Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched the 'Indira Gandhi Smartphone Scheme' in Jaipur, under which 1.35 crore women in the state will receive smartphones. In the first phase, 40 lakh women and girl students were distributed smartphones. The scheme aims to empower women through technology and provide access to information about government schemes. The launch event was attended by several political leaders and marked an effort by Gehlot to reach out to voters ahead of state elections through this digital initiative. Opposition BJP has alleged corruption in the scheme and criticized it as a pre-election announcement.

1. Naresh Sharma & Kamal Kant
Jaipur
On Thursday, CMAshok
Gehlot’s ‘Game Chang-
er’ Mobile scheme was
‘showcased’ in a spec-
tacular ceremony at Birla
Auditorium under which
free smart phone distri-
bution ceremony for 40
lakh women of State was
carried out. Overall, 1
crore 35 lakh women will
get such smartphones be-
fore the elections. Along
with bringing votes for
Gehlot, there will be a
kind of IT revolution, es-
pecially among women
in rural areas. Informa-
tion about all schemes of
Gehlot and news of coun-
try and abroad will be
available on mobile only
and BJP is keeping a
close watch on Gehlot’s
mobile revolution. Inau-
gurating the scheme by
pressing button of remote
and providing smart-
phones to beneficiary
women and students, CM
Ashok Gehlot said, “The
decisions of the State
government are continu-
ously creating history.
Rajasthan is number one
in country in field of in-
formation technology.
Now, the Indira Gandhi
Smartphone Yojana will
become a big medium of
women empowerment
along with revolution in
IT sector.” MORE ON P8
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FORECAST INDIA bloc’s no-confidence motion defeated following a voice vote in Parl
NO-TRUSTMOTION
‘BITESTHEDUST’!
 PM led a tirade against INDIA alliance
in 2-hr speech while replying to no-trust
motion brought against his government
 Opposition walks out amid PM Modi’s
reply to a debate in Lok Sabha; PM Modi
says they want to speak but cannot listen
Moni Sharma
New Delhi
INDIA bloc’s no-confi-
dence motion was de-
feated in LS on Thursday
following a walkout by
the Oppn parties during
PM Narendra Modi’s
speech. PM Modi vowed
to bring peace to NE
state at the earliest. Modi
said, “You (Cong) have
never tried to understand
emotions of NE. I have
visited 50 times. This is
not just a data, this is
dedication towards NE.
Whose govt was there in
Manipur when Mahatma
Gandhi’s picture was not
allowed in govt offices,
whose govt was there in
Manipur when the deci-
sion to not allow nation-
al anthem in schools was
taken?... Their (Oppn)
pain is selective. They
cannot think beyond
politics.” P5
THE WINNER
TOP QUOTES FROM
PM MODI’S SPEECH
 The world respects
India because people of
the country have started
believing in themselves
and the nation.
 How can the Opposi-
tion talk about Bharat
Mata’s murder, when
they themselves cut
Bharat Mata in 3 pieces.
 Our Constitution
framers had criticised
dynastic politics be-
cause it is harmful for
common people’s rights.
 In West Bengal, TMC
is against the Left, but
fight together in New
Delhi. Remember what
the Left did to Adhir
babu in year 1991.
 I in INDIA (Oppn
bloc) stands for ar-
rogance of 26-parties of
Oppn, and the other I
stands for the arrogance
of one family.
 Our mantra of ‘re-
form, perform and trans-
form’, as well as proper
planning and hardwork
have taken country to
the new heights.
 When you (Opposi-
tion) bring the no-confi-
dence motion again in
2028, India will be the
3rd largest economy.
 Opposition couldn’t
prepare for debate on
no-confidence motion in
5 years, even its sympa-
thisers are disappointed
by them now.
A photo collage of expressions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi replying on the Motion of the No-
Confidence in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday.
The floor-
test was
more for
Opposition
than the
government.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
GOVERNMENT MOVES BILL FOR SELECTION
OF POLL PANEL, NO CJI IN COMMITTEE
Govt introduced a Bill for
establishing a committee of
PM, LoP in LS, and a Cabi-
net minister nominated by PM to
select members of ECI. Union Law
Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal intro-
duced Bill amid din in RS. SC had
in March ruled that a panel of PM, LoP and CJI will
pick CEC, and ECs, subject to law made by Parl.
LOK SABHA SUSPENDS ADHIR RANJAN
CHOWDHURY FOR ‘GROSS MISCONDUCT’
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
was suspended from LS on Thursday for his
alleged ‘unruly behavior’ during the debate
on the no-confidence motion. His suspension was
in response to a resolution moved by BJP leader
Pralhad Joshi, which was accepted in Parliament on
Thursday. He will remain suspended until the Privi-
leges Committee submits its report on the matter.
India is in a unique position of being opti-
mistic and positive about its future growth
when the global economy
is struggling with the twin
challenge of high inflation
and slow growth. Earlier
governments used to sell
dreams to people while the
present regime is fulfilling
the dreams.
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN,
UNION FINANCE MINISTER
Prime Minister is not a God that he
cannot come to the House.
Pradhan Mantri ke aane
se kya hone wala hai, kya
parmatma hai woh? Yeh
koi bhagwan nahi hai”.
MALLIKARJUN KHARGE,
LEADER OF
OPPOSITION
IN RS
The power of no-confidence motion has
brought the Prime Minister in the Parliament
today. None of us were thinking about
this no-confidence motion. We were
only demanding that PM Modi
should come to the Parliament and
speak on the Manipur issue.
ADHIR RANJAN,
LEADER OF OPPN IN
LOK SABHA
The ideology of seeing India divided is
yours, not ours. I have spent 20 years
in Parliament, but I have never
seen something like this.
Those who brought the no-
confidence motion do not
have confidence in it. This
Prime Minister has connected
the Northeast with the
world.
JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA,
UNION MINISTER
Air India Anew
AI unveils new logo, branding, plane livery
Travellers will see the new logo by Dec 2023
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Air India on Thursday
unveiled a new brand
identity and new aircraft
livery as the airline plans
to transform its fleet with
a historic purchase of 470
new aircraft in a multi-
billion-dollar deal. ‘The
Vista’ is inspired by the
peak of the gold window
frame, which airline said,
“signifies limitless pos-
sibilities, progressiveness
& airline’s bold new out-
look.” Travellers will see
new logo by end of De-
cember this year, when
AI’s first Airbus A350
enters the aircraft fleet.
Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrashekaran and Air India CEO & MD
Campbell Wilson unveil AI’s new logo in New Delhi on Thursday.
Our transformative new brand reflects an ambition
to make Air India a world-class airline serving guests
from around the globe, and that represents a new
India proudly on the global stage.
CAMPBELL WILSON, AIR INDIA CEO
Tata-group-owned
airline said the new
logo, ‘The Vista’
,
“captures essence of
bold new India, which
marks a milestone
in its Vihaan.AI
transformation”
GEHLOT’S ‘GAME CHANGER’ MOBILE SCHEME
CM ASHOK
GEHLOT WAIVES
OFFSURCHARGE
ON FUEL IN
POWER BILLS
CM Gehlot on Thursday announced the abolition of fuel
surcharge for domestic and agricultural categories con-
suming over 200 units of electricity. “I announce the aboli-
tion of fuel charge for all consumers of the State. This will put an
extra burden of `2,500 crore which will be borne by State govt,”
he said. He said that it was public demand and whether it is agri-
culture or domestic consumer, there will be no fuel surcharge.
CM Ashok Gehlot presents smartphones to young women during launch of ‘Indira Gandhi Smartphone Scheme’, at Birla Auditorium
in Jaipur on Thursday. Also present here during occasion are Govind Singh Dotasra, Usha Sharma & Akhil Arora. SUNIL SHARMA
CM Ashok Gehlot shares a lighter moment with Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
in presence of Govind Singh Dotasra, Usha Sharma and others.
The intention of the
State government is
to make Rajasthan as
one of the leading
states of the country
by the year 2030.
ASHOK GEHLOT,
CHIEF MINISTER
With Indira Gandhi
Smartphone Yojana,
general public will get
info about schemes
and they will be able
to get the full benefit.
GOVIND SINGH DOTASRA,
PCC CHIEF
1.35 cr women of Chiranjeevi families will
be given smartphones with 3 yrs internet
 In 1st phase, distribution of smartphones
to 40 lakh women and girl students begin
 CM Gehlot also releases the Digital Sakhi
Handbook: ‘Seekho Digital, Sikhao Digital’
HC RELIEF FOR ELON MUSK’S X IN
CASE AGAINST BLOCKING ORDER
Karnataka HC on Thursday directed X
(formerly Twitter), Elon-Musk owned
platform, to deposit `25 lakh or half of
penalty that was imposed earlier. P5
DAS: NATIONS LIKE JAPAN, FEW
FROM WEST, INTERESTED IN UPI
RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das said UPI
system is a work in progress as it works
towards linking it with more overseas
counterparts, some in West & Japan. P6
The income from investments of LIC, largest investor
in stock markets, rose 29.8% to `90,309 cr in quarter
under review, compared with `69,571 cr in last fiscal.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
ED on late Wednesday
night arrested suspended
DoIT Joint Director Ved
Prakash Yadav and took
him for questioning. Ya-
dav was earlier held by
the police in connection
with recovery of `2.31
crore and 1 kg gold from
an almirah at the Yojana
Bhawan located near
Secretariat in Jaipur. On
Thursday, a court sent
him on remand for four
days. ED suspects mon-
ey, gold belongs to some
senior leader of State &
he was just a pawn. P3
First India Bureau
Kota
Another coaching stu-
dent died by suicide in
Kota on Thursday.
17-year-old Manish Pra-
japati died by hanging.
The deceased was a resi-
dent of Azamgarh in UP.
The suicides was coach-
ing students are not stop-
ping in Kota. Mahavir
Nagar police station is
engaged in the investiga-
tion of the case. It is 21st
such case this year. On
August 5, a 17-year-old
JEE aspirant allegedly
hanged himself in his
hostel room.
DoIT Jt dir on 4
days remand, a
leader on radar
Again! Coaching
student dies by
suicide in Kota
Indian Army chief General
Manoj Pande with General
Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of
General Staff at Horses Guards
in London on Thursday.
IN BRIEF
SuSwagatam: Portal for
e-passes to enter SC
New Delhi: CJI DY
Chandrachud on Thursday
announced the launch of
‘SuSwagatam’, the Su-
preme Court’s new initia-
tive for generating entry
passes online and to help
those who need to visit
the apex court premises
for official or case-related
purposes regularly.
NCLT ok’s $10 bn merger
between Zee and Sony
New Delhi: The National
Company Law Tribunal
(NCLT) on Thursday ap-
proved the merger be-
tween Zee Entertainment
Enterprises Ltd and In-
dia’s unit of Japan’s Sony
(now Culver Max Enter-
tainment), a deal that was
announced in 2021. NCLT
dismissed all objections.
36 die in Hawaii wildfires,
people jump into ocean
Kahului: At least 36 peo-
ple have died after wild-
fires, fanned by winds
from a faraway hurricane,
devastated much of the re-
sort city Lahaina on Ha-
waii’s Maui island, the
Maui County said late on
Wednesday. Some people
fled into ocean to escape
the smoke and flames.

