scheme.
With this, Ujjwala
and BPL cooking gas
collection holders in
the state have started
getting the benefit of
this scheme from Mon-
day
. CM Gehlot told the
beneficiaries in the pro-
gram, “This scheme is
not for elections. Our
thinking is to give so-
cial security to the peo-
ple as it happens in for-
eign countries. We want
the Govt of India to
pass such a law wherein
people should get a pen-
sion worth living.
Whether it is 2 thou-
sand or 3 thousand.”
Meanwhile, Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
awas while attacking
the Central Govern-
mentt said that said,
“BJP people are saying
that Gehlot is distribut-
ing Revdi. In the coming
one month, the central
government will be
forced to end inflation.”
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: CM Ashok
Gehlot said on Mon-
day that journalists
are vigilant watch-
dogs of democracy
. In
a democratic system,
the importance of the
party is only when
the opposition exists,
Gehlot said while ad-
dressing the state-
level press confer-
ence organized by the
Small and Medium
Newspaper Associa-
tion in Durgapura on
Monday
.
He said that the
state govt has taken
many important deci-
sions for the welfare
of journalists. “The
interests of newspa-
pers and journalists
have been protected
by the establishment
of Journalist Welfare
Fund and Samvad.
The govt should take
the suggestions of
journalists positively
.
In a democracy, both
side and opposition
are important. There
is no justification for
the side without the
opposition. The state
govt is giving pension
of `15,000 per month
to the journalists un-
der Senior Approved
Journalist Samman
Yojana.Thestategovt
has allotted plots to
journalists at many
places including Al-
war and Udaipur,” he
said.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: On the occasion
of World Environment
Day
, Rajasthan Housing
Board (RHB) Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora di-
rected the officials to
take a pledge to plant
more than 90 thousand
trees and plants till the
next monsoon in vari-
oushousingschemesgo-
ing on across the state
including Jaipur.
Arorasaidthisimpor-
tant thing on Monday
during the review meet-
ing related to plantation
at ‘Awas Bhawan’, the
headquarters of the
Housing Board. He also
directed the officers to
issue all tenders related
to plantation by June 15
andworkordersbyJune
25 to 30. He also gave
strict instructions to the
officials to complete the
plantation work before
the month of August.
Arora said that till the
next monsoon, more
than 20 thousand trees
and plants will be plant-
edinthecityparkwhich
has become the lifeline
of Jaipur. “Similarly, a
green corridor will be
made by planting more
than 15,000 trees with
the help of Miyawaki
technique near the rail-
way line on Ganga Marg
locatedinIndiraGandhi
Nagar.Theworkof plan-
tation will be done on a
large scale in all the res-
identialschemesof state
till the month of July
.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: CS Usha Shar-
ma on Monday instruct-
ed officers to ensure
speedy implementation
of the construction
works of budget an-
nouncementswithprop-
er coordination. She
said that the process re-
lated to land acquisition
should be completed
soon for the completion
of various under-con-
struction RUB and ROB
in the state.
The CS chaired a re-
view meeting with the
officials of Railway and
related departments re-
garding the works of
various pending RUB
and ROB. She said that
CM Gehlot has an-
nounced various con-
struction works and the
planning of these works
should be done accord-
ing to the future needs.
The Chief Secy instruct-
edofficerstoensurethat
work is completed with-
in the stipulated time.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The Rajasthan
government is soon go-
ing to open recruitment
in large numbers for
sweepers in which pri-
ority will be given to
those families who do
not have a single mem-
ber in government ser-
vice. UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal said
this while addressing a
programme of Divi-
sional Safai Mazdoor
Congress at Nayapura
Ismail Chowk.
Dhariwal said that
the Valmiki community
has been associated
with the Congress since
the time of Mahatma
Gandhi and the Con-
gress has always made
every possible effort for
the upliftment of the so-
ciety
. He also mentioned
the welfare schemes of
the state government.
He said that Rajasthan
is the only state in the
country where the gov-
ernment has imple-
mentedwelfareschemes
to provide relief from
inflation.
