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TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FOR MEHANGAI RAHAT CAMPS
CM launches ‘Jan
Samman’video
contest, cash prize
for winners daily
JAN SAMMAN VIDEO CONTEST WILL
BE HELD TILL AUGUST 6. THIS
WILL BE ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPETITION AND THE BEST
VIDEOS WILL BE SELECTED FROM
VIDEOS UPLOADED ON THE PORTAL
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
hevideocontest,
a brainchild of
Rajasthan’s Ge-
hlot government, was fi-
nallyunveiledonFridayat
exactly 2 pm after a week
long promotion through
teaser advertisement run
by the government for the
online social media con-
test. Making the official
announcement of the con-
test, CM Ashok Gehlot
appealed to the people of
the state to participate in it
in maximum numbers.
The Chief Minister
also shared a video an-
nouncing this contest. In
this, along with the in-
tention and purpose of
this prize contest, he
gave information about
all the aspects. In the
video shared by Gehlot,
from joining this prize
contest to the prize mon-
ey, everything has been
explained in detail
through graphics. Call-
ing upon the people of
the state, Gehlot said
that those who are inter-
ested should come for-
ward and make a video
of any scheme and up-
load it in the prescribed
manner. TURN TO P8
CM Ashok Gehlot shares a video announcing ‘Jan Samman’ video
contest and urges people for maximum participation on Friday.
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Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer
A wanted smuggler was
shot dead in a police en-
counter in Barmer while
another one got injured.
Incident took place on
Friday under Gida police
station area here. Follow-
ing an input, Jodhpur Ru-
ral police and special
team started chasing 2
wanted accused.At Chibi
village area, smugglers
made fire on police. In
retaliatory action police
also started firing. Both
the smugglers got severe
injuries in encounter. P5
Smuggler shot
dead by cops in
Barmer, 1 hurt
About 1 crore 80 lakh
families participated
and registered
themselves in the
success achieved
through the Mehangai
Rahat Camp. I myself
travelled about
10,000 kms. There is
enthusiasm among
people everywhere.
ASHOK GEHLOT,
CHIEF MINISTER
IN BRIEF
Balasore tragedy: CBI
makes first arrests, 3
railway employees held
New Delhi: The CBI
on Friday arrested three
railway employees in
connection with the
Balasore train tragedy
that claimed the lives of
over 250 passengers.
They are held for de-
struction of evidence
and culpable homicide.
Coimbatore top cop
shoots self with
borrowed pistol, dies
Coimbatore: Deputy in-
spector general of police
(Coimbatore range) Vi-
jayakumar IPS shot him-
self dead with a pistol
borrowed from a gun-
man on duty at his offi-
cial residence in Coim-
batore. The reason for
suicide is not known yet.
Namboothiri, veteran
illustrator dies at 97
Kerala: A doyen in the
field of literary illustra-
tions, sculptures and
line sketches in Kerala,
KM Vasudevan Nam-
boothiri, commonly
known as Artist Nam-
boothiri, passed away at
a private hospital in
Kottakkal on Friday.
Vasudevan was 97.
‘NON-EXISTENT
GROUND’
Gujarat HC rejects Rahul Gandhi’s plea for
stay on conviction in defamation case
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad/New Delhi
In a setback for Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi in
his hope to get back the
Parliament membership,
the Gujarat High Court
on Friday rejected his
plea seeking a stay on his
conviction in a criminal
defamation case over his
Modi surname remark.
Justice HM Prachchhak
observed that Gandhi
tried to seek the stay “on
absolutely non-existent
ground”. The judge said
that issue of disqualifica-
tion is not only limited to
MPs and MLAs. Rahul
Gandhi is facing nearly
10 criminal cases. P7
CONGRESS TO MOVE SC
AGAINST GUJ HC ORDER
Congress on Friday
said it will move the
SC against the Guja-
rat HC order refusing to stay
Rahul’s conviction in a defa-
mation case. “There is one
more option before us... the
Supreme Court. Let’s see.
Congress party will seek
that option too,” said KC
Venugopal while addressing
a party programme.
DELHI COURT SUMMONS BRIJ BHUSHAN SINGH
IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE ON JULY 18
SC REFUSES TO EXTEND TIME FOR SPICEJET
TO MAKE PAYMENT TO MARAN, KAL AIRWAYS
A Delhi court on Friday sum-
moned BJP MP and outgoing
WFI chief Brij Bhushan in
connection with a case where wom-
en wrestlers have levelled sexual
harassment charges against him. He
is asked to appear on July 18. Court
also summoned Vinod Tomar, WFI’s
suspended assistant secretary.
In a jolt to SpiceJet, SC on Friday refused to ex-
tend time for making payment to media baron Ka-
lanidhi Maran and his Kal Airways in pursuance
of an arbitral award of `578 crore related to a share-
transfer dispute, saying these are “luxury” litigations.
BJP HITS TOP GEAR IN POLL PREPS
Poll in-charges of 4 states,
including Raj, appointed
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi
The BJP on Friday an-
nounced election in-
charges for four states -
Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Telangana - where elec-
tions will be held later
this year. While Pralhad
Joshi has been appointed
as Rajasthan in-charge,
Nitin Patel has been
named the co-incharge.
For Chhattisgarh, Om
Prakash Mathur is the
election-in-charge and
Mansukh Mandaviya is
the co-incharge. In Telan-
gana, Prakash Javadekar
is election in-charge and
Sunil Bansal is the co-
incharge.
Whereas, in Madhya
Pradesh, Bhupender Ya-
dav is election in-charge,
andAshwini Vaishnaw is
co-incharge. MORE ON P8
The move comes
three days after BJP
named new state
chiefs for Punjab,
Telangana,Jharkhand
and Andhra Pradesh
ahead of the 2024
Lok Sabha elections
MADHYA PRADESH
Bhupender Yadav
CHHATTISGARH
Om Prakash Mathur
TELANGANA
Prakash Javadekar
RAJASTHAN
Pralhad Joshi
Moni Sharma
Gorakhpur/Varanasi
PM Narendra Modi on
Friday attended the clos-
ing ceremony of the Gita
Press centenary celebra-
tions in UP’s Gorakhpur.
Addressing the public
gathering, PM Modi em-
phasised Gita Press’s
contributions, stating
that Mahatma Gandhi
had an affiliation with it
and used to write for
Kalyan magazine.
Speaking about the Gan-
dhi Peace Prize, PM
Modi said here that,
“Gandhi Ji was emotion-
ally attached to Gita
Press. He once used to
write for Gita Press
through Kalyan Patrika.”
Arriving in Varanasi
from Gorakhpur, PM
launched Pandit Deen
Dayal Upadhyaya Junc-
tion-Son Nagar railway
line of Dedicated Freight
Corridor. Built at a cost
of over `6,760 crore, new
line will facilitate faster
and more efficient move-
ment of goods. Modi un-
veiled 29 development
schemes worth `12,000
crore here. MORE ON P7
‘JODARJAYE
WOMODINAHI’
 PM Modi attends the centenary
celebrations of Gita Press in Gorakhpur
 Modi unveils 29 development projects
worth `12,000 crore in UP’s Varanasi
PM Modi’s four-state powerful tour
catalyzes a mega infrastructural surge
Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a jibe at Opposition in Uttar Pradesh
Gita Press is the only
printing press in the
world which is not just
an organisation, but a
living faith. It is no
less than a temple for
crores of people.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
CORRUPTION AT CORE OF CONG, PARTY CAN’T
BREATHE WITHOUT IT: MODI IN CHHATTISGARH
During a rally at the Science College ground in Rai-
pur, Chhattisgarh, PM Narendra Modi on launched
a scathing attack on Congress party, accusing it of
having corruption as its core ideology. PM claimed that the
grand old party cannot function without corruption, while
asserting that he is committed to taking action against graft.
PM MODI TO VISIT TELANGANA TOMORROW
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Telangana
on Sunday to lay the foundation stone for several
development projects worth around Rs 6,100 crore
in Warangal. These include national highway projects worth
over Rs 5,550 crore and work to upgrade the 68-km-long
Karimnagar--Warangal section of NH-563 from existing two
lanes to a four-lane configuration.
PM’S DAY PLAN...
DECODING PM
MODI’S VISIT TO
BIKANER TODAY
With just a few
months to go to
state Assembly
elections and ahead of the
all-important Lok Sabha
polls next year, PM Nar-
endra Modi is leaving no
stone unturned to conquer
the desert state, currently
ruled by Congress. PM
Modi will inaugurate, lay
foundation of various
development works in
Bikaner today. P4
3:30 PM
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will reach Nal Air
Force Station in Bikaner
4:00 PM
Modi will reach Green-
Field E-way Toll Plaza
to unveil many projects
5:00 PM
PM will address rally &
leave for Nal Air Force
Laxman Raghav
PM Narendra Modi with Chhattisgarh Governor Biswabhusan
Harichandan and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel at the
foundation stone laying of various projects, in Raipur on Friday.
PM MODI FLAGS OFF 2
VANDE BHARAT TRAINS
PM Narendra Modi
on Friday flagged off
Gorakhpur-Lucknow,
Jodhpur-Ahmedabad Vande
Bharat trains from Gorakh-
pur, increasing the number
of such trains in country
to 25. Jodhpur-Sabarmati
Vande Bharat will connect
Pali, Abu Road, Palanpur &
Mehsana cities on route. P5
PM Narendra Modi flags off 2 Vande Bharat Trains in presence of
UP CM Yogi Adityanath and others in Gorakhpur on Friday.
 Amarnath Yatra tem-
porarily halted due to
bad weather in Kashmir
 McDonald’s North,
East outlets puts tomato
off menu as price soars
 Trai seeks public
views on selective ban
of net-based calls, apps
1st prize
`1 lakh
3rd prize
`25,000
2nd prize
`50,000
100 prizes of
`1,000
Through online DBT, prize
money will be credited in bank
accounts of the winners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone and dedicates to nation various developmental projects, in UP’s Varanasi on
Friday. UP Governor Anandiben Patel, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Mahendra Nath Pandey & other dignitaries also seen during the event.
PM Narendra Modi, Anandiben Patel and Yogi Adityanath at Gita Press during the centenary celebrations in Gorakhpur on Friday.

ADITI NAGAR
fter mammoth public meet-
ings at Dausa, Bhilwara,
Nathdwara and Ajmer, now
once again ‘Game Changer’
Modi is visiting Bikaner today. While Modi
will inaugurate the Greenfield Expressway
between Amritsar and Jamnagar, built at a
cost of `20,000 crore, he will also inaugu-
rate various other developmental projects
worth crore of rupees. Notably, this will be
PM Modi’s seventh visit to the desert State
in the past nine months, which includes his
visits to Abu Road in September 2022 and
Banswara in November 2022, a hint to how
serious the saffron party is regarding its
future in Rajasthan.
On the flip side, with PM’s visit, the BJP
is eyeing to ‘smitten’voters of no less than
30 Assembly and 4 Lok Sabha constituen-
cies. So far, top BJP leaders including
Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President
JP Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh have visited Udaipur, Bharatpur and
Jodhpur respectively.
In such a short span of 3 months, Modi
has again chosen to visit Rajasthan with an
‘indirect’ idea of mobilising BJP workers
for upcoming 2023 Assembly polls in Ra-
jasthan. On the same lines, another master-
mind strategist Union Home MinisterAmit
Shah has also visited Bharatpur and
Udaipur and tried to change the Congress
‘roadmap’in these areas. There is no doubt
about it that a recent Gehlot - Pilot patch up
(at least on the face value), massive Gehlot
freebie campaign and a likely Muslim vote
polarisation poses a serious challenge to the
saffron party, which, in absence of some
regional face, is going to mainly depend on
the grassroot strategy ofAmit Shah and the
popular face of Narendra Modi.