2. First India Bureau
Churu
The Leader of the Oppo-
sition Rajendra Rathore
on Wednesday said that
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot was engaged in
saving his government
for four years and now
making false announce-
ments when only four to
five months are left for
the assembly elections.
He said that the CM had
announced in the last
budget to distribute
smartphones to 1.32
crore women but after so
much time, only 40 lakh
women will be given the
phone. Rathore also al-
leged that there was cor-
ruption in the scheme.
The BJPleader also al-
leged that even in the
food packet distribution
scheme which is going to
start, a particular com-
pany is being benefitted.
On OBC reservation,
Rathore said that the
Chief Minister is only
doing politics on the is-
sue, whereas the state
government has not com-
pleted the necessary ac-
tion for this reservation.
Taking a jibe at the Chief
Minister, Rathore said
that when former Con-
gress President Rahul
Gandhi came to Ra-
jasthan, the Chief Minis-
ter ran to receive him
whereas for the last sev-
eral days he was away
from public life due to
injury in feet.
Rajendra Rathore said
that the face of the Chief
Minister in the Congress
party in the last election
was Sachin Pilot but Ge-
hlot became the Chief
Minister and now the he
is talking about becom-
ing CM again.
WORLD TRIBAL DAY
‘Giveopportunitytotribalsfordevp’
First India Bureau
Gangapur City
tate President of
Eastern Ra-
jasthan Canal
Project Kisan Vikas
Samiti, Ramniwas Mee-
na said that in many
provinces and villages,
tribal people are leading
an insecure life and are
away from mainstream
of development. In such
a situation, the govern-
ment should provide
proper development op-
portunities with security.
Meena was addressing
the cultural and felicita-
tion ceremony organized
on the occasion of World
Tribal Day at Aluda tem-
ple complex of village
Paldi in Nadauti subdivi-
sion as the chief guest.
BSP candidate from Ka-
rauli Ravindra Meena
was also specially pre-
sent on this occasion.
Ravindra said that the
strength of tribal society
is the great men of the
society. “We all should
take inspiration from
their life and ensure our
participation in nation
building,” he said.
Ramniwas Meena and Ravindra Meena. (Right) The gathering in Gangapur City on Thursday.
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Raj to host six games in
National School Games
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Rajasthan will host six
national school events
in Tennis, Basketball,
Judo, Weightlifting,
Softball and Kabaddi.
This will be the first
time that national com-
petitions of six games
are being held in the
state simultaneously.
As per the schedule,
tournaments of Tennis
will be held in Jodhpur
in the first week of De-
cember 2023, Basket-
ball in Barmer in the
second week of Decem-
ber 2023, Judo in Sri
Ganganagar in the first
week of February 2024,
Softball in Bikaner in
the first week of No-
vember 2023, Kabaddi
in Jaipur in the first
week of January 2024
and Weight Lifting in
Bikaner. “This will give
further boost to the
school sports activi-
ties,” Education Minis-
ter BD Kalla said.
Financialapprovalof`21.56cr
given for residential schools
ABVP Nyay Yatra completes 181
kms in 7 days, reaches Jaipur
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The state government is
working to provide qual-
ity education and better
residential facilities to
students of the deprived
sections of the state.
In this sequence, CM
Gehlot has given finan-
cial approval of Rs
21.56 crore for the
modernization and
developmentofbasic
facilities in the
residential
schools run by Social Jus-
tice and Empowerment
Department.
With this decision,
open gym, sports mate-
rial, chapati machine,
smart interactive teach-
ing board along with
various teaching materi-
als will be available in
these residential
schools. Various
works of mainte-
nance, repair and
construction can be
done in these
schools.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Akhil Bharatiya Vid-
yarthi Parishad’s Nyay
Yatra reached Jaipur
from Karauli on Thurs-
day after travelling 181
kilometres in seven
days against the Ra-
jasthan government.
During this, a Nyaya
Sabha was organized at
Ghoomar Pandal of Ra-
jasthan University.
ABVP workers from
across the state were
called. The hot weather,
however, dissuaded peo-
ple from gathering there.
Leaders were seen giving
speeches while most of
chairs were empty.ABVP
National General Secy
Yajnavalkya Shukla said,
“Crimes have become
rampant. Youth are not
getting employment.
ABVP workers will fight
for the people.”
ABVP members at Nyay Yatra near Jaipur on Thursday.
Boy arrested for raping
minor in Jpr public park
House of Niranjan Meena
murder accused razed
CaseagainstJoshiforpoliceremark
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A boy has been arrested
for raping a seven-year-
old girl, when she was
playing with her siblings
at a park in the Banipark
area. The accused lured
her with a chocolate and
then took her to a wash-
room on the pretext of
giving her water and
reaped her. The victim’s
mother told the police
that the incident hap-
pened on August 9.
The woman said that
her daughter came home
crying and narrated her
ordeal. She went to the
park and the girl pointed
at the accused boy. Dur-
ing interrogation, the ac-
cused identified him as
Vishwajit Roy. FIR has
been registered against
the accused under POA-
CO Act. RLP’s Hanu-
man Beniwal took cog-
nizance of the case.
Monu Singh Rajawat
Dausa
The house of Niranjan
Meena murder accused
Sitaram was demolished
in Dausa district follow-
ing which the family
members of Meena ac-
cepted the dead body.
The house was construct-
ed illegally on an en-
croached land.
A team of the revenue
department examined the
land record and found the
house was an illegal en-
croachment. The house
was demolished by JCB
machines. Niranjan Mee-
na was beaten to death on
Tuesday night in Mehan-
dipur Balaji area by Sita-
ram and others. His fam-
ily members and rela-
tives had been demand-
ing arrest of the accused
and opening of history
sheet of accused, CO
Deepak Meena said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Advocate Abhinav
Bhandari has lodged a po-
licecomplaintagainstBJP
State President CP Joshi
for his indecent remarks
on the police. BJP state
president CP Joshi had
commented against the
police in Bhilwara calling
them drunkards and dogs.
AvideoinwhichJoshiis
seenmakingthecomments
went viral recently. On the
basis of which, advocate
Bhandari gave a police
complaint to Malviya Na-
gar police station. He said
that CP Joshi’s statement
can provoke the common
people and incite riots.
Abhinav Bhandari,
Ramesh Motwani,
Gulshan Jain, Shreyas Pa-
reek, Mahesh Reshwal,
Bhupendra Punjabi and
others met DCP East
Gyanchand Yadav and
gave him a copy of the
complaint. The DCP has
instructed to probe the
matter. Besides, DGP
Umesh Mishra, ADG
Law and Order Anand
Srivastava, Jaipur Police
Commissioner Biju
Georgehavealsoreceived
similar complaints.
Rajendra Rathore speaking to public in Churu on Thursday.
ARD finds many
employees missing
in 3 govt offices
Rajasthan police
starts nine-day
Operation ‘Garima’
First India Bureau
Jaipur
ARD conducted surprise
inspection in 3 govern-
ment offices on Thursday
in Deputy Commission-
er, Commissioner Mu-
nicipal Corporation Civil
Line, JMC Heritage’s of-
fice, State Insurance near
Collectorate, GPAF’s of-
fice andVidyadhar Nagar
RTO. Attendance regis-
ters were seized. 35 out
of 41 gazetted and 167
out of 244 non-gazetted
staff were found absent.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
To prevent the incidents
of eve-teasing and har-
assment of women and
girls by miscreants out-
side school-college and
other crowded places,
Operation Garima, a
nine-day state-wide cam-
paign, will be conducted
from Thursday, August
10 to 18 by Rajasthan Po-
lice throughout the state.
Quick action will be tak-
en by identifying the mis-
creants and culprits.
SYNTHETIC TRACK
AT COST OF `6 CR
The state gov-
ernment is con-
stantly working
to encourage sports and
sportspersons in the
state. In this sequence,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has approved
a financial proposal of
Rs 6 crore for making
a synthetic track in the
Sports Complex of Raj-
asthan University. With
this, sports activities will
get a boost in state.
Class12th
girlfounddeadinawell,
teacheraccusedofrape&murder
Ashish Mittal
Sawai Madhopur
The body of a minor was
found in a well in Ha-
nutiya village of Bonli
police station area in
Sawai Madhopur. The
16-yr-old Class 12th girl
of a government school
was missing since Au-
gust 8. Her father had
registered a case against
a teacher of the school for
her alleged kidnapping.
In the report, the girl’s
father accused a teacher
working in the govern-
ment school, of kidnap-
ping. The villagers ac-
cused the teacher of rap-
ing and killing the girl
student. Expressing an-
ger, the villagers de-
manded that a case of
rape and murder be
lodged against the ac-
cused teacher. The teach-
er has been arrested and
a probe is on. Villagers
have accused the teacher
of rape and murder.
Meanwhile, RLP su-
premo Hanuman Beni-
wal took cognisance of
the case.
Villagers took the body & staged a protest till evening
TERRIBLE THURSDAY
The body of the victim was fished out on Thursday.
FOREST GUARD, WOMAN DIE BY SUICIDE BY
JUMPING INTO A DAM, BODIES TIED TOGETHER
TONK: MAN AND ELDERLY WOMAN DROWN IN A
POND, SDRF PULLS OUT BODIES AFTER 4 HRS
CP JOSHI SLAMS STATE GOVT FOR ANNOUNCING
OBC RESERVATION IN LAST FIVE MONTHS
Bhilwara: A forest guard and a woman he was in
a relationship with allegedly committed suicide by
jumping into a dam in Bhilwara district, police said
on Thursday. They were missing since Tuesday afternoon
and their bodies were found tied with a piece of cloth in the
Mandol dam on Wednesday evening, they added. Bijoliya
police station SHO Ugma Ram said the two were in touch
for the last couple of years, primary report revealed that
they were in a relationship. The deceased Naresh and
Nirmala met on Tuesday and went missing. Their phones
were switched off. Naresh’s father registered a missing
person report at the Mandalgarh police station on Tuesday.
A woman and a man drowned on Thursday after-
noon at a farm pond in Tonk district. The incident
occurred in Pathraj Kala
village in Mor police station
area. Local police called a team
of SDRF which pulled out the
dead bodies after about 4 hrs of
effort. SHO Ratan Singh said that
Badam Devi (60) had gone to the farm pond of Pathraj Kala
village and was taking out a buffalo, which had gone into
the pond during which she slipped. She screamed for help.
Sukh Lal (45) rushed to her rescue but he also drowned.
BJP state president CP Joshi on Thursday said
that the party’s legal team was studying the as-
pects related to the announcement of 6 percent
reservation to most backward castes of OBC in the
state. It seems that the government was made for five
months and not for five years therefore the government
is making announcements in the last five months. There
had been corruption in the last four and a half years and
now such announcements are being made,” he said.
CM Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday announced 6 percent
reservation for most backward castes of OBC in addition
to 21 percent for OBC.
CM engaged in saving
govt for 4 years: Rathore
The people of
Rajasthan are fed up
with the misrule of
the Congress and have
decided to form the
BJP government.
RAJENDRA RATHORE,
LEADER OF OPPN
Now the rape and murder of a girl child in the
school of Bonli, Sawai Madhopur, the Chief
Minister should tell where in the state, girls are
safe? @ashokgehlot51, @RahulGandhi, @priyanka-
gandhi I have a question, why don’t you take seriously
the rape and violence happening in Rajasthan?
