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Moni Sharma
Bhopal
PM Narendra Modi inter-
acted with BJP booth
workers in Bhopal on
Tuesday. His address to
over 10 lakh grassroots
workers of the party
comes ahead of Assem-
bly elections in Madhya
Pradesh, it is seen as an
indicator of the BJP’s fo-
cus for 2024.
UCC: PM Modi high-
lighted the subject of
UCC saying how can the
country be run by two
laws. Hitting out at crit-
ics, he said people are be-
ing instigated in the name
of the Uniform Civil
Code. PM said, “Indian
Constitution speaks
about equal rights for
citizens. Oppn blame us
but these very people
make hue and cry about
Muslims. If they would
have truly supported
Muslims, then most
Muslim families would
not have been deprived
of education, and em-
ployment.” Pasmanda
Muslims were victims of
Opposition’s vote bank
politics, he added.
TRIPLE TALAQ: PM
Modi came down heavily
on supporters of Triple
Talaq. He said, “Those
who are supporting the
triple talaq are doing
grave injustice to Muslim
daughters.” He said that
Triple Talaq not only
harms daughters but also
breaks families and soci-
ety at large. “Egypt is a
Sunni majority nation,
Triple Talaq was banned
80 yrs ago.” MORE ON P5
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AS ASSEMBLY POLLS APPROACH,
BJP TOP BRASS THRONG RAJ
Rajnath Singh to visit Balesar town
of Jodhpur today. JP Nadda will be in
Bharatpur tomorrow. Amit Shah will
travel to Udaipur on June 30. P8
SUPERTECH BOSS RK ARORA
ARRESTED IN PMLA CASE
The ED arrested real estate company
Supertech’s chairman and owner R K
Arora on money-laundering charges
on Tuesday, official sources said.
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ANNOUNCED CANCELLATION OF FLIGHTS
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selling for `100-120 per kg in
Delhi and Jaipur on Tuesday.
Reason — Heat and heavy rain.
‘DEAR’ TOMATO!
MERA BOOTH SABSE MAJBOOT: PM MODI SOUNDS POLL BUGLE IN MP
SUPER-CHARGED
MODIBLASTSALL!
l PM Modi lashes out
at Opposition parties
for “appeasement and
vote bank politics” over
UCC implementation
l ‘These trains will
improve connectivity
in MP, Karnataka,
Maha, Goa, Bihar and
Jharkhand,’ says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the BJP booth workers as BJP National President JP Nadda,
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP State Chief VD Sharma look on, in Bhopal on Tuesday.
PM FLAGS OFF 5 VANDE
BHARATS IN BHOPAL
All the corrupts joined their hands
in Patna’s meeting. Opposition is
trying to escape the anti-scam
crackdown. The corrupt leaders
are trying to save each other. My
guarantee is I will not spare any
of them and I will take every
scamster to task.
NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER
Modi’s ‘dynasts’ attack
NO LEADER SPARED, NO SCAM IGNORED...
TARGET #1
TARGET #4
TARGET #2
TARGET #5
TARGET #3
TARGET #6
In a question and answer session with party workers in
Bhopal, PM Modi took multiple jibes at the Opposition...
Vote for Congress if you
want Sonia’s kids to grow
Vote for KCR if you want
his daughter to thrive
Vote for NCP if you want
Pawar’s beti to prosper
Vote for the NC if you want
Abdullah’s son to progress
Vote for Lalu Prasad if you
want his sons to flourish
Vote for DMK if you want
growth of his sons, betis
SONIA AND RAHUL
KCR FAMILY
PAWAR AND SUPRIYA
ABDULLAHS
LALU AND TEJASHWI
KARUNANIDHI FAMILY
PM Narendra Modi
with Ashwini Vaish-
naw on Tuesday
flagged off 2 Vande Bharat
trains — Bhopal to Indore
and Bhopal to Jabalpur —
from Rani Kamlapati railway
station. 3 Vande Bharat
— Madgaon (Goa)-Mumbai
Vande Bharat, Dharwad-
Bengaluru Vande Bharat,
and Hatia-Patna Vande
Bharat Express — were
also virtually flagged off.
Chairman: HDFC-HDFC
Bank merger from July 1
First India Bureau
New Delhi
The boards of HDFC and
HDFC Banks are set to
meet after hours on June
30 to go ahead with the
merger following ap-
provals from requisite
regulatory bodies, HDFC
chairman Deepak Parekh
said on Tuesday. The ef-
fective date of the merger
will be July 1.
HDFC shares climbed
as much as 2.3% on
Tuesday, the most since
early May, as Chairman
Deepak Parekh said the
securities will stop trad-
ing July 13. HDFC
Bank’s shares also rose
as much. The merged en-
tity is expected to start
trading on July 17.
JUNE 30 WILL BE THE
LAST BOARD MEETING
OF THE HDFC.
DEEPAK PAREKH,
HDFC CHAIRMAN
(L) Virender Sehwag, Jay Shah, Muttiah Muralitharan and Geoff
Allardice pose with ICC Men’s WC trophy in Mumbai on Tuesday.
GET CALENDARS READY!
l The World Cup kicks
off on October 5 with a
repeat of the 2019 Final as
England take on New Zea-
land at the Narendra Modi
Stadium in Ahmedabad.
l India will get tournament
underway against Australia
in Chennai on October 8.
l Big match between India
and Pakistan will be played
in Ahmedabad on Oct 15.
l Team India has won all
the matches against Paki-
stan on the ODI World
Cup stage till now.
l The final match will be
held at the Narendra Modi
Stadium in Ahmedabad
on November 19.
l The schedule was
released on Tuesday, with
India hosting the ODI WC
for first time since 2011. P7
ODI WC 2023 FROM OCTOBER 5 IN BRIEF
WB CM Mamata Banerjee had
sustained injuries during an
emergency landing of her
copter at Sevoke air base near
Siliguri, on Tuesday. Later, she
was treated at Kol’s SSKM hosp.
Al-Badr terrorist killed
in encounter in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Kulgam
Kulgam: A terrorist was
killed in an encounter
with security forces on
Tuesday in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Kulgam dis-
trict, police officials said.
They said a Jammu and
Kashmir Police person-
nel was injured in the op-
eration in the Hoowra
area of the south Kash-
mir district.
Uttar Pradesh criminal, wanted in multiple cases of
robbery, murder shot dead in police encounter
Lucknow: In an early morning encounter on Tuesday,
UP’s Special Task Force gunned down notorious crimi-
nal Muhammed Gufran, aged 27, in Kaushambi district.
Gufran had been sought for numerous cases of murder
and dacoity in Pratapgarh, Sultanpur over several years.
Cops placed bounty of `1,25,000 for his capture.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit violence-hit
Manipur on June 29-30, says KC Venugopal
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will
visit violence-hit Manipur on June 29-30. He will visit
relief camps and interact with civil society representa-
tives in Imphal and Churachandpur, Congress general
secy KC Venugopal said. “This is a humanitarian tragedy
and it is our responsibility to be a force of love, he said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi
The ECI on Tuesday an-
nounced that elections
for 10 Rajya Sabha seats
in Goa, Gujarat, and WB
will be held on July 24.
The EC stated that 10
members are set to retire
in July 28 andAugust 18.
Goa: Vinay D Tendulkar.
Gujarat: EAM S Jais-
hankar, J Lokhandwala
and Dinesh CAnavadiya.
Bengal: Derek O’Brien,
Dola Sen, Sushmita Dev,
Shanta Chhetri, SS Ray
and Pradip Bhattacharya.
July 24: Polls
to 10 RS seats
in three states
Bye-election to one
seat from WB, which
fell vacant upon
resignation of TMC
MP Luizinho Joaquim
Faleiro on April 11,
will also be held.
POLL STRATEGY FOR RAJ CONGRESS
Org issues of Raj
Cong discussed, 2
strategies made,
says Randhawa
RANDHAWA, DOTASRA, QAZI
NIZAMUDDIN, AMRRITA DHAWAN
AND VIRENDRA RATHORE
MEET KC VENUGOPAL IN DELHI
OVER RAJASTHAN CONG ISSUES
Aditi Nagar and Yogesh Sharma
New Delhi
ajasthan Con-
gress In-charge
S u k h j i n d e r
Singh Randhawa, State
President Govind Singh
Dotasra and the three co-
in-charge Qazi Nizamud-
din, Amrita Dhawan and
Virendra Rathore had a
long meeting in Delhi on
Tuesday with Organiza-
tion General Secretary
KC Venugopal regarding
organizational issues and
election strategy in Raj-
asthan. After the meet-
ing, Randhawa said that
org issues in Rajasthan
were discussed in meet-
ing. “There has been a
delay regarding appoint-
ments in org, now those
appts should be done
soon. For this, appt have
to be given to all dist
presidents and state Con-
gress leaders, for which
list containing names has
been given,” he said.
Now soon the district
presidents and office
bearers of Congress will
be announced.
Randhawa said, “There
was a detailed discussion
about org in meeting and
we have submitted the
report. Two strategies
have been prepared for
Assembly polls also.
There will be a confer-
ence of 51,000 booth
presidents on July.” P8
KC Venugopal, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Govind Singh Dotasra, Amrrita
Dhawan, Qazi Nizamuddin Virendra S Rathore in Delhi on Tuesday.
R HARISH CHAUDHARY
MEETS RaGa IN DELHI
Punjab Congress
in-charge Harish
Chaudhary met Ra-
hul Gandhi at 10, Janpath in
Delhi on Tuesday. Duo left
in same car and discussion
happened between them for
about 40 minutes. Accord-
ing to sources, talks were
on political situation of Raj.
Naresh Sharma
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot said on Tuesday
that economically weak
families get support by
organising mass mar-
riage programs. “Fami-
lies from different socie-
ties, castes and religions
participate in these
events to realize the feel-
ing of unity in diversity.
The state government
has given full encour-
agement to mass mar-
riage conventions,” CM
Gehlot was addressing
2nd free all-religion
mass marriage confer-
ence organized by Har-
ish Anjana Education
Society at Krishi Upaj
Mandi, Nimbahera,
Chittor on Tuesday. P8
Mass marriages lead
to unity in society: CM
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses
mass marriage at Nimbahera
in Chittorgarh on Tuesday.

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TO OPEN INDUSTRIAL UNITS
Now, no need to send land
use files for change to govt
First India Bureau
Jaipur
o open indus-
trial units in
small munici-
pality areas in Rajasthan,
land use change will
now be done by commit-
tees formed under the
chairmanship of the col-
lector in the districts.
After this decision, there
will be no need to send
files for land use change
to the government.
This decision of gov-
ernment has come at the
end of the term, so that
files are not disposed of
at the ministerial level. If
a new government comes
too power, then ministers
have found a new way to
avoid the investigation.
This is the third such
decision of the Urban De-
velopment Department in
the last two months. In
this, the minister’s in-
volvement in big matters
has been done away with.
Earlier, the urban bodies
had increased the rights
to do 90B of land and is-
sue leases.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A three-member team of
National Human Rights
Commission reached
Jaipur on Monday and
will be in the Circuit
House till 30 June. The
commission investigated
the indecency with Rajya
Sabha MP Dr Kirodi Lal
Meena and social work-
ers in Samod on March 4.
On February 28, Dr.
Kirodi Lal staged a dhar-
na at the Vidhan Sabha
along with three war wid-
ows. On February 10, the
police had used force to
remove the war widows
from the protest site.