Although various surveys conducted so
far indicate a contradictory position, but
still Congress, if not having a marginal
lead, is believed to have at least a neck to
neck fight with the BJP.
After the appointment of CP Joshi as the
State party chief and Rajendra Rathore as
the CLP leader, Modi-Shah have executed
one more smart move by putting the Union
Minister of ParliamentaryAffairs, Coal and
Mines Pralhad Joshi as Rajasthan election
in-charge. Moreover, former Haryana Con-
gress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi and former
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel
are appointed as co-in charges and the duo
will coordinate the electioneering for the
saffron party.
It may only be a coincidence that all
the 3 leaders enjoy a very ‘cordial rela-
tionship’and wavelength with the tower-
ing Rajasthan BJP leader, who is based
in New Delhi and not handling the ‘ac-
tive politics’. Incidentally, as a party
man, this leader is the only one who
is confident of BJPwinning 140
seats in upcoming polls.
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popular face of Narendra Modi.
Although various surveys conducted so
fter mammoth public meet-
ings at Dausa, Bhilwara,
Nathdwara and Ajmer, now
once again ‘Game Changer’
Modi is visiting Bikaner today. While Modi
will inaugurate the Greenfield Expressway
between Amritsar and Jamnagar, built at a
20,000 crore, he will also inaugu-
rate various other developmental projects
worth crore of rupees. Notably, this will be
PM Modi’s seventh visit to the desert State
in the past nine months, which includes his
visits to Abu Road in September 2022 and
Banswara in November 2022, a hint to how
serious the saffron party is regarding its
On the flip side, with PM’s visit, the BJP
is eyeing to ‘smitten’voters of no less than
30 Assembly and 4 Lok Sabha constituen-
cies. So far, top BJP leaders including
Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President
JP Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh have visited Udaipur, Bharatpur and
In such a short span of 3 months, Modi
has again chosen to visit Rajasthan with an
‘indirect’ idea of mobilising BJP workers
for upcoming 2023 Assembly polls in Ra-
jasthan. On the same lines, another master-
mind strategist Union Home MinisterAmit
Shah has also visited Bharatpur and
Udaipur and tried to change the Congress
‘roadmap’in these areas. There is no doubt
about it that a recent Gehlot - Pilot patch up
(at least on the face value), massive Gehlot
freebie campaign and a likely Muslim vote
polarisation poses a serious challenge to the
saffron party, which, in absence of some
regional face, is going to mainly depend on
far indicate a contradictory position, but
still Congress, if not having a marginal
lead, is believed to have at least a neck to
neck fight with the BJP.
After the appointment of CP Joshi as the
State party chief and Rajendra Rathore as
the CLP leader, Modi-Shah have executed
one more smart move by putting the Union
Minister of ParliamentaryAffairs, Coal and
Mines Pralhad Joshi as Rajasthan election
in-charge. Moreover, former Haryana Con-
gress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi and former
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel
are appointed as co-in charges and the duo
will coordinate the electioneering for the
saffron party.
It may only be a coincidence that all
the 3 leaders enjoy a very ‘cordial rela-
tionship’and wavelength with the tower-
ing Rajasthan BJP leader, who is based
in New Delhi and not handling the ‘ac-
tive politics’. Incidentally, as a party
man, this leader is the only one who
is confident of BJPwinning 140
seats in upcoming polls.
Although various surveys conducted so PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
PM’S 7TH VISIT TO RAJ IN 9 MONTHS
ALERT:MODI’S
INBIKANERTODAY!
‘VIKAS KI
AANDHI’

RAJASTHAN
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CM APPROVALS
Now, recruitment for 20,000 posts in medical dept
First India Bureau
Jaipur
ecruitment for
more than
20,000 posts
will take place in the
Medical and Health
Dept. As per the budget
announcement of CM
Gehlot for 2023-24, out
of the 1 lakh posts to be
recruited in various
depts, more than 20,000
posts will be filled in the
Medical & Health Dept.
ACS (Medical and
Health) Shubhra Singh
informed that direct re-
cruitment of nursing and
paramedical cadre will
now be done in 20,546
posts. “Nearly 3386
posts have been in-
creased and approval has
been received from the
competent level.”
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`547.58 CRORE
APPROVED FOR 490
ROAD DEVP WORKS
NEW ADDL PP AND
SPP OFFICE TO BE
OPENED IN STATE
IT-TRAINED CONSTABLE POSTS IN 918 POLICE
STATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE DISPOSAL OF TASKS
SC PARTNERSHIP (PUBLIC PARTICIPATION)
SCHEME FOR UPLIFTMENT OF SC COMMUNITY
`25.67 CRORE FOR PROVIDING GRANTS & KITS
TO ENCOURAGE BEEKEEPING IN THE STATE
CM ASHOK GEHLOT APPROVES NON-
GAZETTED OFFICERS TO BE GAZETTED
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot
has approved the
administra-
tive and
financial
proposal
of Rs
547.58 crore for 490 road
development works in
the state. According to
the proposal, Rs 264.19
crore has been approved
for 238 construction
works of roads, gravel
approach roads, other
district roads and urban
roads in the rural areas
in Ajmer, Barmer, Jaipur,
Banswara, Sikar, Churu,
Hanumangarh, Bikaner,
and districts of the state.
Additional Public
Prosecutor’s offic-
es will be opened
in Jayal
(Nagaur),
Raisingh
Nagar
(Sriganga-
nagar), Phagi (Jaipur),
and Khetri (Jhunjhunu)
and Special Public
Prosecutor’s Office
(NDPS Case) in Jodhpur.
CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved the proposal in
this regard. With this de-
cision, judicial and legal
work will be conducted
smoothly. Along with this,
there will be effective
lobbying on behalf of the
state govt in the courts.
The state govt is constantly taking important
decisions to strengthen the law and order situ-
ation in the state. CM Gehlot has approved the
creation of 249 different posts for the
opening of new DSP offices and police
stations in different districts of the state.
Along with this, approval has been given
to create posts of IT-trained constables
in 918 police stations of the state for the effective
disposal of tasks related to information technology.
The state govt is working with commitment for
the upliftment of the scheduled caste community
of the state. In this sequence, CM Gehlot has ap-
proved the draft of the ‘Scheduled Caste
Partnership (Public Participation) Scheme’
for the overall development of Scheduled
Caste-dominated areas. Under the said
scheme, infrastructure development and
expansion works can be done in villages and settle-
ments with more than 50 percent SC population.
The state govt is continuously working towards
strengthening the economic condition of the farm-
ers of the state by providing them with new sourc-
es of income. CM Gehlot has approved
a financial proposal of Rs 25.67 crore for
providing grants, kits and training to farm-
ers to encourage beekeeping in the state.
With this decision of the Chief Minister,
10,000 farmers of different districts including Bharatpur,
Sri Ganganagar, Alwar, Dholpur will be benefitted.
CM Gehlot has approved the proposal to declare
the posts of Assistant Prosecutor Officer (Pros-
ecution Dept), Supervisor Insurance (State In-
surance and Provident Fund Dept), Ayush Nursing Su-
perintendent Grade, Assistant Registrar (AYUSH Dept)
and Technical Education Department (Technical Edu
Board, Jodhpur) as gazetted posts. With this decision,
the anomaly of non-gazetted posts of these personnel,
who discharge the same responsibilities as the gazetted
posts in these departments, can be removed.
PMModitoinaugurateprojects
worth`25,000croretoday
PM Modi’s Bikaner bonanza PM will also address a public rally in Norangdesar
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner
Modi will inaugurate
various development
works in Bikaner on Sat-
urday. The PM will be
inaugurating a section of
the six-lane Greenfield
Expressway of the Am-
ritsar-Jamnagar Econom-
ic Corridor, phase-I of
the Inter-State Transmis-
sion Line, Bikaner-Bhi-
wadi transmission line
and a 30 bedded employ-
ees state insurance cor-
poration hospital. He will
also lay the foundation
stone for the redevelop-
ment of Bikaner Railway
Station. The cost of Rs.
450 crores will be in-
curred on the redevelop-
ment of the railway sta-
tion. He is likely to stay
in Bikaner for around
one-and-half hours.
PM Narendra Modi
will also address a public
rally in Norangdesar and
later return to Delhi. Un-
ion Minister Arjun Ram
Meghwal and BJP State
President CP Joshi will
share the stage with the
PM in Naurangdesar.
“At 4 pm, he will reach
GreenField Expressway
Toll Plaza near No-
rangdesar where he will
lay the foundation stones
and inaugurate various
projects.At 5 pm, the PM
will address the rally and
later leave for Nal Air
Force Station,” said
Meghwal.
Ravi Sharma
Jaipur
A joint meeting of Ra-
jasthan and Madhya
Pradesh governors was
held in Udaipur on Fri-
day. The meeting, held in
the divisional commis-
sioner’s office of
Udaipur, discussed vari-
ous issues related to the
two-bordering states.
During the meeting,
Governor Kalraj Mishra
said that a survey has
been done regarding rev-
enue disputes in Ra-
jasthan and Madhya
Pradesh and the officers
should ensure effective
resolution of these issues.
The governor also in-
structed that the benefits
of the developmental
schemes and schemes re-
lated to girl child educa-
tion, medical, tribal wel-
fare, and other schemes
implemented by the state
governments are given
equally to the people of
the border districts of
both states.
MP Governor Man-
gubhai Patel also ex-
pressed the need for the
officers of the bordering
states to work unani-
mously on the issues re-
lated to the development
of both states. “Six dis-
tricts of Madhya Pradesh
and nine districts of Ra-
jasthan share their bor-
ders. In such a situation,
an effective security sys-
tem must be developed.”
Rajendra Rathore and Arjun Ram Meghwal reviewing preps with BJP councillors at BJP office in Bikaner on Friday.
Governor Kalraj Mishra & Mangubhai Patel held a joint meeting
with officers of the border districts in Udaipur on Friday.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mahesh Joshi,Jyoti Khandelwal,
Manoj Mudgal, Manju Sharma and others protesting outside the
PCC in Jaipur on Friday. SANTOSH SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Animal activists along
with concerned citizens,
organized a candlelight
vigil and protest today
outside the Chitrakoot
police station to demand
justice for the brutal mur-
der of an innocent com-
munity dog. The vigil
aimed to shed light on the
disturbing rise in animal
cruelty cases and to draw
attention to the lack of
action by the police in ar-
resting the culprits, de-
spite clear evidence and
CCTV footage identify-
ing the murderers.
The horrific incident
took place on June 30 in
Chitrakoot, when a de-
fenseless dog, named af-
fectionately as Angel,
was subjected to a
senseless act of violence
by four individuals. De-
spite overwhelming evi-
dence, including irrefu-
table CCTV footage that
clearly identifies the
perpetrators, the Chitra-
koot police have failed
to take swift action in
apprehending the cul-
prits and ensuring jus-
tice for Angel.
Waterlogged roads
A rickshaw puller wades
through a waterlogged
road after a heavy
rainfall on Friday evening
at Khirni Phatak, in Jaipur.
The Meteorological
Department has predicted
good rains in most parts of
Rajasthan till July 10.
SANTOSH SHARMA
Raj-MPGuvsseekcooperation
fordevpofborderingdistricts
ArrestAngeldogkillers,
activistsdemandjustice
Animal activists along with
concerned citizens protesting
outside the Chitrakoot police
station in Jaipur on Friday.