CP Joshi @cpjoshiBJP

3. CAG AWARDS RAJASTHAN
RSGL honoured for excellent financial accounting
First India Bureau
Jaipur
he Rajasthan
State Gas Ltd.
has been award-
ed a Nil Comment Certifi-
catebytheCAGforexcel-
lent financial accounting
management during audit.
The information was giv-
en in the virtual annual
general meeting held at
Udyog Bhawan on Thurs-
day under the chairman-
ship of ACS Mines and
Chairperson RSGLVeenu
Gupta. She called it a big
achievement for any busi-
ness organization.
Gupta said that RSGL
has had an annual turno-
ver of Rs 88 crore 5 lakh
during the financial year.
“It has earned a net profit
of Rs 8.83 crore and there
has been a remarkable
growth in the annual turn-
over. Out of Rs 65 lakh as
dividend, Rs 32 lakh 50
thousand gal gas and Rs
32 lakh 50 thousand will
be given as dividend to
RSPCL,” she said while
adding that RSGL per-
formed well despite ad-
verse conditions like in-
crease in prices of natural
gas & petrol products.
RSGL MD Ranveer
Singh said that we are in
profit and activities of
RSGL would be rapidly
expanded for growth.
In the meeting, Finance
Secy Revenue KK Pathak
appreciated the achieve-
ments of RSGL. RSMM
GGM Arun Singh,
Gaurav Jain, RSPCL,
Hridayesh Kumar from
GAIL, Deepak Asija,
Ajay Sinha, and others
also participated.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
If everything goes ac-
cording to plan, then li-
ons will also be seen
roaming in selected for-
est areas in the state.
These days the forest de-
partment of the state is
planning to settle lions in
the forest on the lines of
tigers. Apart from this,
work can also be started
on Lion Safari in Bikaner
and Ajmer.
State’s Chief Wildlife
Warden Arindam Tomar
greeted wildlife lovers on
World Lion Day on
Thursday and also dis-
cussed in detail the de-
partment’s plan regard-
ing lions. “Asiatic Lions
in India are mostly found
in Gujarat. There has also
been a lot of success in
lion conservation. Earli-
er, lions were also found
in Rajasthan and in other
states also. We expect
that lions should be es-
tablished in forests in Ra-
jasthan in future as well,”
he said.
There is an Asiatic
Lion in the Nahargarh
Biological Park in Ra-
jasthan.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The CS Usha Sharma dis-
cussed important issues
for timely implementa-
tion of Compressed Natu-
ral Gas (CNG) and do-
mestic Piped Natural Gas
(PNG) network in the
state in a meeting with the
Natural Gas Regulatory
Board (PNGRB) at Govt
Secretariat on Thursday.
Sharma said that the
priority of the state govt is
to complete the develop-
ment of the network in a
time-bound manner.
She also asked the rep-
resentatives of the board
to make provisions for
bringing PNG and CNG
in all govt houses, offices,
coloniesandhospitalsand
hotels in the state. She
said that natural gas is
cleaner than coal.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
According to official
sources, the ED started
working on the case from
the day the cash and gold
haul was recovered from
the almirah in May. The
ED team raided two loca-
tions of the Department
Of Information Technol-
ogy (DoIT) and started
the search.
First this matter had
reachedAshok Nagar po-
lice station, then it was
handed over to the ACB
by telling the case of
bribery. Nothing much
happened in the case af-
ter that but now after get-
ting solid evidence, the
ED has started its inves-
tigation at its level.
ED suspects that this
money belongs to some
senior leader of the state,
who was getting it ad-
justed using pawns like
Ved Prakash. The ED is
learnt to have asked the
DoIT for the details of
the items procured in the
last three years.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
On the instructions of CM
Gehlot, taking seriously
the incidents related to
eve-teasing and teasing of
women and girls, the Po-
lice Headquarters has is-
sued guidelines to all po-
lice officers on Thursday
to curb these incidents.
According to these in-
structions issued by Addl
DGP Crime Dinesh MN,
in case of challan in pro-
hibitory action on miscre-
ants enegaged in molesta-
tion, eve-teasing and
other unwanted acts
againstwomen,amention
of their actions will be
done in the character cer-
tificate. He said that on
receipt of a complaint in
this regard, a separate reg-
ister will be maintained
detailing preventive ac-
tions against the con-
cerned. On the basis of
this register, preventive
action will be mentioned
for molesting women and
girls and doing other un-
wanted acts in the charac-
ter verification.
The ADG said that on
the information of minors
molesting women and
girls and slandering, the
family members of the
minor would be called
and the miscreants would
be acted upon.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A large number of trans-
fers have been done in the
urban local bodies (Mu-
nicipal Corporation, Mu-
nicipal Council and Mu-
nicipalities) of Rajasthan.
The list of 118 officers
includes officers of the
rank of Commissioners,
Revenue Officers (RO)
and Executive Officers
(EO). Jaipur Municipal
Corporation has sent out
almost most of the senior
officers from JMCG. A
total of 14 officers have
been transferred from
here.LSGreleasedthelist.
Navin Sharma
Jaipur
Anti corruption bureau
conducted raids in PHED
offices and seized 180
measurement books in
connection with Jal Jee-
van mission.
The ACB has also
called around 2 dozen
engineers including
chief secretary and su-
perintendent engineer to
ACB office for question-
ing in connection with
measurement books.
The engineers will have
to produce supporting
documents before the
acb officials.
Meanwhile, the ACB
produced all the accused
in the court on Thursday.
The ACB sought four
more days remand of
contractor Padam Jain as
the bureau did not want
to interrogate the remain-
ing 5 accused.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur
Anew provision has been
added to building bylaws
according to which de-
velopers will do the work
of plantation and pave-
ment construction on
roads attached to land.
The UDH dept has issued
an order in this regard.
The government also
gave relief to builders in
the matter of buildings
having height above 18
meters. Setback was re-
quired from 9 meter to
18 meter but now front
setback will be applica-
ble as per the table 4.1 or
one fourth of the height
of the building, which-
ever is higher.
Setback will also have
to be kept in buildings
where coverage area is
not 40 percent.
Veenu Gupta and other official during the meeting on Thursday.
Asiatic Lions in India are mostly found in Gujarat’s Gir National Park. FILE
Usha Sharma with PNGRB officials in the meeting at Secretariat on
Thursday. Anil K Jain, Sandesh Nayak and others were present.
`2.31 crore 1 kg gold bar were recovered in May. FILE
RSGL has had an
annual turnover of
`88 cr 5 lakh during
the financial year and
performed well
despite adverse
conditions like rise in
prices of natural gas
petrol products: ACS
T
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Rajjunglesmaythunderwith
roaroflionsfromGujarat’sGir
Forest dept plans to settle lions on the lines of tigers
World Lion Day celebrated
LIONSTOCOMEFROMGUJ
z Efforts are also being
made in Biological Park for
successful breeding of lions.
z To increase the family of
lions, a pair of Asiatic Lions
will be brought from Shakar
Bagh Zoo in Gujarat.
z Sitamata sanctuary,
Shahbad forest, Bhainsrod-
garh forest, Phulwari ki Naal
sanctuary are suitable for
lion’s rehabilitation in State.
z About 60-70 years ago,
there was also the kingdom
of Asiatic lions in Rajasthan,
which gradually ended.
CS asks PNGRB officials to
complete CNG, PNG work
NEW SCHEME TO GIVE JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO
SPECIALLY-ABLED PERSONS SOON: MIN S RAWAT
A new scheme will be started by the state govt to pro-
vide employment opportunities to the specially abled,
single women and other deprived sections in the
retail sector. Industries Min Shakuntala Rawat informed that
the state's specially abled people, single women, unmarried
women (above 30 years of age), abandoned, divorced, wid-
ows and other deprived classes, including other backward
classes (except creamy layer) will be eligible in the scheme.
People from Scheduled castes, scheduled Tribal, Economic
Weaker Section, Below Poverty Line will also be eligible.
She said that reputed private firms have been included in
the scheme for the purpose of giving job opportunities. The
private firms will open 1000 franchisees in the state.
Matter was under scanner of
ED from very start: Sources To curb crime, PHQ
issues order to all
police officials
Yojana Bhawan cash and gold haul
Courtesy Meet
Newly appointed Commissioner of Jaipur Police Biju George Joseph paid a courtesy
call on Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on Thursday. This was Joseph’s first
meeting with the Governor Mishra after becoming the Commissioner.
ACBraidsinPHEDcase,
seizesover180JJMfiles
New norms to provide
relief to builders in Raj
First India Bureau
Kota
A minor, who at-
tempted suicide in
Kota onAugust 8 by
hanging herself
from the ceiling fan
at a hostel, died on
Thursday during
treatment. Her par-
ents outside the
mortuary had an al-
tercation and ac-
cusedoneanotherof
beating up the child.
However, the police
pacified them. The
reason for the mi-
nor’s suicide has not
been known.
Headconstableof
Mahavir Nagar po-
lice station Sabir
Hussain said that the
minor (14) lived
with her mother
Bhavna (40) in a
hostelintheCanton-
ment area of Ma-
havir Nagar area of
Kota. Her father,
Hemant Singh (42),
livesinRajgarh,MP.
Itissaidthatthehus-
band and wife often
quarrelled. The mi-
norhadhangedhim-
self onTuesday.The
cause of death is be-
ing probed.
14-year-old
girl hangs self
from ceiling
fan in Kota
118officersshiftedinurban
localbodies, mostlyEOs,ROs
HEADCONSTABLEFLEES
DURINGACBACTION
Barmer: A head
constable escaped
during ACB action
on Thursday in Barmer. Ap-
pearing in the Barmer ACB
office, a complainant lodged
a complaint that accused
Surendra Bishnoi, posted
in Police Station Chauhtan,
was demanding bribe in the
land related case.
Raje meets RSS’
Prakash Chandra
at Seva Sadan
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Former CM Vasundhara
Raje met RSS’ Prakash
Chandra at RSS office
Seva Sadan
in Jaipur.
The conver-
sation be-
tween the
two lasted
for about half an hour.
Prakash Chandra has
also been a former Gen-
eral Secretary of Bhar-
tiya Janata Party and has
strong grip on the poli-
tics of Rajasthan.At pre-
sent, Chandra is looking
after the responsibility
of the Laghu Udyog
Bharati.
LIST RELEASED FROM LOCAL SELF GOVT DEPT
z Deepika Gajraj as RO
in Municipality Gajsingh-
pur, shifted from JMCG.
z Devanand Sharma as
Tax Assessor at Munici-
pality in Kanod.
z Sangeeta Jain as EO
in Municipality, Todabhim.
z Parul Soni as RO in
Todaraisingh.
z Vidya Sen as RO
Municipality, Tapukda.
z Saroj Pareek as RO in
Municipality, Tijara.
z Monika Soni as EO in
Municipality, Niwai.
z Pramod K Sharma
as EO at Municipality in
Keshoraipatan.
z Geeta Karnani as EO
at Municipal Corporation
in Ajmer.
z Pawan Kumar Ma-
thuria as EO at Nagar
Municipality in Rupwas.
z Shyam L Jangid as EO
in Municipality, Hamirgarh
z Mamta Nagar as
Commissioner in Tonk.
z Karni Singh as Com-
missioner in Barmer.
z Ramkishore Mehta
as Commissioner in
Rajsamand.