The minister was also
overwhelmed by the
grandreceptiongivenin
the program. During
the programme, Dhari-
wal honored Deepak
Narwal, who won a med-
al in body building com-
petition in Thailand.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: LoP Rajendra
Rathore and BJP State
President CP Joshi on
Monday targeted the
Congressgovernmentin
Rajasthan over the Indi-
ra Gandhi Gas Cylinder
Subsidy scheme saying
thatCMGehlotlaunched
the scheme due to
shrinking mass base.
Rathore said that Ge-
hlot, worried about the
declining mass base in
the state, has remem-
bered to give subsidy in
cooking gas cylinders to
poor women in the elec-
tion year. He asked why
the promise of efforts to
control prices of cook-
ing gas in point number
54 of page number 39 of
the Congress manifesto
was not fulfilled earlier?
He added that inflation
relief camps are a per-
sonal campaign of the
Congress in which peo-
ple are called forcibly in
name of re-registration.
CP Joshi in a tweet,
asked, “CM Gehlot ji,
you say
, the central govt
did not provide the data
of Ujjwala Yojana, while
thedataof 76lakhpeople
has already been given,
still you are giving sub-
sidy to only 14 lakh peo-
ple and in this subsidy
200 rupees from the Cen-
tre It belongs to the govt,
thisshouldalsobetoldto
common people.”
NEWS
07
Jaipur (PTI): Ra-
jasthan Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Mon-
day said state election
commissions play an
effective role in
strengthening the faith
of common people in
democracy and demo-
cratic institutions.
Addressing a confer-
ence on the ‘Role of
State Election Commis-
sions in a Strong De-
mocracy’ held in Mount
Abu, he also stressed
the need to ensure the
maximum participa-
tion of citizens in the
election process.
Mishra suggested
participants of the con-
ference discuss meas-
ures to bring down elec-
tion expenditure and
hoped that state elec-
tion commissions
would share innova-
tions and experiences
so that effective work
can be done to strength-
en democracy up to the
panchayat level, accord-
ing to a statement.
He said democratic
institutions are
strengthened when
there is maximum par-
ticipation of citizens
and this is the basis of
free and fair elections.
Mishra said the state
election commission is
a constitutional body
and the Constitution
protects the powers of
the Election Commis-
sion. He said the poll
body is working to
strengthen democracy
by effectively conduct-
ing elections in the Pan-
chayati Raj institutions
and municipal bodies.
State Election Com-
missioner Madhukar
Gupta said the State
Election Commissions
need to be given the
same powers, independ-
ence and autonomy the
Election Commission
of India enjoys.
‘Work on increasing voting percentage’
GUV MISHRA URGES STATE POLL BODIES AT SECs’ CONFERENCE
CM TRANSFERS `60 CR IN ONE CLICK AS
INDIRA GANDHI GAS CYLINDER SUBSIDY
CM ASSURES BENEFICIARIES AT LABHARTHI UTSAV
Journos are vigilant
watchdogs of our
democracy, says CM
CM Ashok Gehlot during the Journalists’ Convention in Jaipur
on Monday. Rafeek Khan along with the senior journalists
including Vichar Vyas, Radharaman Sharma, LC Bhartiya,
Avinash Sharma, Padam Mehta, Rajkumar Gupta, Jaswinder,
Shyam Sundar Sharma,Abdul Sattar Silavat, Pashupati
Kumar Sharma were also present on the occasion.
CM Ashok Ghelot while transferring the amount to the accounts of the beneficiaries during ‘Labharthi Utsav’ at RIC in Jaipur on Monday.
Also seen here are Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mahesh Joshi, Mamta Bhupesh, Rafeek Khan, Gopal Meena, Amin Kagji along with
Usha Sharma, Kuldeep Ranka, Gaurav Goyal, Lokesh Sharma and other officials. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the event at RIC
in Jaipur on Monday.