MUKESH KIRADOO
State BJP Chief
make changes in 4
cells of State unit
Shuffleagaininbureaucracy: 4
RAStransferred,1putonAPO
2023 polls may
be last, hints
Rajendra Rathore
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
State BJP Prez CP Joshi
onThursday made chang-
es in four cells of the state
unit. Shrawan Singh from
Chittorgarh has been giv-
en a major responsibility
and has been made the
convenor of the state BJP
Chief office. Pramod
Vashisht of Jpr has been
made the State Convenor
of the Media cell. Pankaj
Meena, Arvind Yadav,
Mehraj Chowdhary have
been made co-convenors
of the media cell.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
On Friday, four RAS of-
ficers were transferred
wherein Bhanwarlal Meh-
rada was transferred to the
post of Registrar, Raj San-
skrit University, Gunjan
Soni to Addl Commis-
sioner, Departmental In-
vestigation, Jaipur, Suman
Panwar to Addl Commis-
sioner, Departmental In-
vestigation, Jaipur and
Meenakshi Meena to Dpty
Director, Sainik Kalyan
Board Jaipur.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner
Leader of Opposition Ra-
jendra Rathore in an in-
terview targeted the Con-
gress by
calling it a
university of
p o l i t i c s .
T a l k i n g
about his
terms with former chief
minister Vasundhara
Raje, Rathore said that
she is a busy leader and
he is a small worker. He
said that Raje’s role
might be different now
but she takes on the Con-
gress from every plat-
form. Rathore called Gu-
lab Chand Kataria as a
guardian.
Rathore said that the
youths must get an op-
portunity and he often
thinks about retiring
from politics. He said
that contesting this elec-
tion may be his last one.
Rathore said that PM
Modi would inaugurate
projects worth over Rs
2,500 crore.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur
Congress workers across
the country protested af-
ter the Gujarat High
Court on Friday rejected
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi’s request to put
on hold his conviction in
a defamation case over
his 2019 ‘Modi surname’
remark. In Jaipur, there
was a demonstration in
support of Gandhi out-
side the PCC and a foot
march was held.
Congress leaders sup-
porting Rahul Gandhi
announced to launch a
Satyagraha. Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas, Minister Mahesh
Joshi, Minister Govind
Ram Meghwal, MLA
Rafiq Khan, Amin Kag-
zi, Archana Sharma, Si-
taram Aggarwal, Lalit
Toonwal, Pawan
Godara, Pushpendra
Bhardwaj, RR Tiwari
were also present.
GujHCrejectsstay
onRaGa’sconviction:
Congtakestostreet
UNION MINISTER GADKARI TO BE PRESENT AT
NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY PROGRAMME
Union Road Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari
will also be present in
the programme of the National
Highway Authority. Nitin Gad-
kari will also share the dais
along with the Prime Minister.

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Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer
After the death of her
lover on her wedding day,
a 22-year-old newlywed
woman on Friday too
committed suicide by
jumping into a water tank.
Before taking the extreme
step, the victim updated
WhatsApp status and
wrote, “We swore to live
or die together. Why you
left me alone in this
world, I am coming to
you. Sorry for being two
days late.”
Incident has been re-
ported from Shobhala Jet-
mal village under Dhori-
manna police station area
in Barmer district.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer
In Barmer district on Fri-
day, cops shot down a
wanted smuggler under
Gida police station area
in an encounter while
leaving one injured.
Police, however, con-
firmed the encounter on
its official twitter handle
but till the last report of-
ficial confirmation of the
death was awaited. Police
identified the smugglers
as Omprakash Jat, now
dead and Koshlaram Jat.
Meanwhile, initially,
soon after the incident
police, on its official twit-
ter handle, had declared
the death of both smug-
glers but later deleted the
tweet. Meanwhile, sourc-
es close to the develop-
ment said that the condi-
tion of the injured smug-
gler was claimed to be out
of danger.
According to the police
one smuggler had a cash
reward of Rs 50,000 on
his name while another
had a bounty of rupees
twenty five thousand.
RAJASTHAN
www.firstindia.co.in firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur thefirstindia thefirstindia thefirstindia
05
MURMU TO VISIT RAJ ON JULY 13-15
Ensurestrongsecurityarrangements:CSUshaSharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur
hief Secretary
Usha Sharma
held a meeting
with the high officials of
the departments con-
cerned at the Government
Secretariat on Friday re-
garding preparations for
the proposed visit of Pres-
ident Draupadi Murmu to
Rajasthan from July 13 to
15. Sharma told the offi-
cials to ensure necessary
preparations along with
strong security arrange-
ments. She said that the
protocolmustbefollowed
and instructions received
from Rashtrapati Bhavan
should be implemented.
In view of the proposed
yatra,theCSreviewedthe
medical, security arrange-
ments, route and all other
preparations. Principal
SecretaryGeneralAdmin-
istration Dinesh Kumar
saidthatduringthisperiod
the programme of Khatu
Shyamji temple of Jaipur
and Sikar is proposed for
the President.
DGP Umesh Mishra
and other senior officers
were present in the meet-
ing. Senior officers of Raj
Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha,
Home, PHED, UDH,
DIPR, and Jaipur Airport
and Jaipur and Sikar Dis-
trict Collector joined the
meeting virtually.
CS Usha Sharma during the review meeting in Secretariat on Friday. DGP Umesh Mishra, Principal
Secretary General Administration Dinesh Kumar and other officials are also seen.
C
Jaipur: On Friday, Bench
of Justice MM Srivastava
in the Rajasthan High
Court ordered a stay on
promotion to IAS from
other services. The stay
has been ordered on the
petition of Rajasthan Ad-
ministrative Service
Council. It was stated in
petition that the state govt
had sent a letter to all the
dept on Feb 17, 2023 and
sought applications for
promotion in IAS service
from other services. It
was contested in petition
that this is not right to do
this according to rules.
Jaipur: In the Sanjivani
Credit Co-operative So-
ciety Case, the bail ap-
peals of Jaswant Singh
and Ram Singh, residents
of Barmer and Jodhpur
resident Rajendra Singh
were rejcted from Addi-
tional District Judge
court on Friday. The Spe-
cial Operations Group
(SOG) arrested Ramsin-
gh and Rajendra on No-
vember 11 and Jaswant
on November 30, 2022.
During the hearing, pub-
lic prosecutor Suresh Ku-
mawat opposed the bail
applications.
Raj High Court puts a
stay on promotion to
IAS from other services
Bail pleas of three
accused in Sanjivani
Scam rejcted
IN BRIEF
Leadersearliersoughttrainhalts,
nowtheywantVandeBharat:PM
PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat train from Jodhpur to Sabarmati
Shivprakash Purohit
Jodhpur
Modi, on Friday, flagged
off the inaugural Jodhpur-
Ahmedabad (Sabarmati)
VandeBharatspecialtrain
service through video
conferencing from Gora-
khpur. Governor of Ra-
jasthan Kalraj Mishra and
CM Ashok Gehlot joined
the ceremony through vir-
tual medium. Union Jal
Shakti Min Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat and other
public representatives
were present in ceremony
organized in Jodhpur.
Addressing the pro-
gram virtually, PM Modi
said, “Vande Bharat train
has given a new flight to
the middle class of the
country for facilities.
There was a time when
politicians used to write
letters to get the train halt-
ed at their place. Today
people write letters to run
Vande Bharat from their
area,” Modi said.
Addressing the event,
union minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat said,
“All the lines on the Jodh-
pur route are being elec-
trified. Diesel engines
will be phased out in
Jodhpur by December
2023. Only electric loco-
motives will ply.” Shek-
hawat further said, “In the
last 9 years, many works
have been done on the
railways, in which the
works of new lines, dou-
bling and electrification
have been done rapidly.”
Thanking PM for the op-
eration of Vande Bharat
Express, he said, “With
the operation of this train,
the residents of Jodhpur
will get a faster and easier
means to go to
Ahmedabad, which will
boost tourism, and busi-
ness in this region”.
People taking selfies with Vande Bharat train at Jodhpur station on Friday.
PM Modi flagging off the train from Gorakhpur. Yogi Adityanath also seen.
GajendraShekhawatatlaunchof
VandeBharatinJodhpuronFriday.
After suicide of the newlywed
girl, people gathered in Shobhala
Jetmalvillage,BarmeronFriday.
Smugglercarrying `25K
bountykilledinpolice
encounterinBarmer
As police officers reach spot, the Nahta Hospital in Balotra turned
into police cantonment on Friday.
CS USHA REVIEWS INDEPENDENCE DAY PREPS,
INSTRUCTS OFFICIALS TO WORK TOGETHER
Addressing a review meeting for the Indepen-
dence Day at the Govt Secretariat on Friday in
connection with the preparations for the state-lev-
el function to be held at SMS Stadium in Jaipur, CS Usha
Sharma instructed the departments concerned to work
with full devotion for the successful organization. She
also gave instructions for wide publicity of the ceremony
to ensure full participation of the people. Sharma said that
the Independence Day celebrations would be tradition-
ally celebrated as a national festival. She said that all the
departments should fulfill their responsibilities.
Swearing-in ceremony
AICC Secretary and Rajasthan co-incharge Virendra Singh Rathore, RTDC Chairman
Dharmendra Singh Rathore, Sainik Welfare Board Chairman Manvendra Singh Jasol,
social worker Meghraj Singh and newly elected President of Marwar Rajput Sabha
Hanuman Singh Khangata along with the entire executive during the swearing-in
ceremony of the executive body in Jodhpur on Friday. On this occasion Union Min
Gajendra S Shekhawat expressed gratitude to CM Gehlot for EWS simplification.
After death of her
lover, newlywed
ends life on 3rd
day of marriage
Policeseize3.5kgsmack
worth`9cr,twoarrested
Pt.Mishraopposesdress
codeinUdaipur’stemple
First India Bureau
Baran
In a major drug haul, the
CID-CB wing of Ra-
jasthan Police on Thurs-
daynightseized3.5kgsof
smack worth around Rs. 9
crores and arrested two
smugglers from Baran.
The drugs, packed in 2
packets,werebeingsmug-
gled in from Lucknow to
Rajasthan, which was
supposed to be later sup-
pliedtoaformersarpanch.
Police informed the
two accused have been
identified as Iqbal Khan
and Bharat Kumar Nagar.
“Based on an intelli-
gence input, the CID-CB
team put barricades at
Fatehpur toll plaza on
NH–27 under Baran Po-
lice Station area. The po-
lice team spotted a
Jharkhandnumbercarand
searched it. Police recov-
ered 2 packets of smack
from it,” police added.
First India Bureau
Pushkar
Spiritual orator Pandit
Pradeep Mishra spoke
on the issue of dress code
in Jagdish Ji Temple of
Udaipur and said that
God does not look at
clothes, but observes the
feeling and devotion of
the devotees. Pt. Pradeep
Mishra has termed the
controversy as a ploy of
the heretics.
“The heretics are try-
ing to divert the new gen-
eration from the Hindu
religion. They want to
stop the young genera-
tion from going to the
temple. If entry into a
temple is banned based
on language, culture and
clothes, then the new
generation will not go to
visit the temple and the
ploy of the heretics will
be successful,” said Pt.
Pradeep Mishra.
“Ravan had also
changed his clothes. Ra-
van defamed a saint by
wearing his robe and de-
famed him so much that
even today the saint’s
robe is washed first in the
Kumbh Mela, yet it does
not get cleaned,” he
Mishra added.
XEn suspended over
financialirregularities
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
A corruption scam has
once again come to the
fore under the Jal Jeevan
Mission in Rajasthan.