Cops probing on spot in
Kota on Thursday.
PHQ: Mention of errant youth
in character verification now

4. TOP
TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Through selfless service,
you will always be fruitful
and find the fulfillment
of your desires.
BHAGAVAD GITA
IN-DEPTH
CLOSE RACE TO
BE THE FIRST ON
LUNAR SOUTH POLE
he race to land a spacecraft on the moon’s
South Pole has become exciting after Russia
announced its moon mission after a gap of
47 years. The date for the launch of Luna 25 is fixed
for August 11 and the expected date of landing is
August 23, the same as that of Chandrayaan-3 al-
though ISRO launched its spacecraft about a month
earlier. As far as moon missions go, the far more
experienced Russia will have a clear edge over India
in becoming the first country to land its spacecraft
on the hitherto unexplored ice-covered South Pole
which may hold the possibility of sustaining life.
Chandrayaan-3 has taken a longer route to save on
fuel. The Luna 25 has an estimated budget of US$200
million while the Chandrayaan-3 mission will come at
USD 75 million, much less than half its cost. As both
the spacecraft are aiming at a soft landing, one wishes
Chandrayaan-3 to be the first to reach its destination.
T
YET ANOTHER
GOVT STEP TO COOL
DOWN PRICES
ith wheat and rice prices refusing to come
down, the Central government has decided
to offload 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and 25
lakh tonnes of rice in the open market.At a time when
rising prices of the staple commodities have pushed
food inflation to a worrying level, offloading of rice
and wheat is a welcome move. Whether it will suc-
ceed in cooling down prices remains to be seen. The
government’s earlier supply side measures like ban
on wheat exports in May 2022, imposition of stock
limit on wheat for the first time in 15 years in June
this year and ban on export of non-Basmati white rice
in July 2023 did not
have the desired ef-
fect on prices. Union
Food Secretary San-
jeev Chopra is re-
ported to have said
that despite several
measures having
been taken to control
prices, “they have re-
fusedtocomedown”.
Not only in India
but the ban on export
of non-Basmati rice
has pushed prices of
the commodity to a
15-year high inAsian
markets. Global pric-
es of rice also surged
and people rushed to
super markets in the
US and Canada to
buy the Indian rice.
At the same time the
food basket overall
witnessed a contin-
ued rise in prices of
pulses, milk and vegetables too. It is feared that the
Consumer Price Index for July may cross 7 percent.
There are concerns over El Nino and the Ukraine
conflict which continues to stretch and hit supply of
food grains. The El Nino effect on domestic supply
may force India to import rice from Indonesia.
W
With wheat and rice
prices refusing to
come down, the
Central government
has decided to
offload 50 lakh
tonnes of wheat
and 25 lakh tonnes
of rice in the open
market. At a time
when rising prices
of the staple
commodities have
pushed food
inflation to a
worrying level,
offloading of rice
and wheat is a
welcome move
The Asiatic Lion is a source of
national pride as India’s emblem.
Their increasing numbers owe
credit to persistent conservation efforts
and remarkable community spirit in
Gujarat. On #WorldLionDay2023, my
heartfelt wishes to all dedicated to
their preservation.
Bhupender Yadav @byadavbjp
World Lion Day! This day is
celebrated with the aim of
raising awareness about the
conservation and promotion of lions.
There has also been a steady increase
in the population of lions in India over
the years. Many many congratulations
to all those working in this direction.
Narendra Singh Tomar @nstomar
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f someone is
a s k e d ,
“Who’s win-
ning the bat-
tle for reali-
ty?” they are most likely to
reply, “What battle?” Eve-
ryday reality presents itself
and gets taken for granted.
Nobody takes the time to
look at trees, clouds, stars,
and other people doubting
that they exist. If there is a
battle for reality — which
there certainly is — it takes
place in the arcane circles
of physics, which is
charged with deciding
where time, space, matter,
and energy come from.
The possible answers
have the capacity of rock-
ing your world. This won’t
seem like an outrageous
claim once the possible an-
swers supplied by different
theories in physics are laid
out very simply.
The leading answer to
where space, time, mat-
ter, and energy come
from are as follows:
z They come from the Big
Bang.
z They come from nothing
and nowhere, a pre-
created state beyond our
imagination.
z They come from another
universe that we are at-
tached to like a soap bub-
ble attached to a previous
soap bubble.
z They come from the
multiverse.
z No one will ever know.
None of these answers is
outlandish. There are bril-
liant thinkers, going back
to Einstein and the pio-
neers of quantum mechan-
ics, who devised each an-
swer. Just because physics
deals in advanced mathe-
matics doesn’t mean that
these answers don’t apply
to everyday life, including
everyone alive. To glimpse
the implications, take
away time, space, matter,
and energy. Instead, plug
in the word “I.”
Now the possible an-
swers become personal.
z I come from the Big Bang.
z I come from nothing and
nowhere, a pre-created
state beyond our imagina-
tion.
z I come from another uni-
verse that we are attached
to like a soap bubble at-
tached to a previous soap
bubble.
z I come from the multiverse.
z No one will ever know.
As before, none of these
answers is outlandish, be-
cause you are participating
in the universe, which
means that you are caught
up in where time, space,
matter, and energy come
from, not just 13.8 billion
years ago, but right now,
this very minute.The atoms
and molecules that consti-
tute your body are built
from subatomic particles
that wink in and out of ex-
istence from the so-called
virtual state where every-
thing exists as a possibility.
There is a huge gap be-
tween a possibility and the
real world. This is the
place where the battle for
reality is taking place. In-
triguingly, one answer, the
multiverse, has such a
strong appeal to the imagi-
nation that it has been
adopted by Marvel Comics
in their hugely successful
movies, so that the mil-
lions of viewers who see
Dr. Strange or the Aveng-
ers takes a trip to the mul-
tiverse along the way.
It appears that popular
culture has gotten involved
in the battle for reality, even
though the issue isn’t stated
out in the open. For a very
long time everyone could
go along with reality the
way it looks when you gaze
out the window (technical-
ly known as naïve realism).
But quantum physics and
Einstein’s theory of relativ-
ity blew up this viewpoint
more than a century ago.
In the intervening dec-
ades the battle lines have
shifted this way and that, so
how do things stand now?
First, everything is up for
grabs as never before. Too
manycontradictingtheories
have been proposed for a
singleonetobecorrect(this
depressing conclusion was
theonethatthelateStephen
Hawking reached in his last
book, The Grand Design).
Second, there is no longer
any reassurance that any-
thing exists on its own. It
takestheinsertionofamind
— belonging either to a sci-
entist measuring a particle,
youandIobservingtheeve-
rydayworld,orGoddream-
ing up creation — to make
possibilitiescrossthegapto
become reality.
The speed of accelera-
tion in this regard has been
speeding up in recent dec-
ades. The vast majority of
physicists still accept naïve
realism in their daily life,
despite the fact that every
experiment every done in-
dicates that at the level
where time, space, matter,
and energy originate, naïve
realism is 100% wrong.
Now, however, there are so
many holes in so many
theories, and such a mass of
contradictions, that more
physicists are beginning to
concede that new answers
must be found.
Otherwise, reality re-
mains like a ghost, hover-
ing between existence and
non-existence. It’s a very
peculiar state of affairs.
What is the way out?
Without taking sides, a
picture of reality that has
any chance of widespread
acceptance needs to do
the following:
z It must allow everyday
reality to exist in some
form acceptable to people
in general.
z At the same time, it must
include the peculiar
behavior of the quantum
world, from which every-
day reality springs.
z It must accept the theory
of relativity, which has
been verified many times
over. Unfortunately, quan-
tum mechanics has also
been proved many times
over, and the two theories
contradict one another.
z Reality must include mind,
not just matter. There has
to be a way to explain
them together instead of
insisting that only matter is
really real.
z The incredible unfolding
of evolution that produced
life on Earth must be
explained.
z The fact that the laws of
nature mesh with unbeliev-
able precision must be ex-
plained. A shift of less than
one part in a billion could
have doomed the cosmos
to vanish within millisec-
onds after the Big Bang.
This list is far from com-
plete, but there are enough
big issues in it to convey
how so many brilliant
minds could be so muddled
despite their best theories.
What is so hard to face
is that the basic problem,
the cause for so much fun-
damental disagreement, is
actually very simple. We
have been fighting the bat-
tle for reality one issue at a
time. Each item on the list
has created theories, spec-
ulations, articles, and
books ad infinitum while
in the end getting nowhere.
An “Aha!” moment
dawns when you see that
reality isn’t composed of
parts. It is one thing, a
wholeness. No explanation
of reality can succeed by
proceeding one piece at a
time. Either you grasp the
whole thing or else it shat-
ters like a stained-glass
window struck by a ham-
mer. Once the picture de-
picted in the window is
smashed to pieces, the pic-
ture ceases to exist. Like-
wise, subdividing reality
into shattered fragments
loses the wholeness — the
big picture — that is reality.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SCIENCE IS
INVINCIBLE
Can science reach this
“Aha!” moment? The odds
are strongly against it,
because science by its very
nature subdivides a problem
into manageable parts, a
method known as reduc-
tionism. Reductionism has
succeeded in giving us the
modern world and our total
dependence on technology.
As a world view, science
seems invincible, and its
chief tool is reduction-
ism — you can’t have one
without the other. With that
path closed off, the battle for
reality moves to the streets.
Ordinary people must grapple
with how their personal reality
was created. To me, that’s
a mystery that can only be
solved by dealing with the
one ingredient common to all
experience — consciousness.
Millions of people are delving
into consciousness as never
before, which is a hopeful
sign. In the end, without
resorting to a crystal ball, I’d
venture that reality itself will
only be explained through
consciousness as the ulti-
mate creator. If this is going
to be the ultimate answer
that restores wholeness to
reality, it is very worthwhile
to have a vision of the
outcome in advance.
WHO’SWINNINGTHE
BATTLEFORREALITY?
I
None of these answers is outlandish. There are
brilliant thinkers, going back to Einstein and the
pioneers of quantum mechanics, who devised each
answer. Just because physics deals in advanced
mathematics doesn’t mean that these answers don’t
apply to everyday life, including everyone alive. To
glimpse the implications, take away time, space,
matter, and energy. Instead, plug in the word “I”
DEEPAK
CHOPRA
The writer is MD,
FACP, FRCP founder of the
Chopra Foundation,
a non-profit entity for
research on well-being
and humanitarianism,
and Chopra Global

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hits out at the previous Central governments
MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
“PreviousPMsmadepromises,Modidelivered”
Agencies
New Delhi
Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman on
Thursday hit out at the
previously ruled Central
governments, saying that
they had made promises
only, but the present gov-
ernment headed by Nar-
endra Modi have deliv-
ered on all the promises.
Speaking during the
debate on the no-Confi-
dence motion moved by
the Opposition parties
against the Modi govern-
ment in the Lok Sabha,
on the third day today,
she said that the UPA
government had de-
stroyed development for
almost an entire decade
because there was cor-
ruption and cronyism,
but BJP-led NDA gov-
ernment has been work-
ing on development.