Dharmendra Rathore, CR Meena, Bharti Dixit, Lalit Goyal, Rajendra Sisodia, RC Chaudhary,
Ramswaroop Chaudhary, Dr Shrigopal Baheti, Dr Rajkumar Mahendra Ralavata,
Saurabh Bajad, SK Bansal, Norat Gurjar, Hemant Jodha and others joined and
watched the programme from Ajmer’s Jawahar Rang Manch on Monday.
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora during the review meeting of the
board at Awas Bhawan in Jaipur on Monday.
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Amit Dhariwal during a
felicitation programme in Kota on Monday.
Governor Kalraj Mishra during the conference of the State Election
Commisioners of various states in Mount Abu on Monday.
CS Usha Sharma,Vaibhav Galriya, officials of Indian Railways, PWD
and related departments during review meeting on Monday.
R Rathore
CP Joshi
Ajmer 54,694
Alwar 59,514
Banswara 25,615
Baran 29,246
Barmer 67,362
Bharatpur 58,515
Bhilwara 52,064
Bikaner 54,626
Bundi 26,613
Chittorgarh 41,445
Churu 56,618
Dausa 41,532
Dholpur 25,918
Dungarpur 19,718
Hanumangarh 36,979
Jaipur 80,100
Jaisalmer 17,584
Jalore 38,115
Jhalawar 39,115
Jhunjhunu 47,181
Jodhpur 65,767
Karauli 28,460
Kota 27,509
Nagaur 70,517
Pali 40,731
Pratapgarh 15,005
Rajsamand 27,873
Sawai Madhopur 26,499
Sikar 61,153
Sirohi 18,817
Sri Ganganagar 45,200
Tonk 38,950
Udaipur 51,553
`60 CR REACHED
IN A/C OF 14 LAKH
BENEFICIARIES
CM Ashok Gehlot’s crime review meeting
with the officers at the Rajasthan Police
Headquarters, earlier scheduled on Tuesday,
has been rescheduled for Wednesday. He will
review crime and law and order first district-
wise and then at the range level. According to
sources, a big list of IPS transfers can come
after this review meeting. It is being reported
that the CM had asked for a report on this
subject from Home Department last month.
POLICE REVIEW MEETING ON WEDNESDAY
Joshi, Rathore question free cylinder subsidy scheme
This Scheme is not for elections,our thinking is to give social security to the people,
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The depth of truth is far
deeper and expansive than
mere facts and we would do
well to remember this!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
z Dr Jagdeesh Chan-
dra: At the onset, let
us pray for the peace
for souls of those de-
ceased in the Odisha
train incident. We
pray that the Al-
mighty gives courage
to their families.
Look at the leader-
ship of Prime Minis-
ter that he reached on
site to take a stock of
the situation. Our
heartfelt prayers with
the families.
HimantaBiswaSarma:
It is an extremely sad in-
cident and everyone is
pained with the tragedy
.
It is such a major train
accidentandweallstand
united with the people
and families that have
lost their dear ones in
thisaccident.Represent-
ing the Assam govern-
ment, I have contacted
the Odisha government,
that what ever help we
can provide in this trag-
ic incident, they can tell
usandwearereadytodo
everything possible.
Everyone is doing their
best and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi was also
there. It is such a painful
and tragic day that we
can not say anything.
z You started from
student politics and
then moved to advo-
cacy. Did you ever
thought at any mo-
ment that you will
come into politics
and reach such
heights and become
Chief Minister?
I belong to a middle
class family and my fa-
ther was a government
servant. I used to take
part in student agita-
tions and was a part of
Student Union in Col-
lege and University
. I
had this in my heart
that I will enter politics
but owing to the situa-
tion of my family and
my own, it never came
in my mind that I will
ever become a Chief
Minister. But as I got
more involved in poli-
tics, I will not lie, by
2008-09, I started believ-
ing that I can become
CM or in a position to
influence the future of
the State. So when I
started in 1996, I did not
even think on these
grounds and used to
think that even if I be-
come an MLA, that
would be a huge deal for
me. But by 2008-09, I had
definitely started get-
ting this belief in my
heart.
z So what has your
political journey been
till now?