The scam took place in
Amet Bhakroda Water
Scheme in Rajsamand
wherein an engineer or-
dered payment for pipe-
lines whose production
was not even completed
in the factory. Now, the
department has suspend-
ed the concerned engi-
neer and initiated action
against him under 16CC.
Officials informed
that in Bhakroda water
scheme, 90 mm 75
mm pipes manufactured
by Bhagwati Irrigation
were used and factory
inspection of these pipes
was done by the then-
XEn Ramlal Meena on 9
July 2022. “Ramlal
Meena issued invoice on
6 Aug 2022. A few days
later, 70% payment
for these pipes was veri-
fied. But the matter
came to light when
Bhagwati Irrigation
wrote a letter on 29 Sept
2022,” said the official.
Corruption in JJM in Rajsamand
FIimpact:BloodBankinSMS
superspecialityblocksoon ‘We must adopt latest tech for mining’
ACS Veenu Gupta appeals for safety of labourers at mining sites
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
Patients at Super Special-
ityBlockofSMSMedical
College will not have to
run here and there for
blood. Following an ex-
clusive news story that
was published in First In-
dia, a process has been
started in the direction of
setting up a blood bank or
starting a blood storage
centre in SSB.
The administration of
SMSMedicalCollegehad
also sought a report in this
matter. Speaking to First
India, SMS Medical Col-
lege Principal Dr Rajeev
Bagarhatta informed that
all kinds of facilities are
available in SSB, but not
having a blood bank is an
important matter which
has now come to my
knowledge. “Whether a
blood bank must be made
orastoragecentermustbe
developed, but patients
will not be sent out of the
SSB building for blood.
Steps will be taken in this
regard soon,” said Dr Ra-
jeev Bagarhatta. Notably,
the SSB, built at a cost of
about Rs 200 cr, has OPD
for 1500 patients daily.
Nirmal Tiwari
Rajsamand
Additional Chief Secre-
tary (ACS) Mines and
Petroleum Veenu Gupta
has requested the mine
lease holders to strictly
follow the safety stand-
ards and adopt zero loss
mining technology.
Veenu Gupta, who was
inspecting the mining
sites in Rajsamand and
surrounding areas on Fri-
day, also laid stress on
environmental protection
along with mining activi-
ties and to plant more and
more saplings.
During her visit, she
inspected various soap-
stone and dolomite mines
around Rabcha and Odan
villages of Delwara in
Rajsamand. “We must
adopt latest technology of
mining so that valuable
minerals can be exploited
in the right way and the
loss from mining can be
kept at the minimum lev-
el. The safety standards
should be strictly adhered
to so that the health of la-
bourers can be ensured,”
said ACS Veenu Gupta.
During her visit, she also
planted saplings along
with other officials.
You read it in First India on
JULY 07, 2023
WE’VE BROUGHT BROAD
GAUGE HERE: GEHLOT
CM Gehlot, who
joined ceremony
through virtual
medium, tweeted that he
has a pleasant recollection
after becoming a MP in
1980. “The first program I
did was to start the Marud-
har Express at 6 am in the
presence of the people of
Jodhpur. Then there was a
meter gauge railway line.
There was a lot of enthusi-
asm among the people of
Jodhpur when the Marudhar
train started,” he said, further
adding, “After becoming MP,
I got the historic task of con-
verting meter gauge to broad
gauge done, I am happy that
today the running of Vande
Bharat train
from Jodhpur
has become
possible only
because of the
broad gauge
railway
line.”
ACS Veenu Gupta and others planting saplings in Rajsamand on Friday.
Accused in police custody in
Baran on Friday.

fter a stum-
ble at the fi-
nal hurdle of
the World
Test Cham-
pionship (WTC), Team
India is all set to rekindle
the race for the Test mace
again in West Indies from
Wednesday. The two sides
meet after a gap of 4 years
in the longest format of the
game and while it is a con-
test between two sides at
the opposite end of Test
rankings, both have a lot to
gain from the 2-test series
followed by 3 ODIs and 5
T20 games.
As they prepare for the
challenge, it’s not been a
happy few weeks for both
Team India and the Wind-
ies side. While India lost
the second WTC finals in
a row, the two-time World
Champions, West Indies,
failed to qualify for the
ODI World Cup to be held
in India later this year. It is
ironic that post the historic
1983 World Cup victory,
one which was celebrated
just a fortnight ago as the
40th year that ‘changed the
game’, the two teams have
had a drastic swing in their
cricketing fortunes.
When India lifted the
1983 World Cup, it was
deemed a miracle as they
had beaten the mighty
West Indians who won the
previous two editions
comfortably. But since
then, the rise and fall of
the two sides has been
quite dramatic and now as
India play in the Caribbe-
an islands, the odds are
heavily stacked in their
favor to win another Test
series and anything less
than a 2-0 victory will be
seen as an upset!
The striking statistic is
that India has not been
beaten by Windies in Test
matches since 2002! This
is more than 21 years with-
out a win and the last 8
series between the two,
have all been comprehen-
sively won by Team India.
The second Test of the se-
ries will be the 100th be-
tween the two teams of
which the Windies have
won 30 and India 22. But
in the last 17 Tests since
2006, India has won 12
and drawn the rest, push-
ing their winning percent-
age against Windies much
higher!
Poor administration and
management have led to
this terrible downfall for
Windies cricket in the last
few decades. But Kraigg
Brathwaite, the current
Windies captain, wants to
look ahead and start with a
fresh mindset against In-
dia. He claims his players
understand the challenge
and has urged Caribbean
cricket fans to come to the
matches in large numbers
and support their team. At
the moment, West Indies
players are preparing in a
training camp but the se-
lectors are yet to announce
the Test squad!
The Indian team is ex-
pected to dominate the
contests but they have
problems of their own.
While BCCI is the richest
board in the world and
Team India has often
topped ICC rankings
across formats, World
Championship Trophies
have been missing from
their cabinet for the past
decade. Poor selection
calls have been heavily
criticised by experts. Sunil
Gavaskar had recently
said that dropping
Chesteshwar Pujara from
the Test side after a poor
WTC final was just seek-
ing a “scapegoat” for col-
lective batting failures.
Moreover, a surprising
decision, one that bemused
many, was taken when
Ajinkya Rahane was made
the Vice Captain of the
Test team once again. He
was the highest run scorer
in the WTC finals but had
been out of the team for the
last 18 months! Sourav
Ganguly was displeased
by this wavering criteria,
terming it as “hot and
cold” and called for con-
sistency in selections. On
the bowling side, though
the spin department
manned by R Ashwin and
Ravindra Jadeja looks
classy, the pacers, except
for Mohammed Siraj are a
rather untried bunch and
seem far from menacing.
The Rohit Sharma-led
outfit reached the Carib-
bean 10 days before the
start of the Test series. For
the Tests, India has picked
three newcomers in Ya-
shasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj
Gaikwad and Mukesh Ku-
mar. While Jaiswal and
Gaikwad are big IPL
names, Mukesh is a medi-
um pacer who has played
an important part for Ben-
gal in the last few seasons.
But yet again the mantle of
the batting will fall on
proven stalwarts like Virat
and Rohit. Their batting
form holds the key for In-
dia to do well not in this
series but also for the rest
of the year.
Having got the desired
time to acclimatize to the
conditions and prepare
well, the Indian side would
be determined to start the
new WTC cycle on a high.
They will look to get 2
wins under their belt for
this WTC cycle may be a
challenging one for them.
But as is often said, “well
begun is half done.” In that
sense the battle with the
Windies will be vital for
Team India to get off to a
splendid start!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
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TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Deeply saddened by
the demise of Shri K M
Vasudevan Namboothiri
Ji. His paintings and sculptures
breathed life into our history and
revived our connection with it. My
condolences to his bereaved family
and followers. Om Shanti
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
The news of loss of life of three
party workers and injuries to other
workers in a road accident in Bilaspur,
Chhattisgarh is very sad. The party stands with
the bereaved family members for all possible
help. I wish speedy recovery of the injured. I pray
to God to give place to the departed souls at your
holy feet. Om Shanti!.
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
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Follow the way of love and
eagerly desire spiritual gifts,
especially the gift of prophecy.
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06
ABOUT THE TEAM
ALANYSIS
The Rohit Sharma-led
outfit reached the Carib-
bean 10 days before the
start of the Test series.
For the Tests, India has
picked three newcom-
ers in Yashasvi Jaiswal,
Ruturaj Gaikwad and
Mukesh Kumar. While
Jaiswal and Gaikwad are
big IPL names, Mukesh is
a medium pacer who has
played an important
part for Bengal in the
last few seasons.
But yet again the mantle
of the batting will fall on
proven stalwarts like Virat
and Rohit. Their batting
form holds the key for India
to do well not in this series
but also for the rest of the
year. Having got the de-
sired time to acclimatize to
the conditions and prepare
well, the Indian side would
be determined to start the
new WTC cycle on a high.
They will look to get 2
wins under their belt for
this WTC cycle may be a
challenging one for them.
But as is often said, “well
begun is half done.” In that
sense the battle with the
Windies will be vital for
Team India to get off
to a splendid start!
Indialooksforfreshstartagainst
WindiesasNewWTCCycleBegins
After a stumble at the final hurdle of the World
Test Championship (WTC), Team India is all set to
rekindle the race for the Test mace again in West
Indies from Wednesday. The two sides meet after
a gap of 4 years in the longest format of the
game and while it is a contest between two sides
at the opposite end of Test rankings, both have a
lot to gain from the 2-test series followed by 3
ODIs and 5 T20 games
IN-DEPTH
SHOULD POLITICAL
PEOPLE ALSO HANG
THEIR BOOTS
fter breaking away from the Nationalist Con-
gress Party to join hands with Eknath Shinde
and Devendra Fadnavis as Deputy Chief
Minister, Ajit Pawar told his uncle Sharad Pawar to
hang his boots as he is now 83 years of age. Pawar
senior’s daughter Supriya Sule responded with “age
is just a number”. She justified Sharad Pawar at the
helm “as there is absolutely no match for Sharad Pa-
war who has just crossed 83”.
When Narendra Modi became Prime Minister the
BJP fixed a cut-off age of 75 for all its leaders to
remain in politics. As a consequence senior leaders
like LK Advani and Dr Murli Manohar Joshi were
sent packing. As Prime Minister Modi approaches
the cut off year one would like to give a serious
thought to Sule’s remark on age being just a number.
Modi is physically fit, is blessed with a sharp politi-
cal mind and has a huge following so why shouldn’t
he be considered for another term after 2029?
In the United States President Joe Biden is ready
to throw his hat in the ring one more time although
he will be 81 in 2024. His rival, former President
Donald Trump, will be 71. Biden has started showing
signs of ageing and should consider retirement but the
power of the Presidency is irresistible. The oldest
head of state is Paul Biya, President of Cameroon. He
is over 90 years old. Coming back to Sharad Pawar,
he knows that the NCP without him will flounder. He
also has to pass the baton to Supriya, his daughter.
A
META THREADS A
COMPETITION IN
CYBERSPACE
WITH ELON MUSK
ot just earth, temperatures are soaring in the
cyber world too. In a first serious challenge
to Elon Musk’s Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg’s
Meta has launched “Threads”. Within the first seven
hours of its launch 10 million people had registered
for the app. Thursday
saw the number swell
to 30 million sub-
scribers and in less
than 24 hours it rose
to 44 million. The ad-
vantage Threads us-
ers will have is easy
access to Instagram
users, whose number
runs into billions.
However, their full
integration is yet to
happen. Threads’ us-
ers also won’t have
to worry about safety
as they are the same
as Instagram.