Taking a dig at the Op-
position I.N.D.I.A. bloc,
Sitharaman said it is very
hard to understand that
these alliance partners
are fighting each other or
collectively fighting
against each other.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in Lok Sabha during debate on no-confidence
motion moved by Opposition in the Monsoon Session, in New Delhi on Thursday. ANI
Opposition MPs walk out of Lok Sabha as PM Narendra Modi (unseen) speaks on no-confidence
motion during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. ANI
If these alliances are
together or fighting
each other, In Delhi
and Punjab, Cong and
AAP are against each
other, in WB, TMC,
Congress, and Left are
against each other, in
Kerala and Tripura,
Left and Congress are
fighting; and in
Rajasthan, Himachal,
and Gujarat, AAP and
Congress are fighting,
this shows it is a
fantastic alliance.
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN,
UNION FINANCE MINISTER
“Oppn only cares about their
stature: Jyotiraditya Scindia
ANI
New Delhi
Union Minister Jyotira-
ditya Scindia on Thurs-
day hit out at the Opposi-
tion bloc- I.N.D.I.A, say-
ing that the coalition only
cares about their “stat-
ure”, not the country.
Speaking on the no-
confidence motion
moved against the NDA
government, the Union
Minister said that the Op-
position should apolo-
gise before the people of
India over their remarks
on PM Narendra Modi in
the Parliament.
“It’s been 20 years that
I am part of this Parlia-
ment, but I have never
witnessed such a scene in
the House. The words
used by the Opposition
for the PM, they should
apologise not in the Par-
liament but, before the
people of India for their
remarks.They do not care
about the dignity of the
PM or the President.They
only care about their stat-
ure,” Scindia said.
Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia speaks in Lok Sabha
during the Monsoon Session, in New Delhi on Thursday. ANI
Union Minister says
Oppn should apologise
for their remarks
against Prime Minister
GOVT TAKING STEPS
TO CONTROL PRICE
RISE: SITHARAMAN
New Delhi:
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sithara-
man on Thursday said
the govt is taking steps
to control inflation and
as part of the measures
tomatoes are being
imported from Nepal
to meet the demand
and check prices. “Lot
of steps have been
taken to contain inflation.
Group of Ministers has
been taking timely steps
to control prices which
are hitting common
people,” Sitharman said.
She said Tur dal is being
imported from Mozam-
bique, Urad dal will be
imported from Myanmar,
while around three lakh
tonnes of onions have
been procured to create
a buffer stock.
“SONIA, RAHUL GANDHI SHOULD BE TRIED FOR
TREASON”, SAYS RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE
August: Demanding that Sonia Gandhi and
Rahul Gandhi should be tried for treason, BJP
MP from Jaipur rural, Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore on Thursday claimed that the Wayanad
MP met members of the Communist Party of China
in 2008 in Beijing. Speaking in over no-confidence
motion against the NDA govt, Rathore said that the
Congress leaders met the Communist Party of China
in 2008 when he was in Beijing during the Olympics.
OPPN SILENT ON RAJ, WB, C’GARH CASES, BUT
TALKING ABOUT MANIPUR: LOCKET CHATTERJEE
New Delhi: Reacting to Opposition’s no-confi-
dence motion against the Modi govt and their
demand that the Prime Minister should speak
on the Manipur issue, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee said
that the same Opposition is silent on Rajasthan, West
Bengal and Chhattisgarh incidents but is talking about
Manipur. Locket Chatterjee said, “The people who
committed atrocities against women after the West
Bengal Panchayat polls talk about democracy.”
POWER OF NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION BROUGHT
PM TO PARLIAMENT TODAY: LoP CHOWDHURY
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said
that the power of no-confidence motion has
brought PM Narendra Modi to Parliament to make a
statement on Manipur issue. During the debate on
no-confidence motion, he said: “We were demand-
ing that PM Modi should come to the Parliament and
speak on Manipur issue. We were not demanding any
BJP MP, we were only demanding our PM to come.”
EX-PM DEVE GOWDA EXPRESSES ANGUISH OVER
SHOUTING, SLOGANEERING IN PARLIAMENT
New Delhi: Former PM and JD (S) chief HD
Deve Gowda on Thursday said the Parliament
proceedings have touched a “new low” as he
rued “shouting and sloganeering” will only destroy
“what is left of our system”. “I came to attend Parlia-
ment despite ill-health, but have been very disappoint-
ed by what is happening. From my long experience I
say this is a new low. Democracy can be saved only if
everybody maintains dignity and decorum,” he said.
WORLD LION DAY 2023
‘India proud to be home to Asiatic
lions’: PM extends wishes to nation
First India Bureau
New Delhi
On the occasion of World
LionDay,PrimeMinister
Narendra Modi extended
his greetings to the nation
and addressed the impor-
tanceoflionsforthewild-
life and environment.
Taking to Twitter PM
Modi wrote, “World
Lion Day is an occasion
to celebrate the majestic
lions that captivate our
hearts with their strength
and magnificence. India
isproudtobehometothe
Asiatic Lions and over
the last few years, there
has been a steady rise in
the lion population in In-
dia. I laud all those work-
ing towards protecting
the habitat of lions. May
we continue to cherish
and protect them, ensur-
ing they thrive for gen-
erations to come.”
World Lion Day is ob-
served every year onAu-
gust 10 to raise aware-
ness about the impor-
tance and protection of
lions. Lions form an in-
tegral part of the envi-
ronment and are posed
with numerous threats
such as loss of habitat,
hunting, poaching and
many others. Therefore,
there is an urgent need to
protect them.
The occasion plays a
pivotal role in under-
standing conservation of
lions. It provides us with
an opportunity to edu-
cate people about the
difficulties that lions en-
counter across the world.
The founders of the
Big Cat Rescue, the
world’s largest accredit-
ed sanctuary dedicated to
lions, drew attention to
the declining population
of lions across the world.
PM Narendra Modi tweeted a combination of pictures of the
lions on the occasion of World Lion Day, on Thursday. ANI
No plans for caste
census in UP: CM Yogi
PTI
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi
Adityanath on Thurs-
day said the state gov-
ernment has no plans to
conduct a “caste cen-
sus” in the state.
“The subject matter
of census is mentioned
at number 69 of the Un-
ion List of the Seventh
Schedule of the Consti-
tution of India. Census
Act 1948 and Census
Rules 1990 have been
made by the Govern-
ment of India for census
work under which the
work of census is done
by the Government of
India,” he said.
Adityanath said this
in a written reply to a
question asked by Sa-
majwadi Party member
Sangram Yadav.
Yogi Adityanath during Monsoon session of UP Assembly.
IN THE COURTYARD
Excise policy: ED’s
stand sought on bail
plea by Vijay Nair
New Delhi: The
Delhi High Court
on Thursday
sought the stand of the
Enforcement Directorate
(ED) on a plea by busi-
nessman and Aam Aadmi
Party’s communication in-
charge Vijay Nair seeking
default bail in a money
laundering case related
to the alleged excise
policy scam.
Sexasaultonminor:
DelhiHighCourttakes
cognisanceofcase
New Delhi: The
Delhi High Court
has taken suo
motu cognisance of an
incident of alleged sexual
assault of a 3-year-old
girl by a cleaner at her
school and sought to
know the action taken
by the city government
and the police. A bench
directed the authorities to
file a status report.
K’TAKA HC STAYS `50 L FINE ON X CORP, IF IT
DEPOSITS 50% OF AMOUNT WITHIN A WEEK
Bengaluru: A division bench of the High Court
of Karnataka on Thursday stayed a single judge
bench order that had imposed a cost of Rs 50
lakh on X Corp (formerly Twitter) for not complying with IT
Ministry orders — subject to the company depositing 50
per cent of the amount (Rs 25 lakh) within one week. The
deposit is for X Corp to show its bonafides, the court said.
The order of the single judge who had directed X Corp to
deposit Rs 50 lakh by August 14 will be stayed till the next
date of hearing.

7. PTI
Dehradun
Nine people have died in
separate rain-related inci-
dents over the past 24
hours across Uttarakhand
as Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami took stock
of the situation and di-
rected all district magis-
trates to stay on the alert.
One person is missing
in the incidents which
also left around half a
dozen people injured.
Two siblings were
killed and a third got in-
jured when the hut they
were sleeping in was hit
by a landslide in the early
hours of Wednesday
amid incessant rains in
Gaurikund, the base
camp of KedarnathYatra.
This was the second
landslide in Gaurikund in
five days. The shack near
the helipad in Gaurikund
village was hit by a land-
slide from the top of the
hill, burying four of a
family in debris,
Rudraprayag District Dis-
aster Management Offic-
er Nandan Singh Rajwar
said. A woman named
Janaki emerged unhurt
out of the debris while her
three children got buried
under it, he said.
Eight-year-old Sweety
survived the incident and
is being treated for inju-
ries. Her younger sister
Pinky, 5, and another
small child, were declared
dead at the hospital.
The spot in Gaurikund
village is just half a kilo-
meter away from the
place where three per-
sons were killed and 20
others went missing in a
landslide on August 4.
Five people were killed
and as many injured in
two separate road acci-
dents in the past 24 hours
in Pauri district.
Four people, including
a father-son duo, died
when their car fell into a
deep gorge on Tuesday
night at Gumkhal, State
Disaster Response Force
official Praveen Rathi
told PTI over the phone.
GLORY OF GWALIOR
Khadi Tiranga to be hoisted across 22 states
ANI
Gwalior
Pride of our na-
tion, the Na-
tional Flag ‘Ti-
ranga’ prepared in
Gwalior will be hoisted
in various government
offices across 22 states in
the country this year.
Madhya Bharat Khadi
Sangh located in the city
prepares the Khadi Na-
tional Flag only for the
govt bodies and it is the
only Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS) certified
national flag manufactur-
ing organisation in North
India. This year it has re-
ceived orders for around
55,000 national flags. It
has supplied 14,300 flags
in 22 states so far.
Secretary of Madhya
Bharat Khadi Sangh,
Rama Kant Sharma said,
“We have made 14300
flags and supplied them
in 22 states across the
country so far. We have
received orders around
55000 flags worth about
Rs 5 crore and we have
supplied flags worth Rs 1
crore so far. We have sup-
plied the flags to Goa,
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Ben-
gal, Bihar, Andaman
Nicobar, Haryana, Delhi,
Himachal Pradesh, JK,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhat-
tisgarh, Maharashtra etc.”
“We have a staff of 222
here. The flag is sent only
after completing all the
norms. It should not be
consideredonlyasakhadi
cloth, it is associated with
the spirit of our country, it
is a symbol of our pride
and a lot of standards are
taken care of while pre-
paring the flag,” he said.
Gwalior’s Madhya Bharat Khadi Sangh has received orders for around 55,000 national flags.
P
Buxar: A 40-year-old
driver from Punjab was
found dead inside his
truck in Bihar’s Buxar
district on Thursday,
police said. The body of
Jagjeet Singh, a resi-
dent of Mansa district
in Punjab, was found
hanging from a rod in-
side the truck that was
parked near an under-
construction power
plant in Chausa block,
they said. Further probe
is on in this case.