I contested my first elec-
tion at the age of 27
years in 1996 and I lost
my first election. I con-
tested against main
leader of Asom Gana
Parishad, who even
signed the Assam ac-
cord, Bhrigu Kumar
Phukan, and I lost by 6
or 7,000 votes. In 2001, I
won by 12,000 votes and
in 2006, I won by 42,000
votes. In 2011, I won by
68,000 votes and in 2016,
I won by 78,000 votes
and this year, I won by
1,3000 votes. So from
loss to victory, this has
been my story
.
z In the Congress
rule, you had worked
with two Chief Minis-
ters. What was the
difference in working
of both the CMs?
See, Saikia Sahib
brought me in politics
and when Saikia Sahib
was CM, I got a chance
to contest. He passed
away during that time
in the middle of elec-
tions. So I did not get a
chance to work under
him as a Minister or
MLA. But in five years,
I literally spent my
nights and days around
him. So the relation
that I had with him was
administrative and not
political in nature. With
Gogoi Sahib I worked
for 14 years, and with
him, I did not share a
personal connection
but administrative and
political connect was
definitely there. With
Saikia Sahib, I had
more of a personal con-
nect like the one shared
by a father and a son.
With Gogoi Sahib, I had
more of a professional
connect like the one
shared by CM and
MLAs. So, with him, I
was an MLA and then I
became a Minister and
then I got close to him.
So that was an evolu-
tion, from not knowing
him, to becoming close.
This was because the
relation between Sai-
kia Sahib and Gogoi
Sahib were not too
good. So when I
was with Saikia
Sahib, I never
met Gogoi Sa-
hib. So from not
knowing some-
one and then to
establish a close
rapport with
them, that took
almost ten
years.
z So then what
is the basic dif-
ference between
the two govern-
ments of Congress
and BJP according to
you?
There are a handful of
things that I have real-
ised. Congress is essen-
tially a feudal party.
Gandhi family is the
‘Supreme’ in the party
and to maintain this su-
premacy, they give fur-
ther concession to the
State people, perhaps
one or two leaders, and
then these leaders
would give power to
lower leaders. So, it is as
if there is a ‘Sultan’ and
then there would be a
‘Paragana,’ so, Con-
gress is structured like
that. Feudalism at its
peak and there is noth-
ing other than feudal-
ism that you can actu-
ally see or observe
there. Even today if you
see, in the name of re-
gional ‘Kshtraps,’ there
is regional feudalism
and in the name of Gan-
dhi family, there is na-
tional feudalism. But
the environment in BJP
is, in totality, the envi-
ronment of middle-
class family. There is
not an extremely for-
mal relation with any-
one and who so ever
comes, the talks would
start with taking news
of the person’s family
and their well being and
perhaps share food dur-
ing such talks. And this
is more like a family
. So
this is the fundamental
difference. Then there
is policy difference and
difference of ideology
is known to all. But in
totality
, the difference is
that in Congress you
have to live in a feudal
system and in BJP you
can think that you are a
part of a greater family
.
z You said that in
former PM Manmo-
han Singh’s time you
would call the PMO
and the reply would
come by evening. But
in current PMO, if
you message, PM
calls up soon after
.
What change is this?
See, when I worked with
Gogoi Sahib and Saikia
Sahib, I saw that to take
appointment from
Prime Minister, or
you speak with the
Prime Minister or
the Prime Minis-
ter calls you up;
these three
things used to
become head-
lines of Assa-
mese newspa-
pers. Because it
was considered
a big news at
that time that a
CM has spoken
with PM. When I also
started, for the first few
days, when I used to
speak with PM or if PM
would call, for that I
started a system of
press release because I
thought that I would
perhaps get a chance to
meet PM once in six
months, or perhaps I
would some day get a
chance to speak on the
phone or else I may not
get that too. But as I
moved forward, I saw
the times of Covid as
CM and even dealt a
long time as a Health
Minister, this phone is
literally an issue of eve-
ryday
. If there is any is-
sue, you will be phoned
immediately. In fact,
even Home Minister too
calls up, at times fifteen
times a day
, if there are
floods or any other law
and order issue or any-
thing else. And even you
too in return make the
same number of calls.