This facility could
erode Twitter’s ad
base and hurt Musk
more than Threads’ growing subscriber base. Tem-
peramental Musk has not had easy relations with
Twitter users with his decision on blue ticks and mon-
etization of the platform and many looked for an
alternative. Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky fell short of ex-
pectations. While Meta’s footprint expands, Twitter’s
not going away soon.
N
Notjustearth,
temperaturesare
soaringinthecyber
worldtoo.Inafirst
seriouschallengeto
ElonMusk’sTwitter,
MarkZuckerberg’s
Metahaslaunched
“Threads”
.Within
thefirstsevenhours
ofitslaunch10
millionpeoplehad
registeredfortheapp
Siddhaarth
Mahan
The writer is a specialist
on Sports and Cinema
who works as an actor in
the Hindi film industry
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INDIA
07
PTI
Dar es Salaam
ExternalAffairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Friday
paid homage to Indian
soldiers cremated at the
CommonwealthWar Me-
morial here in Tanzania.
The EAM arrived here
on Thursday after visit-
ing Zanzibar. India and
Tanzania have tradition-
ally enjoyed close and
friendly relations. The
visit to Tanzania will fur-
ther consolidate the bilat-
eral relations between
our two countries.
On the second day of
his two-day visit to the
EastAfrican nation, Jais-
hankar paid homage to
the Indian soldiers.
“Paid homage to Indi-
an soldiers at the Com-
monwealth War Memo-
rial in Dar es Salaam to-
day. Their sacrifices in
various theatres of war
are an important aspect
of our history. They are a
reminder of India’s glob-
al impact,” he tweeted.
LS SPEAKER IN MONGOLIA
Om Birla leads Parl Delegation to Mongolia
First India Bureau
Camp Ulaanbaatar
ok Sabha
Speaker Om
Birla, who is
leading an Indian Parlia-
mentary Delegation
(IPD) to Mongolia, called
on President of Mongolia
Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
in Ulaanbaatar.
Terming the story of
Mongolia a great story
of valour, courage and
fearlessness, Om Birla
observed that their his-
tory continues to inspire
the world to this day.
The shared glorious her-
itage of Buddhism un-
derpins the ties between
India and Mongolia, the
Lok Sabha Secretariat
said on Friday.
Birla said India is de-
termined to further
strengthen and broaden
its strategic partnership
with Mongolia. In this
regard, the Lok Sabha
Speaker said Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi’s
State Visit to Mongolia in
the year 2015 greatly
strengthened relations
between the two coun-
tries. He said he was
happy to note that India
is playing the role of a
dependable partner in the
economic development
of Mongolia.
In this context, he
mentioned that the Oil
Refinery Project in
Mongolia is the largest
project undertaken by
India abroad, which is a
testimony to the close
partnership between the
two nations.
L
“TakeactionagainstKhalistanisnow”
Ajit Doval’s message to UK counterpart...
PTI
New Delhi
National Security Advi-
sor Ajit Doval on Friday
told his British counter-
part Sir Tim Barrow to
take strong action such as
deportation against ex-
tremist elements threat-
ening officers of Indian
High Commission in the
UK, official sources said.
Doval raised the issue
during his wide-ranging
talks with Barrow, who is
currently on a visit to In-
dia. The two NSAs held
one-on-one talks. Pro-
Khalistan groups have is-
sued posters inciting vio-
lenceagainstseniorIndian
diplomats in UK the US,
Canada and Australia.
NSA Ajit Doval meets United Kingdom’s National Security Advisor
Tim Barrow, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday. ANI
AJIT DOVAL MEETS UK
COUNTERPART IN DELHI
New Delhi: NSA Ajit
Doval on Friday met
his UK counterpart
Tim Barrow in Delhi. This
meeting between the two
is the second in this year
as earlier the two had an
informal meeting on March
30. The high-profile meeting
came days after attacks and
protests at Indian High Com-
mission in London. Earlier,
on March 19, a pro-Khal-
istan protestor in London
climbed the High Commis-
sion of India’s balcony and
pulled down the Indian flag.
EAM S Jaishankar addresses a gathering during his visit to the
water project at Kibamba, in Ubungo on Friday. ANI
EAM visits Tanzania war memorial
S Jaishankar pays
homage to Indian
soldiers at Memorial
ANI
Imphal
The situation is tense in
some parts with sporadic
incidents of firing, but is
normal in most districts in
Manipur, said an official
statement from police.
“The situation is tense
in some places with spo-
radic incidents of firing
and congregation of un-
ruly mob during the last
24 hours. However, the
situationisnormalinmost
districts,” statement said.
The statement added
that the State Police and
Central forces on Thurs-
day conducted search op-
erations in the vulnerable
and fringe areas in both
the hill and valley dis-
tricts. The official state-
ment further said that on
July 6, a joint team of
Manipur Police and the
Central Security Forces
destroyed 24 bunkers in
the districts of Manipur.
Situation tense in some parts, normal
in most districts of Manipur: Police
Agencies
Bilaspur
Three persons were killed
and six others injured
when a bus ferrying peo-
pletoPrimeMinisterNar-
endra Modi’s public rally
in Raipur, rammed into a
stationary truck in Bilas-
pur district on Friday.
The accident occurred
near Beltara village when
the bus with around 40
people on board was
heading to Raipur from
Ambikapur, Bilaspur SP
Santosh Singh said.
Prima facie, the bus
driver could not see the
stationary truck parked on
the roadside due to heavy
rainfall, as a result of
which the bus rammed
into it from rear, he said.
“Three people died in
the accident while six
others sustained inju-
ries, two of them criti-
cally,” the SP said.
3dead,6hurtinC’garhaccident;
Baghelannounces`4Lex-gratia
“Corruptionbiggestideologyof
Congress,ChhattisgarhisitsATM”
PM Modi slams Congress from poll-bound Chhattisgarh...
Agencies
Raipur
PM Narendra Modi on
Friday launched a scath-
ing attack on the Con-
gress, alleging that cor-
ruption was its biggest
ideology, and accused the
grand old party of stalling
thedevelopmentofChhat-
tisgarh, where elections
are due by the year-end.
Speaking in the poll-
bound Chhattisgarh, on
Friday the PM sharpened
his attack against the
Congress party.
At Vijay Sankalp Rally
here, PM Modi in clear
reference to Congress said
those who are stained in
corruption are trying to
stitchanOppositionUnity.
“Those stained are trying
to come together today.
Those who used to curse
each other, they have now
started finding excuses to
come together,” he said.
In the same breath, he
went on to say that if
Congress is the guarantee
of corruption, then Modi
is the guarantee of action
against corruption.
ANI
Ahmedabad
With the Gujarat High
Court on Friday refusing
to stay Rahul Gandhi’s
conviction in a criminal
defamation case, BJP
MLAPurnesh Modi, who
filedthecomplaintagainst
the Congress leader, said
that everyone should ac-
cept the Court’s order and
that is ‘Satyamev Jayate’
in is its real sense.
Gujarat High Court on
Friday upheld Sessions
Court’s order denying
stay on the conviction of
Rahul Gandhi in the def-
amation case against
‘Modi surname’ remark.
Purnesh Modi had filed a
complaint against Rahul
Gandhi over the remark
in a Surat court.
“We welcome today’s
verdictbytheHighCourt...
He should think about it
and not create such histo-
ry,” Purnesh Modi said
answering a query.
Modi’s advocate Har-
shit Tolia said they also
referred to Rahul Gan-
dh’s remarks where he
had refused to apologise
on his remarks concern-
ing Veer Savarkar.
ComplainantPurneshModi
laudsGujHCverdictonRaGa
Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Ruckus in Tripura House;
5 Oppn MLAs suspended
ANI
Agartala
A ruckus broke out be-
tween the BJP and Tipra
Motha party MLAs dur-
ing theAssembly session
on Friday.
Later, the Speaker sus-
pended the five MLAs
from the House for their
unruly behaviour. Leader
of Opposition Animesh
Debbarma raised a ques-
tion over the issue of BJP
MLA Jabad Lal Nath but
Speaker said he will get
back to him after some
other important issues.
Reacting over the
matter TIPRA Motha
chief Pradyot Kishore
Manikya Debbarma
said, “It is unfortunate
that the Hon’ble Speaker
of the Tripura Legisla-
tive Assembly didn’t
take any cognisance, let
alone take action on the
MLAJadab Lal Nath but
instead suspended 5 Op-
position MLAs.”
Siddaramaiah
presents K’taka
budget with outlay
of `3.27L crore
Agencies
Bengaluru
Karnataka CM Siddara-
maiah on Friday present-
ed a populist budget with
a total outlay of Rs 3.27
lakh crore, with a major
focus on fulfilling the five
guarantees promised by
the ruling Congress party
ahead of assembly polls.
“The total receipts are
estimated to be Rs
3,24,478 crore during
2023-24. 370 and total
expenditure is estimated
to be Rs 3,27,747 crore
which includes Revenue
Expenditure at Rs
2,50,933 crore, Capital
Expenditure at Rs 54,374
crore and loan repayment
at Rs 22,441 crore,” he
said while presenting the
2023 Karnataka budget,
which was his 14th.
The Total Revenue Re-
ceipts estimated for
2023-24 is Rs 2,38,410
crore, which includes Rs
1,75,653 crore of Own
Tax Revenue including
GST compensation, Rs
12,500 crore is antici-
pated from Non-Tax
Revenue, he said.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla calls on President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh in Mongolian
capital city Ulaanbaatar on Friday.
Tripura Speaker Biswabandh Sen in the House as MLAs protest
on first day of Budget Session, in Agartala, on Friday. PTI
Fresh salvo at Oppn
PM Narendra Modi with Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel at the foundation stone laying of various
projects, in Raipur on Friday. Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Mansukh Mandaviya, Chhattisgarh Governor
Biswabhusan Harichandan and other dignitaries also seen. ANI
“WILL MOVE SC”: CONG
ON GUJ HC ORDER ON
RAHUL GANDHI’S PLEA
AdvocateHarshit Tolia speaks tomedia onGujarat HighCourt verdict
ondefamationcaseagainst Rahul Gandhi, inAhmedabadonFriday.
RaGa’S CHRONIC HABIT
TO ABUSE, DEFAME
OTHERS, SAYS BJP
Kozhikode: Senior
Congress leader
KC Venugopal on
Friday said the party would
approach
the Supreme
Court over
Gujarat High
Court order
dismissing
Rahul’s plea
for a stay on his conviction
in the case over his “Modi
surname” remark.
New Delhi: The rul-
ing Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) on Fri-
day welcomed the Gujarat
High Court’s
decision re-
jecting Rahul
Gandhi’s plea
to stay his
conviction in
a defamation
case, and alleged it is a
“chronic habit” of the Con-
gress leader to abuse and
defame others. Addressing
a press conference here,
senior BJP leader and
former Union minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad said the
Congress leader refused
to apologise for his ‘Modi
surname’ jibe and displayed
“irresponsible arrogance”.
We will fight
both the politi-
cal battle and
the legal battle.
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Congress President
PRIME MINISTER MODI LAUNCHES PROJECTS
WORTH OVER ` 7,000 CR IN CHHATTISGARH
Raipur: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid
foundation stone of eight projects over Rs 7,000
crore here on Friday. Addressing the gathering in
Raipur, PM Modi said today is a
historical day in the developmen-
tal journey of Chhattisgarh. He
said the projects will give a fillip
to infrastructure development in
Chhattisgarh and further progress
of the state. “Today, Chhattisgarh
is receiving a gift of projects worth
over Rs 7,000 crore. This gift is for
infrastructure, connectivity and to
make lives of people of Chhattis-
garh easy,” the PM said.