The NHRC team will
also record statements in
the matter of mentally
and physically torturing
and illegally detaining
war widows and Kirori
Lal on March 4 and on
March 10.
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur
BJP state president CP
Joshi on Tuesday met the
family members of tailor
Kanhaiya Lal who was
brutally murdered by two
dagger wielding men in
his shop in Udaipur in
June last year.
A day ahead of the
death anniversary of
Kanhaiya Lal, Joshi
reached his house and
talked to his widow and
sons. “Kanhaiya Lal’s
family members say that
accused have not been
given the death penalty
even after one year of the
incident,” Joshi told re-
porters after the meeting.
Joshi said that the ac-
cused should be hanged
to death by the court. He
paid tributes at the pic-
ture of Kanhaiyalal.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Two minor girls were
allegedly raped by a do-
mestic servant in the
Shyam Nagar area, po-
lice said. The accused,
identified as Manish
Chaurasiya (45), a resi-
dent of Sagar district of
MP, was booked and
held under POCSOAct.
“The accused used to
work as a domestic
servant in the Kishan
Nagar area. On June 23,
Manish took the girls
with him on pretext of
giving chocolates and
raped them,” police
said. “When the girls
reached their homes,
they narrated the entire
ordeal to their parents.”
police added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A man was allegedly
murdered by his friend
for Rs 40,000 in the Mal-
pura Gate area on June
21. The dead body of the
deceased, Karan, was re-
covered from a sack ly-
ing on the road.
“The victim and ac-
cused were friends. On
June 21, both were con-
suming smack in the
area. Sonu Ali then mur-
dered the victim and took
out Rs 40,000 from his
pocket,” police said.
“The accused then put his
body into a sack and
headed towards the rail-
way tracks. Based on
CCTV footage, the ac-
cused was identified and
arrested,” police added.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma on Tuesday re-
viewed the progress of
CM Chiranjeevi
Swasthya BimaYojana
and implementation of
budget announcements
during the 8th govern-
ing body of Rajasthan
State HealthAssurance
agency. She expressed
satisfaction over the
progress.
ACS (Medical and
Health Department)
Shubhra Singh said
that till now more than
44.95 lakh patients
have been given the
benefit of cashless
treatment by spending
more than Rs 4965
crores under the
scheme.
T
Minor brother and
sister drown at a
pond in Ajmer
2 labourers killed as
heap of mud caves
in while digging pond
Ajmer: Two minor
children drowned at a
pond in Kishanpura vil-
lage of Ajmer district
on Tuesday. The de-
ceased has been identi-
fied as Reehan (11) and
her sister Nadira (8).
“The brother-sister had
gone to the farmland
along with their mother
on Tuesday. Incidental-
ly, Nadira slipped into
pond and could not
swim. Reehan too
jumped into the pond to
save her. However, both
of them drowned. The
villagers gathered and
fished the bodies, after
which police was alert-
ed,” police said.
Hanumangarh: Two
labourers were killed
after a mound of mud
fell on them while dig-
ging a pond in Piliban-
ga town of Hanuman-
garh district on Tues-
day. The deceased have
been identified as Ha-
numan Nayak and Vi-
rendra. “The labourers
were digging a pond
when a mound of mud
fell on them and buried
them alive under heap.
Hanuman Nayak died
on spot while Virendra
died during treatment in
the hospital.” the police
informed.
Mahesh Joshi flags
off water facilities
at Govind Dev Ji
Fuel surcharge
should be removed:
AAP’s Sunil Dhayal
Jaipur: Mahesh Joshi
on Tuesday laid the
foundation stone of de-
velopment works worth
Rs 99.43 lakh related to
drinking water system
and construction of fire
hydrant in Govind Devji
temple premises. JMCH
Mayor Munesh Gurjar,
Commissioner Rajendra
Singh Shekhawat, Ward
27 Councilor Shyam
Bhagwati Gurjar, Mah-
ant Anjan Kumar Gos-
wami were also present
on the occasion.
Jaipur: Aam Aadmi
Party’s State Vice Presi-
dent (Trade Wing) Dr.
Sunil Dhayal said that
there is a lot of anger
among the traders of
Rajasthan regarding the
fuel surcharge. “We de-
mand from the Congress
government to refund
the fuel surcharge paid
and remove the fuel sur-
charge. Its biggest im-
pact is on business bills
and traders have to pay
multiple times fuel sur-
charge,” he said.
IN BRIEF
Fourteen audit
officers appointed
OSDs in new districts
Jaipur: Fourteen Ac-
counts Service officers
have been transferred
on the lines of IAS,
IPS. Accounts Service
officers have also been
appointed OSD in the
Treasuries of 14 new
districts. The districts in
which the OSDs have
been appointed are An-
upgarh, Balotra, Did-
wana-Kuchaman, Deeg,
Gangapur City, Kekri,
Kotputli, Behror, Phalo-
di, Salumbar, Sanchore,
Shahpura. Accounts
Service officers have
been appointed OSDs
to handle work of trea-
suries in new districts.
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Overcast skies in Jaipur, on
Tuesday. (Inset) Heavy rain
drenched parts of city for a
few hours on Tuesday, For
Wednesday, the weather
office has issued warning
for very heavy rainfall in
Banswara, Baran, Jhalawar,
Kota and Pratapgarh
and for heavy rainfall in
several other areas.
SUNIL SHARMA
War-widow protest issue:
Kirodi meets NHRC team
ADVENTOFMONSOON
Light to moderate
rainfall drenched
many parts of state
while a few places
recorded heavy
rainfall in 24 hrs
that ended at 8.30
am on Tuesday, Met
office said. Several
other areas recorded
rainfall below 5 cm.
Apart from this, authority to issue
compensation for unclaimed lands also given
at the UIT, Authority and Housing Board level
Kirodi Lal Meena speaking with NHRC team in Jaipur on Tuesday.
CP Joshi talking to Kanhaiyalal Teli’s family in Udaipur on Tuesday.
CS Usha Sharma, ACS Shubhra
Singh and others during the
meeting in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Accused Sonu Ali in custody.
NHRC’S NOTICE TO CS, DGP IN KHAJUWALA GANG-
RAPE, MURDER CASE; SEEKS REPLY IN 4 WEEKS
The National Human Rights Commission has issued
a notice to Rajasthan government in connection
with the alleged gang rape and murder of a Dalit
girl in Bikaner district. The NHRC issued notices to Chief
Secretary Usha Sharma and DGP Umesh Mishra and
directed them to submit a detailed report in the case within
four weeks. The commission issued the notice taking cog-
nizance of a news report that a 21-year-old Dalit girl was
allegedly gang-raped and murdered by three men, includ-
ing two policemen, on June 20. The National Human Rights
Commission has given the state government and the Chief
Secretary, four weeks to compile the report in the case.
The accused should be hanged:
CP Joshi meets Kanhaiyalal’s kin
Paper leak case:
Ram kripal Meena
remanded to JC
UP IPS gets Raj
cadre after 27
years of service
JDA seals 3
illegal floors
of Vaishali
Elegance
Tourism department
allocates `7 crore
for fairs festivals
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Ramkripal Meena, an ac-
cused in money launder-
ing case related to REET
question paper leak, was
sent to judicial custody
till July 12 by a court on
Tuesday. Ramkripal
Meena was arrested by
ED and is facing charges
for stealing REET ques-
tion paper from strong
room of Shiksha Sankul
in September 2021 and
selling it for Rs. 5 crores
to exam aspirants.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The cadre of a hrdcore
IPS officer of Uttar
Pradesh cadre has been
changed after 27 years of
service! Uttar Pradesh
cadre senior IPS Vikram
Thakur has been trans-
ferred to Rajasthan cadre.
Vikram Thakur is the
husband of Rajasthan
cadre IPS officer Binita
Thakur. This decision has
come after the approval
of the governments of
both the states.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The JDA took action
against Vaishali Ele-
gance where a six-
storey building was
built here on plot num-
ber 4. The upper three
floors were made ille-
galy on 299 square
yards. The JDA had
approved only three
floor plans but three
illegal floors were
constructed.
All three illegal
floors are being sealed.
Besides, constructions
done in setback are
also being removed.
JDA had given notice
on September 14.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The tourism department has
allocated a budget of about
Rs 7 crore 17 lakh for fairs
and festivals to be organized
in financial year 2023-24.
Major ones like Pushkar
Camel Fair, Ranakpur Festi-
val, Desert Festival are or-
ganized every year in differ-
ent regions. Tourism Minister
Vishvendra Singh said state
government is working with
commitment to promote tour-
ism and folk artists of the
state.
He said tourism is an im-
portant sector. Every possible
effort is being made to keep
culture and art alive and help
to give it national and inter-
national recognition. Pres-
ently, various activities in this
sector are increasing.
Domestic servant rapes 2 minors
in Shyam Nagar, held from MP
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
FOR 2 IN RAPE CASES
The court has
sentenced accused
Omprakash (44)
to life imprisonment along
with a fine of Rs 7 lakh for
raping a 5-year-old girl in
a village under Narayan-
pur police station area of
Alwar. In another case
in Kota, POCSO Court
sentenced accused, Rohit,
in case of rape of a minor
about nine months ago.
Court sentenced accused
to 20 years of imprison-
ment and fined Rs 25,000.
Man kills friend for
`40,000 in Malpura
‘`4,965crorespentunder
CMChiranjeeviScheme’

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CM’S APPROVALS
Package for diabetics and cochlear
implant now in Chiranjeevi Scheme
First India Bureau
Jaipur
he state gov-
ernment has
expanded the
scope of Mukhyamantri
Chiranjeevi Swasthya
Bima Yojana to include
packages for cochlear
implant replacement
and diabetes patients.
Approving the proposal
in this regard, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has given approval to
spend Rs 42 crore.
Four packages have
been approved for coch-
lear implant replace-
ment and one package
for insulin pump for
type-one diabetes pa-
tients. In the first year, it
will be implemented in
7 medical colleges at the
divisional level as a pi-
lot project.
It is notable that CM
had announced in this
regard in the budget
year 2023-24, said an
official statement on
Tuesday.
T
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Joint Commissioner of GST
State Tax Sanjay Gupta,
who was missing for the
last six days, was found in
a yoga camp in Rishikesh.
A team of Ma-
hesh Nagar po-
lice traced
Gupta to a yoga
camp and in-
formed the
family and
made him talk to them over
phone.
Gupta could not give a
satisfactory answer as to
why he left abruptly but
said he was looking for
mental and physical peace.
He had boarded a train for
Rishikesh and had switched
off his phone near Bassi.
The police team will take
Gupta to Jaipur by Wednes-
day morning.
Missing GST officer
traced in Rishikesh
‘looking for mental
physical peace’
`9.56 CRORE FOR SETTING UP VULNERABLE
WITNESS DEPOSITION CENTRES IN RAJASTHAN
Victims of child and sexual crimes and other sensi-
tive witnesses will be able to testify in a safe envi-
ronment in the state. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
has approved the establishment of Vulnerable Witness
Deposition Centres at the headquarters of 36 jurisdictions
of the state. Gehlot has also given approval to spend
an amount of Rs 9.56 crore for the establishment of the
centres. It is notable that CM Gehlot had announced in
this regard in the budget year 2023-24.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur
The BJP councilors in
Jaipur Municipal Corpo-
ration Greater created
uproar during the gen-
eral meeting on Wednes-
day over the demand of
action against officers
for allegedly threatening
councilors.