And when ever you go
to meet PM, it takes
forty five minutes or
one hour and during
this you talk in detail.
When former CMs used
to go to meet Manmo-
han Singh ji, I used to
stand out of the office in
waiting. They would
go, stay there for five
minutes, and they
wouldreturn.Weused
to ask if they have
met and we were
told yes it was a
good meeting. So
five minutes with
PM, according to
them, were very
useful time. That
is why I said the
other day that
when there is this
administration,
Modiji has changed the
dynamics. Now there is
accessibility
, there is re-
sponse, and from the
sense of equity and jus-
tice, you are given the
honour and treated
with regard, that regard
is given to my State.
z I heard you were re-
cently in Delhi for
three days and did
you meet Prime Min-
ister Modi on all
three days?
All three days, I had the
chance to meet Prime
Minister. At times, it
also happens that like in
our national working
committee meet we may
meet him a dozen times
in one day itself. You
maymeethimforbreak-
fast or lunch etc. So
meeting PM is now no
longer a problem and
not just for me, but for
many other people.
When I go to meet him,
our party people would
be there in the room. So
I think that during Con-
gress rule, the leaders at
that level never had the
good luck of meeting
the PM.
z I heard that it was
due to Rahul Gan-
dhi’s attitude that
you left Congress?
See, first and foremost,
at that time, such inci-
dent happened and
right from their behav-
iour till the incident,
several such things
happened, but, in total-
ity, by 2014, the situa-
tions worsened so much
that Congress High
Command had to send
an observer to Assam to
find out who has what
number of MLAs in
their side. This aspect
is there in Ghulam Nabi
ji’s biography as well.
About 55-60 legislators
were with me and only
a dozen MLAs were
with Gogoi Sahib and
in a way, it was sure
that I was to be the CM.
And if I was not to be
the CM, then there was
an option that the then
Speaker of Assam
Assembly would be
there and we sug-
gested that if you
do not wish to
make me the
Chief Minister,
then that leader
could be made CM
since the State
needs a ‘Sense’
because after
about 15 years,
the State is wit-
nessing a fatigue
and Congress will
not be able to win.
That did not hap-
pen. Even then, I
stayed in Congress for
one and a half years. I
resigned from Gogoi
S ahib’s Cabinet, but
continued to stay in
Congress, thinking per-
haps the matter will get
solved somehow. But
when we did not get any
response and in be-
tween several incidents
kept on happening,
then it came to me that
time has come to leave
Congress.
z So is that episode
with dog true? Did
that happen?
I think whosoever goes
to meet him (Rahul
Gandhi), they all see
this. It was not a inci-
dent specific to me,
rather it was a general
incident. In fact, I met
an Editor of a major
news channel the very
day and he told me that
the same behaviour was
met to him one week
prior to the day it hap-
pened with me. That
happening kept on con-
tinuing for a long time,
but it ended after I ex-
posed it. But otherwise,
it is a day- to- day affair,
nothing to do with me
as an individual, but
that is the environment
in their house that the
dog eats from that plate
and even the CM also
eats from the same
plate. I did not eat, but
Gogoi Sahib, our State
President and others
eat from that plate it-
self. So, obviously it
pains.
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Pending paperwork
concerning a property will
be completed. Your spouse
may make you spend more
than you expected. Admit your faults
in relationship. Fantastic day for
investing money in stock market as
you can make fortune. You fear to
loose your parents.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Fortunes are set to rise for
those in trade and
business. You love to live
close to your family. You
are a child at heart and never let this
child die. You have a big heart and
you always help someone if you can.
Expected payments are likely to get
released soon.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Today is a favourable day
for business.Listening to
someone’s advice on the
professional front will be in
your interest. You are very generous
by nature and also you are the
backbone of your family. Be careful
of the words that come out of your
mouth.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You are very fortunate to
have a great friend circle.