Every corrupt
person in this
country should
listen to one
thing with open
ears. If they
Congress is the
guarantee of
corruption, then
Modi is the
guarantee of
action on
corruption.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
z PM Narendra Modi inau-
gurated and laid the founda-
tion stone of eight projects
over Rs 7,000 crore in
Chhattisgarh’s Raipur.
z The PM dedicated and
laid the foundation stone
for five National Highway
projects worth around Rs
6,400 crores.
z The projects include
the 33 km long 4-laning of
Raipur to Kodebod section
on the Jabalpur-Jagdalpur
National Highway.
z The PM dedicated to
the nation the 53 km long
4-lane Bilaspur-Pathrapali
stretch of Bilaspur to Ambi-
kapur section of NH-130.
z PM Modi also laid the
foundation stone for three
National Highway projects
for the Chhattisgarh Section
of the 6-lane Greenfield
Raipur - Visakhapatnam
corridor. These include
development of 43 km
long six lane Jhanki-Sargi
section on NH 130 CD; 57
km long six lane Sargi-
Basanwahi section on NH
130 CD; and 25 km long six
lane Basanwahi-Marangpuri
section of NH-130 CD.
Mangled remains of an ill-fated bus that met with an accident
near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, on Friday . ANI
Forces deployed to prevent
further damage on Friday.

First India Bureau
Kota
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal on Friday inau-
gurated a slew of devel-
opmental works in Kota.
Dhariwal launched the
beautification works of
historical gates of the
walled city and inaugu-
rated the Haat Bazaar and
Bus Stand in the city. Of-
ficials informed that the
state-of-the-art bus stop,
constructed at a cost of
Rs. 4.5 crores and devel-
oped by UIT, was inau-
gurated near Bad Tiraha.
The new bus stop has
been built in a width of
140 x 35 metres, separate
blocks have been made
for passengers along with
various facilities.
Similarly, the Gramin
Haat Bazaar was also in-
augurated by the Minis-
ter. The beautification
works have been done at
a cost of Rs. 6.5 crore.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi didn’t get any re-
lief from the Gujarat
High Court in the ‘Modi
surname’case. The Guja-
rat High Court refused to
stay the sentence of Ra-
hul Gandhi and upheld
the order of the Sessions
Court. After this, Con-
gressmen raised slogans
against BJP. CM Ashok
Gehlot said, “Rahul Gan-
dhi is fighting the battle
of truth. A year ago, Ra-
hul ji started ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ with the aim
to establish peace har-
mony in the nation and
reducing inflation and
unemployment and end-
ing the gap between the
poor and the rich. Fear-
ing this Yatra, the tactics
adopted by the BJP are
continuing even today.
But BJPshould not forget
that Rahul Gandhi is
fighting the battle of truth
and only truth wins.”
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Want to leave a
legacy- be kind
and you will be re-
membered forever and will
complete your life as a happy
man too.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A new ‘all-time record’
has been established in
state’s administrative
history as for the first
time, five IAS are on
APO and one IAS is un-
der suspension. Never
before has there ever
been an example of more
than one IAS being on
APO. The IAS that are
under APO currently are
Anandhi, Rajan Vishal,
Archana Singh, Inderjeet
Singh and Neha Giri.
Anandhi has returned
after 30 months from
LBS Academy at Mus-
soorie and Rajan, Archa-
na, Inderjeet and Neha
have returned after one
year study leave. This is
a rare coincidence that
five IAS have to wait for
their posting and no one
can say for certain how
long this wait will last.
When in February 2023,
Punam returned to Ra-
jasthan cadre, with great
‘difficulty,’ having spent
7 years on deputation in
her home state, she too
was on APO for 42 days.
Similarly, when Arushi
Malik returned in June
last month after complet-
ing her foreign study, she
too was kept on APO by
DoP for two weeks.
This clearly indicates
that there are no norms or
rules as to how long an
official can be kept on
APO. This can stretch
from a day to several
months. It is being be-
lieved that although after
her return Arushi Malik
has been given a lack lus-
tre posting, but the 5
APO IAS will be given
crucial responsibilities.
Notably, along with
APO, one IAS is cur-
rently on suspension.
2019 batch IAS Girdhar,
while on post an IAS is
put on APO suspen-
sion is like a blot on
career, which is a huge
issue. Girdhar’s future is
uncertain as of now.
Eyeing Assembly Polls
Demand to declare Suratgarh a district
BJPappointsPralhadJoshi
aselectionin-chargeforRaj
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi
In view of the Assembly
polls in Rajasthan, BJP
National President JP
Nadda appointed Pralhad
Joshi as election in-
charge.Along with Joshi,
Nitin Patel and Kuldeep
Bishnoi have been made
co-election in-charges.
They will work to
strengthen the Rajasthan
BJP in the Assembly
elections. On Friday, the
orders for the appoint-
ment of Joshi, Patel and
Bishnoi were issued by
Arun Singh, National
General Secretary and in-
charge of Rajasthan BJP.
Nadda has appointed
state election in-charges
and co-in-charges of Raj,
MP Telangana. For-
mer MP OP Mathur has
been made election in-
charge of Chhattisgarh.
Union Min Mansukh
Mandaviya has been ap-
pointed as co- incharge.
In MP, Union Min Bhu-
pendra Yadav is election
in-charge Ashwani
Vaishnaw is co-icharge.
In Telangana, ex- Union
Minister Prakash Ja-
vadekar is election in-
charge BJP’s Nat’l
General Secy Sunil
Bansal is co-incharge.
l 4 BJP leaders from Rajasthan have been handed over the command of 3 states l Former Gujarat Deputy
CM Nitin Patel BJP leader Kuldeep Bishnoi have been given the responsibility of poll co-incharges in Raj
BJP’S ‘VIJAY SANKALP SABHA ’ IN
SAWAI MADHOPUR ON JULY 9-10
Sawai Madhopur: The two-day Vijay
Sankalp Chintan meeting of BJP
will be held in Sawai Madhopur from
July 9. According to the sources, mem-
bers of the core committee and all other
prominent leaders will attend the meeting.
National General Secretary BL Santosh
and senior leaders including Arun Singh,
Vasundhara Raje, CP Joshi, Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat, Kailash Chowdhary, Ra-
jendra Rathore, Bhupendra Singh Yadav,
Dr Satish Poonia and others are likely to
take part in the meeting. The meeting is be-
ing considered important due to assembly
elections scheduled later this year. The
local BJP unit of Sawai Madhopur has got
an important responsibility for this meeting.
In view of the last elections, this time the
BJP will focus on Eastern Rajasthan.
WILL MOVE SC, HOPE TO GET RELIEF: DOTASRA
New Delhi : On the High Court’s decision to uphold
Rahul Gandhi’s sentence in the Modi surname is-
sue, PCC Chief GS Dotasra, who was in Delhi, said,
“We will go to the Supreme Court and we have full hope
that we will get relief there. Lakhs of Congress workers
are with our leader Rahul Gandhi. Elections will be held
in Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh and Telangana in com-
ing days and a befitting reply will be given by Congress
to BJP. Rahul Gandhi and Congress party will not bow
down due to BJP’s conspiracy. An important meeting took
place yesterday regarding Rajasthan Congress after which
everyone has started preparing for the election. Now there
will be visits of national leaders in Raj soon. Time has been
sought from national leaders for booth conference in July
end. As soon as they are available they will visit Jaipur.”
DHARIWAL IN ELECTION
MODE; LAND ALLOTED
TO VARIOUS ORGS
Jaipur: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal is
working on a mission
mode ahead of the assembly
elections scheduled later this
year. Recently, a meeting
of the cabinet-empowered
committee was held wherein
35 agendas were discussed
which were related to the
UDH Dept. Out of these 35
agendas, 21 were related to
land allotment on conces-
sional rates to various
organisations and institu-
tions in Kota. The organisa-
tions include Darul Uloom
Ahmadiyya Nooriya Institute,
Pareek Panchayat, Agrawal
Samaj Seva Sanstha, Garh-
wal Sabha Samiti, Vaishnav
Brahmin Seva Sanstha etc.
Abhishek Shrivastava
RAJ BJP ANNOUNCES MORCHA PRESIDENTS
Jaipur: The BJP announced the names of State
Presidents of various cells on Friday. Ankit Chechi
is State President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Mor-
cha; Raksha Bhandari is State Prez, BJP Mahila Morcha;
Hameed Khan Mewati is State Prez, BJP Minority Front;
Champalal Prajapat Gaidar has been made State President
of BJP OBC Morcha; Bhagirath Chowdhary is State Presi-
dent, BJP Kisan Morcha; Kailash Meghwal is State Prez,
BJP SC Morcha, Narayan Meena State Prez of ST Morcha.
RAJ BJP LEADERS ATTEND MEETING
CHAIRED BY NADDA IN NEW DELHI
New Delhi : A meeting was chaired
by BJP National President JP
Nadda at the Delhi BJP Headquar-
ters late on Friday evening, wherein, BJP
State President from Rajasthan CP Joshi,
BL Santosh and former CM Vasundhara
Raje were present. During the meet-
ing, discussion was held on Lok Sabha
and State polls including Rajasthan. The
discussion revovled around strengthening
the organisation as BJP State Presidents of
North India attended the meeting. Mean-
while, after the meeting, BJP Rajasthan in-
charge Arun Singh reached the residence
of Rajasthan BJP President CP Joshi and
held a discussion on Rajasthan Assembly
elections. Interestingly, Singh said that Raj
CM is an announcer his announcements
are not on the ground. Aditi Nagar
Whatever
responsibility has
been given to me by
the Bharatiya Janata
Party, I will fulfil it
with complete
devotion. The general
public in Rajasthan
has made up a mood
to uproot the
Congress government.
This time, the
Bharatiya Janata
Party will form the
government again
with a thumping
majority.
PRALHAD JOSHI,
UNION MINISTER
The ancient glory of Kota has been revived by
preserving the 400- year- old heritage and tourists
from all over the country and abroad will visit here
to witness it. Kota holds a unique place in nation’s
due to its unique parks and historical gates.
SHANTI DHARIWAL, UDH MINISTER
Pralhad Joshi Nitin Patel Kuldeep Bishnoi Ashwini Vaishnaw Sunil Bansal
Rahul Gandhi Ashok Gehlot GS Dotasra
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Pooja Chhabra, who was
on a fast from a long time
over demand of declaring
Suratgarh as a district,
ended her protest on Fri-
day after meeting CM
Ashok Gehlot. Pooja
Chhabra reached CMR in
an ambulance from SMS
Hospital met CM
Ashok Gehlot. After
meeting the CM, Pooja
Chhabra ended her fast.
She said that an assurance
has been given to make
Suratgarhadistrictinnext
Assembly session an
assurance was also given
to follow earlier agree-
ment regarding liquor ban
in the State.
CM Ashok Gehlot makes Pooja Chhabra drink juice and end her
fast, as the latter calls upon the CM at CMR in Jaipur on Friday.
Gehlot launches...
Speaking about the video
contest, Gehlot said that
common people can con-
nect through this contest.
“Along with making vid-
eos in this, the youth will
also get an opportunity to
get a reward. The pur-
pose of this prize contest
is that the work of con-
necting the 15 lakh fami-
lies who have been left
out of getting the benefits
of government schemes
in inflation relief camps
will also be done through
this medium,” Gehlot
said.
Pick up mobile, make
a video: “This competi-
tion is very important in
itself. It has been started
thoughtfully. It is hoped
that you people will pick
up mobiles and send a
video after making it.