Mayor directed the
commission to consti-
tute a committee to look
into the matter but depu-
ty mayor Puneet Karna-
vat disagreed with this
and said that public rep-
resentatives should also
be included in the com-
mittee.
Later, the mayor di-
rected the commission
to take action against the
engineer of Murlipura
zone Mahendra Saini
and Firangi Lal Goswa-
mi of Malviya Nagar
zone.
On the other hand,
Karnavat expressed dis-
pleasure over breaking
the tradition of getting
the general meeting
started with opening re-
marks of the deputy
mayor. Karnavat left the
meeting and went to his
chamber.
On the protest, he said
that it has been a healthy
tradition of the house
that when a general
meeting is held, the dep-
uty mayor starts it.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The ED team raided
three districts of Ra-
jasthan on Tuesday on
the evidence found in
the investigation of the
report lodged in the year
2021. In this, the ED had
registered a case against
Mahmood Khan in Na-
gaur after receiving a
complaint of cheating of
Rs 150 crore.
During the investiga-
tion, ED officials found
several pieces of evi-
dence. The fraud hap-
pened not only with the
people of Raj, but also
with many foreigners.
After completion of the
investigation, the ED
had called Mahmood
Khan to the ED head-
quarters a few days ago
for questioning. Khan
had written a letter in-
forming the ED office
that he was on a foreign
tour for some work. ED
had received informa-
tion that Khan and his
brother were in Ra-
jasthan only.
On this, ED raided
Khan’s residence in Na-
gaur, Jaisalmer and
POP’s factory in Bar-
mer. According to the
information, Naugar
resident Mahmood Khan
along with his brothers
does a POP business. ED
got info from the trans-
actions in the accounts
of Khan that crores of
rupees come from
abroad in his account.
Mahesh Kumar
Jaipur
ACB Jaipur Rural ar-
rested Chauthuram
Gurjar, Ward member
in Bassi
while tak-
ing a bribe
of Rs 5,000
from the
complain-
ant.Addi-
tional Director General
of ACB Hemant Priya-
darshi (Addl. Charge
Director General) said
that the complainant
said Gujjar harassed him
by demanding Rs 10,000
bribe.An inquiry is on
under the Prevention of
Corruption Act in the
case by the ACB.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
Three new police ranges
will be built in the state.
Sikar, Pali and Banswara
ranges will be formed,
according to official
sources. Dungarpur,
Banswara and Pratap-
garh will come under
Banswara range. Pali
will remain with Jalore
and Sirohi in Pali range.
Neemkathana, Sikar,
Jhunjhunu and Churu
districts will be included
in the Sikar range.
The Police Headquar-
ters has sent a proposal
for the formation of new
ranges to the govern-
ment, said the official
sources.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur
Rajasthan High Court
Chief Justice Augustine
George Masih has called
upon the young advocates
that they should try with
full hard work, dedica-
tion, and full preparation,
then no one can stop them
from being successful.
“There was no lawyer
in my family and there
were no facilities like to-
day, but when I under-
stood that there is no alter-
native to hard work, then
there was no looking
back,” said Masih.
The training is being
held under the joint aegis
of the Bar Council of Ra-
jasthan and National Law
University, Jodhpur for
young advocates of Ra-
jasthan.
Masih inaugurated the
training as the Chief
Guest while Professor Dr.
Poonam Saxena, Vice
Chancellor, NLU, Jodh-
pur presided over the pro-
gram. Jagmal Singh
Chaudhary, Senior Advo-
cate and Member Bar
Council of Raj and Co-
Convenor Baljinder Sin-
gh Sandhu, Vice Presi-
dent, Bar Council of Raj
were present as coordina-
tors of the training.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer
A 68-year-old Congress
leader was found dead
with his throat slit at his
farmhouse located two
kilometers away from
his house in Mithoda vil-
lage under the Siwana
police station area in
Barmer. The incident
took place late on Mon-
day night but police got
informed on Tuesday
morning after which
they reached the spot. In
protest of the incident,
people have launched
sit-in outside the mortu-
ary and refused to accept
the body.
Additional superin-
tendent of police Sub-
hash Khoja said that the
deceased, identified as
Aam Singh (68), was
sleeping in his farm-
house in Mithoda vil-
lage.
Accused however fled
after looting the gold
worn by Singh. Howev-
er, the ten lakh rupees
which were kept in his
car is safe, police said.
Gul Mohammad
Kota
An 18-year-old boy al-
legedly committed sui-
cide by
h a n g i n g
himself in
Kota on
Tu e s d a y,
police said.
Police in-
formed the deceased has
been identified as Me-
hul Vaishnav, a resi-
dent of Salumber town
in Udaipur. “The victim
had come to Kota two
months ago and was
preparing for the NEET
examination. He was
staying at a rented ac-
commodation under the
Nagar Police Station
area. On Tuesday morn-
ing, he was found hang-
ing from the fan of the
room. The hostel war-
den alerted the police,
following which, his
body was taken to the
mortuary of the MBS
Hospital. The parents of
the victim were in-
formed about the inci-
dent. The reason behind
the suicide is being as-
certained,” police said.
Babusthreatenusongraft
plaints:BJPcouncillorsrue
JMCG GMB: Mayor orders to constitute a
committee to look into the matter
Dy Mayor Puneet Karnavat left meeting
as his opening speech did not happen
Fraud happened
not only with the
people of Raj, but
also with many
foreigners
BJP councillors arguing with Mayor Dr Somya while demanding action against officers for
allegedly threatening councillors, in the JMCG GBM on Tuesday. MUKESH KIRADOO
Action taken at the house of Mahmood Khan’s brother Shamsher
Khan Munna in Nagaur on Tuesday.
Deceased Aam Singh
Augustine George Masih,
Dr. Poonam Saxena, Jagmal
Singh Chaudhary, Baljinder
others at the 5-day program of
training to young advocates in
Jodhpur on Tuesday.
EDraids3districtsin`150
crinternationalfraudcase
Workhardtosucceed:CJMasihtoyoungadvocates
ACB nabs ward
member with
`5,000 bribe
Banswara, Sikar,
Pali to be 3 new
police ranges
Barmer: Cong leader
killedbyslittingthroat
18-yr-old NEET aspirant dies by suicide
17-YR-OLD STUDENT THREATENS FAMILY WITH
‘EXTREME STEP’, RESCUED BY POLICE IN KOTA
A 17-year-old engineering aspirant who had threat-
ened his parents on the phone that he would take
an “extreme step” was rescued by a four-member
police team in Kota, officials said. The police said the boy
was under tremendous pressure and was also feeling
homesick. The teenager from Bihar is enrolled at a coach-
ing centre in the city’s Mahaveer Nagar area.

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PERSPECT VE
04
THE FUTURE OF
OPPN UNITY
Despite being in middle
of a highly volatile situa-
tion given fact that State
panchayat polls are just
a couple of weeks away,
TMC supremo and WB CM,
Mamata Banerjee, went
out of her way to strike
a rapport with everyone.
Also, it must be noted that
she met with the Congress
cordially given the fact that
the Grand Old Party is at
loggerheads with her in
the state of West Bengal.
SP Akhilesh Yadav too
despite differences with
Congress handled the situa-
tion deftly. AAP’s rebellious
mode was a spoiler in the
Conclave and indicated
rough weather and
turbulence ahead.
n June 23, 2023,
the biggest Op-
position bonho-
mie, camarade-
rie and bonding
was witnessed since 2014.
Around 16 parties made it to the
much-hyped Patna Conclave.
On the face of it, nothing
much was concretised about
building a force to take on the
Saffron might. However, ac-
cording to Congress chief,
Mallikarjun Kharge, the next
focus will shift towards the
Shimla meet.
Except for the palpable ten-
sion created by the AAP, most
parties had a feel-good mo-
ment and leaders exchanged
pleasantries and some “heads
of the pariwar” were even con-
cerned over the marriage of
Congress scion Rahul Gandhi.
However, it must be noted
here that the no invitation was
extended to KCR’s Bharat
Rashtra Samithi. Also,
Mayawati had her reasons to
be unhappy as BSP, too, was
not invited.
I need to mention here that
after having launched his own
unity bid, KCR has been hint-
ing post the Karnataka results
that he would rather go it
alone. Similarly, the BJD’s
Naveen Patnaik, the JD(S)’s
HD Deve Gowda, the BSP’s
Mayawati and the YSRCP’s
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy have
made clear their preference for
maintaining equidistant from
both an Opposition and a BJP
front.
Despite an attempt and de-
spite the efforts of some lead-
ers who trekked the extra mile
to extend an olive branch,
AAP’s stance has left a bitter
taste in the mouth and politi-
cal analysts are already talk-
ing about the tatters in the at-
tempt to stitch an Opposition
unity.
That the Congress is utterly
unhappy with the AAP was
evident when senior Congress
leader Ajay Maken on Sunday
hit out atAAPfor taking swipes
at his party and alleged that
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal’s proclamations on
Opposition unity are not for
cohesion but a “calculated
move to sabotage it to “curry
favour” with the BJP.
CONGRESS HAS TO BE
ACCOMMODATING
The fulcrum of Opposition
unity depends on how accom-
modating the Congress is and
whether AAP will calm down
and join the brigade. Congress
on its part has a huge role to
play and this was rightly men-
tioned by Lalu Prasad.
Keeping the jokes apart on
asking Rahul to get married,
the shrewd politician, Lalu
Prasad, told the Congress that
it should be “large-hearted-
ness” and that the biggest party
in every state should lead the
fight in that state, with others
extending support and cooper-
ation to it. Mamata took the
opportunity to slam the Con-
gress on its understanding with
the Left forces in West Bengal.
TMC, on its part, has been
trying to create a toehold in
several states and had hence
fought several Assembly elec-
tions, of course the party failed
to impress voters and currently,
the Election Commission has
signalled that the party was not
a national party given its total
vote share.
Internal and intra state bick-
erings are a major hurdle for
the Opposition Unity. It is to be
seen how comfortable the
CPI(M) will be with the TMC
in the Mahagathbandhan. Op-
position leaders, however, ar-
gue that they are willing to
overlook the intra state issues
for the bigger picture.
In UP, the SP is no longer
insistent on going it alone, pro-
vided the Congress acknowl-
edges that the SP is the main
Opposition force in the state.
What could move the needle in
this regard is the buzz about a
possible BSP-Congress tie-up.
Some in the BSP say Mayawa-
ti is keeping a watch on the
developments in the Opposi-
tion camp and, despite taking a
position that her party will con-
test the 2024 elections alone,
may take a final decision on an
alliance closer to the elections.
However, one thorny issue
with the AAP and Congress in
DelhiandPunjab.Sourcesinthe
Congress claim that the AAP,
which rode to power on an anti-
Congress wave, is keen on a tie-
up in Delhi but in Punjab, where
the Congress is much more con-
fident, the situation is different.
However, the AAP’s attack
against the Congress at the
Patna Conclave will do no
good to the Opposition unity.
And several times, Congress
has expressed its dissatisfac-
tion with AAP in Delhi. How
the two largest parties, in the
Opposition camp, will walk the
way through to Lok Sabha in
this Mahagathbandhan is the
cynosure of all eyes. However,
the feel-good factor at the Con-
clave was the only solace.