Whatever you have in mind,
you will manage to
implement it at work. You are likely to
feel much healthy and energetic today.
Visit a doctor if you have any doubts
about your health. Overall an amazing
day.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your spouse is someone
who can do anything for
your happiness. You are
happy spending whole day
at home. Tensions on the family front
are likely to get sorted out. Help your
mothers at home today and give
them a reason to smile. You will be
successful one day.
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JAN 21 - FEB 19
This is the best time try
something new with life give
yourself a new purpose. You
will feel amorous towards
your wife. Work on your limitations,
there can be no better time than this.
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than the same and you may be judged
sometimes but don’t care.
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by remaining regular in
your workouts. It will be in
your interest to guide a
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front. Scrumptious food is what you
are craving for today. You may start a
side business to earn extra money.
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DEC 23 - JAN 20
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things work your way. You
are most wanted by your
friends. You can have
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one. You will invest money in clothes
and accessories today. You are a God
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someone.
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a break from day to tensions.
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Some family issues may
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of you are likely to enjoy an
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Family will be supportive of
your ideas, but only to an
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Many people get inspired by you.
You will get special treatment from
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Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
emale research sci-
entists are more
productive than
their male col-
leagues, though
they are widely
perceived as being
less so. Women are also re-
warded less for their scien-
tific achievements.
That’s according to my
team’s study for United Na-
tions University - Merit on
gender inequality in scien-
tific research in Mexico,
published as a working pa-
per in December 2016.
The study, part of the pro-
ject “Science, Technology
and Innovation Gender
Gaps and their Economic
Costs in Latin America and
the Caribbean”, was fi-
nanced by the Gender and
Diversity Fund of the Inter-
American Development
Bank (IDB).
THE ‘PRODUCTIVITY
PUZZLE’
The study, which looked at
women’s status in 42 public
universities and 18 public
research centres, some man-
aged by Mexico’s National
Council of Science and
Technology (CONACYT), fo-
cused on a question that has
been widely investigated:
why are women in science
less productive than men,
inalmostallacademicdis-
ciplines and regardless
of theproductivitymeas-
ure used?
The existence of this
“productivity puzzle” is
well documented, from
South Africa to Italy, but
few studies have sought
to identify its possible
causes.
Our findings demon-
strate that, in Mexico at
least, the premise of the
productivity puzzle is false,
when we control for factors
such as promotion to senior
academic ranks and selec-
tivity.
Using an econometric
modelling approach, in-
cluding several macro sim-
ulations to understand the
economic costs of gender
gaps to the Mexican aca-
demic system, our study
focused on researchers
within Mexico’s National
System of Researchers.
We found that women
produce higher quality
research than men, of-
ten publishing in more
prestigious scholarly jour-
nals with longer term im-
pacts in the field.
Additionally, despite the
common belief that mater-
nity leaves make women less
productive in key periods of
their careers, female re-
searchers in fact have only
between 5% to 6% more non-
productiveyearsthanmales.
At senior levels, the differ-
ence drops to 1%.
Nonetheless, in the uni-
versities and research cen-
tres we studied, Mexican
women face considerable
barriers to success. At pub-
lic research centres, women
are 35% less likely to be pro-
moted, and 89% of senior
ranks were filled by men in
2013, though women com-
prised 24% of research staff
and 33% at non-senior lev-
els. Public universities do
slightly better (but not well):
female researchers there are
22% less likely to be promot-
ed than men.
Overall, 89% of all female
academics in our sample
never reached senior levels
in the period studied (2002 to
2013).
In some ways this data
should not be surprising.
Mexico ranks 66th out of 144
in the World Economic Fo-
rum’s 2016 Global Gender
Gap Report and a 2015 report
by the Organisation of Eco-
nomic Co-operation and De-
velopment (OECD) showed
that among OECD countries
Mexico has the widest over-
all gender gap in labour par-
ticipation rates.