Driver from Punjab
found dead inside his
truck in Bihar's Buxar
New Delhi: A 30-year-
old woman has been ar-
rested for shooting her
sister in the face, police
said. Sonu has been
booked for attempt to
murder and faces other
charges under the Arms
Act. An FIR has been
filed at Shastri Park po-
lice station. The police
said, the elder sister
also hit her younger
sibling, identified as
Sumaila, on head with
the butt of the gun.
Suspecting sister’s
affair with husband,
woman shoots at her
Thane: The Thane Mu-
nicipal Corporation in
Maharashtra will beau-
tify 15 lakes in the city,
adjoining Mumbai, an
official statement said
on Thursday. The pro-
ject will cost an esti-
mated Rs 53.36 crore
and it will be imple-
mented under the Cen-
tre’s Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Ur-
ban Transformation
(AMRUT)-II scheme,
said the statement.
Maharashtra: Civic
body to beautify 15
lakes in Thane city
IN BRIEF
Pune: Cybercrooks
forced a 25-year-old
advertising student and
her mother (53) to
transfer Rs53.63 lakh
via 34 transactions
within four hours on
July 5 after threatening
to implicate the student
in a ‘drug courier’ case.
Crooks dupe student,
mom of `54 lakh
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“Abdullahs, Muftisjoined handswith ISI”
Agencies
Jammu
BharatiyaJanataPartyNa-
tional General Secretary
Tarun Chugh onThursday
blamed the Abdullah and
Mufti families for the
atrocities on the Kahmiri
Pandits since 1989.
Chugh alleged that
both the families of Ab-
dullah and Mufti, have
been hand-in-glove with
the Pakistan ISI to allow
large scale killings of the
Pandits and make them
leave the state in 90s.
Taking strong excep-
tion to FarooqAbdullah’s
contention in the Parlia-
ment that his government
in 1989 tried to protect
the Kashmir Pandits, the
Senior BJP leader said it
was a bundle of lies what
Abdullah was saying.
The fact, he said, is
thatAbdullah was part of
the design to victimize
the Kashmiri Pandits,
commit atrocities on
them by murders and
rapes and made them
leave the state.
Chugh said it was the
anti-national politics of
Abdullahs and Muftis
that brought JK to the
brink of collapse.
Lauding PM Modi for
abrogation ofArticle 370,
he said a new era has
dawned on JK ever
sinceandpeopleareliving
anewlifeofdevelopment.
SDRF personnel launch the rescue operation in affected areas
Maldevta River after rise in water level due to monsoon rains, in Dehradun, on Thursday. PTI
Chinese Propaganda
ED probes Prakash
Karat-Singham
email exchanges
PTI
New Delhi
A dump of email ex-
changesthatincludesome
between US billionaire
Neville Roy Singham and
CPI(M) leader Prakash
Karat are under the ED
scanner as money laun-
dering probe against news
portal NewsClick which
isallegedtohavereceived
dubious funds from the
businessman to spread
Chinese propaganda,
sources said on Thursday.
The ED is also probing
the alleged transfer of
funds of about Rs 40 lakh
from NewsClick to the
family members of activ-
ist Teesta Setalvad, trans-
fer of about Rs 72 lakh to
journalist and author Par-
anjoy Guha Thakurta,
some employees of
NewsClick and few inde-
pendent media persons
over a period of time.
It had found that News-
Click also allegedly paid
Rs 17.08 lakh as “salary”
to jailed activist Gautam
Navlakha, Rs 97.32 lakh
to Bappaditya Sinha, a
shareholder in NewsClick
and a member of the IT
cell of the CPI(M) over an
unspecified period.
Manipur: One
more gang-rape
comes to light
after 100 days
Agencies
Imphal
Another horrific case of
rape and torture has come
to light in Manipur after
thesurvivor—nowliving
in a relief camp — filed a
complaint with the police
unfolding the crime that
took place on May 3.
The 37-year-old mar-
ried woman said in her
complaint: “Five-six
people got hold of
me and started verbally
abusing and assaulting
me. Despite my resist-
ance, I was forcefully
pinned down.
“After this, they start-
ed sexually assaulting
me… They inserted their
fingers into my private
part in a violent manner.
There was no help com-
ing from anybody despite
my cries for help.
“Thereafter, some
more men joined them.
At that time, I lost con-
sciousness. Later, when I
regained my senses, I
found myself in a house
surrounded by some
Meitei people.”
3 of family who died during
farmer agitation get ex-gratia
RBI keeps interest rates
unchanged in hawkish policy
Agencies
Shimla
After 33 years of an agita-
tion by apple growers
against the then govt that
changed political land-
scape in Himachal, the
current govt announced a
financial assistance of Rs
1 lakh each to the next of
kin of three apple growers
who then died.
It happened in 1990.
After the agitation, con-
sidered to be one of the
fiercest by apple grow-
ers, the Congress under
the leadership of Virb-
hadra Singh, now dead,
won 60 of the state’s 68
assembly seats.
Besides announcing
enhanced assistance to
natural calamity affected
families, Chief Minister
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
also announced financial
assistance of Rs 1 lakh
each to the families of
three orchardists — Go-
vind Singh, Heera Singh
and Tara Chand — who
died in the firing incident
during the apple grower’s
agitation in 1990, a state-
ment said on Thursday.
PTI
Mumbai
The RBI on Thursday left
its key interest rates un-
changed for a third
straight meeting but sig-
nalled tighter policy if
food prices continue to
drive inflation higher.
The monetary policy
committee, which has
three members from the
central bank and a similar
number of external mem-
bers, held the benchmark
repurchase rate (repo) at
6.50% unanimously.
It retained the stance on
“withdrawal of accom-
modation” but Governor
Shaktikanta Das sounded
hawkish when he high-
lighted that headline in-
flation needs to subside
sustainablybelow 4%and
any surge in the inflation
print, if continued for a
longer period, may neces-
sitate fresh action.
Uncertaintyoninflation
trajectory has increased
with recent flare-up in
food prices. Monsoon and
weatherdisruptions,along
with govt interventions
and global food supply
trends, are likely to influ-
ence inflation outcome.
Agencies
Thiruvananthapuram
The Kerala government
has decided to hand over
the Tanur custodial death
case to the CBI.
It is reliably learnt that
CM Pinarayi Vijayan has
given consent to a pro-
posal in this regard by
state police chief Sheikh
Darvesh Sahib, late on
Wednesday evening. At
present, the case is being
probed by the crime
branch. The case pertains
to the death of Thamir
Jifri in Tanur police sta-
tion while in custody.
A post-mortem report
had revealed that one of
the reasons for the death
was police assault. It was
also found that he also
had issues related to drug
consumption.
Tanur custodial death
case to be given to CBI
India’s ‘first’ post
office is bang on
Line of Control
PTI
Keran (JK)
India’s “first” post office
bearing PIN code 193224
is located on the banks of
theKishangangariver,the
de facto Line of Control
(LoC) in JK’s Kupwara
district. It was known as
the last post office of the
country until recently,
when the signboard near
it described it as the “First
Post Office of India”, as it
is the first one from the
LoC or border.
Agencies
Bengaluru
The Bengaluru police on
Thursday arrested an
Uber cab driver for alleg-
edly assaulting a woman
passenger and her son
after they mistakenly got
into the wrong cab.
The incident occurred
on Wednesday in Bhoga-
nahalli area under Bel-
landur police. The ac-
cused has been identified
as Basavaraju. The inci-
dent came to light after
victim’s husband Ajay
Agarwal shared the inci-
dent on social media.
Agarwal’s wife had
booked a cab. The cab-
driven by Basavaraj, ar-
rived at 11.05am and that
incident occurred. Fur-
ther probe is on.
Uber driver held for
assaulting woman, son
for entering wrong cab
Weather Report
Prakash Karat
BJP leader Tarun Chugh
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
deceased Thamir Jifri (R)
Neville Roy Singham
A CCTV grab shows cab driver
assaulting woman and her son.
Apple farmers’ agitation had
happened in 1990. FILE
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Dass
New Delhi: Many areas
of Delhi received light
rains, while a down-
pour lashed parts of
Ghaziabad and Noida
adjoining the national
capital on Thursday.
According to the IMD,
generally cloudy sky
with light rains are
expected in the na-
tional capital in the next
two days. While the
maximum temperature
settled at 35.2 degrees
Celsius, one notch
above the season's
average, in Delhi, the
city recorded a low 27
degrees Celsius, an
IMD bulletin said.
RAININDELHIPARTS,
MOREINSTOREFOR
NEXTTWODAYS
TOUGH APPROACH HURTS PEOPLE FINANCIALLY,
UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL RISES MANIFOLD: AZAD
Jammu : Lashing out at the previous regimes
for anti-people policies, Democratic Progres-
sive Azad Party (DPAP) Chairman Ghulam
Nabi Azad on Thursday said that the
tough approach has hurt the people
economically and unemployment level
rose to unprecedented levels during
the last several years. “I as the Chief
Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and
Kashmir built massive tourism projects,
created Self Help Groups of unemployed engineers
and ensured the rural economy is given a boost,” he
said addressing a public rally in Bhaderwah belt of
Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir during his tour
to the region. The DPAP Chairman stated that all his
pro-people and developmental initiatives have been
reversed by the present dispensation.

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TRIPLE H REACTS TO MUSK’S WWE TWEET
“Say the word”: Triple H offers advice to
Elon Musk for cage fight with Zuckerberg
Agencies
New Delhi
cage fight be-
tween Elon
Musk and Mark
Zuckerberg is still not
confirmed but both tech
billionaires have been
giving updates on the so-
called biggest fight ever
in the history of the world.
Zuckerberg, the CEO
of Meta, even gave out a
date saying he “suggest-
ed August 26” but added
that the Tesla boss hasn’t
confirmed. Musk said in
a series of posts on X
(formerly Twitter) that he
had begun to physically
prepare for the event.
The world’s richest
man posted that he was
“going with WWE as my
fighting style”, prompt-
ing a response from Tri-
ple H.
“Say the word. I know
a thing or two about mak-
ing an X sign,” the for-
mer professional wres-
tler, while responding to
Musk. Triple H even at-
tached a GIF of himself
performing his famous
celebration, jokingly
comparing it to Musk’s
company name X.
Musk has been keep-
ing the buzz around the
cage fight alive by shar-
ing how he is preparing
for the big event.
Triple H (C) is currently in charge of WWE’s creative team and has
responded to Elon Musk’s recent tweets regarding fighting style.
A
Guwahati: Chennaiyin
FC got the better of Hy-
derabad FC by beating
them 3-1 in the southern
derby fixture of the Du-
rand Cup football tour-
nament at Indira Gandhi
Stadium. Chennaiyin has
taken the top spot in the
Group with the victory.
Jordan Murray, Connor
Shields and an own goal
from Alex completed
score for Chennaiyin.
DurandCup:Chennaiyin
FCbeatHyderabadFC
3-1insouthernderby
Yangon: 17 people
drowned when a boat
carrying Rohingya refu-
gees fleeing Myanmar’s
Rakhine state broke up
at sea this week, rescu-
ers said on Thursday.
Thousands of Rohingya
risk their lives each year
making perilous sea
journeys from Bangla-
desh and Myanmar.