Also, the sentiment in the
Opposition camp is hope, and
the belief that parties are will-
ing to make some “compro-
mises here and there” to oust
the BJP from power. “It is a
larger fight. We know the chal-
lenges. There will be some
compromises and we shall suc-
ceed in keeping the unity in-
tact,” a non-Congress leader
said.Also, the Opposition lead-
ers must realise that voters are
watching them and their ac-
tions speak louder than words!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
O
MUCHADOABOUTOPPNUNITY…
ISITAMYTHORREALITY?
Robin
Roy
The writer is Senior
Journalist and former
Managing Editor, First India
Maken
Speaks
AAP’s ministers place
prerequisites on our
alliance, while their chief
spokesperson publicly
disparages our party and
leaders on the day of the
Opposition party
meeting. To brazenly
criticise and then
demand support, is this
how alliances are
sought, Kejriwal?
Kejriwal’s political
manoeuvres in recent
weeks have left many
baffled. However, let me
elucidate the truth. His
desperate attempts to
evade imprisonment on
corruption charges,
wherein two of his
colleagues are already
jailed, are reasons for
these actions.
Kejriwal’s betrayals are
infamous — just ask
Prashant Bhushan,
Yogendra Yadav, and the
founders of the Anna
movement...
However, be assured,
Kejriwal, your deeds
have not gone
unnoticed. Your massive
corruption and
utilisation of these ill-
gotten funds to
sabotage the Congress in
Goa, Gujarat, Punjab,
Himachal, Uttarakhand,
and Assam, just to help
the BJP, won’t be
forgotten.
Your actions have
unmasked the grim
truth, Kejriwal. You’re no
longer a champion of
the ‘Aam Aadmi’ or a
crusader against
corruption. Instead, you
stand knee-deep in
corruption, living a lavish
lifestyle like a king in
your ‘Sheesh Mahal’.

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05
PMModi’snamehasbecomea
mantratoday:MPCMChouhan
ANI
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
has said the name of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has become a man-
tra today and wherever
he (PM Modi) goes, the
world gets mesmerised.
Chouhan made the re-
mark while addressing a
‘Mera Booth Sabse Maj-
boot’ programme in the
presenceofPMModiand
BJP chief JP Nadda in
Bhopal on Tuesday. “We
arefortunatethatwewere
born in India, we are for-
tunatethatweareworkers
of BJP and we are fortu-
nate that we are working
in a time when the PM of
IndiaisNarendraModi.A
new chapter of welfare of
the public and poor peo-
ple is being written under
the leadership of PM
Modi,” he said.
“The name ‘Modi’has
become a mantra today.
Wherever PM Modi
goes, the world gets
mesmerised. When PM
Modi gave a speech in
the US Parliament, the
Members of Parliament
there clapped 79 times,
gave a standing ovation
15 times,” the CM said.
He further added that
the work of BJP meant
that it became the work
of India. When they did
the work of BJP, they did
not work only for a par-
ty, but for the country
and for the world.
jkt-laokn@lh@23@4734
PM flags-off 5
Vande Bharat
Express trains
ANI
Bhopal
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday
flagged-off five Vande
Bharat Express trains
from the Rani Kamala-
patiRailwayStationhere.
ThePMalsointeracted
withcrewmembersofthe
train and some children
onboardtheVandeBharat
train at Rani Kamlapati
railway station.
Madhya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Chouhan, Gov-
ernor Mangubhai C Pa-
tel, Union Railway Min-
ister Ashwini Vaishaw
and Jyotiraditya Scindia
were present at the event.
MP’s second semi-
high speed will operate
between two cities at
130 kmph. The train is
expected to be faster by
about thirty minutes as
compared to the existing
fastest train on the route.
“VANDE BHARAT WILL IMPROVE
CONNECTIVITY, TOURISM IN GOA”
Panaji: Goa CM Pramod Sawant
on Tuesday said the first Vande
Bharat Express launched in Goa
today will improve connectivity of Goa
with Mumbai and also boost tourism and
trade. “I am very grateful to PM Modi
and Ashwini Vaishnaw for running the
Vande Bharat train in the state,” Sawant
said ahead of the flag off ceremony.
PMMODI’SADDRESSWILLINFUSE
NEWENERGYINBJPWORKERS:YOGI
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath from
Lucknow virtually attended the
Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) ‘Mera
Booth, Sabse Majboot’ campaign, which
was addressed by PM Narendra Modi
on Tuesday. Yogi said that PM Modi’s
address will infuse new energy in BJP
workers, enrich their approach.
PM
MODI
SPEAKS
ON NAT’L EDUCATION POLICY
PM underlined the significance
of practical education which goes
beyond the walls of the schools
as mentioned in the new NEP.
He said that the newly-formed
National Education Policy focuses
on the same skill-based learning.
He urged booth workers to get in-
volved in ensuring the implemen-
tation of such practical education.
ON FARMERS
PM Modi hit out at previous UPA
govt for hollow promises to farmers.
“Cong kept announcing subsidies
but that never materialised on the
ground. Today BJP is reaching out
to farmers door-to-door. Over 2 lakh
crore has been deposited in farm-
ers’ bank accounts. We spent over
2 lakh crore so that farmers would
get affordable fertilizer,” he said.
ON BJP’S GOAL 2047 POLICY
PM Narendra Modi in his address
laid out his government’s plan
to celebrate 100 years of India’s
independence. “We want to make
India a developed nation till 2047
when India will celebrate 100
years of independence and our
country will become a developed
country only when our villages will
develop…,” the PM said.
ApniPartychiefBukhariurgesHM
ShahtoholdassemblypollsinJK
PTI
New Delhi
Prominent Kashmiri politi-
cal leader Syed Moham-
madAltafBukharionTues-
day urged Union Home
Minister Amit Shah to an-
nounce assembly polls in
JK and release religious
leaders in the Union Terri-
tory from detention.
The Apni Party chief
placed his representations
to the home minister
when he called on the
latter here, according to a
release issued by the
Jammu and Kashmir-
based party.
Bukhari stressed on the
need for the central govern-
ment to take immediate
“confidence-buildingmeas-
ures” to further bolster the
prevailingpublicsentiment.
He conveyed to the
home minister to do the
needful for the release of
the prominent religious
leadersaheadofthecoming
Eid and announce the as-
sembly polls in the Union
territory, the release said.
Bukhari said the release
of prominent religious
leaders, including Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq, Moulana
Abdul Rasheed Dawoodi
and Moulana MushtaqAh-
mad Veeri, who are under
detention in their respec-
tive homes, will further fill
the environment with a
spirit of positivity.
Kashmiri political leader Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari with
Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, on Tuesday. PTI
MP CM Shivraj Chouhan welcomes PM Narendra Modi and JP Nadda in Bhopal on Tuesday. ANI
KCR's visit will have no impact
on Maharashtra politics: Raut
ANI
Mumbai
ShivSenaUddhavThack-
erayfactionleaderSanjay
Raut onTuesday said that
BRSleaderandTelangana
CM K Chandrasekhar
Rao’s visit to Maharashtra
would have no impact on
the state politics.
“There will be no im-
pact of Telangana CM
KCR on Maharashtra
politics. If KCR will do
drama like this, he will
lose Telangana also,”
Raut said. He said KCR
came to Maharashtra
fearing loss in Telangana
where fight is between
KCR and Congress.
“Fearing loss, he came
to Maharashtra but his 12
to 13 leaders who are for-
mer or sitting ministers
and MPs joined Congress
yesterday. This is a fight
between KCR and Con-
gress. MVA is strong in
Maharashtra,” Raut said.
Former Telangana
minister Jupally Krishna
Rao and several Bharat
Rashtra Samithi (BRS)
leaders joined Congress
on Monday in the pres-
ence of party president
Mallikarjun Kharge and
Rahul Gandhi at the
AICC headquarters in
New Delhi.
SHIV SENA (UBT)
LEADER BOOKED,
IN ASSAULT CASE
Mumbai police
on Tuesday
booked Shiv
Sena (UBT) leader
and former minister
Anil Parab, others and
arrested four party
workers for allegedly
assaulting a BMC of-
ficial ‘who led’ a Shiv
Sena shakha (branch
office) demolition, said
a police official.
Distinguished Service Award Ceremony
President Droupadi Murmu, V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande, Navy Chief
Admiral R. Hari Kumar, Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari and others with the recipients of Distinguished Service Award at
Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Inset) PM Modi calls on President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Tuesday. ANI
Cong seeks probe into senior
journo’s revelations, asks Kerala
CM to step down as Home Min
Agencies
Thiruvananthapuram
The Congress in Kerala
on Tuesday demanded a
probe into the revela-
tions of a senior journal-
ist, who had been with
CPI(M) daily Deshab-
himani, that he had once
helped a prominent per-
son count Rs 2 crore in
cash at the daily’s office
in Kochi. The Congress
also alleged that the dis-
closure was about CM
Pinarayi Vijayan.
In his allegations
mentioned in a recent
Facebook post, senior
journalist G Sakthid-
haran said that he had
even bought reed mats
to bundle up the cur-
rency which was then
placed in a car headed
to the state capital
Thiruvananthapuram.
Senior Congress leg-
islator and Opposition
Leader V D Satheesan
said, “The disclosure
should be probed. It is
against Vijayan. Only
Vijayan can stay for two
days at the Kochi office
of Deshabhimani.”

INDIA
06
WORLD 2nd LONGEST ROAD NETWORK
Nat’l Highways in India grew
by about 59% in last 9 years
First India Bureau
New Delhi
ndia’s road
network has
grown 59 per
cent to become the sec-
ond largest in the world
as part of the develop-
ment work carried out
by the government in
the last nine years, Un-
ion Minister Nitin Gad-
kari said on Tuesday.
India has nearly 64
lakh km of total road
network, which is the
second largest in the
world. India’s National
Highways network
alone stood at 1,45,240
km today compared to
91,287 km in 2013-14,
the Road, Transport and
Highways Minister said.
He was addressing a
conference on ‘9 Years
of the Modi Govern-
ment’ in the national
capital.
“In the last nine years,
India made seven world
records in the sector. In-
dia’s road network is the
second largest in the
world after the US,” the
Union Minister said.
Gadkari further in-
formed that the revenues
from tolls rose to 4,1342
crore from 4,770 crore
in 2013-14.