You will also get a chance
to win prizes,” he said.
CM: RaGa is fighting battle
of truth truth always wins
Pooja ends fast after CM’s assurance
No relief to Rahul
Gandhi from Guj
High Court in ‘Modi
Surname’ case
Various dignitaries attended the ‘Rasam Pagri’ of Late Mangeram Poonia, former Labour Commissioner of Bikaner and the father of Sanjay Poonia, who is
posted as ACE in RHB at the latter’s residence in Janak Marg, Hanuman Nagar Extension in Jaipur on Friday. Mangeram Poonia passed away on June 27.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra pays floral tributes to late Mangeram Poonia at his
residence in Janak Marg, Hanuman Nagar Extension in Jaipur on Friday. Also
seen is Professor Leelu Ram Poonia.
Sanjay Poonia performs rituals during the ‘Rasam Pagri’ of Late
Mangeram Poonia at his residence in Jaipur on Friday. Also seen are
Virendra Choudhary, Hoshiyar Singh Poonia, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
and Dr Krishna Poonia.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Mohan Singh Tada, Sanjay
Poonia and Hansraj Kalera during the ‘Rasam Pagri’ of
late Mangeram Poonia at the latter’s residence.
Bharat Poonia, Sanjay Poonia, Hoshiyar Singh Poonia
and retired Justice Mahendra S Chaudhary during the
‘Rasam Pagri’ of Late Mangeram Poonia in Jaipur on
Friday. SANTOSH SHARMA
In Remembrance...
Raj Administration’s ‘All time record’
5 IAS officers on APO is a new
high for the State’s history!
Shanti Dhariwal inaugurates beautification works of historical
doors in various areas, along with new Bus Stop and Haat Bazaar
at Bad Tiraha area in Kota on Friday. Also seen are Manju Mehra,
Sonu Qureshi, Amit Dhariwal, RD Meena, Rajesh Joshi and others.
Dhariwal: Civic amenities, key tourism
works render new identity to Kota
FROM P1…
Appointment order of Raj
poll in-charge co-in-charge
issued by Arun Singh.

hink Neetu
Singh and
most of us
will think
of sweet,
cute, natu-
ral, sun-
shine, innocent etc, from
day one till now, Neetu is
one of the few stars who is
really a star on screen and
off the screen. If Neetu came
across as innocent, easy-
going and earnest in her
movies, she was and is much
the same in real life too. I
really liked her for her open-
ness, she was sweetly plump
then and totally unaffected-
breezing through her roles
with her limpid eyes and
shiny hair.
Remember Bachhe man
ke sachhe, in Do Kaliyan
where Neetu, the child artiste
played a double role, one of
her best. But I fell in total
love with her when I watched
Lekar hum deewana dil from
the movie Yaadon ki Baraat.
She hit the spot with her cute
bubbliness and careless sen-
sual moves. Neetu Singh has the rare
ability to bring out the best in
her co-stars (male and fe-
male) at the risk of being re-
petitive, in both reel and real
life be it Randhir Kapoor
with whom she started her
adult career or Shashi Ka-
poor. She shone in the action
comedy Maha Chor with
Rajesh Khanna as she did in
the thriller Chakravyuha. I
quite liked her in Chorni with
Jeetendra and in the multi-
starrer Dharma Veer and The
Burning Train. She carried
her own even with Amitabh
in Yaarana, The Great Gam-
bler and Adalat.
But the on-screen roman-
tic chemistry was super with
her beau and the love of her
life- Rishi Kapoor with
whom she did around 12
films. Neetu Singh gave up
the screen at 21, an age
when actresses start their
careers. She came back after
26 years starring opposite
Rishi again in Love aaj Kal
and Do Dooni chaar, Jab
Tak hai Jaan, Besharam and
now Jug Jug Jeeyo- showing
very clearly that she is still
the talented Neetu Singh
who can steal the show and
carry a movie with her
charm and skills. Today, she
is a model for women with
her svelte figure and truly is
an iconic woman who has
played any and every role
with perfection- both on-
screen and off-screen.
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firstindia.co.in
City First greets the
charming Neetu Singh on
her birthday and joyfully
wishes the beautiful actress,
who truly symbolises joie de
vivre, happiness, good
health and success in her
second innings...
Anita Hada
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of the YOUR DAILY HOROSCOPE by Saurabbh Sachdeva
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
A vacation you only dreamed about is
likely to become a reality soon. Healthy
eating will help prevent digestive ailments.
Money will be no constraint in buying what
you like. Driving down with lover to a hap-
pening place is indicated today.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are likely to find the day most auspi-
cious. Your knowledge about your line of
work will be roundly appreciated and get
you the thumbs up from higher ups. Friends
and family may get together to give you a
surprise and make your day.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Problem about finances will be resolved.
Those on medication will find a distinct
improvement in their condition. Smooth
going is indicated for those on a long
journey. Stars on the property front appear
the brightest.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Something you have implemented at work
is likely to profit the company and get
you noticed. You are likely to celebrate
the achievement of a family youngster in
a grand way. Shifting into your very own
house may soon become a reality.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Your stars favour a bright beautiful day .A
family reunion is on the cards and you may
get invited to a social function. Tax advisor
will be a big help in saving taxes, so don’t
hesitate. It is difficult for the relationship of
friends turned lovers to fall apart, so relax.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your popularity is set to soar on both
personal and professional fronts. Some of
you will have to curb your splurging ways.
Family life will cruise along smoothly with
much love and bonhomie. Don’t speed up
on the road.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Money put together on previous occasions
is likely to come in handy. A family young-
ster is keen to learn from you, so don’t
disappoint. Settling down in a new house
is indicated for some. You may have to
awaken partner’s interest in you once.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Some clarification will need to be sought
on a financial issue, before you take the
next step. Efforts in the real estate market
may bear fruit. A project left halfway by
someone else may come on your shoulders,
but your efforts will be acknowledged.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Your financial situation is set to improve,
as earning opportunities come to you. Help
from co-workers in a time consuming task
will be forthcoming on the work front. Sup-
port of family will encourage you to take
up a challenge.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Changes made by you at workplace may
not be appreciated by all. Strict dietary con-
trol will keep you fit as a fiddle. A family
reunion is on the cards and will enable you
to meet everyone. You can be tasked to or-
ganise an outing for friends and relations.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Help extended to someone will help him
or her get ahead on the academic front.
People falling under this sign will have
very refreshing day. Visiting a mall or
watching a movie with family is likely to be
the highlight of the day for some.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Money coming from various streams will
keep you in an elated state of mind. A
new fitness regime that you have adopted
promises to keep you in the pink of health.
Your search for perfect partner may soon
be over.
firstindia.co.in
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a h a r a j a
Hanwant
S i n g h j i
was a ruler
with wide
interests
and varied
personal qualities as a scien-
tist, magician, aviator, secu-
lar politician, liberal demo-
crat, patriot, patron of art
music, and a flamboyant
dynamic leader.
He was born on 9th June
1923.At the age of 13, he was
sent off to Ajmer to attend
Mayo College. Since child-
hood, he was interested in the
study making of small fire-
arms. In 1942, at the age of
19, (when currently most of
the students in India are pre-
paring for IIT- Joint Entrance
Exams) he made a Tommy-
gun which was considered
one of the finest in the world
at those times; as it was light
in weight, user friendly, with
multiple cartridge firing capa-
bilities and emitted less sound
than any other gun in the
same category. He made a
Novel .9 mm carbine in 1945
which was found useful by
the then Presiding Officer at
the arms factory of Govt. of
India at Isapur. Besides this,
he suggested improvements
in the existing .303 Rifle used
by the Indian Army and his
suggestions were welcomed
and corrections were made to
the existing rifle. He also in-
vented a Pen Pistol, perhaps
first among the category of
personalised mini weapons.
He also invented the Cam-
era Gun'', which was special-
ly designed to assure steady
aiming. Designed to take
various telescopic lenses, the
rifle-butted camera brought
distant subjects up close, per-
mitting exact aiming of the
subjects as far as half a mile.
Aviation was another sub-
ject which interested him. He
initiated the expansion and
upgradation of the Jodhpur
Flying Club and the Indian
Airforce Training Centre in
Jodhpur. He was conferred
with the rank of Honorary
Group Captain for his inter-
est, efforts and patronage of
theAir Force TrainingAcad-
emy. Little did he know that
his ability as a skilled pilot
could save someone's life but
would be remembered as a
service to the nation. On 30th
March 1949, he along with
the Iron Man of India - Sard-
ar Vallabh Bhai Patel took a
flight from Delhi to Jaipur to
inaugurate the newly created
state of Greater Rajasthan.
En route there was some
technical error in the air-
craft's engine and emergency
landing was the only option.
The pilot got nervous as he
could only see the Aravali
mountain ranges and no suit-
able and safe space for land-
ing. In this situation, the Ma-
haraja of Jodhpur-Hanwant
Singh himself took over the
cockpit and safely landed the
plane in a river bed at Shah-
pura which is 60 km from
Jaipur. Indeed a service to
the nation of the highest or-
der, as it saved the life of
Sardar Patel - The Iron Man
Of India who led India's free-
dom struggle and played an
important role in the integra-
tion of United India.
The Maharaja was a skilled
magician too and performed
tricks created by himself. In
1948 he gave a magical per-
formance at the Piccadilly
Theater in London and the
performance was such that he
was admitted to the prestig-
ious Magic Circle in Eng-
land to which only a select
few expert magicians were
members. His interest in Sci-
ence Technology and his
zest for imparting technical
knowledge to the people of
Jodhpur led to the establish-
ment of an Engineering Col-
lege in Jodhpur. Very few
people are aware it was him,
who gave the then Deoli
House and its adjoining land
to establish the first engineer-
ing college of Western Ra-
jasthan. Later Seth Magni
Ram Bangur a Marwari busi-
nessman from Deedwana
generously funded this col-
lege and hence it is known as
Mugniram Bangur Memorial
or MBM Engineering College
now MBM University. Be-
sides this, he started scholar-
ships for meritorious students
who wanted to pursue techni-
cal education at premiere in-
stitutes in India and abroad.
The Agnipath scheme for
the youth of India to join the
Armed Forces serving the
Nation recently has been in-
troduced in India. Hanwant
Singhji had envisioned this
about 8 decades ago and took
the pioneering step of intro-
ducing compulsory military
training to students from
class 8th onwards in Marwar.
Establishing perhaps one
of the initial radio stations in
Princely India at Jodhpur
was also a modern technical
advancement that Jodhpur
witnessed in his times.
He invited and engaged
Pandit Balkishan Kaul (Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru's brother-
in-law) to make a programme
for Desertification Control,
Water Conservation and
Plantation based on modern
techniques. He also appoint-
ed the leading Botanist of
India Dr. Mohan Lal Gattani
as ChiefAgricultureAdvisor.
The pre-independent India
mainly consisted of British
India and Princely India. The
people in British India were
aware of the freedom move-
ment and were witnesses to
responsible self-government
which were elected. They
were aware of the electoral
process which would be part
of Indian democracy after in-
dependence. For the people of
Princely India which was
ruled by the Maharajas, it was
an unknown phenomenon.
Maharaja Hanwant Singhji
was educated and was aware
of democracy as a vital pro-
cess for any nation, with the
active participation of its citi-
zens, especially voting in the
elections. He was a liberal
democrat and secular leader,
who had faith in his people
and was aware that the people
of Marwar shall vote and sup-
port him and his candidates.