17 Rohingya refugees
die in boat tragedy
off Myanmar
Dhaka: At least 14 peo-
ple died after floods and
landslides hit Bangla-
desh’s Bandarban and
Rangamati districts,
Dhaka as per media re-
ports on Thursday. In
the Bandarban district,
at least eight people
were killed and among
the victims, five are men
and three are women.
Bangladesh:14killed
inflood-hitBandarban,
Rangamatidistricts
Islamabad: A day after
the National Assembly
was dissolved, Prime
Minister Shehbaz Sha-
rif on Thursday said
that Pakistan Muslim
League-Nawaz (PML-
N) supremo Nawaz
Sharif will return to the
country next month and
face the law, according
to local media reports.
“Nawaz Sharif will
return to Pak next
month”: Shehbaz
Moscow: Russia made
its preparations on
Thursday for the launch
of its first lunar landing
spacecraft as it races to
be the first power to
make a soft landing on
the south pole of the
moon which may hold
significant deposits of
water ice. The mission
is racing against India.
Russia to launch
spacecraft in race to
find water on Moon
IN BRIEF
Marseille (France):
Three French police
were charged Thursday
over a 27-year-old
man’s death during na-
tionwide rioting earlier
this summer, prosecu-
tors said, an uncom-
mon instance of offic-
ers facing a criminal
case over on-duty vio-
lence.
3 French cops charged
over man’s death
Seoul: North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un
sacked his top general
while calling for the
military to boost weap-
ons production and in-
crease combat drills in
preparation for an “of-
fensive” war, state-run
local news agency re-
ported on Thursday.
Kim Jong Un fires
top military brass
HistoricHawaiitown
destroyedbywildfire
At least 36 killed on Maui as fires burn through Hawaii and thousands race to escape
Agencies
Hawaii
Thousands of Hawaii
residents raced to escape
homes on Maui as blazes
swept across the island,
destroying parts of a cen-
turies-old town and kill-
ing at least 36 people in
one of the deadliest U.S.
wildfires in recent years.
The fire took the island
by surprise, leaving be-
hind burned-out cars on
once busy streets and
smoking piles of rubble
where historic buildings
had stood in Lahaina
Town, which dates to the
1700s and has long been
a favorite destination of
tourists. Crews battled
blazes in several places
on the island Wednesday,
and the flames forced
some adults and children
to flee into the ocean.
At least 36 people
have died, according to a
statement from Maui
County that said no other
details were available.
11,000 EVACUATED AS WILDFIRE BURNS LAHAINA
Maui: Evacuations and damage assessment were continued on Thursday
on the battered island of Maui where catastrophic blazes killed many people,
damaged hundreds of structures and leveled a historic and beloved town in
one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years. Officials said 11,000 were evacu-
ated, more than 270 structures were damaged or destroyed including entire blocks of
homes, businesses and a 200-year-old church in Lahaina Town in Maui, where blazes
fueled by wind from passing Hurricane Dora were concentrated. On the Big Island,
three wildfires were burning, though two of them were at least 60% contained.
The flames devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island on Wednesday Thursday, forcing thousands to evacuate.
A view shows the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s
attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on Thursday.
Threedeadafter
Russianattack
onUkrainiancity
Agencies
Zaporizhzhia
Two young women and a
man were killed and nine
other people were
wounded in a Russian
missile attack on the
Ukrainian city of Zapor-
izhzhia late on Wednes-
day, Ukrainian officials
said on Thursday. A re-
porter at the scene saw
emergency workers lift-
ing a body, putting it on a
stretcher, and wrapping it
into a black body bag.
“Three people dead
and nine people injured
including an 11-month
baby - this is the result of
the strike on the regional
centre,” a statement from
President Volodymyr
Zelenskiy’s office said.
RUSSIA CLAIMS 11
DRONES DOWNED
Moscow: Russia
downed 11 Ukrai-
nian drones nearing
Crimea and two headed
for Moscow, officials said
Thursday, the latest in
a blitz of air strikes on
Russian-held territory. “Two
UAVs (unmanned aerial ve-
hicles) flying in the direction
of the city of Moscow were
destroyed,” the Russia’s
defence ministry said in a
statement on Telegram.
Agencies
Beijing
Beijing on Thursday said
a new US policy to re-
strict investment in Chi-
nese technology “severe-
ly disrupts the security of
global industrial and sup-
ply chains”.
An unnamed Ministry
of Commerce spokesper-
son said President Joe
Biden’s executive order
“seriously deviates from
the market economy and
fair competition princi-
ples the US has always
promoted, affects com-
panies’ normal operation
decisions, damages the
international trade order,
and severely disrupts the
security of global indus-
trial supply chains”.
“China expresses seri-
ous concern and reserves
the right to take meas-
ures,” he said.
Biden’s executive or-
der directs the Treasury
Department to restrict
certain US investments in
China in sensitive high-
tech sectors including
semiconductors, quan-
tum computing and AI.
Agencies
Busan, South Korea
South Korea authori-
ties evacuated more than
10,000 people and closed
schools in flood-hit areas
as tropical storm Khanun
swept over the peninsula
on Thursday, having
pounded southern Ja-
pan over the past week.
Downgraded from a
typhoon to a tropi-
cal storm, Khanun made
landfall on the southeast
coast, and was heading
towards the South Kore-
an capital Seoul.
Khanun could also
strike North Korea’s cap-
ital, Pyongyang, and
state media there report-
ed that the military and
the ruling party had been
ordered to prepare flood-
mitigation measures and
salvage crops.
In South Korea, some
350 flights and 410 train
routes were cancelled,
and more than 10,000
people were moved to
safety, the interior minis-
try said. No casualties
were reported.
China slams
investment
curbs by
United States
Tropical storm
causes floods,
evacuations in
South Korea
Evacuation Continues
People gather while waiting for flights at the Kahului Airport in Kahului, Hawaii. Several
thousand Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as the Lahaina fire swept
across the island, killing multiple people and burning parts of a centuries-old town.
X close to breaking even, video
calls arriving soon: CEO Linda
Agencies
San Francisco
X (formerly Twitter)
CEO Linda Yaccarino
on Thursday said that the
company is at the verge
of breaking even, after it
went through a massive
churn in the last few
months including huge
layoffs platform
changes. Inherfirstinter-
view since she took over
as X Corp CEO, Yaccari-
no said that video calls are
arriving soon on the plat-
form, as it aims to become
an “everything app” like
China’s WeChat.
“I’ve been at the com-
pany for eight weeks.
The operational run rate
right now… we’re pretty
close to break even,” she
said. The CEO also said
she has “autonomy” un-
der Musk as he focuses
on new technology.”
No. 4 position has been an issue for
India for a long time: Rohit Sharma
Hockey India appoints
new chief coaches
MumbaiMarathonto
beheldonJanuary21
ANI
Mumbai
India captain Rohit Shar-
ma on Thursday voiced
that no batter has settled
into the crucial number
four position in the bat-
ting order of the Indian
ODI side since Yuvraj
Singh’s retirement and it
is raising severe worries
ahead of the World Cup.
With the 50-over
World Cup less than two
months away, India are
still looking for a batter to
fill the No. 4 position in
the batting order, a prob-
lem that plagued them in
the previous tournament
in England in 2019. Rohit
will be leading the Men in
Blue in the highly-antici-
pated ICC Men’s ODI
World Cup that will be
held from October 5 to
November 19 in India.
“Look, No. 4 has been
an issue for us for a long
time. After Yuvraj Singh,
nobody has come and set-
tled themselves in. But,
for a long period of time,
Shreyas (Iyer) has actual-
ly batted at No. 4 and he
has done well — his num-
bers are really good,” Ro-
hit told reporters on the
sidelines of a La Liga
event in Mumbai. The
Asia Cup will kick off on
August 30, with arch-ri-
valsIndiaandPakistanset
tolockhornsinKandy,Sri
Lanka, on September 2.
ANI
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
Hockey India President
Dilip Tirkey on Thursday
confirmed the appoint-
ment of Indian former
field hockey player Sard-
ar Singh and Rani Ram-
pal as the chief coach of
the sub-junior boys team
and sub-junior girls team
respectively.
The decision was tak-
en by the sport governing
body after its 100th Ex-
ecutive Board Meeting.
“We are making a sub-
junior hockey team under
Hockey India for the first
time. So, that they are
nurtured at an early age.
Sardar Singh will be
Chief Coach of the sub-
junior boys team and
Rani Rampal will be
chief coach of the sub-
junior girls team,” Dilip
Tirkey said in a press
conference on Thursday.
Agencies
Mumbai
The 19th edition of the
Mumbai Marathon will
be held on January 21
and the registrations
opened on Thursday.
Mumbai Marathon, a
World Athletics Elite La-
bel road race, was held
last year after two years
due to the coronavirus
pandemic and was at-
tended by about 55,000
participants.The registra-
tions for amateurs started
onAugust 10 will close
on November 30, or until
all running spots are
filled, whichever is ear-
lier, the organisers said in
a release. For the half
marathon, registrations
will open onAugust 12
close on September 25.
The slots will be con-
firmed on a fastest-run-
ner-first basis as per their
timing certificate sub-
mitted during the regis-
tration process.
India captain Rohit Sharma during an interview. —File
Rani Rampal and Sardar Singh
REPRESENTATIONAL PIC

9. First India Bureau
Jaipur
The meeting of the Po-
liticalAffairs Committee
(PAC) of the Rajasthan
PCC will be held today
wherein KC Venugopal
will preside over this
meeting.All 35 members
of PAC will participate in
this meeting along with
CM Ashok Gehlot,
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa and Sachin Pilot.
Congress Organization
General Secretary KC
Venugopal reached Jaipur
on Thursday evening
from Delhi to Jaipur by
Indigoflightandwaswel-
comed by Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa and Go-
vind Dotasara.Venugopal
will attend the proposed
meeting of Lok Sabha ob-
serversat10amonFriday
and thereafter, he will at-
tend the Political Affairs
Committee meeting at 11
am. After the meeting, he
will leave for Delhi at
2:20 pm by Indigo flight.
FIRST INDIA’S REALITY CHECK
Venugopal, CM among
others to attend PCC’s
PAC meeting today
CM Gehlot praises FI, Channel Head Dr Chandra pats team’s back!
First India Bureau
Jaipur
nce again First
India played a
social concern
which was praised even
by CM Ashok Gehlot.
Actually, on August 6 in
Jaipur, First India organ-
ized a reality check of the
clubs at night in which
the big night clubs of
Jaipur were exposed.
First India showed live
pictures of the party go-
ing on till 1 am in the
night clubs. To increase
the team’s courage, chan-
nel head Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra reached First
India’s office on Thurs-
day, where he encour-
aged the team and said
that First India does fear-
less journalism.
“We are not against
night clubs, but such a
culture is not right for
Jaipur after midnight,” he
said. Let us tell you that
the news of First India’s
reality check created fu-
rore the very next day
and taking action, CM
Gehlot held a meeting of
top officials and thereaf-
ter, an order was issued
that strict action will be
taken against the night
club which opens after 12
o’clock. After a week,
CM Gehlot will also re-
view the compliance of
the order.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
CM Ashok Gehlot is not
worried about ED’s ac-
tion in the state. Gehlot
clearly said on Thursday,
“If ED, CBI, IT teams
come then understand
that elections are about to
come. I am not going to
be intimidated by the in-
vestigation of any central
agencies.”