I
एफ 11/नीलामी/2023/669 रिनां्ः 27.06.2023
नगर रव्ास न्ास द्ारा ई-ऑक्शन ्े माध्म से सवामी रववे्ानंि नगर ्ोजना में व्ावसार्् भूखण्ड संख्ा-
CP-6 Corner ्ो नीलाम र््ा जा रहा है। ्ह भूखण्ड ्े सामने 36 मीटर एवं पीछे 18 मीटर चौड़ी सड़् ससथित
है। ्ह भूखण्ड ्ोटा रवशवरवद्ाल्, मेर्ड्ल ्ॉलेज, बंसल स्कूल, गणे्श उद्ान तथिा न्ास ्ी रव्रसत ्ोजनाओं
्थिा श्ीराम्ृषणपुरम, श्ीनाथिपुरम, गणे्श नगर ्े समीप ससथित है। ई-ऑक्शन ्ा आरमभ रिनां् 24.07.2023 से
प्ातः 11ः00 बजे से ्शुरू होगा तथिा रिनां् 26.07.2023 ्ो िोपहर 2ः00 बजे समापत हो जा्ेगा (असनतम 5 रमनट
में सवतः बोली रवसतार नहीं होने ्ी ससथिरत में) रन्म/्शततें एवं अन् जान्ारी urban.rajasthan.gov.in/uitkota
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ई-ऑक्शन के माध्यम से स्ामी व््ेकानंद नगर ्योजना में व्या्साव्यक भूखण्ड संख्या-CP-6 का
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CP-04 ्ो नीलाम र््ा जा रहा है। ्ह भूखण्ड ्े सामने 36 मीटर एवं पीछे 18 मीटर चौड़ी सड़् ससथित है। ्ह
भूखण्ड ्ोटा रवशवरवद्ाल्, मेर्ड्ल ्ॉलेज, बंसल स्कूल, गणे्श उद्ान तथिा न्ास ्ी रव्रसत ्ोजनाओं ्थिा
श्ीराम्ृषणपुरम, श्ीनाथिपुरम, गणे्श नगर ्े समीप ससथित है। ई-ऑक्शन ्ा आरमभ रिनां् 21.07.2023 से प्ातः
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ई-ऑक्शन के माध्यम से स्ामी व््ेकानंद नगर ्योजना में व्या्साव्यक भूखण्ड संख्या-CP-04 का
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Weather’svagaries:88Kpeople
flood-hitinBarpetaofAssam
ANI
Barpeta
The flood situation in the
Barpeta district of As-
sam is improving but
nearly 88,000 people in
the district are still af-
fected by the deluge, of-
ficials said on Tuesday.
Many flood-affected
people are currently tak-
ing shelter in relief
camps set up by the dis-
trict administration on
roads and embankments.
According to the local
people, they are facing
many problems includ-
ing food, clean drinking
water, medicines, etc due
to floods.
As many as 113 vil-
lages of the district are
still under water. The
flood waters submerged
312.75 hectares of crop-
land in the district.
Meanwhile, the flood
situation in Assam has
marginally improved but
it has damaged the
homes and household
items of various people
leaving them to take
shelter on embankments.
One of the locals iden-
tified as Gagan Talukdar
said that he along with
his four family members
are now taking shelter on
an embankment for the
last five days after the
devastating flood com-
pletely damaged his
home and other house-
hold items.
MONSOON TO SPREAD
TO WESTERN INDIA
Conditions are fa-
vourable for further
advance of south-
west monsoon into some
more parts of Gujarat,
Rajasthan, Haryana and
Punjab during the next two
days, the India Meteoro-
logical Department (IMD)
said in its latest forecast
on Tuesday. This came as
the weather agency has
issued an alert for heavy
rainfall in most parts of the
country.
DELHI AND NCR WAKE
UP TO LIGHT RAIN
Parts of Delhi and
the National Capital
Region (NCR)
received rains in the
early hours of Tuesday.
The downpour brought
respite to common people
from the sweltering heat.
Heavy rain was witnessed
at New Delhi’s ITO and
other areas. Meanwhile,
the India Meteorological
Department (IMD) has
issued a yellow alert for
coming days.
65% DEFICIT RAIN IN
KERALA SO FAR: IMD
Kerala, considered
to be the gateway
of the monsoon into
the mainland of the coun-
try, has received deficient
rainfall so far, the India
Meteorological Dept (IMD)
said on Tuesday. The
monsoon arrived in Kerala
on June 8. Compared
to the normal monsoon
rainfall for the correspond-
ing period, Kerala had a
deficit of 65 per cent from
the normal rainfall.
ASSAM: PEOPLE TAKE
SHELTER AS HEAVY
FLOODS HIT BAJALI
Bajali: Flood
situation in Assam
has marginally
improved but it has dam-
aged homes and house-
hold items of various
people leaving them to
take shelter on embank-
ments. One of the locals
identified as Gagan Taluk-
dar said that he along with
his four family members is
taking shelter on an em-
bankment for the last five
days after the devastating
flood completely dam-
aged his home and other
household items. Gagan
is a resident of Doloigaon
Shantipur village in the
Bajali district.
HIMACHAL TO GET
MORE RAIN FOR
NEXT 5 DAYS: IMD
Shimla: There is
a possibility of
rains for the next
five days in Himachal
Pradesh, some places
may receive heavy rains,
said India Meteorologi-
cal Department (IMD) on
Tuesday. “There is a
possibility of rain for the
next 5 days. Heavy rain
alert continues at some
places of the state,” said
Sandeep Kumar Sharma,
IMD scientist, Shimla.
Sandeep Kumar Sharma
said that more than aver-
age rainfall is likely in the
state in June this year.
Army holds Agniveer
recruitment rally in
Aurangabad of Maha
First India Bureau
Aurangabad
Arecruitment rally forAg-
niveer General Duty, Ag-
niveerTechnical,Agniveer
Clerks/ Store Keepers
Technical and Agniveer
Tradesmen (for 8th 10th
class), by Army Recruit-
ment Office, Aurangabad,
is in progress from June 25
to July 2 at Army Recruit-
ment Ground, here for
eight districts of Marath-
wada region. This is the
second such rally for the
state of Maharashtra in the
current recruiting year, the
first being at Nagpur ear-
lier this month.
Current series of recruit-
ment rallies are being con-
ducted duly incorporating
thetransformationalchang-
es in recruiting process re-
sulting in higher footfall,
better pass percentages in
physical fitness tests, lesser
hardshipsforthecandidates
and a smoother conduct.
Extensive deployment
of automation tools, biom-
etric and surveillance
equipment and utilisation
of existing digital database
of UIDAI, digilocker and
government portals for
document verification has
ensured transparency, no
manual intervention and
plugging all loopholes
which may have resulted
in any likely malpractice.
The Agnipath scheme
has met with a good re-
sponse from the youth of
the region as witnessed due
to higher footfall and a bet-
ter performance in physical
fitness tests during the rally
so far.TheADG Recruiting
(Maharashtra, Gujarat
Goa), HQ Recruiting Zone,
Pune visited the rally site
on Tuesday to review the
conduct of rally and ex-
pressed satisfaction over
the ongoing proceedings.
Many detained in
Karimganj amid
bandh against
delimitation plan
ANI
Karimganj
Several people protesting
against the proposed de-
limitation draft by the
Election Commission of
India (EC) were detained
inAssam’s Karimganj on
Tuesday morning.
This comes amid a 12-
hour bandh initiated by
several political parties
including the Congress
and the AIUDF, against
the plan to reduce the
number of Assembly
seats in some areas. The
bandh took place in sev-
eral districts of the Barak
Valley, including Cachar
and Halakandi, apart
from Karimganj.
Last week, the ECI had
published a draft proposal
for delimitation of Lok
Sabha andAssembly con-
stituencies in Assam as
part of the first delimita-
tion exercise in the state
since1976.Asperthepro-
posal, the number of Lok
Sabha andAssembly con-
stituencies would remain
the same — 14 and 126,
respectively — but there
are proposed changes in
boundaries and names,
and addition of new con-
stituencies in some areas
and reduction in others.
Weapons heading to Manipur seized in Kohima city
ANI
Kohima (Nagaland)
Assam Rifles and Kohi-
ma Police foiled a smug-
gling bid and recovered a
huge cache of arms and
ammunition heading to
strife-torn Manipur in a
joint special operation in
theKohimaCityofNaga-
land,statedareleasefrom
the Defence PRO on
Tuesday. The recovered
items include two pistols
and other ammunition.
“Two pistols, four
Magazines, ammunition,
explosivesandotherwar-
like stores were recov-
ered,” the release said.
The PRO statement
said forces received in-
formation that miscre-
ants were attempting to
smuggle weapons to
strife-torn Manipur via
Nagaland. Acting on the
tip-off, a joint operation
was launched by the As-
sam Rifles and the Ko-
hima police at 2 AM on
June 26.
MANIPUR GOVERNOR
UIKEY CALLS ON SHAH
New Delhi: Manipur
Governor Anusuiya
Uikey called on
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah here on Tuesday,
two days after the res-
tive state’s Chief Minister
N Biren Singh met him.
Nearly 120 people lost their
lives and over 3,000 have
been injured ever since the
ethnic violence broke in
Manipur nearly two months
ago. “The Governor of
Manipur, Ms. Anusuiya
Uikey called on Union
Home Minister and Minister
of Cooperation Shri @
AmitShah,” Union Home
Minister Shah’s office
tweeted on Tuesday after
the Governor met Shah.
ABSENT MANIPUR EMPLOYEES NOT TO GET PAY
The Manipur govt has decided to invoke “no work,
no pay” rule for its employees who are not attend-
ing office. The General Administration Department
(GAD) has been asked to furnish details of employees who
are not able to attend their official work due to the prevail-
ing situation in the state. A circular to this effect was issued
on Monday night by GAD Secretary Michael Achom.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition seized by the Assam Rifles and Kohima Police. (R) The
security forces with a vehicle intercepted in Kohima, which was headed to Manipur.
Dark clouds hover over the Secretariat, in Hyderabad, on Tuesday. The IMD said in its latest
forecast on Tuesday that the monsoon will soon advance to Western and Northern India. PTI
NewDelhiHallatSCOin
Beijingis'miniIndia':EAM
PTI
Beijing
ExternalAffairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Tuesday
inaugurated an exquisite-
ly designed ‘New Delhi
Hall’ at the SCO Secre-
tariat here, which he said
depicts a “mini-India”
and will foster a better
understanding of the
country’s culture.
The virtual inaugura-
tion of the hall by Jais-
hankar came ahead of
next month’s Shanghai
Cooperation Organisa-
tion (SCO) summit to be
held for the first time un-
der India’s Presidency.
The Secretariat of the
eight-member SCO
grouping comprising
China, Russia, Kazakh-
stan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajik-
istan, Uzbekistan, India
and Pakistan is located in
the high-end diplomatic
area in Beijing.
While the six founding
members China, Russia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, and Uzbeki-
stan have their halls high-
lighting their cultures
and unique features, In-
dia is the first to add its
own ‘New Delhi Hall’
which is officially
opened ahead of the July
4 SCO summit to be held
in virtual format.
EAM S Jaishankar
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari briefing the media about 9 Year
Achievements of his ministry in New Delhi on Tuesday. ANI

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India will look to win World Cup
for Kohli, says Virender Sehwag
PTI
Mumbai
Drawing inspiration from
its last World Cup tri-
umph, India is looking to
win the upcoming tour-
nament for Virat Kohli
like the batch of 2011
won it for Sachin Ten-
dulkar, feels former
opener Virender Sehwag.
Since winning the 2011
World Cup which Kohli
was a part of, India have
won only one ICC event
- the 2013 Champions
Trophy-andtheirwaitfor
lifting a trophy in another
global event has now last-
ed more than a decade.
“We played and won
the World Cup for Ten-
dulkar and it was a great
exit for Sachin paaji,” Se-
hwag said during an ICC
event to announce the
World Cup schedule.
“Virat Kohli is the
same now. Everybody
will look to win theWorld
Cup for him. He always
gives more than 100%. I
thinkVirat is also looking
(forward) to this.
The fixtures list for the
ICC CricketWorld Cup in
India has been released
along with the 10 venues
for the mega event that
will span across 46 days
later this year.
THE FORMAT
The 2023 ODIWorld Cup
will follow the format
usedin2019.All10teams
will play each other in a
single group, with the top-
four teams advancing to
the semi-finals.