Some efforts are being
made to improve gender
equality in research. In 2013
Mexico amended four arti-
cles of its Science and Tech-
nology Law to promote gen-
der equality in those fields,
adding provisions to pro-
mote gender-balanced par-
ticipation in publicly funded
higher education institu-
tions and collect gender-spe-
cific data to measure the
impact of gender on science
and technology policies.
Several CONACYT re-
search centers have
launched initiatives to pro-
motegenderequalityamong
staff, but many of these in-
ternal programs are limited
to anti-discrimination and
sexual harassment training.
More aggressive pro-
grams include: the Research
Centre on Social Anthopol-
ogy’s graduate scholarship
program, in collaboration
with CONACYT and the Na-
tional Commission for the
Development of Indigenous
Peoples, to promote higher
education and training
among indigenous women;
and policies to increase
women’s participation in
higher academic ranks and
management at the CIATEQ
technological institute,
which also gives childcare
subsidies to female staff.
But such examples are
rare. Overall, women hoping
to succeed in Mexican aca-
demia must work harder
and produce more than their
male colleagues to be even
considered for promotion to
senior ranks.
This persistent inequality
has implications not just for
women but for the country’s
scientific production: if
Mexico were to eliminate
gender inequality in promo-
tions, the national academic
system would see 17% to
20% more peer-reviewed ar-
ticles published.
Women aren’t failing at science
SCIENCE IS FAILING WOMEN
LORENA RIVERA LEÓN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
F
Mexico is not alone. Our
previous research in
France and South Africa,
using the same economet-
ric model, found that gen-
der inequalities there also
prevent women scientists
from being promoted to
higher academic ranks.
Examining French
physicists working in the
Centre National de la Re-
cherche Scientifique
(CNRS) and in French
public universities, we
learned that female physi-
cists in CNRS are as pro-
ductive as their male col-
leagues or more so. Yet
they are 6.3% less likely to
be promoted within
CNRS and 16.3% within
universities. This is no-
table in a country that
ranks 17th in the world in
gender equality, accord-
ing to the World
Economic Fo-
rum.
In South Africa, race
plays an important role in
explaining gender ine-
qualities in science. Ex-
amining the career paths
of researchers from 2002
to 2011, we observed that
there are not large differ-
ences in the promotion
patterns of white re-
searchers by gender:
60.1% of white men were
not promoted (even in
cases where they applied
for promotion), compared
to 60.6% of women in the
same period. But
the gap widens
d r a m a t i c a l l y
when you ac-
count for ethnic-
ity: 70.4% of non-
white men and 69.2% of
non-white women are not
promoted. In Uruguay the
same IDB gender gaps
project identified a glass
ceiling as well. There
women are underrepre-
sented in the highest aca-
demic ranks and have a
7.1% less probability than
men of being promoted to
senior levels.
Moreover, from Mexico
and Uruguay to France
and South Africa, a vi-
cious cycle between pro-
motionandproductivityis
at play: difficulties in get-
ting promoted reduce the
prestige, influence and re-
sources available to wom-
en. In turn, those factors
can lead to lower produc-
tivity, which decreases
their chances of promo-
tion. This two-way causal-
ity creates a source of en-
dogeneity biases when in-
cluding seniority as a vari-
abletoexplainproductivity
in an econometric model.
Only when we control for
this, as well as for a selec-
tivity bias (that is, publish-
ingoccurrence),dowefind
thatfemaleresearchersare
moreproductivethantheir
male counterparts. With-
out these corrections, a
gender productivity gap of
10% to 21% appears in fa-
vour of men.
The view that women
are failing at science is
commonly held, but evi-
dence shows that, across
the world, it’s science
that’s failing women. Ac-
tion must be taken to en-
sure that female research-
ers are treated fairly, rec-
ognisedfortheirwork,and
promoted when they’ve
earned it.
A GLOBAL GLASS CEILING
https://theconversation.com/women-
arent-failing-at-science-science-is-
failing-women-71783
Despite
the common belief
that maternity leaves make
women less productive in key
periods of their careers,
female researchers in
fact have only between
5% to 6% more non-
productive years than
males. At senior levels,
difference drops
to 1%.

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