CM Gehlot once again
mentioned himself to be
a ‘fakir.’ “I neither
bought a house, nor gold-
silver then if ED comes
again, what harm will it
do to me? If I ever had to
vacate CMR, I will have
to find a rented house,”
Gehlot told the media in
Jaipur on Thursday.
In fact, this week ED
action has taken place at
two places in State - Kal-
am Coaching in Sikar
and Yojana Bhavan case
in Jaipur. Some leaders
are looking at it through
political prism. But CM
Gehlot holds a clear
stand, “If someone made
a mistake, then action
should be taken. We will
not stop any agency from
conducting investigation
in Raj.”
Taking a jibe at BJP,
Gehlot said that lakhs of
people came to Rahul
Gandhi’s meeting
chairs remained empty in
PM’s meet in Sikar.
“Keeping chairs empty
during PM’s speech and
his departure will only do
good to Vasundhara Raje
and none else,” he said.
Naresh Sharma
Kamal Kant
Jaipur
CM Ashok Gehlot while
addressing the launching
ceremony of ‘Indira Gan-
dhi Smartphone Yojana’
at BirlaAuditorium, said
that 50% of promises
made by State govt have
been fulfilled. “Due to
chip crisis during the Co-
rona period, mobiles
were ceased to be made,
due to which there was
some delay in executing
the scheme. Now women
will be provided smart-
phones in camps without
any hassle,” he said.
“Beneficiaries will be
given free internet data
for 3 yrs. In 2nd phase,
smartphones would be
provided to 80L women.
Ex-PM late Rajiv Gan-
dhi’s dream of IT revolu-
tion in country, is being
realized today,” CM said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and Madhusudan
Mistry met for about 2
hours at the CMR on
Thursday. The leaders
brainstormed over the is-
sue of Congress in Ra-
jasthan and upcoming
polls.The Congress’ sen-
ior election observer for
Raj Madhusudan Mistry
on Thursday expressed
confidence in party once
again forming govt with
a majority in the State.
Recently appointed by
the Congress high com-
mand as the senior ob-
server for the assembly
elections due in Raj later
this year, Mistry was in
Jaipur to hold talks with
party leaders.”We will
form the government
with a majority,” he told
reporters at the airport
here. “ BJP’s job is to
create a hue and cry
while the job of the Con-
gress is to work for peo-
ple, to take the poor for-
ward.” Disciplined ap-
proach of Mistry was
evident when apart from
prominent leaders, he
didn’t meet anyone else.
PCC in-charge SS Rand-
hawa, PCC President GS
Dotasra, Bhanwar Jiten-
dra Singh, co-incharges
Amrrita Dhawan, Qazi
Nizamuddin, Mins BS
Bhati, Tikaram Jully
were those who met Mis-
try along with LS observ-
ers. But Mistry refused to
meet anyone else as tick-
et seeking leaders had
reached Mistry with their
bio-data. Notably, Mistry
will attend PCC war
room meeting today.
CM Ashok Gehlot unveils Digital Sakhi Handbook ‘Seekho Digital, Sikhao Digital’ during the launch of Indira Gandhi Smartphone Scheme
at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur on Thursday. Dr Mahesh Joshi, Lalchand Kataria, BL Jatav, Tikaram Jully, BS Bhati, Ganga Devi, Dr Krishna
Poonia, Alok Beniwal, Gopal Meena, Amin Kagzi, Akhil Arora, Shashikant Sharma others were present. SUNIL SHARMA
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra interacts with Shweta Mishra at the office
of First India News in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen are Jinendra
S Shekhawat, Vishal Mathur, Shishir Awasthi, Lalit Gangwani,
Navin Sharma, Shivendra Parmar, Satyanarayan Sharma, Nirmal
Tiwari and others. MUKESH KIRADOO
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Khanu Khan Budhwali, Sangeeta Garg, Naresh Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma
others during the launch of ‘Indira Gandhi Smartphone Scheme’ at Birla Auditorium in Jaipur.
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses
during the mega event.
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08
We don’t bother about our lack of effort to
try things which are impossible till someone
accomplishes the very same thing.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
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Won’tbescared byprobeofcentralagencies:CM
Referring to BJP’s remark on his leg injury, CM said, “Governor is also from RSS background, you ask him what is there in CT scan?”
80 lakh women will be given
Smartphones in 2nd
phase: CM
CMGehlot,Mistrymeetfor2
hrsatCMR,discussRajissues
CM Ashok Gehlot seeks information about mobiles while
inspecting the Indira Gandhi Smartphone camp at Birla
Auditorium on Thursday. Shashikant Sharma others are seen.
Madhusudan Mistry was
welcomed by GS Dotasra others
at Jaipur Airport on Thursday.
MUKESH KIRADOO
Under‘BhamashahDigitalParivarYojana’
,our
BJPgovernmenthasalreadydonethework
ofdigitallyempoweringtheeligiblefamilies
ofBhamashahYojanabydistributing
smartphonesthroughtwoinstallmentsof
Rs1,000each.Atthattime,theCongress
hadobjectedtoitbycallingitanelection
scheme.ButtodaythesameCongressis
doingtheworkoftakingfalsecreditby
changingthenameofourscheme.
Vasundhara Raje@VasundharaBJP
Through Indira Gandhi Smartphone Yojana, State
govt is fulfilling yet another promise. Under the
scheme, Rs 6,800 are being given to beneficiaries
for smartphone via DBT initially 20 GB data is
being made available. Now women will be
provided with smartphones in the camps they
will also get information about operating the
mobiles. Providing Smartphones to women are a
medium for women empowerment.
ASHOK GEHLOT, CHIEF MINISTER
First India Bureau
Jaipur
CM Gehlot while ad-
dressing closing ceremo-
ny of Int’l Seminar on
‘Gandhian Way of World
Peace Non-Violence in
Contemporary Times’via
VC, said, “ State Govt is
making various efforts to
introduce youngsters to
Bapu’s thoughts val-
ues. In this sequence, a
non-violence revolution
rally will be organised in
Jaipur on Gandhi Jayanti
toconveyGandhiji’sprin-
ciples to masses.The situ-
ation in Manipur is wor-
rying. Propagating Gan-
dhi’sphilosophyiscrucial
to maintain peace.”
Ahimsa Kranti rally to be held
in Jaipur on Oct 2, says Gehlot
CM Gehlot addresses closing ceremony of Int’l Seminar
‘Gandhian Way of World Peace Non-Violence in Contemporary
Times’ on Mahatma Gandhi Jeevan Darshan at Medical College
Auditorium in Jodhpur via VC from CMR in Jaipur on Thursday.
There is no alternative to truth and non-violence.
Mahatma Gandhi led the freedom movement in the
country through the strength of non-violence.
Society can get a new direction by incorporating
ideals like peace, non-violence, truth and non-
violence from the life of Mahatma Gandhi.
ASHOK GEHLOT, CM
Rajiv Gandhi ji has given
recognition to the country in IT
Sector. Rajasthan is progressing
quite well in the field. I would
like to congratulate the CM for
this. You are giving smartphones
to women are providing
opportunities to them to grow in
the IT field.
BHANWAR JITENDRA SINGH,
FORMER UNION MINISTER
Rajasthan is becoming a leader in
women empowerment in the entire
country. State Government desires
that women should play a leading role
in a developed Rajasthan.
MAMTA BHUPESH, WCD PLANNING MINISTER
State Govt has organised this camp
across the state to across the state for
the distribution of smart phones. The
camp has also been organised in rural
areas of the State to empower women
in the field of Information Technology.
USHA SHARMA, CS
TOP QUOTES
RAJASTHAN WILL BE ON THE TOP POSITION IN
THE COUNTRY BY THE YEAR 2030: GS DOTASRA
PCC President GS Dotasra while speaking at the
launching ceremony of Indira Gandhi Smartphone
Scheme at Birla Auditorium, said that Rajasthan will
be at the top position in country by
the year 2030 as per CM Gehlot’s
vision. “I would like to congratu-
late CM Gehlot ji for a wonderful
scheme. The State govt didn’t leave
any stone unturned in last four and
a half years. Rajasthan will be on
the first position in every field in the
country by 2030. The smartphone is very useful for women.
It will empower them and act as lifeline for them.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Taking a sensitive deci-
sion to provide relief to
rein in randomly opening
rooftop restaurants, the
Gehlot government has
decided that now rooftop
restaurants can be opened
only in commercial and
hotel buildings. The gov-
ernment made this
change in model building
bylaws to provide relief
to the problems of the
residents around such
restaurants.
First India had recently
run ‘Operation Night
Club’ and exposed the
clubs operating till late
night. The government
decision has followed the
Operation. Till now, such
restaurants could be
opened in institutional
buildings, office com-
plexes, major business
routes, and in commercial
land use of master plan
also apart from commer-
cial buildings and hotels.
CM held a meet of top
officials thereafter,
an order was issued
that strict action will
be taken against night
club which opens
after 12 o’clock
Rooftop restaurants
can be opened only in
commercial and hotel
buildings
After FI’s ‘Operation Night Club,’
Govt reforms Model building bylaws
KC Venugopal with GS Dotasra
at Jaipur Airport on Thursday.

10. ashion is a
canvas upon
which crea-
tivity flour-
ishes, and
one style
that continues to captivate
with its timeless elegance is
strapless fashion. The art of
baring the shoulders while ex-
uding confidence and grace
has transcended eras, and
strapless garments remain a
staple in modern wardrobes.
From red-carpet events to
summer soirées, the allure of
strapless dresses, tops, and
jumpsuits continues to hold a
prominent place in the world
of fashion.
Strapless fashion dates
back to the glamorous eras
of the 1950s and 1960s,
when iconic figures like
Audrey Hepburn and Mari-
lyn Monroe enchanted au-
diences with their stun-
ning strapless gowns. The
absence of shoulder straps
created an illusion of floating
on air, allowing these Holly-
wood stars to radiate both sen-
suality and sophistication.
Over the years, designers
have reinterpreted and reim-
agined this style, infusing it
with modern twists while
maintaining its classic appeal.
One of the most enticing
aspects of strapless fashion
lies in its versatility. From
ball gowns that exude opu-
lence to casual sundresses
perfect for a stroll along the
beach, strapless designs can
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range of occasions. The ab-
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lows for creative freedom,
whether it’s through intricate
necklines, elaborate embel-
lishments, or minimalist sim-
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that ensures strapless fashion
remains a staple in every
woman’s wardrobe. When
embracing strapless fashion,
attention to detail is key. Ac-
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such as chandelier earrings or
a bold necklace, can draw at-
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Adding a belt to cinch the
waist can provide a flattering
silhouette. Additionally, lay-
ering with a jacket or shawl
can offer both style and com-
fort, making strapless fashion
suitable for various climates
and events.
In the ever-evolving land-
scape of fashion, some styles
stand the test of time, capti-
vating generation after gen-
eration. Strapless fashion,
with its timeless allure and
versatile charm, continues to
prove its worth. From its in-
ception in the golden age of
Hollywood to its modern in-
terpretations on runways
around the world, the strap-
less trend remains a symbol
of elegance, confidence, and
artistic expression.As fashion
enthusiasts continue to push
boundaries, it’s safe to say
that strapless designs will re-
main a cherished and sought-
after choice for years to come.
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