Agencies
Moscow
Russian President
Vladimir Putin thanked
commanders and soldiers
from the Wagner Group
private military company
during an address to the
nation. He thanked Rus-
sians for their endurance,
unityandpatriotism,add-
ing that most of Wagner's
forces were patriots.
However, the Presi-
dent also warned that any
attempt of blackmail or
unrest in Russia was
doomed to fail.
From the start of the
events, on my order steps
were taken to avoid
large-scale bloodshed,
the Russian leader said.
The Wagner group’s
rebellion in Russia on
Saturday was an “ex-
tremely dangerous situa-
tion,” Vladimir Putin has
admitted on Tuesday.
The Russian President
told some 2,500 mem-
bers of Russia’s security
forces, National Guard
and military units that the
people and the armed
forces had stood together
in opposition to the mer-
cenaries in Saturday’s
aborted mutiny.
Putin was joined by
Defence Minister Sergei
Shoigu, whose dismissal
the mercenary fighters of
the Wagner group had
demanded during their
mutiny and march to-
wards Moscow.
It came after the Krem-
lin conceded it did not
know the whereabouts of
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the
mercenary leader who
led the rebellion.
UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR Putin after Wagner rebellion
‘DOOMEDTOFAIL’
Colombo: Sri Lanka
will enter into an agree-
ment with the World
Bank for $500 million in
budgetary support after
the cabinet approved it
on Tuesday, the biggest
funding tranche for the
crisis-hit nation since an
International Monetary
Fund deal in March. The
island nation of 22 mil-
lion is emerging out of
its worst economic crisis
in seven decades.
World Bank approves
$500 mn in budgetary
support to Sri Lanka
New Delhi: Five cases
of the mosquito-borne
infection malaria have
been detected in the
United States in the past
two months, alarming
health officials. Four cas-
es were found in Florida,
while the fifth was
logged in Texas, as per
Centers for Disease Con-
trol Prevention. The
disease has been locally
acquired, as the patients
hadn’t traveled abroad.
US reports Malaria
cases after 20 years
in Florida and Texas
Houston: The horrific
death of an airport
ground worker in the
US state of Texas who
was sucked into a pas-
senger jet engine has
been ruled a suicide by
the local medical exam-
iner. The Bexar County
Medical Examiner’s
Office said 27-year-old
David Renner died of
blunt and sharp force
injuries at San Antonio
International Airport.
US airport crew who
got sucked into plane
engine died by suicide
New York: An Indian-
origin man who alleg-
edly drove wrong-way
at over 150 kmph has
been charged in a crash
that killed 2 teens.
Amandeep Singh, 34,
was produced in court
to face 15 charges in-
cluding aggravated ve-
hicular homicide, leav-
ing the scene, and driv-
ing while drunk and im-
paired in connection
with the crash month.
Indian-origin man
charged in crash that
killed 2 in New York
IN BRIEF
United Nations: UN
Secretary-GeneralAnto-
nio Guterres has appoint-
ed Indian-origin satellite
industry expertAarti
Holla-Maini as Director
of the United Nations
Office for Outer Space
Affairs (UNOOSA) in
Vienna. Holla-Maini of
the United Kingdom will
succeed Simonetta Di
Pippo of Italy.
Indian-origin expert to
head UN Space Office
Mutiny was 'extremely dangerous situation', admits Putin
Members of Wagner
group prepare to pull out
from the headquarters
of the Southern Military
District to return to their
base on June 24.
77 CIVILIANS EXECUTED BY RUSSIA SINCE
UKRAINE INVASION, SAYS UNITED NATIONS
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT MADE HEADLINES
Geneva: A UN monitoring mission in Ukraine said
on Tuesday that Russia has detained more than
800 civilians since the conflict began last Febru-
ary, of whom 77 were executed. The report showed that
Ukraine had also violated international law by arbitrarily
detaining civilians but on a considerably smaller scale.
 ‘Sign contract, return
home or go to Belarus’:
Putin lays out options for
Wagner soldiers
 Vladimir Putin accuses
West of wanting Russians
‘to kill each other’ in mutiny
 Russia drops “armed
mutiny” criminal charges
against Wagner founder
 In a first, senior Vatican
official visits Moscow
 Pope’s Ukraine peace
envoy to travel to Moscow
 Russia paid $1 billion to
Wagner group, says Putin
Agencies
Washington
India, US released joint
statement after the bilat-
eral meeting with Prez
Biden and PM Modi. In
the statement, both lead-
ers reiterated call for strict
action against terrorist
outfits like LeT, JeM in
Pakistan. India, US asked
Pakistan to take immedi-
ate action to ensure that
no territory under its con-
trol is used for launching
terrorist attacks.
Now, the US State De-
partment official spokes-
person Matthew Miller
said that US has been
consistent on importance
of Pakistan continuing to
take step to permanently
disband terrorist groups.
Miller was responding to
a question on the India-
US joint statement issued
during the state visit of
PM Narendra Modi.
US, India send strong message to Pak over terrorism
Schedule Finally Announced For ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
‘Disband all terrorist
groups permanently’
The US has been consistently calling on Pakistan to step up
efforts to permanently disband all terrorist groups .
The US will raise the issue regularly with Pakistani
officials and will continue to work together with it
to counter terrorist threats.
MATTHEW MILLER, US OFFICIAL
PTI
Washington
The White House has
condemned as “totally
unacceptable” the harass-
ment of a US journalist
on social media for ask-
ing PM Narendra Modi a
question at his joint press
conference here with
President Joe Biden.
The Wall Street Journal
reporter Sabrina Siddiqui
asked PM Modi about the
rights of minorities in In-
diaandwhatstepshisgov-
ernment was willing to
take to improve them and
also uphold free speech.
A day after the press
conference, the reporter
faced online abuse for
questioning the PM, with
some alleging that her
question was “motivated”
and calling her a “Paki-
stani Islamist”.
“We’re aware of the re-
ports of that harassment.
It’s unacceptable.And we
absolutely condemn any
harassment of journalists
anywhere under any cir-
cumstances. ,” National
Security Coordinator
John Kirby told said.
ANI
Missouri
At least three people in-
cluding a woman were
killed and five others
sustained injuries in a
shooting in Kansas City,
Missouri on Sunday,
CNN reported.
Police were called to
the area near 57th St. and
Prospect Ave. around
4:30 am local time on
Sunday because initial
reports suggested there
was a sizable crowd of
individuals in a parking
lot, it said.
US: Kansas
shooting leaves
3 people dead
Agencies
Colombo
Sri Lankan President Ra-
nil Wickremesinghe reit-
erated that there was no
military agreement with
China and that he would
notallowtheislandnation
to be used as a base for
any threat against India.
“We are a neutral
country, but we also em-
phasise on the fact that
we cannot allow Sri Lan-
ka to be used as a base for
any threat against India,”
President Wickremsing-
he said in an interview
with French media.
When inquired about
China’s presence in Sri
Lanka, especially mili-
tarily, Wickremsinghe
responded “We have no
military agreement with
China; there won’t be
any military agreements,
and I do not think China
will enter into one.”
‘Won’tallowSLtobe
usedasthreatforIndia’
Sri Lankan Prez also
said that the Chinese
have been there for
about 1,500 years
and so far there has
been no military base
Virat Kohli is (now) in Sachin
Tendulkar’s shoes. The way he
plays, he talks, he looks after the
others the way he plays
cricket with his passion,
he is the one now.
Everybody is looking
to win this WC for
Virat Kohli.
VIRENDER SEHWAG,
FORMER CRICKETER
KNOCKOUT STAGES 10-TEAM AFFAIR
The first semi-
final will be held
on Wednesday
November 15 in Mumbai
and the second semi-final
will be held the follow-
ing day in Kolkata. The
Final will take place at the
Narendra Modi Stadium in
Ahmedabad on November
19 with November 20
slated as the reserve day.
All three knock-out fixtures
will be day-night affairs.
The 2023 ODI WC
will have 10 teams.
The teams finish-
ing in the top 8 (ICC WC
Super League), includ-
ing hosts India, earned
direct qualification for the
competition. The remain-
ing five teams reached the
Qualifier through Quali-
fier Play-off events. West
Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland,
Zimbabwe, and the Neth-
erlands are the 5 teams.
ICC ‘CONFIDENT’ PAK WILL TRAVEL TO INDIA
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still appre-
hensive about sending its team to India for the
ODI World Cup but International Cricket Council
(ICC) is “confident” that the Babar Azam-led team will
compete in the 50-over showpiece. PCB did not want to
play Afghanistan on a spin-friendly track in Chennai and
also wanted to avoid facing Australia in Bengaluru.
ALOOKATINDIA’S
WORLDCUPFIXTURES
 India will start their cam-
paign on October 8 against
Australia in Chennai.
 They will host Afghani-
stan on Oct 11 in Delhi.
 Pak clash will happen
on Oct 15 in Ahmedabad
 India’s next fixtures
are against Bangladesh
(October 19, Pune)
 New Zealand (October
22, Dharamshala)
 England (October 29,
Lucknow)
 Qualifier 2 (November
2, Mumbai)
 SA (Nov 5, Kolkata)
 Qualifier 1 (November
11, Bengaluru).
TOURNAMENT VENUES
There are total 10
venues – Hyder-
abad, Ahmed-
abad, Dharamsala, Delhi,
Chennai, Lucknow,
Pune, Bengaluru, Mum-
bai Kolkata. Guwahati
Thiruvananthapuram
in addition to Hyderabad
will host the warm-up
matches from 29 Sep-
tember to 3 October.
Harassment of WSJ journalist
'unacceptable': White House
WSJ reporter Sabrina Siddiqui during a press conference with Joe
Biden and Indian PM Narendra Modi at the White House on June 22.
Dagar earned her first win at
the 2019 Investec South African
Women’s Open as an 18-year-
old rookie professional.
Players in action during Hockey Junior Women National C’ship.
NYC OFFICIALLY DECLARES DIWALI AS HOLIDAY
New York: Diwali is set to become a school holiday
in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced.
Thousands of New Yorkers celebrate Diwali each
year to commemorate the victory of light over darkness,
and the announcement came after state lawmakers re-
cently enacted legislation designating it as a holiday in the
biggest school system in the US.
ANI
Beroun
Diksha Dagar of India
maintained her lead
throughout the final
round to claim her second
LET title at the Tipsport
Czech Ladies Open at
Royal Beroun Golf Club.
The 22-year-old from
New Delhi carded rounds
of 69, 65 and 69 for a 54-
hole total of 203, 13-un-
der-par and a four-stroke
victory over Thailand’s
Trichat Cheenglab.
Czech Ladies Open
Diksha Dagar of India
wins after almost 5 years
SECOND LET TITLE
ANI
Rourkela
The 13th Hockey India
Junior Women National
Championship 2023
kicked off in spectacular
fashion on Tuesday with
Hockey Karnataka,
Hockey Madhya Pradesh,
Hockey Chandigarh
starting their campaign
with victories in their re-
spective matches, here, at
the Birsa Munda Hockey
Stadium in Rourkela,
Odisha. Hockey Karna-
taka defeated Hockey
JK 13-1 in the opening
match of the tournament.
Hockey Nat’l C’ship: K’taka,
Chandigarh register wins

UDH MINISTER IN KOTA
Dhariwal inspects low-lying areas on bike
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota
DH Minister
Shanti Dhari-
wal inspected
the low-lying areas of
Kota city on Tuesday. He
began inspection from
the street of Rampura
Shivdas Ghat and gave
instructions to repair the
drainage system there.