The first general elections of
1952 witnessed his democrat-
ic spirit and flamboyant lead-
ership; when he gave the fa-
mous slogans to his people
during electoral campaigns, I
Am Not Away From
You and IAm No Maharaja;
You Are The Maharaja. The
peoplerespondedtohimwhen
they voted in his favour and
uprooted Congress and its
popular leaders. He was the
onlyMaharajainIndiatohave
opposed Congress and defeat-
ed them badly in the first gen-
eral elections, with a landslide
victory for him and his party.
Once he was asked what he
would do after the merger of
Jodhpur to the Indian Domin-
ion; when he would cease to
be a Maharaja. He politely
answered, I can earn my live-
lihood throughAviation, or as
a performing Magician or as a
Firearms Manufacturer.
On 26th January 1952, he
was killed in an air crash at
the age of 28 years, yes at 28!
still at such a young age and
in such a short span of time
he achieved and accom-
plished so much. On the oc-
casion of his 100th Birth An-
niversary; I request all read-
ers to join me in remember-
ing and paying homage
to His Late Highness Maha-
raja Hanwant Singh - an Avi-
ator, Magician and Scientist,
who loved his people and
said, I Am Not Away From
You. Surely he isn't away
from us and shall remain in
our memories forever for his
unparalleled contribution.
HIS LATE HIGHNESS MAHARAJA HANWANT SINGH
AnAviator,Magician
andScientist
Jagat Singh
Rathore
Private Secretary to His
Highness Maharaja
Gajsingh II of
Marwar-Jodhpur
M
Late Maharaja Hanwant Singh
Late Maharaja Hanwant Singh and
Late Zubeida (Formally known as Vidya Rani)

Events
ﬁrstindia.co.in
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T
heT-20fash-
ion concept
was un-
veiled at the
grand Trunk
Treasures
Chapter 2 event held at Dia-
blo, C Scheme.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as
the chief guest and ex-
pressed heartfelt ap-
preciation for the ex-
ceptional hard work
put in by the entire
team.
The models, though
not walking the ramp,
exhibited unwavering
enthusiasm while show-
casing the vibrant world
of fashion in Jaipur.
Despite the constraints
of time, they presented an im-
pressive array of 30 dresses,
displaying their remarkable
creativity.These models com-
prised a group of 15 national
and international Elite Miss
Rajasthan contestants who ig-
nited the T-20 fashion con-
cept. Their fashion walk,
reminiscent of the fast-paced
nature of cricket matches, fea-
tured captivatingWestern col-
lections. This innovative con-
cept aims to cater to fashion
enthusiasts who face time
limitations, providing them
with an affordable glimpse
into the world of fashion in
Jaipur. Renowned designer
Avni Odichya presented an
exquisite Western collection
during the show, where 30
dresses gracefully adorned the
floor within a mere 20 min-
utes. The event was skillfully
choreographed and managed
by Gaurav Gaur and Akank-
sha Bhalla, while the models
received styling expertise
from Headman Salon.
Gaurav Gaur revealed that
the models underwent spe-
cial training to master the
art of presenting a substan-
tial number of dresses in
such a limited timeframe. In
the absence of a traditional
ramp, the models relied sole-
ly on their poise and charm to
enhance the beauty of the
show. In this unique concept,
the floor itself became the
runway. The show garnered
immense attention and admi-
ration, attracting 150 fashion
lovers from Jaipur, who
wholeheartedly appreciated
the designer’s collection and
motivated the models with
their presence. The T-20
fashion concept injected a
burst of fast-paced fashion
into Jaipur, captivating fash-
ion enthusiasts with its dis-
tinctive approach and stun-
ning collections.
AT LIGHTNING SPEED
Kavita
Chauhan
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
City First brings to you glimpses from the T-20 fashion concept
unveiled at the grand Trunk Treasures Chapter 2 event held at Diablo, C
Scheme. The T-20 fashion concept captivated fashion enthusiasts with
its distinctive approach and stunning collections.
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience. Also
seen are Juhi, Shreya, Shrishti, Upadhi, Soni, Khushi,
Harshita, Ritu, Ravi and Gaurav Gaur
CLOCKWISE: Neelanjana Jangid,
Tanu Chaudhary, Rutvi Tiwari, Shreya Chalana,
Khushi Vijay, Akanksha Bhalla and Himakshi Chaudhary
MUKESH
KIRADOO
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City First
e The Woman of
Rajasthan organi-
sation organised
the Veneration
23 award cere-
mony at The Lalit
Hotel, Jaipur.
Jagdeesh Chandra along with
Chairman of RTDC (Rajasthan
Tourism Development Corpora-
tion) Dharmendra Rathore and
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood
graced the occasion as the chief
guests. The event witnessed the
presence of eminent personali-
ties, including Gulabon, a re-
nowned Rajasthani folk dancer,
Lekha Prajapat, Govind Mahesh-
wari, Rekha Jain, Naman Kandoi
(Director of Mayur School,
Jaipur), Shreya, Mona Thakkar,
social worker Neelam Sharma,
Sanjeev Jain (CEO, Tycoon
Global), Raj Khan, and others.
These individuals were honoured
by Sonu Sood for their significant
contributions.
During the award function,
Sonu Sood shared his journey,
revealing that his original plan
after completing his Electrical
Engineering degree was to take
over his father's clothing business
in Punjab. However, destiny had
other plans for him. In his final
year of college, he found his call-
ing in acting and embarked on a
challenging journey that led him
to the bustling city of Mumbai.
When asked about the incident
that inspired him to extend a help-
ing hand to people during the
challenging times of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, Sonu Sood nar-
rated an impactful experience. He
recalled visiting a place where he
provided food to 100-200 people.
During his visit, he encountered
a family comprising parents and
two young children who sought
his assistance in packing fruits for
their journey. To his surprise, he
discovered that their journey was
a 10-15 day walk to Karnataka.
This encounter deeply touched
Sonu Sood's heart and motivated
him to continue his philanthropic
endeavours. Diksha Gupta, the
director of We The Woman of Ra-
jasthan, highlighted their contin-
uous efforts in various initiatives
over the years. They launched
two impactful campaigns, namely
#WomanSupportingWoman and
#HeForShe.
Jaipurshinesbright
atVeneration23
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EVENTS!
City First
ajsamand MP
Diya Kumari
inaugurated
the 4th B2B
jewellery show ‘JAS-
2023’ on Friday at JECC
in Sitapura. It is being
organised by the Jewel-
lers Association Jaipur
with the most innovative
version of ‘Connect to
Source’.
On this occasion, MP
Diya Kumari said, “I am
deeply grateful to Maha-
raja Sawai Jai Singh ji for
granting the jewellery
community a cherished
place in Jaipur. Through
his progressive vision,
Jaipur has blossomed into
an international hub, cre-
ating abundant employ-
ment and tourism oppor-
tunities. Being at JAS
today, feels like returning
to a beloved family gath-
ering, where innovation
thrives and Jaipur em-
braces us as its own. It’s
a great showcase of stone,
jewellery, the craftsman-
ship that our country and
Jaipur has to offer.” Pres-
ident, Jewellers Associa-
tion Jaipur, DP Khandel-
wal in his address extend-
ed a warm welcome to all
the exhibitors, hosted
buyers, and guests. Con-
venor, JAS, Ashok Ma-
heshwari shared the de-
tailed highlights of JAS:
The Premium B2B Show.
MP Diya Kumari
inaugurates JAS
R
WHAT’S HAPPENING!
City First
he Rajasthan
Small Indus-
tries Corpora-
tion (RSIC)
and Rajasthan Export
Promotion Council
(REPC) led by Chairman
RajivArora, along with a
delegation of exporters
from the state, visited
Kenya for the three-day
Indo-East Africa Trade
Expo 2023. The delega-
tion met with Dr Musalia
Mudavadi, the Cabinet
Secretary of Kenya, and
other senior officials to
discuss bilateral trade
promotion and invest-
ment opportunities in
Kenya. Rajiv Arora and
Dr Mudavadi discussed
the annual organization
of the Indo-East Africa
Expo in Nairobi, presen-
tations by the Kenyan
delegation in Rajasthan,
and the signing of high-
level MOUs between
Kenya and the Rajasthan
Export Promotion Coun-
cil. During the visit, Ra-
jiv Arora emphasised the
historical ties between
India and the African
continent, particularly in
terms of trade. Bilateral
trade between the two
has reached up to 90 bil-
lion dollars. Currently,
India's share in Africa's
total global imports is
over 5.2%, while India's
share in exports fromAf-
rican countries was 7% in
2020. The delegation led
by Rajeev Aroda includ-
ed IC Agarwal, Surajar-
am Meel, and Dr. Son-
veer Singh among other
key members.
Three Day Expo
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Lokesh Sharma, OSD
to CM Ashok Gehlot,
embarked on a
spiritual journey to Shri
Amarnath Ji, resulting
in a deep sense of
reverence and gratitude.
The pilgrimage offered
an opportunity for
Sharma to catch a
glimpse of Baba Barfani, a manifestation of Lord Shiva,
amidst the challenging and unforgiving terrain.
India International School, Sitapura,
Jaipur commenced its new academic
year by inaugurating the Students
Council in a ceremony graced
by Director Dr Ashok Gupta and
Principal Dr Anju Jaideep. The
ceremony began with the outgoing
Head Boy, Chitrangad Singh, and
Head Girl, Tanya Tirthani, presenting
the flag and a potted plant to the
incoming Head Boy, Garvik Singh
Gajawat, and Head Girl, Khushi
Srivastava. Director Dr Ashok Gupta
administered the oath to the
newly appointed Students Council,
emphasising the significance of
teamwork and collaboration.
RAYS (Aasha ki Ek Kiran), founded in 2010, organised a
heartwarming initiative on Friday, as a group of children
visited several aanganbadis to interact with the children
there. In collaboration with Chand Parkash Santosh
Mehra Public Charitable Trust, RAYS distributed food
packets to the children in these centres, aiming to foster
the joy of giving. We at RAYS believe in upbringing
our kids with values and traditions. It’s very important
to learn the art of giving. By engaging with children in
aanganbadis and distributing food packets sponsored by
Chand Parkash Santosh Mehra Public Charitable Trust,
Capt Gurinder Virk remarked.
Ahaan Shah, a 16-year-old student, was
honoured with the prestigious ‘Diana Award’ in
recognition of his remarkable social actions and
humanitarian efforts on Wednesday. Ahaan’s
dedication to making a difference in the lives of
the hearing and speech-impaired community
led him to develop ‘SignKraft’, a revolutionary
handheld device capable of real-time translation
of sign language. Ahaan is a student at
Jayshree Periwal International School (JPIS),
Jaipur. Expressing his thoughts on the device
‘SignKraft’, Ahaan explains, “Hearing and speech
impairment should be viewed not as a disability,
but as a communication barrier that can be
overcome through technology and human
compassion, ensuring that every voice is heard
and every heart understood.”
Jagdeesh Chandra and Dharmendra Rathore
joyously greet each other Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Diksha, Sonu Sood, Dharmendra Rathore and Vinod Gera
Sonu Sood and Diksha gupta Sonu Sood felicitating Raj Khan
Sonu Sood
felicitaing Sangeeta Gera
Sonu Sood
felicitating Neelam Sharma
Sonu Sood felicitating Gulabo, Roopa and other team members
Sonu Sood felicitating
Govind Maheshwari
Sonu Sood feliciatting
Amit Gupta and Ankit Khatri
Diya Kumari with others during the lamp lighting ceremony
Diya Kumari addressing
the audience
Dr Musalia Mudavadi and Rajiv Arora
SUNIL SHARMA

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