Dhariwal then reached
the lower area of Ghanta-
ghar on a bike, where he
discussed the problem of
drain with the people of
the area. He instructed
the officials to solve the
problem on the spot.
Dhariwal along with
the officials visited Meh-
ra Pada Chashme ki
Bawdi, Chand Ghata,
Gule Gulzar Masjid and
asked officials to get
drains constructed so that
people do not face the
problem of waterlogging.
When Dhariwal
reached the lower settle-
ments on bike, people
thronged to see him. He
was with Deputy Mayor
Sonu Qureshi spoke to
people about their prob-
lems for about two hours.
Team of Engineers of
City Devp Trust, OSD
RD Meena, Secy Rajesh
Joshi, Architect Anoop
Bartaria, Chief Engineer
OP Verma were present.
Shanti Dhariwal rides pillion while seated on a motorcycle with
Deputy Mayor, Sonu Qureshi in Kota on Tuesday.
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Do not be afraid to
‘Go too far’
, it is the
only way to find out
if you can go that far and
maybe even beyond- push
the limits to learn.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Chittorgarh
GS Shekhawat’s Video on ERCP Goes Viral
Democracyshouldremainstrong
inthecountry,assertsCMGehlot
PK Agarwal, Ravi Sharma
and Puneet Chaturvedi
Chittorgarh/Dungarpur
CM Ashok Gehlot while
addressing the second
free all-religion mass
marriage conference or-
ganised by Harish Anja-
na Education Society at
Krishi Upaj Mandi, Nim-
bahera, Chittorgarh on
Tuesday, said that India
is a country of unity in
diversity. “Along with
thousands of castes and
languages, people of dif-
ferent religions reside
here. Strong democracy
and constitution is the
strength of our country.
There should be rule of
law in country. If democ-
racy and constitution are
weak then the situation in
the country will become
critical,” he said. Gehlot
said that all-round devel-
opment of State is being
done by state govt.
CM held a public hear-
ing for the second day on
Tuesday at the circuit
house in Dungarpur. In
many cases, the Chief
Minister directed the of-
ficers to solve the prob-
lems of the people.
In separate cases of
deaths, that of a man of
a 2-year-old boy in stone
pelting, taking informa-
tion from SP, the CM di-
rected for action. In the
public hearing, a little
girl gave a rose flower to
CM Gehlot, on which the
CM caressed the girl.
Aditi Nagar and
Yogesh Sharma
New Delhi
With just a few months
left for assembly polls in
Rajasthan, Congress has
started building momen-
tum for candidate selec-
tion on the basis of sur-
vey reports to realize its
dream to repeat the gov-
ernment.
The report of a survey
conducted by an agency
was also discussed in the
meeting attended by
Congress in charge for
Rajasthan Sukhjinder
Randhawa, PCC chief
Govind Singh Dotasra,
co in charge Amrrita
Dhawan, Qazi Nizamud-
din and Veerendra Singh
Rathore. Reports given
by the co in charge were
also discussed.
Referring to the survey
report, party sources said
that there are no winna-
ble candidates in about
70 seats.
Discussions on assem-
bly seats where the Con-
gress party lost the last
two or three elections
were held in a meeting
today.
If all goes well, the
party high command
would, as per CM’s sug-
gestion, activate the win-
nable candidates without
declaring the name.
The survey was done
on seats where Congress
has been weak. There are
about 70 seats in Raj
where Congress doesn’t
have a winning face.
There are seats where
Congress has lost the last
three polls. These seats
have remained a strong-
hold of BJP. RLP and
BTP have wrested seats
from Congress. Dudu
MLA is independent
of Congress ideology
while Tijara and Kis-
hangarh Bas were won
by BSP candidates who
joined Congress. Cong
couldn’t win even after
delimitation. Now, CM
has tried to give a politi-
cal message by making
some such seats dists.
ANI
Jaipur
In order to gain momen-
tum for the upcoming as-
sembly elections in Ra-
jasthan, top Bharatiya
Janata Party leaders will
soon be visiting the poll-
bound state.
Union Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh will
visit Jodhpur today, BJP
President JP Nadda to
Bharatpur on June 29 and
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah will be com-
ing to Udaipur and Jaipur
on June 30.
JP Nadda will inaugu-
rate the party’s new of-
fice building in Bharat-
pur and then address a
public meeting in the
Nadbai assembly con-
stituency on June 29.
“Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah will also
reach Udaipur Dabok
Airport at around 11 am
on June 30 and address a
public meeting here at
Sawai Sthal Gandhi
Ground and then leave
for Jaipur at 2:30 pm. All
prominent leaders asso-
ciated with the party are
now turning towards Ra-
jasthan and accordingly,
these programs have
been planned,” said State
BJP President CP Joshi.
BJPwill try to improve
its tally in Mewar, Mar-
war Braj regions and
programmes of Union
Minister Rajnath Singh,
Amit Shah party presi-
dent JP Nadda have been
organised in these Con-
gress stronghold regions.
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses the second edition of free all-religion mass marriage ceremony organised by Harish Anjana Education
Society at Krishi Upaj Mandi in Nimbahera town of Chittorgarh district on Tuesday. Also seen are Lalchand Kataria, Udai Lal Anjana,
Murari Lal Meena, Rajendra Singh Yadav and others.
A woman from the crowd, greets CM Ashok Gehlot during the
mass marriage ceremony held at Nimbahera town on Tuesday.
Also seen here are the brides.
CM Gehlot interacts with beneficiaries during the Mehangai
Rahat Camp at Kapasan tehsil in Chittorgarh district on Tuesday.
KC Venugopal, SS Randhawa, GS Dotasra Amrrita Dhawan
discuss Cong’s poll strategy in a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.
l CM Ashok Gehlot
addresses the
gathering at the
all-religion mass
marriage ceremony
in Nimbahera
village in
Chittorgarh and
blesses about 142
newly-wed couples
l CM visits
Mehangai Rahat
Camp, unveils devp
works in Kapasan
Unity in Diversity’ is
our great strength, it
should not be
weakened. The spirit
of equality of all
religions is inherent in
group marriage
ceremonies. They are
the sign of simplicity
help us get rid of
many problems like
the habit to show off.
ASHOK GEHLOT, CM
CM HAILS RAJ POLICE
CM’S KOTA TOUR POSTPONED; INAUGURATION OF
KOTA CHAUPATI BY DHARIWAL PUT ON HOLD
CM TRAVELS 10,000
KMS IN 2 MONTHS!
CM Gehlot ap-
plauded Rajasthan
Police for crackdown
on criminals in an organised
manner. “The bravery
promptness with which Raj
Police is running Operation
Vajra Prahar has increased
public’s faith in law fear
among criminals. Con-
gratulations to all officers
cops for this brave action,”
tweeted CM. The operation
is being carried out under
leadership of DGP Umesh
Mishra. In Sunday’s crack-
down, police nabbed 11,742
accused across the State.
Kota: The news of First India about postponing
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s Kota tour proved
right. UDH Minister Dhariwal confirmed this after
talking to the CMR. CM Gehlot was proposed to visit Kota
on June 28 but the tour has been postponed. In the mean-
while, RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora said that on June
28, 2023, Kota Chaupati built in Kota’s Kunhadi Housing
Scheme was to be inaugurated by UDH Minister Shanti
Kumar Dhariwal, which has been postponed till the next
date due to unavoidable reasons.
CM has covered
10,000 kms across
entire Raj in 2
months! Inflation Relief
Camps started from April 24
and so far, CM has travelled
10,300 kms by air road
observed more than 70
camps. Now he will reach
Kota, Jhalawar Jaisalmer
dists. Naresh Sharma
Congress leaders
discuss myriad
issues in Delhi
BJPpollbugle:Topleadersvisiting
RajasthanaheadofAssemblypolls Shekhawat couldn’t get a single
penny from Centre for ERCP: Khera
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat’s remark in a video
that he will get the East-
ern Rajasthan Canal Pro-
ject (ERCP) implement-
ed if BJPleader Rajendra
Rathore comes to power
in the state has triggered
a sharp reaction from the
Congress.
“This shows the BJP
has not granted national
project status to the
ERCP only because of
greed for power. This
statement shows that the
BJP has no sympathy for
the suffering of the peo-
ple of Rajasthan and the
BJP has not given status
of a national project or
any special grant to
ERCP only because of
greed for power,” said
Pawan Khera, Chairman
of media publicity,
AICC.
“CM Ashok Gehlot
has publicly clarified
whether the Centre coop-
erates or not, the work on
the ERCP will be com-
pleted in the interest of
the public,” he added.
Food and Civil Sup-
plies Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas
accused the Centre of in-
dulging in vendetta poli-
tics over the matter.
GS Shekhawat’s statement over
ERCP is an insult to public
sentiment of Rajasthan.
Shekhawat said that form the
BJP govt in Raj, I will give Rs
46,000cr. This remark shows
that BJP has no sympathy
towards the suffering of Raj
people. This also shows the BJP
hasn’t granted national project
status to ERCP only because of greed for power.
PAWAN KHERA, CHAIRMAN, MEDIA PUBLICITY DEPT, AICC
ABOUT UNION MINISTER’S VIRAL VIDEO
In a purported video that emerged on social media,
Shekhawat is seen walking towards his vehicle with
Rathore, the Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan
Assembly, and heard telling some people, ‘’I will get the
ERCP implemented... give Rs 46,000 crore but you bring
Rajendra Rathore to power (in Rajasthan).’’ The Jal Shakti
minister and Rathore were in Sawai Madhopur on Monday.
The video was shot by someone present there.
Shekhawat’s take
on ERCP is an insult
to Rajasthan, says
Congress leader
Pawan Khera
WAS EXPLAINING ERCP ISSUE TO A PARTY WORKER: GS SHEKHAWAT
Bikaner: Reacting to his video over ERCP com-
ments, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat told the First India that he was explain-
ing the issue to a worker as to why the ERCP does not
happen in Rajasthan. “Because the policy of this govern-
ment is to serve its own political interests and not to quench
the thirst of the people. We do not do politics on water, we
will do this on the same day the state government gives the
consent. The day Ashok Gehlot’s government will go and
BJP’s government will come to power, the consent will be
sent and these 13 districts of Rajasthan will get water,” he
said. The Minister said that the MP government has given
consent in the perspective in which the Centre wants to
take this river linking project. Laxman Raghav
Dr S Agarwal, a strong
contender for CS post!
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur
The confusion about
the new Chief Secre-
tary continues in State
bureaucracy.
Meanwhile, the
‘plus points’ of
the ‘contenders’
are being widely
discussed in the
State politi and
bureaucracy alike.And
in this regard, 1988
batch IAS Subodh
Agarwal is being con-
sideredtobetheofficer
with the best profile.
Serving right now as
ACS PHED, Subodh
Agarwal has served as
ACS in Mines, Energy,
Industry Higher Ed-
ucation. He has also
served as private Secy
to Union MEA and to
Union Tribal Affairs
Minister. In fact,
when Niranjan
Arya was CS,
Subodh came to
Secretariat even
though being
senior to then
CS, worked in Sec-
retariat which im-
pressed the politi
bureaucratic circles
alike. He played the
role of a ‘result- ori-
ented officer’in Mines
Department earned
a good revenue.
Amit Shah Rajnath Singh JP Nadda

ashion is
o f t e n
seen as a
form of
artistic
expres-
sion, and Mohit Falod’s
latest designer collection,
Nazrana, takes this notion
to new heights. Set to be
showcased at The Fashion
Connect season 15,
presented by First In-
dia and Bharat24 to
be held on September
10 at Fairmont Jaipur.
Nazrana is a collection
that seamlessly inter-
twines sustainability
with artistry, departing
from the fast fashion
world.
Inspired by the gran-
deur of nature, Nazrana
presents a mesmerizing
array of patterns and mo-
tifs that evoke the grace
and beauty of birds, sea
waves, flowers, grass, in-
sects, gemstones, and
crystals. This
collection,
crafted over
the course of
seven celestial moons,
draws inspiration not only
from the natural world but
also from the opulent
Mughal Kaleen art.
Comprising three capti-
vating sequences, includ-
ing Menswear, Western
wear, and resplendent
Bridal wear, Nazrana ca-
ters to diverse fashion as-
pirations.The BridalWear
sequence pays homage to
the regal aesthetics of the
Mughal era, harkening
back to the opulence of
the 1700s.
At the heart of Nazrana
lies a symphony of fabric,
where Pure Handloom
fabrics take flight, fur-
ther enhancing the col-
lection’s sustainable
ethos. Bold colours
dance harmoniously,
showcasing Mughal-
inspired miniature art-
istry and 3D motifs
that are intricately in-
spired by nature. Each
garment is trans-
formed into a weara-
ble masterpiece
through the addition
of real gold paint, captur-
ing the celestial grace that
echoes throughout the
collection. It serves as an
offering to nature, reflect-
ing Mohit Falod’s com-
mitment to sustainability
and environmental con-
sciousness. The collection
exudes reverence for our
planet, paving the way for
fashion and ecological
awareness to harmonize
beautifully.
With Nazrana, Mohit
Falod invites fashion en-
thusiasts and nature lovers
alike on a poetic voyage,
where the exquisite beau-
ty of nature is intricately
woven into fashion’s tap-
estry. By showcasing his
collection at Fashion Con-
nect Season 15, Mohit
aims to inspire others to
embrace the mesmerizing
splendour of nature and
become conscious of their
fashion choices.
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twines sustainability
with artistry, departing
from the fast fashion
Inspired by the gran-
deur of nature, Nazrana
ther enhancing the col-
lection’s sustainable
ethos. Bold colours
dance harmoniously,
showcasing Mughal-
inspired miniature art-
istry and 3D motifs
Mohit Falod and Anjula Falod
Nazrana by Mohit Falod, the showcasing designer collection
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hree Cement
Limited is
among India’s
top 3 cement
p r o d u c e r s .
Since the time
of its inception
it has been committed to creating
value for all its stakeholders
through community initiatives
and sustainable practices.
Shree SikshaYojna
“Shree Ki Pathshala”
 BACKGROUND
Imagine a scenario where stu-
dents walk miles in scorching
heat carrying school bags to at-
tend classes; where different
classes take place in the same
room; syllabuses seldom com-
plete due to acute staff deficit;
computers gather dust as there is
no one to teach; passing out of
schools remains one of the big-
gest challenges and sending a
child to school could mean a
meal or two less for a family. In
such a dismal situation, Shree Ki
Pathshala’s initiative to help
schools with especially-trained
qualified teachers has not only
brought a remarkable change in
the performance of the students
but also a sea change in the way
students, parents, teachers and
communities have started look-
ing at education as a means of
empowerment and ensuring a
good future. All these became
possible due to few extra hours
of effort by the tutors of Shree
Ki Pathshala that opened up the
mind’s windows
 OBJECTIVE
Many school students from poor
families in the remote villages of
Ajmer district in Rajasthan, who
did not want to go to the schools,
now want to pursue higher stud-
ies and careers. The reason –
Shree Ki Pathshala (SKP).
Where going to school means
walking a few miles in the
scorching sun each day lugging
a school bag is a challenge in
itself. But passing out of school
has been a far bigger challenge
for the poor students many of
whom are the first generation
school goers in their family.
Remarkable changes took
place in four Government-run
schools in Andheri Deori,
Lulwa, Lasadia and Neemgarh
where a pilot project called
Shree Ki Pathshala (SKP) was
started by Shree Cement Limit-
ed as a part of its corporate so-
cial responsibility (CSR) initia-
tive to reach out to students from
the poor families.
The Shree Ki Pathshala pro-
ject took off in 2016 when four
government-run schools were
adopted to introduce special
coaching to the poorest students.
The impact of the initiative was
well beyond expectations.
Adearth of qualified teaching
staff at most schools in the dis-
trict which are unable to com-
plete the syllabus. Space too is a
big constraint in schools and dif-
ferent classes share the same
room at the same time. The takes
its toll on the quality of educa-
tion. Students from the poor
families, who have no means or
resources at home, are the worst
affected.
Understanding the fact that
transport and commuting was a
major issue, Shree Ki Pathshala
introduced qualified teachers to
coach school students in science
and mathematics after school
hours to fill in the acute staff
deficit. Shree Ki Pathshala tutors
give much emphasis on quality
of teaching and also ensure that
the students are comfortable
during the class and see the tu-
tors as friends and share their
problems.
Within two years under the
Shree Ki Pathshala scheme,
three of the schools in Lulwa,
Lasadia and NeemGarh regis-
tered 100 per cent of students
passing out of school in 2017-
18 for the first time in its his-
tory while one SKP school in
Andheri Deori show marked
improvement with 89 per cent
of students successfully passing
higher secondary exams. Some
of the students, who never im-
agined passing out of school
went on to score high marks and
were rewarded by the state
government.
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YOUR DAILY HOROSCOPE by Saurabbh Sachdeva
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Changes made by you at workplace may
not be appreciated by all. Strict dietary con-
trol will keep you fit as a fiddle. A family
reunion is on the cards and will enable you
to meet everyone. You can be tasked to or-
ganise an outing for friends and relations.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are likely to find the day most auspi-
cious. Your knowledge about your line of
work will be roundly appreciated and get
you the thumbs up from higher ups. Friends
and family may get together to give you a
surprise and make your day.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Problem about finances will be resolved.
Those on medication will find a distinct
improvement in their condition. Smooth
going is indicated for those on a long
journey. Stars on the property front appear
the brightest.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Something you have implemented at work
is likely to profit the company and get
you noticed. You are likely to celebrate
the achievement of a family youngster in
a grand way. Shifting into your very own
house may soon become a reality.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Your stars favour a bright beautiful day .A
family reunion is on the cards and you may
get invited to a social function. Tax advisor
will be a big help in saving taxes, so don’t
hesitate. It is difficult for the relationship of
friends turned lovers to fall apart, so relax.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your popularity is set to soar on both
personal and professional fronts. Some of
you will have to curb your splurging ways.
Family life will cruise along smoothly with
much love and bonhomie. Don’t speed up
on the road.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Money put together on previous occasions
is likely to come in handy. A family young-
ster is keen to learn from you, so don’t
disappoint. Settling down in a new house
is indicated for some. You may have to
awaken partner’s interest in you once.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Some clarification will need to be sought
on a financial issue, before you take the
next step. Efforts in the real estate market
may bear fruit. A project left halfway by
someone else may come on your shoulders,
but your efforts will be acknowledged.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Your financial situation is set to improve,
as earning opportunities come to you. Help
from co-workers in a time consuming task
will be forthcoming on the work front. Sup-
port of family will encourage you to take
up a challenge.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A vacation you only dreamed about is
likely to become a reality soon. Healthy
eating will help prevent digestive ailments.
Money will be no constraint in buying what
you like. Driving down with lover to a hap-
pening place is indicated today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Help extended to someone will help him
or her get ahead on the academic front.
People falling under this sign will have
very refreshing day. Visiting a mall or
watching a movie with family is likely to be
the highlight of the day for some.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Money coming from various streams will
keep you in an elated state of mind. A
new fitness regime that you have adopted
promises to keep you in the pink of health.
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Neemgarh
Lasadiya
85% 100% 90% 100%
Students Got
Promoted
Students Got
Promoted
86% 98%
100%
92%
77%
88%
100%
89%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
2021
(Covid-19) 2023
After SKP
Location Before
SKP
Andheri
Deori
Lulwa 88%
77% 82% 89% 96% 93%
Students Got
Promoted
Students Got
Promoted
86% 100%
100%
68%
97%
97%
100%
95%
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
2021
(Covid-19) 2023
After SKP
Location Before
SKP
SHREEKIPATHSHALA
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“The impact of Shree Ki Pathshala
(SKP) has surprised us in many
ways. The marked improvement in
the results under SKP has been no-
ticed by other schools. We are receiv-
ing numerous requests from the prin-
cipals of others schools in the region
to introduce project Shree Ki Path-
shala in their schools as well. The
biggest impact of SKP has been to
enthuse the poorest of students to
take up higher education and look
forward to a career. In villages,
where education awareness is almost
non-existent, there has been a silent
revolution among the students, par-
ents and the village community at
large. They are now seeing education
as the means of empowerment and
ensuring a good future,” said Mr
Sanjay Mehta, Shree Cement Ltd.
A FEW FACTS “BEFORE AND AFTER SHREE KI PATHSHALA ” ARE AS GIVEN BELOW:-
AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THIRD AND FOURTH SHREE KI PATHSHALAS,
FEW FACTS “BEFORE AND AFTER SKP” ARE AS GIVEN BELOW:-
IMPACT
 SUCCESS STORY
Shree Ki Pathshala’s coaching
team has worked out a semester-
style approach to teaching sci-
ence and math where each stu-
dent is assessed on a daily basis
and individual progress reports
prepared. The real achievement
of SKP has been to break the
barriers that kept students from
sharing their problems. SKP has
also introduced mock examina-
tions prior to the higher second-
ary exam where the students are
taught how to approach exams
in a scientific manner and ensure
a higher percentage of marks.
The students are well prepared
in advance to face the secondary
board exams. Special classes are
also conducted by SKP on Sun-
days when necessary.
“One of our first tasks is to
connect with each student in a
way he or she feels absolutely at
ease to stand up and share with
us their problems. Once we es-
tablish this much of our teaching
work becomes easy. It is quite
like opening up the mind’s win-
dows one by one. The results
have been well beyond our im-
agination,” said Mr Mohammad
Talib Masur, a special staff of
Shree Ki Pathshala who teaches
mathematics to the students.
Most of the students are the
children of poor labourers, farm-
ers and stone breakers for whom
sending a child to the school
could mean having a meal or
two less at home.
Ever since the Shree Ki Path-
shala project was started six
years ago, there has been a
steady increase in the enrollment
of students in our schools. Many
parents, who have noticed the
sharp improvement in the results
of our schools have approached
us with requests to shift their
children to our schools, said the
head of Rajkiya Madhyamik
Vidyalaya, Neemgarh.
“It was a big surprise when
my community elders, for the
first time in known memory,
held a special event to felicitate
me for scoring high marks in
school. Earlier, others have been
felicitated for sports, bravery
and other activities but none for
excellence in education,” said
one of the students from Chee-
tah-Kathat-Mehrat community.
This community is spread over
four districts ofAjmer, Bhilwara,
Pali and Rajsamand in Rajasthan
and has very low literacy levels.
SHREE CEMENT LIMITED, BEAWAR, RAJASTHAN
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